3 p.m. update: Rain-snow line edges closer to Durham area

The Triangle could see up to three inches of snow Thursday evening, after a messy, rainy morning and afternoon. Around 5 or 6 p.m., the rain is expected to changeover into snow.
Posted 2/20/2020, 9:43:00 AM Updated 2/20/2020, 8:20:15 PM

>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, I

AM METEOROLOGIST MIKE BASE WITH

A CONTINUING UPDATE WITH WHAT

IS HAPPENING WITH OUR WINTER

WEATHER.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE RAIN

SNOW LINE ENTRANCEWAY CLOSER TO

THE DURHAM AREA, OVER TOWARD

HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL.

WE HAVE SNOW COMING DOWN IN

SOUTH HILL AND A LITTLE BIT

OVER TOWARD ROXBOROUGH.

THIS IS OUR WINTER RADAR.

WHERE YOU SEE THE WHITE AND

PINK, THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE

THAT WITH REPRESENTATION.

THE QUEEN IS ALL RAIN AND

INTERMIXED WITH SLEET.

PRIMARILY REDUCES WHITE AND THE

PINK, THAT IS WHERE THERE IS

SOMEONE TO BE PRESENTATION PER

WHAT THE COMPUTER IS SAYING AND

WE ARE SEEING SOME SNOWFALL UP

THERE AS WELL PER HOUR CAMERAS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SOUTH

CAMERA, THAT IS THE WET SNOW

COMING UNDONE.

A PRETTY WINTRY SCENE.

ACCORDING TO OUR MODEL, LOW

TEMPERATURES THERE ARE IN THE

UPPER 40s BUT NO WORRIES ABOUT

THAT, LETTING ON THE GROUND.

IT IS GOING TO MELT AND THE

WORDS ARE GOING TO BE WET.

ROXBOROUGH WAS SEEING WHAT

SNOWFLAKES COME DOWN FROM TIME

TO TIME.

NOTHING REALLY SNOWING IN THE

SCENE IT NOW.

THE DURUM CAN, THEY'VE GOT THE

TARP ON THE INFIELD.

FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU WILL SEE

FLAKES FALLING AROUND.

AND INTEREST, THERE IS RAIN,

MAYBE SOME WET SNOWFLAKES AS

WELL.

WE ARE NOTICING SERVICE

TEMPERATURE STARTED TO DROP.

38 IN RALEIGH, 33 IN SOUTH HILL,

30 IN FAYETTEVILLE, 40 IN

CLINTON.

THE ROAD TEMPERATURES STILL IN

THE VERY SAFE ZONE WITH

TEMPERATURES RIGHT 49 IN SOUTH

HILL AND 42 AT THE SURFACE ON

THE GROUND, 40 AT CLINTON.

IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO SNOW

PRETTY HARD FOR A CHELATION ON

THE BOAT.

IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE

ELEVATED SURFACES THAT HAVE

ISSUES.

THE ADVISORY IS CONTINUED

THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT

THROUGH SOME A.M.

TOMORROW MORNING FOR ALL THE

COUNTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE.

WE ARE INTO SPREADING 1 TO 2

INCHES OF SNOW.

MAYBE AN ISOLATED TOTAL OF 3 IT

IS.

THERE IS THE WINTER STORM

WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 7:00

A.M.

FRIDAY MORNING TO 2 WHICH IS OF

SNOW POSSIBLE, SLICK ROADS

LIKELY LATER TONIGHT AND

TOMORROW MORNING.

WE WILL SEE COMPANIES ACROSS

THE AREA GET INTO THE LOW TO

MID 20s.

HARSH WINTERS WILL BE IN THE

LOAD DEMAND TEENS.

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THAT RAIN

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