CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A low-pressure system coming from the north into West Virginia could bring the state’s first snowflakes this weekend.
An upper-level low pressure system is dipping from Canada according to the National Weather Service in Charleston and will bring cold air and moisture along for the ride. The system should roll into the state early Friday evening.
“Expect a change over to snow in the higher elevations in the evening above 3,000 feet,” said Nick Webb, meteorologist for the Charleston Weather Bureau. “Folks below 3,000 feet will gradually change over to snow as the night wears on.”
Webb said the most significant accumulations will be in the mountain counties, but the way the system is lining up, there could be snow on the ground in the West Virginia coalfields as well.
“Three to five inches in the highest elevations in Randolph, Pocahontas, and Webster counties, then one to three inches as you get down to Nicholas and Raleigh County.” Webb said. “However, I can’t rule out a changeover or mix of wet snow during the early morning hours of Saturday in the lowlands, particularly south of I-64 between Charleston and Huntington and down toward Williamson.”
Webb said temperatures further north from Parkersburg to Clarksburg would be warmer and most of the precipitation would be in the form of rain. Models indicated north of there, Morgantown could be looking at cold mix of rain and snow on Saturday during the WVU-TCU football game.