West Virginia Weather 3/14 - Evening - Spring Fling in March! Today

Good evening. West Virginia. I'm Michael Mosby. Step outside right now and you would think winter packed its bags, we're sitting at a mild 60 degrees this evening. But don't get used to it, here comes a massive temperature crash this week. You go from 70-degree warmth on Sunday to snow showers by Monday night. That's a 40-degree swing in just 48 hours. As the sun sets. Tonight stays quiet with partly cloudy skies, lows drop to around 43 degrees in Central West Virginia. The Northern Panhandle dips to 41 degrees, while Southern West Virginia settles near 42. Winds stay light out of the east. Sunday brings a real surge of heat, mostly sunny skies push highs to 74 degrees in Charleston. That's running about 20 degrees above normal for mid-March, with the Northern Panhandle hits 69 degrees. And Southern West Virginia reaches 62 degrees, while you'll notice the wind picking up though. Gusts could hit 35 miles an hour by the afternoon. Then comes Monday. A strong cold front slams through the state, rain starts in the morning and then. Temperatures crash. Here comes a 30-degree drop during the day, rain changes to snow showers by evening. Highs start near 50 but fall into the 30s. The cold air really settles in Tuesday. Highs only reach 35 degrees in the lowlands and just 28 degrees down south. That's running nearly 20 degrees below average, winds make it feel even worse, with wind chills in the teens. Tuesday night is brutal. Lows drop to 15 degrees in the southern mountains and 21 degrees around Charleston. That's a hard freeze, if you've any early plants popping up, cover them up. Wednesday starts cold but rebounds to 48 degrees. By Thursday and Friday, we're back in the 60s with plenty of sun. So the roller coaster continues. As the sun sets. If your pipes survive tonight, buy them a thank you card. — we'll be back with your next forecast evening. See you tomorrow.