it's the warmth that takes center stage in matthews local warm spots at 80. 77 university city concord down towards ballantyne 77 gastonia and readings in the 60s even up in the mountains. again, well above average. and we still have that gusty breeze vicki was talking about helping to fuel the fire danger and take look at the humidity. there is no humidity. incredibly low when you see the relative humidity in the teens that's as low as it gets. the air is dry and that adds to the issue and blowing around a lot of pollen and that pollen is caused major concerns. temperature as we head through the evening slowly back down through the 70s and into the 60s and sundown after #:30 this evening. and when you -- 7:30 this evening. when you get up it will feel like mid-march readings in the mid-40s in the charlotte area lower 40s up towards i-85 and i- 40. salisbury and in the 30s to about 40 in the montins. tomorrow, again, plenty of sunshine. few afternoon clouds is all we will see pushing up from the south and west. a sign of the next weather system trying to give us rain as we head into th

meantime, hey, enjoy the warmth. 82 in university city and concord, and 85 in mathews, and monroe, 84. belmont, 82. and 60s to near 70 in the high country. heading outside? maybe an after dinner walk, looks good. 80 at 7:00 and sundown at 7:30 and take advantage of the later sunset, lower to mid-70s by 9. tomorrow, a light jacket will country. again, we will see temperatures rise quickly tomorrow. at the end of the morning drive, mid to upper 40s. the forecast, very much like today with sunshine and high clouds late afternoon into the early evening. certainly nothing to bring us any rain. uptown, cooler. at this point after setting records today you can make the go one way, down. and we will have the afternoon high clouds and ballantyne, fair skies until the afternoon with mid-70s. st.patrick's day tomorrow, a lot of celebrations, and the weather looks good for that. won't get in your way and st. patrick's day in rock hill, 70s and falling into the 60s. we'll be talking about a cool down and here is the futurecast. the shades will blue, that's the afternoon and 35 degrees colder than

university city, harrisburg and concord and 50. monroe, 50 and as you might expect, you start moving north toward i-40, 41 in hickory and the clouds hung around all day across the high country. the temperatures will fall to the 40s and 30s and we'll be out of below freezing tomorrow morning. 31 in charlotte and 34 in rockingham and looks like 27 should do it in hickory, and low 20s across the high a lot of sunshine and chilly, freezing early on and grab a coat and maybe a pair of gloves if you are going to be outside for a while, upper 30s for the morning drive and tomorrow, fast changes as the next storm system pushes our way and we'll see clouds in the mountains by lunchtime and filtered sun by charlotte. now, watch how quickly the area of rain rolls in. by this time tomorrow evening, likely tracking at least the start of rain in and around charlotte. the winter weather radar showing snow in the high country and temperatures will be stuck in the upper 30s, one of those wety. >>s - - those wet snows. your neighborhood forecast, ga

university city boulevard at north tryon will be closed down for lynx blue line construction, if you need an alternate, that would be university point boulevard over to ikea boulevard university sit at this city. concord to center city running 17 minutes, 68-miles-per-hour. guys, back over to you. >> john: next at 5:00, another automaker issuing a recall important potentially dangerous issue. the issue with brakes of somele nissans. >> christine: wbtv is always on we'll be back. >>> giving you first alert weather and traffic every seven minutes, welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> christine: 19 minutes after 5:00. >> john: want to get over to brody o'connell live in the alert center with new details getting it here first. >> brody: a tragic situation in the capital of turkey. they are trying to clean up the scene of a car bomb attack that killed 37 people, wounded more than 100 others. the details have been updated here throughout the morning when i first came in this morning the death toll was approximately 34. in the last hour, that number has grown now to 37 deceased after this attack. a crane lifted out the damage at that blast site, that what is you are seeing. the bombing is the third in

we're seeing slow downs here north tryon up toward university city area, old concord road up to roc river, expect a slow down there in both directions. down to the south, northbound 77 coming out of rock hill this morn g, current drive time for rock hill, take a check here, we're rning at 21 minutes, 66-miles-per-hour. that is a check of t morheng games coming to the north carolina eduyucation lottery. >> john: we'll tell you aboutd$ the new games being considered by lottery officials. you don't want to miss this. >>> you're watching wbtv news this morning it's 6:26, we'll be right back. #d this afternoon at nkindu save when you sip. get a free donut or turbo shot when you buy any beverage between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. this is a letter from someone who's here. she has qa\0to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the same 10 vials and the company is called valeant pharmaceuticals. i'm going after them. this is predatory pricing and we're going to make sure it is stopped. :! the big

