5:00 PM Winter Weather Advisory Update

I have included the latest Winter Weather Advisory from the National Weather Service In Raleigh. We will continue to monitor the storm and our office is currently scheduled to go online at 9:00PM.


This storm deserves to be watched carefully. Twenty-four hours ago, Dallas, Texas and its surroundings had nearly a foot of the white stuff. Awesome! That never happens. Friday, 4 to 6 inches of snow was commonplace from Louisiana across the southern half of Mississippi and Alabama, then into Georgia.

Shane Seagroves
ES Director

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
321 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT
COLD AND DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND EXIT
OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST EARLY SATURDAY.

PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-
EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...SOUTHERN PINES...
SANFORD



321 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY.

BASIS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK WELL SOUTH OF CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE
ACROSS OUR AREA. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER TOTALS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBORO TO SOUTH OF RALEIGH TO NEAR TARBORO.

TIMING AND DURATION
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREAS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET
WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW FALL EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM. THE SNOW
SHOULD TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND AROUND TARBORO
BY 9 AM.

IMPACTS
THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS...CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.