nasty when you walk outside. storm team radar, yeah we're on the mild side. but the melting is what's going on, a lot of slush and water, it does not make it good for walking, make sure you have good boots the next couple of days. a few showers, we've got a cold front around our northwestern zones, all the way to the south and you can see the rain moving in. the rain will help to produce a

little bit more melting as we move on through the night tonight and temperatures are going to continue with the melt. currently, a degrees in d.c., 56 in fredericksburg, near 60 earlier down towards fredericksburg, 51 in martinsburg. so we have a ton of melting. that will cause standing water. a lot of ponding on the roads and slush that will continue. to top it off, veronica, we have a couple of other things to slow down the evening drive or whatever else you're doing outdoors tonight. >> we're talking about the temperatures dropping. but a combination of the snow pack on the ground, with the temperatures going to be, moisture, yeah, there's going to be a lot of it in the form of fog. and it will develop rather quickly. you can see the visibilities around 7:00 this evening, the fog widespread, and could get rather dense. for a short period of time. for several hours, from 7:00 p.m. to about midnight. as quickly as it develops, it should be moving out of here. so road impacts for tonight, tomorrow, we'll take it through the evening, you get a cautionary light, because it's

mainly slush we'll see on the sides of roads as we're anywhere, didn't get a chance to get plowed by tomorrow morning, a few icy spots, late tonight, it's fog and back to 32-36 degrees by early tomorrow morning. so that's the cautionary light. we have more warnings where temperatures will drop down into the 20s, it will be dangerous, we've got more on that coming up in the remainder of the work week coming up. doug? >> i think thursday morning will be a terrible, terrible start to our day. we'll talk much more about thursday morning. of course that big-time freeze, a lot going on the next few days, guys, our snow ended on saturday, but we're still dealing with the impacts. lots of schools making the call to stay closed tomorrow. but the district is not one of them. d.c. public schools are giving awe little bit of leeway. the school system says you should use discretion whether to send your child to school and late arrivals will be excused.

and many side streets still in rough shape, a lot of cars and driveways buried. that could be the reality for a lot of you. d.c. schools open, but absences and late arrivals will be excused. charles county students will be headed back to school tomorrow, but on a two-hour delay. you can see all of the closings on the bottom line of your screen. and on our news4 app. a few minutes ago metro announced it restored orange line metro to vienna. inspectors found ice on the third rail which prevents constant contact with the power source. the stations involved were vienna, and still dunn loring, west falls church and east falls church. the silver line stations remain closed. and we're standing by for a news conference on the update in service. the big question remains --

is it going to be enough plowing to get everyone back to work tomorrow? we've been asking folks along river road. chris? >> montgomery county executive isaiah leggitt is making a pledge, saying that every neighborhood in montgomery county will be open with at least one lane in and out by tomorrow morning at 7:00. that is the county executive's pledge. but, he can't control some of the main roadways. like this one. river road, which at this point is only one lane as you see cars coming behind me. one lane wide on river road, two miles from the d.c. line. we rode sox of the roads in the area to see if they're ready for schools and the federal government to reopen. as we drove down river road from the beltway toward d.c., we hit a snow pile blocking the right lane. this is a main commuter route. which is the responsibility of maryland state plows to clear.

but parts of river road, are reduced to one lane. and still needed to be cleared by late afternoon. i asked montgomery county executive ike leggitt what he thought of the job the state snow crews are doing to clear river road and other commuter routes which will be busy with traffic with the federal government and montgomery county schools reopen. >> i know the state is challenged, i can tell you that the state probably has not done the kind of job that montgomery county has done with the roads. they have a very large, large segment of the entire state to deal with. >> here in bethesda, we found denton road untouched. >> why some streets are cleared, having cleared two days ago and in our very neighborhood and others have not raises a concern as to who makes the schedule and is there any influence over the priorities. >> ahead, how difficult will it be for the county executive to

fulfill his promise that your neighborhood, if you haven't seen a plow, will be open by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. we'll have that coming up. on news4 at 5:00. reporting tonight live from river road, chris gordon, news4. all right, thanks a lot. chris, it's chris talking about the roads, that being a very big issue. a lot of folks trying to get back to work are going to be depending on the metro system. we want to take you live to a press conference with metro chief paul wheatfield. >> also for tomorrow. before we do that just a quick update on our recovery efforts, metro's emergency command center continues to direct the authority's blizzard recovery efforts from across the region, including every aspect of our recovery ranging from bus transportation, rail transportation, transit police, vehicle maintenance stations, parking. track and structures. and metro access. they are all at the emergency

