CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It will be a wet Christmas for sure, particularly in southern West Virginia–but there is still a chance for a white Christmas in much of the Mountain State.
Heavy rainfall will move into the state Friday evening and last through Saturday. Much of the rain will fall heaviest in the southern coalfields of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwest Virginia according to Meteorologist John Sikora of the National Weather Service in Charleston.
“We could see anywhere from an inch and possibly up to two inches of rain in those areas,” he said. “Those areas have been pretty dry so they can handle a lot of rain.”
The chance for minor high water along small streams is a possibility by Saturday. Sikora did not think it would amount to any significant flooding.
Christmas Eve will feature a cold front pushing into the state and if the two systems happen to collide, it could mean snowfall for much of West Virginia.
“Depending on how fast that cold air gets in and the tail end of this system pulls out we could see some snow showers,” Sikora explained. “Possibly a dusting to up to an inch here in the lowlands on Christmas morning. The mountains could get one to two inches or so.”