smith is here in the studio... and it's been a busy first weekend on the job hasn't it? ((tony smith)) ((tony smith)) ((patraa bhoolsuwan)) > all across the valley---the wet footprint. causing delays at the airport and keeping highway patrol troopers busy responding to calls on the road. 8 news now's mauricio marin joins us live from the base of mount charleston braving the elements. how's it going out there? ((mauricio marin)) in just the last hour even more rain coming down here where we are at. at the top of the mountain behind me...they're expected to see even more snow falling throughout the evening. the weather may be to blame for some problems around the valley. we've recieved reports of lightning hitting a tree at the las vegas country club that may have also caused a fire at a nearby house. for many on the road...this is what it's looked like across southern nevada. roads are sleek and slippery. troopers are urging drivers to slow down on the street to prevent crashes. we drove all around the valley today and saw a few minor accidents with law enforcement respionding. but so far--no reports of any major crashes. mount charleston has been getting fresh snow from this storm. that some kiddos are enjoying. (( jocelyn/enjoying the snow: "what did you like about going up to the mountain today? the snow. what do you like about it. it's wet and i like to throwing snow balls at my dad." )) ((mauricio marin)) if you're heading up mount charleston...kn ow that chains or 4-wheel drive is required to get up the mountain. over near the airport...freewa y signs are warning drivers aout standing water on a portion of the road. as far as air travel...looks like mccarran is seeing some delays because flights coming in from other areas are dealing with low clouds. ((mauricio marin)) now that it's dark...authoriti es want to remind people to be extra careful on the wet roads. especially with some strong wind gusts you can feel behind the wheel. reporting live...mauricio marin. 8 news now./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) the delays are for some flight at mccarran international airport? ((mauricio marin)) according to flight aware...it's about an hour delay on average for some flights trying to land or take off from mccarran. so it would be a good idea to check your flight status before heading to the airport. back to you./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > one month into 2016 and we already seeing more traffic deaths than we did this time last year. the most recent happened this morning near camino al norte and lone mountain. north las vegas police say a 44-year old man got off bus and crossed in- front of it. he was then blindsided by another car. he was taken to u-m-c where he later died. the driver stayed on scene and cooperated with police. so far, 20- people have died in a traffic related crash in clark that's 5 more than the where we were this time last year./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > and check out this car sandwich that happened in a smith parking lot near lake mead and rampart. it happened earlier today around nine a-m. witnesses tell us the driver turned into the parking lot too quickly and went up onto the car. fourtuniatly no one was hurt./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) a new ambulance company will begin operations in more parts of the valley starting tomorrow. "community ambulance" will begin responding to non-emergency calls first then non-emergency calls on april 1st. earlier this month, the clark county commission approved the company to begin work in about 150 square miles of clark county. this will include mccaran international airport. prior to this, "community ambulance" was licensed to work in henderson, boulder city and federal lands. /// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > the college town of blacksburg, virginia is in mourning after police have arrested two promising virginia tech students in connection with her death. brian webb has the latest. >police say david eisenhauer abducted 13 year old nicole lovell and that natalie keepers helped him dispose of the body near a north carolina highway 90 miles from her home. (chief anthony wilson / blacksburg police ) "we were investigating all types of things social media included there were lots of things coming in that led us to a general area/" 18 year old eisenhauer, a virginia tech freshman engineering major and member of school's cross country team, is now charged with abduction and murder. 19 year old keepers, a sophomore engineering student is charged with improper disposal of a dead body. (sarah bradbury / victim's friend) "i didn't think that would happen to her because she was always the cutest little thing, you know? " (lovell) lovell's family believes she climbed out the bedroom window of her blacksburg, virginia apartment wednesday after blocking her door with a dresser. nicole's facebook page shows she was a member of at least one haven't said how she and eisenhauer first met. while nicole was missing, her father posted this message to facebook. (david lovell / nicole's father ) "nicole honey if you see this if you're out there you can come to me. i'm not mad at you. i'm worried about you. your family is worried aboutu.st come home.le's sappearance spark fr dayarch that included a thousandmbers of virginia th's corps cadets.lice ven't said how or why she was killed.ian webb for cbs news.