RIGHT
RIGHT NOW
RIGHT NOW ON DWC IN CHARLOTTE, IT'S SNOWING IN THE CAROLINAS EVERYWHERE FROM THE MOUNTAINS
TO THE FOOTHILLS.
>> EVEN CHARLOTTE COULD
SEE SOME FLAKES TODAY.
A LIVE LOOK AT A DOWNTOWN
BLOWING ROCK WHERE IT'S LOOKING
LIKE A WINTER WONDERLAND THERE.
AND THEN CHECK OUT LENORE WHERE
THE SNOW IS STARTING TO
SLIGHTLY COME DOWN.
THERE ARE POTENTIAL OBVIOUSLY
FOR SNOWFALL EVERYWHERE.
BUT CHECK OUT YOUR SCREEN.
WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM A
HALF A FOOT TO A DUSTING
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND
VIEWERS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN
HELPING US TELL THE STORY.
THIS ONE FROM CRAIG IN
FLEETWOOD, NORTH CAROLINA UP IN
ASH COUNTY.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEAUTIFUL
THERE IF YOU'LL LIKE THE SNOW
THAT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING
TO STAY WITH US HERE ON W.S.
AND CHARLOTTE.
I'M CAROLYN BRUCKE ALONGSIDE
BEN THOMPSON.
WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE.
WE'VE GOT TEAMS SPREAD OUT ALL
ACROSS OUR AREA.
LET'S START WITH LARRY SPRINKLE
THOUGH BECAUSE WE NEED THE
LATEST ON THOSE CONDITIONS
LARRY.
LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE.
>> YOU SEE THE SNOW?
THAT'S RIGHT AT THE TOP OF
BEACH MOUNTAIN.
THEY ARE LOVING THEIR SKIERS,
SNOWBOARDERS HAVING A GREAT
TIME.
SNOW CONTINUE IN ADDITION TO
THE MANMADE THE NATURAL SNOW UP
THERE.
THEY'VE HAD ANYWHERE IN THAT
AREA ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT THREE
AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF
SNOW PRETTY MUCH WIPED OUT.
WOULD YOU KIND OF ZOOM IN THERE
FIRST MORE DOPPLER RADAR OF THE
HIGH COUNTRY.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE SNOW
HAS BEEN.
WE MENTIONED THIS THAT'S
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NORMAL
PLACE YOU GET IT ALONG THE I-40
QUARTER A LITTLE BIT OF A
DUSTING.
WE'LL KIND OF ZOOM IN, SHOW THE
AREA AT THE MOMENT IT'S JUST
GRAY SKIES OUT THERE.
HEAD OVER TO AREAS WHEN GAS
DOUNIA TO SHELBIE JUST NORTH OF
SHELBY SOUTH.
MOUNTAINS UP THERE THEY'RE
GETTING SOME SLEET AND SNOW AND
YOU CAN SEE EAST IN GAFFNEY
JUST EAST GAFFEY TOTALITY
GAFFNEY THAT AREA RIGHT THERE
PROBABLY SOME SLEET.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE
OF THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT FUTURE
CAST AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS HERE.
THIS IS AROUND ONE O'CLOCK.
MORE RAIN THE CHARLOTTE AREA
THAT AS WE GET TO THREE
O'CLOCK.
NOTICE WE START TO SEE KIND OF
A RAIN SNOW MIX IN THERE AND BY
ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK THAT SNOW
FOR CHARLOTTE ALL THE WAY
ACROSS INTO LINCOLNTON GASTON
321 JUST SOUTH OF HICKORY AND
THEN BETWEEN ABOUT FOUR AND
SEVEN EVERYTHING'S JUST SLIDES
OUT OF HERE IS GONE.
IT'S A QUICK BURST OF SNOW BUT
ENOUGH TO MAKE IT KIND OF
EXCITING OUT THERE.
WE COULD GET MAYBE MAYBE
OUTRACED AN ANCIENT THE VERY
MOST AND YOU GO OVER JUST TO
THE WEST OF HERE ABOUT TWO
INCHES UP TOWARDS STATES FOR A
LITTLE OVER THREE RUN HICKORY
ALL THE WAY UP INTO AREAS WHERE
MORGAN IS.
AS FAR AS ANY TRAVEL TROUBLES,
YEAH, WEATHER IMPACTS TODAY.
IT COULD TOP A COUNTY OF 321
GETTING INTO THE NORTHERN PART
OF IREDALE COUNTY UP INTERSTATE
77.
