frigid temperatures leading tup to a major nor'easter next week. without a place to go home but grateful to police officers who saved their lives. president trump's four months in office was a big one for jobs. news 4 at 4:00 starts now. yeah, first off, winter is roaring back. thanks for joining us. i am chris lawrence. >> i am pat. see if your weekend plans including anything out doors. you may need to reconsider. the cold this weekend as the possible weather event is coming our way monday and tuesday >> lets start with our chief meteorologist doug, what are you seeing? >> it was raining first and switching over to snow. we have seen snow showers off and on right now all afternoon. still going on across parts of the area along

the baltimore area and down on prince george county and most of this is actually falling as snow is depicted as rain. maybe a couple of snow showers here. it is not going to mean anything tonight. what will is the cold and you see the storm that wrapped itself around the region and the cold air is pushes on down. take a look at the current windchills. 39 dc. that's cold. 16 in state college right now. lets go outside with amelia drake, we have been watching this the last couple of days. tomorrow morning is downright frigid. >> reporter: we are talking about windchill in the single digits. we were at 74 degrees yesterday. we'll be breezy over night tonight and tomorrow. take a look, feeling at 14 at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow in the district and 9 at district. we track windchills in the 20s. a cold saturday.

the rock n' roll marathon tomorrow. they were training in the warmest february on record, it is going to be a shock when temperatures feeling like 15 or 20 degrees. >> there it is right there. a little bit of light snow continuing. the big deal is tuesday. we are talking a potential may skr jur mayor nor'easter and this will have an impact for the entire region. we'll tell you who has the best chance for snow coming up. what's all this brisk cold air leaves for our beloved cherry blossoms. megan, are you hearing anything down there? >> reporter: yeah, chris, like you said, brisk and cold for sure. it is freezing out here. the short answer to your question is, these cherry blossoms could be in danger and here is why. take a look behind us here.

they're starting to bud and you can see the flowers here. they're vulnerable. this national park service tells us if temperatures get to 24 degrees or lower, it is possible that we could lose 90% of the blossoms. >> this is the time of the year that many people look forward to. >> oh my gosh. i love the cherry blossoms. the national park service says take a good look of what's here right now because it is possible that we may not see it bloom. >> if we have a situation where a number of blossoms may not reach full bloom. >> if temperatures dip below 24 degrees, mostly all of these blossoms could die. >> that's leaving out and all these leaves are very tender. >> same is true for outdoor plants. if you cannot move them inside, cover up what you can. >> what uch

them with something like burlaps just drape lightly over the plants. >> reporter: floral expert says you can use a thin bag sheet to cover the plant of your home. as far as the fate of these cherry blossoms, experts say we'll know more on sunday. now of the fire. the intense flames coming from this home in clinton and officers on patrol happened the see the fire and quickly worked to alert the family inside. we get the latest on this on news 4. >> reporter: a family of six was asleep here in the clinton area . at 1:00 this morning, their house engulfed in flames. a police officer was on duty near by and saw the flames.

knocking on the door and pounding on the glass, trying to wake people up inside the house. but, that did not work. you did not hear anyone inside. that's when he decided to go ahead and break the glass around the front door and that did the trick. that woke up the adults inside the house and made them realize that something was happening and they yelled what was going on. the officer says your house is on fire, you need to get out. coming up news 4, you will hear from a woman who was here inside the home along with her family including a three week old grandchild and the office who's now credited with saving their lives. in spencer, news 4. the associated press reports president trump's transition team was told that michael flinn needed to register as a foreign agent for his lobbying work of turkey before he tok

national security adviser. that did not happen. now the white house says the decision was a personal choice and not what one for transition lawyers to make. >> flynn is later fired after misleading the vice president of his contact of russia ambassadors to the u.s. mike pence will travel the country to make the case for republican replacement for the affordable care act. hundreds of people rallied in dc today to stop the construction of dakota pipeline. oil could start flowing through it as early as next week. >> kirk cousins is staying with washington's team. the quarterback signed the contract this morning, he will be earning close to $24 million this season. criminal investigation that is rocking the marine core widens. >> coming up, all four branches of the military is looking into the post of nude photos of what