command center right now. they'll continue working 12-hour shifts until we are back to full service. those efforts are expected to continue for at least another day. with that said, our goal is to have service restored as quickly and safely as possible. and i want to take this opportunity to thank the metro employees who have worked and continue to work long, hard hours, 12-hour shifts, out of hotels in some cases, in extremely dangerous conditions during the storm and those employees who are now working to support the recovery effort. it's tough work, it's digging out yards and switches. clearing third rail from ice and snow and a lot of plowing. while many of us were warm and comfortable, many of them were out in harsh conditions away from their families for days. withhat let's talk about metro service now and tomorrow and we'll begin with metro bus. currently, prmetro bus operatin

on a severe weather plan. 26 in virginia, 26 in maryland and 27 in the district of columbia. primarily along emergency snow routes for vehicles. for tomorrow we're going to upgrade that. that is the result of the work under way by department of transportation, by d d.o.t., in the district to clear additional streets to be passable and now safe for bus service. so we're going to announce that bus service tomorrow will be on our moderate snow service plan. that doubles the number of bus routes that are in service. to 160. more than double. and they're primarily our commuter routes. the routes that folks going to and from work will depend on. there are detours in effect under the moderate snow service plan, posted on our website. so if you are a bus customer, you definitely want to check to see if your bus is running tomorrow and if it is running, how it's running. now when d.c. public schools reopen tomorrow as d.c.

government and the mayor have announced, we will be prepared to run the 32 metro bus school trips to the extent possible, given road conditions. some of those routes earlier today needed treatment. but we're working hand in glove with d d.o.t. and d-dot has embedded personnel in our bus control center. so we can just turn to them and say -- where the problem areas are and they can dispatch resources to address it. that coordination has been incredibly smooth through this entire event. for net ro rail, the system opened on time at 5:00 a.m. this morning and generally the rail system is running well today. there have been a few weathe weather-related issues bucks we opened with 82 out of 91 train stations in service. that's to be expected, given the fact that the federal government was closed and all the school closings. as of 2:00 p.m., we've had

115,000 trips, as to compare it to last week, same time, that was 300,000 trips. so down about 60% today. again, that is expected, given the number of closures. last hour, we restored orange line service, to the last three, four stations at the far western end of the line that did not open with the rest of the system this morning. so now orange line is operating its full route. and so those four stations, vienna, dunn loring, west falls church and east falls church have full train service. that brings the number of rail stations to 86 out of 91, or 95% of our rail system back on line. the only exceptions are the five silver line stations in fairfax county. in a do not have train service yet. mclean tyson's springsboro and reston west and east. we're working to go thaet segment of the silver line back and reopened and as soon as it's

safe and the trains can operate reliably. i can tell you that the five silver line stations i just mentioned will have transit service. it might not be a train, but if we don't have rail service restored, we will run free shuttle bus service to west falls church station where orange line service is available. also, fairfax county connector is going to be helping us out, running express buses from wheeling reston east into west falls church station should be the need be there for tomorrow morning. fairfax connector with express buses between wheelie and west falls. our plan for rail service tomorrow is today we ran trains every 12 minutes and that's worked well and supported all the ridership we had today. our plan for tomorrow is to run trains every eight minutes from the end-point terminals and even if silver line does not come back for the morning. that gives you a four-minute headway through the core of the system at those stations served

by more than one line. should note that rush plus service on the yellow line will not operate. but blue line trains out of franklin east springfield will operate every eight minutes instead of 12 minutes to compensate. so the plan is to have every metro rail station with service tomorrow. it's still an open question whether it will be bus or rail service. we're working hard to get those five stations restored. in terms of parking we've been working hard to clear surface parking lots. those are expansive spaces, overall we're about 70% clear. and so there is some parking displaced. we expect we'll be okay for tomorrow because ridership will be down. there are many school closings in the region. and we know that the federal government is working on their plans. but you know there's. >> you've been listening to dan stessel, metro spokesperson

