To the north and as it pushes to the north if our temperatures stay below the freezing mark in mecklenberg county and union county we could have another wave of freezing rain. Theres more rain where that came from. The heavier rain has not gotten here yet that is good timing the light rain out of the way and the colder temperatures here comes the heavier rain during the overnight period but im glad to say the temperatures will be going up. Heading down after the sunsets temperatures going up just a tad around the freezing mark by 6 30. Going up, upper 30s by 10 30 in the 40s by tomorrow morning when that heavy rain moves through it should not be frozen. More on the forecast and when we see things clear up in a little bit. Thank you. We are monitoring conditions from throughout the wbtv viewing area. Lincoln county had a slippery start to the day and where we find sharon smith live now. What are the latest conditions like . Been a misty mix and we are getting tiny snowflakes. I dont kno
Snow outside of the mountains at best we think two inches of a snow and Ice Accumulation because this is also going to transition to rain. It could be as early as monday afternoon and monday evening and this looks like it finishes as just rain monday night into tuesday morning. But again at best two inches of that snow and ice mix before that transition to rain in the charlotte area. And we will look at the forecast in a couple of minutes. Do you remember this . This is what charlotte looked like two years ago today. And the flurries pale in comparison to this. In three days the charlotte area saw eight inches of snow two years ago on february 12th. Download the weather app to track any storm system. You can watch it on your phone it is free and easy. Search for wbtv in the app store. Have you seen this man . Against kids and now skipped town. Cabarrus county deputies have warrants to charge gregory powers, jr. But they have to find him first. David whisenant is off i85 in Cabarrus Cou
West but the problem is, you still have the temperatures close to freezing. Plus this is what is moving into the charlotte area next. We may have a batch of freezing rain moving in many and the heavier rain is pushing from the west and that moves through overnight and the temperatures are going up as the heavier rain moves in. Well talk about that that means for your night and day tomorrow and when there is a warming trend coming up in a little bit. And look at this. Ice covering the windshield wipers on one of our cars in statesville. Ice is starting to cover the roads as well. Sarablake morgan is live in troutman. How are the roads where you are . Well, right now, if you look behind me, they look like they are ok. Everything is moving quickly. But looks can be deceiving because we actually drove from statesville to troutman about three exits and we saw multiple cars that had spun out and this is what is on covering the roads. It is a mixture of ice and it seems like this weather is c
They say the thieves are listening to scanners and then striking when a station is out responding to an emergency. These firefighters are out trying to protect lives and property. It is wrong that this is what they are coming back to. Maureen in addition to the five charlotte stations fire grove and mount horn have reported break ins. Until the suspect is caught fire stations will remain on high alert. They ask the public to do the same. Maureen a family devastated after this massive fire. A dad is trying to save his 9yearold daughter and other children killed in this blaze. Tonight we are hearing from people who saw the fire. Molly granthom has the story new on primetime. Reporter heart heartbreaking situation. A father ran out of the home with his 9yearold daughter and went back in to find his other kid and never came he died in the fire. This is a sad day. This is a sad day. Cheryl briggs is a neighbor who knows the family. You know growing up hi, how are you doing . I will never se
Planner in a few minutes. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. No problems early out there on thursday morning if youre getting ready start the morning commute. Looking live at i77 near the rest area coming off the South Carolina state line, volume very light. Rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute. Lake norman southbound, 16 at 64 miles an hour. Mapping system giving us a green light on all of the major highways. That includes providence road, independence boulevard, albermarle all running in the green this morning. That is a first check of traffic, guys, back over to you. Christine in five hours, state lawmakers will meet in raleigh for a special session to approve a redrawn map for the states Congressional Districts. Republican lawmakers releasing this proposed map yesterday, and has Significant I