Charlotte has a 90% chance of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the approaching system, National Weather Service meteorologists said.

Measurable” snow is one-tenth of an inch; however, there is a good chance the Charlotte area could get more than that as the weather system moves in Friday evening into Satur

It is becoming increasingly likely that freezing rain and sleet will be mixing into the forecast Friday night into Saturday morning.

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.

At this point, it's looking like the brunt of the moisture will move through Friday late afternoon through Saturday morning.

Snow lovers in the Southeast have been starved in recent winters, but Winter Storm Cora could bring the first official inch or greater snowfall that some cities have seen in multiple years. How official snow measurements are taken: Accumulations of snow and/or sleet make up totals that go into NOAA's historical record books.