Bursts of moderate snow coming down about an hour ago. We drop three degrees. This temperature will easily get down to freezing. Already close to freezing in the higher elevations. Winter advisories from 7 oclock until tuesday. Buncombe, avery, macon, clay, and cherokee county. All these counties are under wintnt storm warnings. Periods of some snow. Light accumulations. Watch out for slick roads. Ill tell you more about the changes that lie ahead and how the snow adds up. Stick around. Larry we have a team of reporters tracking some snow thats already fallen and whats still to come. Darcel news 13s karen wynne is in haywood county, and Kimberly King in yancey. What are crews doing to gear up for more snow tonight . Karen darcel, theyre working long hours. Theyre going to be out all night long to keep the roads safe. Little bit of snow to give one florida family a thrill. It was the first time the kids have ever seen snow. So they snowboarded on soco mountain even though it was not com
This afternoon, but the sunshine does come toen a end with rain and snow on the way for the work week. I will let you know just how long that will last, all coming up in a little bit. Evan before the panthers and broncos take the field today in superbowl 50, their biggest fans will run out and pump up the crowd ahead of them. The top cats are the panthers cheerleaders. News 13s Luke Notestine is in san clara with the story of one who is actually a graduate of Irwin High School. Luke good morning. Shannon phillips graduated Irwin High School and never believe shed would be where she is today. Cheering for the Carolina Panthers as they get ready for the biggest game on the planet, superbowl 50, which will be later tonight. Shannon is a classically trained ballet dancer who has tied to the asheville area. She has been with the Carolina Panthers now for the past five seasons but never experienced anything like this, getting ready for the superbowl. We caught up with her yesterday morning,
Lauren brigman continues our Live Team Coverage from waynesville. Lauren, what are you seeing there . 3 the dot has been preparing nearly 24 hours for the winter storm. Crews pumped thousands of gallons of brine solution into tanks that are loaded on the backs of trucks. The mixture of saltandwater is sprayed onto interstates. So a coating was in place before the first flakes. 3 0300 the forecasted amount is not as much as the previous storm, but in anticipation of the adverse weather thats coming in were trying to take a more proactive approach. 0309 once the brine is sprayed, crews standby, ready to bring out the plows, salt and sand trucks once the snow starts sticking. 3 3 stay with news for the most uptodate information on the winter storm. You can find the latest forecasts and School Closings on wlos dot com. You can also go to our website to sign up for text alerts. For weather, closings, and traffic. We will also post updates on facebook and twitter. 3 3 3 in this mornings news
Down to the valley, seeing flurries this morning, but this winter storm warning is still out for another hour for the counties on your screen shaded in pink. Buncombe county and surrounding counties, this Winter Weather advisory is out until wednesday morning. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about how much more snow is expected to fall, when it will stop, and the incredibly cold conditions that will last for quite a while. Back over to you. Jay Haywood County is one area that saw snow stick overnight and again this morning. Holly Lauren Brigman is live near waynesville middle school, what are dispatchers out there telling you . Lauren i just checked in with them, holly, less than five minutes ago. No accidents to report right now. But, of course, because the schools are ease klod a lot closed a lot of people are staying home, unless you have to get out to go to work. But they remind people to use caution because we are seeing you can see4 accident on i40 eastbound near
Winter weather. Darcel but first chief meteorologist jason boyer. Jason were watching these snow bands. Ill show you the radar in just a second. This is how poor the visibility is in some of the highest elevations with the snow blowing. This is avery county, our leicester carpet sales news13 Sky Cam Network at 5,000 feet at Beach Mountain parkway. Dark blues along i 81, i 75 and i40. Some of the heavier snow bands now working in to areas like mars hill, madison county. Western madison getting pretty good. There it goes moving in to haywood county. Transylvania, Jackson County and even georgia. Anything that falls is going to stick. Mostly the grassy surface. Winter weather advisories now until 7 oclock in the evening buncombe county and up towards watauga county. Significant snow in the border counties, dangerous travel. Yes, a lot of black ice, too. So be aware of that. 23 in the morning. Light snow possible. Periods of snow late morning and early afternoon. I dont think the accumulat