OUR FRIEND FROM GEORGIA HERE. LET’S TALK ABOUT THESE TEMPERATURES, CHRISTINE. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, I DON’T LIKE THEM EITHER. ARCTIC AIR IS REALLY STARTING TO SETTLE THE REGION. TEMPERATURES PEAKED VERY EARLY THIS MORNING ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE. AND WE ACTUALLY CLIMBED IN THE MID FORTIES JUST BEFORE THAT FRONT CAME THROUGH. THEY’VE BEEN STEADILY DROPPING EACH HOUR. WE’VE OBSERVED AND WRITING THEM DOWN ON THE WEATHER CENTER. AND WE’VE BEEN FALLING A COUPLE OF DEGREES EACH HOUR AS THIS ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN. THE DANGERS OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE WIND AND THE WIND CHILL. WE’VE HAD A NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES AS THEY’VE BEEN KIND OF SPORADIC, BUT SEVERAL THOUSAND CUSTOMERS TO DUKE POWER ARE OUR ARE WITNESSING THESE THESE POWER OUTAGES TO THE WINDS, TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN AND WHATNOT. AND THERE’S ANY GOOD NEWS WITH THAT. I THINK THE WINDS HAVE PEAKED AT THIS POINT. THEY’RE STARTING TO GRADUALLY COME DOWN, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER DAY BEFORE WE START TO COME OUT OF THAT WIND CHILL. TEMPERATURES RUNNING TO COOL AS WELL AS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HERE’S A WIDE VIEW OF THINGS. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WET WEATHER IS GONE. WE’VE HAD NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE, REALLY SINCE THE SUN CAME UP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE, OF COURSE, DISTANT CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS HAVE BEEN BLOWING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR GRAYSON FOR ASH, FOR WATAUGA COUNTIES UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FOR REALLY TOUGH TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS THEY’VE HAD SNOW SHOWERS FALLING. WE’VE HAD UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME OF THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES AND SOME OF THE SKI RESORTS. MOST FOLKS GETTING MUCH LESS THAN THAT. BUT IT’S GOT SOME STAYING POWER JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THOSE COLD WINDS DRIVING. ALL SORTS OF CONCERNS AND CERTAINLY THIS IS COMING AT A TERRIBLE TIME WHEN A LOT OF FOLKS ARE TRYING TO GET TO THEIR HOLIDAY DESTINATION. HERE’S CURRENT TEMPERATURES NOW, 20 IS ACROSS THE TRIAD FROM THE FORTIES WHERE WE WERE ABOUT 5 A.M. WE FALLEN TO TEENS FROM NORTH WILKESBORO TO MOUNT AIRY SINGLE DIGITS AND DOWN NEAR ZERO IN MANY OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES OUT WEST NORTHWEST, WINDS AGAIN STARTING TO RELAX A LITTLE. THEY WERE BLOWING PRETTY STRONGLY IN THE TWENTIES AND GREENSBORO EVEN LAST HOUR. WE DO HAVE A WEST WIND AT BURLINGTON AT 24. THERE’S ABILITY ISN’T TOO BAD. HIGH COUNTRY. WE’VE HAD SEEN SOME REDUCERS THE ABILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW BUT THAT HAS ALSO BEGUN TO IMPROVE. TRIAD WIND GUSTS ARE STILL IN THE THIRTIES, BUT THEY’VE BEEN STEADILY BELOW 40 FOR A WHILE. TWENTIES FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND STILL IN THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES IN MANY OF OUR MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. SO FROM HERE ON OUT OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO DECLINE AND THAT MIGHT ACCELERATE A LITTLE BIT ONCE THE SUN GETS LOW. WINDY AND COLD GUSTS OF 40 IN THE TRY TO BLUSTERY DAY OVERALL. THESE ARE TEMPERATURES DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WIND. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. FOR THE FOOTHILLS YOU’RE IN THE TEENS NOW. WE’LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS DECLINING DOWN THROUGH THE LOWER BY MIDNIGHT. IT IS A SINGLE DIGITS AFTER THAT. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR. WINDS WILL BE BLOWING PRETTY STRONGLY, BUT SHOULD START TO RELAX INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND CERTAINLY BY AROUND LUNCHTIME TOMORROW FOR THE MOUNTAINS, YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. WE’RE BARELY ABOVE ZERO NOW AND WE’LL WATCH THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW ZERO. IT’S GOING TO BE A FRIGID NIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. AND THIS IS WHERE OUR WIND CHILLS ARE HEADED CURRENTLY. TEN IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IN GREENSBURG. A WIND CHILL VALUES FARTHER NORTH AND WEST, AS COLD AS 22 BELOW ZERO IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IN SPARTA. IN YOUR FORECAST, WIND CHILL GETS COLDER FROM HERE. DROPPING BELOW ZERO IN ALL ZONES BY LATE THIS EVENING. IF YOU GOT DINNER PLANS, YOU’RE REALLY TO NEED TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN BECAUSE FROSTBITE UNDER CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS, CAN SETTLE IN OVER A SPAN OF ABOUT 10 TO 20 MINUTES. WE’LL GET ABOVE ZERO AND INTO THE TEENS TOMORROW. SO SOME IMPROVEMENT FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO RELAX INTO SUNDAY. SUNDAY’S HIGH NOW ABOVE 32 DEGREES. SO WE ACTUALLY ARE EXPECTING TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING ON CHRISTMAS DAY, WILL BE IN THE FORTIES BY NE