Footprints In The Snow

Sunshine and warmer temperatures this past weekend along with steady rain showers and mild temps over the past 24 hours provided an ideal venue for getting rid of much of the snowpack from the past few weeks of continued snowfall. Water levels are up, but are nowhere near critical. Conditions remain chilly and damp for the rest of today. Expect cloudy skies overnight with spotty drizzle possible. Look for a low tonight around 25. A respectable trough of arctic air will once again trend temps down to below average for this time of year. Low pressure from our east coupled with a steady northwest flow will provide ingredients for another prolonged snowfall event beginning with slight chance POPs late Wednesday. Heavier snowfall is expected to arrive Thursday. Steady snow will continue to fall, especially in our mountain counties through Monday for much of West Virginia. Lowlands can expect 8-10 inches of snow accumulation throughout the event. Mountain counties will squeeze out upwards of 15 inches by Monday. Look for daytime highs to spike just around freezing as lows remain in the lower 20s through the weekend. Expect winter weather advisories for Thursday and school delays/cancelations to give much of WV an early start to the last weekend in February. This storm will also continue to provide steady snowfall through the weekend for much of the northeastern U.S. Areas north of the northeastern PA state line will experience the most widespread heavy snowfall this weekend.