More snow?

Here we go again - another forecast with snow in our immediate future. If you're a loyal reader of the blog you know that I blog more about the weather than I do about our life. It is an illness, I know. I would have seriously studied atmospheric science had it not been for the requirements of organic chemistry and lots of calculus! So instead, now I just blog out interesting impending weather. I really hope we see something pretty tomorrow - I want to take my new camera out and blog pictures (they're more fun than reading I'm sure)!

WRAL's headline, "Measurable snow possible"

Here's the latest advisory from the NWS:
"The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a Winter Storm
Watch... which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday
afternoon.

Precipitation is expected to overspread central North Carolina
during the day on Saturday. As it does so... much colder air will
spread into the area from the west. The airmass appears to be cold
enough at the onset of the event Saturday morning for most of the
precipitation to fall as snow across the western Piedmont. Further
east toward the northern Piedmont and northeast coastal plain... the
precipitation will likely start out as a cold rain Saturday morning
but should change over to snow during the late morning or early
afternoon.

Snowfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are possible... which could
cause significant impacts to travel.

Some uncertainty still exists with this event. The exact track of
the surface low and the timing of the colder air will ultimately
determine the snowfall accumulation potential.

A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant
snow... sleet... or ice accumulations that may impact travel."

Snow from last January... (1/18/06)