that's about 30 minutes from his home in bryson city. doug bell lou was last seen in his home in bryson city on november 19th. people who knew him say he did not often stray too far from home. assistant police chief in bryson city greg jones is not ruling out foul play in the investigation. he knew bell lou, along with many other, so when two local fishermen found his body in fontana lake, the finding hit a little closer to home. >> we have been looking for the victim for a long time and we wanted to find him. we was just kind of hoping we wouldn't find him this way. whether i knew him or whether i didn't know him, he was someone's sun and someone's brother and they're hurting right now. >>hope: police believe the current carried his body from the river into the lake but they don't know how he ended up in >>> bell lou was physically disabled and used a cane, which was found after he went missing. there is an autopsy scheduled for monday in chapel hill. evan? >>evan: thank, hope. continuing coverage now this morning, asheville police char

bryson city police hope today's autopsy in chapel hill will provide more answers about how he died. 3 3 3 new this morning... a police officer was shot and a suspect was killed following a shooting in charlotte. these are photos of the scene from police say they were trying to serve and arrest warrant last night. that is when several suspects confronted them and opened fire. one officer was hit in the ankle, but is expected to be o-k. police returned gunfire and killed one of the suspects. so far, no names have been released. 3 3 hundreds fill a north carolina church to remember a little girl who was shot on christmas day. one-year-old ma-lee-ah williams died three days after the drive-by shooting in chapel hill. she was one of many children outside playing when a gunman opened fire, hitting her in the head. many at her funeral wore t-shirts reading "gone, but not forgotten." 3 (daquan lassiter, maleah's uncle) "i would not like to wear this shirt like this. she was only one -year-old."(imani taborn, maleah's cousin) "nobody deserves to lose their life to some crazy gun violence. it m

robbinsville, bryson city. temperatures in the upper 30s like waynesville and marshal and asheville and hendersonville. it will be chilly. less wind tomorrow. 45 on wednesday. back in to the 50s wednesday, thursday, friday. closer to 60 by saturday. we're not going to see 70s, folks, probably not until march. it's going to be pretty cool overall with the rain chances highest for you, too, in the upstate, come friday at 70%. >> anchor: it was cold out there but seeing those flakes come@ down today was so pretty. >> i was catching some on one of my ear muffs with hudson. >> frank: haven't seen them for a while, that's for sure. >> anchor: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" feature. olaf snyder. >> frank: you can send us your pictures and video, too, just log on to wlos.com or e-mail pics@wlos.com. investigated for >> frank: chris brown is under investigation for battery and theft. >> anchor: but up first in the buzz, a country music singer is found dead after going missing in oklahoma last mont

he had not been seen since the 19th of november in bryson city. people who knew him say he didn't stray far from home. yesterday afternoon his body was found in fontana lake. investigators do not believe that's where he went in the water. they say his body was carried about 5 miles from the tuckasegee river into the fontana lake. they do not yet know why or how he ended up in the water. >>> two local fishermen found his body at a popular fishing spot. >> we have been looking for the victim for a long time and we -- we wanted to find him. find him this way. whether i knew him or whether i didn't know him, he was someone's son and brother. and they're hurting right now. >>hope: police say belou was disabled and used a cane which was found after he went missing. there is an autopsy scheduled for this monday in chapel hill. police say they're not ruling out foul play at the time. it's going to be a difficult weekend as they wait to hear more. evan? >>evan: continuing coverage now this morning, asheville police charge a woman accused of stabbing her bo

balu did not stray too far at home in bryson city. he was physically disabled. >> we have been looking for the victim for a long time. we wanted to find him. we were just hoping we wouldn't find him this way. >> reporter: he knew balu and so did many others. his body in fontana lake. >> it was along the edge of the water. >> reporter: that finding hit a little closer to home. >> whether i knew him or didn't know him, he was someone's son, someone's brother and they're hurting right now. >> reporter: entering the water in tuckasegee river and floating to fontana lake is how police believe balu ended up here. >> with the flooding in the river, that's what we believe at this time. >> reporter: how he wound up in the waters part of what they're investigating and hope to find out with an anticipate on monday in chapel hill. >> it could be accidental. it could be foul play. we just do not know yet. >> reporter: until they get more answers is a waiting game and a sad start to 2016. >> it's the beginning of the new year and i hope this is not

>>jay: doug belou was last seen november 19th in bryson city. police believe he floated five to the lake. but they don't now you why he was in the water. >> the. >>holly: robin richardson is charged with first degree murder fry. investigators say richardson claims she shot fry because he assaulted her. richardson remains in jail without bond. >>jay: the cause of an apartment fire in barnardsville remains under investigation. three people were transported to a burn center after yesterday bridge apartments. you can see flames destroyed several units. the names and conditions of the three victims have not yet been released. >>holly: now to the answer of this morning's mind teaser, what is the largest living fish? >>jay: a whale shark. >>holly: guess who got it right? our production assistant. mark zucker burgh is making a resolution. >>jay: he says his goal of 2016 is to create an artificial intelligence system. zuckerburg he wants to build a simple a. i. to run my home and help me with my work. he is known for keeping his resolutions. in 2010, he

it feels like one below zerer single dieghts in bryson city 17 there.

