look at that, smokys, balsams, nantahalas could get an inch of snow. temperatures freezing overnight in most mountain valleys. you think to yourself, well jason, you're going 30-31 in asheville, how is it not going to snow here? the temperatures go up tomorrow morning. it's going to be wet for the majority of the daylight hours. then we get colder. a lot colder. 14. but again, snow? where is it? >> tammy: there it is. a little sprinkle maybe. >> darcel: a few weeks. we'll see. >>> still to come, a unique competition. store chain is marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa >> tammy: the owners of three powerball tickets became multi-millionaires overnight. >> darcel: the three will share the record

a little bit of snow showing up in the nantahalas. balsams. what does accumulate, likely an inch or less at this point. could have highest elevations get a little more than that. notice by the afternoon tomorrow, rain for almost everybody. we're drying out in the evening and staying cool in to the weekend. i think this model is underdone when it comes to rainfall. i think we're going to get a good dose. the heaviest over the i-85 corridor. and there's the snow potential right here. smokys, balsams, nantahalas, black mountains. 30s for lows tonight in the mountain valleys. look for highs tonight to get in to the mid 40s. upper 40s and low 50s in the upstate. we'll get colder sunday. much colder next week. highs in the 30s monday and tuesday. with the wind, it will be teens for wind chills. yay. >> tammy: yeah, we could take it. we're tough. >> jason: still waiting on the snow. >> frank: kids want to make a snowman some time or another. >> tammy: let's look at today's "see it, shoot it, send it" photo. >> frank: this is a picture that was sent i

tennessee border, smokys, balsams, nantahalas. about an inch on the north side of buncombe county. teens for lows tonight. 30s for highs tomorrow. it's going to get chilly. the rain, the snow mixed with some ice by friday morning. yes, cold still in to the weekend. >> larry: duke has a three-game losing streak for the first time in eight years after losing to syracuse. stan shows one play that has that's next in sports. >> stan: the duke blue devils in a spot they haven't been in in eight years, wearing a three game losing streak. an unhappy coach k, not at his players but the refs. grayson allen. duke down three when they get it down low to marshall plumlee. former christ school star, 17 rebounds. here's the play coach k is upset about. duke misses a shot. go for the rebound. it looks like malachi richardson. syracuse goes on to win. duke's third straight loss. coach k amazed by what went on. >> we put ourselves in a position to win. matt made a great playay and he wasn't rewarded. it's amazing. it's literally amazing. here, when you see amazing, then, you know, it's like amazing.

balsams, nantahalas, yancey, mitchell, avery county, you're in line for that much. southwest mcdowell and northern mcdowell and down through northwest rutherford. the dark blue 8 to 12 inches. polk, rutherford county. here's a stripe of four to eight inches in the upstate. areas north of i-85. we're thinking 4 to 8 inches will do it for you. spartanburg and cherokee. south of i-85, ice more prominent, especially as you go south in greenville county, laurens, abbeville county. here's your ice forecast. i think this is a little overdone but we could see up to half an inch of ice. lows tonight dropping down in to the 20s. cold enough for the snow and ice to begin and start to stick in the morning. temperatures will go only in the 30s tomorrow. below freezing all day in asheville, hendersonville. you'll get a little closer to freezing in the southern mountains but stay in the 20s in the northern mountains. we could see snow fall rates an inch per hour in some cases. still chances of snow likely early in the day. and then we go warmer as we dig out and start to see a mel

you get down here in the nantahalas, the balsams. 12 to 18 plus as well for the smokys. the dark blue, that is 8 to 12 inches. that encompasses many of us here in western north carolina, including asheville. 4 to 8 inches here even along i-85 north. and then you get 1 to 4 south of greenville and anderson. quarter inch, maybe top inch of that's just rough stuff. that could really cripple them. temperatures tonight dropping 20s. we'll stay below freezing in almost any location in western north carolina. maybe a few exceptions south. our temperatures will stay below freezing saturday. 42 on susuday. we'll begin to melt more in to monday in the upstate. you begin to melt sooner than us here in the mountains. meteorologist zack green joins us. zach, we've been talking all about this. the models are really together. >> zack: finally grabbing a little bit of confidence in terms of accumulation. we just had our latest model run about 6 o'clock. you see that european model. one of the outliers but still upwards of 20 inches. afternoon and evening. >> stan: the north henderson kn

