we have a report of sleet coming in from siler city. it is sleight the freezing mixture as well. and it looks like a sleet mixture towards fayetteville and hope mills and wade and spring-like as well. and we'll continue to monitor this that's continues to fall through the morning. winter storm warning in effect till 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. you see it includes the triangle and sand hills. and that is a winter weather advisory and that is in effect till 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. neighborhood, i'll send it over to kristin ketchell. >>> we have a mess of wintry weather heading our way today. as we head through this morning, many of us will see a sleet and snow mixture. but in the later parts of this morning, we may see most of that transitioning to all sleet with freezing rain. this afternoon, some of us even into this evening may actually see rain mixing in. so all the frozen precipitation changes to rain later this evening. and once we get through our dinner hours here, after dinnertime, we see the rain pulling out of the area to the northeast changing back to some snow as we head into tomor

. >>> a siler city firefighter is now in his final resting place. joshua woods responded to an emergency and died. he was headed south on silk oak road when he crossed over the line and struck two trees. hundreds gathered to pay respects. >> caring. >> reporter: family of 24-year- old joshua woods said he would do anything for not only his family but the community while he was on duty as a siler city volunteer firefighter. he volunteered for nearly three years but on early tuesday morning investigators say woods died while responding to a call. >> that's a big loss to the community. >> reporter: saturday family and friends came to say their final goodbyes. >> a good high -- hundreds attend the funeral. many of them couldn't even fit inside the church, including all these firefighters and law enforcement officers from across mid-north carolina. most did not get the chance to meet woods. >> when something happens like this we try to come together to support one another. >> reporter: as woods was carried out of the church, a uniform during a final salu

sand hills you should be around 40 at fayetteville. 3 siler city. -- 35 siler city. tonight into the teens. we could see wind chills in the single digits. 13 roxboro, 15 the overnight low in durham. 16 raleigh and 19 in fayetteville fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow 34, very cold. wednesday 39, sunny, chilly. mixing thursday night into friday before it turns to an all rain event. friday that rain washes away any snow and sunday 48 degrees. "big weather" pique -- piquec of the day. this is a cardinal sitting in t the tree with snowflakes. with the first alert abc11 weather app you can upload pictures and don't have to go to the website. on the first alert weather app you can share. thank you to the folks who sent those in. barbara: great shot. amber: it is a holiday and martin luther king jr. day and a lot of people off but there are people heading out to events or going to volunteer to day of service. if you are doing so we are in good shape with the roads. 40 and harrison light volume and it is clear this morning but if th

so not so bad around sanford and siler city on this friday morning. let's get to the weekend forecast, shall we? today, 51 breedsy at time -- breezy at times, saturday 55 and sunny, looking at those clear skies movering in on our sunday, 62 degrees our -- moving in on up, the 60s will continue, when you'll need the umbrella again coming up in your complete forecast, maggie? >>> at brazil's oldest and most productive mask factory getting ready for carnival, the most popular masks this year depicting the embattled president and the oppositioned lawmaker who opened proceedingings -- proceedings against her. store managers selling the products say store sales have been worse than last year. >>> knowing what may have killed a humpback whale that washed ashore, discovering the one to 2-year-old whale on tuesday, the while likely died from a parasite that attacked its or dwans. -- organs, it had damage to its organs, including its kidneys. >>> facing off for the final gop debate before the iowa caucuses, coming up, could there be a >>> welcome back. thousand

at freezing in sanford, siler city, here in raleigh we're at 34. durham, 37. south hill, you're checking in right around 35 degrees this morning. so here's your forecast for this friday, plenty of sunshine. a little bit of fog though as we do start off our friday. and that will be mainly south around the sand hills. 45 lunch time, plenty of sunshine. near normal later today, our normal high is 52, i'm expecting a temperature right around 51. i'll have a closer look at your weekend ahead in just a little bit. but let's check in with traffic as you get ready to head out the door on this friday morning. >>> this is i-440 and athens drive, just a few cars in this direction. good news if you're heading out this way. no accidents, no slowdowns and very similar conditions on our live drive map, all green around 440 and south of the city on and weather in about 10 minutes. >>> great news to start off this morning, the carolina panthers are heading soon to the west coast to prepare for super bowl l. >> exciting stuff. the team will get a huge sendoff from friends this

south appear west into the sand hills fayetteville 36, siler city 33. tonight back into the teens over off. 16 raleigh. 19 fayetteville. 15 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the up are 30's, near 40. 40's on thursday and thursday night after midnight we could see rain and sleet and changing to all rain friday. saturday back to wintry mix before exiting and near 50 sunday. they are playing in the snow. sheila williams sent this. i don't know which is on the left but he has a scream on his face like come on. amber: roxboro. don: we love all the weather pictures. upload them to abc11.com. john: how is the traffic, amber? amber: it is cold. that is an old joke. we will show you how the mapping is. this is 64 in the business area, bypass at u.s. 64 pretty shot. you see the pink sky and sun making its way up and everything moving fine. we have dry conditions on the road. no problems there. fayetteville this is live picture and you see the same no problems to report. new accident downtown rale

it is 37 in siler city and 42 in fayetteville. at most we are looking at a dusting of snow on grassy surfaces. rain mixed with wet snow flakes and light rain if you're east and southeast of the triangle today. expect spotty rain and snow showers before we dry out and temperatures drop later tonight. 42 is our high temperature across the area today. details are coming up. >>> all right. we are coming up on 6:43. an american father of four is among dozens of killed at an details emerges from >>> this man died yesterday afternoon. company says his parachute open bud he had a hard landing. >>> friends and family said good-bye to joshuawoods. he was driving south on silk hope road and crossed the center line and overcorrected and struck two trees. >>> we now know the identity of an american missionary who was amongst an al-qaida linked militant group. this is 45-year-old mike runninger. they worked in the west african nation. he leaves behind four children. when the siege ended several extremists were dead and more than a hundred hosta

