As the system bringing snow gets closer to NC, it's becoming more and more likely the Triangle area will get more snow than previously expected -- anywhere up to 3 inches, with 4 inches possible in some parts of the state.
>>> THIS IS WRAL NEWS, YOUR NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. >>> RIGHT NOW IT 5:00, ALL EYES ON OUR CHANGING FORECAST AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRIANGLE COULD GET HIT WITH MORE WINTER WEATHER THAN EXPECTED. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA TONIGHT. FALLING TEMPERATURES COULD MAKE FOR A SLIPPERY MORNING MEET. THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM LENA TILLETT. >> I AM DAVID CRABTREE. HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT A FEW OF THE SPOTS IT COULD WAKE UP WITH THE SNOW ON THE GROUND TOMORROW, RALEIGH LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. CHAPEL HILL FALLS IN THAT WINDOW, ROCKY MOUNT COULD BE ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES. METEORLOGIST MIKE MAZE JOIN US WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOTALS AND TIMING OF ALL OF THIS. >> LAST NIGHT, WE WERE BEGINNING TO ALLUDE TO THE FACT THIS WILL BE MORE OF AN EVENT THAT IS NOT COLD AIR CHASING THE MOISTURE OUT WITH MINIMAL SNOW TOTALS, THIS LOOKS LIKE A MODIFIED SYSTEM THAT WOULD DEVELOP OVER US AND CREATE ITS OWN COLD AIR. IT IS TURNING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW FROM WHAT WE SEE ON THE MODELS. THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ELIZABETH TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS MORNING, WE HAD UPDATES TO THIS THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDING LEE COUNTY, HARNEY COUNTY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COAST. WE ARE TALKING A TRACE UP TO 2 INCHES, ISOLATED LOCATIONS UP TO 3, IF BURSTS OF SNOW IN THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD GET UP TO 4 INCHES. HERE'S HOW IT PLAYS ON FUTURECAST, THE RAIN RETURNS THIS EVENING, WE GET CLOUDY AROUND 11:00, WATCH FOR THE TRANSITION ZONE AT NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES AROUND ROXBORO IN THE RAIN/SNOW LINE SHOULD BUILD FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND MORNING. BY 5:00 A.M., THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA COULD SEE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION AND BY 8:00 A.M. IT SCOOTS OUT. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30s TO LOW 30s WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND, WE'RE TALKING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING WHICH WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS EVENING. HERE IS EXCLUSIVE RODDICK TO WRAL, THE EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE OF ABILITIES OF AN INCH OF SNOW. BOY, THIS IS GONNA FROM THE RALEIGH AREA, IT IS ASSURED WE SHOULD SEE AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. FURTHER SOUTH NOT THAT LIKELY FOR SOUTHERN PINES, FAYETTEVILLE, AND IN. YOU SHOULD SEE SNOW COME DOWN. HERE'S THE PROBABILITY OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND THAT HAS GONE UP TO 62 % IN ROXBORO, 51 % CHANCE AT ROCKY MOUNT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION, WE DERIVE OUR SNOWFALL, THERE IS THE ACCUMULATION ZONE. WHEN WE PUT DETAILS ON THE MAP AROUND THE TRIANGLE AREA, 1 TO 2 INCHES, MAYBE 3 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THE GRAND TOTAL SHOULD BE 2 TO 3 IN NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES