amy is in for greg fishel tonight with a look at the storm's path and potential impact at how unusual is this? >> it is very unusual to have this happen. it's only happened four times that we've had a storm in the atlantic during the month of january. let's go ahead and take a look at where this storm is. alex is really far away from us. we are going to go way over here to africa and up here fortunately this storm is not going to impact. it's going to go north and hit greenland. winds at 85 miles per hour. we want to shop you a few--show you a few facts for the storm. this is the first atlantic storm in january since 78, the first hurricane in january since 48 and highly unusual not impacting us which is good news. we have rain on the way. up. >> amy thank you. >>> police in winterville are looking for the people who vandalized the boys and girls club. the building was ran sacked and glass was broken. they got ahold of a pick up truck and the boys and girls club ceo was not working during they are in the process of updating the alarm system and it's been set to activate tomorrow. it's

in less than an hour greg fishel hosted a town hall meeting about forging a sustainable future. it happened tonight at 7 in the wral 3d theater at the north carolina museum of natural sciences. he will be joined from the white house and the museum. afterwards meet greg and the other experts. >> should be an excellent event tonight. thanks for getting interested in this and a great opportunity. >> greg is there so amy is here. >> i'd love to be there. we have a lot going on in the weather world. a couple of storm systems headed our way. tomorrow brings the potential for rain. i know we had a beautiful bright sunny day today. tomorrow not so much. taking a look at temperatures right now. starting off with this because we are starting to see 45 degrees currently in louis burg, chilly in south hill at 42 degrees. 51 at the t.v. studios in raleigh and durham. 53 in irwin and fayetteville so still very comfortable. temperatures well above normal today. many of you in the 60s normal is 50 so very nice. here's a live look at our sky cam. the sun was set and pretty ones today. the sunset

our chief meteorologist greg fishel is here to walk us through the timing when all of this could happen. greg. >> all right, david, and we're looking at perhaps a few flurries in the air that would mainly be tomorrow afternoon into the early evening hours. at this point we're not looking for any accumulating snow, so it's probably going to be more of a conversation piece than anything else. the bigger challenge that we face is later in the week and we'll be talking more about that a little bit later in the newscast. as far as temperatures go right now,ou jt w us update at the tv station, we've just dropped into the 20s. moncure at 29, durham at 29, and then if we broaden the view here showing up from mainly the triangle and rocky mount north. southern pines you've seen the 20s as of newburn, and fayetteville will be doing it shortly. we're looking for temperatures to drop rapidly down into the mid-and-upper teens late tonight, but then as clouds come in tonight, temperatures may come up a little bit and those clouds will be from the system that could give us a few flurries tomorrow afte

. >> here is greg fishel kicking off our coverage with the latest storm track. >> all right, take a look at the durham skycam, sort of enjoy that look because we are not going the see anything quite like that until sunday of the way it appears now. here is the satellite, you can see where the storm is coming from. it is virtually all in the form of rain right now. it is moving north ward in the environment that's cold off to haveno wlleet st about the time of rush hour resumes. timing on here, we are looking at thefar southwest county seeing precipitation first, that could be a mixture of rain and sleet down there. once it gets uptowards reports of snow and eventually, that snow working its way up to our north eastern county around 7:00 give or take up there. winterstorm in effect much of the viewing area in old rapids and nashville and harnett county and fayetteville and on north and west, again, there will be quite a bit of rain and snow accumulation in that area. >> north and west totals to the south and east will be more freezing rain and rain event. i think there will be substantial

we were talking to greg fishel he is hosting one of up to halls this evening and the topic is sustainability. we are so excited to have you here. tell us what you are going to be talking about and why important. this is the global perspective. >> my work at the united nations deals with academic institutions around the world including universities and we want it bring this community in to be able to realize this. [ inaudible ] every country in the world, every leader in the world has set these rules for her or his country to follow. and the continued bugs of the intellectual community, the scholarship, the academic genius. >> so it is almost like a library. so leaders can go to the u.n. and say i would like the solve there you have it. you can say we can connect you with researchs are who have been working on that. and so it is a great way to share knowledge that may affect other parts of the world. >> absolutely. and all the reverse can be true. countries can invite scholars to study their situation and they can do that without actual physical travel. can you do that in the laboratory. your

. >>> let's get to greg fishel in the weather center. >> everything appears to be on schedule. we are seeing the first echoes on the southwestern portion which will continue to advance to the north and east overnight. let's go to the satellite radar mosaic. you can see precipitation expanding northeast. on the leading edge in western north carolina we're getting blue indicating precipitation area is moving into an environment conducive of frozen precipitation. we will see more as we had through the night. triangle area at 5 am then northeastern toward the 7 am timeframe. winter storm warning covers a large area. i don't want the uniformity of color to suggest all conditions will be the same. north and west will have more time to accumulate a pile of snow. triangle area will be a close call tomorrow whether or not we get several hours of snow or quickly turned over to sleet. to the south and east, mainly sleet and rain then plane rain. the accumulation of ice is on everybody's mind. we will be looking at this in more detail show you what the reader should look like. >>> the main

