The skies are cloudy all around southern West Virginia, and the snow is beginning to fall in the far northern portion of the region.
As the night goes on, the first of two storms that we’ll be tracking over the next few days will push into the area. Snow will spread through the rest of the region and will make for a rough Friday morning commute.
Lows tonight will be in the lower 20s. As our Friday goes on, temperatures will rise into the mid-30s, making some of the precipitation fall in the wet or icy form, rather than as snow. This will cut the accumulations down a bit, but not by much. Lows as we start the weekend will be in the mid to upper 20s. Due to the possibility of accumulating snow and hazardous travel, Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for much of the area.
After a brief break, the second of the two storms will come into the state on Saturday. At first, the bulk of the snow will be to our north, but as the day goes on, the snow once again overspreads southern West Virginia, and a band of very heavy snow will set up mainly over the highest elevation areas.
As that happens, bitterly cold air will invade the region, the coldest air that we’ve seen so far this season. Highs on Sunday will be stuck in the middle teens, while lows on Sunday morning will drop to the lower teens.
As the next work week begins, we find ourselves in the freezer, with the low on Monday morning in the single digits above zero in most areas, with single digits below zero in parts of Pocahontas and Greenbrier Counties. While predicting exact wind speeds is a tough thing to do that far out, below-zero wind chills are very likely everywhere. Be sure to bundle up in layers as you head out Monday morning.
Later in the extended forecast, the amplified pattern that has kept us well below normal in terms of temperatures finally begins to break down, and for the first time in a long time, highs are expected to soar into the 50s by next Thursday. The last day that the high in Beckley was above 50 degrees was November 26th, so at that point, it will have been a little more than three weeks of highs below that level. While the cold air may go away for a bit, the active storm pattern will continue. With the lows to our north, the precipitation will fall in the wet form rather than in the wintry form.
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