right now, brutal cold is blanketing the dmv. temperatures dropped down to the teens earlier this morning. just a tad bit warmer now, "if another drop in temperatures. -- get ready for another drop in temperatures. steve: a little snow on the ground out there. fortunately for us, we don't have the snow but we have the cold and the wind and we have windchill factorth

above freezing yet at reagan national airport. holding on a 31 degrees. 32, quantico. 27 in winchester. in terms of what we have for our temperatures, feels like to rodgers, 21 in leesburg. it feels like only 18 degrees at reagan national airport. it just a cold through the afternoon. make sure you layer up them a cover up your head if you have the chance were put on a hat. cloud cover off to the west of us, brilliant sunset around the capital beltway. the hourly forecast will only make it to around 32 to 33 degrees through the afternoon hours. the winds will begin to ease a little bit. cold temperatures overnight. christmas week outlook comfortably the holiday quickly approaching, more on that coming up in a few minutes. adrianna: victory

for doug jones. his win over roy moore makes him the first democratic senator in alabama in 25 years. the race was extremely close with jones winning by 1.5 percentage points. that adds up to about 21,000 votes. maggie rulli is in alabama with more on what this means for the state moving forward. >> i just don't know what the hell to say. >> for the first time in a quarter of a century, deep red alabama ascending a democrat to the senate. >> we have been a crossroads in the past. unfortunately, we have usually taken the wrong fork. tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. >> doug jones beats roy moore, riding a wave of support from african-american voters, young people, women, even from the most unlikeliest of places -- former lifelong republicans. >> i feel like cold in my party to a better standard. >> we have so much around the state of alabama. but we have shown the country the

>> republicans lock on this alabama senate seat was upended just 34 days ago when allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public, including accusations of sexual p teenagegainst tw girls when he was in his 30's. he blames them for his loss. >> part of the problem with this campaign is we have been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. we have been put in a hole. tweets thet trump deck was stacked against moore. moore has yet to concede. >> wait on god and let this process play out. is the fight is not over, but the secretary of state of alabama says a recount is highly unlikely. adrianna: coming up a

will also be joined by abc news political director rick klein with reaction from the race's outcome. president trump is again under fire for tweets he did -- directed at kirsten gillibrand after she called for him to resign over sexual misconduct allegations. the president called her lightweight who "would do anything for a campaign contribution." the reaction is immediate. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren asked president trump, "are you really trying to bully, ameimidate, and slut sh senator gillibrand?" he did not comment. debbie attorney general rod rosenstein is set to testify before the house judiciary committee. this all coming at the release of text messages exchanged between two former members of robert mueller's team. and those messages, one agent repeatedly called donald trump in idiot and said republican party needs to pulled her heads out of their rear end. trump's lawyers are asking for a

probe. omarosa is out at the white house. reports very as to whether she resign or was fired. but she served as an a visor to president trump. no word yet on what her next move is but a statement from the white house says "we wish her all the best." she is a former contestant of "the apprentice." minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will replace al theken's senate seat until november election. she served as lieutenant governor since 2015. i'll franken announced last week he is resigning amid allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior toward women. his office said he has done yet set a final departure date. covering metro, commuters along metro's red line experiencing more trouble on the tracks today. suzanne kennedy breaks down the issues causing delays this time on the coldest day of the month. suzanne: the writers here the to, station are heading into work and they are taking it on

delays, single tracking today through the rest of the week some closures this weekend. riders waited for longer than normal for the red line trains. the problem is a decades-old can medications cable. it is not functioning properly and needs to be replaced. this is what it means. trains are single tracking between greg land and for cotton and for cotton and takoma park. trains will run every 10 minutes rather than eight minutes between shady grove and glenmont. this coming after an extended closure on this section of the red lines, which ended just a few days ago. >> i am not happy with it, but what you do? what do you do? it is not really a walking city like other big cities, so i can't walk to work. >> we want it to get fixed. metro.being able to use living here in two dozen two, i use it regularly.

get back to normal. suzanne: import information about service this weekend. buses will replace trains between silver spring and rhode island avenue's thomas o metro can do the necessary repair work . they hope to have it wrapped up in time for the monday morning commute. suzanne kennedy, abc 7. adrianna: the numbers are in for the first week of toll lanes inside the beltway. aubrey layne says the average rush-hour drive inside the beltway was 10 to 12 minutes compared 15 to 30 minutes a year ago. just a handful of drivers paid the highest toll of the week, $40. vdot says the average morning told last week was $10.25. right now millions are waiting for gifts the order for the holidays, and they may be waiting for some time because of shipping backups. john gonzales explains ways you can avoid these delays. john: i have one of our packages here.

