Winter Weather Forecast: Snow and freezing rain expected this weekend

According to the National Weather Service in Raleigh, Winter Weather is heading to the Triad. It will be a bitterly cold day on Friday, with highs in the mid-30s and wind chills in the 20s throughout the day. Sunny skies are expected to remain clear until late afternoon, when scattered clouds will move across the Piedmont region. The skies will clear again overnight, with lows dropping to around 20° tomorrow morning.

On Thursday, sunshine will return, with highs reaching the mid-30s.

An area of low pressure is forecasted to move across the northern Gulf of Mexico, then turn northeast to follow the coastlines of the Carolinas. The exact track of this system is still uncertain, which means the amount of precipitation remains unpredictable. We will be monitoring the cloud cover throughout the day on Friday.

Friday's highs will be around 34°. As the afternoon and evening commute begins, precipitation is expected to start as light snow across the Piedmont.

Precipitation is expected to taper off close to sunrise on Saturday morning. Highs will be around 34°. Near the afternoon/evening commute, precipitation will begin as light snow across the Piedmont. 

Snow is expected to continue through the evening before changing to mainly freezing rain after midnight. Precipitation will taper off close to sunrise on Saturday morning. 

There will be moderate impacts from the wintry weather through the day on Saturday, then a continuing chance of black ice on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Saturday and Sunday will be sunny. Highs on Saturday will stay in the mid-30s, then rise to the upper-30s on Sunday afternoon.

Sunshine and dry conditions last into the beginning of the work week.  Highs on Monday will be in the mid-40s, then drop to the lower 40s on Tuesday.

Local school systems have not made closing announcements at the time of publication.