and siler city 17. watch the number in roxboro. but once you factor in the wind, it feels like 7 degrees. and the winds not having a big impact in henderson. but enough will knock the temperatures down and it feels like 17 in sanford and littleton this morning. in the mean time, the temperatures will continue to drop. so 19 right now, 17 by 7:00 this morning and 17 at 8:00 a.m. and we'll start to slowly climb back to 20 by 9:00 this morning. and there will be plenty of sunshine. so don't forget the sunglasses and you'll need the scarves and the heavy winter jacket. and the high of only 33. and i'm watching for the chance for a few flurries late in the day and thursday, we're back into the upper 40s. there's another round of possibly winter weather late bit. >>> some big changes are coming to us. february 29th, we'll be your home for cbs programming. you can watch all of your favorite shows and our new home masters. wncn.com. >>> time is 4:41. here's what is coming up. >>> a mountain of tears right now. i hope the guy will be found

siler city 33, 34 sanford, 35 pinehurst, 33 clayton. 35 goldsboro. tonight back into the teens for overnight lows. it will feel like last night. 16 raleigh. 19 fayetteville. 15 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, terms tomorrow -- temperatures some in the 40's. partly sunny and could see flurries tomorrow night. thursday sunshine to start, clouds increasing throughout the day, 48. rain could start friday with snow mixed in then turns to all rain friday as we go mid 40's then changes back to snow friday night into saturday. could see a wintry mix saturday. monday 56 degrees. the models are all over the place. some are saying six inches, some say nothing for saturday. it sis too far out to make a prediction but we could see wintry precipitation saturday morning. john: it is about time. don: it is. 'tis the season. barbara: yes, it is. john: 5:23. new details in the tennis match fixing scandal. barbara: the player who says he was offered $200,000. john: and if you can just wait today is your brandon thinks hellmann's is heaven

sand hills temperatures climbing 50 goldsboro, 51 fayetteville and 48 siler city. tonight temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. i put rain in late, mainly goldsboro and southeast areas. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures again upper 40's, friday mostly sunny, 49. saturday we start it see warmer you are a working in. 57 on saturday and sunday 63. monday 65 fplt. for ground hog day tuesday cloudy and near 60. upper 40's today. spotty showers and we will watch for that. john: something to watch for. barbara: absolutely. amber: definitely take it easy on the roads this morning. even when they are wet they can be slick. you never know if an animal could lose control like i did. yesterday we were talking about the water main break near wake forest. it happened again so there's an issue there. highway 98. this was yesterday and we've a crew headed to the scene this morning to see what is going on and assess the damage. it is highway 98 near u.s. 1 and you can see this was the scene yesterday water gushing about two f

sand hills, temperatures climb to 51 sanford, 50 siler city. goldsboro. tonight partly sunnycloudy and overnight some folks will stay above freezing. 33 raleigh, 36 fayetteville. 33 siler city and 30 roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, you may see icy conditions this morning but by tonight temperatures back into the 30's. by tomorrow almost 60. 60's in the sand hills tomorrow. wednesday cooler. mid 40's. rain likely wednesday night into thursday as it is down around 20 fplt 20. thursday afternoon skies clear and the wind looking great with temperatures near 60 by sunday. barbara: it is about time. don: finally. i don't think we are done with went yet. we have february. barbara: of course. the last weekend was snowing and the week before raining. don: eight out of the last nine precipitation. barbara: imagine your within of the coldest nights of the year. husband is deployed barbara: welcome back, 4:56 and 26 degrees. with so much of the country cold the last thing you need is the furnace to go out. anthony: that is what happene

temperatures running in the 20's. 22 roxboro, 29 durham, 28 raleigh. 29 siler city. 27 lillington. 26 fayetteville, clinton. 30 pinehurst. we look at the day ahead mid 20's now. by lunch mid 40's and 48 under mostly sunny skies. lots of sunshine today. we will talk about that and rain for the midweek in a bit. anthony: this morning a popular barbecue restaurant is banged up after a car smashed into it. pictures of the damage on the facebook page. the owners say a car lost control saturday night and hit the building. you see the results. it has a giant hole in the side of it. no word on when it will reopen. barbara: the snowstorm makes for great must-see video. we begin with this dazzling drone video of staten island. the snow blankets the ground and beach. more than 31 inches fell in one of several planned fights there. usually it is in the capitol. check out these folks bidding the storm farewell at willard hotel toasting it at the the bubbly flowed and folks ventured outside some for the first time since it started snowing friday. i always wanted to stay in that hotel. that would ha

into the sand hills siler city 52, 53 wilmington, 55 fayetteville with rain arriving late. tonight back into the 40's for overnight lows. 43 raleigh. 46 fayetteville. 42 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 50's for one more day. tomorrow the warmest of the next seven. mid 50's for highs. then the bottom drops out. sunday 45 and cloudy. monday 35 degrees and lots of sunshine on dr. martin luther king jr. day. the 30's and low 40's. no precipitation. barbara: that is key. and it is january. 5:22 and 39 degrees. self-driving cars are not just science fiction. john: the big push from the white house to put them on the road sooner rather than later. school football when i lay in my tempur pedic contour then i slowly feel it start to kind of wrap itself around me. my mind just kind of goes blank. then the next thing i know it's morning. with tempur-flex you've got the spring and bounce of a traditional mattress then it also adjusts to my body. my cloud feels so comfortable. it feels like somebody's hugging you. how ca

