watch out in roxboro. that 32 degrees, there may somebody slick spots on bridges but we haven't heard of any. it is 35 in rocky mount. 62 by next thursday. so pretty chilly here new the weekend but then we jump up off normal for monday and way above normal for tuesday, wednesday, next weekend -- and probably well into next weekend. it will be a little bit breezy this afternoon too. skies will clear out after lunchtime. there is 11:00. still pretty cloudy. saturday night, we have another quick little system that will blow by here. saturday at lunchtime, we'll start to see skies clouding up and that little batch of rain zips by especially up closer to the virginia line. just a quick little shot of precipitation on friday night. maybe a little bit brighter tomorrow at 11:00. at 2:00, 53. sunday, 57. our morning lows will be in the 30s not next couple of mornings. then our temperatures really jump as we head into the middle of next week. our normal high thursday is 62. the record, 81. we are not going to hit t

roxboro seeing a lot there and roxboro plan for thick are fog there. but we are accident free and light volume. i-40 and south saunders nice. barbara: collapse of thunder may have awake wanted you. heavy rain raced through and by the time the storm reached raleigh it was weaker. you can get up to date on the weather conditions with the first alert weather app free in the app store and google play. check out live doppler radar and get the weather alert and more. crews working to clear this tree off a highway in wake county. this was about an hour ago on boyce mill road off highway 19 #. we are working to find out if the weather played the role in a pile-up in alamance county that left drivers stuck for horse. it involved about 100 vehicles and six miles of gridlock. anthony wilson is live with a it looks like it is smooth sailing behind you. anthony: the road noise is louder at the top of this hour people moving through with no problem and certainly a big difference when you compare the way it looked yesterday in evening when they had that massive pile-

tarboro 67. 65 rocky mount. 60 south hill and 61 roxboro. tonight even though it is clear 40 for overnight lows. 45 fayetteville. 43 southern pines and 30 in roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures continuing to climb. 76 on wednesday. thursday 79 degrees and clouds increasing. i think we will see showers thursday night into good friday. 68. saturday partly sunny and 65. sunday clouds increasing. at this point most of easter looks dry until late day. do could have showers sunday night into monday and near 70. this is the coldest morning of the tphebgsnext seven. then we are out of the 30's. john: 4:52 and spring break will be here before you know it. barbara: we have the perfect get away. amber will explain the secret of john: why john: welcome back. 4:54. barbara: special tribute to world down syndrome day in raleigh. if you didn't catch this last night here at the executive mansion lit up blue. governor mccrory and the first lady celebrated those with down syndrome proclaiming monday to be down s

we start off with our view of roxboro which has been foggy this morning. it is starting to lift a little bit, the visibility is tt than it was when we checked in one half hour ago on roxboro. i hate to pick on roxboro but it is really the only camera we have showing fog this morning. it is up near the virginia line even as we look toward rocky mount and wilson, no fog to be seen. everyone stuck under the clouds this morning. 64 the official temperature, dewpoint 63. lots of moisture and low cloud cover but the only real fog is from roxboro up to south hill. 56 in south hill, 67 erwin, 66 goldsboro, 67 southern pines, fayetteville and clinton. visibility still a quarter-mile in roxboro but up a little bit in south hill to 1 mile. rocky mount -- fayetteville, just low cloud cover for the remaining area of the viewing area. this system comes moving into the mountains, it is a fast mover and had about will bring us a few scattered showers this afternoon. when the main event arrives that means a chance for thunderstorms. a few reports showing up on the map incl

roxboro the high 75. tonight temperatures back into the 50's for overnight lows. 58 raleigh. 60 fayetteville. normal is 40 so well above that. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, as we go into tomorrow 82, warmest day of the week and could be the warmest of the year so far. thursday 76 and colder air working in. friday 68. saturday 61 and on sunday first day of spring 62 degrees. could see showers saturday night into sunday. today gorgeous. barbara: spring here. amber: happens quickly. we are looking pretty good as you head out the door. it will feel a little warm as don said. we are starting to warm up a 40 and wade avenue is the live camera. all cameras fine. you may see a little precip on the roads from the showers. wake county looking good as you head out to the main roads. a little volume but no page problems. we have a secondary accident i will get to in a second in northern wake county. a little fog around raleigh but you can see showers push out and when we went on the air there

roxboro 73. tonight temperatures across the region colder back into the 40's for overnight lows. 45 raleigh, 47 fayetteville. seven first alert seven-day forecast forecast, tomorrow lots of sunshine but it is going to be wouldn't tomorrow. winds will gust around 20 to 25 miles an hour. 68 on friday. saturday 58, sunday 47 degrees. it is the first day of spring sunday but it hrwill be just nasty, mid 40's. lots of rain. doesn't last. monday 55 and tuesday and wednesday back in the 60's. barbara: last few days of winter. don: yesterday we had summer temperatures, mid 80's. we are in the winter temperatures for the first day of spring. john: it happens. barbara: it does. the ncaa tournament hours away john: everything you we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. it's the new must-have look. the designer smile by colgate. new optic white high impact white toothpaste. with a professionally recommended whitening ingredient... ..

