highs mid 60's morganton. and we have a warming trend underway. this is just for john carter. take a look at this. appalachian ski mountain, they are still seeing. they actually made snow over the weekend, and they are looking to shut down april 2, so they will be starting the meltdown games there. even with the cold temperatures this weekend, they were still making a little bit of snow across the north carolina high country. our current conditions in the charlotte area, right now, it is sunny and mild. 59. wind at 9 miles an hour. power doppler is quiet. high pressure is building nicely. center of the high off georgia, florida, and carolinas, and that is promoting that deeper southerly flow, so our temperatures are only going to get warmer the middle of the week, and then a small chance of showers coming up thursday night into friday morning. 55 hickory, 54 boone, 57 gastonia, monroe. we had the rain showers, temperatures in the 40's sunday. warming trend yesterday afternoon. today a full 10 warmer midday than we were 24 hours ago. 8 warmer in boone, and how about that, it is

no issues there but boy, it is chilly, we've fallen to 37, one of the warmer spots. 29 right now morganton, at freezing in shelby, rock hill, lancaster, wadesboro, below freezing now albermarle and statesville and right at freezing in salisbury, likely to fall a couple more degrees before the sun comes up at 7:30. today, once the suns comes up, good shape, plenty of sunshine, 35 at 8:00, 62 at lunch time, 68 this afternoon. back up in the 70s, in the near term and also our chances for rain this holiday weekend. all the details in the seven day forecast. john, back to you. >> john: also following a major breaking story overseas, two deadly explosions at an airport in brussels. >> christine: brody o'connell is giving us details. how do we know, do we know, if this is terrorism-related. >> brody: i'm seeing reports in the last few minutes there's may be a suicide bomber responsible for the airport attacks. we'll work on getting that confirmed, but several wales agenciesagenciesoverseas reporting that. this is the outside of the airport in brussels. we have a live picture to show you also from

here if charlotte at six miles, not so good around boone at a mile and zero visibility reported morganton, statesville, monitor that situation. you can see in charlotte from metro school camera, good shape, mainly clear skies, low-level fog but not all that thick. the 50s or low 60s except for wadesboro and rockingham, mid to upper 60s. 60 charlotte, 61 gastonia, 57 statesville and 62 in monroe. today, some fog to deal with, then that will burn off. should have mid-day sunshine boosting temperatures in the 70s. by late this afternoon close to 80, showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. john, talk about the work week ahead in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: campaign 2016, presidential candidates ramping up efforts to court voters in north carolina ahead tomorrow's primary here. at lenoir-rhyne university in hickory. democrat bernie sanders will be holding a rally at 1:30 at pnc music pavilion in charlotte and hillary clinton will make an appearance at grady cole center. doors open at 7:15. ted cruz was back in north carolina less than a week after making an appearance

in salisbury and wadesboro. 51 gastonia, 50 in rock hill, 54 hickory, 53 shelby, low 40s lenoir, morganton to boone. very warm start to the day. 57 at 8:00, maybe a little bit of low clouds, 73 lunch time, up to 78 degrees this afternoon, mostly sunny skies, that frontal system across the west will bring us rain, i'll talk about the time on that coming up in a few minutes. right now, check in with chris, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> chris: good morning, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're going to start with a live look here this is i-77 here, across our system, most of our major highways looking good this morning. coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute right now and lake norman southbound on 77, sitting at 15 minutes, 66-miles-per-hour. mapping system a lot of green, 485 looks good, 77, 85, some of the primary secondaries like providence, independence, albermarle, all running in the green early on this wednesday morning. that is a che

here's what we're looking at patchy dense fog, visibilities below a mile shelby and morganton, in boone and statesville a mile. three miles in charlotte, we'll keep an eye on this situation after last evening's rain, skies fog. metro school camera right now, not too bad. we'll keep an eye on the visibility. 60 charlotte, rock hill, 62 albermarle, 58 in hickory and 46 so, we're done with the rain for now, you see that next system back to the west of us that is heading in our direction, potential for strong thunderstorms late this afternoon and this evening, talk about that in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. look for high temperature close to 80. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris. >> chris: first traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. start monday morning, i-77 west boulevard, no problems here, volume of traffic running along smoothly. making your way in and out of center city on 77 and 85, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake nor

skies, current temperature 54 in charlotte, like wise monroe, 53 statesville, 55 in gastonia, 38 morganton, 49 in shelby and 44 in albermarle. we have cooler air out there but today will be a nice day. no records. yesterday, 86, record high, this afternoon, sunshine, high clouds, get back to 77, still well above average this time of the year but ten degrees cooler than yesterday. much cooler weather is in the forecast, goodbye to the 80s, hello, 50s. when they will arrive and what it looks like in terms of rain this weekend. we have some some mentioned in the saturday and sunday forecast. we're watching at this hour here in charlotte, involves a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. kristen miranda getting details first in the alert center right now. >> kristen: christine, on albermarle road in the 5800 block of albermarle road. i've been watching the charlotte fire department's twitter feed. good news sounds like the fire is under control. take a look, this is a two-alarm fire, heavy fire showing at a restaurant and the fire department, charlotte fire department came out pretty strong,

