Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hey folks here's a quick update on the upcoming precipitation situation. Storm will move across the southern Great Lakes Thursday night into Friday. The leading edge of the rain showers associated with this system will arrive in the western counties of West Virginia just before lunchtime Thursday morning. Rain will change to snow as that cold air settles in Thursday night. Snow throughout the day on Friday along with winds gusting to over 40 MPH will bring blizzard-like conditions, especially across our eastern mountains and parts of western MD. Factor in temperatures in the mid to upper 20s and you've got single digit wind chill factors in the higher elevations. We're lookin" at 3-6 inches by Friday night in some of the lowlands. And this is just ONE of the latest forecast models showing more than a foot of snow in the higher terrain of WV by sundown Saturday. Naturally, this will make it even harder for you to text and drive. So the NWS has issued a winter storm watch from Thursday night until Saturday evening for several counties in WV and Garrett County, MD. But there's still time for that to change. Check back later for more i