county, how much snow covered this neighborhood, and look at those road conditions, as well, on the streets in spartanburg. we do appreciate it. [engine noise] nigel: take a look at this, and you can hear it. a fallen tree, massive damage, and the weather is causing trees to calm down and knocking out power to thousands of homes in the upstate -- causing trees to come down and knocking out power to thousands of homes. cars on the road, and you can trees. meteorologist john cessarich. gabrielle: what is the latest? john: we were talking about another round, like a spoke

upper level low, and we will show you that in a minute, but look at asheville.chris: and more snow on the way. here comes the first spoke. here comes the second spoke. oath of these could give us several inches of snow, and if it is ice, it could be a glaze -- both of those could give us several inches of snow. john: the computer is playing games with us. but, anyway, these systems coming through. not quite sure, chris, what is happening. look at this snow. we will stay away from it. it has got a mind of its own, this monitor. there it is. heading into the north /northeast, over the next hour or so, it is going to spread. you folks in salem, clemson, all

and eventually into clemson, anderson, and greenville, around 6:00, so snow in toccoa and clarksville, and this is our second round coming in, and then we will see the next one, which will be mainly just snow. chris: higher up around 5000 feet, we have that warmer air. is it right at freezing? 34, 35? that could kill be snow and give us more ice and we are watching that very closely. we have had some impressive snow totals, and the total at the highest is 12 inches. john: in the mountains, about 7.5 inches of snow, and brevard, about eight inches of snow. we will talk about these snowfall totals in the area of the next batch of snow moving in.

back to you. gabrielle: power outages are being reported. nigel: here are the latest numbers from duke energy. outages in greenville have jumped to more than 13,000. there are about 470 homes without power in pickens county, around 780 homes in anderson county without power. gabrielle: we were showing you the blue ridge electric, and they also have some outages. we want to give you this reminder. we do have the radar, closings stood on the website and on our app. just check the bottom of your screen for the latest, and you can also check our livewire. you will find it at the top of

nigel: taking a look at our asheville sky cam, you can see they have a lot of snow today. gabrielle: we went to take you to where patrick is. -- we want to take you to where patrick is. patrick: i cheated out that it was more like a rainy day down here he sensually. there was a lot of slush, but there were people out for lunch, but now, it is as slick as can be. there are people driving through, unfortunately, a little too fast it we have seen some red light. collision, no injuries. mostly on the interstate.

fortunately, no injuries. we will have more in a little bit, but there were some injuries in east spartanburg from a head-on collision, minor injuries though, so as far as coming up, we do have some power outages to talk about in spartanburg. again, those started early this morning, but duke energy has been out, and we see the line trucks out to would be salt trucks, and they are working hard, and we will have more on the power outages and the conditions of the roads coming up in just a bit. nigel: patrick, thank you very much. we want to keep you in spartanburg county as we continue our coverage. gabrielle: and stephanie has been showing us the roads, and

at this time of evening is usually very busy. stephanie: yes, this is a couple of cars coming by, and normally, this is bumper-to-bumper traffic. we have been here about two hours, and i have only seen one crew truck coming through. at it had its blade out. this is alongside i-85. we sought spreaders, trucks, in and out -- we saw spreaders and trucks in and out. it is about three quarters the size of a football field, filled with mountains of 100% salt. some were coming in to spread their things in beauty, and others were coming in to go

i asked what the bigwa>> right now, everything freezing up once the temperature dropit is hard to mess with that ice, you know? everybody knows that. stephanie: they have been working around the clock, and we want them to stay safe and warm.the department of transportation has been maintaining that shed 24/7, and we want them to keep us safe, and when you listen to chris and justin, it sounds like that for at least another 24 hours, and it is pretty crusty. they have really been icing up over the past 90 minutes. especially those guys who are working so hard. nigel: stephanie, thank you. continuing our coverage in the upstate tonight.

mandy: as you may be able to tell, it is coming down here again in clemson, and i can tell you, it hurts when it hits your face. this is over hartwell lake. moments ago, they were spreading sand across the bridge, so it is looking better. earlier, it was a mess as he crossed over. we saw several cars off the road. rescue crews told us that a car was trying to change lanes and slid on some ice, and then that car along with another car went off the roadway thankfully, no one was hurt, it just up the road from there, firefighters had to up the road because drivers were getting stuck as they tried to go up the hill. amanda was one of them. amanda: we started sliding, and then i was not going to go

mandy: so do you call at that point for help? amanda: no, i did not. they were here. mandy goal it now, those firefighters had their hands full but did a gre job of getting people out. you will hear from a driver a little bit later on in the newscast. mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: this was shot by a ulocal user, and also in western carolina, we find myra ruiz. myra: this is just off brevard

traffic appears to be moving slowly all along the interstate. however, things are different story. we saw quite a few rear tires spinning along with some slipping taking place and some sliding along the roadways. quite a few people opted to walk. the wobbler house was the closest place for many to get a meal. we did meet several people were on their way to several ski resorts, but the conditions kept them here in asheville, and the conditions had some wishing for around. chevy cavalier, two wheel drive. i got to the top and 360ed back down. >> if you are not used to it, i do not recommend that you do it. myra: and some people said they just wanted to try to enjoy the

they had no intention of paying outside once the sun goes down, and the was a tricky situation at the exit ramp behind me, and we will show you that coming up. nigel: thank you. taking another live look outside with our skycam, there have not been a a lot of cars on the road all day long. gabrielle: let's show you the asheville sky cam. things looking pretty quiet on this friday evening. john: a live shot looking down clemson boulevard. a little bit of precipitation moving in very quickly from northeastern georgia. you might see some boards the in anderson. -- some more sleet in anderson. gabrielle: and here are your

nigel: all right, we want to show you some ulocal shots of the day, and they are enjoying the snow. gabrielle: and now a picture of a tiny tree. that looks like that could be a postcard. very festive. nigel: and speaking of trees, take a look at this.

