our top story this morning is the winter weather, and because of it several school systems have cancelled or delayed class. so duke university is going to open at 10:00 this morning, campbell at 11 and nc state, nc central is delayed until noon. >> also many on a two hour delay. >> franklin, granville, and wake county schools all closed for today. >> you can find the full list running at the bottom of your scene and our website wncn.com. also out in the field today team coverage. we've got emma write who's driving around wake county and justin quesinberry who's out in orange county and kristin ketchell who's monitoring the roads for us. >> first we want to go straight to meet rolling alyssa corfont. >> good morning to you at home. yeah, we have been tracking this for the past few days. we have

has been in effect but the update just came down from the national weather service this now, extends until 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's for person and or rack counties particular to see the highest snow and sleet total and the to see that wintry weather continue a little longer throughout the day. now, we also have a winter weather advisory in effect for wake county, chatham county expiring at 1 p.m. that includes fayetteville, clinton and areas out towards rocky mount and roanoke rapids as well. let's get the to right now the satellite radar composite and where we're seeing some the brighter whites an indicator of more heavy snowfall. 25 degrees right now in raleigh, 28 in clayton, 29 in littleton, these temperatures have been this cold for quite some time which means any roads

sleet will start to stick immediately. so 27, snow and sleet at 8 a.m., 30 at noon and i think that's where we're seeing some freezing rain and sleet changing over to more of a cold rain at 3:00, 33 and then 37 for the drive home most of you dealing with just the cold rain at this point in time. we'll get to more on how much snow he and sleet you can expect in your neighborhood coming up. right now i'll send it to kristin. how are the roads looking? no major issues reported but we did have some snowfall late last night and we are seeing some of falling outside right now. let's take a live look cameras. first a live look at 147 and briggs avenue where you can see traffic is moving okay but looking like a little bit of snow and let's switch thing over, you're looking at i-440 things

traffic map all green right now. it might be slow going in spots especially where we are seeing some snow starting to fall so keep that in mind. any untreated roads that snow likely going to stick this morning. our winter weather coverage continues this morning. we're going to take you to orange county. >> that's where we find justin quesinberry out there. i know you saw some flakes flying. how is it looking out there now? >> not as many flakes but stale few coming down but most of what we see on the ground right now actually fell last night or starting around 7:30 and continued for a couple of hours after that. this is the on-ramp here at 85 and 40. it's just wet right there. you see plenty of snow over there in the grass. we're seeing about a quarter to a half an inch right there and around here. so traffic moving along 85 just fine here but this is just half of the story. i

of video that we have of that we took in this general area. it's the back roads right now that's the problem here in orange county. in fact, i came traveling around just two or three miles away from here and it was a little scary to be honest at times. you notice every little hill and i slid a little bit, it's a solid sheet of ice on these back roads that i was driving this morning. so a much different story than what we're seeing back live out here at the interstate where travel seems to be moving along just fine but we will continue to update you as the morning continues. for now we're live in orange county, justin quesinberry wncn news now. >> thanks. of course we are keeping a close eye on the roads during this round of winter weather. >> emma wright is riding around wake county. what are you seeing out there right now?

some snow in wake forest and pier seeing things get messy it's falling steadily there's enough to coat the ground luckily we're seeing lots of guys like these here, they're putting down some salt sleet. it's white in some places where the crews like this have not been. we were driving around capitol boulevard earlier we saw it kind of start to pick up as we got closer to wake forest. the dot says they've put down over 100,000 gallons of brine on roads all around wake so they are prepared should this really get really really messy. as for the driving conditions it hasn't been too bad just yet but you know it's freezing to the roads because you can see it start to stick there not too much traffic out here, but you

extra minutes if you do have to get out and about this morning and probably watch out for some slick spots on the roads as well. that's what it looks like here in wake forest. reporting live, i'm emma wright wncn news. back to you. >> thanks so much. the winter weather coming our way has caused a commuting nightmare for drivers at the tennessee kentucky border. >> some drivers were stranded. these images of the snowfall yesterday afternoon. this was taken along i-75. some drivers tried to push through the conditions at a slow going pace. plows were out working to make the roads passable. winter weather also causing a lot of trouble for folks in eastern iowa. snowfall dusted the roadways sunday morning causing slick driving conditions. forecasters say temperatures hovered right around 19 degrees and wind they reached up to 10 miles an hour.

the winter weather to continue overnight and really into next

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got favorites. >> i feel like i'm so out of the loop in the music. >> you're still hip. >> we've seen your dancing. >> we've got a lot of activity going on. we have a lot going on in the weather department so let's start off with a live picture outside this is from shaw university in downtown raleigh, a beautiful skyline but it's going to be a tricky morning commute for many of you as snow and sleet currently falling across central north carolina. here's the winter storm warning in effect until 7 a.m. tomorrow morning, dangerous travel conditions around person and orange county as this warning continues. winter weather advisory now in effect until 7 p.m. today for wake county, and areas off to our north. if you're watching from the 95 corridor around the sand hills your winter advisory is expected to expire around 1 p.m.

