this is a concern that morgan lenoir, hickory, dense fog, temperatures close to freezing. freezing fog may be an issue, use caution. 37 weddington, 39 cornelius. you'll notice 32 wilkesboro and morganton, 34 hickory, 32 boone, watch out particularly in the areas north and west of town where you have the fog and near freezing temperatures. low areas especially could be we have dry conditions now in charlotte that is the metro school camera. lots of sunshine, we rebound nicely, 55, not quite as warm as yesterday but this is seasonal for the middle part of february. i'll let you know about a big warm up down the road, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. christine? >> christine: take folks up to iredell county we're following breaking news of a log truck overturning on the interstate near mile marker 65, that is near highway 901. wbtv's ashton pellom on scene live and are there any lanes closed because of this accident? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. i arrived on scene not long ago, there are no lanes closed, both lanes here heading north on i-77 in ired

, hudson, saw mills, between hickory and lenoir, 321 watch out there. south of there the air is so dry, precipitation wants to be channeled north of us, so if you're in charlotte and in the metro area it is basically dry here and probably stays that way until we get this to fill in, which won't be until later this morning. precipitation is trying to break out now, so we do have warnings snow that runs until midnight tonight, winter weather advisory for much of the metro area, freezing rain advisory until 7:00. for charlotte, we look for temperatures to hold mostly in the 20s this morning getting back to 32 this afternoon. best opportunity for little precipitation lunch time and watch this afternoon, the afternoon commute could be a lot worse than the morning commute. seven day forecast coming up in a couple minutes. right now first alert traffic. >> chris: i-485 outer loop at oakdale, accident in the clearing stages. overturned van, tow truck on the scene now but they still have the inside lane blocked off as the tow truck works to upright that van and

now you get south of there, lenoir, morganton looks like snow. a lot of this may not be reaching the ground yet, as the air underneath is very, very dry, that is more than likely the case in the metro area. however, we did get a couple reports of snow around lincolnton area, but it would be snow, sleet, freezing rain early this morning but very spotty. simply because the larger storm system is well up to the north and west of us so it may take time to fill in, it probably will, unless we get a lot of precipitation, probably won't be too bad on the commute this morning. doesn't take -- only takes a little ice to create problems. use caution if you are venturing out this morning. downtown lincolnton getting snow, very spotty, very light, but snow reported at the airport. 29 in gastonia, 22 in statesville, snow in boone at 17 degrees. for charlotte, notice how the percent chances are low until late in the day and even then, only 50/50. heaviest of the precipitation likely comes in tonight as we warm, that would more than likely be mostly rain. again

you can see several areas west of lenoir where the d.o.t. has prepositioned road closure signs near areas prone to flooding at the collinsville us the swift order rescue equipment this morning. it's ready to roll if we see any flash flooding in the hours. but firefighters say they all ready have close to a half inch of rainfall over night. morning. 321. we spoke with firefighters about how quickly the water can come up here in the foothills. >> it can be running up on the side of the wall. it can get up here extreme flooding within an hour, easily, very easily. >> firefighters in the collinsville area tell us they saw the first a couple weeks ago when the johns river rose two feet in an hour. the school district sent children home early from school. reporting from caldwell count, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> some new developments, family members of the victims of is san bernardino shootings are now joining the call for apple to help hack the they plan to file court papers to support the federal judges order over the next few

this little guy was ready for the snow in lenoir. this wal-mart parking lot in ashe county covered today. if you were one of the lucky ones who got snow send us your >> right now flags are flying at half-staff in the capitol to pay tribute to supreme court justice antonin scalia who died over the weekend. >> now, the vacancy is shaping the presidential race. judge scalia died in texas and no autopsy was necessary. every g.o.p. presidential candidate has said the next president should appoint scalia's replacement but president obama pledged he would do it. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor. in due time. >> demonstrators gathered on the steps of the supreme court today urging senators to consider the president's decision. >> and carolina senators are weighing in who should appoint the successor. one tweeted quote... wrote... >> and some believe his death could have an impact on the redistricting issue here in north carolina. this month judges called two voting districts in the state unconst

lenoir, 47. rain stays with the mountains most of the day and high temperature in boone around 42 degrees. now, we'll see a tapering of the rain deeper through this morning and in the afternoon, but don't put the umbrellas away you'll need them again tomorrow. in fact the rain will likely change character going from heavy downpours to potential severe weather and i'll highlight that in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. 5:31, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with our overall view here, most of our major highways continuing to run in the green this morning. just a few slow downs showing up on providence road, that is inbound as you make your way up toward fairview. now center city we have two separate accidents, the first inbound, you'll find delays there. as we hop out to the west just a bit, this is west trade street at graham, an accident scene there, not seeing any significant dela

lenoir, morganton, statesville, shelby, lincolnton, that is gone. dry conditions this morning, beautiful visibility and we're starting our day chilly but don't judge the day by what you see, a nice one, lots of sunshine, 29 charlotte, albermarle, 27, 26 in salisbury, 28 in boone, 25 in morganton, 28 in shelby and 31 in rock hill area. a lot of us are below freezing, but this afternoon will warm up nicely. 34 here at 8:00, up to 49 at lunch time, 54 this afternoon, close to average this time of the year. some of the outlying areas looking good, concord, no rain, 54, mooresville, 54, lenoir, 52, boone, you get back to 40. a cold start but a nice afternoon, seasonal temperature, weekend warm up in store but there is rain on the horizon, plus colder temperatures, i'll spell all that out in the seven day planner, stick around i'll have that at 6:00. right now check in with chris, >> chris: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we updated the location with that accident on wt harris boulevard, they moved that to near robinson church