they were wondering why drivercap turning around, and obviously this tree in the road is an issue. gabrielle: and now we want to show you a time lapse video from earlier today which shows you how much snow was coming down. keep those pictures and videos coming. look at t at. the item is being swallowed by snow. whatever that was. keep your pictures and videos coming to our ulocal section of wyff4.com. nigel: a blizzard warning. a potential record-breaking storm. reporter: the storm threatened to make life miserable for more

nashville got an early take. the doughnuts in this stuck truck are far less blazed. in charlotte, the carolina panthers fought the elements to prepare for their championship gamet the cardinals. some may have trouble flying into the game because of the ripple effect caused flight cancellations. while some are stranded, some had better weather. washington, d.c., is the suspected bull's-eye. more than 2.5 feet of snow could fall. >> this is the most snow we have seen and maybe 90 years. reporter: the national mall is closed, much of the others hunkering down. >> we went shopping. reporter: the shelves were cleared out, more than can be

see the light of day any soon. brian mooar, washington. announcer: now, your super doppler hd weather forecast. john: it could be worse, and, chris, this is the same storm system that brought us our mixed bag of precipitation and become a we caught a classic nor'easter, meteorolog he -- become what we call a classic nor'easter, meteorologically speaking. chris: and then rosee that sjohn: these low clouds coming in, and there may be a little bit of sleet. chris: and the fact is, we are 27 degrees, so we are fine at the surface. that is sustained.

around 20 degrees. chris: even that snow north of atlanta, you look at how this is spreading out. john: yes, snow all of the way down to birmingham, and even almost into montgomery, alabama. that will rotate around and come in here this evening. chris: this is scheduled to be in here around 9:00 or 10:00. it is on pace right now. john: your mac. chris: -- your math. chris: i am trying. as well. john: and, you folks, oconee county, seneca, moving through clemson, as mandy was showing,

to pickens. chris: and putting a track on it, easily at 5:48. travelers rest, same story. greenville, shortly after 6:00. we could see some pretty good snowflakes. john: and probably mixed with some sleet, and then the upper level low will kick in here. look at these temperatures.this was after last night, and that we just continued to drop and dropt wind undercutting that moisture coming out of the gulf of mewe just continued to go down to this is one of our more reliable models. it has done a very good job. chris: it has, and it is sending in that cold air. the wind to the north/northwest, it will will be atmosphere from the top to the bottom, and we

showers out of this this evening. john: yes, probably four inches in the mountains, and you snow lovers, you are loving this forecast. then as we go through late tonight, this is actually saturday morning, things kind of quiet down, the northwest flow, and that everything starts to shift, back into tennessee. chris: we may see the sunshine tomorrow, it will be cold. not much melting, so the roads will be trouble. john: exactly, chris, and the melting that does take place helps to cool the atmosphere more. here is our storm system. it will weaken with all of the energy, and that should become that big nor'easter, and there is the blizzard warning for the nation's capital, baltimore, maybe even as far as atlantic city, and the big apple, it

let's take a look at our forecast. chris: anna sunday coming up. john: yes, and that freezing rain and sleet changing over. four inches mainly in the western part of the upstate, snow and sleet, three to six plus inches. tomorrow, morning showers left over. breezy but c27 in the mountains. we are going to have strong north to northwesterly winds. and then a little bit better. take a look at this. the panthers game looking pretty good. 47, the high in the upstate. cold, but at least some sunshine sunday in the mountains. our winner tonight, congratulations to karen from anderson. we were giving away and a umbrella, but maybe we should have been giving away a snow

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health, erika edwards as important tips for you to stay safe. erika: your body is working hard to stay warm, already when you step outside. and then it is worse when you do physical activity, like shoveling snow. if you have heart disease or other chronic health problems, it is best to talk to your doctor about how much exercise you can safely do outside. recognize when you or those around you are getting too cold, and in danger of hypothermia. that is when your body temperature dips below 90 five degrees. warning signs include shivering, fueling extremely cold, confusion, memory loss, and slurred speech. hypothermia requires a call to 911. also, remove any wet clothing and then wrapped the person in warm blankets, focusing on the

then, watch for frostbite. it usually affects the nose, ear s, chin, fingers, or toes. in those places, they can become numb or lose color. use warm water or body heat to warm up the area, and try not to use a heating pad or heat from an oven because the numbed skin can burn easily. chris: a cold 28 degrees with

coming up... trees coming nigel: coming up, trees coming coming up updates on p constant snow is forcing drivers to slow down, and some got stuck in the elements. nigel: hundreds of delayed flights, and meteorologist john cessarich and chris justus have more, just ahead. announcer: you are watching live, breaking news.