into the sand hills, siler city 55, 58 fayetteville. 57 wilson and 57 pinehurst. tonight temperatures across the area back in the 30's for overnight lows. 33 raleigh. 36 fayetteville. 32 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, temperatures tomorrow back into the 50-degree range with rain clears saturday and sunday into monday clouds, colder. high pressure dips in from the south and 35 the high on monday. tuesday 37. wednesday just 43 with overnight lows in the 20's and teens. some much the coldest air we have seen next week. it will be chilly to start. john: look out. 5:23 and fans watching the seahawks and panthers sunday will be able to stuff themselves with a ma'ammmoth creation. barbara: what is on this carolina creatio i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto . xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto is also proven to reduce the risk of stro

into the sand hills, siler city 55, 57 goldsboro and 58 fayetteville under southwest wind. tonight back into the 30's for overnight lows. 33 raleigh. 32 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, going to get wet as we go through the day tomorrow and into tomorrow night rain developing. 50 degrees. sunday 45 and cold air pours in. on martin luther king holiday in the 30's. john: monday is cold. don: yes, the cold air arrives. barbara: we have been warned. john: 4:52. local warehouse is refurbishing thousands of computers. barbara: amber will tell us about hey, are you coming to the 9am? i'm on the phone with the cable company. we at time warner cable need to apologize to you. we no longer offer you an excuse to avoid that meeting. we're making a bunch of changes at time warner cable. you don't even have to call. now you can chat with a live agent on your computer or mobile device 24/7 from virtually anywhere. or use the my twc app to schedule a time for us to call you. so have a great meeting. there's a place online where you always get more than you pay

as you get to siler city and chatham county you see blue areas. that is where the heavier pockets of precipitation are working through, sliding south into carthage, southern pines. nicole is in fayetteville and notice the pink meaning freezing rain. purple means sleet. it could be either there. live look into downtown raleigh and here is the other story, the another degree to 28. that means snow and sheet being reported. 55% humidity. i want to go to steve stewart and we have a brand-new tool we just put on the weather computers dealing with possible power outages. this is the first time ever used on tv. steve: we will show that in a couple of means. we will have gusty weekends and when factor that in later on today if we have ice accrual we could have power outages. 20's across the board. we are talking about the difference between sleet and freezing rain. if the cold layer at the surface is shallow it doesn't have time to freeze and hits as a liquid and can freeze on the freezing surfaces. if it is deep enough we will see it freeze all the way u

from across the region 14 in 19 louisburg. 19 rocky mount. 15 siler city. 14 in sanford, 21 pinehurst. 24 hope mills. 21 fayetteville. 19 goldsboro. looking at the day ahead now in the teens. by lunchtime 28 and by 5:00, 31 degrees. tomorrow we will see more clouds and could see flurries. we will talk about that in the complete forecast up next. john: breaking news concerning twitter. if you are having trouble accessing it you are not alone. twitter is apparently experiencing outages worldwide. it says it is aware of the problem and working toward a resolution. barbara: cold weather concerns for pet owners. veterinarians warn dogs and cats with short hire are vulnerable and while whose bring the dogs in on extremely cold nights that is not always an option for those who are short haired. >> a lot of pit bulls have very they are outside, frostbite. barbara: hypothermia is a big threat when it is cold. if a pet has to stay outside make sure they have shelter like a dog house, garage or porch and there is warm bedding and extra food and water. john: today the raleigh city council will di

and it feels like 16 in durham and 17 in sanford and 16 in siler city and it feels like 21 we're talking about tricky weather. in raleigh, expecting it to get to 33. and we'll be on the line. 32 in durham and 36 in fayetteville and then we head to tonight and the wintry mix changing to snow and the best chance for accumulations still looks to be around the triangle and north ward, 29 is the overnight low. and let's talk about the coming days. i'm sure everyone wants to know when it will end. we're still talking about the chance of accumulating snow saturday morning and then sunday, sunshine and expecting some melting so that should be nice. as we head into early next week, we have to watch as the kids head become to school or not and 48 on monday and sunshine there and the next chance for rain and some plain old rain tuesday and wednesday. but that is the latest look at your forecast. we have to check in with traffic because it has been a bit of a nightmare on the roadways. >> it is getting worse. and the map is lit up right now with wrecks and the roads are a lot of icy spots. but take

35 in raleigh, 35 in clayton, 34 lillington, fwlo freezing in sanford, also as we look towards siler city at 28, freezing in roxboro at 32. let's get to your fast forecast. if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. some fog, south of the triangle, 35. 45 at lunch time and then the high, normal high is 52, we should top out right around 51, back in the low 40s by 6:00 p.m. this evening, the weekend ahead in your complete forecast, right now though, time to check in with traffic. here's i-440 and athens drive, not a lot going on as we start off our friday morning. it looks like it may be slower than normal as far as how many car are out there, have a sief drive as -- safe drive as you head out. here's your life drive conditions, i-40 along your morning commute, i-40 eastbound moving at 65 miles per hour, if you're heading westbound, 64 miles per hour, very similar speeds in either direction, more on your traffic and weather throughout the rest of the morning. here on "wncn today". >> alyssa, thank you. >>> 5:31 on your friday morning, the carolina panthers will soon head to

