Leaf peepers and squirrel hunters rejoice - the first frost is here.
The National Weather Service in Charleston has put out a frost advisory warning from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday, and a freeze warning for the eastern and northern parts of the state for Sunday and Monday.
"We had a front that pushed through this morning," said meteorologist Dylan Cooper, who works for the National Weather Service in Charleston. Cooper said the Canadian cold front following it is the culprit of the chilly air.
The frost is coming close to schedule this year, with growing season ending in the next few days.
This means that leaf peepers will have a lot to enjoy in the upcoming weeks as the colder weather causes the leaves to change their hue.
"With the frost coming, the trees that haven't started to turn will start to turn colors," said Leslie Smithson, public information specialist at the West Virginia Division of Forestry.
Smithson predicted that the colors in Kanawha County will hit their peak next weekend, around Oct. 24. Right now, foliage is only at about 25 percent; Kanawha County is always one of the last areas in the state to see the leaves change colors.
The leaves will start to fall off the trees after that. With wet weather, they'd stay on longer but big storm systems and heavy winds could knock them off the trees. Smithson pointed out that sometimes the leaves stay on the trees into November.
The cold snap coming in to the area won't last too long, Cooper said. The temperature will be back in the 60s and 70s by Wednesday.
The first frost gives no indication of what type of winter is to come, although 2015 is an El Nino year, which usually indicates warmer weather in the north.
Cooper said that there's an equal chance that it will be warmer than average or colder and wetter than average.