OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) – It was another very nice day today around the region, with wall-to-wall sunshine. Temperatures were again a bit cooler than normal and wound up in the mid-60s in most areas. Tonight, a slight warm-up begins as the winds shift to the southeast, bringing in slightly warmer air. Most areas will see lows in the lower 40s.
The exception is in the Greenbrier Valley, where efficient radiational cooling will allow temperatures to drop into the upper 30s. There, patchy frost is possible, but there are no Frost Advisories in effect. Patchy fog will once again be possible in some areas where fog is more common.
Tomorrow will be around five degrees warmer than today across the region, with highs in the lower 70s. It will be another nice day for any outdoor plans with more sunshine and a light westerly wind.
The stretch of nice weather will continue through the rest of the traditional work week and into the weekend, including for the Friday night football games. The warmest day will be on Thursday before a weak front pushes through the region. The front has no moisture to work with, but Friday will be slightly cooler.
Towards the end of the forecast, rain returns to the forecast thanks to a tropical system that will develop over the Gulf. The National Hurricane Center says that the system has become a tropical depression and will become a tropical storm later tonight or early tomorrow. Their official forecast has a Category 2 hurricane coming ashore near the Mississippi/Alabama line late Friday or early Saturday.
This is in agreement with the American GFS model. The other major atmospheric model (the European model) also develops a hurricane over the Gulf but brings it onshore sooner. That would bring the moisture into our area more quickly, on Saturday night, rather than Sunday morning as is indicated by the GFS.
Either way, moisture from the system will be pulled into the area ahead of an approaching front and will bring chances for rain through Monday. Luckily, the storm will dissipate fairly quickly once over land, pulled apart by the approaching front. Rain totals will be heavy in spots, perhaps as much as 1″ in some spots over a span of around 24 hours, but for now it looks like widespread flooding will not be an issue.
Behind the front, temperatures fall slightly but will be around 70 degrees again by the end of the extended forecast.
Click below for a video version of the forecast…
https://youtu.be/F4UlDHDdRoA
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