talk about around asheville... with people already wanting to get tickets to its broadway show. 3 3 3 3 we have another early bird gets the win giveaway this morning! we are giving away a one-hour silk peel facial from "derma blue dermatology" valued at 100 dollars. go to facebook dot com slash news 13 to enter. we will announce the winner just before 7 this morning. 3 3 3 wild winter weather. coming up...we take a look at the big swings we have seen in the mountains. 3 3 3 3 living in the mountains, it's known the weather can change in a drastic way, even in a short period of time. and this past winter season has been no exception. shorts and t-shirts were broken out as temperatures approached 70 degrees on christmas. then, not even a month later, snow records were broken on january 22nd with 10-point-six inches measured in asheville. while el nino has been the strongest on record this year, it will come to an end, while climate change is ever evolving. 3 jake: 04:13 "we are warming the world. we are warming here

chatori led asheville with 18-=-helped quarter---------------- as asheville wins 58-48.they are 14-2, and 21-4 overall.unc asheville gets a week off before playing at gardner-webb next tuesday.we have some great men's hoops on my 40 this week.first , wednesday at 9., the resumption of the greatest rivalry in college sports.,duke vs north carolina basketball..blue devils getting hot again, carolina first in the acc.---------- check out saturday at noon.. its the battle for first in the big south--top two teams, number one, unc asheville at number 2 winthrop..that should be a great one.a couple of area players will be on the e west roster for the east-west soccer all star game in july in greensboro.asheville's william jones and reynolds daniel vickers named to play in the prestigious game. no selections for the girls game have been announced yet.. that's our sports this morning . i'm stan pamfilis. have a great wednesday. . 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 3 coming up... this tiny home sells for

areas west of asheville, the high mountain regions. a chance of thunderstorms, likely not going to turn severe. we still keep that threat. tomorrow the, greater chance. the heavy rain. let's take a closer look at that. showing isolated to scattered showers. temperatures staying in the 40's overnight tonight, going to be leaving work late, heading out tomorrow morning, you'll get caught up in heavy rain at times, that's indicated by the areas of yellow and also the orange and the possibility for some of those severe thunderstorms. that means the gusty winds, isolated tornadoes can never be ruled out, we are talking severe weather. lunchtime, seeing a bit of the break and then we see the transition, from rain to snow. mainly west of the asheville area. higher elevations, holding onto that freezing mark. this model wanting to do that through the day on thursday. more than likely once again thursday night, with the lingering precip, we'll see a chance for snow. light accumulations until tonight and tomorrow morning, one to two inches with

heaviest snow to the north and east of asheville. monday morning we're going to see that snow turn over to a wintery mix later on in the morning. in the afternoon it will be a wintery mix changing over to rain. with all of this there's going to be blowing snow, icy road conditions. travel is definitely going to be a challenge. right now cloudy and cold in asheville. 22 degrees. southeast winds at 6. it's not that windy, we have a wind chill of 14. in greenville, cloudy and cold. also to wrap up your valentine's day at 29 degrees. wind chill feeling like 20. i have a couple of future cast models to show you. the first one, the bigger picture. chilly air. this area of high pressure. it certainly has kept us so very cold. of course we have the moisture on the move. during the overnight we'll see that snow move in during the day with this front and temperatures warming up. turning over to a wintery mix. then over to all rain. monday night on in to tuesday morning, we could see periods of heavy rain. then tuesday later in the day, we get

even in asheville patchy fog, 10 is the best victim. now we dropped it down to asheville at 7. and it looks like foggy conditions in anderson as well. >>> looking at the big picture here, slighter across the southeast, the front will stall across the region and give us damp conditions today. and then the chance for some heavy rain and severe storms by the middle of the work week. now, not a ton of rain at 8 a.m. for your morning commute. we have mostly clouds. a few light showers by lunchtime. more widespread by dinnertime. that's 6:00. we will watch overnight. we have covered up with green and then we start to see a breakthrough tomorrow morning. of these showers will come on wednesday. watch i will stop it here. you can see some of the yellow popping up. so flooding a possibility, and severe storms. that will come wednesday late day. >>> how much rain today? it's not showing much at all. less than a half inch at most in our western zones throughout the morning hours. and then we will see more wide spread, especially further south with inches falling across the region through

highs tomorrow are going to be around 41 degrees in asheville. that is going to allow some of that snow to turn over into a rain/snow mix. then we cool down and we have a couple of days of snow, including blowing snow. check out how cold we get. down to 13 degrees on thursday with the windchill it's going to feel colder than that. here is your up state seven day forecast. things shape up though for valentine's day. >> frank: i guess we have black ice issues or potential? >> karen: absolutely. we're talking monday night especially it's going to be very slippery. >> frank: be careful. a hendersonville church effort to help the hungry takes on a football theme. youth group at grace lutheran church collected canned goods and cash as part of the souper they are proud to spend their game day sunday nighting hunger. >> it makes me feel better knowing they are going to have food. instead of thinking nobody is going to have food today. >> frank: last year more than seven hundred cans of food and $1,200 collected. the panthers participation in the superbow

