. >> the head is john pender graft well-known for his expertise in working with animals. >> making sure that our animals are taken care of to the best possible means available. >> david whisenant wbtv on your side. >> and that new animal services divisions including veterinary service, animal enforcement, nature center and animal shelter. >> tonya rivens is busy. let's get an update on the commute from the first alert traffic center. >> i don't know what happened. cars are everywhere. this is trade street i-77 north it's not this busy this time of day but we have congestion on i-77 northbound and it's backed up. and center city problems at third and davidson and third and caldwell two lanes blocked and the situation at kennelworth avenue. and then a problem here by morehead at i-77. look at the red line on the right side. that is i-77 north. and that traffic is backed up all the way back towards westinghouse boulevard. back to you guys. >> all right. we saw that sunshine out there. but it will not last forever. let's check in with chief meterologist, eric thomas. a delightful day. 64 .

. >> john: get some night crawlers. >> al: pender county, topsail beach, good looking shot from surfchex. high pressure is dominating us keeping us on the warm side. back to the west, northerly breezes, now moved to the east. we're on the backside. will keep us nice and warm, temperatures in the 70s. to the day, plenty of sunshine, one thing i'm concerned about with the wind and low humidity there could be a brush fire danger this afternoon, let's keep that in mind. charlotte, 77, jefferson in the mountains, 68, morganton, upper 70s, lancaster, now we start with sunshine tomorrow but i've as we go in the afternoon hours tomorrow. what will happen is a frontal system will move in and i think the best chance for rain is during the afternoon hours, late afternoon and evening hours tomorrow while most of us are sleeping. high pressure today, that moves offshore. we start with sunshine tomorrow, we see the showers already at 8:00 in the morning coming across the ohio and tennessee valley, then they move in our part of the carolinas, by friday morning they are pushing total east of us and dryi