A few areas in Eastern North Carolina woke up to an unusual sight on this Veterans Day snowflakes falling weeks ahead of winter. A strong Arctic cold front swept through overnight, dropping temperatures from the 50s into the 30s and sparking light snow early Tuesday morning For many communities along and north of U.S. Highway 64, the pre-dawn hours brought a brief dusting of snow on rooftops and grassy surfaces. While accumulations were minor, this early-season snowfall is usually in our area so early in November.

National Weather Service meteorologists in Newport/Morehead City even described a similar event in November 2013, the last time we saw such early snow as “a rare early snowfall” . Many locations similarly received just a trace to about half an inch of snow, and for some places

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