visibility are limited just north of charlotte from lincolnton, concord and boone. be on the lookout for that. keep on low beams and take it slow on the roads. >>> however as we go throughout the afternoon, it is going to be warm and muggy and that is going to set the stage for strong, possibly severe storms later today. the storm prediction center has placed us under a slight risk for severe storms but the storms aren't going to get here until later in the day. any lingering showers we had overnight, those have cleared out. really we are looking at more threat for storms and the timeline of when they will arrive in your neighborhood, coming up. >>> we begin with a major story we are following throughout the day. several presidential candidates will be making stops across north carolina. >> hillary clinton, bernie sanders and donald trump will all hold campaign events in the state. republican candidate donald trump will speak at lenoir- rhyne university. the event will be open to more than 1400 people. in the past week several protests outside trump's events have be

we'll take you in lincolnton, currently clear and 64 degrees, not much of a breeze. you're dry this morning, should stay that way all day long. 56 in hickory, 58 statesville, 52 morganton, cooler there, you get from i-85 southward, in the 60s for the most part, 64 wadesboro, monroe, 65 charlotte, 62 rock hill. at the bus stop, lots of sunshine, 64, a very mild start to the day, come home we tack on 20. and we may get above the record

so right now, overcast conditions in lincolnton, that is the courthouse, rain up there last night but right now, dry, that is the case in charlotte. cloudy, sort of a damp start to the day, 38 with a dew point of 35, humidity level is up there at 90%. most of us are in the 30s but also safely above freezing. we thought that would be the case during the overnight. one exception is in the mountain where we have school closures and delays. 34 in morganton, hickory, 37 concord, 36 lincolnton, 39 now for rock hill and down toward lancaster. you'll wind up getting in the upper 30s this afternoon with mostly cloudy skies, low rain chances, maybe a sprinkle or two or flurry this afternoon in the mountains, won't add up to much more. 50s expected in the foothill, mostly sunny skies. our chances for precipitation very low today. that's the case in charlotte and in the piedmont. 57 lincolnton, gastonia, albermarle, mostly sunny skies, and like wise to the south as well, we'll be in the mid to upper 50s, close to 60 around chester. as we look at going forward, our temperatures will be going up. w

a lincolnton highway is shut down after a two-car crash. and we have chopper 9 sky zoom on the way to that area. united methodist church. highway patrol is investigating. we know it was a medical helicopter that was called in. the areas west of lincolnton. we'll bring you updates here on there. also posting updates at wsoctv.com. >>> happening right now, about 25 protesters are rallying in front of the government this is all over the city's controversial non- discrimination ordinance. these are live pictures. folks there right now. they're asking the governor and the general assembly to stop the ordinance that bans discrimination against the lgbt community. we got our crews there now talking with folks. it looks like they have a few speakers as well. and the ordinance is supposed to be taking effect april 1st. we'll see what comes of all this. >>> a raleigh high school class president is behind bars accused of firing a gun in a hospital parking deck. a judge refused to lower the yesterday. he went to make a drug deal rob him. people going t

may get to 80 in rock hill, albermarle, 78, lincolnton, 77, statesville, 77 as well. really nice temperatures if you like this kind of warm weather you'll love the next couple days here. the chances go up a little bit, but only incrementally, i have like a 10% chance thursday and friday. thursday we're looking at partly to mostly sunny skies, 77 degrees, as this frontal system gets closer to us we start with low clouds in the morning, partly sunny in the afternoon. small chance as we go in friday, also get a shower north of town, then this front will lift northward friday night into saturday and so as it does, a small chance for shower on saturday, but other than that, i think really the better opportunity for rain comes sunday into monday. speaking of saturday, of course we talked about this a couple times already this week, but got to remind you, daylight saving time is kicking in this weekend, so you have to turn that clock ahead one hour and check the battery in the smoke dedeck tore and co2 detector, stinks that you lose an hour of sleep the evenings pleasant. su

mostly sunny charlotte, statesville, mooresville, salisbury, albermarle, lincolnton, gastonia, shelby, all about 66, 68 degrees, mid to upper 60s from rock hill, pageland, cheraw, mostly sunny skies, big ridge of high pressure is going to dominate this week. this is going to be like the rock of gibraltar. frontal systems are being case for some time to come. eventually the ridge will break down, the timing may be toward the weekend. after today, 67, 70s going forward. our rain chances if you're planning on being outdoors this weekend, we do have at least some rain mentioned both saturday and sunday. again, long way out, things could change. there isn't a set agreement here in the models, but we'll keep an eye on it. sun-up at 6:45, normal high, sunsets at 6:25. 37 degrees where we would normally be for a low. well in the 70s this week with

it cools down pretty well at night, and a big warmup during the day. 31 in lincolnton, and still 40 at charlotte. the number will go down to the 30s before the morning wraps up, but you need the jackets this morning, and you will not need them this afternoon. close to 60 by lunchtime, and that was the high today. 60degrees, and today, middle 60s. we don't stop there. a more significant warmup is headed our way. that's the full outlook for the rest of the 7-day outlook. >> we begin this morning in the look at this. an amtrak train struck a car sitting on the tracks in west mecklenburg county it happened at marshall acres drive. no one was in the car when the train hit it at 1:30 this morning. police are thinking it may have been stolen. they had to bring in heavy equipment to remove the car, and you can see it there. the road reopened around 3:30 this morning, and tonight, two towns in north mecklenburg county will vote to send a clear message to leaders. huntersville and cornelius will be voting. families can weigh in on the operating budget for next year. leaders are hosting a communi

