now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> sandra shaw with a check of our forecast. winds are a little less crazy. >> a little less. stan got caught in it yesterday. >> i was doing a little shopping. i opened the car door, the wind almost blew the door off the hinges. >> we had gusts anywhere from 45 to 50 miles per hour throughout the region yesterday. today they're a little less but still like 20. still enough to create a dangerous wind chill it feels like 10 in westminster. 1e9 wind chill at the state line. 12, downtown. 15 at the airport. and generally 12 an the eastern -- on the eastern shore. 28 to 32 the actual temperature range. we should be up to 42 for january 4. variably cloudy and a slight chance of maybe even a snow

shower this afternoon. more on why that's the case coming up. rights now we want to find fought there's any ice on the roads. >> yes, there is some ice in many areas. we are dealing with the ice in addition to an accident. we want to let you know about that as well. if you are going to head out at route 91 and deer park road, an accident there. we're also dealing with a downed tree in the manchester area, route 27 at westminster road. use caution. there may be lanes closed. >> 26 degrees. icy conditions, philadelphia that doesn't give you the real atmosphere of the outside because the winds are still road and joppa road. gusty. there's clouds around it feels that my guess is not the only like the low teens throughout spot. be careful. right now. 11 minutes your drive time outer what's happening h.d. doppler loop. about a 12-minute ride west where it's very active? there's snow emanating from the great lakes region. side. we could see some snow showers let's give you a live view of this afternoon. traffic and when we can expect this morning at s around it rotates through here. that major blizzard, the 9:00 a.m., the curtis creek draw remnants with that low pressure off the gulf coast of maine, still circulating. they got two tbeet of snow there bridge will have road work. yesterday. inother loop traffic running we're not expecting anything like that but we're going to

two-way arn 9:00 a.m. remain cooler than normal and blustery. temperatures in the 20's now volg building. we expect normal delays to which isn't too impressive. but what is are these winds, return as motorists make their way back to work and to school. still about 14 to 15 miles per that's the latest on traffic hour. pulse 11. back to you. that's generating a dangerous good morning. >> good morning. wind chill of 15 at the airport. the cold temperatures that 10 westminster. sandra mentioned is our big 12, downtown. story. the temperatures remain below and generally in the low teens on the eastern shore this freezing and below average. morning as well. they pose a real danger. our actual temperature today is going to be below freezing. >> and cold weather not only is to blame for health airlinements it looks like a high of 31. but heat-related fires as well. a slight chance of a snow shower the frigid air could lead to later this afternoon. the chances about 20% to 30%. hypothermia causing possible just can't rule it out. behavioral changes and we should be 42 degrees today. confusion. or trot bite which leads to that is our normal high for numbness and loss of sensation. january 4. doctors urge to you bundle up obviously off the mark. and if you can, stay inside. 70, the record, set back in two twomplet and on january 4, 1918, it's unclear how many fires the cold weather may have crctded to. a four degree record low was but it was a fiery day yesterday. set. as far as tonight, bitterly firefighters from baltimore cold. 18 or 19 until th 19 in the sub. city, baltimore county, anne arundel and howard counties all battled blazes. the most sewerious? still breezy at 10 to 15 miles the 100 block of warwick shire an hour. why the winds?

lane in glen burnie. we have some strong area of low pressure well to our north. a 2-year-old boy was taken to the one that generated that the hospital with fire injuries. blizzard in new england. it's contrasting between high officials say a lot of times heat sources during the winter pressure to our west. that with the arctic surge of are to blame for fires. air incoming is creating the >> oftentimes people will use blustery conditions. that arctic surge extends down alternative means of heating into the deep south. their houses when they're temperatures as low as freezing, economically challenged, such as even in parts of florida this turning on the stove, the o morning. in fact, eastern orlando. they came in with 36 degrees, oven, turn on the burners. that can pose a health as well which is a-typical for this time as a safety hazard. he would discourage people from of the year. doing that. tomorrow 28 to 33. still breezy as well. >> and the chief advises if you by the middle part of the week do use a space hereto, remember we get up to our mildest to get it three feet of space temperature forecast high of from things like curtains and about 38 degrees. clouds intensify on thursday. bedding. >> they may have hit a few bumps by friday, the bitter blast in the road, but things turned comes back. with it this time a good chance around. and with the win, the ravens are of precipitation in the form of going to the playoffs. snow. a 50% chance of snow showers. an experience that seems like 29, friday. deja vu but many fans never lost 28, windy, flurries around on hope. saturday. jennifer franciotti is one of windy and cold on sunday. them. she is outside m&t stadium with only 27 for a high. reaction. good morning. >> good morning. get used to it. no major relief in sight.

