Darker the blue, the heavier the snow fall, i want to point out we have a warm front to the south. This will create issues depending on how quickly it moves across the area, as it move across anything that falls is likely to transition from snow to freezing rain. That is where the concerns are where ice builds up on the road, look at west of us, we saw rain, we have sleet, freezing rain and snow, waiting to move in, overnight into through the day tomorrow. Just want to take a quick look. At on the future cast, 7 27 in the morning, i am not expecting a ton of snow fall, atthispoint light snow potential, possibly sleet, freezing rain, biggest concern is Early Morning hours, whatever ice. You could see icing issues in Early Morning, then clears out to the noon, and a break before a transdoing rain later transition into rain all right. Thank you. We will always keep you plugged into weather conditions just head to fox46charlotte. Com find the weather tab or download our weather app in the app store, it is freeze, easy to use, you can get realtime raid or and forecast on the go. Some people sent sunday, hitting up stores to make sure they have what they need, ashlee is joining us live now at home depot in gastonia where people are stocking up ahead of the storm. Reporter the looming weather had people floking to flocking to the stores like home depot, shoppers tell me, the most purpose thing is to be safe, in the winter gastonia residents are not letting the up with Winter Weather get ahead. I am preparing. Reporter with official for the weather, storms are filling up with customers. Ice melt has been flying off the shelf today. Reporter the home depot set up a Winter Weather supply area right at the entrance, so shoppers can grab their items and go. They have set it up the last few days. Being prepared for the Winter Weather, you know its coming, it easier to be prepared than run out day before to get what you need. Reporter from cold weather supplies and outdoor winter proofing, the store is ready for customers looking to stay warm and safe in winter conditions. Im used to the weather, im shoveling any more. Reporter Officials Say because of the threat of ice impact could the area, ice mel has been a top seller, the store sell more than 100 bags sunday. 10, or 20 bags at a time. I just spread it like im feeding the chickens. I throw it in handfuls across the driveway and sidewalk it takes care of everything. Reporter buying supplies is a precaution, but customers say, when they know it is coming they head out to the store. Got gas for the generate or, in case power goes out, i like to be prepared. I dont like being stranded, i got food that i bought los angeles, im good to i bought already, im good to go. Reporter not just those winter Safety Supplies that people are buying, officials here at home depot tell me that when the weather moves in people come out and buy the concrete mixing tubs some fun in the mix. Ashlee mcgeehan fox 46, wjzy. Were told that home depot will open early in the morning 6 a. M. For people needs to pick up last minute items. Bill Charlotte Department of transportation is paying close attention to roadway, applying sal brian salt on thursday. And friday. Crews started at 9 p. M. , they will focus on 16 priority routes over a span of 12 hours. When the crews come in tonight their first order of business will be to load these trucks behind us and make sure they get out on priority routes with the major thoroughfares, and minor, and collector sprees that covers the main streets in bill that includes all bus routes and roads around hospitals and emergency entrances. They will cover those before daybreak in the morning. A number of schools will be close if students tomorrow for students tomorrow. Lancaster county schools are operating on a 2 hour delay. Cms and Gaston County schools are running as normal. Bill the storm could have an impact on American Airline uunited air and southwest airline at Charlotte Douglas airport, if you have plans to fly out tomorrow, check your flights before heading out, a good number of those flights could be cab systemed because of canceled because of ice or freezing rain. This can pose a threat to your home, plumbers tell us they have been fielding calls about said her basement flooded due to the problem. Paul with one call plumbing said there are ways to prepare your home for freezing temperatures inside and out. Nothing worse than a pipe split inside your wall. Please know how to shut the water off the house in the even that happens. Here are a few tips, make sure your farred garden hoses are disconnected and leave your faucets dripping all pipes and be insulated and cabinets left open to let warm air circulate. Bill just head to fox46charlotte. Com, you can find more information on scoot Closings School closings and delays. Carrying Justice Scalia, has left el paso. He was known as a unwaive unwavering