x 4. we're havine with her mike. tom, this is a live look here in freder. we're told this is route 3 and the cars are having trouble gett the hill because of the snowy conditions causing slick roads. >> yeah looks like there is an acci there in e distance. the snow is covered with -- the road covered with snow s untreated surfaces. e main roads that have been salted are just wet but side street sidewalks getting a snow. has quickly moved in. yestery mornings time this t was over dallas texas and now ove us moving across virgin into maryland and brig whi bands is where it's coming down harder. x county great falls. e is another band of mode snow from northern prin from laurel throu college park and

takok and n and sout that snow stretches down into ea fairfax county from mount vernon down to alexandria and fasouth. s snow coming down o fredericksbu to charles county and waldorl be coming in bands. it may lighten up a bit, then gets heavy at times. all these counties in purple nort virginia immediate metro area and northern land lighr amounts. t heavier a by the tim this tapers off, a coup inches. later amounts farther north.aryland and higher amounts far southern maryla nor neck 3 to 6 inch by the time it tapers off later this morning. and now back to you, eun.

if you work for the feder gove youe on a two hour delay today. you can telework or take unscd leave. school clays we're we're dee seei fairfax county montgo arlington all openg two hours late today as are d.c. public schools. those u see in yellow on the map here. countin red have closed schos and the ones in green we bee are on a normal schedule today.t now let's go to melissa moll get a look at proble because of the snow. >> and we are really starting to see the problems roll in this mornin dumfri road at lake jackson drive, do have a krach there with overturned vehicle. tryingo g that out of way ther 66 west of 29, gainesville here you can see we do have moistu on t roadways.d there goes my camera. doesn't want to play with me here this morning.

taking a look northbound 95 this is where we're getting hit e hardest. will is w most of the snow is at will point this morning. as you're kind of passing dumfri. a look at 95, this has just turned yellow. and bw parkw just out sued the beltway is a little times coming up for you. today is a weather alert day. t now we're seeing the snow comingn in northern g an mcgraph is live for us on roe 1. >> rep we're seeing some bei kult lags. we have really big fluffy flakes falling r now and i would say within the last hour we have started to see it accun the center of e the that the righ

hand lanes are more traveled peop headi to washington, . howeve in the center and those left hand lanes, where people are headed south, those are starti get snow covered. and this was a treated street. t we've had steady stho sthoef com down, so we're staro he seat impact and al some accidents in the area. so peopl i talked to a gentleman who drove her woodbridge from nation airport. and hed he is starting to see some treacherous conditions. >> oh, it's kind of slick, so you want to be very careful. black e is starting to develop. so you hav to be careful. >> rep those bridges and over te he's the onest freeze first. so certain make sure that you're very very careful. keep those speeds down.

basicay k go with the here. don't be overconfide aslick. megan grath, news 4. > and amelia segal is in the 4 x 4 in fredericksbg and it looks lik there are backups there. what's that about? absolutely. we're here on route 3 trying to get on to i-95 and head northb. now, wt i told happened here as we take a live look outside, a cop car first spun out and now that's kind of hanging off of the side of the road. and large semi-truck had also gott stuck g uphill becae the road has not been treate has gone through the area and traffic is moving at a slow pace. parked at the side of the road. conditions here are quickly

deteri e temperatu in the truck is below freezing, so snow is quicy sticking. so any untreated roads right now in bad shape. again, we are already seeing cars having difficulty getting up the hill. we'll continue to drive around in t team 4 x 4 giving you updates throughout the mornin> 6:06. if you plan to use amtrak today, some services wie canceled because of the weather. trains on several lines throu virgin including stops in norfolk and richmond have been cancel. for service between new and savannah georgia. the acela express and northea region servi between d.c., new boston will operate on a normal schedule. vre operating a full normal schedu. amtrak says to check its website and social media because the weathe cause more delays or cancellatio today. vdot crews have been out trea the roads all night to get ready for this morning. mcauliffe and the public safety secry

pers thanked tron workers. mccaus says the state has t $150 million of its snow budget. they deploy 2500 operators across the state. 6:07. as you're getting ready for work this morning, we're bringing the news straight to your phone. if you have the nbc washington app, ye already getting our push alerts on the latest scho closin kee rolling thi if you haven done it already, it's easy pup just download the app on your smart phone. n legal marijuana.e are lots of rules you need to know. we've put them online and we'll ng coming up.d we've learned fairfax and ar county schools are now closed is a change. they we delayed. we're tracking the impact this wm is having in your community. looking live in southern

mary where the snow is starti to come down pretty steady. we're finding on the roads there. and whi it's coming right now tom n is tracking when you'll see the heaviest snowfall in yo neighborhood. plus wh ignoring that scho bus stop sign and flas b

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right now southern maryland seei heavy snowf as this late winter storm rolls throug you can see the snow starting to cover the road there is. but that could be changing. >> tom kierein is here with the snow totals we'll see in our area. yeah, already had an inch total now in sterling. one of my twitter followers post that. bright white bands is where it's coming downde that stretcs d into charles county. and farth south and west parts of st. m calvert as well. heavie #08 k 8:00. taperi off by noon. this afterno a little sunshi. have blue line delays to largo. appare deer hit by a train at van dorn street.

taking a look at travel times, virginia looking pretty good. same thing maryland. to w the beltway is the slowes taking you 19 minutes instd of about 10. you're probably already preparg for a longer drive to work thimorning. t our storm team 4 x 4 is out roads rightns. and we're not the only ones deal this winter storm. we'll take you live to charlo north carola for a

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6:17. weathe alert day for you this g as we deal with more sn. we've watched as the snow has picked p dramatically over the past hour and we're now seeing heaviest snr today. tom kierein is tracking who is seeing the most snow right now. what's g on? >> that's in the eastern suburb heavie snow now bright white county anne arundel, stretches farther south and west across charles county across the potomac into sout stafford to near fred into spotsylvania county. anothef in order ra snow into the northern neck of virgin. that's where heaviest snows wille for the rest of the mornin beg to taper off from the west to the east quickly by later this morning. amelia is out live in the

m team 4 x 4. where are you now? >> well, we're on 95 north jush of stafford. and i have to say the secondary road fredericksbg were absolu horrible. cars that didn't have four-wheele were having difficulty g up the hills. now that we're on 95 north, we're only noticing wet roads. snowfa coming down at a modera ra the snow is sticking to the side. visibi also good at this time. r plan is to continue to head snort for the res of the mog hours, continuing bring e latest conditions of area roads. and i'm suspectsing head north closer to t metro area we'll start to see traffic piling up because of the snow. but here the main roadsing on. secondy r road crews are

havi big issues with. >> thank you, amelia. and rit n the snow is really picking up in southern maryland. zach zachar i can see all the snow arou you. how are roads? >> rep i grew up in minute s i know a li somet snow and i was concerned this morning that this thing wasn't going to materi has. it's cold wet and visibility is becomi an issue with some of the snowflakes.d that means that driving cond are deteriorating. i'll pan over ho you take a peek at branch avenue. we're here in brandywine in princounty. e seen road conditions detee over the court of the last hour and that means traffi moving slower than it was. made ou way down here, see much. but it's certainly picked up. if you were with us our last ago, there wasn much on the ground here

but we're starting to see a lot more. we're also here just outside of a gas station, we' had an oppoy to talk to some driver >> have yo had enough of this snow yet? you still looking for that big ? i'm looking for the big dump yeah. waiting for that. it's coming. we have about a month and a half left about so it's coming. >> rep in terms of schools in our area here, you should prince geors annod the be two hours late today. and ju cancel all publ schools. we'll cone to keep you updated. >> and we're also keeping an eye on the airports. reagan national reporting 20 cancs and two delays. cance at bwi mars and four delays dulles repog 12 cancellatio and

three delays. we know we'll have all ki bepr on the roads and sky. >> tom is timing out the fore now. >> heaviest snows right where zachy is. you can see the areas in gray is the lighter areas to our west. s's broken up kite a bit in eastn west virgin. band stretches in to princoun anne l county. these bright white areas, all acro most of anne arundel and then scattered moderate to heavy snow across prince george to clinton and brandywine. and then farther south right along route 301 from waldorf all the way down across the bridge and into the northern neck that whe they're getting more moderate to heavy snow.e wand

stretches down into stafford and spot counties. it's hovering right around 30 degrees, any f falling will stick to any untreated surfacau it's moving so quickl just an inch or two the immediate metro area. to the north just a coating to an inch near the pennsylvania border b generally 1 to 2 inch will be common in the near in maryland and virgin. d across the rest of northern virgin into shenandoah valley. r south, right across and calver anne arundel, southern prince charles, could get up to three inch there. 2 to 3 inches common frederr to culpeper. further sout 3 to 6 inches. farther south into so for morning commute, slick roads and untreated surfac.s w drying out by later thiafternoon. those treated with chemicals now th are wet likely drying out

duri the afternoon. overnitonight, still below freezin highs low to mid-30s friday. maybe a morning flurry tomorrow. then still very cold saturda teens in the morning. afternn highs near 30. finall a warming trend sunday up near 40. into the on monday after mae a lite bit of a mix on mond morn could get a mix a little bit chiln tuesday, highs 30. much warmer mid week next week. ought to hit the 50s on wedny with some rain. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. melissa has some delays on metro. right now blue line dlargo. this is because of a deer that was struck near van dorn street. and take a look, this is amelia segal's car headed throh stafford so you see it's coming down there. and of co we have megan woodbridge. it's stick to untreated surfac. slick. dumfri road at lake jackson drive,e a report of several

difft crashes here in manass least one vehicle is overtu. altern prince william parkwa 95 is quite slow in virginia receips a getting slick, and pe are slowing down. inner loo befe branch avenue report of a crash. not seeing it on camera, but t mean it isn't there. d route 100 westbound at wa boulevard, we have a crash that just popped up there. 270 at montrose is flowing pret well. >>s 6:24. d kuld will be in richmond the governor signs a new l marijuana law. this young girl has epileptic seizur sometimes hundreds a day. th new law will allow a very spec type of marijuana oil extrt that does not ha that high and is only for patients like her. if you havet heard by now small amounts of pot are now

lel in d.c.. that law took effect overnight. the ma went ahead with it even after members of congress sa that doing that would land jail. the d.c. government d d.c. poli say that there are four words tha you need to know. home grow home use. here's what that means for you. you're allowed to have up to two houpss of it but you can only smoke it at home. yon also grow up to six plan at home, but only three of them can be fully grown at any one time. you can also share up to one ounce with other people but sell buying pot is not alloweu can smoke it in public or pub housing. that includes parks, bar your car. is still totally illegal on federal l around here. you also cannot smoke and drive at t same time. the drug is also banned for anyby und the age of 21. wee watching as the snow star to accumulate. here is a live look the storm team 4 x 4 is in stafford. drivers

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you'e in this latest wint storm. as we look at some of the clos and delays fairfax, arlin closed now. they we on a two hour delay. prince william, loudoun, spot couy schools are al closed. >> d.c. is on a two hour delay. montgo county, two hour delay. and this just into our newsroom, prince cools are thousaw closed. frederic county is on a two hour delay. ho county is on a two hour delay. frederk county virginia schos are closed. spotsy calvert county all closed rappahannock county, shenan manassas city, freder cit all closed county closed as well. same for fauquier county, warren culpeper. king ge county closed. alexandr just changed, they e closed now d.c. schools also having

a change. now closed. page county on a two hour delay, jeff engine hours delay. anne arundel, falls churc all opening two hours late. the federal govt also has a two houred delay start. yo can also tell that work or use unscheduled leave. >> so we're seeing a lot of schos change status from delay to clo because the snow is coming down at a tough time. >> and the heaviest is just to ths us where we had zach earlier. it is sticking to any untreated surfac right white bands is the heav snows right now. that includes anne arundel county south and west of there acro southn prince geor coun and then into charles coun and across the c in to and over toward staf and spotsylvania.

