Winter Weather Advisory - Greater Burke (North Carolina)

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ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR TUESDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES
OVERNIGHT...WHILE ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.
MOISTURE AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY. COLD
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A MIX OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

GAZ010-017-NCZ035-058-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-091115-
/O.EXT.KGSP.WW.Y.0012.100209T0500Z-100210T0500Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-ALEXANDER-GRAHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...FRANKLIN...
BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1005 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS
SNOW OR RAIN...AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND RAIN
BY MID DAY TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL
RAIN ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
BY AFTERNOON. LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO
FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND
SLEET...WITH FREEZING RAIN NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. DRY AIR IS
FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE TUESDAY
EVENING...AND SNOWFALL RATES WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. WINDS
WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY...REACHING 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. BY THE TIME WINTER
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING...SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.


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