Youre dealing with these gray overcast conditions, and thats just the beginning of it. Snow is on the way. Its falling back to our west. So heres our sat right radar composite over the past few hours weve been watching it move across the western portions of the state. Now, within the past hour or so its really starting fall in central north carolina. Down across the sand hills were seeing some light snow and as temperatures begin to climb well see it turn into more of a wintry mix. And also towards clinton in the northeastern portions. This is gradually going to move into harnett county. Were still dry they time being. 29 in durham ask raleigh right now. 33 in littleton. Our forecast for the afternoon here in the triangle will be at 32, some snow and ice possible at noon, wintry mix continues through 3 00 and considerably dryer by the evening drive home at 6 p. M. This evening. More on the behind this snow coming up in your complete forecast. Whether its snow, ice or storms you can take the latest conditions with you on the go if youve downloaded or brand new news app. A Winter Weather advisory will be in effect for much of the viewing area and the state dot is trying to stay ahead of the storm. They have spent days putting brine down on the roads. Right now parents rush to go area schools to pick up their kids from class. Administrators decided to close campuses at 11 oclock two hours ago ahead of the weather. Reporter good morning. Yeah, know snow here in the town of micro just yet and thats what leaders were hoping for to beat this storm. Weve seen some buses pull out. Weve also to pick up their kids. This call was made around 9 00 this morning though other School Systems decided last night to cancel school. I asked why the decision was made today to dismiss early. She told me leaders continued to monitor the forecast this morning and determined dismissing at this time would allow them to get everyone home safely. Thats a process that takes about two hours to do and since students still came to school today that helps them get in required instructional hours and you all after School Activities also cancelled here in johnston county. Well, in this weather keeping warm is crucial right now but you want to make sure youre keeping safe whether youre on the roads or staying home. For your vehicle check the battery, oil and tire pressure before heading out and firefighters warn you to take precautions with space heaters you have a well stocked survival kit. Duke energy is busy this morning keeping track of potential Power Outages especially with the cold temperatures expected to stretch through this weekend, and its also a time that many customers could see a spike in their power bills and the utility would like to help. They have tips on how to keep your bills low they also have some programs for people having some trouble paying their bills. You can find links on our website wncn. Com. And dont forget you can keep track of any school, day care or business closings online, its wncn. Com. Youll find a tab at the righthand corner of our home page or you can look under the weather tab. Still ahead durham Public Schools weigh in on the immigration debate their message to the government in the wake of a drop in attendance. And investigators taking a deeper look into whats causing problems for thousands of Blue Cross Blue Shield customers. Of you across the state and look continue everyone loves the way dark clothes make them feel. And no one wants that feeling to fade. Thats why theres woolite darks. Its free of harsh ingredients, keeping dark clothes looking like new for 30 washes so your love for dark clothes will never fade. Woolite darks. vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Well, weather conditions pretty calm here but take a live look at whats happening out west in blowing rock neighbors already getting some light snow with temperatures still below 30 degrees. Whether its snow, ice or storms you can take the latest conditions with you on the go once again if you downloaded or app its free for your devices. So make sure you get the that and stay tuned well have another update on your forecast coming up in just about six so stick around. Were following breaking news out of arizona right now. Police responding to a report of a double shooting on a High School Campus in glendale. Word on who was shot or whether an arrest was made. Police say the shots were fired about half an hour ago as a high school and well stay on top of that throughout the morning. The state is planning to take a closer look at whats causing problems for thousands of customers of plus cross blue shield of north carolina. Insurance commissioner spoke to wncn. He says he met with the companys executives this week and heard the problems customers facing may not be resolved for months. Those includes issues with billing and verifying coverage. The department of insurance is launching a formal examination of the company after receiving more than 1 you thousand complaints from customers. Had this particular examination will help us learn about what has happened to prompt those complaints, what caused it, what can be down to re event it from happening again and really it how it happened and by whom. They apologized for the ongoing problems. At the seam time all of this is going on theyre considering getting out of the Affordable Care act in a statement the company writes consistently losing money ultimately puts all of our customers at risk. Were doing everything we can to participate but must evaluate the afford ability of any plans we offer our customers for 2017. It was an accident, thats how a man is describing an airport begun incident that led to his arrest. He was caught taking a gun through security at the airport. Im very embarrassed about it, and it was a complete accident. So other than acknowledging im stupid can we do away with this now . He says he accidentally left it in his briefcase after taking it to a shooting range last weekend. Former nc state professor is now under monitored house arrest until his next court date. Hes charged with 3 counts of embezzlement. For several clubs on campus. University police say he used that role to funnel out thousands of dollars for his own personal use. The school says he resigned one day before he was arrested. Prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of smith. The raleigh man is charged with killing hugginsjones nearly 3 years ago in her apartment in raleigh. Experts return to the stand today. If hes convicted he could face the death penalty. Raleigh