else running cooler, 34 in rock hill, 32 for wadesboro, albermarle, shelby, below freezing at 29 in morganton, 30 in boone, 34 hickory and 37 from monroe and salisbury. starting off this morning, about 43 in charlotte, outlying areas cooler than that. coming home from work and school, really pleasant, a few mostly sunny skies, a much milder finish than over the weekend up to 67 degrees. seven day planner has warmer weather but also the mention of rain, have that in a couple minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: first alert traffic this morning is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll start with a live look if you're heading out the door early after 5:00 a.m., this is 77, clanton road, volume light and again looking pretty good for the early morning commuters on a monday morning. rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. coming from concord, 19 minutes, 64 miles an hour. and lake norman, southbound at 15, with an average speed, 67-miles-per-hour there. looking at the

you can see dense fog, zero visibility around hickory, back to morganton, shelby, a mile boone, rock hill, albermarle and down toward lancaster. we have the dense fog advisory, north and west of charlotte, that runs until 10:00, from charlotte on south and east ward, no advisory, be mindful, early this morning, use caution from time to time this morning. 46 in boone, everybody else is milder in the 50s and 60s this morning, 63 gastonia, charlotte, monroe, lancaster, 61 right now in salisbury. we'll go from patchy fog, dense in spots, 62 at 8:00. times of clouds and sunshine at noon, late this afternoon storms approach the area from the west, not before we get to 80 degrees. last night's rain moving out, next batch of rain, approaching. it will take most of the day to get here, we'll show you futurecast as we go through time. starting off with fog this morning as we're in the 5:00 hour, 8:00, still have fog. lifts to the mid-day and that may try to pop off a couple showers before 4:00, i don't think that will happen, few and far between but notice as we go from 4:00 to 8:00, we get th

many of you in the upper 20s northwest of the city, up toward statesville, hickory, morganton, mid to upper 20s. boone 30 in boone at 7:00. futurecast temps heading through the afternoon, 50 by 11:00 a.m., rise to the middle 50s by later this afternoon, 55 at 2:00 for the charlotte area with the highs reaching the mid to upper 50s in most spots, mid to upper 40s in the mountains for today's high. overall should be fairly similar, yesterday, to where the above yesterday's high, which ended up being 57 in the charlotte area. you can see some of the cloud cover on satellite and radar, the back edge of it, if you're in the mountains or foothills you've got a clearer start to your saturday from charlotte south, still dealing with the low-level cloudiness to start things off this morning but it is drifting steadily off to the east. there will be times of clouds in and out pretty much all day today. never going to clear out completely and in fact once we head toward tonight, we cloud over, we have a weak front upstream. bringing showers in western and central parts of kentucky. this will qui

morganton. the 80s won't last much longer, changes coming for the weekend. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we'll get you out the door with a live look i-77, west boulevard, no problems here. sides of the road are damp from last night's rain. drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64-miles-per-hour. concord to center city, running 19 minutes and lake norman southbound 77, 15 minutes, 65-miles-per-hour there. looking at our charlotte area commute, 485, 77, 85 all running in the green this morning, no significant delays early on. john belk over to the brookshire looks good and 77 past center city also running in the green. that is a check of the morning traffic, john, back over to you. >> john: north carolina is in the national spotlight as voting begins this morning in the state's primaries. several races are on the ballot, including the presidential race for the democrats and republicans. wbtv's mark davenpor

low 40s from boone to morganton, 51 jefferson. in monroe. today, starting in the 50s, wind up in the mid and upper 70s this afternoon. mostly sunny skies, a very warm rain-free day. high pressure still dominating. futurecast going through time, this frontal system will get closer to us over the next couple days, sort of back door in here late on friday. that could throw a lot more cloud cover our way, potentially a shower for the mountains. lifts back northward or saturday, if i'm focusing on a day that will bring rain, probably going to be sunday, and potentially in monday. saturday has improved somewhat, models are coming together on this solution now and looks like sunday into monday could be a wet time frame. we'll look at it. 78 for today, mostly sunny skies, 54 tonight, 77 tomorrow and 79 friday. even with more cloud cover, i believe our temperatures will be well up in the upper 70s near 80. saturday, warm front lifts northward, small chance for shower or thundershower. sunday and another round on monday before we clear out nicely for

morganton. the 80s won't last much longer, changes coming for the weekend. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this

temperatures are mostly in the low 50s. 51 gastonia, 54 charlotte up to hickory, 49 in shelby, 44 morganton, cooler in boone at 39. neighborhood forecast today, mostly sunny skies, charlotte, 78, rock hill could be very close to 80 this afternoon, albermarle, 78, lincolnton, 77, this high gives up a little bit of ground so notice the front is on the move. tomorrow morning we start with a lot of low clouds, there might be drizzle. partly sunny for the afternoon. front back door in as the high exits to the east of us and so there is a chance for a couple showers friday up across the mountains, then this front will lift northward as a warm front in response to another area of low pressure developing across the mid-south and that will move through here we think sunday into monday. so our best opportunity for shower or thunderstorm isn't saturday now, the models are converging. yesterday i was telling you mixed messages, they are converging on sunday into monday as a good opportunity for showers and thunderstorms. saturday much less so as the warm front lifts northward. here you go, in the mid t

