the latest on the system and the timing of it we start with chief meteorologist, wes hohenstein. >>> good evening, the system tonight still bringing strong mississippi through alabama and georgia. it has weakened some, but the impact here tonight do not look like they have changed much as we headed to tomorrow. this is not the snow, and sleep we had a week ago. this is also not the severe weather outbreak we had five years ago that brought 30 tornadoes to the state. i got that question a few times tonight. it is our biggest threat of severe weather, so far this season. even though it is still f ebruary. tonight, all is calm, not a lot showing up on the radar, but it is still cloudy, foggy, misty and drizzly outside. it's still chilly. one of the things that is going to start this whole process that leads us into tomorrow is this warm front. that will move through, and bring us unusually warm weather around 70 degrees tomorrow. it is also going to bring us that unusual threat of severe weather in late february. this area of low pressure will slide over north carolina, combined with the

two things collide, you can really get violent weather. >> i'm joined with chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. find out if nene is doing this. >> we know it's weakening but it won't be until the summer until we know that it's gone and if it's coming back or if la nina, the opposite pattern is coming back. so we have sometime. we also have sometime so get ready for a weekend warm up. it's chilly now after highs around 50 today. we dropped into the 30s and 0s right now. the good news is, winds have also dropped. but we still have windchills out there. it feels like 30 in roxboro. 39 in raleigh. while it's not 30 and 40 miles per hour wind gusts, it's still a little breezy out there. 5 to 8 miles per hour breezes. that's what we'll have tonight. and winds will be generally calm as we head into the weekend. but the highlight of the weekend will be the warm up. pretty much the exact opposite of what i have to tell you now. so with dry weather again radar shut off at least until next wednesday. skies will be clear other night. and as you can see, we'll drop down to 36. we continue to follow during

to retire her. >> for now, she says she's happy to be back in school. >>> chief meteorologist wes hohenstein in the weather center now. i went to bed it was cold. i woke up and we had warm weather. >> it happened a handful of times throughout the year. you wake up and temperatures have warmed up. that's what happened. the mess that's happened the last few days. that was gone this afternoon with sunshine and 60s. if you went out of town on saturday and you got back into town today, awesome planning. because you've missed plenty of weather. to last us the rest of the week really. here we are last night at 10:00. watch as this warm air kind of attacks us from the south. you went to bed, it was freezing. you woke up and some of us were close to 60 degrees. and that was the high this afternoon with sunshine. we topped out at 60 in the triangle. 62 in the sand hills and out there right now, temperatures generally in the 40s and 50s. it's going to be cold tonight. but not as cold as last night. right now, our temperatures are 17 degrees warmer in raleigh than last night at 7:00. 19 degrees warmer i

in vincennes granville county spread we start with a chief meteorologist, bill reh with the -- wes hohenstein with the latest on the >>> the good news is the severe weather threat is over, but yes this is the biggest severe weather outbreak we have had since april 2011. a year ago we had snow on the ground, we can half a half ago we had snow and sleet. but tonight the radar is dry. remember this started as heavy rain before the sun came up, and then things really got cooking this afternoon. the national weather service here in raleigh, issued 21 tornado warnings today for central north carolina. all of last year, they issued five. an incredible outbreak today. that is tonight, it has cleared out, but more changes are on the way tomorrow. as for tonight, in the overnight hours, look at our current wind gusts it is still a windy evening, and these winds will not be a strong as we headed to the overnight hours but it is to want to be breezy, including when you head out the door tomorrow morning. the warm front that moved way up there to the north. now we wait on a cold front that will move throu

chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is here . >>> two times we have had 70s. anything that happens it will not be significant. it is still raining outside right now. it's possible that tomorrow could also mix in with a little bit of snow. it's another soggy day. we will watch more rain developing back to our west. that will move through for the morning commute as temperatures continue to drop. remember, we had a cold front comes through. as temperatures continue to drop and as precipitation hangs around, snow could mix and. right now we're in the 40s. for the first time all week, we will have to deal with 30s. temperatures will be in the mid- 30s tomorrow morning. breezy so wind chills could get to upper 20s. light rain will fall and some wet snow could mix and. i do not anticipate any problems on the roads just some excitement with the few flakes of snow. we have a weekend with some sun >>> national weather service is out checking damage from a storm in davidson county. trees were toppled. >>> city engineers of trying to figure out if weather caused this crac

