sleet in that area. yes, there's sleet in southern pines and we're looking at sleet in wake county now. you see it is spreading into central north carolina. we expected to be here at this point in the morning and it is going to cause big travel problems for us as we continue to watch this fall through the day. so i want to stop this and you can see where it is falling right now and where we're seeing the purple shades in wake county. and all the reports that we're seeing so far in raleigh are some flakes and sleet mixture. and that is happening in holly springs and apex and cary. we had reports of that sleet mix falling. and i want to move you further south and we're getting report of southern pine that's it is sleeting. on the satellite and radar it is showing up as snow. and moore county you're seeing the white flakes as well. and we're looking at johnston county and smithfield, if any

it looks like sleet falling along the 95 corridor. so let's talk about the temperatures this morning. these temperatures will be critical, not only this morning but later today when i'm expecting the warmer air to move in and rain move into south enportions of the viewing area. 29 in raleigh and durham. 27 in roxboro and henderson and enough of a wind to make it feel colder. it feels like 20 in raleigh and teens in south hill and henderson. this is the winter storm warning in effect through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. we have a few counties in this winter weather advisory. this is along the eastern portions along the 95 corridor. we'll break down totals on the snow but ice as well coming up in your complete forecast. right now kristin what has an update on traffic. so far, no major issues to report to you. and we're seeing the wintry

look at i40 and joan sausage road where you can see the traffic is moving smoothly in both directions. but there are a few things that you'll want to remember. if you have to be on the road today, leave extra time and extra distance between you and the cars in front you and accelerate and desell rate quickly and live road conditions showing icy and and d.o.t. did pretreat the roads. but we're going to see a significant amount of ice and snow today. so we'll keep a close check on the road conditions this morning. and speaking of the road conditions, let's check in with justin quesinberry who is checking on the conditions through the morning in the mobile news tracker. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> reporter: right now we're in raleigh on i540. let me show you a live look right now at what i'm seeing.

along just fine right here. the road is a little wet in places. you can see some light tracks of cars that have passed through. i want to show you right now some video that we shot a little while ago. we saw this contractors from duke energy here to prepare in case area has some icy conditions in the wake area. and we're seeing some small amounts of ice selecting on the edges of our windshield as this precipitation mixture comes down. so right now we're live in raleigh. justin quesinberry, wncn now. we continue our winter weather team coverage. justin in wake county and we'll take you further south into the

>> and the winter mix hit our viewers there first. you saw some flakes and other stuff out there? >> reporter: it's been a mix so far this morning. and let matell you, to put -- let me just tell you, it is nasty this morning. as you listen closely, you can they are growing. this is ice falling down. if you look around, it is wet on the ground. this is going to cause a problem because it is about 32 degrees in moore county and it will cause any travel hazards. if there was any brine on the roads, when it rained, it probably melted, and now it is going to cause some travel problems. the best advice is to stay off the roads. you can see little pellets are falling.

problems for power outages as well. we'll touch on that a little later on in the show. and now we'll head up to person county. >> that is where we find wncn's emma wright. >> reporter: we're finally seeing our first few flakes in person county. you have to squint close. but that is what we're out here for to tell you. we have seen a few flakes over the past few minutes. and what we're seeing is bitterly cold weather. i pulled up the weather app. it is 28 degrees right now. and it feels like 21. and we've been standing out here like and it feels like ten. person county officials are prepared and they salted and

we're across the street from an urgent care t says closed friday. they, like a lot of businesses decided to close down early and person county schools closed in preparation for the snow. we'll continue to fall this weather. we will let you know when we start to see some more flakes start to fly. you can keep up with us on twitter. i've been tweeting out some snow updates and wncn.com. reporting live in roxboro, emma wright, wncn. another good reminder to download our news app. we're expecting a lot of accumulation of ice on the limbs and power lines. we stream it. thank you for waking up with us on this cold morning. 5:07. we have our teams keeping a close eye on the winter storm this is a live look at moore county.

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i just tweeted out a picture from charlotte and they are snow covered roads. and we have reports of winston salem getting wet this morning. again. as well. and i want to check in with portions of orange county and durham and it looks like you're seeing more of just plain old snow, not falling at a good speed jet. but this is what we're -- speed

expecting. this is cumberland county. look at fayetteville, blanketed in purple. so you're likely waking up to sleet and freezing rain. milder temperatures further south of us. hope mills, you're seeing the mixture as well. let's talk about totals today. looking at one to three inches of sleet across the southern portions of wake county. this band of white, five to ten that is northern portions of orange county, roxboro and person county and mecklenburg county and we add to that ice and very gusty winds. this bulls eye of pink for ice up to half an inch of accumulation possible. and we'll let you know when all of this moves through and when we'll finally see dryer weather coming up in your forecast. keep your eye on the storm. and time is 5:12. we'll take a live look outside as we continue to track the winter storm heading our way and already here. this is in wake county and the

