Upper Level Low To Affect Region

The foothills of North Carolina will be dealing with a very complicated weather situation Sunday through Tuesday. A large low pressure system will cut off from the overall pattern and form into a large upper level low pressure system. This cut off low pressure will help to draw copious amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Once the system begins to affect the region, late Sunday Night, a prolonged period of heavy rain is possible. Some of the mountain communities could see around 2-5 inches of rain from this system. Here in the foothills, most areas will see right around 1-3 inches of rain with the heaviest totals near the Blue Ridge. The Blue Ridge eastern escrapement could see up to 5 inches of rain. Some areas could see more or less rain depending on the overall evolution of the low pressure. As the system departs on Tuesday, a few snow showers are possible over the foothills; however, accumulating snow is not expected at this time. More details on this storm will come tomorrow morning, along with a map of expected rainfall amounts.