CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s a good chance Election Day in West Virginia will begin with stormy weather.
According to the National Weather Service, a line of storms will move across the entire length of the state from about 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Tuesday.
“Most of that just in the form of a line of showers with embedded thunderstorms. But it should move east of most of the state generally by late-morning to early afternoon around lunchtime,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Ross Giarratana said.
Polls are scheduled to open statewide at 6:30 a.m.
The Kanawha County Commission announced Monday 10 generators were being pre-staged at some polling places in the county in case they lose power. Kanawha County voters use touch-screen machines to vote.
Giarratana said wind gusts could cause some power outage issues but they don’t expect those issues to be widespread in West Virginia.
“Gusts generally should be around 30 to 35 miles-per-hour on the higher end, so we’re not expecting anything too widespread in the terms of any power outages, but there could be some isolated, stronger gusts that could get over 40 miles-per-hour. That’s something we’ll be watching,” Giarratana said.
Tuesday afternoon should be nice with clearing skies. It will be a windy day, Giarratana said.
“It will be a breezy Tuesday but temperature-wise we’re looking mild in the high 60’s,” he said.