[ inaudible ] right now here is one of them. this is where megan mcgrath is for us this morning. southbound 95 at 234. dumfries. that's where you get pushed off. take a look at this crash shutting down the lanes. northbound is unaffected at this point. when you look at this map, you can see southbound 95 near triangle. lanes blocked because of the crash investigation. megan mcgrath, as i mentioned, out there on the scene. tell me what you're seeing from down there. >> reporter: well, melissa, i'll step out ut of the way. people are being told to get off on exit 152. that ramp there in dumfries area. that's as far as you can go southbound on 95. the accident itself is a little further down the line in the triangle area. but all lanes of 95 are closed. still pretty early. so while we are seeing a slowdown in the area, you're taking a live look at it right now. it's not

not yet. of course, that's going to change as the morning wears on. if they don't clear this accident soon. we're trying to get some information about the timeline here. but for the moment, all lanes of 95 south are closed. they're going to be detoured in dumfries. as for the northbound lanes, they're moving at speeds. the express lanes are open as well. that doesn't seem to be affected. we'll have to wait and see whether we get any rubber necking delays on that side or not. we'll keep an eye on it. melissa, back to you. >> thanks, megan. we'll be checking with megan throughout the morning. here's the other closure. southbound bw parkway being pushed off. this is another crash investigation with all lanes shut down. northbound is open and unaffected this morning. taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you don't have any worries there. everything is looking quite good. same situation if you're headed northbound this morning on 270. no big problem there either. beltway, inner loop and outer loop rolling

>> thank you, melissa. it's 5:02 just about. we'll head back to storm team meteorologist chuck bell. he's at the manassas vre station. >> chuck, good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. good morning eun, good morning everybody. live in manassas joined here by kimberly. she's on her way into work, the s.e.c., the securities and exchange commission. she gets the very first ice and snow scraper from news 4. you have a 14-year-old daughter. is she excited about the chance of snow. have they canceled school already? >> no. >> are you a regular news 4 viewer? >> yes. >> awesome. we appreciate that. >> is this your normal routine, 5:00 train? >> absolutely, yes. >> you like the traineesier than driving? >> much better. i'm spoiled. >> with the new $40 tolls inside the beltway, that's crazy isn't it? >> yes. >> merry ri

holidays, we'll see you on tv. your husband is home watching this right now. >> yes, he is. >> say hi to the hubby. >> hi honey, hi ron. come on down, we're handing out selfies and ice scrapers and snow scrapers. it's cold. put your coat on. temperatures generally in the 20s to 30 degrees right now. there's a little chance for snow coming our way. nothing before the morning commute but maybe a little later on in the day and tomorrow. for more on the timing of the snow and who gets how much, let's go back to sheena in the warm and comfy studio. >> yes. good morning, chuck. it is pretty warm in here, isn't it? it's cold in manassas. manassas always one of the colder places on the map. we're talking about the system all south. all the pieces of it. look at that snow in louisiana. close to the gulf of mexico. that shows you how far the cold air is. warmer air into parts of georgia. south carolina. but once the storm system head offshore, it will be off the

we'll be cold enough to support snowfall and the storm system will be edging into the area. locally we're dry. maybe a hint of a flurry approaching winchester. not much. we're not looking at snow today. temperatures as you walk outside, the mid to upper 30s. 36 in leesburg. 35 manassas. 33 in lorton. in the district, it's 39 degrees. here's ou your friday will go. the snow will not be falling today. 7:00 a.m., 36 degrees. clouds will be around by lunchtime. around 40. highs only in the low 40s. by 7:00 p.m., we'll be watching some hints of snow to our south and east trying to move in. most of it will be here for your saturday morning, though. coming up in just a few minutes, we'll talk about the timing of it. what you can expect locally as far as the totals and talk about the road conditions too. that's all straight ahead. >> all right, sheena. thank you. it's 5:04. we begin with breaking news on the wildfires burning in california. take a look at this new video.

