An Upcoming Winter Storm Will Impact the Sunday Evening and Monday Morning Commute

Winter weather returns beginning late tonight 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 Sunday night 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 Sun Feb 22 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Winter returns tonight and Sunday. This system will bring much 
 colder temperatures and accumulating snow overnight through Monday. 
 Precipitation may start as rain early this evening, transitioning to 
 all snow late tonight through Monday. Hazardous travel conditions 
 are anticipated under heavy snow.
 
 Temperatures will plummet into the mid to lower 20s Sunday night, 
 perhaps producing a flash freeze of any lingering surface moisture, 
 resulting in additional dangerous icy travel conditions across most 
 of the area Sunday night into Monday. 
 
 Additional precipitation chances arrive with a couple mid to late 
 week systems.
 
 
 Doddridge-
 Including the city of West Union
 241 AM EST Sun Feb 22 2026
 
                       Today        Tonight      Mon          
 
 Cloud cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        
 Precip type           Snow         Snow         Snow         
 Chance precip (%)     60           70           60           
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            
 Max/Min TEMP          35           24           33           
 Min/Max RH %          66           85           60           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)   Lgt/Var                   NW  8 G21    
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   W  6 G17     NW  6 G17    NW  9 G22    
 Precip amount         0.06         0.06         0.03         
 Precip duration       3            6            6            
 Precip begin          6 AM         Continuing   Continuing   
 Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   Continuing   
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)4300                      4290         
 Transport wnd (mph)   W 13                      NW 24        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)     54410                     95780        
 Dispersion                         POOR                      
 ADI early             23 FAIR      20 GEN POOR  48 GEN GOOD  
 ADI late              48 GEN GOOD  19 GEN POOR  67 GOOD      
 Max LVORI early       6            4            3            
 Max LVORI late        3            4            3            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing snow through the night.
 A chance of snow. Lows around 18. Highs in the upper 30s. West
 winds around 5 mph. 
 .WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain. Not as
 cool. Lows around 30. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
 15 to 25 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain likely and a chance of
 freezing rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. South
 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 around 30. Highs in the
 upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

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