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you just saw my live shot outside. it is kind of blustering outside. winds are about 10 to 20 miles per hour. that has the additional chills. take a look at your hourly

planner. it is cold from start to finish. 70, i am feeling like 5 to 15 degrees across the area. a high tomorrow of only 36 degrees. we are drying from start to finish. the entire week, completely dry. the weather is still having a high impact for the weekend. it is the weekend and it is so cold. the rock n' roll marathon. and cherry blossoms damaged and if you are heading out, make sure you have the puppy coats. snow and some significant snow in the area. monday night into tuesday, doug is going to have the latest outlook coming up about 4:20. now details of the nude phot phot photos scandal rocking the marine core. all branches of the military, it all started with nude pictures of more than two dozen women service members on a private facebook group called marines united. now, it is reported the photos extent beyond the m

>> what these young women are dealing with is significant in the sense of lasting reach and 30,000 people seeing images or videos that they did not consent to have released out to the world are there. >> a top marine commander will brief the house armed service community about the scandal next week. > maryland and five other states plan to file a lawsuit banning new visas from people from six muslim countries. it will make the state of maryland less safe and competitive. a message sent to the most talented and engineers around the world that they are not

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. the number of biassed motivated crimes went to 66 to d at people based on their sexual orientation. >> 40 of those 107 hate crimes were aimed at people based on their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. that's not the category that saw the biggest increase last year. hate crimes based on a victims' national origin went up 300%. and there was a 260% spike in the number of crimes based on a person's religion. today mayor muriel bowser and police chief newsham told a group of faith leaders they're doubling the efforts to end hate crimes. >> many times people don't come forward because they are scared themselves of how they would be treated by police or be treated by the system. and i think that seeking justice

demonstrates and should demonstrate to everyone calling 911 you're going to get help. >> we will not accept this as the new norm. >> chief newsham said the majority of hate crimes based on religion were targeted toward the jewish community. police made 36 arrests. montgomery county school officials are investigate twing anti-semitic incidents at different schools. swastikas were found on two students desks march 3rd. on march 2nd a student whose class was studying the holocaust got an anti-semitic text at winston churchill high school in potomac. the school had another hate incident a few months ago when a whites only sign was posted on one of the school's bathrooms. we may have

the penguins are coming back to silver spring. the iconic mural will be coming back with an upgrade. the original panel is 125 feet long. that was designed by a local artists and first appeared back in 1989. 11 years ago crews took it down because it was deteriorating. now an exact replica has been commissioned in aluminum. how much fun are we having with this weather? >> not a lot, i would say. >> as a matter of fact, it's going to continue to come on in across the area, the cold air, that is. yeah, some snow showers still coming down too. out there right now, not bad. temperatures in the mid 40s. but consider were we were yesterday in the mid 70s. 46 degrees winds out of the northwest at 18 miles an hour. that gives us windchills in the 3

going to be a lot colder over the next couple of hours. 39 in gaithersburg, 46 in fredericksburg. again, cold but nothing compared to where we're going to be tomorrow. look at the winds, gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour right now. 36 back towards martinsburg. the winds will stay up tonight. windchills drop into the 20s by 8:00 tonight. by tomorrow morning we could see those windchills in the single digits. storm team 4 radar tracking snow showers continuing. you see them in through prince george's county. these just came through the district here about ten minutes ago. right now in prince george's county around bowie, over towards annapolis. what will is coming next. 36 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow, windy and cold tomorrow. windchills in the 20s all day. those winds gusting

20-30 miles per hour tomorrow. then we move into early next week. i want to show you monday. we're tracking two systems is. one down here off the coast of jacksonville. another one making its way our way. we've got the cold air in place, and you need that for a snowstorm. this area of low pressure, the stronger one actually moving all of its energy right off the coast. we see that energy shift all the time here. that's what helps to create a nor'easter. could be a rain/snow line issue right along i-95. but it does look like now from d.c. all the way up towards boston as we make our way into monday night and tuesday. a major nor'easter, a high impact storm for everyone in our area. here's what we know about the storm. most likely, monday night into tuesday, all models now have at least some snow in er

snow-covered roads for sure. the rain/snow line definitely in play. can and will change. yes, that path will change just a little bit, will be farther east, farther west. that depicts how much snow we get. look how cold we are even into the middle of next week. the entire ten-day forecast now, well below average. again, we're calling weather alert tomorrow and on tuesday. since you're probably going to be doing a lot indoors this weekend, we've got some ideas for your weekend coming up next.