and fog is a problem this morning, especially north of charlotte from boone through hickory and lincolnton. that is where it is really tough to see. you can't see more than a mile in front of you, so take it slow on the roads. visibility dropped in albermarle and lancaster as well. fog will be a problem early on. and it is going to be another muggy and warm day ahead. we are in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s, taking you through futurecast, we climb quickly. by lunch time already in the low 70s and highs today in the upper 70s as you head toward lancaster, chesterfield and rockingham you will be in the low 80s. the warmth will lead to the threat for rain and stronger storms. the storms won't get here until later tonight. stick around and what the biggest storm threats women be in your neighborhood. weather and traffic every 10 minutes. let's get a look at the morning drive with mark. >> 6:10 this morning vicky. looking good for 485 in the area too early for big delays on 77 coming in from york county. southbound from davidson toward cornelius, look at this, 71 miles per hour. you guys are

i mentioned those temperatures are chilly. 29 in lincolnton, 32 in shelby. rock hill also in the 30s. this afternoon i'll have more on your forecast coming up in just a minute. >>> we are continuing follow breaking news in brussels, belgium .10 people are dead and many others hurt after explosions at the airport. another explosion happened at one of the city's subway stations near the headquarters of the european union. the city has closed the entire subway system. we have video just in, you can see the scene, this is the airport. you see a lot of people standing outside on the tarmac. they were evacuated. also a lot of people evacuated through the terminal. it is very chaotic right there. the explosions happened just after 3:00 a.m. our local time 8:00 brussels time. abc news is reporting those explosions happened in the vicinity of the american airlines desk. right now there is a perimeter set up around the airport all flights in and out of brussels have been canceled. in fact belgium's interior minister has just raised the country's terror level to maximu

up. 29 boone, 28 morganton, 33 in shelby at freezing, albermarle, wadesboro, 34 concord, 30 in lincolnton, 34 in rock hill. in the mountains, upper 50s to about 60. this may be pushing it around boone. southerly breezes you will be warming up. well in the 60s on under mostly sunny skies, taylorsville, wilkesboro no chance of rain. 67 salisbury, albermarle monroe, lincolnton, charlotte, south we're well in the 60s from chesterfield and patrick, cheraw, rock hill. heading to the game tonight, again, minnesota is in town to take on the hot hornets, 58 degrees, tip-off temperature not bad. overnight lows in the 40s. high s tomorrow in the 70s. that is where we're headed with the warm weather poised if to poised to come 67 today, and then well in the 70s, even in the weekend by the weekend we will look at greater rain chances as eventually the pattern is forecast to break down a little bit. again, nothing is set in stone, the timing could be off a little bit, a long way out but i'm here to tell you we have very low rain chances between now and friday but as we head toward the weekend chances f

foothills, 80 degrees, 79 taylorville, plenty of sunshine, sunshine in charlotte, 79 hickory, 81 lincolnton, charlotte, 80 albermarle, 82 rockingham, hamlet, wadesboro and low 80s across rock hill, lancaster and pageland, sunny skies. high pressure commanding the weather, this is this afternoon, good deal of sunshine, turn our attention to the west. weak system moves in, will brings clouds to the mountains tomorrow morning at 8:00, maybe a shower, notice as the front moisture, so i'm not forecasting any rain outside of the mountains the next couple days, high pressure will build until for thursday and friday, notice, this is going to be a big trough of low pressure, it will cool us off, you will see the temperatures come down appreciably, but rain chances the weekend. very very small chance that we get rain late in the weekend but notice the temperatures, below average going in saturday, sunday and monday and notice next week the night time lows get down in the 30s. that is something we have to monitor. no worry about frost. 81 degrees, 82 wednesday, 70s, 60s, cloud cover on saturday, low p

couple other communities, 55 lincolnton, concord, 55 as is wadesboro, 54 statesville, 52 west jefferson and we're 52 out in shelby. this morning, patchy fog, that is it, 57 degrees, not bad at the bus stop, won't be as widespread or heavy and thick as what we had yesterday morning. unseasonably warm this afternoon, lots of sunshine, all that courtesy of high pressure over us right now, that will govern our weather today but already looking at the next system, that has rain across the middle part of the country. this front will come marching eastward over the next 24 hours. stop this at 8:00, a couple showers coming in the mountains, rest of us are dry and watch how all this little bit of rainfalls apart as the front comes eastward, i don't think there is much rain outside of a couple showers. rest of us dry, high pressure build in should provide sunshine for friday and the start of the weekend. you notice this big front. you can say goodbye to the warm weather this is going away. what we're concerned about an area of low pressure develops along the front, the models are all over the pla

one from morrisville, one along i-50 all the way to lincolnton. you can find that all the way about an inch an hour, that heavier rain is sliding northeast, the western shore of the lake about 11:30. mountain by a quarter to 12:00. the other band of heavy rain stretches along highway 10. northeast all the way to claire monte. this is the way it looked a short time ago. as the rain came in. wow, and it come in hard. we talked about that was the greatest risk as this came in tonight. briefly heavy rain and some gusty winds. heavier rain through stoney point, that's going to continue to slide through the northeast. taylorsville now. hour. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, it's history. unfortunately, so is the warmth. 20s across the high country and that's not the last of the issues. john ahrens. >> as that cool air moves in t hurry. all the way through your wednesday, you're talking about wind gusts at least to 30 miles an hour and sometimes higher, up to 45 up in boone. midday, staying pretty steady at 31 miles per hour during the afternoon.