another heavy band northern st. mary's mechanicsvil. a re of 2 inches of accumu s far. and there i more on the way there. now, t timing for the snow comi in on time as it was lookin like yesterday around 4:00 this morning. heavie snows between now 8:00 and 9:00. then i quickly taper off after that. ending from west to east and by noonti a lingering flurry. maybe lingering light snow on e eastern shore. ending up with a couple of inch away the metro area. 3 to 4. much further south, northern neck west of there just a coatg to an inch farther to the north as this sysm moves throug coming up at 6:41 a look at the hour b temperatures will play a key role through the day. still have metro delays. blue and yellow line delays now to largo and mount verno. somethg we'll be dealing with

this. live shot from amelia s vehicle this is driving northb on 95. take a look it really is cs in stafford headed north. northbound, about 34 miles . looks t the same headed sout after quantico, it opens up a little bit. beltwa st. barnabas ever flowing prey well. 95 in maryland kind of slow here. a lot yellow. we don't normally see this. same t bw parkway. 31 miles per in and out of townbw parkway. 45 on 95 in maryland. taking look at 66 you can see after parkway, pret slow. about 40 miles per hour. backn ten minutes with travel times. g those of cour to get a lot longer as this snow really starts falling. these school statuses are chan fast. manass park and manassas city schos are closed today. that is a change. d.c. public schools still openg on a two hour delayed

start. that's the late foes d.c. public school w the wea today, of course is a weather alert day for you. right now we're seeing the snow real coming down in northern virgin. megan mcgrath is live in woodbr covered now to show us what e neighborhood streets are looking like there. >> rep yeah we pulled up stak and moved a little bit down the road here into a neighb to givu an idea of what these neighborhood street lik and you can see are snow covered. look at this along my boots here. very very slippery. as you go down to the pavement itself it kind of sticks. so very treacherous conditions these neighborhoo. and as you see it's continuing to snow, so still seeing more accumu. earliee route 1 and it w starting within the last hour hour and a half to start stick in the center of the

road lanes, we were staro see an accumulation of snow there. eve roads were treate we are seeing an impact even with major roads. so people need to keep their spee down. talked to a gentleman who came from washington,. down into t woodbridge and he notid as going on some of the bridges and the overpa he encountered some blacice. so that is another situa that we have out there. it is very, very cold. of the school systems are closin we've been hearing morning long here in prince willm county they are closino that should help with some of the traffic. but if you have to go out, just ke your speeds down before leave plenty of room between car and the car in front of you. megan mcgrath, news 4. it's now 6:36. the storm is causing vdot to canc a planned meeting in pr william cou

the pardon our dust meeting will constrt the duct bank to carry new underground utilities along route 1. no word on when that meeting will be rescheduled. just in as the snow is pili up so are the pictures we're getting in and we want to show what is happg in every corner of the area. sterling virginia this was posted on twitter by patrick stewar that's what saw when he stepd out this morning. from waldorf, the sidewalk coved with snow. here is from megan mcgrath in woodbr. that's the pre-treated route 1. and finally here posted by sout maryland wer and new, the proof is right there 2 inches there in leonard town. so we want to see what you you are seeing this morning. go ahead and e-mail us yours photos.

icee@n washington. and of cour can also post it on all your social media sites.e the #weather alert day. we of course have been watc the conditis as they dete over past coup of hours.impact this snow is having on commuters and the servic changes y

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a number of school closures. meanwh we' watched cond >> tom it's picking up. >> this storm is really zipping along aroun 30, 40 miles per and quickly tapering off and ending in the shenandoah valley. but south and east, barnds of heav through northern st. mary's,i cross the potomac and in tow fredericksbu. hour b we'll have e temper staying below freezi. th will play a critical role e what is falling and stic will stay there for the rest of the day. even though we'll get sun back later this afternoon. roads and r problems this mornin metro, blue and yellow line delays to largo and mt. vernon square. want to show you a big look at

