Sunshine returns with showers returning late weekend
Tonight features mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers, mainly before midnight. Patchy dense fog is possible as we head into the morning hours with a very light variable breeze. Temperatures will remain mild for this time of year overnight, as we only drop down into the low 50s.
Friday features gradual clearing after our morning fog dissipates with high pressure back in control. We'll be a little cooler but still about ten degrees above average with highs in the mid 60s. High school football games look very solid overall but chilly with patchy frost possible toward dawn Saturday. Temperatures during area games will be in the upper 50s at kickoff, cooling into the mid 40s by the end of the fourth quarter. This is the last week of the regular season for our local teams, so come out and support your favorite high school football team! I'll be live over at Hunnicutt Stadium in Princeton, as Parkersburg South comes to town to challenge the Princeton Tigers. We'll have highlights from nearly a dozen games during the 11 PM newscast in the Sports Zone.
Saturday sees partly sunny skies with our next system beginning to approach late. It's a warm afternoon once again after a chilly morning in the 30s with a southerly breeze kicking in, as we'll see high temperatures climb back up into the mid 60s. Clouds will be on the increase late Saturday but we'll remain dry before midnight – the second half of the weekend will be wet.
Sunday provides our next chance for rain, as another front scoots into the region. This will bring back showers, which will once again be on the scattered side. High temperatures will suffer with the abundant clouds and showers around with highs stuck to around 60 degrees. A quarter to a half inch of rain won't be enough to really help with drought conditions, but it will help with the brush fire activity.
Veterans Day will have a few showers in the morning, as a cold front will cross during the early morning hours. Periods of drizzle in the morning will lead to afternoon clearing, with highs returning to the mid 60s.
Veterans Day events in Beckley
Tuesday provides mostly sunny skies with high pressure in control once again. High temperatures will continue to be above average, with highs in the low 60s.
Wednesday will also be a day full of sunshine with similar temperatures, as we'll see high temperatures once again in the mid 60s.
Drought conditions are putting pressure on farmers across the state
Thursday sees our next system head into the region in the form of a strong low pressure system over the Great Lakes. We'll see scattered showers with highs only in the upper 50s.
Looking ahead in your extended forecast, we've got a swing in temperatures coming. A cold front Thursday into Friday will bring showers and much cooler weather. Temperatures will remain in the 50s on Saturday before warming up to around 60 by Sunday.
Isolated showers, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the low 50s. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Scattered showers likely. Highs around 60. VETERANS DAY Morning drizzle, afternoon clearing. Highs in the mid 60s. Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 60s. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s. Few showers. Cloudy and cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Mostly sunny. Highs near 60.