updating us on the status of metro. the big take-away is 79 bus routes is running today and tomorrow it will double to about 160. there will be a lot more access for people to get around tomorrow compared to today. >> and on the rails, a lot more access. full orange line service will be restored tomorrow. in fact most of those are back now. the silver line stations still questionable, it looks like they may be closed, those stations that will be closed will offer shuttle bus service. and the metro school bus trips will be running tomorrow. which should make it easier for kids to get to school. >> today they were running every 12 minutes, tomorrow down to eight minutes. >> good news. >> trying to get back to full service. it is feeling that a lot worse than cabin fever for a lot of folks. frustrations boil over in prince george's county as people venture out after the snow only to find out they're still stuck. >> this is ridiculous, they're going to expect everybody to get up and go to work and do their

productive day today. how? you can't even get out of your neighborhood. >> and

it's been three days since the snow stopped. we've heard from a lot of you who say your streets still haven't been plowed and it looks like this one in prince george's county. we talked to residents who are angry and>9>iñ frustrated. >> wheels spinning, tempers boiling over in snow, slush and

ice. >> people are not being courteous and everybody is frustration is running high. they haven't done anything to the property since the snow has come. >> at the intersection of glen rock avenue and corning drive in fort washington. >> it's ridiculous and they expect everybody to get up and go to work and do their productive day today. how? you can't even get out of your neighborhood this is crazy. >> her black sedan, no match for a snow-covered hill. nine calls for help before 9:00 a.m. for this aaa driver. >> we've got calls all over the place. all the side streets messed up. it's ridiculous. >> but it's not all bad when you see neighbors pitch in to help one another. >> this is the only way we can get her out of here to get to work. one of our in-laws are coming to pick us up at the top of the hill so she can get to work this morning. >> this part of glen rock avenue near brinkley road looks petty good. you can see pavement here. but when you get further down,

you can see the snow, the ice, the slush there. and that's where people are getting stuck and their wheels are spinning. folks tell me they want the county to come through at least one more time. to help them to be able to get back do their normal lives. that is the latest from prince george's county, in fort washington, molette green, news4. i'm mark seagraves in southeast washington at the district's impound lot. during the blizzard, more than 500 cars were towed off of snow emergency routes throughout the city but none are here at this lot. they've been towed into neighborhoods on to side streets and have been relocated or they're at private impound lots waiting to be picked up. these cars were all towed prior to the snow event that started on friday. regardless of where your car is officials say you're going to sneed a shovel to get it out. whether it's here at the impound

lot, on a side street or at a private impound lot. you're going to need to pay the fines. $250 for the parking ticket. $100 for the tow fee. and then $20 a day for storage fees. so far, the district has issued more than $800,000 in fines and fees. and the snow emergency is still in effect. you can call 311 and the district will tell you where your car is and how you need to go about picking it up. >> the frustration continues right here in fairfax county. where right off of ollie lane where you can see the street next to me -- well it's all clear. looks pretty good. but it comes at the expense of the sidewalk. yeah, neighbors say they had all of this clear and you can see about 50 feet of this stretch of the sidewalk now covered in some places, about six feet high of snow. huge mounds, the biggest issue with this according to neighbors if they're trying to get school to start any time soon, it's

going to be a struggle for the more than 43,000 walkers in fairfax county who have to go by foot to get to class. this creating yet another obstacle, just one of the problems we've seen here in fairfax county. and really, across northern virginia. on our travels today, we're going to update you on much more when we see you ahead on news4 at 5:00. the latest from fairfax county. i'm david culver, news news4. >> are you feeling snow-stuck? many of you tell us about your growing frustration with the lack of plows in your neighborhood. we are launching operation snowstuck. we want to see how you're doing. here's one example. alyssa is out on her street with the sign, hey, we need a plow. send us your photos and videos. and use the #snowstuck and we'll share in your struggle. talking about calling

cavalry. this megasnow melter can melt 60 tons of snow an hour. we're the snow melter's first stop on the east coast. but it will be helping other areas as well. >> this is a storm team 4 weather alert. >> i think we all want a snow-dragon in our neighborhood. we're not going to need one with the next event. talking about some rain showers with a fast-moving system that will come in, move quickly through. by the overnight period. so this system we're calling it a nuisance, giving it an exclamation mark because it's just going to make sidewalk as bit slushy and slick through the overnight. first thing early tomorrow morning. now you see few showers around around loray, up around baltimore. it's a fast-moving weather front. we have some showers around, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. early tomorrow morning. the other big thing is the fog, it will form quickly around 7:00, it will lift around midnight. as we move forward we'll go from

patchy fog to no fog at all for tomorrow morning. some slick, slushy roads for the morning and the roads could be icy and treacherous as we get into the next couple of mornings. we'll have more on that coming up. >> thanks, bj. hundreds of cars were towed during d.c.'s snow emergency. it left their owners facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in tickets. coming up, that emergency is about to come to an end. but it doesn't mean the fines are going to stop. we'll explain. and dramatic video from out west. how the same phenomenon that brought us two feet of snow, is changing california's coastline.

