(WGHP) — Wintry weather is on its way to the Piedmont Triad, and, to help keep your family up to date, there will be a special edition of the FOX8 Morning News on Saturday.
This special edition of FOX8 will begin at 6 a.m. It will end at 8 a.m. You can watch on TV or on MyFOX8.com.
During this special edition, the FOX8 Max Weather Team will have your forecast and information about the weather event.
We will also report live from throughout the Triad, giving you everything you need to know to about roads, conditions and more.
A Severe Winter Storm Watch is in effect from Friday at 1 p.m. until Saturday at 10 a.m. throughout the Piedmont Triad and most of central North Carolina.
Clouds will quickly overtake our skies Friday morning with snow moving in by afternoon. Highs will be near 34° and likely will drop as the snow begins. Snow is expected to continue into the night, eventually changing over to a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain as it ends early Saturday morning.
Total accumulation in the Triad is expected to be between 2 inches and 3 inches; in the mountains and foothills, 3 inches to 4 inches; in the southern Piedmont, and 1 inch to 2 inches with more ice accrual in Montgomery and Chatham counties.
