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Steve signing in at 7:34 AM. Overcast and foggy with drizzle and some patchy rain moving northeastward across the 4 county area, mainly eastern Burke, southeastern Caldwell and the Hickory vicinity. Temperatures are around 35° here and in most of the higher elevations, including Boone. Freezing rain had changed over to rain most locations around midnight last night. The current band of light rain should exit the area in the next hour or so, followed by slow clearing later this morning along the I-40 corridor. More snow showers are possible from the Blue Ridge westward as another band of snow moves eastward from the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. The snow should dry up in the downslope flow before reaching the I-40. Highs this afternoon in the lowlands should be mid to upper 40s under partly sunny skies. Partly cloudy skies will continue tonight except for near the Tennessee border where another system could trigger a few more snow showers. Lows should be right around freezing. Sunday should be a pretty decent day ahead of the next clipper type system. Expect sunny skies, low to mid 50s in the afternoon. Clouds increase Sunday night as the next system and cold front move in. Along the I-40 and lower elevations, a few rain showers are possible with frontal passage, a quick shot of snow could happen in the higher elevations early Monday morning. Snow showers could continue in the mountains Monday but clearing is likely elsewhere, highs in the afternoon reach the mid to upper 40s. Colder weather continues through the week. It seems as though the east coast trough re-establishes itself and that usually means below normal temperatures and northwest flow disturbances that bring periodic snow showers to the mountains, little if any precipitation to the I-40 corridor. Highs Tuesday should only reach the low to mid 40s after morning lows in the mid 20s, moderating to around 50° Thursday and Friday. So far this trough doesnt appear to be as deep as the one that gave us single digit readings earlier this month but for sure, were not going to see a repeat of the weather we experienced earlier this week. The GFS (North American) model sets up a cold-air wedge on Superbowl Sunday with a southern stream system moving from the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast coast and plenty of precipitation in the Carolinas. This could signal another freezing rain threat for parts of North Carolina, including our area. Only problem is that the European model doesnt share the GFSs enthusiasm at the moment, just shows a continuation of cold weather. If the two models where to come into better agreement, we could be looking at weather problems for this upcoming weekend, but right now it is just something we need to watch.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:49:57 +0000

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