a lot of pontiff indication goes on before a football game. >> good morning. a lot of people asking, do you it's going to take you a little think they're going to win? time warm up your car. mostly people would answer, we're dealing with icy well, yeah, if they could not conditions around the area. philadelphia road and joppa road get in their own way. is one area. yesterday they were able to not get into their own way. use extra caution there in the joppa region. a lot of highlights from that ice on the road. wonderful game yesterday. looking at our speed sensors, we with that win against oakland, are up to speed on the major the ravens definitely heading to roads. we expect the normal volume to the playoffs. we have a postseason game to return as everyone heads back to work and to school. look forward to. that's what you hope for in wind warnings in effect at all of the area bridges. january. in federal hill sunday night, another thing to keep in minds. fans gathered, stayed to we had an descent along 91. celebrate the big win. that is now clear. the ravens will head to new a live view starting with 95 england to play the patriots. and fans? just south of 100. well, they have ideas on how the north and southbound building team can beat the pats this time but still moving very well. no problems to report as we around. >> play hard. play good defense. switch over to a live view of the harrisburg expressway just ray rice is good. north of the beltway. hopefully he'll have a good toward us is southbound traffic. game. you can see it is getting heavy. >> mark clayton holds on to the that's the latest on traf tra. ball better, we'll win. over to you. >> i think they could turn it around now and win the super >> a look at our top stories. bowl. >> the holiday holidays are ove. a manhunt for a man accused of a lot of people get the blues, killing four family members on thanksgiving night has come to an end.

taking down the treat. authorities arrested him wouldn't had t have been saturday night after a hotel owner in florida recognized him terribly sad had the ravens lost from the tv show "america's most yesterday? instead it's happy. we're moving on to the playoffs. wanted." police say his car, which was a back to you. key part of the ma manhunt, was >> that brings us to our "watercooler question of the covered in the parking lot of day." how far do you think the ravens that hotel. will go in the playoffs? he's accused of shooting his email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. awntd, twin sisters and 6-year-old cousin. a u.s. park police say a man whose car plunged into the icy >> the city has reported its waters of d.c.'s rock creek has first homicide for 2010 but died. the victim has been identified believe it or not, it could be a as joshua of arlington, sign the crime fighting plan is working. virginia. a jogger discovered the car police an an unidentified man around 11:00 a.m. when he saw a was shot yesterday afternoon. tire sticking out of the creek. officials say it cook rescuers he was pronounced dead at the about 10 minutes to find the scene. at this time police have no vehicle because the creek was suspect or motive, but the almost froadzen around it. the car was submerged in about murder comes on the third day of the new year compared to this six feet of icy water. time last year when four even police are reporting an homicides had already been increase in crime. recorded. officials say new stats show a programming note. crime up is 14% in the city of city police commissioner fred bealefeld will join us live in salisbury. robberies and bawrg larr the stiewd. and for the city's push for tougher pu punishment of so-cald burglaries are up. police say college students and homeowners away for the holidays

are being targeted. bad guys with guns. keep in mind, you can ask police police need your help figure out to check up on your residence. how and why the body of a man was found on i-895. police say the victim, a >> in this morning's "consumer alert," if you're thinking about 23-year-old of highland avenue, buying a new house this year, was found yesterday morning on you can still get one pretty the right shoulder at the cheap. but only if you buy soon. eastern avenue overpass. they're asking any witnesses or though the federal reserve has drivers who were in that area held interest rates near zero yesterday morning to come for nearly a year, mortgage forward. >> the parents accused of killing their 20-month-old rates are starting to inch up. daughter are expected in court later today for a bail review. 30-year fixed rates are already on the rise. though the increase was slight, 24-year-old jerome wallace and analysts say the feds can't keep his girlfriend were arrested on those rates as low as they are now too much longer. multiple charges, including if you start cleaning out your child abuse, assault and murder old credit cards and bank for the ins incident. statements, security experts warn to be careful of how you trash them. charging documents state the dumpster divers looking for toddler suffered injuries to her account numbers don't need much face and neck. to go on these days. today president obama returns to scissors can do a fine job of the white house for the first time since that christmas day cutting up those cards, but make sure you cut through all the terrorism scare. as he does, some air travelers numbers, your signature and the this morning face tough new security rules. magnetic strip and bag the pieces stratly.

