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>>> CHIEF
>>> CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BRAD PANOVICH TRACKING THE LATEST WEATHER THREAT.
>> KEEPING AN EYE ON THE LATEST
UPDATES. THE STORM SYSTEM NOW
ENTERING THE WEST COAST, THIS
IS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
SYSTEM BUT COLDER SPREADING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY.
OVER THE NEXT 24 -36 HOURS WE
WILL HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON
WHERE THIS IS GOING.
YOU CAN SEE HOW COMPLEX IT IS.
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WHERE THIS IS GOING. YOU CAN SEE HOW COMPLEX IT IS. THIS DIP HERE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
MUCH, COLDER AIR COMING FROM
THE NORTH, MOISTURE COMING IN.
THE PERFECT SET UP FOR WINTER
WEATHER IN OUR REGION.
THIS IS WHY THE CONCERN HAS
BEEN SO GREAT THE LAST COUPLE
DAYS AND CONTINUES TO GROW.
VERY RARE TO SEE THIS MUCH
CONFIDENCE IN A WINTER EVENT.
SOME UNCERTAINTY, ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AROUND
CHARLOTTE.
ABOUT WHERE RAIN SNOW SLEET AND
ICE WILL BE.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WHEN
WE SAY WINTER WEATHER EVERYONE
IMMEDIATELY THINKS SNOW, BUT
THIS IS ALL TYPES OF
PRECIPITATION.
ICE, SLEET, RAIN, FREEZING RAIN
AND SNOW AND COULD MIX AND
CHANGE OVER TIME.
ONE THING I'M GROWING MORE
CONFIDENT MAN, THERE LOOKS TO
BE PLENTY OF COLD AIR.
VERY RARE WE HAVE COLD AIR
ESTABLISHED BEFORE ONE OF THE
STORM SYSTEM GETS HERE.
USUALLY COMING AT THE SAME TIME
LAGGING BEHIND THAT IS WHY IT
IS SO DIFFICULT TO GET SNOW
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.
PROBABLY NOT THE CASE THIS TIME
THE MAIN TRACK DOZEN TRUCK FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH THAT IT STAYS IN
PLACE IT WILL PULL CAUSING MORE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXTURE
CUTS DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS BUT
CAN MAKE FOR WORSE ROAD
CONDITIONS AND CERTAINLY MAKE
FOR A POWER OUTAGE.
HERE IS THE SYSTEM UNFOLDING.
COLDER IN PLACE, LEADING EDGE
DOESN'T GET HERE.
SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE FINE,
THIS IS A SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
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SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE FINE, THIS IS A SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EVENTS.
I HONESTLY WOULD NOT PLAN ON
TRAVELING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AT ALL
ALL, IF THE SNOW, RAIN, SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN ARRIVES.
AT TIMES WE COULD SEE THE RAIN
SNOW LINE MOVE.
IT WON'T JUST SIT IN ONE SPOT,
IT COULD BOUNCE AROUND.
YOU COULD SEE SNOW ONE PART OF
THE DAY, RAIN ANOTHER AND BACK
TO SLEET AT SOME POINT.
THE SNOW CHECKLIST FOR THE
PIEDMONT TO SEE IF WE SEE SNOWY
HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE.
WE HAVE A PATTERN FAVORABLE AND
PLENTY OF COLD AIR AT THE
SURFACE.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE
WARMER AIR OFF THE SURFACE AND
THE STORM TRACK, THOSE ARE TIED
TOGETHER AND WILL DIG TAKE WHAT
TYPE OF PRECIPITATION FALLS.
RIGHT NOW THAT MEANS IN MIX.
HIGHEST CHANCE FOR ALL CHANCES
FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT PRIMARILY FROZEN
PRECIPITATION, ICE OR SNOW.
THERE IS A LOT OF MOISTURE WITH
THE SYSTEM.
CRAZY TOTALS BEING THROWN OUT
THERE.
I HAVE NOT PUT MY TOTALS YET,
THAT WILL COME TONIGHT AT
11:00.
I HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO PUT
A SNOWFALL MAP TOGETHER.
2 - 3 INCHES OF THAT IS ALL
SNOW, EVEN HALF, THAT IS AN ALL-
TIME RECORD BREAKER FOR MANY
LOCATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS.
THE PROBLEM IS IT'S ON THE
TEMPERATURE AT THE GROUND IF
IT'S WARM DOWN HERE WE GET RAIN
AT TIMES THE WARM AIR ABOVE THE
SURFACE IF WE END UP WITH
FREEZING RAIN, THE LAYER
SHRINKS AND EXPANDS, IF IT GOES
AWAY COMPLETELY IT BECOMES SNOW
THAT CAN HAPPEN OVER A COUPLE
DAY PERIOD, INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT.
AND WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN IS
THE WARM, COLD LAYER WILL SLIDE
BACK AND FORTH.
AT TIMES THERE WILL BE A WARM
LAYER AND AT OTHER TIMES A COLD
LAYER.
THAT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO
+@GIVE YOU A FORECAST TOTAL
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CHARLOTTE
AREA.
TONIGHT AT 11:00 WE WILL GIVE
YOU THE UPDATED FORECAST MAP
AND WHAT I THINK WILL FALL
LATER THIS WEEKEND.
THE TIMING LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A
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