umbrellas today. >> a little sprinkles here and there. especially newberry county. for the most part, few and far between. we have been seeing a little bit of sprinkles moving through over the last few hours. some light rain has been moving through the midlands. but the heaviest concentration of rain has been into the piedmont. and part of -- the grand strand. in the midlands, no rain falling at all. we're clear for now. we will be watching carefully. other than the fact that we are expecting rain, temperatures have gotten very, very warm. we have been expecting -- the 60s. sixty-one in saluda right now. orangeburg, 60. sumter, 59. in the capital city -- temperatures, 60 degrees. a cold front has already moved through. wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour. there is a cold front this morning. right over the upstate. as it moves through, going through quickly. it is basically from the piedmont region all the way down head. that -- behind that, a lot of moisture in place. the computer models show that as we go throughout the afternoon, rainfall. tapering off as we go through the late af

middle 40s. we could see 39 in newberry. mostly cloudy skies. a high of 45 degrees. tonight, it will be cold. overcast skies. all of the lows tonight will generally be in the upper 20s into the lower-30s. we are watching -- where all of this precipitation is coming from. this area of low pressure. depending on which way it goes -- whether it is to the north of the midlands or to the south

newberry county's from 1 am until 12 noon tomorrow, and we are expecting the possibility of freezing rain in the northern communities. we will continue with precipitation through early saturday morning, and it will start clearing up later. high of 44 degrees on saturday, warming up sunday to the high of 53. we will definitely be tracking this winter precipitation possibility all night and right through saturday.>>> we are in contact with the school

middle 30s. we have warmed up. we have warmed up a lot. fifty-five at newberry. winnsboro, 55. orangeburg, 51 -- 61 degrees. in columbia, 64 degrees. wind out of the southwest at 11 miles per hour. a lot of clouds coverage in place. we may see a peek of sunshine. otherwise the wind continues out of the southwest. temperature around 66, for the high. overnight tonight, we could see a sprinkle. down to 49 degrees. tomorrow, not as warm at 54. wind out of the north, northeast. and likely rain throughout the palmetto state. we will look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> the state fiscal by governor haley approved the sale of a dilapidated apartment up -- mental health building early this morning. the development agreed to purchase the 16-acre psychiatric institute as more than -- at more than $200,000 per acre. the department of mental health has been transitioning the children who were formerly using the facility to another psychiatric hospital. the governor says she supports the private sector buying up some of the 10,000 state owned properties to stimulate the sta

newberry at 43. columbia, 47. a lot of sunshine. light wind. the air is dry. the humidity only at 25%. a lot of sunshine today. 54 degrees. cold again tonight, down to 27. and a warming trend -- a short-lived one with a high of 50 degrees tomorrow. looking at the seven-day minutes. king day. there will be many events honoring the civil rights pioneer. a baptist church in columbia at 8:30, followed by a march at the statehouse at 10:15 a.m. and a dome rally. this will be the first rally since the confederate flag was removed from the statehouse grounds back in june. news19 has learned that three major democratic presidential candidates will be at the statehouse for the event. bernie sanders, hillary clinton and martin o'malley, all are going to attend. >>> reaction is pouring in on president obama's final state of the union address. while many democrats characterized the speech as inspirational, some republicans criticized the speech as being light on issues. craig braswell reports from washington dc. >> president obama delivered his final state of the union address and conceded he

lot of cloud cover. highs today will be in the lower to middle 40s. we could see 39 in newberry. mostly cloudy skies. a high of 45 degrees. tonight, it will be cold. overcast skies. all of the lows tonight will generally be in the upper 20s into the lower-30s. we are watching -- where all of this precipitation is coming from. this area of low pressure. depending on which way it goes -- whether it is to the north of the midlands or to the south of the midlands, will determine how much precipitation will get here by the weekend. a high of 50. a better chance of rain friday. it will be windy. continuing into saturday. morning. very warm tuesday. rumble of thunder. we will be getting the 20- degree temperatures for lows. >> but after this we are dead. >> yes. >>> we want to go into the mr. food test kitchen to see what howard is working on. >> today we are teaming apple just wait until you see (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our

