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
 407 PM EST Sun Feb 22 2026
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 Snow showers overspread the area this afternoon, continuing through 
 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 night, with cold temperatures and 
 lingering breezes potentially producing very cold wind chills within 
 the northeast mountains late Monday night into Tuesday.
 
 Additional precipitation chances arrive with a couple mid to late 
 week systems.
 
 
 Upshur-
 Including the city of Buckhannon
 407 PM EST Sun Feb 22 2026
 
                       Tonight      Mon          Mon Night    Tue          
 
 Cloud cover           Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        
 Precip type           Snow         Snow         Snow         None         
 Chance precip (%)     80           70           50           0            
 Chance of Thunder (%) 0            0            0            0            
 Min/Max TEMP          21           30           14           35           
 Max/Min RH %          93           68           85           42           
 20ftWnd-val/AM(mph)                NW 10 G23                 W  5         
 20ftWnd-rdg/PM(mph)   NW  8 G20    NW 10 G23    NW  9 G22    SW  5        
 Precip amount         0.19         0.20         0.02         0.00         
 Precip duration       10           6            1                         
 Precip begin          6 PM         Continuing   Continuing                
 Precip end            Continuing   Continuing   1 AM                      
 Mixing hgt(ft-AGL/MSL)             3840                      3580         
 Transport wnd (mph)                NW 18                     SW 10        
 Vent rate (kt-ft)                  72900                     37330        
 Dispersion            FAIR                      FAIR                      
 ADI early             13 GEN POOR  34 FAIR      20 GEN POOR  24 FAIR      
 ADI late              15 GEN POOR  45 GEN GOOD  15 GEN POOR  36 FAIR      
 Max LVORI early       4            4            3            4            
 Max LVORI late        5            3            4            2            
 
 Remarks...None.
 
 .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
 .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Lows around 30.
 Highs around 50. South winds around 5 mph. 
 .THURSDAY...Rain and a chance of freezing rain. Lows in the mid
 30s. Highs in the lower 50s. 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 15 to 20 mph. 
 .SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in
 the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. 
 .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain. Cooler. Lows in the
 lower 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

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