salisbury, 32 statesville, 36 hickory, close to freezing shelby and albermarle, below that for boone and morganton. this afternoon, a real nice one. mostly sunny skies. wind up at 67. hit 60 both days of the weekend, tack on six to eight degrees to that today, should be a nice day coming up. let you know when we get in the 70s, also the next opportunity for rain, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes, back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> following breaking news overnight in union county. troopers with the north carolina highway patrol say a driver was killed in a crash on north ridge road. happened before 11:30 last not. the driver lost control, hit a tree and overturned. the name of the victim will be released when family is notified. >>> we're learning more about a good samaritan hit and killed by another driver as he was trying to help someone stranded on the interstate in mecklenburg county. it happened early yesterday the highway patrol says 26-year-old alastair teguiin was the victim. christian flores has more. >> reporter: if you looked through alastair teguiin's facebook page

charlotte, gastonia. 48 rockingham, 49 monroe, salisbury, couple pockets of 30s. 38 albermarle, 36 in morganton, 34 in boone. for today, look for decent amount of sunshine but there will be times where there will be cloud cover, totally warm this afternoon, 75. frontal systems in the middle part of the country will move eastward, and that will bring us an opportunity for rain. i will let you know when i think that will be in our seven day minutes. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you have that early tuesday morning commute live look i-77, clanton road, no problems here, volume across the area fairly light. if you are heading out the next 5, 10 minutes rock hill, uptown, 20 minutes, concord to center city, 19 minutes, lake norman southbound at 15 minutes, with an average speed of 68-miles-per-hour. still, a whole lot of green out there, so any of our major interstates looking a-okay, providence road, wt

few pockets of colder air, 34 around boone, 36 in morganton, 38 in albermarle. most everybody else is in the 40s to low 50s. lincolnton typically a cool spot at the airport on highway 73, 50 in charlotte. i think we'll hang around there at 8:00 this morning and approach 70 at lunch time and late this afternoon, 75 degrees. some cloud cover from time to time. the only real issue if you're an allergy sufferer this is not good for you. the pollens have taken off and will likely remain high. juniper, ash and elm, maple, that is problematic for those who suffer from these pollens and al herepollensand allergens. the big ridge of high pressure that keepsdominate -- will dominate. the major warm-up will stay. with more cloud cover in the forecast as we head in the weekend and potential for showers and storms, our temperatures will remain elevated. not as warm as the middle part of the week but low 70s saturday and sunday. they look to be the days best for opportunity force rain. we go up thursday into friday. again, not a total wash-out and i'll be honest i'm not 100%

right now, 55 boone, 64 morganton, 64 shelby, 67 there in albermarle. so those are the forecast temperatures as we head in the evening, 70 charlotte, 57 in boone, 68 hickory, 70 in rockingham and late tonight, early saturday morning. 58 charlotte, 47 boone and 56 degrees up around hickory. the seven day forecast looks like this. we do have rain showers about a 50% chance, some light showers tomorrow morning and then a heavier batch coming in saturday night and into sunday morning. now i think by sunday afternoon will be cool, 53 degrees, that is the high on sunday afternoon. and with clearing skies and lighter winds, it is cold, monday morning. 33 degrees to start monday morning, 32 on tuesday morning, so if you already put some of the tender plants in the ground and they sprouted you might want to cover those up. 56 to 65 on tuesday, and a good looking warming trend, high pressure builds, a southerly flow back with you, 72 and sunshine on wednesday, back to 77 on thursday. that is a check of the first alert forecast, john and christine, over to you. >>

up in morganton. jefferson, up into the upstate of south carolina. charlotte gets tastes of this by 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. there will be quick downpours around. it's after that, during the afternoon time, we'll be watching carefully. it will get humid. some of this energy will come off the foothills. we'll be watching where those strong storms will develop. i'll have that in a bit. >> thanks, we are tracking the system overnight as it inches closer to charlotte. before you head out the door, watch eyewitness news sunday morning. >> new tonight, it's official. republican presidential candidate, donald trump, will be in hickory on monday ahead of tuesday's north carolina primary. his website says he will be there at 10:00 a.m. the school released a statement earlier this afternoon saying trump and intended to honor it as long as there was proper security. now, earlier tonight, more protesters disrupted a trump rally. this time in kansas city, missouri. >> get them out. >> shortly after trump asked police to arrest the protester. he said he wants

hickory, partly cloudy, 73, a pair of 75 concord, morganton, we keep it sunny and warm. tomorrow, thursday and friday before increasing clouds and ramping up the chance of showers right now i think saturday afternoon and evening, overnight to sunday morning. a look at all of that coming up. >> anchor: headed to the golf course per year instructions. you will tell the boss. next, presidential candidates pushing for votes across the carolinas. details on an appearance today by ted cruz. plus, turns out there are is >> health study, impacting heavy coffee drinkers, a new study shows those who have is six cups develop multiple sclerosis. researchers say it has protective properties and can suppress production of chemicals involved in the response, which makes the fkds interesting. pulling out your phone to snap pictures of your food before you eat it leads to greater satisfaction. a team of researchers found delaying consumption, you allow your senses to be engaged and build enjoy. the more indulgeent the dish, the more satisfaction after photographing it. more magic on the

