seeing really heavy rain just south of smithfield. this extends down towards dunn and extreme eastern portions of harnette county and samson county seeing reines specially towards clinton and roseboro. take the umbrella with you if you are getting ready to leave for the morning commute right now. if you are waiting a few hours, you may easily need the sunglasses. 48 at 8:00 a.m. still pretty cloudy. we're seeing more sunshine by lunchtime today. 49 at lunchtime. back to 45. it's hard to talk about the talking about the 70s the past few afternoons. these cooler temperatures, you will have to get used to them, they will be here to stay through the rest of the workweek and weekend ahead. here we are at 6:30 this morning. a lingering shower along the 95 corridor. 9:00 a.m., most of us are on the dry side. noon today, more sunshine. we'll continue with that sunshine through the afternoon hours and into the evening drive home. overnight tonight, we stay clear, but at this time of the year, it means cold temperatures. area wide we're below f

tisha: fire damages edelman eastern wake county -- it happened on south smithfield wrote this after 7:00 p our crew says when firefighters arrived in the scene flames were shooting through the roof a couple into in-home had gone to the store and were not hurt. investigators are steve: working to figure out a cause. steve:luck runs out for a suspected robber fayetteville police arrested -- stacy boykin robbed this inconvenience store in december and january -- is and kidnapping tisha:. boykin is in jail under $40,000 bond. new tonight are in police investigating a hit-and-run this happened on chapel hill road our crew on the scene says the car hit a guy in cap going -- the man was seen to the hospital with what appears to be a neck injury steve:. police are still looking for the driver. in zone 2016 republican presidential candidates have been sparring in a debate in detroit that wrapped up just minutes ago. the opening question posed to donald trump focused on the runways, said a saying trump is a phony who is playing the american public for suckers. trump lashed back to and romney a

tisha: fire damages edelman eastern wake county -- it happened on south smithfield wrote this after 7:00 p our crew says when firefighters arrived in the scene flames were shooting through the roof a couple into in-home had gone to the store and were not hurt. investigators are steve: working to figure out a cause. steve:luck runs out for a suspected robber fayetteville police arrested -- stacy boykin robbed this inconvenience store in december and january -- is charged with two guns of robbery and kidnapping tisha:. boykin is in jail under $40,000 bond. new tonight are in police investigating a hit-and-run this happened on chapel hill road our crew on the scene says the car hit a guy in cap going -- the man was seen to the hospital injury steve:. police are still looking for the driver. in zone 2016 republican presidential candidates have been sparring in a debate in detroit that wrapped up just minutes ago. the opening question posed to donald trump focused on the runways, said a saying trump is a phony who is playing the american public for suckers. trump lashed back to and romney

south, 46 smithfield. 43 sanford and 47 in fayetteville. skies are clear for the most part, a little bit of cloud cover near e virginia line, high pressure shifting offshore, brging warm air up in to north carolina around that high that rotates clockwise to. the west, the next system that's likely to bring us unsettled weather, showers, that are possibly a few thunderstorms on friday. we get in to saturday and sunday, remains unsettled. when are we likely to see rain? it's highly unlikely today. tomorrow, we have the potential for a sprinkle, especially along and east of i-95. most of the day will be fairly bright, friday we have the system come in, maybe a chance of a shower friday, potentially thunderstorms in the afternoon. saturday should be bright, now on the drier side on saturday. 30% chance of rain on sunday. the bulk of that is probably late, if you are headed out for an easter sunrise service, a most of the day on a drier side. big issue today is the winds, everything else is going to be quiet. 10 degrees above normal today. gusts

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southwest winds eight to 12. 66 wilmington. 65 rocky mount. 66 wilson. 66 smithfield. even south hill virginia around 63 with southwest winds eight to 12 miles an hour. is so once again for tomorrow on monday, 35 will be the low but it'll be up to 40 at eight. 59 at noon and 63, mostly sunny giving way to partly sunny. tuesday 72, wednesday 74, yeah, thursday 78 degrees. moved it up a couple degrees, a dry front comes through a weak won thursday night into friday. we cooldown to 72. then i mentioned the next chance of rain will be on saturday. we will see a couple showers. isolated to possible in the afternoon. still a high of 70 degrees. maybe more clouds than you might like and then as we head into sunday, there is your best chance of some showers and you will turn the clocks ahead. we will loose an hour. 2:00 we will immediately, boom, become 3:00 and there you go. the sun won't is set until 7:21. you get some of the nice sunset pictures next week and not to get up as early. there you go. 70s. isn't that great? >> i love that. that's perfect weather. i are had spring fever for

look at the temperatures across the area, 52 south hill, 55 henderson and raleigh, 54 rocky mount. town by town, 559 smithfield. 59 erwin. 62 fayetteville. a nice mild start, down to the south, a boundary developing, a low pressure system off the coast and spreading the moisture in to our area during the day tomorrow. here is how that looks on future cast, by 9:00 a.m., the overnight we see the clouds reforming and moving up in to the area, to the south, today, showers and thunderstorms, and we begin to cloud up for tomorrow morning and in to the afternoon some showers and this wet pattern sticks around in to the weekend. rain starting saturday afternoon, continuing in to sunday and chilly, too. 71 today, 57 saturday. 48 on sunday. especially pay attention to the morning lows monday and tuesday, the lows are likely to drop down in to the upper 20s to low 30s winter coat weather. we start the warm up on tuesday, 60 degrees and wednesday and thursdays temperatures are back up above normal. a quick blast of chill, that lasts in to early next week. we have a serious accident that's happened on i-40 near aviation p

