temperatures in the 30s for newland and burnsville. asheville 38. 26 in boone. 50s in the upstate. look at the wind still out of the north-northwest 14 miles an hour. 16 miles per hour sustained wind in boone. it's calm already in greer and gaffney gaffney. that means our wind chills will be dropping. teens for feels like temperatures in boone and newland. to 30 by 7. 20s by 9 and wind chills in the teens at times. the next round of wintery weather coming tomorrow and yet another next week. stick around. >> frank: the cold weather can make going outdoors tougher. >> tammy: but it's not keeping people from activities who want to go out and enjoy it. >> frank: kimberly king is on hendersonville road tonight. kim, how cold is it out there? >> kim: frank, good question. the temperatures behind me a 37 and 38 degrees respectively. it feels a lot colder than that out here because the wind is blowing up. the temperatures have been below freezing but it hasn't kept people from getting out outdoors. >> it definitely makes it tougher. i don't breathe quite as well. >> kim: he has warm weathe

burnsville 55. 57 in asheville. in the lower 60s in our western mountain counties, franklin and bryson city. we check out the next seven days, we can see that cool down coming our way going from a high of 60 on wednesday. plenty of sunshine as >> larry: two people were able to make it out of a burning home and one of the victims was blind. it happened in virginia. the man felt intense heat on his face when he opened the door. when he realized no one was hearing his calls for help, he minutes to spare. his family says they don't know how he managed to do it and calling it a miracle. >> tammy: today marks 13 years since the destruction of the space shuttle columbia. seven astronauts died. the spaceship was on its final mission. exterior tiles were damaged during lift off. >> larry: a denver broncos team bus crashed in sunnyvale. nobody was hurt. the front windshield of the bus was cracked. the california highway patrol is still investigating. >> tammy: before the panthers and broncos face each other, they face the rep

not going to be that cold today but 17 was our low, cold enough with that wind. 18 in burnsville. 23 degrees in buncombe county. same thing in bryson to franklin. greenwood 33. 35 in columbia. 34 in greer. the wind right now in asheville, gusting at 14 miles an hour, 10 in forest city, 12 in greer. 17 in clemson and also into anderson. here's our windchill map, feels like 9 degrees. 11 back here in the french broad river valley. feels like 2 below, if you

burnsville 65. lower 60s in greer. so an unseasonably warm day. it is windy in some locations, including asheville. southwest winds at 17. both in asheville and in greer. also little bit gusty in andrews. so if you're going out tonight, wouldn't hurt to take that light wind breaker with you. we take a look at that evening planner in asheville. about 55 degrees at 7 o'clock. clear skies. that's going to help our temperatures cool in to the 40s. at 9, we're down to 49 then. 45 degrees as we head in to the we are going to see our winds begin to calm down later on tonight. in the upstate, a very dry, mild, nice night to be out and about. going from a warm 57 degrees at 7 o'clock. 52 at 9. 50 degrees at 11 o'clock. of course we do have that rain coming a couple of rounds. i'll time it out for you. show you when that first round arrives. that's coming up soon, frank. >> frank: the big show's almost here. the 88th annual academy awards. it airs right here on 13 wlos beginning at 7 o'clock. that's less than an hour. before we find out who wins oscars, let

windchill in burnsville and back in asheville, 26. even when the kids get out of school, it will be chilly. watch as these numbers start to go down. this is the wind speeds. getting down to about 4 miles an hour by 10:00 p.m. that's not going to be too much watch quickly, there we go, a little upper level disturbance, giving us a light shot of snow. then the cold weather funnels back down into western north carolina for saturday and sunday. take a quick look at the future cast through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. really not going to be a big event at all. it is going to be isolated to these northern mountains more than likely. we have a 30% chance for this snow tomorrow and a few flurries into saturday morning. 36 for a high temperature today with partly cloudy skies. tonight down to 21 increasing cloud cover, mostly sunny in greenville. look at this weekend, high temperatures staying below that freezing mark. at times down to 10 saturday night. 60% for a wintry mix. should likely start sunday night. this could mean tricky travel for your comm

newland and burnsville, 62. 72 the high today in morganton. right now we are still warm. so if you didn't have a chance to get outdoors today, there is this evening. but you are going to want to pack up the umbrella because we do have rain that's moved in to our region. it is continuing to move mainly radar shows some of it moving south ward over the next couple of hours. on through buncombe county in to transylvania county. we'll check out that evening planner for you. it is going to be a mild one. 59 at 7 o'clock. 56 at 11. we really don't cool down much. and also, rainy and warm in the upstate. 62 at 7. 59 at 9. 56 degrees at 11 o'clock. we do have heavier rain in the forecast. more on when that should arrive and how much rain we could pick up. >> frank: after months of stump speeches, polls and debates tonight will finally bring the results for the 2016 presidential campaign. it could be close for republicans and democrats. the latest iowa poll finds five points or less separating the first and second place stay with news 13 for details on results of the caucuses toni

aaron is from burnsville. he is among the many areas kids who comes out to snow board. today he came with a group of friends who were also out of school today. we also spoke with the coowner of the ski resort. you'll hear from him on how snow >> fire break out in greenville, forcing the evacuation of 20 residents. fire tore through several apartments in a drug and rehabilitation complex. the cause is still undetermined. a man living in the apartment where the fire broke out told officials he had a fan runs at the time but he wasn't inside the apartment. >> one of our residents came to us and said he turned everything off and he came up here to watch the news and get things started for the day. somebody ran up here and said, your apartment on fire. he ran back down. >> no one was hurt. investigators with the greenville city fire department will continue to investigate the cause. >> happening today, a contractor from candler accused of scamming homeowners is due back in court. the victims said they paid for thousands of dollars of work for deck and roof repairs pu he >> a

burnsville 48... 52 morganton with the sun shining. the evening planner is a chilly one. 39 by 7:00. under clear skies we're down in the mid 30s at 9:00. at that freezing mark at 11:00. of course, that heavy jacket is going to be in order if you're headed out to any superbowl festivities. 44 at 7:00 down to 38 at 11:00 in the up state. coming up some changes to the flake meter. i'll show you what they are a >> frank: the count down to superbowl 50 almost over. panthers and broncos kick off minutes away. millions will be watching the game on television all around the world. but the center of the football universe is santa clara, california. news 13 luke notestine is there. he joins us live outside levi stadium. the buzz must be incredible. >>>reporter: the buzz absolutely is palpable. it's entertaining. these fans are ready. after two weeks of build up for superbowl 50, the panthers and newton, the mvp versus peyton, perhaps his last hurray. the panthers have been spectacular all season. 17-1 record. a very good offense led by cam newto

burnsville 55 degrees. 59 in gaffney. your evening planner should include that umbrella and jacket. 50 at 7 o'clock. 47 at 9:00. 45 at 11:00. downpours in the upstate, too. 55 at 7. down to 52 at 9. and 50 at 11:00. this is the first of two waves of heavy rain. coming up, i'll show you how much rain we could get. >> frank: democratic presidential candidates hit the trail. hillary clinton will appear at a town hall in columbia tomorrow night at the university of south carolina. a campaign stop in sumpter this morning. he fought back against critics who say his agenda isn't achievable. telling the crowd it's what the american people want. dozens will cast their ballots saturday. clinton is leading sanders by double digits in the polls, largely due to her popularity with african americans. clinton has more than double the support for african american voters in the palmetto state, than sanders. >> the democratic party has a lot more minority voters. and if you can't show support in minority communities, you really don't have

snow all the way from hot springs through burnsville and spruce pine. big impacts are going to be snow and freezing rain for this storm. multiply that feeling. it's the deal of all deals. a moment worthy of celebration. now multiply that. you're everyone's hero in the championship of all championships it's that feeling. multiplied. introducing the new multiplier scratch-offs. a chance to win. and a chance to multiply your winnings. >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: with that winter storm warning in effect for our northern mountain counties, as well as mcdowell and burke counties. here is the time line of this winter storm. overnight we're going to see the snow pick up across the mountains. heaviest snow to the north and east of asheville. monday morning we're going to see that snow turn over to a wintery mix later on in the morning. in the afternoon it will be a wintery mix changing over to rain. with all of this there's going to be blowing snow, icy road conditions. travel is definitely going to be a challenge. right now cloudy and cold

they are starting to see flurries in burnsville. roads in that area might be a little slick this morning through your commute so use caution in that area. dot crews are out treating roadways there right now. yancey county is also another problem spot. the main roads like u.s. 19, those are in good shape, it's the back roads, neighborhood roads, secondary roads that are your problem area this morning. so, take it slow. if you are taking any back roads on your morning commute there. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse. back over to you. >> holly: remember, you can always download our weather app to stay on top of the latest weather warnings and alerts. >> jay: it's free. simply search wlos in your app store. >> holly: new details in a suspicious death case that is now a murder investigation. first degree murder and robbery with a dingrous weapon. madison county sheriffs located a woman's vehicle saturday morning and too long norton into custody. he is in the buncombe county jail without bond.

burnsville 22... franklin 22. tomorrow we're going to be a little bit warmer than we were today with highs in the upper 40s in asheville around 49. burnsville 47... 52 forest city... 58 clemson. we do see our best chance of getting that snow is going to be monday when it's part of a rain then on tuesday lingering light snow. we're getting really cold going down to 18 by wednesday morning. wednesday the coldest day of the week with a high of only 31. 16 by thursday morning. here's a quick look at that up state seven day forecast mainly going to be rain for you on monday. can't rule out a few flurries with that. and chilly for you with lows dipping into the lower 20s. >>>the panthers are just about 24 hours away mr. kicking off in superbowl 50. live in santa clara outside the stadium we're going to tell you everything you need to know quarterback cam newton right now the panthers are a five point favorite to beat the broncos. luke in the middle of it all outside of san francisco. joining us live near the city by the

cooler in burnsville. 43 in forest city. we check out the rest of the that good chance of that rain/snow mix changing to snow tomorrow. that will continue on tuesday. look how cold we're getting. down in the teen, high of only 30 on wednesday. 13 by thursday morning and then staying cool and dry on through valentine's day. here's the look at the seven day up state forecast. the panthers, my lucky blue sweater not so lucky. they didn't come out with the win today but it wasn't due to a lack of support. >> frank: many fans coming out in full force to support their team. they shared photos. this is a shot of the locomotive decked out in panthers gear. >> karen: here's a man showing support from cherokee. >> frank: the congregation came out in full force. we'll be right back >>>carolina panthers came in as favorites to win superbowl 50. but mistake after mistake and overwhelming broncos defense is the difference. manning gets his second superbowl title. early on carolina was in taubl and did not look like the same team. 3-0. new

about two tenths of an inch in burnsville. maybe a couple inches in the balsams. in the smoke ease you could get another -- temperatures in the 20s across the mountains, very cooled with the wind chills in the teens. we'll see sub freezing temperatures down to the up state. highways tomorrow, 30s for most mountain valleys north and 40s for most mountain valleys south. our temperatures will warm up, though. 47 saturday. 62 on sunday. that makes it easily the pick day of the weekend. we'll stay in the 60s through tuesday and get colder by midweek next week. >> sounds good. thanks, jason. living in the mountains it's known the weather can change in drastic ways, even in a short amount of time. no exception. >> yeah, some people were wearing shorts and t-shirts as temperatures approached 70 degrees on christmas. then not even a month later, snow records were broken on january 22nd with over 10 inches measured in asheville.. well el nino has been the strongest on record this year, it will come to an end, while climate change is every involving. >> we are warming the wo

burnsville 45... pickens 53. highs tomorrow are going to be cooler than today but warmer than average. mild overall. 58 degrees in asheville. 57 franklin... 62 greer. the week ahead features plenty of rain coming our way. again, monday late, tuesday early, a chance of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain on thursday, maybe a very light rain snow mix to start off the morning. but we dry out pretty quickly. we are going to be cooler on thursday and friday. warming up a little bit as we head into the weekend. right now it looks like the following weekend is going to be a dry one. we look at the up state seven day forecast. a very active beginning with the storms rolling through the middle of week and drying out have a great week. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that make that

burnsville 42. asheville 48 and forest city, upper 40s in gaffney and greer to greenwood at 50 degrees so starting off on a positive note this morning. it's only a 10% chance today, 40% chance for rain on tuesday, bump it up to 60 on wednesday, when we do have a chance for thunderstorms and a few of those to turn severe. >>> and we will drop it back down to a zero pocket chance on thursday. the wind has picked up in asheville, but not much. three miles per hour. looking at knoxville at 20. 9 in greenville. clemson 15 right now in anderson at 16 and boone. we are expecting our winds to increase especially in the higher elevations as we go throughout the afternoon. and then we will have this quick moving cold front, it's not going to do much to us today. as high pressure then builds in. >>> 8 a.m. this morning across the region. 50s and 60s once again. shine expected today. dinnertime, still in the 50s but then cooling back down to the upper 30s in some locations. and then we will start to see the clo

snow around black mountain and mount mitchell come up to burnsville. a burst of heavy snow here. this will probably turn into rain as it gets into the foothills of morganton and marian. i will talk more about that in the second. the snow showers continuing along the tennessee line, which is where the best chance for the snow is. towards the tennessee line of the next few hours. an additional inch or two as possible. asheville may see a dusting with the system, because it is moving so quickly. that is a snow event. yesterday was the ice event. if you can call it that. top honors goes to flat rock in henderson county, one half inch of ice on trees and power lines, for chance of an edge in morganton and marian, a quarter of an inch in hendersonville and hickory. all of this was in the foothills of north carolina, as expected. a 10th of an inch of ice at the gsp international airport. just slick roads across the area. heavy rain moved in, iced up the trees and we warmed up nicely. we melted of reading away. 60 at the greenville airport. 57 the average high. three degrees above averag

burnsville 18, 10 >> >>in newland. cold in greenville, 22 . plus this wind is 8 miles per hour, 26 boone. wind chill feels like 8 below. asheville feels like 10. drink the warm liquids if you time. until 10:00, wind chill advisory. winds not terrible today. in fact it will get better throughout the evening hours and help with our temperature, upper level disturbance, light snow showers tomorrow. only 30% chance. sunshine today, same thing through 6:00 when the sun sets. we'll see clouds increase, 6:00 a.m. few snow showers. 36% chance higher elevation, possibly a snow-rain mix. clearer skies. very cold to start today. this afternoon, warm, look at this, 36 , hey, it is above freezing. tonight back down below, 21 low temperature. greenville, middle 40s, sunshine. tonight 27. saturday morning, too. valentine's day cold but clear. next chance wintry weather, monday and tuesday of next week. jaclyn, are you seeing any other delays. >> patton avenue is a delay. traffic in the area slowing down to 20 miles an hour. remember if you are heading out an