current numbers, 25 roxboro, 28 chapel hill, southern pines. 29 down the i-95 corridor from roanoke rapids to rocky mount, wilson, tkpwoelgtdzboro. 31 fayetteville. looking at the day ahead. right now 29 partly cloudy and by lunchtime 48 and this afternoon 51 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. lots of clouds moving in the next 12 hours. that brings rain. we will talk about that but now amber rupinta. amber: good thursday morning. pretty quiet as we head out the door this morning. well. nothing to slow down this morning as far as any accidents there is overnight construction lingering so we will look at raleigh and you see they have the shoulder closed due to the construction on i-40 both directions between exit 293 which is u.s. 64 and 301 which is i-440. but it should be picked up by 6:00. other than that we have light volume and clear conditions, 40 and south saunders moving well. you see everything is green, no problems and we will check the drive times in a few minutes. john: the naacp and local pastors are meeting today with attorneys for a man shot and killed by raleigh police. barba

freezing and roxboro. you could see snowflakes as the rain pulls out, i do not think you will see anything accumulate . tomorrow, 49-degrees. sunday, 58. 70's i midweek. her daughter -- she and her daughter have the same birthday. she is also expecting her first grandchild. happy birth day to both of those ladies. barbara: looking more like sisters. amber: headed out on this thursday, you will like this. clear conditions this morning. camera look outside. it is dry with the rain moving in overnight. your commute should be fine. looking good with volume building on 40 at wade westbound. into raleigh, a couple of secondary roadways have accidents, atlantic avenue at millbrook road. and old lead mine. a lot of green on the returns. moving without any problems or delays into durham. the durham freeway, northbound, moving without delay at the beltline is smooth i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at

8:00 we are in the 30's and 10:00 we are in the 40's and doesn't get much higher. 25 right now in roxboro, 30 chapel hill. 32 smithfield. 32 fayetteville. 30 goldsboro and 27 in louisburg. looking at the day ahead, 30 now and partly cloudy. by lunch partly sunny and 48. this afternoon clouds increase and temperatures below average. the clouds bring a chance of rain. we will talk about that in the seven-day and wind forecast in a bit. john: the naacp and local pastors are meeting today with attorneys for a man shot and killed by raleigh police. there discussing their next steps as the investigation continues. caitlin knute has the latest from the breaking news center. caitlin: we are hearing from a local church leader and it they will launch their investigation as the f.b.i. is looking into just whether led up to the shooting death of akiel denkins. yesterday the police union released a state sanding by d.p. twitty the man who fired the gun saying he acted in self-defense trying to arrest denkins. but at a prayer vigil denkins mother was in tears saying he was shot in the back running away

smithfield and sanford. 53 fayetteville. 52 southern pines and 47 roxboro. clear skies above. one or two high clouds. most of it and all the storms out to the west. you see sours and storms in mississippi river valley and down into texas. that system will stay out this by lunchtime sunniment a few clouds in the sand hills and they person off. tomorrow morning it paints the pap white. i don't think we will see all of this cloud cover but we will have moisture in the air and sometimes the model do not foe how to show patchy fog but i think you will see thicker spots of fog through the day. today mostly sunny and warmer, 60's. by lunchtime 74 degrees. we will get near 80 with more sown on the way. across the region 79 in holly springs, 78 durham, 80 smithfield feel 78 siler city and sanford. around 80 fayetteville, 81 lumberton and 80 goldsboro. 75 roxboro and south hill. 79 rocky mount. 78 wake forest. tonight steps into the 50's for overnight lows. 54 raleigh and 55 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing and more cloud cov

south hill 67, 70 wake forest and 68 roxboro. tonight back into the who's for overnight lows. 42 roxboro, 45 raleigh. 47 fayetteville. mostly cloudy skies. cooler temperatures. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow 58 and look at the spotty afternoon shower. tomorrow night into sunday is we the rain is here the by sunday morning it will be wet and that feeling like late winter. 49. monday 55. tuesday 61 and nice weather returns. upper 70's by the middle of next week. sunday night into upon i wouldn't be surprised or monday night into tuesday testosteronefrost could be a problem. john: we don't need that. amber: if you feel bad the first day spring will be cruddy they are getting snow in the northeast. d.c. area will get a mix sunday. and philadelphia getting some. barbara: it could be worse. amber: it could as be worse. it is friday so we need to celebrate that. we have gotten through another work welcome or school week. 5:52. we have that earlier issue on 40 pretty big back-up around aviation. there's a

unless from across the area a couple of 40's. 45 sanford and 47 roxboro. temperatures have gone up in rocky mount up to 51 and 50 roanoke rapids and 55 louisburg. 52 southern pines and 53 in fayetteville. we don't have much in the way cloud cover. one or two high thin clouds. most of it is out west and nasty storms that will stay out west. you see them extending through east texas the they are talking about severe thunderstorm watch for most of east texas. that is lifting for the up the mississippi river because the high pressure here is leak a wall appear pumping the moisture off to the north and keeping it away from us. by lunchtime a few high clouds in sand hills but otherwise 70's. couple of clouds through it c but manual. tomorrow morning everything goes white on the map. we may see fog. when the model sees fog and do not foe how to deal with it, it pennants everything white. i think we will see patchy fog tomorrow appear burns off and by the afternoon the sunshine works back in. that is because of the dome of high pressure over us today, it is not on

