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Cooler, wet weather returns to the Triad Friday and Saturday

Wet weather expected in North Carolina on Friday and Saturday

Cooler, wet weather returns to the Triad Friday and Saturday

Wet weather expected in North Carolina on Friday and Saturday

NOW, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. WELL, WE’VE GOT THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS OUT THERE AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS REALLY BAD NEWS FOR DRIVERS. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS OUT THERE CREATING SOME VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. OR I SHOULD SAY THAT THE PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS. SO WE’VE GOT THOSE HYDROPLANING CONDITIONS ALREADY IN PLACE IN MANY AREAS. IF YOU DO HAVE TO TRAVEL IT ALL OVERNIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, YOU REALLY WANT TO WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN SO MUCH RAINFALL. WE’VE GOT 56 IN ASHEBORO RIGHT NOW AND YOU’RE AT 45, THOUGH, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AROUND GALAX AREA, WINDS ARE OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT SIX MILES AN HOUR, BUT THEY’RE GOING TO BE COMING UP AND BECOME STEADY, IF NOT BLUSTERY BY THE END OF THE DAY. TOMORROW WE’RE AT 45 DEGREES THERE AND HOLDING IN THOSE LOW 50S THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE OUR TEMPERATURES WILL FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE FOOTHILLS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, MAKE IT INTO THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60, WITH POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TRYING TO MIX IN. ONCE WE SEE MOST OF THESE SHOWERS SHUT DOWN. NOW THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN ARE STILL EARLY MORNING AROUND SEVEN 8:00 IN THE MORNING. WE’LL START TO SEE THAT SYSTEM PULL AWAY AND SO BY 1:00 YOU’RE STILL GOING TO HAVE RAIN CHANCES. BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE THE STEADY RAINS. IT’S GOING TO BE THE SPOTTY SHOWERS THAT WILL LIKELY BE WITH US THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN CLEARING AND DRIER AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. YOU’VE GOT SHOWERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FROM WINSTON-SALEM THROUGH GREENSBORO THAT HAVE BEEN PUTTING DOWN SOME ONE INCH TOTALS. THOSE AREAS IN GREEN, THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN. BUT RIGHT NOW WE’VE ALREADY SEEN. 4/10 OF AN INCH. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE. JUST FROM THE LAST HALF AN HOUR. WE’RE SEEING THOSE RAINFALL RATES AT ABOUT HALF INCH TOTALS PER HOUR. SO WE’RE STARTING TO GET THERE. WE’VE GOT 2000/700 OF AN INCH. RAIN IN GREENSBORO ALREADY A HALF AN INCH IN BURLINGTON AND HAVE 40/900 OF AN INCH IN MOUNT AIRY. SO YOU’RE ALMOST THERE TOO. AND THOSE GREEN SPOTS, WE’VE HAD 1.1IN NEAR NEW MARKET AND AROUND ASHEBORO, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE DOWN THROUG COLERIDGE AREA, YOU’VE GOT MORE THAN AN INCH THERE. SO DOING WELL TO SEE BENEFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS. WE ALSO HAVE THE PONDING. THAT’S THE PROBLEM FOR US RIGHT NOW. LUCKILY, WE DIDN’T HAVE ALL OF THIS STARTING DURING, YOU KNOW, THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN AT LEAST STARTED DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. MOST OF THIS HAPPENED AFTERWARD AFTER THE DINNER HOUR, SO FOLKS OUT THERE THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WILL ADJUST THEIR PLANS, LIKELY THROUGH SEVEN AND 8 A.M., AND THEN THINGS IMPROVE. YOU’VE GOT A FRONT HERE AND ONE TO THE SOUTH THAT WE’RE WATCHING AS THIS SYSTEM PULLS AWAY, IT DOES MEAN DRIER CONDITIONS PRETTY QUICKLY BETWEEN 4 AND 5 A.M. NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE DRY SLOT GOING. IN FACT, I’M SEEING EVIDENCE THAT WE’VE GOT THAT DRY AIR MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE MID-LEVELS RIGHT NOW. BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS WRAPPING IN BEHIND THAT LOW WILL TAKE US THROUGH 7:08 A.M. WITH STILL SOME STEADY RAIN. TEMPERATURES DON’T FEEL AS COOL UNTIL MUCH LATER IN THE DAY. ONCE THE WINDS CONTINUE TO PICK UP. WE’VE GOT TEMPS IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60, BUT AS WE START TO SEE THE SUNSHINE AND THE CLOUDS KIND OF MIXING OUT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE WINDS MAKING US FEEL MUCH COLDER AS A COLD FRONT COMES IN. YOUR TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE 40S. YOU FEEL LIKE THE 30S. TOMORROW EVENING AND THEN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, YOU’RE GOING TO FEEL A WHOLE LOT MORE LIKE THE 20S. HERE ARE THOSE WINDS, ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE DAY. SO THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENTLY GUSTY FOR US. NOT FEELING FAIRLY COMFORTABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE SEE THE WIND CHILL VALUES REALLY PICKING UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE THE 30S. AND HERE YOU GO. MORE LIKE 25 BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY IN GREENSBORO AND WINSTON-SALEM. HOW ABOUT 19 FOR FOLKS IN GALAX? IT’S GOING TO BE A COLD START SUNDAY. AND THEN WE DO SEE THE SUNSHINE AT LEAST. SUNSHINE DOES RETURN IN FULL FORCE. THEN HERE’S THAT DRY AIR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE MID LEVELS. THIS COULD SHUT DOWN THAT RAIN FOREST A LITTLE BIT SOONER THAN EVEN 9:10 A.M. MOST OF THAT IS GOING TO WIND OUT OF HERE, THOUGH, AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO THAT LOW THAT THAT COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN AND SETS US UP FOR SOME SUNSHINE FOR SUNDAY. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS. WE’VE GOT SUNSHINE ALSO ON MONDAY FOR FOLKS IN THE MOUNTAINS, THOUGH, IT’S COOLER. AND THEN ON TUESDAY, AS WELL, RAIN CHANCES RETURNING AND BY WEDNESDAY THAT’S A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN FOR EVERYBODY WITH AN IMPACT DAY AGAIN, GOOD SUNSHINE IN BETWEEN AND IT IS MARCH, SO WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF MARCH LIKE WEATHER ALONG WITH T
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Cooler, wet weather returns to the Triad Friday and Saturday

