tomorrow afternoon, lets go over to our chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. this started at 3:00 a.m. this morning and 20 hours later, we still have rain, sleet, snow, and ice on the map tonight. it was supposed to be a snow day. right? from school and from work. we didn't get to enjoy the snow day. we had a miserable day with ice, with wind, and with cold, and a lot of that is going to be back tomorrow. tonight, a lot of what we're seeing is light precipitation, but it's light freezing rain, light sleet, and light snow. yes, there is a lot more dry space out there than what we've seen in the last 20 hours. however, there is a small amount of moisture that's still going to move through overnight and then we're still expecting this snow to wraparound on its way out and bring us some very minor accumulations tomorrow. so i'm not even sure tomorrow there's going to be a lot of snow to go out and play in. it just might make things worse

a couple other things we're watching besides the radar. temperatures you see, just a few of us mainly in the sand hills along the i95 are above freezing and that's barely. everyone else in thes to of 20s. anything falling and that stuff already on the ground is going to remain frozen or get frozen. then we have the winds. a lot of ice on power lines and trees. i don't know if you've heard t but trees snapping, power transformers popping all over town because our winds keep blowing that ice around on the trees and power lines and it's gusting even higher than that. so power outages will continue to be a problem. in addition to stuff still coming out of the sky, issues with travel and we're not going to warm up tomorrow. we do have warmer weather and sunshine in the forecast. i'll take you to that and go hour by hour through tomorrow in a few minutes. >> with the precipitation continuing to freezing rain and sleet, there's a wide range of

downed power lines as wes was saying to slick sidewalks and roads. >> our meteorologist shows us the dangers supposed -- posed by this mix. >> the winter storm warning continues. we're getting precipitation which continues to pile up the ice on these tree branches. you can see here almost a quarter of an inch of ice. that gets dangerous because some of this can be heavy and fall. another thing is, i've got sustained winds 12.6 miles per hour, but it's been gusting. these branches will probably fall down, power lines might fall down. it's a dangerous situation out here. the other thing to think about maybe tomorrow, if you're going to head out to your car, this is what you might find. all of this ice on here. you're concerned about cleaning that, obviously, if you were to drive. but the thing that i'm worried about is when you step towards your car, you'll be on your sidewalk or driveway. look what you're walking on in a lot of instances. all this sleet that's ice. if we do get snow starting tomorrow morning that, could be covered and you won't even see it. that's an accident waiting to happen.

the woods yet as we continue this winter storm. in raleigh, for wncn news now. falling tree limbs helping contribute to power outages. one ever tonight's big concerns. >> do you think energy is reporting that we are among the hardest hit areas. this is a look at the outage map a short time axe. wake county had more than 40,000 affected by hour outages. more than 130,000 across the state. 12 hours of ice is now definitely taking a toll. >> michael highland joins us now from the staging area with an update. michael. reporter: we're getting a break from the precipitation, but the wind has started to pick up again. that is going to be the concern for next couple of days. i want to you look at the staging area duke energy has set up. crews coming today from florida and michigan to help out. wake county over 40,000 power outages here. statewide, nearly 124,000 customers without power.

finding a place not only to get warm but to also stay safe in the storm. >> i'm thankful to be inside. >> we got the fire started. reporter: earlier today she was in a tent unsure if she'd find somewhere to go. >> i was questioning how bad it's going to be. is it going to show up? i should have planned earlier, and then i learned the hard way. the importance of planning ahead of time. reporter: wake county opened this shelter for the weekend. shannon was the first to arrive. >> we have an open shelter for warm place. they can woman and stay here. reporter: as the ice accumulates on the trees and outages will become more common. >> towely, we anticipate tomorrow as people are waking up f they're not having power in the area, we do have a few calls from individuals who are homeless and seeing if they are able to come here.