for a couple. 12 days until christmas. have you received all of your packages? if you haven't, you're not alone. we are expecting a record number of packages to be shipped this holiday season. take a look at this ups store. two signs that stand out away -- stand out right away. ship guaranteed is going to be tough because they are predicting a record number of delays this holiday season. more than one billion packages are being shipped away for the first time ever online sales expecting the top $100 billion. companies like ups have put drivers on extra overtime to get back on schedule. are you too stressed to wait around? you still have some options. >> if in doubt, all of that stress you might feel, pay a little extra for express shipping. >> you know you are running out of time. >> i know. they told me no more

service. it has to be express. >> they told you that today? online but pick up in-store. you have until december 19. that is the deadline retailers say to guarantee arrival by christmas day. that deadline is the earliest it has been nationwide in years. in northwest d.c., john gonzales, abc 7 news. adrianna: coming up, we're learning more about the man who brought terror to new york city. now his wife said she talked in the morning of that failed suicide bombing. find out what he said and why he was not on the radar of local authorities. plus, still burning. an update on firefight in southern california. quick check of traffic with eric smith. eric: good afternoon. a pretty quiet ride so far for the midday. taking a look the capital

summer spring. a few volume spots also but everything has cleared past this spot at georgia avenue from an earlier incident, a vehicle fire. now looks like traffic flow is pretty much back to normal here. nearby inside the beltway, colesville road is back to the usual midday work zone past dale drive southbound into downtown silver spring. the right lane is blocked, eventually two right lanes. traffic is stacking up getting through this intersection. that is a pain for traffic on inbound colesville road. it shifts again on the southbound ride at spring street, on the left side in the middle of the roadway. they are back again today. this also affects northbound. both directions will be affected by the midday work zone. otherwise, not too bad. here's a look in d.c. at 295 just below 50 out of maryland

toward the district. looking pretty good. a few volumes further in northbound and southbound near pennsylvania avenue. we will be

autria: it is stated of the wildfire emergency in southern california and red flag warning's continue today as santa ana winds threaten the spread of the flames. someighters have made progress battling the thomas fire, which is now 25 percent contained. but the fire is still threatening structures in its path. firefighters are doing anything they can to attack the flames that span over 230,000 acres. 900 structures so far have burned down. at least 700 of those our homes. the man behind

suicide bombing -- attempted suicide bombing in new york port authority faces a judge for the first time. more on the suspects past and the warning signs he posted on social media. >> we're learning more about this man, akayed ullah, seen here carried out on a stretcher in the moments after his failed assault launching that homemade bomb on new york city commuters in the heart of rush-hour. >> he allegedly selected the location and timing to maximize human casualties. filed charges, prosecutors say it was supposed to be a suicide bombing attack with akayed ullah buying his explosive materials just two to three weeks ago. his planning, a year in the making. even posting on facebook the morning of the attack, taunting the president "trump, you failed to protect your nation." akayed ullah severely injuring only himself, allegedly telling police in the hospital "i did it for the islamic state." overnight, his wife telling abc

the morning of the bombing from her apartment in bangladesh. she says she called them at 5:00 a.m. to wake him for work and he never said anything about the u.s. according to her mother, he was last in bangladesh this past october. he wore makeshift suicide vest, complete with wires under his jacket, nine full battery, and metal screws packed in a pipe -- shrapnel for management -- maximum damage. at least a million people passed airport authority every day. shawn monroe was one of the monday morning, a subway cleaner who jumped in to help others moments after the bomb detonated. >> it was like something out of a movie most of -- something out of a movie. >> akayed ullah was angry about the treatment of muslims in the middle east. his isis radicalization beginning four years ago online, even discovering his passport filled with handwritten notes, including "oh, america, die in your rage."

