School, business, church closures due to winter storm

WE HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING IN PLACE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW THROUGH MONDAY AT 7 A.M. WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR A POTENT, SPRAWLING STORM SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO BE ROLLING THROUGH THE REGION. LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE WARNINGS FROM MAINE DOWN TO TEXAS, ICE STORM WARNINGS FARTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH. FOR US, WE’RE GOING TO BE MAINLY CONCERNED ACROSS THE METRO FOR SOME SNOW AND SLEET. THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU ARE, THE BETTER. THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO SEE SOME FREEZING RAIN. AS FAR AS WHAT OUR TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ABSOLUTELY BITTERLY COLD. THAT’S PART OF THE CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE AT TEN DEGREES, BY THE WAY. IT FEELS LIKE FIVE BELOW ZERO. SO AS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS SNOW MOVING THROUGH, WE HAVE VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE. SO ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S SNOWING PRETTY WELL IN MANY AREAS, A LOT OF THIS IS NOT QUITE REACHING THE GROUND, BUT WE’RE WORKING ON IT. SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MOISTEN UP THIS ARCTIC AIR. BUT ONCE WE DO SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THIS WHOLE BATCH OF SNOW TO BE OVERSPREADING THE REGION. AND FROM TIME TO TIME HEADING INTO TONIGHT, WE’LL SEE A TRANSITION OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AS WELL. AND EVEN, UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE BIT OF FREEZING RAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES. SO LET’S TIME IT OUT FOR YOU AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. AGAIN, WE’RE WATCHING FOR THAT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION WHERE WE SEE THAT DARKER BLUE SHADE. THAT’S AN INDICATION OF SOME OF THOSE HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES. AS WE CONTINUE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT, WE WATCH THAT SNOW CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. NOW NOTICE THIS IS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WE LOOK FOR SOME OF THAT WINTRY MIX TRANSITION TO START TO LIFT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE NORTH. WHILE WE’RE AT THE SURFACE, BITTERLY COLD, A LITTLE BIT FARTHER ALOFT. WE HAVE A TOUCH OF WARM AIR, AND THAT’S WHY WE WATCH FOR SOME OF THAT CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN FARTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH. SO INTO OUR SUNDAY MORNING, THIS IS AT 8 A.M. NOTICE HEAVY SNOWFALL FARTHER TO THE NORTH. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, MORE OF THAT WINTRY MIX. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT KIND OF PINWHEELING THROUGH THE REGION. AND THEN EVERYTHING KIND OF WINDS DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. AND IT LOOKS LIKE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY, THEN THE COLD SETS IN. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A PRETTY HEALTHY SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL, ESPECIALLY THE FARTHER NORTH YOU TRAVEL. FARTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH, PERHAPS 8 TO 12, AND THEN MUCH FARTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH, 4 TO 8. AND OF COURSE, WE’RE STILL GOING TO KEEP OUR EYES PEELED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SOME OF THAT FREEZING RAIN WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE, PERHAPS UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE AGAIN, THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU ARE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF PERHAPS SOME POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. SO WE’LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE HAVE BITTERLY COLD AIR IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY IN THE TEENS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE ON TUESDAY MORNING. WE’RE AT EIGHT BELOW ZERO. WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO ROLL THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BITTERLY COLD OUT THERE. WE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WITH THA