>> this is a stormwatch 7 winter weather alert. jonathan: right now, the snow is sticking in some spots. alison: what's happening right now is critical to what you will see when you wake up, and the closures are coming in. we have fairfax, prince william in virginia. jonathan:

opm will make a decision by 4:00 a.m. there are more closures at the bottom of the screen. miles: just a couple of in this one can be a huge difference in snow totals. coverage,has team with reporters deployed across maryland, virginia, and d.c., but we start with chief meteorologist steve rudin -- or one of our meteorologists, steve rudin. steve: snow has overspread the area, now under a winter storm warning that includes all areas shaded in pink, frederick county, montgomery county. further to the east, anne arundel county, prince george's, charles county, a winter weather advisory, with more rain and sleet as opposed to snow. speaking of the snow, we will get an update on where the snow was located and where it is headed with chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: south and east ofhe

the areas north and west of the city will see all the snow piling up, but it looks as though this intrusion of warmer air above the surface will change from all snow, to snow, sleet, and freezing rain. the futurecast shows temperatures just a little bit above freezing. the transition develops overnight. a.m., a lot of sleet and rain. further to the north, all snow. temperatures, but tough driving with a heavy snow. we think about noon, as the storm pulls off come everybody may change back to snow before it all moves out. gusty wind will be the big story. everything will re-fries tomorrow night -- re-freeze tomorrow night, wednesday night, which will lead to

conditions. us go to our snow zone with brad bell standing by. you said this would be the bull's-eye of the storm, and it is snowing now for sure. this started about 90 minutes ago with a brief period of rain, sleet, and since then it has been snowing in bursts. right now we are getting a good bit. this is the sidewalk that was in the shady side of the buildings today. the snow has started to accumulate. that's a pretty good bit of snow , just about an inch or so. on church straight, this is different -- on church street. this is/was the most part. the salt truck came through earlier. across the street, where the sun shined

concrete are warm and we are not getting accumulations so far. about an hour ago, i wiped this sign off to give you an idea of how fast it is starting to fall now. that is about an inch on this sign in the last hour. it is march 13, so you will see some unusual things. and this is one of them. the cherry tree in downtown frederick is in bloom, with pink blossoms covered by snow. i don't know if that will damage them or not, but that is one of the things that you see, cherry blossoms in the snow. in frederick, brad bell, abc 7 news. now i will send it to my colleague, jeff goldberg, who is in loudoun county checking out the conditions. jeff? we have been in snow track all evening. we have seen the snow coming down the p

hours, sticking to the pavement, getting dangerous for walking. it has been accumulating the past couple hours, the heavy, sticky snow. the roads, though, are definitely slick. that has been the case the past several hours. people gettingaw everything they need from the grocery stores, provisions for staying in for a few days. milk, serial, the things that you would need for being inside. some people were being prepared to stay in for about two or three days. we know that loudoun county schools are closed tuesday. the plow truck drivers expect the conditions to get slick, by about 2 a.m., 3:00 a.m. some are ready for spring to come, but others are excited about the storm. >> i love the weather, so i don't mind snow. >> i was pretty done with winter

jeff: a lot of people feel that way. virginia governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency in virginia, meaning state police and national guard can help local agencies respond if there are problems during the storm in the next 24 hours. live in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. jonathan: president trump is among those watching the weather. he met this evening with mayor muriel bowser and metro g.m. paul wiedefeld discussing the preparations for the storm. stephen tschida joins us live from the district. i think the picture tells the story. it's really coming down. stephen: it just started in the past couple minutes really coming down heavily. it is starting to accumulate. it is starting to pile up on top of this car.

street. but this is very telling, if we pan down and look into the gutter, it is just water flowing. on the surface, warm enough that it is not sticking on the surface, just cars and some sidewalks. that's the latest from northwest d.c. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. alison: stephen, thank you. d.c. fire is ready. they showed this picture of snow chains going onto the trucks. speaking of roads, jay korff is in mobile trak 7. you are in centreville, looking like a lot of snow again? ay: yeah, we are live in south riding. we were driving on 50 and we saw a bunch of police on the street.

