Soaking rain through Wednesday in North Carolina, mountain snow [Video]

The WXII 12 First Warning Weather Team is tracking our heavy rain potential through Wednesday afternoon. Localized ponding and flash flooding may create some travel trouble spots this week.WEATHER SET-UPMoisture and energy are flowing out of the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a slow-moving cold front that is moving into the western mountains. This will bring widespread moderate rain into the Carolinas through early afternoon Wednesday.RAIN TOTALS:Most communities are expected to receive between one and two inches of rain Tuesday and Wednesday, but three-inch totals will be possible in areas where more intense rainfall is observed. To give that some perspective, Piedmont Triad International Airport received just 3.08 inches of rain between Oct. 1 and Dec. 8. During that dry period, drought levels have steadily increased. Moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions have been observed in all zones from Boone to Burlington. FLOODING RISK Widespread steady rain will include a …