six fires are burning across southern california. including a new one in san diego county. the lilac fire destroyed dozens of mobile homes in a retirement community. >> they started using local high schools as evacuation centers. they're filling up quickly as the flames get closer and closer towards people's homes. in all, about 500 buildings have been destroyed and 5700 firefighters are trying to get a handle on the flames. right now, the biggest challenge this morning, the strong dry winds that are basically fueling the fires. authorities will temporarily shut down parts of 95 in stafford county later this morning to begin searching for pamela butler's remains. the d.c. woman disappeared in 2009. news 4 was first to report butler's boyfriend, jose rodriguez cruz told investigators he buried her body in stafford county. virginia state police will close the garrisonville road

point to the 95 express lane starting at 10:00 a.m. this morning. cruz pled guilty to killing butler earlier this morning. hundreds gathered at the lincoln memorial to remember bijan ghaisar him. the family is looking for answers and demanding transparency throughout the investigation into that shooting. police say they followed ghaisar's suv after a hit-and-run accident. officers say they tried to stop him but they led him on a chase into fairfax county. he was shot three times in the head after a short chase. friends and family honored him at a vigil last night. >> my dearest bijan. dance with the angels. full of love for you always expressed that happiness. >> ghaisar's family says

unarmed. the fbi is now investigating this case. some really good news for those of you who work for the federal government or maybe friends and family who do. shutdown has been averted. congress struck a deal to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend. the agreement helps to buy some time for pretty challenging talks on everything from immigration to aid to the hurricane ravaged states in puerto rico. lawmakers passed a two-week spending bill and it's headed to president trump's desk where he's expected to sign it. we learned more about what forced arizona congressman to resign amid a ethics probe. made two female staffers feel uncomfortable after discussing his interest in finding a surrogate mother. he and his wife used a surrogate for the birth of their twins eight years ago. his resignation is the third announced this week. we'll have more on what al franken is

days after president trump backed roy moore, he will hold a campaign-style rally near alabama. he will northbound pensacola today, 28 miles from the border. moore has been accused of having inappropriate sexual relationships with several women when they were young. he's facing off against doug jones in the race. tracie potts will join us with details. today marks one year since mgm national harbor opened. >> remember what it looked like on opening day. the line that was backed up. news 4 was on the ground and in the air as people made their way into the casino at midnight. there it is. close to 50% of the jobs at mgm national harbor are held by residents of prince george's county. the casino claims it's the number one gaming revenue in the state of maryland. there are plenty of celebrations to market milestone, including a

in case you missed it, it was only on instagram, twitter, facebook, we ran it a bunch of times. >> everywhere. >> doug was in burke, virginia, yesterday. >> he gave us a forecast in a neighborhood which an impressive lights display -- check this out. can you believe these pictures. that's a lot of lights. >> i've got a feeling that wasn't one person stringing all those up. >> there you go. this could be your neighborhood next time. send us a photo with the #doug's holiday lights. doug may come out to do the weather live. next week he'll be at zoo lights at the national zoo and another neighborhood somewhere in the d.c. area. will it be yours? send us those photos. >> those numbers must have coordinated. speaking of holidays, chuck bell outside this morning with pretty nice lights behind you, chuck? >> reporter: absel

here for the holiday lights in downtown manassas. they look amazing lit up in the holiday spirit down here. also a perfect opportunity this weekend, small business saturday. come on down and support your local businesses like this. it's an important thing to do. we'll be talking to one of the folks that runs a small business on the other side of this break. we're keeping the giveaway going with our ice and scrapers. come back with us. comments from the white house leaving team usa in limbo when it comes to the winter games. the new clarification about safety concerns. with snow on the way, aimee cho is hitti

breaking news in first 4 traffic. melissa mollet has a few warnings before you start your friday commute. that's not a good start, melissa. >> it's not a good start. 95 south in virginia and the bw parkway headed towards powder mill road. this section shut down this morning. we're talking about you have to get pushed off at 234, dumfries. we'll talk about this one and bw parkway coming up. >> thank you, melissa. we want to make sure you're prepared for the cold

weather heading our way. this is why we sent chuck bell outside. this is what we do to chuck. >> hey man, hold on. you got two coats? you're layering up? >> i got the puffy coat and the one with the hood. >> reporter: down here at quarter to 5:00. >> it's all about branding. it's all about branding. we had the street sweeper down here. the only thing louder than the street sweeper is the vre locomotive pulling out. 5:13 departure on time. running like a train around here. >> mr. justin, come on over here. we're giving away ice scrapers. he knows how to get one. he offered a hot cup of coffee as well. thank you, justin. you work across the way here? >> yes, sir. >> last weekend was small business saturday. how was business on small business saturday? >> good, good.

