our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network takes us to balsam gap. this is jackson county. 3400 feet. the temperature has held pretty steady just above freezing. that's great news. even the untreated road is looking decent. just wet. in asheville, black ice in some spots. 32 degrees. afternoon, it's green light, folks. 46 degrees. mostly sunny. breezy, dry. the same thing in to your evening drive home. 38 degrees at asheville. fog now becoming a bigger issue because the wind is calm. greenville, 45 degrees. those showers going by the wayside overnight tonight. remaining in some of the higher elevations. by the lunch hour, we're breaking out in to sunshine. gusty winds out of the northwest. and those winds could see 20 plus mile per hour gusts across the area. but all in all, we're going to be done with the snowfall. again, about two to four inches top end here in swain county, smokys. yancey, mitchell, avery county. in the white here, one to two inches. that's pushing it. but you might get one to two inches in the balsam's and maybe a dusting to half

to 5,000 feet. what about balsam gap. this is another area where the sunshine is starting to come out. blue sky melting the snow on the grassy surfaces. freezing still at balsam gap. it is a little bit warmer and sunny conditions. this is really a beautiful this is conissey falls, 37 degrees. we have several dry days in the extended forecast. it is the temperature swings you'll notice here the next few days. the high temperature record back in 1951 of 78 degrees. 54 is about normal. we have only made it to 36 degrees so far at the asheville airport. let's take a look at how abnormal we will be the next couple of days. below this high of 54. 47 getting better tomorrow. sunday really looking nice. back up above that line into the 60's, sunday, monday and into tuesday. as i mention, 36 so far today, 10 degrees warmer when you are heading into the foothills. our western zones, 40's to 50's further south into the upstate. the wind as we have been talking about all day long has been miles an hour at times. right now, it is not awful. still making it feel cold in asheville with a 14-mile-an-ho

it's going to get steadier and heavier. balsam gap in jackson county, a little bit. but the roadways r rain wet and 42 degrees in asheville. 30s to the north. buncombe county, avery county, southern jackson, macon, clay, cherokee under winter weather advisories. winter storm warnings out for most. six inches in highest elevations before it's said and done. the roadways mainly wet. will get icy later on tonight. we'll see you what lies ahead the rest of your work week. stick around. >> tammy: we continue our team coverage of today's winter weather in yancey county vpt. that's where kimberly king joins us now. >> kim: right now it is dry but it was much different earlier today. we saw a salt truck come by here. taking any chances today, cancelling school in the early morning hours. at 10:30 this morning outside ball creek elementary, parents loaded up their children as the district canceled for the day. >> we were happy. we were very happy. >> kim: fifth grader andy getting in his mom's car. not minding school closing one bit. mom monica cooper was right, by noon, big f

to see the snow today. this is wanesville, now we are seeing blue sky. this is 42 degrees. the skycam network, we are just above freezing. this is balsam gap. this is another location, we saw flurries and the road got damp. we are starting to dry out. that's 3400 feet at balsam gap. currently under this, graham, swain, northern jackson, haywood, madison, mitchell counties. it is throughout the entire day overnight and through tuesday morning. those locations that will see the most snow, not as much snow down into the valley. the southern mountains down into the foothills not going to see much of anything. buncombe is is under this advisory until this evening. the winter storm watch kicks in for the tennessee border counties. continued snowfall in those zones through even wednesday. temperatures this morning were cool at 26. this afternoon, warming above the freezing mark in asheville at 40 degrees. still in the 30's in burnsville and towards boone. 49 into the upstate stateupstate. 51 into greenwood. this is the system right here, some of the snow and that mix. as the cold front moves through, the northwest flow will enhance snow showers thr

to sustain or support. our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. the same going on here in balsam gap as with ego 34 degrees. still too warm to support any snow on the ground. that's going to change in the next hour. temperatures closer to freezing. that's the first places you're winter weather advisories, though, until 7 o'clock tuesday for the counties in purple. includes buncombe, avery, macon, clay, cherokee. this is where a lot of significant snow is going to accumulate. winter storm warnings until 7 o'clock in the morning. periods of snow, gusty in asheville. i'll show you what to expect overnight and when the snow accumulates here in the city. stick around. >> darcel: with the snow arriving from the west, it didn't take long for some of our western mountains to turn white. >> tammy: news 13's meteorologist karen wynne is live in waynesville. karen, it didn't take much to get people excited. >> karen: no, tammy, it really didn't. right now in waynesville it is dry. long. one family actually went snowboarding before their location was completely covered. gearing up for a very lon

