Western North Carolina is looking at some windy weather on Dec. 10 and even some possible snow. Here's the latest forecast.

The first winter storm of the season is expected Friday and central North Carolina once again finds itself on the snow-rain transition line.

Futurecast projections show that a mix of rain and snow will move in starting on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. The earliest we could begin seeing any winter weather would be between 9 and 10 a.m. for the northern counties and near the Virginia border. Around noon, models predict snow will start to creep in to the Triangle.

A winter weather advisory was issued by the weather service at 12:49 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1 for Buncombe and Henderson counties and the mountains of Rutherford and Polk counties. The advisory affects the cities of Fletcher, Candler, Hendersonville, Dana, Asheville, East Flat Rock, Etowah, Black Mountain, Tuxedo, Chimney Rock State Park and Saluda.

The National Weather Service says that snow could come to parts of central North Carolina this weekend. Meteorologists say that snow could come to parts of central North Carolina this weekend. Jonathan Blaes of the National Weather Service in Raleigh says that North Carolina could see two storm systems on Saturday and Sunday.