conservative voice in the Supreme Court. The county judge said they are lists Natural Causes on his death certificate. He was 79 years old. Bill a death of Justice Scalia pushes Supreme Court back to forefront of president ial race, republican candidate ted cruz is warning that christian conservatives of consequences should a liberal justice replace scalia and tip balance on Supreme Court, ted cruz took the pulpit during sunday services, denounce the court a decision on abortions and gay marriage. Unlimited abortion on demand across this country. Taxpayer funding. No parental notification. Bill cruz is be campaigning all week just ahead of next weeks primary. Senator marco rubio is planning a rally bright and early, at Baxter Hood Center in rock hill, speaking about why voters should choose him to be the next commander in chief, doors open at 7 15 a. M. Bill and donald trump will be in South Carolina, a even scheduled at noon at holiday inn in char are charleston. He has plans in South Carolina all week long. The republican primary set for february 20. South carolina senators will debate how much extra money to give state highways and bridges, Officials Say that senators have several different option they can either spend 65 million extra each year to get pavement on the intersay the up on good or they can use 800 Million Dollars in new money to the attacking congestion, and fix bridges and widen highways, the cinat started to debate on road bill thursday, before they adjourn for weekend. Charlotte city council will tackle three different rezoning proposals tomorrow, a proposal to rezone old warehouse near old mac and sugar creek brewers, the committee has voted to approve the petition, committee has voted to approve a proposal to redevelop Office Buildings on park road, and there is a plan to rezone the Sharon United Methodist Church in south park. Still to come, a criminal summons case is dropped, you find out why allegations against a North Carolina power ball winner are no more. Could donald trump bees next g. O. P. Nominee. Bill we look into a all signs pointing to yes, when again again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. Brine. Brine. Brian welcome back were looking for to north, now tomorrow, because of wintry mix, across most of the area, and as we look beyond that well see monday across the area tuesday. Well throw warmer temperatures on the backend. Well talk more about that later, snow forecast, so, in charlotte area, all area in white, from just south of lincolnton to lancaster were expecting less than an inch of snow, if any. To north of the hickory, a potential of 1 to 3 inches, i think closer to 1. From north of that 2 to 4 inches in the darker blue that looks like boone, jefferson. That is what were looking for in terms of snow. And then we have a chance to see ice, as we see that change over into sleet and freezing rain, tomorrow during morning. The lightest aim in area in white, same area we were talking if we see that we should be okay okay. Pink area, lighter amount of with a 10th of an inch. Inencourage you to be careful, as you get and about tomorrow. We have warmer air moving in this will move in, in the upper atmosphere, were expecting all snow at first. Temperatures are cold. As long as we see below freezing we should be getting snow, as that warmer air moves in well see a transdoing sleet, that gets thicker then we are talking freezing rain, well watch this make sure you are up tomorrow morning with nick, he will deal with this as it falls freeze remain across the area, to surface, we have rain down. One more time. 5 30, in the morning, that snow freezing rain, possibly sleet, that warm air pushes over, it transition to treeing rain. A large part over afternoon, well see low pressure system pass across the area, temperatures warm up tuesday, 2 30 a. M. , we could see Flooding Issues based on ground. That it will be hard out there. Then a cold front will push across the area, and dryer conditions in lower elevations, but snow chances are lasting through wednesday in the morning, tonight, 26 winds out of the eastsoutheast about 7 miles an hour. Well see warming for the afternoon hours, tuesday it makes to 58, mid 50s wednesday with drying conditions, well coming up in 10 minutes from right now, with warmer temperatures for weekend. Bill overnight fire in charlotte has turned out to be costly it happened on a house on parson street. The cause was ruled accident always of an electrical problem. A couple in the house was displaced. Former lincolnton ais assistance fire chief indicted for embezzlement is expected in Court Tomorrow morning. He certained as treasure for childrens fund, investigation is still ongoing. Bill a officer involved shooting in South Carolina hit an alltime high in 2015 according to state law figures show there were 48 of shows shootings last year. The highest number since they started keeping track in 