to have that wind this time of year. once we clear out, we just can't together. we're at balsam gap. yesterday about an inch. down in to hendersonville we go. a beautiful day there, too. 41 degrees. pretty good visibility at this hour. but that pesky wind is something we'll deal with. look at the upstate. that's the place to be if you want it mild. mid to upper 50s. notice at 7 o'clock this evening we'll still have sustained between 10 to 15 miles per hour. some of the ridge tops could have higher wind speeds. watch them drop off. calm only by the six miles per hour in asheville. it may pick up in the afternoon tomorrow. 35 degrees at 7 under mostly clear skies. drop down close to freezing by 9. upstate, you're looking at temperatures dropping at well. we have a high of 45 today in asheville. that's coming and how warm your weekend is coming. stick around for that. >> darcel: jaclyn, drivers need to be careful taking charlotte highway? >> jaclyn: right, there is a four car crash blocking traffic in front of the ingles there. try to avoid this area on your commute if fobl. heads up if you are taking airport ro

to normal. still on the grassy surfaces there, same thing at balsam gap. our news 13 skycam network. you can see in the far distance, the major roadways. 18 degrees. that's another thing to talk about, howow cold it is now and how long it will stay. winter weather advisory is out. this is until tomorrow morning. does include all those counties shaded in purple, including us it is 29 in asheville. it is cold in boone. 33 in morganton and 33 in forest city. 20's in western zones. warmer further south. not by much. it is a chilly day in the 30's. the wind at asheville, 18 in clemson. 14 in greer, the windchill. 25 in greenville. right now, if you are about to leave for lunch, make sure you have the hat and gloves. windchill will kick in tonighttonight. that does include us in buncombe county. continuing to see the snow into the region. 2:00 this afternoon, going to see snow in our northern mountains. the same places seeing snow all morning long. same thing through tomorrow morning. we see the event mostly over. this is a snowfall total. within these counties, but not near the tennessee l

to form. black ice is a bigger issue. 34 degrees balsam gap, jackson county, the snow is certainly laying on the ground at this point in time. we're continuing to see it fall. wind chill of 40. that rain is steady in many places. even heavy in some. 53. now the rain beginning to fall in greenville for the upstate. wind chill down to 51 degrees. you're going to get some rain and that's about it. there's just not go g ing to be snow for you. waynesville west there towards maggie valley, cataloochee ski area going to love this. franklin, cullowhee, sylva, areas down like robbinsville. a little snow fall again in the black mountains. watch also some of this pink showing up. a little bit of freezing rain mixed in. some of the higher elevations may get a brief change over to rain. watch out there in east tennessee. spruce pine mostly rain on 19e. future radar, you can see darker blues indicate some of the heavier snow bands working through our northern mountains. this is the future cast, satellite and radar picture. they are the higher elevations. still snowing in to yancey, mitchell and avery, northe

to you. we have the snow on the camera and in the distance, you can see a good layer of that snow. 27 degrees, balsam gap. not a lot of snow pu enough to make roads slick as temperatures are still below freezing and the grass definitely accumulating -- the snow rather aqume late on the grass. all that put us in the positive territory. picked up more than an inch of rain. two inches of surplus for the year. at the asheville airport, we didn't make it down to freezing this morning but it was enough to sustain some of that light snowfall. right now, it is 43 degrees in asheville. really, we have warmed up nicely. not going to be too much warmer than that. some locations still holding onto the freezing mark. 34 in burnsville, bryson, 38 in franklin. significant differences. north and west is cool. south and east, it is warmer. back up to the 50's. the wind, that is definitely an issue. we saw a lot of wind damage yesterday, power outages, trees down, power lines. still a chance, the ground is saturated. out, 24-mile-an-hour winds in greer. 20 in forest city. 10 in asheville. 15 in andrews right now. it does

to location. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network down in macon county. this is franklin, 44 degrees. it's all rain. off in the hills there are some it here at balsam gap. look at these fat flakes falling. it's going to take more cooling before this starts to accumulate. grassy surfaces and rooftops, that's where it will accumulate and stay. take a look at the radar. blue is snow. green is rain. dark blues over the smokys, balsams, even the nantahala mountains. we're seeing some of this change over to rain again as freezing. i don't think we're going to roadways. northeast buncombe, southwestern and yancey county and even i-26 northeastern corner of tennessee. we'll watch it closely. 44 degrees. it's this rain. cold rain coming down at the 56 in greenville. just a little rain. there it is on the future cast. after midnight, a lot of this is going to start wrapping up quickly and then focusing on the mountains north and west. we get this northwest flow as this system goes by. haywood and swain county. typical stuff for this kind of pattern. then we see more sunshine. any snow that accumulates is going to melt off. temperatures will be at or above freezing