. >> also happening today, an lake. 53-year-old doug baloot was found in bryson city. police believe he floated five miles down the river into the lake but they don't know how he ended up in the water. bryson police hope the autopsy will provide more answers about how he died. >> a 27-year-old officer pulled over a driver for speeding around 2:00 a.m. he had three people in the car get out one of them tried to get in and drive away. he was shot multiple times and dragged a quarter mile by the vehicle. it appears the suspect gary lynn shot himself. the injuries are not life threatening. investigators say powell did not fire his weapon. >> another police officer was shot and a suspect killed in charlotte. we have photos from the scene. police say they were trying to serve an arrest warrant when ankle. police returned gun fire killing one of the suspects. released. >> in other news making headlines, a remote national wide live refuge -- demonstrating against the punishment for some local ranchers. elizabeth herr explains why they are so upset and why the fbi is involved. >

we won't warm up too much beyond that in the asheville area. 44 into asheville, 43 into bryson city. into the upstate, 50's right now, 55 into greenwood. gusts at 44 miles an hour, yancey, mitchell, avery counties. also the northern portion of burke and mcdowell county. 17-mile-an-hour winds out of north in asheville. 8 in forest city. 9 in morganton. 28 in boone. down into the upstate, 14 in clemson, 1 in anderson. not as pad in greenwood. a windchill outside. if you are about to leave for your lunch break, grab the coat because it does still feel like 36 degrees here in buncombe county. we'll see clearing, if you haven't seen t tt yet today. that will continue into the overnight hours and temperatures will be pretty chilly. this is 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. through 6:00 p.m., clear skies tonight, dropping back around where we should be into the 20's. 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, clear skies. make those outdoor plans now and we will stay clear but we'll see a few clouds late day and then a chance for some light rainshowers beginning on monday. 45 degrees for a high temperature. the wind will

it's a beautiful sunset, too if out. 40s right now in bryson city. elsewhere, 30s. still have that wind to deal with. it's a south to easterly wind. more of a northeast wind over the upstate. and that is adding to the chill. at greer. certainly for our high elevation counties in the north. bundle up. brrr cold this evening. temperatures will fall in to the low 20s by 11 o'clock. thankfully the wind will be nearly as strong as yesterday. temperatures down to 30 at 11. we'll talk more about the milder weather that comes by the end of the week. stick around for that. >> tammy: new at 5:30, a breaking and entering incident leaves a local woman fearing for her safety. >> frank: karen, where did this happen? >> karen: the last thing the victims want is for the invader to possibly see their home again so we'll just say it's up the street here. we talked to the woman who said if she and the kids were in the house, the situation could have been much worse. catherine turner and three catherine's mother. that's when the saw someone come in the back door. >> he looked like he w

robbinsville, toccoa, bryson city, waynesville, stretching up in to madison county. imbedded showers at least over areas like marshall, burnsville, highway 19 e getting weather, too. in to mitchell county. in the next hour and a half, this is going to slide its way east ward. henderson, mcdowell and even polk county. right now it's 50 degrees under cloudy skies in asheville. with a south-southwest wind at 8. 20s to the 50s this afternoon. here it is in short term. rain chances very high at 7:00 p.m. all the way through midnight. dropping to 40% by morning. we go even lower than that to 10% by lunch time tomorrow. tomorrow's weather will not be in place. 40% chance of shower earlier tomorrow. look at the rest of the weekend. nothing friday and saturday. those two days, we will see a dramatic shift from chilly to much milder for the weekend. great timing there. there goes the front slowly out to sea. tomorrow we'll dry up. a weak system hugging the coast. we will move far enough out to see that we won't see anything of consequence from it. we get a little chillier. a s

mid 20s in bryson city and andrews. asheville 27. hendersonville also 27. clemson one degree above freezing. little bit warmer than what they were today. but still pretty cool. 49 in asheville. 47 in burnsville. lower 40s in some of our northern mountain locations. 52 in both morganton and forest city. you add in a bit of the breeze, yes, it is going to feel chilly. first of all, we have a nice string of sunny days coming up that we can enjoy. beautiful blue skies saturday and sunday. monday and tuesday, a few more clouds on wednesday and thursday. darcel says i'm going to take a walk on wednesday morning at 21 degrees. >> darcel: right? >> karen: i think not. we have milder conditions later in the week. however, we also have the rain including a chance of a little bit of icing in the morning. friday, we could get heavy rain. here's a quick look at that upstate seven day forecast. dry and cold for much of it. >> karen: we'd be right there together shivering all the way. >> darcel: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. >> frank: apri

bryson city 59. morganton 61. greer 59 degrees. we take a look at the clouds as they continue to move in namely from the west. these are going to continue to thicken up as we go on through the evening. overall, though, a very comfortable night with that cloud cover. we are going to be kind of slow to cool. we remain in the 50s much of the evening. by 9 o'clock, we're down to 51. by 11, still nice and mild in the 40s. that light jacket should about do it for you. in the upstate, 58 at 7 down to coming up, more on when that wind is going to fall and where it's likely to be for that morning commute. >> frank: hundreds of fans line up outside of bank of america stadium to cheer on the super bowl bound charlotte panthers. supporters showed off their panther pride. this is only the second time carolina has made it to the biggest of big games. they take on the denver broncos next sunday. >>> a different kind of game, a mad dash in the hawkeye state. presidential candidates from both parties are crisscrossing brandi hit with the latest. >>

bryson city, 16 degrees. here's the view from the leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network at mount mitchell state park. 6600 feet up. you can see a beautiful shot here all the way across black mountain. it's a gorgeous afternoon if you're willing to bear the chill up there. worse. temperatures in the 30s right now for the french broad river asheville. upstate. we still have a wind but this that's a big change from the northerly winds we had yesterday and the day before. that is going to usher in moisture and milder temperatures for us. wind chills in the 30s and 40s mix. layer up. your temperatures in the upstate will go down below freezing by 9 o'clock. we'll talk about that chill tonight and when the next round stick around. >> tammy: president obama got emotional as he outlined his plan on gun control. he announced executive actions today while surrounded by victims and survivors. >> reporter: in a defining moment during his last year in office, president obama shed tears as he made good on his contr

it's from snow on the ground in bryson city. next photo is courtesy of bonnie and david perkins. this is on apple farm road. and our last photo is actually from jeanine dorel. we were live with you during 12 and around 1 o'clock and that's when the snow was really starting to come down. jason boyer is going to have your full forecast in just a minute. >> darl: and stay with us for continuing coverage of the weather. >> tammy: that's right. we'll have more updates throughout the evening and we'll also get you ready for what to expect this weekend. >> darcel: be sure to check our our website, facebook and twitter pages. and keep sending us photos as well. >>> jaclyn, slick roads are almost a problem everywhere now. >> jaclyn: if you are heading out the door soon, please take it slow on the road ways. let's talk about specific areas where there are weather related wrecks happening. in madison county there is an overturned semi that crashed due to icy road. thankfully no injuries reported there. dispatch in that area is reporting slick conditions gathered around 25-70 as well. hender

as you head out to lunch, you'll want to grab a light jacket. 30 in bryson city. 34 in franklin. 38 in hendersonville. down into the upstate, low 40's still in greer. 45 in greenwood and 47 into columbia. winds at 5 in asheville. 5 in hendersonville. we'll see these winds increase, gusty conditions in high elevations starting tonight and really throughout the day tomorrow. we'll have a cooldown before a nice warmup. that comes saturday and again on sunday. go ahead and make those outdoor plans now. looking at the big picture, we'll see this quick moving front through the region. wooifl see a quick chance for snow. let me highlight where in a moment. first, 2:00 this afternoon, this model is showing us a good amount of clearing although we saw throughout the day, the time lapse that is pretty cloudy outside. it is going to be hit or miss with the sunshine through late afternoon. with we are still expecting some more of that to warm us up. tonight watch at 2:00 a.m., seeing clouds in the northern mountains, then watch as we start to see some of the blue. it is favoring yancey counties. o

burnsville in the 40's, 45 in newland. 43 towards boon. 40 in bryson city. look at the upstate, not bad at all. 50 degrees from gaston to greer and greenwood at 51. looking at the big picture, high pressure controlling our weather, a front will move through beginning tuesday. we'll have a chance for precip through thursday. then a drier trend again into the weekend. we'll take a closer look. this is a snapshot at 2:00 this of sunshine. this will help with that snow melt, keep in mind, a lot of shaded areas on those secondary roads will be slick tomorrow morning. 6:00 p.m., a few more clouds into the region, going to stop precipitation as this happens especially in the high mountains, temperatures will be cold. the chance for spotty rain tomorrow morning. most of us won't see that, into the afternoon, we'll see our shower chances go up, especially into the evening and overnight down into the upstate, with a slight chance lingering into thursday morning. that's when we have a chance for mixed precipitation, temperatures again will be cold. looking through the

we're dropping down to 37 tonight. 35 in bryson city. one degree above freezing in franklin. 34 in newland. milder in the upstate. tomorrow we are feeling the chillier changes. we'll be breezy. mainly cloudy. and highs in the upper 40s in asheville. our morning low was warmer than that. we take a look at the week ahead and it is going to feel a lot we have that sunshine that is going to be around through the weekend on in to the middle of next week. it's going to look really beautiful out there. but don't be fooled, we're dropping in to the lower 20s monday and tuesday. and then we do have a chance of rain that could include a bit of icing on thursday morning. here's a quick look at your extended forecast in the upstate. happy new year. >> larry: asheville's oldest brewery is ringing in the new year with a new release. party for who's the rebel now? no way. yes way! savor a bacon egg cheese biscuit any time you like. eggs, bacon, and melty cheese all on a biscuit with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. yeah! >> tammy: ashevi

still have 50s in bryson city. most of us down in the 30s. even 40s now. though it was warmer than yesterday. the south-southeast wind didn't help as much as we we'd like. temperatures right now in terms of wind chills in the 30s. even 20s north. our temperatures will go below freezing after seven. level down to 29 at 11. i'll show you more on this warm-up that's going to take shape in to your weekend. stick around. >> darcel: some macon county residents are still cleaning up from christmas time flooding that damaged their homes as well as roads and bridges. news 13's rex hodge is live in the county's emergency services office in franklin. rex, leaders there are asking the state for help. >> yes, state emergency management workers are on there way right now to assess damages that could lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. recover from flooding over the christmas holiday. the dot beginning the replacement process. residents not far away along willow brook. >> it's traveled probably close to three quarters of a mile and wound up here. >> repor

made it up to 62 in bryson city. 55 the high in asheville. 56 in forest city. right now we are quite a bit cooler but not too bad for a late night in january. at 31. 35 in forest city. upper 20s in some of our northern mountain counties. winds overall have come down. we were breezy in asheville. now just a little bit windy out of the south at 6. your morning planner earlier on, sure, it's going to be chilly. make sure you have that jacket to go at 8:00 a.m. we're down to 35 by then. 44 by 10 o'clock. 55 by midday. we have a big warm up. sunny and cool at 8 in the morning in the upstate. pushing 60 by noon. coming up, i'll show you how much warmer we'll be in the afternoon than we were today. and how long we can enjoy in nice break from winter. >> frank: local cooks go head to head tomorrow in asheville in the spirit of mardi gras. the best of their new orleans style dishes are being entered in the annual cajun cook off. asheville mardi gras parade which takes place downtown on sunday, february 7th. if you're thinking about a field trip to the greenville zoo, yo

we're adding bryson city to the list now. thanks to the chamber of commerce down there for this. beautiful scene as we look towards the smokys. it's pretty active now in to the west. we didn't have much yesterday but do we ever have a big storm coming now. some of this is going to ripple east ward and give us a shot of rain come friday. an area of low pressure will develop along the coast as well. that's one of two areas of low pressure that will develop along the gulf coast. one brings weather. the other could bring some snowfall. no chance for anything tomorrow. it's dry. wow do we see that chance increase quickly. showers off and on much of the day. 40% of any of that lingering moisture in asheville as rain then we get in to the chances of wintery mix rain and snow. 50/50 shot of it in to the sunday frame. 41 degrees right now. but do we ever still have that wind biting. drops our wind chill to 34 degrees for the feels like temp. the air is very dry today. 47 in the upstate with a south-southwesterly wind. that's already a sign of change. we're going to get those south-southwe

inch and a half in bryson city. robbinsville over an inch and a water. a quarter inch will do it, maybe half an inch in asheville. temperatures in the teens tonight. it's going to be mighty cold no matter where you go. what does fall will melt by the end of the day in most cases. our tempererures will go briefly in to the 40s. all eyes, all the social media when it's going to snow, how much. there's no guaranteed. it is guaranteed to snow but how much? that's a very big question. >> darcel: still ahead, standing out from the rest. why a local medical office building is being recognized on a national stage. everywhere. >> tammy: a theft at a mountain tire store. coming up at 5:30, what was used >> darcel: a new two-story 30,000 square foot building in the mountains stands out. >> tammy: it's winning over patients and national designers. >> oh, it is full. we have four providers who are here every day. >> reporter: it's a new clinic in the mountains unlike any other built in the nation. >> it really brought healthcare to a rural community that you don't se

. >> jason: bryson city, franklin, you're getting close to that magical freezing mark. is it going to be snow and ice for some of us? stick around. >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: well the snow is back, folks. you. but here it is. heavy snows in oconee. pretty good snows back in brevard. this is highway 64 so brevard, cashiers and eventually highlands. that is nothing you want to be in right now. the bands working in to cashiers and jackson and macon county as well. you've seen your snow recently in rutherford, also polk. mcdowell and burke county. it hasn't been terribly heavy. getting a break over the smokys. that snow has moved up towards madison county. the big picture, look at all this. this is going to come on the back side of this system and really move to the north and northeast. and thus, we're not done anytime soon with snow fall. now it may wind down first and foremost for areas southeast in the upstate. here's our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. we're getting dark now. the rock is covered. look at that, snow returning to ruthe

a little bit breezier in bryson city at 7. not much, though. that morning planner should include that heavy coat. especially if you're out and about early. 8 o'clock, 28 degrees. we're only at 33 by mid morning. still quite chilly then. not quite so cool by noon. 42 degrees. we check it out in the upstate. it's also going to be a chilly morning. plenty of sunshine, though. 49 degrees at noon. coming up, i'll show you when that much cooler air arrives and what it's going to bring with it. >> frank: great news for mountain and upstate college basketball fans. the countdown to march madness is officially underway. can catch clemson a little closer to home than usual this year. tigers are playing their home games in greenville. >> we love it here in greenville. it's really close to where we live in southern greenville county. we really enjoy it. its just a 30 minute drive from there instead of about an hour going in to clemson. so we enjoy that. >> the well, they're calling it. hosting clemson's home games while little john coliseum undergoes repai

bryson city 16. those temperatures are even cooler in most cases tonight. a three dog night, if you will, we'll call it. 26 in boone. 25 in newland. 30s through the french broad river valley. still holding on to 30s south and west in the mountains. 40s in places in the upstate. a little more wind to deal with at this hour south and southeasterly. that will play a big role as it did last night. it didn't last night, because we had more wind. tonight, though, those winds will be less. i still think we'll drop in to the teens area wide. 20s for wind chills north. we'll be down to 23 at 11. a little bit of wind will certainly drop those wind chills down. you're going below freezing at 9 o'clock in the upstate. we'll talk about the warming spell that we will experience. and what price we have to pay for it. i'll see you in a few minutes. >> larry: it's getting so cold, the code purple is in effect for tonight as emergency shelters prepare to house people who temperatures drop. they're using every available space to get folks out of the cold. the rescue mission p

upper 30s from bryson city to andrews, to 47 down into greer. clemson 48 and a comfortable 50 degrees to start off your day in greenwood. go ahead and make sure you have the umbrella with you this morning. just a few showers lingering across the morning hours. about a 30% chance. wind right now out of the north in asheville at 14 miles per hour. so that will make it feel a little bit cooler in the french broad river valley you be it is calmer in the foothills and down into the upstate at 3 in graphny. an issue this morning is patchy fog, anderson pulling in a value at 2 right now. 7 in forest city, below a half mile visibility at times. up into burke county. this cold front continuing to move through the southeast. let's get a closer look at if we will see any more showers today. snapshot, 8 a.m. just showing partly clear skies through lunchtime as well. then we start to see skies clearing. 44 degrees for a high temperature. light rain early on. cloudy conditions throughout the day. and then actually some clearing into the overnight hours, and t