there has been more progress in d.c. since the blizzard. government offices reopened today. d.c. schools are set to reopen tomorrow. but today mayor bowser says there's still more work to do to clear streets and sidewalks, news4's tom sherwood is live in columbia heights in northwest washington. what does it look like there? >> the schools are going to open on time tomorrow morning. the snow emergency is going to end tomorrow evening. but it is very hard to get back to normal. the good news mayor muriel bows certificate lifting the snow emergency on city streets tomorrow evening. >> the snow emergency will be lifted tomorrow. wednesday, 6:30 p.m. wednesday 6:30 p.m. you may not park on a snow emergency route for the rest of the day, and tomorrow through 6:30 p.m.

>> the bad news for some, the city will now enforce the law that commercial spaces. must clear their sidewalks of snow or face $150 fines. >> you are required by law to remove snow from your sidewalks. and we are beyond the time limit that you are supposed to do so. so you must get out and remove snow from your sidewalks immediately. >> the mayor said the city would not enforce a $25 fine for homeowners who don't shovel. >> the mayor says she thought the snow was too much to fine the home owners $25. she is encouraging neighbors to help neighbors to clear those sidewalks in northwest washington, tom sherwood, news4. all right, thanks, tom. we heard d.c. schools opening tomorrow. that's, they're out in front, a lot of areas still closed. >> and how much more melting tonight? >> we're going to see a lot of melting. i want to make one thing very

clear. the melting normally is a good thing. when we have this much more snow, that means you'll have that much more slush and standing water on the roadways. tomorrow morning's rush will be a mess, people trying to get to school, to work. pack your patience. it's going to be very tough through the morning, slick, slushy, lots of puddles. if you're walking, make sure to wear the waterproof boots because it's going to be a very nasty morning early. temperatures have been on the mild side. look at the white, even the river still frozing, 50 degrees, winds out of the south at 16 miles per hour. extremely mild. and the reason is because we have a cold front moving in. the cold front allowing very warm air out ahead of it, 54, manassas, 55 down towards fredericksburg. that's why we have all of the melting gn on. with the front we're going to see rain. plenty of cloud cover during the day today. a little bit of sun. here's the rain moving our direction. this is the cold front and the rain is a thin sliver of rain

moving in. so we are going to see showers tonight. they will be very light. here we are at 5:00, maybe showers around the area. i think that's a little overdone. come back in earnest overnight. say around 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, from d.c., manassas, culpepper down to the south. any rain will also help to produce some of the melting. so we're going to see a lot of melt. but not a refreeze in most areas. maybe a refreeze to the north and west. hagerstown, martinsburg. frederick. 35 in d.c. we're not going to see the refreeze overnight tonight. we're going to see a lot of the slush early tomorrow morning that will make for a nasty commute. but at least we might be able to get through that. wednesday night into thursday, extremely cold. back into the low 20s. dangerously slick. i really think thursday is going to have a lot of problems out there for the morning rush. the next cuouple of days is wil be tough getting to work. 44 on saturday, each day above freezing and after tomorrow

morning, each morning below freezing. a lot of the refreeze going on. a lot of time to go to, as we continue to deal with what mother nature gave us this past weekend. >> thanks, doug. even as we clean up from the blizzard, they're dealing with the el nino effect on the west coast we have incredible video from the west coast. take a look at this cliff in pacifica, california that el nino has been causing some dangerous erosion in the san francisco bay area. storms have been battering the coastline. officials are now declaring that three apartment buildings right along the cliff are now unsafe to live in. and if you look closely enough at that video right there in the middle, you can see people actually standing right near the cliff's edge. looking out at the view. >> wow. well, back at home, sidewalks are being cleared so are school parking lots. the question is -- what about the buses? a big job to dig them out and get kids back into the classrooms. how much more work needs to be done before some maryland

schools are reopened? >> and there was a scare at the san diego medical center. the latest incident that forced the evacuation of a hospital. and our flash survey, are the roads in your neighborhood well plowed? take a vote on it. text or call the number on your screen.