over around siler city seeing rain. this will continue to push northward. only a matter of time. probably 45 minutes to an hour before we are starting to see steadier rain around the triangle. if you are at wilson and rocky mount, it may take a little longer but not too long. i think by mid afternoon, the entire viewing area is seeing rain. while some of that rain looks pretty heavy, it is not likely that we'll have a lot of thunderstorms in our viewing area but along the coast, we have that chance and i'm show you that coming up in just a minute. >> just another view of the radar. you can see the heavier rain south of fayetteville. and university to the south and west and all of that is coming our way. rain is falling fairly steadily right now in fayetteville. swo 51 in raleigh. 58 in wilmington. the rain started earlier back into the mountains. it has locked into the colder temperatures there. 43 in charlotte. colder there. temperatures running from 10 or colder than this time yesterday. we are not seeing a huge change here. we'll see a big change in our morning lows starting n

southwest into the sand hills temperatures mid 50's. 55 fayetteville. 52 siler city and 54 in wilson under cloudy skies and rain moves in. tonight showers around in the evening and it goes away after midnight. 43 raleigh. 46 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather tomorrow back into the 50's. 56, probably the warm est day of the next seven. sunday an early morning shower and cool. for dr. martin luther king. john: during the forecast amber and barbara were dancing. amber: it sis not turning the alarm off. don: i have to walk over and all i see is this. john: it is on. don: when i sit doing the seven-day forecast you will here whispering in the background. amber: then you will see john like this. john: come on. barbara: although he was whipping a nene earlier. amber: how did i miss this? john: i know. it is friday. amber: i need to put up a camera in here. happy friday. we get so excited. none of us is doing anything spectacular. it is just the alarm is turned off. whew! dry conditions this morning weather is looking great and as don said take the umbrella. rain

siler city at 47. northwest winds five miles per hour in goldsboro. as the rain moves out it gets cold. your first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow up into the upper 40's and 50's. saturday looking good. 57 and mostly sunny. monday into tuesday, clouds build in. groundhog day, 60 six. tuesday night into wednesday we could see thunderstorms. big weather picture of the day, this is from jason. that is jason's buddy. i could not tell whether pepper it a fan of snow, some dogs hate it and some dogs love it. thank you for sending it in. our talk sweet picture. john: how is our traffic looking? amber: pretty sweet. it has been raining all these fridays. don: eight of the last 16 we've had precipitation. amber: we can deal with a little don: i thought you went "dude." amber: 40 westbound at u.s. 70 clayton bypass, six minutes as the average time for folks from johnson county to wake county. in fayetteville, we are seeing some glistening on the roadways. a couple showers around fayetteville. southern pines, where seeing some of that o

siler city, durham and roxboro and it feels like fayetteville this morning and the wind is going to cut through this morning. and the layers encouraged as you send the kids to the bus stop this morning. 28 at lunchtime and 33 the high. just an hourtor two at or above freezing today. pressure to thank for this and it is bringing in the sunshine and the north breeze that will have an impact on the day today. and the area of high pressure means clear skies from start to finish. and we'll breeze through our future forecast today and we're looking at clear skies. overnight, we could start to see a few clouds for sunrise. and 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, looking at partly cloudy conditions. we'll quickly turn cloudy through the afternoon as the next system approaches. here we are at 7:00 p.m. a lot of this moisture is going to fall apart as it reaches us. and i think there's a chance for flurries and maybe a slight snow shower. and the moisture will be limited and moving fast. if you see one of the light snow shower, maybe a dusting on grassy surfaces. other than that, i'm not expecting this t

and the temperatures are dropping below freezing in siler city at 30. so the areas that are in the 20s this morning saw plenty of melting yesterday and everything could refreeze in the overnight. so be on the lookout. it is likely ice this morning. and we start to climb again at first and 38 at 8:00 a.m. and back into the 40s by 9:00. plenty of sunshine today and high of 58 degrees. enjoy it because tomorrow turns cloudy and a chance for scattered showers and a chance for a few lingering showers by thursday. and we'll see the dry weather return again for the weekend ahead. we'll tell what you that looks like in your complete forecast. >>> florida state makes a major announcement recording rape allegations against former quarterback james stone we got dr. campbell in the house to help us all stay healthy this season. we're back roads in north carolina, prompting some schools to delay or cancel classes today. >>> a henderson teen is expected in court charged in the murder and double shooting of a franklin ton couple. >>> the department of public health is

winds up to 20 to 25. 48 siler city. 49 lillington, 51 fayetteville. tonight the temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. 32 raleigh. 35 fayetteville. i put rain late but best chance is goldsboro to clinton and fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow in the upper 40's. we will be there on friday. the difference is friday we see showers pushing out. mostly sunny, 49. 50's on saturday. 60's on sunday. it will be a great end to the weekend sunday. monday 65 and tuesday for ground we start february on monday. barbara: groundhog day. stphaofplt amber: i was going to say. barbara: critter popping up. amber: it is hear. last night i did notice the sun seemed like it was up later. i was into it. i was digging it. john: bring it on. amber: on a wednesday morning you will not dig this. chopper 11 h.d. is up over another breaking news situation. second water main break in as many days in the 700 block of highway 98 in wake forest. that is around u.s. 1, tyler run drive. that area that we had yes

siler city above freezing at 33. now at freezing in rocks blow. an improvement in south hill. here's what i'm thinking. 38 at lunchtime. 41, that's all the warmer we get this afternoon. yesterday we hit the low 50s. this evening we are clear and cold. high pressure to thank for that. we have blue skies because of that. now, the cold front that moved through yesterday, that's also helping usher in that unseasonably cold air. the good news no rain today or tomorrow. we will breeze through this forecast. clear skies. overnight tonight we will stay on the clear side. tomorrow morning for some of you could be the coldest day so far this week. i'm expecting temperatures in the mid 20s. plenty of sunshine then tomorrow afternoon. we are not tracking rain again until friday afternoon. but for today 41 in ralleigh, 40 durham, and 46 in fayetteville. across the board cooler than where we should be for this i am of year. overnight tonight we will drop into the mid 20s. enough of a breeze to make it feel a few degrees colder. not expecting wind chills significantly colder than the actual

