region, 47 roxboro, 43 sanford, 46 smithfield and 45 roanoke rapids. looking at the day ahead. 50 now and partly cloudy. by lunchtime 67, lots of sunshine. this afternoon 76 degrees under mostly sunny skies. sunshine today, warmer tomorrow and some rain works in. we will talk about that in the complete forecast but now we have weather and traffic. amber rupinta is off so i will handle the traffic. not much to show you. we have an accident in holly springs right here. looks like they have just about cleaned it up. that is the only accident showing up. we will watch that and have the real-time travel times in a couple of minutes. caitlin: it has been 24 hours

you can see a little bit of the heavier pockets around smithfield and golden statesboro. as we throw this in motion it is tracking east and working its way out of here. but still light rain on the i-95 corridor. a looks a little worse than it it is still pretty heavy between dunn and bentonville but it is close to the radar. heaviest rain in bentonville the next 10 minutes. a look into joined raleigh and temperature is 53 and dew point 51, 93% humidity and winds calm. looking at what is happening across the region, live look into durham and city of medicine is 53, 76% humidity appear northwest wind two. temperatures in the 40's in roxboro. 53 chapel hill. 52 sanford. 57 goldsboro, 59 in fayetteville and 50 in roanoke rapids. we see the rain moving out now and you can see this line back here kind of a well-defined line as the frontal boundary pushes through. that will continue to slide east. if you have driving plans down i-40 or i-95 it will be wet but the triad will be fine. lots of clear air to the west today, tonight and tomorrow. but it will be cold. this morning rain

and chapel hill. 64 sanford. 66 smithfield and fayetteville 67. we will see support clouds through the day. forth a ton of sunshine breaking through. today, tomorrow, plant of clouds. rain stays out to the west. you can see the shower activity unfortunately for the people of louisiana and mississippi. they continue to get pounded by heavy rain today. we will see clouds working through today feel mostly cloudy at lunch and forth a ton of precipitation. by 5:00 to 6:00 you could see an isolated sprinkle. most places dry. somebody gets a sprinkle and again tomorrow. by 1:00 our pod shows a sprinkle around, post places dry. rain arriving. i can sun afternoon we will be wet. rest of today mostly cloudy skies in raleigh, by lunchtime warmest lunch all week, 77 degrees. we will stay another 80. we will see temperatures around 80 from smithfield to holly springs. mostly cloudy, near 80 in the sand hills. tonight back into the 50's for overnight lows. 56 raleigh. 58 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather severely temperatures t

rocky mount and wilson 59. 61 smithfield, 53 sanford. 54 louisburg and roanoke rapids. not seeing any rainfall right now. we have cloud cover and we have humidity left from the rainfall so those spots where it rained you may see patchy fog. look at the dry weather into south carolina, tennessee, this high pressure will slide east an -- and clear skies. as we go through the afternoon clear skies and lots of sunshine across region. clear tonight. tomorrow a weak frontal boundary approaches and it works through and it could trigger a stray shower. i don't think it will be wide spread but embedded in the cloud cover could be a shower wednesday. that presses through and it is cold er colder toward the weekend. the rest of today we will see in raleigh partly sunny skies and warm start. maybe patchy fog. into the afternoon mostly sunny and above average. into the upper 70's. across the area you will see temperatures in the 70'sers 78 holly springs and cary. 77 chapel hill and siler city. 78 durham, 79 smithfield 80 goldsboro and 79 lillington and pinehurst. 81 lumberton. 77 wa

we are in the 50's. 32 right now in roxboro. 10 degrees warmer in chapel hill at 42. 35 sanford, 37 smithfield. 40 goldsboro. 37 wilson. 36 roanoke rapids. a look at the day ahead 41 now and by lunchtime it sis 67 at lunchtime. 70's this afternoon. today the warmest of the next seven. big changes coming. we will have that in the complete forecast in a bit. barbara: tensions are high in southeast raleigh after a raleigh police officer shot a man yesterday who was wanted on drug charges. justice. here are the latest details. the naacp is holding a news conference to address the shooting. meantime raleigh's police chief is asking for prayers an patience. last night dozens gathered for a vigil for the man who was shot, scene near bragg and east streets where a memorial is growing. anthony: you see the memorial here with candles, balloons and a picture of the man shot and scheduled monday and the neighborhood is mostly quiet after that vigil and raleigh. from 6:30 on an outpouring of outrage over the man memorialized. 24-year-old akiel denkins. >> let's not let this death be in vain. anthony: hundr

from across the area today, 84 durham. 84 in cary. 85 smithfield and 83 siler city. tonight the temperatures across the region back into the 50's for overnight lows. 57 sanford, 58 fayetteville and 55 rocky mount. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 70's for highs and the for st. patrick's day it will be nice, 76, a little breezy but dry. if you are heading to any out outdoor st. patrick's day activities tomorrow you should be fine. 68 friday and saturday 58 and first did i of spring it will -- first day of spring rain and in the 50's. colder sunday. barbara: thank you. it is 4:52 and 61 degrees. breaking two the boys club. john: coming up, the triangle commercial barbara: welcome back. john: getting girls to embrace math, science and engineering is girl is showing the girl power in the field. barbara: as anna laurel it took a little encouragement from her mom and outstanding teacher to help her break into the boys club. reporter: this is dr. laura bottomley director of women in engineering. >> also an exp

