WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND THE ADJACENT HIGH ELEVATION ZONES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS.
* HAZARDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET TONIGHT...THEN ICE
ACCUMULATION FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY AND WILL CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW AND SLEET AROUND SUNSET. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
MAINLY TO SLEET DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN MAINLY
FREEZING RAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK...AND FINALLY RAIN BY MID MORNING
FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR
THE BLUE RIDGE...2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE BALSAM MOUNTAINS...AND
UP TO ONE INCH ELSEWHERE. ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH MAINLY OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET.
* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE. A FEW POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING DUE
TO TREE LIMBS FALLING ONTO POWER LINES.
* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
