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Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
The roar of the March lion arrives early with a windy but sunny end to February
All this week (February 24th – 28th) the 59News & StormTracker 59 teams will be hosting a donation drive at our studio at 141 Old Cline Road, Ghent, WV 25843 for flood impacted communities across our region. Food and cleaning supplies are top priority as communities recover and clean up. A list of supply needs can be found here. While this is our last day of our Flood Relief Drives, the need will be there. Monetary donations are being accepted on behalf of the United Way of Southern West Virginia's Disaster Relief Fund to continue the recovery efforts. To donate via credit card, PayPal, or other digital means, visit our WV Disaster Relief portal. Friday's (2/28/25) Location is Five Loaves and Two Fish Food Bank in Kimball, West Virginia. Friday morning a few flurries fly with little additional accumulation expected for the day. Temperatures warm through the day and with our cold front from Thursday moves out to sea, we'll see improving conditions into Friday afternoon. Winds will stay elevated 10-15mph with gusts pushing 20-25mph out of the southwest. Cool in the shade, but decent in the sunlight at least. As winds shift more westerly then southwesterly, highs manage to push the low to mid 40s with a little sunshine returning. Overnight winds remain breezy as a few high level clouds roll in. A cold front is expected in the pre-dawn hours of our Saturday. Temps will hover in the 40s until the cold front and start to slide back. Saturday a cold front scoots through before sunrise as temperatures try to hold in the 40s but as winds shift from west to northwest, temps will start to slide heading into the morning hours. We'll be in the 30s by the late afternoon and teens for overnight lows. Wind chills with stronger winds 25-30mph at times will make the day feel colder. A few scattered light showers switch to snow showers for the mountains, but like Thursday nights system, not many will see anything other than the winds and cold temps. Sunday will be a cold and windy day as northwest winds bring much colder air back into the region. Highs barely make it to the freezing mark with our mountain colder yet. Wind chills will be a concern as winds remain elevated pushing 25-30mph. Expect the day to feel like we're in the teens and twenties all day. Overnight lows drop into the 20s as winds relax and skies clear. Monday we warm up after a frost morning to near average with the upper 40s for the afternoon. A little breezy at times but not as bad a the weekend prior. The roar of the March lion hasn't shown itself just yet, but we are starting the get a sense it's getting started with the up and down run in temps this week. Tuesday will be a quieter day as our jet stream drifts north of our region. Temps will warm steadily from the 30s of the early morning into the 50s by the afternoon. Southwest breeze will certainly bring back that spring-like feel but again, don't get too comfortable as the threat of winter weather still looms. Wednesday clouds are on the increase and winds remain southwesterly for a good chunk of the day. At least temperatures will push near 60 to make the showers a little easier to deal with. Scattered showers with an occasional downpour will lead to some street ponding. Streams still recovering from debris flows may run high, but for the most part, we should handle the rain with the amount of breaks we'll have between each system. Overnight, we'll see northwest winds kick in 15-20mph as temps drop into the low 30s. Mountain mixing and wet snowflakes look likely. In your extended forecast, our jet stream wobbles a bit from the more stable pattern its been in. Temperatures will swing from the warm 50s and low 60s to rain showers and cold days in the 30s and 40s. March is typically a windy month so watch those days where temperatures change over a large spread. The bigger and faster the temperatures change, the stronger those winds will be. FRIDAYMtn. AM flakes, slow clearing, windy. Highs in the dry day, sct, showers/snow late. Highs in the frigid, slow clearing. Highs in the & cool. Highs in the upper sunny. Clouds return late. Highs in the low showers, breezy but warm. High in the upper colder, sct. snow showers. Highs in the breezy, cooler. Highs in the 40s. SATURDAYClouds increase, sct. showers, snow late. Highs in the 40s. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
United Way to observe 211 Day today
Feb. 11—bluefield — The United Way of Southern West Virginia is observing 2-1-1 Day today. February 11th is 2-1-1 Day, celebrating the go-to resource, 2-1-1, which completed over 100,000 connections in 2024 to help people in West Virginia access help for immediate or long-term challenges. 211 is a free, confidential, 24-hour information and referral service that connects West Virginia's residents with health and human services support. Anyone in need of information can call 211 or text 898-211 to reach a trained 211 Community Resource Specialist. In 2024, the statewide service received 25,569 phone calls from people all across the state. West Virginia 211 is supported by the local United Way offices throughout the state. "Almost 7,000 calls to 2-1-1 originated within the counties served by our United Way of Southern West Virginia in 2024," United Way of Southern West Virginia Executive Director Trena Dacal said. "Our compassionate 2-1-1 specialist connects those callers to resources like utility assistance, food pantries, Meals on Wheels, home health care, and support for children, youth, and families. Calls are made for basic needs, but calls are also received for everyday information like child development screening or free tax filing support." A vast amount of local information is available through the service, including health and mental health resources, health insurance information, support for older Americans, veterans, and people with disabilities, home health care, legal resources, and more.