current numbers, 53 in roxboro, 55 chapel hill. 57 sanford, 61 in smithfield. 61 in fayetteville, 63 goldsboro and 59 in wilson. looking at the day ahead in the by hroeufrplglunchtime and by afternoon near 80. warmer in the sand hills and warmer tomorrow. we will talk about that in the complete forecast in a couple of minutes. john: new this morning, overnight severe storms leave hyped -- behind damage. this home in the south hall subdivision was struck by lightning. flames were shooting from the roof and attic. the two inside made it out. barbara: meantime, strong wind is to blame for knocking down this tree on the durham orange county line. it was blocking traffic on old irwin road until crews cleared it. for a week north carolina voters had to sit on the sidelines while the rest of the nation decided the direction of the presidential race. not any more. barbara: it is one of five states in super tuesday round gloria rodriguez has the latest. gloria: good morning. it will open at 6:30 so it is quiet now but we will see more activity later on in the morning. we will be here and brin

a look at the temperatures across the region and 65 today in cary and durham. 67 smithfield. 64 siler city. 65 holly springs. near 70 in fayetteville. 68 goldsboro, 67 pinehurst. tarboro 67. 65 rocky mount. 60 south hill and 61 roxboro. tonight even though it is clear 40 for overnight lows. 45 fayetteville. 43 southern pines and 30 in roxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures continuing to climb. 76 on wednesday. thursday 79 degrees and clouds increasing. i think we will see showers thursday night into good friday. 68. saturday partly sunny and 65. sunday clouds increasing. at this point most of easter looks dry until late day. do could have showers sunday night into monday and near 70. this is the coldest morning of the tphebgsnext seven. then we are out of the 30's. john: 4:52 and spring break will be here before you know it. barbara: we have the perfect get away. amber will explain the secret of john: why john: welcome back. 4:54. barbara: special tribute to world down syndrome day in raleigh. if you didn't catch this last night here at the

pay roxboro, 51 oxford. 58 cal. 50 sanford, 52 smithfield and 57 fayetteville. this is the satellite and radar composite. we have could you describe but nothing on the radar. showers off the coast of south carolina into georgia. we have the back edge of the clouds working through the mountains of north carolina and we will see the skies carrying through the day. first alert predictor forecast model a little aggressive on taking the cloud cover out. i think we will have them by lunchtime but we will see the mix and into the afternoon it is right on with the clear skies. should be a gorgeous friday evening if you are heading out. 60's, good night to sit on the patio at your favorite restaurant. tomorrow we start with clouds and we will see spotty sourshowers and more numerous tomorrow night into sunday morning. sunday morning you wake up to wet weather. by the afternoon it clears. the surface map shows a stationary front to the south with high pressure working in. tomorrow that low approaches and moves through by sunday and the big high pressure will throw a lot o

a look at radar and you notice rain right now heaviest showers in smithfield and goldsboro sliding east through wayne county. all this lifting east. i think the rain is pretty much done in wake and durham and orange counties and triangle is dry. it is responsibilities south and east seeing showers. temperatures across the region 50 roxboro, 53 chapel hill and r.d.u. 52 sanford. you were at 59 last hour in goldsboro. 57 now. that cooler air will settle in and we will go to the 40's and back up to 51 by lunchtime with breezy conditions. this afternoon mostly sunny and temps in the low 50's. some spots 20 degrees colder than yesterday. we stick in the cool air a couple of days. we will talk about that and the warm-ups to the 70's. but now we have weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: when you are dealing with rain give yourself extra time as the case this morning. we did have an earlier issue on 440 at wade avenue. you can see the pedestrian bridge over wake county. it was 440 and police activity but that has been cleared both corrections now moving well through the beltline there

clinton 59. 50 smithfield. 50 roxboro and 50 oxford. looking at the day ahead, by lunchtime it is 67 and sunshine and some clouds lingering. into the afternoon. mostly sunny and 70's degrees. it is the last day above the average high of 64 and last day for a while. it will be cold and wet it weekend. now we will go to amber rupinta. amber: we have had issue this sis out to r.d.u. on 40. first we look at fayetteville and this is murchison and moving fine. the issue on 40 is eastbound at airport boulevard and there was some police activity that was slowing things down but it looks like everything is back to normal. if you are heading to r.d.u. keep your eyes peeled. you may see a lingering police car on the shoulder. 40 eastbound at airport. it looks like it is zooming along. road weather index no problems with the weather. no rain or fog. also on airport boulevard another accident at garden we look two durham and freeway alston avenue a lot green on the returns. no problems there. pretty quiet around the area. john: breaking news, choppe

one 40 in fayetteville at the airport. 37 smithfield and sanford. 37 chapel hill. 33 oxford. factor in the wind and we have wind chills in the 20's from wilson and rocky mount up to roanoke rapids. feels like it is 30 at r.d.u. and even with the 40-degree temperature winds chill of 33 in fayetteville. satellite and radar composite shows the showers pulling out. we see it drying out and still clouds and sunshine. in the afternoon the sunshine wins out and partly sunny and clear for friday evening. temperatures falling through the 40's. it will be a cool friday evening. tomorrow by lunchtime we are back to 50 degrees. a fast moving system to the north will bring a chance of sprinkles in the overnight. i don't think they will really affect anybody unless you are heading home late saturday night it would be just rain and you wake up sunday morning it is gone and we see skies clearing out on sunday. that low that brought us the showers overnight off the coast by this afternoon. high pressure moving across us will bring blue skies and sunshine into tomorrow. for this morning the ra

