Winter storm on the way

Highs will still be frigid, at about 20 degrees, but the winds only being between 5-10 miles per hour in the afternoon will make the cold manageable. “1-3” is expected in the Asheville area with some sleet and freezing rain mixing in with the snow.

By Monday afternoon heavy rain will be melting this latest winter storm down the drain, so kids if you get a snow day, best to sled earlier then later.

Cokley says the Triangle should expect a half-inch to an inch of snow with “a glazing to a few hundredths of an inch of ice on top of that”.

Hall County will be under a winter storm watch starting at 1 a.m. Monday that will continue until the later part of the day. For those living to the southwest (southern Virginia and West Virginia) this means snow is likely to start during the overnight hours of Sunday into Monday.

A winter storm will move into our area Sunday night into Monday. A brief period of light to moderate snow will quickly changeover to a mixture of snow and sleet before changing to a prolonged period of sleet and freezing rain.

Snowfall accumulations will be highly dependent on the timing of the transition periods over to freezing rain and then plain rain. Snow will then increase in intensity after the morning commute as on-and-off light snow through much of the day.

Andrea Clifford, state highway spokeswoman for the Louisville area, said that road crews reported for snow duty at noon Sunday.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. “Generally speaking, models have been leaning towards 2-4” around the I-95 corridor. At this time, the freezing rain appears to be light enough that we should see widespread power problems.