Weekend weather improves, but cold days lurk

Tonight features showers chances persisting through midnight. We’ll begin to dry out after midnight, but patchy dense fog is possible, especially in those river valley spots. Temperatures will be chillier overnight, with lows in the upper 30s.

Saturday provides partly sunny skies after morning fog dissipates. Temperatures will rebound nicely after a chilly start as we make a run at 60 degrees with high pressure in control. It’s a great day to enjoy outside and will certainly be a day of better weather conditions than last weekend!

St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday brings a cold front through the region during the late morning. Most of the energy with this system will be too far north to provide shower chances. However, perhaps a stray sprinkle or two will be possible over Pocahontas County. It will be a breezy day thanks to that system being associated with a strong low pressure system, with high temperatures in the mid 50s. Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible.

Monday provides the chance for a couple of flying flurries as a stout north/northwest breeze with a low pressure system off to east keeps the clouds around. That wind flow will drag some cold air into the region as we end our last full day of winter with highs only reaching the mid to upper 30s.

Tuesday brings a secondary front through the region, though once again, most of the energy with this system will be north of our region due to the proximity of the aforementioned low pressure system. This means it’s not much in the way of precipitation once again – just a flurry or two in the morning with the passage of the cold front, with highs in the low to mid 40s – a pretty cold start to our first day of spring!

Wednesday brings the sunshine back into the picture as high pressure goes back into control. As a result, we will see mostly sunny skies with a southwest breeze pushing temperatures up into the low 50s.

Thursday is partly sunny to begin the day but by the afternoon, skies will see an increase in clouds, with perhaps a sprinkle or two toward dusk as our next system approaches. High temperatures will jump to around 60 degrees.

Friday looks wet with an area of low pressure scooting through. As a result expect a wet day with mostly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the mid 50s.

Looking ahead in your extended forecast, temperatures will hang around normal in the 40s and 50s. However, it is a wet pattern that continues to develop, with yet another storm system looking likely by Monday. Highs on Saturday and Sunday will be in the mid to upper 40s and we’ll jump into the 50s on Monday.

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We are now in spring forest fire season in West Virginia – this means don’t burn between 7 AM and 5 PM. Low humidity values during the daytime, along with breezier and warmer conditions will at times increase the fire threat, hence the burn ban during most of the daytime. Follow all regulations or be faced with potential consequences, such as fines!

TONIGHT
Showers before midnight. Patchy fog toward dawn. Lows in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Highs around 60.
SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Breezy. Highs in the mid 50s.
MONDAY
Few snow showers. Cold! Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
TUESDAY
Few flurries early, afternoon sun. Highs in the low 40s.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 50s.
THURSDAY
Partly sunny. Increasing clouds late. Highs near 60.
FRIDAY
Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s.
SATURDAY
Few sprinkles. Colder. Highs in the 40s.
SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Highs near 50.
MONDAY
Rain showers likely. Highs in the 50s.

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