t at the cherry blossom festival. don't get too excited about the spring like weather. another dose of winter will be arriving on our doorsteps in a few hours. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking who will be seeing the worst of the next wintery mix. >> it's going to be the north. we're going to be on the southern side of it as the system push brushes by us. it's sleet in west virginia and ohio. getting a few scattered flurries and patches of gray in the storm team radar in howard frederick. here western loudoun few flurries trying to reach the ground. it's not the main event. a big area under winter weather advisory. northern and eastern western virginia the metro area and maryland for the afternoon hours. that's when we'll likely see it moving through. the cold morning down to the low to mid 20s now. what melted overnight has frozen up. we have dry pavement. there's nebraska avenue live

view from our tower cam this morning. patchy ice on sidewalks. watch out for that on the sleet and icing. a little bit of snow in the afternoon. a greater chance for accumulating snow coming in on thursday. look at the drive time forecast coming up at 6:11. speaking of driving this morning. we have a breaking backup. >> big backup now southbound bw parkway as you approach the beltway. chopper 4 over the scene now. take a look at this. all the headlights headed southbound. we have a four mile back up from a crash that cleared out of the way. the delays remain. we pushed it out on the nbc washington app and tweeting as well. a mess. take 95 as alternate. brunswick signal problems on almost all the lines this morning. running up to 10 minutes behind. a warning there. new crash that popped up 295 northbound at bedding road and one down south at four seasons drive. just got a report of that accident. wide look at things overall.

no major problems into town and out of town. you can see the bw parkway problem here turning nice and red for us this morning. travel times coming up in ten minutes. with the sleet and in the forecast the federal government said it is on alert status today. agencies are open on time but you if you work for the government you have the option of unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave today. kblnchts you can check all of delay's online or the app. as of right now no major school districts are closed. however, the fairfax county school district said it may send your kids home early today. take a look at this. superintendent karen garza posted this online. as of right now #closefcps is not trending. you remember it took over twitter a number of times as parents and students criticized the district about not giving

enough notice about closings and delays. if you're dealing with two different commutes in the day ahead because of the winter weather. you need to check with tom what you can expect on your way to and from work at 6:11. a class-action lawsuit has been filed against a howard county restaurant owner. he faces peeping tom charges after he was secretly recording women in the bathroom. muehlhauser is one o of the ram's head tavern. they found footage different women. they arrested him last week. a monthgomery county couple has been found responsible for unsubstantiated child neglect.

daniel and alexander meitiv are gained attention for the free range parenting style. they found their 10 and 6-year-old children walking home. she said her children are happy and safe and are not the one that c worried about. >> they have taken on more responsibi. they get themselves the bus in the morning and the afternoon on time, right? >> the findings of child services basically means that evidence of child neglect may have been found but there isn't a firm conclusion. she'll continue to let her children walk home from the same park alone. a developing story right now. apparently hillary clinton used her personal e-mail account exclusively during her four years as secretary of state, which may have violated federal requirements. that's according to the new york times. the u.s. state department said clinton turned over 55,000 pages of e-mails that requested last year. in an effort to comply with updated laws. the department asked that john kerry is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a state.gov e-mail account. spring is now just weeks away. the cherry blossom festival is nearly here too.

you might be inviting families to see the blossoms. richard jordan is live about the announcement that is happening today. let's go to richard. >> reporter: good morning. the branchs are bare right now, but in time at all the cherry blossoms will be abloom. today we'll find out when the peak prediction date will be. it's going to be here before you know fire department cherry blossom festival has been set. it's march 20th through april 12th. everyone wants to know when the peak bloom will be. when are 70% of the cherry trees be abloom. it's the best time to come out here. typically it is that first week of april on april 4th. last year it was about a week after that about april 10th. today we will hear from the cherry blossom festival organizers about what they believe it will be peak bloom.

