Base with with homeless shelters and see what the demand is during the coldsnap. It is still winter in the queen city. Live in uptown charlotte, Brody Oconnell wbtv on your side. Thank you. Now this arctic air has been sweeping in the mountains and its 15 windchill in places at the top. Its bitter and a windchill advisory is in place. Wbtvs Steve Ohnesorge went up to the high country and they prepare for some of the coldest temperatures they have seen this year. Looking at scenes like this can make one shiver. Try having to get around on foot in it. Its miserable. Windchills barely got to 0. Not fun. In boone students struggled to get to class trying to think warm thoughts. Summer. While there was snow falling it was light just wind blown. Drivers who stuck to the main some side roads were covered but most were passable. It has made for some spectacular scenery from the water wheel in boone to the mill pond falls in banner elk. Pillars and icicles. There is beautiful sites here. But da
Lyndsay doing good. Should be a beautiful weekend. A little chilly to start right now, most away from the city are in the upper 20s. 30 in charlotte and in hickory, other than that at 27 in salisbury, albermarle, 28 statesville, 27 in boone and in lancaster and rock hill, upper 20s. Cold to start, this afternoon cool, back in the 50s to more the better weekend pick for sure. Well in the 60s. Little bit of a warmup, so more on your forecast details in a few. Kristen thank you, lyndsay. In campaign 2016, polls open at 7 00 for the democratic primary today in South Carolina. In the polls, Hillary Clinton has a big lead over her challenger, bernie sanders. In a final push to voters, mrs. Clinton spoke in columbia last night saying she will work to break down barriers and lift people up. Sanders will head off to minnesota by way of texas searching for friendlier terrain on the republican side, a campaign twist, donald trump stopped his closest rivals in their tracks with a high profile endo
Out of the 30s. Morganton and hickory and charlotte we are in the upper 30s. 37. 38 in albemarle and wadesboro. The warmest on the map right now. Yes, that wind is adding that bite to the air. These are sustained winds 1520milesperhour in the mountains with the higher gusts. Your windchills it feels like 2 in boone right n the low 20s on the 40 corridor. 28 is the windchill in charlotte in the middle part of the afternoon. That windchill as advisory back into effect tonight for ashe, watauga and avery counties and last through tomorrow morning. Overnight and tomorrow morning the windchills can be as low as 15 above elevations above 3500 feet. We have more on this brutally cold forecast and an update on the storm headed our way for monday part of your first alert forecast in a few. Take to get ready for below freezing temperatures. Brody oconnell joins us live braving the chill in charlotte. We do not see this a lot so it is a good idea to go over some of these things. You are right, ja
Afternoon but family members say they are having a hard time dealing with the loss of someone who was so loved. If somebody had never met amy before, the moment that they would make that first encounter, they would know they were speaking to someone special. As the police chief joe was first on the scene when the body was found on friday. But as amys uncle he was devastated. She was a christian lady. That everybody loved when they came in contact with her. According to the sheriff, she died of a gunshot wound. Was she murdered or did she take her own life . That is what investigators are trying to determine. We are working with the sbi and they have been professional and gracious to give up five agents to work with. The chief is not part of this investigation since it involves today he shared about his niece. She was wellknown as a local banker. For her church work and her music abilities. She picked up the fiddle. She is survived by her husband and two children and a large family who
Our confidence again within an inch maybe an inch or two of snow and Ice Accumulation before that changes over to rain. We will show you futurecast and breakdown the timing a little bit more for the monday storm system and we will have all the details for you in a couple of minutes. Thank you. Now is the time to make sure you have downloaded the wbtv weather app its free in your App Store Search wbtv. Investigators in Cabarrus County are concerned before a man they were investigating for possible involvement in sex Crimes Involving children has disappeared. Deputies warrants to arrest Gregory Wayne powers, jr. They just cannot find him. David whisenant live in concorde. What are the charges here . The charges would be statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with children. The sheriff tells me wednesday of this week they believe that powers hit the road and he has not been seen since. Traditional media and social media to spread the word. He became aware of the investigation and sk