Counties in Eastern and Southern North Carolina have been warned about dangerous driving conditions today and tomorrow.

North Carolina remains under a Winter Weather Advisory with cold temperatures, icy conditions, and a warming trend on the way.

The National Weather Service says 1.5 inches of snow fell at Raleigh-Durham International Airport overnight — a record that ties the 2022 mark. In eastern North Carolina, Morehead City saw five inches of snow.

Temperatures in the North Carolina mountains are falling to nightly lows near zero, with wind chills near minus-20 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The dangerous cold is linked to an arctic air mass that could set records in the region, forecasters say.

This comes only a week after many across central NC got a measurable snowfall since 2022. RDU officially got less than an inch of snow, along with 0.07" of ice. Areas closer to the Virginia border saw the highest amount of snow around 3 to 4 inches.

On Tuesday at 7:23 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement in effect until 11 p.m. The alert is for Iredell, Davie and Rowan counties.

On Wednesday at 2:02 a.m. a special weather statement was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 10 a.m. The alert is for Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Forsyth, Guilford, Alamance,

Areas affected include southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, western Michigan, northwestern New York, and eastern North Carolina.

Residents throughout northeast South Carolina and coastal North Carolina woke up to something unusual Wednesday morning: snow. Overnight some areas in the region saw as much as five inches of snow, according to reports from local meteorologists in the Grand Strand. This is the most snow the region has seen in at least a decade.

The National Weather Service issued an updated weather alert at 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday for black ice until Thursday at 9 a.m. The alert is for Person, Granville, Vance, Guilford, Alamance, Orange, Durham,

The National Weather Service warned the Citizen Times that extremely low wind chill values could lead to frostbite, hypothermia.