. >> smithfield led them on a chase. authorities say he lost control of his vehicle by highway 70 during the police chase. he got out, ran toward the officer, ignored commands to stop. police say he then used a stun gun, the policeman did, on thompson, who later died at the hospital. >>> as you wake up with us on cbs north carolina, the time right now is 5:37. >>> coming up, the man accused of shooting an idaho pastor is now in custody. the details to the arrest near the white house. >> raleigh has a multi-million dollar plan for the state and when it may be finalized right after the break. >>> temperatures are in the 46 if you are waking up around smithfield. 50 right now in clinton. find how the how long this fantastic, warm w at devry university's college of business, we're looking for the go-getters. so if you want to learn what's been business-world tested today, and make an impact tomorrow, devry university's college of business. >>> welcome back. it is now 5:40 on this wednesday morning. current temperature 51 deg

current numbers from across region 53 roxboro, 48 in roanoke rapids, 58 chapel hill. 52 smithfield. 57 fayetteville. 50 sanford, 55 southern pines. by lunchtime 67 degrees and afternoon 71 degrees with lots of sunshine. sunny day today and a warmer day. by tomorrow cooler and more

current numbers from across region 53 roxboro, 48 in roanoke rapids, 58 chapel hill. 52 smithfield. 57 fayetteville. 50 sanford, 55 southern pines. by lunchtime 67 degrees and

a little cooler today, low 70's. 72 smithfield and 71 durham and 70 wendell and siler city. 71 cary. rocky mount. 60's henderson and roxboro. tonight clouds build in with overnight lows in the who40's. 44 durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 50's, only 58. as we go into sunday it will be wet in the morning. by sunday afternoon the rain shuts off and it will feel cooler, upper 40's for highs. sunday night into monday we could have a frost advisory or freeze warning. upon, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures back into the 70's. thursday 7777. so, the growing season is about three weeks ahead of schedule because of the warm weather so if you have plants outside you want to bring them in sunday fight into monday. barbara: 4:52 and 55 degrees. milestone for most kids but others it is not so easy. needs kids barbara: welcome back, 4:55. john: abc11 together highlighting a community need this morning. some special needs children around the triangle need our help. barbara: there is a contest going on they can win adaptive bike

from across the region 53 roxboro, 58 chapel hill. 47 in sanford, 52 smithfield. 57 fayetteville, 60 clinton and 48 louisburg. looking at the latest satellite picture and not a lot to show you in rainfall. we have satellite and radar. clouds. that will work east an skies will clear and all the showers well to the south. predictor forecast model, by lunchtime it clears us. we will have a few clouds at lunchtime but mostly sunny through the afternoon. tonight into tomorrow by tomorrow hroeufrpl cloudy and hit-or-miss shower and tomorrow night the rain is here. we will see rain tomorrow night into sunday before that pulls out into monday. all because of the system to the south. by tomorrow we have the stationary front and that is the low pressure that throws the showers our way. if it were january this would be a major snow maker but we have enough warm air it will be rain. on the back side the low and high will pull colder air in and sun night to monday we could see freezing. a frosty start to next week. today poke this morning and -- mostly cloudy this morning and across the area we w

current numbers from across the region, 56 roxboro and 55 chapel hill. 49 sanford, 52 smithfield and hey goldsboro and 6161. by lunch mostly sunny and 77.

this one had some heavier rain around smithfield. now mainly light rain around 95. sunshine, fairly quiet day after a stormy evening last night. this disturbance, the tail end of it pushing into the mountains and foothills and will track eastward during the evening and overnight hours. that's why we have this slight risk of severe weather mainly damaging wind and some hail to the north, near the virginia border. the main threats will be large hail, damaging wind. we already have some penny-sized hail early on. the flooding threat is pretty low. there might be some minor urban flooding. as we head towards it :00 or 9:00, you see the showers and thunderstorms beginning to roll in. that is where we have the threat of some severe weather. anyone of these storms could have damaging wind -- not all of them. that everybody is good to get that. but that is the potential. still may be a few lingering showers or storms to the northeast of the triangle around 2:00 a.m. by 4:00, 5:00, it is all gone. beautiful election day. otherwise, by morning, showers and storms are over. up

down to smithfield. and so you may want to keep that many mind. the fog is going to be an issue just for the next couple of hours here. it is 37 degrees outside in raleigh. 36 in clayton. it is 43 currently in fayetteville. high pressure is going to build in today. that will actually clear our skies. temperatures today are still going to be on the cooler side of things. 43 degrees at 8:00. 52 degrees, our temperature with clearing skies at 6:00. i'll let you know when you can expect balmer weather, too. >> thank you. >>> today is a big day for the candidates in the race for the white house. there's the democratic caucus in maine as well as the democratic debate in flint, michigan. this comes ton heels of super saturday. primaries and caucuses in louisiana, kansas, kentucky and nebraska. >> i told the pilot we're going to kansas, just get here. >> reporter: but donald trump's last-minute detour to kansas didn't help as ted cruz won the sun flower state on this super tuesday. the texas senator also won maine. >> today has been a very good day. >> re