chopper 4 caught this video from work to remove snow from school buss in montgomery county. news4's scott mcfarland spent the day checking montgomery and prince george's county schools and found out there's still a lot of work to be done. >> pat, a lot of work late in montgomery blair high school in silver spring. they did a good job of clearing the bus lots, to do so they had to build a wall of snow six feet high. which means you can't see university boulevard. the major road outside blair high school. they made progress on the sidewalks and walkways, so critical for so many students who walk to school or have to get off the buses. about half the school buildings in montgomery county are now cleared. our footage will show you earlier in the day. college gardens elementary in rockville still being cleared. hope to get it done as soon as possible. a major school in rockville. we were in prince george's county, four snowplows needed at laurel high school to get the

parking lots emptied. there's another issue -- will the buses be able to get to the schools? our review of bus depots in prince george's county and montgomery county, found about one third of the buses still need to be dug out late today. >> we have five depots where we keep our 1287 buses. when you get a snow of this type it's just a monumental clearing effort. >> what do the parents think about the progress in local schools? that part of our story tonight on news4 at 5:00, for now live in silver spring, i'm scott mcfarlane, back to you. >> schools are back to normal in san diego after a reported shooting at a military hospital forced them to lock down. security teams inspected a building at the naval medical center and didn't find any evidence of shots fired. people spent most of the morning evacuating the facility and at one point the hospital posted a warning on facebook and told anyone inside to run, hide or fight.

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for families in stirling this is a sight for sore eyes, two pieces of heavy snow equipment were able to clear the neighborhood near route 7, thousands of others are still waiting on plows to pass through their streets in northern virginia. bureau chief was in leesburg when v-dot and elected leaders addressed those concerns. >> 6:00 tomorrow morning, that's the time that v-dot promises residents on the streets it plows to have at least one lane passable. like what you see right here. but in subdivisions where the hoa's contract for plows and the town of leesburg, the wait could be longer. this is what some neighborhoods still look like. streets untouched by plows. at a briefing by loudoun and leesburg, snowed-in residents were urged to call for help if they need a ride to dialysis or need medicine. elected leaders conceded there have been problems with plow breakdowns. for the town of leesburg,

preplanning was foiled when some of the plow driver these hired were no-shows until monday. >> we had commitments from contractors that didn't show for us on friday and saturday, until monday. or yesterday afternoon. so when we are, we have resources that tell us they're going to be there, and then they don't show up -- >> we found out today not everyone is begging for the plows, coming up at 5:00, we take to you a street where they're trying to block the snowplows. the snow removal work is still causing big back-ups on highways all across the region. this chopper 4 video show as heavy duty snowblower on i-270 at montrose road in rockville. local lanes were closed during the process. and when local traffic had to merge into express lanes, bottleneck swelled. drivers were also slowed down at the mixing bowl in springfield, virginia, as crews cleared snow there. and this is what it looked like in the northbound lanes of 395 around noon today, that back-up

also stretched for miles. >> and there was silar congestion on the inner loop at 66 in vienna. crews were working to clear a ramp and travel lanes. which were still covered with snow. we're getting a new perspective on the snowfall totals in d.c. the national park service says the amount of snow it has to remove from the mall, monuments and other park service ground could fill the washington monument 18 times that amounts to nearly 62,000 tons of snow or heavier than the lincoln memorial. the park service says if you piled up all the snow and wanted to measure it, it would take a pat colins snowstick nearly two miles high. >> wow. millions up and down the east coast dealing with the same issues we're dealing with they're measures that they're taking. as they go through the big dig-out.

we saw temperatures in the upper 40s, low to mid 50s. a lot of melting going on and now shower activity. no rain now in our immediate area. but just down to our south and west we're watching a cold front that's moving our way. we will see more showers. that's all they're going to be, just showers. i'm not anticipating much in the way of heavy rain. we'll see showers that will also help to bring down the snow pack a little bit and help to melt some snow. temperatures ahead of that, very warm. look at virginia beach, 68 degrees right now. 68.