out here, but this caught our eye. these guys are not missing around. this is a world war ii era vehicle they have retrofitted with a 10 foot long plow. look at the profile. not only does it havetwo-wheel drive, not only does it have four-wheel, this bad boy has six tires and six wheel drive. salt. back,his is all when things get icy with more snow, they can just drive through it. you can actually see the army green on the side. and up here with the steering wheel, this thing you have to

right hand turn. and i'm told this thing goes through snow like butter. jay korff, abc 7 news. jonathan: that's a lot ofwheel turning. stay with abc seven for more breaking news. this storm is building, a powerful storm that will create a problem up and down the coast. speaking of the coast, at ocean city, the ocean itself becomes the enemy. tim barber is joining us live tonight. how does it look, tim? tim: it's getting soggy. it started raining in the last hour. the last few hours we were by the water. we came up here so you can see how much it has been raining in the past 15 minutes or so. it will not stop until later tomorrow morning. we are looking at three things. the beach is behind me. we are looking at beach erosion, minor

also heavy wind gusts come up to 55 miles per hour. those are the three things we are monitoring in ocean city, and we will stay here through the night with a live report on "good morning washington" tomorrow morning. tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: tim, thanks. be safe. still ahead, peak bloom is in doubt. alison: and you will not believe how long it has been since we have not had one. and here is a look at the stormwatch 7 doppler radar, snow, a wintry mix, and rain. jonathan: sign up for school closing alerts at wjla.com. all you have to do is go to our website, wjla.com/text. also tune into "good morning washington" starting at 4 a.m. with all the closings and delays scrolling nonstop across the bottom of the screen. , you cannd right now

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share your snow pictures and videos at burst.com/wjla. a blizzard warning is in effect from philadelphia to portland, maine. boston and new york could see up to 20 inches of snow. jonathan: and would gusts and flooding -- and wind gusts and flooding are also happening. flying, well, are good luck. here is the flight aware misery map, we are calling it. hitting chicago, new york, in spreading nationwide. jonathan: thousands of flights have already been canceled. tom roussey is out the airport where it will be a long night. [click] jonathan: it just got longer.

alison: we just lost him. jonathan: this is live television. alison: hey, there you are. was,i don't know where i but the misery has already struck. in arlington, it is coming down pretty good at the moment. the metro will close within the hour. when it opens tomorrow, it will be a different situation. arriving in shady grove, gaithersburg, tomorrow they can take the metro rail and will open on time. however, it will be on a saturday schedule, which means trains roughly every 12 minutes or so. we ask commuters how that would affect them. >> i will just have to leave home 30 minutes earlier, that's all. not too bad. >> tomorrow, the kids will probably be home, so i have the

will be working from home all day tomorrow. live, this is the departure board, all flight schedule tomorrow morning. butto bottom, nothing cancellations. not everything will flight is canceled, and you should check with your airline, but the majority of them tomorrow morning are canceled at reagan. a similar story at bwi and dulles. the airports are warning it will be a long day tomorrow. even if you have a flight later in the day, it could be affected by the cancellations and delays earlier in the day. live at reagan national airport, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: patients will -- patience will be key. metro is suspending metro access until wednesday at the earliest. metro rail is running normally and will be open at 5 a.m., but on a saturday schedule.

inches of snow to suspend rail service. is runningus service on a severe snow plan in the morning. many lines will not be running. service and restoration will be dependent on the road conditions. jonathan: just a couple of miles can make a big difference in the jackpot and nothing. montgomery county could have a big spread from south to north. kevin lewis is in the middle of the reward -- is in the middle of durwood, where the plows are loading up. kevin: this is one of the largest salt farms on the east coast. the snow is coming down nice and steady and this puddle is now slushy. our crew car is covered with snow, even the license plate covered while we have been parked. salt spreaders are on roadways in montgomery county.

