WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 AM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.
THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES BOTH THE TRIAD AND THE TRIANGLE AREAS...
AND THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF ROXBORO... HENDERSON... SANFORD...
CARTHAGE... TROY... AND ALBEMARLE.
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION...
ALBEMARLE AND TROY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY
IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET
ARE POSSIBLE. OVER THE REST OF THE PIEDMONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
FRIDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE POSSIBLE...BUT MAY BE MORE LIMITED THAN AREAS TO THE
NORTHWEST...ESPECIALLY IF THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS EARLIER THAN
EXPECTED.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF
DEVELOPING...ITS TRACK REMAINS UNCERTAIN. IF THE LOW MOVES
FARTHER TO THE WEST...THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WOULD BE CONFINED
TO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER TO THE
EAST...THE IMPACTS WOULD BE FELT FARTHER EAST THAN CURRENTLY
INDICATED.
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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BADGETT
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