south korea's government conducted anti-terror drills before the start of the 2018 winter olympics. it consisted of various explosions, crashes, and simulated attacks. anxiety on the korean peninsula has risen recently due to a series of missile tests by north korea. this was caught on camera, suspected drunk driver hits a firefighter and ems worker trying to help him before then taking off. you can see him sneaking off. -- you can see him taking off. spikeally they put down strips and box the car in. the firefighter worker and a ems worker are going to be ok. how far did he think he was going to get? golly. all right. so last that was the first night , the menorahah lighting of the national mall. it was cold. steve: it was cold and super

lighting the menorah. you can see the rabbis -- that is when they got it. it literally took like five minutes. within two minutes, they were blown out. yarmulkes and hats were flying. the turn it was fantastic. if only it wasn't so windy and cold. everyone was humored by it. they cut the sermon short because it was so cold and windy. keep theirrying to yarmulkes and hats on. they have seven more nights to get it right. adrianna: is a going to be so wendy? steve: later on this afternoon, the winds are going to diminish. cold weather is here for a couple of days. next week, the final week before christmas, looking a little milder out there. the sunshine is a little deceptive. if you are not been outside or are planning to go out for lunch, you're going to need to bundle up. i'm talking hat, gloves, scarves,

pants, the works. inflated pants? people have those? >> longjohns. steve: that's it. winchester at 27. a neon to 31 degrees at reagan international airport. sustained at around 23 miles per hour. that gives us the feels-like temperature's only in the teens. upper teens at dulles and reagan national. colder off to the west. look at elkins, west virginia, feels like 8 degrees. not a good day to be outside. we are not the only ones tilling with a really cold weather. ohio into pennsylvania, michigan, detroit under winter storm warnings. if you flights going to or from there, heavier snow later on today and into the evening hours. extending into central ohio. for us, it is quiet and dry. it will stay that way at least in terms of no snow for us

the next 10 hours or so. later on tonight, a few flurries not out of the question north of town. with a lunchtime, upper 20's to low 20's -- upper 20's to low 30's. the wind will start to settle down. 33 degrees by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the upper 20's to lower 30's. not as windy. your day planner tomorrow a little bit breezy in the midafternoon hours. a mix of sun and clouds. two pitchers a bit milder. highs around 40 degrees. for ag about the chance few snow flakes north and west of town, freshly updated from stormwatch 7. 8:00 tonight, maybe a few snow showers along the mason dixon line. , few well to the west of us areas that will typically see a little snow this time of year. your 10 day outlook, today, due to the cold chapters, 40 degrees on thursday, tomorrow. 37 on friday. back to the lower to middle 40's for the weekend.

lower 50's. then we drop back into the 40's for the middle of next week. closer and closer to christmas day, not this week and by the weekend after, we are looking at fewer chances for a white christmas around the immediate metro area. adrianna: but it will be a cold christmas. computer tech, scams plaguing people across the country. the warning signs that will help you avoid online your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

adrianna: a warning from the better business bureau about computer scams were people pose

to pay to fix a problem you don't even have. rebecca jarvis has more. firewallve got your and antivirus protection on your computer. so you're safe, right? well, not quite. a new report from the better business bureau says there has been an alarming uptick in people victimized by computer tech scams. thieves posing as technicians, claiming they can fix computers when in fact there is nothing to fix. their scare tactics make people believe the have to act immediately. and anyone is a target. 29-year-old amy fell victim to the scam on her microsoft pc just a month ago. a pop-up claimed her computer was infected with a virus. >> if i exited out of the pop-up, i would lose all of my data on my hard drive. i call the number, which said they were a microsoft partner. so i did not think twice about calling the number.

thing control of her computer. in sydney fake technician on the line convinced her to pay $150 to fix the problem. >> i have this gut feeling that something just wasn't right right. so i googled microsoft partner and found out they were a scam. >> the better business bureau says pop up email somewhat to this one are sent to the terms. >> this is so common i think it is a matter for all of us, not whether we're going to be contacted by a tech support fraud, but when. baker's a lead investigator on the better business bureau report on tech scams. >> a lot of victims never complained to law enforcement. a lot of people don't even know they have been ripped off. >> microsoft reports receiving 12,000 complaints worldwide every month, telling abc news, whenever you receive an unsolicited phone: see a pop-up on your computer, don't take the risk. hang up or close your browser. if you need tech

out directly to one of our technical support experts at the microsoft answer desk. adrianna: there you have it. a cold spell hovering over the dmv, and it is not going to get better anytime soon. steve is back with a check on the forecast aft

ditka of course, we're not talking about the weather over the break. steve: we're talking about holiday food and grocery shopping.