wind is another issue in asheville. making it feel chilly, 10 miles an hour in buncombe. 24 in greenville, spartanburg, anywhere from 15 to 20 miles an hourro far today. 33 in culloway, 40's in forest city. 30's in franklin and weaverville. we'll talk about the snow falling right now. how much more will fall and when we return to the 60's in our extended forecast coming up. >> works up to light snow, madison county had e enough to close schools and it is still coming down. zach joins us now live. crews have been working hard out there.

reporting live in asheville, hope hanselman, news 13. >>evan: a cool event. ready for fat tuesday? >>zack: i was about to say, we are gearing up, we are looking at the parade route.it looks like a very big loop they are doing a lot of fun out there. pretty amazing some of the sculptures hope is hanging around as well. >>evan: a lot of work goes into the floats. >>zack: it will be cold if you head out to the parade. we will see a slight warmup from today, versus tomorrow. we will be back into the 40s and 50s in the upstate. you see that middle line, a when is it going to hit in the seven-day forecast? and when are temperatures going to be falling off dramatically. i will let you know coming up in your skywatch weather after your break. >> >>evan: make sure you are up to date on breaking news and weather in the mountains. get our news 13 wireless text alerts. when things happen we will send it right to your phone. go to wlos.com and sign up, news, traffic, severe weather, school closings, you get what you want. that feeling. you know the o

freezing in asheville right now. still above freezing in morgue, but well below in some location, including forest city. a couple degrees below the freezing mark. 37 into the upstate. and the wind right now has been ranging anywhere from 15-30 miles per hour. it's making it feel very cold outside and the wind blows difficult to drive. 16 miles per hour for the wind and 8 in greer. so, this is the feels like temperature. why you want the wear the hat, glove, and of course the winter coat this morning. 21 degrees is the wind chill in the asheville area. >>> looking at the big picture, once again that snow beginning flow here. high pressure will build in, still chilly conditions expected to day and tomorrow, then we see much better conditions for sunday, a return to the 60s. snapshot at 8:00 this morning showing a few slight show showers remaining. really, it's all wrapping up very quickly now. lunchtime, showing some sunshine, but still cool in the 0s, upper 30s, and then low 40s by late day. and tonight, once again dr

asheville 42... burnsville 44... highs tomorrow even with the rain, they are going to rebound into the 60s. 64 asheville. we also see how we cool down for the middle of the week. a slight chance of a storm on wednesday and maybe a few flurries mixing in on thursday morning before we dry out later and here is a look at your up >>>after this week, unc asheville has only two games left in the regular season for men east basketball. today a battle between the bulldogs and the eagles. both entered the day tied for first place in the big south conference standings. the fourth quarter and less than a minute to play. the bulldogs down 79-74. they did erase some of that sutton buries the triple as the bulldogs cut the lead 79-77. with ten seconds left, thomas gets the rebound off the missed free throw. he runs the floor and finds kevin. asheville cuts the lead 81-80. sutton steals the inbound pass, loses his footing and turns it over. winthrop takes over first place beating asheville by one point. 81-80. when you talk about d

and unc asheville is one of three teams tied for first. stan tells us if the tie bull >> stan: there's now a three-way tie for first in the big south men's basketball race heading in to saturday's final games. right now high point owns the tie breaker. winthrop second and asheville third. high point at presbyterian. unc asheville can finish anywhere from first to fourth. get a first round by next week in the tourney. dogs lead early and often. they go down here. the baseline jumper is good. he had 17 to lead the bulldogs. they win it 73-56. all the games huge now. so this win was sweet. >> we're so close with each other and the conference standings that a win or a loss propels you to the top or can drop you several places as well. they're all important. >> stan: regular season finale right after the women's game which starts at two. they're playing campbell. now it will be coastal's last >>> western north carolina got a big win. bret harrelson playing with a bad knee. western leads most of the way. wofford came back. took a four point lead

but it's a lot of rain, folks. 100% chance of rain tomorrow in asheville. really it's all or nothing tomorrow for us. and i think there's going to be plenty of rain for the entire region. same thing in the mountains starting tonight lasting through at least tomorrow. there is rain, very likely. 100% chance of you getting showers. sunshine and mild temperatures have been replaced by a lot of clouds and eventually a lot of rain. fog now at the airport in asheville. 50 degrees. this is unca. south wind at 8. that's usually a good sign that you're going to have warmer temperatures. yes, it's been milder than average but we just can't enjoy it. when you step outside, not very nice. north west wind at 18. that's miserable. 100% humidity. the fog is locked in there with a wind chill of 45 degrees. damp chill down there. not very good. here's the big contrast. there's cold air getting pushed down from high pressure north. and warm air trying to get nudged up here from the tennessee valley. that's winning out now farther west. but the cold air is not budging just ye

