Have lesser chance of freezing rain. Southern pines at 28. 28 in rocky mount. 27 in roxboro. Still plenty cold to for that as we head through the afternoon. Here at lunchtime in the triangle looking at upper 20s to near 30 degrees. 32 at 4 00. Temperatures will offer around freezing this evening but the precipitation will taper off a god bit. Well talk more about what to coming up. Governor pat mccrory declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm. That was yesterday. He also talked about the storm again today and the state of emergency frees things up in terms of aid in the event of a catastrophe. Reporter he discussed that in morning in a briefing, a press conference in which he ared ised the state response to the storm. Laura leslie has more. Reporter the main message until the storm is over and conditions are safe. He said this morning that he was thinking businesses an schools for closing and helping people to stay off the highways but he wbtw. Commed out this event is far from