Johnathan Blaes, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Raleigh, speaks with 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell on Thursday, Dec. 3. With much of central North Carolina under a winter weather advisory from the agency, Blaes shares what the forecast looks like for Orange County, the outlook of the first snow of the winter, whether inclement conditions could continue into the weekend, and what the NWS knows about the entire winter’s outlook for snow.

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