THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EXCLUDING THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A
LITTLE SLEET.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A 0.10 TO 0.15 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... A HALF TO AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64 WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
OCCURRING FROM THE TRIAD TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER.
* SLEET ACCUMULATION...A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS...MAINLY
ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PIEDMONT.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD...REACHING
THE COASTAL PLAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION
WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCRUAL WILL LEAD TO SLICK
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...CREATING
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
EVENING RUSH HOUR. EXPOSED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
FENCES...POWER-LINES... AND TREE LIMBS WILL GAIN A THIN COAT OF
ICE. THIS ICE ACCRETION MAY CAUSE WEAKENED OR DISEASED TREE
LIMBS TO BREAK OFF. SIDEWALKS AND STEPS LEADING TO BUILDINGS
WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* TEMPERATURES...ONCE THE PRECIPITATION STARTS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
THUS...WHAT ACCUMULATES ON THE ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN ON THE
ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
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 LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
