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We're bracing for light snow and some of the coldest air we've had in two years, prompting a WRAL Weather Alert Day Tuesday.



WRAL Weather Alert Day: Coldest temps in 2 years in store Tuesday morning, 1.5 inches of snow possible in some areas tonight

I'm WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell tracking an unusual setup for us where the beach has the best chance of snow this week in North Carolina. A winter storm watch is already in effect for the entire North Carolina coast, even extending down into South Carolina. A winter weather advisory for some of the coastal plain. We're not currently under any kind of watch warning advisory for snow. Chances if any counties were to be added, I think the best chance may be closer to Wayne County and Samson Counties. Let's take a look at the chance of an inch or more of snow. That chance is about 30% in Fayetteville, but very low in the triangle at just 4% in Raleigh. Closer to the coast, the chance 90% or more. And if we take a look at the coast again, let's go for the chance of 3 inches of snow. The Outer Banks have more than a 50/50 shot of seeing 3 inches of snow, and it's about a 50/50 shot for Wilmington and Topsail Beach. For us, we're expecting less than 1 inch of snow for most of our viewing area. I think around the triangle we'll be lucky if we get to see some snow flurries, and we are still forecasting extreme cold this week for much of the country, and that includes Of North Carolina, the mountains seeing single digit lows and below zero wind chills. For us, we fall to 16 Tuesday morning, 20 Wednesday morning, and 15 Thursday morning. High temperatures though, barely climbing above freezing Tuesday and Wednesday, 33 the high. We don't get back into the 40s for highs until Friday, so it's really going to be cold out there. High pressure is building in with the Arctic air. We're seeing our storm system come together in South Texas. The thing is, is that the moisture may stay far enough south where we just can't quite overlap. If we look at Tuesday evening, the coast is likely to see some of that snowfall and perhaps some sleet initially first for us, I think our best chance for winter weather would be between 8 p.m. Tuesday night and 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, and the chance will be highest for that from Raleigh Point's east toward the coast, the heaviest snow. The way it looks, lining up with the coast, an unusual event there. The last time uh Wilmington had an inch of snow was a while ago. It was back in 2018. Let's take a look at your 7 day forecast. It's a cold one. Once we get to Friday, we start to thaw out a little bit, but not much. 46 Friday, high temperatures do at least reach the low to mid-50s by the weekend.

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