. >>> chief meteorologist wes hohenstein joint us. >> as you can see, it just doesn't look like anything is going on. we are waiting on an area of low pressure that will develop to ourselves and eventually bring moisture into our area to bring us what i would call a minor weather event. because the roads are so cold, anything that falls will stick and become slick. tomorrow's event is one of three. we have a stronger blast of cold air coming in this weekend. another winter weather system and tuesday. the first of three starts with this. we are all below freezing in the 20s. that is very important. if it was 70 degrees yesterday and we brought in snow tomorrow, a lot of it would melt before it accumulated. we have been cold all week. that first flake is going to melts. psg just try. it looks like it will start later. after 10 am wrapping up about 5 am coming in from the south moving to the northeast. snow totals may be up to half an inch with sleet more to the east of the triangle. i am still calling this a bit medium event because of the roads being so cold. this has resulted in a few sc

chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is here with us . >>> we've got one more day of work and school. it's 34 degrees now. it feels like 28 with the by tomorrow, winds should set up. we will be down to 27. that is the coldest we had bad for the next seven days. we get through tomorrow morning talk about. right now, temperatures are anywhere from eight days, 30, 10 degrees colder than it was last night. high pressure will settle in on top of us which is the coldest time we have. this morning it was 32 when you left for work and school. 20a asphyxia. 27, 7:00 a.m. 33 x 9 a.m. and one more cool day before we get to that warmer weekend. we will talk about how warm it will get and will wayne -- when rain will be here. >>> a new warning from local police department about a tax scam scamming millions of americans. >> reporter: call is claimed to be from the irs or department of treasury. they tell the person they all taxes and must pay using a credit card, debit card or wire transfer. they will say the money needs to be paid immediately and police say the information they provide to back up t

wes hohenstein is here now. and this is only the beginning of the wet weather. >> it's going to continue through the over night hours, through tomorrow and wednesday. and at some point, we'll add in storms. none of that tonight, but we have light to moderate rain showers. they're going to continue to the area. we'll have some dry time. but as we widen out, look how radar. all of this will move through. not only through the next several hours but through the next couple days. temperatures gone are the 60s and 70s we had over the weekend. that was nice for february. right now we have 40s and 50s. and in the same breath, i should point out that nothing we'll talk about over the next couple days has snow and ice in the conversation. we drop to 47 at 8:00. heavier rain moves through over night. you'll hear that as you drift off to sleep tonight. 44 on the way out the door. tuesday morning to work and school with more rain in the forecast. as we mentioned wednesday, storms are involved in the conversation. i'll tell y

make sure you watch wes hohenstein with the most up-to- date information. 52 raleigh, 51 darrell, and close to 60 -- in durham, and close to 60 in fayetteville. there will be an overnight low of 46. tomorrow, remember that one front that is across the area and that's opening the door for all of this warm air. 16 nine is our high tomorrow. -- 69 is our high tomorrow. as this wet weather tapers off, it will turn windy. back into the upper 40s for friday, and the start of the weekend. weekend early, it is 58 sunday. those two days, that would be my pick day. >> thank you. >> something to look forward to. >> but tomorrow, have a way to get weather alerts. >>> if you like taking selfie -- selfie's, you may want to take a look at this. you can do this to approve online purchases. this app takes a picture, and it approved the transaction. they say selfie and fingerprint against are safer. -- scans are safer. >>> an unusual rescue, to off- duty jacksonville sheriff's deputies saved a sea turtle that got trapped. one of the deputies was able to free the turtle saving if life. >>> and good news

