Don good morning to you. As you head out we have a cold day across the region. We will see the temperatures throughout the day staying in the 20s for most of the morning then going into the 30s this afternoon. The weather commuter seems to be locked up and i will see if i can reset it showing you what is happening. That is raleigh and it is a cold morning. Temperatures right now running in the 20s across the region. We will see the temperatures throughout the day staying chilly. These are the current numbers nope. It doesnt want to work but we are seeing 20s and teens. There we go. We have temperatures to show you. It is 22 r. D. U. 19 roxboro, 27 smithfield. 24 wilson and 25 goldsboro. 22 now and mainly clear. By lunchtime 36 under mostly sunny skies. This afternoon mostly sunny and 39 degrees. Cold day and even Colder Weather headed in but snowflakes tomorrow. We will show you how much we will have in the complete forecast in a bit. Barbara those are screams of joy from passengers finally stepping caribbean anthem of the sea. Travelers who survived that exposing guests to such extreme weather. They will get a full refund and certificate to 50 off a future cruise. The company says it has made changes to policies for avoiding such storms and it is standing behind the ships captain. Barbara we are also following breaking news in raleigh. An overnight wreck closed part of glenwood avenue. A driver lithit a power pole at glenwood and white oak. Before bumping in a house. Glenwood was shut down a few hours but is now open. 30 minutes earlier another driver took out a pole on clark avenue in the Cameron Village area. He was arrest ded. John with the big freeze now is the time to download our first alert weather app. Barbara it tells you when freeze watches and warnings pop up. We want to help you winterize your home. Gloria rodriguez is live with easy ways to make your living space extreme weather ready. Gloria we are all feeling the chill. It is a very cold morning today in raleigh. We are seeing wind as well. But there are things you can do to protect your home from this dangerous weather before it gets worse. One of the biggest culprits is garden hoses. Ice can build up inside so disconnect them from outside faucets. Any piping can freeze. Of the average homes warmth leaks out. We have a few more tips from ready. Gov. Cut we tree branches so they dont fall on your home. Maintain equipment by getting the chimney and everything inspected annually to make sure there are no issues. Then hire a contractor to see how well your raf can sustain weight roof can sustain weight in case of snow. These are precautions you can take and save you money in the live had rfpl, Gloria Rodriguez abc11. Comables. John the Durham School board will consider whether to change the dress code after students much not allowed to wear african head wraps. Students at Durham School for creative studies were told not to wear gels. Uy guyeles. Barbara North Carolinas large eggs lets insurer warns it may have to get out of the Affordable Care market. Blue cross blue shield executives said they have been sustaining losses since offering the plan. The company says it has been forced to raise rates by 32 . It is not enough to cover the losses. If Blue Cross Blue Shield drops a. C. A. More than 300,000 north carolinians can lose coverage. John remembering three promising lives taken away barbara two campuses on the anniversary of a tragic shooting. John if you know anyone with a hover board you want to see this story. Don as you head out the door we have dry conditions across the region right now. Checking the first alert Doppler Network we will see the conditions hanging around today. Tomorrow we could see we will have the sevenday don welcome back. Lets talk bus stop forecast. You want to bundle the kids up because it is a cold one. We stay in the low 20s through 8 00 this morning. Current numbers actually roxboro teens, 19. 20 oxford and south hill. 21 chapel hill. 24 wilson. Southern pines 18. 22 fayetteville. 21 sanford and 24 in clinton. Looking at the day ahead sunny now. By lunchtime lots of sunshine and 36 degrees. Through the late day 37 degrees under mostly sunny skies. Sunshine the next couple of days or next couple of hours. Tomorrow we could see snowflakes. We will talk about that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. John new this morning a North Carolina man is recovering from a 12foot plunge into a hole. Crews were removing concrete in front of a building when he fell. He broke two legs and an arm. This tweet from the Gastonia Fire Department shows firefighters using their truck to pull him out. They say he should make a full authorities will be back on the neuse river search being for a missing person. Craven county deputies and new better than police have three boats looking for the individual. Officials believe that the person may have jumped from the bridge. They searched several horse until darkness, cold and wind forced them to stop. Barbara look at this hoverboard being pursuantly set on fire. U. L. Posted this demonstration this week. Researchers heated up the lithium ion battery to show what happens when it overheats. It takes fewer than seven minutes for it to start smoking go to abc11. Com to re live thlive this. Doing well despite that close call. Finally, here is a house that is picture perfect. A homeowner in california wanted to pay tribute to his late father and the home he grew up in. He decided to do that through photographs ones that were big enough to cover the entire house. The art exhibit is only temporary and he recently sold the property. It was a tough decision but it was time. The house was falling apart. We dont have children to pass it on to. Barbara the trebt will stand until the tribute will stand until it is torn down. John something you dont see every day. 5 13. The u. S. Olympics committee reacting to the zika virus. Barbara the steps taken after one high profile athlete sucked suggest suggested she might not so up. Barbara joe biden stops in the john 23 degrees now and 5 15. Here are the headlines. A driver charged in an overnight crash in raleigh. Around 1 30 this morning a car slammed into