Rock hill, 55 in gastonia and lower 50s from boone, morganton, salisbury, albermarle, a little bit cooler but not by much, still in the 60s, may have a few breaks of sunshine, better chance for rain later in the day and temperatures will probably fall this afternoon across the i40 corridor. A lot more rain to the south of us heading in our direction, talk about it in the seven day forecast. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. As we roll in monday morning commute, take a live look here i77 west boulevard, volume through center city pretty light rate now, everything running along smoothly. As you check out the mapping system, a whole lot of green our major interstates, 77, 85, 485 all running in the clear with no problems. Quick check of drive times, rock hill, uptown, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, lake norman southboun
Union, heaviest is along u. S. 52 around wadesboro toward rockingham, hamlet and 220 out of the viewing area. Concerned about residual cold air holding on, close to freezing around hickory, newton, taylorsville, wilkesboro, may be pockets of ice up there, at least for a couple more hours before all this pulls out. You can see the loop over the last few hours, indicate whats i was saying the heaviest is pushing east and drier air will come in once the sun comes up at 7 30 or so this morning. Still have rain falling in charlotte, lighter than what it was an hour or so ago, all total an inch of rain. 38 in charlotte, notice as close as monroe youre 50, so close to freezing north and west, everyone winds up warmer. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Chris first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. If you are heading out the door early on this tuesday morning, out there, i77 southbound at West Boulevard, roads are
Inbound, youll find delays there. As we hop out to the west just a bit, this is west trade street at graham, an accident scene there, not seeing any significant delays along graham, but emergency crews may be on the scene. The john belk, brookshire both looking good in terms of traffic flow. The live look at independence expressway heading inbound toward 277, no problems there this morning and your drive times, up from rock hill, 22 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute and lake norman southbound at 16 minutes and 64milesperhour. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. John 5 32, looking ahead for the 11th Consecutive Year the ciaa tournament is back in uptown charlotte, expected to bring in about 150,000 fans. Wbtvs Mark Davenport is live in uptown charlotte with more so expect this year . Reporter john, ciaa commissioner Jackie Mcwilliams has been planning all year long to make sure this year is the best the tournament
Right now in monroe. We will be in the 20 to 30 mile per hour range most of the day. 41 charlotte, 29 much colder in boone, talk about consistency, hickory, gastonia, salisbury, monroe, rock hill at 41. Well go from the low 40s to the mid 50s this afternoon. Wind gusts with us throughout the day under partly sunny skies, heading to the ciaa games tonight out at the arena, tipoff temperature, 39 degrees, keep in mind funneling effect of the wind in town, through the tall towers, will likely feel colder with gusty winds around this evening. Weekend forecast, temperatures going up, i think youll like it, ill have details in a few minutes. Right now check in with chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Starting out with an accident up in huntersville, this is mccoy at kinsey avenue, just down to the south of gilead road, keep that in mind if that is part of your morning travel plan. Live at independence expressway, volume
Midday when were focusing in right now. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. If youre getting ready to make your morning commute be aware roads in many cases are wet out there. Taking a live look, this is i77, west boulevard, rolling through center city this morning, you can see the dampness, the spray coming off the vehicles. Quick check of drive times, rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, i85 southbound from concord, kannapolis, 18 minutes. 65milesperhour. Lake norman commute sitting at 15 minutes here. Most of the major highways are running in the green this morning. Yet to see anything that is snarling the Early Morning commute but it was late last night, early this morning on i85 near sam wilson road where we had pretty major accident which actually shut down part of the interstate. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton joins us