you're going to need to dress in layers, because temperatures upper 50s at lunchtime, 63 at 5:00 and smithfield should climb into the mid-60s in many places. feeling a little bit warmer, lunchtime, 58 in downtown durham and we'll see highs in the bill? >>> thank you, elizabeth. look to pay more at the pump for the first time in eight months, gas prices are on the rise. the average price of gas jumped by 7 cents over the past two weeks with the national average at $1.84. ago. growing demand and higher crude oil prices are fueling the increase. tuscon arizona, $1.33, arizona, $2.51, and i paid $one pop$1.51. found only 13% of businesses are currently able to accept chip-enabled credit cards that work with 3.9 million merchants, 50% of the u.s. card accepting market. retailers, credit card companies and merchants were supposed to adopt this technology by last october or face penalties. >>> it is 4:41, the push to fix the water crisis in flint, michigan is getting stronger. >> the company that's set to provide millions in loans to help replace lead pipes in the city. plunge, the polar . >>> a massa

the cool spot on the map is smithfield. satellite radar composite. just some clouds around but they are not going to stick around. in the southeast, it is dry there is the line right there and it does not go any further. there is a big dome of high pressure over us keeping the moisture away from us for the next several days. by lunchtime, still some high clouds. 5:00, it in the 70's with a lot of sunshine. we will see the sunshine sticking around for tomorrow as well. by lunchtime tomorrow, 71 degrees. in the 70's again. by thursday, we could see some fog as the humidity builds back in. thursday morning coming you could wake up to some fog across the area. high pressure off the coast. as it sits down here and spins, it will pop warm air into west. we will see it through thursday. for the rest of today, in raleigh, expect temperatures in the 50's by 9:00. a warmer morning than it was yesterday. more sunshine on the way and temperatures in the mid 70's in the capital city. across the region, 75 in durham. 77, smithfield. 76, pinehurst. 77, page -- faye

many places in the 70's. 32 roxboro. 42 chapel hill. 35 sanford. 39 smithfield. 46 fayetteville and 40 goldsboro. looking at the day ahead. 41 and mainly clear. lunchtime partly sunny and high today in the 70's. don't get used to it. colder weather moving in. we will have that in the >> block lives matter. black lives matter. john: the naacp planning to address the officer-involved shooting in raleigh. barbara: hundreds gathered where it took place. this morning the investigation is now getting started. gloria rodriguez is live at the raleigh police department with more on the story. gloria: good morning. we have learned about the officer involved in the shooting and raleigh police chief is asking for prayers and patience. meanwhile a community is angry. >> it is on the news where the police are shooting our people. >> that is execution. gloria: anger and tears as news spread in southeast raleigh. the raleigh police department the deceased man but row left hand don't byrd said her son akiel denkins was killed. >> just turned 24. got two kids. a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old. gloria: the

down to 46 in roxboro, 51 chapel hill. 55 smithfield. 58 fayetteville. the first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather coming up in a bit. the next 12 hours we will see the temperatures going down. by lunchtime breezy and 51. back to 52 with lots of sunshine. dry weather nor a little more and rain in the seven-day. now we have traffic with amber rupinta. amber: we have a big issue on i-40 shut down in both directions at rock quarry road due to police activity on the rock quarry road overpass. this is our live picture from chopper 11 h.d. both directions beg delays on i-40 -- big delays. so the police activity again is on the overpass and what they underneath rock quarry road. they are for wednesday morning commute. but the big story 40 shut down at rock quarry road. john: thank you. protesters in raleigh making their voices heard after appear officer-involved shooting. they demand answer and justice but praying for peace. barbara: a prayer vigil will be in downtown raleigh in the wake of akiel denkins's death. john: gloria rodriguez is looking

seeing really heavy rain just south of smithfield. this extends down towards dunn and extreme eastern portions of harnette county and samson county seeing reines specially towards clinton and roseboro. take the umbrella with you if you are getting ready to leave for the morning commute right now. if you are waiting a few hours, you may easily need the sunglasses. 48 at 8:00 a.m. still pretty cloudy. we're seeing more sunshine by lunchtime today. 49 at lunchtime. back to 45. it's hard to talk about the talking about the 70s the past few afternoons. these cooler temperatures, you will have to get used to them, they will be here to stay through the rest of the workweek and weekend ahead. here we are at 6:30 this morning. a lingering shower along the 95 corridor. 9:00 a.m., most of us are on the dry side. noon today, more sunshine. we'll continue with that sunshine through the afternoon hours and into the evening drive home. overnight tonight, we stay clear, but at this time of the year, it means cold temperatures. area wide we're below f

degrees into the low 40's by 8:00 then 50's by 10 and 70's this afternoon. 50 roxboro, 42 sanford. 46 smithfield and 49 fayetteville. 46 roanoke rapids. by lunchtime we are up to 67 and lots of sunshine and through the late day 76 under mostly sunny skies. gorgeous day today. tomorrow nice, too. we will talk about that in the complete forecast. the bombings and the threatrope with messages of sadness and solidarity. president barack obama issued a proclamation that the american people stand with the people of brussels. he ordered all the american flags to be at half-staff through saturday out of respect for the victims. john: the attacks in brussels haveing an impact here major u.s. cities on a heightened level and warning for americans traveling overseas. covering that part of the story. gloria: the state department has sent out an alert to americans traveling to europe saying terrorist groups continue planning terrorist attacks and if you are traveling should be prepared for extra security screening. here at r.d.u. airport there is of course security. travelers are taking notice of the brussel

