Around . What do drivers do to make the vdot crews job a little bit easier. Were having trouble with jason jasons audio. Well get back with him later in the newscast. The Winter Wonderland has returned to our area. Roads are covered with snow and snow is still falling out there. Wdbj7 Garrett Turner is out on the roads for us this morning. Good morning, garrett, how is it looking out there . Good morning, kim. So far it looks pretty good. Going north on to 20. Good news is plows have taken it down to pavement. Not here but a little bit south of us where we were right now. Not a lot of people on the roads i think the great thing about this kind of snow is it gives you a little traction if you have to get to work. So it is not as slick as it is going to be later today with the rain. But so far the roads are looking good and people are staying off of them. We plan to travel throughout roanoke today and so far we had not seen any stalled cars on the side of the road which is also great news. Everyone stay safe so far. This is kind of what it looks like here going north on to 20. Well keep you updated throughout the show. Back to you. And we have shayne in roanoke. Hi, garrett, were down in and last time we had this and this is actually nice. Coming down at a decent pace. Not that snow we saw last time when we were north further. Out on the roads we have seen plows here and mild so far. And keeping the plows ready to go. The roads do have a nice layer of snow but theyre passible so take it slow. Make sure you have traction and also you want to shovel that is not the right kind of snow shovel to use but we did clear it out. The snow stay white and powder and leave the snow out of the way. Not a heavy snow shouldnt be too hard to shovel. That is pretty. As you said kind of why didnt take much to clear off my car this morning. That is a good thing. A lot of people have not gotten out and about yet. Lets turn to meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner talking about 4 46 inches on the ground so forth. We get more as we head through the morning. Some of the snow heavy at times times. What is with the shovel digging holes in the parking lot . That is a light fluffy snow. You can push it easily off the driveway and roadway. But winter storm warnings continue until noon tomorrow. We have snow to go through. Accumulateing snow to go through and sleet. Maybe some pockets of freezing rain before transitions to plain old rain as we head through the overnight hours. Look at this. This is why the snow is light and fluffy. Usually snow 10 to 1inch of rain and you go 10 inches of snow. This is a 20 to 1 ratio. If you get 1 inch of rain you get 20 inches of snow. Not going to get that much. Showing you how light and fluff fluffy it is. Temperatures slowly warm as we head through the day. Look at the thin line of snow across our region up to parts pocahontas not seeing much snow but some seeing snow falling heavily and more rain back towards central tennessee and kentucky. You see the darker blues and we find moderate to heavy rain fall. Keep that in mind as you head out and about. This is not going to be an all day snow event. We have things going on in the atmosphere. Turning things over to Lindsey Anderson to talk about is what taking place in the higher levels of the atmosphere. Yes. Above our heads warmer air will begin to move in. When it does that, the snow will begin to transition to sleet and then freezing rain and then plain old rain. Lets time this out for you. 6 00 a. M. On monday showing all the snow. Hitting our area. As we go on through the next several hours you notice the warmer air above our heads moving into south side. Martinsville and danville see snow to sleet. Around 11 00 a. M. And noon. By 1 00 p. M. That warmer air lynchburg, roanoke and blacksburg continue to see the transition and that moves north putting an toned some of the snowfall accumulations towards the highlands and the valley. You notice warmer temperatures it is about 32 degrees. Then throughout monday evening into monday night we begin to see some pockets of freezing rain and then plain old rain to end the event through Tuesday Morning, leo. That is how were going to get the mixed bag of precipitation. Right now getting the snowfall snowfalling heavily and then the wintry mix takes over. You have the sweet pellets mixing and then transition to plain sleet. Pockets of freezing rain before we transition to all rain. Later tonight temperatures drop off a little built but then over night start to warm up as we get the southerly flow kick n see the snow and then the pockets of sleet. Even though it shuts down from time to time and rain builds in overnight tuesday into Tuesday Morning and then ending a brief shout some of snow in the mountains of west virginia. Some cold air swing through. And brief period of some snow showers to the mountain. Again up in the mountains were going to maybe 6 to 10 plus inches across the i81 corridor corridor. Around 48 and some areas seen that 46inch range and we may end up in the higher end of that range. Down towards the south side 24 as they switch over quicker. Snow early in the afternoon mix temperatures topping out pretty much in the low 30s as we head through the afternoon. A slow process warming up. For tonight wintry mix to rain as you head through the overnight hours. Temperatures dropping back down into the 20 to near 30. That is early evening hours. Overnight you start to see the numbers begin to warm up and your first alert wdbj7 wdbj7, seven day planners. Winter impact today and tomorrow because of the winter storm. Look at the high by tuesday afternoon. Back up to around 47 degrees. More sunshine wednesday, thursday and friday. Were talking aboutics 68 to 68 to 10 inches into today and tonight and weekend we close in on 60 degrees for many locations. Just if you dont like the snow think about the weekend and warmer weather beginning to head our way. From winter to spring in a few days. Just be patient until then. Well were tim is out looking at the road situation. Tim, what are things like out there . Good morning, kimberly. Im on wards road also known as route 29. I dont know if