Cold temperature we saw yesterday, today, and tonight. It could stick quickly. Notice the winds blowing over downtown roxboro right now. It is cold but feels even colder. Temperatures are in the mid 30s. 35 in raleigh. 31 in south hill. 32 in roxboro. And 37 in fayetteville. But most of us are feeling more like mid 20s because of the wind chill. Temperatures just stay cold. Our Winter Weather issues will come really in three parts over the next few days. Number one, tomorrow. Wintery precipitation. Number two, the brutally cold temperatures that were going to see for the weekend. Number three, a system that comes in on monday. 22. Our normal low temperatures are in the mid and even upper 30s in some spots. Saturday morning, 15. Dangerously cold. And monday morning it starts off cold as well. In terms of how much precipitation we may see tomorrow, snowwise our southern just see about a trace, maybe up to a half an inch from raleigh northward and on to the north and east, a half an inch
Travion smith, but we may hear some of that accidents coming from the forensic analyst that takes the stand this morning. Track a stolen laptop from the apartment complex to a ultimately led to the arrest of three people in this case. One has already pled guilty and is serving a life sentence, the other testified earlier this week against Travion Smith. She has yet to be sentenced in thisase. Testimony will start at 9 30. We will air it on r website, tara lynn with the latest on the Travion Smith trial, thank you very much. Down parts of glenwood avenue in the fivepoint area. A car crashed into a home on white oak road knocking down a utility pole. The home was not damaged, the driver not seriously hurt. The drive for suspected of dwi. 40 at involved a state trooper. This happened on davis drive in Durham County at 7 00 last night. The Highway Patrol tells us a tractortrailer attempted to change lanes to safely pass a patrol car that was stopped to investigate an accident. The truck ac
Further to the north and west with some question marks that well talk about. The temperatures are generally above freezing. Weve got 34 at henderson and lewisburg. 37 at the station in raleigh and also in durham. 36 about republican. As we move to the south were looking at generally upper 30s. 36 for clinton. About 37 at fayetteville. Of course if we get some precipitation over those areas thats coming down hard enough for a little while. It mayrive those down a couple degrees here and there. Heres the wider look. You can see clouds extending back into Western North carolina. But most of the precipitation will be over the eastern third of the state or so as low pressure passes back to our south and east. A small chance of a wintry mix. Mainly rain and perhaps some snow mixed in as well. By lunchtime were about 39. Still could have that wintry mix in the area. The chances increase as you go raleigh. And then as we head into the afternoon, a lot of it starts to costal plain. Cloudy skies
Predictor area did we start off drive. During the morning hours, but by 11 00 if not sooner, we will see snow developing. There is a wintry mix of snow, sleet, maybe freezing rain. Western parts of the triangle may see little or nothing the further east you are at this point looks to be the best that. Roxboro, burlington, chapel hill, he you will get very little if anything out of this. Been a quick hitter, it is out of here mid to late afternoon. Into saturday. How much to expect . Not going to be a major winter storm, but what does fall could accumulate, especially on untreated roadways. Nash county, edgecomb county, maybe a quarter of an inch on the line. Nothing. Down to the sandhills, you see sleet and freezing rain with very little accumulation. Not a major winter storm, no accumulation. Maybe some slick spots. Sampson county, lumberton to the east, to the west, not under an advisory. But right now, the impacts look to be especially to the east. We will have a look at that next s
Another local Police Department is investigating whether one of the suspect is linked to the assault of another cabdriver. Today, candles and flowers were outside the apartment of the taxi driver, jose dominguez. I knew him for three or four years. I always wish to him when he was going by. Person. He was a driver on duty when he was gunned down and killed at early monday morning. Fellow employees say he was and was being robbed. Police are still not commenting on the motive. To be will have been charged in connection to the murder. The latest is Conrad Patterson. And major coral edwards jr. Now, theyre looking at whether edwards is connected to an attack on a different tax taxi driver. The taxi driver who filed it does not want his name revealed but he is 90 sure edwards is the person who tried to rob him at gunpoint. They have fingerprints from that assault that could link edwards to the case if he is a culprit. Until all of the suspects from dominguez is murder are called murder are