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 passable traffic in all northern virginia

subdivisions. by 6:00 tomorrow morning. in maryland, montgomery county consecutive ike leggett, says all neighborhood streets in his county should be getting at least one pass by 7:00 a.m. but first, a woman is in the hospital in maryland after she was rescued from her car where she was trapped for three days. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has her story for us tonight. tracee? >> they're saying that this woman needed to be treated and they're happy that they had the national guard to help. >> a lot of the communities we go through, different calls to the fire department. the snow is just really bad. you know it's very deep. >> storm was so critical, the national guard was called in to assist in prince george's county. >> we're just there to back up the police and fire department so we kind of go where they tell us they need support. >> on monday evening, the call came from akkokek after a woman was discovered inside her car. >> it looked like she had driven out there while there was some

snow. it was above the hood up around the whl well, up against the door. >> she had been there for three days. >> police and ambulance were already on scene. but they couldn't get their vehicles all the way to her location so they had walked out there and to find her sister, they needed to get a vehicle close by. >> they moved their humvee right next to the vehicle and were able to get the woman into the ambulan ambulance. >> she was speaking and the fire department loaded her into a litter and we loaded her in the back of the humvee and got her out of there. >> these guardsmen believe neighbors were the one to discover her vehicles. >> neighbors noticed she was out there, noticed there was someone in the vehicle. called 911 and some neighbors were out there with us as well. it was a real community effort trying to help this woman. >> coming up on news4 at 6:00, plenty of residential streets still have not been plowed. but all of the main streets have been. we're going to give you more information on when you can

expect your road to be plowed coming up on news4 at 6:00. at least 44 people have died because of the blizzard. and a few of them are from our area. an 83-year-old man was shoveling snow on sunday when he had a heart attack. right in front of his home in the district. a u.s. capital police officer was shopping at his home in delaware when he also died of a heart attack. one death in northern virginia is being connected to the sno snowstorm. a man was in leesburg saturday night and he collapsed walking in the snow. eight other deaths in other parts of virginia have also been attributed to the storm. they were caused by hypothermia, car crashes or shoveling. and out in mayor lpd, one of the deaths has been connected to a 5-year-old girl. she was sledding down a driveway on to a street in caro county on monday. when an suv hit her in

sykesville. now a prince george's man died while shoveling snow on saturday. we have promising news from v-dot tonight. the goal is do make all streets that they plow passable before daybreak in areas that are not plowed by v-dot, the wait will be a bit longer. bureau chief julie carey joins us from prince william county where most neighborhoods have seen a plow, they look like they could see another one. >> what you see on this bristow street behind me, that illustrates what passable looks like, it's far from perfect. while it does mean more people will be able to get out of their neighborhoods it does not mean they're going to have an easy commute. here's a preview of what the drive along a passable street looks like and feels like. in many subdivisions, it's not even two lanes ride and it's a rough, even slippery ride. >> tomorrow, if everyone is going back tomorrow, it's going to be a difficult commute. >> but some parts of leesburg

and loudoun county haven't see the first full pass. elected leaders came together to congratulate residents for digging out on their own and helping neighbors in need. in leesburg it will be tomorrow evening before the plows reach some streets. one problem, some of the plow drivers they hired didn't show up until monday. >> so when we are, we have resources that tell us they're going to be there and then they don't show up. >> but we discovered not everyone is begging for a snowplow. check out rosemead place where they've been playing corn hole in the shoveled-off driveway. >> might as well just embrace it. >> the kids have constructed this snowman wall with a mention for the plow driver, they want their snowy playground to stay. >> we want to keep playing in the wirlds and also it's more fun and we get to spend more time with others. >> i don't know what's going to happen when the plow driver

finally reaches the snowman wall. here in prince william county the tentative plan is for kids to go back to school on thursday, on a late start. but that is subject to change. coming up on news4 at 6:00, what could be in store for kids in loudoun county where the deepest snowfall was measured. >> metro is inching ever closer to normal service. about an hour ago we got an update on what will be open tomorrow and what may not. news4 megan fitzgerald is live in our headquarters. what can we expect? >> the press conference started out with metro saying look, crews have been working around the clock for the last several days to try to get service back up and running. look at what they're saying now. they stay starting tomorrow, bus service will resume on a moderate schedule there will be 160 routes today, compared to today when only 79 routes were running.

