November typically brings us our first flakes, but normally those fall to the ground and melt -- a reminder that winter isn't far off.

Our first measurable snow (0.1" or more) usually occurs around Thanksgiving, although in recent years we've had to wait until December (and sometimes January) for that to occur.

Not this year. Widespread snow showers and squalls starting Sunday night will pepper down into Monday night before tailing off Tuesday morning.

While there will be some melting in the valleys, it looks like flakes will fall hard enough at times to stick to colder surfaces like grass, roofs and cartops.

It seems likely Charleston (and possibly Huntington) will see at least 0.1" out of this and possibly up to an inch.

That would mark our earliest measurable snow since Superstorm Sandy hammered the region just before Halloween in 2012. Those snow totals ranged from a couple inches in the cities to over 10 inches on the hills, and 2-3 feet or more in the West Virginia mountains.

We're not expecting anything like that, but this will be an unusually early blast of winter weather, with afternoon temperatures Monday struggling to get out of the 30s and wind chills in the 20s at times.

Mountains can expect at least a couple inches with likely four inches or more above 4,000 feet.

While valley roads will be wet on Monday we'll have to watch for icy spots to develop Monday night and crews may be out and about Monday night salting bridges and overpasses.

Some schools are out of session Tuesday for Veterans Day but for those that aren't some delays and closings are possible given the expected icy conditions.