NC winter storm timeline: Updated look at Wednesday’s snow and ice forecast for Charlotte area

NORTH CAROLINA (PINPOINT WEATHER) — We are still tracking the threat of winter weather across the Carolinas for Wednesday. 

While this WILL NOT be a major winter storm for the area, it will still have impacts on travel, especially Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. 

We will start to see wintry precipitation move in Wednesday morning around 8-10 a.m. This will start as a wintry mix of freezing rain and sleet for the Charlotte metro, with snow north of Charlotte towards I-40. 

By Wednesday afternoon and evening, we will just be tracking scattered snow showers across the region. The wintry mix will decrease as the day goes on. 

Very light snowfall accumulations are expected for the Charlotte metro, with only a trace to an inch of snow likely. Spots along I-40 will experience 1-2″ of snow. While the mountains could see between 2-3″ of snow, possibly some isolated higher totals in the high country. 

There is the chance for a few more flurries Wednesday night into Thursday morning, which could lead to another coating of snow in a few areas. 

Ice accumulations are also expected to be light around Charlotte, with only a glaze to a tenth of an inch of ice possible. Even a glaze of ice could still cause issues on the roads, however, downed trees and power outages are not likely. 

While there will be a few slick spots throughout the day on Wednesday, the bigger impacts of traveling will come Wednesday evening into Thursday morning as we lose the heating influence from the sun.

By Thursday afternoon, expect dry conditions and plenty of sunshine. High temperatures will still be cold though, with mid to upper 30s.

We will slowly warm up into the weekend, with plenty of Vitamin D to go around. Dry conditions into the weekend too!