A Winter Weather Advisory issued due to the risk for black ice expired Tuesday morning without much incident.

Several counties in North Carolina were under the advisory until 9 a.m. and schools districts delayed opening to give roads time to clear up.

There were several patches of ice on roadways across the viewing area, and motorists are still advised to use caution while driving. No major incidents were reported Tuesday morning due to road conditions.

The winter storm continues to move away from North Carolina, but winter temperatures are far from over. Snowfall totals in central North Carolina Sunday night and Monday morning ranged anywhere from a trace to seven inches. In the wake of the snow, temperatures barely got above freezing Monday and won't be much warmer Tuesday. The two coldest mornings will come Tuesday and Wednesday morning when temperatures will get all the way down into the teens, including possible wind chills in the single digits Tuesday morning.

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A storm brought up to 12 inches of snow to the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, and about 100,000 customers lost electric service.

Snow was reported from the mountains to the eastern parts of the state early Monday. Schools were closed from the mountains to Greensboro and Winston-Salem south to Charlotte. Schools were delayed in the Raleigh area and at Fort Bragg.

The National Weather Service says snow totaled from 12 inches in Saluda in Polk County to 6 inches in Charlotte and High Point to 3 inches in Raleigh.

Duke Energy reported about 100,000 customers without electric service early Monday. Progress Energy reported more than 5,300 customers lost service.

The Transportation Department reported the weather was affecting highways from Interstate 95 west to the North Carolina-Tennessee state line.

Troopers and Red Cross volunteers checked miles of cars on southbound I-85 in Gaston County late Sunday to be sure motorists were safe. Patrol Capt. Everett Clendenin said a few people were taken for treatment, but most just received hot beverages and food.

The backup was caused by a wreck in South Carolina. Clendenin said traffic was backed up about 15 miles.

Weather causes travel delays at bus station, airport

Many people traveling Monday were frustrated.

The three New York area airports canceled a combined 950 flights because of weather.

To the south in Philadelphia, about 300 more flights were canceled. 

Boston's Logan International Airport also canceled hundreds of flights, and had to shut down completely for about 40 minutes to clear a runway.

The cancelations at those major airports have a ripple effect across the country.

Things are starting to get back to normal at Raleigh Durham International; RDU officials say they had one or two flights delayed because of snow on the runways, but more than 60 flights had long delays or were cancelled entirely because of snow at other airports.

The departure and arrival board was dotted with delayed or cancelled notices, most involving flights heading to the northeast.

Zaher Altahir and his family had been trying to get to Africa, but already missed their connecting flight through New York. 

"It is very likely that we're going to spend the night here at the airport waiting ‘til tomorrow," said Altahir. "It's very frustrating but we don't have much choice." 

Airplanes aren't the only problem.

About 120 people were stranded overnight at Raleigh's Greyhound station because almost all the routes got shut down.

That was heartbreaking news for Danny Watkins, who left Sunday from Charlotte, trying to get to Washington DC so he could be a pall bearer in his best friend's funeral.

He was still stuck in Raleigh Monday afternoon, six hours after the funeral had finished.

When asked if this was one of the worst trips he'd been on, Watkins laughed and said: "Pretty much. Yeah. That's the first time I've ever had to sleep in a bus station."

Raleigh Resident Steve Richie was also stuck at the station; he was worried about making it to Atlanta in time to start a new job Tuesday morning.

He said if he's not there, he'll lose the job.

"I can understand shutting down some of the bad roads up north, shutting those down. But the ones going south, there was no reason to shut them down," said Richie. "They just shut everything down."

The situation at the Greyhound station was strained; many passengers said they wished the bus company had provided food or water to the stranded customers.

Raleigh's Red Cross eventually turned out Monday morning, to provide coffee, doughnuts and toiletries.

"We had 120 people that were in over night," said Red Cross liaison Mark Duncan. "So when we got here this morning they were pretty uncomfortable."

Most of the bus routes got going back to normal late Monday afternoon, and almost everyone was finally on their way.

Airport officials said the delays and cancelations could have a ripple effect that lasts for days, so they're telling anyone who has a departure or is hoping to pick up an arrival to check first before they head out to RDU.

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