close to it here in asheville. right now we are focused on really nothing at this point in the asheville area. but we're focused on this farther to the northwest, in the midwest. this is an upper level system riding the jet stream right in that's going to bring a light snow fall from des moines and down through paducka, kentucky. freezing in asheville, 35. 20s in boone. look at the wind chills. it's teens for wind chills in newland. we're down to 25 for a feels like temperature because we just cannot get rid of the wind. temperatures will go from freezing to below freezing by 7. 20s by 9 o'clock. wind chills in the teens. i'll show you the next wind chill not tomorrow but monday, too. >> larry: scott turner was last seen in canton where he works. his truck was found in oconnee county. the search has been near the

in the mack, north buncombe at asheville. asheville beat them earlier. a cougar win wraps up the mack. mcdowell at enka, pisgah at brevard still scheduled to play. huge game in women's hoops in the big south saturday. liberty at unc asheville. first place all by themselves. it's the biggest game for the asheville women in years. that will be the subject of our game changer on thursday. for asheville, big news as well. and unc asheville men on national television thursday. bulldogs host ratford at 9. a game ahead of coastal. radford going 6 and 6 but they beat asheville in their first meeting this year. it's all good news. teams. >> jason: good news if you like snow and you like cold. we've got more of that in the forecast. most of us here would not say yes to that. 30s tomorrow. 40s friday. blast of arctic air for the weekend with snow showers. turn over to news 13 on my40. >>> breaking news tonight in the race for 2016. at this hour, two big names dropping out of the race. and can any republican stop donald trump? his major victory in new hampshire. als

the wind has calmed here in asheville. not the same case down into greer where it is feeling a little bit colder. it feels like 24 degrees. boone. so, this is monday through tuesday, the storm track here and it is indicating, it will be more of a monday/tuesday rather than sunday night, but snow event, then ice further south travel across the region. and then it turns to rain. then, on tuesday, things start to slowly improve. so, we will talk first about this first event today, because we will see some light show showers likely in the northern mountains, and it's rally not going to be a huge event in the valley at all. you can continue to see the same areas that have seen the snow earlier this week, likely going to get hit again through tonight into tomorrow morning. then, things start to wrap up. we will see sunshine for saturday, but it will be cold, very cold saturday night. wind chills below zero at times. then we will see clouds ahead of the next system. so, for this morning, through tomorrow morning, these are snowfa

and the city scape in asheville. it will be up at least through the end of the month. >>> apple getting support. company. >>> you're watching news 13 with tammy watford, frank fraboni, chief meteorologist jason boyer, and on time traffic with jaclyn deaugustino. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: stocks on wall street were mixed today. the dow down 21 ending trading the nasdaq was up 16 and closed at 4504. >> tammy: facebook and twitter are supporting apple in its battle with the fbi. >> frank: apple is refusing to help investigators it break in to the phone of san bernardino shooter syed farook. twitter's ceo tweeted we stand with tim cook and apple. >> tammy: it voted to begin the process of creating new rules that could give consumers the option to not get the boxes from the cable or satellite provider. but they can use their apps to get their cable tv. which could help decrease costs >> frank: proctor and gamble says it will cut another $10 billion in costs. the company has shed more than 20,000 jobs so far. exec

asheville 27... franklin 24 highs tomorrow around 41 in asheville. cooler in burnsville. 43 in forest city. we check out the rest of the that good chance of that rain/snow mix changing to snow tomorrow. that will continue on tuesday. look how cold we're getting. down in the teen, high of only 30 on wednesday. 13 by thursday morning and then staying cool and dry on through valentine's day. here's the look at the seven day up state forecast. the panthers, my lucky blue sweater not so lucky. they didn't come out with the win today but it wasn't due to a lack of support. >> frank: many fans coming out in full force to support their team. they shared photos. this is a shot of the locomotive decked out in panthers gear. >> karen: here's a man showing support from cherokee. >> frank: the congregation came out in full force. we'll be right back >>>carolina panthers came in as favorites to win superbowl 50. but mistake after mistake and overwhelming broncos defense is the difference. manning gets his second superbowl title. early on carolina was in taubl and

acta the weather that is in asheville, bitterly cold. relief workers are working hard to help the homeless. carol: wyff news 4's john lyon spent this evening going out with those trying to provide comfort and shelter for the "overnighters." >> and 4 people were sleeping on the cardboard. john: randy gamble and jerry higgs spent this evening scouring ashville, checking benches and highway underpasses, looking for those with no warm place to stay, >> it's actually a sleeping bag, if you all want to zip it open. john: helping those they could, >> we got a blanket and sleeping bag, so i'm just hoping to god we'll get into somewhere. shouldn't nobody be outside tonight. john: and taking others to the asheville-buncombe community christian ministry shelter. on nights like this, abccm uses two vans, making multiple sweeps around the city, trying to get everybody inside. >> we've seen them freeze to death in abandoned buildings and underpasses. we're committed that no one has to freeze to death. john: the ministry provides meals and a warm place

i think we will indeed escape fog right here in the asheville area. moving forward right now, notice slider composite light showers are possible west of the asheville area. there is a lot more rain coming our way. tell you more about that coming up. >>holly: the wait is over.