1999. On 48 of those suspects pulled guns on the officers, that is up 45 from 2014, one officer, and 19 suspects were killed in shooting last year. Kayla investigator with starton during spartanburg. Said investigate or say she suffer a gunshot wound to the head, 20yearold jeter, who was charged with murder and possession of a weapon after jeter gave details did hunts death. Bill a criminal summon case against a South Carolina powerball winner has been dropped, marie h hmes was accused of making threatening and harassing calling to laurena thrown ought after out after marlo failed to appear in court. Holmes was a winner of a powerful. She took a lump sum pay out. Kayla if predicts are correct, donald trump could be the republican president ial nominee. Students at washington and Lee University have chosen trump to be the party pick this year, they have picked the nominee at Mock Elections since 1948. Bill annual civil right rally of the focused on upcoming election, saturday leaders of moral marcha raleigh, increase voter registration, ref reverend address. Said her economic plan for poor communities could create thousands of jobs in North Carolina. This is according to news and observer, she roll out plan South Carolina. Her campaign estimates plala called the break every barrier agenda would result in job opportunities, for 42,000 young africanamericans, and 5,000 young latinos looking for work in the state, funded by what she call a tax on wall street, including 50 billion for job creation through competitive grants and expanded job draining programs. Coming up next, a teen diagnosed with a rare jen a jenette is dissarder has one wish. Kayla a carolina panther got a unusual message on a billboard this valentines day, you hear who said it is good to [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like its got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. The kitchen is light and bright,new. We should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. Welcome im maggie. Melanie. Maggie. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. Living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. What about this . This looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isnt it so great . I think we found it. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness. Bill welcome back, every third grade class room. Will be in for a treat, every student gets a new book pick out for them, each book has been personalized. Includes a growth mind set quote. Kayla you can help make a local teens wish come through tomorrow, when alecs parents asked him what he wanted for his 14 birthday, he said he want people to tonight blood. He has been diagnosed with a rare generic disorder. Drive. To make the wish come through. From 11 to 3 in peeler crystal launchlounge. Adams Outdoor Advertising is gaining traction on social media that valentines day. It says luke, will you marry my daughter rachel. We cant just live a safe life, and do according to what you are supposed to do in life, you want to throw a billboard up there do it, reach for the stars you only live once. Bill put up a billboard for your target . Shiadvises more people to take their serve of love off line into the community. Kayla one High School Student made sure that the girls in his school had a valentines day they would not forget could he gave every girl in school a flower before school let out, he passed out 800 flowers, he has a girlfriend, she was fine with it. I dont think a girl should be left out during valentines day. To watch those girls walk out of school with a smile, that makes me very happy and proud of him. Kayla haden has been building on this for years, as a freshman he would deliver between to 30 flowers to girls. Bill we take a look at extreme credit carding and how it could hurt you financially. Charlotte department of transportation is doing to prepare for ice or snow that could hit our area over next 24 hours. Temperatures warm up this week, well show you how toasty it gets after the break. Selling mattresses the traditional way isnt the best way. 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With each for 150 calories or less try our chocolatey brownies, tangy lemon bars and creamy cheesecakes fiber one. Go on, have one. Kayla welcome back, already with this storm weve seen school closings, a lot of people would like to know if they will bill i am seeing a lot of pink on the board over there. Brian it has nothing to do with valentines day, we have a winter storm warning in the purple areas that is Northern Tier of this region, that lasting to midnight monday, were expecting 1 to 4 inches of snow. I think 4 inches may be over shooting it a bit, but we could see a quarter of an inch of ice, wind gusts to 35 miles an hour. Cold and dangerous. Shoot further south, charlotte, mecklenburg county, a Winter Weather advisory until7 p. M. Monday. Ice, under a 10th of an inch, a couple of app inch of ice so, i want you on alert could. Be careful we often see more accidents when it is not as bad as it looks, a lot of folks get on the road, thinking that conditions are not that bad but keep in mind, it is freezing it could likely to stick to the the ground, temperatures of freezing across the board, Single Digits windchills. Lancaster about 24, very cold, you do not want to expose yourself too long outside, we saw scattered snow showers from i85 to the north in afternoon. Not a lot of accumulation that is good news but we see the big push of moistureoming out of the south and west. That will affect region through a mixture of rape, snow, freezing rain, ven mixture of rain, snow and freezing rain then just rain. This is 7 27 in the morning, looking for freezing rain potential at that point. Taking a break in afternoon, and then that rain pushing through, late tuesday through Tuesday Morning okay. Now here is good news, temperatures warming up, not so much tonight. Tomorrow chilly, we hit 37 year in charlotte. The sevenday forecast is headed in the right direction, tuesday, early chance for frozen precip table gives way as we warm up to 58 degrees. Well see temperatures in mid 50s to upper 50s for the day, temperatures in 30 over night. Saturday, and sunday looking better, mid 60s next weekend. Bill i like it thank you. Charlotte department of attention to the roadway applying salt brine over the streets. Roads are expected to be at worse for the morning rush hour, advising people to hold off before heading into work if you can. If you dont have to get up and go so early in the morning, have another cup of offer, sit back, take your time, maybe wait an hour or two. Bill a second shift of crews covering same ground tomorrow, martin said they will continue to treat the roads until the ice is melted. Kayla people are flocking to stores to prepare for what might a win te Winter Weather supply area has made is easier for shoppers to grab their supplies in one section. People know there is a storm coming the day before, it is busy, they get the ice melt, and shovel, and generators. Then the day of it is people are traveling still out that day to get more stuff. Kayla home depot said that number one sell either season, is ice melt they sold about a hundred bags today, they will open at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Bill a number of schools will be closed tomorrow, ash, avery, burke wa Watauga County schools will be closed, lancaster and Union County Schools on two hour delay. And family if school is closed by 5 00 a. M. Winter storm could have an impact on american, and united and Southwest Airlines at the airport economy, which your flights check your flights before heading out, flights could be canceled because of the weather sphreezthe. Kayla freezing temperatures could pose a threat to our home. There are ways to prepare your home, make sure your garden hoses are disconnected, leave your faucets dripping, all pipes some be insulated and cabinets left open. Part of or road will close at tomorrow morning and stay closed until february 29, the links is the reason, were told pass routes will not be affected. Bill our nation mourns loss Justice Scalia. He died at the age of 79. The noom nationthe nomination has to wait until the next president is sworn in, democrats say that is not the case. The flag is halfstaff at the white house. The political war over Supreme Court vacancy, has just started. President last night signaled his intention to send the senate consent. I plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time, there will be time for me to do so, and for senate to fulfill positive responsibility to give that important a fair reporter before those remarks, Senate Leader mcconnell sent out a station, he will not take up any Supreme Court nominee sent up by president obama, senator marco rubio agrees. I think we should wait until after november before we can move forward, the president can do whatever hes but senate is not going to act that is clear. Reporter even if leader mcconnell change hid mind, any obama nominee would most certainly be filibustered. Does that mean you will fill buster anyone that president obama nominates . Absolutely, this should be a decision for the people. Reporter cruz said that loss of scalia means were just one justice away from losing liberties for generations. Calling this a shameful fox news. Kayla the man suspected of shooting two Police Officers in louisiana has died. One of those officers is back home tonight and the another is stable, baton rownl rouge say 22yearold calvin smith passed away saturday night be he drove off, some officers chased him, after driving less than two miles smith jumped out of his car with a rifle and shot at the officers. One officer hit the back of his head, grazed him. And other hit where the vest comes together but it landed in