Issued by The National Weather Service
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
6:04 pm EST, Sat., Feb. 28, 2009
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SUNDAY MORNING... AND THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE BEFORE SNOW ENDS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... THOUGH IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL EXACTLY WHERE THIS MAY OCCUR.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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... WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND TO THE CAROLINA COAST DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... BEGINNING AS RAIN... AND THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS BY MONDAY MORNING.
