It isn’t often the Memorial Day weekend starts with folks wearing a jacket, but that’s the case this year. Temperatures across West Virginia on Friday struggle to reach 60 in the lowlands and 40 in the highest elevations.
Typically the “frost free” day in West Virginia arrives around mid-May and entices many to set flowers and garden plants. Those could be in jeopardy Friday night.
“We’ve got a frost advisory out for parts of northern West Virginia and freeze warnings out for the northern mountains for tonight (Friday),” said Meteorologist Nick Webb of the National Weather Service in Charleston.
A cold front pushed through the state on Friday and shoved out storm systems which delivered heavy rains and fierce thunderstorms most of the week.
Webb adds however, the holiday weekend will not be marred by weather.
“No, not by any means. It should be a gorgeous weekend, especially Saturday,” he said. “Nice refreshing temps, light northerly breeze, it should be good for this time of year unless you like the hot weather.”
Webb says each day of the holiday weekend will see increases in the daily high and by Wednesday we should be back into a more typical weather pattern with hot and humid conditions and the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms.