Winter Weather Advisory - Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)

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ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GULF STATES
TONIGHT...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>003-091000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.WW.Y.0012.100209T1100Z-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
342 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOOTHILLS
AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

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. DURING 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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