34 at 9 00 p. M. And 33 at 11 00 p. M. This is the preview of coming attractions today. Monday, a serious winter storm and now, meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases will break that down for you. Eric, we have a little bit of a clearer picture on the timing of the snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. Again in the morning this is just snow. And that is because from the ground up to 5,000 feet here we have that cold air that is going to be less than freezing. Just plain snow for everyone. And the hourly time stamp as we go forward in time, we are starting to see more warm air move in. First up aloft and then to the ground. As that warm air steadily creeps in first a couple thousand feet up those melted snowflakes will freeze back into sleet into the ice balls and as more warm air moves in that layer of cold air gets thinner and we have the melted snowflakes falling as air extends not only a couple thousand feet but down to the ground we get rain. Here is the time stamp by the end of that graph w
Causes of mumps. Officials say the counties are mecklenburg, iredell and cabarrus county. Yesterday we told you about a case in Iredell County and another in mecklenburg. The medical director for the Health Department stopped by wbtv today to address whether officials expect more cases. It hasnt grown. This is the same number weve had since the end of last week. And quite frankly, i would expect it to grow because number one, the incubation period for mumps is somewhere between 1225 days. The doctor says mumps circulates around the world and shows up in the u. S. From time to time and most of you are protected because of the vaccines you received as a child but warns folks with weaker immune systems can easily get the mumps. And what a gorgeous sunny day. You can see the big bright skies. A few puffy clouds from the hd and we think you are going to love chief meterologist, eric weekend. He is live in the first alert weather center. And oddly enough the quiet weather is the story becaus
Union, heaviest is along u. S. 52 around wadesboro toward rockingham, hamlet and 220 out of the viewing area. Concerned about residual cold air holding on, close to freezing around hickory, newton, taylorsville, wilkesboro, may be pockets of ice up there, at least for a couple more hours before all this pulls out. You can see the loop over the last few hours, indicate whats i was saying the heaviest is pushing east and drier air will come in once the sun comes up at 7 30 or so this morning. Still have rain falling in charlotte, lighter than what it was an hour or so ago, all total an inch of rain. 38 in charlotte, notice as close as monroe youre 50, so close to freezing north and west, everyone winds up warmer. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Chris first alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. If you are heading out the door early on this tuesday morning, out there, i77 southbound at West Boulevard, roads are
Because of the saturated ground and the rain we have seen. Keep that in mind Going Forward for the next 24 hours or so. Eric will have more details coming up in the first alert forecast in a couple of minutes. We have eye opening video. This is the heart of the storm as it rolled into uptown. Shawn recorded timelapse video seconds. You can see the clouds and rain covering the stadium and the highrise buildings. Almost as soon as the storm arrives, look at that it clears out. Paul, Duke Energy Crews are responding to state thousands of power outages. Brody oconnell has been talking to officials and live in wilkinson boulevard. Power lines i know have been down there. Do you know when that road is going to be clear and free of that problem . Yes, we got word from cmpd if you look you can see up at little rock road the intersection of wilkinson closed for the inbound lanes it will be 3 to 4 hours before they get that back open. But cars are flowing outbound fine. But the scene we have see
Come down this way thee need to be on the lookout. Bring a partner or something that way they will not come aloan. Investigators are going through reports to see if there are suspects until someone is caught wilson will be looking over his shoulder, jogging or not. For me or anybody else be on the lookout. You never know who could be behind you. The Victim Told Police that she could hear the suspect talking to himself throughout the incident and that may be a clue as to his mental status and they are reviewing that video and hope to release that to the public this weekend or the first part of next week. Michael clark wbtv on your side. Thank you. And maybe you can help investigators if you saw anything that might be related to this case call rock hill police. And flames going right through the roof of this Convenience Store a circle k near uptown charlotte. Investigators are trying to figure out what cause to do to smoke could be seen for miles. You can see the flames and the smoke and