We are tracking a very active weather pattern, snow chances are trending more northwest toward the I-85 corridor.

By Tuesday evening, motorists were proceeding cautiously during the remnants of rush hour around uptown Charlotte as white stuff began sticking to roads. “With the cold air in place, any accumulating snow may cause significant impacts on roadways.

Nurses at Novant say they typically see more crash victims and injuries from falls at hospitals across the Charlotte area because of the weather.

Snowfall totals from an overnight storm varied across the Charlotte region on Wednesday, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Union County near Monroe saw the highest amount at 6/10ths of an inch, NWS meteorologist Rodney Hinson told The Charlotte Observer.

Meteorologists were left speechless Tuesday as record amounts of snow fell along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why it was so snowy.