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Gradually starting to dry out

HERE IS THE LATEST WEATHER SYNOPSIS... Light rain will continue across the area for the first part of the day, however, the system will finally start to drift east today, with rain gradually tapering to light drizzle, before drier weather takes hold for the upcoming week. There is a possibility for patchy light freezing drizzle across the northern mountains late tonight into Monday, mainly above 4000 feet elevation. A weak wave Monday night may again reintroduce a drizzly mix to the northern mountains, with light snow or flurries also possible, as the air mass gets colder. After a dry and chilly Tuesday, high pressure continues the dry weather through the middle of the week, while ushering in a warming trend. The next major system arrives Thursday with widespread rain expected. Behind the system, snow showers may greet the start of next weekend, at least in the mountains.

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River Conditions at: 04:30 AM 12/16/2018
Location	Flood Stage (ft.)	Observed (ft.)	Crest (ft.)	Forecast for 7AM
Location	Flood Stage (ft.)	Observed (ft.)	Crest (ft.)	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thu.
Coal River
Whitesville	20	13.71	-	-	-	-	-
Big Coal River	15	5.95	-	-	-	-	-
Danville	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tornado	25	12.48	13.4	13.1	12.2	11.6	-
Duck Creek
Macksburg	13	12.97	-	-	-	-	-
Whipple	12	9.55	-	-	-	-	-
Elk River
Sutton Lake	-	814.28	-	-	-	-	-
Clifton Ford	13	6.70	-	-	-	-	-
Replete	-	7.25	-	-	-	-	-
Guardian	11	6.34	-	-	-	-	-
Sutton Lake Pool	-	898.76	-	-	-	-	-
Herold	12	7.51	-	-	-	-	-
Frametown	18	6.63	-	-	-	-	-
Clay	18	5.47	-	-	-	-	-
Queen Shoals	19	7.26	8.4	8.1	7.4	6.6	-
Elk Two Mile	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gauley River
Williams River at Dyer	10.5	4.80	-	-	-	-	-
Cranberry River abv Richwood	13	4.92	-	-	-	-	-
Meadow River at Hines	14	7.10	-	-	-	-	-
Meadow River at Nallen	15	8.87	-	-	-	-	-
Belva	20	6.62	-	-	-	-	-
Summersville Lake	-	1362.69	-	-	-	-	-
Camden-on-Gauley	19	6.75	7.5	6.2	5.5	4.8	-
Greenbrier River
Minnehaha	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buckeye	15	7.41	7.9	6.3	5.4	4.6	-
Marlinton	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cloverlick	13	2.20	-	-	-	-	-
Durbin	7	1.41	-	-	-	-	-
Guyandotte River
Island Creek	10	2.87	-	-	-	-	-
Clear Fork	11	4.48	-	-	-	-	-
RD Bailey Lake Pool	-	1022.11	1022.11	1012.0	1012.0	-	-
Branchland	30	11.92	-	-	-	-	-
Logan	23	11.05	11.2	7.3	6.5	6.2	-
Man	15	9.65	-	-	-	-	-
RD Bailey Lake	-	889.69	-	-	-	-	-
Baileysville	17	6.06	-	-	-	-	-
Pineville	13	3.90	-	-	-	-	-
Kanawha River
Kanawha Falls	27	10.50	12.6	12.6	12.0	10.9	-
London Locks	-	14.48	-	-	-	-	-
Marmet Locks	-	18.20	-	-	-	-	-
South Side Bridge	30	12.30	15.9	15.7	15.0	13.4	-
Old Lock 6	-	21.24	-	-	-	-	-
Abv Winfield Locks	-	17.99	-	-	-	-	-
Hocking River
Enterprise	12	8.71	-	-	-	-	-
Athens	20	11.62	13.4	13.4	11.1	9.0	-
Tom Jenkins	-	723.30	-	-	-	-	-
Glouster	16	12.93	-	-	-	-	-
Milfield	25	18.31	-	-	-	-	-
Doanville	16	11.61	-	-	-	-	-
Hurricane Creek
