NORTH
NORTH CAROLINA IS ABOUT TO FEEL THIS YEAR'S FIRST BLAST OF WINTER WEATHER.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
IN ASHEVILLE EVEN AS WE SPEAK.
OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE ITS WA+@Y
IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA LATER
TODAY.
>> THE WINTER WILL WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE
AREA.
WE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES
IN THIS AREA.
CHARLOTTE CAN GET UP TO AN INCH
OF SNOW.
TO
>> TONIGHT BLACK ICE WILL BE+@
MAJOR CONCERN GOING INTO
TOMORROW MORNING.
LINE SPOTS ARE HITTING THE ROAD
ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
OVERPASSES ARE BEING CODED WITH
A SOLUTION.
>> LET'S GO TO OUR WEBSITE
WCNC.COM.
CLOSINGS WILL BE AT THE TOP OF
THE HOMEPAGE.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR
CHARLOTTE NEWS AT NOON.
WE DO HAVE COVERAGE FOR YOU
TODAY.
REPORTER STATION ACROSS THE
AREA IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN
CHARLOTTE.
>> BACK IN THE STUDIO WE HAVE A
NUMBER PEOPLE TRACKING THE PATH
OF THE WINTER WEATHER.
>> SNOW IS ACTUALLY FALLING AND
STICKING IN ROCKWELL. WE WILL
HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS FIRST.
WE WILL SEE SHOWERS UP THERE.
WE WILL SEE ACCUMULATION MATEY
2 TO 4 INCHES.
A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE
ON THIS VIEW, NOT REACHING THE
GROUND YET.
THE MOUNTAINS DEFINITELY WE SEE
THE GROUND COVERED IN SOME
AREAS.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAYBE ONE
HALF AN INCH.
THEY CAN GET FOUR INCHES LATER
ON.
WE HAVE A BIGGER COVERAGE AREA
FOR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
MISSISSIPPI.
ALL THAT IS RAINFALL.
WHEN YOU GET TO TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY THAT IS SNOWFALL.
FUTURECAST.
THE LIGHT RAIN ACROSS
CHARLOTTE.
MAYBE SOME SLEEP.
LIGHT RAIN IN THE METRO AREA.
BY ABOUT 3:00 WE SEE TRANSITION
FROM RAIN TO SLEET AND SNOW.
THE COVERAGE EXTENDS TO THE
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA ALL THE
WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS.
AS WE GET TO ABOUT 430 AND 6:30
THAT'S WHEN WE SEE
ACCUMULATION.
THE MAIN SITUATION TODAY WILL
BE BETWEEN SAY BETWEEN FOUR AND
SIX.
IT WILL SUDDENLY DROP IN
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON.
WE WILL LOOK INTO TOMORROW WITH
+@
AFTERNOON. WE WILL LOOK INTO TOMORROW WITH MAJOR CLOUDS IN THE MORNING
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> THE TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES
WITH THE CHEVY SNOW TRACKER.
>> CHRIS WHAT ARE YOU SEEN
THERE?
>> IT'S JUST CAN BE RAIN
TRACKING.
WE ARE FIGHTING THROUGH DRY
AIR.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON INTERSTATE
40 IN BETWEEN HICKORY AND
MORGAN'S. WE ARE DEALING WITH A
LOT OF DRY AIR.
THE SNOW WAS FALLING INTO THAT.
THIS WILL RELEASE EVAPORATIVE
COOLING.
THAT WILL COOL THE TEMPERATURES
DOWN.
WE ARE HOLDING ONTO THE 40s
RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF THE RAIN IS NOT
REACHING THE SERVICE QUITE YET.
BUT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
40s, THE NEXT STOP WILL BE THE
30s.
THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SAYING THE
LATTER PART IN THE AFTERNOON IS
A GREATER CHANCE FOR SNOW.
RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF US IS A
LIGHT RAIN.
THIS WILL PICK UP, FURTHER OFF
TO THE SOUTHWEST, WE HAVE HEAVY
RAIN.
THE DRY AIR WILL NOT BE AN
ISSUE.
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE ON AND OFF
THE RAIN WHERE WE HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL IN THE EVENING HOURS,+@
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE
MAJORITY OF SNOW.
ALL THIS RAIN WE RECEIVED TODAY
CAN REFREEZE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE THE UMBRELLA TODAY AND
DRIVE SAFE THIS EVENING.
>>> CHARLOTTE SCHOOLS ARE OUT
TODAY.
ONE OF MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS
OUR VIEWING AREA.
>> WE'RE LIVE FROM HUNTERSVILLE
. THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR
MESSY CONDITIONS ALL MORNING
LONG.
>> YES AT THE ELEMENTARY WE
JUST HEARD THE BELL AND
STUDENTS ARE GETTING OUT FOR
HALF A SNOW DAY.
AND NO SNOW QUITE YET.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LINE
OF CARS AND PARENTS LINED UP.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE MIXED
REACTION FOR THE SNOW DAY.
SOME ARE HAPPY AND GLAD THAT
THEY ARE BEING SAFE BEFORE THE
SNOW COMES.