highs across the region today, 67 smithfield, 65 durham, 65 wendell, 64 siler city. slide south and fayetteville to 68, 68 goldsboro, 66 sanford, 70 lumberton. 60 south hill. 62 henderson, 61 roxboro. 67 today in tarboro. 66 wilson. tonight 40's for overnight lows. clear. normal is 41. we will be 42 raleigh. 45 fayetteville. 41 durham and 30's in rocksxbororoxboro. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather throwing temperatures tomorrow 76. thursday 79 appearnd chance of showers into friday. 68 friday and saturday 65 and partly sunny. sunday 67, chance of showers s night into monday but sunday morning dry. this morning the coldest of the next seven. barbara: good, because he has lots of deliveries. john: a breaking update about the explosions in brussels. barbara: authorities are telling everyone to stay where they are. 13 confirmed dead and the belgian prime minister's office saying they are investigating the possibility of terrorist attack. john: breaking overnight new fallout over a tennis executive's comments about the women's game of tennis. john: du

today 78 cary, 78 holly springs, 79 smithfield. 80 fayetteville and tkpwaoeldzboro. 78 sanford. and 77 rocky mount and 76 roanoke rapids. tonight temperatures across the area back into the 50's for overnight lows. 54 henderson, 58 raleigh and 60 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into 80's. tomorrow could be the warmest day of year so far as we go to 82 degrees. thursday 76 for st. patrick's day and i think we are dry, see the chance of showers late tomorrow, isolated. thursday we are dry and friday 68 and colder for the weekend. temperatures below average a around 60 degrees saturday, sunday and monday. so it will feel colder but it is where we should be. we have within warm so far. barbara: we have been on a roller coaster. don: seems like every season jumps into the next season then it backs off. barbara: thank you. john: 5:21. flowers, chocolate, fine wine. barbara: the high cost of true love. how much you are really spending. john: plus the latest tar heel gets his jersey hung in rafters in chapel hill. bar

even smithfield, clinton, 32. favorite below freezing a the 21. 26 sanford and oxford. roanoke rapids. satellite and radar composite shows the clear skies now. that is allowing the heat to shoot back into space. there's nothing to hold it in. we will see the clouds move in as the morning moves along. this is the next system. lots of snow from chicago to illinois and indiana. call ahead to midway. rain in memphis. that is a hub so call ahead. they are seeing heavy showers right now. we will see that late day. by 6:00 mostly cloudy. better chance of rain is overnight. by midnight and 6:00 it rains a lot tomorrow. there is 7:00 a.m. and at the end cold air on the back side and you may see snowflakes around roxboro into mecklinburg county, virginia. not talking about big accumulations. a few snowflakes then it pulls out. once it does we see skies clear and nice weather toward for the rest of today in wake county you will see clouds this morning and partly sunny. cooler. by lunchtime 48 degrees and clouds thicken through the afternoon and below average temperatures near 50.

many locations will touch the viewing area. 70 durham. 71 cary, 73 smithfield. 71 siler city. sanford 71. 74 goldsboro and fayetteville. 73 pinehurst. 73 in lillington. 70 roanoke rapids. 71 louisburg and rocky mount. tonight back into the 40's for overnight lows. 45 henderson, 48 raleigh. 50 fayetteville. 47 in durham. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, tomorrow temperatures back into the 50's only. that is a morning high in the 50's. by tomorrow afternoon it will be in the 40's. so it will be cool tomorrow afternoon. 53 thursday and friday 51. saturday and sunday back into the upper 50's. a little warm-up. next season. barbara: looks like spring is on the way. don: it was like it. john: you look springy. amber: it will be springing soon. spring has sprung eventually. it is tuesday and we will get to that. this morning it is a pretty quiet start. we have a couple of minor issues that might be getting in the way on march 1. we show you the weather this morning is nice and quiet so that is great news. not a lot of fog or precipitation. a little patchy fog ea

across the region 79 in holly springs, 78 durham, 80 smithfield feel 78 siler city and sanford. around 80 fayetteville, 81 lumberton and 80 goldsboro. 75 roxboro and south hill. 79 rocky mount. 78 wake forest. tonight steps into the 50's for overnight lows. 54 raleigh and 55 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing and more cloud cover friday and 76. saturday for the st. patrick's day parade in raleigh i think it will be dry, cloudy, warm, humid and some showers in the afternoon but at this time the parade looks dry. saturday night into sunday we spring forward. sun 75, upon 74, tuesday 73 fplt73. these are temperatures we would formally see in late april. barbara: how are you? amber: when we went from winter to -- into no middle ground. early summer. amber: then it will be a chance of snow. i said that word. nobody wants to hear that. we will go out on a wednesday morning hump day and it is 5:52. we have clear weather this morning. no fog. as john said you pay see some in the morning but not this wednesday. near fort bragg no problems or delay

