Palka has been checking into how road crews are preparing. Shes live in Virginia Beach. Liz . We are in Virginia Beach where public works trucks are in their place. Plenty of work is going on behindthe scenes. A public works Spokesman Says crews have their assignments and they are watching to see what the weather does. In norfolk, crews are pretreating bridges and primary roads today. That will continue through the morning. The same is happening on the interstate. Vdot crews started pretreating the southside and peninsula roadways this morning. They say they want to make sure the evening commute tomorrow is a safe one. And in northeast North Carolina ncdot is getting ready to. Crews started applying brine in camden and Pasquotank County treating the highways ahead of the snow. Based on the timing, it evening commute. Vdot is focusing on southside and peninsula watch conditions through the weekend. Vdot says take your time if you have to be plenty of braking distance. Out, and give your
Temperatures will only top out in the low30s on saturday and upper20s on both days, so itll feel more like its in the teens and 20s all weekend. By next looks like well start with a wintry mix on monday, then changeover to all rain. Expect rain for most of your tuesday, then itll transition back over to a mix by tuesday evening. I guarantee well tailor this forecast between now and then. This forecast between now and then. Vdot is getting out ahead of the weather. Crews started pretreating roadways today in preparation for tomorrow. Right now crews are focusing efforts on the southside and the peninusla. Vdot is warning drivers to take it slow. Keep an eye on the Winter Weather whereever you are. Download our wavy dot com weather app. With this Winter Weather you can expect to see were already starting to get some notices including Perquimans County Public Schools they will be closed tomorrow. Also Currituck County schools will be dismissing early. Well be updating our website througho
Gathered for a benefit there. Liz what is their connection to this family . Several of the victims loved ones attend the church here. They came out tonight for a special fundraiser a concert that raised 26hundred dollars to importantly, tonight helped to uplift their spirits. During a tragic time Trenika Stringfield is able to smile as friends, family, Community Members offer their hugs, and support. C72 21 03 this is what i need right now my spirit really needed that its been one week since a deadly tornado took trenikas 2yearold son, ian lewis. Her 26yearold brother, Devine Stringfield and her 50yearold boyfriend, larry turner. C72 trenika 01 22 32 its still hard but its, strength in the lord nats c24 09 47 tonight god is gonna help restore this young lady packed pews for this special benefit concert at the Olive Branch Baptist church in suffolk where trenikas father is a minister. C72 dad 01 23 52 its gonna take time its a process but god is able singers musicians and pastor 03 53 t
1525 mph, gusts to 40 mph. Saturday partly sunny. Spotty showers possible late. Highs upper40s. Winds light south. The clouds have been filling in throughout the day. We will be tracking mainly cloudy skies through the evening hours. An area of low pressure will start to wintry mix for parts of our viewing area. After 7 pm, rain showers will spread across the metro into northeast north carolina. Farther north and west, we could potentially see a mix of rain and wet snow. I wouldnt rule out some minor accumulations coating on the north along the middle peninsula, and northern neck. The higher accumulations will be around richmond and points north. The wintry mix will be relatively brief after you probably dont need half of the day, then well dry up through the afternoon. One thing we have to mention is the at times since this will be a quickmoving storm system, we arent concerned with any tidal flooding. Little bit of night early sunday morning, so we could see some spotty rain showers.
Ne 1020mph. Friday rain snow mix in the morning. Then mostly cloudy and windy. Little to no accumulations, but some light accumulations possible north west of Hampton Roads. Highs will be in the low mid 40s. Winds north 1525mph with gusts up to 40mph. Things will be quiet today as High Pressure is in control. It will be chilly. By tonight an area of low pressure and an upper level disturbance will move into the region from the west. Well see moisture ahead of the system create a rain snow mix tonight. Temps will be near or above freezing. So little to no accumulations are expected. By tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. The rain snow mix will some light accumulations north and west of Hampton Roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher new at midday, a former republican president ial nominee is weighing in on the election. Former governor mitt romney gave a speech today urging republicans to shun donald trump. Hes the latest member of the gop to com