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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SW VA...SE WV...AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 PM EST WED NOV 19 2008

.WEATHER SUMMARY...

SKIES BEGAN TO CLEAR WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
APPROACHED FROM THE WEST. WINDS DIMINISHED AS WELL...AND WERE LIGHT
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING. TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO
NEAR RECORD LEVELS. BLUEFIELD DID SET A NEW RECORD LOW AT 14
DEGREES...AND MOST AREAS WERE ONLY TWO TO THREE DEGREES ABOVE A
RECORD. LOWS RANGED FROM THE MID TEENS IN THE WEST...TO THE MID 20S
IN THE EAST...AND AVERAGED AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST...AND
CLOUDINESS BEGAN TO INCREASE AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE. BY MID AFTERNOON
SKIES WERE CLOUDY IN MOST AREAS. THIS KEPT AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES LOW...AND RESULTED IN A COUPLE MORE LOW MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE
WEST...TO AROUND 40 IN THE EAST. HIGHS WEDNESDAY AVERAGED OVER 20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH OF 31 DEGREES AT BOTH BLUEFIELD AND
BLACKSBURG WERE THE LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED ON THE
19TH OF NOVEMBER.

THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CLOUDS BUT
NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION. CLOUDS COVERED MOST
OF THE AREA ALL DAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA WHICH REMAINED SUNNY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THAT IS WHERE
SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WERE
FOUND...WITH BOONE REACHING 41 DEGREES AND NORTH WILKESBORO 45.

.FORECAST SUMMARY...

THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EAST WILL WEAKEN A BIT ON
THURSDAY...BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FROM THE WEST ON
THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STRENGTHENING AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
THIS WILL STOP ANY WARMING TREND...AND COLDER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEK END.

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