OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) – The second round of snow associated with the strong storm that is passing to the north of the area is now making its way into the area this late Friday evening. The first part of the storm was one massive band of wet, heavy snow that dumped around 3″ on us at our studios just south of downtown Oak Hill. That snow ended, and after a break lasting a few hours, it’s back in the form of snow bands that have set up in the usual fashion when we have winds out of the northwest. Underneath the bands, the snow will be heavy, visibility will be cut down significantly, and additional accumulation is likely.
These bands will continue to push through for the rest of the night and into the morning hours tomorrow before finally ending. In the wake of this storm, very cold air will invade the region – one final blow from the persistent cold weather pattern of the last few weeks. Lows tonight will be in the single digits in most areas, and highs tomorrow will only be in the mid-teens.
Later in the forecast, we’ll finally see a warmup, enough of a warmup where the next round of precipitation with the next storm will be rain rather than snow at first, before changing over later next week. Highs will actually be in the 50s next Tuesday before falling back a bit. If it gets as warm as it is expected to, it will be the first time Beckley has been above the normal high temperature in what will be, by that point, nearly three weeks (January 22nd was the last time we were warmer than normal in Beckley).
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