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WEATHER IMPACT: foggy, misty, & patchy showers until clearing begins late evening, windy tonight

Rainy Wednesday impacts North Carolina travel

WEATHER IMPACT: foggy, misty, & patchy showers until clearing begins late evening, windy tonight

Rainy Wednesday impacts North Carolina travel

LAST A WHOLE LOT LONGER. WELL, WE HAVE A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. A LOT OF RAIN AND STORMS THROUGHOUT THE TRIAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY LONG. IT CAME DOWN PRETTY HARD AT TIMES, MICHEL, ARE YOU THINKING THE WORST OF THIS IS BEHIND US? ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE ROUNDS AS THE SUN SETS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW, THE MISTY STUFF AND SOME LIGHT PATCHY SHOWERS. BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS DONE. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT FILLED UP THE ELKIN CREEK, THE BIG ELKIN CREEK THAT IS RIGHT BEHIND THE LIBRARY AND ELKIN GORGEOUS OUT THERE. ONCE THE RAIN SHOWERS END, BUT HASN’T HAPPENED YET. INSTEAD, WE’VE GOT THE FOG FILLING AND THE WINDS ARE VERY LIGHT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 MILES AN HOUR. AND SO THAT’S GOING TO KEEP US IN THAT VERY FOGGY, MISTY FLOW UNTIL WE SEE THE WINDS POP. SO 40 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN GREENSBORO. YOU’VE GOT SHOWERS THERE STILL AND 40 DEGREES IN WINSTON-SALEM WITH JUST MIST AND DENSE FOG. YOU’VE GOT TEMPERATURES FEELING LIKE 35 DEGREES. BUT LOOK WHERE YOU ARE IN ASHEBORO. WE FINALLY DID IT. WE MOVED INTO THE FIFTIES, JUMPED STRAIGHT TO 60 DEGREES WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. AND ASHEBORO THAT WARM FRONT JUST NUDGED INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT HERE. SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO PUSH SOME FIFTIES TOWARD PLEASANT GARDEN AND THEN THROUGH BURLINGTON AND WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. AND THEN THINGS WILL CHANGE. ONCE WE CAN GET THIS FRONT ON THE MOVE. IT JUST HASN’T MOVED A WHOLE LOT WITHIN THE LAST 12 HOURS, WE’RE SEEING 37 DEGREES IN WALNUT COVE, 38 DEGREES IN REIDSVILLE AND 37 IN STUART. WE HAVE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL HOLD STEADY OVERNIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID THIRTIES AND THEN DROP A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR EARLY MORNING. BUT YOU’VE GOT THE SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THIS ALLEYWAY HERE OF HEAVY RAIN FROM FLORENCE WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILMINGTON. MOST OF THE BEST ENERGY IS TO OUR EAST FOR THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. SO THE HEAVY RAINS FROM ASH FOR RIGHT NOW NEAR THE ZOO AND SEAGROVE AS WE GO UP THROUGH SNOW CAMP AND GRAHAM BURLINGTON AND YOU’VE GOT LIKE TWO MODERATE SHOWERS. WE’RE ABOUT DONE WITH THIS. ONCE WE HAD 630, 7:00, YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT THIS IS PIVOTING TO THE NORTH AND EAST ON THE BACK EDGE, THOUGH WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT MISTY, LIGHT, PATCHY SHOWER ACTION THAT WE HAVE FROM YADKINVILLE AND POINTS EAST FROM FARMER THROUGH ASHEBORO. THESE ARE SOME OF THE HEAVIER SPOTS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME MIX GOING NORTH FARTHER NORTH OF STEWART AND PATRICK COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE HERE IF YOU’RE TRAVELING TONIGHT, INTERSTATE 81, YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SOME PATCHY BLACK ICE AND THAT’S A CONCERN OVERNIGHT, TOO, FOR YOUR DECKS AND PORCHES. PLEASE BE USING CAUTION THERE WHERE YOU HAVE THE UPPER ELEVATIONS, YOU’RE GOING TO GET DOWN CLOSE TO FREEZING, EVEN WITH THE WINDS. FIFTIES FOR YOU WAS YOUR FORECAST FOR WORRY AT 60 AND NASH WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO DROP BACK INTO THE FIFTIES AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY AND THEN EVENTUALLY FORTIES FOR YOU THERE BUT YOU NOTICE FORTIES AND THIRTIES OVERNIGHT FOR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WE CLEAR OUT WE DRY OUT MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, BACK TO THE WEST YOU’VE GOT SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY SPORADIC AND PATCHY. SO I DON’T KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET GOOD CONSISTENT SNOWFALL. IT’S MORE THE WINDS. NO VARIETY, SOME FLURRIES, MAYBE A LIGHT DUSTING FOR YOU IN SPARTA, IF WE’RE LUCKY. BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES OUT THERE IN THE FORTIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON, MID TO UPPER FORTIES AT BEST WITH SOME SUNSHINE. WE TAKE THE SUNSHINE, NO PROBLEM. THE UPPER TWENTIES AND LOW THIRTIES FOR FRIDAY MORNING. MAYBE WE COULD DO WITHOUT. WELL WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES SO FAR TODAY 60 DEGREES IN ASHEBORO CAME UP TO 47 DEGREES IN BURLINGTON AND 43 IN GREENSBORO. SO THAT IS NOT VERY FAR. WE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO THE 50 AND HEADING IN THE WARMER DIRECTION AS WE GET CLOSER TO SPRING NOW. BUT 36 DEGREES TOMORROW MORNING. WINDS HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THOSE MID THIRTIES. WE ALSO NOTICE THAT THE WINDS ARE GOING TO GUST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF 49 DEGREES. WE START AT 33 IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY AND 48 DEGREES. YOUR GUSTS WON’T BE AS HIGH. SO I WOULD SAY IT’S A BREEZY DAY FOR YOU. WE ALL NEED EXTRA LAYERS TOMORROW. SO A THICKER, WARM COAT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BLOCK THE WIND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND 30 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS. SO IF THE KIDS DO HAVE TO STAND AT THE BUS STOP, I RECOMMEND THOSE GLOVES, THE HATS AND YOUR TEMPERATURES ONLY WARMING INTO THOSE LOW TO MID THIRTIES AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. YOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT. WE’VE HAD ANYWHERE FROM AN INCH AND ALMOST A HALF AND MOUNT AIRY TO SEEING THOSE ALMOST THREE QUARTER INCH TOTALS ACROSS THE TRIAD. LOVE THAT SUNSHINE. AND HOW ABOUT 54 FOR SATURDAY.
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WEATHER IMPACT: foggy, misty, & patchy showers until clearing begins late evening, windy tonight