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you're watching news4 at 4:00. it's going to be such a cold weekend, you might as well plan some nice entertainment inside. >> wtob's jason fraley has some pretty good ideas. the 8th wonder of the world returns to theaters this weekend in "kong, skull island." is it worth checking out? >> i wouldn't necessarily call it a great movie, but it can be fun if you get a group to go see it on the big screen in 3d imax. we have a group of

pacific. it's set in vietnam. this one's all about the monsters. the battles and the cgi effects are really impressive. there was even a kid down the row from me in the theater that during the battles his mouth was dropping. he kept turning around and giving a thumbs-up to the projectionist. if you're more into adult, serious, the craft of screen writing, there's things to be disappointed here. there's a lot of exposition in the dialogue where they tell us exactly what's going on. we can see it happening on the screen, so you don't have to tell us anything. brie larson and tom hiddleston are in the lead roles. samuel l. jackson delivers

zingers. it can be fun, just know what you're getting into. >> you've got some good musical theater options too. >> if you're near the bethesda area, head out to strathmore. adam pascal will be at strathmore on sunday with hundreds of local teens that are part of this young artists of america performing arts group. they will be singing a whole tribute to tim rice. all these great numbers. and he actually said this was an opportunity that he didn't have as a kid growing up in the bronx. he actually was in a rock band and it was his childhood friend e'dei dee idina menzel. >> who knows when the warm weather is going to come ba

weekend. big names in comedy coming to town. >> yeah. we wanted to tell you about this. it's next friday, march 17th. you can get your tickets now. it's and the kennedy center, jay leno, comedy legend. we actually spoke with him earlier this week to preview it. go he said his favorite guest was sean connery. he said letterman was sort of the wordsmith and leno thought he taught letterman some of the stage presence. he went into the conan controversy a little bit, said it was just business. he said it was unfortunate because he felt like they both lost a friend. he actually thinks jimmy fallon is the

johnny carson. he's just going to be there doing some standup, one of his first times since getting the mark twain prize in 2014. a special reunion between a police officer and an autistic girl who went missing. what the officer said he remembered from his training that helped bring the little girl home. and a birthday party in the works that has

you're watching news4 at 4:00. more americans are working. the white house is thrilled about today's new jobs report. >> they are not so happy with some of the other news, though. right now officials are trying to explain why the former national security advisor was earning money working for a foreign government. tracie potts has an update. >> reporter: first of all, mike flynn has now been fared from the administration, but his foreign connections continue to plague this white house, even on a day like today with a positive jobs report. president trump is taking credit for today's numbers. >> i talked to the president prior to this. and he said to quote him very clearly. they may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now. >> reporter: 235,000 jobs created in february with unemployment down

>> we're now seeing employers willing to invest in employees. >> we have a long way to go in making sure that people who want a job find a job. >> reporter: today's report, good news amid ongoing controversy about mike flynn. just this week flynn registered as a foreign agent, lobbying for the turkish government during the election. reports indicate the transition team was aware. >> he retroactively filed the forms that he was supposed to do. but we advised him to do what the legal and proper thing was, that's the right thing for this administration. >> reporter: the administration's travel ban being challenged by several states in court. >> it's an improvement but i don't think this is the best approach for national security policy. >> reporter: plus the white house is struggling to explain the allegation that president obama tapped trump tower phones and find whoever leaked classified cia documents. >> this looks very bad for the intelligence community. >> reporter: 50 days in office th

challenges mounting. now, back to the wiretapping for a moment, because lawmakers here, republican committee chairs really want to get to the bottom of this. they sent another letter today to the justice department, to the fbi, demanding the documents, the paperwork that the obama administration would have had to file to complete that type of surveillance. president trump just made a bold claim about obamacare as he pushes to repeal the affordable care act. mr. trump said obamacare was intentionally designed to fail in the year 2017. it's one of the talking points his team could use on their road tour to sell the republican's health care bill. blaine alexander will have more on this story at 5:00. let's get the latest on our weather story. amelia? >> it's just going to be cold and windy this weekend. no snow in the forecast. the system we were talking about earlier this week

