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Marine Weather and Tides Clinchco, VA Version 3.4

What's New / NOTES 10/6/2018 Colors of tide XTide graphs changed to emphasize that they were upgraded. See next note. Comments welcome. 10/4/2018 I have fixed XTide and updated the harmonic files. There were some name changes so you might have to click EDIT to find the new station name.

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Sunrise 7:07AM

Sunset 6:17PM

Friday February 22, 2019 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)

Moonrise 10:01PM

Moonset 9:19AM

Illumination 89%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Clinchco, VA

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Area Discussion for - Charleston WV

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Fxus61 krlx 221330 afdrlx area forecast discussion national weather service charleston wv 830 am est Fri feb 22 2019 Synopsis An upper level wave continues the rain mainly across the south through tonight. A second upper level wave brings rain across the area this weekend. A cold front blows through on Sunday. Near term through tonight As of 830 am Friday... observations indicate temperatures have risen to and above freezing this morning across the mountain zones, therefore freezing rain is no longer expected, and the winter weather advisory has been cancelled. Rest of the forecast remains on track with a band of light rainfall across the southern zones. As of 615 am Friday... still have some obs right around freezing in the northern mountains, so will leave winter weather advisory for light freezing rain as is. Did cut back pops some late this afternoon with NAM and wrfs showing a short break between two impulses. As of 1245 am Friday... rain ongoing generally along and south of i-64. This is associated with a series of shortwave troughs in advance of a much stronger upper trough moving into the southern rockies today. Not expecting this rain to make it much farther into the middle ohio river valley, but do expect it to make its way into the eastern slopes and northern mountains of wv. Temperatures at this time are near to just below freezing along some of the higher ridges. The namnest seemed to have an ok handle on current temperatures, so blended toward that through the rest of the night. This keeps freezing rain as the predominant p-type for the mountain ridges. Came up with fairly similar ice accumulations through the morning, with up to around 0.1". This matches well with the winter weather advisory so no changes planned at this time. Expect rain to continue across the southern coal fields of wv into southwestern va through much of the day. The higher resolution NAM does try to show some drier time late afternoon into evening while the GFS and ECMWF keep a broader precipitation shield in place. With uncertainty in timing of these features, will keep pops going. If higher resolution models consistently show a drier period may start cutting back some before the end of the shift. Overnight, rain will start spreading northward as a warm front and the upper trough to our west approach. Temperatures will remain above freezing for all except the northern mountain ridges, where some light icing is possible. Temperatures are borderline, so will let current wsw run its course before making decision on whether another headline is needed for late Friday night into early Saturday. Qpf wise, have generally half an inch of rain every 12 hours across southwestern va, tapering down to a tenth of an inch or less from northeastern ky across hts crw and the up into the northern mountainous counties of wv. Short term Saturday through Sunday night As of 435 am Friday... an upper level ridge exits Saturday, as a flat wave crosses it, out ahead of an approaching short wave trough, which drives a cold front toward the area as it approaches Saturday night. An anomalously high northward moisture feed into a west to east oriented deformation zone drives pw values up to around 1.3-1.4 inches, spelling heavy rainfall on Saturday. The heaviest amounts start out across southern portions of the forecast area Saturday morning, and then move northward with the warm advection Saturday afternoon, and then especially Saturday night, ahead of the cold front approaching from the west. Have QPF values close to an inch across southern portions of the area on Saturday, with totals Saturday through Saturday night ranging from over 1.5 inches in the hts tri state area to just over an inch northeast portions of the forecast area, and the flood watch remains in effect for southern portions of the forecast area through Saturday night. Freezing rain continues Saturday morning in the low level cold air lingering in the eastern deeper valleys Saturday morning with another tenth or so accumulation possible. Will late day shift consider advisory for that area once the current advisory expires later this morning.

Thunder is possible ahead of the cold front late Saturday and Saturday night, although the elevated nature of the instability should limit associated wind gusts. However, trees can still be felled in the seemingly perennially saturated ground. In the wake of the cold front that passes Sunday morning, a well mix environment sets up with very strong low to mid level flow Sunday into Sunday night. With 50 to 55 kts h85 winds progged, and efficient late winter mixing, have rolled with a high wind watch in and near the northern mountains of wv, where at least advisories will likely be needed eventually. Advisories may also be needed for much of the balance of the forecast area for Sunday into Sunday night. Upslope showers wane just as the column becomes cold enough for snow Sunday evening, so have a slight chance for snow showers there then, but with no accumulation. Central guidance temperatures lowered a bit on Saturday, otherwise accepted. Long term Monday through Thursday As of 435 am Friday... seasonably chilly air takes hold for next week in a more zonal, or less amplified, flow, with weaker system expected mid and late week. Central guidance temperatures accepted, which dampen the brief warm up with the mid week system depicted by the mex. Aviation 14z Friday through Tuesday As of 615 am Friday... generally a quiet TAF period across northern sites, with light winds and broken to overcast mid to high clouds givingVFR throughout. Expecting periods of light rain across the south, mainly impacting bkw. Speaking of bkw, have rather low confidence in how long fog will stick around this morning. Expect rain to move back into crw and hts toward the end of the taf period as a warm front approaches. Winds will generally be ne to E today, gradually turing more southerly late tonight. Forecast confidence and alternate scenarios through 12z Saturday... forecast confidence: medium. Alternate scenarios: timing of rain at southern sites may vary. Experimental table of flight category objectively shows consistency of WFO forecast to available model information: h = high: TAF consistent with all models or all but one model. M = medium: TAF has varying level of consistency with models. L = low: TAF inconsistent with all models or all but one model. Utc 1hrly 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 est 1hrly 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 crw consistency m l m h h h h h h h h h hts consistency h h h h h h h h h h h h bkw consistency h h h h h m h h h h h h ekn consistency h h h h h h h h h h h h pkb consistency h h h h h h h h h h h h ckb consistency h h h h h h h h h h h h after 12z Saturday... ifr possible in rain beginning Friday night and continuing through Saturday night. Rlx watches warnings advisories Wv... High wind watch from Sunday morning through Monday morning for wvz030>032-039-040-521>523-525-526. Flood watch through Sunday morning for wvz005>007-013>015- 024>027-033-034-515>520. Oh... Flood watch through Sunday morning for ohz083-086-087. Ky... Flood watch through Sunday morning for kyz101>103-105. Va... Flood watch through Sunday morning for vaz003-004. Synopsis... Trm mz mc near term... Mz short term... Trm long term... Trm aviation... Mz

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Wise / Lonesome Pine, VA	18 mi	15 min	N 0	10.00 mi	Light Drizzle	43°F	42°F	100%	1026.1 hPa

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Wind Forecast for Charleston WV (11,2,3,4)

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