little colder there. 27 in bryson city. below freezing across western north carolina. 32 in forest city. 35 down into greenville. so, above that freezing mark, still in clemson, just under 40. 43 in greenwood. winds have stayedd pretty light and they will stay that way today. at 5 in asheville and 5 down into hendersonville. there is an issue that there could be some freezing fog. mainly in those areas where reduced visibility is evident on the map. look at this, our western zones below half a mile at times. showing clear conditions, 10. that's about as good as we can get in the asheville area. just keep that in mind. that is a threat and so is the chance for black ice. we are still, after almost a week, of the snow, being on the ground, still continuing to melt. we have roadways refreezing overnight and black ice is a threat this morning. looking at the big picture we will continue to see a few clouds stlowt the day but more sunshine than anything. these showers should stay south of the region today. lunchtime, showing som

bryson city 31. degrees. winds are very brisk in parts of the mountains, including asheville. 12 mile per hour winds. so we feel like we're 29 degrees with the current wind chills. bundle up the kids, tyson furniture bus stop forecast is a chilly one. 37 at drop off. i'll show you when the coldest air arrives coming up a little frank. >> frank: now to a developing story out in oregon where an armed group is held up on federal property promising to stay there indefinitely. this group is protesting what it calls government and court persecution of a father and son in an ongoing dispute. >> reporter: a group of armed building in oregon. >> we have no intention of using force or being aggressive or going on the offense. but just as all people have the right to defend themselves, that's exactly what that means. >> reporter: a smokesman for the group, amon bundy, who was the son of cleveland bundy told cnn they're protesting the control over the land. >> it is the people's facility, owned by the people, and it has

back toward bryson city and jackson county, it is a winter wonderland. temperatures are freezing from the i-85 northbound. 34 degrees and laurens. 36 degrees in anderson. a cold breeze continues to bring in cooler air. laurens, and then back toward the north. if you are north of the i-85, it will be a mess. here is a look at spartanburg. we have the snow coated ground and wofford. it is a wintry mix in asheville. anderson looking out toward the lake, we have some rain and that is about it. the model is doing a very nice job of showing where the freezing rain is. this is not the radar, but looks exactly like the radar. that tells me it is doing a good job at estimating what is going to happen. look at 7:45. ice. surface, but temperatures will warm higher up in the atmosphere. it will freeze on whatever snow has fallen and whatever kind of surface. all the way to anderson and the northern union county and northern laurens county. after that, the precipitation will slacken up and colder air comes in again and will change the freezing rain back to snow. by 7

feels like 27 degrees in asheville and 20 degrees in bryson city. 38 down into greenville. the wind is not as bad as it was yesterday afternoon. numbs, it is still going to affect our temperatures, feeling like 31 at 2:00 p.m. in wanesville and int asheville by dinner time, feels like 23 degrees and 18 in burnsville. tomorrow morning will feel like 34 degrees, lake lure, 31. even though it is going to be light wind, temperatures will be low, below freezing. it is going to feel colder of course. humidity at 23% in asheville. still not a good day to be burning, dry conditions, the wind, it is decent at 13 miles an hour. we don't want to see brush fires get out of control, anything like that. high pressure controlling our weather back in the southeast. you can take one look at this future cast and see it is definitely keeping us clear. 6:00 through tonight, temperatures getting cold once again and into the next couple of days, those clouds will be on the increase. 39 degrees for our high temperature this asheville. cold tonight, back down to the low 20's. mostly sunny, cliethl

madison county seeing in and swain north of bryson city seeing snow showers. temperatures, this is important as they crash tonight we will see black ice a problem on some of the back roads. it will freeze because we will see temperatures below freezing about 15 hours. it will be a cold one and windy one. 27-mile-per-hour weekend gusts in henderson developville. they will start to diminish by 4:00 a.m. the wind chill was like about five degrees above zero in the asheville area and it will continue to feel very cold overnight. the thermometer will read 19 in asheville. that will freeze a lot of stuff. 25 anderson will be the low and 28 in abbeville. tomorrow a lot of snow will melt so have the kids play early. temperatures will top out near 50 in tkpwraoefpl. spartanburg starts at 23 but anderson spartans -- starts at 25 and asheville starts in the teens and warms up to 40. you will start to see melting by lunchtime borrows you will -- because you will be at 40. that will help the d.o.t. workers. expect highs to be the warmest in the south. over to be a byville

haywood county up toward cold springs ranch, north and east of bryson city. snow back to the west. in fact, all of this has got to come through this evening. chattanooga wintery mix. overnight, periods of snow here. this is what you can expect with your winter time line. saturday morning, the snow will shift farther east and north. saturday evening we're seeing mostly snow toward the tennessee border. you're not going to be done in yancey, mitchell, avery county until late in the day. western north carolina university and our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. look at the heavy snows earlier coming down. not as much on the ground there. but we've seen easily 6 to 8 inches in places in that area. ice and sleet threat. those are dropping becauau i just don't see much of that at all. we had sleet earlier. that threat will increase overnight tonight. storm threat in the upstate. snow not as big of a threat. but you had ice earlier today. here's what you need to know. dangerous to impossible travel. i know you hear impossible and you think, no way, i can get around in this.