in asheville, a dusting to around a quarter of an inch. temperatures in the 30s tonight for the mountains. we see highs only in the 30s for the mountains tomorrow. 50s south over the upstate. and our temperatures will stay cold the next several days below average. we're back in the 60s sunday, monday and tuesday. that will be nice. for you in the upstate, you're also looking at a pretty good from colder 50s to milder >> larry: a man was trapped inside his home after strong winds brought down a tree on his house. it happened in atlanta this morning. a large oak came crashing down as a couple was sleeping. the wife was able to crawl out of the bed but he was pinned. today for a man who saved a six-week old puppy's life. police say two teens shot little brody 18 times and threw a knife at him. but the pup was reunited with the man who saved him. >> for some reason when i walked in, he looked like he knew me. i touched his head and said you're going to be all right little buddy, and he looked up. >> darcel: the puppy has already been adopted.

two inches in asheville at the airport. the date. you saw over an inch in spartanburg and greer with two plus inches in places like franklin, andrews and cashiers. 40s for temperatures now in most mountain locations from the northern end to the southern end of the blue ridge. mid 50s over the upstate. your morning planner starts us out in the 30s. it it will be chilly with that wind blowing, too. 45 for the lunch hour. look for the fog. it will be pretty thick over the upstate. you'll gradually burn that off. 53. wintery weather is in the forecast next week. i'll show you when it gets here. >> darcel: developing tonight, a dog abuse case so severe in anderson county, she was transferred to an animal hospital in flat rock. >> larry: tonight that female boxer is in the care of a rescue in arden. jerrika insco joins us with this very sad story. >> jerrika: she's a stray and was found deaf and behind. >> she is a cute girl. >> jerrika: it was almost instant for heidi wagner. >> i think the minute i laid eyes on her. >> jerrika: a connect

news 13's karen wynne is live at the asheville outlets. it's one of the early voting karen, there are several different kinds of photo id that people can use to show at those voting places. >> karen: right, larry, there sure are. they include driver's license, pas passport. there's still a way you can vote. she says there are many like her living in downtown asheville. >> in the building there's probably 25% or so that use wheel chairs at least part of the time that do not have transportation. >> karen: but buncombe county's director of election services trina parker says if they can get to the polls, there's ways that carol line and others can vote. a declaration that basically states for there's a list of reasons. for whatever reason i have not been able to obtain a photo id. and they will sign that declaration and the workers will provide them with a ballot. >> i think it's a great thing. i mean, i'm in this wheelchair and a good many people that live here are. >> karen: parker says the idea is to make voting as easy as possible for as

right now in asheville, dry, cold, clear skies, 34 degrees. at #. asheville. in the up state, more clouds and milder at 41 degrees, light winds out of the north, a windchill of 38 right now. now we're going to take a look at the bigger picture and this future cast shows this area of low pressure off the atlantic coast. this is the one moving moisture across the eastern part of south carolina and north carolina bringing those light snow showers to the triad. we can see that moisture stays to the east of us as we put this into motion. notice the snow showers around raleigh durham tomorrow and over the outer banks. it's this ridge of high pressure that is going to influence us in the mountains. enjoy that sunshine. we are going to end up the weekend warmer than we were today. we do have a cold front on the move and by 6:00 tomorrow it's still well to the west of us. along with it, some rain and snow showers, mainly snow at 6:00 on monday morning. that commute should be quite interesting. as that front moves on through, we'll have the rain/snow mix. once the sun g

not really much in asheville. but some of the blue shaded counties and the higher elevations around burnsville and great smoky mountains national park. up to four inches. not out of the question there. so several inches accumulating in the higher elevations. lows tonight, we've about hit them. around 50 degrees in parts of the upstate. asheville and in franklin and >> larry: a six-week-old puppy is recovering tonight after someone shot it 18 times with a a utility worker told officers puppy. when he later checked on the dog, it was bleeding heavily. there's 18 bbes lodged in the puppy's skin. >> there's no doubt this is one of the worst acts i've ever seen. >> larry: two teenagers were arrested today. a 17 and 14-year-old. vets say the puppy is able to eat and move around. once he's fully recovered, he'll be available for adoption. >> darcel: police hope they will help them track down a man they driver. he was taken 80 miles away about of he managed to get away. he wasn't hurt but says a man and woman made him dri