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60 for the mountain, mostly sunny skies, rest of us in the 70s today. 75 taylorsville, 77 lenoir, morganton, mostly sunny skies and virtually no chance for any rain today. might be cooler around the lake, otherwise i expect mid-70s across our area from concord to lincolnton, gastonia, monroe and charlotte and pineville and mid to upper 70s from rock hill to chester, mostly sunny skies. again, the only real issue in the short term isal here jeans. juniper, ash and elm. rain across the middle part of the country, low clouds tomorrow morning, probably again thursday morning, and some of this is going to move in our direction, we will see rain chances go up and that will likely be, unfortunately, just in time for the weekend. i don't think a wash out, nothing is set in stone because the models are sending mixed messages on the timing but i'm sure it will rain some part of the weekend. but temperatures will hold in the 70s. mid to upper 70s until we get to the weekend, low 70s thereafter. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris,

upper 70's today with partly cloudy skies, 78 concord, morganton, mid 70, 66 boone and blowing rock. partly cloudy skies thursday, friday, with rain showers increasing, the end of the weekend, sunday afternoon and evening. we will look at the forecast coming up. >> anchor: thank you. a detention officer is off the job for having inappropriate relationship with an inmate. the office says white was charged with misconduct in office as a public official accused of having a relationship they believe it included inappropriate contact with knowledge that the relationship was in violation of rules. deputies say the incident is still under investigation. the charlotte-mecklenburg school board will host a community forum tonight for you to weigh in on next year's budget. it is held at 6:00 p.m. at independence high school. it comes a day after board members met to talk about skriction and renovation in the district. we have more on what was said. >> according to our news participates, there was good dilog between board members and parents. ultimately there was no decision on the $2 billion co

up in morganton this afternoon, beautiful day here across the carolinas. mostly sunny skies, temperatures will chime into the upper 60's and low 70's this afternoon. then the thunderstorms rolling in later tonight. for the charlotte area, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. 68, that is our current temperature. humidity, 37% with a southwest wind at 10 miles per hour. it is 61 in boone. 64 high river, charlotte, 70 monroe, 73 in wadesboro. so another pretty beautiful day here. afternoon by three. 7 warmer in boone. the same for charlotte. 3 warmer already in monroe than we were yesterday. you see very little cloud cover across the area. the clouds are thickening up. to the west, on the border with virginia and tennessee, but those rain showers are holding to the west. there comes our storm system for tonight. that front will push into the mountains this evening, 4:00 or 5:00, in the north carolina high country. 6:00 p.m., boone boone, ashe and avery county, thunderstorms rolling through north carolina. now, this is charlotte at 10:00 p.m. tonight. don't be surprised to hea

past northwest of the city find the numbers in the 50s for the foothills, taylorsville, lenoir, morganton, mid to upper 50s. in the charlotte area, 65. there will be a wild range until temperatures today from the charlottement row south and east, those numbers in the 60s, maybe even close to 70 for some of those south carolina upstate counties later this afternoon. tomorrow is the first day of spring, also palm sunday, it will be drier but there is as 30% shower chance which will come tomorrow night. also cool things off more to 58 for our sunday high. stay in the 50s through monday and then by the mid to later part of the week we come back up in the 60s and 70s with dry weather also back in the forecast. >> kristen: warmer weather soundth good. i like the mid 70s, that makes me happy. >> lyndsay: just been so nice the past two weeks. cooler but closer to average. 70s will be coming back bull that is above average. >> forces uses to stay inside and get stuff done we have been neglecting because we wanted to play outside. >> lyndsay: like watching basketball. >> kristen: coming up next, sp

well into the 70, morganton, taylorsville. plenty of sunshine, from start to finish through late this afternoon am in the metro area, low 70's, perhaps hickory, upper 70's salisbury, mooresville, concord, 77 in monroe. wadesboro, looking good. south carolina, 70's as well. with lots of sunshine, again, that breeze. what about highs tomorrow? we have a system approaching, so i anticipate more cloud cover tomorrow. still very, very pleasant, well into the 70's again. broadcast, we are down almost three inches of rain for the month and year. very little this month. we need some rain. today, no rain. high pressure in command. quiet tonight. then we track this system late tomorrow afternoon. showers and storms through the ohio and tennessee valleys moves east, and it is on top of us, nighttime tomorrow and pushing east. maybe slow clearing things our. as high pressure builds in, we will see some sunshine good friday afternoon and a good chunk of saturday before another rain in the picture, that would be sunday afternoon, monday. ou

