CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A storm system that developed along the Gulf Coast was moving north and expected to bring a mix of precipitation to West Virginia this weekend.
Lowlands in the western part of the state can expect mostly rain, with a chance it will turn to an inch of snow Friday night. Higher elevations and the eastern panhandle could receive 2 to 4 inches of accumulation. The highest mountains in Pocahontas and Randolph counties will see 4 to 6 inches.
“We have a storm system coming from the southwest and it will move along the Atlantic Coast,” said Mike Zwier with the National Weather Service in Charleston. “We don’t have a whole lot of cold air in place, which is why this one isn’t producing as much snow as it could. If we were already very cold this could produce a lot of snow.”
Winter weather advisories were in effect Friday in the high mountain counties along the Virginia border and West Virginia’s northern and eastern panhandles.