Phonepotential for Severe Weather exists. Ill let you know what is going to happen and weekend and snow in the mountains tonight, the ahead. John back to that breaking news, weve been following for you, one lane closed on i85 north closed for some time after a semi truck jack knifed. Happened before 1 00 a. M. Near exit 29, sam wilson road. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton has been there at the scene, she joins us now live with more details. So kristen, any word weather played a role in the wreck . Reporter john, it doesnt look like it. It wasnt raining too hard at the time the wreck happened. You can see behind me 85 about 15 minutes ago just opened back up, all lanes are free and clear, northbound and southbound northbound this area on sam wilson just off sam wilson, actually. I talked to state troopers a what they believe caused the accident this morning. They say a Passenger Car pulled off on the right shoulder of the interstate, they say the driver was a little tired, wanted to take a quick
Have an overturned van, so they are beginning to clear that accident scene, but if youre coming on the outer loop heading toward brookshire boulevard and down toward pineville, you are going to find that inner lane closed because of that accident scene. Again, that is oakdale on the outer loop of 485. Volume light, not seeing any significant delays, well keep our eye on that accident. Looking at the overall charlotte commute, 485, primarily looks good, 77, 85, no significant problems, down to our south we have an accident on i77 southbound at anderson road, that is highway 21, most of the delays that were seeing are there along anderson road. That is a check of the morning commute, christine, over to you. Christine department of transportation crews spending the weekend treating the roads across the charlotte region in advance of the Winter Weather. This morning they continue to monitor conditions as things will worsen later. Kristen hampton live in have you since seen crews out while
Midday when were focusing in right now. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. If youre getting ready to make your morning commute be aware roads in many cases are wet out there. Taking a live look, this is i77, west boulevard, rolling through center city this morning, you can see the dampness, the spray coming off the vehicles. Quick check of drive times, rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, i85 southbound from concord, kannapolis, 18 minutes. 65milesperhour. Lake norman commute sitting at 15 minutes here. Most of the major highways are running in the green this morning. Yet to see anything that is snarling the Early Morning commute but it was late last night, early this morning on i85 near sam wilson road where we had pretty major accident which actually shut down part of the interstate. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton joins us
School districts in the area are closed or delayed today. Officials with charlottemecklenburg schools tell us they are on a normal schedule and are expected to decide on any changes to the schedule any minute now so if we hear of anything well let you know first. The latest closing and deb lays on the bottom of the screen and wbtv. Com closings. John to make it clear, charlottemecklenburg on normal schedule, lets find out what we can expect in the area, charlottes mothers most experienced meteorologist, al conklin. Al temperatures areawide are below freezing. Snowing in the mountains, shortly have a report from Ashton Pellom up there, you can see snow is coming down across the high country. Gets spottier toward i40, some of this may not be reaching the ground but again the potential there with temperatures that are well down in the 20s. South of there, very very spotty around the metro area, that is the good news. Really be uneventful in terms of precipitation. The bad news is anything
Is North Caldwell at 277, so again the interstate running okay but if youre on North Caldwell, injury accident in center city this morning. 485 looks good, 77, 85 both still running in the green, a few slow downs here independence boulevard up to the monroe road split or albermarle road split, and a few slow downs there on providence road. As al mentioned, the rain showers continue to move in and out of the charlotte area. But it is a nasty morning for your wednesday morning commute and keeping an eye on that is wbtvs Kristen Hampton, she is live this morning with the latest on travel conditions. Kristen . Reporter yeah, chris, i think you said it best, a sloppy mess. Let me step out of the way, this is i85 north and southbound at freedom drive in west charlotte. You can see that mist coming up off the roadway. It is not raining right now but 15 or 20 minutes ago pretty heavy band of rain came through, rewet the interstates. They will be wet throughout the morning. And that is what has