big business for the area. we know a lot of people come into the district just to see these cherry trees in bloom. this gift from japan the 3,000 cherry trees that line the tidal basin and part of the national mall here. they've been here for more than 100 years. when we can expect the hotels to be packed and the restaurants that are crowded. a lot of excitement here for the cherry blossoms. >> thank you. running out of snow days. the changes already being made to school calendars in one local school district and the days off begin to pile up. winter weather like this one is heading our way won't help our schools. when this wintery mix will arrive and impact it will have your drive home from work. >> plus a push to raise your property taxes why one virginia group's efforts

breaking news right now. bw parkway we have three big problems. here we go northbound bw parkway at 50. chopper 4 got over the crash. it's a mess for us. slowing things down at 50. as we're coming southbound to the beltway, you can see a four mile back up here. your speed 10 miles per hour. take 95 if you can. i don't say that often. that's for sure. 295 north at benning road an issue there. kind of a mess here this morning. take a look at travel times 270 south outer loop from 95 to 270 those looking good. when you look in virginia 66 east at 95 north quantity koe to the beltway. 95 north five minutes behind. i'm back in ten minutes. >> thank you. an investigation is underway in prince william county after a police officer's gun was stolen. the handgun was stolen from a locked police vehicle. it was stolen last week but

police aren't sure exactly when. they say between wednesday and friday. the the university of virginia is looking for recommendations to prevent sex assaults on camera. the local paper reports that uva will hold a response working group meeting today. it will happen at 9:30 this morning at the great hall. what is important is not really how much but the timing it can make for an interesting ride home this afternoon. chuck bell from the storm team had 4 x 4 joins us live with the computer forecast. how is it looking? >> so for a so good. nobody wants an interesting ride home. that's for sure. temperatures outside this morning we're about 31 degrees here at the tidal basin. there's not much of a wind but the little breeze we have has windchills in the mid 20s.

you'll need the heavy coat and hat this morning. drive time forecast there are still a few icy patches around due to the meltoff that refroze during the overnight hours. drive into work and school temperatures in the 20s. but low clold cover will seal out the warmup. as you're coming home later on temperatures in the low to mid 30s. there will be a chance of a wintery mix coming our way. tom will be talking about the timing coming up. for now here we besides the beautiful tidal basin that is frozen. sounding the alarm about the safety of the flooring in your home. the potential has hard could be hiding in your floor boards and what options you have. as you rush to get out the door make sure you take time to enjoy the coffee.

the system you see here rolling out of the midwest will be in our area in the coming hours and likely means a longer trek home from the office tonight. meteorologist tom kierein tracking when will arrive in your neighborhood. >> you may enjoy the snow days from school but now school systems like montgomery county public schools need to figure out how to make up at least one of those days. it's one of a handful of systems across the region that exceeded their snow days. megan mcgraltth is live at bethesda school. >> reporter: the snow and the ice we've had it's been a long and difficult winter. it meant a lot of school delays and cancellations, and in many jurisdictions in maryland school systems have actually used up all of their snow days and then some. in fact, they're in the hole. here in montgomery county a spokesperson is telling parents and teachers to plan on an

extended school year. they may have to add delays to the end of the year and go longer into june. take a look at the situation around our region. montgomery county prince george's county and charles county have four snow days built into their calendar. however, all three of the jurisdictions have used five days at this point. frederick county they have five days built into their calendar and they've used five. they're basically even at this point. winter of course is not yet over. we're not sure whether we're begin to see any cancellations that put school systems further into the hole or not. the state requires schools to have 180 days of instruction. the state board could waive some of the snow days. remains to be scene whether it will happen this year or not. we'll have to wait on that. in montgomery county they're telling parents and staff to just be prepared. that it is possible that may go as late as june 15th this year and that everyone needs to plan

accordingly. reporting live in bethesda. megan mcgrath. thank you. we're getting a better indication whether your taxes will go up. right now there's a $25 million budget shortfall between those two groups between what supervisors would give. the new tax rate would be $1.15 per $100 of assessed value. in fairfax county a prominent parent group is asking school officials for tax hikes. it wants to help with educational funding. the fairfax county council of pta's is asking the average tax bill be raised by $100. superintendent cairnkaren is asking to help cover a $14 million gap. lines are growing in moscow

