The mercurial low-pressure system delivered a near-perfect Southern storm: no ice, just picturesque fluffy flakes.

As of Thursday, Jan. 16, Weather Service forecasts for central and Eastern North Carolina show two opportunities “for precipitation other than rain,” meteorologists’ way of saying it could be snow but don’t get too excited, it might be our old nemeses sleet or freezing rain.

The arctic air that settled over Charlotte is bringing dangerous wind chills of 5 degrees and a 20% to 30% chance of snow, the National Weather Service says. “We’re still watching the potential for light snow,

The National Weather Service says 1.5 inches of snow fell at Raleigh-Durham International Airport overnight — a record that ties the 2022 mark. In eastern North Carolina, Morehead City saw five inches of snow.

Extreme cold combined with wind can cause the human body to lose heat at a faster rate, enhancing the risk of frostbite and hypothermia, the NWS says. Frostbite occurs when skin and the tissues beneath it freeze, with fingers, toes, ears and the nose at highest risk, experts say.

Charlotte faces “dangerous” low temperatures and wind chills from an approaching Arctic air mass, National Weather Service meteorologists said in an alert Saturday. “Confidence is high that it will be very cold,

The winter storm that hit North Carolina Friday into early Saturday morning was weak in the Triangle with less than an inch of snowfall in Wake County. But, elsewhere,

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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for parts of Western North Carolina Jan. 19, and forecasts below-zero wind chills overnight.

Snowfall totals from an overnight storm varied across the Charlotte region on Wednesday, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Union County near Monroe saw the highest amount at 6/10ths of an inch, NWS meteorologist Rodney Hinson told The Charlotte Observer.

In what might be considered a blizzard by recent Charlotte standards, roughly a half-inch of powdery snow fell over the city and surrounding region Tuesday night.