The NWS Raleigh NC issued a winter weather advisory at 2:39 p.m. on Thursday valid from Friday 1 p.m. until Saturday 10 a.m. The advisory is for Wayne, Cumberland and Sampson counties.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein canceled his inaugural ceremony this weekend due to oncoming winter weather. The ceremony was scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 11, on the grounds of the old Capitol building in downtown Raleigh.

While people prep their homes, NCDOT is prepping the roads. Crews were making brine to keep snow and ice from sticking to the road, treating less traveled roads Wednesday and more traveled ones as the snow gets closer. 14,000 tons of salt are ready to go for central North Carolina.

North Carolina’s public inauguration ceremony scheduled for Saturday for new Gov. Josh Stein and other statewide elected officials has been canceled because of approaching winter weather.

Claudia Sheinbaum chided Trump on Wednesday for claiming her nation was run by drug cartels and proposing that the Gulf of Mexico—as its been named since the 17th century—be renamed the “Gulf of America.

Preparations are underway across the region for the possibility of snow and ice on Friday. ALSO READ: Icy conditions impact roads in North Carolina mountain communities The North Carolina Department of Transportation told Channel 9′s Dave Faherty it was too cold in Burke County to put down the saltwater mixture Wednesday afternoon – they’re concerned it could freeze.