his side they are fortunate to have survived. Kayla family members say that mental illness, and had attempted suicide. Students are raking to reacting to death of two teenage girls who died on a campus in arizona, they were shot as a result of a murdersuicide. Officers found the girls under a covered patio, one took the life of the other before committing suicide. Bill more people are using credit cards to jack up their Credit Scores is this the right move . Kayla mac king talks with the experts. It can issue a weapon of individual destruction. Reporter adam, cofounded credit. Com. Credit back 1 once you lost it. Reporter adam and jared, and every other Credit Expert banker, preach caution with applying or owning and using credit cards. I have to they have to have the cash. Reporter dont swipe more charges than cash to pay them off, with that accepted piece of knowledge, credit card companies, which ist because people failed to pay their bills on time, the opportunity to litter our mailbox and web pages with offers for more credit card, each with a plan or bonus. A lot of miles and perks. I have one with miles one with the cash back. It depends on bleks bill billplexbility. Reporter for those who sense suckers what follows might messure understanding with how credit works. 20 credit cards opened a year, jared does this applying for dozens of cards claiming there are benefit then closing them to avoid annual fees, his credit carder score declines a few points but longer term is grows,. A lot of people do that, but there are issues that come with that. Reporter after the recession the avail bill tie of credit decline but, they have ease their standards making credit card more available. There a caveat to opening a dozen of jobs, it is a lot of reporter ny we could as long as we pay our bills on time use fewer then 10 of your credit, cancel those cards we dont use, before we pay those annual fees. I dont think a huge number of people are doing, but some do it. Reporter mac king, fox news. Bill coming up, a look at week box office, which new release shattered february records in the theaters. Nascar, the youngest driver 500, stick everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Always be real. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. Anthony Chase Elliott won poll, matt kenseth qualified second for daytona 500, joining me now, youngest driver to win will poll, Chase Elliott, what does this mean to you, to make the first career sprint cup poll. It is a special feeling. Just like i said, just thankful for the opportunity, it has been a great day, i am happy to have the kind of guys and caliber of people that i do around me, and the 24 team is a special group, anthony at 20 years old, youngest driver to win the poll, does this add more pressure for you . I dont think so, i think there is as much there as you let be there. For us, i think that only expectation and pressure is that we put upon ourselves as a race team, and for me, that is most important thing, look past the rest. And you know realize that today is a special day. Great way to start 2016, you know with Napa Auto Parts and partners. But same time this is one day of a very long week of racing, hopefully we can be smart. Anthony now all eyes were centered on you, because you were replacing jeff gordon in the number 24, does thisrelief some rookie nerves . Daytona is unique in as own way, a special week, a great way to start nascar season in my opinion. A cool place to do it. Daytona has so much history, it is so unique from other tracks, from us the good place to get in routine, go through motions of practice, getting in a car and communication, but i think that week one will come in atlanta, once we get to the groove of a normal down course racetrack and start to get into regular group of that racing. Anthony your father bill won 500 twice, and still holds record for fastest qualifying lap. Does he offer you any advice . Just enjoy it. You know, this is a language week. I feel long week, i feel like it started last night, trying to earn it, and you know, i respect that too. But, for me, not being a part of the race is one thing, second best going up on the stand watch it from up there understand more of what is going on, get a better idea, and understanding for the draft in the cup cars that i have never done before, for me, come thursday, i think it will be important to still put yourself in a position to learn some things, and see what you know some positions you meeting faced with sunday. I expect 150 to be calmer than last night, i think all these guys to race primary cars sunday. Hopefully, i think that everyone will go into it with that mind set. A lot of racing to be done before next week. With 150 mile races thursday night. Prepare, do the best we can. And control the things you can control. There is not a lot. That you can, some of these lot of things we can control. Anthony