elevation of smokey and the northern blue ridgian see mitchell avery count black mountain just burnsville that much 6 to 8 inches this an earlier estimate of course these numbers may likely change. then stripe here 4 to 6 incheses >>. wested so. then,ty get in these feel colours about 2 to 4 inches high elevation make in january. central southern. hey wad high elevation gram and then get these white areas and that's really going to where limited snow fall is about 1 to 3 inches total in ashville and areas south. and northern henderson county that's going call right now. but going to be a very tricky scenario. 18 degrees for low tonight. teens and single digits north. highs tomorrow, only in the teens. and 12340z in there is your seven day forecast. we do get freezing on say day. that's best we can do in is there change it rain. lot of now let's talk meterologist zack green about the wintery scenario that most >> style about 48 maybe even 72 hours away from this's vents but ier i will vague. >> 3500. transition fairly quickly. you see ice there. but go through. comes right across our regio

in burnsville, spruce pine and newland continuing to see light rain to moderate rain fall. until 1:30, we are starting to see the the breaks in the green. we'll see showers diminish. that's good news because we have seen a lot of rain already. will we see severe storms? the chance is there for thunderstorms thunderstorms. the marginal risk is now out of our viewing area. how much rain has fallen? in some location, an inch elsewhere. this model picking up three inches of rain. flash flood watch until this evening, from avery to buncombe to transylvania and henderson. we are under a flash flood warning until 1:45 for transylvania to henderson. until late afternoon for our northern mountainsmountains. if you live neaear rivers, they are still high. is not quite as bad as it was this morning when i was showing this picture. 67 degrees. there is a flood warning out for french broad at bland tire. this is out towards the country. where the farm lands are likely flooded. it will continue to get worse. we are there through the afternoon tomorrow. then it will continue to recede. we

we are there at burnsville, seeing the same in newland. hovering around the 30 degrees mark as we make our way further east. take a look at what happens as we go to the extreme west. we are actually into the low and mid 20s. you may want to grab the jacket if you head out the door in the early morning hours. but later on this afternoon, it may be feeling slightly warmer, the reason being the high pressure is going to be the dominant factor, lots of sunshine, clear skies, and we are not seeing it just for today but the second half of the weekend as well. temperatures will be cooler today than what we see tomorrow, so overall, nothing to complain about. if you look for the springlike temperatures, they will be on their way by sunday afternoon. >>> but, there is an area of low pressure situated far off from our region, actually in central idaho. that's going to continue to pick up steam as it m mes its way further east. usually we don't see the systems making it all the way to the up and really lose their moisture content. but, as this picks

marshall, burnsville, bakersville. hi, tammy. we get a half inch to an inch. she didn't even know she just walked in front of the camera. >> tammy: hi, jason. >> jason: how are you doing? could see wind chills as low as 15 below in some of these places across the mountains. 15 degrees in asheville tonight. teens in many mountain communities. 20s over the upstate for lows. highs in the 20s. it will be very cold in the mountains. we go a little warmer thursday-friday before another blast of cold settles in for valentine's day. that time will stay dry. better chances of wintery weather by next monday. >> darcel: still to come, letting caregivers take a break. offering a little relaxation. >>> we had to have carpet removed and dry wall removed as well. >> tammy: and a local after school program shut down after recent heavy rain. at steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that's amazing! that's amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery f

clouds in search of snow, others as we stopped to talk with tim honeycutt about bird houses at his burnsville antique shop. >> obviously i'm not going to get my wish. >> kim: his wish that it wouldn't come back down. it hurts his business. right around the corner from where we are is yancey county's nc department of transportation headquarters. that's kind of the command center for any snow removal operations tonight. they're not taking place because we don't have any snow just yet. coming up at 6:00 we will have a live report for you then. we are seeing snow swells up here, just sporadic. kimberly king, news 13. >> tammy: our team coverage of this latest wave of winter we'll look at the impact of snow storms this week. >> frank: you can download our news 13 weather app. we'll also post any updates on wlos.com. and our facebook and twitter pages. >> tammy: new details tonight on duke's proposed powerplant and the south carolina power company is now saying it can supply western north carolina with all its energy needs without new construction. >> frank: if it's true, it could be a problem for

burnsville, newland below that freezing mark. 35 in morganton, gaffeny where we showed you, still seeing some of that snow in the 20's. 30 degrees in greer. look to your west, it is beginning to warm as that snow leads us. the windchill may be an issue in feels like 36 back in the asheville area. that was round one. let's look into tuesday and wednesday, our next chance for wintry weather, we'll see a chance for snow and also a chance for ice. this could be very tricky travel. monday and again through tuesday and rain further south. what about the rest of this afternoon, will we see more snow across the region? this is a snapshot and once again it is mimics what my other model shows, along the north carolina-tennessee line, continuing to see the snow fall there, same thing through dinner time, maybe the northern portions of buncombe county but south and down into the upstate, likely not going to see anything else today. things wrap up right on cue. 6:00 a.m. on saturday. we'll see sunshine. it will stay cold through saturday and through the overnight hours. from what we have already seen

north and east of hot springs and mars hill, light snow over burnsville. even in marion, snow flurries falling. down south into columbus, this southeastern portions of henderson county and flurries. flurries all day long in the asheville area, over the next two hours. some more light snow pull into northeast georgia. this is almost 5,000 feet. it is 26 degrees. you can look at the sidewalk covered with snow. through the time lapse, it starts to return to normal. still on the grassy surfaces there, same thing at balsam gap. our news 13 skycam network. you can see in the far distance, the major roadways. 18 degrees. that's another thing to talk about, howow cold it is now and how long it will stay. winter weather advisory is out. this is until tomorrow morning. does include all those counties shaded in purple, including us it is 29 in asheville. it is cold in boone. 33 in morganton and 33 in forest city. 20's in western zones. warmer further south. not by much. it is a chilly day in the 30's. the wind at asheville, 18 in clemson. 14 in greer, the windchill.