and the same thing in siler city. these areas getting a little bit of snowflakes, too. 40's to the south. stepping out the door. rain and flakes around and temperatures really not moving that much. maybe getting up to 40 by the afternoon. here is the back end of the precipitation now north of charlotte, not much longer this will be moving out. meantime, look at the temperature trends it gets really cold tomorrow and tuesday. it is not going to feel that warm. and 20's. so bundle up for really cold hair coming your way. no travels headaches in r.d.u., all major hubs no delays good morning, time to get our weather app on your phone, your computer, go to google play or the app store. the abc11 eyewitness news first alert weather app it is free. your radars and severe weather as well. caitlin. caitlin: thank you, steve. an update on the stuffer for the mystery nurse. a wake county mother is saying saved her son's life. a raleigh woman at the same site of the accident gives us a better idea of what happened. >> the, the la

siler city at 40 seven. 46 in fayetteville and wilson. tonight, temperatures back into the 30's. we will see temperatures touched one east roxboro, 35 in fayetteville. your first alert seven day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow warming up around 50. upper 50's to new 60 in the sandhills saturday. i know a lot of yards need to dry out. on monday, 65. tuesday, groundhog day a chance of showers and that extends to wednesday. every time i dogs come in from the backyard, their paws are covered with mud. hopefully we will get a little drying time. barbara: that will be nice. good morning. we are glad you are ok. amber: that's one of the hazards of going to work at the hour we go to. we hit the deer. it's either that or you wreck. what's today? barbara: friday eve. amber: this morning it is a pretty quiet start to the day. we do have an accident, brier creek parkway and lumlee in north raleigh. in fayetteville, this is ramsey street. shower activity around fayetteville on our radar. a little glistening there, very light. thankfully, no snow. a lot of stuff melting today. under

wind chill not having a big impact in sanford, feels more like 23 now in siler city. here's your fast forecast, plenty of sunshine, you need the sunglasses as soon as the sun rises, close to 7:25. 27 at 8:00 a.m. 48 at noon and 55 our afternoon high. that is about 4 to 5 degrees warmer than where we should be for this time of year. we'll get to more on the forecast and when rain arrives coming up in a bit. >>> let's check with traffic now on glenwood avenue and blue ridge road, you can see just a few cars this morning. no delays if you are heading in this direction. we are starting to see some slowdowns though if you're heading north into raleigh. let's check in with some of the drive times. heading northbound on u.s. 1 between highway 55 and downtown, maybe you're coming from the apex area, that will cost you about 16 minutes. moving close to posted speed limits. on 401, about 19 minutes. more on traffic and weather in about 10 minutes. >>> 6:02. breaking news from overseas -- at least three explosions rocked downtown jakarta, indonesia, killing at least seven people

where we were yesterday morning. 17 right now in durham. 17 in roxboro and in the mid- teens in siler city and sanford, pinehurst you're at 12 and fayetteville 21 and clinton 22. and i keep showing this through the morning and we have single digits readings on our windchill. nine is what it feels like in roxboro and 7 in rocky mount and 17 in louisburg and ten in durham. so there's enough of a brees out there to make -- degrees out there to make a dig impact. and -- breeze out there to make a significant impact. and we're still below freezing don't get above freezing till 4:00 this afternoon so a handful of hours of above freezing, if that 33 the high and quickly dropping into the mid-20s around 6:00 p.m. so here's the setup for today. we had the high pressure that brings us the beautiful blue skies and it is also bringing in the north early breeze and the cold arctic air, the coldest air so far of the season. but they keep dropping. so the temperatures again single digits readings as you get ready this morning. it is at 8:00 a.m., and president through today and clear skies from start to

current numbers, 3 south hill, 31 louisburg, 30 siler city, 26 sanford, 3 33 lillington, hope mills. fayetteville 31. 28 right now and by lunchtime 32 degrees and through the late day only mid 30's. we will see lots of sunshine. clear skies around and that will keep it colder then we will talk rain midweek. maybe snowflakes. the seven-day forecast in a bit. amber: there are a number of local celebrations and commemorations to remember dr. martin luther king jr. on his national holiday. barbara: the doors will hope for the triangle event faith prayer break pass in durham where gloria rodriguez is live this morning with the details. good morning, gloria. gloria: good morning to you. as you said, 7:15 at the sher tan until 11:00 it is free and always a wonderful event to >> let's celebrate today. >> mark anthony middleton will be the keynote speaker. the break fast has been a tradition more than two decades. always drawing a large crowd more than 1,000 are expected to stand this year. middleton is known for activeism in the community the found are and pastor of abundant christian church

heavy your pocket in siler city. reports out of sanford and rain and mixed precipitation in the sand hills. live look into joined raleigh and actually -- downtown raleigh and we have gone back down and we just got an update. 27 the temperature with the dew point of 18 giving us 69% humidity. let's talk about what we are seeing and could see. for that we go to phrolgs steve stewart -- meteorologist steve stewart. steve: we are seeing the temperature go down and dew points relatively low. a little evaporation going on as the snow comes down that. will keep the surface temperatures cold and the trick is later today aloft. not so much at surface. below freezing. it is what is happening 5,000 to 7,000 feet above our heads. if that goes up we see transition to sleet and freezing rain. but as don showed you a large swath of us dealing with snow. so far no major travel headaches. if you have travel plans this morning should be ok. once this storm is lifted to the north it will be a travel nightmare. you will see major shutdo