it is cold at balsam gap, 3400 feet. now it seems to be a bit clearer. you can see through the time lapse, the snow continuing to fall. news 13 skycam network. coming up in my full forecast, we'll talk more about how much more snow will fall, the timeline of that and how cold we turn. back over to you. >> lauren brigman continues our live team coverage. and lauren, you have noticed the snowfall add up there. day? >> we have seen people venturing out for breakfast as well as stepping outside for a few minutes to capture the beautiful i want to show you how much snow has accumulated. you can see the picnic table. here. portions of maggie valley seeing three and four inches. that goes to show how a difference in elevation can mean a difference when it comes to snowfall. earlier we saw the snow begin to fall in maggie valley before the sun even came up. the only people we saw on the roads were the dot crews focusing on roads like soco road as the morning went on, we saw more people venturing out. we caught up with a family heading back out to alabama after b

balsam gap. you can see the road was snow covered but starts to dry outout. temperature, possibly the sun and the wind blowing that snow off the roadway. winter weather advisory until 7:00 today for those tennessee border counties. we could see slight snow continuing. maybe a few flurries. because the wind is blowing so much, it looks sometimes like it is snowing. 17 was our low this morning and we haven't warmed up that much. 23 in asheville. 18 in burnsville to below freezing in some locations in the upstate. right there at clemson, anderson and gaffeny. 34 in greenville. wind, this isn't helping the situation, making it colder out of the north at 14 miles an hour. 17 up in knoxville, same thing in clemson and anderson and down into greeood. this is a windchill map. still it feels like 11 degrees in asheville. 25 in greenville. this is the type of weather you have to work outside if you'll be outside for a long period of skin. above 3500 feet, the windchill advisory will start once again at 7:00 p.m. tod until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. this is the future cast mo

you look in the distance you can see how the road goes from black to white so that light snow is falling. and 28 , 3400 feet at balsam gap. also you can start to see some of the snow flurries showing up on the camera. lester carpet sales news 13 skycam network now takes us way up 5,000 feet, this is beach mountain parkway and once again starting to see these tracks disappear because some of that light snow is falling, 18 there. 29 in asheville. this chance for snow will continue through saturday morn skincare now becomes skinactive. new garnier skinactive introducing clearly brighter. a new active moisturizer to brighten dull skin. packed with antioxidant clearly brighter does more than moisturize, it actively smoothes, boosts radiance and protects with spf 15. clinically proven. see brighter skin in just one week. new clearly brighter from garnier skinactive. [cheers and applause] >> announcer: today on rachael ray... >> rachael! >> announcer: don't make reservations this valentine's day, make brunch and cocktails in bed. >> rachael: crazy! >> announcer: then "zoolander 2's" christine taylor is telling romantic secrets

balsam gap. notice beautiful blue sky. at least we have a little bit of something to smile about. radar satellite, calm conditions we'll continue to see the sunshine throughout the rest of the day. let's talk temperatures now. as warm as we have gotten, 35 degrees, not very warm at all. typically, we are around that 50 degree mark. we'll get there beginning on sunday. look at this record in 2008, very nice. 73 degrees, four below zero is the cold temperature record back in 1917. with all the rain we had earlier this week, still dealing with one river issue, the flood warning is out for french broad, it will continue to recede finally back below action stage by 7:00 p.m. on saturday. so the water still pretty high across that portion of the region. it is cold in boon, it is 30 degrees below freezing. 35 right now in asheville. a little bit warmer in bryson city at 44. 40 degrees in franklin to 30's in hendersonville. 10 degrees warmer in greenville. upper 40's further south down into greenwood. been gusting anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour throughout the day in asheville. right

to see snow in yancey, mitchell. western zones, a nice break for you. look at balsam gap. it is leading our region. the news 13 skycam network, also now. look at the time lapse. starting around 9:00, cloudy conditions, 35 degrees. look at the tops of the trees there. the roof tops, there is a nice layer of snow. if you look closely, it starts to melt off through that time lapse. down into greenville. if you look closely around the bottoms of the trees, also start to see that snow leave that region. greer right now is bringing in 30 degrees, 30 degrees in gaffeny. 34 in forest city. 36 back in asheville. the wind not terribly bad across the region. it is 6 in greer. this windchill advisory will start at midnight, go through sunday morning. it is only friday. this is the entire weekend. above 3500 feet, all the counties shaded in blue. avery, down to graham along thehe tennessee border, northern it will be very cold. look at this, monday and tuesday, another chance of wintry weather. snow possibility of ice, this would be bad news. then rain further south. at 2:00, it is showing the same locations. s

balsam gap. rain on the roads now. and i really don't expect that snow to lay on the roads much here. but it will likely on the ground first grassy surfaces and rooftops. notice blues showing up here. this is bona fide snow fall here on the balsams and higher elevations. south and west of highway 64 and 19e and 474 as well. rain showers asheville and farther to the west of those areas. snow over the high country. snow over the smokys and snow over the nantahalas already in southern macon county. elsewhere it is still rain fall.