region, 47 roxboro, 43 sanford, 46 smithfield and 45 roanoke rapids. looking at the day ahead. 50 now and partly cloudy. by lunchtime 67, lots of sunshine. this afternoon 76 degrees under mostly sunny skies. sunshine today, warmer tomorrow and some rain works in. we will talk about that in the complete forecast but now we have weather and traffic. amber rupinta is off so i will handle the traffic. not much to show you. we have an accident in holly springs right here. looks like they have just about cleaned it up. that is the only accident showing up. we will watch that and have the real-time travel times in a couple of minutes. caitlin: it has been 24 hours

as far as the temperatures in the area, 56 roxboro, 57 oxford. hey louisburg. 55 chapel hill. 61 southern pains. fayetteville 62 fplt. we are clear and dry and not much to so you. this is the next frontal boundary and it is to the much. it is a significant cold front but it doesn't have any moisture to work through. we will see clouds fill in. by lunchtime we are clear and dry and not much to so you. manual -- mostly sunny skies. this area to the north could be affected by if you do see a or thunderstorm it could go strong very fast. that area under marginal risk. biggest threat is high wind and possibly hail that. is from roanoke rapids down to rocky mount over to tarboro and feature. we will watch that for afternoon. that could be a triple spot for you. the rest of today temperatures in raleigh will go from the 60's at 9:00 to 77 by hroeufrpl and two the afternoon 81 at 2:00 and 84 at 4:00. across the area temperatures in the 80's. 8 84 garner, 83 cal. 83 holly springs. 85 pinehurst and 86 raeford and fayetteville. 85 lillington and 84 sanford,

it is 31 in roxboro. 36 raleigh. cary 35. 36 pinehurst and 37 lillington and 36 goldsboro and 40 fayetteville. looking at the day ahead right corridor. by lunchtime 46 and clouds and sideline. late day partly sunny and 50. seven. we will talk about the warm-up next. men trapped in a -- who found john: incredible. we are keeping you connected to big stories online. barbara: amber is tracking it from the big board. amber: a sweet story here. another reason to love the singer adel. she surpriseed a 12-year-old fan in belfast with a trip to her house. that fan is ill and has certifyebral palsy and she couldn't go and before the concert she went to visit her. this is her at her bedside. the mother said she will never know how much it means to her. it was an amazing thing to do. this is a story trending this morning and san bernardino case and iphone the f.b.i. admitting their error locked up the gone. they tried to change the password and that is a new development in that debate about whether apple should write code to un

take a look at the roxboro sky cam. the flags on the courthouse lawn, but winds will be shifting to southerly and southwesterly really bringing in that warm air. it is just 31 right now in wake forest. it's 29 in moncure, 13 degrees in cary, 39 in holly springs, 32 in roxboro, and south hill, 31 in rocky mount, and 32 in it's 35 in fayetteville, so a little bit warmer there. your planner as you're heading out, expect temperatures to be in the 30s. we warm up quickly. 58 at lunchtime, high, 65. we'll talk about our next best chance of rain in a few minutes. tara is in for bryan and a little bit nippy as you're coming in. >> yes and i was so looking forward to the warmer temperatures later today, but it's still cold this morning, so dress appropriately. no issues in downtown raleigh as we zoom out and take a wider look at the triangle, we're also delay free there. your drive coming in from the north side of wake county, here's a look at capital and durant. it will take you eight minutes from wake forest to get to 540 this

numbers across the region, 52, roxboro. 53, chapel hill. morning cloud cover with us. it will work out of here. the sunshine works in great weather. showers are running into a wall. they don't go past the middle part of the state. it forces the moisture up and out over the region. as we go through the overnight and into tomorrow, you may see a patch or two of fog. thursday, everything white in the morning, i think that is just fog. fog is thicker in spots on thursday. warmer, temperatures in the upper 50's. by 9:00, 70 degrees. into the afternoon, warmer temperatures on the way. 74, chapel hill. 75, garner. 76, wellington. 77, goldsboro. 71, roxboro. 75, rocky mount. temperatures across the area back into the 40's. 40 eight, wilson. 48, raleigh. seven day forecast, temperatures back into the 70's. 76 on wednesday. friday, cloudy skies. we spring forward saturday night into sunday. monday, partly sunny. 74 degrees. congratulations to the choir and the state. they received superior ratings. they were fantastic. way to go. john: today is my kids birthday. 25. amber: we ne

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visibility roxboro is 5 miles. last time we looked at the camera in downtown, looked like the visibility was less than 5 miles. not a widespread problem, 7, 9, 10-mile visibility across the viewing area. showers from last night, see hanging around, the deck of low clouds this morning, tracking our next system, nice and quiet for us for the next few days, this the warm sector of the storm, high pressure will keep things nice and dry. on the other side of the front, snow across the rockys in to northwest, colder air back there and seeing one after another of the fronts coming through, ushered in the chilly air in. big changes for the end of the week and in to next week. temperatures will swing in the opposite direction. another round of thunderstorms, last night, one last night and the night before, night before we had few storm reports. a bunch of reports of hail last night, rdu, 8:40, quarter sized hail, severe thunderstorm has two criteria, quarter sized hail or larger and winds that are in excess of 58 miles per