11 news reporter brook hart has the latest from washington. use a shredder and magnate to scram belt information that may >> new screening rules were not be left on the strip or the chip a factor in a security scare inside the card. last night in newark. wall street is expecting more after a man walked the wrong way through a check point and disappeared. signs the economy is getting hundreds of passengers had to be back on the right track. rescreened. flights were delayed hours. 11 news reporter jane king has that story and more in the now as of midnight, new rules morning's "bloomberg business report." mean tighter security for all travelers bound for the u.s. >> good morning. looks like factories are picking up steam. more random screening, patdowns, economists had a report saying bag searches and body scans. manufacturing probably expanded at a faster pace last month. and factories may keep ramping passengers from 14 named countries all deemed state up production this year. sponsors of terror or countries it's a record reductionin of interest can expect such checks across the board. inventory. plus economists say employers that includes yemen, the country may need to start bringing back where president obama said laid off workers to keep up. nigerian-born man was trained to the factory index comes out after the o opening bell. carry out the christmas day bomb plot. wal-mart is rolling back costs. >> al qaeda in the arabian according to the financial peninsula, trained him, equipped tiernlingsz the giant is starting to buy more products from manufacturers rather than third party vendors. him with explosives, and directed him to attack that this may allow to reduce costs. plane headed to america. >> now in custody, investigators are questioning the accused bomb it's a savings up to $12 bll

billion. stocks tumble on the last hour of trading on the final day of 2009 amoid speculation the federal reserve may draw more of -- bomber about al qaeda in yemen. its stimulus records. >> there is advantage to talking to us in terms of plea agreements. we're going to pursue that. the focus on maryland sinclair, >> critics say the case doesn't belong in civilian court. >> if we had treated this christmas day bomber as a terrorist, he would have immediately been interrogated military style. shares as time warner and news corp were debating about fees. >> president obama leaves tomorrow with -- meets tomorrow analysts tell bloomberg that with his security team on the incident. broadcasters may start demanding as for the new screening rules, as much as $5 billion a year one senator suggests u.s. from cable tv providers and airlines refuse to fly out of subscribers. airport that don't comply. that's business at the new york stock exchange. in washington, brook heafort, i'm jane king, bloomberg news nbc news. reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:08. >> in florida county, e.m.s. is 23 degrees. coming up, the financial news in the "bloomberg business report." looking to speed up response time and emergencies. >> a computer program goes into effect in florida. how it's helping save lives and reports on the new program aimed taxpayer money. at saving taxpayers money. >> an accused murderer on the loose for two months this >> there's no crystal ball for morning the man hunt is over. how police caught their man. dispatchers. they never know when or where >> and it's much colder than the next emergency may strike. normal. and the winds are still gusty.

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>> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. let's see what's going on out there. not a whole lot. volume is building. we expect to seat normal volume return -- see the normal volume return as everyone makes their way back to work and school. philadelphia road at joppa road. icy conditions. speed sensors and a bit of sluggish conditions approaching the beltway northeast. and wind warnings in effect at all of the area bridges. keep that in mind as you travel across the bridges. here's a live view, 95 south at 100. north and southbound looking good. we'll switch over now to a live view of the harrisburg expressway north of the beltway. toward us is southbound traffic. you can see it's a little

sluggish approaching the beltway shortly. over to you. >> thanks, sarah. bitterly cold yet again this morning. as we look at h.d. doppler, there's a little snow starting to infiltrate into western maryland. nothing here yet. we could see some flurries or snow shower this afternoon. chance of that about 20%. it feels like nine in westminster. the wind chill downtown is 12. in easton, 12 as well. so the winds still an issue today out of the northwest at 15 to 20 miles an hour. not as gusty as yesterday when we saw 50 mile-per-hour gusts around the region. more clouds thickening up by later this afternoon. again tonight we dip back down. 18 to 24 with flurries and clouds and the breeze not going anywhere. more details on an end of the week snow forecast coming up. back to you. >> keith mills with you.

the ravens headed back to the playoffs. they will play the new england patriots sunday afternoon, 1:00 in foxboro as the second season begins. 21-17 the ravens beat the rayers. willis mcgahee played his best game as the ravens, the best game he ever played in the nfl. second quarter. there goes high rum iew -- hirum eugene. willis dives for the end zone. 77 yards. of course, see it again. check out the stiff arm, left hook to the helmet of eugene. he is gone. so is willis, diving into the end zone. big from the defense. ravens up one. number 59 rookie ellerbe with the liggest play of his young career. huge interception. the ravens nursing a one-point lead. that sets up mcgahee again.