Rainy Wednesday impacts North Carolina travel

The weather system producing heavy rainfall across the Piedmont Triad today is now moving out of the Triad. The main weather impact will be cold gusts that increase overnight. Mountain snow showers and flurries may develop by the early morning commute along with sunny skies east of the Blue Ridge Parkway.WEATHER SETUPA major winter storm is moving through the South and Ohio Valley that will bring a variety of weather hazards across the country this week. Winter Weather Alerts extend from Missouri to Maine Wednesday. While most of the Midwest is preparing for 4-8" snow totals, parts of New England could see up to 12" of new snow.In the south, severe thunderstorms are ongoing and will carve a path through Florida, along with coastal portions of Georgia and the Carolinas. SPC OUTLOOKThe Storm Prediction Center has placed much of the Southeast in severe storm threat level two or the ‘slight risk’ zone. Heavy rain and lightning, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes may accompany the strongest thunderstorms on Wednesday east of the Piedmont Triad.Piedmont Triad counties near and along I-85 are under a general thunderstorm threat with severe threats possible toward the Raleigh area and near the North Carolina coast. The mountains and foothills may avoid thunderstorms altogether. WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHENThe heaviest of the rain is beginning to lift out of the Piedmont Triad this afternoon. A few isolated thunderstorms are still possible from Asheboro to Burlington. Lingering showers through this evening will bring patchy rain from the Mountains into the Triad.A warm front is lifting into the Asheboro and Burlington now. Our southern Triad communities may see temperatures jump briefly from the 40s into the mid to upper 50s Wednesday afternoon, as the warm front lifts north. The warmer temperatures will encourage a small chance for isolated storms, creating the risk for strong wind gusts until the storms pass. The possibility of storms producing wind damage and isolated tornadoes will be greater east of Raleigh. While the risk for severe weather in the Mountains, Foothills, and Piedmont Triad will remain low Wednesday, thunderstorms could begin ramping up before they exit our southern and eastern counties. A few isolated storms will be possible in the Triad between now and 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. Stay alert!Blustery winds will return to the MOUNTAINS Wednesday night, dropping temperatures below freezing and wind chill temperatures into the teens. Leftover wind-driven showers could bring a dusting of light snow to the western slopes up to 1" of snowfall through Thursday morning.Here is a look at beneficial rainfall totals for today.Share your weather photos with us on our ulocal North Carolina Facebook group. We will have more sunsets just like this one over the next couple of evenings. More weather coverage: Weather Alerts | Closing and delays | Latest weather forecast | Post pictures to the uLocal North Carolina Facebook Group | Traffic information | Report closings and delays | SkyCams | Download the WXII12 News mobile app