they said trains will run every eight minutes. the only issue right now is this silver line, we're told a decision will be made as to whether or not the line will reopen tomorrow. before service starts at 5:00 a.m. metro says there will be shuttle service available at the silver line so riders will able to get to their destination one way or another. we had an opportunity to speak with dan stessel. the spokesperson for metro a few minutes ago. here's what he had to say about why the silver line is creating such an issue. >> as we're plowing, this is a photo showing a track that's been plowed, it has been a challenge to get that third rail clear of ice and snow. and if it's not clear, trains can lose contact with the third rail. and when they do, they lose power and they become disabled. our goal is to provide reliable service and to insure d(&u if e reopen a rail line, we don't strand passengers. >> now metro says they'll be

running tests on the silver line. treating it with de-icer. trying to do everything they can to get the line back oep. but download the news4 app. we'll have more information about the line. we have a developing story out of the district, a woman and her dog being treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning in her home. webster street near grant circle. fire department showed unsafe levels of carbon dioxide. a hazmat team discovered the problem was in the furnace, the furnace was shut and the home r was ventilated. >> parking lanes and sidewalks are still a complete mess. news4's tom sherwood is live in columbia heights. what does the city plan to do

about it? >> that means a lot of cars are back out on the street and that's causing problems. at 14th and u street northwest. an unmarked police car tries to shoo away people parking in traffic lanes. right next to huge mounds of snow. the city is coming alive again. but many streets are still having limited access. the city wants to get more open for business tomorrow. but still moving tons of snow. >> we're setting our strike teams out today, some of them were out last night in the areas. really getting down into the residentials and getting those cleared out. >> mayor muriel bowser announced that the snow emergency will be lifted at 6:30 tomorrow night. >> the snow emergency will be lifted wednesday 6:30 p.m. >> but street parking will still be hard. many curb lanes remain blocked. and while businesses were still

struggling to clear sidewalks and reopen, other businesses were still closed. their sidewalks impassable. the mayor said those businesses face $150 fines. >> you're required by law to remove snow from your sidewalks and woor beyond the time limit where are you supposed to do so. >> columbia heights, northwest washington, tom sherwood, news4. wnchts the frustration growing over the state of some streets, we launching operation #snowstuck. send us your photos and your videos with the #snowstuck. late they are hour, pat lawson muse will join us with some of your posts. >> the plows are working in the school parking lots. when will local schools reopen. i'm scott mcfarlane in laurel. coming up, the big problem hindering school buses.

if yours was one of more than 500 cars towed off the street during the blizzard, it's not here. i'll tell you how you're going to find your car and what you'll need to get it back. some tris we have a winner of the pat collins snow stick challenge.

the district has issued hundreds of thousands of fines and towed nearly 600 cars because people were parking in the emergency routes during the blizzard. >> as mark segraves is about to show you, getting your car back is not as easy as you might think. right, mark? >> yeah, wendy, nothing is easy after this blizzard. and particularly getting your car back. the snow emergency went into effect early friday morning. and since then, the district has been ticketing and towing cars, moving them off of the snow emergency routes to make sure for snowplows and emergency vehicles. but not everyone was able to move their car in time. two feet of snow is hard to plow. especially if parked cars are in the way. that's one reason mayor bowser declared a snow emergency and