dry conditions, little bit of close to 60 degrees up in lincolnton. right nowrcast in charlotte and 63, excellent visibility, fog not an issue but dampness to the air, humidity level, 84%, sohwest wind at 8 miles per hour. we're 63 in concord, 62 lincolnton, 60 boone, 64 lancaster, to monroe, rock hill and 6 i3n salisbury, very mild conditions thi;+:-s morning with that jump start on the day, we get to near 80 this afternoon. mindful that we have a little bit of rain in the forecast at 4:00, no more than 20% chance. not a huge deal. if you'rej) heading to theo= hornets game tonight, tipoff temperatu close to 70. agn that 20%c3\ chance of a shower during the evening hours. low presse over texas, now high pressure to the north of us, watch how this pushes the front southward during the night time hours tonight. this is 6:00 this eveni, a couple showers here trying to develop and tomorrow ms^orning that front is south of us. we start the day tomorrow with a lot of clouds and rain.dt then this front gives way, and a that will be the better opportunity for

the fire destroyed a wood-working and storage home in lincolnton. we're working to learn more details we'll update you on air and online at wbtv.com. >>> 4:31, chilly start to the morning but will warm up. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: warm up big time this afternoon. yesterday 69, better than that today. the trees, this is as one hour loop, they are swaying swiftly out there. we have a gusty breeze this morning helping to keep temperatures up, not all that cold. granted, 35 in boone, but 52 hickory, 50 shelby, chester, 50 monroe, 54 charlotte, 54 gastonia, a mild start to the will wind up in the upper 70s, but those winds will be something we have to deal with all day long. in fact there is an increased fire danger this afternoon with gusty warm winds and humidity. gusts are likely to be in the 20-25 mile range much of the day. whether the winds will won side and when rain chances pick up plus looking ahead to the holiday weekend in a couple minutes. >> john: we're working to learn the name of a man killed in a shooting in northwest char

here in the piedmont, 78 states i will have to ring lincolnton. 81 degrees around wadesboro. partly cloudy skies. rock hill to chester, upper 70s to about 80. before we get too far ahead of ourselves and think, let's get the garden out. the latest snow of in season is april 28, 1978, we had a trace of snow. some of you may recall a big snowstorm late in march in 1983, we had nine inches of snow here in charlotte. point. i'm not saying it is going to snow, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. march is looking great. the high is giving up ground so mostly cloudy skies in charlotte, maybe a shower. into the day tomorrow and tomorrow evening, we get a little bit of rain that tries to develop here. a lot more cloud cover. this is going to keep is much cooler into saturday. saturday we start with some rain. it should taper down but i will really think the clouds are going to be stubborn to break with tra front on top of us, anywhere north you're in the 60s. upper 60s, but still 60s nonetheless. showers and thunderstorms sunday and monday. and we clear back out and warm back up mon

. >>> a search is underway for this missing woman from lincolnton. a nationwide alert now out for 36-year-old stacy caidenhead. she may be driving a 1992 ford you can call the lincolnton police department at... you see the number on your screen. if you have information, a $1,000 reward is possible. >> anniversary to mark today. it's been one year since mecklenberg county launched its smoking ban. smoking not allowed on any government property you had cloog county parks and city-owned buildings like time warner cable arena, the nascar hall of fame and bojangles colosseum. >> weather now. today beautiful. temperatures close to 80 . sunshine, too. >> if you did have to stand in line at your polling precinct not bad, right? how long can we hang on to the warm weather? that is always the question. leigh brock in the first alert weather center with a look at the forecast. >> you know this time of year it's march your average high temperature is low 60s. anything above 62 is a bonus. when you are close to 80 like days we are lucky to have these days we have

. >> al: dry, cool weather, chris as we start tuesday, a little cooler than yesterday morning, lincolnton currently 36 degrees here in the county seat out there, looking dry, 46 partly cloudy in charlotte right now, colder in the mountains, 31 boone, 35 in salisbury. but low 40s. 42 hickory and rock hill, 43 gastonia, 47 in monroe. starting off in the 30s and 40s, wind up in the 60s, a gradual increase in cloud cover, gastonia, 69, partly sunny. becoming mostly cloudy by 4:00. hickory, 67, mostly sunny approaching 70 from monroe and salisbury, a nice day. now we have rain in the forecast for tonight, i'll show you that on futurecast, plus looking ahead to the weekend all the details in a few minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: another breaking news story we're watching out of gaston county, where authorities are investigating a triple homicide. if you're just joining us, last night police found the bodies of three people at a home in alexis. >> john: crystal gambino is charged with first degree murder in the

lincolnton at 43, clear skies, a lot cooler up that way. here in charlotte, much cooler than yesterday as well, 54 clear skies, not much of a breeze, very dry. dew point at 29. behind the front that came through yesterday and that air will remain very very dry 43 lincolnton, 41 boone, 47 morganton, 50 in shelby. pretty chili stuff early this morning we will rebound nicely this afternoon. not total sunshine, there will be high clouds, particularly for the afternoon hours but nice and warm, high temperature getting back to 77 degrees. pretty nice considering where we could be this time of the year. and more than likely where we are going as we head toward the weekend. i mentioned at the top of the newscast, yesterday, 86, today, 77. tomorrow, 69, three straight days in the 50s. overnight lows in the 30s. to complicate matters, throw in the idea there will be rain around probably both days of the weekend. high pressure is with us today, we may get high clouds this afternoon, drifting up from the stalled front to the south of us. as the high co