numbers in the 70's today. 55 chapel hill. 76 cary, 77 smithfield. holly springs 60 holly springs 76. durham 76. 75 siler city. 77 pinehurst. 78 fayetteville. 77 lillington, 77 goldsboro. 76 rocky mount. roxboro 73. tonight temperatures across the region colder back into the 40's for overnight lows. 45 raleigh, 47 fayetteville. seven first alert seven-day forecast forecast, tomorrow lots of sunshine but it is going to be wouldn't tomorrow. winds will gust around 20 to 25 miles an hour. 68 on friday. saturday 58, sunday 47 degrees. it is the first day of spring sunday but it hrwill be just nasty, mid 40's. lots of rain. doesn't last. monday 55 and tuesday and wednesday back in the 60's. barbara: last few days of winter. don: yesterday we had summer temperatures, mid 80's. we are in the winter temperatures for the first day of spring. john: it happens. barbara: it does. the ncaa tournament hours away john: everything you we know designer when we see it. like the designer smile. it's bolder, brighter and our blogs are buzzing about it. it's the new must

numbers from across the region 27 roxboro, 28 chapel hill. 25 sanford. 32 smithfield and 29 goldsboro and 31 fayetteville. 27 roanoke rapids. we saw the clouds moving in from the west, just high hroudz right now -- clouds right now but it is part of the system out west. heavy rain and showers in north mississippi and southwestern tennessee. snow in indiana and illinois. this will take all day to cross the u.s. but it will arrive here tonight. same set-up we saw a couple of days ago but there will have more moisture so i think we will see more rain as we go through the overnight. by 6:00 tonight we are cloudy and we will see showers working in late evening to overnight. midnight the rain is here and will rain through overnight. by 7:00 it is pulling out. on the back side it will wrap in colder air so don't be surprised roxboro to mecklinburg county. won't be big accumulation. then we clear out and dry out heading toward the weekend. the rest of today starting under partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures. 38 at 9:00. lunchtime 48 and into the afternoon 50 degrees and more clouds. b

close to 80 in smithfield. 77 in sanford. 79 in wilson. satellite and radar composite through. not seeing rain. this is satellite and radar, but no rainfall to show you. louisiana. they have had inches and inches of rain. they are seeing it again. the heaviest rain in alabama and in northern parts of mississippi. this is a giant area of low back into texas. closer to home, cloudy. frontal boundary dropping through. most places do not see rain. 11:00 tomorrow during the parade , the st. patrick's day parade, it looks relatively rain free. shower, but most of the region stays dry. watch what happens sunday. sunday afternoon, showers arrive. the rest of the afternoon in raleigh, mostly cloudy skies. looking at temperatures across the region today -- those temps in the 70's from carrie to chapel hill. 79 in holly springs. 78 in sanford. 80's and fable and clinton. 80 in goldsboro. wake forest tops out at 78. 77 that roanoke rapids. 79 in wilson. tonight, 50's as the overnight lows. most places they rain free. your abc 11 first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, showin

we will top out around 80 in smithfield. 79 cary, 78 chapel hill. 78 durham. tonight the temperatures across for overnight lows. 54 raleigh. # fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather 79 and sunny today. near 80 tomorrow and 70's friday, saturday the huge st. patrick's day parade and one of the biggest on east coast and looks like it will stay dry which is good for us. showers hold off until saturday. sp 75 as we sreupg forward this weekend. let's go to new york city to see what is going on with "good morning america." we go to rob. rob: good morning. i heard you talking about the flooding in northwest louisiana where evacuations and rescues are under way with more rain coming. that is the "big weather" story with the severe threat and warm-up on the east coast the hulk hogan back on the stand former professional wrestler grilled in his lawsuit against the website gawker. he highlighted the difference character and his real self. dan abrams will weigh in. a continuing solar eclipse overnight. passengers on alaska airlines flight witn

southwest winds eight to 12. 66 wilmington. 65 rocky mount. 66 wilson. 66 smithfield. even south hill virginia around 63 with southwest winds eight to 12 miles an hour. is so once again for tomorrow on monday, 35 will be the low but it'll be up to 40 at eight. 59 at noon and 63, mostly sunny giving way to partly sunny. tuesday 72, wednesday 74, yeah, thursday 78 degrees. moved it up a couple degrees, a dry front comes through a weak won thursday night into friday. we cooldown to 72. then i mentioned the next chance of rain will be on saturday. we will see a couple showers. isolated to possible in the afternoon. still a high of 70 degrees. maybe more clouds than you might like and then as we head into sunday, there is your best chance of some showers and you will turn the clocks ahead. we will loose an hour. 2:00 we will immediately, boom, become 3:00 and there you go. the sun won't is set until 7:21. you get some of the nice sunset pictures next week and not to get up as early. there you go. 70s. isn't that great? >> i love that. that's perfect weather. i are had sprin

current numbers from across the region 47 roxboro, 53 fayetteville. 50 clinton. 54 smithfield and 55 louisburg. 50 in roanoke rapids. looking at the day ahead. 51 right now. by lunch 74, manual skies and through the late day memorandum and temperatures around 80. these are typical of temperatures in late april. we are going to stay warp the next couple days. we have the seven-day forecast all come up in a bit. barbara: first we are following several breaking stores. in fayetteville the search is on for a skwrpbt driver just before 3:00 this morning a person hit