as that system stays south, it keeps the cold air in place. when snow moves in monday night into tuesday, it's sticking, unlike every other event so far this season. it's friday night. i suspect some of you going out to dinner. we're at 46 degrees right now and it is blustery out there. wind gusts from 20-40 miles an hour. and scattered flurries until about 6:00 p.m. we're already down to 34 degrees by 10:00 p.m. tonight, tomorrow night and sunday night are going to have an impact on the cherry blossoms. what we're really watching thursday morning. we could potentially see 90% bloom loss. before we get to thursday, we're talking about tuesday and maybe some school closures. the weather won't have an impact on your travel plan this is weekend, but a couple of big events in the city could

town this weekend that will cause some road closures. first of all, lots of folks going to be headed downtown for the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c. marathon and half marathon. that of course is saturday here. let's take a look at exactly what we're going to be dealing with. most road closures and detours were this will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the marathon starts at 7:00 a.m., constitution avenue and 14th street northwest. if you're heading down by metro, be careful, look at the schedules because of safetrack. for the full list of road closures check out the nbc washington app. here's something else happening this weekend. on sunday, the 2017 st. patrick's day parade downtown. streets there sunday march 12th closed there from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the parade forming on the national mall and

west on constitution avenue northwest from 7th to 17th street. we have more closures listed on the app as well. the fight against drugs is going to court in stafford county, as in the basketball court. tonight the schools take on the sheriff's office in the annual basketball tournament fund-raiser. they tip-off at 7:00 at bro brookpoint high school. all proceeds support the drug abuse resistance program. a little virginia boy who loves target stores more than he loves anything will have a dream come true. hudson denet is going to celebrate his 4th birthday at the store. >> the store in the central park shopping center in fredericksburg, the staff is excited about helping throw the party in the cafe area. hudson has autism and cerebral palsy. he visits the store about three

a caregiver. his mom and dad suggested having his party at chuck e. cheese. hudson said, no way, i want target. >> he's awfully cute. >> sure is. go to the washington app and search "target birthday party". pope francis says he's open to having some married men become priests. and you can forget about botox. snails are the hottest new

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beautiful 74, sunny yesterday. and today we're talking snow showers. still a couple around the area. some back towards the martinsburg area, others down towards annapolis and portions of calvert county. most of these will die over the next few hours. rain early changing over to some grople and snow as it developed across the region. that storm now moving out. the next one is the one of tuesday. cold air coming in saturday, sunday, right on into monday. that sets the stage for a lot of problems on area roads. that's why we think monday will be open. tuesday we're now expecting schools to be closed as a result of that storm. still too early to say exactly, but we have a pretty good

looks like tuesday closed, maybe delayed or closed on wednesday too. that's how big of a storm this is. pope francis may be signaling a major change for the catholic church. news4's barbara harrison joins us with some of the ideas the pontiff is considering to deal with the priest shortage. >> it's not quite a change, at least not yet. pope francis is expressing renewed consideration for the idea of married priests. some catholic priests may be hoping this will happen. others are probably rolling their eyes at the whole idea. the pontiff is trying to come up with new ways to attract more priests to the church. francis said the first response must be prayer, coupled with a more intense focus on young people who may be considering joining the priesthood. it was clear the pope was not considering the idea of already ordained priests being

to marry. word from the catholic news service today is that the pope has also okayed a commission to study the history of women deacons in the early church. he clarified that by adding he does not intend for that to sound like an open door. it is the hottest new trend in beauty treatments, a trademarked procedure called the escar-glow feature. yes, as in snails. the slimy substance produced by snails is applied to your face for wrinkles, pores an even scarring. the treatment can work after just one try. each treatment costs between $300 and $500. >> at first you think you're going to have snails crawling all over your face. i realized it was a serum they're putting on. >> the mix with

with hyluronic acid. >> we're told you'll have a little bit of redness right after the treatment. by the next day you'll be ready to go. a lot of folks in our newsroom are hunting for a new home and spring is the time to find it. we've got some new numbers just in today. and the d.c. area is seeing some imagine sales. consumer reporter the susan hogan has the numbers. a 7-year-old child with autism went missing from her home and was found last saturday here by this lake. ahead the life-threatening danger she faced even after she was found by a montgomery county police