the courthouse on the square in lincolnton. good visibility, partly to mostly cloudy, 50 in gastonia, upper 40s, 46 in hickory, little chiliier, 34 this morning in boone. let's start off at 8:00, 47 in statesville, 48 in gastonia, 49 rock hill, by lunch time, above our high from yesterday, which was 68 degrees, we don't stop there, mid 70s this afternoon, should be a very nice afternoon under partly to mostly sunny skies. no rain in our forecast today, eventually rain is going to make an appearance in the seven day planner, talk about that, looking ahead to the weekend, we'll have that in a few minutes. 5:30 check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. taking a look at tuesday morning commute. this is live i-77, northbound going away out of the rest area, no problems here. volume picking up a bit. let's check your drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman southbound at 16 minutes, 64 miles an

dry conditions mostly clear skies in lincolnton, take a look here in charlotte, clear and it is chilly at 40 degrees, good visibility, light breeze out of the southeast and again, not too bad as far as humidity goes, may be a little bit of frost this morning. particularly in the mountains where temperatures are at or below freezing. 31 boone, 29 morganton, freezing in shelby, 30 in lincolnton, 34 concord and then south of town we're in the 30s but mainly above the freezing mark. for today, plenty of sunshine, nice warming trend start at 43 this morning. 62 at lunch time, 67 this afternoon, that is seven degrees above both saturday and sunday. were on the edge, a little cool better. 67 this afternoon. minnesota, the timberwolves are in town to take the hornets, 58 at tip-off time at 7:00 this evening. overnight lows in the 40s. not as chilly as it is this morning and highs tomorrow look at this, rebound in the 70s, and this will be the theme going as that high is just going to again continue to pump up warm weather as we go in tuesday and wednesday and beyond. so i think you'll like the

that said, it is cold, you will need the jacket, temperatures quite cold in lincolnton, show you the temperatures in a moment, first off in charlotte, current conditions, 39 degrees, cear skies, not much of a breeze. with the dew point in the 20s, dry air, a perfect set-up for very chilly conditions, with the dry air in place, clear skies, light breezes, yeah, temperatures fall. with that, we have a freeze warning in effect for most of the met rote area and metro area and points northward. frost advisory east of town, union, lancaster, 29 degrees in lincolnton, 32 in concord. 33 at rock hill, 32 salisbury, 31 statesville, 29 morganton, mid 30s in the mountain. everybody closes to if not below freezing. by 8:00 in the charlotte area, up to 35. the sun will be prominent today, will dominate, with that the idea that the air is dry, it will heat and warm very efficiently and quickly. afternoon, a little shy of 70 but still should be much better than the last couple afternoons whether we've been cool. as far as tonight, won't be as cold. we'll be mostly in the 40s tonight. that is much be

lincolnton down to 47. 49 in salisbury. cool temperatures, much, much cooler, more cooler weather on the way as we head through this weekend. lots of sunshine in statesville. your neighborhood around 70 degrees. same case in ablemarle. lots of sunshine, high clouds from time to time through the day today. tomorrow and while it is a high chance for rain, especially tomorrow evening it is not a high amount of rain fall as things really will dry out fast into midday sunday and next week will be dry but it will be much cooler, see the rain chances build up with the accumulation. about a 10th of an inch around midday it is no big rain for the morning parade tomorrow, there are light showers around. watch these numbers add up tomorrow night as this blue shade spreads in. closer to a half inch. of rain. a quarter to a half inch. numbers. it is not a lot. we need a lot more than this. it has been a dry march to out. the dry weekend is a dreary one to start out. rain clouds will dry out. the first full day of spring. not going to fe

if you're in lincolnton, downtown lincolnton, shot from our friend cotton ketchie, charlotte, 53, these numbers are below average for this time of the year. you notice tomorrow at least a 70% chance of rain. i might be on the low side with that, tomorrow night 90% chance of rain, as we go through the day tomorrow, the clouds will increase, they will thicken and we may start with dry conditions, we will end with rain and will rain heavy at so plan on that if you have outdoor plan tomorrow evening, not looking good. high pressure with us, increasing clouds tomorrow, thursday night the rain, it is gone by friday morning. except for snow showers in the mountains. the clouds will follow suit and we will wind up being nice on friday, drying out and warming up to about 58 degrees. friday is not a bad day at all, again, that 58 is close to average. we get the one shot of rain and dry out nicely going in saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday, and notice the temperatures, they rebound, saturday seasonal day, sunday is milder, 63. temperatures go up from there. monday and tuesday, i think back clos