four years. appreciate everybody coming out and supporting. >> is this a one and only shop? >> we have seven corporate locations, franchises, based in northern virginia. you can find us. >> thank you, justin for the cup of coffee. here is your ice scraper. even trade. meet me in manassas. we're here until at least 7:00 a.m. have a whole box of ice scrapers until at least they run out. >> chuck bell, two coat chuck bell. it's going to be our first real taste of winter. we joke but i'm a little worried about this. the snow showers will come later today. >> that's true. >> trying. >> aimee cho is in fairfax county showing us how vdot is ready to take care of the roads. >> reporter: you can tell by the white lines in the roads, those are from them putting

it helps to keep ice from forming on the roads. even though the roads are being treated, vdot warns you should be careful and look out for slick spots. on bridges. if you see the snow trucks on the roads, do not follow them too closely. the brine they're putting down could make it hard for you to see. eun, chris? >> aimee cho, thanks for that update. driving there live. you know it will pick up. >> check out the major party foul. a tractor-trailer spilled its load of vodka on a busy on ramp to 95 just outside of philadelphia. >> it took crews ten hours to clean it up. upright the tractor-trailer and reopen the road yesterday. you could start a party is what you could do. as you can imagine, traffic was terrible. no word on what caused the tractor-trailer to overturn. >> a lot of martinis died on that hiy.

>> very sad. we're two months away from the start of the olympics. there's concerns about the athletes' safety. u.n. ambassador nikki haley suggested that u.s. participation in the winter olympics was still up in the air. >> there's an open question. it's always about how we protect the u.s. citizens in the area. >> more confusion at the white house briefing where press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said no official decision has been made. she later tweeted the u.s. athletes would participate. the games will be held 50 miles from the north korean border. i will be traveling to pyeongchang to bring you live reports. from winter to summer, hope solo running for president of the u.s. soccer federation. you remember the organization suspended and terminated her comments for comments made at the summer olympics in 2016. she made the official announcement last night on her facebook page and put out

system. equal treatment of men's and women's teams at all levels would be a major part of her platform. the redskins hit the road to take on the chargers in l.a. >> behind the scenes, quarterback kirk cousins is sparring with his teammate over his locker. look at this picture. cousins tweeted that his roommate, trent williams, on an episode of hoarders, buried alive. wow, you can see the clothes and equipment piled up on the floor. the left tackle says you can't blame him. he's been there for nearly eight years. >> at least i get to pick from an abundance of what i want to wear. he has to wear the same sweats. >> trent williams saying he needs to -- it's all in love and friendliness, ie

he has a bunch of jerseys he should probably frame and take home. the redskins play at 4:00 on sunday. as long as he can figure out the right thing to wear for the game and win on the road. >> kirk is diving into that dad role. clean up your room, trent. >> there you go. >> i want to know what's in the boxes, right? >> he can frame them. get the jerseys out. >> if he's a hoarder. i'm not saying he is. when you're in a situation like that, they go to the hoarder's house, everything has a sentimental value. we're talking about snow now. this is our first snowfall. here's the snow system down to the south. i want to show you this. this is interesting. look at how far the snow has gone all the way to the gulf coast of texas and louisiana. this does not happen every winter. it shows you the perfect setup of cold air and precipitation. you can get that snow. a little tricky closer to the

gulf. but it's happening. a few hints of a flurry near luray. most of the area nice and dry. we do not have snow in the forecast today. the commute looks good. 36 frederick, 38 in lorton. as you step outside, 34 in clinton. now here's what we're talking about as we go through time. throughout the day today, highs in the low 40s. we stay dry. 6:00 p.m., the storm system is getting more organized, moving off the coastline. snow to the south and east. then the real snow moves in. through the district, the edge, up to the north, areas like hagerstown, you may not see anything but flurries. 10:00 a.m., it's continuing but pulls away by lunchtime and through the afternoon we're dry. here's the snowfall forecast. it's not much. but we're looking at possibly an inch near the district. flurries north and west. this is enough to be our first nice snowfall. weather alert tomorrow, be careful driving out there. we'll

conditions in a bit. speaking of the road conditions, we have breaking news in traffic. good morning, melissa. breaking news in first 4 traffic. a section of southbound 95 at this moment shut down. sounds like we're going to be reopening here momentarily. bad crash involving multiple vehicles at southbound 95 in the triangle area. you can see the closure. we're expecting this to open in a short time. right now, all lanes are blocked southbound. northbound unaffected. other closure, southbound bw parkway pushed off to powder mill road. >> thank you, melissa. new updates on the toll troubles. we talk to the lawmakers working to lower the high priced payments. what happens next? that's just ahead. first, people are being tricked out of their homes. it starts with a piece of mail. who is being