as they pay their respects to boris nemtsov. thousands came. take a look at the video. many of them carrying those flowers. nemtsov was shot friday near the kremlin. several ambassadors are visiting his casket there laying flowers on it. this is in the central part of the city. he was arrested several times before his murder often criticizing vladmir putin's government. putin condemns this killing. a developing story today as congress is poised to approve the spending bill that fund homeland security. they sent the bill to the house without restrictions on president obama's immigration actions. the president prevented deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants a few months ago. house republicans say they want those restrictions included in order to pass the bill. but democrats stopped them from

happening in the senate. the deadline to pass the bill before the money runs out is friday. this morning a former cab driver from northern virginia accused of helping terrorists is in custody in somalia. the associated press reports that former cab driver liban mohamed was wanted for helping terrorist groups. the fbi believes he left the u.s. in 2012. we may see a delay in the murder trial for jesse matthew. according to our affiliate matthew's lawyers said they need time to hire a dna expert. prosecutors said they plan to use dna analysis matthew. defense lawyers want their own expert to look at the ev. matthew is charged w murdering uva student graham. his trial is slated to b june 29th. we can tell you why former virginia governor bob mcdonnell said he deserves to win his appeal case. his appeal case starts in may. we went through the opening briefs for the case. he said it was built on a definition o

suprem. he raises questions about the immunity that johnny williams received. williams is the man who gave the governor thousands in so-called bribes. in a statement mcdonnell said. 6:21 right now. old man winter is not loosening his grip on the midwest. this is a live look at chicago this morning as it's getting hit with a major snow storm now. blizzard warnings in effect for minnesota and south dakota. it's a major storm system with more than 120 million people under some kind of watch, warning advisory because of this. that includes us. >> yes. and we're getting more of it too. we cannot get a break! >> i'm so sick of this. >> yes. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is telling us more about sleeting heading our way.

>> that storm is that's is hitting chicago now is going to be passing north of us. just brushing by us and coming close enough to give us a little bit of a wintery mix later today. right now we're getting the snow in chicago and the upper midwest. south of that the pink zone a little bit of sleet and freezing rain. leading edge into west virginia. right now a few scattered flurries off to the north and west. they're trying to reach the ground. otherwise clouds are moving through for the morning commute. should be fine. it's later this afternoon this is as of noontime. here is the timing of sleet and maybe a little bit of snow between winchester and haggerstown. sleet elsewhere in the pink zone. in the green zone maybe rain. it moves farther east and gets into the metro area around 1:00. maybe a brief dusting of snow and coating of sleet on top of that. that's in the pink zone there. then by 4:00 p.m. that may transition to light rain falling. ane bit of light icing on top of that. the green zone is rain. as we get warmer by 6:00 p.m. that changes to rain. we'll have the melting of the

coating that moves through and then that rain pretty much gone after 9:00 p.m. this evening. more comes in after that. what to expect? sleet and snow between 1:00 a ebb 4:00. light icing after that a until around 8:00 p.m. a coating to an inch in the blue zone in the snow and sleet in montgomery county and howard and north and west. and only a small chance of a coating in the metro area farther to the south. temperatures warming as we get into the afternoon and getting above freezing by late afternoon and then continuing to warm into the evening hours. in fact we'll be down into the just low 40s by dawn on wednesday and rain likely tomorrow off and on and highs low 50s. chance of mixed of sleet and to snow on thursday. maybe accumulation still cold friday into the weekend. highs 40s on saturday and sunday. a bit warmer on monday near 50. breaking news on the roads now. melissa as anup date. >> southbound bw parkway. brand new crash.

that's slowing things down as well. this adds to the issues on bw parkway. right now about a three mile back up. as you head southbound to the beltway. 16 miles per hour right now. i don't often tell you to take 95 as an alternate but it will be a better option. b work parkway northbound at 50 not a good day for bw parkway. maryland 50 at landover road seeing backups. about three miles there. wide look at things overall everything else is looking pretty typical. inbound 66 is little bit slow and 395. i'm back with more on the bw parkway problems. [ chanting ] maryland governor is deciding whether he wants to move forward with the new purple line, which would connect the maryland suburbs from new carrolton to bethesda at the ami theater.