get harder than further to the south, chevy chase, kensington, things of that nature. and one week from today, monday, march 20, the first day of spring. how is that for a laugh? kevin lewis, abc 7 news. steve: all right, here we go. we are in the heart of the storm in terms of when we expect the heaviest snow overnight. the threat midnight through 6:00 a.m. will be critical. doug: not only for snow and sleet, but what happens as we go through time, we go from a high impact until 6 a.m., and then towards 9:00 a.m. we start to scale down. the closer you get to pennsylvania, the bigger the story. look how widespread this winter storm warning is, from the west in virginia come all the way to maine. and the blizzard warninha

big storm develops off of the delmarva peninsula and explodes in the atmosphere. this could be one for the history books. points north and west, we continue until 2 p.m. with the winter storm warning. inth and east, we transition precipitation. a lot of heavy snow in the metro area, and then we have sleet and rain. what will happen in the next several hours as we will start to see the rain/snow line move its way to the north and west. areas like this to the north will stay all snow. the really big snow totals will pileup early in the morning. here is the flow in the atmosphere. the percent arose, petition tight, into sleet and rain, that will be the story overnight. -- as it slowly erodes, the precipitation will develop. had this been further out to

more snow, but that is not the case. it will be a tough storm as we slowly improved towards the afternoon and evening. the question is, how much snow will we see? steve: snow accumulating around the immediate metro area from outside the window here in rosslyn, snow on roadways and paper boxes. by the time this moves out, we could be looking at 2 to 5 inches around the d.c. metro. the further north, hiram mounce, the further south, the lower end, and extreme southern maryland mainly rain. the jackpot will to the north, along the mason-dixon line, 10 to 14 inches not out of the question. radar, in terms of what we expect with futurecast, the snow totals, look at d.c. 2 inches. it does not move a whole lot during the early morning, but notice what happens further north. th

very close, where they could pick up over a foot of snow by the time the system moves out. aroundain, 2 to 5 inches the d.c. metro. the big jackpot outside of new york city, over 20 inches of snow possible. then we are talking about wind gusts. once the system has moved out, things will improve. ocean city, wind gusts early on of 65 miles per hour, with the gusty wind slowly easing through the afternoon tomorrow. the highs will have a hard time making it out of the 30's. the 10 day outlook, we finally get a bit of sunshine by about midweek. st. patrick's day looking good, 44 degrees. this weekend, back into the 50's, at least saturday. next week, back in the middle to upper 50's. whatever snow we do see around here, that will quickly melt. jonathan: steve, thanks. coming up

danger. the nearly centuries long streak . the last time we do not see a peak bloom, next.

when we will likely know how the cherry blossoms will fare because of this weather. alison: according to the national weather service, we have reached peak bloom every year since 1921. jonathan: that shot of the capital a little while ago -- had anotherrector shot. you cannot see much, but there is the capital building. alison: we have been anticipating this all day, and the snow is finally here. erin:

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but the timberwolves came to play. the wizards were down in the first quarter, but they battled back. fallsall, the drive, down, but has enough english on it to get it to go. wall finished with 27. had no answer for carl anthony towns. he had 29 points. the timberwolves snap the wizards' win streak. the maryland women's basketball team was named a 3 seed in the ncaa tournament and will facebooknell -- and will face bucknell in college park. you can be sure that head coach brenda frese is going to use this as motivation for her team. at this point, it does not matter. you put your head

the bracket that you have been given. this is what we have been working so hard for in the season to be the most prepared team in the tournament. erin: the maryland men got a head start on the snow and left a day early for the tournament. terps will take on xavier thursday evening. scherzer als max

to 5 inches possible around the metro area, hiram mounce to the north, lesser amounts -- higher amounts to the north, lesser amounts to the south and east. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is next. alison: have a good night.

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