things. 395 inbound, top of the beltway gettg slow all the way over here near kenilworth avenue. we don't typically see this on an average morning. the weather is slowing folks down. taking a look at travel times, 66 east no major problems. 395 twe as long as it should gettg to the 14th street bridge. 95 north not terrible. other g problem, outer loop 20 minutes instef 10. and then 270 southbound germ to the beltway, about five minutes behind. the weather will not affect your commute on vra today. we're told trains are running on a normal scho at if you would service rightnow. same goes for trains on penn and camden lines. brunswk 880 will leave 45 minus late to accommodate workers leaving later this mornin e we'll bring you any updas as they come in. >> you're looking live at

so maryland as the heav bands of snow move into the area. we're sticking with you, we'll on until 8:00 a.m. this g just to make sure we cover all the bases for you. zachar will show us how the roads have become t 30 minute will ss swill we've learned winch.

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schoo closings are beginn pile up like the snow outside as we expand our this morning. montgo county schools just announ are now closed. a lot of status changes this morning. wel be staying on the air until 8:00 to keep you up to the minute on the changing cond as they get worse by the minute. >> let's check on current complas with your weather and traf >> just got a snow total in from the northn neck of virginia. theye had 5 inches of snow

in reedville eastern norn neck. stl one band of moderate to heavy snow this white bright aream calvert county and acro north st. mary's head towd fred. one of the worse spots in the area at this point this mornin be dumfries road. that is whe amelia segal is right now. 95 in virginia that entire area 234 is really nasty. also in maryland, 95 into and out of town bw parkway just a mess tmorn stay off the roads if you can. want to show you live tenleytown upper north washington. you can see the snow starting to pile up more right outside our fronyard. e sitting at about 32 degrhere. and this is the situati that we're seeing all across the region as the snow continues t fall. news 4 has a lot of eyes on the roads for you this mornin snow has ramped up. we're seeg a lot of school dela and closings.

can stay up-to-date on the nbc washiapp. amelia now in the storm team 4 x 4 this morninlive. where are you and how does it look? right now we're on 234 leaving the dumfries area heading t manassas where we have heard word of a few accis there thimorn now, on 95 north for the most part the roads were just wet. the volume was increasing but cars were still traveling at abou milhour. you can see a live look outside right now with the storm team 4 x 4. sn covered roads here on 234. traffi is moving along okay and the snow is very lit in intensity. i've been monitoring the temper m long and it's kind of hovered right arou the 28, 29 degree mark. and here in the 4 x 4, the tempe is at 29. again, the plan is to head manassas and see the late conditions there. and bring y those road cond as so we get

them. thank you, amelia. > vdot crews have been out all night and yes governor mcauli the public safety dire personally thanked tran workers. the state has already spent $150 millio its snow budget. during mos storms virginia deploys 12,000 pieces of equipmd 2500 operators acro the state. >> in you plan to use amtrak trains on several lines through virge been canceled. same goes for service between and savannah georgia. the acela expre service between d.c. new yo a boston will operate on a normal schedule. vre operating a full normal sche. am says to check its website and so media because the weatd cau more delays and cancellatio today. this just in anne arundel schools are now closed. again, a lot of schools changing

statusm delayed to closed. you can check our app and they'r screen, welly becoming treach zachar is in brandywine help how is it looking? >> rep we've seen snowfall like this consistently here in prince for about the last hour and a half so. and the accumulatio ye just heading out this this is the kind of accumu that you'll see in the area. and if you're about to jump on the roads, you're about for see what is happening here on branch avenue a peek at the what is happhere. this flow of traffic has cons slowed down as this contins to bill up. obviouy visibility is an issue. we came down, we didn't see a whole lot of slick spots, but obviy some of that has chand n with the snow cont to fall here in princounty. visibi is an issue. traffic is slowing down. and th thing doesn't look like

it will letp anytime soon. we're here just outside of the 7-el stati again just off branch avenue here in brandy wipe. we have a new announcement out prince ge public school they ha canceled for the day as has charles county school updates all morning long. zacharkiesch news 4. >> and we know zachky is a prep reporter. he has a snow shovel with him. >> just happened to have that. he's ready. >> you want to have one in your trunk, too. you could sli off the road and ne out. bee it is slick. all this snow that is falling, we see it here behind me it has been coming down heaviest just to t east of the metro area. is a winter weather alert day here at nbc 4 which means we frequent updates the morning. so stay tuned. this is a rapidly changing situat this has kicked s sixt moving quickly. time yeste morning, it was in dallas texas and now passin thr our region.w in the brighter

white bands just east of wash this calvert, south and ea st. mary's hatd 2 to 3 inches. eastern northn neck has had 4 to 5 inches. area of moderate to heavy snow far south and west. temper are below freezing. just in th upper 20s to near 30. every flake that falls is stic to any untreated surfe including sidewalk and front steps. snow quickly came in as predd yeste around 4:00 thise metro area. and it's been coming down pretty now he's darker zones where it will be hardest between now through aro 10:00 this mo th it wi rapidly end, this is a fast moving storm by noon mos of it will done. e a lingering flurry in the eastn suburbs early afternoon. ifrnlts in the area. about a half inch right in washin where zach was in southern prcounty already a couple inches.

3 inches common amounts thes chairs calvert, nort st. mary's. north and west won't be quite as m up near the pennsylvania border just a coating to an inch. but much of the metro area 1 to 2 inches. for the drive time watch out for slick roads. it will stay treacherous. this afternoon a little su breaking out. roads will begin to dry out. maybe a flurry tomorrow morning. sun back in the afternoon. still cold. day saturday staying proceed freezing, but up near 40, su afternoon. upper 40s on monday. maybe a mix on monday and mix on tuesday highs 30s. and then 50s on wednesday with some rain. looks like the arctic air wille out of here next week. now melissa has delays and slow going on the roads. >> real slowdowns here because obvi situa with all the of the precipitatio

395 inbound and outbound slow. 50 inbound and outbound, slow there,s well. top of the belty typic slow. worst spots 95 in virginia, 66. you can see normal volume. 95 at dale city looking pretty in this stretch. we know that in it general roae gratd. beltway at saint barb bass more cloud cover moving in. it's now 6:54. a snowg bass, more >> megan mk is live in woodbr. t and this is forest grove road that u see behind me. we've got a bit of a hill going on. and traff people starting to leave their houses and head into work and they're taking it very very slow on this curve here this hill which is a good idea. are starting to really see a

deten in the conditions here. you can see some of the trafc goi by. we have sn covered conditions here. a li of pavemt that you can see here. t certa a lot of snow. very very slick. you are headed out of the house,p your speeds down. we are starting to see things real get slick out here and as you me here the snow is still falling. so in terms of your morning, if you can wait a little bit longer let the crews clear thin up a bit that's your bet. if you have to go out, make sure very very careful. back to you. a lot of clos delays due to thweat >> if you work for the fed govern you are on a two hour delay arrival. you can also telework or take unscheleave. >> take a look at this map of e schoo closings and delays. everyt in green is opening on time as of right now. the cities and county this is hours

late. everytn red is closed. had a lot o the course of the last few hours. so be sure to check your school some schoolst were delad are closing right now. here is a list p fairfax county montgo county prince county arlington coun schools are all closed. they we on a two hour delay. school clarke county, alexan winchester manass manpark, all change they are now closed too. >> and as of now d.c. on a two hour delay. howard county also, frederick coun maryland on a two hour delay. >> frederick county virginia closed prince willcounty, county spots vein gentn all closed. st. mary's closed as are charle calvert, anne arundel coun. fauquiy closed rapp closed shenandoah closedll menner, warren clos. page

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news4 begin >> welcome to special extended cove on news4 today. this is a live look outside of our storm team drive through the snow. condit are deteriorati as the snow picks up right in the heart of rush hour. you.m eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilch. it is 7:00 a.m. we are continuing our special r covere ts morning to keep you informed about this comm i'm getting a lot of questions on social media about d.c. publ schools. we said incorrectly at 6:30 that they a closed. public schools are on a two-ho del today, so the kids do have to go to school in d.c. today. >> and there's been some