part of a massive winter storm taking aim at our state and the rest of the east coast. >> and we're just hours away from that storm. we have team coverage preparing you. amy is live on the roads and wes is tracking the storm's path. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. at this hour crew wills basing for a mix of winter weather blast. >> nearly every school in our area is closed in anticipation. you can see them scrolling across the bottom. >> as for the latest on how much snow or ice, we begin with wes. >> we've talked act it all week and it is now thursday night and it is literally on our doorstep, but it is still rain in south carolina as its a little more than 90-miles away from the first counties it'll hit in hoke county. it has already done that up in our mountains and plenty of it.

it, tomorrow will be a miserable day. not a fun snowstorm since we're off school. there's gonna be ice and sleet and rain and snow all mixed in. now, as for our temperatures when that rain gets here, most of us are already below freezing and these numbers will continue to drop. and remember, we've been very cold this week, which when we get a major system, that's one of the things we need so when that first snow flake or ice pet let or rain hits that ground, it's got cold ground to hit so it's gonna stick and cause problems. the there haven't been many chains in -- changes in the area of low pressure. it's all kind of on schedule like we've talked act the past 24 hours. changes to the snow and ice forecast map. between 2 and 4:00 a.m., it'll begin as freezing rain.

most of the triangle, through johnston county and sampson, it begins as freezing run. for some it begins as snow before what i thinking to freezing rain. and between 6 and 8, pretty much everyone northeast of the triangle, you guys in rocky mount all the way up to the virginia border, it'll begin between 6 and 8 as snow and later in the day change over so hereby's the map that has -- changed. two big places it's changed, number one, i think less snow for the sand hills now. so essentially raised that up to one inch line. what we've also done and why this is so incredibly hard, look at the five to ten inch rains, which i know is a big range and a lot of snow. that's come down and we've squeezed this together and that's hard to do, which means you guys could get ten inches,

we will have to watch this as it continues to move our way and rain and sleet and snow on us throughout the day tomorrow. we'll talk about the ice and when this all gets out of here, coming umm in just a few minutes. >> all right, wes. in a state of measuring ahead of the storm, thousands of trucks are waiting for the weather to move in tonight and state workers are hope i don't go you listen and stay home. tonight many workers are covered in bryan. >> those employees working 12 hour shifts. amy is out on the roads with more. hi, amy. >> hi, sharon. well, at this hour, the roads are pretty clear taking a live look at the belt line. we are headed west at this point now. we definitely noticed some additional traffic earlier on. people headed home or to the local grocery store to stock up. you know a storm is coming when

this time it was gas and the costco station on six forks in raleigh was slammed. some say tailgate took upwards of 30 minutes just to fill their tanks. >> who knows what the weather's gonna be like. could be terrible. >> i grew up in the buffalo area. when you got paid, you filled up the gas tank just for safety. you got stuck some place or in the snow, at least you can keep the motor going and wouldn't freeze to death. >> we're not expecting anything like that. state dot says it's prepared. they've put brine down. they've also got 3200 specially trained employees and hundreds of trucks ready to go. their advice, if you don't have to go out, don't. >> i don't like to take that cans at this point anymore so if you're being told to stay off the road, stay off the road.

out and you feel unsafe or get stuck, pull off the road. if you're blocking traffic or in a lane, you'll need to be called. call your local police department. >> last year i got stuck at the bottom of a hill last year and had to walk back home so that's why i'm not going out. >> i've seen people getting stuck. if there's no help around, the roads are not clean, nothing they can do but leave the car ands start walking. >> another reason store or online stay at home? >> yep, stay at home. >> another reason to stay at home, a live look back here on the roads, the sate dot says it's having employees report to their regular location but they are prepared to move them to the hardest hit areas. they tell us that their focus will be on the primary roads. >> durham county and the bull city gets ready for the snow and ice.