supporters say it could be more gridlock. >> united airlines is joining some of the world's largest airlines of banning bulk shipments of batteries. there's mounting evidence that the batteries could spark fires. lumber liquidateors is denying a 60 minutes report that raised health concerns about the laminate flooring products. the company said it meets the safety standards set by regulators throughout the u.s. this comes after 60 minutes aired findings that some of the flooring made in china had high levels of formaldehyde. yesterday the stock lost some $300 million in value. in news for your health now. don't be afraid to pour the extra cup of coffee this morning. researchers in south korea found new evidence that coffee can be good for your heart.

they say people who drink three to five cups a day show fewer signs of clogged arteries. it's possible coffee might improve insulin sensitivity. remember a cup is probably about 8 ounces. not the huge mug. >> right. no kid looks forward to eating them but the lunches your kids eat at school are expected to spark gay on capitol hill in the day ahead. the changes someone made. new developments in the officer involved shooting in los angeles. what the body cameras worn by police are telling us about the moments before shots were fired. the cold temperatures you're going to face outside will drive away any thoughts of spring-like weather around here. like we're looking forward to seeing on the tidal basin. tom is tracking your hour by hour forecast.

the cold start to your tuesday set to giveaway to more snow and sleet. we're tracking another line of wintery weather. the system you see mind us here is still making its way across

parts of the midwest now. you'll see it in our area before you sit down for dinner tonight. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom care rainkierein is tracking that system. >> winter will sucker punch us later today. the morning commute fine. look at the pink carnation sunrise underway. that's a live view. storm team 4 tower camera this morning that's going to be about the last we'll see of the sun. enjoy that while you can. we'll have the clouds continue to slow in. showing the area in pink on the radar. that is some sleet and a little bit of freezing rain in west virginia ohio and north of there it's snow. leading edge maybe a few scattered flurries to the west for the morning hours. don't have any problems for the morning commute. it's for the afternoon commute we'll have some problems. we'll stay below freezing between now and noontime. a coating to an inch is possible around the metro area and points north of sleet and snow. then the light icing on top of that briefly. by 8:00 pmg it's over and

temperatures are warming above freezing. we'll have a lot of melting and continuing to melt through the evening. this time tomorrow morning temperatures in the low 40s with light rain likely falling. a look at the bus stop forecast is coming up. melissa has the problems on bw parkway. >> still have the issue on bw parkway. a couple of things. northbound at 50 here. you can see we have the disabled vehicle. one lane blocked. we're seeing a jam. taking look here at bw parkway southbound as you hit the beltway. about a four mile delay because of an earlier crash. it's been out of the way for 40 minutes now. still 17 miles per hour as you're heading south and amazingly 95 is your alternate. don't often say that for you in the morning. beltway at kenilworth avenue could see volume here inbound and outbound inner and outer loop. take a look at prince george's county. looking pretty typical. indian head highway a little bit slow heading into town. 66 east looking good.

back in ten minutes with travel times. >> see you then. thank you. and today we'll learn the names of the people who will be on the new fairfax county commission to look into police policy. this is in response to a controversial police shooting in the county. the washington post reporting 25 people from law enforcement, academia neighborhood leadership and the media will make up the commission. the chairman said the commission will maintain public trust after a man was shot and killed by a county police officer in 2013. john gear was in standoff with police when he was shot outside his home in springfield. he had his hands up and unarmed a the time. a developing story out of l.a. now. sources telling nbc news that audio from two body cameras worn by l.a. police officers seen in the video suggest that the homeless man who was shot dead did try to take the officer's weapons. billions have viewed and shared the cell phone video posted on sunday by a witness. you can see a man wrestling with

the four officers. there's a lot of shouting and eventually fife shots. l.a.'s mayor said they'll do an investigation. some groups are calling for an independent probe. in just hours israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address a joint meeting of congress. dozen of lawmakers will boycott saying the speech could politicize u.s. relations with israel. tracy pots is live on capitol hill this morning. good morning. is the president planning to watch the speech? >> reporter: no. the white house said he won't watch the speech today. he didn't watch netanyahu yesterday. they're taking a handsoff approach here. they're not meeting with netanyahu because it's too close to t not alone. there are, as of this morning's account 47 lawmakers who will not attend the speech including donna edwards and tim cain from virginia. >> how will netanyahu's speech potentially affect u.s. negotiations with iran? >> that's a good question.