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from across the region, 61 roxboro, 64 oxford. 65 chapel hill, r.d.u. fplt 65 fayetteville and 64 sanford. looking at the day ahead right now 65 and mostly cloudy. by lunchtime 77 degrees, some clouds, a little sunshine breaking through temps today around 80. it is cooler this weekend and we have showers for the weekend. now let's talk weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: happy friday to you and this morning it is a very quiet start to the day. roads and volume easier. road weather index showing no weather in the way. to precipitation or fog. another warm day in store. we are accident free. greenwood avenue no problems to report through for the raleigh. durham freeway same into the city of medicine all around durham. 70 and cheek road good. we will check the drive times in a few. barbara: in johnston county crime scene tape surrounds a trailer where a man and woman were found dead. deputies found the bodies on unity drive. a toddler was found inside but not hurt. they are still there. so far no arrests have been made. torts have not released t

gorgeous sunrise in roxboro. breeze at the airport down at rdu, southwest in.5 miles per hour, a few passing clouds, no call to worry about. 48 roxboro, 52 in south hill, these temperatures are much warmer than this time yesterday. 48 at southern pines, this time yesterday temperatures were we feel nice and warm here but look at what's happening back to the west. along and west of the mississippi, 60 memphis, 60 kansas city, warm temperatures through chicago. dallas 66, 70 degrees in new orleans. this warm air will continue to march eastward and bring us some very pleasant conditions. most of the rain stays back to our west, we are looking at stronger thunderstorms there. high pressure system will hold back the rain but warm air will filter into our area. temperatures go from mid-70s today to near 80 wednesday and thursday. big, big warm-up. just for reference, what does that mean compared to normal? our temperatures over the weekend were in the 50s. 62 is normal. 81 is the record set back in 1974. we are going t

current numbers, 51 roxboro now and 55 hillsborough. 59 joined raleigh and rocky mount. cary at 58 and 60 pinehurst, 59 lillington and 60 raeford, 61 hope mills and goldsboro 61. looking at the day ahead patchy fog and otherwise mostly cloudy skies and 57. by lunchtime 70 and partly sunny skies. through the late day lots of sunshine and we will be near 80 today. tomorrow will be warmer. we will talk about that and we have the seven-day forecast up next. upsetting and disconcerting. scary to see that happen here. john: violent incident in a parking garage is a startling reminder you can never be too careful. brandon barber is accuse of attacking a woman in the marriott center city deck. he appeared before a judge tuesday. to help you keep safe the downtown raleigh alliance has a free escort service to your car. we have that posted with this story on abc11.com. barbara: to the must-see video we start with motorcycle riders by the hundreds taking over the streets of las vegas. police say this is appear increasing problem -- an increasing problem on weekends. some are riding

current numbers from across the region, 30 degrees it roxboro, 31 roanoke rapids, 32 smithfield, 28 in sanford and 36 fayetteville. by lunchtime we are sunny and 58 degrees. through the afternoon 65 degrees under mostly sunny skies. lots of sunshine today but we will see the temperatures getting warmer over the next couple of days and we will talk about that in the complete forecast in a bit. amber: we are following breaking news, belgium at the maximum several explosions the paris attack salah abdeslam was arrested in brussels. there is also report of a possible third explosion. that is a linebacker for the capital of the 28-nation european union and nato is located in the region. no word whether they call this terrorism but there are reports of a third explosion in brussels. we will continue to follow this breaking situation. it is breaking as we are on the air. we will keep you update and you will have live reports on "good morning america." barbara: state lawmakers preparing for session to anthony wilson has more. thoeufrp. house apbdnd senate say they have the three-fifths majorit

current numbers, 50 in roxboro, 61 roanoke rapids and louisburg.

current numbers from across the region 54 roxboro, 52 chapel hill. 48 southern pines, 57 fayetteville. 51 goldsboro and 49 wilson. mainly clear now. by lunchtime sunny and 71 degrees. this yarnafternoon 76 and sunshine. we will see temperatures start to fall tomorrow and it will be cold and wet and damp. sunday not looking great. few we have the weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: good thursday morning. st. patrick's day as you head out the door. we have an issue coming in at apex. i will get that next time on n.c. 55. the rest of the main arteries looking nice on this thursday morning. the road weather index forth returning rain or precipitation -- not returning rain or precipitation. this is 40 an south saunders, construction there but lots of green. into durham county, 40 and 15/501 no problems. we will update the issue in apex john: a car crashes into a light pole in durham. this is the scene around 2:00 a.m. on n.c. 55 near carpenter fletcher road. the pole was knocked downed a car overturned. a witness called to tell us a security guard on the way to work stopped to h