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♪ singing and candles and prayers after a school shooting left two students dead in new mexico overnight. new mexico state police identified the students killed at casey marquez and francisco fernandez. community members gathered at a vigil to comfort one another and ask why this happened in their small community. the shooting started as the school day was beginning yesterday. aztec, new mexico, is near the colorado border. students recorded cell phone videos of them hiding in their classrooms as gunman moved through their school. so scary. the gunman died. but they're not saying how or if he was a student. a college in virginia at the center of a hazing investigation. rad ford university is looking into a disbanded cha

according to the search warrants, the student was forced to drink a large amount of alcohol and was burned after he passed out. a part of this investigation includes involvement with strippers at the party. so far they haven't made any arrests. an outrageous scam is an understatement. going to upset anybody with an aging parent. >> targeting homeowners in areas where home prices are rising fast. getting deceptive ads in the mail designed to trick them out of their homes. the flyers say final notice, urgent and time sensitive. people think they've missed a mortgage payment but really companies are trying to lowball seniors to get them to sell. one of the things about a lot of these things, they don't remember, did i not pay my bill? what's happening with me? they fall prey to the fact that

>> councilman kenyon mcduffy is trying to protect seniors from the scams. it would allow them to go after the companies putting up the flyers. price wars, the holiday shopping game. the new way amazon wants you to watch the prices drop. >> yoga store is shutting its doors for good. a final tribute for young worker killed at lululemon.

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finally good news to report in the last 24 hours on the california fires. drivers paying a heavy price to commute. putting the brakes on the prices and why this new toll road does not meet expectations. a real winter storm. we're helping you prepare for our own snowflakes. >> you think we're not ready. imagine people in south texas seeing snow. >> the sight of it has you with the sniffles. >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off today. >> team coverage on "news4 today." meteorologist chuck bell is out in manassas live. he's going to show us more about what's going on there in a few

4 traffic. what's going on there? >> we do have a couple of problems here. here one of them shut down. southbound bw parkway at powder mill road. this is a two-mile backup southbound on bw parkway. 95 is a good alternate for you this morning. lanes now open southbound 95. remember, we had a crash there in the dumfries area. the crash, multicar crash is now out of the way. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking fine this morning. no major problems there. as far as your travel times, looking good in virginia. same situation in maryland. good morning, sheena, how is it feeling out there? >> melissa, it's not toasty at all. my jacket is warm. that's good. it is a cold start to your friday morning. finally friday. it's pretty crisp out here with no wind. we don't have a windchill factor hi

but we're watching snow. so the track is changing a little bit. that's going to be the main headline today. the storm that we've been seeing staying offshore. the track is changing enough it give us a higher snow chance. not much of a change in the track since we're on the edge of the storm. we have a weather alert. snow will be falling and accumulating a little bit too. temperatures right now as you walk outside, 39 in the district, wind temperature 35 in manassas. 34 in clinton and gaithersburg. there'sth storm system. it's still down to the south. there is that snow in louisiana and south texas that we showed you earlier. yeah. this is all heading in our direction. good news today, don't worry about anything falling from the sky for your commute this morning or this evening. we like to see it falling over the weekend when we're not looking at the morning and evening rush for work. coming up. i'll break down the timing and show you what to expect locally. that's straight ahead. >> as we talk about snow, we're continuing to track the

a new fire in san diego county brings the number of wildfires burning now to six. winds are still a major problem for the firefighters. you can even hear the gusts in some of this video. these fires have torched more than 140,000 acres. >> nbc's jinah kim live in ventura with more on the efforts to contain these fires. jinah, good morning. >> good morning, chris and eun. after the hurricane strength winds of yesterday, we expected the numbers to go up. boy, did they? we're up to six fires now versus the four we started with yesterday. we're at 500 homes and structures that have been damaged or destroyed. that's more than triple the number that we were talking about 24 hours ago. 23,000 home are still in danger by all six of these fires. if there's slightly good news, it's that we're back to a red flag warning versus the purple

territory that we entered into yesterday. i hadn't heard of a purple warning until yesterday. that's because we reached a historic milestone. it got that bad. red flag warnings still means we have wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour. while that is an improvement from yesterday, officials say don't let your guard down yet. we're heading into a weekend that is still full of a lot of danger. back to you. >> all right. jinah, it's been so horrifying out there, we have to take any bit of good news we can get. thanks for your work out there. it's now 5:34. now to the other top stories. later tonight, we could see our first snowflakes of the season. uh-oh, chuck and sheena have been warning us about the chance of snow showers tonight into tomorrow. this morning, vdot is heading out to make sure the roads are ready for the flakes. authorities are going to shut down parts of i-95 in stafford county to start searching for the remains much pamela