cars ticketed and towed if they're on snow emergency routes. since friday morning, 600 cars were stowed and 200 more were given tickets. the drivers weren't happy with the tickets, telling us the car was moved where it would move them. >> if your car was towed, trying to recover it won't be easy. first of all, it's not at the district's impound lot where you might think it is. >> the 572 vehicles that were towed, were either relocated to another street or towed to one of the private contractors' lots. >> your car is either on a nearby side street or at one of the many private impound lots. to find out where you'll have to call the city. if it's an impound lot, you won't have to pay the $250 ticket now, but you will need to pay. >> make sure you have proof that you're the owner of the vehicle. you must have a valid driver's

license and you're going to pay a $100 tow fee for a regular tow and a $20 storage fee per day. >> and one more thing -- no matter where your car was towed to -- >> if you're coming to the blue plains impound lot or a private tow lot, you better bring a shovel. >> so if you were towed or relocated an important thing to remember is you better pay that $250 ticket before it doubles. and one more problem getting your car back? many of those private impound lots still aren't open because of the snow. now, coming up at 6:00, why this is a no-no and why the #nosavesies is trending. >> i thought you were opening mark segraves snow lounge. thank you. one of the biggest jobs today is clearing the exit ramps and the local lanes of i-270 in montgomery county. chopper 4 flying over rockville

around 11:00 this morning. check out this snowblower, don't you wish you had that. maryland state highway workers on montrose road on the southbound lanes. the goal is to widen the lanes but the work caused some major back-ups in the local lanes. >> they were doing the same thing on 395 in virginia. and all across maryland schools are scrambling to clear their bus lots like this one in montgomery county right off i-27. prince george's and montgomery county schools are trying to get their buildings and buses ready for whenever they reopen. and at scott mcfarlane reports, there's a lot of work complete but a lot still to be done. he's live in siller spring at blair high school. hey, scott. >> good evening, the wall of snow behind me used to cover the parking lot and bus lot here in blair high school in silver spring. you could park a bus and bring students into montgomery blair tomorrow. that won't happen. how dot buses get here? the big question is will local schools open at all this week?

ian henning spent the day atop a snow pile outside his home in laurel. snowball fight with his buddies, a fourth grader, ian will be home again tomorrow. his dad says the family is ready for prince george's county public schools to reopen. >> god, yes, i'm a business owner and i've got to get work done. as much as i love having my son around, it's been a real great visit, there's work to do. >> at laurel high school, four plows cleared the parking lot, but there's more to go. more than half of the schools are cleared in montgomery county. college gardens elementary is still a work in progress. kids were playing on the hill. as plows tried to unearth their school. but will there be buses to run to the schools? chopper 4 shows you crews trying to free hundreds of snowed-in buses at a depot near montgomery mall. and our cameras show a third of the fleet snowed in at another depot in rockville. todd watkins is druktor of

transportation for the school district. >> we have to think about where kids are going to walk. not only those that walk to school, but those that walk to bus stops. almost every kid walks to a school or to a bus stop. >> cleared the walks here at montgomery blair high school. coming up at 6:00, the one complication for local school buses, regionwide that won't be solved tonight. scott mcfarlane, news4. >> and schools in prince george's county will be closed for a third day in a row tomorrow. but the school system will make meals available to stents in need from 11:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. the following schools will have free meals, northwesten high in hyattsville, and langley park mccormick elementary. suitland high. >> at the lisk desk we've gotten word from amtrak that full service schedule for acela

express and northeast regional will resume tomorrow, other service to the southeast and midwest will return to normal schedules, amtrak was one of the few rail lines to continue running during the storm. we'll bring you more transportation updates as they come in chris? >> thanks. talk about road to nowhere. drivers that are lucky enough to make it out of their neighborhoods are still facing some obstacles. >> at some point it's the third or fourth day and they still haven't hit us. like this guy here i'm trying to flag him down. can you get us, please? they just drive b ♪