of customers in wake, johnston counties lost power during the storm. when they tried call duke energy to report it, some of them couldn't get through. a spokeswoman for the utility says it was intermittent and it people were working to fix it if the outages are prolonged, joininger. >> if there's no other place to go -- it's hard finding help out there. reporter: duke energy is encouraging female report outages by text or online. they are working to get that phone issue resolved. wake county emergency officials are warning people though that the power could be out this weekend for up to 48 hours. be prepared for that. live in wake county. wncn news now. >> good to know a shelter is open throughout the weekend. utility workers are working hard tonight. the past 24 hours, troopers have responded to more than 1,000 accidents across the state.

day. you can see that precipitation white on the roads. our amy has a wrap-up of the day in the capital city. reporter: almost as soon as that snowy icy mix began falling, crews began cleaning it up. salt and plows went a long way. out. >> this is what we do. if it's bad weather, i know everybody is going to be in the bothered. reporter: we caught up with raleigh. she was among several others trying to pick up the essentials. she says she took a cab to get. what did you do to get a cab? >> call them. i didn't bribe them. i just called them. it took them a minute because they were having problems on the road. reporter: those main roads have been plowed and salted, but what about the smaller roads, the ones that plow trucks haven't gotten to? you can see they have ice on

big hill. what happens when you live up that hill? tony has livered up that hill for 40 years. >> four-wheel drive vehicle makes a difference. >>reporter: there is strategy involved. they park at the top of the hill. >> people that aren't used to driving it and suddenly they get hit with a storm, with a two wheel drive vehicle, that's tough. >> we are live outside. you are looking at these pictures of north brook drive. you can see, there's a power outage being reported there. the lights at that intersection are not working. so, again, it is very dangerous out there tonight with the hazard of these tree limbs falling, these power outages happening. we want to take another live look outside. this time over i-40. a ghost town there this evening. friday night, no one on the roads and it's safe as we've

locations. >> this is a look at the intersection of glenwood and blue ridge. the roads are white and slick at this time as they are pretty much frozen over. also, no cars, which is good news, however, they do should some -- have power over in that area. an accident tonight shut down i-40 after power lines it happened just before 6:00 in benson. the road was shut down for several hours as crews worked to remove the power lines. this was the scene on i95 in johnston county earlier this afternoon. one person was killed after a tractor-trailer jackknifed. a driver in a pickup from virginia was killed. crews will work throughout the night to try and keep the roads clear. this was the scene late this afternoon at the d.o.t. yard in wake county. there are 70 workers in wake county. more than 2,000 across the state. >> after a certain time, with the constant precipitation, it doesn't take very long for it

>> where i'm seeing the accidents is where it looks people are speeding. because they assume it's safe because they don't see snow on the roads. that's our greatest concern right now. >> crews will put silt down to keep the roads safe. thousands of people trying to fly had to make other plans. >> most airlines canceled their flights. some had flights scheduled but they ended up being caged as the day went on. by the end of the day. two-thirds of the flights had been caged. major airlines are waving fees -- waiving fees. passengers are wondering if they will get where they want to go to. >> it's frustrating because you don't know, you know, when you're going to leave. it happens. you can't control it. >> i'm 53 years old -- years

>> nearly 150 airlines and arrivals have been canceled for tomorrow as well. at this time, only 10 flights are scheduled depart rdu before noon. a few other travel updates for you. chapel hill transit will not operate service tomorrow. neither will carry transit go triangle have operate limited service by 10:00 a.m. check in with us tomorrow morning for an update. the heaviest snow as -- has been falling to the north and west. we have had a crew there all day. they had two inches of snow, but it has turned to sleet. >> we are joined from roxboro. what's the latest? reporter: pretty quiet out here right now as you guys mentioned. it snowed today up until about 1:00. then it was all sleet from that point and now not much. a little bit of wind and cold temperatures. if you take a lookout, you'll see still a fair amount of people out here on the roads. we're on highway 501.

