Triangle could see a 20-30% chance of snow, winter weather Thursday

Forecast models are showing a possibility of snow or a wintry mix in North Carolina on Thursday, especially in the eastern counties. The Triangle is showing a roughly 20-30% chance of getting at least an inch of snow.
Posted 2/18/2020, 6:18:00 PM Updated 2/19/2020, 4:52:50 AM

>> WE MAY FIND OUT.

WE WILL HEAD OVER TO THE ZOO

AND TAKE VIDEO AND FIND OUT.

LOTS OF US LIKE SNOW AND

PROSPECTS FOR SNOW SEEMED TO BE

THE BEST SO FAR THIS YEAR

THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF PETALS, WET

ROADS IN CHAPEL HILL.

THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE WET

ROADS TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE

COMMUTE.

AN 80 % CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE

BEGINNING OF THE COMMUTE.

CHILLIER FROM WHERE WE STARTED

THIS MORNING.

A 60 % CHANCE OF RAIN BY 8:00

AND BY THE END OF THE COMMUTE A

60 % CHANCE OF RAIN.

RAIN SHOULD BE DONE WITH BY

LUNCH TIME.

BUT COOLER TOMORROW, WIND FROM

THE NORTHEAST 10-15. LET'S TAKE

A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON

THE WEATHER BILLBOARD HAPPENING

THROUGH THE NIGHT.

LIGHT RAIN ON AND OFF THROUGH

THE EVENING SO FAR.

RAIN IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES

AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

POLK COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND

COUNTY.

AND OFF TO THE WEST.

BUT YOU WILL NOTICE IT'S JUST

LIKE GREEN.

NONE OF THIS IS HEIDI.

THE HEAVIER RAIN IS FURTHER TO

THE SOUTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA,

GEORGIA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST RAIN

WILL SAY TO OURSELVES.

WE ARE NOT RULING OUT AN

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM FOR OUR

SOUTHERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT BUT

NOT ANTICIPATING ANYTHING

SEVERE.

LET'S CHECK OUT POTENTIAL

RAINFALL.

IT SHOULD TAPER OFF BY LUNCH

TIME. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE

TOTALS BETWEEN NOW AND NOON

TOMORROW.

ABOUT 4/10 IN THE TRIANGLE.

6/10 IN FAYETTEVILLE, SEVEN OF

OUR SOUTHERN LOCATIONS OVER AN

INCH.

AGAIN, THAT IS FOR THE HEAVIEST

RAIN WILL FALL OVERNIGHT AND

MAYBE THAT IS WHERE WE WILL SEE

A THUNDERSTORM.

LET'S FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON

THURSDAY EVENING.

THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT

SNOWFALL POTENTIAL. THE TOP OF

THE NEWSCAST THERE WAS A LONGER

DURATION OF SNOW AND THAT IS

WHERE THE GREATEST TOTALS WILL

SET UP TALKING ABOUT PARTS OF

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SAMPSON

COUNTY OVER TO GREENVILLE

BETWEEN ONE AND 3 INCHES OF

SNOW GETTING OVER TO CHATHAM

COUNTY. UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE

FOR YOU FOLKS WATCHING IN

ROXBOROUGH, EVEN SOUTHFIELD AND

CLARKSVILLE. WE ARE STILL EARLY

IN THE DAY AND THE FORECAST

WILL CONTINUE TO FINE-TUNE.

THIS IS THE LATEST MODEL OF

FUTURE CASH SHOWING THE

MOISTURE A LITTLE FURTHER TO

THE NORTH AND WEST AND

GENERATING A LITTLE BIT MORE

SNOWFALL, PERHAPS 7/10 OF THE

TRIANGLE.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH OUR

THINKING THAT SOME OF THE

HEAVIER TOTALS WOULD BE DOWN

EAST TOWARD THE COAST EAST OF I-

95.

TALKING ABOUT MAYBE 2.3 INCHES

IN GREENSBORO. IF THERE ARE ANY

CHANGES OF COURSE WE WILL

CONTINUE TO BRING THEM TO YOU.

ELIZABETH WILL HAVE NEW MODEL

DATA STARTING AT 4:30 TOMORROW

MORNING.

SHE WILL HAVE THE ENSEMBLE OF

THE EUROPEAN MODEL FOR ONE,

THREE, AND 6 INCHES. I BELIEVE

THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE GOING UP

FROM WHAT WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER

TODAY.

PLANNER TOMORROW PLAN ON RAIN

IN THE MORNING, LUNCHTIME A

SMALL CHANCE, 30 %. MUCH

COOLER, BREEZY TOMORROW, A

WHOLE DIFFERENT FEEL FROM WHAT

WE HAD EARLIER TODAY.

HERE'S YOUR 7-DAY FORECAST,

THURSDAY A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FEEL.

PRECIPITATION STARTS AND IF IT

STARTS TO RAIN HARD ENOUGH THAT

DRYER AIR WILL START TO SEE A

CHANGEOVER AND THAT IS WHY WE

SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SYMBOL

THERE.

THURSDAY NIGHT IT WILL BE DONE

A LITTLE BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT

FRIDAY MORNING.

40 FOR THE HIGH ON FRIDAY BUT

THAT MORNING LOW 47, ROADS WILL

BE IN JEOPARDY.

WE WARM UP TO 40 IN THE

AFTERNOON SO A LOT OF MELTING

AND THEN WARMING INTO THE