iNWS Alert

GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ101>103-170600-
Rabun-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-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
Including the cities of Clayton, Pine Mountain, Mountain City,
Ingalls, Banner Elk, Newland, Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut,
Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Swiss, Burnsville, Celo,
Micaville, Ramseytown, Busick, Spruce Pine, Poplar, Alarka,
Almond, Bryson City, Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville,
Canton, Cruso, Cove Creek, Asheville, Black Mountain, Candler,
Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, Franklin,
Rainbow Springs, Kyle, Highlands, Wolf Mountain, Cashiers,
Brevard, Cedar Mountain, Little River, Hendersonville, Fletcher,
Dana, East Flat Rock, Tuxedo, Etowah, Patterson, Jonas Ridge,
Ashford, Sugar Hill, Woodlawn, Old Fort, Chimney Rock State Park,
Saluda, Mountain Rest, Rocky Bottom, and Glassy Mountain
204 PM EST Fri Jan 16 2026

...LIGHT WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...

A band of precipitation is expected cross the mountains of the
Carolinas and northeast Georgia overnight tonight. The
precipitation will likely start out as a mix of snow, sleet, and
freezing rain, but mostly change over to all snow above 3500 ft
and rain with patchy freezing rain in the valleys, before tapering
off around daybreak Saturday. With temperatures hovering in the
upper 20s to lower 30s, minor snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches
will be possible in the highest elevations, with spotty light ice
accretions, mainly on elevated surfaces, in the valleys and near
the Blue Ridge Escarpment. Clearing skies should allow
temperatures to warm above freezing and thaw out most roads by
midday Saturday.