Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Beards Fork, WV

SHORT TERM
(Through Late Wednesday Afternoon)
Issued at 341 AM CST Tue Jan 20 2026

Temperatures early this morning have dropped into the single digits and teens. Winds have already switched out of the southwest behind a surface high centered over the Mid South which will move off to the east today. While there will be some clouds early on today, it should turn out to be at least a partly sunny day across most of the area. This combined with south-southwest winds will push highs into the 30s and lower 40s this afternoon, with the warmest highs in central Missouri.

Expect tonight to be mainly dry until late before there is an increase in low level moisture ahead of mid level trough that will move across the Midwest. The NAM develops some light QPF with this system, while the RAP/HRRR/GFS develops QPF just to the southeast of the CWA Have introduced 20 PoPs for a light wintry mix with no accumulation after 3 am over the far southern CWA This slight chance will linger into Wednesday morning before the system moves off to the east.

A cold front associated with the mid level trough will move through the area late tonight and early on Wednesday. Winds will turn out of the west behind the front and advection will be weak allowing highs to warm back up into the 40s on Wednesday afternoon.

Britt

LONG TERM
(Wednesday Night through Monday)
Issued at 341 AM CST Tue Jan 20 2026

The global models remain dry late Wednesday through Friday as we will be in west-northwesterly flow aloft with a strong surface high dropping southeast out of Canada. The latest model guidance is showing that the high will move across the Midwest and Great Lakes Friday into Sunday which will supply very cold and dry air to the region. High temperatures are looking to be 15 to 25 degrees below normal during this timeframe with lows in the single digits including below zero values in the north.

There remains quite a spread in the southern stream system that looks to affect the area Saturday night into Sunday night. The global models are showing more spread with how far north the QPF will get with this system, though the latest run has shown a general northern shift with the precipitation in the CWA With this said, it will be fighting the very dry air being advected in from the surface high, and the LREF is still showing a wide spread in snowfall amounts, with most ensemble members pointing toward the low end of any accumulating snow over the southern part of CWA

Britt

AVIATION
(For the 06z TAFs through 06z Tuesday Night)
Issued at 1043 PM CST Mon Jan 19 2026

VFR conditions are expected throughout the 06Z TAF cycle. Light south-southwest winds will persist through the night and into the day tomorrow, but will steadily increase tomorrow evening and veer slightly more to the southwest. Some marginal low level wind shear will be possible during this period due to very strong winds just above the surface, but this depends largely on whether a low level inversion can develop before these stronger winds aloft arrive.
For now, confidence remains too low to include this in the TAF at this time.

Otherwise, some mid level clouds will move through most terminals overnight tonight, but ceilings are expected to remain above VFR levels.

BRC

LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MO...None.
IL...None.