[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this is a stormwatch 7 winter weather alert. jummy: right now at noon, this winter storm is starting to die down. autria: all of that snow and this is a stormwatch 7 winter weather alert. cold air may lead to a re-freeze on top of already slick conditions. we have complete coverage of this winter whiplash. doug: the storm is off the coast and really winding up so we are kind of in a backlash. a couple of snow showers popping up this afternoon and that will be the story, no accumulation. some advisories north and east of the city that will hang in another hour or two before t

way out. the storm did all kinds of things. number one, much more moisture. we knew it would bring warmth northin and sleet in but of washington had more of an ice storm than anything else. reciprocation moving out and in its backlash there will be snow showers. no significant accumulation. there are millions of kids in new york and along the coast that are disappointed that we did not get much snow because the storm system brought in so much warm air from the atlantic ocean they had to go inland to find the heavy snow. over parts of pennsylvania and new york state, they are getting crushed with heavy snow. it is just the coastal areas. this often happens in march because the atmosphere is different in march than january and february. for a snow lovers point of interest, if t

offshore we would all be in a big dig out right now. and weather is the problem what is going to happen with roads and re-freezing, josh knight is on the american legion bridge. any ice there? josh: things are looking pretty good for us as we drive around all of our major roads, even a lot of the side roads are looking good. we are merging back onto 495 about to cross over the american legion bridge. maybe you saw that car wiggle a little bit. there is still some snow and a little bit of ice in some places , especially in turn lanes but even across the bridge and all of the interstates, things up and looking really good as we have gotten closer to the afternoon. you are dealing with the road spray but not really dealing with any ice in these areas. what we are go

all of this water still sitting around, likely dealing with some re-freezing and ice later on. our temperature as we have been working our way across the area, is 35 degrees, so at least getting a little bit of melting done. i will leave you with that shot of the roadway but it this point i will send it to john gonzalez. josh, we measured in frederick county about four inches of snow give or take, not the most we could have gotten but it appears frederick did bear the brunt when it comes to this storm in the d.c. area. it was not just the snow, it was the freezing rain and sleet that fell for over 10 hours. gthis put things into perspecte just a bit, a parking lot off of buckeystown road, that snow mound shows just how much snow has been plowed today. a lot of folks decided to just stay at home.

were forced to work, plow drivers and essential personnel like one nurse we spoke to. here's what they had to say. >> a lot of side streets are crowded with cars that are parked, had to move. john: you told me a minute ago everywhere you have stopped you have found a closure, you have to maneuver around. >> i have come up vehicles off to the side, tow truckers pulling people out of indictments. -- m bank men's. embankments. >> isis the problem. if it was snow -- ice is the problem. if it was snow it would be easier. ,ohn: the wind is still howling over 2000 plow trucks throughout the state of america -- throughout the state of

9:00 last night without much of a break. right now the main thoroughfares are just wet. john gonzalez, abc seven news. jummy: the storm had a crippling effect on travel up and down the northeast corridor. autria: this morning, reagan national turning into a ghost town. brianne carter is live from the airport this noon. we hear you have some good news to bring us. me,nne: take a look behind we are seeing a number of folks filing into the airport and they are excited because they are getting on the plane. just within the last half hour we saw a couple we met here yesterday trying to get to dallas and home to arkansas. get on an earlier flight and were concerned their flight today might be canceled, but we just saw them. their

good news. that is what we are starting to see this afternoon, a number of flights showing back up on the board. we had a number of delays as opposed to the cancellations we were seeing at 5:00 to 7:00 this morning. people knew yesterday that the flight was canceled or pushed back until today so they did not have to come here and wait, that is the good news. we are starting to get arriving flights at reagan national airport. they are starting to get arriving flights from other cities. they have moved the planes to other areas so they would not have to deice them all and we have seen them show up in the last 15 minutes or so.

