Forecasters are warning that a significant winter storm that could affect driving conditions, cause closures and power outages, and disrupt daily life may be heading to the Triangle this weekend.
“There’s still uncertainty on how much snow we get versus ice — and it may end up being more of an ice event, like sleet and freezing rain — but it’s still too early to say specific amounts,” said James Danco, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Raleigh.
Arctic air will be in place.
As of Tuesday, Jan. 20, high temperatures on Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sunday, Jan. 25 are expected to hover around freezing, Danco said, but it could be even colder, in the high 20s. Saturday night, the lows could plummet into the teens.
Those cold temperatures would help make the storm more impactful, easier for snow, sleet or freezing rain to accumulate.
The winter storm would likely last Saturday, Jan. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 25, Danco said…