ferocious coastal storm. the imfact for us will be strong winds blowing and drifting. we will see a period of snow, sleet, andng beginning just about now, as a matter of fact, en in washington and especially the southern suburbs. then after we get to about midnight, it changes back to snow. even you folks into southern maryland, there will be a period of sleet and freezing rain on top of the snow that we have. then moderate to heavy snow tomorrow morning. very likely to be six inches of snow on the ground for the immediate washington area. six to as much as 15 inches of snow and unfortunately for folks who live to the north, that is northern parts of montgomery county, frederick county, maryland, and especially spots like howard county upo baltimore. there is the possibility again of 20 inches of snow or more. what that means is even with the freezing rain and sleet and then

the snow, another 5,000 pounds of snow and stuff on top of the -- everybody's roof. with the strong winds tomorrow afternoon, unfortunately i'm afraid there are going to be once again widespread power outages. another very, very nasty storm. even though this one is a little bit different. it is trickier because of that mixture of freezing rain and sleet for a number of hours. back to you. >> thank you, bob. we have a number of school closings reported for this week. we'll tell you about larger districts later. you can keep your eye on the bottom of the screen to see what is closed. now to the regional team coverage of this second wave of winter storm. we'll begin in maryland in montgomery county. the cleanup efforts have been mixed. there are some clean streets there in that county. but some have yet to be touched. chris gordon has the latest from rockville. >> good evening, wendy. the snow has been falling here for about an hour. they've allowed us to use the parking lot and stand on the

sidewalks so we don't endanger drivers so that we're safe while covering road conditions. now, montgomery county plows and pepco repair crews are out still trying to clean up after friday's snowstorm. and if we get much accumulation tonight, they're going to face additional challenges. about two dozen homes have no power here in silver spring where dale meets elsworth drive. residents can't understand what's taking pepco so long to get here. >> the schedule keeps slipping a little bit. so the schedule was late tuesday. and then thursday morning. and now friday morning. >> and if we get more snow, may you be in the dark even longer? >> that's what our worry is because maybe the crews will stop working and maybe they'll go do other jobs first. but we've been out for a long time. >> you ready for more snow? >> no. i want electricity.

i want heat. >> reporter: montgomery county is opening warming centers for people without power. gwendolyn community center in silver spring and seneca valley high school in germantown is joining richard montgomery high school in rockville. >> it's a place where they can be warm, a place where they can get out of the cold. the temperatures have dropped into the teens and that's really challenging for us. we're trying to make sure that those areas that don't have power, we'll clear the roads first to make sure people can get out and have warming centers to go to. >> the plows have been focused on neighborhoods trying to dig the last ones out. but the 900 plows will be pulled out of the neighborhoods and put back on the main roadways if we get much accumulation tonight. that's the latest. back to you in the studio. >> chris garden, thank you. we have an update on who has electrici

electricity. pepco reports about 5,800 customers without power. dominion has about 440 customers impacted in virginia. baltimore gas and electric has about 480 without power. again, mor outages could be coming after this second snowfall. there are two additional shelters now open in montgomery county for residents in need of a warm place to stay. one is at the gwendolyn center in silver spring. another at the seneca valley high school in germantown. the warming center on richard montgomery drive in rockville will also remain open. a reminder, pets are not permitted at any of the county's warming shelters unless they are service animals. of course, bob was talking about just how heavy this snow is. emergency officials are warning people to be mindful of the risk of a roof collapse. especially dangerous if you are

on the roof at the time it collapses. look at this. this was earlier today in prince george's county. fire and rescue officials say a homeowner was trying to get snow off the roof of his garage. he'd just left the roof and was descending a ladder wn the building collapsed. he was thrown about 30 feet and suffered injuries. the roof didn't collapse on this building but it is sagging. this is a safeway in the oadland center plaza in ashburn. the weight of all the snow has led officials to deem the building unsafe. today workers were trying to clear the snow off the flat roof. officials are determining what repairs need to be made. word on when they store may be allowed to reopen. >> wow. rough day there. we also continue to monitor the impact the winter storm has had on our roads in virginia. chopper 4 spotted some neighborhood streets still covered in snow and ice. it was a tough event. it was tough even finding the blacktop in some areas. julie carey hit the roads to see what conditions are like from

behind the wheel. j julie, take us along. >> we're on rte 236 in the heart of fairfax right now headed eastbound. i'm driving in a lane that no one else has really chosen right now. you can see why. this is normally the far right lane here on 236. still very much snow covered. in fact, just before you came to me live, there was a pedestrian standing in that lane waiting to cross the street. that's a hazard that we've seen all day today as we've been driving around in the fairfax area. you know, these -- there's no place for people who are waiting for a bus. there are a few buses running right now. no room for them to stand. you know, with the snowfall we're expecting that situation is not going to improve. if you look over here in towards the center lane, too, i'm moving over into the second lane that is somewhat clear. but there's still a big band of snow in the middle of this road.