there is spotty snow taylorsville, hickory, lenoir, morganton, just that, spotty. south of there, still so deep in the dry air right now that anything that is falling is very, very spotty, a lot of times we're seeing this fall from the cloud base but evaporates before it hits the ground because the dew points are in the single digits. so dry out there. you can see where the focal point is, you can see you pick it out where does the precipitation want to go, not here, it wants to go here. until this starts to fill in, morning i think primarily the charlotte area will be dry, again maybe a little spotty stuff by and large, it will look like this. main street in belmont, very much dry here at 5:22 on this monday morning. dry but overcast in charlotte. temperature cold enough to support snow. the dew point is so low you will see the temperature fall and then eventually will come back up as the breezes shift as we go through the day. so, 14 in jefferson, 15 in boone, well in the 20s here across the i-40 corridor. anything falling this will be snow. gets more questionabl

right now getting rain, nothing severe, lenoir, morganton, marion, statesville, taylorsville, hickory, south of i-40, a decent amount of rain between mount holly and down toward mcconnells, westward toward gaffney, shelby and casar. we have the flood watch in effect until 6:00 this evening. also a wind advisory. one of the concerns is even outside of any severe weather potential, just strong winds out of the south with saturated ground could bring trees down. we saw some of that yesterday. futurecast here, this is this morning, now watch as the lines come together here, i'll stop this at 10:00, a pretty healthy line from shelby to hickory to lenoir, that comes eastward on top of i-77, give or take around lunch time. that bears watching for potential severe weather and as we go through the late afternoon really i think by then our severe weather threat will be pretty much over with. this morning, 55, up to near 70 by lunch time and early afternoon hours. late this afternoon, 69 degrees. the threat for tornado is not great, the much greater threat is east of us toward raleigh and the co

you can see in this shot, he's at the crystal engineering event in lenoir this morning. open a production facility and hire 82 new workers over the next five years. the governor says that the pay and benefits would be nearly double the county average annual wage. >>> the unemployment rate in caldwell county has dropped to a 25-year low. according to the state department of commerce, in december, the number of people looking for jobs but could not find one femme below 1900 for the first time in 15 years. >>> over the past half hour, we've been monitoring president obama's news conference out of california. when he said that he will pick a new supreme court justice after the death of antonin skalia. >> the constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. when there's a vacancy on the supreme court. the president of the united states is to nominate someone. >> now the president rejected calls from republicans who say predecessor to pick a replacement. >>> the threat of the zika virus brought some of the countries best doctors to washington dc today. expert

at least you should get in the 30s across the foothills today with mostly sunny skies, lenoir, 35, taylorsville, 34. no chance for anything more than maybe a stray flurry. 35 hickory, 40 shelby, monroe, 42 wadesboro. plenty of sunshine, lots of sunshine across south carolina. 40 in lancaster and rock hill, 41 in chester. now this is looking ahead to monday. monday morning we have a huge area of high pressure dominating across the north, low pressure out of texas across the deep south, right now the set-up we could start with snow all across the viewing area late sunday night, transitioning to perhaps a prolonged period of ice here during the day monday, before it tapers down on tuesday. again, outside of the mountains, we will be dry all through sunday, but sunday night into monday i'm very concerned about, we will keep you posted. there is variations in the models but sort of settling in on the storm system. 40 today, sunshine, 18 for tonight, 42 tomorrow, 41 friday, another front comes in friday, and that will bring us colder weather going in saturday and sunday, but dry here for monday, diff

but still the idea you'll melt a lot of the snow today and should be a nice one this afternoon, 54 lenoir, 51 taylorsville, tons of sunshine from start to finish and foothill, no fog this morning, won't be any issues. 52 hickory, 52 in albermarle, 55 in wadesboro. and mid 50s rock hill, lancaster and chester. lots of sunshine, backside, nice and warm, as we go through the next couple days you'll see temperatures go up, that is great but we have plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow, here comes a little bit of a fly in the ointment, saturday a front will trigger a few showers in the mountains. rest of us should be dry, as we go in sunday, a small chance for rain even in charlotte late in the day. i am not promising a totally sunny weekend but it will be warm. best chance for rain comes monday into tuesday and some of be heavy at times and once we get beyond the weekend our temperatures go back down, in fact it looks chilly next week, tuesday and wednesday, temperatures below average. enjoy the next couple days, 54 today, sunshine, near 30 tonight, 57 mostly sunny tomorrow, partly sunny sat

