or had to muddle through the snow and ice, we're fanned out across the dmv. >> even though the snow is done, we may not be out of the woods yet. we're working for you. doug is tracking the problems tonight could bring. news4 begins now with storm team 4. hey everyone. i'm chris lawrence. >> just take a look at all of these photos, all these pictures you've been sending us. it's a sure sign of a snow day. >> yeah. you better believe we're working for you, monitoring the conditions on the roads in your neighborhood. for some it's still dicey this afternoon hours after the last snowflakes fell. >> you need to be prepared because the weather tonight could make things worse. our reporters are working hard this afternoon to bring you the very, very latest. >> we want to start with that man right there towards the end in the storm center, doug. th

especially by the standards of this winter. >> most definitely guys. obviously the biggest storm we saw so far this winter. we talked about this all night last night and all afternoon that this would mostly be a sleet event in the d.c. area and points west. that's exactly what we saw. we said frederick, maryland would be the big winner and that's exactly what we saw. frederick with ten inches of snow. you all got that. winchester at 8.1. vienna, 3.5. national zoo coming in at three inches. they were definitely held down in some areas because of all of the sleet that we saw across our region. we're seeing some more snow. this is another band forcing its way down in towards montgomery county and may clip into the district here over the next hour or so.

it's all wrapping around our big nor'easter. look at that storm. it is a monster. 30 inches of snow in upstate portions of pennsylvania. we'll continue to watch that, but the big story tonight is going to be the refreeze and the very cold temperatures. tom kierein outside right now. we could set some records here. >> that's right. you could probably hear the wind whipping through here. we've got gusts of wind around 30 miles per hour. you can see the latest radar that is showing snow showers just off to our west. there are things you need to do with that refreeze coming tonight. make sure, first of all, before you drive your car, clear all of the snow off your car. that includes the roof and of course all your windows and make sure you shovel your sidewalk, because the refreeze we're going to have tonight with that sort of slushy, wet snow and sleet that we still have liin

consistency of concrete when it freezes up overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. we've got some very cold hours ahead of us all the way into thursday, doug. >> yeah. we may not go above freezing until the afternoon on thursday. we'll continue to keep you posted as this storm moves out. cold air settling on in, some of the coldest air since the super storm of '93 for the month of march. it was enough to close schools in northern virginia today, but that doesn't necessarily mean mom and dad had the day off. >> we know that many of you spent the day shoveling away the slush, right? you did that this morning. our team coverage continues now with northern virginia bureau reporter david culver who joins us now live from ashburn. glad to see you finally got your cup of coffee this morning. >> reporter: i've had a couple of cups of

the need for that warm cup of coffee, strong cold winds making their way through right now. we started early this morning. we were in fairfax county. we then made our way here into loudoun county. we tracked all over the area, found many of you cleaning up for what was this year's first real snowstorm. do you recognize that? it's a scraping sound we've not heard for nearly 12 months. and a motor that in some cases is running for the first time. >> this is the first time we've pulled the snow blower out. it's working great. it's moving that stuff no effort at all. >> reporter: neighbors helping each other today in ashburn farm. winter's been rather easy on us this year. do you miss the

this is all right. >> reporter: back to spring, right? >> right. >> reporter: on loudoun county's main roads you can't miss the vdot crews. they've been working since sunday pretreating and clearing the roads. for the kids, it's their first actual snow day. how are the conditions for making snowballs? >> you have to take snow and you squeeze it. then it turns into a ball. >> reporter: is it working pretty well? >> yeah. >> reporter: they burned some energy, pelting each other, all in good fun. it's not a snow day without some downhill racing. across a lot of our area we're seeing progress. what you see here in this shopping center parking lot, a lot of folks working hard throughout the day to keep it clear and keep from that refreeze causing more treacherous conditions out there. but we did find in our travels today some back roads that are troubpo

even more so of a trouble spot tomorrow morning. we're going to drive you along with us as we see you in our next hour at 5:00. leesburg received six inches of snow. frederick saw some of the highest snow totals in the region. >> what are you seeing out there, scott? >> reporter: still flurries, still gusty winds here in frederick. state route 85 has really improved in the last hour or two. traffic is back at full speed. the sthoe tota snow totals are in frederick than anywhere in our area. with that comes the hassles and headaches of a snowstorm. some of the state roads near thurmont remained covered. in western fre