on the back side, 35, columbus, 42 in pittsburgh. we'll get cooler the next couple of days. no real frigid air moving in any time soon. veronica is back in a couple of minutes with the extended seven-day forecast. for a local mom and her daughter, an adorable blizzard update turned out to be a ticket out of all this snow. they just got a huge surprise on the ellen degeneres show. >> hi, ellen, this is for you. we're snowed in from the back. >> so i want to get you out of the cold. whenever you can get out of the driveway. we want to bring you to california, linda, so can you come see my show. [ cheers and applause ] >> your heard her right there, linda and her 5-year-old daughter are going to sunny l.a. they live in chantilly, virginia and they came to the talk show's attention over the weekend when linda posted videos of her

daughter. >> before the storm hit you stocked up on milk, bread and staples. maybe you bought too much food. consumer reporter susan hogan will show you how to save money will show you how to save money the next ti you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already.

we have an update on school closings, schools in arlington and montgomery counties will be closed again tomorrow. >> all right.

and you know, can you believe we got nearly 2,000 entries for the judges have narrowed the field down in the latest snow sticks challenge. >> news4's pat collins gives us a look at the final four. >> less than an hour now. and we'll know who gets the official pat collins snow stick. it was a doozy with the snow and it led to one of the biggest snow stick challenges of all time. more than 1700 entries. no easy task for our team of judges. >> we were looking to find the most creative cabin fever cure. what did you to overcome the boredom of the blizzard. best entry gets an official pat colins snow stick. we assembled an award-winning panel to go through the entries. news4 general manager jackie bradford. morning news anchor eun yang. and traffic reporter melissa

milay, all three women known for their sense of style and straight talk. looked and looked and went through all the entries. and after some due diligence. they came up with the final four. here they are, in no particular order. the snow swimmers. the snow swimmers with fins, we noticed a number of people got tired of looking at the snow and decided to go out and get in it. these two men did it with a sense of flair. we call this toe in the snow. this woman wanted to get in, but -- only so much. the video speaks for itself. >> here goes! >> cat burglar in training. you've seen it in the movies where a cat burglar has to weave her way through laser beams to get to the guarded treasure this is how one family beat the boredom. swizzle stick, snow stick. an ice bar with all the

appropriate beverages in a drink with a swizzle stick that looks much like a pat collins snow stick. why didn't i think of that? so many decisions, so many choices. we'll have the winner coming up at 5:00. i'll see you then. pretty creative, huh? well right now in our news4 washington app you can check out some of the hundreds of entries we got. many were quite creative, just search snow stick. if you are wondering what to do with all the food in your house, maybe you stocked up on all the food, supplies for the blizzard and maybe now you're left with a lot of stuff you just don't need. many experts call it panic shopping and our consumer expert susan hogan has some tips for next time. >> retailers get us ought caught up in the black friday frenzy shopping. bad weather can do it to us,

too. here's tiths for the next storm so we don't go broke. take stock of what you have before you head out to the grocery store. do you have the essentials already? write a list and stick to it. once you get to the store you're going to be tempted to grab stuff off the shelves because you think you need it. be sensible. do you really need six loaves of bread and gallons of milk, four pounds of ground beef? if the power goes out, the milk is useless, if the power doesn't go out you're stuck with sour milk. don't panic, don't get caught up in the mob mentality. trust me, these people do not know something you don't know. >> because the fact of the matter is, even with the blizzard we had even though some people were stuck for four days, you can't tell me you can't live out of what you have in your house for four days. >> so there's nothing wrong with being prepared. to be stuck in your home for a few days, but you also don't want to be stuck with a sour milk and a low cash flow because

you got caught up in the frenzy. back to you. this is a storm team 4 weather alert. >> storm team 4 tracking some rain showers around our area. and temperatures are in the 40s across the area. no worries about of course any snow. but temperatures will drop to a few locations down to around freezing by early tomorrow morning. but the rain should be past that. let me show what you we're talking about as we go to storm team 4 radar. yirs to our south, that's where the shower activity is now. around fredericksburg, 218, i-95 and it is moving east towards areas like stafford, culpepper. warrenton area. back to the west. moving towards 17. and more rain for fredericksburg area. along a weather front that's moving slowly through. we could see showers up until 5:00, 6:00 a.m. the showers hit at 10:00 p.m. as we get to the early morning hours, most of it will be to the