see temperatures in the 70's from wendell to durham. 71 cary, 71 holly springs. 72 smithfield. 70 chapel hill. looking south you will see 72 lillington, 73 fayetteville. 72 pianonehurst. north now and rocky mount, wilson 71. 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

freezing in roanoke rapids, as well as tarboro, and roxboro, 33 degrees in south hill. 34 in southern pines, 32 in smithfield, 38 in clinton. our temperatures are pretty chilly this morning. it's certainly coat weather, even though we're talking about a big warm up. now, temperatures tomorrow morning may be a good 10 degrees warmer, still on the cool side. but we'll be a good bit above freezing. satellite and radar picture remains clear to us, and to the west. we have high pressure, that's going to keep that west of us for the next several days. a little bit of patchy fog is not out of the question so far. we haven't had much trouble with that. 11:00, mostly sunny. a few of those clouds may stream into the area bringing us partly cloudy skies, but again, nothing to be concerned about. it looks nice and dry for us really for most of the week certainly as we get into the middle of the week, we continue to see sunshine and warm conditions. a little bit of patchy fog along the coast and really this bit of that here, as well. seven-day forecast, look at that, 70s starting tomorrow, all the way across the border a

south hill, virginia. low and mid 50's. smithfield at 52. the threat of severe weather tomorrow is the louisiana into east texas. the biggest threat is going to be heavy rain for several days. it is just getting started. over 10 inches of rain could fall between now and thursday into friday but obviously any amount over 4-5 inches will cause serious problems. we will just get a piece of that potentially by the end of the weekend. 50 four overnight lows. very nice start to your wednesday with a lot of sunshine . up to 64. it could be a pattern to of fog but overall it should be a nice ride into work or school. coast. it creates heat wave conditions. to butchers to the 90's to near 100. temperatures to near 80. a few more clouds around into thursday. high 75 to 80 tomorrow and again thursday. that moisture is back to the west and will stay there until saturday, maybe sunday. the shot looks to be sunday but even that may not be a big deal. mid-upper 70's. a light southwest winds. average high at 61. your first alert forecast, 79. a few clouds a

tempt or mention its thirty seven here's a thirty nine excuse me is same thing down in smithfield to get farther south closer to forty or closer to the coastline. it's in the forties as well like it virginia beach. also thirty seven hampton thirty seven in williamsburg. the rainfall is going to be pretty significant across parts of the area later tomorrow night and on into friday. in fact as we got there friday evening. i think there'll be areas over an inch of precipitation we even have the chance for an inch to two inches and a couple spots especially the farther south you go cell lot of wet weather coming up temperatures today talked about yesterday this would be deceiving i said you say can feel that warm to me well you're out in the middle than i did three forty five in the morning we hit our high of sixty two and then we dropped quickly by sunrise to a ballot the lower fifties and sorta stayed there right now compared to yesterday twenty three twenty four twenty five degrees colder than we were at eleven o'clock so we're going to fairly chilly readings during the night tonight a little bit below

check it out roxboro 76. 72 in south hill, virginia, 80 smithfield, 79 in sanford. there's nothing on the radar right now. we'll look at the satellite radar composite. nothing in our state so mostly cloudy. we still got up to 80 despite the mostly cloudy skies and the frontal system that's running and dropping in providing the clouds but it's very, very weak so really no rain with it. although with that being said that front close by there could be a shower. we'll talk about that. what about the rays of sunshine for saturday more clouds will be around too. that's why it will be slightly cooler but if you are heading out tonight 9:00 p.m., 68 degrees, 64 at midnight just a little chance of a sprinkle with the front around it might squeeze out a sprinkle but nothing on radar now. there could be a sprinkle or shower tomorrow morning as we drop into the upper 50s overnight and into the upper 60s tomorrow. we see that little bit of rain mainly in the afternoon. that's your little bit cooler normal high 62. our next weather maker the slight chance tonight and tomorrow but

south hill is 46. 46 roanoke rapids. 50 tarboro. 46 roxboro. 46 smithfield. 42 sanford and 49 fayetteville. it is much warmer than it was this time yesterday. we check out satellite and radar. clouds over virginia and along the virginia line. seeing that zipping by to our north. here is our next system developing to the west, this is our front that rolls through thursday, in to the day on friday. high pressure building in across the area. we had this for the last couple of days with the sunshine, it sticks with us for today, begins to break down a little still tomorrow should be a nice day. here is future cast starting things off at 7:00 a.m.s looking at clear skies, that's through lunchtime in to the afternoon. might be a few little patchy clouds and high thin cirrus clouds. for the most part everything looks nice. tomorrow morning, a southerly flow, bringing moisture in could bring us a deck of clouds in the morning in some spots. partly cloudy and future cast wants to bring in enough moisture for a couple of sprinkles, along and east of i- -9d 5. most of us will stay dry on thursday. by

region today 75 chapel hill. 55 wendell. 76 garner and holly springs. 77 smithfield. 77 pinehurst, 8 -- lillington 77. 72 south hill. 73 roxboro today and 75 wake forest and 76 wilson and tarboro 76. tonight the temperatures dip into the 40's. formal is 40. still above average. clear and colder tonight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow into the 60's. 68 degrees under partly sunny skies. on saturday 58 degrees and clouds increase. could see an isolated shower. match madness love to see you for that. in the 40's. rain. by monday 55 and back to 70 by the middle of next week. that system sunday if it happened in january or early february it would be several inches of expo. we have enough warm air that it will be 40. john: that will be bad enough. amber: movie day. even on a sunday. basketball will be on. march madness. hang out. watch for basketball traffic around p.n.c. with the tournament getting under way. a lot of folks head out to take in that march madness so i will have info on attachmentthat. this is the viewing area and we have clear conditions and we don

town by town, 76 sanford, 79 smithfield, 83 degrees already in fayetteville, temperatures down south likely to climb up easily into the mid-80s. i finally noticed it, i finally saw a hint of it may be a day or so ago. i went out to my car and had a wonderful visit with students up in north raleigh which we but, i saw the yellow haze on the hood of my car. tree pollen has been high for the last couple of weeks but a lot of those days it was cyprus, elm, and cedar. this week it has gone to oak and pine, that yellow pollen is starting to make its presence known out there. boy, it makes a mess. i need to bring my cushions in from my outdoor furniture. here is what is happening with weather, we have a cold front reaching out, but behind it much cooler. temperatures are about 10 degrees cooler, that's what we will see tomorrow. a drop in the temperature. it will be a beautiful day, but it will be noticeably cooler. as that front moves across, there will be a pound of cloud cover, some computer models want to show the potential for isolated shower or thunderstorm, maybe some severe weather

highs across the region today, 67 smithfield, 65 durham, 65 wendell, 64 siler city. slide south and fayetteville to 68, 68 goldsboro, 66 sanford, 70 lumberton. 60 south hill. 62 henderson, 61 roxboro. 67 today in tarboro. 66 wilson. tonight 40's for overnight lows. clear. normal is 41. we will be 42 raleigh. 45 fayetteville. 41 durham and 30's in rocksxbororoxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather throwing temperatures tomorrow 76. thursday 79 appearnd chance of showers into friday. 68 friday and saturday 65 and partly sunny. sunday 67, chance of showers s night into monday but sunday morning dry. this morning the coldest of the next seven. barbara: good, because he has lots of deliveries. john: a breaking update about the explosions in brussels. barbara: authorities are telling everyone to stay where they are. 13 confirmed dead and the belgian prime minister's office saying they are investigating the possibility of terrorist attack. john: breaking overnight new fallout over a tennis executive's comments about the women's game of tennis. john: duke and stren

cold and it is 33 degrees, dew point is 30, humidity at 8 8%. 30 south hill, 32 roanoke rapids. 31 in tarboro and 34 chapel hill. 32 smithfield. 28 sanford. temperatures down to and below freezing in a number of spots. the frost advisory came out this time yesterday. we were talking about it during the morning news cast. frost, not a hard freeze, maybe that the farmers will be okay, in this situation, imagine them took precautions, especially the strawberry farmers. talking about temperatures, philadelphia to raleigh, jacksonville and atlanta, temperatures in the 30s up and down the east coast. back to the west, kansas city to dallas, temperatures in thes now. this warmer air mass is certainly coming our way. today we will see clear skies, the cloud cover that is starting to develop across the mountains and drifting in across the area this morning. not going to have a big impact on the weather. we will see plenty of sunshine for this afternoon. west. the cooler air on the eastside of the high and warmer air on the west side, high pressure system have winds that rotate clockwise and draws down the cooler air on the east side,

smithfield to fayetteville. 46 roanoke rapids and 50 oxford. looking at the day ahead, lots of clouds to the north and less in the way of cloud cover to the south. around 50. by lunchtime mostly sunny and 67 degrees. we will see the sunshine sticking around as temps dulaimi into the 70's. the holiday weekend. we will talk about that and complete forecast. caitlin: i have the latest on the victims to see her sisters when it happened. her husband and daughters survived the attack. the same can't be said for ignacio a u.n.c. graduate. he was on a transit bus that pulled into the station just after the bomb went off. >> about 30 people running out of the station, people screaming. you could see something going on. caitlin: that u.n.c. graduate since the paris attacks he feared belgium might be next but even after that experience he refuses to let the terrorists win and live in fear. barbara: the terror guns. john: belgians in the united solidarity with their homeland. this group singing the belgium national anthem together in san francisco last night then a moment of silence for the victims. this belgian has been texting friends and family who are

you will be at 78 in garner and holly springs, want smithfield. 77 siler city. 78 durham. 78 sanford. 74 in south hill. 77 rocky mount, 77 wake forest. tonight temperatures back into the 50's for overnight lows. 58 raleigh. 60 fayetteville. 57 durham. formal low is 40 degrees so we will be well above that for overnight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow 82 degrees. could be the warmest day of the year so far tomorrow. but don't get used to it. by thursday we are 76 and 60's friday and we are below average on saturday and saturday of course match madness in south point and make a donation to the bone marrow ledge industry.-- registry. nice stretch the next seven days but a little cooler through the weekends. john: thank you. 4:52. spring is in the air. barbara: so are the freebies. amber will so you how to snag free ice cream and guided tours in her money saver report. john: abc11.com has everything you need to know before you go to the poll today. go to abc11.com/govote for details about primary day and how to make it as smooth as possible. results here on abc11 and

south hill is at 74, 73 louisburg, chapel hill at 75, 77 smithfield, samford at 75 will stop fayetteville, 78 degrees. there were find a few clouds -- there were quite a few clouds around midday. they lost out, now we are just left with high-level cloud cover . the devastating floods across louisiana, parts of arkansas have shifted eastward and now they are setting up shop across mississippi and southeast louisiana in this plea with moisture, which may stall again, and areas from jackson to new orleans may be hit with widespread flash flooding. already flash flood warnings west of new orleans, and from jackson back into louisiana. they could take up 10 to 11 yesterday, they had up to 15 inches of rain, now the bull's-eye is shifting eastward where we will see 10 inches plus of additional rainfall over the next couple of days. a piece of that gets here sunday, but we are not looking for anything near that amount of rainfall. it will be very manageable. that's about half an inch. the average low today, 38, dropping to 60 or 62 across the region. that's the normal high for this day. it will

everyone in the 70's. 72 in south hill to 80 in louisville. 81 degrees and smithfield. 79 in clinton and goldsboro. lumberton, 77. the 70's are over our area. 76 here. 75 in atlanta. cooler air to the west trying to work east. 50 four in louisville. 49 minneapolis. the rain staying to the west, unfortunately for the folks in louisiana. they continues to get pounded with sour activity shifting into alabama. will not see any rain for the most part. a stationary front sets up over us that will keep cloud cover over a saturday. we will be on the northern side of us -- of this, so that is why we are in the 60's. we push back into the 70's, but with warmer air surging into cooler air, showers will work in on sunday. temperatures around 80 degrees in downtown raleigh. across the region, 80 in smithfield. 78 in chapel hill. 79 in holly springs. 80 and goldsboro. 79 in pinehurst. 79 in rocky mount. 78 in wake forest. with clouds around, we could have a stray sprinkle. most places stay dry. 58 in fayetteville. mostly dry for the st. patrick's day parade. isolated shower not out of the question

partly sunny, warm, 70 chapel hill. 71 siler city, 73 smithfield, 71 wendell, 74 goldsboro, 73 pinehurst. 72 lillington. 74 today in fayetteville. 66 in south hill, virginia. 70 in roanoke rapids and wake forest. tonight expect showers across the region with overnight lows in the 40's. 48 raleigh. 50 fayetteville. 47 in durham. the first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 50's only. about 15 to 20 degrees cooler in spots. we will see 54 tomorrow. temperatures falling throughout the day. by tomorrow afternoon only in the 40's. thursday 53, friday 51, saturday 53 and sunday 57 degrees. next few days. today we are bookended by warm temperatures. 71 today and by monday mid 60's. barbara: not bad. don: as we go into the spring we will be happy with the spring. happy march. don: it is the first day. >> what would you do to rescue an animal in trouble? barbara: a wake county woman goes to great lengths to reach a stuck cat and needs help enough pressure in here for ya? i'm gonna take mucinex sinus-max. too late, we're about to take off. these dissolve fast. they're new liquid gels. and you're comin

that downtown fayetteville. 62 right now with south wind at 56 roxboro, 55 chapel hill. 49 sanford, 63 southern pines. 61 fayetteville. 60 clinton. 52 smithfield and 50 roanoke rapids. we are clear for now and we will see lots of sunshine today. we see the next system is very weak. this frontal boundary working east. a little precipitation with it but not much. as we go through the evening that is chance of a thunderstorm. by lunchtime the first alert predictor forecast model shows nothing but sunshine. in the afternoon high clouds and doesn't look like much and the model is not showing much. you could see a thunderstorm mainly in these areas. because of that the storm prediction center has the northeastern quadrant under marginal risk for fear weather. -- severe weather. high wind or hail is the biggest threat in those areas but for roanoke rapids and rocky mount and tarboro we will watch that. the rest of today in raleigh lots of sunshine to start and you will see temperatures warming quickly. 62 at 9:00. by lunchtime we are at 77 degrees. then through the afternoon a few high clouds and 81 the temperature today in the capital city at 2:00.

south hill. even warmer than yesterday, a stray late day shower. 85 in pinehurst. 84 in smithfield and benson. clinton 85. here in raleigh, right around 84. same situation in cary. chapel hill, siler city and roxboro, you should all be closer to 82. we'll stay clear tonight, dry and cool. a low near 54 degrees. tomorrow morning, we could easily wake up to more 40s. dig out that green before tomorrow. 67 on friday. we were talking about the cooldown. look at the weekend. 58 on saturday. a chance for rain there. another chance for rain on sunday. sunday's first full day of spring, it's not going to feel like it, though. 54 there. back on monday 60s return by next tuesday. let's send it over to kristin with a check on traffic. >> good morning, everyone. off to a quiet start around the roads in the area. let's take a live look at what you can expect as you step out the door. live picture coming your way from 4:40. directions there. as far as our traffic maps are going, we are seeing a few closures once again in the fortified construction zone here. we've got the shoulder closed between 293 and 301

smithfield. normal high is 62. we will be 80 in fayetteville. 78 sanford. 79 pinehurst and 75 south hill, 77 roanoke rapids and 79 rocky mount. tonight temperatures across the area back into the 50's. 56 raleigh and 58 fayetteville and 56 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather tomorrow temperatures back into the 70's, fear 80 under poke -- near 80. st. patrick's parade we will be there if you can't be we will have it on abc11.com. we spring forward saturday night and tuesday, wednesday, fear 80 and st. patrick's day is on thursday thursday. for that day we should see showers and temps in the mid 70's. every day of the next seven well before average for this time of year. barbara: crazy. i like it. john: hope it continues into summer. amber: we will have something to complain about. you know friends in leow places. there is a concert this weekend. barbara: somebody gets it interview him from abc11.com. amber: garth brooks. it is friday and he's coming and that is one traffic alert. no traffic alerts this morning. we are looking great at 5:51. light volume, to problems and no weather concerns. look