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well the storm team 4 weather alert. we've been in weather alert for the last four or five days, going to be in it again probably tomorrow for the fact that we're still dealing with the problems out on the roads. the snow is still out there, the ice is still out there even though temperatures today got into the upper 40s, even low to mid 50s in some areas. look at this shot, look at the potomac here. still snow covered and ice covered across the region. even though temperatures were in the 50s. right now at 49. winds out of the south atlook a. 54 right now in fredericksburg. 50 degrees in leesburg. and now temperatures have rizen in frederick over the last few hours, up to 43. so a lot of melting occurred during the day today.

you know if you were out and about. a lot of slush and standing water will be the case as we move on through the next 24 hours. now we're dealing with some rain beginning to make its way in here. most of it light rain. some shower activity that will continue this is part of a cold front. that cold front just off to the west. you can actually see it kind of shifting on down to the south. very slowly. but out ahead of it we will see some shower activity. it will all fall in the form of rain, heavy rain to the south. for us it's going to be just a light rain event as we move through the overnight hours. that will also help to melt some of the snow out there but once again, it will also produce a lot in the way of some ponding on area roadways. i'm concerned about that. tomorrow morning's rush is going to be a mess. tonight 9:15, here comes some shower activity. not a lot of rain tonight. but showers will be out there. aund 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, more showers. by 5:00, 6:00, it's all out of here. moving on out. but the damage may be done. once again i think the roadways will be a very tough go early

tomorrow. and it's not because of a freeze. it's because of all the sluk and the water that's going to be out on the roadways. some areas may freeze, though, from frederick, hagerstown, winchester, frederick. everybody else for the most part above freezing, you'll still see slick spots, a lot of ice that hasn't melted. but i think the refreeze is not tomorrow morning as far as that is concerned. the big issues are going to have some tomorrow. but i've got that as a green. a lot of slush out here. i think thursday is going to be a very dangerous morning rush. and i really do mean that it's going to be a lot of peel on the roads, i think everything will refreeze early thursday morning. so i'm telling you now, thursday is going to be a huge problem in the morning. friday morning, same deal. subfreezing and icy. but we're going to be a little bit better in handling it at that point. 40 degrees on your wednesday, 41 on thursday. 39 on friday. 44 on saturday. we're above average or rather

above freezing each day. but each night, we're going to refreeze again. so the mornings are definitely going to be a problem. coming up in a couple of minutes, veronica has the latest on school forecast which days have the best chance to be open for schools as we move through the weekend. and a very warm weekend forecast coming up. the pat collins snow stick winner was quite ineventive. blew our judges away. we'll reveal who gets the stick, just ahead. if you call 311 in prince george's county trying to get a snowplow and couldn't get through, you're not alone. now we know what the problem is. and tempers are flaring during the snowstorm. a fight over a cleared parking space ends with a shooting.

. drivers who make it out of their neighborhood streets may still find themselves stranded. >> there's still a lot of snow clean-up to do in montgomery county. >> and price gouging after the storm. how to make sure you're not the next victim. >> tonight, a lot of are you pointing us to the most snowed-in streets and sidewalks. >> we found crews still working to clear the beltway and 395 this afternoon. not to mention the side streets and the sidewalks. our northern virginia burg reporter david culver followed up on many of your emails and is joins frus arlington. >> behind me, glebe elementary

school. crews working to clear it as fast as they can. they were attacking mounds of snow. you'll see where the mounds ended up. tonight for many of you the struggle is real and it continues as you dig out. the blizzard of 2016 trickling away. ever so slowly melting. but not quickly enough for this neighborhood in chantilly. roads starts out clear, only to be blocked by a mound this suv, ended up turning around. this street, autumn glory, still looking like winter's fury. it's also in chantilly and its neighbors ended up chipping in with shovels. tired of waiting on plows. this photo snapped just south of wolf trap in tyson's, even if you dug the car out, it had nowhere to go. >> i started saturday about 1:00. >> off olly lane, sam hunt has been shoveling and snowing since

