we are going to be ok coming up tomorrow morning through the area. temperatures around freezing for us. we warmed up in the big way, norfolk not quite yet. by 7:00 mostly rain to the south side becoming rain rapidly. that will continue northward. it becomes all rain pretty quickly by 9:00. we are looking ok. what about the rest of the weekend? we have a tricky situation. more about that in a few minutes. nick: do not go west young man. some of them have seen changes as the day wore on. we start with andy fox. nicole: you saw a couple of cars go into ditches.

don: it was a lot worse earlier and it has got warmer. we got a snow plow coming in. that is your county. vdot is here. this is actually williamsburg. the williamsburg trucks go up and down here. they have been clearing the roads all day long, just in time. drivers can get home from work. we begin our snow day wraparound in a ditch. >> snowfall isn't too bad. just some stuff and driveways. reporter: how is the driving for you? >> it is ok. i am more used to it. reporter: snow and icy. >> i recommend staying off the road if you don't have snow driving skills. reporter: it was like this all day.

member the car in the ditch? he got out and in trouble. we got out and started pushing to a safe landing. >> there you go. there you go. out of the way. >> that was very bad tires. reporter: he eventually said thanks and when on his way. 2.5 inches of snow here in city county is the latest. erin kelly: it started snowing around 10:30 this morning. it switched over to icy rain. i want to show you the best. it is not as fluffy as it was. jefferson avenue, you see the roads. they tell me they did have some plows out that went over bridges but they don't think they will

they are hoping the rain does the job. they have insulting and sanding. the screws -- the schools had a half day. i also checked in with police dispatch. they told us they did have quite a bit of calls. we haven't seen as many me understand that the calls have dropped off a bit but still be careful headed out there. jason marks: we have been watching things here in the city all day long. but me show you what is going on. you can see things are moving very nicely. we saw snow earlier today that has switched over to rain. roads are wet. driver say it is not a bad drive at all. >> it is not so bad.

reporter: what have you seen with drivers? >> people going to fast. everybody needs to go a little bit slower and maintain some space. quite slow down and take your time. you will get there. it that bad out here. reporter: it is not that bad. that advice from someone from new york. slow down, take your time. public works are here ready to roll. we have seen them but not salting and sanding. they have not needed to. they have had zero calls for slick spots at this point. they will watch this throughout the overnight. joe fisher: the snow has stopped and the rain has moved him. that is a bigger concern for the city. police our staff.

interstates from northern virginia to areas like norfolk where they treated roads citywide. more preparations are for the rain event. >> exactly. we have that to close some of our floodgates. reporter: nate wilkins is with public works. >> with the mixed coming in, if you don't have to be on the road, don't. reporter: he is preparing for round two of the snow, and message to drivers -- stay off the roads. >> just slow down. >> the snow teams are resting up. the storm water prevention team getting ready. high tie tomorrow. nicole: you are helping us -- tom: you are helping us tell the story to the viewers.

from matthews county as snow began. pictures keep coming in by the dozens. we post as many as we can. do your part and sent any pictures you can and send it to report it at wavy.com. nicole: snowfall is nothing compared to the western part of the state. this is the roanoke area covering interstate 81 before the storm got here. it has continued into the evening. now i live look at the roads. that part of the state could see 20 inches. tom: coverage continues in a few minutes. we have a crew on the road checking out the commute. we also have reporters preparing to bring you information from chesapeake and suffolk. nicole: and more news including a neighborhood evacuated after

tom: and what is next for the forecast? what you need to know about the

nicole: check out the scene from charlotte, north carolina. roads were covered. schools were closed. hundreds of flights canceled. snow is expected into the night. and first, some relief in a chesapeake neighborhood after a fuel he. -- fuel leak. tom: residents were forced to around 6:00 a.m.. the tank was leaking jet fuel for a few hours before crews could get it cap. they were allowed to go back home around noon.