current numbers, 32 roanoke rapids and roxboro. 36 south hill. 38 hillsborough. raleigh 39. 34 sanford and 40 lillington and 41 pinehurst. 44 fayetteville and goldsboro 39 looking at the day ahead 40 now and by lunchtime 67 and partly sunny. 5:00 this afternoon partly sunny and 68 degrees. today the warmest of the next seven. tomorrow almost a 40-degree swing in spots. we will talk about that in the forecast coming up in a couple minutes. john: expect to pay more the next time you need something repaired. new sales taxes take effected it in knock adding to the costs of car repairs and appliance installations. the legislature approved the additional tax lastier. part of it will be distributed to poorer counties. auto mechanics say they have been trying to get the word out on small labor repairs under $50 they say it may not be significant. but larger areas $200 or more you could see an increase of $15. most businesses in the repair and installation service clothing, shoe repair, professional painting, plumbing and car wash detailing. barbara: rising flu cases has

numbers from across region 60 roxboro, 59 chapel hill. 08 wilson. offensive goldsboro and 59 in fayetteville. latest satellite and radar composite shows cloud cover on the satellite. doesn't so anything on the radar. you can see storms out west that heavy showers continue in the folks in louisiana. stocks, arkansas, fortune mississippi being pounded with rain. crowser to us clouds and sunshine mixing. by 5:00 partly sunny skies and temps in the 70's. tomorrow support cloud cover and poke friday. this area drops through midday you could see a sprinkle. post places stay dry but an isolated chance of a village tomorrow. then as it lifts north saturday again possibility of a sprinkle. that would be later in the day. at this point it looks like we will get the st. patrick's day parade in. should be good news there. into sunday could you describe bring showers and i think sunday could be rather wet in spots. we see the southwest flow today and winds working out of the southwest pumping warm air in. we will see the warm temperatures again raleigh by luncht

region. 51 roxboro, 51 rocky mount. temperatures running above normal, 61 in fayetteville and southern pines and a very warm day, 83, the high this afternoon. 73 thursday, much colder friday >>> 7:27. getting word of an accident in street and morgan. if you come in normally on wilmington street, you want to consider using saunders to mcdowell. also, hammond two-person might work on the southern side of raleigh. earlier crash at glenn eaden. otherwise quiet. still seeing delays coming in from garner, latest sensor readings indicate a 20 minute drive from 42 to the beltline split but after that, smooth strips to the fortify work zone and that ride from wade avenue to 540, six minutes. >>> still ahead on wral news on fox50, a once rising political star in north carolina is helping to minimize we'll explain coming up. >>> a big win for the bond, the connect nc bond. good morning, welcome back. >> voters overwhelmingly approved $2 billion for higher education construction projects, parks and the national guard. support is cr

region, 25 now in roxboro. 26 in sanford. 31 fayetteville. 29 goldsboro, wilson, roanoke rapids. 27 in louisburg. a look at the day ahead, 29 now. by lunchtime 19 degrees warmer at 48. into the afternoon 51 and clouds moving in. the clouds bring the chance of rain and we will have that and the complete seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. john: thank you, don. primary season is here in north carolina. early voting beginning in a few hours. gloria rodriguez is live outside the wake county board of elections in downtown raleigh. help us sort through what we can expect at the polls this year. that. i want to let you know first of all this is one location that today. early voting has really been beginning popularity litly. take a look. >> early voting accounted for in the 2012 primary and a majority in the 2012 general election. our state's primary election day is march 15. to vote on election day you need to have registered by the deadline last month but if you missed it is allowed during the early voting period. beginning this year you will need to bring a photo i.d. with you to vo

current numbers, 53 in roxboro, 55 chapel hill. 57 sanford, 61 in smithfield. 61 in fayetteville, 63 goldsboro and 59 in wilson. looking at the day ahead in the by hroeufrplglunchtime and by afternoon near 80. warmer in the sand hills and warmer tomorrow. we will talk about that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. john: new this morning, overnight severe storms leave hyped -- behind damage. this home in the south hall subdivision was struck by lightning. flames were shooting from the roof and attic. the two inside made it out. barbara: meantime, strong wind is to blame for knocking down this tree on the durham orange county line. it was blocking traffic on old irwin road until crews cleared it. for a week north carolina voters had to sit on the sidelines while the rest of the nation decided the direction of the presidential race. not any more. barbara: it is one of five states in super tuesday round gloria rodriguez has the latest. gloria: good morning. it will open at 6:30 so it is quiet now but we will see more activity later on in the morning. we will be here and brin

from across the region 53 roxboro, 58 chapel hill. 47 in sanford, 52 smithfield. 57 fayetteville, 60 clinton and 48 louisburg. looking at the latest satellite picture and not a lot to show you in rainfall. we have satellite and radar. clouds. that will work east an skies will clear and all the showers well to the south. predictor forecast model, by lunchtime it clears us. we will have a few clouds at lunchtime but mostly sunny through the afternoon. tonight into tomorrow by tomorrow hroeufrpl cloudy and hit-or-miss shower and tomorrow night the rain is here. we will see rain tomorrow night into sunday before that pulls out into monday. all because of the system to the south. by tomorrow we have the stationary front and that is the low pressure that throws the showers our way. if it were january this would be a major snow maker but we have enough warm air it will be rain. on the back side the low and high will pull colder air in and sun night to monday we could see freezing. a frosty start to next week. today poke this morning and -- mostly cloudy this morning and across the area we w

