Al the same area of low pressure some of our nemesis the last several days, lifting northward, still getting snow showers in the mountains. The wind is still howling, 40 Miles Per Hour and with temperatures in the 20s, that is a perfect recipe for schools to be delayed. Winter weather advisory in effect, ashe county, watauga, avery, mitchell, yancey until 7 00. That is a chance it could be extended the snow will likely keep on for a while this morning and of course the winds will be very slow to abate as well. That is king street in boone from resortcams. Com, i have been watching the snow fall. 27 in boone, 37 hickory, salisbury, 36 charlotte, 35 rock hill, 32 lancaster and 36 around wadesboro. For today, outside of the mountains, a pretty day but chilly day, 36 at 8 00, 47 lunch time, getting back to 51 this afternoon, despite almost total sunshine. The problem is we dont warm up very much. Well do that by the weekend and then some. So stick around if you like warmer conditions. Your
41 seems to be a popular number from shelby, morganton, rock hill, charlotte, monroe, albermarle, salisbury and statesville, colder in boone at 29, not getting reports out of lancaster and chester, they had Power Outages this way. Partly to mostly sunny, windy, wont be damage like yesterday but still wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour in the piedmont, 55 Miles Per Hour in the mountains and afternoon temperature of 56 degrees. Remember, youre never more than and traffic on wbtv news this heres chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, first alert traffic this morning is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. And were getting going early with the morning accident here just down to the south of gilead road, that is mccoy atkin see avenue, ifat kinseyavenue, new in the last 5, 10 minutes. I77 at west boulevard, freeways once again volume light, running clearly this morning so you see a whole lot of green out there 485, 77, 85 look okay, providence road, independence, no problems as
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
Youre coming off i85. Looking at independence expressway, volume of traffic here in center city beginning to heat up just a bit. Lets look at the drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 17 minute commute, speeds there in the upper 60s and lake norman southbound at 15 minutes and 65 miles an hour. Looking at the overall charlotte commute, most of our major interstates continuing to run in the green and including 485, 77 and 85. Were seeing slow downs now outbound providence road over toward wt harris, albermarle and heavier now around the arboretum area. That is a check of traffic, john, back to you. John this morning a state of emergency declared in North Carolina as areas recover from this weeks severe weather. Governor pat mccrory says the primary problem right now is the number of Power Outages across the state. Now at the peak of the storm, more than 122,000 customers lost power. Mainly in mecklenburg, gaston and forsyth counties
Mountains. Bitter wind chills will continue in the mountains. Sunny skies will warm temperatures into the upper 30s to mid 40s areawide on thursday, and friday will be a repeat, with slight warmer conditions. Another blast of cold air arrives saturday night, bringing overnight lows back to the teens areawide into valentines day. A storm system will approach sunday night into monday. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching accident j. Verne smith pkwy hwy 101 101 s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 as you decide 2016 3 breaking news this afternoon as Carly Fiorina announces shes suspending her campaign. Her announcement comes as many of the republican candidaets arrive in South Carolina ahead of the first in the south primaries. Primaries. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta joins us live now at clemson universitys t ed garrison arena where the gop front runner will speak at a rally later tonight. Adrian, whats it looking like as the focus shifts