below where we were yesterday. 17 colder in charlotte, gastonia monroe, wadesboro. 22 colder in morganton, 33 colder in boone. we had a front move through, you can certainly tell that by the temperature. also the rain is out of here. a brief period of rain last night has moved on. sill cloud cover in the mountains. we stay in the 50's much of the afternoon. the 5:00 temperature, 51. 40's at 7:00, and 42 at 9:00. the next several days, we have more cold air, plus more rain, maybe snow showers the highest elevations. >> anchor: two people have died i-77. this morning, i-77 the at wt harris boulevard causing serious backups in the area. paramedics pronounced the person dead on scene. and just over an hour and a half later a medic was called to the bridge at 485 and north tryon where another person jumped. 40 elementary school students are safe after their bus was involved in an accident central avenue, 7:15 this morning. a bus crashed shutting down the left lanes in both directions. a truck driver involved and one student were early morning fire forcing a family out of their home near pinevi

a lot of folks at 60, from morganton. 60 in monroe. we will start off near 60, getting up to 62 at 8:00. clouds thinning out. partly sunny late this afternoon. 78 degrees. records? not quite, but not too far away. tomorrow, the record 83 and i think both of those are going to be preserved. high-pressure is starting to give away a little bit. notice the frontal system. this is tonight so we're still dry. notice as the front comes a little bit closer the next couple days and is right on top of us going into saturday. that promotes a lot of cloud cover and much cooler temperatures saturday into sunday. talking highs in the upper 60s. our rain chances go up, especially on sunday. so saturday may not bring a lot of rain. most of it may be front-end loaded friday night and into saturday. but sunday and monday we get showers and thunderstorm and you will see that here reflected in the seven-day forecast. for today, partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy tonight, 60. tomorrow near 80. a lot of cloud cover around, though. any chance for rain is mai

after the morning clouds disappear, and morganton, clouds heang -- hang on a while longer. the allergens, they will be blowing around some. if you are allergic to trees, you will notice that. i don't want see much, a couple of showers saturday and it will be sunday before we see at least some rain and while you can see a 70% chance, it doesn't mean a complete wash out and it doesn't mean we'll see heavy rain, maybe enough to help the folks suffering from pollen. >> we could get a good soaking. >> yep. >> thank you. >>> and a councilmember is under fire for using a charlotte fire union leader as an intern. why the union leader said it shouldn't be an issue. if you're doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, you're not alone. while our people worklonger hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revol

, 42 in albermarle. 33 cold spot in boone, everybody else east of the mountains doing better, 50 morganton and hickory, closes to that in shelby, 54 in gastonia, 53 in charlotte. yesterday morning we were 33 in charlotte, a totally different day today. lots of sunshine, expected maybe one or or two high clouds late this afternoon, charlotte 77, jefferson 68, mid 70s morganton, overnight lows tonight, fairly mild, uple per 40s to low 50s, not bad, chances are you won't need the by tomorrow we will look west toward rain chances, they will pick up top mop oh and talk about another rain chance that will likely impact our holiday weekend. we'll have the details many coulding up in a few minutes. the rim now seven minutes before the top of the hour, time for first alert traffic with chris. >> al: first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. taking a live look i-77 clanton road, volume just beginning to pick up a bit through center city. north and southbound traffic heavier right now. 77, 85 running in the green this morning. 485 around the perimeter, no problems. we're seeing slow

in downtown morganton. the lady patriots won the state championship earlier this month. congrats to them and it's starting in 20 minutes. >>> next, we are learning more why a man accused of breaking into vehicles at fire departments in three counties targeted firefighters. what he allegedly told police why he did it and when. huge warm-up. today mid-60s and tomorrow mid how far beyond that do we we are learning more about vehicle break-ins targeting local firefighters. wbtv obtained search warrants where the suspect told authorities he chose fire departments because there were no witnesses or cameras. he says he broke into the vehicles while firefighters were sleeping. bing was caught after a wal-mart receipt after ammunition was found near one of the vehicles linking him to the crimes he said he did it to live and eat. live in the alert center with more with police activity on west boulevard. >> yes. this video into the newsroom. this was happening this afternoon in charlotte west boulevard near remount road. and you will see the officers with a vehicle stopped. we were

current temperature below freezing, 30 in boone, 38 morganton, 30 hickory, to 40 shelby, gastonia, charlotte, cloud cover thicker, winds up more, not quite so cold, again the sun doesn't come up now until 7:30, we have a lot of time where we can fall off. temperatures tonight or today getting back up to 58 degrees this afternoon, below average but improvement over yesterday. we should see a lot of sunshine today. keep in mind, much colder tonight in the charlotte area, we have freeze watches and frost advisories in effect. i'll break that down in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> we're working to learn more about two driverses who were killed in a head-on crash on i-485 in south charlotte. troopers say the crash happened at 2:00 yesterday morning. one of the drivers going the wrong way on the highway. wbtv's christian flores spoke to neighbors who say they are surprised crashes like this don't happen more often in the area. happens a lot. >> reporter: the family is used to hearing about accidents. >> daily. >> gets chopped up during rush ho