third touchdown. the defense knead stick. 21-13. john harbaugh and the ravens headed back to the playoffs. >> we singled out three guys -- willis mcgahee, ray lewis. it was a team effort. i think all three phases played extremely well when they had to. to to come up with two turnovers, a rookie linebacker, which was the difference in the game is amazing. >> the blocking was outstanding. i thought some of it was too good to be true. i was looking for a flag or something. it was unbelievable out there. >> we were all looking for flags. didn't seed a lot of them. >> offensive line opened up some great holes. defense stepped it up. they look like they're gelling at the right time. >> no question about it. and five penalties. >> right. >> foxboro next week. >> i understand brady is --

>> brady has a couple of broken ribs. but going to play. breaks your heart. >> 6:27. it's 23 degrees on tv hill. more to come in the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> and the ravens go into the playoffs. it is our big story today. we'll have fan reaction straight ahead. >> i'm nikole killion in washington with details of new airport security rules that take effect today. that story coming up. >> and we continue with the bitter cold today. right now the wind chill in the low teens around the area. we could even see some flurries.

>> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us. sarah caldwell has a quick look at the -- sandra shaw has a quick look at the forecast. >> first monday of the year. the wind chills right now not too impressive. nine in westminster. single digits up there. feels like 11 near the state line.

12 downtown. 15 at the airport. it feels like 12 in easton and around st. michaels this morning. we haven't eliminated the wind. it's still gusty, sustained about 15 to 20 miles per hour with hire gusts. variably to mostly cloudy. slight chance of a snow shower this afternoon. 28 to 32 at best. normal for today, 42. we are well off the mark. details on the rest of the week in a little bit. back to you. >> it appears the ravens are back on track after overcoming a few hurdles. they took down the raiders yesterday to score a big playoff bid. >> a win the team and the fans are hatchy to see. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live outside m&t stadium with the reaction. good morning, jen. >> good morning. lots of excitement. it's not too hard to get up when your team wins, especially when it means you're going to the playoffs. for any fan, postseason play is what you hope for. because the ravens beat the raiders, we are heading to the playoffs.

ravens fans celebrate the victory in oakland. >> the best play of the game for me was when mcgahee got ball and slipped it out of the defender, ran in for the touchdown. that was killer. >> it was amazing. a little too many sacks but other than that it was absolutely amazing. we won. we're in the playoffs. >> and the team will head to foxboro to take on the new england patriots on sunday. and everyone's got an opinion on what they need to do this time around. >> just play hard. play good defense. ray rice is good. hopefully he'll have a good game and we'll do good. >> mark clayton holds on to the ball a little better we'll get a win. >> what happened before doesn't matter from here on out every game is a must win. and fans are optimistic the post season will be the ravens' time to shine. >> they lost a lot of games they should have won. i think they could turn it around now in the playoffs and win the super bowl.

>> the next game to look forward to is sunday at 1:00. the ravens play the patriots. i am already planning my football menu for the day. the playoff menu, steamed shrimp with onions and crab dip in bread bowls. back to you. >> just tell us what time. >> you're invited. >> thank you. starting tonight. passengers traveling to the united states will face tougher security measures at airports. it comes in the wake of that attempted troiflt bomb ago board a northwest airlines flights on christmas day. 11 news washington bureau reporter nikole killion has details. >> the new security rules apply to all u.s.-bound international flights, all passengers will be subject to random screening but some may face more scrutiny. beginning today the t.s.a. says passengers flying into the u.s. will face enhanced screening. the tougher measures targeted at those traveling from or through countries of interest and those

that sponsor terrorism such as cuba, iran, sudan and syria. >> it's at airports across the globe where terrorists are trying to slip through the cracks and attack us. the terrorists are smart. they know where security is good. they know where security is lax. >> among the new procedures, travelers would be subject to full body scans, patdowns and searches of carry on bags. >> the notion that bad guys are going to hide bombs or whatever, easy to view, easy to see on their person, just isn't happening. they're going to put it in their private places. we've got to be smart enough to say that's where they're going to put it. we've got to look there. >> the extra screening an effort to prevent another attempt like the one on the airliner bound for detroit christmas day. >> the system didn't work. we had a problem in terms of why he got on the plane. >> president obama is cutting his hawaii vacation short and flying back to washington this morning.

