Accumulating there already. Between five and six inches in places. That is factoring in the snowfall we have received. The Higher Elevations because the temperatures are too cold. We saw highway 23 towards sams gap. Dot crews are out, Madison County is on a two hour delay. They changed that decision and instead ended up closing up for the day. I checked in with a coowner and he tells me they have 16 inches of snowfall and that is on top of the base layer they already have. 16 inches coming this past week at the wolf laurel ski resort. Well show you a different area coming down in the Higher Elevations. Schools open at 9 30. Continuing live team coverage. There has been a flurry of snow days all of a sudden. Yes. As of today, they have had seven snow days. They made one of those up with a saturday session. It is enough to let schools out at 9 30 this morning. Thats because families live roughly anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 feet at accumulations range from a dusting at lower elevations.
So, we will talk more about it if there will be snow, freezing rain, sleet and the timeline of this coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes. Holly we are starting to see signs of the approaching wintry mix in the northern scanties. Jay Lauren Brigman continues Live Team Coverage from Madison County and, lauren, light flurries are showing up in the wolf laurel area now . Lauren yes, some very light snow flurries. We have started to see those just within the last 30 minutes. They are starting to pick up a little bit. I checked in with dispatcher, too, in the northern mountain counties like mitchell and yancey, just within the past 15 minutes, they are starting to see flurries in the burnsville area of Yancey County. So, folks there will begin to see wintry weather moving in. Mitchell county told me they heart the dot trucks running through the night there as well because they have had issues with icy roads in the area as well. Thats why you see the dot crews standing ready to go.
Some places across the mars hill wolf laurel areas. But, it looks very wet. That means black ice is going to be a big concern for your morning drive, especially here in Madison County. Parking lots though, looking a lot like this. They have seen a lot of the snow and sleet combining overnight, about an inch to 2 in places on the ground here in wolf laurel. But, as people begin to drive on this and it packs down that snow and really makes for some slick conditions on roadways here as well. So, not only do you have snow covering coating the roads in some spots you are going to have the black ice you need to be prepared for this morning. The wind chill though, definitely bitter cold out here. Its about 28 degrees here in wolf laurel. So we have noticed the temperature change as you reach those Higher Elevations as well. Were getting a break in the snow flurries right now, but definitely bundle up the kids this everything no. Of course schools are on a 3 hour delay here, so hopefully the s
3 dot crews in Madison County are working to stay ahead of the approaching Winter Weather. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from a dot salt barn in wolf laurel. Lauren, crews say some roads are still icy in spots . 3 there are no reports of slick conditions in the mountains. Use caution on your bridges, overpasses and secondary roads throughout the morning commute. Otherwise the morning commute is off to a quiet start. Heres your i40 commute from the haywoodbuncombe county line into town. I26 westbound is looking good so far. Its about a ten minute ride from airport road to i40. Im Jaclyn Deaugustino 3 3 3 3 we new details in a suspicious death case that is now a murder investigation. 29yearold james norton is charged with firstdegree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. The body of 62yearold Christina Kessinger was found friday afternoon along central avenue. Sheriffs deputies in Madison County located kessingers vehicle saturday morning and took norton into custody. He without
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