OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) – Once again, it was another great day around the region with blue skies and seasonable temperatures. Highs wound up a degree or two cooler than what we saw yesterday, topping out in the lower to mid-60s.
Overall, however, both highs and lows are in similar territory to where they have been over the past few days. The cold snap that we saw on Bridge Day is long gone at this point. Tonight will be similar in most ways to last night, as the dry air, light wind, and longer nights equal lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. There might be a few clouds, and there are indications that patchy fog is possible, although seeing fog will be tough due to the dry air and lack of moisture. The bottom line is the same as last night; the jacket will come in handy if you’re headed out later tonight and tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow we’ll continue our string of nice days, with more sunshine and seasonable temperatures. The slight cooldown continues, with highs a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday, but when you take the average of the forecast points in our region, the high of 62 is actually right on the average in Beckley for this time of the year, although the city itself will be a bit cooler than that.
The dry weather will continue throughout the rest of the extended forecast, including for the Friday night football games and the weekend ahead.
Just beyond the extended forecast, we continue to track the chance for showers as another system approaches from the northwest. We could see some showers just after the extended forecast; we’ll know more later this week.
While we’re experiencing an extended taste of fall, the Atlantic has become a bit more active. A brand-new storm is developing off the mid-Atlantic coast. It is not a fully tropical system; instead, it has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical systems (like the ones that we see pass over our area during the year). No matter the type of system, it will still be quite strong as it pushes south of the Canadian Maritimes over the next few days. The National Hurricane Center has given it the name Josephine and expects it to fully transform into an extratropical system by this weekend.
The Hurricane Center is also tracking another area of disturbed weather east of Bermuda in the Central Atlantic, but it only has a small chance to develop.
