Weather for Raleigh--SNOW!
Posted by freesong on 12/15/2010, 10:42 pm
Well, they may not have figured out what weather Fred will get.  This is what they say for Raleigh!!
Winter Weather Advisory for Wake, NC

from 4 am EST, Thu., Dec. 16, 2010 until 4 pm EST, Thu., Dec. 16, 2010
Local Radar Map

Issued by The National Weather Service
Raleigh/Durham, NC
10:33 pm EST, Wed., Dec. 15, 2010

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED: MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN WILL EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SNOW JUST AFTER DAYBREAK CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING... THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATION: A DUSTING OF SNOW... LESS THAN ONE INCH... IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH A THIN GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 7 AM THURSDAY... AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING. FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AFTER NOON.

* IMPACTS: DUE TO COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES... SNOW AND ICE WILL ACCUMULATE QUICKLY ON MANY SURFACES INCLUDING SOME ROADS THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ALTHOUGH OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL BE LIGHT... THE TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION COMBINED WITH COLD MORNING TEMPERATURES SHOULD MAKE FOR A PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AROUND DAYBREAK WILL GRADUALLY WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME REFREEZING OF WET ROAD SURFACES BY FRIDAY MORNING.


... WINTRY MIXTURE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...

.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

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Weather for Raleigh--SNOW! - freesong, 12/15/2010, 10:42 pm
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