Tonight, we’ll have a few showers and thunderstorms that will continue for most of the evening. With so much moisture in the air, any storm that develops could produce a quick round of heavy rain. Most areas will stay dry, with the bulk of the impacts across the mountains. A low risk of severe storms remains in place.
Our first snowfall in Charlotte arrives this weekend, followed by frigid air.
Winter Storm warnings have been issued for early Saturday with freezing temperatures lasting through Monday.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation held a news conference Friday morning in reference to road preparations for the upcoming winter storm.
We are tracking a winter storm that will bring snow to the Charlotte area by the end of the week. That storm is out West right now and will make a nearly 2,600 mile journey across the country over the next 48 hours. Road crews will be out early Thursday treating local roads.
There is a possibility of winter weather this weekend in the Charlotte area.
It will be a cloudy and damp start to the week.
It ripped shingles off rooftops, siding off homes, and toppled massive trees. Clean-up continues as people assess how their homes, churches and businesses were damaged.
Police officers and firefighters in eastern North Carolina cruised low-lying areas and shouted a simple message from bullhorns: Get out before the floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew arrive.
