CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Meteorologists began to narrow in Thursday morning on the snowstorm that is predicted to hit West Virginia Friday and Saturday.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for most of the state from 7 a.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday.
In an area stretching from Morgantown to Madison the Weather Service said the most likely scenario is 12 to 18 inches of snow.
The amounts are higher in an area from Lewisburg to Elkins east with 18 to 24 inches likely with the worst case scenario of 20 to 30 inches of snow.
The extreme southern coalfields could get less snow because the storm will start off Friday with ice. The forecast is for 8 to 10 inches.
Eighteen to 24 inches is in the forecast for and area from Preston County to the eastern panhandle with up to 40 inches being called the worst case scenario.
West Virginia’s northern panhandle is looking at 4 to 8 inches of snow with the worst case scenario of 10 to 14 inches.