ahead of a meeting tomorrow with his advisors to figure out what went wrong. in washington, nikole killion, wbal-tv 11 news. >> good morning. back to reality this morning as we see the normal volume fall into place. some delays starting to form. icy spots to watch for at philadelphia road, joppa road and elsewhere. just be careful. 44 miles per hour on southbound 95 down from the belts way northeast into the 895 split. a bit of a slowdown outer loop west side, 42 miles per hour beginning at liberty toward i-70. wind warning in effect at the area bridges. take it easy across the bridges. and outer loop of the curtis creek draw bridge will shut down at 9:00 a.m. for the construction. inner loop traffic will be set up in eye two-way pattern. delays are expected. we'll let you know how it impacts traffic.

let's give you a live view in a couple of spots. delays forming away from us. also a bit of a slowyou done on the express -- slowdown on the harrisburg expressway. white marsh, southbound traffic away from us, starting to back up. that's latest. now sandra has a check on the forecast. >> colder than normal, brisk conditions continuing today. our temperature range, 28 to 32. don't an think we're going to hit the freezing threshold. variably cloudy. more clouds thickening up this afternoon. there's a chance we could see snow flurries or showers. a couple of weak disturbances will rotate through. we haven't eliminated the wind either. still steady at 15 to 20 miles per hour. it died down a little. still significant enough to make that wind chill a factor. it's going to feel like the teens. a cold week ahead with another pretty good chance of snow showers on friday. we have more coming up. back to you.

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>> welcome back. 6:43. amid budget cuts and furloughs, a state commission could propose pay raises to take effect. the "baltimore sun" reports the general assembly commission could seek a $10,000 pay raise for the governor and an increase in salaries for legislators. recommendations will be announced in the upcoming maryland general assembly session. despite a judge's orders, five jurors who convicted mayor sheila dixon on a misdemeanor embezzlement charge continue to talk to each other on facebook. last week the judge order the five jurors to appear at this week's hearing for a new trial. the jurors were asked not to speak to anyone until after the hearing. however, wbal radio discovered three of the jurors communicating on facebook joking about their relationships as recently as new year's eve. dixon's defense team argues the post denied a fair trial. the city marked its first homicide for 2010. but believe it or not, this could be a sign the city police department's plan is working.

police say an unidentified man was shot shortly after 3:00 yesterday afternoon in the 2300 block. he was pronounced dead at the scene. this time police have no suspect or motive. and the murder comes on the third day of the new year. that's compared to this time last year. >> despite ending the year with 237 homicides that number is still relatively low compared to previous years. city officials working to reduce that even further. joining us is police commissioner fred bealefeld. thanks for coming in. you told 11 news 2010 needs to be about more than just bad guys with guns. what did you mean by that? >> again, i have to stay in my lane in terms of what we can do to improve. i will be very vocal as i want to be about what the system could do. but in terms of what the police department needs to do, i think we could really chip in to this number in terms of the homicides

and the nonfatal shootings where we made great pros progress. like clearing more cases. and especially on the nonfatal shooting side. we posted a 23% reduction, 125 fewer people got shot in 2009 compared to 2002. we're on 20-year lows in terms of overall violence. we could still do better. i think that we've invested a lot of training. i think now we need to empower and get out of the way of some of the creativity that we have inside the police department to take it to another level. >> what about the community? i've heard you talk about at a a loot. the community getting involved have you seen an increase? >> yeah. it's like grassroots in terms of 2008. we issued this call for more community involvement with citizens on patrols. certainly there were things during the year that we had to kind of marshall our forces and

try to keep people focused in terms of the community. but i think it's there at the core. the reason is because we're demonstrating success for baltimore that in 2002 people thought, well -- 2008 people thought it was a fluke. we heard a lot of that. like maybe it was a blip on the radar, an aberration. 2009 we sustained that. so, again, i think it's a great galvanizing issue to say if we work together if all of us work together, the community, the courts, the prosecutors and the cops and we all work together, there are great things we can do here. >> let's talk about gun laws. a push for tougher gun laws in sit. is that important? >> i don't think so much it needs to be the gun laws. i didn't come in here crusading about putting everyone in jail. you don't hear me talking about

the efficacy of the drug fight. what you hear me talking about and what you see us focused on are bad guys with guns. and i think that all of us could agree, whatever your situation is, whatever do you in this city, i think every baltimoreian should say if you carry a gun on our streets, you go to jail. i don't think -- i think that that's a very simple thing to achieve. we build good cases. prosecutors vigorously pursue those cases. at the end when they gavel them guilty, those guy goes to jail. >> back to the basics. >> it's just basic. i'm not even advocating for huge sentences. whatever they are, that's a societial determination. but when all of douse our jobs, those guys can't get any corner.

