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| Snowstorm impacts the area today, arctic front blasts through tonight |
| A snowstorm will impact the area today, and then an arctic cold front blasts through the area tonight. Snow developing early this morning can make travel become treacherous quickly during the daybreak and the early daylight morning hours. Conditions will only worsen today, as the snow becomes heavy at times, due to a wave of low pressure passing south of the area. The snow will taper off late today and this evening, as the low pressure system responsible moves east. An arctic cold front will cross tonight, with heavy, gusty snow showers or even show squalls possible. Total snowfall will range from a couple of inches over the middle Ohio Valley, to over a half a foot in the mountains. Temperatures will slowly settle through the 20s today, and then it becomes brisk and sharply colder behind the arctic front tonight, with temperatures by dawn Monday in the single digits across the lowlands, and below zero in the mountains. Wind chills by dawn Monday will be in the single digits below zero across the lowlands, and in the 10s and 20s below zero in the mountains. The arctic air, the coldest air of the season, will stick around the area Monday through Wednesday. Get additional details in our Area Forecast Discussion... |
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442 FLUS41 KRLX 190849 HWORLX Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 WVZ522-523-526-200900- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. Extreme Cold Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ WVZ039-040-515-517-519-521-525-200900- Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Northwest Webster-Northwest Randolph- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast, northern and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. Arctic air will remain over the area through Thursday morning. Cold weather Advisories may be needed Monday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ KYZ101>103-105-OHZ067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019-020-524- 200900- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH- Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood- Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam-Wirt-Ritchie-Doddridge-Southeast Pocahontas- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY... ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central, northeast, northern, southern and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Cold Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. Cold Weather Advisory. Arctic air will remain over the area through Thursday morning. Cold weather Advisories may be needed Monday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ WVZ516-518-520-200900- Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Southeast Nicholas- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Extreme Cold Warning. Extreme Cold Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-016-018-024>034-200900- Dickenson-Buchanan-Lincoln-Kanawha-Roane-Calhoun-Mingo-Logan-Boone- Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY... ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central, northern and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Cold Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Warning. Cold Weather Advisory. Arctic air will remain over the area through Thursday morning. Cold weather Advisories may be needed Monday night through Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ OHZ066-200900- Perry- 349 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO NOON EST TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Cold Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Cold Weather Advisory. Arctic air will remain over the area through Thursday morning. Cold weather Advisories may be needed Monday night through Wednesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. $$ |
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