We’re seeing yet another active day around southern West Virginia, with more showers and storms forming to our west and northwest. Some of those storms are very likely to be severe, and a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for those areas until later this afternoon.
As for us, part of the region is in the Slight Risk area and the Marginal Risk area, with the line between the two nearly bisecting the area evenly.
The main threats today are the same as they have been for the past few days, damaging winds with large hail a smaller possibility. There is plenty of moisture for the storms to work with, so areas underneath the storms will see good amounts of rain in a short amount of time, causing the usual ponding of water on the roads and standing water in low lying spots. Fortunately, the storms should move quickly enough to keep flooding concerns down.
Similar to the last couple of nights, there are some limiting factors to how much rough weather we see, mainly the loss of daytime heating. So, the threat of intense storms is primarily diurnal. This means that as long as the same weather pattern holds, the chance for strong storms is back again.
By the time it’s all said and done, there will be good rainfall throughout the region.
However, as we’ve mentioned previously, getting some rain is not a bad thing since many areas in the southern and eastern parts of our area are still dry.
The stalled front and numerous low-pressure systems riding along it are producing all these chances for rough weather. It will finally get shoved away early next week. After it’s gone, temperatures will drop to below normal almost across the board, a bit of a change from what most of April looked like temperature-wise.