dulles airport, runways have been open and operational. it all depends on what is happening with the airlines at this hour. you want toraveling check about the flight before you head to the airport. autria: with snow on the ground and roads, many of you got the day off of work or were allowed to work from home. jummy: some are using that free snow,o enjoy the show, -- like our kidd o'shea. : we saw those big piles of snow in frederick, a different story here. they cleared this walkway in front of our building early this morning. they were out with the snowblowers and put the salt down as well. you can see it has pretty much stayed nice and clean. a different story on the street, although they are not in terrible condition. herew a guy walking over with three pizzas that he just picked up and walked into our building. ,eople are starting to show up like they have a late start. it is not like a normal workday,

and saw that one of the cafes was closed and were actually shocked by it. unfortunately, i could not offer them any real food, only our fake food. no one is taking our fake food at the roslyn cafe, but we will send it back to you. jummy: he sure to share your snow pictures and videos with us at first that con/wjla, and we will air them right here as well as post them online. autria: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, taking a live look out at the white house the snow has stopped falling but icy roads will be the major problem

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. jummy: the man with all the answers is here, doug hill -- that is you. if you are watching the past couple of days we have been telling you how important this rain-snow line will be and every computer model kept inching it further and further to the west. that trend continued so we got a lot of warm air mixed in which is why we had more rain, sleet, and freezing rain than snow. jummy: when are we getting out of the woods? doug: thursday and friday will be nice. no, we will do better. here are the alerts in progress. read area through new england, that is still a blizzard warning. the blizzard warning israel and the blizzard is behaving -- is

behaving as expected. the big concern, not a couple snow showers we will have this afternoon, at the big concern will be temperatures tonight and wind chills tomorrow morning. wind chills tomorrow morning will be in the single digits, temperatures in the 20's. i expect many areas have a rougher commute tomorrow because of the icy patches. we have wind advisories around 2:00 or so this afternoon. i also want to remind you, your photos of the storm, ice, and snow, send them to us and we will share them online and on their. a muchas ice, this was bigger story than anybody thought. a quarter inch of ice reported at bwi thurgood marshall. temperatures will warm enough that we will start to see that melt off.

leesburg, damascus a little over four. satellite radar shows the circulation of the storm, and in the bitter backlash we are going to see a few snow showers. as we go through the rest of the afternoon and evening we will get well above freezing but that which melts during the day will refreeze overnight, in the low 20's by the morning. we may see a flows -- a snow shower or flurry with a disturbance. the big story is the cold overnight lows and then a bit of a warm-up as we head to the rest of the week. being,s going to wind up i bet you, below average in a colder month than february. autria: that even get out because february was so warm. doug: i hear it is going to be warm in june. autria: much of the dmv saw a mix of snow, sleet, and

many loudoun county residents are digging out. jummy: horace holmes has been in leesburg all morning long and he joins us live. horace: it is cold. the sign on the building says "snow coming." it was not what we expected in leesburg. several inches came down in a short period of time, but the good news is it has stopped and the wonderful news is that the snow removal crews have done an excellent job getting the snow removed after -- off the main highways and byways. day, get pie now. they thought at mom's apple pie y would be a bus to because of the storm. let's take a look. you have got customers, you did not expect it. >>

they are turning out. horace: you thought you were going to get significant snow. >> i actually thought we would get over 12, even when they reduce the to eight so i told everybody to stay home. i do not want them to be endangered on the road. horace: you are backtracking. >> i am. horace: the place to be in leesburg, mom's apple pie. we have sam sweeney in arlington right now. sam: you are having much more fun that i am. we are in mobile track seven taking you through some local neighborhoods. we have been to prince george's county, southern maryland, charles county, northern virginia and now we are here in the arlington seio

you can see the roads are clear. we told you about the highways, they are all clear and most of those areas. , whatf the plow trucks they have left on the side but if you are leaving your house at this time there will not be a problem. a lot of people are not on the roads. if you do need to be out, the roads are clear, surface streets and highways at least in this part of the area. that is what is happening live for mobile trak 7, i am suzanne -- i am sam sweeney. suzanne kennedy is standing by. suzanne: we had a few flurries moving through the area a few minutes ago, very odd given that this was just a sleet event. it is down to the pavement here and it is damp

