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34 at 9 00 p. M. And 33 at 11 00 p. M. This is the preview of coming attractions today. Monday, a serious winter storm and now, meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases will break that down for you. Eric, we have a little bit of a clearer picture on the timing of the snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. Again in the morning this is just snow. And that is because from the ground up to 5,000 feet here we have that cold air that is going to be less than freezing. Just plain snow for everyone. And the hourly time stamp as we go forward in time, we are starting to see more warm air move in. First up aloft and then to the ground. As that warm air steadily creeps in first a couple thousand feet up those melted snowflakes will freeze back into sleet into the ice balls and as more warm air moves in that layer of cold air gets thinner and we have the melted snowflakes falling as air extends not only a couple thousand feet but down to the ground we ge ....
Youre coming off i85. Looking at independence expressway, volume of traffic here in center city beginning to heat up just a bit. Lets look at the drive times, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 17 minute commute, speeds there in the upper 60s and lake norman southbound at 15 minutes and 65 miles an hour. Looking at the overall charlotte commute, most of our major interstates continuing to run in the green and including 485, 77 and 85. Were seeing slow downs now outbound providence road over toward wt harris, albermarle and heavier now around the arboretum area. That is a check of traffic, john, back to you. John this morning a state of emergency declared in North Carolina as areas recover from this weeks severe weather. Governor pat mccrory says the primary problem right now is the number of Power Outages across the state. Now at th ....
Report is released. We told you yesterday that the state department of the labors report says zip lines should not be regulated. Bonnie bernie died while zip mountains. And her family says they are disappointed about the study. Its just frustrating that to not put a regulation on equipment that is used at a summer camp where children are just there for the thrill and for the fun not as a sport, i think is appalling. And p tuts greater human error potential and it is a risk that does not need to be taken. The decision to regulate zip lines is up to the North Carolina general assembly. The wife of reverend pinckney will speak at duke university. He was shotted and killed in Emanuel Ame Church in june. His wife is there for a forum on the number of dead in a headon train collision in germany has risen to 10. 150 people have been hurt. The rail line is used by commuters who w ....