from across the region today you will see a high of 9 in holly springs, 80 smithfield feel 78 80 goldsboro, 78 sanford and 75 south hill, 76 henderson and 79 rocky mount. tonight temperatures across the area in the 50's. 55 raleigh. 55 fayetteville and 53 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back to 80 degrees under partly sunny skies. we will see support cloud cover on friday, 76. saturday the raleigh st. patrick's day parade most day rain free. could see a shower in the afternoon. shower chance possible sun, 75. monday and tuesday in the 70's. "big weather" pic of the day from peggy sellers who watches. she said aloha from her trip to hawaii. this was in han afrpbawama bay. don: i tried to write it gone net economy. night. there's an american way to say things and there is a hawaiian way. don: hang loose. amber: just say aloha. john: thanks to peggy for the pictures. amber: my sister lives and i will clarify. we can do an i-team investigation and head there and get it down. the morgue team needs to do that. we will go visit my sister. barbara: great road trip. ambe

this afternoon 50 in chapel hill. 51 holly springs. 53 smithfield. 52 lillington and 54 this afternoon in fayetteville and 51 in sanford. 40's in south hill and roanoke rapids. 48 henderson, 50 wake forest, 52 wilson much tonight the temperatures back into the 30's. not as cold tonight with the rain around. it will be wet in the overnight. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back only into the 40's. 49 degrees. on saturday 53 degrees, a few sunday more sunshine and little bit warmer. could see showers saturday night into sunday but don't think it will be affect sunday. 65 monday. 70's next week. today and tomorrow the coldest days of the next seven and it will be wet overnight. we could have up to a half inch. >> not bad when it comes to night. amber: not bad when you see 70's next week. don: that is another nice thing. amber: that is the prize. happy friday eve. we made it to thursday. i always notice all of them. good thursday morning. let's show you how things are on this thursday. we are nice and dry. sun coming up at 5:52. we spotted this camera a few minutes ago and we decided to

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 cover friday and 76. saturday for the st. patrick's day parade in raleigh i think it will be dry, cloudy, warm, humid and some showers in the afternoon but at this time the parade looks dry. saturday night into sunday we spring forward. sun 75, upon 74, tuesday 73 fplt73. these are temperatures we would formally see in late april. barbara: how are you? amber: when we went from winter to -- into no middle ground. early summer. amber: then it will be a chance of snow. i said that word. nobody wants to hear that. we will go out on a wednesday morning hump day and it is 5:52. we have clear weather this morning. no fog. as john said you pay see some in the morning but not this wednesday. near fort bragg no problems or delays. it has been not hitting 6:00. road weather index forth returning any issues on the road as far as

there at the airport. 37 in south hill, henderson, and row knock rapids, flick in roxboro, 39 in tarboro and chapel hill. 39 in sanford and southern pines, 41 in erwin and smithfield, 43 in fayetteville and goldsboro. definitely chilly especially with the dampness in the air. this system is breaking eastward, and it will be a little bit breezy. high pressure begins to build in and we'll end up with a bright and sunny day. a good strong flow keeps the temperatures pretty cool for today. futurecast, here even at 7 a.m., we're seeing some clearing in western part of the viewing area. mid-morning, as well, and into the afternoon. lots of sunshine, breezy and chilly. tonight, we're going to see cold temperature, and there's 7 a.m. tuesday. it will be nice and clear. we'll see some colder temperatures this time of year so there's nothing to hold in any of the daytime heating. wednesday lawyer fairly blustery, but temperatures will be on the warm up this week of the frost advisory in effect for tomorrow morning, so from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, temperatures dipping down to freezing, or mid-30s frost is likely, and that's the entire viewing area, you can expect

smithfield. 64 siler city. 65 holly springs. near 70 in fayetteville. 68 goldsboro, 67 pinehurst. 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 proclaimin

our temperature in south hill is 47. 50 roxboro, 51 rocky mount and wilson, town by town, 47 in sanford, 46 smithfield. 53 fayetteville. 49 in clinton. unseasonably warm for us this morning. in control of our weather, the high pressure system keeping the moisture back to our west, this cold front, this rain, they had severe weather, probably more severe weather, lower mississippi valley and back towards texas a lot of flooding there, too. this shifts eastwards, in an un usual way, instead of the whole thing picking up and moving eastward. it's going to end up, the top part of this, shifts southward like this. almost like the whole system will bend over. that front then moves in and helps to bring us cloud cover for friday. potentially rain rolls along the fronts over the weekend. i will show you that coming up in a few minutes. look what annex tended period of -- annex tended period of time. the winds and temperatures, looking at the contours here. we are looking at yellows and oranges tuesday of next week, wednesday, thursday, rolling it on out. it's going to be end of next week before we get in too