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

temperatures, 62 in charlotte, a lot of spots, gastonia, morganton, 56 in boone, 55 rock hill, upper 50s in lancaster and in chester, south carolina. so another kind of mild start for the time of year, yesterday we were in the low 80s, we won't be that warm today, today in the upper 70s and will be more humid. little stickier because of the higher humidity, shower chance is pretty low despite the higher humidity and clouds we'll have with us. i'll show you that on futurecast and second half of the weekend which looks wetter for tomorrow, coming up in a few minutes. >> kristen: lyndsay, thank you. >>> a celebration for the life and legacy of former first lady nancy reagan. hundreds of dignitaries and celebrities honored her at a private service yesterday. she planned much of the ceremony herself. she was remembered for her fierce devotion to her husband and country. ben tracy has more. >> likely wouldn't have been a president ronald reagan without a nancy reagan. >> she knew how to love and she loved one man more than the world. mother with love and honesty. >> it's no secret that my

a parade for the parade will be held in downtown morganton t. they won the 3a state championship earlier this month in chapel hill. congratulations to them. >>> special olympics spring games are being held until rock hill today. 900 volunteer also are needed at cherry park. slow up and register to volunteer at 9:00 this morning. events start at 10:00. more than 1200 special olympic athletes from york, chester and lancaster counties are competing in track and field events. >> christine: cam newton is sharing a picture of his three month old son chosen. he postedded this picture of his feet, sticking out of a stroller. his caption included phrases you give me so much purpose, daddy miss you and he wanted to r the picture has 60,000 likes since it was posted yesterday. that is his vantage point. very cute. >>> looking live at the commute, 5:36 right now, traffic is fairly light here on are this stretch of i-77, this is at the nationsnation ford road exit. now to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: it is a cold start this morning, temperatures are most

temperatures falling off. 34 in boone, 46 in morganton, 48 shelby, 46 in statesville, 50 in charlotte, almost 60 in wadesboro. you can pick out where the front is just to the east of the charlotte metro area, pushing toward the east. temperatures will be cooler today. yesterday, back in the low 70s. today, low to perhaps middle 50s. plenty of sunshine but 20 degrees cooler than where we have been the last couple days. i'll talk about a warm-up and next opportunity for rain in the back over to you. >> john: thanks, al. >>> an eight-year-old boy in south carolina airlifted to the hospital after being hit by a car. sky 3 was the only news helicopter out in indian land as his bike, ran a stop sign and hit a moving car. they say he was not wearing a helmet at the time. neighbors say the child suffered a bad head injury and an emt who lives in the neighborhood came out to help before he was taken by helicopter. one woman saw the aftermath. >> i prayed for the mother, prayed for the little boy, kept on praying, because everybody was hysterical, highly upset with the blood and all the things,

chilly as well, 25 boone, 27 morganton. everybody else around freezing. freezing right now albermarle, loggingham, salisbury, charlotte, hickory, 33 rock hill, 31 for shelby and gastonia. increasing thickening clouds and increasing chance for rain. dry for the morning and midday hours in charlotte. rain moves in later this afternoon in the west first and coming eastward toward the piedmont. 70% chance of rain late this afternoon. high temperature, 51 degrees, below average. when we'll warm up down the road, right now you can see where the rain is, to the west of us, we'll talk about that plus the weekend forecast christine in a couple minutes. >> christine: thank you, al. >>> we have breaking news, a man charged in a deadly shooting in hickory is due in court today. get over to kristen miranda with came in this person? >> kristen: let's show you this man's mug shot, i believe we have it. this is new in the alert center. this is eric you there,nt charged with first degree murder and attempted murder following what police are calling a domestic incident in

friday afternoon, sunny skies, chilly 41, boone, 56 morganton and 57 tomorrow afternoon in the seven-day forecast, i think you will like the weekend. we are featuring sunshine and warming trend, 59 saturday to 63 sunday. and then look at the temperatures next week, right now, partly cloudy and 71 tuesday, mid 70's looking down wednesday. that's the forecast. over to you. >> thanks. i tell you what, we have a great shopping event coming up here, spectacular. you are going to want to take part am you maybe able to find something, the price will astound you. the tar heels kids consignment, spring 2016 sale. tell us, this is big, isn't it. >> it is huge. >> how big is it? >> oh, we fill the arena with all of our goodies. we have something for everyone. we have the infants to juniors. clothing, strollers, games, books, you name it, we have it. >> anchor: make sure everybody knows, this starts when. >> this evening. >> how about that, so you better get ready. what is the time. >> 6:00 to 9:00. >> anchor: through. >> it runs through saturday. >> anchor: special tips, when i need to be there, ho

temperatures are concerned, upper 70s and low 80s. 81 your temperature in morganton. 80 in wadesboro. 79 in rocking ham and charlotte and 79 inastonia and boone 70 . and through the evening hours, 78 at 5:00. 74 at 7:00 p.m. and we have more nice weather i will tell you how long it lasts in a bit. here is tonya rivens in traffic. >> your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. as we check in, boy, do we have problems around providence road. pineville matthews near east john street is a great alternate route. and providence road an accident that right lane is blocked and we have volume building in this area. back towards 485. that is two miles of stop-and-go traffic. east john street again a better alternate route because there is an accident on rea road creating congestion. we can see that around rea road. and here is that additional accident at rea road and bevington place. caramel road is a better alternate or johnston. >> first at 4:00, we are a little more than two months away from speed street taking over uptown charlotte. and the two opening bands were announced. the