mid blizzard. after they cleared the sidewalk this happened. >> frustrating for jeff greenspan. >> i understand they need to keep the street clean, but we did have two free lanes of traffic going back and forth. so i'm not sure it needed to be done this way. >> vince in arlington sent me this photo. he said the county website showed north columbus street is clear, but midday he only saw the sidewalk as passable. arlington does have three of these massive melters working. so much snow. it's brought in on dump trucks, put into this pile, then carried over and dropped onto the machine. pit out as water. and many students here in northern virginia will have yet another day off of school tomorrow. we did go around and check on the schools and the progress when it comes to clearing them. we'll have more on that ahead in the our next hour and one school

that may take longer to open because of some severe damage done to it live in arlington. i'm david culver, news4. they're not compromising, they're not being courteous and everybody's dprust ration is running high. >> we can't get out at all. >> this is the only way we can get her out of here to get to work. one of our in-laws is coming up to pick us up at the top of the hill so she can get to work. >> all the snow is packed in front of people's cars. >> frustrations are running high in parts of prince george's county. there's been so many calls to the 311 line it's overwhelming the system. county officials tell us they had more calls yesterday than they have ever had. the problem is the system can only queue 100 calls at a time.

if you call and call back, it clogs the system up. county officials are asking you to go online to report any issues. we posted a link in our news4 washington app. while district officials are telling us you and us that all major roads are now passable, a lot of neighborhood roads still haven't been plowed this was the scene in mount pleasant in northwest along park road were cars were jammed. and across the anacostia river folks in the fairlawn neighborhood of southeast complained they have yet to see a plow turn o'off the main road into their side street. some neighbors have gone so far as to stand on goodhope road trying to flag down plows that are passing them by. >> at some point it's the third or fourth day and they still haven't hit us. it's like this guy here, i'm trying to flag him down. can you get us, please? they just drive by. >> people in montgomery county are getting through on 311, some calls going unanswered.

but the county hopes to clear every neighborhood by 7:00 a.m. chris gordon joins us live from river road. what are you seeing out there? >> well river road here in bethesda does not appear to be ready for commuters to return. only one lane has been cleared of snow right here and these cars are heading into the district, which is just two miles away. as far as montgomery county neighborhoods, a promise has been made. >> some montgomery county residents have been complaining that they haven't seen a plow. sometimes the county snowplow app says their street is in the process of being cleared when it isn't. and they say sometimes their 311 calls go unanswered. >> my pledge to the montgomery county residents, is that by tomorrow morning, tomorrow morning, that is wednesday morning, we will have made a pass, a route through every neighborhood in montgomery county by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow

morning. >> leggett climbed into a snowplow to show he's on the job. when they began plowing goya drive in potomac, the residents at first didn't notice leggett inside. then this reaction. >> kind of surprised that he's out. but i'm glad they did get to our street now. even if it took ike leggett to get here. >> in bethesda elementary school they have a parking lot full of snow removal equipment sitting idle. i asked why it wasn't being used? >> you're seeing it because there's an operator shift. the new operators are coming in to pick up that equipment and get back on the road. >> county snowplow drivers say they've given all they have since the snow started five days ago. >> we worked 24 hours, around the clock. >> when do you sleep? >> we get about two hours to sleep between 1:00 and 3:00. >> ahead, how much more snow removal is necessary to get

river road and other main commuter routes ready for federal workers and students to return? that part of the story coming up on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest live in bethesda, back to you. >> thank you, chris gordon. an unusual arrest in virginia, a woman is in jail after an attack and police believe the weather made her do it. plus, what about your mail? ♪ you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ video camera on the spot.

all day we've seen big traffic back-ups. more people are hitting the roads and getting stuck behind snow removal crews. crews were working to clear these roads around lunchtime. fom of you leaving the house still is not an option. >> we've launched operation #snowstuck. we want to help draw attention to some of the places that have just gone untouched. >> pat lawson muse joins us with a look at what you're dealing with. >> wendy and chris, this is all about showing just how tough it is for many of you to get back to your normal routine. and hopefully draw some attention to your neighborhoods and your communities. take a look at what some are still dealing with three days after the storm. this is on honest way in bethesda. lisa says they had to use a sled to get luggage to the end of the road in order to get a friend to the airport.