as we get into the colder temperatures, that is going to freeze up and make for some tricky driving later in the day and also on into tomorrow. that is something we have to be watchful for in the coming hours. d.c. public school students ended up heading back to class, and we have pictures of some of the shoveling and preparing that was going on to make sure that the sidewalks in front areas of the school were safe for the students to get to. stopping by lafayette elementary school was the mayor and she has been checking throughout the district to see the status of the roads. 200 plow trucks out overnight into today. she says everything is looking pretty good. >> we have about 200 pieces of equipment out. are all passable, many down to blacktop. our residential's are looking pretty well to. now is the

remind everybody about their job , to make sure the sidewalks are clear outside their homes or businesses. suzanne: this is exactly what mary about was talking about, citizens getting out -- mayor bowser was talking about, citizens getting out to make sure their sidewalks are clear. hours to take care of that or you could be issued a citation by the district of columbia. a lot of people are out already trying to get a hold -- i had of the colder temperatures -- ahead of the colder temperatures to ma

jummy: this morning and afternoon, winter is stretching all the way to the beach. autria: following the storm to ocean city. >> we have the boardwalk and beach to ourselves, it is not been that bad of a morning compared to what we have expected. the rain stopped a little before 7:00 this morning and you can see the waves and the surf, that is the rough part out here. we are looking at three things, beac erosion, minor flooding, and gusty wind. expected some gusty winds up to 55 miles per hour. we have not seen any of those things we were monitoring for but we will you know if that changes. requestinghave been that you send in any snow pictures that you want to share so let's go to melanie with a look at some of the photos. >>

have come in over the last hour of people's day off. we want to share them with you. we will start out here with this group, this one came in from nathan edwards. he said a seven foot snowman we made in winchester, virginia, just enjoying my spring break. great coverage today. .hank you so much, nathan it looks like you have your whole team out there. they have a lot more snow in winchester then we had. look at this cute little snow bunny. this one came in from reckless rims, and that is an adorable snowlook at this cute little snw lenny. -- bunny. jennifer sent one in of her dog, this is zeus. not minding lying in the snow one bit today. we have this great shot, some

came in from jeff goldberg. .now day fun in leesburg here comes a second day -- second group of sledders. we will finish with this cute het of harlan from joanna, is digging this snow in his argyle sweater. keep posting to abc seven snow and we will be able to access them. jummy: we know it is a snow day for many of you so be sure to share those snow pictures and videos.

jummy: vdot crews are out in full force treating the roads and they are not having an easy time. we spoke by phone earlier with a vdot spokeswoman. >> we are asking people to stay home. and the windesburg is picking up, the snow is coming down. , slipperycy conditions so please stay home as long as you possibly can. hasy: vdot

>> this is a stormwatch 7 winter weather alert. , the: right now at noon winter storm that roared across the dmz overnight is starting to die down. autria: meteorologist josh knight is out there, changing his cameras to give you a better angle. cold air could lead to a re-freeze but we have complete coverage of this winter whiplash, starting with chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: gusty wind and colder temperatures, a few showers on doppler radar mainly toward the baltimore melt -- baltimore beltway -- baltimore metro. brian van de graaff just put us together this map, this is the last snowfalls of the past several years. last year our last measurable snowfall was march

was march 25.013 we had the big storm of the century -- no, it wasn't. still it was a pretty good snow. last february 12 was the one, so who knows? more snow showers in the forecast tomorrow. anything measurable? not sure about that. , thean watch the animation moisture will feed right in and along the coast. mostly rain and high winds and farther west it is all snow. we are tracking snow showers for the next couple of hours. we have temperatures now well above freezing in the metro so we will see melting. tonight, temperatures will plummet into the low 20's so there will be a serious re-freeze. potentially late tonight into tomorrow morning sun dangerous icy spots throughout the viewing area.