chase, congratulations and best of luck next sunday in daytona 500. Thank you very much. Anthony 58 running is next sunday, at daytona international. That can be seen right here on fox 46. Anthony college basketball, roy williams back on the bench for unc after a bought with vertigo on tuesday. North carolina up a dozen, off the turn over, justin jackson, finds marcus paige, sinks a three. Tar heels up 13 at break, second half more of the same, paige with a mass to meeks, North Carolina beats pit 8564. State anthony cat barber, point guard scoring career high 38 points while playing entire 40 minutes in the win over wake forest, the 7th time this season barber scored 30 or more in the game. It was states only game of the geico for your boat. Bill pope francis is staying busy on his successful day of his fiveday visit to mexico, holding mass in a wellknown i haveviolent city outside of mexico city, yesterday the pope called on government to do more to combat struggles with drug violence. Mexico is second most populous can the lick catholic country behind brazil. Kayla a february record 135 Million Dollars in first three days, kuj kung fu panda came in second. And coming in third how to be single. Last september researchers hole colliding that cause Gravitational Waves. Kayla that proves einsteins idea. Listen to that, a sound of two black holes colliding, it happened a billion years ago, the even created Gravitational Waves a ripple in spacetime, in september researchers the observatory, heard of that wave. Oh, my gosh that is real. It took us 25 years, two detectors to finally defect the wave. Reporter that is executive director, he got his phd in physics from university of texas in 1990. Here, researchers are thrilled. It proved einsteins idea. That is phenomenal. Reporter an expert on black what happens as they go through space they are starting space like taking a bed sheet, flapping it that causes vibration, that movement of space then travels for a billion light years, came to earth, it wobbled the instrument. Reporter what is a plaque a black hole . Lets say i am in a plaque a black hole, if i shine this laser pointer it would come back around hit me in the back of the head, that still a theory. But thanks to this discovery it may not be for long. We dont have conmermay be ofmer confirmation of what goes on in a plaqueblack hole. Hole. Get there soon. Reporter study of Gravitational Waves will shed light on the origin of our universe. This is a tool in the future to maybe look at universe in way we dont have capability yet. Reporter learning something about nature is an up lifting thing surrounded by tragedy in the world. It is up lifting. It made my day. Kayla stick around well be right back with again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. I hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too what are the neighbors doing here . Bill hey i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. Dad, its time warner cable. 300 megs. Crazyfast. Dad you can get wifi all over this place. Cool make your home as connected as possible. Get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for 39. 99 per month. And ask about free installation. Kayla its a boy, one of the giraffes at ranch in mooresville gave birth to a baby boy this weekend. The giraffes and other animals on the ranch have been inside cause of the cold. Lets head over brian for a check of the weather. Brian can hardly blame them, so cold this weekend. Well stay cold tonight. We had snow earlier. As i mentioned we have more brewing to the west. A big push of moisture coming in for the morning and afternoon and tomorrow night. Were looking for chances tomorrow, of freezing rain for the morning. That could create ice issues on a mixture. Snow mixture overnight. Then temperatures hit 37 for the daytime high, tuesday we have mainly rain, Early Morning rain tuesday that could create Flooding Issues. Make sure you are up in the morning with nick. Good news to wednesday, we will dry out, and warm up, mid to upper 50s into friday, and 60s over the weekend. Bill wish we could just fast forward. Kayla so much better, i cant. Okay, this is it. You sure you want to do this . laughing hello, mrs. Ross why, hello, mr. Rachel whoa oh, my god. rapid footsteps yeah, yeah, okay. Hurry hurry oh, my god is everybody getting married . no running in the chapel. Hey, dont you give me any of your. Hey hey. Hey, what are you guys doing here . Ross and rachel left us a message yes. Well, yes. Why else would we be here . Well, what happened . Did we miss it . We actually missed it. Well, maybe you wouldnt have if you could run in the chapel this is insane. Whats the big deal . You know, its not like its a real marriage. What . If you get married in vegas, youre only married in vegas. Monica what are you talking about . If you get married in vegas, youre married everywhere. Really . Yeah. Oh, my god