it is 36 in morganton, 53 at the airport in hickory, 55 in statesville, 44 salisbury, low 40s lincolnton, 49 right now in monroe. all these temperatures running from 5 to 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday, so again, this is the beginning stages, not still very nice this afternoon. decent amount of sunshine in the mountains in the 60s, plenty of sunshine, mid 70s from morganton, lenoir, taylorsville, a couple high clouds. 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 saturd

or above freezing, 38 arboretum, 38 ballantyne, 34 belmont, north of town it is freezing now from morganton, hickory, statesville, 34, 38 in monroe, 40 around wadesboro. outside the high country, it will be mostly cloudy until late this afternoon. rest of us see a decent amount of sunshine and rebound to 57 degrees, ten degrees above yesterday, improving conditions. we'll talk weekend forecast around the corner because you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here's chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: al, thank you.first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. as you roll in friday morning commute, looks pretty good out there. this is a live look i-77 toward the rest area and the south carolina state line. north and southbound traffic volume just beginning to increase here across the charlotte area somewhaha john belk over to the brookshire hornets taking on the indiana pacers, that is 7:00 at time warner cable arena. looking at the mapping system most of the majors running in the green, 485, 85 out of gastonia look good.

we are in the mid60 ises up through morganton. boone and blowing rock with a full moon about 8:00 tomorrow morning if you are being technical about it. that will be out tonight and tomorrow night as well. the temperatures are just gradually tapering off. we will be in the low 50s by late tonight if you happen to be out for say a late movie or late errands. meanwhile, what about the storm systems. look at that quiet weather map. we are taking you through 7:00 tomorrow morning. hof, you do see cloud cover -- however, you do see cloud cover working its way back into the tennessee valley and the ohio valley. 37 degrees and clear and cold in the high country when you are out the door in the morning. and it won't be as chilly, 47 degree. a cool start for us here closer to charlotte. we will see that the moisture is just hanging around the west right now. this storm system with another big area of snow is getting its act together and eventually we will deal with that over the easter holiday weekend. until then i -- until then, this. 76 b

in the 30s in charlotte, clear skies, after last evening's rain, that moved out. 30 in boone, 38 morganton, hickory, statesville and charlotte. 40 gastonia, 39 in monroe, 37 in chester. chilly start to the day, will be below average, improvement over yesterday, more sunshine, high temperature getting back to 58. keep in mind, tonight the colder charlotte drops down to the freezing mark. i'll talk about that plus when we might expect a warm-up in the forecast in the seven day planner. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> john: chris larson off today, we'll try to pick up a few things here traffic-wise. a live look at current conditions map, and you can see we have green throughout the area there if you're driving in from gaston county on i-85 or 74 from monroe in charlotte you'll look pretty good because things are clear and moving smoothly. here's a live look at i-77 at clanton road you can see traffic somewhat light this morning and it is moving smoothly, we'll

hill, lancaster, monroe, 57, 49 in albermarle, cooler there, down to 50 statesville, hickory and morganton, boone cooler at 39 as. 5:00 a.m. hour. hour-by-hour forecast, we'll be in the upper 50s in the city through the 8:00 hour, again, as far as the morning goes, it is a pretty mild start but the catch is that the temperatures don't come up quite as much this afternoon from there, because of the clouds and showers moving in. so we'll be held to the low 60s by the noon hour and 65 around 4:00 should be around our high of the day today. the first day in a week-and-a-half that we haven't made it in the 70s or 80s with the rain chance increasing each time period through the afternoon hours. so little bit of a wet start to cooler tomorrow. chris ten? >> kristen: next on wbtv news saturday morning, a boeing 737 passenger jet crashes in southern russia. details and what investigators believe is to blame. >>> crews will be working to make repairs at a school in charlotte, more on a fire that forced the facility to close early yesterday. is wbtv news saturday morning.closed captioning on wbtvnews

we'll run well in the 40s to near 50, lenoir, morganton, taylorville, a good deal of sunshine today. plenty of sunshine in the piedmont, 53 in salisbury, 53 shelby, 52 gastonia, 53 mooresville, statesville, charlotte, 53 in monroe, the breeze will make it feel cooler and these numbers are 20 degrees in the 50s as well. lows tonight, down in the 20s and low 30s, a much colder night coming up tone and still very cool tomorrow, only in the 50s again and these are below normal. the normal high is close to 60 degrees. only talking 52, 53, that is pretty chilly this time of the year. high pressure provides sunshine, at least to start the day tomorrow, increasing clouds quickly. here comes the next weather maker, end the day with rain tomorrow, maybe snow for the mountain counties. this is tomorrow night. rain for us and that pulls away quickly friday morning and so we'll dry out and that should carry us in the weekend, 70% chance of rain for thursday into thursday night but that really tapers off very quickly going in the weekend. temperatures are going to be chilly for are a while but res

