Winter Weather Advisory for Wednesday 2-24-10

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
336 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL LIKELY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST. AT THE SAME TIME...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR
INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS
EITHER RAIN OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN
BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-
DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-
MOORE-LEE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...
BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...LEXINGTON...
ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD

336 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

BASIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPREADING
PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
ACCUMULATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...TOTALING ONE TO
TWO INCHES...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. PRECIPITATION WILL START
OUT AS EITHER RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING
THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT
INCLUDING THE TRIAD...AND BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE HIGHWAY 1
CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AREA.

TIMING AND DURATION...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL
SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AFTER 9 AM....AND IN THE SOUTHERN
AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AFTER 12 NOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO
LIGHT FLURRIES AFTER 6 PM WITH ALL THE SNOW ENDING BY MID EVENING.

IMPACTS...ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE RATHER WARM...THUS ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS OR ELEVATED
SURFACES. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EITHER WET OR WITH A SLIGHT
SLUSH BUILDUP.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



Shane Seagroves