>> budget cuts is a big problem for every department. how has that effected your department? >> it's huge. the city is in unprecedented footing in terms of where we are financially. we've demonstrate ved good fiscal responsibility. in two and a half years we've cut our overtime spending by more than $13 million in two and a half years. that's real work. then to achieve what weigh cheefd. -- we achieved is just incredible. but there's a limit. we know what it's going to take in terms of overall resources to keep the city safe at that level. and finally, 85% of all of our money, all of the budget money is tied up in salary and benefits. so if you ask any cop in this city or america if they make enough money, you know what their reply will be. we sustained some pay cuts,

command staff, all of us gave back, civilians gave back money last year. but in the end there is a number which this thing has tosh done. >> thank you so much for coming in. i really appreciate it. have a great new year. >> thank you very much. >> stan? >> thank you very much. they may have started yesterday's game on the wrong foot but until the end the ravens prove they have what it takes. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti joins us live from m&t bank stadium. she's cold but something tells me you don't care because the ravens won. >> that's right. all ravens fans are toasty this morning. monday's always better when your team wins, especially when you're heading to the playoffs. with the win over the raiders in oakland, the ravens advance to the first round of the playoffs. they will play against the patriots on sunday at 1:00. so that is definitely exciting for all football fans.

when the ravens won, we knocked the steelers out of the playoffs. how about that? another football game to look forward to for rav ravens fans. now back to you. >> stay warm. >> thank you very much. that brings you to your answers to our "watercooler question of the day." >> how far yo do you think the ravens will go? >> come on, fred!

>> we'll post more answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> we're checking on your morning commute. there is one accident of note coming in. we have a pedestrian-involved accident. if you're traveling near orleans, watch for possible lane close yours and delays. delays on 795 out of the northeast approaching the beltway. also west side, 48 miles per hour apreaching liberty. joppa, philadelphia road and joppa road, icy conditions. icy conditions around the area. just use caution. wind warnings in effect. we're not doing all that bad yet. 14 minutes outer loop. five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 split towards the ft. mchenry. a live view outside at liberty.

you can see a slowdown in the outer loop away from us. we'll switch over to our other delay, 95 at white marsh as we normally see it. back to reality as folks get back to work and school. now a check on the forecast. >> and thanks. if you're at the camera this morning, it's 10, the real-kneel westminster. the wind chill downtown, 12. and 12 in easton. only a high of about 31 degrees so below freezing yet again with more clouds by this afternoon. there's a slight chance bat 20% to 30% of a snow flurry or a couple of snow showers out there. a couple of weak disturbances are going rotate through. normal shy 42. we are well off the mark for the third day. we are going to be below normal all week long. tonight's forecast, 18 to 24. mostly cloudy with flurries. winds still a major issue.

why the winds? a very strong high pressure in the middle of the country over the plains which is contrasting, creating a distinct pressure grade yenlt. that means cold and windy conditions for the city of baltimore throughout today. much of the east coast is in this deep freeze thanks to the position of the jetstream. we're just seeing a major arctic surge. the air mass will hold steady throughout today, tomorrow, and much of the week. for tomorrow, mostly cloudy, more of the same. winds a little bit less than today, west 10 to 15. 28 to 33 the temperature range. we will hit probably a high in the upper 30's by wednesday. that is as warm as we're going to get. more clouds on thursday. by friday a good chance at 50% of seeing snow showers around. a little accumulation with this. the weekend, bi bitter cold.

>> 6:54. 23 degrees. >> just ahead, another look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day.

>> back to reality. that's no jok. >> a cold reality. >> we're dealing with ice because of the cold in many spots. philadelphia road and joppa farm road. we're also dealing with an accident unti in the city at ors it does involve a pedestrian. both 95 southbound coming out of the white marsh area, towards the split, and the outer loop west side.

the normal spots we see delays, they are back this morning. liberty, a delay in the outer loop down toward i-70. >> think warm because that's about as good as you're going to get today. >> yeah. it feels like the teens right now. the actual temperature is in the 20's. we're only headed for a high of 31 today. we could see? flurries this afternoon. looks like the warmest we're going to be this week is 38. that's not saying much considering normal is 32. good chance of snow on friday, too. get ready for it. >> thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back at 7:25. tune in to am1090 were westbound radio. traffic and weather together on the 5's.