Snow sprinkles across Triangle
Snow arrived in Raleigh late Sunday and was expected to continue to fall until about 3 or 4 a.m. "By 7 a.m., it's done,"WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel said.
Posted — UpdatedSecondly, the system is weakening as it progresses toward the north and east, so the snow pattern is changing and evolving as well."
By 2 a.m. Monday, the system started to weaken but “it still has the punch left to produce some pretty good snowfall rates,” Fishel said.
"The Triangle is on the eastern fringe of the system," Fishel said early Monday. He warned snow amounts will vary across the Triangle.
Fishel predicted Raleigh would see about 3 inches of snow by Monday morning; Roxboro would get about 4 inches and the greatest accumulation would be seen to the west of Greensboro.
The National Weather Service predicted that the Triangle could get 3 to 6 inches and that eastern counties could get 1 to 2 inches.
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“By Monday morning, it's going to be mighty, mighty cold and wet roads are going to become slushy and icy,” Fishel said.
Whatever ice doesn't melt during the day Monday is likely to turn to ice again by Monday night where lows are expected in the teens, Fishel said.
'Big, fat flakes' reported across area
Viewers e-mailed and called WRAL News, eager to report as the day’s rain changed to sleet and snow Sunday evening and early Monday.
Early Monday, snow was sticking to cars and the ground in Rocky Mount, viewer Leslie reported. "The flakes are large and it is falling rather quickly."
John Burns said "nice, fat flakes" were falling rapidly in the Brookdale area around midnight.
John Lobenstein of Harnett County saw "intermittent flurries" at his home near Johnston County Road around that time as well.
Viewers in Vance County were among the first to report fat snowflakes falling early Sunday afternoon.
“It is snowing moderately in Person County,” Drew e-mailed just before 6 p.m. “Finally we got the change over.”
“Big flakes are falling in Person County in the Allensville area. The ground is almost covered,” viewer Scott Spencer reported.
The changeover happened earlier farther to the west. In Mebane, sidewalks and roads began icing up before 8 p.m., according to viewer Jennifer Wesoloski.
Viewers in Orange County began reporting sleet, freezing rain and some flakes in the 8 o'clock hour. Snow was falling as far south as West End in Moore County.
In Siler City, snow was "pouring down," one viewer e-mailed.
Melissa Sumner reported that roads were bad in Roxboro. "The snow is mixing in with heavy sleet and freezing rain," she said.
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