officers in lincolnton charged donald, michael, and sullivan during a sting operation. leswing is a truck driver from york county. claussing is a charlotte area business person. sullivan is a restaurant manager from charlotte. >>> last year, channel 9 told you about another sting operation by lincolnton police. almost 20 child sex predators were arrested during that operation. new at 11:00, police changed the locks on an east charlotte home after someone was living in there illegally. the homeowner is vacant and owned by the bank. according to the police report, a person was found living if that person is facing any charges. also new tonight, police blocked part of a street in the elizabeth neighborhood after a streetcar broke down. the streetcar stopped at the intersection of elizabeth avenue. police say it malfunctioned. nobody was injured. >>> a couple dozen ralliers gathered in marshall park to protest the charlotte mecklenburg police department after one of its officers was captured on camera punching a suspect repeatedly. the group called justice for charlotte hos

for jefferson and boone, 38 morganton, shelby, 36 lincolnton, concord. up in the mountains, upper 30s to low 40s, getting back toking 43, 44, no chance for any rain or snow for that matter. you had some yesterday, in the foothills, 57 morgan-on-to, lenoir, taylorsville, bright sunshine, little bit of a breeze this afternoon. in the charlotte area, upper 50s, may be a few spots toward wadesboro and rockingham that get close to many 60, 58 shelby, mooresville over to concord and lincolnton, we go south of town, upper 50s to about 60 from patrick and pageland toward rock hill and fort mill. sunny skies. the growing season has not started yet, no advisories in the mountains, but we have a freeze watch tonight and frost advisory east of there, as temperatures will be cold enough or likely to get frost to develop down close to freezing for most communities, outside of the mountains even, this is going to be the colder night coming up tonight, we rebound tomorrow afternoon, getting in the mid and upper 60s, if you like that you'll love going high pressure is wi

this is the 2100 block of bill lynch drive in lincolnton. we know right now know one was -- no one was injured but four departments responding to this. right now village drive is closed. investigators are investigating this right now. also a fire in huntersville. medics treated two people after a fire at this home here overnight. investigators say it started in the bedroom of the home. this is grapper hall drive. it started around 1:00 this morning. can't really see any damage on the outside of the house, but medics tell us they did evaluate two people for smoke inhalation. no word what caused that fire. >>> and in north charlotte a fire also forced a family out of their home overnight. crews say it took less than 15 minus to put this one out. this is on king george drive. it started around midnight. done to the outside, just a little bit there by the chimney. fire officials say it started in the attic. no injuries here. red cross is helping the family out. we'll bring you updates as soon as fire officials determine a cause in these fires. >

upper 70s in lincolnton. down south close to 80 degrees in pageland, chester, very, very nice conditions. before we get ahead of ourselves, we've had snow as late as late april, a trace of snow in 1928 and measurable snow in late march so let's not plant the gardens just yet. now we're starting to see the impact of this front. clouds, even a few showers north of town and we slide this front south of charlotte. meaning we're into the cooler air. friday night and saturday we get rain into sunday. chances for showers and thunderstorm not a washout. i think the greatest chance for rain is sunday, not saturday, but sunday so we're going to monitor that forecast but we will be somewhat cooler and a lot cloudier. for today, 8. 80 for tomorrow. a small chance for a shower. chance for rain picks up tomorrow night and early saturday. saturday not a washout. saturday is probably dry. back into the 70s next week. you're negative more than seven minute because from traffic -- never more than seven minutes away from traffi

in lincolnton, and boone, 28. we will shake off the chill very quickly. the 40s turning into the 50, if not close to 60 by lunchtime. you shed the layers quickly for today. topping out at 65, charlotte, points southward, mid-60s, and the mountains, not that far from 60 today. boone, the neighborhood forecast showing more clouds spilling in, around 56 degrees, and temperatures warm well above average for this time of the year. rock hill, temperatures are about 10 degrees warmer. mid-60s today. sunshine to start out. more clouds late, and as we head through later this week, more of the high clouds will be spilling back in. that may be the only thing keeping us out of the 80s this week. mid- to upper 70s tomorrow, starting tomorrow, thursday and friday, we are going to see a lot more cloud cover coming in this week as a big batch of rain fall develops out to the west, and all clear today, and we will be clear tomorrow as well, and we will see some of the low clouds from the south see the moisture returning from the south, southeast, and the rain is still way

colder in lincolnton. chilly in albermarle. the wind is most calm and you are finding a little more of a clear picture and colder picture to start the day today. a lot of sunshine to start out. it is going to be the clouds filtering below the sunshine as we head through the day. 69 by noon. that is warmer than we saw throughout the entire day yesterday. we are back in the mid 70s. south and southeast breezes warming us up to the mid-70s, well above our average for this time of the year. the only downside you can find, in this, of course would be more of the pollen starting to blooming for sure. our future taft is a quiet scan and there. late tonight through tomorrow morning as more moisture returns from the south. we are going to see clouds morning, rain in the afternoon. enough sunshine to warm us up into the mid to upper 70s for tomorrow thursday and friday. overnight numbers, closer to 50 degrees or above. this is going to be a big, big change. you may start to feel a touch of the mugginess coming back in toward the end of t

here in charlotte, high temperature of 77, like wise lincolnton, mooresville, statesville, 76 hickory, nearly 80 down around wadesboro and upper 70s to about 80 from pageland, chester and rock hill, plenty of sunshine. last night's front is just to the south of us, so sunshine for today, then a gradual increase in cloud cover coming tomorrow and then as you notice as we go from tomorrow morning in to saturday morning, the clouds really thicken up here, high pressure to the north will provide the chilly breeze out of the northeast, low pressure from the gulf will provide the moisture, the end result is a lot of cloud cover. the low itself will cut south of saturday night into sunday. but it will be close enough we will get rain. not heavy rain, that will be reserved for the coastal plain, but 50/50 chance of rain, probably an 80% chance saturday night into sunday morning but goes up from saturday mid-day through sunday mid-day and back down. will return to sunshine for the better part of next week. the weekend is when everybody would love to get the 70s and 80s, we have 50s. just the w

