A Winter Storm Will Impact the Sunday Evening and Monday Morning Commute

Winter weather returns today and is expected to prevail into Monday. During which time, several inches of snow will fall across the lowlands and significant amounts nearing a foot of snow is possible over the higher West Virginia mountains. The greatest impacts will occur tonight into Monday morning, likely affecting the Monday morning commute, so plan accordingly! Read More >

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 Fire Weather Planning Forecast
 National Weather Service Charleston WV
 241 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Snow will continue into Monday, with accumulating snow expected to 
 lead to hazardous travel conditions. Breezy conditions are 
 also expected to develop for tonight and Monday, with strongest 
 gusts occurring in the high elevations of the northeast mountains.
 
 Upslope snow lingers into Monday evening in the mountains. Cold 
 temperatures and lingering wind will produce very cold wind chills 
 in the higher elevations of the northeast West Virginia mountains 
 late Monday night into Tuesday.
 
 Additional precipitation chances arrive with a couple mid to late 
 week systems.
 
 
 Carter-
 Including the cities of Grayson, Grayson Lake State Park, 
 Carter Caves State Park, and Olive Hill
 241 AM EST Mon Feb 23 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Tue          
 
 Cloud cover           Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Flurries     Flurries     None         
 Chance precip (%)     10           10           0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
 Max/Min TEMP          34           19           42           
 Min/Max RH %          48           78           32           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   NW  8 G18                 Lgt/Var      
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   NW  7 G17    NW  5        SW  5        
 Precip amount         0.00         0.00         0.00         
 Precip duration       2            1                         
 Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing                
 Precip end            Continuing   9 PM                      
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)4930                      3530         
 Transport wnd (mph)   NW 23                     S 15         
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     103610                    47470        
 Dispersion                         POOR                      
 ADI early             51 GEN GOOD  29 FAIR      33 FAIR      
 ADI late              68 GOOD      9 POOR       64 GOOD      
 Max LVORI early       3            3            3            
 Max LVORI late        1            3            1            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the lower
 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 30s.
 Highs around 50. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. 
 .FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Lows in the upper 20s.
 Highs in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in
 the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower
 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

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