Absolutely, it is cold weather in my book this morning with temperatures in the 30s and 40s but look at this, west across wake county, not a cloud in the sky. 38 in durham, 35 wake forest, getting close to freezing in a couple of places, town by town, 37 at the airport and in erwin but 42 in Southern Pines and 42 fayetteville and goldsboro. In your planner, expect 42 heading out in an hour or so, 63 at lunchtime, high of 6 will feel great. It will be breezy in the afternoon and that went behind a friend helping to usher in cold air for tomorrow and tomorrow night. We will talk about our freezing potential for tomorrow night coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. Breaking news in downtown raleigh this hour, police are continuing to investigate a deadly crash. This happened at south dawson street which is shut down at scene, what are you learning now . This has been an active scene since two 30 this morning, and you can see that the car is still blocking off dawson street during the mo
We are now approaching the sixth hour of the investigation. As of right now, one person has died, another is in Critical Condition at a local hospital. There is debris that we were seeing still on the ground, and lots of information we are waiting to learn. Including how this happened. How the car got stuck in the guardrail. There are still other pieces of germination are waiting to hear from, we have spoken with information we are waiting to hear from, police and waiting to hear more. I want to bring in Brian Shrader to talk to you about how this could affect your morning commute. Reporter the good news right now is that sensors are not indicating any huge delays on dawson street. That is welcome news. It has been pretty quieon the roads this morning but still, that is a major route through downtown raleigh southbound and is closed at cabarrus street. As you saw, it looks like with the cleanup job it could be closed for some time to come. Think about an alternate route. One option mig
And elizabeth. The whole gang and it will be a Beautiful Day, too. It is, the helicopter flying by here with the raleigh skycam and patching fog looking east across the skyline of raleigh. We havent seen much of it on the camera, but a few pockets out there. Cold out there. 37 in durham and 36 in cary. And 32 in roxboro and south hill in Southern Pines and fayetteville and rocky mount and wilson. Temperatures will climb into the mid40s quickly in the next hour or so. 67 the high this afternoon, and a nice afternoon. Temperatures climbing into the 70s. Brian has a look at the roads. It gets busier in the 7 00 hour. Accident in garner on 40 westbound at 7 02. And this is i40 from jones sausage road, and this is westbound traffic from business 70. We have an accident blocking the right lane. So traffic is squeezing by in the two left lanes and is really getting things backed up. The latest sensor reading shows a 37minute ride from 42 to 440. Consider alternate routes. 50 . Oash backing 42
Management center. A man at some point ended up crashing into the window of the front of the building. The good news is a spokeswoman tells us that no one is injured. No one was inside. The area of the building that was hit was the gym. So we are fortunate that no one was inside at the time. In Western North carolina, air quality alerts have been firefighters. Firefighters have made progress because was cooler weather but the situation is critical. Bill . Reporter lena and renee, an evacuation goes into effect for parts of highway 9 in henderson county, and if you are not familiar with it, its county. Firefighters from wake county will go and spend a week in the lake lure area, near asheville but on the other side. Groundlevel smoke will remain a concern over the next few days. Winds along ridge tops are expected to increase through today and may expand the fire. The fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in our state alone and there are also fires in georgia, south carolina, and ten
Few clouds to reflect the pretty colors and none of that is completely clear but still a nice pink glow behind the skyline. Upper 30s, 39 durham, 38 carry and wait for us, wake forest. 50 in fayetteville. Were seeing a wide range and temperatures, upper 40s from goldsboro so it is cooler than norm down south. Depending on where depend on how big your coat needs to be. We really will see temperatures warming up rapidly this morning. 65 at lunch and a high of 70 this afternoon. It may sound fantastic and warm but wait till you see the forecast for tomorrow. It wont last long. Cold air by sunday. The front in between. Brian here brand is here talking about the roads. So far so good overall. Looking downtown there is the d map at the American Tobacco campus. It looks good through downtown. Trips from i40 to ming and street is taking seven maintenance minutes. For the moment at least you are delay free as you leave chapel hill on 40 eastbound. Looking good in durham and chapel hill 540 west