WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 248 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM
THE SOUTHWEST STARTING THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN
LIKELY IN THE COLDER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. A TRANSITION TO
RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FINALLY BECOME ALL RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE HIGHLY
VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION GIVEN THE MIXED NATURE OF THE
PRECIPITATION. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT THROUGHOUT...WITH
GENERALLY NO MORE THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET...EXCEPT
FOR ISOLATED ONE INCH AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH POSSIBLE AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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