newberry. up to 20 miles per hour wind gusting in other areas. columbia, 53 degrees. a lot of sunshine. beautiful outside. the dew point is 10 degrees. a relative humidity of 18. very dry air in place. wind out of the west, southwest at 70 miles per hour. pretty much all of the palmetto state is dealing with the sunshine and windy conditions. high-pressure to the south. and a cold front approaching has brought in wind from the west. along i-40, it has been ramping up. as we have gone throughout the morning, the cold front has been coming through. continuing to push down. and the wind has been picking up. that is before the cold front t gets here. highs today, expecting in the 50s. winnsboro, 50. saint matthews, 53. camdenton -- camden, 52. we could see wind gusting in windy. still very cold. 28 degrees. that is before the cold front gets here. all of the lows tonight will be around 24. sumter, 32. as all this starts to clear out and the cold front comes down, what we are expecting is -- through by tomorrow. air. tonight will be cold. colder. tomorrow. a lot of sunshine. we could be exp

. newberry, started off at 32 just before sunrise. here at columbia, we are at 48 degrees. a ton of sunshine. the wind is out of the north at 15 miles per hour. the windchill feels like 42 degrees. it is very dry air. the dew point right now, down to 25 degrees. right now, all the temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. saluda, 50. cooler in orangeburg. the wind has been picking up. anywhere from 20 miles an hour out of the north -- and have been at times, 20 up to 25 miles per hour. it is very windy out there. yoyodefinitely need to hold onto your hat. the temperatures are pretty much in the eastern part of the united states -- have been unseasonably warm. right now, 33 in cincinnati. st. louis, 32. memphis, 36. what does that have to do with us? it is all coming our way. a lot of clouds coverage staying g in e virginia. all of this cold air has been coming down. the central u.s. has been bringing in cool dry air. it is getting squished between the appalachians and the coastline. we're getting colder. and also the wind is getting compacted. and we're getting the brunt of it. temperatu

the temperatures have almost doubled. right now, 50 degrees in newberry. as well as camden in. 50 -- as well as 53 in sumter. a little cloud coverage in place. humidity at 38%. we have wind out of the south, southwest. at about 8 miles per hour. the controlling weather is an area of high pressure over georgia. all of this is slowly moving its way into the atlantic seaboard. but, from behind it, a lot of warm tropical air and a lot of moisture will be filtering and as we go throughout the next day or two. highs today -- looking at about 55 in newberry and winnsboro. sumter, 57. a little warmer in orangeburg at 59. a lot of clear skies in columbia. a high of 61. wind continuing out of the south, southwest at about five up to 10 miles per hour. overnight tonight, cold. looking at 36 degrees. we will have a little bit of cloud coverage as all the lows tonight will be from the lower to middle 30s. about 37 degrees for a low in sumter. and out in saluda, a low of 33 degrees. computer models show that we will have clear skies throughout the day. cloud coverage may pass through. by tomorr

and areas around augusta, but temperatures are a little bit on the chilly side, 45 and newberry, and down in st. matthews 44. lexington 46, and that is where we are in columbia, 46 degrees wind chill at 41 degrees. we are looking at 46 for the high today with a chance for afternoon showers, and a better chance of showers throughout the midlands, and tomorrow 43 degrees with rain likely throughout the day. we could see freezing rain, and we have a freezing rain advisory covering the northern midlands, newberry, kershaw and lee counties from 1 am until 12 noon tomorrow with anticipation of road condition issues throughout the morning. and we will take a look at the 7-day forecast and impact, coming up.>>> the weather system is turning and nightmare and the nation's capitol, inches of snow falling, hundreds of accidents, hours of delays, and the virginia governor has declared a state of emergency, and the national weweher service has issued a starting saturday morning.>>> back here in the midlands, fire broke out around 5:30 am on the winding court, and no one was injured in that blaze,