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. >> frank: karen wynne joins us live just outside of burnsville. karen, where did you see the heaviest snow? >> karen: frank, it's coming down pretty good right here right now. we've seen heaviest snow in madison county. my photographer thought it would be too dangerous to drive the satellite truck. this is one of the heaviest snow bands. by the time we arrived in yancey this driver from atlanta driving to spruce pine was breathing a sigh of relief. >> the road so far has been in good shape. whatever north carolina is doing is working. i haven't felt the car slip or anything right now. >> karen: we saw many secondary roads completely covered. many of those secondary roads in yancey county were cleared by late afternoon. it was a different story in madison county where we saw the heaviest snow on i-26 in sam's gap. >> the road started getting sketchy. >> karen: madison county resident derrick gosnel. >> my four-wheel drive went out last night. so it's kind of aggravatedingaggravating. i have chains on the back. >> karen: many decided to forego the s

burnsville down to 10. newland 9. 18 in forest city. highs tomorrow are going to be very chilly. asheville 31. hendersonville 33. mid 30s in franklin. that snow beginning to fall late in the afternoon. quick look at that 7 day forecast, of course showing that winter storm in full force on monday. tuesday, some lingering wintery mix. even on in to wednesday. later in the week, wow, feeling like spring with highs near 60 by next saturday. so if we can hold on for a few days. >> frank: a big switch over there. that will be nice. >> karen: yes, it will. kimball >> luke: back on january 4th, the unc asheville women's basketball team lost to liberty. and that was the bull dogs' first defeat in the south conference. last night was a chance for pay back. let's go to kimball arena where the bulldogs could take on first place by themselves if they could beat liberty. paige beats the buzzer. bulldogs lead 17 to 14. fast forward to the third quarter. long distance from way outside. asheville leads 45 to 33. then in the fourth quarter, kayla webb gets in the pane and drops down. asheville bea

right now, temperatures in burnsville, asheville. 50's further south. it is windy, out of the north at 15 miles an hourhourhour. there is a windchill. the front moving through still leading this line of showers all the way down from north carolina down to florida. back here at home, 2:00, showing clearing. through dinner time. starting to see a little bit of blue in the highest elevations. a slight chance for snow across the tops of those mountains. don't get excited. going to start off cool in the 20's friday and warming to the 40's. a few more clouds late day and clearing out for sunday. sunny skies, winds staying gusty, up to 21 miles an hour. tonight is will be cold and clear. wind at 23. it will feel colder than that, 26. dry and breezy, in the 50's and 30's tonight. what about tomorrow, sunny but chilly. milder saturday and sunday.sunday, back to the 50 degree mark. we'll keep a close eye on this. a chance for rain, snow, monday and tuesday. look at how cold we turn. lows. upstate seven-day forecast also shows sunny conditions but turning colder b

zero in burnsville by day break. five degrees for the wake up. wind chills improve somewhat. lunch time tomorrow. 17 to 23 degrees for wind chill around the region. we'll get a little better in late afternoon. yes, there's still the wind and there will still be a factor. cold blast number one in place now. here comes our next system. a very weak one diving south and east. may actually get some snow showers going with the next blast of cold coming from the great lakes. this cold front sweeps its way in to the ohio valley. midnight saturday. get some snow going in the high country mostly i-40 again. light accumulations up there. madison, yancey, mitchell and avery county once again. we have mostly sunny skies. the clouds increase in to friday and we'll see those clouds hang out with us in to friday night early saturday with chances of snow in the high country. teens for lows tonight. 20s in the upstate. it is going to be chilly but a little milder. upper 30s in hendersonville. low 40s in the mountain valleys south. mid 40s in the upstate. saturday, teens. we'll have our shot of

we are along highway 19, right outside burnsville. we have these snow flakes flying it was on the way over here as we were traveling through madison county that we saw a heavy snow shower, big flakes, very low visibility on the road. fortunately, highway 19 it is clear right now. the secondary roads, many of them that we saw, actually, most of them we saw in madison and yancey counties completely covered with snow. definitely a challenge to navigate those roads. in addition to the snow covered secondary roads and these on again offagain snow showers, it is windy and cold. we haven't seen too many people out and about. you can't blame them. coming up in the next half-hour, hopefully we'll have heavy snow showers we did shoot mid morning. >> stay with news 13 for the most up to date information on the winter storm. you can find the latest forecast and school closings on wlos.com. sign up for text alerts for weather, traffic and closings. we'll, of course, continue to post updates on our facebook and twitter pages. >> the new hampshire p

that's going to obscure the sunshine. 30s over the upstate and highs tomorrow, not very good. 38 in burnsville. hey, it's february. it's cold, right? 43 in bryson city. getting to 50s in some places over the upstate. our forecast is certainly cold. temperatures will be dropping next week with our snow chances going back up. it could be the coldest day of the season. >> darcel: still ahead, a special visit from the circus. chil >> tammy: why wait until super sunday? the panthers were ready to play today. >> darcel: the nature center set up a it's a tasty treat for the cougars which are also known as panthers. >> tammy: the director said he if the panthers win, the director has to win a cam jersey. but if the broncos win, he has to win a denver jersey. >> let's see what happens when we let these panthers out. hopefully they'll destroy the broncos. >> tammy: let's see what they did. they beat the broncos but it wasn't easy. the panthers spent much of the day chewing on that sculpture. >> darcel: and we have a crew in the san francisco bay area getting ready to bring you updates ahead of the game.

