CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was frosty at Frost and a number of other communities across West Virginia early Monday, with subfreezing, near-record low temperatures expected to be even more widespread early today.

But by Wednesday afternoon, 80-degree temperatures should be equally widespread, and linger through the Memorial Day weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

On Monday morning, it was 26 degrees in the Randolph County community of Glady, 27 degrees at Kumbrabow State Forest, and 29 degrees at Frost, Marlinton and Parsons in Pocahontas County. At Beckley, the record low temperature for the date was tied with a 31-degree reading.

Charleston's 35-degree morning was only 2 degrees warmer than the record low temperature for May 18.

The National Weather Service placed the entire state under a frost advisory through 9 a.m. today, with the exception of Randolph and Pocahontas counties, where a freeze warning was issued in anticipation of subfreezing temperatures capable of killing crops and other sensitive vegetation.

"We're a little concerned about the possibility of a fruit freeze," said state Department of Agriculture spokesman Buddy Davidson, "but it doesn't look like it will get quite cold enough to do much damage" in the apple and peach orchards of the Eastern Panhandle, he said.

Sunny skies should prevail across the state today, according to the NWS, allowing temperatures to climb into the upper 70s in the Charleston area, and into the mid-80s on Wednesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was frosty at Frost and a number of other communities across West Virginia early Monday, with subfreezing, near-record low temperatures expected to be even more widespread early today.

But by Wednesday afternoon, 80-degree temperatures should be equally widespread, and linger through the Memorial Day weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

On Monday morning, it was 26 degrees in the Randolph County community of Glady, 27 degrees at Kumbrabow State Forest, and 29 degrees at Frost, Marlinton and Parsons in Pocahontas County. At Beckley, the record low temperature for the date was tied with a 31-degree reading.

Charleston's 35-degree morning was only 2 degrees warmer than the record low temperature for May 18.

The National Weather Service placed the entire state under a frost advisory through 9 a.m. today, with the exception of Randolph and Pocahontas counties, where a freeze warning was issued in anticipation of subfreezing temperatures capable of killing crops and other sensitive vegetation.

"We're a little concerned about the possibility of a fruit freeze," said state Department of Agriculture spokesman Buddy Davidson, "but it doesn't look like it will get quite cold enough to do much damage" in the apple and peach orchards of the Eastern Panhandle, he said.

Sunny skies should prevail across the state today, according to the NWS, allowing temperatures to climb into the upper 70s in the Charleston area, and into the mid-80s on Wednesday.