WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – As expected, a winter storm delivered snow and bitter cold to the Cape Fear Saturday and Saturday night. Tallies are still coming in, but it seems most of the area picked up between three and seven inches – with isolated spots over ten – plus drifts. And the cold? Wilmington officially recorded a brutal minimum wind chill of 2 Saturday night. Epic metrics!
Your First Alert Forecast for Sunday features some fleeting flakes from an otherwise clearing sky. With temperatures and wind chills likely to stay well below freezing all day, dress in your heaviest winter layers and cover your extremities to play in the snow, brush your car, or shovel your walk. Hypothermia and frostbite will remain significant health risks!
“People Pets Plants Pipes” type cold remains in your First Alert Forecast for Sunday night, with temperatures buried in the 10s, and Monday and Tuesday, with daytime readings struggling to claw deeper into the 30s. Extensive snow cover and treacherous slick spots will keep the First Alert Weather Day program going until temperatures can get better traction…