adrianna: i don't like grocery shopping. steve: the winds are going to ease later today. highs will only make it to around 32 or 33 degrees. more typical for the end of january. 40 tomorrow, 37 on friday. the weekend, back to the 40's. early 50's next week.

newsu are watching abc 7 at noon adrianna: there is a wave of blue and red alabama as democrat doug jones stuns republican roy moore in the state special election. kristin holmes joins us live from montgomery, alabama. this raise was extremely tight. >> that is exactly right. it is not just doug jones who

celebrating today. it is actually all democrats nationwide. this was a huge victory for them. keep in mind, alabama is a deeply red state. they have not elected a democrat to the senate since 1992. in fact, he is still there. that is senator shelby. is now a republican. if they can win alabama, they believe they can win anywhere. >> i have been waiting all of my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> a stunning upset in alabama. doug jones becoming the first him a credit to win a senate seat in the state and more than two decades. the 63-year-old career prosecutor nearly defeating republican roy moore. >> we have worked to do in this state to build those bridges within this state. to reach across with those that did not vote for us, to try to find that common ground. >> moore refusing to concede. >> it's not over. >> he faced multiple allegations of sexual assault when he was

in his 30's and they were in his teens. allegations he has denied. >> we haven't painted in -- we have been painted in an unfavorable in a faithful light. >> election has not been certified, but the secretary of state of alabama says it is "highly unlikely that jones was not the winner." while moore was not ready to concede, the alabama state gop says "the race is over." president trump agrees, tweeting his congratulations to jones on the hard-fought victory. clintonlary clinton layin weighing in on her book tour. >> i have more hope tonight than i had last night. >> asking supporters to stand by for a possible recount. if the margin is close enough, that is under half a percentage point, then there is an automatic recount. doesn't have moore the numbers. jones has too big

waiting for every single ballot counted including absentee ballots, military votes, before he can seize. the secretary of state in alabama to give another option. he said either candidate can call for a recount at any time, but there is a catch. if they do so, they have to foot the bill on their own. no word if roy moore is really to do that or not. dig up kristen holmes, thank you. -- adrianna: kristen holmes, thank you. the growing future president trump and kirsten gillibrand after she called on him to resign over accusations of sexual misconduct. the president tweeting she would do anything for a campaign contribution. the centerfire -- the senator called it a sexist smear. we get the very latest. >> the reaction, swift and fierce. >> it was shameful. >> nasty, unbecoming

of her president. >> democrats goingon the attack and the face of president trump's tweet about senator kirsten gillibrand. the president calling her a lightweight and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago, and would do anything for them. outrage from kirsten gillibrand. >> it was a sexist smear attending to silence my voice. i will not be silenced on this issue. widelyhe nation's most circulated newspaper. this morning "usa today" with a scathing editorial saying trump is not fit for office and "the president who would all the calls senator kirsten gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the barack obama presidential library or to shine the shoes of george w. bush." >> many people see this as a sexual innuendo. what is the president suggesting? >> i think the president is very obvious. this is the same sentiment the president has expressed many times before when he has exposed

political system. >> what is he alleging what happened behind closed doors with her? >> he is not alleging anything. there is no way this is sexist at all. >> press secretary sarah sanders insisting the tweet was not sexual. >> if your mind was in the gutter, would you have read it that way? senators calling for his resignation. in the house, more than 100 democratic representatives all signing on to a letter saying "we cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against mr. trump." adrianna: let's talk about the weather. locally, it is downright cold outside today. no other way to describe this. cold, steve. steve: it is bone chilling. this is a weather alert date not because of the sunshine, but because it is so please so cold. actual air to his right now hovering around the freezing mark a reagan national.

what it feels like out there, why you need to dress in layers, and if you have never cheated he staying inside rather than going outside, it is the feels like temperature -- if you have the opportunity of staying inside rather than going outside, it is due to the feels-like temperature's. ease,nds will gradually but that is not going out a lot to make it feel warmer. highs will only make it to around 32 to 33 degrees. don't forget to download your stormwatch 7 weather app. a very busy travel season on the way over the next few days. make that next week. a fantastic tool to have. more on when we will see a warm-up him a bump into mergers, sooner rather than later. more on that in a few minutes. adrianna: unbelievable video that people can't stop talking about. take a look at this really bizarre traffic backup along route 28 near the dulles toll road. during last night's commute, a man involved in a crash got out of his car

