NC Winter Storm: Forecast & Tracker | [Year]

THIS IS A WXII 12 FIRST WARNING WEATHER ALERT. I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A GREAT FRIDAY. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU’RE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT FILL IN. WE’RE ON MAX THREE. AND OF COURSE, TALKING ABOUT THAT COLD FRONT BRINGING IN A COUPLE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH FOLKS OUT THERE TODAY, MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE SUNSHINE IN THE BACK EDGE OF THIS, AND WE’VE GOT SOME REALLY NICE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TOO. FOR YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS. WE HAVE NOW BEEN IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, UPGRADED, AS YOU KNOW, FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY, WE’RE NOW A WINTER STORM WARNING ICE STORM WARNING. SO ALL OF THESE ZONES ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, BACK INTO THE MIDWEST AND THE DEEP SOUTH HAVE WARNINGS FOR THIS WINTER STORM THAT IS NOW JUST TAKING SHAPE OVER DALLAS. YOU START TO SEE SOME OF THE MOISTURE LIFTING IN. IT’S ALREADY CREATING SOME FREEZING PRECIPITATION FOR POCKETS OF NORTHERN TEXAS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A FRONT THAT’S COMING IN, ALLOWING FOR A NEW, COLDER AIR MASS TO TAKE SHAPE AND SIT IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE FOR US. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW AT 51 DEGREES OUT THERE FROM AREAS OF HIGH POINT AND WINSTON-SALEM. WE HAD A COUPLE OF SPRINKLES EARLIER DOWN TO THE SOUTH. NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT. IT’S REALLY THIS PRECIPITATION AND THIS BATCH THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING OUT OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND HEADING OUR WAY EVENTUALLY, THAT WE’RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT INTERACTING WITH THAT COLD AIR. SO HERE YOU SEE THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION STARTING TO MIX IN SOME SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AS WE SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST THERE. NOW YOUR WINTER STORM ALERTS HERE FOR YOU. WE’VE GOT WARNINGS UP FOR FOLKS IN STUART WINSTON-SALEM GREENSBORO BURLINGTON YANCEYVILLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ASHEBORO STARTS WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET. WE BELIEVE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOW MUCH WILL WE HAVE ON THE GROUND? INITIALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT. AS THE STORM GETS GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THAT’S WHEN WE EXPECT MORE OF THE IMPACT TO REALLY DEVELOP. BUT IF WE START TO SEE THE SNOW AND SLEET MIXING IN AT ONCE, THAT’S GOING TO CREATE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SO WE’RE HOPING THAT FOLKS WILL BE IN PLACE BY MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THIS GOES INTO EFFECT AT 1:00 ON YOUR SATURDAY, CONTINUES THROUGH 1:00 ON YOUR MONDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AND WE COULD SEE SOME PROLONGED EXPECTATIONS OF POWER OUTAGES TOO. SO TODAY’S FORECAST, OF COURSE, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S, AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING OUT THERE. AND THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US. AND IT’S ALL DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS ALOFT. WE’RE LOOKING AT SLEET PROFILES AT LEAST INITIALLY, BECAUSE OUR COLUMN OF AIR THAT’S GOING TO BE MOSTLY COLD AND DEEP FOR A LITTLE WHILE, STARTS TO WARM UP ALOFT. AND SO WITH THAT, WE THEN GET SOME SNOW FALLING THROUGH A WARMER LAYER OF AIR, AND IT FREEZES ON THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND. WE GET THOSE LITTLE ICE PELLETS. FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER, IT’S MOSTLY RAIN AND WARMER ALOFT, BUT COLDER AT THE SURFACE, AND THAT’S WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE. ICE STORM WARNINGS. ALSO WANTED TO MENTION ARE IN PLACE FOR FOLKS NEAR THE DAVIE COUNTY AREA TOO, SO WATCHING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW IN YOUR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST SHOWS YOU THAT WE’VE GOT THE SNOW CHANCES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AS WE GET YOU INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE’RE DRY UP UNTIL THEN. TEMPERATURES, THOUGH, ARE STARTING TO PLUMMET THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. WE EXPECT TO SIT IN THE 20S ON YOUR SATURDAY AND THEN DIP INTO THE TEENS, AS THAT AIR KEEPS US LOCKED IN THAT COOL, COLD CAROLINA WEDGE. SNOWFALL MAY START BETWEEN 4 AND 5, AND THEN WE’VE GOT THOSE ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION, THAT SLEET THAT COULD CONTINUE TO FALL AS WE GET YOU INTO YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE SEE IT SPREAD OUT, POTENTIALLY AS THAT SLEET MIX OF SNOW AND THEN SOME FREEZING RAIN WE BELIEVE WILL DEVELOP AT SOME POINT OVERNIGHT INTO OUR SUNDAY MORNING. THE TIMING STILL IN NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ROUND, BECAUSE WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING TO SEE IS WHERE DOES THAT WARM LAYER START TO PUSH IN? DOES IT HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT SOONER? WE COULD HAVE MORE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN RATHER THAN THE SNOW AND SLEET. WE’D RATHER HAVE THE PURPLE. THAT WOULD BE THE BETTER VIEW. AND THAT’S WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SLEET STARTING TO TRANSITION ALOFT, THANKS TO THAT WARMER NOSE OF AIR AND THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AS WELL. WE’RE ALSO, OF COURSE, LOOKING AT THOSE HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUING TO FILL IN ON THE BACK EDGE SO IT MAY END UP AFTER A BIG BATCH OF HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WITH FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING ICE THAT APPROACHES QUARTER TO HALF INCH TOTALS, WE COULD SEE A LOT MORE GOING ON OUT THERE AS WELL. SO NOW WE’RE ABOUT TO GO LIVE ON OUR FACEBOOK AS WELL, AND WE’RE SEEING THAT WE’VE GOT THE SNOW CHANCES CONTINUING ALL THE WAY, POSSIBLY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING, 1:02 A.M., ESPECIALLY ON THE BACK EDGES INTO THE MOUNTAINS. AND THEN WE START TO SEE THE AMOUNTS FORECAST FOR YOU, SOME 1 TO 2IN. YOU CAN SEE HERE FOR FOLKS FROM GALAX THROUGH SPARTA, HIGHER TOTALS HERE AS WE GET YOU ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA LINE. AND AT THIS POINT, THE SNOW TOTALS ARE NOT THE ISSUE. IT’S REALLY HOW MUCH FREEZING RAIN DO WE GET ON TOP OF THIS? HOW MUCH SLEET IS ON TOP OF THIS. AND THERE IS CONCERN THAT WE WILL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. SO THESE TOTALS ARE NOT JUST PURE SNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOME SLEET MIXING IN AND THAT’S A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE RIGHT? IT’S NOT ACCUMULATING ON OUR TREES. IT’S JUST BOUNCING OFF OF OUR ROOFS, MAKING A LOT OF NOISE FOR US AND CREATING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SLICK AND VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SO WE WANT YOU OFF THE ROADS TOMORROW