Out of the 30s. Morganton and hickory and charlotte we are in the upper 30s. 37. 38 in albemarle and wadesboro. The warmest on the map right now. Yes, that wind is adding that bite to the air. These are sustained winds 1520milesperhour in the mountains with the higher gusts. Your windchills it feels like 2 in boone right n the low 20s on the 40 corridor. 28 is the windchill in charlotte in the middle part of the afternoon. That windchill as advisory back into effect tonight for ashe, watauga and avery counties and last through tomorrow morning. Overnight and tomorrow morning the windchills can be as low as 15 above elevations above 3500 feet. We have more on this brutally cold forecast and an update on the storm headed our way for monday part of your first alert forecast in a few. Take to get ready for below freezing temperatures. Brody oconnell joins us live braving the chill in charlotte. We do not see this a lot so it is a good idea to go over some of these things. You are right, jamie and fortunately, the sun poked out. Temperatures they will dive when that sun goes down. I was talking to meteorologist chris larson and its not just overnight that it will be cold it will last through the weekend. Temperatures well below the average for february. So went around town today and talked to different businesses getting ready for the cold weather. At michael and son they are expecting a spike in business with heating and cooling issues obviously as well plumbing. When you have piping in the cold weather things can go bad. Take precautions there. More on that at 5 00 p. M. And a lot of people are bundled up ready to go. But i went to crisis assistance there is a good population in pay their bills and it will be extremely cold. Keep that in mind if you are having trouble reach out to crisis assistance before the cold weather gets really bad with the lows. And something easy to forget. Your pets. Do not leave them out overnight. It can be dangerous and deadly to leave your pets outside for too long. Like humans from frostbite we can get sick. Pets can get sick. You want to consult with your veterinarian. And if you have a cute dog sweaters this is the week to bust it out. And tips we will go through everybody said look its common sense but it is a good reminder because the home damages can cost thousands of dollars if you have a pipe burst. The tips that you need to know at 5 00 p. M. Brody oconnell wbtv on your side. Now is the time to download the weather app so you can track the winter storm with the Firstalert Weather Team it is free in the app store. North carolina governor mccrory tweeted out a photo from this car crash after the super bowl sunday. The back of his vehicle smashed up here. He says he is glad he was wearing a seatbelt. Highway patrol said a mercedes rear ended the governors vehicle after leaving the stadium sunday. 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Good afternoon yourk first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. As we check in on i77, volume building southbound. This is by tyvola road. Accident at 485 outer and south boulevard. Park road is a great alternate route. You may notice volume building on Pineville Matthews archbishop 485. However, as we look around on our mapping system, lets go back to the last slide here, no other problems around south boulevard and 485. Back to you. Thank you. We have seen the skyscrapers go up but could we see sandy too . A in x charl wete heaining nds and weesl see what happens. A love story that survived yfnearly 70 years and more than 10,000 miles. The most wonderful thing that could have happened to me. Next how thenternet brought them back together in time for valentines day. And the cold not letting up we have the windchills in the 20s right now. Subzero in the mountains. Winter storm for early nextow]5o police just gave us photos of a bank robber in ballantyne. Charlottemecklenburw . G police say this is the man that robbed the First Citizens bank on john topps. Ahgw and back to the other developing story the rescue in gastonia. Alex giles live in the alert center. Good news. Looks like that construction worker nonlifethreatening injuries. Pulled up on twitter from the twitter page. Thatioker t hauled up by firefighters strapped in on the stretcher there. He has his face covered as well. Jumped through the photos here from the fire department. Nonlifethreatening injuries. That is very good in that situation. We will keep checking to see if theres developments on the story. Great work by the rescue crews. In time for valentines day a love story. A 93yearold world war ii veteran reunited with his wartime girlfriend. The internet helped bringing the two together. Maureen oboyle shares their story first at 4 00. If slough patient. Is love is patient. Then they could be the definition of true love. 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She was giggling like a teenager. And it doesnt matter if you are 93 or 16 you have those nervous feelings. Love will that that to you. And check in with tonya faring. Your first alert traffic is sponsored by peoples bank. We have a situation i77 north by west boulevard. Now three police are on the scene and this is an accident but possibly Something Else is shoulder. What is resulted in this heeun west boulevard. We are talking about six miles of stopandgo traffic that is a lot of congestion i77 northbound. And again, looking at that that looks like Police Activity on that exit right there. Back to you. Thank you. And in the first alert forecast our team of meteorologists continues to track the snow in the North Carolina mountains. This is the college in banner elk from resort cams. Com. You can see snow covering the campus, Steve Ohnesorge tweeted out a picture talking about its beautiful but man its cold. Hard to enjoy it with the windchills. And you can especially in the mountains you cannot spend much timeout side if you are not completely covered with the windchill it is can be dangerous especially tonight and into tomorrow morning that ioffwe maybel get into the low 40s and the nt two day along tetream treas enbeatchf ono wking rougth parts of the midwest. Locally, as far as accumulating snow is concerned it started to winddown a little bit. But as far as accumulating snow for the time being its taking a break right now. And outside of the mountains weve got cloudy areas but that is it. Although the snow showers will continue in the mountains over the next two days we are not looking for huge accumulations. Here we are fast forwarding the clock tomorrow 1 00 p. M. Sunshine and it is as not going to do much for the temperatures. And friday more snow into the mountains as well. Additional accumulation this is going out 48 hours between thursday and friday, again perhaps another inch or two on top of what you have seen. The ski resorts have been loving it. And you will continue to have more your way over the weekend. And with the storm next week. Its cold up until monday and that is the president s day issue that we are watching. A little bit of snow changing to will be finetuning that forecast but watch to go for you that that could cause disruptive weather on monday of next week. Up until that point its just cold especially this weekend with highs back into the 30s and lows in the teens. Back to you. Those low temperatures gets your attention. Experts are live in the studios answering your financial questions. If you want to talk to a credit counselor free of charge call the number on your screen. And a bout of cancer for one find out puffs knows winter. Is hard on your nose theres the endless runny noses. The sneezes that just wont quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. Thats why puffs is soft. Puffs plus lotion tissues. Are gentle on skin. 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Wbtv news starts right now. Our Firstalert Weather Team tracking snow in the mountains and another system that could bring snow and freezing rain to charlotte. Welcome back. Im jamie boll. Im brigida mack. Glad you are with us. That will get your attention. A live look from appalachian ski mountain where folks are taking advantage of the snow. Employees have not had to turn on the snow machines. But we are monitoring another winter storm that could hits thre few days away. Lyndsay tapases joins us in the first alert weather center. We have had the cold air in air through the weekend and once you add moisture on top of that cold air when we can see issues. In the shortterm we are concerned about bitter cold windchills especially in the mountains. Its feeling like 3 in boone and the rest of us have the windchills in the 20s. And air temperatures, we never made it out of the 30s today. East of the mountains. And in the mountains you never made it out of the teens. Its 15 for the air temperature in boone right now. 37 in charlotte. The numbers will drop off quickly through the evening as we put futurecast temperatures in motion. 8 00 p. M. We could be down into the 20s and in the charlotte area. And then we will continue to fall from there. Lows will be down into the teens. 18 for your wake up temperature for first thing on thursday morning. So it is going to be a brutally cold start and a windchill advisory will go into effect for the mountains starting at 10 00 and it could feel as low with