g1=imy%11lp morganton back towards lenoir in the charlotte area, 54. monroe about 55. 54 in rockingham. our south carolina upstate counties will also be into the mid 50 # . lows tonight5a downok to about the freeze beu mark. keeping thingsq clearhpl the way through today. aftero^e drop down to this freezing mark'c tonight, we're t@g- up into the mid5a 50s for sunday afternoon. the warmth lasts beyond the weekend which is nice. see a little bit more cloud_ cover around early next week and then that sets us up for a little bit of rain on wednesday. rain midweek with a front moving through. perhaps a rum believe of thunder as well. behind that front temperatures the later part oflp next week.t(t( (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> china's xi yu lin had a great day ye

the foothills, we will see 50's. 53 lenoir, 51 taylorsville. here across the piedmont, upper 50's, 57 charlotte, concord, 54 in wadesboro this afternoon. in the sand hills, lancaster, 57 pageland, 54, and cheraw 54 with sunshine through the afternoon. looking at our future cast, again, clear skies and sunshine that want. clear and cool as we head overnight into saturday morning. this is 9:30. notice we have partly cloudy skies in charlotte. high, thin clouds, and rain showers showing up in the north carolina high country. so with that southerly flow and frontal boundary coming into the mountains, stalling saturday and and sunday, that will be the case through the weekend. very warm, 68, 69 coming up sunday afternoon. we have another round of rain showers moving toward the north carolina mountains as we go from sunday night and into monday. for the mountains this weekend, sunday. here across the area, again, 68 sunday afternoon. the lower 60's, and our cooling trend continues with rain in the forecast early next week. enjoy the weekend, because

police have now identified him as 47-year-old tony reems of lenoir. marshall police believe he robbed the first citizens bank there last thursday. he was last seen driving a 2006 burgundy ford expedition. if you know where he is... contact marshall police or the madison county sheriff's office. 3 3 we are still waiting this morning to learn the identities of the people involved in a deadly crash in asheville yesterday afternoon. it happened on sweeten creek road in the royal pines community. police say a car hit a tree. at least one person died and two others were hurt according to police. 3 3 3 new information is released in the case of a murdered asheville artist. chris ortega was found strangled to death inside his coleman avenue apartment in october 2014. juan jimenez of swannanoa is now set to go to trial for first degree murder. new documents quote a woman who says jimenez told her that he watched ortega's home and waited until his roommate left. ortega's mother was in court and spoke about the news of 3 it makes me sick to my stomach, but the t

zero visibility, a major concern with near freezing temperature, lenoir, morganton, hickory, statesville, i-40 corridor, use caution, at least the next hour or two until we get the sun up and get sunshine to melt any potential ice. national weather service just issued a dense fog advisory and that goes until 9:00 this morning for the catawba river valley. again, watch out for dense fog in the area. get rid of fog, we have sunshine and 55 degrees, numail fishing forecast looking good. seasonal afternoon. brad parker on the right and his buddy the past ten years, chuck f edderplace love to team up and hit lake norman. you this caught the striped bass super bowl weekend. godunov for firstout there this morning, we're looking at decent amount of sunshine, 7:08 the sun comes up 6:08 goes down. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: neck on would this morning -- >> christine: holderness family creating another song parody about a family's morning routine as you're getting ready you won't want to miss this after the break. >> john:

steady snowfall if you live across lenoir and boone and taylorsville. but it's freezing rain between 7:00 and 1:00 in the afternoon. it's a coating of ice that will be very dangerous. it won't last too much in the afternoon before it changes to all rain. but clearly, the biggest threat we have will be ice, accumulations possible, maybe .2". you can see where the temperatures go. we'll be dealing with snow for atmosphere warms up, falls back down to the ground and freezes. that's the deal there, and all rain by monday might and tuesday. this is the latest accumulation that you can follow with the weather app. the biggest snows, north of charlotte. we could pick up half an inch in the city and in davidson, this is the biggest concern. we'll continue to give you updates as the storm evolves. one thing first of all, valentine's day is fine and after we talk about snow and ice, liz, look at what happens later in the week. we go up into the 60s. it's a crazy week. >> for sure and be careful on the roads on monday. >> absolutely, monday morning in the early af

still freezing rain morganton, lenoir, taylorsville and hickory where the roads have been slick. there you see tega kay, maths, mint hill, you have seen freezing drizzle the last little while. we will continue to see some of the moisture. look at the line of precipitation out of the deep south, then up into the mountains this afternoon. so we have the cold air locked in at the surface now. but generally as we head into the evening, warm air aloft will come in and mix out those temperatures. winter weather advisory for charlotte, until 7:00 p.m. the upstate of south carolina, freezing rain advisory until 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. then the winter storm warning continues for the north carolina high country. here's a great perspective of mort. you can see the freezing camera lens, burke, caldwell, you have seen freezing rain already. 31 in charlotte. dew point temperature, 17, so the humidity has come up to 57%. it is 32 in boone. warmer in boone than it is high river, gastonia, statesville, and that cold air sort of locked in for the afternoon and evening. the pattern, into the aft