Wet weather expected in North Carolina on Friday and Saturday

The WXII First Warning Weather Team is tracking a weather system that will bring a cool rain to our area this weekend. A coastal low pressure system will move along the North Carolina coast later tonight into midday Saturday. This is bringing pockets of heavy rain our way this evening. Steady showers of light to moderate intensity are expected to continue through early Saturday morning.TIMINGRain is moving into the Mountains, Foothills, and Triad beginning this evening. Rain is expected to continue Friday night and overnight into Saturday. After steady showers pull away by 11 a.m., spotty showers are likely to last most of the day Saturday before tapering off by late afternoon. RAINFALL TOTALSRain is expected to be light to moderate with some occasional heavy downpours. Right now the heaviest rain and highest rainfall totals are expected closer to the coast in Eastern North Carolina. Rainfall totals around one inch are likely over the two day period with isolated amounts of two to three inches. Higher rainfall totals of three to four inches are more likely from the Sandhills to the Outer Banks and north toward Virginia Beach.WHERE TO FIND RAINFALL TOTALSOf course, check out WXII12 Radar and adjust the layers to find your desired storm information and the latest weather alerts.Many volunteer weather watchers from across the Southeast will be reporting their rainfall totals by Saturday morning for Friday accumulations. By Sunday, we will have even more data reported by those same volunteers for Saturday rainfall totals. Some volunteers also provide digital-real-time updates. The program is called the Community Collaborative Rain, Snow, Hail Network or CocoRaHS:CocoRaHSThe National Weather Service offers a quick view of area streams, creeks, and river rises on the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service website North Carolina and Virginia. Once you click on the link below, choose a point on the map that is close to your location to monitor local water levels: LocalNCVARiverLevelsThe North Carolina State Climate Office also has a suite of products available to residents interested in finding out nearby temperatures and rainfall totals. Click on the link below to explore your location or other cities in North Carolina: NCStateClimateOfficeWeatherStationScout

The WXII First Warning Weather Team is tracking a weather system that will bring a cool rain to our area this weekend. A coastal low pressure system will move along the North Carolina coast later tonight into midday Saturday. This is bringing pockets of heavy rain our way this evening. Steady showers of light to moderate intensity are expected to continue through early Saturday morning.

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TIMING

Rain is moving into the Mountains, Foothills, and Triad beginning this evening. Rain is expected to continue Friday night and overnight into Saturday. After steady showers pull away by 11 a.m., spotty showers are likely to last most of the day Saturday before tapering off by late afternoon.

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RAINFALL TOTALS

Rain is expected to be light to moderate with some occasional heavy downpours. Right now the heaviest rain and highest rainfall totals are expected closer to the coast in Eastern North Carolina. Rainfall totals around one inch are likely over the two day period with isolated amounts of two to three inches. Higher rainfall totals of three to four inches are more likely from the Sandhills to the Outer Banks and north toward Virginia Beach.

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WHERE TO FIND RAINFALL TOTALS

Of course, check out WXII12 Radar and adjust the layers to find your desired storm information and the latest weather alerts.

Many volunteer weather watchers from across the Southeast will be reporting their rainfall totals by Saturday morning for Friday accumulations. By Sunday, we will have even more data reported by those same volunteers for Saturday rainfall totals. Some volunteers also provide digital-real-time updates. The program is called the Community Collaborative Rain, Snow, Hail Network or CocoRaHS:

CocoRaHS

The National Weather Service offers a quick view of area streams, creeks, and river rises on the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service website North Carolina and Virginia. Once you click on the link below, choose a point on the map that is close to your location to monitor local water levels: LocalNCVARiverLevels

The North Carolina State Climate Office also has a suite of products available to residents interested in finding out nearby temperatures and rainfall totals. Click on the link below to explore your location or other cities in North Carolina: NCStateClimateOfficeWeatherStationScout