The snow should begin around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and it’s not going to stay on the ground at first,” a National Weather Service meteorologist said.

Friday’s winter storm may have seemed like a letdown in Charlotte where less than an inch of snow fell while other areas got more.There were several reasons why snow totals didn’t pan out as much as we expected,

The expectation is always for a winter wonderland, but we usually get the dreaded sleet and freezing rain, which cuts down on snow totals a bit.