the foothills, warmer, 38 lenoir taylorsville. 42 wilkesboro. generally speaking we are talking about highs in the here 40's today, 42 hasn't, 44 in cheraw. the overall weather pattern the next 48 hours, we continue to see the cold northwest wind, and it brings those snow showers into the mountains. the trough pushes to the east, and will dry things out thursday friday. certainly into the afternoon and evening, especially west facing slopes, the high country those snow showers continue, and that cold northwest win will continue to blow as we head overnight and into thursday morning. charlotte, partly cloudy and cold, 42. 22 to 38 wednesday. thursday morning in charlotte, 18 to 39. four saturday, 37 sunday. >> anchor: that i will. we got a great event coming up. if you like to laugh, and who doesn't, and you want to help a wonderful cause, laugh for a cure, we have a couple special guests, breast cancer survivor, for komen, and dan haggerty, with international minute press talking about it. dan and his company sponsors the event. tell me for folk

near 30 up toward lenoir and hickory, statesville, and mid 20s as you hit the high country. but the sun will be shinning, bus stop forecast, a touch of february chill. still need a coat. maybe gloves too. near freezing at 6:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., as the kids get into school. it will be in the upper 30s. a few clouds tomorrow morning in the mountains. that's all. other than that, plenty of sunshine, a few passing clouds. another gorgeous february afternoon. look at the hour by hour forecast, the average high is only 56. pretty much where we will be through mid to late tomorrow afternoon. not bad as we work through the neighborhood forecast, north of charlotte up toward boone, high country getting ready for a great weekend of skiing with all that natural snow. manmade snow has been so cold. temperatures tomorrow will warm smartly as we work our way down toward indian trail. let's talk about the weekend. there will be a price to pay for the forecast warm up. that price will be in the form of cloud cover. but that's all we see. an increase in clouds all over the carolinas. no cha

:00 app, it is switching over already, so a mixture of sleet and freezing rain wings, hickory and lenoir, still snowing in the north carolina high country. so the setup has changed a bit the last 24 hours. yesterday we were forecasting the snow to slide more directly over charlotte and to the east. now it has it further west. that will allow the warmer air to work in quicker, so a faster change from snow monday morning to the mix of sleet and freezing rain. saturday is cold, 23 to start, 21 high river, 11 in weekend. saturday afternoon, chilly, 37, gastonia, statesville. 31 hickory, high of 12 in the next 7 days, the forecast attention really turns to sunday night into monday time frame for the presidents' day weekend. again, chilly through the weekend with highs only in the 30's. we are down to 24 monday morning. so what starts as snow monday morning will switch to ice and freezing rain late in the morning, then likely to just rain monday night and tuesday. now, after the storm system exits, we are going to see things clear out and warm up nicely. down the road, sunshine, thursday. we w

boone into the foothills around 40 lenoir back towards taylorsville charlotte back into the low 40s. call it 42 for your friday high. and we will be in the lower 40s for the south carolina counties on friday. and then we keep going down into the weekend. saturday, valentine's day especially look at the low, sunday 16 going to 35. and the cold air will be in place monday. it's cold to start why it looks like it begins with snow and ice and changes to rain for monday night and into tuesday morning. as far as amounts are concerned, again, on the lower side here. the greatest confidence is that we see no better than an inch of snow and ice in charlotte. could top an inch but our chance for seeing a good snowstorm is near 0 at this point with the quicker change-over to rain for monday night and into tuesday morning. back to you. >> thank you. next, mystery surrounding the death of a rock hill native. >> she was found dead on campus and who those who knew her are saying tonight. >> and for you new at 6:00... >> will forced busing happen in cms to create more diverse classrooms? what the sc

temperature-wise tomorrow we will be 39 in lenoir. charlotte area will get backup to 42. we will make it into the low 40s tomorrow after stuck in the 30s today. 40s in the upstate as well. mostly sunny afternoon. and eric thomas with a look at the seven-day first-alert forecast coming up at 5:00 p.m. question parents are asking for years. why aren't there seatbelts on school buss? >> a shout-out to the facebook fan of the day, tonya michelle we appreciate you. if you want your chance to be our fan of the day go to wbtv.com/facebook. numbers from wall street. i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. dad, it's time warner cable. 300 megs. crazy-fast. dad! you can get wifi all over this place. cool! make your home as connected as possible. get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for $39.99 per month. and ask about free installation. >> just last week, a daycare bus flips on its of its side with kids inside. there were injuries but no one was really h

temperatures will be in the mid-50s or the foothills where it will be closer to 60 for places like lenoir and in charlotte we will be in the low to mid-60s. 64 for us with a 10% shower chance will cover just to cover the outside possibility that something does escape out of the mountains and mid-60s with a 10% shower chance in our south carolina counties. then upper 60s sunday and 30% shower chance and we could see some late in the day sunday night into monday and several more ons to pick up rain through the middle part of next week 50s and below average next tuesday. all right, back over to you. >> thank you. next... >> 103 years old today. >> what is her secret? i'm kristen hampton. the good news is coming up. >> and all new at 6:00... >> fights and students skipping school becoming a problem here at west meck high. parents are looking for answers. that story is coming up. on wbtv news is sponsored by... margaret is 103 years young. >> do not call her old. and you know how the stories come with a secret to living so long? this one does as well and it's tonight's good news. >> few people

