Temperatures around Charlotte expected to plummet after a spring-like Saturday
Charlotte enjoyed a brief burst of spring-like weather Saturday, with a high of 71 degrees just before 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Reality, however, was already barreling toward the region from the west.
A cold front from the Mississippi Valley, which stretches from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, was expected to sink Charlotte’s high Sunday by 25 degrees, NWS meteorologists said in the forecast.
Expected lows could plummet from 40 degrees early Sunday to 27 degrees early Monday, the forecast showed.
Counties along the Interstate 40 corridor could even see a light snowfall with the front Sunday, including Iredell, Alexander, Catawba and Rowan, according to a hazardous weather outlook bulletin at 4:15 a.m. Saturday by the NWS office in Greer, S.C.
“Most affected locations will see only a trace to a couple of tenths of an inch of snow, mainly sticking to grassy surfaces,” NWS meteorologists said in the alert.
Snow showers could reemerge Sunday night along and north of the I-40 corridor, according to the bulletin. Drivers there could see “a few patches of black ice into Monday morning,” NWS meteorologists said in the bulletin.
If Charlotte gets any precipitation from the front, it would be rain Sunday, NWS forecasters said, and the chance is slight at 30%.
Temperatures in Charlotte are predicted to jump again by nearly 25 degrees during the work week, the NWS forecast shows.
The forecast called for highs of 46 Sunday, 49 Monday, 59 Tuesday, 62 Wednesday and 69 Thursday.
Monday and Tuesday should be sunny, and Wednesday mostly sunny, before Thursday has an 80% chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm, according to the NWS.
Friday is predicted to be sunny with a high of 63.
This story was originally published February 12, 2022 at 3:05 PM.