zero being close to flat rocks, three inches being more likely north of i-40 to marshall, burnsville, bakersfield, 3-6 inches plus. that is towards the tennessee border. if you are traveling that we monday and tuesday, you will run into problems especially on the back roads. the for-day plus, 40% chance of showers and maybe a snow flurry or two late tomorrow evening in the upstate. snow showers for the mountains. then, we get cold. highs only in the 20's in the mountains by wednesday. upper 30's to around 40 by midweek here at home. by next weekend, we will be in the 50's with sunshine. carol: so hold on. michael: brad fralick, the lights on in california? what do you say? brad: the lights are still on, but the lights are out for the panthers in the 2015 football season. it could not end the way they wanted it when the republicans weren't going after president obama they were coming after me. his attorney general. in the cabinet, i served with hillary clinton. i've known her for almost 25 years. for children, to protect civil rights, voting rights. and today hillary is pushing hard fo

maybe up to an inch at very most in burnsville. a couple inches possible asheville to waynesville. very minimal. any snow fall accumulation. dusting to half an inch in light gray. isolated high amounts two to four inches in the northern and southern mountains. temperatures tonight. watch out for black ice. mid to upper 40s tomorrow. southern upper valleys. temperatures will warm significantly. we're back in to spring mode here. the rain returns so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a month plus get $300 back. >> darcel: it's a diagnosis that can devastate any family, cancer. >> tammy: but sometimes it just takes one person to do a special thing to make someone in need feel a little bit better. >> reporter: janice weaver is getting her hair styled. but a few years ago this wasn't even possible. >> it sta

tomorrow not getting out of the freezing temperatures. 32 in burnsville. 36 in asheville. the southern end of the french broad river valley up to about 40. hendersonville, we'll find 40s. big changes. we warm it up and then we get a lot colder. high only 27 saturday. about freezing sunday. lows will be in the single digits and teens. we have snow back in to the forecast. could be a wintery mix to begin. but it certainly gets snowier as we go in to monday and tuesday. >> frank: did you hear that, tammy? >> tammy: snowier. >> jason: whatever accumulates is going to melt. >> tammy: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. michael took this that morning. that's gorgeous. >> frank: mm-hmm. icy it looks there, doesn't it? to send us your pictures, you can do that by going to wlos.com. you can e-mail them as well at wlos.com. >>> a popular remedy for the common cold might not be as effective as you think. could be a mistake. >> tammy: no matter how hard we try to avoid getting sick, catching colds are inevitable. >> frank: even if you take vitamin c regularl

the cloud cover will probably hurt our temperatures. 30's from boone to burnsville. 49 degrees right now down into the upstate. south will be liquid precipitation. this is pulling this front, continuing to give us a chance for snow and also some rain. not much going on in asheville. this is the area here where most of the snow will fall. you can see that continued snowfall throughout the day on tuesday as well. even into wednesday, we could see the snow fall. this is the map we made to show you how much is is expected to fall. the lejt indicates this is through wednesday morning. this is today, tomorrow and through wednesday morning, just to reiterate that. four to eight in the pink. one to three in the blue. a dusting to a half an inch in the white. keep in mind, this is elevation dependent. down into the lower elevations will be on the closer end, the highest elevation, the northeastern corners could see 41 degrees for a high temperature today. the rain snow mix will turn breezy, up to 18 miles an hour. scattered snow showers, of course, temperatures kelled going to be all snow. 49

39, at that elevation this time of year, that's pretty good for the temperature right now. 53 in burnsville. 50 in hendersonville. 50 in franklin. 58 in clemson. and up in to watauga county, a chilly 48 degrees. clouds increase. by 7 o'clock. changes that include some rain for your weekend. find out when. >> larry: an update tonight on a new recycling program in asheville. the latest campaign is showing some real results. the city partnered with the housing authority and asheville greenworks to pilot the program last october. it provided nearly 300 homes in public housing communities. now a month later, homes have cut waste by roughly 2,000 pounds every two weeks. >> they have never had recycling in the community before, especially curb side pickup for the 3,000 residents of public housing in asheville. so this was the first time and we weren't sure about how it was going to work. and it really went well. >> larry: two more phases of the project will bring the campaign to the remaining public >> darcel: a man with a gift and now he's using his talents to help others. next, meet our person o

temperatures in the 30s for newland and burnsville. asheville 38. 26 in boone. 50s in the upstate. look at the wind still out of the north-northwest 14 miles an hour. 16 miles per hour sustained wind in boone. it's calm already in greer and gaffney gaffney. that means our wind chills will be dropping. teens for feels like temperatures in boone and newland.

