URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...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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