blue skies, sunshine, 55 at 5:00. 57 smithfield, 55 in durham. 54 skyler city. 56 lowing 10, 58 fayetteville. 57 goldsboro. 50 in south bill. tonight under clear skies of temperatures, fall will see that frost. 36 in fayetteville. 65 degrees as we go through the day on tuesday. wednesday, mid-70's. thursday, 77 degrees. 65 was of a chance of saturday. as easter sunday. this is lori. she is welcoming lucy. she picked up lucy at and up. -- and adopt-a-thon. rescued from the haven. >> they all win. barbara: that is great. dogs are awesome. amber: my sister had that magnet barbara: let's show you how things are moving. 6:51 is the time. at u.s. 70, that clayton bypass as always at their at this hour. headed towards lake county, at the merge, a lot of volume in that area. we can show you another road here. this is i-40 around fayetteville. no problems to report through that area this morning. durham freeway looking very nice. road weather index, nothing is showing up. the weather is nice and quiet as we tackle a monday. backed up by our life there, 30 mile per hour is the low. toward the kenley area, there is an accident a

south wind two miles an hour. and widespread temperatures from 33 in rocksxboro to 45 in clinton. 39 southern pines. 34 sanford. 37 smithfield. wilson and 34 in louisburg. just a few clouds working through. not a ton of cloud cover but mainly in the northern counties. this is the next system. lots of snow in the midwest. if you are flying through chicago today call ahead. may see delays at o'hare and midway. this frontal boundary dropping south will clip us tonight in the overnight hours. today we are dry. lunchtime mostly to partly sunny. after midnight we anticipate showers and rain will be rain until tomorrow morning and then nice day tomorrow and thursday. the rest of today mostly sunny, 67 at lunchtime. this afternoon clouds build in and partly sunny skies. temperatures running in the 70's today from cary to durham. 70 chapel hill. 71 11 garner, 74 fayetteville. 73 pinehurst. 72 lillington. sanford 71. you will hit 67 in roxboro. 73 tarboro. 72 wilson. tonight the temperatures back into the 40'sment rain arrives after midnight and winds around 30 miles an hour gusts. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather

it's 36 degrees in roxboro, 37 in south hill, and roanoke, and 39 in tarboro, and 38 in sanford, 42 in fayetteville, 41 in smithfield, so definitely chilly this morning. you can see the showers from overnight there showing up on the radar. this sump's going to zip out pretty quickly. we're seeing the clouds breakup to the west right now and as we head through the morning this high pressure system will help push that system offshore, that is also going to help keep the carolina. we'll see another day with temperatures below normal. you, too, as that high pressure moves in as that low moves out. we do have a frost advisory in effect for tonight. the chilly conditions continue, and this is for early tomorrow morning. 32 to 36 degrees frost likely, our entire viewing area under that. and i know a lot of folks got excited about the very long stretch of normal than warmer temperatures that we had, maybe started planting. the average latest freeze for most of our viewing area, is not until april 1st through 11th, so we are still have an iffy average. it's not unusual to see temperatures, and the northern trend is april 11t

smithfield. 76, pinehurst. 77, page -- fayetteville. you will see the 70's in roxboro will today. 75 in rocky mount. tonight, patchy fog. better chance south of the triangle. overnight lows in the upper 40's to the low 50's very first alert seven-day forecast showing temperatures tomorrow in the mid-70's again. thursday, 78. we will be in the 80's in the sandhills on thursday. more cloud cover for friday. saturday is the st. patrick's day parade. it still is showing rain holding showers possible saturday into sunday as we spring forward. not a lot of rain. less than half an inch. it will not be a soaker. hit or miss showers. the rest of the work week is dry and warm. john: spring may just still struggling with the burden barbara:john: welcome back. 49 degrees. barbara: with temperatures expected to reach the 70's today, it is easy to forget how john: the brutal winter is still causing some financial burden. amber: for residents in need, there are still's him -- there are still some funds available to help cover the heating bills. just a few weeks ago, we were dealing with the wintry weather in north carolina. cold temperatures higher heati

the dew point is 19, very dry at the moment and quite cold, 27 in south hill. 28 in roanoke rapids. 29 in chapel hill. it is 32 in smithfield. 30 in southern pines and 32 in fayetteville. almost everybody below freezing. we had the cold air come in yesterday behind the front that brought us the rain for yesterday morning. an here comes another one. this is a fairly active pattern that we are in right now. we'll see this system for tonight. another one for saturday night. but saturday night's system will look nothing like this. it may bring us just a quick little shower t won't bring us the amount of rain that we'll see with this which could be up to 1/2 inch of rain. the mountains could get 3 to 5 inches snow from boone northward up into virginia. we've had thunderstorms with this system now moving into northern alabama. as can you see, the rain with this, well up into illinois. so we do have some warm air that will be associated with this. just enough so that we have very little frozen precipitation in our forecast. if you liked the 70s from sunday, monday and tuesday, they will be back for tuesday and wednesday. a little

town by town, 26 in south hill, 29 in tarboro, and 29 in chapel hill, and 27 in southern pines. folks, smithfield, goldsboro, and erwin, no matter where you are, it's going to feel cold when you head out, and a good 20 to 25 degrees colder than this time yesterday. we have chilly air that moved in yesterday, with the wind. it is not windy right now, so no wind chill to deal with. we do have chilly our in place so we're going to see snow as this initially begins in the mountains but not for us. our temperatures will be in the mid-30s as the system rolls in so that means just rain for us. we'll see increasing clouds ahead of this system. notice the snow back into the mountains in particular, could see 3 to 5-inches, but it's back to green, which is rain. that's 7 p.m. about 9:00 or 10:00, the rain guns and sticks with us all night. it will be a stead cold rain with mid-30s. just the -- steady, cold rain in the mid-30s. there won't be enough snowflake that will cause a major change. tune into greg fishel and they'll have the latest how much of this may be snow. the current thinking is very, very lit

