Raleigh, NC issues winter weather advisory

[Stormsfury]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
348 PM EST SUN FEB 9 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT REGION AND PERSON COUNTY...

.WEAK LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
REGION ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA OVERNIGHT... THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY
WHILE MOVING OUT TO SEA ON MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION AROUND OR SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND MIX WITH RAIN ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH AND
EAST PORTIONS OF THE TRIAD.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MID MORNING MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES
WILL RETURN TO THE 40S IN THE AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ007-021>023-038-039-101500-
ALAMANCE NC-DAVIDSON NC-FORSYTH NC-GUILFORD NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEBORO...BELEWS CREEK...BURLINGTON...
GRAHAM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...LEXINGTON...RANDLEMAN...
ROXBORO AND WINSTON-SALEM
400 PM EST SUN FEB 9 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
REGION AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY
MIX WITH RAIN ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF WINSTON-SALEM.
BECAUSE THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH RAIN OVER MOST OF THE TRIAD
REGION...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR POSSIBLY 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TRIAD REGION... WITH
AMOUNTS GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST INCLUDING
AREAS FROM LEXINGTON TO THOMASVILLE... ASHEBORO... BURLINGTON... AND
ROXBORO. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE MAINLY ON GRASSY AND
METAL SURFACES. ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE SLUSHY AND WILL
QUICKLY MELT ON MONDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 32 DEGREES.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW BY
MID MORNING MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S TO
AROUND 40 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS MONDAY. SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT
FROM THE WET SNOWFALL. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY ON THE SECONDARY ROADS... BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
$$

PWB/RFG

[Stormsfury]

Based on latest surface data, and observations, I would not be surprised if Raleigh-Durham area picks up some snowfall, at least at the onset ... be vigilant for rapidly changing conditions ...

9:00 PM EST - Raleigh-Durham was reporting 34 deg., with an 18 dewp.

Just as I typed the above - this came out from Raleigh ...
00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICT 850MB ZERO DEGREE ISOTHERM ABOUT 100
MILES FURTHER NORTH COMPARED TO 12Z MODEL PROGS FOR 00Z. THUS
APPEARS THAT LOW LEVEL AIRMASS A BIT WARMER THAN PROGGED. OBSERVED
LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES REFLECT THIS AS PARTIAL THICKNESSES ALSO A TAD
WARMER.

[HeartofNC]

Snow Nazi hits again






no snow for us in Raleigh!

[wrkh99]

Snow ?

[JQ Public]

Yeh we got to 32 degrees during the 10 o'clock news...and this was not forecasted. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a LITTLE surprise tomorrow morning? I mean little. Nothing big but a surprised nonetheless