sand and plows. they have a coat of brine and staff are on standby for the first sign of winter weather. >> at midnight we're gonna have 40 people coming in full-time. they'll be work ago 12 hour shift and will rotate for the next few days. >> they also activated emergency operations. adeployed sleeping mats for peopling needing a warm place to sleep. >> 20 snowplows out and about in fayetteville should the weather get bad. bridges and roads are pretreated and a list of priority roads that need clearing first. download the apps with the winter weather coming. it's free for apple and android devices. if you find yourself without power at any points, we'll be streaming you can watch on your mobile device so keep your devices charged. >> now, the biggest fear with

>> the company has more than 1200 low -- 3200 local workers ready and more from out of state. they're ready to help you. >> the storm hasn't even started. >> all of our major providers insurance carriers have put us on standby. >> the crews are busy. >> our call volume has increased five times over the last two dayings. >> clearing out trees ahead of the storm. >> we're dentally worried about pine trees, maples, any soft woods or evergreens. >> a tree service was working to remove trees on vandyke avenue. there's some important things for homeowners to keep in mind. >> in the end, the person who's property it lands on is responsible for the cleanup. it's unfortunate, but that's what the insurance companies do. >> he says there typically has to be some damage for coverage

>> even if it costs $5,000 to clean up, they're gonna clean tup. it has to land on something. >> winter storms are very unpredictable. >> the threat of ice is much more worry some for duke energy than snow. >> it's very heavy on the limbs which can cause down tree ands power lines which can cause extended outages. >> they're calling up crews from florida to help in the carolinas. they could find themselves just as busy. >> gravity works one way. >> they're going to four different stages areas so if they do go out they can work more efficiently to get them back on. >> if you do have a power outage here's what you need to do, report it at 1800 power on. wncn.com is the phone number. thousands of people

200 flights canceled for tomorrow. american airlines says it'll operate a few early morning departures tomorrow but all other canceled until saturday. delta has also can -- has also canceled flights. they'll be working around the clocks to de-ice the run way ands back up and running. you can check the stat us of your flights using flight tracker on our website go to wncn.com and the link is under the weather tab. amtrak is operating on a modified schedule with the impending storm. the company says if you do have to head out, be ready for delays and allow extra time getting to and from the stations. check with amtrak for the latest if you have to head out. this cold whether brings fire and carbon monoxide dangers.

died due to carbon monoxide poisenning. they want to warn you of the dangers of bringing generators in your home. do not do .t the cdc says hundreds of people across the country die every year due to un-intensal carbon monoxide poisenning. >> it's scary and it touched us tremendously because we went through it and it's very painful. >> officials say you should install and maintain alarms and it's a good time of the year to check your alarm batteries. still ahead, keeping your kids warm in the bitter cold. >> one mom's idea coming to fruition thanks to do nations from you. >> as we head to break, let's take another look at the roads

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>> love hopes to have all the coats distributed in the next two weeks. the need for new shoe ands hygiene products. also, children across the states will have full bellies thanks to a donation from the food bank. part of the store's annual bringing hope to the table campaign. the food banker will be able to distribute 45,000 meals with the money raised in the campaign. the bulls eye of this massive storm washington dc as much as 24 hunches of snow expected there -- inches of snow giving a state of emergency. this was the scene in dc. people stuck on highways for hours. the city and surrounding areas gettings less than an inch of snow but enough to shut down traffic ask cause problems for even the president. hiss motorcade slid across the road trying to get from the air force base to white house.

already put on the roads or ready to be put on the roads. dc clouding down the metro and -- closing down the metro and government closing down at noon. working around the clock and say they'll be pouring more brine before the storm reaches them tomorrow afternoon. maryland's governor declared a state of emergency. the guard will be on standby. in case of emergencies fire crews are asking people to clear snows around fire hydrant ands stay off the roads. people in wisconsin used to snow and ice. the ship breaks up the ice so through with ease. the operation clears the way for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of materials to get where they need to go. wes.

