WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — A series of dust storms in Texas earlier this week are the culprit if your car is covered with a filmy layer of mud this evening.

Much of Texas had severe dust storms due to recent dry conditions there and strong winds.

An area of low pressure over Missouri tracking east this evening toward us drew up some of that dust into the atmosphere and transported it into the Ohio Valley this afternoon.

Initially that dust was suspended in the clouds and this system was producing little to no rain ahead of it, so it wasn't noticeable...but when rain showers (and even some small hail) began to reach the ground it helped bring that dust to the surface, coating cars.

While many of us have seen a break in the rain this evening, more is expected overnight. This rain will fall harder and could end up washing the dust off cars...but could also bring more particles down too.

If your car still looks grimy Saturday, don't worry. The weather should be pretty nice for a car wash in the coming days.

Morning showers will give way to sun Saturday and we're looking at dry and increasingly warm weather into next week.

After early Saturday our next chance for rain will likely not be until the following weekend!