There’s snow in the Charlotte area forecast this weekend. Will you see it?
Wintry weather from the southern Appalachians could dump freezing rain and ice on the Charlotte region this weekend and sn, the National Weather Service reported Friday.
Freezing rain could leave up to .10 inches of ice on roads early Saturday in Huntersville, Cornelius and Mooresville in the Lake Norman area, according to the NWS forecasts at 2 p.m. Thursday for the towns.
Cornelius and Huntersville have a chance of rain or freezing rain before 2 a.m. Saturday, the forecasts showed. Rain is likely between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. and freezing rain between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. Rain is then expected until about 3 p.m.
Similar ice accumulations are predicted in Gaston and Lincoln counties and freezing rain in Cabarrus County early Saturday. No ice accumulations are forecast for Cabarrus.
That’s according to a hazardous weather outlook bulletin issued by the NWS office in Greer, South Carolina, at 4:15 a.m. Thursday.
Only rain is expected in Charlotte, according to the NWS Charlotte forecast at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Charlotte has a 90% chance of rain late Friday and a 100% chance all day Saturday, the forecast showed.
Where snow could fall in NC
The Statesville area could see less than a half-inch of snow and .10 inches of ice early Saturday, according to the NWS.
No snow is expected anywhere else in the immediate Charlotte area, NWS forecasters said.
Winter storm watch for NC mountains
A winter storm watch is in effect late Friday through Saturday afternoon for the North Carolina mountains.
“Heavy mixed precipitation possible,” according to the watch issued for Taylorsville, Stony Point, Hiddenite, Marion and other Western N.C communities.
“Total snow and sleet accumulations of up to a half inch and ice accumulations of two tenths to one quarter of an inch possible,” according to the NWS storm watch. “Isolated areas could see ice accumulations up to three tenths of an inch.”
“Plan on slippery road conditions,” NWS forecasters wrote in the alert.
Charlotte forecast
After all sunshine on Thursday, Charlotte should see increasingly cloudy skies on Friday, according to the NWS forecast.
Sunday and Monday should remain sunny, before rain returns on Tuesday. “The rain could be heavy at times,” according to the forecast.
Wednesday should be sunny, NWS forecasters said.
Highs are expected to drop from 51 on Thursday to 46 on Friday and 42 on Saturday, before climbing to 53 on Sunday.
Temperatures are then predicted to bounce around again, according to the NWS, from 51 on Monday to 62 on Tuesday and 52 on Wednesday.
This story was originally published January 4, 2024 at 11:13 AM.