We need to turn it to the
extremely cold weather now.
It's closing up some events this weekend
like Beach mountains gonna close for skiing
and snowboarding tomorrow and Saturday.
Tubing, Beach Mountain Brewing
and ski Beach Sports will still
operate on their normal schedules.
The resort says anyone that bought
a slope ticket, childcare tracks,
or even a learned to ride
ticket will be refunded.
KJ, I mean,
a lot of people are concerned about,
you know, these weekend activities.
Can we expect to see more closures
because of the cold weather?
I imagine so, Jane,
we're going to have some really,
really blustery conditions over
the course of our Friday as well
into the start of the weekend.
And that's going to make it
feel that much colder out there.
Dangerously cold air is headed our way.
And just to verify, the cold air has
already hit parts of the Midwest,
you can see places like Chicago
at 2 below 0 right now.
These are current.
Temperatures 5 below in Saint Louis.
Notice Nashville.
These temperatures were about 15
degrees warmer just a few hours ago.
Now it's 15 degrees in Nashville.
You can see this cool push
moving towards the east.
We're at 43 right now,
but these numbers are going down after
sunrise tomorrow because of the cold front.
It's now closing in on the Carolinas.
At this hour, the rain will begin to pick up.
We'll have a few showers during the wee hours
of the morning once we move into Daybreak,
those rain.
Chances will taper off,
but the cold air is going to push in
for tomorrow afternoon right now.
Closer.
Look here at home.
Most of us are dry,
aside from say a light shower,
perhaps a drizzle here and there.
But the rain will pick up and then we'll
have even some snowfall in the mountains.
And you can see why we'll have that
liquid precip as opposed to snowfall,
because we are above freezing right now,
low and mid 40s across the board.
Yes, it's cold out there,
but not in that range that we can transition.
Over to snowfall,
but we do have that potential.
For those of you in the mountains right now,
Boone is at 37.
Also overnight we have some
alerts to share with you.
Notice we have a wind
chill advisory in effect,
this is going to be for most areas
due to the dangerously cold air
that's coming in for tomorrow.
So we want to make sure you
have those extra layers,
want to make sure you wear those gloves,
the hat as well the scarves for tomorrow.
You want to limit your exposure
to this type of cold air.
And also notice we have a wind
chill warning because the deep
freeze is imminent for the mountains
by 3:00 AM tomorrow morning.
Along with that,
we'll once again have a high
wind warning in effect.
That's a lot to take in.
Just know it's going to be very
windy tomorrow and that wind
coupled with the cold air is going
to make it dangerously cold.
I cannot stress that enough.
Notice the numbers right here.
You can see 30 to 50 mile per
hour wind gusts for the mountains.
It's going to feel more like 26 degrees.
11:00 AM tomorrow and that range
is going to be sustained throughout
the day tomorrow.
So even at 2,
four or five o'clock it is still going
to feel more like it's 25 degrees below 0.
Now Charlotte,
here are the wind chills for you tomorrow.
The forecast 25 to 35 plus mile per
hour gusts is going to feel more like
11 degrees by tomorrow afternoon.
Let's jump into your holiday weekend,
Christmas Eve 31 that's your forecast high.
And the night before Christmas,
grab those extra blankets.
Check on some loved ones as well,
making sure they have a reliable heat source,
as we'll have those
temperatures at 15 degrees.
Clear skies headed into your Christmas
Day with a high in the mid to upper 30s,
so above freezing as you look ahead.
Now you've got roof and seven day forecast.
We'll have a sunny but
very cold holiday weekend.
Temperatures will moderate
to early next week.
Jane.
Those flannel pajamas on Sunday
will be very good to wear all day.
Thanks, KJ. There are some buildings
that will be open despite the cold.
Mecklenburg County homeless
shelters are letting more people
in and staying open longer.
Tomorrow through Sunday,
roof aboves Day Services Center will be
open until 4:00 PM for their other services,
men can go to the shelter starting at four.
Women and families can go to
the Salvation Army on Spratt St.
between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM cats
buses will also drive people there
free of charge during the day.