doing what she's got to do there. we're seeing a lot of this across the region. townhouse alleys still piled high with snow. michael stegeman sent us this from ashburn and said most of the town is still snow stuck. chilly asking the question, how are we supposed to go to school tomorrow? she said this is 14th street northwest still covered from curb to curb. and there are some signs of progress. lauren puckett said she got rescued in aldi, virginia, she thanked the driver with lunch. and something that we're seeing more and more of. communities digging out the streets themselves. david butterman said we're no longer stuck in vienna, 25 neighbors took mat nears our own hands. great people, great people indeed. we want to see what you're facing. send us your pictures and videos with the #snowstuck and we'll be back at 6:00 with morning. >> good stuff. proof now of how cold it was this past week in virginia, police say a homeless woman tried to get arrested so she

could have somewhere warm to stay. police in richmond say she punched someone and threw a piece of concrete through the window at the general assembly building. she's been charged with felony vandalism and assault. no one was seriously hurt. tonight a man is being questioned by d.c. police about an apparent plot to carry out an attack on county officials. they want to talk to adrian dagle about alleged threats. some people are trying to take advantage of you in the aftermath of the blizzard what kind of price gouging to look out for. >> no more waiting. no more talking. no more judging. the winner of the pat collins snow stick challenge coming up. news4. we have rain showers around the area. what this means for area roads. what about roads for the rest of the work week? we'll take a look at it as more of us head back to work in

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pat's got some snow stick challenge music going there, doesn't he? the snow stick challenge has inspired a lot of you to be fairly creative and to beat the

boredom of being stuck in the snow. >> we got nearly 2,000 entries, now the field has been narrowed down to four and this evening pat is introducing us to the winners. >> one house. two families. seven kids. four adults. more than two feet of snow. what do you do? what do you do? what do you do? well here's what you do. you build a cat burglar's training course. it was nate's idea. >> searching online for things to do with all these kids. and found something similar. here we are. >> it was jennifer who put it together. >> and you had yarn. >> yes. >> and tape. >> yes. >> and you put it up. >> on the wall. >> in the hallway. >> and when our judging saw this -- >> perfect score. >> this is something really unique and very creative. kudos to that family. >> having a child at home.

having to entertain at home. we now how this gets, unbelievable. i hope she's not having to paint her walls with all that tape everywhere. >> we were looking for the most creative cabin fever cure. the best way to keep from going bonkers during the blizzard, we got more than 1700 entries. to track down the winner, we traveled to this home in warrenton, virginia. >> and now -- the winner of the official pat collins snow stick for the blizzard of 2016 -- nate and jennifer! [ cheers and applause ] >> it's basically yarn and painter's tape. but it's quite a challenge. >> can we do it? yes, we can! >> can we do it? >> yes, we can. >> well, we'll find out on news4 at 6:00. >> wow. >> hopefully you used blue

painter's tape that doesn't rip the paint off the walls. >> that's very cool. >> that was a lot of work. >> very cool. well just to put this sort of in perspective. you know the folks at the national park service tell us they've been watching the snow stick challenge pretty closely. >> they want to put their own snow removal spin into perspective. so far, they've removed enough snow from the parks and memorials to fill the washington monument more than 18 times. we told pat would need a snow stick nearly two miles high to measure it and if you consider weight, it is almost twice as heavy as the lincoln memorial. >> wow. >> wow. >> i mean that's, that's -- stunning, stunning how much and you seehose big huge dump trucks trying to -- >> hundreds of them going -- >> now the truck is here at least at one location to help melt a lot of the snow. >> how's the rain going to affect the weight of the snow, if we're still trying to dig out? >> it makes it more dense.