but you will see lenoir is basically on top of you. again not to say it's reaching the ground but the rain aloft is over your head. and newton coming in with and down to gastonia at quarter after 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. would be charlotte. and again wait to see how long it takes that rain to get to the ground. meanwhile you will see this is snow wallpapering avery county. and many ski resorts with beach and sugar mountain. and that is rolling on top of watauga county, too. here it is. avery, mitchell, yancy that advisory through the overnight tomorrow morning another one to three inches that way. beech mountain you are down to freezing and everybody else in the mid-30s. above freezing no problems. and not much of a change here. around the mountains but look at this. how about a 25-30 warm-up right now from this time yesterday in the last 24 hours? that is amazing what paul was mentioning winter to spring. and 50s 36 around boone and blowing rock. we talked about the rain approaching charlotte. look how the clouds are already 55

and still again a little bit of a northwest component to the wind at 10-15-miles-per-hour. 50 lenoir. 54 in taylorsville and 55 in morganton and charlotte will be in the low to mid-50s. 54 for us here in the queen city. 55 in pageland and 56 in tomorrow night's lows hold around freezing. mid-60s return sunday. upper 60s by monday, tuesday, and another cold front will bring showers and knock back our temperatures into wednesday and the later part of next week. back to you. >> all right thank you. february... is coming to an end. what better time to talk about local breweries? >> and check this out. nikki wolf is here to tell us which ones we need to check out this weekend. happy hour is >> we are talking about drinking local. new breweries and new distilleries. >> but not on the air. >> we will start in plaza mid-wood legion brewing. yelpers love this place. the favorite part is the overlook and you can watch the masters brew. and across the state line full spectrum brewing company. fort mill's first brewery a beer for everyone on the spectrum. craft beer. i love that. >> i like that.

it will be 50 in lenoir. 54 in taylorsville and charlotte about 54. so a couple of degrees warmer and pageland 55. as far as overnight lows, tomorrow night will be around freezing. 65 sunday and mid-60s monday and tuesday. we are warm ahead of our next front. next front gets in here on wednesday. so it will be a week from this wednesday's front that came through. however this does not look as potent should not have the severe weather it however showers and thunder and behind that temperatures fall into the low 50s for thursday and friday of next week. all right, back over to you. >> thank you. next at 5:00... >> alzheimer's can steal everything... [ ] at least for a little while this man gets it back. i'm kristen hampton the good news is coming up. >> and coming up new at 6:00... >> i'm investigative reporter nick ochsner we have had a huge response into our investigation how the va is failing our veterans. i will have the details coming on wbtv news is sponsored by... by.... adult daycare center posted a video on facebook it is a man singing and danc

corridor, i'll wide n this out, take you closer over in caldwell county, just to the east of 321 and lenoir, heading over toward taylorsville, turnersburg, this is heading off toward the southeast, very spotty and mostly light but troutman, mount rain moving through. you look at what we had over the weekend a smidge of rain yesterday and saturday. really didn't amount to very much but it was a little bit of a nuisance during the day saturday because it came in during the middle part of the day if you were out and about. look at the numbers, 1.71 for the month and four inches for the year, we're running deficits for both of these, an inch for the month and almost two inches for the year, make a lot of this up over the next 48 hours, to 72 hours. clover leaf elementary school, a little bit of fog, not widespread, be mindful of that early this morning. 50 in jefferson, 51 boone, morganton, 55 lincolnton, 54 in concord, 57 in monroe. again, pretty mild start to the day, won't be as warm as yesterday, we almost hit 70 in charlotte, today, low 60s, still above average. highs tomorrow different st

climb up 321 toward lenoir. it's down to 27. mid teens in boone and jefferson and banner elk. the highest spot on the map, the coldest spot at 5 degrees now. windchill -5. forecast this evening, bundle up, there's no excuse not to cover as much as you possibly can. because that's what can get you into trouble. temperatures in the upper 20s through 9:00. tomorrow morning, forecasting a low of 19 in charlotte. tomorrow's record thankfully is safe. it's is it t degrees. it's 12 degrees. set back in 1885. the average low this time of year is freezing. as i said, we'll be there in the next hour or so. tomorrow morning for the wake up forecast, temperatures upper teens early on. mid 20s by 9:00 a.m. if there's a good thing tomorrow, it's a, the sun will shine. nothing falling from the sky in our threat tracker. the winds won't be as strong, even in the mountains, especially in the charlotte area. that will take the edge off the wind speeds staying below 10 miles per hour in the charlotte area. that's good news. 10 to 20 miles per hour in the mountains. will still add chill. sunshine

upper 60s to low 70s for morganton, lenoir, you have forecast. wall-to-wall sunshine across the piedmont, 68 in hickory, 70 shelby, charlotte, over to monroe, 72 wadesboro, 69 in albermarle and take you south, 70 rock hill to lancaster, low 70s, pageland, cheraw and jefferson. i'm tracking a more important front, there is the first front coming through today, not a big deal. this one comes in late tomorrow night. tomorrow during the day got clouds and showers, i think that is very quick and advanced. the main front is still back near nashville, tennessee, will take a while for this to come through. tomorrow night once the sun sets a greater chance for showers and rumble of thunder. may starts with clouds early wednesday, high pressure builds in and this front is moving to the east of us. it will knock temperatures down so what happens is we have a 30% chance of rain during the day tuesday. that jumps to 70% tomorrow night, but gone by wednesday, we get another chance here late on friday, as another frontal system moves through. we're warm on the

