Winter storm warning

Thursday Fizzled, but Saturday is looking like the real thing.
Begin panic shopping.
Via NWS:

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY SUNDAY.
Snow, ice and then the temps to keep it all frozen.
Handy list to follow:
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
(919) 967-8211 www.chccs.k12.nc.us
Orange County Schools - [...]

Weekend weather

Via this week’s Citizen: Rain helps lakes, but drought still very much with us
From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday, nearly one and a half inches of cold rain fell over a wide swath of Orange County adding to lakes surrounded by new grasslands and streams that have long been dry or barely trickles. [...]