Huntington, West Virginia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS61 KRLX 111906
AFDRLX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Charleston WV
306 PM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Upper-level low brings clouds and showers today, mainly across
the east. Remaining chilly through Saturday, then gradually
warming up. Next cold front late Monday, then chilly midweek.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 139 PM Friday...

An upper-level low continues to rotate across the region,
keeping a thick low stratus deck over all locations this
afternoon. Cloudy skies will persist into tonight, and scattered
showers will continue across southern and eastern portions of
the area. Clouds may break overnight across portions of
southeast Ohio and northeast Kentucky, which can allow for
patchy frost to develop as winds reduce and temperatures drop.
Therefore, these locations will have a frost advisory in effect
overnight through 10 AM Saturday morning.

The upper-level trough axis will be centered over central
Virginia Saturday, keeping most of West Virginia and southeast
Virginia under cloudy skies. However, a mixture of clouds and
some sunshine will exist over southeast Ohio and portions of
northeast Kentucky. Eventually, clouds should break for a little
sunshine over West Virginia just before sunset as the upper
trough exits to the east. Saturday will be another chilly day
for the middle of April with highs only in the upper 40s in the
mountains to the 50s elsewhere.

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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 310 PM Friday...

An upper level trough will continue to progress east of the area
overnight Saturday into Sunday morning, diminishing potential
for showers along the higher terrain by the second half of the
weekend. A quick push of dry weather will then arrive on Sunday
with transient high pressure at the surface and ridging aloft.
The encroachment of a warm front will also encourage warming
temperatures Sunday afternoon, with highs anticipated in the
50s/60s across the Central Appalachians.

Warming temperatures extend into the start of the work week as
the front lifts northward overhead and above the Mason Dixon
line. This places the forecast area in the warm sector of an
advancing disturbance on Monday afternoon. Diurnal heating,
coupled with strong jet winds aloft, could be capable of producing
strong to potentially severe weather into the evening hours.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 310 AM Friday...

Strong to potentially severe thunderstorms will be ongoing from
Monday afternoon and into the evening. An upper level trough
swings through on Tuesday, maintaining the chance for rain
across areas east of the Ohio River. In addition, more
opportunities for diurnally driven convection will be plausible
along the higher terrain Tuesday afternoon and evening. On the
backside of the trough, a blast of colder temperatures will
yield a changeover to snow for our higher mountain zones
overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.

For the second half of the work week, high pressure under a much
colder airmass will be present ahead of renewed potential for
precipitation late Thursday through Friday. Clear and calm
overnight conditions may yield potential for frost/freeze
Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

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.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 132 PM Friday...

Widespread MVFR low stratus with some localized pockets of IFR
ceilings will continue through much of the period. In addition,
patchy fog will also impact a few locations overnight,
particularly KCKB, KEKN, and KBKW. In addition, isolated
showers can occur during the period, with MVFR VISBY
restrictions possible. MVFR ceilings will gradually break and
improve to VFR from west to east Saturday between 15Z and 18Z,
but eastern locations will likely remain in MVFR even through
18Z Saturday.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing and restrictions associated with fog
and/or low stratus may vary from forecast.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    L    M    H    L    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    M    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z SATURDAY...
IFR possible in showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon and
evening, and in stratus overnight Monday night into Tuesday
morning, the stratus mainly in and near the mountains.

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.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...None.
OH...Frost Advisory from 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Saturday for OHZ066-067-
     075-083>087.
KY...Frost Advisory from 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Saturday for KYZ101-102.
VA...None.

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SYNOPSIS...MEK/JMC
NEAR TERM...JMC
SHORT TERM...MEK
LONG TERM...MEK
AVIATION...JMC