rightfully so. folks here say this is pretty standard for winter. they get snow incidents like this several times every single year. they say that they're used to it it's not too bad for them. we even met up with a family who went out sledding this evening. >> i know this hill that's deep and there's no traffic. you don't have to worry about anything. you go fast, don't you? >> i wanting to slow because i get scared. >> there haven't been the reported power outages that we've seen in some of the other counties. they are keeping an eye on it. look at this guy, obviously having a little bit of fun in the snow. that's not something you want to do in these type of conditions, but, you know, more power to them. stay safe out here we're monitoring it. no power outages at this time. they'll keep a close on into the evening. wncn news.

you want to be seeing in these conditions. no matter what the weather s the carolina panthers are preparing to play in the nfc championship this weekend. >> stay with us. still ahead, we'll let you know where they were practicing today and hear from the head coach. i mentioned earlier we're 20 hours into this event. we could have another 20 hours to go. a few hours after that, before the roads clear up. i'll take you through the rest of the weekend hour by hour in your forecast. parts of the mid atlanta getting the worst of the storm.

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we're showing you the scene from the ground. this is a snot a drone over the queen city. snow, rain, and freezing rain. the snowfall heavier to the best and asheville making for a tough commute for folks who decided to venture out.

inches of snow, up over a foot in some areas. you can see cars sliding backwards and some even being purchased i -- pushed by trucks. it was most -- mostly snow in the mountains. >> local reports are between 3 to 6 inches of snow, but an icy glaze is covering it here's video from thomasville southwest of high point where a restaurant owner used a shovel and salt to clear the ice, pulled out a blowtorch. >> this is new for us. we haven't had these -- guess you call them flame throws until this year. we bought two of them and started with them this year and we go through and melt the snow and ice and then come back and scrape off, and then put ice melt down to deep from freezing back. >> certainly getting creative. if you have t it could come in use. >> our weather center has been going all day. we're not really in the clear

it's been a long day for everyone. most everyone has been stuck outside. a buddy of mine compared this to christmas morning. you wake up, go downstairs, and it's a pair of socks. >> exactly. we had the day off work and school and we open that front door and it's not snow, but it's ice. you can't go play it it was miserable outside. it's not going to be a lot better tomorrow. we've got snow, but a lot. here's what the radar looks like right now. we've still got that familiar green, white, pink, and purple. we've got rain, light snow up by the virginia border. most of the rain pulling out of our area and that will be the last of the rain, but you still see that wintry mix in and around johnston county up i95. we've got another batch, two more batches coming up in the next 24 hours. then we've got snow in tennessee that will swing it will be snow. that's for certain. it's most likely going to be accumulation. here's what we have in the

roxboro, snow and sleet. you're going to see numbers as they continue to come in over the next couple of days and they're going to be lower than what we had originally talked about because more of the precipitation was sleet than snow. snow, it falls and piles up. it's nice and fluffy. sleet falls and stays compact and it doesn't measure up to as much. a lot the totals you see are snow and sleet and they're going to be lower because that sleet is a little more compact. orange county, 2 and a half inches there. in durham, 2 inches. less than that in lewisburg. as we talked about, this was never going to be the biggest snowstorm we've ever had. it was never going to be a big ice storm. the combination of both, you add in the cold and the wind and it was miserable. it's not going to be much better tomorrow. here is our tower cam 100 feet up in the air. you can see a nice glaze of ice. the precipitation still falling in the form of freezing rain. it is 26 degrees. if we could see-through to the roads like we can up here at

in chapel hill on franklin street, you can see they're white and slush covered. with temperatures staying in the 20s overnight, there's not going to be any melting. that's not going to be melting tomorrow because it will stay cloudy. there is snow chances in the morning tapering off in the afternoon. it's another wind eye day. we'll see power outages tomorrow like we will overnight and it's not warm at all. 20s until the morning with wind chills in the teens. we might make it up to 33, but wind chills are not out of the 20s. so when you role out of bed in the morning, a couple -- roll out of bed, check those temperatures and wind chill. app. see where the snow is? we have a radar. you can search this in the apele -- apple store or on your android device. i'll walk you through tomorrow. start it off in the morning. we have precipitation. pressure. i've put in the temperature because i want to show you when i think it's going to start

