Tonight: It stays warm and muggy tonight, with mostly clear skies and temperatures slowly dropping through the mid-70s. Heat Advisories will remain in effect for parts of the Sandhills, so if you’re down that way, the heat will still be a concern even after sunset.
Power outages and hazardous road conditions continue across the viewing area as conditions are expected to worsen this evening.
Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners have declared a State of Emergency as the winter storm moves in. An emergency shelter opened Saturday night to help people who need a warm place to stay.
A shelter is open at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte to help anyone in need during the winter storm this weekend.
The American Red Cross North Carolina Region has opened an emergency shelter in Union County as snow and ice move into the area.
Two shelters are open in York County to assist the County’s vulnerable and at-need populations. The Northside Recreation Center in Rock Hill and the York Recreation Center in York have opened shelter operations and will remain open until further notice.
The storm arriving late this week and into the weekend is shaping up to be a “widespread potentially catastrophic event from Texas to the Carolinas,” said Ryan Maue, a former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The largest solar radiation storm in more than 20 years hits Earth, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. This will be the second-strongest level issued by NOAA for geomagnetic storms. The concern tonight is a severe geomagnetic storm of this magnitude can potentially affect the Earth’s power grids, satellites, and aircraft data.
While most locations see mainly rain on Sunday, the Piedmont could see a few wet bursts of snow as the moisture exits to the northeast.