visibility at the airport, half- mile, 2 miles in roxboro but the last time i checked in with that roxboro camera it looks fairly foggy. and not terribly widespread. let's talk about what's coming next. we have high pressure that will bring us some sunshine and we are in the warm sector of this. temperatures in the upper 70s today, mid-80s tomorrow. background one of that cool air starts to push and thursday. we will feel it friday into the weekend have friends coming through that will push the cold air in. we stay in the warm sector today and tomorrow, look at those nice reds and yellows through wednesday. we cool down friday, highs in the 60s, that will be true saturday and sunday, too. chilly air comes rushing in for the second half of the weekend, highs in the 50s sunday and monday. after that temperatures should moderate. 76 degrees, the high today. it is primary election day. looking good this morning, temperatures in the 50s. and as the polls close at 7:30, 69. we jump up to 83 tomorrow, and then we have that threat coming through, a couple of showers potentially but that gives us t

still 32 in roxboro. 33 in south hill. these temperatures haven't budged much because that deck of clouds that is here at the ground is pretty thick. 37 in goldsboro. 35 in rocky mount and wilson. 37 in southern pinesment here is what is likely to happen by mid an mfn. temperatures climb from the upper 40s to low 50s as that sun busts out of the clouds. it will warm things up a little bitment still, we'll have that breeze which will feel chilly. it will be a cold start saturday morning. it is 7:00 a.m. about the time we see the this time of year looking at 30 to 32. then for our lunchtime temperature tomorrow, low 50s. we can warm on up into the mud to up are 50s for saturday afternoon. we have a very quickling system that comes through, brings us a little bit of rain from raleigh northward. it is out of here. you may not notice it happened because it will be overnight saturday night. we have a big, big warm-up in our forecast coming by the middle of next week. this is a look at our high temperatures for the afternoon. tod

south hill right now 32. 34 roxboro and henderson and roanoke rapids. 35 louisburg, 37 downtown raleigh. 36 cary sanford. 39 lillington. goldsboro 36 with rain moving through. we look at the day ahead. patchy rain and 36. by lunchtime mid 40's with a mixture of clouds. late day 50 degrees. today the coolest of the next seven and we have a big warm-up in the complete to forecast. john: a brief burst of winter in the north carolina mountains. the snow came down hard last night in henderson county and didn't last long. seemed to ends pretty quickly falling rain-snow mix. >> it is beautiful just to look out and see the snow and note have to go in it. more could fall today. there is a went weather advisory until noon for elevations above 3500 feet. barbara: we have a police officer protecting a child as a car plows into them. you see there the officer grabbing the boy and yanking him back. this was wednesday. both stand up and the car comes to a stop incredibly the child is ok. the officer only bruised his leg. in chicago the bridge comes down with a bang. it collapsed into the river. it was

temperatures across the region 50 roxboro, 53 chapel hill and r.d.u. 52 sanford. you were at 59 last hour in goldsboro. 57 now. that cooler air will settle in and we will go to the 40's and back up to 51 by lunchtime with breezy conditions. this afternoon mostly sunny and temps in the low 50's. some spots 20 degrees colder than yesterday. we stick in the cool air a couple of days. we will talk about that and the warm-ups to the 70's. but now we have weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: when you are dealing with rain give yourself extra time as the case this morning. we did have an earlier issue on 440 at wade avenue. you can see the pedestrian bridge over wake county. it was 440 and police activity but that has been cleared both corrections now moving well through the beltline there. to the mapping system we go and we are seeing some of those showers. all the green is our road weather index. the radar picking up so you can see it is definitely soggy but we're accident free. 40 and south saunders looking nice there. no problems or delays. we will check th

widening the view, 37 degrees toward roxboro and rocky mount, fayetteville and clinton. in terms of rainfall, we expect fairly light amount as a couple of disturbances made their y through. ranging from a few hundred in some places to mostly around a 10th of an inch in the triangle. around a quarter of an inch east of the triangle along the i-95 corridor. a little bit more than that, heading along the east toward the astal plains. the rain is over for the next several days, the next chance not until thursday evening or late thursday night. here's a look at satellite and radar, you can see a couple of those disturbances during that period, the last one pulling away from the east, when we got into the late night and early morning hours. we have seen a clearing trend behind that, rather dry air dominating across the region ahead of a large essure center over eastern texas. over that we have had a frontal boundary set up offshore. producing snow up that way. we have also got the clockwise flow around that high producing a northwesterly wind. it is going to be gusty today, 20

warm spot is fayetteville 37. 30 louisburg, 31 roxboro and 32 roanoke rapids. mainly clear now and 33. by lunchtime 25 degrees warmer and sunny skies and 58. this afternoon mostly sunny and 65. 10 degrees warmer tomorrow and big warm-up on the way. now we will have traffic and worth with amber rupinta. amber: we will show you how things are. we had an earlier issue into durham but first we say good morning to the friends in fayetteville on ramsey street looking great. anyone 4edheading into fort bragg shouldn't have problems. this s this is the clayton bypass. earlier we checked and i thought i saw flashing lights westbound so this is just a lot of congestion for folks heading to wake county. johnston county commuters know all about this. checking the map and speeds in that area down to 24 hours westbound approaching 70. watch for stalled vehicle at new hope church road heading into raleigh. john: now back to breaking news from belgium authorities calling the explosion at the brussels airport and one subway situation a terror attack. barbara: they are under loc

