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WATCH: Chilly week ends will cold rain and frigid holiday weekend

Meteorologist Brian Slocum says prepare for weather changes

WATCH: Chilly week ends will cold rain and frigid holiday weekend

Meteorologist Brian Slocum says prepare for weather changes

THANKFULLY IT IS INDOORS, BRIAN, BECAUSE I’M THINKING THE TEMPERATURES WILL JUST DROP AND GET EVEN COLDER OVERNIGHT THAN THEY ALREADY ARE RIGHT NOW. YEAH, AND THEY’RE NOT WARM NOW. YEAH, GET EVEN COLDER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, TOO. SO IT’S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARDS. UNTIL NEXT WEEK. IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG STRETCH. WILL STAY WITH US OF THESE FREEZING TEMPS. I DO. LOOKING PAST YOUR SEVEN DAY, DO SEE US INCHING BACK INTO THE FORTIES. OH 4640. YES. RIGHT. STILL BELOW AVERAGE, BUT WE MIGHT FINISH OUT 2022 LIKE THIS. WE’LL HAVE TO SEE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOLIDAY TRAVEL AND KIND OF GET YOU IN THAT MINDSET. AND JUST IN A WORD, WE’RE LOOKING DRY FOR TOMORROW. WE’LL HAVE WET WEATHER AND PERIODS OF THAT THROUGH YOUR THURSDAY FORECAST. FRIDAY IS WINDY. IT ALSO COULD BE SLIPPERY IF IT TEMPERATURES DROP FAR ENOUGH BEFORE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DRY THINGS OUT. SATURDAY IS JUST COLD. BRISK WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST TOO, AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AS WELL. FOR TRAVEL, LET’S GET YOU THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ANYWAY. HERE’S TRIAD LOOKING SOUTH AND LOOKING WEST. I CAN SEE WE HAVE A GOOD DOSE OF WET WEATHER PASSING MOSTLY TO OUR SOUTH. SOME OF THAT COULD TRY TO GET FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO BRING AT LEAST A FEW RAINDROPS AND SLEET PELLETS. THIS AFTERNOON. PERHAPS ANOTHER ROUND OF THAT SOMETIME LATER ON TONIGHT. IT SHOULD START TO CLEAR MUCH OF THE SOUTH AIRSPACE FOR WEDNESDAY DURING THE DAY. BUT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, WE’RE IN START TO BRING SOME MORE WET WEATHER IN. NOW, THIS IS PRIMARILY RAIN. THERE IS AN AREA OF PINK OVER THE MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, THAT IF YOU’RE TRAVELING LATE TOMORROW NIGHT, MAY ENCOUNTER SOME SLIPPERY ROADS I THINK SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF. IT’S MORE OF AN ELEVATED ICING, BUT EVEN THEN, IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LIMITED, NOT ALL TOGETHER, DIFFERENT FROM THAT ROUND WE HAD LAST WEEK. PRETTY GOOD FOR TRAVEL FOR THURSDAY INITIALLY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TOO FAR. ATLANTA. TALLAHASSEE. TALLAHASSEE, SAVANNAH. YOU’RE IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE WILL BE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A VERY STRONG FRONT. WE’LL BE PRESSING OUR WAY,% BRINGING SOME RAIN BACK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING, OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AND THEN TEMPERATURES DROP LIKE A ROCK. ONCE WE GET BEHIND THAT, THAT’S WHERE THINGS GET VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE ROADS ARE STILL WET. WE DROP BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THE CHANCE THAT THINGS COULD GET A LITTLE BIT SLICK BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DRY OUT. RIGHT NOW ON RADAR, WE DO HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER THIRTIES TO NEAR 40 DEGREES ARE SOME RAIN DROPS AND EVEN SOME SLEET PELLETS. AT LEAST A CLOUD LEVEL. NOT MUCH OF THIS IS REACHING GROUND. THE AIR IS STILL A TAD DRY, BUT STILL WORTH MENTIONING. THE FACT YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW RAINDROPS HERE. YOU CAN SEE A FLURRY OR TWO IN SOME OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IS GOING STAY SOUTH OF US. SO A FAIRLY DRY FORECAST. I DID INCLUDE, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, A SMALL CHANCE WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER. WE’VE HAD SOME THIN SPOTS IN THE CLOUD CANOPY AS WELL FOR THE FOOTHILLS. THE HIGH OF CLOSE TO 40. YOU’RE IN THE THIRTIES NOW AND ACTUALLY OUTPACING DRY AIR TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOMENT ANYWAY AND MAY DO UPPER THIRTIES ACROSS. EXCUSE ME, MANY OF OUR MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SO START FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN COMING IN AND THERE A GLAZING. WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE MORE CLOSE UP VIEW SHOWERS PASS THROUGH THE AREA, PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT, EARLY FRIDAY, AND THEN WE’LL LIKELY SEE A TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE AREA IF THE MOTH IF ENOUGH MOISTURE HOLDS ON LONG ENOUGH, THERE’S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL, BUT IT MIGHT BE ENOUGH FOR A SNOW SIGHTING, MAYBE EVEN ON THE GRASSY SURFACES. IT’S GONE THAT QUICKLY. WE DRY OUT AND REALLY COOL THINGS DOWN SINGLE DIGITS INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHRISTMAS DAY LIKELY BELOW FREEZING TWENTIES AND TEENS ARE EXPECTED FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES, MAKING THIS AMONG SOME OF THE COLDEST CHRISTMAS DAYS WE’VE EVER HAD ON RECORD. AS FAR AS RAINFALL GOES, HALF AN INCH TO MAYBE AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED. COULD SEE SOME HEAVY POCKETS TO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION AND THE MODELS VARIES. THE EUROPEAN MODEL KEEPS IT CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND TRIES TO BRING IN AN INCH TO TWO ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES. MAYBE A LIGHT DUSTING IN PLACES LIKE WESTERN ASHE, WESTERN, MAYBE EVEN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, THE GFS, TRIES TO BRING SOME OF THAT LIGHT ACCUMULATION INTO THE GRASSY SURFACES. THE PIEDMONT. TRY IT. SO WE’LL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYTHING NEED TO PLAN FOR FROM A SNOWFALL, FROM A ROAD CONDITIONS STANDPOINT. IF WE ARE STILL WET WHEN WE GET TOO COLD, THAT COULD CAUSE SOME TRAVEL ISSUES. AND THAT’S MOSTLY GOING TO BE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SATURDAY, WE’RE COLD AND DRY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. TEMPERATURES MAY GET TO FREEZING ON SUNDAY. DE
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WATCH: Chilly week ends will cold rain and frigid holiday weekend

Meteorologist Brian Slocum says prepare for weather changes

Rainy Thursday may end with a touch of wintry weather Friday. The weather turns very windy and much colder just before Christmas.

Rainy Thursday may end with a touch of wintry weather Friday. The weather turns very windy and much colder just before Christmas.

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