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Marine Weather and Tides Union, WV 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 7:01AM

Sunset 5:11PM

Friday November 16, 2018 5:22 PM EST (22:22 UTC)

Moonrise 1:56PM

Moonset 12:09AM

Illumination 64%

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 Union, WV

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Area Discussion for - Blacksburg, VA

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Fxus61 krnk 162000 afdrnk area forecast discussion national weather service blacksburg va 300 pm est Fri nov 16 2018 Synopsis Low pressure will track northeast along the new england coast tonight. A cold front will cross the great lakes and ohio valley tonight and Saturday, approaches the mid atlantic region on Sunday and moves through late Sunday night. High pressure will follow for Monday and Tuesday. Near term through Saturday As of 300 pm est Friday... high pressure will build east across our region tonight into Saturday. Upper low will push east into the atlantic ocean tonight as a great lakes shortwave travels eastward into Saturday. A layer of stratus associated with the shortwave crossing the great lakes will bank up clouds against the western slopes of the appalachians this evening into tonight under the subsidence inversion. Expecting a larger spread in temperatures between valleys and ridges tonight with winds decoupling and good radiational conditions in all but the far western mountains. Low temperatures tonight will range from the mid 20s in the mountains to the mid 30s in the piedmont. Quasi-zonal flow aloft around a broad trof over eastern canada will keep quiet weather across the appalachians Saturday. Under plenty of sunshine, high temperatures Saturday will vary from the lower 40s in the northwest mountains to the mid 50s in the piedmont. Confidence is average for all elements. Short term Saturday night through Monday night As of 300 pm est Friday... during this portion of the forecast, an broad upper low will be positioned over central quebec. Northwest flow associated with this trough will be positioned across our region. Within this flow a weak cold front is expected to move into the area late Sunday night and Monday. This front will encounter an area of dry surface high pressure situated over the region. The result will be a front that brings only limited shallow moisture with it, with at best some isolated upslope rain snow showers across portions of southeast west virginia. Increased northwest flow behind the front will allow for a continuation of isolated upslope rain snow showers across southeast west virginia, neighboring sections of southwest virginia, and south into the northern mountains of north carolina on Monday night. The remainder of the forecast area is expected to be precipitation- free with cloud cover limited to areas primarily along and west of the crest of the blue ridge. The european solution is a bit more robust on the extent of the precipitation eastward into parts of of the piedmont near the james river basin. At this time, will hold on any light rain inclusion here with this solution being an outlier. However, it is something to monitor for its potential trend among other solutions. Temperatures during this portion of the forecast will start near normal and trend to reading about 5 to 10 degrees above normal. Forecast confidence in this portion of the forecast is moderate to high. The biggest question is how accurate is the european solution with its small chance of precipitation across portions of the piedmont Monday night. Long term Tuesday through Thursday

As of 230 pm est Friday... this portion of the forecast continue the trend of little if any precipitation forecast for the region. The southeast canadian high is expected to be shunted eastward in response to upper level ridging shifting eastward through central conus. By thanksgiving day, the center of the ridge is expected to be centered over the area. The center of the ridge will start to shift east of the area on Friday, in response to the approach of a shortwave trough and associated surface cold front around the mississippi valley. The resultant forecast for our region is residual upslope rain snow showers across western portions of the area on Tuesday. After that point, the forecast is dry through at least Thursday night. Temperatures will be coolest on Wednesday with readings averaging 5 degrees below normal. By Friday, temperatures return to near normal. There is a question on Friday as to whether or not any precipitation starts working its way into the far southwestern portion of the area ahead of the approaching cold front to the west. Those chances increase Friday night according to both the european and canadian solutions as they merge both the front and a southern stream low skirting the gulf coast states. The GFS keeps these two systems as separate entities, and thus, neither a major weather influence for our region. Forecast confidence for this portion of the forecast is moderate. Aviation 20z Friday through Wednesday As of 1240 pm est Friday... scattered to bkn MVFR clouds in the mountains will erode as high pressure building into our region. After a brief break with vfr conditions in the mountains late this afternoon, a shortwave crossing the great lakes will bring a shallow layer of ifr to lifr clouds against the west slopes of the appalachians after 00z 7pm. Moderate confidence that low ceilings at klwb and kblf will continue overnight into Saturday morning. Morning low clouds will lift by late morning, returning most locations to vfr by Saturday afternoon. Gusty winds this afternoon will diminish to less than 10 knots overnight into Saturday. Confidence average for all elements. Extended discussion... vfr conditions with a mostly clear sky will return across the region for the weekend. Models suggest a chance for MVFR ceilings in southeast west virginia Sunday night but the probability for anything lower than MVFR is low. Drier weather will prevail Monday into Wednesday. Equipment The observation from the blacksburg automated weather observing system (kbcb) is working. Rnk watches warnings advisories Va... None. Nc... None. Wv... None. Synopsis... AMS kk near term... Kk short term... Ds long term... Ds aviation... AMS kk equipment... Ams

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Lewisburg / Greenbrier, WV	18 mi	47 min	WSW 6	10.00 mi	Fair	39°F	31°F	73%	1015.9 hPa

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Wind Forecast for Blacksburg, VA (17,4,5,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Blacksburg, VA

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