Rain but right now we are starting off rather cloudy. Clearer skies certainly by the afternoon hours. Your current temperatures weve seen those temperatures now drop here in raleigh were at 53, durham 55 more 40s especially north of the triangle, 46 in south hill, 49 in hen der son and Roanoke Rapids and louisburg youre checking the at 48 degrees. Heres a look at your forecast today 511 at 8 a. M. 56 at lunchtime and thats already warmer than where we should be for afternoon highs. 72 our high today but yesterday we hit 77. And speaking of dropping temperatures back into the upper 60s by 6 oclock. Now, we stay dry today. We are tracking the chance for rain head nothing the weekend. Ill have the details on the timing of the showers in your storm team forecast. Right thousand i want to get to traffic. We do have an update for you. Traffic is eastbound. This is i440 and glenwood avenue this morning and as you can see not a lot going on in this direction. So if you are getting ready to hea
40 looks dry this morning. We just have one small incident to tell you about that is on 40 westbound. That is right near carytown boulevard here. There is an accident off on the shoulder at exit 291. Watch for maybe a few little slowdowns in that area until the accident is cleared. Plus, we saw the shoulder closure fortified between exit 293 and exit 301. So it could be a little tight going through there this morning. Keep that in mind. Thank things are looking good on your westbound loop. On 540 to u. S. 64 to glenwood avenue. Avenue to wade avenue. We have more weather and traffic updates coming up in a few minutes. 5 32 now. Breaking overnight. Investigators say a Lightning Strike may have caused a house fire in raleigh. Weve got the video for you. The fire started around 10 30 last night at the home in the south hall subdivision. The house did receive minor damage, though. The family was able to stay there last night. A crash involving a pedestrian in raleigh. Police say the victim
Of cumberland county. You have showers in goldsboro to mount oliver and rocky mount. Still a little shower activity sliding north louisburg into Warren County and southeastern mecklinburg county in virginia. Temperatures across the region at 50 in roxboro now, 53 chapel hill. 52 sanford. 57 still in smithfield. 56 goldsboro and 62 roanoke rapids. Looking at the day ahead. 53 now and temperatures will go down and come back up to 51 at lunchtime. 52 this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. It will be very windy this afternoon. We will talk about that and we have the sevenday forecast coming up next. Barbara the final votes from the super tuesday primaries and caucuses just counted about an hour ago and the front runners donald trump and Hillary Clinton. John both claimed major victories. Caitlin front runners Hillary Clinton and donald trump won early and often on super tuesday showing strength among divorce in southern contests on the biggest day of the primary calendar so far. We will
Fayetteville area. Raeford youre reporting 52 and a few of you in the 40s sanford and south hill both in the upper 40s. Temperatures going to drop before sunrise so im calling it 51 at 8 a. M. And back to 56 at lunchtime. 72 our high still warmer than where we should be for this time of year just not as warm as where we were yesterday. We fall back into the upper 60s, calling it partly day. I will let you know how cool well get over the weekend and when exactly youre going to need the umbrella coming up. Right now lets go ahead and change gears. We have a big accident, a serious accident on i40 eastbound this morning just into our news room i40 eastbound is closed between Airport Boulevard and aviation parkway. So listen up if youre coming eastbound so if youre coming into the raleigh area say is is you need to take i540 east to exit 2, thats going to reroute you and then youll be able to get back on i40 eastbound. This is going to be an accident that you want to avoid altogether. So l
Cloudy and cooler. We are at 72 on tuesday. 79 for the afternoon high. We fall back to 77 by 6 00 p. M. This evening. More on the forecast and when we could hit the 80s again coming up. Right now, well send to kristin with a look on traffic. Tuesday is off to a quiet start on the roads right now. Lets take a live look at what you can expect if you are hitting the roads this morning. This is i40 and aviation parkway right there. The camera is out of focus, but traffic is moving fine on 540 and 440. One note to tell you if you are driving on 40 again today. We still have that shoulder closure between exits 293 and exits 301. It could be a tight squeeze going through there throughout the day today. Your westbound loops are cleared today. Drive from 440 to wade avenue. On 40 to the clayton by pass, you are looking at an 11minute commute. Investigators say a Lightning Strike may have caused a house fire in raleigh. That fire started around 10 30 at the home on summerton place right in the s