you can hear that faint beeping sound. That is a sound of a Virginia Department transportation snowplow that went by. I saw three of them heading north on route 29 towards lynch lynchburg. They have gone over this rode several times. Main roads like this is the case with most snowstorms. Theyre looking good at this point. Pretty good given the conditions. Keep in mind we have a little bit of snow and ice on the road even after it is plowed. But compared to other roads it is looking a lot better. That lead into neighborhood i drove one this morning as i was heading out here. That also has been plowed at least once. But i did an official or unofficial measurement i guess you could say here before i headed out and i found we have about 4 inches of snow on the ground. Still quite a bit of snow and most neighborhoods have not been plowed so it may be a little difficult for people to get out if they have. I notice some businesses and a lot of schools are closed for the day kimberly. President s day a lot of businesses are closed for that reason as well. That is a stay indoors if you can. Thank you, tim. We keep an eye on the Road Conditions and other countyies first traffic report is next. 5 12. Snow covered roads are across the area. Slick Road Conditions as seen on the radar. Snow continues to punch n look Far Southwest virginia. Starting to see a little sleep punch in but other area finding snowfall. Were going to send things outside. Finding lin. Lin, how much snow are people recording . Four to 6 inches on the ground. Outside of the Hometown News leader reported 4 inches as soon as we came to work this morning. Additional half inch out here by this time. Closer to 5 inches. Now, across the area places like salem reporting over 5 inches of snow. And gilet or new port in giles county looking closer to 5 inches as well. Amounts and martinsville and danville and the valley 6 inches as well. Continue to monitor as we head certainly very pretty out here. I 13 as you know snow and ice are causing issues all over over. The highways and main roads are covered in a layer of snow and ice. Some locations have deep pockets of snow. Reporting just over a dozen weather related crashes already. I81i81 is blocked and crews are working to clear that tractortrailer. There is another tractortrailer accident on interstate 77 now blocking one northbound lane near the gap exit. Crews are working 12 hour shifts to clear the snow. The Virginia Department of transportation are trying to make the all roads passible by wednesday. Dont drive unless you absolutely have to. Also dealing with a lot of snow is new river valley. Roads there are covered with snow despite plows best efforts. Wdbj7 is live in blacksburg. What does it look like there . The snow has been falling since yesterday afternoon and it is certainly building up. I just checked a minute ago and im measuring just under 6 inches. By now it could be over 6 inches of snow right where im standing. The plows have been out trying to clear the road. These big flakes are just coming down too fast. As you mentioned the state police told us earlier this morning they responded to 16 crashes overnight in a 14 county area. Officers are adviseing drivers not to be on the road unless you have to. In that case be sure to bring a chargeed cell phone and warm clothes in case an emergency happens. Plow, doing the best with major roads and highways but minor and other roads are still covered. Blacksburg transit announceed no Morning Service here or in christiansburg and reevaluate today whether there is afternoon service. Group that dont need to use the buses is Virginia Tech students. They have canceled all classes today and tonight. For all of your school closing. Live in blacksburg, eamon omeara, wdbj7. Thank you, eamon. People brave the cold to send a message and why they say this are. Snow continues to fly across the area. Some of that snow falling heavily at time. A very fine fluffy snow but still were seeing it add up. Starting to see a mix towards southwest virginia, eastern parts of tennessee. See that warmer air given to nose its way to the northeast. For our area it will take its time getting here but just showing you that warm air is not that far away. A little closer and we had the deeper colors. That is where we find moderate to heavy snow on average so far about four to 6 inches as we head further to the north were finding amounts Natural Bridge reporting about up towards the parts of the highland pocahontas not seeing that much snow take place as of yet. ButVirginia Tech ed in snow. 4 to 6. 17 degrees. A very light breeze so we dont have to worry about a brutal wind chill. Visibility down because of the snow falling heavily at time. Today snow likely through the morning and by the afternoon we see that switch over to sleet. Wintry mix continues through the an. May transition to plain old rain as we head through the overnight hours. Look at the forecast model. Snow now heavy at time. Start to get that mix. You notice we also see insome breaks from time to time. See that snowing and sleeting tomorrow and we get the breaks from time to time and plain old rain shower moves through. Some of that rain could fall heavily at time. A quick clipper into tuesday and wednesday and bring a brief shot of snow to the mountains of west virginia. 