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1256 PM EST WED FEB 8 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
SNOW WILL COME TO AN END AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST
OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND
REMAIN NEAR THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
MID LEVEL PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE AXIS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL KY TO
CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST TODAY. SNOW WAS WINDING DOWN AND WITH THE 
PASSAGE OF THIS S/W ALL SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST
BY AFTN. SNOWFALL TOTALS THUS FAR GENERALLY RANGE FROM A FEW
TENTHS OF AN INCH ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70 TO AROUND ONE HALF 
INCH ACRS SRN OHIO AND NRN KY. A FEW LOCATIONS ARE COMING IN 
CLOSE TO AN INCH OVER S CNTRL OHIO. EXPECT ONLY ANOTHER TENTH OF
AN INCH OR TWO OVER THE SE BEFORE COMING TO AN END. 

WITH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA TODAY AND GOOD CLOUD
COVER...DO NOT EXPECT A SMALL DIURNAL TEMPERATURES RISE WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM THE LOWER 30S TO THE UPPER 30S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL WORK INTO THE FA TONIGHT AND REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT TONIGHT
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP DOWN INTO GENERALLY THE LOWER 20S
ACROSS THE FA.  WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SW WINDS ON THURSDAY
EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 30S TO THE LOWER 40S.
CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT
THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE FA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH
SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE FA DURING THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY THE REST OF THE
AREA WILL SEE SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE
REGION. 

WITH COLD AIR CONTINUING TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FOR SATURDAY
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY RISE INTO THE 20S. WITH WINDS OFF OF THE
LAKE ON SATURDAY SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF BY THE EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY AND SKIES WILL
BEGIN TO CLEAR. WITH CLEARING SKIES TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN
INTO THE MIDDLE TO LOW TEENS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE
ACROSS THE FA FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
BY MONDAY...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HAVE SLID
SOUTH OF THE OHIO VALLEY. RETURN FLOW WILL PUSH HIGHS TOWARDS MORE
NORMAL VALUES AND PM LOWS OUT OF THE TEENS.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING AS THIS MORNINGS WEATHER SYSTEM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST. SNOW WAS COMING TO AN END ACRS THE WESTERN TAF
SITES AND PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST. MVFR CIGS AND OCNL VSBYS WL
CONTINUE THRU THE MID AFTN WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR BY LATE
AFTN/EARLY EVENING. CLOUDS WILL THEN SCATTER OUT OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL BACK TO WEST TONIGHT AND SOUTHWEST THURSDAY. SPEEDS
WILL BE 10 KT OR LESS.

OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...NOVAK
NEAR TERM...AR
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...FRANKS
AVIATION...AR