to find out how cold and wet it will be by morning, here's wes hohenstein with the latest. >> it was in the 70s yesterday with the wet weather. the showers weren't that heavy or severe. that's okay. we can handle that. i think we're ready for some sunshine. the showers stick around over night and even for tomorrow morning's commute. it wasn't in the 70s today. and the seven-day forecast is going to stay chilly. through. temperatures are colder. an area of low pressure left clouds and rain around. but those clear out right after the morning commute tomorrow. so some light rain with upper hoes 40s through 8:00. scattered rain showers and much colder. deal is. the fact that we're in the 30s or that the few wet snow flakes could mix in with the light rain. more on that and your weekend forecast in a few minutes. >>> a new organization is setting its sites on retail crime in the carolinas. >> today law enforcement and business leaders announced the formation of the carolinas organized retail crime alliance. the goal to streamline communication between retailers and law enforcement to help

. >> chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is tracking the storms and the impact they could have on us tomorrow. >> good evening. we cooled down today after last night's cold front. now we wait on a warm front and and, some showers and storms. some of which will be in our area tomorrow. we are dry now, albeit a little cloudy. the storms are packing a punch. several tornado warnings you see in red, yellow is a thunderstorm warning, green is a flood warning. so some powerful storms now that will weaken as they move into our area tomorrow. so there's our warm front. that is going to come through overnight. and actually bring our temperatures up tomorrow. then the cold front comes through tomorrow night and drops our temperature again. somewhere in between we've got some rain but not really through tomorrow morning. tonight we'll keep it mostly cloudy with mid-50s. we drop to 50 at midnight, then the warm front comes through and we actually come up a bit, temperaturewise for tomorrow morning's commute. but it will be dry. the afternoon commute looks to be wet and stormy. i'll walk you through the e

wncn chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is watching the system because it's headed here tomorrow. >> the rain for sure. the tornadoes likely not. this system will weaken some by the time it gets to us tomorrow but just a rough night for our friends in alabama, up here in tennessee, there's mississippi, so heavy rain. thunder and lightning with this system. let me take off the radar and put on just the warnings. a couple active tornado warnings west of birmingham and red. the green, those are flood warnings. and the yellow, that's a severe thunderstorm warning. so hail and damaging winds. so a very spring-like atmosphere. , it's going to warm up tomorrow. it's going to get windy. right now things are calm. we expect rain tomorrow. we have both a warm front tonight and a cold front tomorrow night moving through the area. and in between, that's when the storms will arrive. not until the afternoon. tonight we're cloudy, mid 50s at 8:00. we drop to 50 at midnight. but then the warm front comes through. and bumps us back in the mid 50s tomorrow morning. so the morning commute is dry. not s

chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is tracking the rain and joins us with the latest. >> good evening to you and you at home. it was dry most of the day. now showers have moved in. and they're also on their way out depending on where you are. they cleared a good portion of the area. but rain with heavy down pours, nothing severe and nothing flooding is what we're in for for the next few hours. along the i-95 corridor from the virginia border through wilson and rocky mount into wayne county, the heaviest rain sampson county. and in another few hours, these showers will be clear. but so will any thought of warm temperatures. today we made it into the 50s. we won't see those numbers for 30s and 40s now. and we could see 20s by tomorrow morning because of this cold front that will move through over night that will really drop our temperatures. so we're down to 40 at 8:00. still with some rain. dry and 37 at mid night. out the door tomorrow morning, 32, that's going to feel like 26. we'll talk about how long these cold temperatures will stick around in a few minutes. >>> a raleigh taxi dri

. >> i'm in the weather center with chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. it's hard to believe we saw snow and sleet today. tomorrow in the 50s though. >> the highs around 60. severe storms. >> that's the trade off. >> good and bad tomorrow. i don't know if any other commute will be better this morning or tomorrow morning. but i tell you what, it's ugly out there now. not only is it 32 degrees. our fourth day in a row with in fact, 32 is our current high for the day. but it looks foggy and drizzly, and in some cases, that drizzle is light freezing drizzle. a lot of problems tonight. this is 440 east and westbound here in north raleigh. and here is the radar. so generally dry here in wake county. but remember radar most times doesn't pick up on drizzle and mist. there's some of that out there. then there's light freezing rain from north of pittsburgh through chapel hill and carrboro and 40 and 85 into pierson county. still tough stuff out there with the road conditions. otherwise, it's light rain, regular rain, not frozen. along the i-95 corridor. because tha