-- have not warmed up by much. in the 40s now. still very cold. forty-one in newberry. winnsboro, 41. lexington, 43. saint matthews, 45. manning, 43. here in columbia, 46 degrees. a lot of sunshine out there. but very dry air. the dew point, only at 13 degrees. the wind chill, feels more like 42. we will be experiencing a lot of sunshine throughout the day. light wind that will be turning out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour. and 27 degrees. tomorrow, 55 degrees. a lot of sunshine. it will be windy. gusting up to 25 miles per hour. we will take a look at the seven-day forecast and when we will start warming up in a few minutes. >>> richland county -- law-enforcement are looking for a suspect involved in a fatal club shooting over the weekend. witnesses tell police the shots came from this black and gray chevy avalanche. this happened around 3:30 a.m. saturday morning on lady streets. if you have information, call crime stoppers at 888-crime sc. >>> columbia mayor stephen benjamin will give the address tomorrow at city hall at 6:00. stay with news19 for updates. >>> nikki haley wi

temperatures, 55 and newberry, taken at 55, 50 fight and sumpter, and it is 60 degrees in the capital city, winds out of the west at 14 and lots of sunshine. we will not deal with the wind chill, and we will get warmer, on track for a high of 63 today, wins at 10 to 15, chilly tonight but not freezing, 38 degrees with increasing cloud a high of 55 tomorrow. taking a look at your 7-day forecast, , coming up. >>> the state lawmakers are meeting to talk about a bipartisan initiative to get the state workers better pay. the state senators held a press conference today calling for a 5% salary increase for state employees. this would cost the state $75 million, and the state workers have only received to pay raises -- two pay raises in the past seven years, doing more with a lot less. >>> 23 old michael robinson, a shooting happened in the 1000 block of lay street just before 3:30 am saturday morning, and the victim, rodney francis was shot leaving route 77, and francis and robinson had been fighting before the shooting with murder. >>> pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic childrdr for prost

in charleston and north charleston, and they plan on widening between richland and newberry county, and they hope to cover 80 to 90% of the cost. this could take six years for the design, planning and construction. >>> resident in richland county can expect to see more construction on the roads this year, according to the new expecting to complete more than one dozen projects. since the beginning of the program, $127 million in sales tax collected to complete these projects around the county. $31 million went to construction last year, and the green streak is expected to be completed and the next few months. >>> a tire plant opening in spartanburg county, unveiling the $50 million plant, making tires for agriculture and forestry industry. 52 employees are at the spartanburg plant, and they expect to add 100 more workers by 2018. >>> a poor water advisory issued in west columbia, the waterline break affecting the customers in the 1300 block of alpine drive, and residents are urged to boil their water for at least one minute before >>> looking for a trio of shoplifting suspects, stea

us are still at the freezing mark. thirty-two at newberry. saint matthews, 34. orangeburg, 35. the wind chill is a big story. it feels like 26 in newberry. it feels like 28 in sumter. the air temperature is 35 in columbia. we will still have a lot of sunshine today. it will not feel very warm. 40 degrees as the wind continues out of the north, northwest. overnight tonight, freezing temperatures. twenty-two, with a windchill of 18. increasing clouds in the afternoon. southwesterly wind. and a high of 48. let's look at the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> the search continues for a sumter mom who has not been seen since friday night. sumpter police say they think that davis is okay. but they need to locate her. police said they responded to her home after a neighbor called 911 following a disturbance. a 2-year-old and a five officers alone and unharmed. herbert butler is wanted for her disappearance. investigators say davis has a history with butler. he also has not been seen cents the call. anyone with information on where they could be found, should call crime sto