smithfield will go to 78. around 80 around fayetteville. 76 this afternoon in rocky mount. tonight, a few clouds. your seven-day forecast, we will get near 80 tomorrow for a high temperature friday is going to be wet. saturday, 65. rain returns sunday night into my most of the next week to be nice, temperature wise. this year, you have until april 18 to file your tax return. uber is ready to pay hacker. program to find bugs in their app code. uber will also dole out $5,000 for significant issues and $3000 for media mich-- medium issues. john: and how the fbi is responding to possible isis barbara: and a faceboo barbara: authorities in brussels in custody in connection with yesterday's terrorist attacks. but the third man wearing a hat in surveillance videos is still on the run here we know at least 31 people were killed and 250 other people were hurt. and you details also emerging -- the belgian prosecutor confirming that two of the suicide bombers have in identified as khalid and raheem -- brett heme el-bakhraoui. john: one world trade was lit up in the colors of the count

from across the region 61 roxboro, 65 chapel hill. 64 smithfield, fayetteville. 65 kpwoeldzboro. we have clouds working through and the folks in louisiana continue to get pounded with rain. that has been pumping ran and they will see it today again. we will see clouds thicken today. this afternoon in the thicker areas you could see a interim. i don't think everybody will see rain with you somebody pay get a sprinkle or shower. tomorrow for the parade if are going to it, it should be warm and cloudy and we won't see showers but maybe a sprl toward the end. today mostly cloudy and look into downtown raleigh and you will be in the 70's, by lunchtime 77. two the afternoon 79 -- into the afternoon 79. 79 in cary and holly springs. 78 durham today. 81 raeford, 80 fayetteville. 75 roxboro. 78 wake forest. tonight temperatures in the 50's over off. 56 raleigh. 58 fayetteville. 56 durham. seven seven showing temperatures tomorrow upper 60's. raleigh st. patrick's day parade if you can join us abc11 will be there. if not we are streaming on abc11.com. sunday we spring forward. 73. monday 7

current numbers, 58 roxboro, 55 smithfield. 52 sanford, 51 fayetteville and 61 in southern paopbs. lunchtime 75, partly sunny. through the afternoon 80 degrees and partly sunny skies. warmest day of the next seven today but we stay warm. we will talk about that and rain chances. with amber rupinta. amber: it got busy the last 10 minutes. johnston county n.c. 42 approaching 40 and westbound lanes and accident blocking the lane so give yourself little extra time through that stretch. durham near the south upon the area and auto park area an overturned truck, we are told he swerved to miss a deer. westbound lanes near renaissance and rolando coasted with becomess on the road. alternate to that is i-40 or massey massey chapel. in raleigh rock quarry and i-40 and new hope and rock quarry. john: raleigh police investigating after two men were found dead in a car. glenwood avenue to a parking lot behind the panera bread and comfort inn suites. gloria rodriguez is there. gloria: police are continuing to come in and out of this ear. it has been taped off except police and other personnel. w

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we do have a 20 on the board. 28 in stanford. 32 in roxboro. 3 , smithfield. 36 in fayetteville. looking at your day ahead, 37, in the clear. mostly sunny skies. through the late day, temperatures in the mid 60's today. for today, the last morning where we'll see temperatures in the 30's. we're going to warm it up and 70's over the next couple of days. right now we talk traffic, and for that we get amber rupinta. amber: not a whole lot getting morning. we have very light volume still around the viewing area. overnight construction that was linked all should be picked up now that it is 6:00. we do have a little bit of fog coming back. you see the orange just to the east of rocky mount, i-95. as john said, you might see a little patchy fog or two this morning as you head out, so don't let that catch you by surprise. this is just overnight construction, actually ongoing construction. it's 40 both directions between

you see temperatures running to 84 and 85 in smithfield. chapel hill, 83. 86 in fayetteville. 86 and clinton. to the north, 82 in henderson. 84 and wilson. temperatures dipped down into other than a stray shower to the north, temperatures will drop into the 50's. that still 15 or 20 degrees above average. tomorrow is st. patrick's day. it will be in the mid-70's. sunday on the first day of spring will be wet. 56 degrees and we will stay below normal into next week. john: thank you very much. barbara: eyewitness news is following several developing stories. from the centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more -- all in crystal-clear hd. like our wireless set-top box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. and choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. call... ...and get started with the prism essential tv bundle. you'll get tv plus up to 20 megs of centurylink internet all for only $70 a month. this deal sounds great, especially if you love sports. get prism essential tv and up to 20 megs o

rocky mount and wilson, 31 tarboro and 34 chapel hill. 27 sanford. 32 laurinburg and erwin as well as smithfield. 34 clinton and 37 fayetteville. the temperature of 27, would be of little more concern, in order to do damage to tender plants, you need the temperature to drop to the 20s for two or three hours. we are hitting degreesing or 30 degrees, most of the vegetation will be fine, the farmers have been aware of this cold snap coming. hopefully is protected this morning. this is the last time in the next 7 days we will have to worry aboufreezing conditions. our average latest freeze is not until early to mid april across the viewing area. it is statistically possible for it to happen again. frost advisory, in effect until 9:00 a.m. for the viewing area. sunshine today thanks to high pressure that is building in sunny and warmer today. back to the west, tracking our next system. what is going to be a pretty week for us, this arrives on friday. lit become unsettled, not as chilly as last weekend. nor as cloudy, still, dealing with couple of systems that come through, bringing us a better chance

