Snow Advisory for WNC Mountains

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EST WED DEC 5 2007

...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...

.A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO
PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER
TERRAIN..

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
530 PM EST WED DEC 5 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW SHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATELY HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO
TAPER OFF AND PARE BACK TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER OVERNIGHT.
MOST OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN
INCH...WITH LOCAL TWO INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE
LINE...AND NEARLY THREE INCHES AT THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS.

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