forecast chances of rain in asheville. it's up to 60% chances tuesday. by far next week, by tuesday, is looking pretty wet. 40% monday. and 70% chance on tuesday. so the big reason why we're going to warm up is an area of high pressure south. that's going to head off the gulf coast and eventually in florida. our wind will begin to shift back to the south and southwest. that's a good thing for the entire east because we're going to warm it up. that warm air is going to shoot all the way east in to the northeast. this cold front right here is going to be a bigger deal for us eventually in to monday. it brings us rain. tuesday, pretty active out ahead of it. wednesday, it gets cold enough that we can see some wintery weather return to the mountains. we'll keep a close eye on it. high clouds tonight on the future cast, locally, you see those clouds erode away. tomorrow, everybody's in sunshine. still a breeze. nothing like today. i think our highest gusts will reach about 20 in asheville. saturday evening, clear. sunday more southerly and southwesterly. 20s

wind is another issue in asheville. making it feel chilly, 10 miles an hour in buncombe. 24 in greenville, spartanburg, anywhere from 15 to 20 miles an hourro far today. 33 in culloway, 40's in forest city. 30's in franklin and weaverville. we'll talk about the snow falling right now. how much more will fall and when we return to the 60's in our extended forecast coming up. >> works up to light snow, madison county had e enough to close schools and it is still coming down. zach joins us now live. crews have been working hard out there. working all morning long to make sure the roadways are starting to get clear. you can see the interstate behind me and the primary roads are doing well. the preparations, they started overnight. the real reason at first was due to downed trees because of high wind. then came the snow. it is still flying around me. trubs were laying down brian and salt to melt the light dusting. the bigger issue was the temperatures. once they dropped below the freezing point, that turned snow into ice whi

news 13's lauren brigman joins us live from the w-n-c nature center in asheville. lauren, nibbles is getting ready for her big debut later today?3 3 3 3 3 asheville regional airport is set for a major parking upgrade of a five-story garage, right across from the terminal. it will be built where the main lot is located now... and will have 13- hundred spaces. when it is complete, there will be a total of 25-hundred parking spots at the airport. travelers say the option of close-and-covered parking is a welcome convenience. 3 1644 "i think it'll be great, snow off of cars and make it easier to get in and out." 1650 about 300 spaces will be lost during construction, but a nearby employee lot has already been converted to help cover that. work is expected to start in august... with completion in late summer, 20- 17. officials say the cost may be almost 20-million- dollars... paid for with airport funds. 3 3 leaders in haywood county are discussing a moratorium on outdoor shooting ranges. this follows plans for an indoor shooting range in the francis farm community near

temperatures in asheville are 35 degrees. 36 in brevard. cherokee, 27 degrees. 30 in hendersonville. freezing in waynesville. good news is most of us will warm above that freezing mark today. this is the warmer day of the it is hard to believe.

an 86-year-old asheville woman experience.>>reporter: the right to vote is a fundamental part of a democracy. it's what this country was founded on i think we all should. this asheville woman takes her to duty seriously. >> the first time i voted was when dwight eisenhower was running for president. 86-year-old reba bowser more specifically reba m bowser. the m is why we're here. >> a new state law requires her to show a photo id to vote. she moved to north carolina in 2012 and gave up driving. in 1950 when she got married, we would change to middle name. >> monday she came with her son to the west asheville dmv she didn't have a pennsylvania marriage license and the dmv said no. >> she was mad but she can also joke. [laughter] >> except he was taller. >> bows his daughter-in-law heard about what happened a few hours later. i was livid. i was infuriated. so i sat down and wrote the facebook post because that's what you do i guess. she nicely wrote 220 words they quickly reached hundreds of thousands of people including the dmv

news 13's lauren brigman is live outside of the asheville police department.. lauren, when will the department start using body cameras? the asheville police department plans to implement body cameras for 60 officers as early as this summer. with that comes a policy as well. officials with the sheriff's office say this addition is one of the many reasons they chose to organize this event, now. 3 though a policy has been in place since the sheriff's office began using them last year, tonight's forum is a chance to answer questions from the public. one of the questions often asked is "who has access to this footage." officials with the buncombe sheriff's office say the only person who has access to body camera footage is the "lieutenant in the office of internal affairs. authorities say since implementing the cameras, the sheriff's office has seen a drastic decline in complaints. but, two sheriff's deputies were recently terminated following a use of force complaint. in this case, authorities say the review of body camera footage was critical in making that decis