YOU MIGHT MAY FIND SOME ISSUES
UP THERE SLICK SPOTS OBVIOUSLY.
BUT AT 74 CASTELLUCCIO 37 A DAY
TOMORROW MORNING THE BIG FREEZE
OVER AND THEN WE GET TO THE LOW
50S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK SOME OF
THE SNOW TOTALS IN MAYBE YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN JUST A COUPLE
MINUTES.
>> SOUNDS GOOD, LARRY.
THANKS.
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES RIGHT NOW SENDING OUT
TO METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MCKAY.
HE'S SO CHRIS, YOU'VE BEEN IN
THE THICK OF IT ALL MORNING.
YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF
RELIEF RIGHT NOW.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S STILL COLD.
YOU'RE IN LINCOLNTON.
YEAH, YEAH.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY STILL COLD,
CAROLYN BUT HERE'S THE NEW
TESTAMENT.
MAYBE I'M JUST TRYING TO BE
HARDER THAN I ACTUALLY AM.
BUT I'M NOT WEARING MY GLOVES.
JUST A COUPLE HOURS AGO WHEN I
WAS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT
WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CASE
SCENARIO.
AT LEAST THE WINDS WERE LIGHTER
BUT THAT SNOW STARTED EARLY,
EARLY IN THE MORNING AND
CONTINUED THROUGH THE MORNING
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.
HERE'S WHAT WE SAW THROUGH THE
MORNING SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING.
PLOW TRUCKS IN THE MOUNTAINS
HAVE BEEN BUSY KEEPING UP WITH
THE BIGGEST SNOWFALL OF THE
SNOW SEASON.
THE SNOW ACCUMULATED SLOWLY BUT
WAS STEADY THROUGH THE MORNING,
ACCUMULATING AT ABOUT A QUARTER
TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR.
TRAVEL WAS NOT IDEAL AND MOST
WERE TAKING IT SLOW TURN BY
TURN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
TRAVEL.
>> IT WAS A BLISSFUL WINTER
WONDERLAND WITH THE BEAUTY OF
THE SNOW STILL ENHANCED BY THE
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT STILL
LINED THE STREETS OF BOONEN
BLOWING ROCK.
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL I COULDN'T
STAY INSIDE.
AS THE SNOW CONTINUED TO ADD
UP.
IT ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO GET OUT
AND WALK AROUND AND EMBRACE THE
NEW WHITE COATED SURROUNDINGS
SINCE THE NICE NICE WALK IN THE
SNOW.
>> WHEN YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS
THE SNOWFALL WAS QUIET AND CALM
WITH LIGHT WINDS.
>> BUT THIS ISN'T OVER.
MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING.
THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AND
WE'LL GET ICE HERE OVERNIGHT AS
LOWS DROP BACK THROUGH THE 20S.
SO DRIVE SAFE EVERYONE.
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE BIGGEST
THING.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
IN LINCOLNTON WE'RE SEEING A
LITTLE BIT OF RAIN MIXING IN
WITH SOME SNOWFLAKES BUT IT'S
KIND OF A PITIFUL RAIN.
IT'S NOT REALLY HITTING THE
SURFACE.
WE HAVE SOME DRIER AIR THAT'S
REALLY TRYING TO BREAK UP A LOT
OF THIS.
IT'S STILL GOING TO EVENTUALLY
DIE OFF LAND FOR SOME HEAVIER
RAIN SHOWERS EVENTUALLY WITH
THE RAIN SNOW MIX.
CERTAINLY THE WORST SNOW
SCENARIO WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS
WHEN WE LEFT WE SAW SNOW TOTALS
UP TO ABOUT FOUR INCHES.
THEY EASILY COULD ADD ANOTHER
TWO ON TOP OF THAT.
MEANWHILE, FOR THE REST OF US
JUST KIND OF A MESSY END OF THE
DAY BUT CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST
RISK IT'S CAN BE THAT REFREEZE
OVERNIGHT.
SO I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID
IN THAT PACKAGE.
STAY SAFE, EVERYONE.
I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MULKEY
REPORTING FROM LINCOLNTON.
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
STEP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY
FROM ROAD.
IT'S MAKING ME NERVOUS.
LET'S SEND THINGS OVER.
OK, GOOD, GOOD.
LET'S TURN THINGS OVER TO
RICHARD AVEION LIVE IN GRANITE
FALLS RICHARD.
HI.
WHAT ARE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD
AT ME ?
OH, YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT CHRIS
.
WHO IS IT?
IT'S CHRIS.
YEAH, IT'S VERY.
YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW
PICKED UP.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE 30 MINUTES
MAKE.
THIRTY MINUTES AGO THE SNOW WAS
MELTING.
I HAD NOTHING TO SHOW YOU .
NOW LOOK ON THE JACKET.
YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW IS
FALLING.
I'LL STEP OUT OF THE WAY, LET
YOU SEE IT'S BEGINNING TO FALL
A LOT MORE 321 WHICH IS WHERE
WE'RE STANDING RIGHT OFF OF IS
DOING WELL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE SNOW WE SHOT EARLY BECAUSE
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ACCUMULATION.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
HERE NOW.
WE ALSO SAW ACCUMULATION
EARLIER TODAY.
IT MELTED AFTER AWHILE BUT NOW
IT'S COMING BACK IN EARNEST.
THIS WAS THE CONDITIONS.
A LOT OF DRIVERS OUT THERE SAID
HEY, IT'S SNOW.
IT'S THIS TIME IT'S WINTER.
THEY EXPECT IT.
WE SPOKE TO ONE GUY.
HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT
DEALING WITH THIS MORNING SNOW
IS JUST SLUSH.
>> YOU KNOW, HE ALSO LIKE HIS
COAT ON THE FLOOR TO FREEZE IT.
>> I GO NOWHERE.
I GO DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD TO
BE AT HIS ROOF.
YEAH, I COULDN'T TELL WHAT HE
WAS SAYING.
HE WAS ACTUALLY SAYING IT'S
COLD, IT'S FREEZING.
HE'S NOT GOING TO GO BACK OUT
IN IT ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW
MELTS TONIGHT AND INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS BECAUSE HE
KNOWS THE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE
TREACHEROUS.
HE SAYS HE'S JUST GOING TO GET
OUT THERE AFTER THE SNOW MELTS,
WHICH IS THE GOOD ADVICE FOR
EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT ALSO GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF OUR OUR
SAS SPECIAL GEAR HERE AND ALSO,
YOU KNOW, I NORMALLY DON'T I'M
NOT GOING TO WEAR THE BEANIE.
I HAVE THE BEANIE.
I'M NOT GOING TO WEAR IT.
BUT I DO HAVE IT.
SEE THE CMC BEANIE.
THAT'S THE SITUATION RIGHT UP
HERE IN CALDWELL COUNTY.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO
YOU .
YOU WANT TO BE CAROLYN ?
>> I HAVE A BABY, RICHARD.
I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE
JACKETS.
I HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR
YOU TOO.
>> GOSH, YOU ARE JUST SUCH
GIVING, MAN.
THANKS SO MUCH.
LET'S SEND THINGS OVER TO THEM
SINCE YOU CHARLOTTES BILLIE
JEAN SHORE JOINING US LIVE FROM
HICKORY.
SO BILLIE JEAN, YOU'VE BEEN
THERE SINCE VERY EARLY THIS
MORNING AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
KIND OF THE SAME THING.
THE SNOW'S BEEN FALLING
STEADILY THERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAROLYN .
SO LAST TIME WE SPOKE TO YOU 30
MINUTES AGO, IT WAS MORE LIKE A
SLUSHY MIX RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING SNOW
FALLS.
WE'RE DOWNTOWN HERE.
AGREE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW
FORMING A BIT MORE.
BUT BY THE TIME IT IS HITTING
THE GROUND IT IS MELTING.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO ISSUES
TO REPORT IN THE HICKORY AREA.
WE SEE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
NOT OUT.
I'M TOLD THAT THIS AREA IS
USUALLY FILLED WITH PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, ENJOYING THE LOCAL
RESTAURANTS, THE LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
BUT PEOPLE ARE OPTING TO STAY
AT HOME BETWEEN COVID.
AND THE WEATHER WE DO KNOW THIS
AREA IS UNDER A WINTER STORM
WARNING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE CONCERN
IS REALLY GOING TO COME IN ONCE
THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THE
TEMPERATURES GET COOLER AND THE
GROUND GETS COOLER.
EXCUSE ME .
THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT BLACK
ICE AND THEN THIS MELTING THAT
IS HAPPENING NOW FREEZING OVER.
SO IF YOU DO PLAN ON GOING OUT
ON THE ROADS BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL.