and lenore into morganton and hudson, and granite falls and into taylorsville. and statesville, get ready for this one. light rain if you plan to barbecue or have folks out on the deck, you're going to need to bring that inside and the activity and this is going to change to snow. as we make a major weather transition. and this is the future cast. and we're not talking about anything terribly heavy tonight but there will be showers around and at five:00 in the morning, you're get -- 5:00 in the morning, there is going to be rain around. seven:00 in the morning, the drizzily and into albemarle and concord and mount pleasant. three:00 in the afternoon, there is not a lot of rain but there is a lot of clouds and that i go nowhere. i don't think we're going to see a lot of sun at all tomorrow and that is going to make a major difference on the big story, what is happening to the temperatures. you see 55 in charlotte and focus on the blue, though, that covers that and digs into charlotte and that is cold air trying to get itself formally in control of charlotte and w

current readings, at 33 in salisbury, 30 lincolnton, 32 freezing around morganton, boone, 33 shelby, 34 hickory. lots of sunshine, afternoon temperature rebounds, start in the 40s, wind up in the mid to upper 60s. tonight's lows not as chilly as recent night, mostly in the 40s. highs tomorrow in the 70s, get used to it the rest of the week will feature afternoon temperatures in the 30s. courtesy of the same high pressure system going forward. that is going to keep us on the warm side. eventually the rain chances will go up as the high is forecast to break down. that probably doesn't happen until the beginning of the weekend and right now, focusing on saturday as the day we will have the best opportunity for showers and storms, that might need wiggle room because it is a long way out, we'll keep you posted on any changes. sun will be up at 6:45. this weekend daylight saving time begins, we'll spring that clock ahead, along with a couple showers and thunderstorms. between now and then, dry, mostly sunny for the next couple days, partly sunny thursday, friday, well in the 70s, scattered

two-hour delay, we'll hear what watauga and perhaps alleghany and ashe have to say later on. 34 at morganton and hickory over to statesville. 38 in charlotte, 39 right in lancaster, rock hill, monroe, 40 in wadesboro. wind up seeing a decent amount of sunshine even in the for some sun. in charlotte and piedmont, mostly sunny, seasonal day, high of 57. what the weekend looks like and beyond, that part of the forecast in a couple minutes. back over to you. >> john: thanks a lot, al. >>> charlotte mayor jennifer roberts is criticizing lawmakers who want to overturn the city's non-discrimination ordinance. the mayor tweeted it would hurt job and tourism growth. the house speaker tim moore called it an imminent threat to public safety. he says he had requests from more than three-fifths of house members who want a special session to deal with the so-called bathroom ordinance. it objection spanneds protections for people in the lgbt community including allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify. >> the idea that grown men and young girls should use the s

looks like upper 40s to 50, lenoir, morganton, taylorville, good deallf sunshine that way. mooresville, 53 to charlotte, to concord, 51 albermarle, 55 wadesboro and go south of town, in the 50s as well. these numbers 20 degrees cooler than yesterday and that breeze will make it feel cooler. here is high pressure, that builds in today and tonight, cold tonight, stop this tomorrow morning, probably a little aggressive, likely start with sunshine tomorrow but increasing, thickening cloud cover, rain overspreads the area late in the day. snow for the mountains, doesn't look like a huge deal, rain will be possibly heavy at times tomorrow night but out of here quickly on friday and we set ourselves up for a dry end to the work week and in the weekend. our rain chances are at least 70% chance if not greater as we go in thursday, thursday night. and very dry conditions here going in the weekend but it will be cool at least at the start. back in the 70s next week. breezy and cooler, 53 for today, near 30 tonight, outlying areas in the 20s. late rain tomorrow in tomorrow saturday, se

the roads are essentially just wet in town, back roads could be a little slick. 32 in boone, 34 morganton, hickory, statesville, 38 gastonia and charlotte over to monroe and albermarle. 40 in wadesboro and 39 in rock hill. for today, get rid of the clouds, and eventually see sunshine, process will take a good chunk of the morning for that to happen we'll wind up at 57, close to average this time of the year and ten degrees above what we could manufacture yesterday when all the clouds rolled in. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. here we go, rolling in friday morning commute and right now most of the major highways are downs, independence, providence road, outbound other than that fairly quiet. coulwood, we have a car in the building off belhaven boulevard and mcclure. mark will have more on this in a second. looking live i-77 southbound at tryon street, volume light here this this morning. rock hill t

currently at 50 in charlotte, 49 cooler north of town, upper 40s, upper 30s over toward morganton, 44 in shelby. today, look for partly to mostly sunny skies, charlotte area, start at 50, already eclipsing our high of yesterday by lunch time and 75 late this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. now we do need rain, we have been on the dry side here of late. haven't had much measurable rain in the last two weeks. i'll let you know what the rain chances look like, the seven day planner is coming up at 6:00. check in with chris, first alert traffic. >> chris: traffic this morning sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. we're looking live at i-77, this is from woodlawn road, volume of traffic still pretty light but beginning to pick up across the charlotte area this morning. our major highways are are still running in the green. that includes roads like providence, independence boulevard, albermarle, north tryon, all running smoothly. coming in from the lake norman area, davidson to huntersville, no problems, you have a straight shot. all the way up to 485 in center we told you about this