is on hickory, taylorsville, and lincolnton. i've been tracking light showers all morning long in the mountains. from newland, blowing rock, boone, jefferson you are seeing some of that light rain. this will continue in and out throughout the day today. to take you through future cast as the showers come closer to the i-77 corridor we will see the rain closer to 10:00-11:00 starting in charlotte. and also could see heavy rain at times. as we go throughout the afternoon, more spotty showers possibly some isolated storms as well. it's not going to be a washout today. it will not be raining all day. but any point today you could see spotty showers. it's a mild start president proposal in the upper 50s and low 60s. it will still be warmer today even with the clouds. not quite as warm as it was yesterday. but still warmer than average. jefferson off and on showers. warmer in the mid to low 60s. we will see that steady rain continuing throughout the afternoon. rainfall totals up to an inch in some spots. but that is through today and

you can see the lincolnton updating to 49. we'll see a few more 40s spilling in from i-885 and north through the rest of the morning. south, still clouds left over. upper 50s in monroe. in statesville, your neighborhood forecast will clear the sky up. lots of sunshine, warm back up to the 70s. should be picture perfect all day long for today and relatively mild. al martial. you're looking at a -- ablemarle, you're looking at high temperatures around 70 to 73 for most of the metro. other than high clouds, we stay completely dry and quiet. it is the last mild day we'll see for awhile. the rain chance starts to build through the day on saturday. especially saturday afternoon and evening. it starts to wraup early sunday and dry again as we go back to work and school for next week. it is not going to be a continue to of rain fall. through midday tomorrow, a 10th of an inch will add up. parade tomorrow in uptown there, is a threat for light rain. take the rain gear with you. we'll show you how the rain chances slowly build here. we'

temperatures just updated in the past 15 minutes. 68 in charlotte and lincolnton and 69 in rockingham and 64 in jefferson. you don't need to worry about the layers as we go throughout the day today. we will make it to 76 degrees, well above average thanks to a south southwesterly wind from 10-15 miles per hour and if you have stepped outside, you will notice that it's windy. current wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour and as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon, we could see wind speeds up to 20 miles per hour and wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour and with the stronger winds and dry winds in place, that's making for an enhanced tracking changes thursday into friday. if you have plans this evening, maybe heading out for a walk or a run, 7:00, upper 60s and some clouds will build in later and 9:00, mid-60s. things are quiet on the doppler, but it will be a different story this time tomorrow with more clouds moving in and then the threat of rain. the neighborhood forecast tomorrow for mint hill, starting off in the low 50s, another warm day and highs in t he mid -70s but tomorrow

a lot of it's punch and a dry sky for the majority of the day today. 46 in charlotte and 36 in lincolnton and reactioning havoc where it's clear and cooler 31 in boone and 35 cloud cover keeps the temperature up into most neighborhoods. we still up today with increasing clouds this afternoon. middle 60s by lunch time upper 60s for the high today at least around 68 or 69. a few 00s again down south up into the high country and this is the spot where you see the rain chance come in first this afternoon. clouds increasing and much better chance tonight for heavier down pours hitting the south and east the clouds come in and rain chance holds off around the metro and east well after dark for tonight as rain shower chances hold off for the majority of the day. we'll see on the short term data quiet through the early afternoon late in the day a couple spotty showers west of the mountains but the big event is at 7:00 when that will start to move into the mountains with heavier down pours. between 7 and 8 from the high country to the west and through the metro after midnight for points to the eas

and we are tracking fog in boone, statesville, lincolnton, and albemarle. take it slow and make sure to turn on your low beams. we are dry on live early warning doppler 9 but this will be a different story heading through the evening hours. be weather aware going through the day today. mid to upper 50s to low 60s. temperatures just updated in the past couple of minutes. 62 in salisbury and 46 degrees in booneful waking up this morning, remember the sun vice gets underway a little bit later today. we are going to keep the threat for some patchy fog but really as we go throughout the afternoon, that is when we start to see more unsettled weather pushing through. around 8:00 or 9:00 tonight in the charlotte area, we'll need your neighborhood forecast for chester, patchy fog early on, by midday, sunshine mixed in with clouds and highs today yet again in the low 80s, so feeling more like the month of may than march so here's your planner for this evening. by 7:00 the threat for storms. by 9:00 still tracking downpours and some storms across the area. and some of

the neighborhood forecast in lincolnton, more clouds than in the past few days, and no complaints about this. mid to upper 70s, and i believe we'll touch 80 tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds. on the weekend, the chances will rise especially on sunday but i still don't think we'll see a wash out. but temperatures will hover around the 70-degree mark in spite of the clouds and chance of showers. the 7-day forecast, the clouds will return more on friday than tomorrow. and don't forget to spring forward on saturday night and set your clock forward for one hour. you'll be glad you did. >> otherwise you'll be late. really. [laughter] thanks. >>> well, ahead, channel 9 after the arrest 4 years after this pregnant teenager's murder. >> detectives were diligent. >> the questions that loved ones now have for her accused killer. plus. >> officials tell residents living near the cole ash ponds it's okay to use the water. >> why should i trust you now? >> why they say no and the demands they have. year in the making, there are two democratic visionsfor regulating wall street.one says it's okay t

