Winter Storm Watch

From the Raleigh National Weather Service Office this morning....

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTHCAROLINA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING....

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THESOUTHEASTERN U.S. SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING.

NCZ007>010-021>026-038>041-073>076-083-084-282200-/O.NEW.KRAH.WS.A.0002.090301T1700Z-090302T1400Z/PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...WARRENTON...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH.. .ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM
424 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDMORNING ON MONDAY.

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL BE ALL RAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING... ALONG AND WEST OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND SNOWFALL BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.