WE DO KNOW THAT CREWS FROM THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY WERE OUT
YESTERDAY PUTTING THAT BRINE ON
THE ROADWAYS.
BUT OF COURSE YOU STILL NEED TO
BE CAREFUL BECAUSE AS YOU CAN
SEE THE ROADS ARE VERY SLICK
RIGHT NOW.
AND AS THE SNOWFALL IS
CONTINUING TO PICK UP AND
INCREASE WHERE IT IS, THERE'S
NO TELLING WHAT EXACTLY COULD
HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THIS AREA IS
EXPECTED TO SEE TWO TO FOUR
INCHES AT SOME POINT TODAY.
THERE WERE PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY MOVED STUDENTS TO REMOTE
LEARNING WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT IS EASIER TO DO NOW,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
BUT AS OF NOW EVERYTHING IS
CLEAR.
CAROLYN I'LL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU .
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'RE HEADED TO BEN RIGHT NOW.
AND BEN, YOU KNOW IT LOOKS FUN
IF YOU HAVE A NICE PLACE TO BE
INSIDE WARM.
>> THAT'S THE THING WE CAN'T
FORGET ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS AND
OUR LOVED ONES WHO ARE NOT AS
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A A WARM SAFE
PLACE TO GO.
KEEP IN MIND, FOLKS, OUR
HOMELESS POPULATION.
WELL, WE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
BECAUSE THIS PANDEMIC.
IT'S REALLY GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN A SITUATION LIKE
THIS.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO
MIGHT BE HOUSING INSECURE OR
MIGHT BE HOMELESS, TAKE DOWN
THIS INFORMATION ROOF ABOVE
THAT ORGANIZATION HAS EXTENDED
ITS DAY SERVICES CENTER HOURS
WHICH ARE NOW SEVEN THIRTY A.M.
TO 4:00 P.M. AT NINE A.M. AND
4:00 P.M. ON WEEKENDS AND
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS ALSO
EXTENDED LEASES ON NEARLY 160
HOTEL ROOMS.
I MEAN THAT'S 160 PEOPLE WHO
CAN BE OFF THE STREET AND INTO
A WARM HOTEL ROOM AND MAKING
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
THOSE ROOMS CAN BE ACCESSED BY
CALLING TWO ONE ONE NOW.
LET'S ROUND OUT OUR TEAM
COVERAGE OF THIS REALLY THE
FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE
SEASON RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU ARE PART OF THAT TEAM
AS WELL, RACHEL LUMBER.
JOINING US NOW WITH SOME OF THE
COOL VIDEOS AND PICTURES YOU'RE
SENDING IN TO OUR NEWSROOM.
>> YEAH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME
AMAZING SHOTS SINCE EARLY
MORNING ON WAKEUP CHARLOTTE.
>> BEN, SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY
WHO'S BEEN TEXTING AND PICTURES
AND VIDEOS LETTING US KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING.
IT ALWAYS HELPS US TELL THE
STORY.
ALSO TAGGING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IS GREAT.
LET'S FIRST START WITH THIS
SHOT FROM BRYANT.
SO HE STUCK A RULER IN THE SNOW
THERE.
HE SAID THIS WAS AROUND 8:00
A.M. AND THEY WERE ALREADY AT
FIVE INCHES AND BLOWING ROCK
SNOW STARTED FALLING IN
CHERRYVILLE AND THEN LOOK AT
THE FRESH POWDER AT THE RESERVE
SUGAR MOUNTAIN.
IT IT'S JUST GORGEOUS.
DOES THAT MAKE YOU WANT LIKE GO
SLEDDING, GO SKIING ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY
SNAPPING THE SHOTS EVEN AT THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN THE
SUN WAS RISING.
THIS IS FROM DANIEL.
HE SAID HE'S IN SEVEN DEVILS
NEW NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA
STILL SNOWING THERE.
LOOK, THE ACCUMULATION LOOKS
LIKE ON THE BACK OR FRONT PORCH
AND THEN HOW AMAZING IS THIS
LAST ONE?
SO I DID NOT REALIZE THIS
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THIS IS FROM H.B WARD ON
TWITTER TAGGED OUR CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST IN IT BUT HE SAID
THE HUGE CODON, BIG SNOWFLAKES
WERE COMING DOWN.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS IN THE
HOT TUB.
HE'S REALLY LIVING THE LIFE
THERE SAID IS ENJOYING THIS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE VERY LATEST.
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.