this is a very heavily-traveled road. the plows have done what they're going to do on 236 right now. of course, they're going to have, you know, more snow to tackle. as i come up to the busy intersection here, you can see kind of slick conditions. still a lot of snow on the road. things improve. as we come through the intersection here. they've done a very good job. three open lanes. again, as we come up to the next light, the lane goes away and that's pretty typical of what you see throughout northern virginia right now. the question is how much more snow is coming tonight to cover up all this progress that vdot has made. >> not even any bumps. a smooth ride for us. julie, thanks. >> not too bad. our regional team coverage continues in d.c. tonight. people digging out there. a lot of drivers blocked in by a wall of snow on the side streets. you can imagine what the next round of snow is going to do for

them. pat collins is in northwest washington with more on this. oh, flaps down. that's bad. flaps down. >> yeah, you're paying attention. the flaps are down. the snow -- the snow is coming down. it's not enough to measure yet, but you know how that goes. just give it time. between storm number one and storm number two, what are you going to do? shovel and shop, shovel and shop, shovel and shop. grocery stores are like magnets. people lining up in the parking lot as they attempt to reload for snow storm number two. what's it like in there? >> it's an absolute mess. long lines but everyone is friendly. >> reporter: what did you buy? >> everything we needed. milk, hot chocolate. >> reporter: you're set for the second round? >> yes, we are. we'll make it through this weekend. how's that? >>e hope.

>> it's like shopping in warsaw, poland. >> reporter: crowded? >> crowded. everybody is in a good mood, though. >> reporter: are you ready for the next one? >> i was born ready. >> people have a good attitude. everybody is in good spirits. >> reporter: are you ready? >> i'm ready. i had to park over at the library, though, because i couldn't get in the lot. but it will work. >> reporter: side streets, sad streets. not going anywhere soon. not likely to go anywhere until june. and whatever you do, don't park in this spot. there could be consequences. big snowstorms tend to bring out the best in people. they tend to be more friendly. they tend to be more neighborly. but there's a time and a place where they draw the line. you see, when you spe hours to shovel out a parking space for your car in front of your house, you're not likely to want to

share it with others. so out come the kids' toys. out come the folding chairs. consider these spots marked. a piece of advice, go into a residential neighborhood, you see a parking space, you see some furniture there, park at your own risk. let's bring in the national guard, colonel kelvin mcandrews you've been activated deployed. what are your guys doing out here? >> we're stationed with our humvees that metro police precin precincts. we've been shuttling the police back and forth from weather, also firemen and doctors who are trapped. >> how would you evaluate the streets in the city of washington now, colonel? >> some of them are pretty rough. we're lucky to have our humvees out there in support of the city. they've really appreciated what we're doing for them. >> thank you. we have the national guard at work in the city of washington.

that should make you feel a little better. wendy, back to you. >> i feel better already. thank you, pat. school closings across our region are continuing to come in. here's the latest. in maryland, montgomery, prince george's, frederick, anne arundel, howard counties all closed for the rest of the week. charles and st. mary's counties have both canceled classes just for tomorrow. in virginia, fairfax and arlington county schools closed for tomorrow. alexandria city and culpepper county schools will be closed tomorrow and thursday. fauquier county canceled classes for the rest of the week. as we announced yesterday, loudoun county schools will be closed through friday. we have the latest closings and traffic for tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30 here on news4. >> all week and a monday off for a lot of them. there's going to be payback down the road. coming up on "news4 at 5," we're just getting started. a lot of folks depend on metro. find out if the transit system will get you around tomorrow during the storm. and people may be just

trying to get out o town. we'll check in with the airports to see if flights will be taking off.

all right. we've got some shoppers. pat collins says we're shoing some shoveling. welcome back. a look tonight on what your insurance will or will not cover as a result of the snowstorms pounding our region. >> liz joins us with answers to the common questions we're hearing these days. >> take a deep breath is what i say. we are hearing from viewersic questions about snow, ice, water, trees. they're all causing problems. we got an e-mail from cody wanting to know if a tree falls and doesn't hit any structure, is that covered by insurance? the answer is pe. typically if the tree does not damage a covered structure like a house or a garage, you have to pay to have it removed. if the tree hits your house or your garage, insurance will cover the damage. another question, if it's your neighbor's tree that hits your house, whose insurance pays?

that would be yours. if it is your property that's damaged, it's always your insurance. try to remember it that way. now on to damage caused by the ice. more icing is on the way. if ice pulls your gutters from your house, insurance will cover it. if your roof is damaged by ice, it's covered. if the ice hits a covered structure outside your house like a detached garage or a shed, you are covered. if someone slips on the ice on your property, insurance will cover that, too, but that's liability insurance if you have liability. now, for water damage, this is tricky and it's important to people to understand. if the water comes from the sky like rain or snow leaking into your roof, slipping under your gutters because of ice dams, if it comes from the top down, it's covered. if the water comes from the ground up, say snow melting and pooling around your foundation, seeping into your basement, it's not covered. insurance companies typically consider that flood water and flooding is not covered under

normal homeowners policies. now, this time around the storm is expected to bring some high winds. if wind damages your home, insurance will cover it. coming up on "news4 at 6," find out how the weight of the snow affects your roof and your backyard deck. we'll tackle that one at 6:00. >> that's a big problem out there. >> yes t is. >> thank you, liz. let's check in with bob. this is fairly dynamic, isn't it, bob? >> it is. those borders as so often as they challenge not so much for the december snow nor even the terrible, terrible blizzard, but this one is a bit trickier because it will be reforming to our north and there will be for a time warmer air up above us, meaning that even here at the surface, already there sleet and freezing rain mixing in. outside, and our temperature right here in washington right now is 32 degrees. and as i mentioned, we've had with the -- even with the moisture that will be coming in that will be falling in the form

of sleet and freezing rain for a time, it's going to add about another 5,000 pounds to area roofs. our temperature here, 32 degrees. the sunshine has been out up in new york city. it's one more inch of snow and we'll have the second snowiest winter ever by the way. all we need is about ten inches more snow to break a record back in the late 1800s. around the country, there you can see the cold air to the north. the warm air to the south. the track of this storm is critical because while we've got this dry air banked in over us, over the top of us, there is some strong southerly breezes bringing in a bit milder air. the main storm system is around kentucky. another one beginning to form off the north carolina coast. even though i think we will see a period right around washington, but especially you folks into southern maryland, a period of some sleet and freezing rain by tomorrow morning. late tonight into tomorrow

morning. that next storm winds up and becomes one of these meteorological bombs that will draw in the cold air and everything. will be changing back to snow. there you see that area of mixed precipitation around washington. and at the same time, some rains down into eastern parts of north carolina. there you can see mainly snow. already some mixtures into calvert county, spots like that. veronica has been keeping track of things from a historical perspe perspective. look at the areas under the winter storm warnings. this could be another part of our record. veronica? >> the last storm system put us into fourth place for -- record snowfalls across the area. 17 inches. in terms of snowiest months, though, ever across the area, well, easily this one. 21.1 inches february now. so we could be moving up the list here as we're going to be getting another five to ten during the overnight period. meanwhile, in terms of headlines

and what you can expect here, snow, sleet and icing. that's already starting further south. that could hang on for a portion of the overnight area. in the metro area, between 1:00 and 3:00, some icy conditions. sleet, freezing rain. you may hear that as the snow falls outside with the sleet mixing in. and then moderate to heavy snow by tomorrow morning. could be 15-inch locations in montgomery county. and up around howard coun. bob? >> that's because this will be a boundary. you folks, the farther north into northern parts of montgomery county into southern maryland, there it could amount to 20 inches. because we'll see this period -- and here's the futurecast. the sleet and freezing rain. tend to keep the snow accumulations down, but not the weight. not the weight. unfortunately evenen topf this we'll see that storm really wind up. by tomorrow, it's bringing in with those -- see those black lines? those are the winds 30 to 35

miles an hour. so unfortunately, with more snow on top of everything, it does look like more power outages as we go through the nighttime. late tonight and during the day tomorrow. there's that mixture. 8:00. then as we get into midnight, 2:00 in the morning, the mixture begins to get pushed off. snow comes back into the immediate washington area. tomorrow morning when you're getting up thinking about headinout, moderate to heavy snows. could be one to two inches an hour. especially across northern maryland by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 the storm begins to wind down. those are the areas that still have the possibility of getting 20 inches of snow. light snow, sleet, freezing rain mixed in. tomorrow, though, when you get up it will be all snow. all snow with moderate snows especially not too far to the north. could be heavy at times with the winds increasing. temperatures torrow into the teens with gusty northwesterly winds. then we'll see the next seven

days temperatures stay around the freezing mark. some of the sunshine will help but we're not going to be seeing any rapid melt. at least this will be the last one for a while in what has been not only a phenomenal pattern of storms but indeed a phenomenal winter and a phenomenal week so far. >> all right, bob, thanks. we'll see you in a bit. coming up, here's a live look at conditions at reagan national airport. we'll find out if flights will be getting in and out of there today, tonight. we know tomorrow is off.

the string of winter storm has really impacted travel around the country. >> mark joins us on the phone with the latest. thanks for joining us tonight. what's the status of the airports in our region at this point? >> okay, wendy. here we go again. our runways are currently open at national and dulles. most airlines are canceled for the remainder of today and i just walked through the terminal over at national and there are a very, very few on the ground. we expect no flights are going to operate at either airport

tomorrow. but we'll keep you posted. >> do you have a lot of guys, a lot of travelers in there looking to rebook and make changes throughout this day? >> no, jim. we've been really fortunate. the airlines have done a terrific job of letting folks know and we've also been urging everyone to not come to the airport unless by phone or online they have absolutely confirmed they have a flight reservation. so as a result we aren't seeing many folks in the airports at all. >> we are looking at video of a lot of plows sitting on runways. what's the situation out at dulles and how -- what will be happening on the runways over the next 24, 48 hours? >> you know, we have some tired but very hard-working crews who have been working -- i guess we're on day five, entering day six. we're pretreating those runways at dulles. we have three currently open. and we're just going to watch the storm and try to stay ahead of it if we can.

>> all right. mark with the washington airports authority, we thank you once again for taking time out with us. that's a lot of snow to move. i wonder if. you'll run out of move. >> maybe they'll melt it somewhere or dump it in the potomac. still ahead, our coverage continues. residents are complaining about plows coming down their streets. with the plows up. how is that possible? governor o'malley explains. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website are wonderful.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm jim handley. >> i'm wendy rieger. live tonight we continue to monitor the conditions outside. the snow is starting to fall. everyone wants to know just how bad is this one going to be? >> we do know that it's a bit trickier. is that right, bob? >> we're into that snow/sleet/frieseezing rain. i don't think we'll see much plain, old ra. by tomorrow morning, that line will be moving once again back into southern maryland with snow and increasing winds coming in.

look at dopter right now. already just a report from fredericksburg of sleet and snow. we'll be seeing this mixture. we're under a winter storm warning. no doubt about that. here's the timeline. by 8:00, that mix may be into the washington area. that's only a couple of hours away. but then it's probably not going to get much farther north than that. by 2:00 in the morning, that mix begins moving off. that is a mix of sleet and freezing rain for the most part. snow coming back into the washington area midnight to 2:00 in the morning. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, for you folks into fairfax, montgomery county, northwestern suburbs, moderate to heavy snowfall as the storm winds up off the coast again. this one will be moving off faster. we're not going to be seeing th extended period of heavy snows.

because it could only remain all snow, upper parts of montgomery county, howard county, into baltimore. i think 15 to 20 inches is very likely unfortunately there. mostly snow but for a time some mixture right around the washington area. we'll keep it -- could be as much as 12 inches. because the mix may be extending longer, folks into southern maryland, six to ten inches of snow. all of it weighting down on the existing snow and creating more stress on the buildings, the roofs. and with the increasing winds, 30, 35-mile-an-hour winds blowing and drifting, and power outages will be widespread. >> thank you, bob. we continue our regional winter storm team coverage for you tonight. john is live in prince george's county with the story from there. john? >> that's right. we're out here in maryland here in the parking lot of the home depot. residents here are gearing up for this latest storm. they are going to get the shovels, the supplies.

they're gassing up the cars. we've seen a lot of people trying to repair for this latest storm. there are still many people in and around prince george's county that are struggling to deal with the snow from the last storm. let's look at the video we shot earlier. this is what the streets are looking like. they're just rugged right now. some of them look like the plows haven't been over them yet. many residents are frustrated because they've shovelled their own personal property but the streets here in prince george's county on the side streets, they say it doesn't look like they've been touched. we talked to governor o'malley and to county executive johnson here. they say those streets have been touched. the problem is many of the snow plows can't fit through them. people are very frustrated. here's what they had to say. >> i see plows driving past. you know, they don't do nothing. it's like elderly peoe have to get out. we have to get out. they just need to do more and take more consideration of their

job and what's going on out here. >> depending on the street, sometimes the only way to make that street passable is for the truck to go down and pat the snow down and create grooves with those big tires. if they put their plow down, they'd make the stress impas impassab impassable. they'd block in cars. they'd damage cars on both sides of the street. >> now, you can see the snow has started falling. we'll see a steady kind of light snowfall right now. obviously that is a storm that everyone is going to have to deal with. we'll hear from governor o'malley and hear what he has to say about what the state is doing to prepare for this latest snowfall. back to you. >> john, thank you. let's see how the roads are looking. ashley linder joins us now. how is it looking out there, ash? >> if you're traveling along 66, you've got a lot of company. manassas, that's where the big delays are. elsewhere, 95 headed southbound,

look at those delays out of springfield. it looked like a normal rush hour. we do have significant delays on 95 south. not in the hov. it is in the main line. that will take you down in towards woodbridge. it's just congested. they've been dng the widening project. there's not a lot of shoulder space. that's more or less just people trying to get home desperately before the snow kicks into high gear. it's already started around the area. 270 headednorthbound. you've got snow removal up towards clarksburg. that's only going to take out one lane. these are the lanes we're looking at. here's the pace of the beltway around 202. overall, people are going slow because of the weather conditions. not because voltume indicates that they have to do so. else where, as you make the trip, this is the beltway right past 270. no major problems. so we're starting off with a relatively clean slate right before we get a whole bch of snow dumped on us again. back to you, wendy and jim.

>> thanks, ashley. there are a lot of people who haven't overcome the last round. jane watrel is live in alexandria with some of their stories. jane? >> well, wendy, in northern virginia, it seems like neighborhoods are being divided into the haves and the have-nots, those who are able to drive their cars into the outside world and those who can't. >> there hasn't been a plow here in -- well, there hasn't been a plow here. >> reporter: it's been near whiteout conditions in this neighborhood, untouched by plows since friday and patience is wearing thin. >> people who live here have dug themselves out and they've done a lot of this with shovels. not even trucks or anything like that. >> reporter: especially when some who live here have spotted vdot snow plows right down the street passing them by. >> there's equipment sitting on the side of the road idling. that's what we're confused about. what's the plan there given that we have streets that have not

seen plows and people continue to get stuck. >> reporter: so necessity is the mother of invention. from walking to nearby stores for food -- >> we have bagel bites. i got the frozen french fries, the chicken nuggets. then i've got meats and ham and all that kind of stuff. >> reporter: to figuring hot to remove a wall of snow blocking the driveway. one man's solution? a saw. >> what you do, you get in it. it ain't too bad once you go. you've got to hit it from three different sides here. that's kind of what i'm doing. and then it will break loose. i've gone through three pair of gloves. you just kind of grab her like that. and then i'm not sure what to do with it right now. >> that is the big question. what do you do with the snow even when you've removed it and

hauled it away? as you can see, there's more coming down to deal with. we've got really huge flakes coming down in zaalexandria. no solutions yet. that's the latest from alexandria. i'm jane watrel. back to you. >> he needs a plan "b" for part two. rt two of the snow. >> that's right. we'll have to go out and find out what he did with it snow. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> lcoming up, metro's snow pla. riders may be able to get into town, but will they be able to get out? we'll find out next.

well, here's a good sign. more salt arriving in maryland. today a ship filled with salt made a massive delivery in baltimore. this is one of the nine ships arriving from mexico and chile. they're carrying 40,000 tons of salt each. all that salt is being loaded on the trucks and shipped out there over the state of maryland, virginia, pennsylvania, too. montgomery county officials tell us the county has 100 trucked going back and forth from the baltimore docks to get salt and sand. the storm has postponed business on capitol hill this week. the u.s. house of representatives has canceled recorded votes for the remainder

of the week due to the weather. lawmakers won't be back next week either. that's because most of them spend the president's day holiday and week in their home districts. so at this point, it locks like members will be out of the building until monday february 22nd. that's also when the next recorded vote will take place. a big college rivalry in our area is going to be on hold because of the snow. tomorrow's maryland men's basketball game against virginia postponed. it's going to be played on monday, february 15th. if you have tickets, they are transferrable to monday's game. coming up, our live team coverage of this winter storm continues for you. i'm tom sherwood in columbia heights. people are struggling in this storm to get home and are getting ready for the next. i'll have a live report coming up.

even president obama getting a question or two about the road conditions here in d.c. th afternoon, district officials, mayor fenty, they've given us an update on plans this second snowfall. >> tom sherwood has the latest on this. >> you know, the d.c. schools are closed. the decision on the d.c. government hasn't been made yet. a lot of the government workers today were kind of angry with me about that.

they said they really ought to stay home, too. in every section of the city, people are frustrated over angry as more snow is on the way. workers were rushing to clear roof snow to make room for the next storm. this jeep on capitol hill got an assist from taxi cab inspectors. some people tried desperately to save a dug-out parking space. others were still digging out or trying to. >> we're doing all right. >> we're fine. >> yeah. it's -- >> three days of shoveling and we're still not done. >> reporter: even mayor fenty had trouble finding a place to park as more and more citizens were frutserastrated by the sno >> people can't get to work so we can't make no money and then on top of that there's no buses coming in here. and then that's -- you -- or you get somebody that's kind enough to give you a ride to the

underground areas of the subway. then you can, you know, get from one point to, you know, the other point. however,ou know, it's crazy. >> steny hoyer said today -- told nbc that he may try to get more federal money for the nation's capitol to deal with all of the snow, all the expenses and the bills that are piling up from this snowstorm. i'm tom sherwood. back to you guys in the studio. >> the bills are billing up faster than the snow. thanks, tom. in d.c., so many people are using the metro trains as their only mode of transportation. how is metro coping with another storm on the way? joining us on the phone is angela gates. angela, i know it's been a rough winter for you guys. what is the status of metro trains right now? >> well, currently our metro rail trains are operating on all of our rail lines.

however, we are single-tracking through several areas where we're trying to store some of our rail cars to prect them overnight while we experience the snowfall. so we have full train service. right now as of about 5:00 p.m., we have about 500 metro buses out on the streets throughout the renal. and we have a complete list of those bus routes up on our website if people want to know what to know which routes they're able to catch. we'll be making a decision later this evening about the type of service that we'll be able to provide tomorrow morning. and certainly throughout the evening we'll be providing many updates about any service levels as the snow continues to fall. >> and because we are -- this is -- none of us are new to this. this is becoming routine. can we assume that the above-ground stations are going to be an issue tomorrow? >> well, we are expecting, you know, significant snowfall this

evening. and that certainly would have an impablth on our above-ground rail service. but we haven't made any decisions yet. we'll be hoping to get out as much information as quickly as ssible about what type of service we anticipate tomorrow morning. >> angela gates from metro, thanks so much. bob, checking in with you a lot. what's the situation now? >> we are getting that mixture that is -- will be with us for a number of hours for folks into southern maryland. reports from fredericksburg. it's moving on up. but it is still part of the winter storm warning. even though we'll see a number of hours of freezing rain and sleet, that means just more loading on the trees that have already been so stressed out with the terrible blizzard and also a lot of the folks' individual roofs. here's what's been going on. here we are in washington. this was early this morning. let's go back to that. there is that area that is closing in on us. here is the main area of

storminess around kentucky. you can see another one beginning to form now. the north carolina coast. that will move up really off the delaware and new jersey coastline by tomorrow morning. be an intense storm with strong northwesterly winds. unlike the blizzard, i think this is going to be having widespread very, very strong winds. right now you can see that area of the mixed precipitation moving up into -- into parts of the southern maryland area. overnight tonight, we'll see what is from 9:00 to 11:00 a mixture of some sleet, freezing rain. then it will be all snow by the time you get up tomorrow morning. moderate to heavy snows continuing in over us before it moves off. the timeline, there's that mix moving off and then by tomorrow early in the morning, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, everybody gets that changeover back to snow. you folks into fredericksburg, calvert county do see sleet, freezing rain and that heavy

snow finally moves off into tomorrow afternoon. not before many areas to the north of washington. you folks into upper parts of montgomery county and in towards baltimore, those are the areas that may see an additional 20 inches of snow. and finally it begins to unwind. the winds diminish tomorrow night and we'll see sunshine into next week. the next chance for anything would be monday. and that right now does not look like a major storm. but the pattern we've had is still a stormy one. still got a lot of february left. overnight tonight into the day tomorrow, another major impact with more loading and more high winds. maybe even more widespread high winds than the blizzard. haven't been feeling like yourself this week? is it starting to get to you? the snow can be taking a toll on us mentally. as people dig out for yet another day, they might be feeling more than just back pain. doctors say all the snow can be

causing stress, anxiety, possibly depression. >> these are unique days. they're days that are not filled with work and some of your regular activities. people are starting to be meore irritable, tearful and sad. you may need to look at something that the change of routine is bringing out the feelings in you. >> washington hospital center psychologist desi griffin says the best way to combat snow stress, plan activities, stay connected to your friends and family and remember it is temporary. the snow will eventually go away. coming up, it's here, though. we'll get a final check on the conditions. we'll head outside.

good afternoon. well, the rush is on. the flakes are starting to fall and people are trying to get

home while they still can. 270 headed in the northbound direction between shady grove and 370. we've got slow-moving traffic. that's also going to be a slow exit on to 370 and take you up towards clopper road in montgomery village. most of the snow removal around the area has been halted. notut of springfield. it's kind of pretty. those delays are beginning to ease. leaving springfield down in towards newington, due to a snow removal crew. that crew has left. the lanes reopened. delays are easing through the stretch. a big trouble spot for drivers along 66. it was accident activity blocking the right lane and snow removal that was blocking the right lane as well. kind of a -- a smorgasbord of issues. now that the snow is falling, it's best to just stay home. don't risk it. stay in. back to chuck bell outside. >> thank you very much.

out here on the front lawn of channel 4, the snow is really starting to come down now. i've been out here since 4:00 this afternoon. at that time, we were getting a lot of sleet pellets mixing in with the snowflakes. here over the last 45 minutes, this has changed over to about 90% snow at this point in time. that is actually good news for the road crews because snow is easier to deal with. the other thing i've done earlier today, we came out here and measured a block of our snow out here on the front lawn at channel 4. it's very wet, heavy snow. so we took our shovel here, which is now thanks to all the heavy snow, it's bent along the outside. i have a feeling a lot of shovels have been bent like this one. we took a block of snow, about 12 inches on a side. our one column of snow, our one square foot of snow that was 18 inches deep, weighed 20 pounds.

so the average roof has about 1,000 square feet of exposure on it. that's 25,000 pounds of snow on the average roof before anything else is added up on top of that. the other problem is this is the kind of snow pack that can hold the moisture. as we get this rain or sleet or snow or freezing rain mix into this, this kind of a snow bank will hold on to that moisture. in the short-term, we're going to have another winter storm to deal with. down the road two weak weeks, three weeks down the road, this snow pack times the watershed has to melt. a serious flooding problem two or three weeks from now. in the meantime, get ready, everybody, for another major winter storm. we're only 9.3 inches away from breaking the record for the snowiest winter on record right here in the washington area. that is a check of "news4 at 5." "news4 at 6" starts right now.

it's hard to believe, but here we go again. with the d.c. area still struggling to recover from last week's blizzard, more snow is reatening to cause additional problems on the roads, prolong power outages and keep schools closed. good evening, everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. the combination of today's snow and last week's blizzard has prompted some major school districts to shut down for the remainder of the week. we'll be scrolling a list of closings at the bottom of your screen throughout this broadcast. there's still no word yet about the status of the federal government for tomorrow. we go to bob now for the latest on this storm that's coming our way again. >> an unprecedented period of storms and winter weather that we have never seen really in the history of washington for that matter. o