fortunately the weather cooperated and the story now, wes hohenstein says it will be jackets in the morning >>> it will continue to talk about right now is 43 and breezy giving us a wind chill of 39. by tomorrow morning, 33 degrees will feel like 29. it's friday and we have a lot of sunshine. outside right now temperatures in the low 40s and it's 18 degrees colder than it was last night and roanoke rapids. with these storms came a cold front and it works. temperatures are colder than they were 24 hours ago. it will be colder tomorrow morning. wind gusts will continue to calm overnight. it will be called with sunnyside -- sunny skies. 9:00 a.m., 37. it will fill a 30 day. tonight from a bank robbery in eastern wake county. officials sent us this photo. it's hard to say but you see a man wearing a scarf, plus, a tan jacket and black baseball cap. he was able to get away before police arrived. this happened around 330 this afternoon. no one was hurt but the suspect/a gun. if you have any information, call crimestoppers. >>> police say a husband and wife are responsible for holding up a wells f

and i am joined with chief meteorologist wes hohenstein people talking about the snow but the good news is not as bad as january. >> so january we had a little bit of ice and sleet and snow and altogether in little amounts and it piled up to be a big deal and then wind. nothing like that tomorrow but we could have issues. today is sunny the calm before the storm. things look good on 440 east and westbound but kind of look up in the top left corner 34 degrees. another cold day and the fact that it's been cold all week is very important to what ever comes out of the sky tomorrow out know sometimes we get a winter weather event two days after it has been 70. and it changes everything and we have had a winter weather advisory issued by the national weather service. it will go into effect tomorrow at 7 a.m. and end at 7 p.m. so it's telling us those times for the areas behind me shaded in blue could have some travel issues. that's usually the main reason the advisories are issued because whatever is happening is going to result in trouble on the road. here's how we think tomorrow is going to

chief meteorologist wes hohenstein is here with how low they'll go. >> today colder than anything we've seen the rest of the week and tonight and tomorrow morning also just as cold. but it's friday so we're happy about that. unless of course you're stuck in this. 440 eastbound here in north raleigh a little slow and go. nothing cooking on the roads. but it's cold. 40 degrees. and those numbers will continue to go down. of course this morning we had a little bit of left over rain. and as we go through the entire day here on the radar loop, you can see also a few flakes of snow. nothing significant but always exciting. the significant weather maker this weekend is high pressure, it builds in tonight and tomorrow leaving us with sunshine. but also helping to bring in colder temperatures. so we're down to 37 by 8:00. freezing at midnight. if you have to be up and at em tomorrow morning, bundle up, 26 degrees. we have to get used to that. we'll talk about how long the cold air sticks around and when more snow might creep into the forecast in a few minutes. >> you said the s word snow. all ri

. >>> let's check in with wes hohenstein. >> something that just occurred to me, we've compared this outbreak, it's probably our biggest since what happened in april of 2011. remember, that was april. we normally get severe weather kind of stuff, but this is february. snow and ice. weekend. in the seven-day forecast. so this is a very unusual event for us here in central north carolina. it's unusual anytime of year to have this tornado outbreak, but especially unusual that this is happening in february. we get 30% of our yearly snow in february. we don't get 30% of our severe weather. here's what we have right now, the worst of the weather is still in a semi singular line that stretches up mecklenburg, it comes town through, mainly the i-95 corridor, and wraps up, as it cuts over just south of cumberland county. behind that, so for you guys in roxboro, and chapel hill, and orange county, and durham, and siler city and down in hoke county. even most of harnett county. i know you've had a rough go of it. pretty much able to sound the all clear for that area. not so for a lot of us. we c