///patranya bhoolsuwan)) > crewse gearing up f more work inr valley.they are laying the ground for project neon and a big flood control project in the southwest. demetria obilor lays it all out for you in this week's look ahead... >ndot crews will be hitting it hard tonight around the spaghetti bowl for preliminary work with project neon. project neon is the 1.5 billion project aimed to solve all of the issues in the spaghetti bowl. work will require closures, so expect to see the mlk ramp to southbound 95 shut down for several hours overnight between nine pm and five am. monday night, crews will close the northbound i- 15 ramp to mlk to dig utility trenches. i will remind you about this monday. monday is the start of february, which means the county will be starting up a major flood control/widening project on those in the southwest valley should get ready for delays in between sunset and russell as crews carry out work. expect lane restrictions along this busy stretch. there are a few schools in thisea and plenty of locasesses.will reminyou guys aboutis on monday and pass on dates once wo beginstomorrow, we will talk about is in "what's driving youazy?" because it that big.../((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > how both the denver broncos and carolina panthers are getting psyched up for super bowl 50./// this time next week we will be switch to centurylink prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. yes and? and...there's whole home dvr. plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. yes and? why do you guys keep saying that? by saying "yes and," we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. yes, right, i know. do you? feel like a hollywood insider kickoff is 3:30 next sunday --- pre game show --- well, it's already underway here we go, we're gonna rip through this video here --- this carolina --- panthers fans were fired up as they sent their team off to san francisco. if you have a hard time keeping track of which fans are the carolina fans --- their favorite color is carolina blue, so that should be a pretty good indication. and just a short time ago --- the panthers team plane arrived in san francsico --- touchdown panthers is what we're seeing here --- we might be saying that this time next week as well -- the panthers are now 5 and a half point favorites --- this point spread is moving all over the place --- it started at 3 and a half, went up to 6 and a half, now perhaps it's settling in at 5 and a half. and here's the scene in denver as the broncos get ready for lift-off. barrel man looks ready --- hes the fan who supposedly wears only a cowboy hat, boots, and a barrel ---- certainly we know he has no shirt on and we don't care to find out any more. he was not on the team plane --- but you can bet he'll find his way to the city this week --- okay --- we've got shots of the broncos getting on the plane. this would be payton manning getting on the plane. he'll be trying to match his and here we go --- after the quick flight to san francsco we can say touchdown broncos as well --- the bronccos plane is easy to spot, it has the broncos logo on the side, and somebody in the cokpit is waving the orange broncos flag -- then once the doors open we find payton manning --- wearing that same orange tie --- and having to carry his own bag --- and here's a close up of what the panthers and broncos will be playing for next week --- the lombardi trophy. better have white gloves on when you touch this piece of silver. roger craig --- former niners running back getting his turn with the trophy -- or course, he got to handle it as a player as well. also up there on the stand --- anoterh super bowl winning running back from the niners --- ricky watters --- let the running backs hold on to this --- they wont fumble. or course, this is as clean as the trophy will look for a while because after next sunday it'll get tossed around by the winning team. of course, the trophy is named after lombard street in san francisco --- that twisty turny street --- oh wait --- either that or it was named after that coach with the packers named lombardi the rebels take to the road for two games this week --- at new mexico on tuesday and at fresno on saturday --- they might be without one of their big men, ben carter carter went down in last nights game against san diego state --- he was in a lot of pain and it showed --- the crowd went silent and it changed the compexion of the game --- rebels struggled inside after the injury. early word is that carter sprained his knee --- he will have an mri tomorrow to see if its anything worse than that. this will be a tough injury for the rebels --- not sure how long carter will be out ---- the results of the mri will give