Wind Advisory 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

000 
WWUS72 KGSP 240354
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1054 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...

.STRENGTHENING WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

NCZ033-049-050-241200-
/O.CON.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.051124T0500Z-051124T2300Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
1054 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. 

WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK THE WIND WILL BE BLOWING FROM
THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ON
THANKSGIVING DAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-241200-
/O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.051124T0500Z-051124T2300Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
1054 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. 

WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON THANKSGIVING DAY... THE
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

000 
WWUS72 KGSP 240825
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...

.A WINDY THANKSGIVING DAY IS SHAPING UP ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS
COULD BE OBSERVED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
TODAY.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING
WIND SPEEDS AND DIRECTIONS.

NCZ033-049-050-241630-
/O.UPG.KGSP.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-051124T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.HW.W.0003.051124T0900Z-051124T2300Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE
325 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRENGTHENING WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW LATER TODAY SHOULD RESULT IN
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS. WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST
TO INCREASE EVEN MORE THIS AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO
THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. GUSTS
AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SURPASS 60 MPH...AND A FEW LOWER
ELEVATIONS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 60 MPH.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WITH TRAVEL PLANS THROUGH THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

$$

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-241630-
/O.EXB.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.051124T0900Z-051124T2300Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
325 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS.
OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH COULD BE OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON
BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-241630-
/O.CON.KGSP.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051124T2300Z/
MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
325 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45
MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND EVENTUALLY
CROSSES THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE AT THEIR HIGHEST
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD
BE IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

44

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING. MOISTURE ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LEFT
EXIT REGION UPPER JET DIVERGENCE AND WEAK 850 TO 500 MB DPVA OVER
THE NRN MOUNTAINS TOWARD 00Z THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH QPF WITH THIS
FEATURE LOOKS FAIRLY LIMITED...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH...THERMAL PROFILES REMAIN PROBLEMATIC. THE NAM AND RUC ARE
COLDER THAN THE GFS THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH SOUNDINGS SUPPORTING
SNOW IN THE NRN MTNS UNTIL WARM ADVECTION MIXES THE PRECIP OVER TO
RAIN AROUND 00Z. SINCE LITTLE OR NO PRECIP IS BEING REPORTED IN SFC
OBS UPSTREAM AT PRESENT...AM INCLINED TO CONTINUE A FORECAST OF
LITTLE OR ACCUMULATION AND ADDRESS ANY SPOTTY DUSTING OF SNOW WITH
AN SPS THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION COULD MIX BACK OVER TO SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW EARLY THU BEFORE ENDING.

THE TRAILING COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE WRN MOUNTAINS BEFORE
DAYBREAK THURSDAY...WITH COLD ADVECTION ENSUING. THE NAM IS THE
STRONGEST WITH WIND FIELDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND EVEN THE
GFS FEATURES A PROMINENT 700 MB JET OF 65+ KT BY 12Z THU. BLENDING
RAW ETA WIND FIELDS WITH TERRAIN ADJUSTED GFS/NAM MOS WILL PRODUCE
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE NRN MTNS FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
TOMORROW...WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE REST OF THE NC MTNS.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
GFS AND NAM QUITE SIMILAR WITH REGARD TO ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF
SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW AFFECTING CWA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WILL BE MOVING
NORTHWARD AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM CENTRAL STATES INTO
SOUTHEAST FOLLOWING THURSDAYS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PRODUCING
CLEAR SKY WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S WITH SOME
30S IN THE MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT LOWS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL
GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S AND LOWER 30S. FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG EASTERN
SEABOARD MOVES OFFSHORE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS
IN LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
TRAVELING EASTWARD FROM SOUTHWESTERN STATES. LOW EXPECTED TO TRACK
NORTH NORTHEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY INTO LOWER OH RIVER VALLEY
RESULTING IN BROAD REGION OF WARM ADVECTION AND INCREASING
MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. ISENTROPIC LIFT ON SOUTHWEST SIDE
OF HIGH AND IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL PRODUCE
INCREASING CLOUDS AND CHANCE POPS. APPEARS TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SUFFICIENTLY WARM TO ELIMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE ISSUES. BY
WEDNESDAY... THE LOW WILL BE IN VICINITY OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS RESULTING IN CONTINUED CHANCE POPS AND MILD
TEMPERATURES. WEDNESDAY LOWS WILL BE IN UPPER 30S AND 40S. HIGHS
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...
CURRENT TAF PERIOD IS SPLIT BETWEEN WARM ADVECTION CLOUDS AND
POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN PRECIPITATION EARLY...THEN COLD ADVECTION WIND
CONCERNS LATE. BEST BELT OF UPGLIDE FROM 21Z TO 00Z THIS EVENING
SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY NORTH OF THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...SO NO
MENTION OF LIGHT RAIN WILL BE INCLUDED AT KAVL AT PRESENT. CIG
THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL FORECAST AREA SHOULD REMAIN VFR WITH
SCATTERING TO OCCUR 05Z TO 08Z AS COLD ADVECTION BEGINS. LATE NIGHT
WESTERLY UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE TRIMMED BACK TO THE FAR WRN
MTNS...KEEPING KAVL DRY. WILL BRING WINDS UP RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT AT
KAVL WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT AS MIXING BEGINS BEHIND COLD
FROPA AFTER DAYBREAK.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ033-049-050 FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO 6
     PM THURSDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065 FROM
     MIDNIGHT THURSDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...LGL
AVIATION...HG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-241130-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
620 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER TODAY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS
DEVELOPING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE MORNING. THROUGH THE
DAY...SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. HIGH
ELEVATIONS OVER 5000 FEET WILL LIKELY SEE MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW WITH
ANY PRECIPITATION TODAY BUT ELEVATIONS LOWER THAN THAT SHOULD SEE
A QUICK TRANSITION TO RAIN. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
ALSO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY.