The weather system producing heavy rainfall across the Piedmont Triad today is now moving out of the Triad. The main weather impact will be cold gusts that increase overnight. Mountain snow showers and flurries may develop by the early morning commute along with sunny skies east of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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WEATHER SETUP

A major winter storm is moving through the South and Ohio Valley that will bring a variety of weather hazards across the country this week.

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Winter Weather Alerts extend from Missouri to Maine Wednesday. While most of the Midwest is preparing for 4-8" snow totals, parts of New England could see up to 12" of new snow.

In the south, severe thunderstorms are ongoing and will carve a path through Florida, along with coastal portions of Georgia and the Carolinas.

SPC OUTLOOK

The Storm Prediction Center has placed much of the Southeast in severe storm threat level two or the ‘slight risk’ zone. Heavy rain and lightning, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes may accompany the strongest thunderstorms on Wednesday east of the Piedmont Triad.

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Piedmont Triad counties near and along I-85 are under a general thunderstorm threat with severe threats possible toward the Raleigh area and near the North Carolina coast. The mountains and foothills may avoid thunderstorms altogether.

WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHEN

The heaviest of the rain is beginning to lift out of the Piedmont Triad this afternoon. A few isolated thunderstorms are still possible from Asheboro to Burlington. Lingering showers through this evening will bring patchy rain from the Mountains into the Triad.

A warm front is lifting into the Asheboro and Burlington now. Our southern Triad communities may see temperatures jump briefly from the 40s into the mid to upper 50s Wednesday afternoon, as the warm front lifts north. The warmer temperatures will encourage a small chance for isolated storms, creating the risk for strong wind gusts until the storms pass.

The possibility of storms producing wind damage and isolated tornadoes will be greater east of Raleigh. While the risk for severe weather in the Mountains, Foothills, and Piedmont Triad will remain low Wednesday, thunderstorms could begin ramping up before they exit our southern and eastern counties. A few isolated storms will be possible in the Triad between now and 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. Stay alert!

Blustery winds will return to the MOUNTAINS Wednesday night, dropping temperatures below freezing and wind chill temperatures into the teens. Leftover wind-driven showers could bring a dusting of light snow to the western slopes up to 1" of snowfall through Thursday morning.

Here is a look at beneficial rainfall totals for today.

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Share your weather photos with us on our ulocal North Carolina Facebook group. We will have more sunsets just like this one over the next couple of evenings.

sunset over pilot mountain
Kim Clayton Lance
Sunset over Pilot Mountain from Pinnacle taken by ulocal North Carolina FB group member Kim Clayton Lance

More weather coverage: Weather Alerts | Closing and delays | Latest weather forecast | Post pictures to the uLocal North Carolina Facebook Group | Traffic information | Report closings and delays | SkyCams | Download the WXII12 News mobile app