freezing, 32 degrees as well as newberry -- 32 degrees newberry in camden. the windchill is the biggest issue. in aitkin we are at or well below 20 degrees with the windchill. that is causing issues. freezing rain advisory still in effect and now extended until saturday afternoon at 2:00 for kershaw, lee, newberry and which we already hit today. wintry mix all day today into overnight tonight at 32 degrees. now we have a potential for this continuing through saturday morning into the afternoon, 40 degrees. we will look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> the weather has already led to closings and delays in parts of the state. lee county school district is releasing early today. they will be released at about 12:30 at the elementary school level. in kershaw county, there's a two-hour delay in some areas. they will release students at 12:45 this afternoon. also fairfield county, state government offices are closed today. you can find a full list of the latest closings and cancellations on our website, wltx.com. we will also be putting that information on the bottom of the scr

newberry college this afternoon at 2 pm. the fire department will set up two rooms they will be set on fire in order to show the importance of sprinklers in working fire alarms. the event is open to the public and on monday, the orangeburg county sheriff's office will be conducting bomb squad training they will be detonating explosives at the facility. it is about 8 les east of bowman. if you honey loud noises, do not be alarmed. >>> the three remaining disaster recovery centers will close today. they are at the richland county public library on garners ferry road, they are at the richland county public c brary on garners ferry road, central carolina college, and one in williamsburg county it will close it xpm. many services -- at p.m. p.m. lines are open until 7 am until 10 pm. that number can be found on our website at wtlx.com. >>> the house ways chairman brian white is proposing a plan that would give the surplus money to help farmers survive last year's losses instead of waiting around for lawmakers to pass the budget. they will advance to a full committee agricultural committee s

pressure is. it is much cooler in newberry at 41. winnsboro, 46. orangeburg, 57. manning, 54. in columbia, the rain continues. 52 degrees. wind out of the east at 18 miles per hour. computer models show, as we go into the afternoon, we will have more rainfall coming through from the central and northwestern part of the midlands into the central midlands. as we get into the afternoon, it will taper off. by rush-hour and into the afternoon -- skies will start to clear. no more rain. just dealing with a lot of cloud coverage. this is from now until the rainfall ends -- we could see anywhere from a quarter of two a more as we get into the eastern part of the midlands. highs today in the upper 40s and low 50s. when the rain is out of here -- for tomorrow, 62 degrees. a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon. a chance of rain on sunday. a high of 54. next week on martin luther king day, cold temperatures at night. lows in the middle to upper 20s. highs in the middle to upper 40s. and a warm-up as we get into thursday. when we get through today, we will have a little more sunshine. >>

by much. lexington, 40. orangeburg, 43. this is what it feels like. newberry. and 35 in sumter. and out to manning. in columbia, a lot of sunshine. 41 degrees. it feels like 38. very dry air. with tonight, more cloud coverage. a low of 36. it won't be freezing. tomorrow, a little warmer at 56 with partly cloudy skies. looking at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes to mac duke university is now studying the effects of october's flied and how it affected so many of us in south carolina. they are asking for your input. students will be conducting interviews with midlands residents with flood related experiences, losses and stress. if you would like to participate in the study, stop by the research mobile this week anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. it is located in the parking lot of the vacant piggly wiggly at 7451 garners very road in columbia. >>> the forest acres planning commission voted to move forward with a development that would bring hundreds of apartments, along with shops and restaurants, to forest acres. it would go were the old cardinal newman school currently si

doesn't feel like that now. forty-one in newberry. saint matthews, 44. camden, 39 degrees. that is not what it feels like. right now the wind is up to 15 miles per hour out of the west and northwest making the windchill -- actually feel like 36 in winnsboro. and 32 and camden. columbia feels like 38. the sunshine is very deceiving. we will retires today ranging from the lower to middle -- even upper 40s. a lot of sunshine today. but it is going to be windy. as we celebrate and honor dr. martin luther king jr., 48 degrees. a lot of sunshine. the wind will continue out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. it will feel a lot colder. tonight, very dangerous temperatures. the cold front has started to move off, a higher -- an area of high pressure with cold dry air from canada is making its way down. filtering into the palmetto state. tonight it will be brutally cold. 20 degrees. windchill potential of 15. the air temperature to the northern midlands, in the teens, 20s -- to the central and southern midlands. the windchill factor will feel even more brutal than that. use precautions.