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get the best. get fios. here are 4 things to know this afternoon. the white house is on defense after reports the trump transition team was advised that fired national security advisor mike flynn needed to register as a foreign agent for his lobbying on behalf of the turkish government. flynn registered just this week. activists just wrapped up a vigil on capitol hill supporting hate crime victims across the country, this as new numbers

spike from religion based crimes in the district last year. today city leaders pledged to crack down on all bias related crimes. an iconic piece of art is on its way back to the silver spring metro station. the new version of the beloved mural will be unveiled a little later this month. in missouri, heavy hail destroyed a storm chaser's windshie windshield. the hail was the size of baseballs and shattered the glass. while we didn't see anything like that here in our area, there have been some flurries this afternoon. amelia draper is working on the weekend forecast. she's going to join us in just a few minutes. a police officer's special training saved the life of a child with special needs. >> yeah. and today the 7-year-old and her mom got a chance to thank that officer in person. news4's chris gordon was there

touching reunion. >> reporter: they hugged and cried tears of joy. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: 7-year-old sahara went missing last saturday. the little girl with autism got away from her babysitter and left her germantown home without a coat on a bitterly cold day. >> no parent ever wants to get that call that their child is missing, especially a non-verbal special needs child. i was frantic. >> reporter: police searched for more than an hour with dogs and a helicopter. officer jonathan presner said his special training taught him children with autism are often attracted to dangerous water. he found little sahara in a ditch with about a half inch of water. it was so cold that he realized immediately she still faced life threatening dangers. >> she wre

i suffered from hypothermia in the past. i was pretty sure that was what was going on. >> she was pale. she was shaking. she was the fofoaming at the mo. i thought she was dying. >> reporter: sahara was taken to a local hospital. she has made a complete recovery. >> that's why cops suit up in the morning, is for calls like this. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. >> thank god for that officer. a mother of four accused of cheating the system, now she's facing criminal charges. >> wendy rieger is in the newsroom with a look at what's coming up new at 5:00. >> that northern virginia woman is accused of welfare fraud. police say she pocketed more than $100,000 in public assistance. more on this crime and why it's even more surprisie ining given her husband does for a living. >

tonight a look at harriet tubman's legacy and reaction from some of her descendants just before a new visitors center opens to the public on maryland's eastern shore. i will see you and chris is going to join me in just a few minutes. in addition to the storm that amaelia and doug have been tracking and all this cold weather coming, you're looking forward to tuesday because it's pie day. >> yes. somebody on twitter pointed out that tuesday is pie day. 3/14. what's pi? >> i thought it was pie day. >> oh, pi, the symbol. >> pi is 3.14. so it's march which is 3rd and the 14th. we have the storm happening on pi day. i asked people on facebook and twitter to come up with their best name. we need to incorporate pi somehow. if you have some good ideas, share your ideas with me guys. so

not a lot of people biting. we're looking at a high likelihood we're going to get at least some snow monday night into tuesday. before we get there, it is going to be a frigid start tomorrow morning. we'll have windchills in the single digits and teens. that's our first headline. then there's that pi winter symptom monday night into tuesday. after that, it's cold next week. we only have highs in the 30s and 40s. the cherry blossoms will be dealing with more frigid temperatures. right now we're at 46 degrees. as we continue on into the evening and overnight hours, temperatures are going to fall into the teens. i want to talk more about this winter storm, what we know right now. the time period looks to be monday night, mainly after that evening commute. and then on into the first half of tuesday. every single computer model has at least some snow for our

cold air is already in place. as snow moves in, we are going to see snow covered roads. we are looking at that infamous rain and snow line in play and potentially right around our area. that could raise or lower totals in spots. this forecast can and will change. you want to stay tuned for updates. i'll be putting out a snowfall total map tomorrow evening on news4 at 6:00. right now tracking some flurries out there. these pretty much die off around 7:00 p.m. it still stays breezy overnight. currently in the 30s and 40s. 46 in washington, 41 in frederick. tomorrow morning we start off at 26. a high of only 36 degrees. it is puffy coat, fire in the fireplace kind of weather. it's breezy tomorrow in start to finish. monday night it should be just fine for the commute. tuesday morning and tuesday evng

