CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite temperatures touching near 80 degrees in recent days in some parts of West Virginia, the winter isn’t quite over for the Mountain State. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Charleston expect arctic air to rush into the state this afternoon and bring winter along with it, at least in the mountains.
“We’re going to have low pressure coming out of the Great Lakes and moving across the northern territory of the state. ON the backside of that, we’ll be seeing some upslope snow showers across the Mountains. Looking at models, we’ll see quite a bit of energy behind it, explained Meteorologist Levi Cornett of the Charleston Weather Bureau.
He indicated they forecast up to five or six inches of snow in some of the higher terrain. There also could be locally heavier amounts in places like Snowshoe or Kumbrabow State Forest.
Although the system will deliver cold air to the western lowlands, there won’t likely be any snow accumulation with the system.
The temperatures should start to move upward again by Thursday across much of the state.