south. around pax river, around areas like lexington. that's when the temperatures up to the north and west will drop to around 30, maybe 32 degrees. by then again the most is out of here. so anything that's left standing may be a little slick. certainly slushy for early tomorrow morning. that's the next change for us, the showers leaving out, the slushy, maybe an icy spot or two. but for the most part, just slushy, 35-36, your early-morning temperatures, some folks, i've seen you, i've seen you trying to run and get some exercise. a coat, rain boots and a warm jacket will be the order of the day tomorrow. so the weather tomorrow will have a moderate impact on our day as temperatures rise once again up above freezing. 40 degrees the high for tomorrow. 41 on thursday, then it's upper 30s and 40s to 50 the upcoming weekend. we've got a warm streak coming up. we'll talk more about the icy conditions coming up for the next couple of mornings on news4 at 5:00.

i'm tracy wilkins in prince george's county, where the big diggout is still happening and a number of county residents have been sending us emails, tweets, complaining about the residential streets not being plowed. we talk to county officials about it they say they believe they're at about 65%, 70% of residential streets being cleared. 100% of primary roads being passable. for some residents, they're looking at their residential streets still covered in snow, untouched. but then seeing a nearby primary road that's clear, they can't get to it. >> very frustrating. especially when you are a essential personnel and you can't get to work. >> coming up, a story of a woman being rescued after she was buried in her car, stranded in snow for three days. >> unplowed roads aren't just limited to the d.c. area. >> coming up, how our neighbors up north are taking matters into their own ha

millions of people up and down the east coast are dealing with the same problems you are. stuck in their neighborhoods, waiting on a plow. nbc's mark barger has more. >> the blizzard that dumped massive amounts of snow across the mid-atlantic and northeast over the weekend is still creating problems. in queens, new york, snowplows have not been able to treat many of the side roads, leaving themselves.

>> right now just trying to dig out little by little. get it done, dig ourselves out of here. >> a situation that could be dangerous. >> if you need an ambulance, how are they going to get through? god forbid you have a fire. >> but public transportation is getting back up and running. >> in norris town, pennsylvania, cars remain buried. even if you can dig out, there's nowhere to go, residents fear they won't be able to get out for days. the region's airports are struggling as well with hundreds of canceled flights. weary travelers being forced to make the most of it. >> airports take a lot to get back on track. so you have to live with it two feet of snow is a lot of snow. >> while officials in numerous east coast cities grapple with what to do with all the snow -- children it seems have it all figured out. mark barger, nbc news. now at 5:00, a woman has been rescued after being strabded in a car buried in snow for three days. i'm tracee wilkins. in prince george's county. i'm julie carey, in prince

william county and v dot's plan is to have all neighborhood streets passable by 6:00 a.m. and schools are getting ready to open in the district while metro is improving. while waiting to see what the plan is for federal workers tomorrow. our team coverage begins now with wendy and chris. >> and despite what seems like mild weather out there, we begin with a weather alert. we're watching the radar yet again. >> yeah, this time it is rain on there. doug, i guess that brings its own set of problems. >> it does. the temperatures today into the lower to mid 50s across the area. so temperatures soared and that created a lot of melting. what the melting gives you is the slush onned roads, it makes it even harder to drive and it produces a lot of even localized flooding on some of the roadways. i dealt with a lot of that coming in today so give yourself a lot of patience, you'll need it out there right now, we can see a couple of showers moving i troog to move in we're not going to see a lot of rain.

but any rain that does fall will help with the melting process. it's a cold front that's just kind of sinking down across our region. here's where the rain is we will see a better chance of showers as we move through the overnight hours tonight. temperatures, very, very warm. especially for this time of year. 49 degrees right now in d.c. after a high in the mid 50s. 54 degrees in manassas, 55 in fredericksburg. 53 in pax river. lot of melting, a tough morning commute tomorrow for sure, rather slick and slushy. some ice, mostly just slush. lots of puddles, wear the waterproof boots, tomorrow will be one nasty morning rush hour. we'll talk more about when the refreeze comes back. that will be a huge deal as well. and across our region, things are getting back to normal. in the district schools will be reopening tomorrow and the snow emergency, it will be lifted at 6:30 tomorrow evening in virginia, transportation officials there say their goal is one lane of passablera