wise to avoid a long drive on a slippery day and stay home today. was this storm at all disruptive? >> i work in northern virginia, so i had to take a paid time off day. >> reporter: you didn't want to make the drive in this weather? >> i did not, no. >> reporter: no indecision, schools here closed before the kids went to bad last night. with a refreeze possible, the remaining slick spots could delay start times tomorrow. news4 found an uncommon, unexpected winter crash here. a snow removal vehicle appeared to topple a traffic light in gaithersburg, closing a major intersection all day. ten miles south of here in montgomery county the storm was a unique challenge for highway crews. cameras allowed inside the county highways war

it's one of the only times this season that snow impacted local schools and federal workers, but not everyone had the day off. how the kids who had to go to school today are coping. and a very big thank you to everyone who's been sending us your pictures of the snow. our team coverage of t winter stheor

the weather is already causing some breaking news in alexaa.

sinkhole. take a look at this. a pickup truck fell into it. now crews were able to haul the truck out. right now paramedics are checking the driver for injuries. this is happening right now in alexandria. you want to avoid the intersection of fehrington avenue and van doren street. right now more than 4,000 smeco customers are without power. most of dominion's outages are in fauquier county. a little more than 3,000 customers of pepco remain without power. the storm is also impacting travelers trying to get in and out of the three major airports. how they're dealing with the changes as airlines get up and running a

are right here. we're on facebook live taking your questions. learn about how you're spending your snow day. remember to keep those pictures and videos coming.

it's been green for months now, but this blast of snow is making the national mall look like a veritable winter wonder land. >> you can see that people had

a lot of the monuments and pieces of art there coated in the nice snow. a lot of people working hard too to make sure it's safe for everybody who decides to venture out. what looks so great on the grass and trees isn't so great for runways. the winter storm having a huge impact on travel. >> in fact, thousands of flights were cancelled today. how are things looking now darcy? >> reporter: it's actually very quiet here at reagan national airport. thousands of flights were cancelled or delayed up and down the east coast because of this severe weather from washington, new york, boston and also chicago. the airlines are trying to now deal with that, with all those cancellations and delays. if you take a look at video, this does not look like a typical day. there's hardly anyone here. we were able to talk to numerous passengers today. some of them had their flights

them today. many of them are here at the airport because they weren't able to rebook. they're just hoping those new flights are not cancelled. one woman was sitting here waiting for her flight. she was actually happy because she got an early warning about her cancellation. >> we got a call on the cell phone last night before we left for the airport. >> reporter: you knew that your night was cancelled before you got here? >> before i got there, yes. >> reporter: and that seems to make a big difference for a lot of passengers today who told me they received either a phone call or text message letting them know their flight had been cancelled. some people were able to get a hotel last night, then come back to the airport today. that was not the case for everyone. we're going to have more stories from the airport coming up on news4 at 5:00. we know public school students in d.c.,he

homework tonight. that's because they did not get a snow day. >> yeah. but a lot of businesses did choose to stay closed. >> reporter: let me show you here. right here at 14th and pennsylvania avenue, normally this is very busy. a traffic control aide is usually blowing their whistle like crazy. and there just aren't many trucks or cars out here. over there that's freedom plaza. normally it has a lot of skateboarders. we talked to d.c. schools chancellor today about the two-hour delay. >> we were able to open up and provide a place for families who needed school to be open. all in all, things went well. we had some folks that weren't able to make it and made decisions to keep their children at home as well and that's good too. we want to coordinate with the city and we'll be

decision tomorrow as soon as we have all the information in. then i just would encourage families to do what they feel is right for their children. >> reporter: and there were a lot of absentees today. and tomorrow morning the worry is that everybody's been reporting the i.c.e. on tce on s and sidewalks tomorrow morning. i got a chance to get out earlier today, got my kids out on a little hill there in arlington. doug and i were talking about this last night. i was lamenting the fact that i bought these sleds back in december, had not had a chance to get out and use them yet. doug said i think you might have just enough. sure enough, he was right. that's my daughter wiping out there at the bottom of the hill. she had a blast. we had a last. a lot of that was just the sleet. >> a little snow and a little bit of sleet on top is actually