it's not going to be tomorrow. the low starts to move out. remember it's wrapping around moisture and colder air. that's why this is going to be snow. but usually the wraparound moisture isn't a lot. so it will be light snow, mainly triangle on north through lunchtime. then it's going to start to pull away as that low pulls away. look at this in the afternoon. we're barely above freezing. we're not going to notice it it's not going to be warm up in -- enough to melt anything. as we get into the late evening, moisture, clouds start to pull away. we drop into the 20s sunday morning. so if you've got errands to run and you think sunday is going to be the day. you have church. there's going to be ice on the roads. it won't be until we get into the afternoon and we get into the 40s that we'll start to see improvements on area roads. i wouldn't be surprised if we have delays for schools on monday morning. lets get through tomorrow, first of all. it's going to be cold, windy, and cloudy. not the icy mix, but light snow

after 33 tomorrow, it's 40 degrees on sunday. obviously the pick day of the weekend. we're near 50 on monday. and look at monday morning by the way. i mentioned school delays. it's going to be 20 degrees. you know there will be ice and you know how cautious we are about that. start keeping an eye on that for monday morning. we've got another cold front that will bring us only rain tuesday and wednesday. it's a small chance. we're less than 48 hours away from football in charlotte. it will be dry. there will be no snow or ice, but boy, will it be cold when the panthers and the cardinals kick off. temperatures in the 30s. >> good point about monday morning and possible school delays. we'll keep you posted on wncn. while it's a mess for some, the snow is always fun for others. this family did sledding this evening. the kids and parents having a good time there. not a bad way to spend the afternoon. >> absolutely. we want to see your pictures

these are pictures from across our area whether it's of your kids, your dog, share them with us on or facebook page or twitter. you can also e-mail it to us. with the freezing temperatures, the need for portable heaters is huge. >> oh, my god. yes, lord. >> today wncn dropped off heaters at the helping hand mission to help families in need. organizers say it was difficult for people to make donations with the road conditions. our crews were out and about. we were able to drop these off. turns out they had just given out their last one. >> it's been a busy time. we gave out the last three that came in, and so we were sitting here with zero. so i'll tell you. what i'm so proud of our station and the community and what channel 17 does to help others. >> we love her and everything she does. they still need more heaters.

rock quarry road and new burn avenue locations. >> jail is always giving so it's great when you can help them out. the need will be increasing throughout the weekend. tonight washington dc is in blizzard. area. >> more than 80 million americans are bracing for what some are saying to be historic winter weather. washington. reporter: it was a virtual white out at the white house. the u.s. capital was covered in a cloud of snow. washington, d.c. in the bulls eyes of a blizzard. local officials say it is a potent perfect storm. >> we expect two feet at least of snow in washington and the snow is coming down wet and heavy, which means that we could see trees, power lines

>> as the snow began to pile up, virginia national guard troops were called into action. >> we put chains on all of our humvee tires. reporter: that's convoys of power crews in the south deployed for the clean-up. that won't be begin until the storm has blown over late sunday night. with thousands of flights canceled anyone who hasn't gotten out isn't. >> this is our third flight change since we started. reporter: the ripple effects are reaching airports far from the blizzard zone. this snow marked the beginning of a day and a half that could bring two and a half feet of snow and 50 miles an hour winds. it threat tones become washington's worst snowstorm ever. as bad as it looks new york the snow is expected to continue through sunday evening. before it is all over with, this storm could blow itself into the record books. brian moore nbc news washington. while washington may be

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reporter: casey was glad she did. her rangers beat the home team 4-1. the defense had a tough night in front of an estimated 6,000 hearty souls who braved the elements. >> you want to reward your fans for coming out and i've been out all day. i had the tv on in that regard. get home safely. reporter: the weather should

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winds are going to continue to see power outages through the night and tomorrow.

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