Rain today combined with high temperatures well into the 40s should bring some good melting. Unfortunately colder air moves back in tonight into early Thursday.
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Rain today combined with high temperatures well into the 40s should bring some good melting. Unfortunately colder air moves back in tonight into early Thursday.
On Wednesday rain is expected. That combined with high temperatures well into the 40s, we should get some good melting. Unfortunately colder air moves back in overnight Wednesday into early Thursday.
Mayor Kareem Moore has issued a modified Declaration of a State of Emergency for the City of Kinston that includes limited restrictions and prohibitions, including an overnight curfew.
Winter Storm Watches have been upgraded to Winter Storm Warnings for all of eastern NC with the potential for significant accumulating snow.
Winter Storm Watches remain in effect for all of eastern NC with the potential for significant accumulating snow.
Due to the inclement weather system heading our way, Mayor Moore has issued a new Declaration of a State of Emergency, which includes a curfew.
Winter Storm Watches have been issued for eastern NC with the potential for significant accumulating snow.
While it remains too early for specific snow accumulations, the likelihood of at least moderate to major (significant snow accumulations) impacts continues to increase.
We continue to hone in on the potential winter storm this weekend. While it remains too early for specific snow accumulations, the likelihood of at least moderate impacts is growing.
While it is WAY too early for too many specifics, the trend continues to increase that we may see at least moderate impacts in our area.
Increasing confidence that the greatest impacts within our area will be from ice accumulation due to freezing rain.
Greatest uncertainty in freezing rain impacts has now shifted west to the Hwy 17 corridor with little to no freezing rain accumulation currently forecast along the coast.
The biggest changes this morning are increased confidence in ice and freezing rain impacts, and lower probabilities of snow impacts for most, except those along and north of US 264.
It remains too early to pinpoint amounts or where specific precipitation types will set up, but potential continues to increase for significant impacts this weekend into next week.
Confidence continues to increase for a winter storm to unfold across Eastern NC this weekend.
Chances are increasing that we could see winter weather impacts this weekend as an expansive storm system moves across the Southern US and interacts with Arctic air.
There's still a lot of uncertainty with the potential for wintry precipitation on Sunday. The trend in the models has been towards more rain rather than accumulating snow for the majority of ENC. However, areas west of Highway 17 have the highest chances at seeing wintry precipitation.
No major changes to the forecast this afternoon, but we have slightly increased snow totals across northern NC generally along and north of US 264, and we have slightly increased the area for the highest ice accretion across the coastal plain south of Greenville (and west of US 17).
***Snowfall amounts have continued to trend upward***, and there is high confidence that we will see accumulating snow across all of Eastern NC starting after sunset tonight and lasting through tomorrow morning. Blowing and drifting snow is expected, and brief blizzard conditions are also possible, especially along the Outer Banks.