TONIGHT...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY. LOWER ELEVATIONS AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND GEORGIA BORDER WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE MUCH ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION...BUT ANY THAT DOES FALL SHOULD BE MOSTLY RAIN THIS
EVENING. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL PROBABLY SEE A RAIN/SNOW
MIXTURE TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MORNING. PERHAPS
AN INCH OR TWO AT HIGH ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER IS POSSIBLE.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR
50 MPH BY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WILL START WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND
WINDY CONDITIONS...WITH SKIES GRADUALLY CLEARING AND A DECREASE IN
WIND SPEED THROUGH THE DAY...ALTHOUGH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. LOCATIONS NEAR
THE TENNESSEE BORDER MAY SEE A FEW FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON BUT
LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
DOMINATE THE FORECAST UNTIL THE CHANCE OF RAIN RETURNS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

NCZ034>037-054>057-066>069-072-241130-
CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-CABARRUS-
620 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER TODAY. BY LATE MORNING...A FEW
FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES MAY FALL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION FOOTHILLS.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME A BIT MORE NUMEROUS TOWARD
LATE AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND
INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF SNOW SHOWER
THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION ENDS...BUT NO
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS OR THE PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

IT WILL ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY WINDY TODAY...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO
30 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE CHANCE OF RAIN
RETURNS TO THE REGION FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ070-071-082-SCZ001>014-019-241130-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
UNION NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
620 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON COULD GUST AT TIMES TO NEAR 30 MPH.
CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER BUT NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TODAY...AND THERE IS ONLY AN OUTSIDE SHOT AT A SHOWER FROM SHELBY
TO GASTONIA AND CHARLOTTE THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO
20 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN COMES IN
LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-232115-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
1122 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...LIGHT SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS
PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY
WILL DRAG MOISTURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN
PLACE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP FROM BURNSVILLE TO NEWLAND BY 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AS WARM
AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN ON STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST
FLOW...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD STEADILY MIX OVER TO LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE LITTLE OR
NO ACCUMULATION FROM THE SNOW...HOWEVER...A FEW ROADWAYS COULD
BRIEFLY BECOME SLIPPERY BEFORE TEMPERATURES RECOVER.

LATER TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AGAIN FROM THE WEST...WITH
ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION POSSIBLY TURNING TO SNOW AGAIN BEFORE
DAYBREAK. SNOW CHANCES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THANKSGIVING MORNING
WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS WELL...WITH VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS LIKELY DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE
DAYBREAK. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH RIDGE TOP
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY
MAY BE POSTED LATER TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA
OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS WHICH COULD AFFECT
HOLIDAY TRAVEL.

GERAPETRITIS