balsam gap. rain on the roads now. and i really don't expect that snow to lay on the roads much here. but it will likely on the ground first grassy surfaces and rooftops. notice blues showing up here. this is bona fide snow fall here on the balsams and higher elevations. south and west of highway 64 and 19e and 474 as well. rain showers asheville and farther to the west of those areas. snow over the high country. snow over the smokys and snow over the nantahalas already in southern macon county. elsewhere it is still rain fall. gusts up to 50 miles per hour in many cases. we still have the wind to deal with through the evening. high winds mostly west and south of asheville. then we get in to the winter weather advisories and they last until 7:00 a.m. friday for much of western north carolina. that means snow will fly off and on through then in the high country. temperatures in the 40s at 7. 30s by 11 with a chance of flakes mixing in. i'll show you changes. how much snow i expect in just a bit. >> frank: news 13's karen wynne joins us live in henderson county where strong storms cause

look at our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network at balsam gap in jackson county. 3400 feet from dry pavement and nothing on the ground to snow covered on the ground at this hour. roads in pretty decent shape. as we d dp off this evening, there will be icy spots. down in cullowhee, jackson county as well. look at this at the western carolina university. just rain. i see a lot of umbrellas out there so they got the word. northwest wind at 3 puts our it is a little bit of wind. 56 and dry in the upstate. greenville southwest wind at 10. no worries there in terms of winter weather. but you will get rain down here already starting to fall. it's all snow in the higher elevations. gotta be around 3400 feet to see accumulation. that's going to continue to drop down. we'll get some of that accumulation in the valleys. maybe down in franklin later this evening. you're really holding on to rain right now. nantahalas. stretching east ward in to macon and jackson county. some of the heaviest over western transylvania county, north of sapphire and west of pisgah. these are the black mountains. little creek, faust, northern and centra

balsam gap. this is a good camera to indicate just how bad these secondary roads might be in higher elevations. this is 3400 feet. there in the distance a major road but still some of these secondary roads along with not only the snow but the black ice concerns. all these counties shaded in purple and it's incredibly cold. 17 in asheville right now, but the wind is gusting at 12. look at this wind chill, 4 . bundle up if you are about skincare now becomes skinactive. introducing clearly brighter. a new active moisturizer to brighten dull skin. packed with antioxidant vitamin c, e and lha. clearly brighter does more than moisturize, it actively smoothes, boosts radiance and protects with spf 15. clinically proven. see brighter skin in just one week. new clearly brighter from garnier skinactive. the active way to better skin. [cheers and applause] >> announcer: today on rachael ray... >> rachael! >> announcer: make yourself comfortable because everything is easier with regis. >> think of yourself. >> announcer: he's lending a hand in the kitchen and showing off decor. >> wow, it is in your coffee

balsam gap. snow on the ground yesterday. it's gone now. 36 degrees. it's not warm by any stretch of to melt that snow off. a beautiful scene here. the blue ridge off there in the distance. 41 degrees and clouds hanging over the higher elevations. but that's about the only place you're going to find clouds this evening. temps today, well 30s for highs in newland and boone. 40s farther south and west. close to 60 degrees in clemson. 57 in anderson. by far the warmer places here in the entire region. when does the wind start to weaken? it will after sunset. hendersonville to asheville. we'll see them really slacken off tonight and drop to single digits. calm in some of those valley locations. but we'll have to deal with it for the next several hours. dropping to 30s by 11 in the upstate. i'll see you again in a few minutes. we'll talk about big changes for your weekend. charged in the death of an appalachian state woman's baby. lane choked, beat and stabbed her in the attack. lane is a former nurse's aid accused of luring willkin's home with a craigslist ad for maternity clothes. lane hit her over the head w

to see clouds clear a bit. started off with more clouds and sunshine down into the foothills afternoon. county. the road still covered with snow not quite as cold at balsam gap. look at the sunshine, a great job through the time lapse. there. 32 degrees on our lester carpet sales news 13 skycam network. it gets better with a final camera. this is con si falls. barely any clouds to share. departure right now closing in on two inches for the year. let's talk temperatures, that is the headline today. this is how cold we got this morning. it felt colder with the wind. look at the normal high temperature, 54 degrees. here's the good news, we'll exceed that this weekend. 40's for highs and saturday but then sunday, we start to improve low 60's expected through monday and again on tuesday, above that average high of 54 degrees. right now in asheville, it is 36. still very cool on this friday afternoon. 30 in burnsville. 40 in bryson. 40's and 50's further south into the upstate. not too bad in greenwood at 50 degrees. here's the wind. it is not as bad as it was earlier this morning. anywhere from 15 to 30 miles an hour. right now, we are at 14, 15 in hendersonville