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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
902 PM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006

WVZ046-070415-
POCAHONTAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARLINTON
902 PM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006

9 PM TO 3 AM...CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN
A CHANCE OF RAIN MIDNIGHT THROUGH 3 AM. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION. COLD WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
3 AM TO 9 AM...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH
6 AM. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH 9 AM. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.

Noreaster?

Hardly. But still, the low pressure cutoff is making things interesting. Currently here, it is 42 degrees, with light rain. Reports in from locals, and snow enthusiasts like myself, that it is indeed snowing at and above 3500' or so. A forecast low of 39 here at 2000'. Any slight change for the cooler may result in a change in P-type. Hope. Chilly enough here that a fire may be needed.


KHSP (3900') is reporting 38 and rain. Right at the edge of a changeover.


Snowshoe, WV-

Tonight: Periods of rain and snow before 4am, then a slight chance of rain. Low around 33. Northeast wind between 5 and 7 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.


Saturday: A slight chance of showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. East wind 15 to 18 mph decreasing to between 6 and 9 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.


And a CRW (Charleston, WV) discussion-


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
743 PM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006


.AVIATION...


AT 22Z UPPER LOW APPEARS SE OF LYH. COOLEST LOW LEVELS ARE NOW
THRU ABOUT 05Z. RAIN/SNOW LEVEL DOWN TO ABOUT 3000 FEET MSL EKN-
BKW CORRIDOR DURING THAT INTERVAL...BEFORE WARMING.


So thats about as much as I can dig up as far as conditions here in the mountains go.
Hopefully something noteworthy will come up in the next few hours...

Yeah its Fall

And 76 degrees, with a high of 82. Near freezing a few nights ago. Its fall.

As far as the voyage to snowshoe goes- So close, but no... snow. Managed 41 and Rain up at 4848'. But it was a really nice feeling, and reports of flurries from the locals that morning made it even better. Unfortunately, we couldnt make out any pictures, as the sun was nearly gone when we arrived.

But it is October now. If this were 2005, many of us in the East would be on the snow in 24 days. (If in case you dont remember, Remanants of Wilma dropped as little as a trace on the NC high country, 10" on Snowshoe, WV, to as much as nearly 4 feet in Vermont and New Hampshire.)

This is October. Anything can happen.

Yeah its Fall.