driver, then stripped naked. he then jumped on another passing vehicle and road on top of that for a while before eventually running away. police did catch up to him at the dulles airport on the property. they arrested him. new delhi is of sexual misconduct against prom restaurant for newer mario batali a rocking the food industry. he is accused of unwanted touching and inappropriate behavior at a party back in 2010. a report was made by "washington post." saying he was seen jokingly groping and kissing a woman who appeared to be unconscious. >> sexual misconduct happens. it is rampant in every industry. the culinary industry is no different. his behaviorsaid is shameful and abc asked him to step away from "the chu" while they review the investigation.

a big win for doug jones. what is victory means for the state of alabama and the climate of politics in washington. we're joined by political director rick klein for the latest on the

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you'll be glad you did. (gentle music) ♪ adrianna: back to talk about the weather. steve: it is going to get better. even though it is cold right now, the winds -- adrianna: what is better? steve: you're giving me the side eye. it is going to be cold for the rest of the afternoon, but not as brutally cold tomorrow. for that matter, the rest of the week. keeping things optimistic. looking at national harbor, hardly a

it is so cold and windy. temperatures and him, 31 at reagan national airport. 28, winchester. oakland, maryland, 14 degrees. 13 to sustained between 25 miles per hour. farther south and west, that is where they are settling down. culpeper and charlottesville. windchill factor is still an issue. air to go around. we're going to stay on the cold side of things for the rest of the day. not as windy. cold tonight will step temperatures will start to build upwards toward the end of the week. detroit ors over to northern ohio, that is where that a lot of wintry weather on the way. winter storm warnings for the detroit metro area. for us, nothing like that. a chance for a few flakes later on tonight. this afternoon, temperatures struggle to make it near freezing. rush-hour commute,

as windy. the sunset is 4:47 at 32 degrees. upper 20's tomorrow morning. make sure you have the sunglasses ready. and a very warm jacket along with hats and gloves, and scar. therezie midday but highs will make it into the lower 40's -- temperatures midday will make it into the lower 40's. our skies will begin to clear tomorrow. better news on the way. 10 day outlook, weather alert day for the remainder of the afternoon due to the cold temperatures. tomorrow, right around 40. upper 30's on friday. the weekend looking better. lower to middle 40's. the start of next week on the last full week before christmas, lower 50's. adrianna: doug jones is celebrating his victory over roy moore for the senate seat in alabama. joining us to break down the outcome of the election is abc news political director rick klein. how are you? >>

adrianna: roy moore says he wants every last vote counted, even said he might want a recount. what is the likelihood of that happening? >> slim to none. the secretary of state their says there's no grounds for a recount, that he is not within the half a percentage point which is the alabama state law. it appears that doug jones will be the next senator. it doesn't seem to be many questions around that. the only question is when roy moore concedes. the state republican, national public and party have seen the writing on the wall. adrianna: steve bannon has stumped for moore in alabama and personnel involved and invested in this race. what is been his next move? win for him to miss this call, given how controversial he was and how many of her abandoning him. have s digging in and

has no clothes. they're looking for people to call that out and recognize steve bannon is a quite what he .resents himself as being he was associated with roy moore as anyone. adrianna: let's talk about senator kiersten gillette brand out of new york. she call for the president's resignation over those allegations of sexual assault. now she is in his line of twitter fire. how much damage does this do to him, kind of the application he made about her, and is this positive for her, give her a new platform? hard to gauge damage to president trump because he says so may things like this in the past and his base seems not to care. there is a list of pattern to these kinds of attacks. "well, your mind is in the gutter if you think that." as for senator gillibrand, this is an unabashed positive. upside for her. she has fun raced off of it. i expect that to

adrianna: thank you so much for your time. until next time. now to a health alert about holiday baking. the fda warning that raw cookie dough can make you sick come even if it doesn't have any eggs. more on this. nothing like making holiday cookies or even better, cookie dough in the process. even taylor swift can't shake off the craving. throughhe is rummaging the mini fridge. now she sees him cookie dope. now she is eating some cookie dough. >> this holiday season, mib time to ditch the dough. the fda says it is not just the raw eggs, it is also the flour. >> the concern is the specific flower that comes from the grain that was contaminated with the bacteria e. coli, and that flour as a potential to cause human illness. close the warning comes after an investigation link in e. coli outbre t