heavier on your shovel to lift to clean out which is why we're seeing the early part of the storm to hit it early when it was still fluffy and dry and powdery. now it's more like ice in a lot of folks' driveways. i think for the most part tonight, our temperatures stay high enough, it's mostly slick to slushy really. take a look. we've got icicles everywhere across the area. everybody knows this sight, right? the national cathedral. if you look close you can see the gargoyles are even getting iced over. you have that melting during the day. we've had enough mild temperatures over the last couple of days, the last two at least. now it's all about the rain showers. we've been tracking it on storm team 4 radar throughout the afternoon. you can see the line coming into the area. there's the radar loop over the last hour, sitting on top of d.c. so roads are wet, temperatures still high enough this is not getting slick or icy i should say yet. but 396 heading through the

beltway and up in areas around olney. 29 there. headed toward 29, a little pocket of more moderate rain around maryland 28 right now. eastbound toward areas like savage. we will see rain showers around our area up until around 4:00, 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning it could last longer through southern maryland. later tonight there might be a few icy patches to deal with and some fog that will begin developing now what looks like a little later. maybe around 8:00 to 9:00 this evening and hang out until midnight, 1:00 a.m. for tomorrow, slushy, slick, 32 to 36 degrees across a wide range of the areas. more slushy than anything. so get your boods ready. your rain boots, that's what i had when i was out on the weather deck. we're melting for tomorrow afternoon. your afternoon temperature going up to 40 degrees. the rain coming through our area tomorrow. that's 4:00 a.m., 5:00 a.m. it's gone. when the rain moves out, that's

when we'll start to see the lower temperature readings around our area. with 30 degrees in frederick. hagerstown, 30 early tomorrow morning. so the next big change for us is we start to see rising temperatures again. 35 at 7:00 a.m. 36 at 9:00 amt. we're going to be clearing rather rapidly tomorrow. but because of the fact that we still have so many mountains of snow on the ground, the weather still having a moderate impact on our area, we get the sunshine, no wind to deal with but again we're telling folks with all the puddles we're going to have around, stepping out the door, it's rain boots, and a warm jacket. a lot like today. here's a look at your hourly forecast. from 38 at 11:00 a.m., to 40 degrees. with cool conditions by 3:00 p.m. school outlook, 50% chance that kids will be back in school thursday, and a 30% chance for friday. i think it's 100% chance we'll see some delays across the area. look at your seven-day forecast here. getting into the weekend. 44 to 50 degrees, good weekend for getting out and doing more

clean-up. although we need a relaxing weekend, don't we? >> thanks, bj. you can check your mail box because mail delivery resumed today. but if you didn't get delivery to your home, it could be because your mail box is still buried in snow and ice or the walkway leading up to it hasn't been cleared. the postal service says carriers will make every attempt to deliver mail where it's safe and passable. if mail boxes are blocked off. mail carriers must consider safety first. the big storms can bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. >> unscrupulous business owners want to take advantage of business owners and overcharge for necessities. >> susan hogan has a warning. >> price gouging laws prevent us from playing exorbitant prices for things we need. including services like repairs and the law stays in effect for 30 days during a state of emergency. so what's actually included? water, ice, food, generators,

batteries, home repair materials and services like tree removal. the basic test for determining if a price is too much is whether the posted price grossly exceeds the price for the same goods and services before the storm hit ten days. news4 called around and found out that virginia and d.c. enacted their price gouging laws effective on january 21st. in d.c., the law ban as mark-up of more than 10% from the usual price for services and products. maryland does not have a price gouging law on the books. as of today, we're told both d.c. and virginia office of attorneys general did not receive any complaints of price gouging. and if you think you are a victim of price gouging, you can file a complaint with the attorney general's office in both d.c. and virginia. we have a link right now on our news4 washington app for you. back to you.f&lç i'm pat lawson muse.

