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NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
100 AM EST SUN MAR 14 2010

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN COUNTIES NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 3500 FEET CAN EXPECT TO SEE MAINLY WET SNOW...WITH A LIGHT
ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH AT THE HIGHER
RIDGETOPS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SMOKIES. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OVERNIGHT.
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SNOW SHOWERS TO AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY
HAS BROUGHT COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF COLDER AIR AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
AND A MOIST WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE HIGH MOUNTAINS.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
337 AM EDT SUN MAR 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
EDT MONDAY.

THE COVERAGE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER A
WET SNOW AND RAIN MIXTURE THIS MORNING...MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...EXCEPT AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS PICKING UP AND LIKELY REACHING INTO
THE VALLEYS.

WHILE ONLY A DUSTING OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF
TODAY...ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT. AROUND AN INCH IS LIKELY IN THE LOWER
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK
OVERNIGHT MAY PRODUCE SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.


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