that's how hard it was to forecast this. 12 inches over the nantahala mountains right over the western part of macon county. you go east and it was a foot flush in mcdowell county. a good foot plus also in the yancey and mitchell county, madison county. everything ranges from about as low as six inches in the central part of the french broad river valley. it was everywhere, folks. very difficult. heaviest snow events, this doesn't even rank in the top sixth. it's eighth all time. the blizzard still stands at 18.2 inches, number one. now we turn our attention to the melt. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network 46 degrees in black mountain. but watch all this. this is all going to be freeze up later on tonight. shadows already happening now. the sun is setting from 45 degrees in asheville. degrees with a south-southwest wind at 10. mild weather again early tomorrow and then watch this front come through. here's the dividing line to produce know. warm enough wind to produce rain. a little bit of a wintery mix. by far this is not a major event. but there could be some light icing. l

are some snow showers popping up along the blue ridge from the northern mountains, down in the nantahalas, the balsams, far south to transylvania, polk, rutherford county, mcdowell and burke county. that's 8 o'clock in the morning. then it's pretty much east of us at lunch time. it's not a big window. but it's enough to give us that light accumulation. i'm thinking about an inch tops in asheville. a couple of inches possibly in those highest elevations north. even the piedmont, the foothills could see snow. only 40s for the mountains. 50s over the upstate. there's your seven day forecast. we're going to go 40 for sunday. even colder still monday and tuesday. those will be the coldest days of the season. with temperatures in the teens at night. upstate. [ horn honks ] okay, this is u.s. cellular, and this is verizon. now, same phones, but with u.s. cellular you get 6 gigs of 4g data for only $40 per month -- $20 less than verizon. and u.s. cellular's network was built to work in places like out here, hehe, and here. so, with all of that, why would you ever go to verizon? switch to u.s. cel

snowfall on the onset of this precip as we get in to early tomorrow morning for the balsams and nantahalas. we're talking high elevations. watch how quickly it all changes to rain by the lunch hour. so what falls in highest elevations, we're talking 3500 feet, likely pretty light stuff. nonetheless, don't be surprised to see snowflakes up there above 3500 feet tomorrow morning. clouds off and on for the rest of the weekend. i think this model is a little under done when it comes to rainfall. half an inch or more in the upstate is doable. the snowfall, again, very light. maybe up to a half inch or inch top end there in smokys, swain county, haywood, too. temperatures in the 20s. 20s and 30s to the north. highs go even colder. so get ready for some bigger chill, guys, by then. >> larry: former christ school basketball player marshall plumlee continues to find success for duke. why his contributions are s in this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know every dish i serve is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch

smokys, balsams and the nantahalas could see two inches. temperatures in the teens tonight. it's going to be mighty cold. 30s for highs. that means our temperatures should warm up enough to melt snow in the afternoon once it eventually melts off. chances of snow go back up friday. that one could be a bigger one. we'll watch our temperatures cool off saturday to 30s once again. >> tammy: time to check out today's "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. >> frank: this is a pretty one. tyler smith sent us this one. it's a cold frozen day on beach mountain. >> tammy: nice. you can send us your pictures and video, too. them to pics@wlos.com. >>> in tonight's consumer save mon >> tammy: many of us join gyms to fulfill our new year's and get fit. >> frank: one of the reasons we quit is because of the cost. at the gym. >> reporter: more than 50 million americans belong to a gym. consumer reports came up with several tips for saving money and keeping your fitness program on track. if getting in shape is one of your new year's resolutions, you don't have to break the bank to break a swea

cherokee, graham, jackson, swain county schools and nantahala school will be closed tomorrow day. we'll have those closings and delays updating on the bottom of your screen. you can see the list on wlos.com. look for closings and delays under the weather tab. >> larry: crews in haywood county had to deal with bitter worked on a major fire. >> darcel: it happened in maggie valley. a commercial garage and some attached apartments went up in flames. we first showed you video last night at 11:00. news 13's frank kracher is back out there liive tonight. >> larry: have investigators figured out a cause yet, frank? >> frank: there's still no official word from the fire marshall. witnesses agree on one thing. it's really not about what they saw but what they heard. >> it just blew up. it was a heck of a fire. >> frank: firefighters from seven departments rushing to the scene. what they found was two buildings fully engulfed. a commercial garage, business field with machinery, equipment and some cars. flames also shooting. smoke billowing from windows of attached apartments. becomes a tota