DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE WAY.
MICHELLE: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS WINTER STORM WARNING THAT
WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE UP AS WE GO OVERNIGHT.
SO, TALITHA, I LIKE TELL YOU SENT OUT A NOTE TO US ABOUT
THINKING THE THINGS THAT IF THE POWER GOES OUT, WE NEED CAN
OPENERS, THINGS WE CAN FORGET ABOUT.
EASY ACCESS ITEMS THAT WILL HELP US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFER
DURING THESE STORMS.
WE HAVE DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS, WE ARE IN THE 30’S, MAKE IT INTO
THE 40’S BUT WE QUICKLY FALL BACK INTO THE 20’S AS COLDER AIR
CATCHES UP.
SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE HOPE TO FORECAST.
WE ARE HOPING THAT MAYBE WE GET THIS FORECAST WRONG.
MAYBE A LITTLE MORE SLEEP FOR US BEFORE THE ONSET OF FREEZING
RAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR A FREEZING ICE STORM.
NUMBER THE TREES?
THEY WERE WELL COVERED IN GREENSBORO.
TOMORROW, WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE ICING DEVELOPED BY
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
1/10 TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH BY THE TIME WE WAKE UP.
AT 7:00, WE CAN SEE THE ACCUMULATION BEGINNING.
LATER IN THE DAY, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT HALF-INCH TOTALS.
IT HAPPENS QUICKLY.
WE WANT TO KEEP FOLKS OFF THE ROAD IF WE CAN.
THERE SHOULD BE ICE ON THE ROADWAYS DO.
ROWS OF THE FREEZING MARK OR BELOW.
THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS, ROADS COULD BECOME AN ISSUE FOR SLICK
TRAVEL.
37 IN LEXINGTON, A COLD FLOW, EASTERLY BREEZE PRETTY STRONG
RIGHT NOW.
IT STAYED STRONG TOMORROW.
THAT MEANS IT LOCKS US IN.
WE SEE THE COLD WEDGE SET US UP WITH MOISTURE FROM THE TEXARKANA
AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE IT HERE, THIS RIDES OUR WAY AND BRING IN WINTRY MIX
IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN THE MOUNTAIN’S FARTHER SOUTH YOU
NOTICE JUST NORTH OF THE CHARLOTTE AREA, THIS INCLUDES
STATESVILLE, ROWAN COUNTY, SALISBURY, DAVIDSON COUNTY WHERE
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ASHEBORO.
THERE SHOULD BE ICING AS WELL.
LET’S TAKE YOU THROUGH A FORECAST MODEL HANDLING THIS, WE
THINK FAIRLY WELL RIGHT NOW.
AND THE ONSET, THIS WILL BRING US TO ABOUT 1/10 TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH THROUGH PART OF THE DAY.
AREAS AND PURPLE WITH THE HIGHER ZONES.
SOME FOLKS WILL GET INTO THE HALF-INCH RANGE.
THIS TAKES DOWN THE TREE BRANCHES WHICH THEN CAUSES A
POWER OUTAGE AS TREES MAY COME DOWN ON LINES.
IT COULD BLOCK LOW -- BLOCK ROADS.
WE COULD SEE ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES PERIODS STEPS ON
SIDEWALKS AND WALKING COULD BE TRICKY.
IF YOU PLAN ON DOING WALKING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET AN EXTRA
WORKOUT TODAY OR TAKE YOUR WORKOUTS INDOORS TOMORROW.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT RAINFALL TOTALS THAT MY PM PACK TO BUY
COLDER TEMPERATURES OR AT LEAST I LONGER STRETCH OF THE FREEZING
RAIN.
ONE OF THE EUROPEAN MODEL SUGGESTS THAT WE MAY SEE HIGHER
TOTALS.
THIS MAY BE TWICE AS MUCH IS WHAT WE SEE LAST WEEKEND FOR
FREEZING TOTALS.
THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS WE MAY WARM SOMEONE ROTTED.
TRAVEL HAZARD COME LESS LIKELY ROTTED.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE AN EXTENDED.
MARIE ARE TRAVEL.
CHECKING CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR BATTERIES, TREE
BRANCHES, MAKE SURE BATTERIES ARE CHARGED WHETHER IT FOR
LANTERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO USE INDOORS OR DIGITAL DEVICES.
DOWNLOAD SOME BOOKS OR MOVIES TO YOUR KINDLE.
WE ARE LOOKING ON CHECKING ON MAKING SURE THE DISASTER KIT IS
READY TO GO AND THAT YOU HAVE WATER IN PLACE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS -- TEMPERATURES CAN GET OVER NIGHT
COLD.
IT PRECIPITATION HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LIGHT ACCUMULATION STARTS TO TOTAL UP BY MONDAY MORNING.
WE COULD SEE 12 TO 18 HOURS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET THINGS GOING ON THE TREES.
OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS PLACE FOR MOST FOLKS.
HIGHER ICY IMPACTS POSSIBLE IN THE PIEDMONT.
IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THE POWER ON IF IT GOES OUT.
MANY FOLKS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE STORM.
THIS COULD BE A BIG ONE, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE SEEN
THAT, LIKELY SINCE 2012 HAD WE NOT SEEN THIS KIND OF ICING
EVENT.
WE WANT TO GET YOU READY FOR IT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING TO WITHSTAND THE COLD TEMPERATURES.
ARTICLE GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, UPPER 20’S TO LOW 30’S INTO THE
WEEKEND FOR LOWS.
HIGHS IN THE LOW 40’S.
THE TEMPERATURE INDOORS, IT WILL BE HARD TO BRING IT BACK UP ONCE
WE GET COLD