it is a wintry mix back toward bryson city and franklin as it continues to be a big winter storm in the area. temperatures of 33 in greenville, 30 two and spartanburg. those temperatures are going to fluctuate throughout the day and eventually freezing rain will take over and create a glaze ofice on the snow that has pollen. allyson: i am starting to see downed trees in greenville and pickens and that could mean power outages. to show us how conditions are geoff hart. geoff: conditions continue to change. when i was outside around 5:00, we are seeing a lot of freezing rain and sleet. let me grab some of this. it is just a mess. really wet ice. the flag is actually hanging down right now, but a couple of minutes ago, the breeze continues to pick up. stay inside, everyone. you do not need to be on the roads. it is a real mess, even outside of the station. we are hearing a lot of issues on the roads, especially in north carolina in asheville area where they have a good bit of snow. we will get conditions about the morning. back to you inside. allyson: moore road conditions coming up in the

a current look at temperatures. 40 in burnsville. 43 back into asheville to upper 40's in bryson city. 42 still into franklin. low 50's in gaffeny. 10 degrees warmer there. 50 from greenville to spartanburg. high pressure controlling our weather. we'll have a front coming through tomorrow increasing our chances for precipitation through thursday. we'll have a drier trend into the weekend. snapshot at 2:00 this afternoon shows nice beautiful sunshine. same thing through 4:00. clouds into the region. temperatures below freezing tomorrow morning. we have a chance of these western and high mountain zones to the see precip. it could fall as freezing rain in spotty locations. we'll keep a close eye on that for you tomorrow morning. by lunch time, starting to see some of these showers move through the region. further south down into the overnight hours. possibly into wednesday morning when we see the chance for a wintry mix. not a good chance but it will be light in nature. this model is not wanting to give us much at all. around a quarter to a half an inch across the viewing area. 51 for a

>>holly: you are looking now at a live look at bryson city in swain county. you can see snow is still covering a lot of the area there. >>jay: that's why school is canceled there today, along with many other school systems. >>holly: in the last 15 minutes asheville city schools announced no buses on icy roads. >>jay: the buncombe county schools, the erwin district and north buncombe district are closed to day. all other buncombe county districts are on a two-hour delay. >>holly: there are many other schools closed or delayed today. you can see them all running at the bottom of your screen. they are also, of course, at wlos.com. we have been talking about this coming winter storm all morning long. and how it will bring the potential for ice and up to a foot of snow in some places. >>jay: we have live team coverage. skywatch weather center. >>ingrid: we are currently under a winter weather advisory for just another 0 minutes for all the counties in western north carolina and parts of the upstate. this is for that threat of slick conditions, which as you just sa

in asheville, 15 in bryson city, 8 down into greer. windchill advisory, it expired at noon. now they put another one out starting at 6:00 this evening, going until noon on tuesday. it could feel like 20 below zero. some locations above 3500 feet, not in the valleys of course. all these counties shaded in blue under that advisory from graham county to may con, jackson, haywood, madison, avery, parts of mcdowell and even buncombe county as well. asheville is 21 degrees. 31 down into greenville. here's the wind, 20 miles an hour in asheville. 18 up in boon. 12 in forest city. 12 also in anderson. 13 in greenwood. here's that dreaded windchill map today, 6 is what it feels like in buncombe county. feels like 13 in burnsville. still feels below freezing in anderson and down into greenwood. 2:00 p.m., still feeling like the single digits in the northern counties. 3 is what it feels like by dinner time here in asheville. it will feel like 5 in silva,buryson will feel like zero tomorrow morning. could feel as cold as 13 below zero tomorrow morning in burnsville. if you have to go ou

what a come back we have with 51 in asheville... 53 bryson city... mid to upper 50s in the up state. the week ahead we see the next system coming in on tuesday and then wednesday we could see a light wintery mix. little to no snow accumulation except maybe the highest ridge tops. that moves out thursday morning and then a dry and much milder weekend ahead with highs in the upper 50s on sunday. here's a quick look at your up state seven day forecast. >> frank: the talk of the carolinas a frenzy over the giving us a feel of my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip to the grocery store anything but simple. so finally, i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. he explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults saw 75% skin clearance. and the majority were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes

cloudiness after midnight tonight. 16 degrees in boone, 27 in 21 in marshall, 30 in sylva, 33 in bryson city. the air is dry. 17 in spruce pine and boone. 39 in toccoa, 37 in greenville and laurens. colbert the deep south. here comes the storm system tomorrow. here is the heaviest snow, north georgia and southwestern mountains. this is 2:30 in the afternoon. it breaks up as it makes its way east. that is wednesday evening. the system falls apart tomorrow night into thursday morning. next system, bringing rain acrosssshe area. could mix with freezing rain during the day on thursday in north carolina. we will watch it closely and keep you updated. local 23 in the upstate, 17 in the mountains. tomorrow, a few afternoon scattered snow showers, sleet showers, rain showers possible. high around 40. upper 30's to about 40, light snow developing in the mountains, maybe with sleet from time to time. high 36. through the end of the week into the early part of the weekend. i'm worried about friday. cold rain mixed with freezing rain through north carolina changing to snow showers friday night into satu