sand hills temperatures climbing near 60 in fayetteville. 55 siler city and 57 wilson. tonight the temperatures back into the 30's for overnight lows. staying above freezing in raleigh and fayetteville. 32 durham and 30 roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast seven showing temperatures tomorrow still around 50. clouds will move in and rain holds off until mid to late afternoon. about a half inch of rain. moves out saturday. sunday 45 and big dome of canadian high pressure will cool us down. high on martin luther king jr. day 35. overnight lows in the teens on tuesday. barbara: good time to stay inside, organize. get the tree down. amber: barbara is all about organizing. john: get the tree down? barbara: i know somebody who works at this station with tit. amber: all the decoration respect off but my husband -- you know. it is on the honey do list. a lot of people yesterday were leak snow on sunday -- like snow on sunday? barbara: there was one model with snow. it was kind of controversial. at this point it still is showing snow but all the other models are not. i think i

numbers from across the region, 29 in henderson, 29 roxboro, 27 roanoke rapids. 28 louisburg, 27 in siler city. 30 lillington, 32 fayetteville. 31 hopes mills and 29 pinehurst and 29 goldsboro. 28 right now and clear. by lunchtime 39 and late day 41 under mostly sunny skies. we will talk more about the sunshine moving through today and the winter storm that is headed our way tomorrow. get the seven-day forecast coming up next. john: thank you, don. a laundry fire at a nursing home in moore county. these are pictures from the terra plantation in carthage. we understand it was contained to the laundry room. no injuries were a car and went north on the durham freeway and on 85 before ending in burlington. john: an 18-year-old is due in court today. investigators say williams shot henderson in the head. this is the story that was breaking yesterday morning. williams is charge recalled with assault with a deadly weapon and henderson is recovering at wakemed. barbara: an accident the u.n.c. chapel hill. we are working to learn more about the school employee who was burned while working on the issue.

. >>> fayetteville you're at the freeding mark. 28 in siler city, 28 in pinehurst. so here is the hourly forecast for today. you'll notice plenty of sunshine from start to finish. and the temperatures are concerned, we'll be above freezing at 10:00 a.m. and 38 at noon and into the 40s. talk about a meet waive. 41 at 2:00 and 44 the afternoon high. and get through today and we'll have to worry about the forecast for friday into saturday. starting at around 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning through 10:00 p.m. on saturday, we'll be tracking a wintry mix changing from wintry mix to rain and eventually to the chance of snow up to a half an inch of high school is possible between 1:00 and 5:00 inches of snow possible so dangerous travel -- one and 5 inches of snow possible. so dangerous travel. i'll break down the the ice and snowfall totals for you >>> and earthquake rattled china in the northwest this morning. a 4.2 aftershock was reported minutes after the initial quake no reports of any deaths, fortunately. >>> snow has settled over eastern europe. temperatures in romania pl

south and west into the sand hills, 35 siler city, 36 lillington, 37 goldsboro, 38 fayetteville under sunny skies. tonight temperatures across the area teens for overnight lows. 16 raleigh, 15 durham. 19 fayetteville and with northwest wind we could have weekend -- wind chills in the single digits. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather tomorrow back into the mid 30's and we will be above freezing, low to mid 30's. near 40 on wednesday. thursday cloudy skies and i think we will see some rain start off as snow thursday night into friday. but by friday temperatures push to the mid 40's. any snow out there will be washed away. it will be wet and clouds clear saturday. even on sunday temperatures in so, it is at some point the panthers game looks clear and chilly. the turf was terrible yesterday at times. barbara: not for carolina. don: absolutely. they will need the long spikes again next sunday. barbara: that was a big complaint in the beginning. don: both teams were falling down down. amber: it likes to rain here on fridays. i think there are a lot of fridays. barbara: w

south and west into the sand hills siler city 52. 53 sanford. 53 lillington. 55 fayetteville under cloudy skies and rain in this afternoon. tonight temperatures across the region will stay mild with the cloud cover up a little bit. 43 raleigh. 46 fayetteville. 42 durham. rain around above average this time of year. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's. 55 on saturday. sunday 45 degrees and again just a chance of a morning sprinkle. i don't think we will see much. martin luther king jr. 35, tuesday 37 and black into the 40's next week. the cold is chasing the rain. it is not in place when the rain arrives. that's why we are not seeing snow showers. it will be cold next week but barbara: 4:52 and 39 degrees. two big power ball winners in north carolina. john: they didn't went the giant jackpot but they will still get millions. game for other p john: welcome back. barbara: a pair of $2 million phour ball winners are a mystery but they were bought in the heart of carolina. one ticket sold at food mart express in spring lake the

morning, the temperatures are colder. 28 in raleigh, 32 in durham and 30 in fayetteville and 27 in siler city. we had a cold front move through last night and that will bring us the coldest air that we have experiences so far this season and that is ushering cold air into the north into the area. overnight lows into the teens. so expect a frosty start to the morning and sunny and cold this today will make things feel colder with our high temperature topping out around 35 degrees. i'll let you know when the warmer weather is coming up in the forecast. let's get a check on the morning dry. this is a live look at i40 and miami boulevard where the traffic volumes are picking up this morning. and the traffic is moving fine in both directions. and we don't have any major issues to report on any of your area rods this morning. if you're hitting the roads, we had some rain and snowfall yesterday and the roads were wet for a while. and on some of the side roads, they may have spots of black ice. but we're all green this morning and the live drive showing nothing in the way of issues and we'll have mor

