000 FLUS42 KGSP 242025 HWOGSP HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504- 506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-252030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS- UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 325 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. $$ NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-252030- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS- 325 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY...USHERING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD AIR TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THANKSGIVING NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WITH THESE SNOW SHOWERS WOULD IMPACT MAINLY LOCATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET AND AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE TENNESSEE BORDER. UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL...BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS BY THE TIME THE SNOW SHOWERS END FRIDAY EVENING. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED IN THE LOWER VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS SINCE SNOWFALL PREDICTIONS CAN CHANGE CONSIDERABLY OVER TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. $$ GERAPETRITIS