“The storm is bringing heavy rainfall with potential flooding and strong winds to much of eastern North Carolina,” the department’s news release stated. There’s no need to take any unnecessary risks.”Īccording to NCDOT, while temperatures are expected to warm and some thawing is possible, the water on roads will refreeze at night and make travel dangerous in western and central North Carolina. “Everyone should avoid driving in these conditions. “Even after the storm passes, we ask North Carolinians to be patient as our crews and emergency responders do their important work to clear the roads,” State Transportation Secretary J. The National Weather Service is predicting about 8 inches max in the Buncombe County area before 7 a.m. The department had thousands preparing the roads for weather before the storm and continues to clean up even as snow comes in. The NCDOT is asking WNC residents to be wary in the coming days as well. “But as you let it melt and refreeze on itself it’s going to become really difficult to move off of things.” “It’s really easy to deal with now,” Ward said. Scraping snow and ice away while its fresh will be a lot easier than if drivers wait until they need the car after the Martin Luther King Jr. 16 morning found Ward doing what he recommended everyone else in the area do before the day was over: cleaning off his car. It’s going to melt on itself a little bit, but it’s going to refreeze ever single night.” “It’s definitely going to be cold and I see this snow lingering around especially in those places that got 10 plus inches of snow. “I don’t really see much melt happening,” he said. Snow and ice will pack in as a result, he said. For instance, Tuesday morning could bring temperatures as low as 15 degrees. But lows will drop into the teens during that time, Ward said. 18-19 highs of 43 and 45 degrees, respectively. “The further north you go, the longer that northwest flow is going to stick around.” Some models show higher elevations will get snow through 12:01 a.m. 16, “It’s really difficult to tell when the snow is going to taper off.” Ward, an Asheville native who monitors and analyzes WNC weather patterns on his website, told the Citizen Times Jan. 16 ends, local meteorologist Hunter Ward is saying it difficult to know exactly what the system is going to do next, but people should prepare. 5 p.m.: 'Not much melt happening,’ in coming daysĪs what may be the most intense day of snowfall, ice and wind from the winter weather that hit Western North Carolina Jan. Send a photo if you'd like, and we'll include as many as we can. Share your observations of conditions from your location by sending me an email at Include your name and where you are. Will it approach the Blizzard of '93 or some of the other big storms that have dumped sizable amounts of snow here? We'll see.Ĭitizen Times staff would like to hear from you. Forecast amounts vary from weather service to weather service, but it looks like this one is for real. 16, and we'll keep you updated on conditions around the area. The second snowstorm of the season is blanketing Asheville on Sunday morning, Jan. Just prior to landfall, Idalia felt some wind shear and underwent an eyewall replacement cycle, knocking its intensity down a bit to a Category 3 hurricane at landfall along Florida's Big Bend coast.Hello, Western North Carolina. Moving over extremely warm Gulf of Mexico water, including the loop current, Idalia then rapidly intensified from Category 1 to 4 intensity in just 24 hours from Aug. Idalia almost made a complete counterclockwise loop while drifting around the northwestern Caribbean before finally pushing north into the Gulf of Mexico early on Aug. It then became Tropical Storm Idalia the following morning. Idalia's history: Tropical Depression Ten first formed just east of Cancún on Aug. Biggest increase in winds: 55 mph in 24 hours Highest rainfall total: 11.57" in Mullins, North Carolina Highest noted wind gust on land: 85 mph in Perry, Florida Biggest known storm surge: 8.9 feet in Cedar Key, Florida (likely much higher elsewhere, but unmeasured) Hurricane Idalia brought heavy rainfall, strong winds and feet of storm surge inundation to the Florida Gulf Coast in late August 2023 in the Gulf Coast's latest major hurricane onslaught.Īt its peak, Idalia was a Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph in the northeastern Gulf. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter and get the latest news and updates on Idalia’s path delivered straight to your inbox each weekday morning.
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