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Hello! This is Jake Wimberley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at GSP. Let’s
take a look at potential weather impacts for the week beginning March 3rd, 2014.
Please note that this routine weekly briefing is for informational purposes only and
will not be updated. Do not use it after Wednesday. It will be removed from our website no
later than noon that day. High impact briefings, issued as necessary, will supersede this
routine briefing.
Generally the region will remain dry until a “wedge” of cold air sets up late Wednesday.
Precipitation chances increase into Thursday, and there is a chance that some wintry precip
could fall in some areas Thursday and Thursday night. A warming trend will be felt
beginning Friday, with light precipitation possible again early Sunday.
In the wake of a frontal system departing the region this evening (Monday evening),
precipitation will taper off and temperatures will dip into the 20s. Black ice may cause
slippery road conditions in spots through Tuesday morning. Dry and cold high pressure will
prevail Tuesday. However, this will set up a wedge of cold air over which warm and moist Gulf
air will flow, bringing clouds and wet weather back to the area beginning Wednesday.
Surface low pressure will develop off the Carolina coast Thursday, bringing our best
chance for precipitation this week. Some of the precip may fall as freezing rain or sleet
early Thursday morning, mainly north of I-40. However, the bulk of the precip will fall as
rain Thursday afternoon and evening. Significant accumulations of ice or snow
are not expected. There remains some uncertainty as to the extent of any winter weather
Thursday, but we have decent confidence that the heaviest precipitation will not coincide
with the coldest temperatures across the region.
As high pressure again takes control, the area is likely to be dry Friday. Temperatures
moderate to a few degrees above normal Saturday. Another blast of Arctic air will affect the
Great Lakes and Northeast by Sunday, with the resulting low pressure system pulling a weak
cold front through the Southeast. A chance of light precipitation will accompany
this front as it enters our area, but neither severe weather nor wintry weather is
expected at this time. Temperatures will remain a little bit above normal Sunday
and Monday.
The Carolina Coastal Plain may see periods of light rainfall through the midweek period,
before heavier and more widespread precipitation spreads across most of Georgia
and the Carolinas once the wedge and coastal low set up for Thursday.
In summary, the best chance for precipitation across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia
is Thursday. Rain is likely everywhere, but areas north and west (especially north of I-40)
have a chance for some wintry precip as well. Temperatures will warm again by the weekend.
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please consult the website for the office serving your area. Thank you for using the
National Weather Service!