| North Carolina Watches and Warnings |
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 4:05 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007 …WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS…A COLD UPPER TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MONDAY NIGHT…WHILE A STRONG SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY TUESDAY…BRINGING IN MUCH COLDER AIR. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL WRAP AROUND THE GREAT |
From AccuWeather.com
4:05 PM EST MON DEC 31 2007
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY…A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY…INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY TUESDAY EVENING.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND A FOOT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH…WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH…COULD ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
We’re not in the higher elevations, and right now the temperature is almost 60 degrees and the sun is shining.. this could be interesting, we haven’t had a big snow here in years!
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