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. >>> police in lincolnton have issued a warrants on jonathan earl on felony child abuse charges. these are two different pictures of the suspect. he is known to change his hairstyle and wear glasses. >>> the board of education has approved $10 million for 10 new school buses. cabarrus county could have them by september but they will order them next week and a portion of that money will be used to fix up portable classrooms. >>> and a new education survey found only 4% of incoming college students say they'll major in education. that's the lowest point in 45 years. in 2000, it was 11%. and lack of respect in the classroom. >>> seeing yellow everywhere as pollen is covering charlotte. why this season could be worse tan last year and all the headaches for you. >>> scott, the pollen counts tripled literally overnight. and we are very high, and that's the oak pollen. when we'll see rain to wash it out. >> that's ridiculous. >> they save lives but a channel 9 investigation found medical helicopters are leaving patients folks have some questionsabout my spicy, freshly-preparedworld-fam

right now, it is partly to mostly cloudy around lincolnton. current temperature is 59 degrees. a very, very mild start to the day. 58 in charlotte, salisbury 50. 61 around hickory. out the door this morning, patchy low cloudiness and 62 degrees at the bus stop. a mild start to the day. this afternoon looks great. high temperature stays warm, 78 degrees. not much chance for rain today. chances of rain look greater they will hit pay dirt here on sunday, so the timing is not great if you've got weekend plans. not going to be a washout but we will be definitely dealing with increased chances for rain this weekend and cooler temperatures. the warm weather is not going to last forever. we will talk more about t. the seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. here is chris with your first alert. >> thank you. sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. this is a look at i-77, across the state lines. no significant problems early this morning. in the center city, in the green, 77 through center city looking a-okay this morning. interstate highways running in the green, 45 looks good. 77, 8

this is nc-27 near howard's creek mill road one driver is lloyd strikeout he was headed towards lincolnton and vehicle struck another car head on they think that strout had a medical condition and passed way at the scene. nobody else was injured. terrible story. back to you. >> let's update the commute, tonya rivens in the first alert traffic center. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. a check of independence boulevard and the expressway. we have problems on monroe road by village lake drive. congestion. sardis road or independence are great alternate routes. a report of an accident by albemarle road on independence. i was unable to see that on the dot camera. but notice eastbound is slow-moving traffic approaching matthews for your friday evening commute. and check and look at arrowood, a lot of volume around 485 as we continue to monitor this traffic there is an accident between east john street and providence road and a lot of volume starting to build as well. 51 we have problems there as well. back to you. >> thank you. charlotte-mecklenburg police want to make s

temperatures in the mid-50s now. 49 in lincolnton. and low 50s in jefferson. you don't have to worry about morning and going through the afternoon, lots of sunshine, the problem this morning as you hid out for the morning drive, around 7:00, that's when we could see patchy fog, especially on the backroads from charlotte, salisbury, lincolnton, as well, but then the fog lifts around 9:00 and lots of sunshine in the afternoon. it will be warmer, too. low 50s, patchy fog, by 5:00 this afternoon, highs in the mid-70s. we will keep the warm-up under way over the next several days. i will show you when we bring back the threat for rain coming up in the next 10 minutes. >>> let's get a look at the morning drive now with mark. >> thank you. we're watching independence boulevard for the east side commuters heading in this morning. the traffic volume is light. we're in great shape. not much happening inbound. that's about it. right now, heading outbound from the freeway into union county, no issues there, as well. mid hill to uptown, 14 minutes here. in south charlotte,

lincolnton 37, 38 in albermarle. bein is 34. we are going to warm up quickly as the numbers jump up into the mid 70s this afternoon. we'll show the timeline on our futurecast. the rain chance is still holding off until the weekend plans. stephanie? >> reporter: davidson town leaders will join us in sending a message to cms leaders that busing students miles away to other schools. >> the davidson board of commissioners will vote today on a resolution declaring they want every student to be guaranteed a for the in a school within their own neighborhoods. the meeting is at town hall today at 4:00. they'll join huntersville and cornelius. last night the huntersville mayor and council members voted unanimous husbandly in favor of a similar resolution. cms says they are early in the student assignment process. overall they hope to reduce crowding. town leaders told us their main concerns are lack of stability and predictability. >> i think primarily what should dictate where your kids go to school is where you live. that is kind of ho

alleghany county schools on two-hour delay. 37 salisbury, concord, 36 in lincolnton, 39 in shelby, 39 rock hill and 39 lancaster and monroe. hopefully the heat is working well, by this afternoon we rebound to 58, keep in mind that is still a good five degrees or so below average. tonight will be the colder night, no advisories for the mountains, the wind up there will be an issue and cold tonight but you don't have the growing season yet, the rest of us have frost and freeze watches in effect here because we're expecting lows to get down in the lower 30s tonight, most areas i think will be at are on below freezing a couple hours tonight early tomorrow morning, then we rebound very nicely, tomorrow afternoon, pushing 70 if mid to upper 60s, better than that toward wednesday and thursday. high pressure with us right now, that will park itself over north and south carolina tomorrow morning. our temperatures will be in the 30s and leaves tomorrow afternoon, in the 60s, wednesday in advance of of this this could bring us a little bit of rain thursday night into early friday morning. doesn'