OTHERS SAY THEY HAVE TO TAKE
OFF WORK TO COME PICK UP THE
STUDENT.
WE WILL SEE ONE INCH TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW IN THIS AREA.
THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH THE
COMMUTE TOMORROW MORNING.
SCHOOL HAS CANCELED ALL +@AFTER
SCHOOL AC+@TIVITIES.
THEY WILL MAKE A CALL ON FRIDAY
LATER TODAY.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CHECKING THE
WEBSITE AND LOOK AT
ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN
WITH SCHOOL TOMORROW.
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A DELAY
BUT THEY WILL WALK IT CLOSELY
TO SEE HOW THEY WILL HANDLE THE
SITUATION.
BACK TO YOU.
>> WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE.
A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS CLOSING
EARLIER TODAY.
RELE+@ASING EARLIER OR DELAYED
ALREADY TOMORROW.
>> YES ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE
THIS ONGOING LIST OF ALL THE
SCHOOLS THAT ARE EITHER
RELEASING EARLY TODAY, STARTING
THIS ONGOING LIST OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE EITHER RELEASING EARLY TODAY, STARTING@
A DELAY IN THE MORNING SO WHEN
+@
RELEASING EARLY TODAY, STARTING@ A DELAY IN THE MORNING SO WHEN THEY ARE OPENING THE SCHOOL
THEY ARE CANCELING SCHOOL FOR
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THIS IS JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL
SAYING THEY WILL BE ON A THREE-
HOUR DELAY TOMORROW DUE TO THE
WEATHER.
CATHOLIC WILL RELEASE THEIR
SCHOOL IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES
AT ONE P.M.
UNC CHARLOTTE HAS DECIDED TO
CANCEL CLASS FROM ONE P.M. +@
TODAY UNTIL 11 A.M.
ON FRIDAY.
SPREAD THE WORD.
THEY ARE CLOSING SCHOOL AT ONE
P.M.
AS WELL.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF ONE P.M.
UNION COUNTY SCHOOLS AS YOU
HAVE HEARD.
CMS SCHOOLS AND ROGUE ONE
+@ COUNTY.
DELAYS AND EARLY RELEASES.
MAKE SURE YOU STICK WITH US.
OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE THERE
ARE SO MANY, WE COULD CONTINUE
LISTING AND UPDATING YOU.
ZOOM AND RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO.
TEXT THE WORD CLOSING TO THIS
NUMBER 704-329-DIRTY 600.
AND WE WILL SHOW YOU THE LIST
OF WHERE YOU KIDS GO TO SCHOOL
AND WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS THEY
+@ ARE OPERATING ON.
>>> WE ARE LIVE IN SAULSBERRY.
>> SCHOOL IS DISMISSING TWO
HOURS EARLY.
>> WE ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE
THIS FIRST SO NO OF THE SEASON.
WE KNOW THAT SIX PEOPLE HAVE
CALL+@ED 911 RELATED TO THE SNO
SO FAR.
HERE IN SAULSBERRY, THEY HAD
THE SPREADERS READY.
AND THEY ARE SENDING ONCE THE
SNOW STARTS FALL+@ING.
IN THE FAR DEPARTMENT THEY HAVE
THE TRUCKS READY SHOULD THEY
NEED THEM.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING TWO HOURS
EARLY.
BUT IN TO ANNAPOLIS THEY ARE
CLOSING THREE HOURS EARLY.
THEY ARE MONITORING THE
SITUATION AND IT IT WILL BE
SENT OUT OVER THE ALERT SYSTEM.
WE WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THINGS.
WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS THE STORM
CONTINUES.
A LIVE IN SAULSBERRY.
>>> LET'S HEAD TO CLEVELAND
COUNTY.
>> THE FOOTHILLS EXPECTING A
HIGHER+@ TOTAL +@OF SNOW THEN I
THE CITY WHAT DO YOU SE+@E OUT
THERE?
>> IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING
READY FOR THE IMPENDING SNOW.
I'M HERE AT A SHOP WHERE THEY
HAVE GOTTEN READY.
A NUMBER OF THE TRUCKS PULLED
IN A LITTLE BIT AGO.
THEY SAY THEY WILL BE WORKING
12 HOUR SHIFTS.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE IN A STANDBY
MODE.
THEY ARE PRESSED BEEN THE ROADS.
THEY WILL HEAD OUT TO THE
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
AS FOR JUST LIKE YOU SAID, A
LOT OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS ARE
CLOSING OR ARE CLOSE.
CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSED
AT NOON TO GET STUDENTS HOME SO
THEY CAN BE HOME AND SAFE AND
OF THE STORM.
AS FAR AS HIGHWAY PATROL, THEY
ARE TELLING PEOPLE THEY ARE
MONITORING THE +@SITUATION AS
WELL, SAYING IF YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO OUT ON THE ROAD WHEN THE
SNOW HAPPENS, IF YO+@U HAVE TO
TAKE TO THE ROADS TAKE +@IT