low 60s for places like taylorsville and lenoir. and charlotte 64. we have that wind coming out of the southwest at 10-miles-per-hour. again we will call it a 10% shower chance that something and also into the upstate counties mid-or upper 60s with a partly cloudy sky as well. and things turn more unsettled sunday night and early next week. long-range future-cast here. this is monday night. monday night into tuesday, we have rain moving in. and then after a brief break, a second batch comes in for wednesday night and into thursday. so bottom line enjoy the weekend about because we turn unsettled and eric thomas will have a look at the full seven-day first-alert forecast coming up for you at 5:00. >> thank you. next at 4:00 it is a story that might make you squirm. would you watch a loved one be cremated. it is a growing trend we will tell you why people are choosing to watch. >> hello to wade, facebook's fan of the day. appreciate you liking us on facebook and encourage everyone to do the same. hit the like button. first at 4:00 is back in a moment.

lenoir, 47. rain stays with the mountains most of the day and high temperature in boone around 42 degrees. now, we'll see a tapering of the rain deeper through this morning and in the afternoon, but don't put the umbrellas away you'll need them again tomorrow. in fact the rain will likely change character going from heavy downpours to potential severe weather and i'll highlight that in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. 5:31, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with our overall view here, most of our major highways continuing to run in the green this morning. just a few slow downs showing up on providence road, that is inbound as you make your way up toward fairview. now center city we have two separate accidents, the first

the model is trying to suggest that even with a lot of sunshine you get in the 40s across lenoir, taylorville, that is probably ambitious, you may get in the upper 30s to about 40. in charlotte and the piedmont, we can get in the low 40s today. 43 salisbury over to lincolnton, here in charlotte and perhaps mid 40s toward wadesboro and rockingham, take you south about perhaps mid-40s pageland. let's look at futurecast through time, lots of sunshine, may be a few clouds around this afternoon. clouds increase tonight as the high builds off the coast we get what we call warm invection in, advance of the frontal system there will be clouds. i wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow morning if charlotte northward we have a little bit of light snow around the area. i'm warning you right now, no advisories on this, be mindful there will likely be very light snow, i don't think it accumulates, then moves out. behind the frontal system snow storm kicks back up, snow showers for the mountains, rest of us windy and cold for saturday. then our chances for precipitation while small on friday, they really ramp up

first a winter weather video from nathan in lenoir. what appears to be a go cart in the snow. send us your pictures... (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. >> we have breaking news. we have been showing you what looks like on the roads, jordan is in the car. an eight-car pile up at 485 near i-77 bridge. it is up near the w.t. harris. charlotte fire is there and they have tweeted out that they have the area should down. eight vehicles involved in this accident. no word on injuries but you see an ambulance there. our photographer is there live showing you the roads are slick and the reason we have been saying be careful out there today. >> an 18-year-old now charged in a wreck that killed a 13-year-old from myrtle beach. it happened wednesd

lenoir has lived in up to for decades and says she saw him often. >> he seemed nice and trust worthy. >> according to the letter, he received four months of his 86,000-dollar salary in advance. he's accused of forging a town alderman signature to get paid 400 hours of sick time last summer. he's not returned our calls. jessica page and her family believe the town should do more than just fire him. >> it's scary to think about people cheating us somehow and forging things. you don't know what to trust and believe any more. >> it's important to note that david has not been charged with anything. we could find no police investigation under way. when i asked town leaders about this today, they told me they could not discuss the matter because it's a personnel matter. they did tell me they would bring it up during the next council meeting in march. reporting live from long view, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> local leaders are pushing for answers on a potential eye cancer cluster in huntersville. >> what's the hold up here? >> cms. >> channel 9 investigates why cms shut the d

including one parent of a cms graduate who said reassignment shaped her daughter >> when she went to lenoir-rhine, she realized she had been the white minority. she has said it was here years at west charlotte that prepared her for the working world. >> dismantling successful schools within communities carefully chosen by parents will not fix the fundamental problems of failing schools. >> reporter: the board will vote on student assignment goals at the next board meeting. that plan do cogo in effect in the 2017-2018 school year. we'll keep you posted. reporting live in uptown charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> christine: ashton, thank you. >>> 5:35 now, back to kristen miranda in the alert center getting headlines just in. >> kristen: we just got a release from the charlotte-mecklenburg police department i want to show you. kenton johnson, cmpd is looking for him. do you recognize him? know where he is? he cut off his electronic monitoring device yesterday, wearing that device because he was ordered to do that by the courts as a can be of pre-trial release. he is facing charges of l