south hill, 34 34 roanoke rapids. it never got cold enough to flying. the temperatures won't create problems on the roads. 35 rocky mount. southward, town by town 37 smithfield. sanford. 39 flint. it's cold and wet out there. a look at the satellite and radar, a coastal low developing here. instead of wrapping moisture around, it's quickly going to zip out to the north and east, we will see gradual clearing, not as quick as it was yesterday. we will see gradual clearing through the afternoon. expect high of 50 today will be the coldest day. cool over the weekend, with mid 50s, all the sudden we jump up to above normal. nor hall high temperatures is 60. up to 63 on monday. we jump in to the 70s tuesday, wednesday and thursday. it looks like the trend may last well in to next weekend. i still think we will have some weather that is chilly. we will have extended period of a lot of folks will start getting spring fever around here. a look at i-40, lake wheeler rs it is wet, you are going to run in to spray from the tires of the car ahead of you. the rain won't be heavy. beltline, u.s. 64. >>> i love the steps on the forecasts. this week's local dish is considere

smithfield and 38 in goldsboro. a couple of high clouds mainly from durham north. to the south it is clearer. you can see the system, lots of snow to the north from michigan, wisconsin, iowa but the trailing boundary is what will advance east and take all day to cross the u.s. by the time it gets here it will bring rain. by 9:00 tonight we are seeing cloud cover ahead of t. most of the rain holds off until after midnight. then between midnight and 7:00 we will have showers and tomorrow at lunchtime we are clear and dry. today we will be dry for lunchtime. you want to attack lunch outside -- take lunch out if you can. into the afternoon and evening around 70 under partly sunny skies. we will see the numbers across the region around 70 chapel hill. cary 71. 71 holly springs. 70 durham. 73 pinehurst, 74 fayetteville. 74 goldsboro, 72 lillington. 70 roanoke rapids. 66 south hill and 72 in wilson. tonight showers after midnight and it will be breezy tonight as well. winds could gust 30 miles an hour and 48 raleigh. 50 fayetteville. 47 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather,

mile-an-hour gusts. 76 wendell, 67 durham, 78 smithfield. 75 siler city. 76 holly springs. 79 fayetteville and clinton. 77 lillington. 78 pinehurst. 71 south hill. forest and 76 rocky mount. tonight partly cloudy skies and overnight lows in the 50's. another mild night. 52 raleigh. 55 fayetteville. normal overnight low is 42 so about 10 degrees above average. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing 70's. 79 under partly sunny skies and on friday, good friday. expect rain in the morning and it dissipates through the day. temperatures about 70 degrees. saturday 65 degrees with mostly sunny skies. should be a nice day saturday. sunday 69 degrees for easter and chance of showers sunday night into monday. monday 72 and tuesday 69 degrees. in about 40 minutes we will have the latest weather and national news but we talk to ginger zee the busiest lady in television back in new york city. how are you doing? ginger: i'm doing well. it is good to be with you. we will talk about the warm weather you hit on that will go all the way up the east coast. look at some of the mild terms. that is today. we will talk about the springlike

out, 41 and rocks phil -- 40 in goldsboro. 41 in smithfield. 30's and roanoke rapids, because the clouds are thicker. more breaks in the clouds to the south. you zoom it out, you can see the low pulling off to the east. that brought her showers. still snow up through new york across the southeast, we are missing rainfall. let's see the on and off clouds continuing over the next several hours. 52 by 5:00 in spots. with partly cloudy skies, things stay quiet tomorrow. tomorrow evening around midnight, we see a line of showers between midnight and 2:00 a.m. another overnight cricketer. saturday afternoon, you could have showers in halifax county into sunday. the low that brought us their rain up the coast. a fast-moving high has kicked in the low out to the ocean, keeping us dry tonight into tomorrow. the low with the moisture will move north. saturday night into sunday, the still a little average -- 51 in durham today. 52 in garner. 54 this afternoon in fayetteville. 53 in goldsboro. 46 in south ill. tonight, temperatures across the area in the 30's. 33 in raleigh. 31 in henderson. your abc 11 first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuw

portions of edgecombe county. 85 in sanford. 84 in smithfield, goldsboro and benson. 82 around the virginia border. speaking of the virginia border, 82 in south hill. raleigh and cary today right around 84. overnight tonight, dry and cool with a low near 52. 86 degrees in the raleigh area. both records have the chance for falling today. st. patrick's day tomorrow, and 67 on friday. a chance for a few showers over the weekend will cool us down. that's your latest forecast. we'll head over to kristin. >> we take a live like outside. traffic volumes are increasing so be prepared for that. outside right now, we have one minor incident to tell you about hear on ridge road. there's an accident at again eden glenn eden drive. march madness round 1 officially kicks off at pnc arena tomorrow. the afternoon games are at 12:20 and the evening games are at 7:20. plan on leaving yourself extra time. we'll send things back to you guys. >>> next year, raleigh police will put 100 body cams into use followed by 250 each year through 2019. police chief deck-brown presented the plans to council on tuesday and the council did pass it. for the department and is n

