Katherine Thompson
Chief Meteorologist

Katherine Thompson has been with WVVA since June of 2014. For 5 years, Katherine was the station’s morning & noon meteorologist for WVVA Early/ News Today and WVVA News at Noon. In 2019, Katherine became the station’s Chief Meteorologist, and you can now find her live weather forecasts on WVVA News at 5 PM, 6 PM, (10 PM on the CW) and 11PM.
Katherine has won several broadcasting awards, including the Two Virginias AP Broadcasters Award for Best Weathercaster (2018), and the West Virginia Broadcasters Association Award for Best Weathercaster (2019). and the West Virginia Broadcasters Association Award for Best Weathercaster (2021).
Katherine graduated from North Carolina State University with degrees in both Meteorology and History.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Katherine Thompson
Wednesday will bring more clouds, and occasional snow, on and off throughout the day
Updated: Dec. 3, 2023 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Several disturbances will keep us unsettled and cooler over the next several days.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 3:48 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring more of the same; temps will be mild, hitting the upper 50s and low 60s. We’ll see rounds of showers here and there, especially during the afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring rain on and off throughout the day, widest spread and heaviest at times during the late morning and early afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2023 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow bring more clouds, but we look dry still throughout the day.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 4:03 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
We’ll be cold tonight as skies clear out, with temps hitting the teens overnight, even the single digits for some.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Temps tonight will hover in the 40s for a while, but will eventually drop to around freezing by Monday AM. As a cold front moves through, rain looks likely (on and off tonight), eventually switching to light snow/flurries across the higher terrain into Monday.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Friday will bring lots of passing clouds, but rain should stay to our south.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2023 at 4:53 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Thanksgiving is looking fair this year, with a mix of sun and clouds and seasonable high temps in the upper 40s-mid 50s for most
Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Wednesday will bring spotty showers and occasional ice/flurries to the higher elevations of Western Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties...
Updated: Nov. 20, 2023 at 4:48 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring widespread rain, and on and off throughout the day.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2023 at 5:55 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring highs in the upper 40s/low 50s, and more clouds. Most of the day looks fair, but a few showers could pop up from time to time, especially during the afternoon and evening.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Showers will gradually taper through early Saturday, but we’ll be chilly and breezy as we head into the weekend.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Friday will bring more clouds and gradually developing rain through the day. The widest spread and heaviest rain looks to roll in Friday evening, after 5PM and into the night
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow, we’ll see more sun, and with warm southerly wind flow, temps will hit the 60s and 70s Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 10:24 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring mainly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 50s-low 60s. We look to stay dry into Wednesday night as well.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 4:40 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will be seasonable with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s. Aside from more cloud cover, the weather will again be fair, and that goes for Tuesday night as well.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2023 at 5:59 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow, highs should again climb into the 50s with high pressure in control.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 6:15 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Friday will bring wider-spread rain as low pressure moves in. We’ll see on and off showers and even a few snowflakes at higher elevations throughout the day.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 6:28 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Thursday, a cold front will start to approach us, so spotty showers out ahead of this system will likely pop-up throughout the day.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 6:12 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Thursday will be warmer than average still, but cloudier and a bit unsettled as a cold front enters the region
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
Strong SW winds will develop into Tuesday, allowing for rising humidity, slightly more cloud cover, and warm high temps in the 60s and 70s.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2023 at 5:32 PM EST
|By Katherine Thompson
We’ll continue to warm up through midweek as southerly wind flow strengthen...
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
We should see plenty of sun tomorrow, and high temps should be seasonable, topping off in the upper 50s-low 60s.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
High pressure will settle in to wrap up the work week, bringing warmer and drier air.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Widespread frost will be possible too as skies will remain clear overnight-early tomorrow...
Updated: Oct. 31, 2023 at 10:25 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
High temps will be in the mid 30s-low 40s tomorrow.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2023 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Bundle up! We’ll see more spotty snow/drizzle Halloween night-early Wednesday AM.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2023 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
A cold front working through the area will bring rain to start the week.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2023 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Sarturday will bring increasing clouds and still mild temps in the upper 60s-mid 70s for most.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2023 at 10:47 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow, we will see more high clouds building in, but we should stay mainly dry, with only the slim chance of a stray shower/sprinkle. Highs should hit the upper 60s-mid 70s again.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
We’ll see a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow, and Thursday night looks partly cloudy and cool with lows again in the 40s.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
With high pressure at the surface and aloft, we’ll see fair weather all the way through the end of the work week.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2023 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Tuesday will bring a few passing clouds, but we should stay dry and warmer with highs in the upper 60s-low 70s.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 5:56 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Most of this week is looking sunny and mild, with and upper level ridge of high pressure building in. A warming trend is looking likely, with temps during the day in the upper 60s-mid 70s by mid-late week.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
We should gradually dry out a bit more Saturday, but we’ll be cool and breezy, with highs in the 50s. Still, some occasional showers/sprinkles could show up with NW wind carrying air up our mountains tomorrow and tomorrow evening.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Friday morning, rain will be moving in and will be on and off throughout the entire day tomorrow.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Rain will push into the area by Friday morning as a cold front slides in.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 11:48 AM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
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Updated: Oct. 16, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Low temps will be chilly, dipping into the 30 and 40s. We’ll see lingering clouds and pockets of drizzle/flurries overnight-Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2023 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
As air rides up our mountains, it will continue to cool and condense into light rain/drizzle, and even patchy snow at higher elevations into tonight.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Highs on Saturday will top off in the 60s, and we’ll see on and off rain throughout the day. We’ll be breezy as well, with gusts occasionally over 20-40 MPH.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring gradually clearing skies, and high temps in the upper 60s-mid 70s.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow, we will see a bit more cloud cover, but with high pressure still in control, we should stay dry.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 at 9:24 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
We should see more sun emerge tomorrow as high pressure takes control.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2023 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Enough moisture condensing across our higher terrain too will also mean a few isolated showers and flurries overnight.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2023 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Saturday looks rather chilly and blustery, with highs only in the 50s
Updated: Oct. 5, 2023 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Our Friday will be seasonable temp-wise, but we’ll be damp, with on and off rain throughout the day and into Friday night as well.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2023 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Tomorrow will bring more cloud cover, and slightly cooler high temps, in the upper 60s-mid 70s.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Katherine Thompson
Highs again tomorrow will find their way back into the 70s and 80s, and once again, we should see plenty of sun as well!