we have this problem at university city boulevard that left lane is blocked. congestion old concorde road is the better alternate route. look at the volume here a mile of stop-and-go traffic. also construction zone here on north tryon by jw clay boulevard creating problems. and check in on i-77 north an injury accident at w.t. harris. exit 16a. use old statesville and volume on i-77 around this accident as well. back to you guys. >> thank you. >> leigh had to remind us what we are seeing is not normal. not even close. >> the average she said was 62? >> beautiful. >> yes. here she is. >> yeah. i keep forgetting myself this is not normal. i will have to pull out the because this is not what we should be seeing. we should enjoy what we are seeing right now. the hd towercam beautiful outside. extra warm temperatures and extra amount of sunshine. 79 your current temperature in charlotte many 78 in salisbury. 81 your temperature in wadesboro. same in lancaster. 78 in shelby and morganton you're checking in at 81 . the areas seeing nice weather! all of the reds are above average temperature

university city area things are running smoothly this morning. the drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake

university city area. coming in from lake norma on 77 in the green to 485, concord and kannapolis also lkingooood this morning. so matthews, center city, 13 minutes, 47-mile1s-per-hour. average drive time. concord to center cy, 21 mites,nu 66-miles-per-hour. that a c'sck of traffic. christine, over to you. >> christine: we continue to follow breaking news out of west charlotte, police investigating a carjacking and shooting near johnson c. smith university. at the top of the hour anoerth live report from ashton pellom. >> john: congressional races won't count in next tuesday primaryn north carolina, but wee getting a clearer picturemp what could happen with district 12 inecklenburg county, not everyone is happy. we have the details. >>> you're watching wbtv news before lemme get a mcpick 2. check out the fresh new look on mcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! lemme get a mcpick 2 k:." now, choose any 2 delicious mcdonald's classicst5 for just $5 bucks. mix n match share n savor 2 for $5 name your flavor pick any 2 inic costes- a big mac made with 0% b10f, flaky filet-o-fish, seared ousn the grill quarter pounder with che

university city area things are running smoothly this morning. the drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake 67-miles-per-hour. that is a check of your morning traffic, john, over to you. >> john: right now, get over to brody o'connell. >> christine: in the alert center with more breaking news. >> brody: a homicide at park fairfax drive in the freedom division, this is an apartment complex. we have new pictures to show you from the scene. as you can see a very active scene, a lot of police there. here what is we learned, apparently a call came in before 3:00 a.m. from the apartment complex, police got to the scene and they didn't locate anybody who needed help. it was a medic call that came in, didn't find anybody, they cleared the scene. then a short time later they got a call from carolinas medical center and it was information letting them know a man was driven to the er with an apparent gunshot wound. police went over to the hospital so we have two scenes here, the man pronounced dead at carolinas medical center, according to cmpd, right now the victim's identity was not

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university city boulevard an accident westbound right by w.t. harris approaching 485. of course, one alternate route to get around this would possibly be to hop on old concorde road and accident an mccullough drive is a great alternate route for this. back to you. >> $200 for a painting a modest amount in the art world. >> but it is a lot if you are a dog. gaining traction in folks have some questions about my spicy, freshly-prepared world-famous zinger sandwich. like, "is it freshly-prepared?" yes. "is the freshly-prepared zinger sandwich available in a $5 fill up?" if you have five dollars, yes. what a great limited time deal! folks have some questions about my spicy, freshly-prepared world-famous zinger sandwich. like, "is it freshly-prepared?" yes. "is the freshly-prepared zinger sandwich available in a $5 fill up?" if you have five dollars, yes. what a great limited time deal! >> a new york dog is channeling his picasso. >> a three-year-old lab gold especially mix and a service dog dropout and he selects his colors from nontoxic paints and with the brush attached to the roll his owner rotates the canvas from side to side. work sell for $50 and now he has pieces priced fo

university point boulevard, ikea is the alternate around that. coming up from rock hill, 21 minute, 66 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman south at 16 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. that is traffic, christine. >> christine: we watch breaking news happening right now. >> john: police investigating a shooting in north charlotte, this is a live look at the scene on north tryon at craighead, mark davenport was the first reporter on the scene, he will join us live after the break. this morning, it is 6:26. >> christine: breaking news in north charlotte, if you're just joining us, you're looking live at an active police investigation in charlotte where one person was shot and injured. this is north tryon street here, the tryon square shopping center if you're familiar with that area. north tryon and craighead road. we have a live report in minutes. >> john: charlotte city council set to vote on several big topics, on your side with a look ahead to tonight's meeting. >> christine: brody o'connell hard at work in the alert center getting you details first as news is breaking. people gathering in hick