Fayetteville seeing some snow, little accumulation

WRAL's Gilbert Baez was in Fayetteville where it is snowing some but not like in areas north of the city. Schools there remain on a two-hour delay for Friday but that could change.
Posted 2/21/2020, 2:26:07 AM

SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING.

>>> LET'S SHOW YOU THE MAP.

THE LATEST SCHOOL SYSTEM AND

EVERY COUNTY IN RED HAVE

CANCELED CLASSES.

ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE OUT

OF CLASS.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE

DELAYING TWO HOURS AND YOU CAN

SEE THE OTHER BLUE COUNTIES

ALSO DELAYED A COUPLE OF HOURS.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE CLOSINGS

ON jshu.net.

>>> IN THE MEANTIME, TO THE

SOUTH OF US AS MIKE MENTIONED A

MOMENT AGO, IT IS SNOWING AND

SOME AREAS VERY HEAVILY.

EARLIER YOU DID NOT HAVE MUCH

IN THE WAY OF'S SNOW BUT THAT

HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST OUR OR

HOUR AND A HALF.

>> Reporter: THE THING IS IT IS

NOT ACCUMULATING ON THE GROUND.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CONCRETE

SIDEWALK DOES NOT HAVE MUCH

ACCUMULATION.

WE HAVE BEEN RIDING AROUND AND

THERE IS NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION.

PAY ATTENTION TO ANY ICE

ACCUMULATION ON THE TREAT THEM

AND THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO

START TO CHANGE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS GOING TO

BE SOME ACCUMULATION IF THAT

HAPPENS.

WE TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR

POWER OUTAGES BUT WE HAVE NOT

HEARD ABOUT THAT.

SNOW IS ACCUMULATING ON THE

CARS SITTING AROUND.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE ACCUMULATION

BUT THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS

WARM FOR IT TO STICK AND MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF WHAT IT

LOOKS LIKE.

THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE

OVERNIGHT.

SOME OF THIS MAY MELT DOWN OR

ACCUMULATED AND THE

TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AND

TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL HAVE

ISSUES.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS DECIDED

TO DELAY THE SCHOOL OPENING FOR

A COUPLE OF HOURS.

THEY MAY CHANGE THAT BECAUSE

THE PROBLEM IS THE SECONDARY

ROADS THAT THE SCHOOL BUSES

WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN.

WE WILL KEEP MONITORING WHAT IS

HAPPENING WITH CUMBERLAND

COUNTY SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THEY

MAKE IT CHANGE BUT RIGHT NOW

THERE IS A TWO HOUR DELAY AND

WE WILL MONITOR IT.

THERE IS NO SNOWBALL WEATHER.

WE ARE OKAY.

>> I NOTICED FROM EARLIER YOU

HAVE DONE THAT.

>> MY GRANDSON SAID POP UP,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?