so here's our satellite radar composite some snow falling right along the virginia border and further south more of sleet and freezing rain mixing in. some of it down around the sand hills but here around wake county we're kind of seeing more sleet around 40 and out towards the airport changing into more snow around wake forest and look at that the purple shades extending towards durham and chapel hill. more snow continues to fall though around last night they had close to two inches of snow already in roxboro, henderson seeing some snow, roanoke rapids, and down around the sand hills you're going to see the smallest amounts from this winter storm just some light sleet falling very isolated in nature around fayetteville out towards so your temperatures critical in today's forecast not only with precipitation we'll see but

immediately because the ground is so cold. so 24 in durham, 25 right now in raleigh, 28 in littleton. so as you're planning your day 8 a.m. temperature 28 degrees, 30 at lunchtime still seeing the wintry mix then we change into a cold rain this afternoon. the evening drive home likely just a cold rain 37 degrees. so let's walk you through your future forecast snow and a mix out there at 6 a.m. we continue to see more sleet right around the triangle through 8 a.m. and watch what happens at lunchtime we start to see the rain start to nudge in so change to go freezing rain but still expecting us to be below freezing at noon and more of us seeing a cold rain heading into the afternoon. the rain continues for your drive home. temperatures going to be climbing which means all of this is just going to fall as a cold rain for us. that rain continues first thing tuesday morning but to talk more about exactly what types of precipitation we'll see i'll send it over to meteorologist

we're dealing with snow and ice across the area through this morning where the surface is going to be below freezing until after lunchtime but we're seeing warm air move in that changes the snow so the sleet and freezing rain. so the deeper the layer of warm air above the surface the better chance we have of seeing that freezing rain. as far as timing goes and the precipitation the best chance for snow, freezing rain and sleet going to be this morning into earthly this afternoon before temperatures warm up to above freezing levels and looking the one to two inches of rain through tonight and during the early morning hours tomorrow. for a look at exactly how much snow and sleet and freezing rain you can expect let's turn things back over to alyssa. >> up to one inch possible around portions of wake county, these areas shaded in white just to our north, orange and durham counties one to three inches.

could see over three inches of snow and sleet. up to a 10th of an inch possible. 37 our high today in raleigh, 36 in durham, 40s though in fayetteville, then temperatures continue to climb tonight. so the lowest temperature we'll be at overnight 37 degrees. check out the temperature for tomorrow 59 degrees, rain likely in the morning, drying in the afternoon and we'll see then some dryer weather for the re remainder of the week ahead and the 50s will be around. early look at next weekend and i have us in the 60 says both saturday and sunday. i'll send it back to kristin who has a look at the roads. we are seeing a couple of minor incidents on the roads outside. let's get a look at what you're seeing on some of the area roadways, a live look at i-85 and u.s. 70, we're dealing with sleet, freezing rain and snow on some spots.

issue throughout the morning today. this one is trinity road, a little dark out there you but your side roads, roads that were not treated those going to be your prime near issues as we head through this morning before we start seeing things warming up a little bit. one accident north of 540 right now it is right near where 1 and 4, 1 actually split off. there is an accident, so avoid that area and of course take it slow. luckily it is president's day a lot of schools closed, a lot of businesses closed so traffic volume should be light but take it slow and be careful on the roads regardless. we'll have more coming up pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide.

it was a great weekend for triangle teams on the hardwood. >> yeah, it was. johnson's 19 points the tar heels beat pittsburgh 85 to 64. page addededing 15 points for north carolina who's now 10 and 2 heading in their first match up with duke and that's coming up wednesday night in chapel hill.

of course wncn will have full coverage in durham. meanwhile the hurricanes hosted their 5th annual alumni game. >> this is the 10th anniversary and all who played from the 2006 team. for those lucky few that got to lace up and play with them sunday was a real dream come true while the veterans were happy to be back on the ice and reliving those memories. >> you know, it's been so special to bring back the memories and you know these guys that we went to battle with for a lot of years. there's a special bond there, and so it's been great. >> a skater like me all of a sudden sitting next to potential hall of famers. >> pretty neat stuff. a record crowd was onhand. in the end the red team got the win. coming up in our next half hour we continue our team coverage of the winter weather, another blast headed in this direction.

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good morning. thanks for watching on this monday morning. glad that you're with us. >> we're glad that you're with us but we're sad a that it's freezing cold outside. >> it's not very nice outside. >> and of course our top story is going to be the winter weather and because of the winter weather we've got several school systems that are cancelled or delayed class. duke is going to open at 10:00 this morning, nc state, nc central is delayed until noon.

schools on a two hour delay. durham, edgecombe, franklin, and wake county county schools all closed today. you can find the full list running at the bottom of your screen and you can hit up our website at wncn.com if you want to take a closer leak. we do have team coverage this morning throughout our viewing area. justin quesinberry is live in orange county. >> we're going to check in with all of them in just a minute, first we're going to take you straight to meteorologist alyssa corfont. >> good morning. winter storm warning in effect until 7 a.m. tomorrow morning for person and or rack counties. we're expecting some dangerous travel conditions throughout the portions of those counties. now, the majority of us under appear advisory. areas to the north including south hill, henderson and louisburg, this advisory not going to expire now until 7 p.m. today. it will expire at 1 p.m. along the 95 corridor and down along the sand hills. there we're expecting