Up to 4 inches of snow possible in parts of NC
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NEWS.
>>> RIGHT NOW IT 5:00, ALL EYES
ON OUR CHANGING FORECAST AS IT
LOOKS LIKE THE TRIANGLE COULD
GET HIT WITH MORE WINTER
WEATHER THAN EXPECTED.
OUR WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING UP
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF
OUR VIEWING AREA TONIGHT.
FALLING TEMPERATURES COULD MAKE
FOR A SLIPPERY MORNING MEET.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM
LENA TILLETT.
>> I AM DAVID CRABTREE.
HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT A FEW
OF THE SPOTS IT COULD WAKE UP
WITH THE SNOW ON THE GROUND
TOMORROW, RALEIGH LOOKING AT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES.
CHAPEL HILL FALLS IN THAT
WINDOW, ROCKY MOUNT COULD BE
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS,
AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES.
METEORLOGIST MIKE MAZE JOIN US
WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
TOTALS AND TIMING OF ALL OF
THIS.
>> LAST NIGHT, WE WERE
BEGINNING TO ALLUDE TO THE FACT
THIS WILL BE MORE OF AN EVENT
THAT IS NOT COLD AIR CHASING
THE MOISTURE OUT WITH MINIMAL
SNOW TOTALS, THIS LOOKS LIKE A
MODIFIED SYSTEM THAT WOULD
DEVELOP OVER US AND CREATE ITS
OWN COLD AIR.
IT IS TURNING INTO THAT RIGHT
NOW FROM WHAT WE SEE ON THE
MODELS.
THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
ELIZABETH TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS
MORNING, WE HAD UPDATES TO THIS
THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDING LEE
COUNTY, HARNEY COUNTY, ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO THE COAST.
WE ARE TALKING A TRACE UP TO 2
INCHES, ISOLATED LOCATIONS UP
TO 3, IF BURSTS OF SNOW IN THE
NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD GET
UP TO 4 INCHES.
HERE'S HOW IT PLAYS ON
FUTURECAST, THE RAIN RETURNS
THIS EVENING, WE GET CLOUDY
AROUND 11:00, WATCH FOR THE
TRANSITION ZONE AT NORTHWESTERN
COUNTIES AROUND ROXBORO IN THE
RAIN/SNOW LINE SHOULD BUILD
FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST AS WE GO
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD
AND MORNING. BY 5:00 A.M., THE
ENTIRE VIEWING AREA COULD SEE
SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION AND
BY 8:00 A.M.
IT SCOOTS OUT.
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
30s TO LOW 30s WAS SNOW ON THE
GROUND, WE'RE TALKING DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
MORNING WHICH WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS EVENING.
HERE IS EXCLUSIVE RODDICK TO
WRAL, THE EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE OF
ABILITIES OF AN INCH OF SNOW.
BOY, THIS IS GONNA FROM THE
RALEIGH AREA, IT IS ASSURED WE
SHOULD SEE AN INCH OF SNOW ON
THE GROUND.
FURTHER SOUTH NOT THAT LIKELY
FOR SOUTHERN PINES,
FAYETTEVILLE, AND IN.
YOU SHOULD SEE SNOW COME DOWN.
HERE'S THE PROBABILITY OF 3
INCHES OF SNOW AND THAT HAS
GONE UP TO 62 % IN ROXBORO, 51
% CHANCE AT ROCKY MOUNT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
INFORMATION, WE DERIVE OUR
SNOWFALL, THERE IS THE
ACCUMULATION ZONE.
WHEN WE PUT DETAILS ON THE MAP
AROUND THE TRIANGLE AREA, 1 TO
2 INCHES, MAYBE 3 INCHES IN
ISOLATED LOCATIONS.
THE GRAND TOTAL SHOULD BE 2 TO
3 IN NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES