>> crews are hard at work clearing roads before the sunset. temperatures continue to fall. >> that's right. windchills will dip below zero as soon as the sun goes down. get ready, folks, for ice and lots of it. we have complete storm team coverage for you, veronica and transportation reporter, adam and tracy checking out the details. you are on the weather deck right now. >> reporter: it has been sunny, nice and bright. the sun reflecting back up to my eyes, but it has the net effect of the sun melting. what we will see tonight is a very quick refreeze across the area, flash freeze in fact whatever did get slushy, shortly after 5:00. conditions today, it's been windy, we have snow pack on the ground and polar air over us solidly locked in the deep

freeze. when the wind does drop, our temperatures get a chance to drop more between 10 and 18 miles an hour. you can see it across the area, 9 in frederick maryland and the wind speed delivering windchill values that right now most neighborhoods are just above freezing, from feeling like 6 in minneapolis to 7 in manassas. just below zero in gaithersburg and hagerstown. even though winds are easing up more tonight, i expect windchill values to be just below zero. right now, sunshine across the area. the sun sets at 5:18. as soon as it does, we're talking about icy conditions with a flash freeze. black ice, that thin layer that is very transparent and hard to see. and is on bridges and overpas s overpasses. roads will become very slick. we want to talk about driving slowly. a lot of folks, a little deceived from conditions on area

roads. as soon as the sun sets it will get slick. i'll be back with the timeline forecast showing you a chance for a little bit more snow coming your way tomorrow and we'll talk about what lies beyond that with the four-day forecast. >> the main roads are clear for the region but some sites are pretty tricky to maneuver in some areas and could be potentially tricky areas tomorrow. adam from falls church with the situation there. >> reporter: hi, pat. v.j. was talking about driving slowly. that is what you want to do today and tonight as the sun goes down. look at the road here. i want to be fair to v dot. this type of second dairy rule the exception and not the rule. most of the main roads are in good shape moving well and every once in a while you come through a subdivision, side street and

secondary road and you find it is covered over and iced over. as the temperature drops fit, this is obviously what we have to deal with, what we need to be careful of vdot is telling us after a certain temperature, 19, 20 degrees, the chemicals they put down, they simply don't work and why they need mother nature the sun to help out with some of this. they say every road has had some sort of treatment, whether chemical or salt or sand solution. that's the situation in falls church. let's send it to tracy wilkins in upper marlboro. >> hi, adam. up in upper marlboro we see plenty of roads have been plowed and taken care of. in prince george they are leaving a mixture of sand and salt. roads that have been plowed, you see a salt and slushy mix. this is in a neighborhood and the fact neighborhood streets

are getting attention is a very good thing. let's look at the prince george's area, we were watching road crews doing what they need to do. what veronica and adam said is absolutely true. when we hit these below freezing temps tonight, a lot will freeze over. crews have more work to do and one of the crew members we spoke to today has advice for folks in the street. >> reporter: they just need to pay attention and as you say, stay off the roadways. they don't listen but just to do what they can do. just get out of our way. >> that was miss vanessa. she was great to allow us to hang out with her. what she's saying is true, the best thing to do when you see these trucks trying to get the salt down and chemicals to make it safe for us is get out of the way and give them the space to do what they need to do. we've been seeing accidents

involving salt trucks and don't want that to happen. give them plenty of space to get back to work tomorrow. reporting live in upper marlboro. >> thank you. we just learned the names of two young men killed in an accident on wet roads in prince george's county. 21-year-old allen and darrelle davis were killed in landover yesterday. this is this video we showed you at this time yesterday. we should let you know allen's car split in half after he lost control, hit a cab, slammed into the telephone pole. investigators believe speed and wet surface contributed to the crash. the taxi driver is injured but expected to be okay. >> you want to drive safely. remember, you can track the weather and get alerts on the go. download our storm team smart weather app on your smartphone in the app store or google play. >> our coverage of tonight's looming ice danger continues in

just a moment. also why financial guru warren buffet is offering a $1 billion prize for perfection. >> reporter: who has the pest snow hat. who is going to get the pat collins' snow stick? the judges are judging and the process begins, news 4.

there's a search going on right now for the person who shot and killed a teenager in southeast d.c. this afternoon. the victim was found on the ground near howard road near bowen road. he'd been shot multiple times. we're told the victim is 19 years old. police are still on the scene

interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence. >> it's not clear what happened to a woman found dead on a golf course in maryland this morning. someone walking a dog stumbled across her body in arnold. this happened near the 15th hole, people are calling the woman's death suspicious. an accident where a cigarette is being blamed on a house fire. a kensington man was trying to light a cigarette using his stove. it happened around 5:00 this morning on decatur street near connecticut avenue. the man's clothes caught fire. he's in the hospital being treated for serious burns. no one else was injured. the home was also damaged in the blaze. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife are hoping to delay a court hearing friday on gift this is a received from a wealthy businessman accused of accepting cash and gifts from jonnie

williams the ceo of star scientific and wanted help to promote his documents and williams took her dress shopping in new york and persuaded to family to lend him $50,000 and a caterer for his daughter's wedding. mcdonnell calls all the gifts personal favors. >> i never promised and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. coming up on news 4 at 5, how the former first lady's fixation on fashion played a role in the scandal. the storm is over but you better button up. incredibly cold air and icy danger tracking form flurries for tomorrow. v.j. is up next. pat tomlins issued a challenge to snowed in viewers and we got hundreds of responses. joining us live with the snow

stick challenge when we come back.

yesterday, our own pat collins issued a challenge and we had fun with that >> he asked you to send in your favorite fun hat and pat is back

in his own favorite hat on connecticut avenue and more on how we have narrowed it down. this looks like a different hat. is it because there is no snow on it today? >> reporter: same hat, no snow and a lot better today than yesterday. jim, pat, boy, washington, do you know your snow hats. we had more than 400 entries into the pat collins' snow stick challenge. we could only pick one winner. decision, decisions. bring in the judges and let the judging begin. it was a straightforward challenge. the pat snow hat gets an official pat collins snow stick. there were more than 400 entries. hats of all sizes. hats of all descriptions. hats of all colors. animals wearing people hats.

we even had one from a horse, oh, wilbur. then there were people wearing animal hats. it was like a zoo parade. off the wall, out of ox hats. so it was hard to keep track of it all. i assembled a team of celebrity judges to screen the entries. our award winning investigator reporter, tisch thompson and others. they were impressed by what they saw. >> the hats were pretty cool. >> what a showing these hats, creativity. they showed ingenuity. >> a lot of knitted hats. there are a lot of grandmas out there apparently. >> reporter: so, who's got the best hat? who is going to get the snow stick? coming up at 5:00, the five finalists. it wasn't easy for the judges to get there. live in northwest, pat collins,

news 4. >> lots of good ones. hey, the zoo was closed yesterday and why so many animal hats. we got entertained by that. >> let's not say that. they will need hats tonight and a lot more. >> and for days to come. unlike the last time we have a polar air mass over us, this time it will stick around for day, folks, through the rest of the week. get ready, keep those hats ready. look at this shot here. down below looking at the blue sky, that is ice you see. in the housing of our camera. i know around your window frames you might have a little bit of ice, too. let's talk about the weather impacts tonight. folks, not looking good on area roads. roads for sure will be slick. i do think tomorrow morning we could still see some delays across the area. dangerous cold. that, we brought down because of the wind. it won't be as strong across the area and temperatures coming up

a little bit. drive slowly if you're out after the sun sets, around 5:00. roads turning icy, 18 degrees and dropped to 15 by 9:00 and 14 degrees by 11:00 p.m. we've got a clear sky right now. look at the clouds off to the west around ohio and indiana. another fast moving system that will come zipping through tomorrow. what do we get after the icy start? we will see a few flurries and icy conditions and sidewalks and overpasses all icing up. you might want to check and put down what is effective in temperatures dropping down into the teens and single digits tonight. here's our flurry chance. 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. not a big deal, not putting down layer or coating of snow. we have cold conditions on friday. over the next four day, we could

get a little more snow. chance of flurries tomorrow mainly from noontime to about 3:00 p.m., turning windy late. could see gusts at 30 miles an hour, temperature 21-28. with those gusts at 31 miles an hour, that means a low windchill is going into friday morning. we have 11 degrees, subzero windchill ratings, high for friday, 25 degrees. we will stay in that sub-free sub-freezing air for quite some time. saturday, high temperature 36. it will be falling off. we're windy and cold and wind gust s 35 miles an hour and some snow showers that could deliver a light coating of snow throughout the area. that's our chance for thursday, flurry, saturday, a little bit of snow and monday chance of snow, high temperature of 30 degrees and when i return before the newscast is over we talk about how much we could get on monday coming up in a few. >> thanks, veronica. to stay ahead of winter storms,

delayed the nbc washington app for breaking news and weather alerts and snow related closings around the clock and watch news 4 streaming on your cell phone. the subzero temperatures overnight didn't stop some d.c. residents from having a big snowmobile fight. this is what dupont circle looked like late last night. about 200 people braved the bad weather to take part in this big snow fight. it's an event the first time it's taken place in three years. participants told us the fresh powder was perfect for making snowballs. it was a huge hit on social media and trending on twitter last night. if you are headed to the olympics, you want to be on the look out for this. a bbc reporter went to a sochi barm and discovered two toilets side by side in the same stall.

he tweeted out this picture from the olympic cross-country biathalon center. it's hit on social media as well. right now, that tweet has 1400 re-tweets and 300 favorites. no word yet if the twin commodes will be removed. >> that has wrong written all over it. think you're pretty good at picking the ncaa tips in the playoffs? if you get them right you could win a billion bucks, a joint venture between warren buffet and quicken loans. any who correctly calls them wins 40 annual installments of $25 million. winners can also choose to receive a 25$2500 million lump m payment immediately or share in that payment if more than one perfect bracket is submitted. the odds of that are pretty much nil. >> yeah. good luck. snow, ice and below freezing weather didn't stop thousands of

people from taking to the national mall today. we'll take you there. extreme danger on our roads as soon as the sun sets within the hour, temperatures will drop like a rock and almost immediately refreeze. checking out potential hazards right now.

now to a developing story that involves the american embassy in tel-aviv, the american em bass say says they foiled a plan to attack the embas embassy. three palestinians have now been arrested in helping in the set yup. the plot involved foreign suicide bombers posing as russian tourists and to attack the israeli conference and american on the same day. the u.s. is still working to independently verify the threat. first at 4, president obama has just wrapped up and event to protect women from sexual assault, especially on college campuses. he's creating a task force that has 90 days to come up with recommendations for colleges to prevent and respond to sexual

assault. the white house also issued a new report that says one out of every five women is raped or assaulted in college and the majority of student victims don't report the crime. today is the 41st anniversary of the landmark decision roe versus wade. every year, supporters and opponents face off in front of the supreme court. >> today's frigid temperatures did not keep them away. mark has the report. >> reporter: thousands have come to washington today for the march for a life event. many of them started out on the national mall for speeches from politicians and faith leaders and then marched here to the supreme court. the day began with prayer services like this one at the verizon center. then thousands gathered on the national mall. most unphased by the temperature and windy conditions. >> what? didn't notice it.

i'm from florida. is it cold? >> reporter: you're doing okay? >> i'm doing okay, putting up with it. >> reporter: thousands of anti-abortion activists were met with thousands of supporters of abortion rights who were met outside. >> there has been a series of assaults on women in this country the last few years especially my home state of ohio where a group of people who stand in solidarity of life from conception to natural death. >> reporter: the plan now for these marchers, visit their members of congress. mark sea grave, news 4. >> the extended freeze is putting pressure on salt suppliers. >> reporter: we're hitting roads in northern virginia and storm team 4x4 and getting a look at what the neighborhood looks like on the back roads and neighborhoods especially as we await that re-freeze. this year, i'm trying the protein thing

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let's get back to veronica jackson. all we want to hear about is thawing. >> reporter: that's right. we won't have that tonight. the most important part of the forecast, not what's falling from the sky but already on the ground. we had some effects today and puddling especially on the sides of the road, all of this on the ground will turn to ice. it will be very quickly after the sun goes down. icy conditions and black ice with a re-freeze. 12 degrees in gaithersburg and 19 in college park and greenville and college springs and falls church at 17 degrees. as soon as temperatures go down -- as soon as the sun goes down, temperatures will fall even more. myself, will be driving in the middle of the three-lane highway. dress more. temperatures at 5-13 degrees with a very light wind across

the area. high temperatures a little better, 20s 23, 24 around stafford and a chance to see a few flurries coming through churning windy and late in the day with winds at 20-30 miles an hour. continue continued cold with a chance of flurries an snow and maybe accumula accumulating snow. we'll talk about that. how are you holding up this hour in the brutal cold? we want to hear from you at this hashtag. right now, all our local airports are open and operating on normal schedule. the fda reporting no major delays. earlier all three local airports experienced some delays and cancellations. will tomorrow bring any more sledding? we are waiting word from our

school systems and bring it to you. every major school system in our area remained closed for a second day. but federal workers were back on the job and roads. they started two hours late but no plans for tomorrow. icy sidewalks for folks trying to get around in this frigid weather, moving much slower than usual today. the county spread salt on the roads and some sidewalks but people heading to the metro station said they still ran into some slick spots. >> i'm very very cold. i'm not driving. everything is ice. >> time to get around the best way i can, be safe and not fall. overnight temperatures are supposed to get even colder and means everything that melted in the sun today is likely to freeze again, creating more ice patches for people to look out for. in addition to the sidewalks in front of your house or maybe

your office, side roads have been big trouble spots all day. >> they sure have. dave is checking out the conditions in herndon. >> reporter: right now, we're driving along the herndon part of fairfax county. i want to show you where we're making our way through the neighborhood. you can see what the problem is. a lot of these roads are still snow covered and pretty icy. these are side streets and back roads and neighborhoods. and we caught up with derrick cleaning off his car getting ready to take his family out on the road. >> reporter: it's harder to get out of the neighborhood? >> it's a little slippery. >> reporter: even walking? as we walk out of here not too far from herndon parkway. you can see the transition as we make our way to a more traveled road. obviously pretty clear and not

too bad. the problem is overnight as we continue to see these slushy spots and melted because of intense sun, those are expected to refreeze and more treacherous commute in the morning. keeping our eyes on it for you. we head to rust stin from here and then to chantilly and we want to hear from you, if there are certain trouble shots in northern virginia. tweet me. it's not cheap treating all these roads. in frederick county, they're already feeling the strain on their budget. the county has spent more than $700,000 so far this winter. for that much money, crews got about 11 tons of salt more than the past two years combined. >> a lot of nuisance storms and ice events. the temperature has been so low this year it caused crews to use

a lot of material. >> crews have already ordered salt supplies three times and will put in another der as soon as this round is cleaned up. school closures to tell you about already. scott mcfarland. >> just getting this information into our newsroom. spo spotsylvania county schools will be closed tomorrow due to ongoing wet weather and cold and snow. the superintendent's presentation to the school board tomorrow also postponed, actually postponed from tomorrow. d.c. schools will be open. they just tweeted it out. some going back in the morning. at the live desk, scott mcfarland. >> you will get the live story. track incoming conditions and all on the smartphone. download our app in the app store or google play. flights canceled and schools closed. everyone told to stay in

tonight. we fake you live to philadelphia where blizzard conditions are causing real trouble. the mini cars in a crash, are they safe to drive? a chopper live at the university of maryland. this is the golf course. you see some deer enjoying the fresh snow and ice. news at 4

there's a new push to make baby car seats even safer, a new push for tougher standards for side impact crash, a test to show how young children would fare in t-bone impacts and only apply to car seats for children up to 40 pounds. they will have three months to comment on the plan and car makers have three years to meet the requirement. they are popular to drive for price and gas mileage. new crash tests now questioning the safety of the world's smallest cars. a highway safety group is warning drivers to stay away from them all together. >> reporter: after testing 11 models of mini cars the insurance institute for highway safety released a report that could have an impact. >> only one of the vehicles

received and acceptable ratings, none were good and the rest marginal and poor. >> reporter: the chevrolet spark got acceptable ratings and others marginal or poor in what's called a small or overlap test which replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or object like a tree or utility pole. institute researchers say the occupant compartments were way too vulnerable during these crashes. >> that is supposed to be your survival space. when you allow that structure to collapse and buckle in on you you're hurting the ability of seatbelts and airbags to protect you from injuries. >> reporter: the poorest performers were honda fit and fiat 500. a statement from fiat says it meets or exceeds all government mandated safety requirements and

continues to offer a high level of protection in the four man crash types identified by the side, and overlap front. honda says a completely redesigned 2015 honda fit will come to market in just a few months and we anticipate it will earn top safety scores in all crash tests. in light of these results, the institutes suggest drivers go bigger until minis get safer. >> mini cars are some of the lightest and gives them an inherent disadvantage from the start. >> reporter: making them safer after previous tests express confidence they do the same this time. chris clackum, nbc news. >> now that all that snow has stopped falling, the hard part begin, temperatures dropping fast right now and now black ice will become the next real threat.

a problem here in philadelphia where they may not get above freezing until sometime next week. more coming up. slow down and be cautious. we had a little bit of melting take place today from the impact of the sun. you know what, folks, in the next couple of minutes, when the sun starts to set, that will re-freeze very quickly and allow for icy conditions. 5:18 your sunset, roads will be very slick. and talk about getting out

scott mcfar lain halain -- lain -- mcfarlane has the latest. >> we just learned a judge denied a delay for the corruption charges. he and his wife indicted on 14 charges from gifts they received from scientific ceo jonnie williams, that man and tried to get a delay saying one of his attorneys in the case was out of town celebrating his wife's birthday and only reachable by boat. the judge denied it. the latest coming up beginning in about 20 minutes. for now at the live desk, i'm scott mcfarland. let's get right to the weather now. veronica, how low and how long are we talking?

>> our temperatures stay sub-freezing in terms of high temperatures the rest of the week. i want to focus in on the overnight period and every consecutive overnight for the rest of the week and can't stress enough it will be icy, folks and slow down and be cautious on area roads tonight. and looking at the traffic across the woodrow wilson bridge, 5:18. when the sun goes down, we're talking slick conditions out there in terms of conditions and windchill readings, 8 degrees in leesburg. tell that to the folks in germantown and gaithersburg and feels like minus 2. 5 in d.c. and camp springs coming in at minus 1 right now. hourly forecast for 7:00 this evening and 11:00 and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, icy cold and more ice. temperatures head to the teens about 11:00 p.m. and 5-10 by

tomorrow morning. dress warm. we will continue to see this pattern the next couple of days. we will see a pattern with these clipper systems making their way west to east through the area. each one of different strength and each one offering a little more snow than the other one. right now, we have a chance thursday and saturday, a chance on monday. i think out of all these three that we've got, that little chance coming through of various intensity, i think monday possibly could deliver maybe the most snow. we look at our storm team forecast. 26 degrees on thursday, 25 the high temperature for friday. look at the morning temperature, 10, 11 degrees. the average high, 43, average low, 28. it will be a little higher than that on saturday with a 30% chance of snow. showers that could come through the area. behind that system, we drop to 32 and every time our winds come through, wind picking up as well. right now, 30 degrees.

falling temperatures from 30 through the 20s. it will be windy and cold again, with the possibility of snow that may accumulate at the beginning of the week. what follows? look at this. more 20s for tuesday and wednesday of next week. the pattern continues with continued cold with the chance of snow every couple of days or so. >> our latest major winter snow dumped record amounts of snow in the northeast. >> thousands of me are digging out of bitter cold. jay is chilling out in philadelphia. jay. >> reporter: absolutely chilling out. 13 1/2 inches of snow overnight here. that shattered the old record. you know the iconic steps of the museum of art that rocky ran up during the movie into a launching pad for sleds. the snow- >> is really cold! >> reporter: the gusting winds.

>> chilly. >> reporter: and bitter cold temperatures stretched for more than a thousand miles across the northeast and midwest right now. >> it's freezing. i have multiple layers on doing the best i can to stay warm. >> reporter: staying warm is next to impossible. >> the windchill temperatures between zero and 10 below, this coal patter locking in for several days. >> reporter: which makes digging out even more difficult. >> we did our best, of course, to put a plow on every vehicle that could host one and that led to, i think, a significant effort by all. >> reporter: philadelphia took a direct hit. 13.5 inches in less than 24 hours, a record snowfall. it's stopped for now but the brutal conditions remain. >> there is a chance we won't go above freezing for the entire week, 168 hours. >> reporter: a deep freeze being felt across the region making things tough for man and beast. >> it's very cold.

actually, i'm freezing here, but it's wonderful. i love winter no matter what. >> reporter: you know, embracing the elements may just be the best way to deal with this latest turn during a tough winter. >> ta da. >> reporter: you have to laugh it's been such a severe weather. the sun going down in the city and temperatures dropping as well. already 33 inches of snow or more this season. for the first time in the history of the city they've had three snowfalls of 6 inches or more before february 1st. just for you guy, i tried out the whole sledding thing. you can see how that worked out for me. it's a young man's game, i think. >> what did you run into a snow plow, jay? look at that thing! >> you're just out of practice? >> reporter: i had halet of goodiners over the holidays,

guy, i have some work to do. >> you're out and about. thanks so much, jay. >> see ya. as popular vacation spots like the jersey shore, not even the wind and bitter cold could keep some folks from having fun. near the boardwalk ins s asbury park, they are still seeing a steady flow of customers. those who braved the cold said they have cabin fever and have to get out. they were relieved to find a lot of folks felt the same way. >> i've been inside my condo all day long. it's driving me nuts. i've gone stir-crazy. the idea of coming out and having a few beers doesn't get any better than that. >> it's known for the music scene and bruce springsteen performed just a few days ago. snow alerts and snow related closings, download our washington app now and watch news for streaming right on your

phon phone. >> fever reducing medicines may be contributing to the severity of up there outbreaks all over the world because fever is the body's weapon against infection. a fever can lower the amount of virus in your body and reduce the risk or chance of spreading the disease. canaeseadian rhers say a lower fever may also lead to a false sense of wellness and send patients back to work or school while still contagious. we already know that mediterranean diet is known to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke but a new study says it can also help prevent peripheral artery disease for blood flowlimbs. researchers followed spanish eaters. one group it an a low fat diet and the other ate the mediterranean diet with an emphasis on healthy fats. at the end, the mediterranean

diet group had less incidence of p peripheral artery disease. the terror alert before the start of the sochi winter games and president obama's efforts to make sure american athletes stay safe.

we are learning more about the suspects in the deadly shooting of a purdue university student in the raid of his home last night. trying to figure out why 25-year-old cody cousins of ohio shot 21-year-old bolt of wisconsin. cousins' landlord describes him as a clean cut organized guy and other students said never talked about having a gun or becoming violent and police believe bolt was specifically targeted. officials say the e-mails against athletes in the u.s. and other countries are fake but there are enough that russia is ramping up security. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in sochi with the latest. >> reporter: it's important to recognize the security threats in sochi and they are real particularly from terrorists operating in the north caucuses who might not want to miss this opportunity to carry out this kind of attack when so many people are watching sochi and

watching russia but you also don't want to play into their hands and exaggerate it. >> i take it seriously, all the threats. having said that, i don't think at this point one should get panicky or run away from sochi. i think that sochi is perhaps the best protected place inside the russian federation. >> take the letters that were received today by the german delegation and the hungarian delegation. both said they haveeceived threatening e-mails but they were some what vague, generate notices to be careful in sochi. officials from the olympic international committee said these threats were not credible perhaps sent by someone from the general public. we came into the so-called ring of steel, this area around sochi where the main olympic venues are, stadium for the opening

ceremony and hockey rink. to get in here was like getting through the tightest security at an american airport. metal detectors, bomb dogs, every bag opened and examined. to say the russians aren't trying to secure the sochi area just wouldn't be true. richard engel, nbc news, sochi. nbc news learned president obama spoke to russian president vladimir putin about security. and the white house is advising americans that plan to go to sochi to contact the state department and stay on top of the latest security warning. the olympic games begin february 6th. we invite you to join us from start to finish right here on nbc4. right now at 5, conditions showing live pictures now. this the threat may of stopped but new threats to our roads.

and manhunt under way. and the case against the virginia governor, did he give favors for a ferrari ride? and the winter storm will come for days to come. already schools in some areas shut down in virginia will be closed again. as we get more information, we will bring them to you first and live. the big story this is stark difference between the side streets and main roads. since early this morning roads and neighborhoods have been dangerous while interstates are mostly clear and all that could change. >> our storm team is back out on the roads this hour and monitoring the roads as conditions change and temperatures drop. a look at the restine area from the ground and warning the crews driving at this hour as the sun begins to set. from our city camera we are

scanning the region in this bitter cold weather, as the snow piles won't be melting any time soon. the new concern is a flash freeze. doug. >> i think that will be a major issue as we make our way over the next half hour. we're at the critical stage for the fresh freeze. look at the numbers. temperatures outside into the teens. 19 in d.c., 12 in gaithersburg and 21 in culpeper and 18 in manass manassas, and 16 degrees. we are well below freezing already. because we had sunshine today we did see a little bit of melting on the roadways. as the sun goes down and starting to do so right now, we will quickly see once the sun does go down, quickly see freezing very very fast, called a fresh freeze, happens just like that. roads become very slick and sunset at 5:18. right now over the next half hour, that i