The next hour or so. We are live at one of the Stores Opening at 6 00 to sell more broncos championship owe gear. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, broncos country. We are excited and pumped up about the big win. Much more all morning long, but first we will get you set for the day ahead. Marty and amelia are joining us. We are going to have a good week. Reporter its incredible. I think it could go into next week as well. We are in for what will be a big, big midwinter thaw here. Dry and calm, but you dont have to go far to get the strong winds from the front range in the foothill locations, especially in boulder county. The communities between 30 and 45 all morning long, and that means no woodburning restrictions here for you dry conditions locally and statewide, the snow we had is in eastern nebraska, and thats not for us. Teens and 20s in the foothills, and thats the influence for the winds. The other side of the continental divide, interesting its cold. High temperatures close
Those waves are shaded with specific colors on each side of their grooves with an airbrush. Hopefully, it tastes as good as it looks. 3 3 good morning. 3 its. Thursday december 31st im holly headrick. And im jay siltzer good morning. Here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7 day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 tonight, troopers will be out safe on the roads this new years eve. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from inside our mobiltrak unit in downtown asheville. Lauren, what will they be doing to catch impaired drivers . Checkpoints will be set up tonight to get impaired drivers off the roads. 3 troopers remind everyone that your blood alcohol level should not be above pointoh eight. If you are above the legal limit, it could mean big consequences. Troopers say making prior arrangments, like having a designated driver or calling a cab, is the key to avoiding penalties.
We are not expecting to see much at all today. Thankfully. So a break. 53 degrees by lunchtime. Partly clear skies. Coming up in my full forecast, what you can expect for the first week of the year. Holly here is your ontime traffic report. Jay no accidents to report in asheville or buncombe county, Henderson County, or Haywood County. Holly here is a look at the drive times this morning, i40 east from Haywood County to buncombe county, running you about 9 minutes. I240 west to glen falls road is about 7 minutes. Jay drivers taking i26 from hendersonville to asheville have a 17 minute drive time right now. Holly if you plan to ring in the new year away from home, state troopers want you to stay safe on the road. Jay Lauren Brigman is live along inside our mobile track unit. And, lauren, troopers say planning ahead is key . Lauren definitely. They want you to make arrangements before you g g out tonight to prevent trouble on the road. So, have a designated driver. Plan to call a cab or
Spartanburg, greer, anderson, almost at three inches. Your evening planner, upper 50s to mid 50s by 11. Rain spreads farther to the east. Well talk about your bigger changes for the new year coming up in just a bit. Larry crews estimate it may cost more than 100,000 to rebuild the road damaged by heavy rains. Tammy kim, hows it looking out there . Kim tammy, you can see creeks behind me like this across the county are full to the brim with water and a little bit of white water there behind me. We actually saw a crew out surveying a nearby bridge to make sure it wasnt damage as the heavy rain continued throughout the day around here. On a tip we received about a flood in rural polk county. Difficult. Dot posted a sign road closed. We found these cones but couldnt immediately see why. Just up the road, a major mud and rock slide. Limbs covering the road as rain ter ran off the road and the mountain. Within 30 minutes, a dot crew showed up. County maintenance engineer with the Highway Div
Starting around the world. A big bash right here in times square tonight. Ryan seacrest live with us, Jenny Mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. Its gmas new years rockin morning as we say good morning, america. Im not going to say it as well as Jenny Mccarthy just said but good morning, america. A little more bounce, amy. Gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas as well. We are counting down to tonights big celebration right here in times square. Take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new years celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, any zealand. It blows my mind that theyre so far ahead of us. They will be over their with our ball drops here. Into that. Im not great at math but able to get there. The College Football playoff. Two big bowl games kicking off on espn, the team mascots from clemson and Michigan State right there on an astroturf carpet. I dont know if you can see it.