Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Taking a look at moisture in the mid levels, we can still see the counterclockwise rotation and all that loud cover left over from you know who...Northwest flow over West Virginia keeping light drizzle on tap in the lowlands this evening with snow still falling on our slopes. Temperatures overnight will hang in the low/mid 30s. So a changeover to snow is possible in spots with nightfall. Only minor accumulations of an inch or two are expected on the slopes. Also, a brief period of freezing rain is expected EARLY Thursday before things change back over to rain for much of the rest of the day Thursday.  A winter weather advisory is in effect for :RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH COUNTIES until 11 AM Thursday morning. We'll keep overcast skies with scattered rain showers until late afternoon on Thursday. Light snow flurries will continue to fall in the high country as that low pressure finally moves off the grid. Clouds will finally begin to break Thursday evening, setting up a mainly clear & cool night. In fact, cool nights are on tap over the next few nights with lows flirting with freezing through the first half of the weekend.

When will we see the sun again? Sunshine will be on the increase from south to north on Friday. But a quick slug of moisture will bring snow flurries to the mountains and light rain across our lowlands early Friday...THEN we'll clear out in time for the weekend. You'll know you've earned it Saturday when highs reach the mid 50s under mainly sunny skies. Enjoy it. Rain returns Sunday.