Expires:201002101400;Remove:201002101400;711996 FPUS72 KGSP 101047 NOWGSP SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-101400- RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE 547 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 .NOW... SNOW SHOWERS WILL STEADILY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY SPILL OUT INTO THE ADJACENT NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. SNOW AT RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER THIS MORNING...WITH GENERALLY ONLY A DUSTING FROM FRANKLIN TO ASHEVILLE TO EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 5 THIS MORNING...AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK. $$ HG