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Elevations above 3500 feet. Larry snow covered secondary roads. Darcel its led to buncombe county schools updating the calendar. Karen wynne joins us. Larry karen, the last day of school has been pushed back, right . Karen larry, it has. Its been pushed back to june 8th. School leaders say it was a tough call to make this morning because originally it looked good. But after transportation workers found widespread black ice, they decided to close school for the day sending out a second notification an hour later and frustrating a few parents. You know, its just that its closed or its not closed...

Dropping to the 30s by 9. Snow beginning to mix in here in asheville. Darcel downed trees and power lines left thousands in Mcdowell County without power. Tammy news 13s karen wynne. Karen it has and for many people cleaning up the damage and getting through the day without power. Around midmorning, repair crews leaving this neighborhood cut off and powerless since 2 30 a. M. Its hard without power. Karen you all have been without it for a long time. Since 2 30 and no way to get out. Boring without tv. Karen michelle bailey, Public Information officer for the mcdowell Public Management team sa...

Darcel another snow day for buncombe county schools leads to calendar. Tammy karen wynne joins us live. Karen, when were the changes announced . Karen confusing morning for some families. The first notification went out just before 6 00 a. M. Buncombe county schools were on a two hour delay. And the primary roads looked pretty good this morning. We decided that dr. Baldwin decided a two hour delay was going to be sufficient. Second notification. Widespread icy roads, black ice and things. As we saw those, we made the decision for safety reasons to close the school. I was out in barnardsville i...

We also have snow showers happening. Its still snowing as another system dives in to the tennessee valley. Light snow in swain and cherokee county. Temperature wise, its already down in teens in some places. Six below in boone. Five in newland. 20s in the upstate. It gets colder from here on out. The wind may relax a little bit but the temperatures are all of these counties. Thats almost everyone in Western North carolina above 3500 feet. You have a chance for getting dangerously cold. 15 degrees by morning. The air temperature in ashevillement. 30 by the lunch hour. Upstate, youll start out i...

Farther south out of the woods, too, rain all over the upstate. Snow still falling north of jackson county. The radar not picking up all of the snow flakes. Most of it is concentrated over swain. Rain again in the southern valleys. Black mountains getting snow popping up. Other than that, it should be pretty quiet elsewhere tonight. Temperatures right around freezing by day break in any cases if not below. Black ice issues in the morning. Back in to sunshine. I think little, very little if any accumulation in asheville. Ill talk about bigger changes, which includes a nice warm up. Stick around...