six inches of snowfall. >> notice that he did not share the video of you going down the hill. >> i took the baby down once. but i can't shoot and hold the baby at the same time. my wife would kill me. >> really all in all this is kind of like a sloppy winter storm, right? >> big time. we talked about the warmer air coming in. we talked about the changeover to sleet across much of the area. we said this would be mostly a sleet event. that's what we saw, upwards of two inches of sleet. that does not happen very often at all. we had that all the way up i-95 toward baltimore and philadelphia and new york. right now we're dealing with more clouds. those clouds actually do have some snow associated with them. temperatures dropping around freezing by 9:00. that's in the city. most of you will be ow

freezing by that time. 36 miles an hour wind gusts in leesburg. d.c. now, 40 miles an hour winds. this is brutal as far as the winds are concerned. once again, the windchill is going to be such a big factor here. we're going to be really cold tonight. our current windchill, 22 gaithersburg, 27 in manassas. a major refreeze. now, normally we have a refreeze and we know what to expect. this is a lot different. lots of melting during the day today because of the ice and sleet. clean off your cars and sidewalks. do it now. you're still able to get out there because it's still fairly soft in most locations. by tomorrow morning it will be a sheet of ice. it's going to be a mess early tomorrow. yes, i do expect some delays. cancellations possibly up where they saw the 6-10 inches of snow back to the west. but we could still see some delays maybe in montgomery county and fairfax county. snow

there it is come into montgomery. this may try to work its way into d.c. it may bring a quick half inch around frederick. building right on down towards our region. we're not quite done with the snow yet. upwards of 20 inches in binghamton, new york. they could set an all-time snow record for the month of march. damascus saw 30 inches of snow. pennsylvania, damascus, pennsylvania, that is. take a look at our future windchills. tomorrow morning, this is brutal, guys. 5 in gaithersburg. ten in d.c., 6 in manassas. this is another reason we will stay in weather alert mode. here's our high temperature tomorrow. i'm going for a high temperature of 30 degrees. again, this should say

30 degrees. windy and cold with a few snow showers. 30 would be a record low high temperature, meaning the coldest we've ever been on march 15th for the date. i think we're going to break that record. if we do, that record goes all the way back to 1932. 36 on your thursday, 48 on friday. 47 on saturday, a chance for some shower activity. it may change over to a little bit of a mix early sunday morning. we get back into the 50s. but no 60s or 70s like we saw back in the month of february. our team coverage of this winter storm just getting started here on news4. from what the roads are like in your neighborhood to ways to prepare your home and car for the cold. we're going to be working for you. >> you can always get the latest forecasts sent straight to your phone. download the nbc i

right now trains are still running on a saturday schedule. metro is trying to get back to normal. buses will be on a moderate snow plan tonight. tomorrow, you should expect regular service on metro starting with the morning

metro will add more routes as the road conditions improve. metro access is going to return to normal tomorrow. >> reporter: it is so warm in here. i haven't felt this warm -- >> don't say i never did anything for you. >> reporter: do you see this? really kind people here. if i never hear the name adam tuss again, i will be just fine. you know why? because i have tracie. >> i brought you a skinny latte. for you i got a skinny carmel macciato double whip, extra hot. >> are you hearing all this? very sweet. >> it is a moment that got a lot of you talking and had news4's david culver trending on

adam tuss pulled a dirty trick on culver, brought him a klondike bar. he's trying to plot his revenge. i've been going boack and forth with culver. i think he's going to try to get him back. >> adam and david are not the same person. we mix them up sometimes. >> try having them as your coanchors on the weekend. i tell you people always ask me about how adam's trip to cuba went. i get that like once a week. we do have a lot more coming up when it comes to our winter storm coverage. we're going to take a closer look at conditions right now and what you need to know before you head out tomorrow.

