What to expect when traveling to North Carolina in late December/January?

Question by riversrightfoot: What to expect when traveling to North Carolina in late December/January?
So I’m from Texas and we don’t really get much action as far as snow goes – we have some ice/sleet to deal with but rarely does the snow actually stick to the ground. I was wondering what to expect if I take a road trip to North Carolina leaving in late December and returning early January. We’d be traveling through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and SC. It’d be great to know if I’d probably encounter inclement weather on my way there or back. Would I need snow chains on my tires? Thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by wndrlys
You may encounter some inclement weather, but you definitely do not need snow chains on your tires. If you do encounter any really bad weather, as someone who is not accustomed to driving in it, you should pull over and wait it out.

There is a trip planning feature on weather.com that can probably give you pretty sound advice. Some roadmapping sites might also have weather alerts built in.

I am from Virginia, and I drove an Elantra with a u-haul behind it from Virginia to Texas a few years ago.

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