Do you think it will snow here on Thursday based on local reporting?

[grodney]

11:10pm EST. Snowing in South Charlotte. Bar the doors! Ration the bread and milk! Aaaaarrrrgghhhh!!

[Miesian Corners]

Cotswold has snow! Running to the HT right now.

[Raintree21]

Whoohoo! light snow in SE Charlotte near Matthews.

[monsoon]

Ahh yeah there are a few flurries here at the lake even though the air temp is 38.2 here at the moment. (it actually rose 0.2 over the last hour) Will be interesting to see what happens by morning.

[Andyc545]

Oh UNCC please me closed, please be closed....

It looks like CMS will be deciding school closings in the morning. FYI, they do not do delays for that school district (eg. Union Co can do a 2 hr delay). CMS will either be closed or opened. Now for UNCC......

[krazeeboi]

There's a light snow cover here in Rock Hill. Dear God, I'm going to need to leave an hour and a half earlier than usual in the morning for work.

[Andyc545]

Just thought about this, but this will be the first time and also a good training situation to see how reliable the LYNX is tomorrow in the morning, if all of the functions of the LRT with snow/ice perform, and how well the shelters shelter, in addition to the ridership numbers. Could go up or down (up to get drivers off the road for their commute, or down due to the cold waiting...

[tozmervo]

Just thought about this, but this will be the first time and also a good training situation to see how reliable the LYNX is tomorrow in the morning, if all of the functions of the LRT with snow/ice perform, and how well the shelters shelter, in addition to the ridership numbers. Could go up or down (up to get drivers off the road for their commute, or down due to the cold waiting...

[Miesian Corners]

It is doubtful that there will be any power outages (and if there is one, can it please be in McEniry Hall at UNCC? Andy, I feel your pain!). Still, there are few areas that the tracks would have problems. The points on the tracks (or switches) are few since the trains operate on dedicated lines in each direction. As far as the shelters, I have no idea.

[Batou]

Snow here in UNCC area outside my window. I live offcampus.

[Guest]

Snow here in UNCC area outside my window. I live offcampus.

[UrbanFuture]

Slush already in Uptown ... looks like it'll be gone by dinner time. All the roads should be fine, I'm pretty sure Char-Meck dumped hundreds/thousands of tons of salt onto the area's roads yesterday.

EDIT: The Observer is reporting UNCC classes canceled for today, Lynx running right on schedule.

[voyager12]

Well I guess I was wrong about my no snow prediction. I like Charlotte's typical version of snowstorms. A small amount pretty to look at for a few hours and then gone before causing any major problems.

[Raintree21]

Wow, the meteorologists were right for once. I agree that it will probably mostly be gone before too long though.

I wanna know why UNCC and CMS are closed but classes at CPCC is still being held!?!?! BAH!

[voyager12]

Snow here in Dilworth always looks pretty on all of the bungalows and front porches. Very Norman Rockwell.

[tozmervo]

Just thought about this, but this will be the first time and also a good training situation to see how reliable the LYNX is tomorrow in the morning, if all of the functions of the LRT with snow/ice perform, and how well the shelters shelter, in addition to the ridership numbers. Could go up or down (up to get drivers off the road for their commute, or down due to the cold waiting...

[monsoon]

A lot of people did not go to work today and there was no school so it dramatically dropped the need for all transit in the city. It never dropped below freezing here so I am assuming all of the roads in Mecklenburg county were clear.

[voyager12]

I have been driving around all morning. I have not encountered any problems. It's just a rainy day. It's great having empty roads though.

[dxartist]

I will predict no snow,

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Snow lovers, get pumped: It looks like central North Carolina will get a more significant snow on Saturday, followed by days of brutal cold weather. Time to get to Harris Teeter and Lowes for snow shovels!!!

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Sound the Alarm!!! WBTV here in charlotte seems to be very excited this evening about a BIG snow event on Saturday. ET just got off tv saying two weather models are saying either 8-12" or 4-6" on Saturday for CLT Metro. ......He also said this could be the "big one" for I85 points west and north!!!

[Spartan]

^Its always the big one.

[UrbanFuture]

Are you sure Charlotte metro is supposed to get 4-6 inches? Maybe they have better satellites than the national weather service and all the other broadcasting networks. It looks like it will be cold and wet, not the storm of the new millenium.

[BUILDIT]

Sound the Alarm!!! WBTV here in charlotte seems to be very excited this evening about a BIG snow event on Saturday. ET just got off tv saying two weather models are saying either 8-12" or 4-6" on Saturday for CLT Metro. ......He also said this could be the "big one" for I85 points west and north!!!

[dubone]

I like the shared experience of snow days, even if it is technically fine to be on the roads. Of course, the roads are often fine, but the uncertainty of it all would lead to problems if the volumes were higher. There is something about seeing the office virtually silent (I walked to work, albeit after the heavy rain stopped).

I never ever ever take what local tv news says without a huge grain of salt. In fact, I had totally forgotten about all this talk until I woke up this morning and saw it. I work with some Indian guys that have never seen snow before. Even though it was paltry, I'm glad that el nina and global warming haven't completely taken that possibility away from us.