bryson city 52... greer 47. very mild right now but it's not staying that way. we have a cold front that's going to move through and by daybreak we're already cooler. temperatures are going to continue to drop off during the morning. that morning planner should include that coat. we have a chance of a few light rain snow showers at 8:00. mainly in the higher elevations but we could see a few flurries in asheville. we're down to 37 by 10:00. then by noon mid 30s. more sunshine but those winds and we are feeling the chill. also, in the up state, it's dpoeng to be windy but milder. 8:00 a.m. temperature, upper 40s. 48 at 10:00. 50 at noon. eventually your temperatures are going to take a tumble too. more on how cold we're getting tomorrow night and beyond. >> frank: finding fresh food this time of year can make it harder for families to keep up with healthy living. that's why the north asheville ymca opened a winter market running through the end of march. folkses can shop every saturday at grace covenant presbyterian church for fresh vegetable, cheeses and other l

hendersonville, 44 in waynesville, milder in the 55 in murphy, low 50's in robbinsville, 50 in bryson city. 61 in elberton. in the 50's in the upstate. 52 in spartanburg, 56 in abbeville. the only snow you see in the upstate is really the north side of the trees, anywhere in the shade. anything south-facing, you are melting away the snow. the south wind bringing in milder temperatures up the french broad river into asheville, 40% humidity there. 40% in hendersonville. 49 in raleigh, 46 in greensboro. rebounding nicely after the storm. 58 in columbia, 57 in atlanta. nationally, there is the low along the front. it will lift our way. the back edge of it, snow through iowa moving into minneapolis. the snow is headed into the upper peninsula of michigan. half of the country. a lot of snow on the ground. 33 in botwo feet of snow, 2-3 feet in washington dc. 38 in chicago, light snow and flurries. 29 in minneapolis. 65 in dallas, pretty nice. milder temperatures in the central and southern part of texas. that will work its way east end affect us into the weekend. high clouds and chilly tonight, 3

western north cacolina, see what kinds of conditions we have. 17 in robbinsville, hazel, 16 in bryson city. cold all around the mountains. more like single digits at times with those 10 mile-per-hour winds. across the upstate, temperatures in the 20's feel like teens in greenville, spartanburg with a light breeze blowing. nature sure the kids are just warmly as they head off for school here in --. 17 in the mountains, 23 in the upstate. a gets better for 40's for an afternoon high. thursday, we see highs of 53, back to normal. slight chance of showers on thursday. friday could be a rainy day with highs in the low 50's. saturday should be a good day to get outdoors. sunday, a 50/50 chance of rain. no snow, just rain in the forecast by the end of the week. allyson: taking a look at sapphire valley ski resort through resortcams.com. they are making the slope available for skiers later today. we will keep you updated on our it's about time the taco...came out of its shell. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) th

mountains, cold temperatures. 23 in waynesville, 28 in sylva, 31 in brevard, hendersonville, and bryson city. 32 in franklin. cold temperatures across the area. we still have the winds out of the north-northwest at 10-20 miles per hour and gusty him time to time givingg us a windchill of 11 in boone, 18 in asheville, a wind chill of 29 in greenville. it is cold out there. it makes it feel colder when you are dealing with unseasonably warm weather the last month or so. when you get a cold snap, it is tough. 39 in raleigh. they had a few flurries earlier. even flurries going on right now. once the snow showers end, there will be lake effect snow, the first time this year. nine degrees in michigan, 21 in cleveland. 23 in boston. tonight, clear, diminishing winds except for greenville county with the north wind at the mountains, low in the teens. tomorrow, light winds, bright sunshine, cold. high 42 in the mountains. we will keep it cold, gradually warming up in time for the next storm system. thursday night late in the mountains could start off as a light winter mix, going over to all rain by f

. -- bryson city at 20. five to seven mile per hour breeze makes it feel more like 16 for spartanburg and greenwood and greenville wheels like 15. dress warmly. we only get into the mid-40's today. seven degrees low the average of 50 two. colder temperatures than normal as well this morning. asheville regional airport normally sees 27 early. 47 for a high. today, 42 may be the best we get to. dry weather the story from new york down to the carolinas. in southern florida, rain from the system but it will not impact us today. we stay dry. we see these temperatures reaching into the mid-40's this afternoon climb back to the pit it will be chilly but not like teens and 20's. asheville will see temperatures in the teens climb to low 40's for this afternoon and we will see low 50's tomorrow. overnight temperatures not this cold. friday car best chance of rain from late thursday to about half of friday. saturday looks good. 30% to 40% chance of showers sunday and monday is cool with temperatures in the 40's for hig

four-day eight in bryson city, 39 in franklin and brevard. 35 in sylva, 36 in asheville. it will feel even colder tomorrow with strong winds out of the northwest over fit -- over 30 miles per hour, maybe 40-50 in the higher elevations. fairly quiet right now. northwest winds at nine miles per hour. when the cold front passes, it may produce scattered flurries and snow showers tomorrow afternoon and night west and north of asheville, close to the tennessee line. humidity low right now. 16% in franklin. cold in the deep south, 49 in columbia and charleston, 41 in raleigh, 43 in atlanta. chattanooga, 38. starting to feel like january weather across the country. the arctic air in minneapolis, during the game with seattle, wow was that cold. third coldest nfl playoff game on record. minneapolis looking at snow, still bitterly cold through this area. lake effect snow is downwind from lake erie and lake ontario moving between watertown and syracuse, new york. good snow showers going on. 15 in cleveland, five degrees, a big warm up in minneapolis. negative two in international fa