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welcome back. i'm here in the storm team 4 weather center with tom kierein. we've seehe

really pass through the region, but there's still things that we need to worry about, right? >> it's all about the cold and the refreeze. the storm is not done with us yet. now it's getting us with wind and with cold. storm team 4 radar is showing an area of a little bit of snow now p passing into montgomery county. that might move right into the metro area. it's a quick, fast-moving band of very light snow. a lot of it is going to be melting as it gets on the roads because we have temperatures that are well above freezing. a few other snow showers up into pennsylvania. the main storm, though, is now off the new england coast. look at our temperatures right now. the feels-like temperature, that is the current feels-like temperature. the windchills are just in the 20s. a look at how cold it's going to be getting tonight, tomorrow and a bit of warming for the weekend

in prince george's county, the falling snow not the only thing causing problems. falling tree limbs really causing a lot of damage. we have prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins who's been out and about surveying is scene all day long and has the very latest. >> reporter: i'm here in queen elizabeth drive. this is the scene behind me. really all throughout this neighborhood here, a lot of trees that are down. so much of a problem here in prince george's county that a lot of those trucks that were supposed to be plowing snow ended up plowing tree limbs instead. let me show you what it looks like around the county. we starts in beltsville, we ended up in district heights. everywhere we went we were seeing broken tree limbs. some damage, most of it minor. but we did see some roads blocked, some off ramps blocked, some cars that had some damage

we talked to one resident in this neighborhood who explained the damage of this morning this way. >> you actually are seeing the part after the county came and actually plowed this to the side. but this whole street was covered with trees all up and down it. >> reporter: did you hear them fall? >> yeah. we heard boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: a lot of people saying they're looking at damage done to their yards, fences, small damage done to cars as well, call into their insurance companies to see if they can get this stuff covered. county officials are saying this has really been the problem for them. earlier today when we got the wind blowing like it's blow right now, chunks of ice were coming off of these limbs and pelting us for most of the day. things have really dried up. we're going to take a look at how the storm has progressed here in prince george's county a. >> hard t

whiteout behind that st. patrick's day is this friday. we thought maybe we'd celebrate a little bit early. who better to do that than pat collins. he's got his green scarf on. they tell me you've got some special guests. >> reporter: indeed i do. these are the culkin irish dancers. they were in the st. patrick's day parade on sunday. they're going to be at the white house in kennedy center later this week. they're here today to help us kick off the st. patrick's day snow stick challenge. it's amazing what some people have done to try to win an official pat collins snow stick. here's some of the entries we've received so far. we asked people to go out in the snow or the ice or whatever they had outside and give us their

the best picture gets an official pat collins snow stick. so far we've received scores and scores of entries. it's hard not to like a little irish-american princess in a white gown, green hat and green bow. take a look at this. it's an entire family or maybe a neighborhood. i'm not too sure who the big guy is on the left and who he might be related to. what about this? a little lrainbow. and irish-american and a fighting irish-american. the entries go on and on and on. now there is still a chance to win an official pat collins snow

outside, strike your best st. patrick's day pose, take a picture and then tweet it to patsnowstick. you too could end up with your official pat collins snow stick. thank you, girls. let's dance! >> we got a question from some of our folks on facebook live. >> we want to see your moves. where's your spirit? >> reporter: i'll get to that later on. >> i'm sure you will. >> a tease if i have ever heard one. >> look, as winter puts up one last fight, it is not looking good for the city's most famous sign of spring. can the cherry blossoms

this cold? you've been sending us a lot of your snow pictures all day long. we put together an adorable special gallery of pet pictures.

well, we know a lot of you are concerned about the cherry blossoms, especially after se

service tweeted. there are real concerns. the blossoms have started to open, which makes them vulnerable to the cold. the park service says anything below 27 degrees can do serious harm. and we have just learned that they are pushing back. is it peak bloom or the festival? the festival, they are pushing back the festival. it's now going to be this weekend. >> it's not just the trees that are confused. what about the animals? the national zoo tweeting out this picture of a llama in complete disbelief about the snow. check out this picture of a tsa dog maggie. she seems to be enjoying the snow quite a bit but wondering where the passengers were at dulles. the two bald eagles at the national arboretum are keeping their eggs safe. th

of snow. the female laid two eggs late last month. they should hatch by the end of march. >> they built this wall around the eggs. this has happened before. and the eggs are totally dry. it's amazing. for a lot of us the big problem with the storm wasn't so much the snow, it was ice. we're going to show you the area hit hardest by that. with the deep freeze coming tonight, we are

