The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued an updated winter weather advisory at 9:57 p.m. on Thursday valid from Friday 1 p.m. until Saturday 1 p.m. The advisory is for Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain and Haywood counties.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for a trio of counties in the North Carolina mountains on Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service issued the advisory for Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties as snow is expected to fall Friday afternoon and overnight before turning sharply cold Saturday and Sunday.

Our second cold front this week is moving through, and bringing a big winter freeze to the Carolinas for the upcoming weekend. Not only that, but the mountains are getting ready for another round of snow;