Weekend storm brings Triad rain, snow for some

EITHER. YEAH, DEFINITELY. WELL, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT. DALE AND I ARE HERE TO EDUCATE YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO UNFOLD HERE THE LAST COUPLE, NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO LET’S START WITH THAT. I’M GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY OF HOW WE EXPECT THINGS TO GO INTO NEXT WEEK, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE’RE GOING TO START WITH SOME. RAIN WILL LIKELY BE A BIT WINTRY NORTH AND WEST. THE TRIAD COULD SEE SOME WET WEATHER ALSO EARLY IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. WE’RE EXPECTING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WILL LIKELY STAY. KEEP OUR NUMBERS BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL DAYS NEXT WEEK, AND A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME MOISTURE COULD MAKE THINGS A LITTLE INTERESTING AROUND HERE. AROUND THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. AND DYLAN’S GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT PART OF THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, 20S AND 30S. IT’S COLD, BUT IT’S AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 15 DEGREES FROM WHERE WE WERE 24 HOURS AGO. I LIKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT DEPARTMENT. WE’VE GOT A MILDER FLOW OF AIR COMING AROUND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WEEK ONE, BUT IT’S BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTH. WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME LIGHTER BREEZES TODAY, AND PART OF THE STORM THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT US OVER THE WEEKEND IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE, WITH SOME MOISTURE COMING OFF THE PACIFIC THAT’S MOVING INTO TEXAS. WE’RE WAITING FOR AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO DEVELOP JUST EAST OF THE ROCKIES. TRAILING. THAT IS VERY COLD AIR. THE CIRCULATION AROUND EASTERN CANADA IS GOING TO PUSH THIS SOUTH VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND THIS IS GOING TO SET UP THE DEEP FREEZE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND MAKE ANYTHING THAT DEVELOPS FROM A STORM PERSPECTIVE. VERY INTERESTING. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES. THAT’S DOWN THE ROAD THOUGH. TODAY IS A SUNNY DAY AND PROBABLY THE BEST DAY WE’RE GOING TO SEE FOR A WHILE. LIGHT BREEZES OUT OF THE SOUTH HIGH, CLOSE TO 50 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BE CLOSE TO THAT. ALSO IN THE FOOTHILLS, HIGH OF AROUND 49 DEGREES TODAY. SUNSHINE GIVES WAY TO SOME EVENING CLOUDS TONIGHT AS THAT STORM TAKES SHAPE AND BEGINS TO MOVE OUR WAY. EVEN MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES GET BACK INTO THE 40S TODAY, AND THEN WE’LL SEE CONDITIONS GET A LITTLE COOLER LATER ON TONIGHT AND COULD GET A LITTLE SLIPPERY OUT THERE OVERNIGHT. HERE’S THE REASON WHY CLOUDS ARRIVE. FIRST, TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. NOTICE, THOUGH, FOR THE TRIAD, THEY STAY ABOVE FREEZING. WE HAVEN’T HAD MANY DAYS LIKE THIS IN JANUARY, WHERE MORNING LOWS ARE ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK, MID TO UPPER 30S IN SOME CASES, BUT IT’S COLD ENOUGH WHERE WE COULD SEE A WINTRY MIX FAVORING SNOW ACROSS OUR NORTHERN WESTERN AREAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. I THINK BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING, RAIN WILL BE OVER, THE AREA. IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY BRIEF, MOVING OUT AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN WE SHOULD GET A PRETTY DECENT LULL COMING INTO THE AREA, AND THEN WE’LL START TO SEE MORE SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. BUT NOTICE WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN, WHERE WE’RE WARM, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. NOW, AS THE COLD AIR RACES IN AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH THAT EXITING MOISTURE, THERE’S A CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE A POP OF SNOW AT THE VERY END OF THIS. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF SETUP THAT NORMALLY BRINGS US A GOOD SNOW. IT’S USUALLY AS THE MOISTURE IS LEAVING, YOU SEE A BRIEF TRANSITION, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, THERE’S A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT GET A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW IN SOME OF THE GRASSY SURFACES, ESPECIALLY. I DON’T THINK THIS INITIALLY AFFECTS ROADS, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH HOW HOW QUICKLY TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN AND JUST HOW WET THINGS ARE HEADING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SO FOR THE MOUNTAINS, WE’VE GOT SNOWY WEATHER DEVELOPING OR A SNOWY MIX. AT LEAST THAT WINTRY MIX TRANSITIONS TO RAIN ON SATURDAY. THEN WE’LL LIKELY SEE MORE MIX, FAVORING A LITTLE MORE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THE TRIAD, IT’S MOSTLY A RAIN EVENT WITH A LULL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY THAT COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR SNOW, AND THEN IT GETS COLD. IN FACT, WE COULD SET RECORDS NEXT WEEK FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES WE’VE SEEN FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS. NEXT WEEK, LET’S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST DYLAN HUDLER. DYLAN, THAT’S NOT THE ONLY THING WE’RE WATCHING FOR NEXT WEEK. IF WE GET A STORM DEVELOP THAT DEVELOPS IN THIS MUCH COLDER AIR, THIS COULD REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TRIAD. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS A VERY, VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS, TO SAY THE LEAST. THIS WILL BE SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR WE’VE HAD IN YEARS. REALLY. WE’RE FORECASTING AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT. TEMPERATURES COULD STAY BELOW FREEZING FOR LIKE 72 CONSECUTIVE HOURS. MONDAY, TUESDAY AND EVEN INTO WEDNESDAY AS WELL. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK, AND THERE’S STILL SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. WE HAVE. WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE COLD. WHAT WE DON’T KNOW IS WHETHER OR NOT A STORM SYSTEM CAN LINE UP WITH THAT COLD AIR, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE’LL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SOME WINTRY WEATHER WITH THIS KIND OF COLD AIR SET UP, THAT STORM TRACK LOOKS TO MAINLY BE THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH, MAINLY ALONG THE GULF COAST AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST. SO CALL ME CRAZY, BUT IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WILMINGTON HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF WINTRY WEATHER NEXT WEEK THAN THE TRIAD, WHICH IS USUALLY NOT THE CASE. THIS IS A SETUP WE HAVEN’T SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME. THERE ARE DIFFERENT LONG RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS OF HOW THIS WILL ALL PLAY OUT. WE KNOW THIS SYSTEM IS COMING THROUGH. THIS WEEKEND WILL GIVE US A BRIEF CHANCE OF SOME WINTRY WEATHER, BUT IT’S REALLY NEXT WEEK WHEN THAT BIG TIME COLD AIR IS IN PLACE WHERE IF ENOUGH MOISTURE CAN LINE UP, THERE COULD BE SOME WINTRY WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS. HERE, LOCALLY IN THE TRIAD, I THINK AS OF THE PAST 24 HOURS OR SO, OUR CHANCE OF WINTER WEATHER NEXT WEEK MAY BE DECREASING JUST A BIT. THAT STORM TRACK LOOKS TO STAY FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST, MAINLY ALONG THE COAST, WITH THE REST OF US DRY. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THERE’S AT LEAST THE POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE A WINTRY SYSTEM. REGARDLESS, OUR MESSAGING IS COLD. PREPARE YOUR HOME THIS WEEKEND FOR VERY, VERY COL