Hurricane	17	6.51	-	-	-	-	-
Levisa Fork
Grundy	-	5.80	-	-	-	-	-
Big Rock	20	6.18	-	-	-	-	-
Bartlick	35	10.81	-	-	-	-	-
Haysi	19	5.32	5.4	5.3	4.9	4.4	-
Norland	14	4.73	-	-	-	-	-
John Flannagan Lake	-	1382.71	1382.71	1381.2	1381.1	-	-
Clintwood	13	4.17	-	-	-	-	-
Little Kanawha River
Wildcat	-	6.64	-	-	-	-	-
Burnsville	-	777.40	-	-	-	-	-
Burnsville Lake Tailwater	-	756.72	-	-	-	-	-
blo Burnville	13	8.21	-	-	-	-	-
Glenville	23	12.93	12.93	6.9	6.0	5.4	-
Grantsville	36	19.04	19.04	14.1	12.3	11.1	-
Rocksdale	-	11.57	-	-	-	-	-
Elizabeth	36	17.24	19.1	19.0	17.8	16.8	-
Little Sandy River
Grayson Lake	-	38.39	-	-	-	-	-
Grayson Lake Outflow	-	587.47	-	-	-	-	-
Leon	31	5.44	-	-	-	-	-
Grayson	21	7.29	10.0	9.1	7.4	6.5	-
Middle Island Creek
Middlebourne	16	1.70	-	-	-	-	-
Little	14	1.82	-	-	-	-	-
Mud River
Myra	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Milton	19	2.56	-	-	-	-	-
Palermo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Muskingum River
Dresden	20	11.58	-	-	-	-	-
Zanesville	25	11.92	13.2	13.1	12.9	12.3	11.9
McConnelsville	11	7.20	7.20	6.5	6.5	5.9	-
Beverly	29	24.50	24.50	20.9	21.0	20.0	19.3
Ohio River
Willow Island	37	18.71	25.5	25.5	24.3	22.1	20.0
Marietta Pumphouse	35	19.61	25.4	25.2	24.4	22.2	20.4
Parkersburg	36	23.52	26.5	26.5	25.7	24.1	22.8
Belleville	35	19.06	26.7	26.6	25.1	21.9	19.4
Racine Lock	41	18.79	30.1	29.9	28.0	23.8	20.6
Pomeroy	46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Point Pleasant	40	25.92	32.3	31.3	31.8	29.1	27.4
RC Byrd Lock	50	22.33	37.6	36.5	37.0	32.6	29.2
Huntington	50	28.63	39.6	37.6	39.6	36.8	33.1
Ashland	52	35.79	42.9	40.6	42.9	40.5	37.6
Ironton	52	35.02	-	-	-	-	-
Lloyd Greenup	54	25.87	43.4	38.3	43.1	42.3	36.9
Pocatalico River
Sissonville	30	11.22	-	-	-	-	-
Raccoon Creek
Ewington	-	9.20	-	-	-	-	-
Adamsville	21	11.73	-	-	-	-	-
Bollins Mills	14	11.48	-	-	-	-	-
Shavers Fork
Cheat Bridge	20	7.53	-	-	-	-	-
Bowden	13	6.72	-	-	-	-	-
Bemis	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tug Fork River
Kermit	38	19.17	-	-	-	-	-
Williamson	27	14.04	14.04	11.7	10.3	9.0	-
Matewan	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Litwar	24	-	4.8	4.3	3.5	3.1	-
Welch	17	5.71	-	-	-	-	-
Twelvepole Creek
East Lynn Lake	-	659.23	-	-	-	-	-
Beach Fork Dam	-	588.20	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne	-	13.10	-	-	-	-	-
East Lynn Lake TW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dunlow	-	7.11	-	-	-	-	-
Tygart Valley River
Audra	10	4.92	-	-	-	-	-
Ellamore	13	5.80	-	-	-	-	-
Adolph	10	3.30	-	-	-	-	-
Buckannon	23	12.17	-	-	-	-	-
Alton	14	3.00	-	-	-	-	-
Tygart Dam	-	1043.23	-	-	-	-	-
Tygart Lake	-	7.52	-	-	-	-	-
Philippi	19	5.91	7.5	7.5	6.4	5.4	-
Belington	14	7.67	-	-	-	-	-
Elkins	-	7.26	-	-	-	-	-
Dailey	14	5.68	5.68	5.3	4.2	3.5	-
Mill Creek	11	7.30	-	-	-	-	-
Valley Head	12	3.80	-	-	-	-	-
Tygart Creek
Greenup	20	7.26	-	-	-	-	-
West Fork River
Stonewall Jackson TW	-	8.96	-	-	-	-	-
Weston	17	7.35	-	-	-	-	-
Butcherville	16	4.12	-	-	-	-	-
Clarksburg	14	6.62	6.62	6.0	5.4	4.7	-
Enterprise	17	8.90	-	-	-	-	-
Stonewall Jackson LP	-	1068.21	1069.0	1069.0	1069.0	1068.7	-

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