let's go to ingrid allstaedt who is standing by in the skywatch weather center. ingrid? and i'm ingrid allstaedt. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 snow is still falling this morning in some parts of the mountains, like madison county. that's where news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage. lauren, secondary roads are still covered in snow there? 3 3 3 some roads in mitchell county are also snow covered. use caution driving in the area...especially in the south end of the county. parts of u-s 19 through spruce pine may be slick. *there are no official reports of icy roads anywhere else.. take it slow this morning especially in the northern counties...on those side roads, bridges and overpasses. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 those side counties...on 3 some roads in mitchell county are also snow covered. use caution driving in the area...especially in the south end of the county. parts of u-s 19

let's go straight to ingrid allstaedt. >> ingrid: this starts at 3 a.m. and lands us at 6 a.m.. notice we are not seeing snow just yet in asheville, but reports in our northern mountains, around yancey county, also spruce pine, gave me a report of some snow. haywood county, too, and likely falling in swain county. now, notice the different colors here. of course the pink is that mix. the green is the rain. and the blue is the snow. we are under many winter weather alerts this morning, indicating the pink, that could see the

lets' start with ingrid allstaedt who is standing by in the skywatch weather center, ingrid? >> ingrid: i will show you what's happening while you were asleep. snow falling across some portions of the region. you can see it closer to tennessee, the more likely the snow is falling but even some >>> cloudy conditions and windy and black ice a concern. winter weather advisory is under effect right now until 7 a.m., not this morning, but tomorrow morning. so, accumulating snow and the higher elevations and all these counties on your screen in purple. notice buncombe county is under this advisory. so, how much more snow will fall? i will have the answer coming up in my full forecast. back over to you. >> holly: although we are seeing only flurries in parts of asheville it is a very different story for folks in other parts of the mountains. >> jay: absolutely. zack green is live in madison county, where plenty of snow has already covered the ground. >>> zack? >> zack: we are starting to see the light accumulation as of right now but we are standing outside the salt bar where dot cr

let's talk to ingrid allstaedt who is tracking the storm. ingrid? >> ingrid: we have satellite radar, we have seen constant rain across many portions of the region. already seeing more than three and the rain continues to fall. flash flood watch until 6:00 today for the entire viewing area including in asheville, all the way down to greenwood in the upstate. but, coming up in my full forecast, we will talk about not only how much more rain will fall, but how much snow will fall and the coming days. back over to you. >> holly: we continue our live team coverage of the flooding concerns this morning with a look at the road conditions. >> jay: news 13's lauren brigman joins us live along sweeten creek road near biltmore village. >>> lauren, drivers can expect to encounter water on the roadway there? >> lauren: definitely. we are seeing the rain continue here in asheville. take a look behind me, i will take a step out of the way. we have a car coming through. this is, to give you an idea of what you're going to encounter on the morning commute, you can

let's head right over to news 13's ingrid allstaedt for the latest on when these sub-zero temperatures might break. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 is still sticking around for some parts of the mountains. news 13's lauren brigman is live in our mobile track in madison county. lauren, how are the roads this morning? 3 3 the sub-freezing temperatures have searchers frantically looking for a haywood county man who went missing this week. 57-year-old scott turner's pick up truck was found in oconee county on tuesday. he was last seen in canton the day before at the evergreen paper plant where he works. turner's family and more than 60 searchers are now looking for him in south carolina. the search is in the chattooga river area. 3 i hope that they'll find him. this cold weather. it's terrible ya know. but like i said, our prayers are with him and i like i said they're outstanding folks.3 turner is six feet tall,

let's start with ingrig allstaedt who is standing by in the skywatch weather center. ingrid? and i'm ingrid allstaedt. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 upstate. mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 many roads in madison county remain snow covered this morning. several additional inches of snow fell overnight in places there. news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from marshall. lauren... how do the main routes look there, compared to the secondary roads? 3 if you live in avery county... your roads are very snow covered. dispatchers there told me their main roads are icy. *if you're heading out in swain county this morning...take it slow black ice is a problem all across the area. especially on the secondary roads. *drivers in mitchell county.. you are dealing with these same driving conditions. some main roads are still slick this morning...like highway 19 through the south end of the county. that's your latest 3 3 and stay with news 13 for the

we begin with ingrid allstaedt with a look at what is happening right now. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 we are also out monitoring the winter weather and possible problems on our roads. continues our live team coverage. zack, what have you seen? 3 news 13's lauren brigman continues our lauren brigman news 13's news 13's lauren brigman continues our live team coverage of live team continues our lauren brigman news 13's lauren brigman 3 continues our live team coverage of the winter weather with the latest on the roads. lauren? 3 this just in... mitchell county schools are now closed. power lines are down at an 3 intersection in the leicester community. dispatchers tell me this incident is at the intersection of noland hills drive and icenhower road. this is in the turkey creek area... so avoid that intersection. no accidents are reported right now in wester north carolina... but you should be

we begin with ingrid allstaedt with a look at what is happening right now. good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 we are also out monitoring the winter weather and possible problems on our roads.

let's get our first look at the forecast now with ingrid allstaedt. ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 there were some surprises for best picture. lauren lyster joins us live from hollywood. lauren? 3 3 3 3

let's go straight to ingrid allstaedt. >> ingrid: this starts at 3 a.m. and lands us at 6 a.m.. notice we are not seeing snow just yet in asheville, but reports in our northern mountains, around yancey county, also spruce pine, gave me a report of some snow. haywood county, too, and likely falling in swain county. now, notice the different colors here. of course the pink is that mix. the green is the rain. and the blue is the snow. we are under many winter weather alerts this morning, indicating the pink, that could see the so, we will talk more about it if there will be snow, freezing rain, sleet and the timeline of this coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes. >> holly: we are starting to see signs of the approaching wintry mix in the northern scanties. >> jay: lauren brigman continues live team coverage from madison county and, lauren, light flurries are showing up in the wolf laurel area now? >> lauren: yes, some very light snow flurries. we have started to see those just within the last 30 minutes. they are starting to pick up a little bit. i checked in with dispatch

>> jay: ingrid allstaedt is standing by in the weather center. ingrid? >> ingrid: it feels like winter, we have temperatures at 39 in black mountain, 29 nebo, robbinsville is cold as well at 28. so you will need that winter gear before you head out to work or school on this friday morning. >>> 37 degrees by 10 a.m., lunchtime, sunshine, and 46. but it is a return to the 60s this weekend. but, will it return with some rain? hmm. i will have an answer in my full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> right now it's time for a first check on your morning drive with jaclyn. >> jaclyn: good morning, everyone. your morning commute is looking good so far. if you are heading out to i-40 into haywood county, that drive is clear, a 20 minute road from wiggins road to jonathan creek rode in waynesville. i-240, speeds there at tunnel road are clocking in at 55 miles per hour. and traffic is also flowing smoothly along i-26 westbound from hendersonville to asheville. that commute timing out to 23 minutes. that's ooh look at your on-time traffic report brought