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let's check in with our chief meteorologist greg fishel with >> we're looking at the system to be weakening considerably by the time it gets here. a lot of text moisture will be rung out as it crosses the appalachians. temperatures are already starting off at very chilly levels. already in the 20s at roxboro, henderson, south hill and on the brink of doing that here at the tv station and at lewisburg, rocky mount, and roanoke rapids, all checking in at 30 and then farther south, we see temperatures just a smidgion warmer but not much -- smidge warmer. as far as tonight goes, we're looking at another night in the mid-to-lower teens although that low may be achieved in the wee hours of the morning and as clouds increase, the temperatures goes up and those clouds could give birth to a few flurries tomorrow afternoon. this is the least of our worries with regard to precipitation. we have a much more impressive the big question is who will be impacted and to what degree we'll begin the speculation process coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >> okay, greg, thank you. >>> the durham coun

coming up at 5:00, greg fishel continue to look at the latest information in the weather center so we can keep you up to date on the timing and the type of precipitation. also, we continue to monitor all the closings and delays. more than 134 right now. and if you must travel tomorrow, we will show you how other parts of the state are getting ready for the storm and prep rigs in the nation's capital. -- preparations in the nation's capital. a lot of changes by the airlines. we'll keep you in the know when you join us in just a few minutes over on wral. >> all right. thank you. >>> man ateas swimming off the western coast of florida had a close encount we are some sharks. from the air, can you see the predators swimming near the power plant a group of plan ateas swam nearby. during cold months, man ateas migrate to warm water sites in central and southern florida. they like to be in spots like the warm power station discharge canal to escape the chilly waters. >> that is good. interesting picture. >>> if you live in ontario, canada and it snows, you better clean off your vehicle. an 08

let's first go to chief meteorologist greg fishel in the wral weather center, what is the latest? >> we have teens out there, believe it or not. on a pace that is equal if not surpassing the cases that we saw last night. as you can see here, 19, 24 in kerry, 21 here at the tv station, 24 at american tobacco and durham and wake forest down and buckhorn. if we broden the view a little bit we see 20 degree readings out at the airport, southern pines sitting at 19. we are still fairly clear. we are going to continue to see additional cooling before the clouds race in here late tonight and so we are sticking with the projections of middle and upper teens here across the area before the clouds come in and the temperatures creep up a little bit towards morning. do the clouds do later in the day? they may produce snow flurry activity. the big system we are watching is still a couple days away. we will have more on that coming up if a few minutes, back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> below freezing temperatures are not only comfortable but dangerous. that is why the sheriff's office i

tonight, can you learn more about it right here in the triangle inform a few hours, our greg fishel will hold a town hall meeting about forging it is tonight at 7:00 in the wral 3-d theater at the north carolina museum of natural sciences. afterwards, stick around if a casual reception to meet greg and the experts. >>> a durham teenager is at the center of a suspicious death investigation. she was found unconscious in her family's apartment early tuesday morning and later died at this hospital. police released the 911 call and traffic in the case. >> reporter: we got those recordings just about an hour ago. in them be, you hear audio from the day that alondra gonzalez died. the 18-year-old was found in her bedroom at the lovette square apartments here in durham. in the call, you hear someone asking for an ambulance and the phrase wake up, wake up repeated. in the roe traffic, you hear an officer describing the scene he found. today, friends and loved ones are at a loss as they wonder what led to her death. hardworking and jovial was also a student at durham tech's middle college. she was

greg fishel led the forum at the north carolina museum of natural sciences. he is parties from the u.n., the white house and the museum were there to talk about forging a sustainable future. in particular, the ad vans in science and education to help motivate people to seek their open solutions. unlike adults who feel like everything must object a megascale to make a difference, young minds of young students are willing to take something essentially simple and realize that it has possible global implications. >> if you would like to read more about the forum and the guest eakerss, go to wral pt come. >> i was born march 8, 1914. that makes me a little over 101. >> richard mann has learned a thing or two about the work ethic. >> i was the only boy and it was an automatic thing for me to mother or less do a -- a i called it a man's job. >> reporter: after his father died when he was four, he took care of work around the house to help his single mom including shoveling snow. feet of snow i mean for two or three weeks at a time. >> reporter: the job never got him

greg fishel led the forum at the museum of natural sciences. experts from the un, the white house and museum will on hand to talk about creating a sustainable future and focused on science and education to help motivate people to seek their own solutions. >> what is most heartening is that unlike adults who feel that everything is on a big scale in order to make a difference young minds are simple and realize it has possible i am occasions. >> big ideas there and if you would like to hear more about the forum click on the weather tab. >>> the extremely cold weather in canada is having an unexpected effect on mail delivery. frustrated residents in ottawa say they haven't been able to get any mail for days because their mailboxes are frozen shut. a sharp temperature drop has caused the locks on community mailboxes to freeze making them nearly impossible to open. some residents tried to open them by shaking or kicking them. that's not going to work. the postal service is hiring contractors to deice the mailbox locks but it could take up to an hour

we'll be talking a whole lot about it on our news newscast on wral as well as this evening with greg fishel. let's talk about right now. this is early out ahead of our system. today, for the most part, will be partly cloudy and nice and quiet. the precipitation begins after midnight and before sunrise tomorrow. a good bit of the viewing area under a winter storm warning that is where we could see 2 to 4-inched of snow or sleet combined. that could cause power outages and certainly some slick roads. winter weather advisory from i- 95 eastward for just an inch of snow and sleet and about 1/10 of an inch of snow or ice which could bring much less impact but could bring heavy rain to eastern north carolina. our temperature in south hill is 28. 30 in roxboro. 32 in goldsboro. temperatures warn up to the low 40s this afternoon. our high friday, 33. >> thank you. we want to show you an update on the accident in durham. some good news there. an earlier crash on the southbound side of the durham friday just before alston avenue has cleared up and traffic is flowing through there but we still have pr