down to 46 in roxboro, 51 chapel hill. 55 smithfield. 58 fayetteville. the first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather coming up in a bit. the next 12 hours we will see the temperatures going down. by lunchtime breezy and 51. back to 52 with lots of sunshine. dry weather nor a little more and rain in the seven-day. now we have traffic with amber rupinta. amber: we have a big issue on i-40 shut down in both directions at rock quarry road due to police activity on the rock quarry road overpass. this is our live picture from chopper 11 h.d. both directions beg delays on i-40 -- big delays. so the police activity again is on the overpass and what they underneath rock quarry road. they are for wednesday morning commute. but the big story 40 shut down at rock quarry road. john: thank you. protesters in raleigh making their voices heard after appear officer-involved shooting. they demand answer and justice but praying for peace. barbara: a prayer vigil will be in downtown raleigh in the wake of akiel denkins's death. john: gloria rodriguez is looking

numbers from across the region 58 in roxboro. 57 action ford. just 54 roanoke rapids. 58 chapel hill. 57 fayetteville. satellite and radar composite through. we will see a mixture of clouds and sunshine. the high pressure is keeping showers west. that keepses dry. but it is bad for the arc la tbgs -- arklatex region the rain keeps moving over the same spot. first alert predictor forecast model we will go through the day by 5:00 partly sunny to mostly sunny and guys day. through the evening and overnight clouds build in. by 7:00 tomorrow mostly cloudy and could see a stray very many tomorrow. most places will be dry. as we go through saturday same a force is like this for the rest of today topping out in the 60's right now, lunchtime mid 70's. partly sunny skies and warm quickly through the tkaeuday. this yarn in raleigh we top out near 80. look at the temperatures across the rest of the region, in the 70's, 78 in durham, 79 cary today. 78 garner. you will see temperatures in the 80's from fayetteville to goldsboro. 79 lillington. we go north whe

current numbers from across the region, 45 in roxboro, 49 chapel hill. goldsboro. as you take the kids to bus temperatures about 50 degrees. by lunchtime try to take it outside. 67. this afternoon it will be breezy, 76 degrees. we will talk about the warmer temperatures but now we have weather and traffic and amber rupinta is off so i will handle the traffic duties. not much to show you in the way that accident that was on brier creek parkway has been cleared. all of wake county accident free. looking at real-time traffic from the cameras, this is 540 and u.s. 70 glenwood avenue. green on both side there. from there we go to i-540 and i-40. a little more volume starting to increase as folks head out. heavier volume at i-40 and harrison. still green. shouldn't have any problems right now. caitlin: we will get back to breaking news as belgian authorities are announcing the suspected airport attacker they have been searching for has been arrested this 24 hours after the level still remains aattacks. meanwhile, europeans are standing together, memorials popping up with

or roxboro skycam looking gray as that system approaches us. 32 in roxboro. even thousand at # 35:00, it will be pretty chilly as you head out. 47 at launch time in downtown durham. a little chilly and our high temperature 51 under mostly cloudy skies. we'll still have rain around the area during the morning commute tomorrow which tend to cause additional problems. so it may be aling rough this time tomorrow. we do have a warm-up in the forecast. we'll talk about when we expect >>> at least eight u.s. airline carriers have submitted their appear indications for flights to cuba. the possible routes are prprarily from large hub cities in the u.s. with havana being the most popular destination. it is the capital. right? >> yes. you are our cuban expert. the government will spend the next few months reviewing the requests and is expected to award the contested havana routes this summer. flights to the smaller cities, they could be approved much sooner. i know you could. currently, all flights operating between the two countries are charters. >>> starting next mon

let's take a look at our roxboro skycam. it is clear there, clearing skies across e area. look at those flags, they are moving meaning that it feels chilly with a temperature of 38 in cary and durham, 38 wake forest and a bit of a breeze feels cold. 36 right now in roxboro, the wind chill has to be near freezing. 41 in goldsboro d fayetteville. very few towns are above the 30s right now. in your planner this morning at 8:00 a.m., mid-30s. 49 at lunchtime and a high of 56, that is warmer than yesterday by 10 degrees low normal. tara lynn is here talking about traffic this morning, that looks like a big backup. his art around clayton? >> is, this is nc-42. normally we see delays but the extent of the delays that we taking a look at the camera i-40, all of that stopped traffic is in the westbound lanes. i have been checking with nc- dot and at this point there have been no accidents reported , because we know it usually takes only one small accident to extend the backups. at this point they are not reporting any at this time. it will take 18 minutes from nc- 42 up to the 440

