Saturday, December 23, 2006
Interesting Weather Due For Christmas
The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for Western North Carolina ahead of
a system due here early Christmas Morning, which will begin as rain, and likely end as snow for much of the area, details below. Go to the GSP Page for continued updates.
a system due here early Christmas Morning, which will begin as rain, and likely end as snow for much of the area, details below. Go to the GSP Page for continued updates.
...ACTIVE HOLIDAY WEATHER...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE GULF COAST SUNDAY
NIGHT...SPREADING MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. RAIN
WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. AS A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE AREA LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL DIMINISH EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL
FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY...BECOMING CONFINED
TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER WITH TENNESSEE BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY
EVENING.
THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO TWO AND ONE HALF
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. OTHER AREAS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT ONE AND ONE
HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL. UNLIKE THE LAST RAIN EVENT...THIS RAIN
EVENT WILL ARRIVE WITH SOIL MOISTURE AND STREAM LEVELS ALREADY
ELEVATED.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. ON
TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.
STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
# posted by wnc : 7:21 PM
