RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- First Alert Day: A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 1pm today for the following NC Counties: Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Wayne-Sampson. Significant wintry precipitation that fell on Wednesday and Wednesday night has ended but hazardous traveling conditions persist. Slippery road conditions are expected. Bridges and shaded areas are most at risk to maintain snow and ice cover. Be alert and prepared for rapidly changing road conditions. A few snow showers are possible this morning into the midday hours, near and especially west of Henderson, Raleigh and Smithfield. Little to no accumulation is expected. Elsewhere, a snow flurry is possible.
Cold Weather Advisory 10pm to 10am: Expect wind chills of 7 to 15 degrees. The expected wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Good morning! A good majority of the precipitation from this current storm system is largely over apart from some snow showers/flurries later this morning into early afternoon. We're not expecting much in the way of additional accumulation, perhaps a dusting at most, but that will be an isolated occurrence in the grand scheme of things.
Overall, snow reports as of early this morning suggest a general 1-6 inches across the Triangle and north. Ice accretion amounts are harder to come by, but a general trace to 0.10 inch of accretion appears to have occurred south of RDU towards Fayetteville, with over 0.10 inch of accretion occurring near and east of Goldsboro, as expected.
Beyond this morning, high pressure starts to move eastward into the eastern US by weekend, and the arctic plunge of cold air in the Plains will follow said high pressure.
High temperatures will be below historical average through Saturday, with lows Thursday and Friday night likely dropping into the upper teens. Despite the cold air, sunshine will be quite prevalent thanks to that high pressure. Sunshine continues on Sunday but the high pressure shifting offshore will bring on some warm-air-advection, allowing for temperatures to get back to near historical average. Increased troughiness in the eastern US next week can bring our next rain chances as early as Tuesday, though upper-level energy discrepancies in the models makes that chance fleeting for now.
Have a great day!
Kweilyn