Bass Pro Grand Opening and the Snow

[Bass Pro has postponed the “Evening for Conservation” on Wednesday night due to weather. Read the full story.]

Cary, NC — The Bass Pro Grand Opening in Cary this Wednesday promises to be a big event. But the mix of heavy traffic and some rough weather could prove treacherous.

Bass Pro Grand Opening Night

Wednesday evening, February 12, 2014, the Bass Pro Grand Opening ceremony will take place at 6 PM with a ribbon cutting at 6:30 PM.

Wednesday night is an “Evening for Conservation,” with 50¢ of every $1.00 donated to the North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation.

Bass Pro Grand Opening Weekend

With more than 100,000 square feet and a store that’s like a museum or entertainment park (Shopertainment), folks will be flocking to the new Bass Pro Shops in Cary.

Yes, Shops is pluralized. No, it is not Shoppe.

Bass Pro has a weekend of special events and giveaways starting on Thursday morning at 8 AM including gift cards, neck gators, string bags and a Bass Pro logo fishing lure.

You can even see the first edition of the Bass Pro Shops Cary circular.

Snow & Ice Possible Wed & Thurs

Another mess of snow and ice is shooting our way and could impact the Triangle Wednesday and Thursday. From the NWS:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

* HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
  ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY
  SNOW IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
  PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE TRIAD...WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
  POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
  HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AND INTERSTATE 95
  CORRIDOR.

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL
  NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE SOUTH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN TRANSITION
  TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST TO
  NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM
  SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND LIGHT ICE
  ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. SOME
  SNOW ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE
  ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICING COULD SEVERELY DISRUPT
  TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. POWER OUTAGES
  AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH
  POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST AND PREPARE
FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY.

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Above, Bass Pro Shops Cary Grand Opening circular.