Sun will take hours to warm, dry roads
TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE.
WE BEGIN THIS COVERAGE WITH
TRAFFIC ANCHOR BRIAN SHRADER.
>>> AROUND THE BRIDGES IS WHERE
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS.
THIS IS U.S. 1 OUT AT TRYON
ROAD.
THE BRIDGE AT TRYON ROAD IS
CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN YOU CAN ACCESS U.S. 1
NORTHBOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT CLOSED BRIDGE FROM TRYON
BACK ON TO U.S. 1. GOING TO
HEAD OUT TO IF DURHAM NOW.
THIS IS 70 AT MIAMI BOULEVARD
ON THE EAST SIDE OF DURHAM.
YOU CAN CAN STILL SEE SLUSH
THERE IN THAT INTERSECTION.
AT THIS POINT WE ARE NOT
GETTING TOO MUCH REPORTS OF
PROBLEMS WITH SURFACE ROADS
BECAUSE OUR GROUND TEMPERATURES
ARE RELATIVELY WARM IN THE MID
40s.
IF WE GET THOSE MID
TEMPERATURES IN THE 20s, NOT
GETTING ANY REPORTS OF THAT
RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE REPORTS WE ARE HEARING
ABOUT IS ON BRIDGES INCLUDING
87 SOUTHBOUND.
HAD A COUPLE OTHER MINOR
CRASHES REPORTED ON 87
SOUTHBOUND THIS MORNING.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF BRIDGES
THERE THROUGH KNIGHT DALE
HEADING THROUGH RALEIGH.
CHAPEL HILL HAVEN'T HEARD TOO
MANY PROBLEMS ABOUT BRIDGES IN
THAT AREA.
CHATHAM COUNTY D.O.T.
TELLING US THE SECONDARY ROADS
ARE PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SNOW
AND ICE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO COUNTY BY
COUNTY THROUGH OUR COVERAGE
LETTING US KNOW WHAT THE D.O.T.
IS TELLING US ABOUT CONDITIONS
IN THOSE AREAS.
THE SUN IS UP, EVEN THOUGH THE
AIR TEMPERATURE IS BELOW
FREEZING, THAT SOLAR RADIATION
IS COMING DOWN AND WILL HELP
WITH SURFACE ROADS.
>> OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT.
WITH THAT SUNSHINE HITTING THAT
DARK PAVEMENT, IT WILL MELT
THAT ICE FAIRLY RAPIDLY.
IT FEELS AWFULLY COLD AS YOU
STEP OUTSIDE.
IT'S 28 IN DURHAM AND RALEIGH.
THE BRIDGES FREEZE SO EASILY.
THE WINDCHILL IS 17 IN DURHAM
AND RALEIGH.
29 IN ROCKY MOUNT AND
GOLDSBOROR AND FEELS LIKE 17 TO
20 IN SOUTH HILL.
AND SO THOSE WINDS THAT ARE
BLOWING OUT THERE ARE ALSO
KNOCKING DOWN SOME LIMBS.
THE WINDS ARE NOT TOO TERRIBLY
GUSTING.
THEY ARE GUSTING 20-25.
THE LIMBS ARE HEAVY WITH SNOW
SO WE ARE STILL SEEING THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE POWER
OUTAGES.
IT LOOKS GORGEOUS OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE TREES
HERE.
ESPECIALLY IN WAKE FOREST.
WINDS AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
THE ROADS ARE STARTING TO DRY
OUT IN PLACES, BUT WHERE IT
LOOKS WET OR WHERE YOU SEE SNOW
ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADS,
OBVIOUSLY IT IS SLIPPERY.
WE DON'T SEE TEMPERATURES
CLIMBING TO ABOVE FREEZING
UNTIL ALMOST LUNCHTIME.
WE CLIMB TO 40 FOR A HIGH THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE SUNSHINE WILL MAKE IT FEEL
BETTER.
IT WILL STAY BREEZY ALL DAY.
WE RETURN TO MUCH NORMAL