network now takes utto north asheville. does show 26 degrees, so it's a chilly start across western north carolina. we did have reports of light snow and flurries across the region earlier this morning. nothing to speak of now. in fact, it's been so windy, anything that could have fallen likely just floated away. 27 degrees in asheville right now. we stay pretty chilly this morning, and a 0% chance of rain today but the chance will go up for some precipitation next week. so, zero for observed category and now 1.5 inches, a surplus for the year. we picked up, of course, a couple days ago a lot of rain. that's why the french broad at blantyre is still very high. flood warning is out. still, i know it's been pretty lengthy and we will continue through saturday. until we drop below the flood stage. so still minor flooding issues there. newland is cold, 20 degrees. 27 back in the asheville area. 30s further south into the upstate. 28 in franklin. and the wind here in buncombe per hour all morning long. 1 in hendersonville and th

for asheville, more big news there. they're voted 25th in the mid major poll. >>> unca men on television. big south standings. radford only 6 and but they beat asheville in their first meeting. >> larry: all right. we're looking at it getting colder. >> jason: it's going to warm up before it gets colder. 36 by drop off tomorrow afternoon. it will be a cold start. but a milder day overall. layer up. then we get a chance of snow by next week. >> larry: thank you for joining us. remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. "captioning provided by u. >>> and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonighgh sacha baron cohen, zendaya, and music from mana. now, stay focused, here's jimmy

for a nightclub in asheville. >> welcome back. professional surfer fell 40 feet while trying to ride a giant wave in maui. he says it felt like being in a car crash. he said he was actually blinded for a few seconds because of the strong sea spray before falling. the video was record recorded byruno >> how do you survive that? >> the aloha state has been hit by enormous waves because of the el nino.nino. >> can you imagine seeing those size waves, let alone getting out there? >> that is just horrifying to me. >> yeah. you have to hold your breath for how long to come up. there was a ton of water there. >> nervous. nervous about the house. don't know where we'll go. >> a henderson county family loses everything in a house fire this morning. coming up in our next half-hour, what we have learned about the cause. >> police in alabama are looking for a missouri couple suspected in a crime spree across three cities. down. hey, guys, it's annie. now, if you're anything like me, you're always looking for ways to save money, especially whe

it won't be as big of a deal for asheville. just a lot of rain. 48 degrees in asheville. south wind at 8. that normally means some milder weather, which it has. youu are feeling the chill down there. northeast wind at 13 in the upstate. high pressure in canada. we've got that warm front stretching down to the carolinas. that warm area is going to win out, briefly. we could actually see our temperatures warm up towards dawn. once the cold front goes through, not only do we shut the back in. we will get colder as we get through the evening tomorrow. here's the future cast. there's 6 o'clock this evening. just a hit or miss shower possible. watch the rain take over towards midnight. here comes the line of severe thunderstorm potential right here marching along i 75 by day break. morning commute pretty sloppy here. in to the mountains post day break and moves east ward. we'll keee a watch on that and any warnings advisories issued, we'll have them here and online. could see three inches some places south and west. looking for lows very mild tonight. 40s and 50s. how about hig

freezing around day break in asheville. so what snow is flying will likely stick on the north side of the county. temperatures will only get in the 30s tomorrow for many mountain locations. low 50s in the upstate. tomorrow, saturday, 60s by sunday and monday. >> larry: those temperatures really aren't bad. >> jason: especially today. we could have done without the wind, obviously. but the temperature was 60, 64. >> larry: roy williams says he will not be retiring soon. the tar heels coach gives the reason he plans to stay on. next in sports. >>> the biggest problem we're having at this time still is not because they're more dangerous but because they're more concealable. >> darcel: buying a gun in north carolina. investigates how (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. >> stan: roy williams says is not going to step

down to 3 in forest city. 6 in asheville. come down on the interstate, you will want to take it down a notch, of course. please use caution this morning. also a chance for some fog out there. >>> in asheville, very mild outside in the 50s. 60s in the western zones but 40s to the east. 60s further south as well. the wind, this is an issue. we have already had reports of downed trees in haywood county. 12 in asheville right now. 17 down into greenville. and this is, of course, a ahead of the front that's moving towards our region. we will move through and continue to give us this chance for rain at 8 o'clock, showing heavy rain bands in our western zones, through asheville by about 9 to 10 o'clock, lunchtime into the foothills. then we start to see some things calm down, dryer weather expected after dinnertime tonight and clearer skies. it will be cooler as well, a return to the 30s for a lot of locations. >>> how much more rain? this model is pulling in an inch or two across much of western north carolina, but isolated zones c

asheville 57 for the high. many of these highs are going to occur before the middle of the day and then things are going to cool off during the afternoon. next seven days, we see how unsettled we are tomorrow on in to thursday. beyond that, though, things will begin to get pretty. nice and dry. here's your upstate seven day forecast. >> tammy: looking forward to the weekend. >> karen: hang in there. >> darcel: still to come, a unique health trend. giving birth that might so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a month plus get $300 back. [ echoing ] just sayin'. for just $4 you can get an everyday value slam, all you can eat pancakes, our new biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, or the new cookies 'n cream mega sundae. you know, i'm m

