Out of the 30s. Morganton and hickory and charlotte we are in the upper 30s. 37. 38 in albemarle and wadesboro. The warmest on the map right now. Yes, that wind is adding that bite to the air. These are sustained winds 1520milesperhour in the mountains with the higher gusts. Your windchills it feels like 2 in boone right n the low 20s on the 40 corridor. 28 is the windchill in charlotte in the middle part of the afternoon. That windchill as advisory back into effect tonight for ashe, watauga and avery counties and last through tomorrow morning. Overnight and tomorrow morning the windchills can be as low as 15 above elevations above 3500 feet. We have more on this brutally cold forecast and an update on the storm headed our way for monday part of your first alert forecast in a few. Take to get ready for below freezing temperatures. Brody oconnell joins us live braving the chill in charlotte. We do not see this a lot so it is a good idea to go over some of these things. You are right, ja
Snowing right now in york, likely snowing in rock hill, and again on the eastern perimeter of 485, it will continue to snow the next half hour or so. It is chilly. 30 now, humidity, up to 60 . Winds are calm. The visibility is down to two miles with the snow continuing to fall. It is 32 boone, hickory. 30 gastonia, 28 in rock hill. And as we head into the afternoon and evening, thats where our temperatures are going to generally stay with afternoon highs in the upper 30, possibly close to 40. Our next storm system coming up, for president s day. We are talking about the possibility of snow to start then switching to freezing rain and rain by monday night. All of that coming up. Anchor thank you. Make sure you download our wbtv weather app right now so you can track the chances for snow with your iphone, android or tablet. The right lane of 74 westbound independence headed to the city near 243 is closed, but set to reopen any minute. The department of transportation shut it down last ni
Chris first alert traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Following a developing story this morning in iredell county, northern iredell county, i77 northbound a logging truck has overturned, losing its load and we have at least one lane or possibly more blocked. Two lanes there, north of exit 65. That is unionharmony grove. If you get through and cant get through, the best bet is 901, memorial highway to 21 and north and around that scene. Back in the charlotte region, most of our majors running in the green here at 5 02, looking pretty good in charlotte. Rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, 66milesperhour. Concord to center city, 18 minute commute and lake norman southbound on 77, 15, 69. That is a check of the morning traffic, john, over to you. John Police Looking for the person who robbed employees at a popular restaurant in charlottes south end end. Mark davenport is live at the restaurant, was anyone hurt . Reporter john, we know no one was hurt her at phat burrito last night
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Store. A bad morning to be without heat, crews cut a gas line in the charlotte neighborhood. Now they are scrambling to get it fixed and taking a live look from king street in boone, were tracking the latest weather conditions from charlotte all the way on up to the mountains. Where hopefully perhaps youre heading there to do skiing. Lyndsay would be a good weekend, really cold but sometimes you like it to be cold when you ski. Brody you have to dress properly for it. By the way, Kristen Miranda has the morning off. So i have the pleasure of sitting in with you today and of course tomorrow. Lyndsay were glad to have you here. Brody it was a little cold getting in work this morning. Lyndsay i cant imagine being without heat this morning i feel like my heat can barely keep up and it is working properly. But yeah, we have temperatures in the 20s in a lot of spots, speaking of the mountains, 16 in boone, as of the 6 00 hour, we have fallen down 28 in morganton, hickory, statesville, salisb