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underway. and we continue our winter weather coverage in the sand hills. a winter mix is hitting the viewers right now. and lauren is there this morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: i'm seeing a lot. few minutes. to give you an idea of what is falling from the sky, look what the is in my hand and they have melts a little bit. they are little ice pellets. take a look al look at what is falling and the amount that is falling. what we need to be careful of is black ice. again, ice falling from the sky at a very speedy rate. and we need to be careful. if you have to get out, really try not to at all. again, black ice. we're seeing people traveling this morning, not too many because it is early. but they're seeming to have any

but a very cold, wet and messy morning. and we have little ice pellets falling here in moore county. ice is the big danger. so thank you for that report. and a warning this morning. when heating your home, this cold weather brings fire and carbon monoxide dangers. last year, a 50-year-old durham man died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. his family said that he was using a generator to warm his house after losing power. and they want to warn you of the dangers of bringing generators and portable gas heaters into your home. don't do it. >> it is scary. it touched us tremendously because we went through. it's painful. >> fire officials said that you should install and maintain

round and a good time of year to check your alarm batteries charges. this is a large picture of cardinal high school in raleigh. it will be very windy this afternoon and right now we're tracking a wintry mix moving into the area. i'm starting offer with the big picture. you remember yesterday? we don't have the same problem this morning. all of this, plenty of moisture just stream nothing central north carolina as -- streaming into central north carolina as we speak. this is the radar over the past few hours. and you'll notice in the southern portions of our area, moore county and hope county, you've been seeing the precipitation fall for the past several hours right now. so the roadways are starting to get slick. be careful if you have to head out of the right now on our satellite and radar down apex and holly springs, dealing with

and we move off to the north and west and we heard from emma wright. and she's seeing snow. and the satellite and radar dealing with light snow? chapel hill and durham. and further south, look at this. this is cumberland county. we're expecting you to see a transition into rain this afternoon. but right now, you're dealing with sleet and freezing rain, making travel dangerous. spring-like dealing with sleet and freezing rain and frozen precipitation towards fayetteville and hope mills as well. so the winter storm warning in effect till 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. and we have a winter weather advisory in the areas off to the east. i'll have more on the accumulations that i'm expecting. i'll send it now to kristin. good morning. we're off to a messy start in the day. and it will get worse as we head through the morning. take a look at your futurecast.

this morning, we have the messy mix of snow and sleet for a lot of locations and that continues through lunchtime. and you'll notice as we head into this afternoon, we get some of the warmer air to push in. so many areas south of the triangle and spots to the east may transition over to a brief period of rain. and tonight, the rain lifts out of here and the back edge of the precipitation swings around into the area once again and we have snow as we head into the overnight hours. and it depends on how much warm air that we have in the higher levels of the atmosphere. but it will be a messy day. for how much ice and snow you can expect, we'll send things back to meteorologist alyssa corfont. we're dealing with warm air and cold air moving into north carolina, the forecast is tricky we have been fine tuning it in the last two days. one to two three in the

north earn portions could see up to five inches of snow and sleet. and that is the same situation for durham and chapel hill. i have to point out this area shaded white. this is northern portions of orange county. and it looks like it is the hillsborough area and person and granville county and five to ten inches of snow and sleet. and not going to be the biggest snow or the biggest ice event. but you combined with windy conditions and the travel is very dangerous today. so this is a bulls eye for ice to the west of raleigh. half an inch possible in those areas. and quarter inch possible for raleigh and area to the south. and i've been talking about the wind and it will strengthen this afternoon. this is the windchill right now. 20 degrees is what it feels like in raleigh and the teens in roxboro. and the high today in raleigh, 33, 32 in durham and 36 in fayetteville.

the wintry mix changing to snow, especially you're north of triangle and we could talk about accumulations there. as we head to tomorrow, we're not expecting much in the way of melting. and i expect melting to take place on sunday. look at 42 and sunny. that will feel nice and more sunshine as we head into early next week and high of 48. we've been telling to you stay off the roadways. but i'm sure a few of have you to get outside. for more, over to kristin. if you have to be outside on the roads today, you'll want to take it slow. leave yourself some extra time and use extra caution. look at i-85 and durham and orange county line. it looks like the traffic is moving a little slower than it was. and we're seeing snow and sleet fall thing. so please, if you can avoid being on the roads, do not drive today. if you have to drive, the commute looking okay this

but we're getting reports of snowy and icy road conditions south of the triangle. take your time today and avoid

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sleet and snow will not do too much damage to the field for the big game. the nfc championship kicks off at 6:40. from the triangle to the sand hills and everywhere in between, we have complete coverage this morning of the winter storm. we'll check if with all of our live crews coming up in the next half hour. and that is a live shot from wake county this is moore county where lauren has seen sleet and black ice on the

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good morning. it is shaping up to be a cold and snowy day. i'm mike gonzalez. >> and i'm stefan chase. hundreds of schools and businesses closed or delayed. we have a full list running at the bottom of the screen or go to wncn.com. >> we have team coverage through the viewing area. slash in moore county and -- lauren is in moore county and emma wright in person county. but first to meteorologist alyssa corfont, more icy stuff on the way. more tv on the way through the -- more of it on the way through the morning and more as we speak. this is our satellite and radar. and that is in central north carolina. it started several hours ago and it is moving off to areas north and east of us to roanoke rapids and south hill, virginia. you're seeing light snowflakes. in wake county, we're not

we have reports of some sleet