rain from raeford to wilson. 45 goldsboro, 46 fayetteville, about 47 siler city. tonight clouds start to break through the overnight and it gets colder. 32 raleigh. 35 fayetteville. 31 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back near 50 degrees and saturday 57 and lots of sunshine. sunday we will see 60's across the region. monday mid 60's and partly sunny skies. on tuesday for ground hog day more clouds and i think showers arrive tuesday night and could be wet weapons was we may be thunderstorms. the possibility is there. that is the middle of next week. barbara: you know what people say about that? don: seven to 10 details after that we will have -- 10 days after that. i have an article about that on abc11.com. barbara: here to help. john: 5:21. barbara: how the f.c.c. is working to save cable give it to me i'm worth it baby i'm worth it uh huh i'm worth it gimme gimme i'm worth it give it to me i'm worth it before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cas

current numbers from across region 32 roanoke rapids, 31 south hill. 29 rocks blow. 30 hellsboro. 29 siler city and cary. 32 pinehurst and 33 lillington. and 30 favorite, 29 in goldsboro. looking at the day ahead. 28 now. lunchtime 32 and by 5:0034 degrees and temperatures stay cold. we will talk about that and we warm up a little bit and we have snow and rain in the seven-day forecast. amber: he said snow. stay tuned. two weeks from today iowa residents will gather for their presidential caucuses. barbara: last night the democratic candidates gathered for the final debate before the points. barbara: jesse jackson says exposing the 100,000 residents to toxic levels of lead. it is 5:42 and 28 degrees. sky diving adventure turns dead will will. amber: what investigators arean seven minutes while an emergency call went unanswered. amber: the cardiac cats live up nearly blowing a 31-point nexium 24hr is the new #1 selling frequent heartburn brand in america. i hope you like it spicy! get complete protection with the purple pill. the new leader in frequent heartburn. that's nexium level protection.

. >>> some temperatures in the 20s. 21 degrees right now in siler city and 24 in sanford. and we're not getting out of the 30s today or tomorrow. we'll let you know when the warmer weather arrives back in your in my business i can count on my i.t. guy bailing me out all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. introducing real-time delivery notifications. >>> good morning. i'm kristin ketchell. the temperatures for most of us in the 20s right now. and we're clear outside too. nothing popping up on the satellite and the radar. so the snow and rain that we had yesterday is out of the picture. and we have sunshine on the way but the temperatures are not 28 in raleigh and 30 in fayetteville. but a lot of 20s on the map and we're only warming up to the mid-30s. behind the snow and rain yesterday, a cold front moved through and that is ushering in some of the coldest temperatures that we've seen this season. and the drive time forecast looks good. the temperatures in the 20s. you may nee

to where we should be and that's cold for this friday 35 in raleigh, 36 durham, 28 right now in siler city. so your high tore this friday -- for this friday, 51 raleigh, 54 fayetteville. we'll fast forward to tonight. remember we were talking about clear skies, cold temperatures, 29 degrees and a calm wind. as we head in to the weekend ahead, all of that sunshine 55 on saturday, 62 on sunday, 66 monday, don't forget, groundhog day is next tuesday, we should be right around 65. good chance for rain then arrives as we head toward next wednesday, that's our next cold front and that's going to bring a cooler temperature for us, right around 50 by next thursday. it is 5:21 on this friday morning. let's switch gears and check in with traffic. >>> i-40 and u.s. 70 business. so we're looking at plenty of headlights in this direction. if you're heading out though, everything seems to be cruising along at a pretty good speed, no slowdowns to report. and let's go ahead and check in if you're on i-540 between glenwood and u.s. 64, 17 minute drive, 440 this morning, about 10 minutes and if you're i-40,

but temperatures are in the 40s around lilgtop, fayetteville and -- lillington, 42. 29 degrees in siler city. 26 in roxboro. here's a look at the fast forecast for today, a few showers at 8:00 a.m. 36 out the door. 41 at noon. the best chance of rain is going to develop this afternoon. we should be close to 46 for an afternoon high and yeah, that is cooler than normal if you're rain continues especially areas south and east of the triangle we'll get to more on the forecast and that sunshine heading our way for the weekend in a bit. >> let check traffic. it's pretty empty. not a lot in the commute. if you're getting ready to hit the roadways not a lot to slow you down. i'm looking at the live drive conditions, 63 on i-40 westbound, eastbound moving at 63 miles per hour. but look at this, slow and go coming into 40 on u.s. 1 moving at 15 miles per hour. we'll continue to watch this and see if any accidents do develop in that area. for now i'm going to send it back to you. >>> today members of the military will have an opportunity to meet with potential new employers, the annual recruit militar

rapids, 17 roxboro, 18 hillsborough and 20 louisburg and 17 siler city and cary 19, 22 pinehurst and hope mills. degrees. looking at the day ahead temperatures now in the teens. by lunchtime we are above 30. yesterday we were in the 20's at lunchtime. this afternoon i threw in a few snowflakes. could see some snow. i think it will be more toward 6:00 to 7:00 but you could see some in the afternoon commute. we will have the seven-day forecast. friday will be a problem. john: thank you, don. to vote 2016 and stunning bernie sanders leading fight all this three weeks before the votes are cast in match. barbara: a day after endorsing donald trump former alaska governor sarah palin will join him on the campaign trail. they have stops in tulsa, oklahoma. palin put her seal of approval on trump yesterday at iowa state. he is in a tight race in iowa with ted cruz. republican presidential candidate ben carson remembers a campaign volunteer killed in a car crash. he says 25-year-old braden joplin was one of the brightest young people he's had the privilege to meet. joplin was with four workers