us some idea. okay -- the womens golf tour in the bahamas for this --- a par four --- very drivable 218 yards ha na jang --- watch the flag --- she rolls it --- in --- that would be a one on a par 4 -- she used a 3 wood. ---- so what is an ace called on a par four ----- an albatros. nice reaction --- first time ever on the womens tour --- it's happened only once on the mens tour ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) ((tony smith)) ((tony smith)) < a potent pacific storm system will bring strong winds and widespread rain and snow to the area today and monday. dry weather and calmer winds return beginning tuesday but temperatures will be significantly cooler. here are your weather headlines: showers & storm - how long will they last? breaking it down. and the winds will be the even bigger story - giving you a timeline. then from a warm weekend to a cooler work-week. -------------------------- turning much colder behind the cold front with gusty northwest winds developing this evening in central nevada then pushing southeast through the rest of the area monday. will look if any other zones need to be included in the wind advisory for monday during the afternoon package. -------------------------- showrs & thunderstorms moving ene toward the #vegas vlly. heavyy rain & reduced visbility expected. -------------------------------- -- for tonight showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely. low around 44. breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 23 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. winds could gust as high as 34 mph. chance of precipitation is 80%. -------------------------------- -------- monday - a 30 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 40. windy, with a north wind 28 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. little or no snow accumulation expected. monday nightpartly cloudy, with a low around 27. blustery, with a north northeast wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. -------------------------------- ------------ tuesday - mostly sunny, with a high near 41. northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. tuesday night - mostly clear, with a low around 25. -------------------------------- ------------------- wednesday - sunny, with a high near 45. wednesday nightpartly cloudy, with a low around 29. thursday- mostly sunny, with a high near 50. thursday night - mostly clear, with a low around 34. friday - sunny, with a high near 54. -------------------------------- ----- friday nightmostly clear, with a low around 35. saturdaysunny, with a high near 55. saturday nholy clear, withlow around 36. special for your next birthday party? how about a spinning, musical candle? 8 on your side consumer advocate michelle mortensen tries it before you buy it to see if it's worth money ... and the hype. ((michelle: time really does fly when you are having fun. gosh it seems like just yesterday i was on the morning show all big and pregnant with my first born grier. // but can you beleive it ... she's about to turn 4 years old. and that means i've got to plan a party. and thankfully these amazing lotus rainbow musical candles are here to the rescue. so we're going to try it before you buy it. set up here in our break room ... all i need are some guests to see if this thing really delivers the razzle dazzle . )) ((attention .. cake in the break room .. birthday cake in the break room. )) we drew a nice crowd .. and they we're excited ((michelle: alright are you ready for the amazing lotus musical candle... (crowd gets loud) )) i told you .. they we're pretty excited. our staff really likes cake. but let's get this party started... and light this candle up... with the provided stick .. per the directions. ((4:16 whoa (horns blow)) the crowd got a little too excited too fast ... because ... it's not supposed to go up in flames like that! it's supposed and not be a fire hazard. (( 5:19 ... tilt head -- wow ... 5:22 james : wha wha... -- we could roast marshmellow -- i don't know if this is safe for grier. )) we try the second candle. maybe that's why they give you 2. ((ready ... ohhhh! fancy ... now that's a lot better.)) we we're impressed. ((michelle: do we like it? (horns blow) )) i'll take that as a yes. but i don't think this one would be safe for grier .. or most kids ... cause that first one was a total dud. ((thanks guys .. now we can eat cake ... make a wish and blow )) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) your weather coming up./// pictures to us. here's a rain shot from rainbow and mlk and washington from our photojouranlis t jonathan carerra our viewer vonny sent us this picture from lee canyon. and our own george knapp taking a moment from his sunday to send us this view of sunrise mountain where you can see the strip is shoruded in clouds. and if you have some cool pictures we want to see them you can share them on our social media pages and at picx@lasvegasn ow dot com. /// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > that's it for us. 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