Sunday valentines day starting mainly sunny. Ending mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 20s monday snow, ice rain likely with highs in the lower 30s tuesday early wintry mix then gradual clearing. Highs in the lower 40s wednesday increasing sunshine with highs in the middle 40s increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s. Light snow showers possible mainly nrv highlands saturday morning flurries possible. Increasing time now for your timesaver traffic report. Were continuing to follow a developing story out of Campbell County. Where firefighters are still battling a massive fire this it started around three thirty thursday afternoon at the dan river plant in brookneal. And has now burned for more than twelve hours. Wsls 10s Erin Brookshier continues our coverage with details on what crews are dealing with on the scene right now. Erin. We spoke with crews on the scene just a little bit ago. They say the fire is under control right now, but still burning. Between 75to90 Fire Fighter
Funnel cloud as it developed this afternoon. Meteorologist john ahrens is in Severe Weather center 9 where things are a lot calmer now, but the threat of strong wind is still out there. Thats right. And some showers as well, scott as we look at the one thats coming through now in southwest charlotte into belmont and up through gastonia, live Early Warning doppler 9 showing you a big pocket of rain and gusty winds out of this. I dont want you to get scared. But this is packing strong winds and very good rain right now. Just south of the airport as you travel passed through the white hall communities of steal creek as well. Lets peel this back. And look at the winds coming out of this. This is not a severe storm and not showing any kind of rotation. But menacing as the wind speeds are going up to 50 Miles Per Hour in southwest charlotte. Tracking it for you now on live Early Warning doppler 9. Cornelius will be involved with this between now and 6 30 this afternoon and evening. Denver, a
Into the early evening a machine the future cast here just a moment things very quiet right now it is chilly out there in the skies would increase with clouds and when to track the moisture across the region a little bit later through the day you can see right now things very quiet here. We do have a lovely bit of snow a lot starting to push through south boston i want to keep this in mind is one of the reasons why the snow forecasting a little bit tricky today that that the low levels of the atmosphere are bone dry right now so its gonna take awhile for those levels to moisten up but i do believe by late morning into the afternoon and that snow will overcome the dryness will start to see the snow showers developing so temperatures right now in the teens for it when there is like wakefield petersburg its the low twenties for newport news and something that hit close to the coast here we find mid to upper twenties one to talk about the snow and its timing this is what you want to know s
They are not pointing fingers just yet. Some residents came back today to salvage what they can only spread to one of my bedroom in soledad that particular room is pretty much damage and the roof and everything in the attic is gone. Everyone got out safely last night medics treated one firefighter for cuts in right now the red cross is helping families forced out by the fire crime alert at yorktown were told someone burglarized the Bargain Box Thrift store and derr road near daryl him entry School Deputies say the suspect pictured right here pried open the door to get inside but it looks like nothing disappeared from the store if you know this is contact the crime line. It was the celebration today at Lansdowne High School in Virginia Beach officials cut the ribbon this morning at the schools new solar panel a one kilowatt system electric power Dominion Virginia Power says thats enough to power fifteen Desktop Computers thirty three ten gallon aquariums or four flat screen t vs lansdow
Thirty mph so again look for the rain the wind the rain could be a little heavy at times and then into the afternoon some gradual clearing temperatures topping out close to sixty one degrees or so i think that takes place sometime around the mid day in the temperatures falling off after that id ask you what you are watching right now at the downtown tunnel. Well craig it looks like we have a surprise left at the berkeley braids i just got the report of that left as lift was happening so it can be a live look now at the Brooklyn Bridge as well be watching to let you know when traffic starts moving again but if youre about to head out the door. Usually though these lists dont last too long but to stay with me ill certainly let you know when the left clears when traffic starts moving again eastbound traffic there that will be eventually headed toward city hall and tidewater Nonprofit Network masses were talking about bridge less than jr b is set to open at eight oclock this morning so you