Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Until 10 AM This Morning
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Now - Friday, Feb 22, 10:00am
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY...
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN.
* HAZARD TYPES...A BRIEF MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET AT ONSET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCRUAL RANGING FROM A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS OVER THE TRIAD AND ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDERING COUNTIES.
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AROUND MIDNIGHT..EXPANDING EAST TO INCLUDE THE EASTERN PIEDMONT AND THE COASTAL PLAIN BY 4 AM.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE A FEW SLICK SPOTS TO DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS... PARTICULARLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SLICK SPOTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ON SIDEWALKS...STEPS LEADING TO BUILDINGS..AND PARKING LOTS.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 8 AM WITH THE WARMING TREND BEGINNING IN THE SOUTH THEN GRADUALLY LIFTING NORTH...REACHING THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY 11 AM.
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.