weather update on what's going on outside right now let's turn things over to chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. >> for the first time in several hours i can stand here and say we currently do not have any tornado warnings in our area. we still have thunderstorm warnings, and we still have some very dangerous weather but that right now the atmosphere has calmed down a bit, and the storms have weakened a bit where i can say we do not have any current tornado warnings. that could still change in the next couple of hours but that's all we've got. a couple more hours until we can sound the all clear for everyone. as you can sea now the worst of the weather near the virginia border for warren, ali fax, then down 95 through johnson county, sampson county, and it's cleared almost all of cumberland county. but under these storms we are still getting heavy rain, some dangerous lightning, the possibility of hail, and still some damaging wind. and i think as we kind of look back tomorrow at what happened today and we look at all the damage, most of what we see, trees down, power lines down, it's going to

let's get the latest from chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. after the fourth day in a row with temperatures in the 30s. tonight is a unique evening where temperatures won't go down, they'll go up. that's good news. because it'll turn some of this freezing rain back into rain. of tonight. mainly along the i-95 corridor and a little bit of drizzle and mist in the sand hills. temperatures above freezing. and you see rain. still issues with freezing rain falling from sanford through chatham county and orange and durham county. freezing rain is rain through most of the atmosphere and then it gets to us at the ground where it's freezing your car or an over pass. travel is still not 100% clear. here are the temperatures that are still cold by any stretch of the imagination. it's above freezing in clinton and clayton. and these numbers will continue to rise over night. because there's a warm front that will move through. but it's good and bad news. we will not have freezing precipitation tomorrow by any stretch of the imagination but this cold front a

we begin with chief meteorologist wes hohenstein. >> good evening to you and you at home. happy friday. this is part one of kind of a three part event that will carry us into the middle of next week. and it's now gone. it started shortly after 9:00 a.m. this morning. you can see the mix of snow, sleet, and rain have now pushed with dry weather and eventually in the next several hours, clear skies. but then here comes the colder temperatures. we didn't get out of the 30s today. many of us are in the upper 20s and low 30s now. and some of us will not get above freezing all weekend long. that's part of the coldest temperatures of the season. so as we get into tonight, hour by hour, we'll leave clouds around for the next few hours, those will eventually clear out. we'll fall through the upper 20s slowly tonight. then the wind will pick up. so we bring in a windchill. and by tomorrow morn, that means 23 at 6:00 a.m. will feel like 14 degrees. so cold but dry all weekend. and then our next winter event moves in early monday morning at midnight, lasts through 3:00 p.m. could brin

. >> i am sean maroney we begin with west hohenstein. >> in the last 24 hours the system bringing us a small amount of rain and snow tomorrow has gotten a little better organized. and it's not going to be a major system. but cold roads and a little bit of frozen precipitation tomorrow could cause some carolina. but looking at the map and you are like what are you talking about? there's nothing going on many but what is going on -- going on out there but what is going on a developing area of low pressure that will continue to come together swing out here and come up the east coast and bring us some moisture and collide with cold air from the north to bring us wintry precipitation tomorrow. it's the cold temperatures all week long that continue right now that will allow that first snowflake or first pebble of sleet to stick. and we have a winter weather advisory for most of the area. especially east and south of tomorrow. and if you are shaded in blue you could possibly see half a problems. precipitation moves in from the south at 8 a.m. p.m. on average we could see a half inch of snow

kieft of sioux center, burke prins of hinton, and hohenstein of heelan--pushed back until tomorrow but here's a look at the other seven that signed today. we mentioned norfolk catholic's david engelhaupt yesterday, his teammate aidan burroughs is heading to liberty university. sdsu picked up three players from northern iowa today including logan backhaus of the state champion spirit lake squad and pete menage and cj roths from central lyon. scheidegger of newell fonda and conner thiele of oakland craig as well. these student athletes. the hawkeyes are coming off their best season in school history and added 24 players to the fold today. dense was a key focus for the coaching staff as they signed five d-linemen, five linebackers, and four defensive backs. among the 24 scholarship players, 21 of them are three star players as rated by rivals and four of them are from iowa. noah fant of omaha central is also heading to iowa city as is burke prins as a walk on...we'll hear from the hinton product tomorrow. rivals ranan the hawkeye class in just two months new cyclone coach matt campbell was able to assemble a huge class of 36 signees and one o