burnsville, inch and a half. bryson city i think an inch and a third is pushing it. same thing for you in robbinsville. highest elevations, three easily, if not five or six. coldest in the highest elevations. 20s up in newland and boone. highs tomorrow only in the 30s for the northern mountains and farther west of asheville. same thing on friday. still breezy. a little warmer saturday. highs in the 60s for several days in a row. we'll take that. >> darcel: still to come, new research in the fight against the zika virus. mosquito eggs with certain dna. >> tammy: at 5:30, hundreds of job opportunities for the new linamar pl (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, >> tam

mid 20s in burnsville. morganton 30... greer 41. moisture we do see a little bit of it over the i-77 corridor. actually, let me go back and show you that once again. it's a little light wintery mix that we have and it's not in our region. it's actually across the i-77 corridor on towards greensboro a little light snow shower activity and more moving towards raleigh. this should be moving away from us. through the overnight we should be mainly clear by morning. it's going to be chilly at 8:00. 27. 38 at 10:00 and 43 at noon. we look at the morning planner in the up state. degrees at noon. all about the sunshine. we're also keeping our eye on the flake meter watching it closely. round of rain and snow arrives and who could see the most of it. >> frank: some folks brave cold water. a daring dip to help with something special. dozens of people gathered for the second annual polar plunge at the lake. the events main fundraiser for the transylvania county special o limbics. team. helping to pay for uniform ks, transportation, meal and hot

and still unseasonably warm. 52 is as warm as we have gotten since midnight in asheville. 50 in burnsville right now. 50's in bryson to franklin. near that 60 degree mark down into greenwood. looking at wind speeds right now, they picked up a bit since this morning at 8 miles an hour. this front is going to move through the region. it will increase our chances for heavy rain, the possibility of thunderstorms too. snapshot at 2:00 shows just a few light showers through dinner time with cloudy skies and then through the overnight hours, this is 2:00 a.m., the rain turning heavier. look at these heavy rain bands ahead of this front. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 through lunchtime into the foothills and then it is out of here. it will be the first half of the day we see the bulk of this rain. looking at the next couple of hours, not a ton of rain expected. maybe a tenth of an inch. overnight, these chances go up and so do our rainfall totals. anywhere from one to inches more in isolated areasareas. 50's for highs, cloudy conditions with light rain. tonight it will stay mild, about 50 degrees back here in

this is our windchill map showing it is 26 degrees, the feels like temperature in asheville. 22 in burnsville. 7 still in boone. down into the upstate, it is a mixed bag, anywhere from the low 30's to low 40's with that windchill. back here in the valley, 35 4:00 p.m., 36 and freezing once again when the sun begins to go down around dinner time. overall today, it is actually warmer than what we have been feeling, moving above the freezing mark. coming up, i'll talk about just how cold we'll turn for valentine's day and our chances for snow next week. back to you. >> some schools remain closed today because of lingering snow and ice on the roads. madison county was one of those. this is video in the town of mar rl. shl. the snow was light in many areas. crews started clearing the secondary roads yesterday. buncombe county schools back on regular schedule today but officials have pushed the last day of school to june 8. they are also conducting a parent survey through tuesday. you can log onto wlos.com to get that information. >> new details, we now know the a crash in asheville yesterday after

unseasonably warm by almost 10 back here this afternoon in asheville, still 42. 39 in burnsville. 42 in hendersonville. 55 in greenwood. the wind is making it feel cooler. hour. 14 also in forest city. it feels like 35 degrees at times here in buncombe county. dry high pressure will be controlling our weather for the next several days. no threat for wintry weather. snapshot at 2:00 showing the temperature and the white is the cloud cover. so stopping it here at dinner time, 6:00, continuing to see nice clear conditions with a few more clouds rolling in and out throughout the overnight hours. 7:00 a.m. heading off to work tomorrow, it will be cold and clear. keep that in mind if there is any wetness on the royce. possibility of black ice once again tomorrow. partly cloudy with some sunshine in nashville with the winds gusting up to 18 miles an hour. to the 20's tonight. greenville, middle 50's, nice and sunny. wind at 5 to # miles an hour. tonight, it will be clear and chilly. right around that freezing mark. let's talk about the warmer weather, 51 on thursday. friday, 55. 60 for satu

and tonight will be cold once again and clear. 25 in burnsville, no chance for wintry weather across the region. 28 in asheville. 33 in greenville. we have a traffic alert for the upstate. crews are working a fatal crash in anderson county. >> jaclyn: right. there is one confirmed fatality right now in this crash it happened on highway 81 at s. e. 153 around 4:30 this morning. there is no word what caused the accident but please try to avoid the area on your commute in anderson county. back over in asheville, we are accident free. there are no major problems on the roads right now. look out for minor delays here on patton avenue, approaching the downtown area. overall, no major problems on patton this morning. that's a look at your on-time the wired mouse computer solutions. >> holly: here is your live look around the world this evening no. this is a shot of jordan. >> jay: news 13 will be right back. >> >>holly: after we got so many pictures of viewers' dogs, we thought it was only fair to feature cats. >> jaclyn: this is pea pie and her brother, they clearly love each other very mu

