Strong Front Saturday Morning Will Bring High Wind, Rain, Snow & Frigid Temperatures

– WINTER STORM WARNING for Avery county from 1 AM – 7 AM Saturday. This is the only county in the warning as higher snow totals are expected on the mountain tops along the TN/NC border.

– WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for Ashe and Watauga counties from 1 AM – 7 AM Saturday.

– FREEZE WATCH in effect for Lancaster and Chesterfield counties from Saturday evening through Sunday morning.

– WIND ADVISORY for the area

DISCUSSION:
A very strong front will move through late Friday into early Saturday bringing rain to the Piedmont, snow to the mountains, gusty winds and much cooler temperatures. There is an isolated chance for severe storms Saturday morning southeast of I-85. We wake up to low temperatures in the 20s on Sunday morning with wind chills in the teens across the Piedmont and below zero in the Mountains. An area of high pressure will build in behind the cold front which will dry us out through the second half of Saturday, Sunday and into the beginning of next week.

TONIGHT:
Scattered showers this evening. Overnight into early Saturday AM widespread rain and isolated storms. Cloudy. Overnight patchy fog. Lows: 40s.

SATURDAY:
**Isolated strong storms possible SE of I-85 overnight into early Saturday morning**
A strong cold front will push a line of showers across the area between 1 am – 7 am. The precipitation type will start as rain everywhere, but change over to snow in the Mountains. As that line moves through it will likely strengthen south and east of Charlotte. That is where there is a chance for isolated severe storms (southeast of I-85) very early Saturday morning. Damaging wind is the primary threat, but there is still an isolated tornado threat. It is low, but not zero.