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Wintry Christmas Eve NC Freezing Rain?

This was clipped out of RAH's afternoon discussion:

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 259 PM Saturday...

As of Monday morning, high pressure is forecast to be sitting over
New York with a ridge extending southwest into the Carolinas. A weak
shortwave in the upper level flow should force a weak surface low to
develop off the Florida coast Monday evening. The low should reach
its closest point to central North Carolina Tuesday afternoon off
the coast of Wilmington and move northeast offshore after that.
There is a bit of uncertainty as to how far northwest the
precipitation will extend, and at this point, have kept a dry
forecast Monday night but introduced a slight chance of pops across
southeastern counties Tuesday. Cannot rule out the potential that
precipitation could start off very briefly as freezing rain, as
soundings show a thick layer of above freezing air above the
surface, but confidence is too low to include freezing rain in the
forecast at this time; the precipitation is primarily expected to
fall as rain.
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They're at least mentioning it now.
 
FallsLake said:
This was clipped out of RAH's afternoon discussion:

***************************
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 259 PM Saturday...

As of Monday morning, high pressure is forecast to be sitting over
New York with a ridge extending southwest into the Carolinas. A weak
shortwave in the upper level flow should force a weak surface low to
develop off the Florida coast Monday evening. The low should reach
its closest point to central North Carolina Tuesday afternoon off
the coast of Wilmington and move northeast offshore after that.
There is a bit of uncertainty as to how far northwest the
precipitation will extend, and at this point, have kept a dry
forecast Monday night but introduced a slight chance of pops across
southeastern counties Tuesday. Cannot rule out the potential that
precipitation could start off very briefly as freezing rain, as
soundings show a thick layer of above freezing air above the
surface, but confidence is too low to include freezing rain in the
forecast at this time; the precipitation is primarily expected to
fall as rain.
**************************

They're at least mentioning it now.
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This is the type of forecast that separates the men from the boys. This could very easily result in several hours of light freezing rain / drizzle on the northwest side that as we all know could lead to black ice on bridges and overpasses and resultant traffic catastrophe on Christmas Eve.
 
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