Police Looking for another suspect in the murder of a local taxi driver. He was shot mobbed morning at an apartment complex on hodges creek drive. Thursday friends and coworkers honored the 55year old with a long line of taxi during a funeral processing. Currently two men charged with his murder. Fayetteville Police Searching for a man linked to a homicide investigation. Boyd faces murder and robbery charges. They believe he shot they found the mans body tuesday morning. A clear message from durham Public Schools to the government. Leave our students alone. This all comes after a man was arrested january 28th in an immigration reed. He was on his way to Riverside High School at the time. His sister says her brother entered the country illegally in 2014 and now awaits deportation. The board of education passed a resolution calling for the arrests to end. Since then attendance has fallen by 20 . Unc system president elect Margaret Spellings is expected to take some questions from the media today. Yesterday she discussed some of the goals that 12450ed like to accomplish once she takes over the job next month. Im going to get about the campuses in my first hundred days on the job. Those all scheduled. I know that ill be seeing you many of you around these conversations critical to laying a Great Foundation for government. And tonight at 7 youll see her emotional reaction to questions about the recent protests against her hiring and well be out there live. Voters in nevada and South Carolina head to the policy a week from tomorrow to weigh in on the president ial campaign. The candidates ramping up their messages and attacks on each other. For more here is tracie potts from washington. We should level with the American People about what we can do. Every proposal that i have introduced has been paid for. The democrats last debate before South Carolina focused hard on issues and president obama. The criticism that weve heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. Madam secretary, that is a low blow. Trump is taking aim at nearly all the competition including ted cruz latest ad. I just hope you dont believe the crap because its all crap. Okay. Theyre lies. In the deep south theyre focussing on faith. A lot of people ask me, you know, you know, well, shouldnt you separate your faith from politics . And the answer is you better hope that i dont. Frankly its in the hands of the lord as to what happens next. Jeb bush is hoping to energy guys his campaign by bringing in his brother, former president bush on monday. South carolina is in the business of picking president s. Today more rallies in south looking ahead. Donald trump is in florida today. And well see democrats in nevada and colorado. And coming up you dont want to miss this president obama makes an appearance on the ellen show. He taped an interview visit to california. You can watch it right here on wncn. It starts at 4 00. And it might be a good day to stay inside and watch a little television, right. Im a big fan so ill be watching it for sure. Snow expected later today. Some of you already starting to see the snow and with that being said ill started you off with another look at this advisory. Now, in effect through 7 p. M. This evening. We could see some icy spots on roads. Its not going to be a widespread event for us. Were not going to see roads shut down or that kind of nature because were not as expecting as much snow, sleet to fall. But again, this advisory in effect until 7 p. M. Up to a half an inch of snow in some parts and it looks like its getting ready to fall. As we look towards downtown our temperature still below freezing at 29 degrees. You can see its starting to move in. Et cetera its down towards the sand hills and back to our west seeing some very light snow. Key words here light is what were seeing. Were seeing a band of a few flurries right along the virginia border communities and then we look down towards the sand hills seeing some light snow right now were looking at fayetteville spring like off to the east towards portions of sam son county as well. You can see clinton seeing some light snow but south you see extreme southern portions of the county under pink. Thats an indicator that warmer air is starting to move in and of course that will keep any totals really down for you down around the sand hills. So heres your hourly forecast breaking it down for you well be right around freezing at noon today. 2 00 the best chance for any of the weather to fall. Hour our high 35, your drive home could easily be dry, nothing actually falling from the sky, however whats on the roadways really watch the that. Now, a lot of the area roads have been treated just watch out for slick spots back and i do expect us to be dry. Heres what it looks like on our future forecast at noon were still looking at that unsettled weather, thats going to spread northward around the triangle. Now, this is the latest update watch it actually keeps the snow county. So well continue to watch this as it develops this afternoon. 5 p. M. Most of whats falling is right around the 95 corridor ask then its out of this area. By midnight skies clearing and well continue to see the clouds break up as we head towards day break. We know at this time of year clear skies mean very cold temperatures for the neck morning. So ill get to more of that in a moment. Heres again what were expecting from now through 6 p. M. This evening, less than a half an inch of snow generally around this area. Includes harnett county, johnston county, Franklin County up towards the virginia border. Now, the area shade in blue thats where i think well see the highest totals close to an inch in our area but along the coast they could see closer to 2 inches and already seeing that transition my a wintry mix so the totals very small around the sand hills. Your temperatures this morning 29 in durham, roxboro and raleigh at freezing clayton and goishgs 34 in clinton. So our high today in raleigh 35, 34 in durham, close to 39 in fayetteville, fast forward to tonight clearing skies, a low right around 23 degrees and well go ahead and talk about the weekend and how cold it is going to be. I do wanted to talk more about sunday because thats going to be the coldest day for us. Were likely going to start the morning off in the teens. Some of you will stay the at or below freezing as we head into the 2 of some wintry weather arrives early next week. I think that right now could be snow and a mix monday changing into a cold rain on tuesday. 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