More snow is in the forecast for north central West Virginia. After near nonstop winter weather throughout the month of January so far, it’s not slowing down yet. According to the National Weather Service,

Most of West Virginia will get additional snow before the weekend on top of the 6-12 inches the central part of the state has already seen since Sunday.

According to the National Weather Service in Charleston, 5.5 inches of snow fell on Jan. 5, 2025, which was covered in a coating of about 1/4 inch of ice, thanks to a freezing rain late in the day. More snow and freezing rain is likely from Winter Storm Blair before 2 p.

Although the drought has ended and cold weather has caused the wasps to vacate their nests, the snow may actually help some of the hibernating insects survive.

One of the regions hit the hardest in Monday’s storm was south of Pittsburgh in Morgantown, West Virginia, where the area was expecting more than nine inches of snow. They were getting the most they’d seen in a long time,

West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory and Hazardous Weather Outlook. Eastern Panhandle counties could get 5-9 inches of snow with one-tenth of an inch of ice.

Winter weather warnings have been issued for five U.S. states, including West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Alaska, as up to 10 inches of snow are forecasted. The National Weather Service (NWS) cautioned about hazardous driving conditions,