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especially in asheville. news 13's hope hanselman is now joining us live from our mobile track unite to give us a look at road conditions. and, hope, how are things looking where you are? >>hope: hey, evan, thank you. yeah, exactly, it with us a bit of a surprise to a lot of folks, which is why we decided to stick were so surprised, really, to see how thick these roads were covered in this white stuff today. >>> we are pulling off of a parking lot because the parking lots are really slick, covered in this snow, pulling onto merriman avenue here. parts of it are looking good. the more we see people traveling by it, the better those roads are looking. but, we will pull over onto hillside up here in front of clackston elementary and look at these side roads. totally covered. these can be really slippery. in fact, we got stuck for a second this morning. we were returning around in the parking lot, turning onto one of the side roads that look just like this when we are waiting for someone to pass by us here. give

asheville boys won the relay. and asheville satorius won the >> jason: a little warmer. it only takes a degree or two and we start to see big changes. freezing rain should change to rain for everyone. by morning, a whole different story. rain is gone. freezing rain is over. sunshine in the afternoon. 47 for the high. 57 by friday. >> larry: look at that weekend. thanks for joining us. remember you can always check us out on wlos.com. >> darcel: and be sure to find jimmy kimmel >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- david spade -- derek hough -- and it's mashup monday with with cleto and the cletones. and now, you've got it -- here's [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thanks for watching. thanks to all of you for coming. very nice. hope you had a good valentine's day yesterday. there's only so much good that can come out of valentine's day. kind of like a blood test in that either nothing happens or the result is something horrible. so last night my wife and i went

the lower 40s in and around asheville. they're actually going to come up during the overnight hour with a warm front moving through. and highs tomorrow, we hit them pretty early in the day. upper 50s, lower 60s before things begin to cool back down. 7 day forecast shows once we get through rather rough wednesday and a cold thursday, things begin to improve as we head towards the weekend. beautiful and sunny on saturday and sunday. although a little on the cool side. here's your upstate seven day forecast. very active tomorrow but then drying out beyond that. >> darcel: warm early part of the day and then temperatures dropping? >> karen: right. we have that warm front coming overnight and then that cool front coming through pretty early in the day. during the afternoon, we'll see our temperatures drop. which is kind of unusual. >> darcel: biologists with the national forest service are asking folks in western north carolina to help save the they're the largest salamanders in the u.s. and they live in colder mountain streams

mid 50s asheville, waynesville. hendersonville upper 50s. 60s possible as you go down in to the southern mountains and we're in to the 60s saturday and sunday. enjoy that. the rain chances go up incrementally those days. 40% sunday. certainly not a wash out. mostly a late day. as we get colder, we start to get closer to that chance of wintery weather again. and that comes on wednesday. something to watch right now, computer models are kind of flipping and flopping back and forth whether there's going to be rain, whether there's going to be snow. temperatures in the weekend in wednesday. what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a

in the highsmith auditorium at 6 p-m, on the campus of u-n-c asheville. it is free and open to the public. 3 the buncombe county sheriff's office implemented body cams last year and currently, 70 sheriff's deputies are outfitted with them. they are also now consididing officers with body cams. though a policy has been in place since the agency began using them, tonight's forum is a chance to answer questions from the public. buncombe county sheriff van duncan, asheville police chief tammy hooper and a local civil rights attorney are among those who will be in attendance. the asheville police department plans to implement body cameras for 60 officers as early as this summer. officials with the sheriff's office say that is one of the many reasons they chose to organize this event, now. 3 00:21;54-00:22;06"the police department has decided on implementing the body cams. we've had people who have had questions, we've had the recent terminations, and it just felt like a good time to have this type of event." you may recall that two sheriff's deputies were rece

the snow will pick up into the evening hours for areas in asheville and north. it will be cold tomorrow, especially in the mountains is the air goes down the mountains. rain showers across the upstate, but as the cold air rushes in, we could see a few flurries late many of the upstate, it will not be a big deal. there goes the coastal low. it will say goodbye to the carolinas. then we turn our attention to the northwest. look at this. by 2:30 tomorrow, our models shows snow in the mountains. rain showers in the upstate. look at all that. it will continue to move through as we go through the evening hours tomorrow. the snow will show up in places like hendersonville, asheville, light stuff and it will be scattered, like the summertime when you get scattered rain showers. not everybody will see it. some of the flurries moving as far south as gainesville, georgia. it will try to move into the upstate headed into the late evening hours. it will maybe -- we will maybe pick up an inch in the upstate, or rather, the asheville-hendersonville area. 1-3 inches north of th