an inch and a half in burnsville. 30s for lows tonight. yes, it will be around freezing in asheville. 20s over the high country north. our temperatures tomorrow only getting in the 30s for many the valleys may see low 40s. temperatures will remain cold. chilly through friday. then we get warm. look at the 60s coming back sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. very nice by then. >> tammy: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. jerry brendel sent us this shot of a rainbow appearing as the sun broke out through the clouds in enka. >> frank: send us your pictures and video, just log on to wlos.com or e-mail them to pics@wlos.com. >>> local heroes faced off to help save lives today. >> tammy: they participated in the battle of the badges blood drive. teams included the asheville fire department, asheville police, buncombe county ems, buncombe county sheriff's office and nc highway patrol. donors voted for their favorite team before they donated. >> over the past two months, we so today's drive is really important to help me

close to an inch in burnsville. these turquoise areas could see three to four, even two to five. the light gray here is areas where we could see a dusting to half an inch. we could see a couple inches in to nororern graham county. temperatures right at freezing by morning. watch out for black ice tomorrow. warm enough to melt it off. 60s down through the upstate. we're heading for 60s by the weekend. i recommend those days you try to get outdoors because you never know this time of year. >> larry: western carolina lost the game last night. but they won the water cooler today. stan will show you the shot people are talking about next in sports. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple

although we are right now 10 degrees above normal, not going to be breaking any records. 59 in burnsville. 64 back in the asheville area. close to that 70 degree mark already in greer. here's what we can expect over the next few days. tuesday, tomorrow, 50% chance for showers, thunderstorms. 60% chance on wednesday, drop it back down on thursday. what about our temperature forecast? here's that normal line, 54. going to be above that in the middle 60's. low 60's tomorrow. below that line, 49 on wednesday. 50 and 40's through friday too. enjoy the 60's today and tomorrow. we have the breeze today. this is at 17 miles an hour in asheville. 16 in clemson. 13 in anderson. we have a weak front continuing to pull through the region today. that will give us a chance for rain. a snapshot at 2:00, showing sunshine through dinner time. mostly clear tonight with passing clouds. a few showers before lunchtime tomorrow. i'll stop it in the evening hours, we could see a line of heavier showers and the possibility of thunderstorms, some turning severe at times. quick shot in those high mountain regions

item is feeling mild out there. 42 degrees right now in asheville. 54 in burnsville. that's actually one of the warmer pots across our entire region, only beat out by clemson at 55 degrees. yes, we are talking about february temperatures, folks. this is not springtime. but, if you are stepping outside this morning, you might want to keep an eye to the sky and if you are heading out on the roadway, make sure you give yourself a little bit more time and maybe a little more space between other vehicles because there is some fog that's reducing visibility down to less than half a mile and maybe even a quarter mile at times. so, just stay safe on the roads. actually sweeping across the nation, really splitting two air masses. the warmer air is still locked into our region, that's why your afternoon highs will be far year. chillier air on the back side of that and it will be sliding towards us as we head into the work week. but, there is a low pressure system we will be getting impacted by from monday through accumulation. not a whole lot to be talking about for today, as w

. >>> the fog, the rain, it will slow you down in burnsville. visibility at 5. 8 in asheville. 5 also in andrews and franklin at 7. and looking better down into the upstate. right now in newland it's 3. but we are pretty comfortable in asheville at 44. not going to warm up too much beyond that today. 50s in our western zones and down into the upstate, 51 in greenwood. now, the wind is very light in asheville for now. 15 miles per hour winds in greer and 9 in gaffney. it's this afternoon, tonight, we will start to see this wind increase, in fact, the high wind watch starts at 10:00, not for buncombe county, but areas west in our highest elevations, about 3500 feet. >>> low pressure system pulling moisture and that chance for thunderstorms today and tomorrow especially. 8 a.m. showing some widespread rain, not as much by lunchtime. and in fact mostly just clouds for the majority of the afternoon, until dinnertime we start to see heavier rainfall once again. i will stop it here at commute time tomorrow morning. heavy rain once again will be falling

in newland it's 32. 28 in burnsville. river valley, 27. 24 in franklin. down to the upstate, 34 degrees in greer and we cooled down a bit in clemson at 39 and anderson, 35 degrees right now. columbia is even colder at 33. here is the big picture, this is the system here in the midwest bringing cold air and you can see the snow wrapping around that low. this is quick moving and it will move through the appalachians today, that will give us a chance for wintry weather. let's take a closer look at the timeline. 8 a.m. not showing anything too exexciting, not expecting a ton of snow today but it will be a lengthy event. that's where we can see accumulation. this is lunchtime showing the northern mountains, avery mitchell counties starting to see the snowfall. they are already out of school the day, by the way. 6 p.m. tonight, more wide spread, but look where it is favoring, the northern mountain counties, southern mountains looking like they will miss out just a bit. and in the upstate as well. it goes through tuesday, through wednesday even in some locations