FNUS72 KGSP 061720 FWSGSP SPOT FORECAST FOR NOAH SAR...HAYWOOD COUNTY EM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1220 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1207 EST ON MARCH 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAYWOOD COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ON SLOPES THAT FACE WEST TO NORTHWEST. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. THE WIND WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 10 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AROUND DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATER TODAY AS DRIER CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS OVER THE REGION AND LINGERS INTO THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CAROLINAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). PATCHY FREEZING FOG EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW LIKELY LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28. MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 26 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...DECREASING TO 45 MPH LATE. TIME (EST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............97 98 98 WEATHER COV.........DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE........SNOW SNOW SNOW TEMP................23 25 28 RH..................80 77 72 20 FT WIND..........NW 22 NW 21 NW 20 20 FT WIND GUST.....55 50 50 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN TAPERING OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK. PATCHY FOG UNTIL EARLY MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 17 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...DECREASING TO 13 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............96 91 78 73 63 48 WEATHER COV.........LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW TEMP................26 26 25 25 25 25 RH..................78 80 83 86 86 84 20 FT WIND..........NW 17 N 15 N 14 N 13 N 10 N 10 20 FT WIND GUST.....40 40 35 30 25 25 $$ FORECASTER...MOORE REQUESTED BY...GREG SHUPING TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20130306.NOAHS.01/GSP