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the snowstorm may be behind us now, but don't expect the roads and sidewalkings to be fine by morning. >> the reason, a hard freeze is on our doorstep. it could cause problems for us tonight and tomorrow. first, we do want to head to fairfax county now. >> that's right. the snow moved north and the kids are enjoying their first and quite possibly only snow day of the year. >> mark segraves is there to see it all. he joins us now from mclean. >> reporter: there are a lot of people who didn't have to go to

we looked at roads in fairfax and prince william countys. and we saw the same thing. while the roads were clear, they were also very slick. winter storm stella caused problems for some drivers in northern virginia today. but for the most part, major roads like route 66 were cleared by mid-morning. because of so many closings and delays, the roads were also free of much of the normal traffic. we did find one pileup today, but it wasn't on the roads. you took out about four kids on your way down. >> that was the goal, yes. >> reporter: this is how you expected to spend your tuesday? >> absolutely not. i teach. this is a welcome day off. any time i can sled with my kids, it's a good day. >> reporter: how do you kids feel about a snow day? >> we bought new sleds this year and haven't had a

them. this has been a fantastic opportunity. >> reporter: one is enough. >> one will be enough this year at this point, yes. >> reporter: while families were getting out to enjoy the day off, road crews kept at it throughout the day, getting ready for tomorrow morning's commute. speaking of tomorrow morning's commute, here is the issue. we just saw the sun peek out just a few minutes ago. that snow is melting. take a look at all this runoff going down these roads. that will be the concern for tomorrow morning that all this melting snow and runoff on these roads that have been cleared will freeze and cause a jam up for tomorrow morning's commute. road crews will be out treating these roads throughout. you hate to see that water just running down the road like that. the question is going to be, is it going to be warm enough for the treatment to actually take effect? >> yeah. and the road me

the issue you've been talking about since yesterday. >> it is warm enough to do an irish jig. >> warm enough to get pat con lyn -- collins to do the jig. >> snow lovers are doing their happy dance finally. finally we did get some accumulating snow last night and sleet. now getting a little bit more snow. we can see that on our storm team 4 live tower camera. see those little dark shafts there? that is snow coming down. it's melting as it hits the surface because we do have temperatures above freezing. it is showing up on storm team 4 radar. there it is, that little patch of gray in montgomery county is just about to move into howard county, pulling out of frederick county, maryland, just up near baltimore. it is tracking a little bit to the east-southeast. right in the immediate metro area we will see s

through quickly, similar to a snow shower we had earlier this afternoon. the big main storm that tracked right along the coast is now up near the new england coast, spreading heavy snow into interior new york state and new england. our temperatures are in the 30s to near 40 degrees. reagan national is back up to 39 degrees. a little bit of sunshine trying to break out now. we'll go partly cloudy overnight tonight. that refreeze will be starting 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the morning commute, it will be down into the mid 20s early tomorrow morning. then we're going to have frigid windchills developing by later wednesday morning. in fact, we could have winds gusting over 30-35 miles an hour tomorrow with windchills in just the single digits. so the feels-like temperature by 11:00 tonight is going to be down into the teens. look at our feels-like temperature. by 5:00 a.m. on wednesday the windchills down to

didn digits. it is march, not january. look at this, at 10:00 in the morning and all the way into the afternoon windchills just in the teens tomorrow. so a very cold air mass coming in that's going to be with us here all the way into thursday morning. we're likely going to be below freezing starting around 7:00 or 8:00 tonight all the way until maybe early thursday afternoon. maybe a few passing snow showers tomorrow. but sunshine returns on thursday. then friday we'll still have some increasing clouds. might get a sprinkle thursday night. temperatures in the upper 40s. it starts to feel a little bit like spring on friday. saturday we'll have some mild temperatures coming back as well, but maybe some sprinkles. sunday and monday we'll have some strong winds on sunday and then a general mild trend developing here as we get toward the middle part of the weekt

this time of year, which is at 55 degrees. we're not going to be anywhere near that really maybe until perhaps part of the day on saturday and toward the end of next week as we'll see some sunshine coming and going and lighter winds and much more pleasant weather. a lot of those blossoms are going to be getting damaged tonight and through the day tomorrow. we know that some 4,000 residents are still without power in charles county this afternoon. >> don't blame the snow. it was the ice coated tree branches weighing down on the power line. police had to close route 5 all day so they could make repairs. that's where we find chris gordon. >> reporter: route 5 is closed to traffic in both directions. the problem here was rain freeze on power and cable lines, causing them to bend and actually snap the poles that