men behind bars charged in a december robbery in abduction. detectives say they got several tips this week. she told two-minute approach sure in the sam's club parking lot and forced her into the back seat of her own car. they drove her around to several atms trying to get cash before dropping her off. tom: i had, we are driving around the area. we have two more live reports on conditions in the south side. nicole: remember an important tool. the wavy weather app. check it out for live radar and

side. wavy news 10 at 6:00. tom: we're back with a live picture from the virginia beach not too bad. the wind is expected to be a big factor. the full forecast in a few minutes. we will continue. nicole: many areas have changed over to rain from the snow but it is still a challenge. more coverage now, chris horne in chesapeake. chris: nicole and tom, we are seeing rain. the only evidence we had a winter storm was here in the grassy area. there is some snow that hasn't

normally much more traffic here. on a friday evening, but not tonight. everyone heeded the warnings. chesapeake is prepared. they have 10,000 tons of sand and salt. they have pretreated the roads with the brine solution. rain is probably washing a lot of it off. they also say watch out for high tides and roads closing because of that. matt gregory: we see snow and rain, back to snow. an hour ago it was rain. you can see right here the best example. this is all eyes up and down the tree at the corner of rain.

the roadways are. we are on the line of snow and sleet changing over. it has made things i see. the road is clear although a little bit slick. while they have seen these different types of precipitation it seems like for the most part the roads and downtown are clear. reporter: when we are not on the air we are always on wavy.com. our homepage has a special coverage box. if the power goes out you can still get our live newscast on our news app. don: a couple of things on this that i want you to be aware of. number one, out of our area,

blue through the emporia area. that is very big snow. they will likely have 10 inches of snow today. perhaps towards washington as well. then there is a break and more snow. the big thing for us is everything is going exactly as planned in terms of this rain and snow line lifting northward because of the fact that we have warmer air lifting northward. that is why i haven't been hugely concerned with this. you saw that little spot move through.

it is all changing over. it is snow for the middle peninsula. right through here it is lifting northward. snowfall estimates, computer estimates. 4-5 inches. to the west of richmond these are the snow totals. already in those areas, big snow to the west. here is what is going on for us.

will do so during the overnight hours. here is 7:00. 4349. changing over by 9:00. we are all rain by 2:00 in the morning. in addition, very strong wind. these temperatures might be warm. it is going to be too warm. we start to cool back down a little bit and will continue during the afternoon hours. eventually we see more snowfall. it is not going to be a big amount. we do want to watch out for that. sunday during the day we clear on out.

one inch and melting. four inches and melting. melting here is huge. how much snow do we end up with by tomorrow? zero. tides are going to be up overnight. it would be not to the west. west of wakefield, everybody gets rain.

here is our seven-day forecast. this is going to be rainfall. tom: much more on the ripple effect of the storm next at 6:00.

nicole: the music city shut down because of the snow. as we go forward you should know a lot of weekend events have been postponed or canceled. tom: seven venues wedding house has opened up. he went over america concert is also moved to next weekend. and the my time women show at the hampton roads convention center has been moved to april. more cancellations can be found now. nicole: tonight, david wright vegas night. it is sold out. no more tickets available. it is the sixth year for the event. bruce rader is also there. more on that in the sportswrap.

stores. most snowfall turning into snow and rain across the area overnight. we can expect light rain and catch a break tomorrow. crews have plowed 1000 miles of interstate across the commonwealth. all the roads are open. hampton roads looking good tonight. nicole: updates as needed. we will keep the crawl going. hrt just tweeted light rails experiencing delays. they have buses. waving news will be back -- wavy news will be back tonight. we are always on with the latest information at wavy.com. tom: even though we are not above freezing the rails do get very cold. here is a live picture on how massive this storm is affecting the east coast. live from washington, lester

forecast. don: we will look at the evening. temperatures an hour from now. still freezing. changing of a pretty rapidly. look at this by 11:00. scattered rainfall often on. changing to a light snow. we will wake up with a tiny bit of snow coming up sunday morning. a lot of wind, join us tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. nicole: bundle left and be careful out there. count on us.

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