across the area 17 roxboro, 18 henderson, 21 durham and raleigh. 21 louisburg, 19 rocky mount. 18 siler city. 16 sanford and 23 pinehurst, 24 lillington, 25 fayetteville and 20 in goldsboro. we look at the the day ahead. lunchtime 31 and by 5:00 we will see light snow around and flurries. temperatures in the mid 30's. could see in some spots up to a quarter inch accumulation toward the virginia border. we look at the possible snowfall totals. we have the seven-day forecast and talk about the wintry mess we will have friday. john: now to vote 2016 and stunning numbers out of new bernie sanders beating hillary clinton by 27 points t clinton says she's prepared for the long fight ahead. barbara: a day after endorsing donald trump, former alaska governor sarah palin will join him on the can campaign trail. they have stops in tulsa, and she put her seal of approval on trump yesterday. he is in a tight race in iowa with ted cruz. ben carson is remembering a campaign volunteer killed in a car crash. he said 25-year-old braden joplin was one of the brightest young people he had the privilege to meet

's from durham to louisburg, 49 roxboro and shrivel.south hill. 55 fayetteville. 53 sanford, 52 siler city. tonight across the area back into the 30's and 40's for overnight lows. 43 raleigh. 42 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's. tomorrow the warmest day of the next seven. 56 and partly sunny. sunday morning we have a slight chance, less thanpbn 30% chance of showers. 45 in the afternoon. 30's monday and 30's tuesday, weapons 4 -- wednesday 43. coldest morning of the week next tuesday where many areas will be in the teens. today not dealing with cold but rain later so don't forget the umbrella. barbara: at least it is sunny and rain coming. don: clear blue skies next week just chilly. amber: yesterday was super nice. i went to pick up my kids at school and the jackets were all over the playground. it was great to see. cold come next week. get the long johns out. john: long underwear. amber: that is why i call them johns. john: long underwear. barbara: long drawers. amber: this is friday morning quiet. rain moves i

week, 19 degrees, the bottom of our camera out at the airport, blurry, frost ouou 20 durham, 15 siler city in the upper teens around sanford, clayton and rocky mount. a bit milder though this morning compared to yesterday as you look around, the sand hills 25 right now in fayetteville, 24 in clinton. i'm going to walk you through your day, hour by hour. first thick i -- thing i want to point out, increasing clouds in the morning and through the afternoon, 18 at 8:00 a.m., freezing at noon. we hit freezing yesterday our high, we should climb to above that mark as we head that afternoon. 35 at 2:00, 37 at 4:00, that's when i'll introduce the chance for flurries, evening drive home, 6:00, light snow showers move through. and it's this system back to our west that will be heading in our direction. does not arrive though until late this afternoon and in to the evening hours. so let's walk through these changes on our futurecast. quickly cloudy as we head throughout the morning, here we are, 1:00 still dry in the area. the mountain are starting to see snow early this afternoon. now, 6:00, look a

west. 28 pinehurst, 27 in siler city. all of that cold air is funneling in and will be with to see a's new -- a few snow that will squeeze out the moisture they are, and a few more in the arkansas area. for us, things are going to stay dry the very cold. here is your hourly forecast. morrow morning, 6 am, 27 degrees. every couple hours, i want to show you the windchill. at 8 am, 26, 28 at 10 10 am. we will get to 34 at two 2 pm, and 4 pm. a five a 5-10 mile-per-hour wind. that is all is going to take to make it fail cold. in fayetteville, 39 degrees. a cold front slip through unnoticed after the precipitation left. all of the precipitation went to the northeast and is starting to move away. the high pressure comes in. the nice northwesterly flow, but it will be dry. on tuesday, we will stay around 32 degrees. on tuesday, we will be back in partly sunny skies on wednesday. as you see as we head into wednesday evening, the system looks impressive but the low will track to the northeast and we will not see any of the moistur

by 8:00 low 20's. 14 now roanoke rapids. 17 roxboro, 19 hillsborough, 18 siler city. 21 raleigh and cary. 25 fayetteville. 23 lillington. just 16 in sanford and 23 in pinehurst. looking at the day ahead mainly clear now. 19. by lunchtime milwaukee -- mostly cloudy and 31. we will see snow showers after 4:00 to 5:00, more toward the evening flurries working through. temps in the mid 30's. we will talk about how much snow we could see and mess working in for friday. the seven-day forecast is up next. barbara: fayetteville city leaders want more input on the use on the city seal. it held three public forums last night asking residents how they feel when they look at the landmark. some have complained it reminds them of past links to slavery and want it removed. the general consensus from last night's meetings more talk is needed. >> i'm very pleased. we were hoping for more people but we had about 30-odd people tonight with great opinions and that's what we wanted to hear what they had to say. barbara: more public forums are scheduled for later this month. john: the must-see video a califor

let's talk temperatures. 46 right now in siler city, 48 durham. the upper 40s in raleigh while henderson is at 47. clayton, good morning. you're at 41. so our high, looking very similar to where we are right now, those temperatures aren't going to move a lot today, 48 raleigh, 47 durham, 51 fayetteville. overnight tonight, the rain moves out, colder temperatures move in. 33 degrees our overnight low, not expecting really any icy conditions though tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon 48, a few isolated showers, then the 50s are back on friday, if that's this weekend ahead. 57 on saturday t 60s on sunday, the 60s likely going to stick around for early next week. the next chance for rain could sneak in to the area for monday. it is 5:21 right now on this wednesday morning, let's go ahead and get to your traffic conditions. >>> this is i-40 rock quarry road, a few cars out in this condition, no trouble spots to report. yesterday we were reporting on a water main break in wake forest, it has reruptured, capital boulevard and tyler, there's a flagger th