A strong cold front accompanying a low pressure system crossed through West Virginia on the morning of the 2nd, leaving behind wind gusts of over 30 mph in its wake. Widespread wind gusts of 30-40 mph were measured across the state.
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A strong cold front accompanying a low pressure system crossed through West Virginia on the morning of the 2nd, leaving behind wind gusts of over 30 mph in its wake. Widespread wind gusts of 30-40 mph were measured across the state. Near Ivydale, in Clay County, a tree fell onto a mobile home.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 2, 8:16 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 816 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020 .SYNOPSIS... Snow ends this morning across northern WV mountains. High pressure with dry weather and moderating temperatures expected for the balance of the week and the next weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 815 AM Monday... Winter Weather Advisory has been cancelled as any lingering snowfall is light and should taper off during the morning. Wind Advisory remains in effect. As of 640 AM Monday... Forecast in relatively good shape. I did tweak temperatures up a tick or two to start off morning commute based on current observations. It appears the high elevation zones will come up a little short of reaching criteria based on Snowshoe's report of 2 inches of snowfall as of 11Z. As of 115 AM Monday... Mid level trof axis has passed to the east as of 6Z which will allow mean flow to align more to the northwest into 12Z. This combined with 40-50 kts H85 flow will allow for an uptick in snow showers across the northern mountains through the predawn hours as terrain enhanced lift/moisture sneaks into the DGZ zone. As such expect the bulk of accumulation to occur now through 12Z with mean hourly rates of 0.25 inches or slightly higher. Thereafter, dry air overwhelms the column to quickly shut down the snow showers activity, followed by rapid erosion of stratocu. Storm total accumulations were finessed with the latest NBM which fully captures the hi res model input now. This allowed for somewhat lower snowfall in the northern mountain valleys while resulting in similar values as previous forecast above 3000 feet. Elsewhere, stratocu will increasingly become confined to the mountains and adjacent northern lowland counties toward sunrise with abundant sunshine for today. Wind gusts will continue to diminish over the next several hours except across the high elevation zones. This will be temporary as surface heating and boundary layer mixing will allow for efficient momentum transfer today allowing for gusts to increase once again across the lowlands to around 20 kts. Surface pressure gradient lingers tonight as flow backs to the southwest underneath continued northwest flow aloft. This should keep the hilltops and ridgetops well mixed with colder values in the more protected hollows/valleys. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... As of 145 AM Monday... Ridging aloft will build across the area Tuesday and Wednesday as a surface high pressure system slides from southwest of the area to northeast of the area. This will provide dry weather with moderating temperatures. While the surface high pressure system will remain in control for Thursday, a short wave aloft will provide some high clouds to the area. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 115 AM Monday... A high pressure system with upper level ridging dominates for Friday through Sunday. This will provide dry weather with above normal temperatures. && .AVIATION /13Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 640 AM Monday... Dry air overwhelms the column this morning which will allow for rapid dissipation of low end VFR for CAVU at all terminals this by afternoon. Strong northwesterly low level flow will continue today, though not as strong as last night. Gusty wind will return by 15Z on efficient low level mixing resulting in 20 to perhaps 25 kts at times especially CKB/EKN/BKW. Surface flow backs to the southwest tonight and diminishes, though some gusts will remain at BKW overnight. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: High. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: None. 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 EST 1HRLY 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H L M H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M M H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 12Z TUESDAY... No widespread IFR expected at this time. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...Wind Advisory until 2 PM EST this afternoon for WVZ523-526. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...RPY/30 NEAR TERM...30/JLB SHORT TERM...RPY LONG TERM...RPY AVIATION...30
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 822 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020 WVZ523-526-031330- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 822 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... 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. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525-031330- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph- 822 AM EST Mon Nov 2 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1021 AM EST MON NOV 2 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 4 SSE SNOWSHOE 38.36N 79.96W
11/02/2020 M0.2 INCH POCAHONTAS WV COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION WV-PC-4 CASS 3.7 SW.
0630 AM SNOW 9 S GREENBANK 38.29N 79.82W
11/02/2020 M0.7 INCH POCAHONTAS WV CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION FSTW2 3NE FROST.
0600 AM SNOW 1 S SNOWSHOE 38.40N 79.99W
11/02/2020 M2.0 INCH POCAHONTAS WV CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION SNOW2 0.7 S SNOWSHOE.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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