president obama says the odds are still against this deal. secretary of state john kerry is in switzerland working with the foreign minister from iran trying to work it out. the concern that the israelis may leak details before it's a done deal and that's why the white house is warning them against that today. very concerned if any of these details leak out the iranians may walk away from negotiations. >> all right tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. the montgomery county council is meeting in just a few hours from now to vote on some changes you should know about. first, the council will vote on a bill saying you cannot smoke e cigarettes anywhere where traditional cigarettes are banned. council members will vote on a proposal to ban county pet stores from selling any dogs and cats from so-called puppy mills. both bills are expected to be approved. also today maryland lawmakers will try a third time to create a ballot measure to expand gaming to include bwi marshall airport. it would ask voters to add as

many as 2500 slot machines a the airport. similar bills failed to move forward. a maryland state house committee will hold a hearing at 1:00 this afternoon. the battle over nutrition and school lunches is heating up again. nearly a thousand nutritionists will lobby lawmakers today. they're pushing back on efforts by first lady to regulate school meals. many are saying schools need more funding to meet the requirements. parents and students in prince william county. save room. the county school food nutrition staff is hosting the 25th annual tasting. there are two tastings tonight at patriot high school one at 6:00 p.m. and one at 7:00 p.m. a live look at national harbor right now as the sun comes on this chilly tuesday morning. the conditions your kids will be dealing with on their way to school today with your bus stop forecast at 6:41. the never-ending winter is

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welcome back. a lot of us have been averaged by the recent cold snap and the toll it's taking on the region's water mains. the washington suburban sanitary commission said crews repaired more than 400 broken water mains last month. it's the second most breaks in february ever behind the 479 in february of 2007. it fielded more than 17,000 calls. more than double the number during the same time last year. the utility company continues to ask for your patience as it expects more mains will break. you are probably hitting them each time you head out on the roads. those potholes. road crews are scrambling to get some potholes filled before water starts to refruz tonight.

the sun did enough to melt some of the morning ice. this crew was filling as many holes a they could near the fairfax county courthouse. i was head together dentist yesterday fox hall road. it's a land mine. it can be damaging to your car. another chilly start to the day. we're keeping an eye on the road conditions this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell drove to the tidal basin this morning. he's live with the bus stop forecast. >> good morning. a beautiful morning out here. sunrise just about ready to take place already our eastern sky brightened considerably from when we got here a couple of hours ago. the basin itself is solid ice. so not necessarily looking all that spring like. as far as what you need to do get ready for the day today. heading to the bus stops first thing this morning it's going to be cold. temperatures in the mid 20s now. will be in the upper 20s by

about 8:00 or 9:00 this afternoon. what to wear today? you'll need your heavy winter jacket and coat for early this morning. but you may not want to forget the umbrella. there is a chance for rain or a wintery mix coming our way by later on this afternoon. just in time to come home from work and school. so that could interfere with the afternoon commute. for what is going wrong with the morning commute, let's go to melissa. >> unfortunately the list is a little bit longer than i would like to see this morning. taking a look at bw parkway. it's the biggest problem. 31 miles per hour southbound because an earlier crash. troubles here on brunswick east. signal problems are delaying most trains about 10 minutes this morning. you may have extra time to wait this morning if you ride here. take a look at travel times 270 south and the outer loop looking pretty good. 66 east from fairfax county to the parkway 18 minutes. i'll see you in a couple of minutes. thank you.

no signs of the facilitymed cherry blossoms now. news today that will give us a better idea what to expect this year's cherry blossom festival. this portrait of former president bill clinton is generating a lot of buzz this morning. the reference in the painting the artist said he made to mark the monica lewinsky scandal.