, partly sunny skies, this is a bit of an improvement than where you have been of late. 53 around lenoir, morganton, 52 taylorsville all the while mostly sunny skies looking good that way. in charlotte i expect a high of 55. close to average this time of year, 56 gastonia, 55 mooresville over toward concord, 56 albermarle, 58 in wadesboro. 50s from chester and rock hill out toward pageland, lancaster and cheraw, good shape. this front not much of a weather maker, we'll be high pressure dominating our weather the next couple days and while we're on the cool side of things now we will get on the warm side and you will see temperatures take off here as we head toward the upcoming weekend. plenty of sunshine to go around i don't see much in the way of rain for the next several days, high pressure will settle in here for thursday, friday and in the start of the weekend but by late in the weekend we turn our attention to the west and looks like we start off early next week wet. i'm here to tell you enjoy the weekend, temperatures will be warming up very nicely, mid 60s on saturday, upper 60s o

drivers we spoke with west of lenoir say they're keeping a close eye on the weather and will heed the warnings. >> safety. safety. turn around. don't drown. >> reporter: that's always good advice. the other piece of good advice is to get our wsoc-tv weather app. let me show you how easy it is. this is my phone right here. i'm going to punch it up right here. and there, you can see the radar on it. and those heavier pockets of showers. that's the storm approaching us right now. check it out. get this app. it's really good stuff to have. reporting live from catawba county, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> two big issues with this next storm. one the rain dave was talking about, the other, the wind. i have our future cast specifically looking at what to >>> coming up, 400,000-dollar home mortgages with just 3% down. the only qualification some new information tonight shows drug incidents are down at many charlotte mecklenburg schools but not all. in some schools they're up significantly. and even students have complained. erica bryant went through years of reports uncovering

be the middle part of the day here, charlotte, concord, mooresville, close to 70, low to mid 60s lenoir, boone, 55. everybody is going to get rain the mountains will get snow tonight and tomorrow. more on that seven day forecast in a few minutes. right now check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. take a live look here this is i-77, clanton road, roads are wet and visibilities are low in many places this morning. so allow a little extra time for your wednesday morning commute. taking a look at center city, keep in mind the ciaa tourney continues today, busy around time warner cable arena. we do have a new accident with injuries on north caldwell street at 277, so it doesn't appear that it is on the interstate but actually north caldwell at 277. as we take a quick check here of our overall commute this morning, still running in the green on most of our majors. christine, over to you. >> christine: team coverage of severe weather in our area at this hour. >> john: a live look at where kristen hampton is m

lenoir, 27. mid teens in the mountains, banner elk, the actual air temperature now, 6 degrees. you factor in the wind, it feels like -2 in boone, -3 in banner elk. it's one thing to talk about numbers like that. it's another thing to see what that looks like and what it's like to deal with outside. we made a john sickle today. john ahrens is in blowing rock downtown to tell us what's going on. john? >> reporter: i'm looking at the wsoc-tv weather app. we have a temp here in boone of 6. a wind speed of 17 miles per hour. and that's all the difference here. because you talk about and heat are two different things. temperature is the amount of speed of the energy molecules in your body. well, the heat's the amount of energy that you have itself. and the more that you lose, the closer that you get to things like frostbite or hypothermia. you add wind, ask -- and every once in a while we get a flap of the awnings. it's dangerous, we've been up and down highway 321 from blowing rock through boone. the winds have been howling. i haven't found a lot of people outside braving it thankfu

charlotte area, maybe a coating from hickory up towards troutman and statesville, towards hickory and lenoir, on up towards the high country, 2 to as much as 5 inches of snow will fall. the mountains entrenched in the colder air. freezing rain, the last thing we we won't necessarily see a lot. charlotte south, a few hundredths of an inch. more as we hit the high country. to put this into perspective. the big storm in late january, we had 1/3 inch of freezing rain. this was not going to be that bad but it doesn't take much. for more on what to expect temperature wise and as far as the change over, lets head to john ahrens outside. >> reporter: steve, the changeover, the impact of the storm depends how long the cold air stays in place and it will be a cold air trap. if you look above the skyline, we will be watching a thousand feet up, warmer air trying to move through, but down close to cold. i am looking at the weather app, app. warm air above the cold, it is tough to get out of that, so we stay with the subfreezing temperatures, well into the that is why the freezing rain threat will still

winds, partly sunny skies, couldn't rule out a flurry or sprinkle, i don't think very much around lenoir, taylorsville or morganton, should be a quieter day than yesterday. 56 statesville, mooresville albermarle, 58 in wadesboro. take you south in lancaster, rock hill, chester, mid to upper 50s today with mostly sunny skies, sun-up, before 7:00 now, 57 is the normal high, just a little shy of that, the sun will set this evening at quarter after 6:00. should be a decent amount of sunshine today, few clouds mixing in. 31 for tonight, outlying areas colder, much less wind tomorrow, 53, 55 saturday but look at this, 66 sunday, both days of the weekend are pretty, this one is 10, 12 degrees warmer that will carry us in next week, 70 wednesday, get rain if not wednesday night then thursday. that is the seven day forecast, check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. new injury accident on wilkinson boulevard, over by charlotte douglas international airport. that is wilkinson at harley avenue, just in, not seeing

notice the really heavy rain from boone through lenoir, hihiory, shelby all of those areas seeing heavy rain for charlotte. and then by tomorrow morning it starts to move out again. maybe wet for the commute this is 6:00 a.m. and starting to push out of here. and then 10:00 a.m. we are starting to dry out. tomorrow afternoon we will be seeing subject again heavy rain

