Local Yokel Weather 

Good morning folks! Schools are letting out early ahead of the incoming snow and although SW NC as a whole will not be impacted too much by this event, there will be a handful of areas across the region that will experience travel hazards and moderate accumulations. We'll dive into the snow details below to keep the timeline moving along. Saturday will be down right frigid across the region with wind chill values near zero and afternoon highs below freezing regionwide, which

Good morning folks! Personal matters kept me from posting yesterday but the extra day ironed out some of the winter weather uncertainties we had for the Friday - Saturday event. As of Wednesday morning the chance for regionwide snow is declining, while chances for NW flow snow are increasing. We already knew NW flow snow would occur but the strength of available moisture has increased, while the duration has stretched into the pre dawn hours on Saturday. The one curveball wit

Good morning folks! The snow chances for Tuesday have evaporated on the models as the system is too far south on the modeling for any significant moisture to reach our region. That being said, a few light snow and rain showers are likely before midday, but coverage will be isolated and precip amounts around a hundredth of an inch. Beyond this fleeting chance for precip, the remainder of the work and school week looks rather boring, with sunny skies overhead Monday and again W

Good morning folks! Some of us are seeing light snow with little to no accumulations, while a good portion of the region remains dry under cloudy skies. This minor round of snow this morning is better than I thought possible, with no returns on the radar, indicating the system is able to squeeze out what limited moisture is available. I am not saying we are in for a shut down event but I do think a dusting to an inch is back in play for the area, with a better shot at accumul

Good afternoon folks! I thought I would be able to produce a blog before 9am this morning, but alas schools remain closed and we are splitting roles at the house between work and entertaining the little ones. I'll keep this discussion short as time is limited, but the silver lining to me dragging my feet is that we have a much better handle on the upcoming winter storm than we did this morning. It looks like the low pressure system and available moisture will be too far to ou