get a winter storm, we're on that rain, snow line. two feet of snow in dc. severe rainstorms to our south in the gulf coast and that cold air and energy are collided and we're underneath it. >> it's gonna be a mess. >> we're cold and below freeze handgun that rain gets here, it's gonna turn into something else and gonna be all kinds of different stuff tomorrow. that's what makes this such a complicated forecast. not the biggest snowstorm or ice storm we've ever h h but it's gonna be a decent amount of both at the same time with cold temperatures and 30 miles an hour winds. it's not gonna be a fun day to be outside. it's gonna be flat out miserable. our temperatures already like most of this week below freezing. gonna continue to drop and while our winds right now say calm in several areas, 20 to 30

gonna complicate part of the forecast. our trees can hold .t a little bit of ice with a lot of wind maybe not. falling over on power line ands houses. a mess tomorrow. as a day and the snapshot e you can see we're not gonna see any sun. weir gonna have precipitation from the sky all day. woe will start early on. if you have to venture out. 26-degrees and breeze we're still below freezing. our where i happened chill in the 20s still. our high in the afternoon in low 30s. barely above freezing. now, i know a lot of times this point in the evening i show you super-er sunset. instead we're gonna do a lited the science lesson here. we're literally expecting awe four times of precipitation tomorrow and some times all in one county. later in the day and tomorrow

atmosphere is below top to bottom. what gets tricky is everything in the middle. sleet and freezing rain. like i said, in wake county some point during the day tomorrow, all four of these falling at once. tomorrow i'm worried about the freezing rain. saturday we will have a little bit of snow. take you through the next 48 hours hour by hour. at 3:00 a.m. that's what we expect this mess to start in moore, hoke, and cum berlin. we're gonna be start withing a wintry mix, freezing rain and sleet. by 8:00 a.m. it's hitting most everyone and draw a line through the middle of our area and then we've got the sleet and freezing rain. there's the line still on top of us but notice more rain starts to push up as we get into the afternoon. that's because that area of low pressure bringing the rain is bring frog a warmer climate so it's gonna push that cold air back up.

will turn to a rain but as you can see, there's still some pink and that's been pink for a long time. that's a lot of ice falling and could cause some big problems. as the low pulls out early saturday night here comes the colted rare back down and so everything turns to snow. it'll be light snow saturday morning and as far as going out to play in the snow, that maybe the only time we can do it everyone though there's not gonna blackhillsfox.com a lot falling. -- be a lot falling. we're actually gonna have a pretty decent sunday. so i showed you this. we brought that mostly rain line up a little we brought the five to ten inches down a little so wake county could see anywhere from 1 inch in the southern part to five inches in the non part. you guys along the virginia border could see three to five inches. parts of johnston county a trace to an inch.

i've expanded the half inch remember what the map looked like a couple minutes ago, so western wake county and west and north could see the worst of the ice. a half inch could bring down trees especially with wind. likes i said, a miserable day. windy. temperatures not out of the low 30s. it's gonna prep at a time all day long. snow, sleet, freezing rain and regular rain all day. we wrap up with some snow sunday. we'll warm to 45. we've got 50s next monday and tuesday and those precipitation are rain. cold front that'll drop us back forecast. how often do we say that? lot of people asking, big charlotte's gonna have a mess of weather friday and saturday but if they can recover,

they'll play in the 30s. >> that's for sure. >> you're paying all that money for the psychiatrics, bring a -- tickets, bring a jacket. >> they'll have problems. >> all right, thank you, wes. let's have a little bit of comic relief in all this. this is in minnesota. they're freezing gene ands other clothing jeans and other clothing items in their yard. w. >> one man laughed at the trend saying saw some frozen pants while walking his dog and the today run away. >> all right. we have a warning tonight for bies. -- parents with babies. what is putting your babies at

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we, the carolina panthers hope a little winter weather won't derail their chances at the super bowl. the nfc title matchup against the arizona cardinals. >> the workers hope the rain, sleet, and snow won't do too much damage before the big game. kick off is sunday nights at 640. they're hoping to play that night. >> they're gonna get snow and ice. i think they could cover the field and charlotte's going

getting ready for a miserable day tomorrow. there's the rain that will turn to snow. here's the latest snow forecast.

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