a power pole on outbound glenwood avenue. They closed it for a few hours while crews made repairs. It sis open. The driver was charged with d. W. I. The last four occupiers of a National Wildlife refuge in oregon say they plan to surrender this morning. Last night the f. B. I. And others surrounded the compound sparking a tense standoff. They assessed the facility 40 days ago to oppose federal land use policy. Field is two fewer this morning. Chris christie and Carly Fiorina announced an end to their campaigns. Both had par showings in iowa and poor shoegs in iowa and new hampshire. Barbara hands of people braved the cold for a vigil at n. C. State. Deah barakat, yusor abusalha and razan abusalah. This time last year deah and yusor were celebrating two months of marriage. Razan was enjoying her first year at n. C. State. They were gunned down allegedly by a neighbor. Authorities have yet to call this a hate crime but is one of several reasons the family puts aside the grief to speak publicly about the loss. I have seen many times when people look at muslims with hate and disgust but many times we work to win them over and we do our religion we are taught to care for our neighbor. Barbara wednesday there was a memorial on the campus of u. N. C. Chapel hill. Organizers hope to make it an annual event. There will be a viewing for a wake county cab driver fond murdered fond murdered. It hrwill be 2 00. Two men have been charged with his murder. His family has set up a go fund me account to raise money for the funeral. John the best friends of a 13yearold virginia girl said see warned her about talking to older guys online. I told her she shouldnt be talking to older guys. She might get hurt really bad. John she cant believe her friend is again. She said see first heard about David Eisenhauer the 18yearold now charged with murder in october. Natasha said nicole was really with in interview she said one of her last memories was giving nicole piggy back raids down the hallway at school. Barbara the Olympic Committee reacting to concerns about the zika virus. They hired two specialists to meet with potential olympians who are worried about the outbreak after hope solo said if the olympics were now she would not go. John Duke University expected to play a big role in Vice President badens mission to eradicate cancer. He stopped yesterday saying he needs their help to find cancer cures. The goal of the task force is make decades worth of advances in only five years pouring billions into research. He lost his son bo to brain cancer less than a year ago. Barbara if you know anybody dis dis nowadays everybody does you hope it happens. Don it would be fantastic. Cancer is more of a disease you live with almost like diabetes for certain types. Not all of them. It would be nice to get that for all of them. Barbara when you hear that stkgs it is awful. We need to get rid of that. Don im good with that. It is chilly this morning and it will be colder. We are talking about precip. The next seven disi do think next seven days our best chance is monday into tuesday. We will talk more about that in a moment. We are looking into downtown raleigh and 22, dew point at five, that is is 48 humidity. Northwest wind five miles an hour. From there to a live look into durham temperature is 22, 42 and we will continue to see the clear skies for today. A lot of sunshine heading in. This dome of canadian High Pressure is giving us nice weather, cold but quiet weather as we go through the next 24 horse. By tomorrow those things change. We will watch the system it hasnt developed yet. It will develop off the coast of South Carolina today. At 6 00 we are still clear and dry. As it develops it throws clouds our way. By lunchtime tomorrow we could see snowflakes from the triangle and mainly east. There will be enough cold air if any of the moisture makes it to the northern or western counties we are talking just a flurry or two. But east of 95 is the best chance of seeing the heaviest precipitation. It is a quickhitting storm and moves fast and then we will see skies clear tomorrow night into saturday and it gets colds again. These are a called of models. This is the or piano model. You will european model. East of 95. The american model is more aggressive showing some snowflakes through the triangle. Not so much in the sand hills. Then heavier accumulation one to three inches. I dont think we will see that much. Here is my forecast. Down into the sand hills and i95 corridor less than a half inch. Maybe a dusting to a half inch if you get out here and as you go i95 and east you get a half inch. Some spots could get up to an inch. By tomorrow afternoon you could see snowflakes between noon and 5 00. Then by tomorrow evening it clears and very colds weekend shaping up very cold weekend. We see the low out of the west and not doing much today. We have the High Pressure in place. The low has moved off South Carolina taps in the moisture and throws it back at us. That is why if it goes a little further south and east we wont see any snowflakes. If it comes closer we will see more. As that gets out we have another within moving in for monday. Today temperatures topping out in the 20s. By 9 00, 36. In the afternoon near 40 for highs. Tonight the temperatures across the region back into the 20s for overnight lows. 21 raleigh and 21 durham. 18 roxboro and 23 fayetteville. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the upper 30s with the snow showers possible. Any time around lunch to the afternoon it clears out saturday, 34. Sun will be sunday we will struggle to make 30. Many in the 20s. The next system arrives monday with a chance of snow changing to freezing reason and sleet. Wednesday 51. The next system a question mark. Right now im writing blog that will give you more detail. Have all the time to talk about it on this show. We will have that on the blog after 6 00. Barbara it is getting interesting around here. John 5 23. News hot dog lovers with relish. So you dont have to stop. Because you believe in go. Onward. Todays the day. Carpe diem. Tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. 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