and, of course, it did fall as liquid precipitation in asheville. so pretty good news for us this morning. greenville camera showing 41 degrees and there is a light you can see that the flags in the distance are moving around for us. so, yesterday, with the rain that we picked up, almost an inch surplus for the year. let's talk temperatures, because things are going to improve. 51 is the normal high temperature for this time of year. this is the box to show how cold we have been and how cold. so 34 since midnight, but right now it's 35 in asheville. 35 in forest city. freezing in morganton. newland and boone, so some of these isolated zones hovering around freezing. please use caution. there is still a chance for some slick roadways out there. but, the majority of us looking pretty good today. >>> 38 in greer, 40 in anderson and 43 in greenwood. >>> visibility also an issue especially up towards morganton. we are now below a half mile visibility. three miles in forest city. back here in asheville, some patchy fog cannot be ruled out and we are down

asheville warmer right now. greenville at 38, spartanburg and rutherfordton is the coldest that freezing. we will see it get into the upper 50's in the upstate in the mountains in the upper 40's. the jacket is a good idea this morning. we will talk more about fedor weather for the weekend if you minutes. geoff: right now, south carolina highway patrol's working a number of incidents on the roads. a live look behind us shows our s.c. dot cameras. allyson: we'll have a traffic report in a moment. but first, this note for people in mcdowell county. there is a phone outage right now in the hankins community. officials ask that you call or text 911 for possible emergencies. geoff: meanwhile, authorities say there are a lot of trees that have fallen throughout the county. they do not recommend going out on the roads unless you have to. conditions this morning. one of the concerns this morning is for black ice on the roads. the temperature is above freezing now but you're still advised to be cautious. aly myles has bee

in asheville, by 2:00 p.m., hanging around the low 40's. middle to upper 40's for highs by late afternoon and 40 degrees by dinner time as the sun starts to go down. cool and breezy today but above average in the extended forecast. i think you'll like the seven-day. preview. back over to you. >> happening today, two republican candidates will head the presidential presidential forum. the faith and freedom coalition has partnered with the church to put on the event. tonight. both candidates will be busy campaigning before the event. nor cruz is at a meet and greet going on right now. later today, he'll speak at the preparatory school in spartanburg before 5:00. dr. ben carson held a round table event in columbia. he will tour the greenwood genetic center in greenwood at the latest cnn poll shows donald trump is leading with 32%. cruz is second. >> the democratic primary in south carolina is a week after the republicans. that's why the candidates have turned their focus on south carolina. the democratic primary is february 27. former presiden

slow down, asheville. these are signs you'll see around the city. >> darcel: news 13's hope hanselman is live. hope, local attorneys are heading up this campaign. >> hope: yeah, that's right, darcel. you'll soon se these signs starting next wednesday. they were inspired to do so first because they're parents. and they were concerned. major impact. a stop light just went up there to help pedestrians trying to get to businesses or that bus stop in the area. the effort had been underway long before this tragic accident. but attorneys say it's unfortunate it took that long to see a change. >> it's just one part of merrimon avenue. our office used to be on merrimon avenue across the trader joe's. and we probably heard an accident every week or screeching tires every week. people just go so fast down that road. >> hope: asheville is ranked the most unsafe city in north carolina for pedestrians. that's why he's hoping these signs will make a difference. you'll be able to pick up those signs at local businesses al

news 13's lauren brigman is standing by in asheville. but first let's get right to your current conditions, ingrid? good morning. here is a look at current conditions across the region. your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. coming up, i'll show you our 7-day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 as the rain 3 as the rain continues this morning, it will likely impact your morning commute. news 13's lauren brigman has been driving around asheville to see what the roads are like and joins us live from amboy road. lauren, what have you seen so far? 3 3 3 we are following new developments this morning regarding charlotte's controversial new law that allows transgender people to use the public restroom of their choice. north carolina house leaders now say they plan to take up the issue when the legislature reconvenes in april. state house speaker pro tem paul stam says he and other state lawmakers will use their constitutional power to reverse the law. 3 the new law is called the "non-discrimination ordinance." bath

asheville is better than this. the city, the county and the state need to get together and fix the problem. >> karen: earlier we saw city workers cleaning off the storm drains with pitch forks. we spoke to another woman here in biltmore village, she says yes, live in biltmore village, i'm karen wynne, news 13. >> darcel: thanks, karen. let's switch now to conditions in transylvania county. >> larry: meteorologist zack green joins us in brevard. how are things looking, zack? >> zack: the water has since receded. but it is certainly saturated and it is very soggy in the surrounding area. right now it has actually drawn back. rain this morning. drivers were immediately deterred when coming across the high water. even when they did cross it, debris left over caused hazards. four trees were swept away. >> were you thinking about going through? >> yes. yes. i was thinking of going through. there's no need to risk. >> zack: that's what dot officials are saying as well. earlier they had dropped down a sign saying high wate