broyhill civic center in lenoir. >>> new this morning, the york city council wants to freeze housing development in some of their faster-growing communities. a proposed ordinance would halt construction in the lake wiley area and in between the catawba river and the north carolina line. supporters want a study done on how this construction would affect roads and public facilities. the council is expected to vote on the ordinance in april. >>> this morning no one will be charged after an 11-year-old indian trail girl was shot in wake county. deputies are not releasing many details about what led to the shooting, but they do say it happened sunday while the girl was visiting her grandmother. right now she is in critical condition. >>> happening today, this matthews woman accused of steal frg senior citizens at home will make her first court appearance. shaun provost was arrest on 15 felony counts. police say she ran a cleaning service and stole nearly $10,000 worth of her clients' jewelry. >>> by the end of the week more than 1,000 employees at daimler freightliner plants will lose the

maybe the foothills toward lenoir, hickory, maybe statesville but not the charlotte area for tomorrow. it may look like it wants to rain but chances are it won't. upper 50s by lunch time. and it continues to rise from there. your neighborhood forecast, kings mountain looks good. around 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon. toward rock hill, low to mid 60s in spite of the cloud cover. chance of rain will ramp up as we head into next week. bottom line is enjoy the great weather while we have it. and we will over the weekend. a 20% chance of a shower in the charlotte area. really everywhere east of the mountains on sunday. better chance in the high country before we all get the rain next week. >> rain but it's been so long since we had rain. >> seemingly. >> that's sarcasm. >> we'll take the sun. >>> charlotte firefighters who have had their windows smashed out, their cars ransacked, all while they were out on life saving calls. >> you're going after the people that could save your lives and save your children. >> why thieves are targeting them and how they know when to >>> and coming up, a nor

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up through parts of the lynnville gorge, lenoir, we'll take a break on that. your neighborhood forecast up in boone, we'll continue with that snow and temperature about 32. but it'll not be able to breakthrough up through matthews. it'll be sunny and windy though with highs in the mid 50s. still fairly mild outside for tomorrow afternoon. but i want to show you that five-day forecast, and focus on what's going on friday morning when you're getting ready for and then starting out the weekend, any 5ks going on will be about 27. for the rest of the ciaa tournament, things will finally settle down and it won't be as stormy as the beginning of the tournament. >> as activities with ciaa pick up, the weather will cooperate better. thanks john. >>> tonight frustration, confusion, and fear growing over the opportunity assignment plan for cms. right now we're taking your concerns straight to the superintendent. tonight at 10:00 and 11:00, what she has to say about a plan that will impact thousands of families. >>> a quick day on wall street, e, the dow cl steve: today i

morganton, hickory, con over, toward lenoir, boone, blowing rock, upwards of 2/10 of an inch of freezing rain. that could cause issues as well as this later on. the band of rain that will be pushing in. keep in mind, all night long, rising. midnight. what falls after that is all rain. and a lot of it across the mountains through midnight, charlotte area, by 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow morning. and then for daybreak, first thing tomorrow morning, keith monday will track the back edge of it as it's on its way out. tomorrow morning, look how much we warm up. mid to upper 40s in charlotte. 50 plus southeast of town. 30s across the high country. our future cast suggests the sunshine is back for a good partly of tomorrow. it should be a very nice day. shoulder to the left, off to the west, clouds are increasing, another batch of rain will be rolling in. i'll talk about that in a minute. temperatures start? the 40s. they rise in the 50s tomorrow afternoon. i wouldn't be surprised to find south carolina midlands close to 60s. winds will be up. changing direction. blowing out of the west. blowing the m

places like in the foothill, taylorsville, lenoir, 53, 54. 54 in the charlotte area, same in monroe, across the upstate counties, mid-50s, cheraw, pageland, 55 back toward 56 in lows tonight will hold around the freezing mark. tomorrow in the 60s, for monday, tuesday, mid to upper 60s. we stay kind of warm through the early part of the week, that will be warm ahead of the next cold front which gets in here next wednesday, exactly a week from when we had the front the past week. this one doesn't look as strong, shouldn't have the severe weather like this past week, kind of run of the mill thunderstorms and cooler behind it for later part of next week. >> kristen: you know what i think is smart about girl scouts? you can find the recipes for the stuff you like you can only get at restaurants. >> lyndsay: did you google recipes? >> kristen: i haven't, but i've never seen it in a facebook feed >> kristen: next at 5:00 -- >>> alzheimer can steals everything. [ music ] [ >> at least for a little while, this man gives it back. i'm kristen hampton, the good news is coming up. >>> "speak out"

. >>> right now, we have new developments in the trial of a man accused of killing a lenoir couple 25 years ago. the jury will begin deliberating today to decide the fate of william murphy. deputies is he he shot and killed these two inside of their home in 1990. during closing arguments, the defense argued there was no physical evidence linking murphy to the murder scene, only his brother and sister who implicated him. murphy could face the death penalty if convicted. >>> this morning, rock hill police need your help finding a man wanted for attempted murder. boozer stabbed him monday night then threatened to shoot him at a home. the victim is expected to survive. police plan to charge boozer with attempted murder once he is arrested. >>> experts say lower gas prices could be contributing to the spike. last year, south carolina roads had 942 fatal crashes, 120 more than 2014. there were 880 deadly crashes in north carolina last year, up from 840 the year before. it's part of a regional increase in traffic deaths. experts say it is partly because of an increase in the number of driver