along and north of i-85 we're dealing with some fog and we'll show you that on our roxboro camera. in durham, 63, 64 in cary, 66 in erwin and roanoke rapids. it will stay fairly gray and in the afternoon we have a chance of a shower and an evening thunderstorm and some of those could be strong like yesterday. we may have some large hail or some wind damage. we're going to talk more about those threats coming up in about ten minutes. 67 degrees this morning, some fog especially in the north. it's going to be a warm 80 degrees. take along the rain coat or umbrella for later this afternoon, bill? >>> new this morning, turkey's military carried out air strikes against kurdish military strikes in iraq and suspect dozens involving a suicide car bombing the attack happened near bus stops in the heart of the capitol. in addition to the dead 125 people were hurt. the bombing was the third in the city in five months. >>> it's now believed al-qaeda operatives were behind a deadly shooting at an ivory coast beach resort. six people opened fire and among the dead were 14 civilians and two secur

numbers across the region, 51, roxboro. 46, sanford. 50, fayetteville. clouds are starting to erode. we will see mostly sunny skies working in. like a big wall. we stayed dry for a while. should be a gorgeous evening across the region. by lunchtime, we are sunny and dry. by thursday morning, i think we could see patchy fog thursday morning. for the rest of today, nothing but sunshine. mostly sunny skies will hang in the mid-70's. numbers across the region today. 74, chapel hill. 76, lillington. 72, henderson. 76, wilson. temperatures across the region in a 40's. seven-day forecast showing temperatures tomorrow back into the mid-70's. mostly sunny skies on your thursday. friday, 76. toward the weekend, on saturday, he will see the temperatures climb into the 70's. sunday, we spring forward. sunday could she -- sunday could see some showers. this picture comes to us from fred. he took this in orange county. some ice crystals working through. he snapped that and uploaded it to the first alert weather app. nice clear conditions with the weather. it will feel

hay raleigh. 5 # fayetteville. 51 roxboro. seven first alert seven-day forecast showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 80's. 80 bd partly sunny skies. friday 76, mock. saturday 73 degrees. we will see a warm start. the raleigh st. patrick's day parade saturday i think we will be dry. any showers hold off until the afternoon. sunday same thing. scattered showers as we spring forward saturday night. monday 74 and tuesday staying in the 70's. feeling more leak late april instead of mid march. john: thank you. a local teacher is putting a spin on learning for her special barbara: the place she is taking john: welcome back. barbara: there is a teacher who is redefining the special needs cast room feel john: she says her kids learn through experience and it is her job to create them. just a few days with her 11 students she will go to disney on all expense paid trip thanks to their teacher and support from the community. reporter: a lot of things are different in her classroom. she teaches exceptional students who need a little

and roxboro. 11 warmer in fayetteville. a little warmer to the north with the clouds act beinging like a blanket. the heat we built up yetsterday without the cloud the heat goes up but a little blanket over the northern counties. no rainfall with the clouds. we zoom out and you see rain in upstate new york and green in iowa and nebraska. around here we are dry and we stay dry today, tonight into tomorrow. first alert predictor forecast model, by lunchtime through 4:00 and temps in the 70's today. tomorrow we will see more cloud cover and into tomorrow night and into thursday there is the rain that arrives into friday. before that, lots of sunshine, 50's. by lunchtime 67 and mostly sunny and warmer morning. mid 70's and more sunshine, breezy and warm this afternoon. from across the region, in the 70's today, 76 garner, 76 durham, 76 holly springs. 79 fayetteville and 79 goldsboro. 78 pinehurst. 71 south hill. 76 rocky mount and 75 in wake forest. tonight clear skies and a few high clouds. 52 the overnight low in raleigh. 51

numbers from across the region this morning, 32 in roxboro. 39 degrees as we look up into roxboro. 34 in oxford. 31 in goldsboro. 36 in clinton. clear across the carolinas. we're not seeing any rainfall around here, as we've got a big dome of high pressure that's forcing all the moisture up to the north, and that's going to keep us dry today, tomorrow, into the end of the week. first alert predictor forecast model, a few high clouds today, then tonight some patchy fog. as we go toward lunchtime tomorrow, skies clear and we'll see 70's tomorrow. here's the big, dominant high. if this were to set up in june or july, this could give us 90-plus degree stretch of days. this time of year, it's cooler. it's going to set up this wall, and you can see this wall that's going to be back here. it's going to funnel all the moisture up to the north and east. we'll miss the showers, and we'll see the clear skies around here hanging around. and gorgeous weather really through the mid week. through the rest of today, mostly sunny skies this morning. typical temperatures running near 60. into the after

the temperatures are above freezing across the area except for south hill 32, 34 roxboro. no trouble roxboro. 35 rocky mount. 39 degrees in clinton, siting in to mecklenburg county, virginia. mid 50s this morning, lingering drizzle. cloudy lunchtime and 45 and clearing this afternoon with a high of 50. >>> the weather is delaying the start of school in mecklenburg county, virginia, opening at 10:00 a.m., find delays or closings at wral.com. >>> there is a funeral for akiel denkins,. >> the 24-year-old raleigh man shot by police on monday. tara lynn is live in raleigh, this is a day after we learned a lot more about this investigation. >> reporter: he will be laid to rest this afternoon, the funeral set for 1:00 p.m., of course people since the shooting happened have been calling for answers and may have some that have answered their questions after two preliminary reports are out. community members gathered each day since the shooting of 24 downtown raleigh and asked for a trance poirpt investigation and demanded answers. -- transparent investigation and demanded answers.