southern yancey, southern mitchell, northern mcdowell. this is not going to accumulate unless it's 3500 feet because the air temperature is so warm and the ground cover is so warm. over the smokys snowing heavily and steadily now. higher elevations. 32 right now in asheville. look at the sun bouncing off some of the buildings at unca. wind chills down to 40 degrees. in greenville, you're dealing with the clouds. 47 with a wind chill of 43. here's the set up. look at how many areas of low pressure we have here. couple of cold fronts here. all of this isis rotating from the northwest to the southeast. this is t t pattern right now. anything you see up to the north and west of us up to the great lakes and the upper ohio valley is going to come our way. that moisture mostly gets banked up across the mountains will be favored for some of the heavier snow bands. snow fall accumulations. i-40 for asheville. northern transylvania county. and also jackson county. the bigger story overall for everyone will be the cold air that floods in behind us.

yancey. jackson, southern end of the county getting light snow. macon county. you can see these bands working their way west to east. this dark blue shade indicates heavier snow fall from tennessee the snow in to the higher elevations. moderately high for the winter storm index. wind and cold not as big of a story with this system. it will get windier, though, as we progress in to wednesday. the black ice is going to be a big issue in the high country. as it will in the valleys. snow remelting and freezing will mean black ice. 39 degrees with snow flurries reported at the top of the hour in asheville. north wind at 6 puts our wind chill down to the mid 30s. that wind will begin to pick up tonight. blowing snow in the high country. visibility will be poor. smokys and the blue ridge that we're going to see most of the accumulation. northern transylvania county. the idea is much less farther south of i-40. much more west and north of 26 by wednesday, pretty much done in terms of snowfall accumulations at least by the wednesday afternoon in the mountains. dusting t

continue to push through southern buncombe county, eventually into marion and into the southern portion of yancey, mitchell, avery counties. a quick reminder, the chance for showers and storms to turn severe, the possibility is just the thunderstorm chance in asheville now. it was marginal. we still keep that chance in the forecast. flash flood watch is still out through 6:00 today, because that chance for storms. you know how it is, the thunderstorms can dump the water down. in asheville, we picked up an inch since midnight. temperatures have been all over the place. 60's at times. now we are at 58 degrees in asheville. 40's in newland. 50's in boone. 70's further south. still holding onto some of the cooler air west of here in bryson city at 58. the wind, this has been a major issue today with the saturated ground, the power issues, we'll talk more about that in a second. 29 right now in greer. gaffeny, 17. 30 in anderson. high wind warning has just been extended. it was to expire at 1:00. now they pulled it into 7:00 today for all the areas shaded in blue. the wind advisory is out through midn

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yancey, mitchell, avery, will continue to see the bulk of the snow. we are also looking at wind chill advisory for buncombe county and transylvania county, southern jackson, northern georgia. 15-20 plus mile-per-hour wind with these colder temperatures make it rough for folks having to work outdoors today. here is our future plus forecast continuing into the afternoon. most of the action will be in the mountains of georgia and western north carolina. we will see that snow continued to accumulate in the higher elevations and they could make for tricky driving through wednesday, thursday, because whatever falls will be there currently, 22 in boone. 26 in asheville. let's check on a few other carolina where it is the coldest. bryson city at 27, hazel and valley town in the 26, 27 range. across the upstate, mid-30's, greenville currently a 34. spartanburg is the same. let's check on a few other communities. taylor's at 33, boiling springs the same, fountainhead at 34. we start out chilly. it is going to get colder the next couple of mornings than what we are experiencing today. 10-20 mile-per-hour wind naked feel like it is the 20's and teens across the area

yancey madison haywood, swain and gram and northern jackson county. we are under a winter weather advisory and this goes until 6:00 this evening. also includes avery county, southern jackson, may con, clay and cherokee as well, not as much snow expected in these locations. then this is pretty lengthy, this winter storm watch will kick in tonight. this goes through thursday morning for the tennessee border counties. this is going to be several days of an event. not going to be significant snowfall. we'll show you how much in a bit. 26 degrees is as cool as we got down to. 40 degrees right now in asheville. that he was about where we'll stay. the cloud cover will probably hurt our temperatures. 30's from boone to burnsville. 49 degrees right now down into the upstate. south will be liquid precipitation. this is pulling this front, continuing to give us a chance for snow and also some rain. not much going on in asheville. this is the area here where most of the snow will fall. you can see that continued snowfall throughout the day on tuesday as well. even into wednesday, we could see the snow fall. this is the map we made to show you how much is is expected to fall.

yancey county around burnsville at the moment. >>> down south, into the upstate, even seeing a little batch here of some light snow. that's southern jackson county and northeast georgia. over the next two hours, this goes until about 8:40 this morning. and it indicates that heavier band of snow will pull through avery county, some light snow down into asheville, and our western zones also seeing some of that light snow. so, nothing too significant, but it is enough to be canceling school, delaying school, and causing tricky conditions on the road waist. in fact, this is beach mountain parkway, 5,000 feet, and you can see reduced visibility in this and back here in the#b&ar(4l 8m0nr; mia f5s@

southern portions of our regions morning. polk county and haywood county. and the chance for isolated tornadoes, just a slight chance there. now for transylvania county, henderson county, buncombe county, yancey, mitchell and avery county, this goes through this evening and we have seen more than half an inch of rain at the airport and more than an inch in isolated zones. visibility cut in half in many locations, down to 4 miles in franklin, 5 down into the the fog. please be careful on the roadways. temperatures in asheville in the 50s, 60s further south. but it's 40s in our eastern zones. wind right now picked up in asheville to 13 miles per hour. 17 into the to 20-25 miles per hour. above 3500 feet, gusts could reach 55. looking at the satellite radar, look at these showers and storms pulling through the region. this will continue throughout the day. in fact, here is our timeline. 8 o'clock, showing those heavy rain bands pulling through the french broad river valley. foothills by about lunchtime. dinnertime, starting to see things wrap up. and clearer conditions tonight, means cooler skies. we will see temperatures in the 302 looking at the futurecast for our rainfall, this model is pulli