Forecast Updated: 10:03 pm EST Feb 8, 2010
 
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Slight Chance Snow. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
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Snow		 Tuesday

Snow/Sleet. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 100%
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Warnings, Watches, and Advisories From Nearby Counties
Catawba County
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES OVERNIGHT...WHILE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ036-037-056-057-091115- /O.EXB.KGSP.WW.Y.0012.100209T0500Z-100210T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET...AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING...THEN RAIN BY MID DAY TUESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN. AS COLD AIR RUSHES BACK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING...THE RAIN COULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING. ANOTHER LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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. &&

Burke County
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES OVERNIGHT...WHILE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GAZ010-017-NCZ035-058-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-091115- /O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0012.100209T0500Z-100210T0500Z/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-GRAHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...FRANKLIN... BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION... LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW OR RAIN...AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND RAIN BY MID DAY TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY AFTERNOON. LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH FREEZING RAIN NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. DRY AIR IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE TUESDAY EVENING...AND SNOWFALL RATES WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY...REACHING 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. BY THE TIME WINTER PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. 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. &&

Iredell County
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES OVERNIGHT...WHILE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ036-037-056-057-091115- /O.EXB.KGSP.WW.Y.0012.100209T0500Z-100210T0500Z/ IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY 1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET...AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING...THEN RAIN BY MID DAY TUESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN...IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN. AS COLD AIR RUSHES BACK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING...THE RAIN COULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING. ANOTHER LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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. &&

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Current Conditions:    Dry\Night time/Dry
MEASURE CURRENT MAX/MIN RATE
Temperature 38.8°F 39.0°F at 12:01 AM
38.8°F at 12:07 AM
Normal High 53.6°
Record High 73.4° in 1925
Normal Low 33.8°
Record Low 1.4° in 1895		 -0.7 °F /hr
Humidity 62% 63% at 12:00 AM
62% at 12:05 AM		 -37% /hr
Pressure 30.13 in. 30.140 in. at 12:09 AM
30.119 in. at 12:02 AM		 +0.009 in./3hr /hr
Steady
Wind 3.5 mph   NNE Last hour: 3 mph ENE
Max day: 3.5 mph NNE		 Light Breeze
Rain - 0.00 in. 3 day(s) without rain
Month Rain: 2.74 in.		 0.00 /hr
0.00 in. /3 hr
Heat Index:
%heati °F		 Dew Point:
26.9°F		 Wet Bulb:
34.7 °F		 Cloud Height:
3553 ft