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C-Money said:
Going to go from a high of 75 on Sunday to a high of 50 on Monday.
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Charlotte’s going from a Sunday high of 75 to a Monday high of 46. I’m headed to Asheville tomorrow where it will be a high of 63. On Monday it will be a high of 30. Chance of snow flurries Sunday night.
 
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1009 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025

NCZ040-041-090400-
Chatham NC-Wake NC-
1009 PM EST Sat Nov 8 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WAKE AND NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM
COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EST...

At 1008 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pittsboro to near Cary. Movement was
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Raleigh, Cary, Pittsboro, Wake Forest, Garner, Zebulon, RDU
International, Apex, Holly Springs, and Morrisville.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 283 and 304.
Interstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 16.
Interstate 540 between Mile Markers 1 and 24.
US 1 between Mile Markers 80 and 101.
NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 20 and 22.
the Durham Freeway near Mile Marker 2.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to
localized minor flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle
 
I remember WAY BACK in the ‘90’s and early ‘00’s when municipalities in NY, NJ, and New England started reining in the plowing, sanding, and salting budgets.

Prior to this time, Yankees thought they could drive in snowy and icy conditions.

They could. So long as the plows and salt/sand trucks were out.
 
About this time I’d driven up-to Crawford Notch/Breton Woods in New Hampshire’s White Mountains to ice climb with a friend. We knew a blizzard was coming; we got in the day of climbing. I had to head south to Newburyport - about an hour north of Boston.

I made it. I drove 8-12-15 mph. I was passed by dozens/a few hundred vehicles……including plow trucks.

Aside from the plow trucks, I’d guess 100% of the vehicles that passed me ended up off the road.

All you can do in snowy/icy conditions is (A) not drive; (B) Drive SLOWLY.

It’s like rock or ice climbing….. physics always applies.
 
Growing up I never believed old people when they said their joints would ache before it rained or whatever. But I had stress fractures in my shins from running in high school… they’re long healed now that I’m in my mid/late-30s. But damn if they don’t still hurt when we get the first big temperature drop like this every year still.
 
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