ROCKINGHAM — Local students will be home on Friday, but still have schoolwork to do.
Richmond County Schools announced this afternoon that the district will “transition to a remote instructional day for all students tomorrow.”
According to the Facebook post, students were sent home with their assignments and parents should contact teachers with any questions.
The decision comes as the National Weather Service issues a winter storm warning, effective from 1 p.m. Friday until 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Some areas of central North Carolina are expected to receive up to 3 inches of snow and sleet and a quarter inch of ice, according to the text accompanying the warning.
Forecasters warn that the wintry mix combined with subfreezing temperatures could leave roads and bridges slick and hazardous.
The winter storm warning extends across most of North Carolina west of Interstate 95; southern Virginia; northwestern half of South Carolina; northern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; northeastern Texas; southern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; most of Oklahoma and Kentucky; and all of Arkansas and Tennessee.
According to the localized forecast, Richmond County can expect a mix of snow and sleet from the early afternoon until about 11 p.m., when the precipitation is expected to switch over to rain or freezing rain throughout the rest of the night and early morning hours.
Locally, forecasters are predicting less than an inch of snow and up to a quarter-inch of ice.
The high on Friday is expected to reach 39 degrees, with wind-chill values around 20 degrees; and an overnight low around 29 degrees.
