Meteorologists say the bulk of the snowfall should occur late Saturday into early morning Sunday, tapering off after that.
As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service had very high confidence (99%) in at least two inches of snowfall in Wilmington and Southport and fairly high confidence (84%) in at least four inches of snow in the area. There was much lower confidence (less than 20%) of a foot or more of snow.
Regardless of snowfall amounts, it will likely be hazardous to travel from Saturday through Monday afternoon. Officials are also advising that impacts from the cold weather could be frostbite on exposed skin or hypothermia. They estimate Saturday and Sunday nights will be the worst for these extremely cold temperatures, where wind chills could drop to negative degrees…