ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Western North Carolina will get a brief taste of warmer weather this weekend before another blast of Arctic air moves in, bringing dangerously cold wind chills and the potential for isolated power outages, forecasters said Friday.
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg said snow flurries lingering across mountain counties Friday morning were expected to taper off by midday as temperatures inch slightly higher. Highs are forecast to reach around 50 degrees in Asheville with gradual clearing.
A short-lived warmup arrives Saturday, with sunshine and temperatures near the upper 50s. But conditions will deteriorate Saturday night as an Arctic front approaches, increasing the chance of precipitation and ramping up northwest winds…