likely having a high impact on the commute. we do think schools will be cancelled on monday and potentially delayed on into wednesday. that's why we're already saying tuesday is a storm team 4 weather alert day. after that mid 30s on thursday, mid 40s on friday. and of course i know you know what pi is. now you know it has its own special day. >> i was thinking pie, not pi, the n the numerical symbol. we may be in the grip of some pretty frigid weather, but the numbers are out and the housing market is on fire. >> it is hot. the d.c. area is seeing median sales prices at their highest february level in years. consumer reporter susan hogan is crunching the numbers. good time to sell. >> absolutely great time to sell. fu if you have been on the fence about selling your

for sale sign up. the washington, d.c. housing market continues to sizzle. february is 2017's median sales price was up $19,000, over about 5.2% compared to last year. this is the highest median february sales price of the last decade. sales volume across the d.c. area was nearly $1.6 billion, which was up 16.7%. new listings also increased by 7.5%. however, inventory levels declined for the tenth consecutive month. here's something important for those of you who are worried that your house is not going to sell for month f. the median days on the market for february was just 28 days. the baltimore, maryland, metro area is also seeing a hot housing market.

of 230,000 is at its best february level since 2009 and inventories are still at their lowest level in over ten years. not a lot of stuff throughout to buy. but if you are, looks like it's pretty decent for sure. >> that's the problem. people go and find the house they love but then there's five to ten other offers on it. >> exactly. >> the return of the bidding wars. a young girl decides on her own to do something to help the homeless. how this 8-year-old made a huge difference in our community.

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a little girl from prince george's county is making a big impression in our community. as if modeling and hosting a radio show weren't enough, she's doing a lot of charitable work helping people stay warm on cold days like this. news4's shomari stone introduces us to this little miracle worker. >> i definitely feel happy and i feel grateful. >> reporter: miracle omar isn't your typical 8-year-old. >> mostly kids just want to have fun. >> reporter: she gets enjoyment from helping people, especially the homeless in northwest d.c. she collected hundreds of socks to help those less fortunate. why did you decide to give the homeless socks? >> because their feet are getting cold. an c

that. >> reporter: this third grader from greenbelt, maryland, started the socks in the box campaign last fall. the prince george's county chamber of commerce recognized her for her charitable work. >> you can do anything. >> reporter: the chair of women in business development says miracle is just that, a miracle. >> everything she does is focused around being of service to others. >> reporter: miracle really wanted to collect a lot of socks. she decided to team up with a gym, planet fitness. she made this sign. take a look at her handwritten note. it roaeads, my goal is to colle 250 pairs of socks. she collected more than 700. >> it was just an honor to work with miracle. >> i really want other kids to see what i'm doing and then they can like stand up and be like, okay, i'm going to do that too. >> reporter: that's what her r

>> it makes me feel wonderful. >> reporter: don't think this is it. she won't stop helping the community. >> what actually is next for me is like maybe giving more things to homeless, like more shoes. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news4. >> good work. the news continues now with chris and wendy. right now at 5:00, a house goes up in flames with a family of six sleeping inside. the dramatic rescue and the officers who rushed into action to help save lives. >> i was in the right place at the right time, god willing. i happened to be there. we believe that six lives were saved including an infant from that house fire. also tonight, new concerns about a rise in hate crimes in the district. who is being targeted and what's to blame. plus we're in weather alert mode. the extended cold snap and what it could mean f

blossoms. news4 at 5:00 starts now. we're going to begin this friday with more on that dramatic temperature drop and what could be a major nor'easter coming our way. >> let's get right over to the storm center. >> it's amazing that you've got this kind of a cold air pattern making its way in for the weekend. we're already looking at tuesday. >> and computer model after computer model continues to come in and they're all bringing in snow and more than an inch and a half. >> that's all we need to be the biggest snowfall of the season. lig right now it is the cold. storm team 4 radar still tracking snow showers in and around annapolis. it's showing up on the radar as rain, but it's snow. we will see a few more snow showers coming through. take a look back about 12 hours ago. you look how the whole storm came