We end up using more salt. With big snow, we just push until the snow slows down. 24 dot trucks and three motor graders used across the county for snow removal efforts. More photos are coming in. Caitlin sent us this video as she was driving in mars hill around 8 30 this morning. A beautiful scene but drivers need to be weary of those slick roads. The snow flakes continued to fall overnight in asheville. She says she took it near the asheville mall. Sheila sent us this video. She says to be careful if anyone is crossing across mountains. Not going to bring a lot of melting and things could refreeze tonight. Michael hauler sent us this photo of the French Broad River this morning. It is a gorgeous scene. Beauty of our mountains and the snow. Mark says snow is falling in robinsville. This is a shot of his dog having a blast. He said they had around five inches and it was still snowing early this morning. Remember to send us your pictures, all you have to do is post them to our Facebook P
So, we will talk more about it if there will be snow, freezing rain, sleet and the timeline of this coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes. Holly we are starting to see signs of the approaching wintry mix in the northern scanties. Jay Lauren Brigman continues Live Team Coverage from Madison County and, lauren, light flurries are showing up in the wolf laurel area now . Lauren yes, some very light snow flurries. We have started to see those just within the last 30 minutes. They are starting to pick up a little bit. I checked in with dispatcher, too, in the northern mountain counties like mitchell and yancey, just within the past 15 minutes, they are starting to see flurries in the burnsville area of Yancey County. So, folks there will begin to see wintry weather moving in. Mitchell county told me they heart the dot trucks running through the night there as well because they have had issues with icy roads in the area as well. Thats why you see the dot crews standing ready to go.
3 crews have been busy preparing ahead of the winter weather. News 13s Lauren Brigman continues our Live Team Coverage from the dot salt barn in madison county. Lauren, what are you seeing there . 3 3 3 there are no official any of the high elevations. Its still a good idea to take it slow on those bridges, overpasses, and secondary roads throughout the morning. Otherwise. It is a quiet start to the morning commute. I26 westbound is moving right along from us 64 to airport road. Speeds clocking in at 65 Miles Per Hour at chimney rock road. Im Jaclyn Deaugustino with this ontime traffic report. Brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. 3 3 3 firefighters investigate what caused a fire at an asheville business. The fire broke out yesterday, just after midnight on haywood road. These photos were posted to our Facebook Page by rob lenfestey. Crews contained the flames to two rooms. No one was inside at the time, and no one was hurt. 3 3 3 a longawaited murder trial may finally
This route because thats one of the main routes here in marshal. I want to show you how much the snow is agent up in parking lots here though. I have gotten my tape measure out, just 2, right here, in this parking lot. And as you can see, its piling up on surfaces. These cars that have been sitting here, covered with snow. But, the good news is, this kind of snow is a very powdery snowfall, so you can easily wipe it away from your cars. But, underneath that, you see that layer of ice there . Thats also what you are going to see on those roads. So, have the windshield scraper ready to go this morning as you make your way out to your cars. This is a look at the surfaces and other things here in parking lots but many secondary roads, we have encountered from mars hill over to marshal this morning, are snow cover. So, highway 25 70, highway 213, we are seeing dot crews out treating those roads because, again, those are some of the main routes here. But a lot of the secondary roads, still c