Forecast: (There is a lot of weather in the next 3 days... read carefully)
Change is coming, I promise. It is just taking us a while to get there.
Mountains - Temperatures will fall into the middle to upper teens tonight with a few flurries and snow showers on the Tennessee line (maybe a dusting there). Tomorrow will be cold with highs around 30 and increasing clouds in the afternoon. The next storm will move in late Thursday night into Friday morning. If the storm tracks just a little fast and further east then we could be looking at a substantial snow event. Right now I am favoring a brief snow (dusting for most) then changing to rain west of Boone and Freezing Rain east. There may be an extended period of freezing rain along the blue ridge Friday so be prepared for some slick travel. Everyone should change over to rain Friday night and the rain could be heavy at times. I expect a brief changeover back to snow on Saturday but no accumulation is expected right now.
***We are right on the line as far as temperatures go, if the track of the storm is faster or shifts more to the east a substantial snow event would be possible. Stay Tuned!!!***
Foothills- Temperatures tonight will fall into the middle to upper 20s. Tomorrow will be chilly with highs in the low 40s and increasing clouds in the afternoon. Another storm is expected to move in Friday morning. If the precipitation gets in early enough Friday then there could be a brief period of snow, but most of the precipitation Friday morning should fall as sleet and freezing rain. There could be an extended period of freezing rain creating hazardous driving and a 0.10" - 0.20" glaze on the trees and power lines. This is not enough to cause downed trees or power lines. Everything should change over to all rain Friday around noon and could be heavy through Friday night. 1-2" of Rain are expected over the mountains and southern foothills and up to 1" of rain in the northern foothills.
***We are right on the line as far as temperatures go, if the track of the storm is faster or shifts more to the east a substantial snow event would be possible. Stay Tuned!!!***
Piedmont- Temperatures tonight will fall to around 30. Tomorrow will be chilly with highs in the mid to upper 40s and increasing afternoon clouds. Precipitation may start Friday morning as a few sleet pellets or light freezing rain. Most of the precipitation should fall as rain and it will be heavy at times. 1-2" of rain can be expected by the time the rain ends on Saturday.
Next week is looking colder and stormier than I had previously thought. Winter is really trying to hang on. There could be a couple chances for snow in the western Carolina's. I'll keep you posted.
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