WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CAROLINAS & NORTH GEORGIA

[Lowpressure]

Finally winter weather is on the way for the Western and Central parts of the Carolinas. Charlotte calling for 1-2 inches of snow then accumulating ice on top of that. Could make for a nasty situation ice wise. NWS stating this will be an 18-24 event. Refer to NOAA CLT for details. Feel free to chime in here anywhere in the WSW area. This is a new thread, not so cluttered or brought back from two weeks ago.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov



Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
904 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION...

.COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION STARTING
TONIGHT ON INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OUT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING
STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL
QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WITH A SUB-
FREEZING AIRMASS IN PLACE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO ONLY
SLOWLY WARM DURING THE FOLLOWING 18 TO 24 HOURS...A WIDE VARIETY
OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN.

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ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...
COLUMBUS
904 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.

SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX
WITH AND BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTHEAST INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. A
DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS POSSIBLE AS WELL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND
CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

$$




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[ams30721]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
438 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...ICY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...

.A COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO SPREADS NORTHEAST.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET..FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-045-047-311745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0001.070201T0800Z-070201T2000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...DECATUR
438 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOME AREAS ACROSS THE
NORTH COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE THE
MIX CHANGES OVER TO ALL RAIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND
CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

[Lowpressure]

Looks like an icy mess for portions of Georgia and the Piedmont of the Carolinas.

[hcaeb]

I just went onto NOAA and they mention 'rest of today" and 'Friday thru Tuesday' forecast for my area - Moore County, NC. I have never seen them intentionally leave off a days forecast. Does anyone have any idea what we are to expect this the Pinehurst / Southern Pines area for Thursday.

[Lowpressure]

WINTER STORM WATCH, snow mixing with sleet before 10 a.m. high of 36, per NWS Raleigh. No mention of any accumulations for your area. Low 34 Thursday night, so it looks like no real ice issue as far as freezing rain, except maybe overpasses.

[Lowpressure]

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW ISSUED

This may become a nasty situation with ice. NCDOT has been applying brine all day and DUKE power has been airing power outage procedures.


Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION...

.COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
ON INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OUT AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM ALONG
THE GULF COAST. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WITH A SUB-FREEZING AIRMASS
IN PLACE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO ONLY SLOWLY WARM
DURING THE FOLLOWING 18 TO 24 HOURS...A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTRY
WEATHER WILL RESULT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-SCZ003-006>009-
010345-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WS.A.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.WS.W.0003.070201T0900Z-070202T1100Z/
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...
COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL
237 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST
FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO
6 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FROM GREENVILLE TO
YORK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND
BECOME PREDOMINATELY SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND
ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTHEAST
INTO THE CHARLOTTE AND GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREAS. AN INCH
OF SLEET ALONG WITH DAMAGING ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE HEAVY
SNOWFALL.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND
CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.

$$

[Pi Master]

An advisory now, from Raleigh:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
255 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TO THE
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ON THURSDAY...

NCZ026-041-075-076-083-084-010430-
/O.UPG.KRAH.WS.A.0001.070201T1100Z-070202T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KRAH.WW.Y.0003.070201T1100Z-070202T0500Z/
FRANKLIN-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISBURG...RALEIGH...SOUTHERN PINES...
SANFORD...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM
255 PM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH
ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE AREA.

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE GULF COAST OF ALABAMA
EARLY THURSDAY TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM
MOIST AIR WILL OVERRIDE VERY COLD AIR NEAR THE GROUND. INITIALLY
THE AIR WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SNOW AND SLEET THURSDAY
MORNING. BUT AS THE AIR CONTINUES TO WARM ALOFT... SNOW AND SLEET
WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDDAY AND BECOME MAINLY RAIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

AREAS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN SANDHILLS TO
NORTHEAST PIEDMONT INCLUDING SOUTHERN PINES AND THE TRIANGLE AREA
BY 900 AM AND NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS BY 1100 AM. UP
TO ONE INCH OF SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY
AREA BEFORE A TURN TO FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO
RAIN AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE ABOVE 32 DEGREES DURING THE
AFTERNOON. ONE EIGHTH INCH OF ICE ACCRUAL IS EXPECTED. BECAUSE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING...ICE ON ELEVATED
SURFACES AND A FEW ICY PATCHES ON UNTREATED PAVEMENTS WILL LINGER
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

$$

[Lowpressure]

Currently 28.9 with a DP of 6, overcast cirrus shield.

[ncupsscweather]

Currently 31.0 here with a DP of 3, overcast cirrus shield

[brunota2003]

29 with Dewpoint of 18 here between Morehead and New Bern...nothing but a cold rain forecasted...with it starting after 10 AM...

[Wannabewxman79]

So why does the coasts of NC and SC miss out so much, when the deep south and southern Texas get all the winter precip?

[ncupsscweather]

Another system to watch for this weekend for another possible round of Wintry Weather.

[Lowpressure]

27.3 degrees with DP 9 broken cloud deck. Radar filling in from the West and SW.

[ncupsscweather]

Yeah i know but i have been looking at some of the surface observations and none of it in the Mountains of North Carolina or Eastern Tennesse or Northern Georga is reaching the ground.

[Lowpressure]

NWS Charlotte now calling for 3-5 inches of snow!!

[ncupsscweather]

Same up here in Hickory. We have been have light snow off and on since about 4:55am this morning.

[Lowpressure]

Heavy snow now in Charlotte everything is turning white quickly. Temp had gone up to 34.4, but with evap cooling down to 31.2. DP24. Finally , winter in the Carolina. It is coming to you in Hickory, enjoy and stay in touch with obs.

[Aquawind]

Nice.. 3-5" will cover up the grass at least. That is winter like alrighty..

Snowcover map is expanding..

[Lowpressure]

Right around 1 inch of snow now on the South Side of Charlotte and still coming down nicely. Roads are turning white now as temp down to 30.3 and falling due to evap cooling and developing wedge.

[Lowpressure]

Well over 2 inches on the ground almost 3 on the grass, and huge snowflakes coming down. Roads even have almost 1 1/2 on them. 31.5 degrees with heavy band just to our south and sw near Rock Hill.