3 , smithfield. 36 in fayetteville. looking at your day ahead, 37, in the clear. mostly sunny skies. through the late day, temperatures in the mid 60's today. for today, the last morning where we'll see temperatures in the 30's. we're going to warm it up and 70's over the next couple of days. right now we talk traffic, and for that we get amber rupinta. amber: not a whole lot getting morning. we have very light volume still around the viewing area. overnight construction that was linked all should be picked up now that it is 6:00. we do have a little bit of fog coming back. you see the orange just to the east of rocky mount, i-95. as john said, you might see a little patchy fog or two this morning as you head out, so don't let that catch you by surprise. this is just overnight construction, actually ongoing construction. it's 40 both directions between the shoulder is closed due to the work zone. here's a peek on the durham freeway and looking very nice, no problems there. barbara: new this morning, one person is dead, two others injured in a work place shooting i

want to show you this coming in approaching smithfield. two lanes closed at 97 southbound. that is u.s. 301. john: let's go to that breaking news in durham. a police officer shot. barbara: anthony wilson broke that story on twitter. >> officers here as they have them -- have been for the past two hours. traffic is moving down on the pettigrew side. you see there, police still very much on the scene. the officer shot here has been treated at the hospital and released. his name has not been released. some specific questions have not yet been answered because there is still an investigation underway. for information about the police department asking whether or not this was the opportune -- officers gun or the gun of the suspect, we want to know how long the officer has been on the force. information about the incident here later this morning the minute we get it. you will know about it on eyewitness news as well as abc 11.com. again, the officer treated and released from the hospital. suspect in custody. the only person injured was the officer. that is what we know so far. jo

fayetteville, 51. 50 in sanford. 50 in smithfield. looking at what is happening across of the nation, chicago is only a degrees colder than us. for this time of year. new york city up to 44 after seeing snow. 50's to the west will work their way in the next couple of days. so much clear from here into nebraska and kansas and oklahoma. a giant dome of high pressure. the snow pulling away from us towards the northeast. the next 24 hours, the low will pull away with the clouds. clearer skies. wind gusting around 35 miles per hour until tonight. by tomorrow, high pressure slides east. mid-60's tomorrow. 70's on wednesday. this afternoon, more sunshine. cap out degrees below normal. 55 in holly springs. 54 in chapel hill. normal high for this time of year is a 60 five. the afternoon temperature in goldsboro is 57. you struggle to make 50 in the -- tonight, temperatures back in the 30's under eight clear sky. frost advisory in effect. your first alert seven-day forecast powerback you weather, wednesday, mid-70's. thursday, partly sunny. goo

that is where you will be in cary and who willholly springs. 67 smithfield. 64 siler city. almost 70 in fayetteville. 70 lumberton. 66 sanford. 67 pinehurst. 65 rocky mount and 64 wake forest. tonight clear and overnight lows 40's. 42 raleigh and 45 fayetteville. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather showing temperatures tomorrow back into the 70's, 76. 80 degrees on thursday and friday 68. showers thursday night into friday. saturday 65, sunday 67 and monday 68 with rain sunday night into monday. easter morning for early services looks fine. the afternoon could see showers. john: busy. amber: we are getting better. durham started pretty busy and we had the accident on 15/501 on garrett with the southbound lanes shut down. it is getting back to normal. first i want to show you a normal delay 40 and u.s. 70 clayton bypass. westbound lanes jammed up and always slow at the merge. that is 40 westbound at u.s. 70 clayton bypass. there are flashing lights in the distance so that could be adding to it. no reports of anything. road weather index, weather looking gre

south hill is 46. 46 roanoke rapids. 50 tarboro. 46 roxboro. 46 smithfield. 42 sanford and 49 fayetteville. it is much warmer than it was this time yesterday. we check out satellite and radar. clouds over virginia and along the virginia line. seeing that zipping by to our north. here is our next system developing to the west, this is our front that rolls through thursday, in to the day on friday. high pressure building in across the area. we had this for the last couple of days with the sunshine, it sticks with us for today, begins to break down a little still tomorrow should be a nice day. here is future cast starting things off at 7:00 a.m.s looking at clear skies, that's through lunchtime in to the afternoon. might be a few little patchy clouds and high thin cirrus clouds. for the most part everything looks nice. tomorrow morning, a southerly flow, bringing moisture in could bring us a deck of clouds in the morning in some spots. partly cloudy and future cast wants to bring in enough moisture for a couple of sprinkles, along and east of i- -9d 5. most of us will stay dry on thursday. by

i doubt it is 60. 40 sanford. 46 smithfield and looking at the day ahead mainly clear and 47. by lunchtime sunny and 71 degrees. through the afternoon we will see 76 with nothing but sunshine. today the warmest did i -- warmest day of the tphebgsnext seven. now we have traffic. amber: we are getting busy. we have an accident on 40 westbound at gorman. this is the live camera at lake wheeler. you see flashing lights there so westbound 40 at gorman seeing the issue with an accident. we are seeing a day around lake wheeler due to that. we have this issue. this is n.c. 55 durham county the westbound lanes a car hit a power pole. two of four lanes closed there. on the map i can help detour you around that. if you want to pick up westbound lanes on 55 go 40 east durham freeway and get off at cornwallis and then pick it back up. vam around p.n.c. due to the tournament. first game 12:40. doors open at 11:00 the last game 9:50. barbara: to the story making national headlines five cumberland county deputies suspended after a scuffle at a donald trump rally. sheriff says they saw a 78-ye