Wednesday, January 12, 2011

OCCASIONAL SNOW FLURRIES STILL FLYING BUT STARTING TO WANE THIS EVENING IN LOWER ELEVATIONS. NORTHWEST AIR FLOW CONTINUES TO DELIVER 2-4" OF ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN SNOW BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A FEW OF THOSE MOUNTAIN FLURRIES WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING MAKING TOTAL SNOWFALL 10-12" BEFORE FINALLY DRYING OUT THURSDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS TO BRINGS WIND CHILLLS DOWN TO AROUND -5(F). BLOWING SNOW MAY CREATE SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS & COMPOUND ALREADY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR MONONGALIA & MARION COUNTIES REMAIN IN EFFECT. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MOUNTAIN COUNTIES REMAINS IN EFFECT, WHILE WWA REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANY SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL TREND TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW, BRINGING GENERALLY MILD CONDITIONS THURSDAY & FRIDAY. COLD AIR HAS SUNK INTO PLACE BEHIND THE FRONT & TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE TEENS AND 20S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL PUT TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S THIS WEEKEND. BUT ANOTHER WEATHER MAKER WILL BRING SNOW THIS WEEKEND & POSSIBILITY FOR MIXED PRECIP FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS RISE TO THE 40S BEFORE MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.


Looky here! At the moment, Florida is the only state in the country that DOES NOT have snow(Hawaii has snow-topped peaks!