CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s lowland counties can look for an increased chance of snow through Friday afternoon.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Charleston said the precipitation would start with a half-inch of snow along the Ohio River with the accumulation totals increasing as you move east.
Huntington and Parkersburg may see a half-inch of snow, increasing to an inch or two in Clarksburg and Charleston and higher snow totals as the elevation increases in the eastern mountains.
However, the real storm headed our way looks to arrive in West Virginia Sunday into Monday.
“We have low pressure moving across on Sunday and Monday and that’s going to bring some snow showers,” said Meteorologist Liz Somerville. “For those in the coalfields, we’re going to see some rain and snow mixing in the afternoon.”
Somerville said it was too early to tell just how much accumulations the western lowlands and coalfields would see from Sunday’s storm, but added it is the best chance so far this winter for significant snowfall in those counties.
“Yeah, I think so,” she said. “That will be one of the better chances to get a really good snow.”
Somerville said snow would impact the state late Sunday night and into Monday morning.