spruce pine and boone. 40 in rutherfordton, at the freezing mark in columbus. 31 in sylva. 33 in bryson city. seasonably cold temperatures across the area. breezy conditions in certain areas, the front is passing through downtown greenville because we have a west wind at 13 miles per hour, northwest at 13 come also in anderson the northwest wind at 16 in hendersonville. a sustained northwest wind at 31 miles per hour in boone. is. boone right now. feels like 15 in hendersonville, 36 in greenville, not much as far as wind chills through most of the upstate. humidity will drop. 38% in greenville, going down. so was the temperature. 44 in columbia and florence, 44 in charleston. low 40's in atlanta. cold temperatures, chilly temperatures through the peninsula of florida. 51 in orlando, 63 in miami. they had a couple showers today. he chilly for them. they are probably bundled up in florida. 15 in cincinnati. 21 in st. louis. snow showers in the ohio river valley of the great lakes earlier. on average, 1-3 inches of snow. the lake effect snows downwind from lake ontario and lake erie could produ

it goes until 10:00 in the morning on wednesday and includes bryson city, waynesvill marshall, burtonsville, bakersfield, new and, all looking at freezing rain, i traced to a quarter of an inch of right -- of ice. it could get slippery. we warmed up in greenville to 57 degrees, four degrees above average. started off at 27 at the asheville airport, where it should be. we warmed up this afternoon to 51 degrees, three degrees above average. greenville, you can see temperatures cooling down a little bs with 36 degrees currently in boone, 40 and franklin with rain, 47 in toccoa. in the upstate, upper 40's to low 50's. 45 in pickens, 49 in anderson and greenville. 49 in union, 48 in spartan her, 50 in gaffney and newberry. 51 in greenwood, 52 in abbeville. liquid precipitation outside the mountains. even in the mountains, mainly rain, could be mixed with freezing rain. humidity on the increase. 54, not too bad in columbia. 51 in atlanta. 37 in bristol, tennessee. 56 in savannah, below freezing in cincinnati. 61 in orlando. miami looking nice at 74 degrees. cold front slowly pushing through the a

back toward waynesville, and back toward bryson city. 33 in greenville, 32 in spartanburg, 31 in charlotte. temperature for the day with cold air from the northeast. it will move from charlotte to spartanburg to greenville. here is the latest computer model doing a nice job depicting that rain and snow line. freezing rain takes over, just like the radar shows, by 9:00 a.m., freezing rain across spartanburg, greenville, pickens and oconee county. clemson in anderson on the bubble. this area in the southern part of the upstate is on the bubble. a couple of hours later, you might cap eyes, so be careful. you will have some problems on i-85 throughout the day. freezing rain continues off and on. by the afternoon, we will continue to see it happening, but cold air rushes in with a short break in the precipitation but it will not be done with more moisture wrapping around the low pressure system and we will see snow showers by the evening before it comes to an end before midnight. the north carolina mountains will see snow until tomorrow morning. the forecast has not changed. .25 2.5 inch of ice

bryson city, 32. it is chilly. we will probably joy drop a couple more degrees. by the afternoon, upper 30's and lower 40's for the highs today. it feels like the 20's and 30's. dress warmly. pretty heavy showers, what we see a wintry mix. most of the country feeling chilly. we are cool, but nothing like the rain should be over by the late morning and clearing by the afternoon. we will get in the upper 30's for the highs today. sunny tomorrow, but cold -- 18 in the mountains. highs tomorrow, just 30-42. a very chilly tuesday. myra: thank you. we are talking babies. he was a very sleepy five-month-old. but as with cute babies the world over, just the sight of him made hearts melt as the baby panda named bei bei made his first public appearance at the national zoo. kristen dahlgren's has more. >> after months of anticipation,n, and waiting in line, nat it's safe to say all the hoopla hasn't gone to bei bei's head, the five-month-old couldn't have cared less that he was the day's through his debut. of course, that did not stop the crowds from trying to catch a glimp

this is bryson city. definitely seeing some snow on the ground there and roads starting to get a little slick. and moving east, the next camera view, it will be from belmont west of the charlotte, check that out. there. they got a good dusting of snow there and more snow is falling and is expected to fall in many locations around the tar heel state. if we switch to another live camera here, we got this i40 live in greensboro. that is i 40 right there. but the know is starting to stick in some spots. and one more here from hendersonville just south of ashville. that is the downtown area there. there is packed snow on the road. treacherous driving in some spots. and we'll have more updates on your statewide weather and a back at homecoming up in a few minutes. >>> i've been following the social media from across the state, charlotte, greensboro and ashville, all seeing some accumulating of snow. >> no one is immune. >> it will be a big one. we continue our winter storm this morning. >> people in the sand hi

out towards franklin and bryson city, andrew, all feeling like it's below 20 degrees. look at this, up in knoxville, feels like 7. national weather service has a wind chill advisory for areas above 3500 feet. it could feel like below zero. in fact, up to 15 below in those high mountain ridges. so, from avery county down to graham, including into buncombe county. that goes until lunchtime today. high dry pressure controlling weather for now. let's take a look at the extended futurecast to see what will change. so, throughout the day, enjoy the sunshine. we will just see a few light show showers in that the next couple hours and it will be out of here. and cold, windy conditions continuing through tomorrow morning. tuesday, not too exciting. just very cold once again. and then we see a slight chance for a rain/snow mix on wednesday. that's as early as 8 a.m.. then we see an increased chance for that come thursday, and again on friday. mainly in the morning hours, when temperatures, of course, are below freezing. back here today, 28 degrees. incredibly cold conditions exp