at the deck we're just hearing about marc service for tomorrow. marc trains will be running three times each way on the brunswick line. the trains are running in the morning. trains number 874, train 876 and number 880. and then in the afternoon, three additional trains will be running. trains number 873, 877 and 888. things getting back to normal on the rails. at the light desk,itis pat lawson muse. in news for your health tonight, we've got some new guidelines out there for moms and mothers to be. the u.s. preventive services task force announced today that they, women should be screened for depression during their pregnancy and after they had the baby. while the task force previously advocated screening for depression in all adults, this is the first time it has specifically recommended screening for pregnant women. and women who have just given birth. more than 14 million adults

reportedly suffer from depression here in the united states, with women much more likely to be diagnosed than men. it is serious business when someone parks in the parking space that you've spent a lot of time shoveling. but in one case, saving a parking space ended with a violent dispute that could have turned deadly.

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controversy tonight in boston that nearly turned deadly over a parking space in the city. while the streets are still filled with snow. >> man got shot today when he moved a space safer, parked his car where somebody else had already shoveled. justin michaels reports from dorchester. >> to save or not to save parking spaces in boston. this snowstorm ritual is common practice in many of boston's neighborhoods. and under the right circumstances it's legal. >> it should be common sense. >> cindy powell lives in east boston. snow emergency or not, she wasn't taking any chances, that red chair is hers, next to her snow-free spot. >> if i have to shovel off my spot when i call if my spot. then i'm using my space saver. >> boston did tweet out reminding no snow emergency was declared in boston, space savers will be removed as trash. #bosssnow. in the tweet we met a little chair named sebastian the space saver who should only be used

when a snow emergency is declared. boston asking people to quote be like sebastien. but space saving can be dangerous. in boston's dorchester neighborhood, a parking dispute could have turned deadly when a 34-year-old man was shot because he parked this silver toyota camry in this spot on nightingale street. something boston's mayor says won't be tolerated and if necessary, the entire space saver policy could be changed. >> there will be no space savers in the city of boston if it continues. >> the suspect's car was found up the street though the person who pulled the trigger is on the loose. as far as cindy powell is concerned, she hopes space saving stays, she thinks they need to have clarification on the rules. >> they should, so that things like the shooting or the tire slashing or breaking windows, those type of things don't occur. >> you can see this person got very resourceful. they're using a full-fledged

cone as opposed to a claire or garbage can to save their space. in boston, though space saving is legal after the snow emergency, there is a time limit. people can only save the space for 48 hours, after that, it's up for grabs. in boston, justin michaels, news4. now at 6:00, conditions are improving across the region, but there's a long way to go. >> it's ridiculous, they expect ever to get up and go to work? >> most of the major school districts will be closed tomorrow as metro slowly gets up to speed. but amid the clean-up comes a new controversy over parking. >> do you feel like this is now your spot? >> oh yeah, if anyone takes it better watch out. >> we have team coverage of the big dig across maryland, d.c. and virginia. >> they've been working nonstop since the historic blizzard hit our region over the weekend. snowplows lining many roads and tonight crews are getting help from mother nature.

>> some rain moving in right now that could help to melt some of the snow. but it might create some challenges, too. doug is going to tell us all about that. doug? >> i think we're going to have a lot of challenges on those roads. if you've been out, you know the challenges are there. the snow on the roads, the slush that's out there. the ice that remains, and we have lot of melting. temperatures got into the 50s across the area. now you throw into the mix a little bit of rain which is only going to a, add to the melt, b, add to the water on the roads, the roads are going to continue to be a mess. i saw a lot of standing water on a lot of the roads, a lot of sidewalks, it's going to be nasty tonight. i think a very nasty commute tomorrow. here's the rain from baltimore down through d.c., back along 66 towards front royal and warrenton. we're going to see mostly light rain south and east of this light. frederick, hagerstown, winchester, you won't see any rain. it will be to the south and east. you can see what's happening through the rest of the evening we'll see