>> i was upset because my phone was dead so i didn't have no way to contact nobody and i was cold because the heat was off and it was -- i didn't like it. it was terrible. >> reporter: is the power on yet? i'm talking to you at 2:00 in the afternoon. >> it's still off. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, how long will it be before power is fully restored to everyone in this area of charles county. not everyone had a snow day today. we want you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. do you feel your school district or your employer made the right call about a snow day today? so far most of you say you got a snow day and it was a good idea. there's still plenty of time to vote. just head to the nbc washington facebook page. we are expecting a deep freeze overnight. so there are some things to do beforehand to protect your family. consumer reporter susan hogan is here with a cold weather survival

how snow is so devastating but deep freeze can be as devastating for sure. being proactive now can save you a lot of aggravation later on. let's start with your car. there are four essentials that really should be in your trunk if you have to be on the road tonight or tomorrow. rock salt or kitty litter, an ice scraper, windshield wiper fluid and a first aid kit in the event of a crash. start putting salt or kitty litter on your walkway, driveway or stairs now. while we're not having a prolonged freeze, it is still so smart to follow some safety tips. if you're using space heaters to stay warm, keep them away from your curtains or bedding and shut them off before you go to bed. close your crawl spaces and vents now as well.

from entering into your crawl space where most of your plumbing lines are located. tomorrow would be a great time to actually consider calling your gas or electric company to get an appointment for an energy audit. they're usually free and it is the first step to assess just how much energy your home is consuming. the whole thing about putting an ice scraper in your car, i know that seems like the duh factor. but guess who didn't have one? my daughter. those are the things, they seem kind of like well of course. but if you have them in there now and you think about it now when you don't need them, this is the best time to get them. if you thought the snow we got here was impressive, it is nothing compared to what they are getting up north. we're going to show you what is happening as millions brace for impact.

i'm in allentown, pennsylvania, where the snow continues to fall even into the afternoon. ten-plus inches already on the ground here, leading to a difficult cleanup outside of the pp & l center in downtown allentown. officials are asking people here to stay off of the roads, the plow crews barely able to get

okay, but with this much snow the cleanup is going to last for a while. folks in this part of pennsylvania actually happy to see these flakes falling. ski season was almost a bust. now in the pocono mountains they're getting a lot of snow. parts of new england could see more than a foot of snow when all is said and done. >> reporter: we have officially reached blizzard status in new england's second largest city worcester, massachusetts. the good news is that it appears most people are content to ride this one out at home. traveling is treacherous and dangerous in the area, but there are not very many people out on the streets, especially with schools in the area being closed and most businesses being closed as well. the plows cannot keep one

snowfall. at points today, it's been snowing at a clip of 2-4 inches per hour. it's a fast-moving storm, but it is snowing very heavily. the record for snowfall during march on one day in worcester, 15.8 inches. we already have about a foot of snow on the ground here. so that record is certainly in jeopardy of falling here today. airports are a mess, mostly shut down flights in boston. 400 going in, 400 coming out. all cancelled. people here hope to have things back to normal tomorrow as this storm moves out. but we'll see. that's the story in worcester, massachusetts. the news continues right now with jim and wendy. right now at 5:00, ten inches of snow in some parts of our region. >> for some of you the

the ongoing efforts now to restore power as downed trees continue to cause problems. >> and our snow stick challenge. pat colins is is live with look at some of the entries for his st. patrick's day contest. news4 at 5:00 starts now. we wanted it, we got it. now get ready to take a temperature plunge. first up, cleaning up from the storm that created quite a mess all over our area. hello, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. this region has seen a little bit of everything, ten inches of snow in some areas, ice in others. tonight the concern is a major refreeze that could leave some roads and sidewalks in a sad state tomorrow. we are looking ahead to what you can expect. we have team coverage for you. >> we begin with chief meteorologist doug kammerer live in the storm center. this sounds bitter, what's on the way,

>> that's for sure, guys. it will be a major refreeze. we saw so much moisture content with the snow and the sleet that came through. that is why we've seen a little bit in the way of melting during the day, now we're going to see that rephrase. take a look at the snowfall totals. we did a pretty good job. we said back towards the west 6-10 inches. vienna around 3 1/2. and the national zoo coming in at 3.1. just below three inches over toward the airport. most of that sleet and snow mixed in there too. we are tracking snow right on through frederick county. this is making its way towards the area but it's more east than south. so the d.c. area may not get clipped by this boundary but we are going to see