WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 507 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW...WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WILL
SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS ON FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION RATES
WILL INCREASE AS DEEP LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A COASTAL LOW SWEEPS
OVER THE REGION. THE LOW WILL BEGIN TO DEPART ON
SATURDAY...RESULTING IN A GRADUAL DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION
RATES. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL FRIDAY EVENING AND WILL LIKELY
REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY.
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TO
1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS ADJACENT TO THE EAST FACING
MOUNTAIN SLOPES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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