All on-site activities, including athletic practices and events and driver's education, has been canceled through Sunday. Thursday 6 p.m.: Orange County Schools will be closed on Friday. 'Especially the elevated roads and bridges are a problem,' said Maze. The road temperature in Raleigh is 29 degrees as of 11 p.m., according to Futurecast. and this time Friday, our radar should be loaded down with snow with the second round coming on in,' said Maze.Īfter the snow ends, the biggest issue overnight will be the roads. 'We're seeing a lot of excited people saying, 'We're seeing some big, fluffy flakes coming down.' That's quite exciting. Unfortunately, Maze said counties south of Raleigh aren't likely to see snow on Thursday night.īut, Maze said that this is just the first part of snow in central North Carolina.

'We're likely to see this for the next couple of hours and then it will gradually die down,' said Maze. Snow has been reported at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and a light dusting of snow has been reported in portions of Wake County. on Thursday, according to WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze. Thursday 11 p.m.: The rain/snow line is moving through the Triangle as of 11 p.m. 'It is not going to melt anytime soon,' Gardner said. We're looking at a low of 17° on Friday night. Gardner said we're looking at 1 to 3 inches of snow around Wake County and 3 to 5 inches along I-95. 'The models have finally come together on spreading more snow to the west.' 'We may be talking about an inch more snow today than we were yesterday,' said Gardner. Around 7, 8 p.m., the snow line will move to the west and impact the Triangle. 'In some places, it probably won't happen until we get to later in the afternoon or overnight.'Īreas along and east of the I-95 corridor will see snow fill in before 5 p.m. 'I would be prepared for that snow to start falling by mid-afternoon,' said Gardner. We'll see mainly cloudy skies through midday before the precipitation redevelops. Icy roads left untreated will remain a problem this morning. Thursday night's first round of snow has moved out and models keep the majority of the area dry through at least noon. Temperatures will continue to drop and we'll all be in the 20s by sunrise. Friday, 4 a.m.: We are seeing temperatures at/or below freezing for everyone besides a few instances of at 33° and 34° in the Sandhills.

Littleton snow accumulation today