WRAL Storm Tracker: Slush on the road, icy conditions forming
ABOVE AN INCH NOW IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
MOST OF THEM ARE RIGHT IN
BETWEEN THAT ONE-3 INCH FRAME
THERE.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH
METEOROLOGIST AIMEE WILMOTH IN
THE WRAL STORM TRACKER.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAS SEEN
THE MOST SNOW TODAY HAS BEEN
FRANKLIN COUNTY AND AMY, IT'S
STILL COMING DOWN NEAR YOU.
WHERE ARE YOU AND HOW MUCH SNOW
HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR?
>> CAT, WE ARE IN DONE IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY BY THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 3 INCHES HERE
IN DONE.
THE INTERESTING THING, WE HAVE
HAD POWER THE WHOLE TIME BUT WE
WERE DRIVING AROUND MOMENTS AGO
WHEN WE NOTICED THAT POWER WAS
GOING ON AND OFF IN A FEW
SPOTS.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU SEE
THE TREES HERE, THE SNOW IS
STARTING TO WEIGH DOWN THE
LIMBS, WE CAN ALSO SEE SNOW
BUILDING UP ON THE POWER LINES
AS WELL.
WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE SOME
POWER FLASHES HERE IN THE CITY
OF DONE . RIGHT NOW THOUGH WE
CURRENTLY HAVE POWER.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE, THE
ROAD TEMPERATURES, JUST A FEW
MOMENTS AGO IT WAS SHOWING 22.
IT'S SHOWING 22.6. THAT MIGHT
BE A LITTLE BIT COLD BUT WE
HAVE SEEN 28-27 EVERY TIME I'VE
GOTTEN THE THERMOMETERS OF THE
ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE
DEFINITELY BELOW FREEZING AT
THIS POINT.
STILL SLUSHY ON THE GROUND FOR
NOW. WE HAVE NOT HAD A HUGE
ISSUE DRIVING AROUND BUT IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS I THINK THIS
IS GOING TO BECOME MORE OF AN
ICE SITUATION. WE REALLY
HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS HERE.