Winter Storm This Evening-Sat

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- First Alert-Winter Storm Warning: A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from 1pm Today to 10am Saturday for the following counties: Person-Granville-Vance-Warren-Alamance-Orange-Durham-Halifax-Franklin-Nash-Edgecombe-Chatham-Wake-Johnston-Wilson-Moore-Lee-Harnett-Hoke. Snow & sleet totals of 1-3 inches will be possible, along with freezing rain and ice totals of 0.10 to 0.20 inches.

First Alert-Winter Weather Advisory: A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued from 1pm Today to 10am Saturday for the following counties: Wayne-Cumberland-Sampson. Mixed precipitation is expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to one half inch and ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch. Plan on slippery road conditions.

Good morning! Out-the-door temps are in the teens and 20s. Expect generally cloudy skies for much of the daylight hours today, and highs in the 30s. Wintry precipitation will move into the region by Friday evening. The general idea at this time is that precipitation starts off as mainly snow and sleet at the onset late Friday afternoon and evening, then mixes with sleet and freezing rain later Friday night into Saturday morning.

Precipitation ends Saturday morning. Snow/sleet accumulations at this time look to be around 1 to 3 inches with ice accretions of 0.10" to 0.25 inches still possible as well. Ice accretions near and south of RDU will be temperature dependent, and how far south below freezing temperatures get is still somewhat discrepant.

Regardless of whether there is more freezing rain than snow/sleet or the other way around, later parts of the evening commute on Friday can get a bit dicey, and those issues likely linger into Saturday morning before temperatures rise above freezing. Black ice will be a concern Saturday night/Sunday morning and Sunday night/Monday morning. Weekend highs will be in the upper 30s to mid 40s with lows in the 20s.

Highs pressure settles over the Southeast Monday, which will lead to highs near 50. However, troughing sets back up in the east on Tuesday and beyond, dropping highs back into the upper 30s to mid 40s and lows into the teens and 20s. Moisture will be lacking, and precipitation is not expected for the rest of the forecast period beyond what occurs tonight.

Have a good day!

Kweilyn