As of writing this post, a special weather statement will last until 11:15 AM Tuesday with a band of snow that has developed making travel fairly difficult in parts of Nicholas County stretching back into Charleston. This snow band should start dissipating within the next few hours and we will quiet down for a little in terms of snowfall.
Once we get to late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, another shot of snow will start moving into our area. Weather models keep wanting to push the snow onset time earlier and earlier in the day Wednesday, which is something we will continue to watch. As for who gets the snow, this time it looks a lot more widespread for everyone compared to what happened yesterday and what’s happening at the time of writing this post.
A wide swath of 3-5 inches of snow looks likely to ring in the New Year. Nicholas County and Pocahontas County and areas north seem to be the main area in the sights for the highest snowfall totals with this system. 1-3 inches look likely from Wyoming County up into southern Fayette County. Although, do not be shocked if the 3-5 inch range is expanded slightly to the southwest, to account for new model data.
As we look ahead to that 7 day forecast, we see the chance for snow Wednesday into Thursday before we start to dry up Friday. It also appears a nice little warm-up into the 40’s is going to greet our first weekend of 2026. There is a system on Saturday that bears watching for rainfall, but current model guidance keeps it south of our area.
Watch the full forecast below!
