NorEaster Born, Some Snow in NC

This week's Nor'easter is developing off the coast of the Carolinas this morning. Here's how AccuWeather.com RadarPlus analyzed the storm at 7 AM Eastern:

PRESSURE, WINDS, SATELLITE, RADAR @ 7 AM

You can see that the winds are already circulating into the low pressure system which is off the coast. Heavy rain is to the north and east of the center. Here's the AccuWeather.com Snow/Rain radar:

This picture above exaggerates the coverage of it, because the radars are detecting the snow above the ground and it is evaporating before it gets there (it's called "virga"). But the air was cold enough on the western side of the system to produce occasional snow at ground-level this morning in some cities in eastern North Carolina. Both Fayetteville and Fort Bragg reported snow at 7 AM. This could happen anywhere on the western shield of the precipitation through this afternoon, when temperatures will moderate as the storm system forces warm ocean air onshore.

How far west will the rain reach? It's a tough call because the movement of the storm is erratic and will remain so until tomorrow. The precipitation will continue to move westward today and tonight before fading back to the east tomorrow. Below is our expected total rainfall map from this morning through Thanksgiving from AccuWeather.com Professional.

Any adjustment to our expected storm track could change this. In other words: be prepared for at least some light rain whereever you live in the Carolinas, but the mountains may escape most of the precipitation.

Near the coast, up to three inches of rain has fallen around Wilmington (Doppler-Estimated Precipitation Map). Winds on land have gusted to 38 mph with 60 mph gusts offshore, along with 16-foot waves.

The storm will continue to deliver a chilly, heavy rain, high waves, rough surf and wind gusts to at least 60 mph through midweek, threatening the Northeast coast by Thanksgiving Day.

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