Description
The Middle Atlantic Operational Forecast is issued several times per week and includes coverage for the next two weeks. It is a highly detailed forecast aimed at businesses and organizations with serious weather concerns. It covers the areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. There is a heavy emphasis on sunshine vs clouds, precipitation amounts, precipitation start times, intensity and dew points.
These factors are broken up into 12 different zones:
Zone 1: Western North Carolina
Zone 2: Southwest North Carolina/ Charlotte metro
Zone 3: Central North Carolina/ Raleigh
Zone 4: Eastern North Carolina/ Southeast Virginia
Zone 5: Southwest Virginia
Zone 6: Virginia North Carolina Border
Zone 7: Eastern West Virginia
Zone 8: Shenandoah Valley
Zone 9: Virginia, Maryland, Piedmont
Zone 10: Central/Eastern Virginia, Richmond metro
Zone 11: DC/Baltimore metro
Zone 12: Delmarva