the fire destroyed a wood-working and storage home in lincolnton. we're working to learn more details we'll update you on air and online at wbtv.com. >>> 4:31, chilly start to the morning but will warm up. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: warm up big time this afternoon. yesterday 69, better than that today. the trees, this is as one hour loop, they are swaying swiftly out there. we have a gusty breeze this morning helping to keep temperatures up, not all that cold. granted, 35 in boone, but 52 hickory, 50 shelby, chester, 50 monroe, 54 charlotte, 54 gastonia, a mild start to the

a taste of spring all day, 70 from charlotte south and east and upper 60s in lincolnton and in the 40s and 50s across the mountains, not bad for the first of march but rain is on the way. grab an umbrella this evening. up by 8:00 or so with the raindrops rolling in. the rain and thunder over the southwest mountains and extreme northern mountains. charlotte will stay dry until about 9 or so when he leading edge of the rain rolls in and along that leading edge we may see gusty winds and locally heavy rain and it won't last long. as people were saying earlier at lunchtime, it will just roll out of here with the winter coats. 40 or so early on. don't look for a temperature rise tomorrow. amazing how quickly you get used to the warmth. the last to you days in the 70s. tomorrow, sunshine all day long and we'll struggle to get out of the courts to low 50s. not only that, but the futurecast picks up the wind tomorrow especially in the mountains and even in charlotte adding to the chill. the neighborhood forecast uptown, sun and chill. wadesboro, middle 50s before we cool down and again, the fu

at lunchtime, upper 60s to near 70, 70s south of town which will clear first and notice i-85 at lincolnton, statesville, hickory, still low to mid-60s and clouds holding afternoon with the temperatures starting to soar. how about chesterfield, rockerring handle? pushed to 80 tomorrow afternoon and in charlotte, not a record. the record is 82 from 1974 but it would be the warmest we have been since late october. hard to believe. now, you'll hear a lot about heavy weather and flooding over louisiana, texas and the mississippi valley the next few days. this will make a run at the carolinas through the weekend and be a mere shelf what shell -- shelf what - - shell -- shell of what it is now. not a wash out but, boy, mild, 70 on saturday and lower 70s on sunday and this warm weather is going nowhere any time soon. check out the 5-day forecast. the best chance of rain on sunday and lower 70s. when it moves out, we're still for the next 7 to 10 days, i don't see anything resembling march-like weather. we'll be in the 70s most of next week. >> such a nice stretch. >> thank you. >>> coming up new a

>>> that's right. 60s from lincolnton, salisbury north and harrisburg, concord, 70. catawba and lincoln and gastonia. the live warning doppler 9 not show anything rain yet in the area. if you are heading outside this evening, you need to grab the rain gear just in case. light showers in northern cleveland county between lawndale and tolucaa. but most of the showers we have been keeping our eye on are break up, a sign that the atmosphere is not really ripe to keep these things going. good news, this will not risk we dealt with last week. a decent line of thunderstorms racing in eastern tennessee and moving to the carolinas at about 40 miles per hour. sundown at 6:20 and we'll see the rain chances ramp up as we head through the evening especially west of charlotte. temperatures slowly backing down to the 60s. the latest futurecast, 8:00 tonight. most of the action west of highway 321 into the mountains, southwest mountains and extreme northern foothills and moves into charlotte about 10:00. the leading edge may produce gusty winds and briefly heavy rain and you may hea

light north winds over rock hill. 47. 48 in lincolnton. 45 in hickory. in the mountains we've been flirting with freezing all day. a cloudy and dreary look through most of the day with snowfall in the high country. it's unbelievable. boone, still heavy snow flakes, i just tweeted out that picture from downtown king street and up in through jefferson and ash county. still some snow showers as you go beyond the slopes and in the northern foothills, it turns to just rain. showers right now over in taylorsville and stoney point. lenoir and saw mills. hickory, star town, mountain and now it's starting to get into vail. up into cherryville. and shelby, the showers are continuing. and this gets into gastonia between now and 6:40. it times out into charlotte at 6:45 or so. if you have plans tonight, account for wet weather as this line of showers moves through. that will be out of here at 10:00 or 11:00. and the showers will be clearing out. we'll be back to bright weather tomorrow. but the cold air will be coming in at that time. and even with sunshine tomorrow

, foothills, frost advisory east of town, both run until 9:00 this morning. 28 in morganton, 30 lincolnton, 32 concord, 32 rock hill, 32 lancaster, below freezing, 30 salisbury and statesville. cold start, better finish, 58 in boone this afternoon, sunny skies, plenty of sunshine, warm up in the upper 60s for morganton, lenoir, taylorsville, wall-to-wall sunshine across your area. 68 salisbury, 66 hickory, 68 charlotte, mooresville, concord, monroe, rockingham and back over toward wadesboro. shy of 70. don't judge the day by what you see this morning or what you feel. by the way tonight won't be as cold. tomorrow morning, mostly in the 40s and tomorrow afternoon check this out, back in the 70s, well above average. a cool snap but headed up. what we haven't had much is rain. just a little bit the last couple days with the systemses that came through both sunday and saturday. so we have a deficit for the month of 2.5 inches for the year close to 2.5 inches. we won't see much rain the next couple days, but by wednesday, we turn our attention to the next system, that will approach us late thur