clouds, warm, upper 70's to near 80. 79 holly springs. 80 smithfield feel 78 siler city. 79 pipe hrs, 80 tpaoeuflt. 80 clinton and 79 wilson. 75 south hill, 75 roxboro. 78 wake forest. tonight pokerartly cloudy and low 60's southwest weekends 10 miles an hour. seven first alert seven-day forecast tomorrow 77, mostly cloudy skies. a stray sprinkle. saturday for the raleigh st. patrick's parade i think it will most of the rain should hold off. say hi to us. we will be throughout the route and if you can't make it we will stream the parade on abc11.com. saturday night into sunday away forward and a little warmer. 73 sunday with rain and near 80 by the middle of next week. barbara: good morning. stphaoeufplt a couple of issues. first we will look into fayetteville where it is nice and quiet at 6:20. sun is up and you can see no major problems. raeford road and skibo looking nice into fort bragg. deny story in durham. to give you appear idea where this is, this is near south point and auto park area there. so this truck overturned. breaking news going on. west bank renaissance parkway in durham near south point mall at rolando drive clos

smithfield and benson you will likely top off this afternoon right on 56. in the triangle, 53 in durham, 54 in raleigh. low 50s around henderson, roxborough and south hills. here's a frost advisory in effect for all central north morning until 9 am. before he had to bed tonight, if you have planted sunflowers, some vegetables, make sure you are covering them. bring the pets inside as well. low to mid 30s likely overnight. in the raleigh area i expect this to be right around 33 degrees for our overnight low. we have pliny of sunshine tomorrow, 63.-- plenty of sunshine tomorrow, 63. check out thursday, 77 degrees, our afternoon high on thursday. that will be our next chance for showers in the morning we will be dry on thursday and 54. 64 at lunchtime on friday and see more clouds. 77 our afternoon high on friday. showers will coolest down a bit and then we have easter weekend. 65 on saturday, easter sunday we are looking at cloudy skies with a chance for a few showers. 69 degrees. for the easter necessary just to keep you dry. [ laughter ] >> ross, do you have your body ready to go? >> it is always in my side pocket. >>marmont just us with the hats and all

smithfield. also franklin coming in at thirty two degrees were down to thirty one and south of thirty right now in wakefield and the morning in virginia beach. your little bit milder with temperatures in the forties now the winds will continue today out of the northeast right now not too bad about five mph hansen up to seven and virginia beach those north easterly winds will keep us a bit chilly today so just keep that in mind if you do have any outdoor plans we will remain mostly cloudy especially to the morning hours and then will see gradual clearing as we head towards the evening. i am tracking a big warm up in mainly dry conditions as well have those details coming up in just a few minutes. joe thinks a show. new this morning one person is dead and another hurt after being hit by a norfolk southern train this crash happened yesterday in winston salem police say four adults and one child were standing on a railroad bridge in the train began to cross the child and to the adults were able to get off the bridge and time that the train hit the other two of fifty one year old greensboro a woman die

smithfield to fayetteville. 46 roanoke rapids and 50 oxford. looking at the day ahead, lots of clouds to the north and less in the way of cloud cover to the south. around 50. by lunchtime mostly sunny and 67 degrees. we will see the sunshine sticking around as temps dulaimi into the 70's.

smithfield. then look at the forecast for around the triangle, 78 durham and in chapel hill. also 78 towards siler city. here in raleigh 79. south hill, a high today close to 76. overnight tonight partly cloudy, still on the breezy side, a low again very close to where we are this morning. near 60 degrees. now tomorrow with a little extra cloud cover, that chance for rain in the afternoon will drop back to 76. 70 saturday. remember turn your clocks ahead one hour head hadding into sunday morning. and then saturday and sunday both the chance for just a few >>> 5:52 on this thursday morning. with traffic. here we are at u.s. 15/501 and mlk jr. parkway. the cars are out there, seem to be moving at pretty good speed as we start our thursday. so no delays to report. i do have an overturned tractor- trailer. this is near the j.c.penney at south point mall. if you're heading to the mall maybe over the next few hours this could slow you down but again give crews plenty of space to get that tractor- trailer turned back upright it's 5:53. before i leave you let's look at what is coming up on "cbs this morning." >> i'm gayle king. coming u

smithfield and goldsboro sliding east through wayne county. all this lifting east. i think the rain is pretty much done in wake and durham and orange counties and triangle is dry. it is responsibilities south and east seeing showers. 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

smithfield and goldsboro sliding east through wayne county. all this lifting east. i think the rain is pretty much done in wake and durham and orange counties and triangle is dry. it is responsibilities south and east seeing showers. temperatures across the region 50 roxboro, 53 chapel hill and r.d.u. 52 sanford.

durham, 71 cary and who will springs. 72 smithfield. 71 sanford and 72 in lillington. 72 goldsboro and 73 favorite and 73 raeford. slide north in the 60's from south hill to roxboro and 70 wake forest today and 71 rocky mount and wilson. tonight temperatures back into the 40's for overnight lows. powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's, cloudy and showers move in. sunday spring begins but it will feel support like winter. in the 40's sunday. sunday night into upon around freezing and monday night into tuesday so i wouldn't be surprised to see frost advisories or freeze warnings. you could see frost problems as you go upon into tuesday. by wednesday we are back to 70 and thursday flirting with 80. a little cooldown over the weekend. it is that time when we go to new york city to check in with ginger zee. ginger: good morning, don. good to be with you in raleigh. we will talk about the hail in the south and ear weather moving through and that becomes the same coastal storm that you have been talking about. plus terrifying moments for passengers on a flight heading it hit turbulence and was struck by lining. and the be