Another stormy week is on tap for the eastern United States, but the Charlotte metro region apparently will miss the worst of it.
A winter storm expected to sweep across the Midwest and to the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday will bring a cold rain to Charlotte.
And another storm forecast to develop later this week is predicted to cross Florida and remain south of the Carolinas.
Tuesday's storm will begin affecting the region around daybreak Tuesday. With temperatures a few degrees above freezing, the precipitation will be all rain in Charlotte, say forecasters. A bit of sleet is expected to mix with the rain around daybreak in the foothills, but the precipitation will change to all rain in a few hours, with no accumulation expected.
Rainfall is not expected to be heavy this time, with about a half-inch predicted for the Charlotte area. Last Friday's storm system dumped 2 inches on the region, causing flooding and bringing the total rainfall since Dec. 1 to more than 14 inches -- far above the average.
Tuesday morning's conditions could be different in the mountains, where heavy snow and sleet could accumulate several inches. A winter storm watch is posted for Tuesday in Watauga, Alleghany and Ashe counties.
The main impact of the storm on the Charlotte area might be at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. The system is expected to dump heavy snow on a wide area, ranging from Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland later today and Tuesday, to the East Coast cities later Tuesday and Wednesday.
Don't look for warm weather this week.
Today's forecast high temperature of 49 degrees, which is 5 degrees below average, will be the warmest we see, meteorologists say. On Wednesday, behind the departing storm, a gusty and cold northwest wind will add more chill to the high temperature of only 40 degrees. And highs for the rest of the week will be limited to the low to mid 40s.
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