now to our favorite time of spring. you're looking live at the tidal basin where there are no signs was cherry blossoms yet. but when you should see the famed blooms. but first your weather and traffic. >> a wintery mix getting closer to the metro area coming from the west. the area in pink is sleet and freezing rain coming to west virginia. the leading edge now just come swoog the shenandoah valley south of the 81/66 interchange. a little bit of snow and sleet mixing in. right now biggest problem is bw parkway all the way from 32. very, very slow because of an earlier crash and northbound bw parkway at 50 chopper 4 over the scene now. take 95 instead. thank you. keep an eye on the nbc washington app this morning. we'll find out the best time to see the cherry blossoms this year. >> they should bloom in just a few weeks. news 4 richard jordan live along the tidal basin with what we expect to hear today. >> reporter: hey.

good morning. we're going to find out when the peak bloom prediction will be. this is when organizers of the cherry blossom festival believe that 70 percent of the cherry trees down here at the tidal basin will be in bloom. it's what everyone wants to be here. it is picture. it's from march 20th to april 12th. it's the first week of april that is typically the peak bloom. usually on april 4th. last year it was a little behind. was on april 10th. we have to wait to see when things unfold this year. it is still cold out this morning. we still have some ice and the water, the branchs are bare. so we'll have to wait and see if the weather that we've experienced so far this winter will have any effect on when these cherry blossoms will bloom. of course the cherry blossoms the gift from japan more than 100 years ago. the 3,000 cherry trees.

this is big business for the d.c. area because a lot of people billions of people come down to the tidal basin to see the cherry blossoms in bloom. the advantages for us that live here is we can come down any time to check them out. but for those people that are traveling here and want to pay specific attention to the peak bloom date. reporting live this morning richard jordan. >> thank you. montgomery county couple has been found responsible for unsubstantiated child neglect. daniel and alexander meitiv are gained attention for the free range parenting style. they found their 10 and 6-year-old children walking home. she said her children are happy and safe and are not the ones that child services should b worried about. >> they have taken on more responsibility. they get themselves to and from the bus in the morning and the afternoon on time, right?

>> the findings of child services basically means that evidence of child neglect may have been found but there isn't a firm concl she'll con chil park alone. a howard county restaurant owner faces charges today as a class action suit is filed against him. a new report said hillary clinton used her personal e-mail account exclusively during her four years of secretary of state which may have violated federal requirements. that's according to the new york times. the u.s. state department said clinton turned over 55,000 pages of e-mails that were requested last year in an effort to comply with updated laws. the department adds that john

kerry is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a state.gov e-mail account. a portrait of former president bill clinton is causing controversy. the artist said his painting include a shadow reference to the monica lewinsky scandal. petter alexander joins us live with more. >> good morning. you can't make it up. the controversy is swirling around one of the presidential portraits. you can see it for yourself. what is supposed to capture him in the best light. the artist apparently revealed in the shadows of this portrait that is creating the buzz. the artist is nelson shanks. on the left side of the painting you see it there he drew in the shadow of monica lewinsky's infamous blue dress that cast a shadow over the clinton administration. he said he hung a blue dress on a mannequin during the process for inspiration. critics said there was something

a little bit sketchy. they point out what is missing from clinton's left-hand he has no wedding band. the clintons in ss ss ss -- we're going to hear from the artist and the gallery in one of the stories i bet you never saw coming. >> right. what is going to happen to the portrait now? >> well, it's basically on the shelf for the time being. but the gallery said they have a rotation. there are dozens of portraits they put up one at a time. they say it has nothing to do with what the clintons think about it. we'll see if it sees the light of day again. >> thank you. ben carson is reportedly considering a run for president. the wall street journal reports the retired neuro surgery from johns hopkins formally created an exploratory committee. with the committee dr. carson can raise money he can transfer to his campaign in if begins. last month the 63-year-old said he could form a committee to explore a bid for the gop nomination and make a formal

announcement in may. all right. i don't know. i'm just -- the thought of more sleet coming today, tom, i was trying to look ahead to warmer weather but now we're just back to the winter mess. >> you're at your whit's end. >> i am! it's nothing personal. we know you -- >> oh good. >> okay. >> you're just the mess ger. >> thank you. it is looking like again, we get a little bit of a icing. a little bit of some sleet and some snow. a little. a tiny bit. not as much as we had. not as much icing as sunday night. take a look at storm team 4 radar. the area in pink in west virginia to southern ohio a little bit of sleet, a little bit of freezing rain. north there have the gray and white zone that is snow. snowing in chicago and detroit now. this is tracking to the east. leading edge of that there are a few flurries trying to reach us. and west of there into the mountains that's where there's a