6 to 10 along the i81 corridor and 4 to 8 further north you go lower end as you head through the Roanoke Valley and you see four, five, 6 inches of snow on the ground. Today snow early afternoon mix. Temperatures around 30, 31. That is a slow process getting there. Overnight drop a little bit but warm back up tomorrow morning. Talking upper 20 to low 30s. Seven day planner impact days today and tomorrow for wintry weather and see more sunshine rest of the week and warm up to to 60 by the weekend. Things are so far away. I know. If you love the snow watch out the window. It is pretty out there. A botetourt protesters brave the cold weather to speak out at the green field plantation. Wdbj7 has been keeping you up updated on the countys plan to move the building this week. Demonstrators say theyre taking a stand against the eraseer of local history. These are citizens of Botetourt County that represent all of the citizens of movement of these quarters on the hill that have been here for over 200 years and represent history and heritage to the botetourt people. City plans to move the slave industrial building. It was a historic weekend at some that snow continues to fall across the area. Watch out for slick Road Conditions. It is very dry snow. Once it is packed down you can have problems heading out so far about 3 36 inches of snow on the ground. See an additional 24 plus spots as we head through monday morning hour. Then it starts to change to that sleet even some freezing rain mix as you head towards the lunch hour. Late tonight, early tomorrow everyone can start to see mainly rain. Some rain could fall heavily at times but you might get breaks. If you get a break dont think moisture builds in. If you dont have to get out stay at home. Daytona 500 where history was made on sunday. Plus the Virginia Tech womens one slip away. Good morning, im karen with your look at sports. Qualifying for the daytona 500 is in the books, daytona speedway sunday here is travis wells more from the track. Partly cloudy skies 43 drivers took aim at a spot for next weekend. 58 Great American real estate. Including champions and pole winners seeking a picture perfect run including two rookie that had star power. Chase elliott and brainy was quickest in round one, seven in round two with 179. 46 Miles Per Hour assuring the Wood Brothers we had speed in our motor craft. I think we run a great race like we do on all the super speedways. Nice to be back in the swing of things here in daytona. Really cool to be a part of this. Really take this all n this is a cool event and glad to be a part. Elliott was compressive advancing round two doing the same 24 ride that jeff gordon won the pole with a year ago. Blistered the speedway and 296. 31 Miles Per Hour to claim the pole. At the age of 20 hes the youngest pole sitter in 500 history. Following in his famous father fathers foot stems. Bill elliott still holds the daytona track record. Have not gotten used to the fact that were here being in the daytona 500 let alone the poles. The daytona 500 qualifying days so much about the teams and what they put in through the offseason to massage on the collars find a little bit of so hard to get today and the single car qualifying efforts so this is a special day. My first daytona 500. Im excited to be a part of it. Dale earnhardt junior made a run and he was quickest in the first round but the toyota edge edged out the 88 for the outside of row one. Elliott becomes the 6th rookie to start the daytona 500 pole. The rest of the field behind the top two starters are set according to thursday qualifying races. Two other quick notes. The cardsother cars failed post qualifying and they start in the back among others that failed to make a run. Travis well, wdbj7 wdbj7. Thank you, travis. Some basketball. The very tech women had a rough stretch. They began the year with 131 record. Since then they have gone 29 in the last 11 games. Trying to break the pattern. The threepointer and she gets the foul. That is a fourpoint play for her. Domenic powell showing off range. A long two for her. Hokeys lead by four. Transition in the second quarter. They won by eight going 27 to 27 to 20. She has been finding her groove groove. The hokeys maintain the lead until a run late. Come back to win 5948. In the pga roanoke vaughn tailor won at pebble beach picking up his first victory. He has a place in the masters in augusta where he lives that. Is your monday morning look at sports. Wdbj7 has you covered during the latest snowstorm. Monitoring the road situation. It is not just snow. The vdot cruise are dealing with this morning it is the prolonged weather. Challenging good morning. 5 30 on this monday. Thank you for starting your day with us. Im kimberly mcbroom. Road crews are out plowing the snow right now. This time around theyre running into a different type of fight with the winter weather. Vdot says the cold weather is making their job harder. The temperature, in the low 20s and salt and pretreatment dont work as affectively. Vdot did have a small window to pretreat some of the enter states and major roads. Adding a solution with a salt jump start the melting process. Either way they want people to stay home if they can. The pavement temperature, going to be very cold. Any precipitation that we see over the next day or so is going to stick. It could be later in the week before they get around treating the secondary roads. Stay off the roads this morning but if you do have to go to work make sure you allow yourself plenty of time. The roads are packed with snow. Out on the road this morning. Good morning to you, garrett. How is it looking now . Good morning, kim. The roads are slick so again stay home if you can. If you dont have to go to work work. Just stay out. There are a couple of cars on the road. But so far what youre going to be dealing with is the slick road and theyre a little bit slushy and icey. That is having to do with a lot of the pretreatment that has been going on so far. Were heading on 460 west and also orange avenue going into roanoke. Several plows have been out. Theyre trying their best to get the roads maintained but the roads are covered. What were seeing is luckily no cars stalled or no rectangles so far. That is a good thing. We will be going out throughout town or city all morning. We have been down through downtown. Really no cars been out on the roads in that respect. So well check in throughout the morning show. Throughout the morning. Kim, back to you. All right. Get busyier as the hours progress. Thank you for the update garrett. Depending on which hometown you find yourself n you may see more or less snow because of the way the storm is playing out. Wdbj7 shayne dwyer joins us live outside and shayne how are things looking where you are . Good morning, kimberly mcbroom. Things are looking so far so good. Definitely as gated said plows have come through but we have not seen anything and im looking out on orange avenue and cars are able to move but definitely here a nice snow pac