WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 859 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
EVEN THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...ROADS ARE LIKELY TO
BECOME SLICK AS THE WINTRY MIX DEVELOPS.
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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