little bit of sleet. a little bit of freezing rain now in the high land of west virginia. now the timing on that arriving in the shenandoah valley is going to be generally northern part of the valley around noontime 10:00 this morning. in the northern and eastern edge of that likely going to be a little bit of light snow. it tracks farther to the east as sleet and maybe a little light snow initially coming to the metro area generally around 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. it tracks farther to the east. maybe a little bit of icing near the pennsylvania border. the green zone is rain. could get rain as we get warmer weather moving in. warmer temperatures by 6:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. changes over to rain. we'll have a lot of melting of the coating to an inch or so. that will come through between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. and light iceing after that. generally a coating to an inch. montgomery county howard frederick, washington northern loudoun, pan handle of west virginia. south of there just a chance of a very light coating of that snow and sleet as it initially

comes through early afternoon. right now mid to upper 20s. what did melt yesterday has frozen. watch out patchy ice this morning. there's the last of the sun we'll see today. maybe a few flurries this morning then the sleet snow combination this afternoon. the temperatures will be warming up quickly. keep up with the wintery mix when you're away from the tv with the storm team 4 weather app. near 40 by midnight. holding today by dawn with light rain tomorrow. occasional light rain into the low 50s then colder wednesday night into thursday when we could get the changing back to sleet and maybe accumulating snow on thursday. sun back friday into the weekend and warming into the first part of next week. and things are looking bad on the roads now. what is going on? >> nasty. chopper 4 over the problem. northbound bw parkway at 50. you can very slow here. as you're approaching 50 there. also bw parkway southbound as you approach the beltway. that is still slow from the

earlier crash. i've been telling you this morning something i don't typical say is you want to take 95 instead. it is slow there. wide look at things overall looking pretty typically. top of the beltway is pretty slow here. 270 at montrose road it looks pretty good. 66 at 50 rolling along pretty well. 95 northbound through dale city is the slowest spot and beltway at landover road rolling along nicely as well. >> thank you. it is now 6:54. watching for delays and closings because of the weather tom was talking about. if you work for the federal government you can take unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave today. agencies are opening on time. >> we're checking lots of school websites and twitter to keep you informed. no schools starting late right now. but in the last half hour we saw loudoun county school leaders are monitoring conditions. they say they could send your kids home early if it is icy outside. later today fairfax county

schools posted a similar message online. students in maryland may need to make up at least one snow day. students in montgomery county already maxed out the snow days built into the calendar. news 4 megan mcgrath is live. >> reporter: a lot of those students loving the snow days while they were able to sleep in. they may not be so happy at the end of the year. they may be going to school a little bit longer. certainly it's been a tough winter. lots of school delays and cancellations. and in maryland many jurisdictions have used up all of their a lotted snow days and they are now in the hole. here in montgomery county a spokesperson is telling parents and teachers to plan on the possibility of an extended school year. they may have to add days to the end of the year. now montgomery county prince george's county and charles county they have four snow days built into their calendar.

and they have all used five days. so they have a day to make up there. now the state board of education can waive those snow days so they don't have to be made up. whether or not that will happen this year remains to be seen. folks in montgomery county are being warned to plan according accordingly. that the calendar year may be extended. here are four things you need to know before you head out the door. new york times said hillary clinton used her personal e-mail account exclusively during her four years of secretary of state which may have violated federal requirements. israeli prime minister will address a joint meeting of congress. dozens of lawmakers say they will not attend. they say the speech could plitize u.s. relations with israel. the fairfax county board chairman expected to announce members of a new commission to review police policy. john gear was in a standoff with police when he was shot and

killed outside his home. the first cay of spring is weeks away. we'll learn the best time to see the cherry blossoms bloom. and that does it for today. thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here at 7:25 for more local news weather, and traffic. >> make it a great tuesday everybody!

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