There is still so much going on this morning. Although we are seeing the sunshine were still left with a lot of devastation that matthew cause. Even into the earl Morning Hours this morning. We still have these issues with roads closed we still have that wind which will potentially be a large issue again today which may cause additional trees and power lines to come down. But down. But the good news is at least we are dry. Water levels of start to reseed. Its 56 degrees outside raleigh we are seeing the sunshine out ofei airport. We just checked in with them and they have had no issues at the airport this morning to please use caution if you find out if you are traveling to the airport. Heres the latest update from the National Hurricane center as of 8 00 a. M. Matthew now a post Tropical Cyclone meeting the core of the system is center is no longer warm and it is getting torn apart by a cold front moving in. A very intense storm as it continues to slide up the east across the area we
Jeremy whos tracking all that rain. More rain throughout the day as well. We need the rain as long it is not too much. There could be heavy downpours. As long it is not falling too fast. We look for the beneficial rains today. The Flash Flood Watch until mid night. It is a fairly gentle rain right now. A pet steady shower. Day planner, wet pavement early. We look for the showers this morning and into the afternoon and fairly scattered across the area. If you are caught in one, there could be heavy downpours, have a plan b ready to go, the rain could be interfereing with the outdoor plans today. When youre on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Its free for your smartphone or tablet. New from overnight, a pedestrian hit and killed in milwaukee. It happened around 10 00 last night near 91st and appleton. Police tell wisn 12 news several people called 911 saying they saw a woman get hit by a vehicle. That vehicle is described as a small
Snow showers the next in line is the brutal cold and the president s day storm monday morning. Here is what the radar looks like not a lot falling right now. Some of you had snow showers and enough to put down a dusting in our South Carolina counties. But that has exited off to the east. Cloudy and a flurry or two in the mountains as we take you through the evening. Definitely cold. Much colder than yesterday. 36 in charlotte and we have a new fresh shot of arctic air moving in. Look at the temperatures off to the northwest as you get up towards minneapolis, 10 , 8 in winnipeg, canada and that is the direct ton that our air is coming from. That air will be put in place by the time the storm rolls in here monday morning. We will get into this in detail but its looking like for charlotte this does start as a brief period of snow by day break monday morning changing over to a mix. Accumulation up to two inches at best that we are forecasting for charlotte before this ends as rain monday e
Looks like richmond is technically under it. But that will likely be dropped soon because this is the active line we are concerned with. Going forward producing toward in additionic thunderstorms and that is moving to the east. We could see showers and thunder through the evening. And we are not as concerned with Severe Weather Going Forward in the shortterm with what is left behind this line. But we have a high wind warning in effect and areas under a flood watch tonight. Because this one line is moving, does not mean that our concerns are over with through the rest of the night. More details on that and snow on the way for the mountains. A lot to talk about in the complete first alert forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Depending where you are the sun may be shining. This is one of the effects of the storm. A massive tree falling and smashed that car there. One was inside. Strong winds whipped into the mecklenberg county around lunchtime. It was a trees did not stand a chance. Powe
It is gigantic. It is out here laying across two lanes heading away the city of charlotte. Crews cut down the right hand part of the tree heading queens road northbound lanes. Cars could head in the city but the rest of it, obviously still here this morning. Well have to look at alternate routes because you obviously cant get through if youre leaving the city i want to send it over to chris larson in the traffic center. How do you get around the big tree . Chris traffic is sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. So again as mark said, if youre heading northbound on queens road, no problems, it is southbound toward more head where we have the obstruction so likely hermitage down to Edge Hill Road would get you around that. Or could you take baxter street through the cherry neighborhood that would get you back over to kings drive. These are outbound heading toward morehead street where we have that block age there. Lets take a live look, i77 at clanton road, volume is light up here in th