and others they just handled it. flour werepounds of recalled. close the first thing is to look at any flour you have in a house and it was on the fda's list of recalled flour. if it was that i would throw that flour away. you have flour that you subscribe to transferred out of that bag and put into a different container, for example, and you don't know, probably the safest thing is to go ahead and throw that away. >> the bottom line, rondo is a risk but there is good news. experts say there is a way to make it edible but only few you take some important steps. one, skip the eggs altogether. beforet the dry flour in adding it to the batter. and then enjoy. adrianna: enjoy. coming up, with christmas right around the corner, tips for you on how

adrianna: shoppers, listen up. with christmas just 12 days away, we're breaking down how to get those great prices you see online in stores. all you have to do is ask. becky whirly shows us how it is done. >> online shopping. finding the lowest prices easing. not as easy in a department store. but the upside of them all, you get your stuff right away. can i get my local stores to give me a discount or match an online price just by asking? and will it be awkward? i heading into a bunch of stores to pick random items and see if they will match or even beat the prices i find online. first, i just ask for a discount. is it any discount i am not thinking of? >>

>> all right. the problem is compounded same shoes online for another $25 off. next time, i will show them the online price first. i have a question. this facial cream cost $110 in the beauty store. i price checked it and i found it for $68 on amazon. can you match that? >> we don't do it. you don't know if that product is fresh. you don't know if it is a knockoff. >> but they do give us a 15% discount on my purchase list of and could not have been nicer. not awkward at all to check on price matching. next, these boots priced in store at $179 $.99. can you price these online? >> we can do it. >> that only did he match the price, he beat the price by five cents. cha-ching.

can you get them in store, to? the sports where store has 25% off the whole price will stop -- whole item. off?enough, will get $55 >> yes, ma'am. >> yet again, ask for the online discount and got the online discount. to go "star wars" getting the royal treatment. it premiered last night in london. and harry walked the carpet. critics have already seen the film. it is getting a 93% rating on run tomatoes. that is the highest rating for any film in that series. "star wars" opens in theaters across the u.s. starting tomorrow. google reveals people searched for the most this year. hurricane irma was the most pop

around the globe. after that, matt lauer, fired over sexual harassment claims. spaceyweinstein, kevin also made the list of top people searched for. rounding out the top five searches overall, singer tom petty, the super bowl, and the las vegas shooting. holidaystime for the come our first look at new stamps from the u.s. postal service. the 2018 forever stamps feature john lennon, lena horne, astronaut sally ride, and mr. rogers with king friday. no word yet when the stamps will be available at your local post office. if you're going to be out and about today, bundling up is an absolute must. steve is back with a final check of the forecast.

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adrianna: today we celebrate national hot cocoa day and what a perfect time to do it in our area with bitter cold air blanketing the dmv. most go with the instinct kind, the powder mixed with hot water or milk. steve, how do you like your hot cocoa? steve: just plain. some people spike it. adrianna: nothing wrong with that. wind chille: will factors. 33 downtown

to the north and west of us. satellite and radar, quiet and dry right now. just talk to the north and west, we're watching a system that may bring a few snow showers many north of town later on tonight. this is what it looks like closer. along withnglasses the warm jacket. you will need it with temperatures only around 32 degrees. no problems for the rush-hour commute. lower 30's, added clouds, waking up tomorrow morning another cold day, but at least it is not going to be as windy. temperatures mainly in the upper 20's to around 30 degrees. day planner to mark, breezy midday but high temperatures around 40. a chance for a few snow showers north of town early, early tomorrow morning. once again, i don't believe this will amount to a whole lot. once we get this out of here, and cool down on friday. then our temperatures begin to increase as remove into the weekend and early, early next week. looking at the attendant

and stormwatch 7 alert day today, because of the cold weather. the windchill factors, highs only around freezing. 40 on thursday. 37 on friday. we see our temperatures begin to increase a little. back to the middle 40's by sunday. then early next week, we are talking lower 50's followed by a brief cooldown. as of right now, i would be a betting man to say a white christmas in the district, a chance for that happening is maybe 1%. not very good. adrianna: no. steve: but it is the holiday season. it is cold. you don't have to get stuck in terms of digging out. deal with the cold. will settle down and tamara lytle warmer. adrianna: you can always spike that hot cocoa to warm you up. they give for watching.

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