virginia state police will close the garrisonville road access point to the 95 express lanes. that's going to start around 10:00 this morning. the federal government will remain open for at least the next two weeks. congress approved a two-week stopgap measure to avoid a shutdown. now headed to the president's desk and will buy time for talks about points such as immigration and hurricane aid. it's 5:35 now. now to a story only on news 4. it was a memorial to heal the community after a terrible murder nearly eight years ago. jayna murray has killed by her co-worker, brittany norwood. once the store reopened, they installed a stained glass memorial to honor the victim. lululemon is prepared to open up shop farther down bethesda row. the stained glass window is going to her family. >> it means a lot to us as

we definitely wanted to preserve that and have that at her home. >> the new lululemon store opens today on bethesda row. democrats in virginia are calling it highway robbery. against $40 trips on 66 during rush hour. vd ot says it's cheaper for drivers than predicted. the average round trip price was $14.50. that's lower than the $17 vdot initially estimated. even so, lawmakers want to stop tolling until it's under control. >> i was disappointed we started with the tolling before the improvements. that goes back on what every other speaker has said. you can't charge people for lanes that were previously free. >> lawmakers expected some of the infrastructure lot improvement to be in place before they started the tolling.

another lawmaker calling it quits. why a congressman from arizona is leaving the hill. who called him out for his actions. women and wine, the new concern about how much you drink. now the anonymous way to see whether your habits are healthy.

this got me so excited. poems about fractions, dancing in science class. it's a new approach to develop creative and eager learners. >> it is exciting. on a mission to integrate art into learning. the numerator and the denominator. >> look at that. art integration program has grown from 15 schools to 73 schools in just four years. the program is completely changing how teachers do their jobs. they go through training in order to understand the mission of the program and so far it looks like the work has really paid off. it's such a great idea. you can find art in so many subjects. the world's largest christmas tree is now shining brightly. it's lit up in italy last night. the guinness book of world

records certified that is indeed the largest tree. it measures 1485 feet wide. what? >> too big for my living room. >> 2,460 feet high. you're going to put it on your yacht. can't have a start. you have to have a comment. >> 132 feet. this year the largest christmas tree of the world is dedicated to science and technological progress. an astronaut recorded a video message for people at the lighting ceremony. so cool. >> you see that from space. >> exactly. snow in the alamo. definitely a shot for folks down south. the change in the storm system could bring more snow to our backyard. good morning everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. meet me in manassas where literally right here by the vre station, where the trains are coming and going this morning. current temperatures just above

the freezing mark right now. we'll be below freezing here by the time the sun comes up in an hour and a half or so. come on down and join me. we're handing out ice and snow scrapers and bringing you the latest on the forecast. meet me in manassas. looks like chuck bell needs rocks in his pocket when the train goes by. bw parkway at powder mill road. still have the lanes blocked. delays northbound as well.

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president trump is head today pensacola to help roy moore. >> this comes after the resignations were forced for congressman franks and al franken. tracie potts has a look at why some are calling out what they say is the

tracie? >> reporter: chris and eun, al franken said it was ironic that he was leaving amid sexual misconduct allegations when the president had questions about what's hanging over him from the bus conversation last year and that he was going to florida today to campaign for a candidate who has nine women accusing him. of course, roy moore denied all of the allegations. let's clear something up. you heard it right. president trump going to florida to campaign for an alabama senate candidate. why is that? obviously people in florida don't vote for alabama lawmakers. but pensacola is so close to the border, it's actually closer to the capital of alabama than the capital of florida, that 15% of alabama voters see media from pensacola. so him visiting pensacola, florida, will get the word out to a lot of people in alabama that republicane

that controversial election now four days way. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. as tracie was reporting, arizona congressman trent franks is out of a job. he resigned amid a house ethics committee probe. he made two female staffers feel uncomfortable after discussing his interest in finding a surrogate mother. they used a surrogate for the birth of their twins eight years ago. minnesota senator al franken, he's been fighting for his job for weeks after multiple women accused him of inappropriate touching. his colleagues pulled their support after another woman came forward this week. on the senate floor, franken insisted he did nothing wrong and called out republicans. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual

in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate. >> at the end of the statement, franken was referring to roy moore in alabama. minnesota's democratic governor will choose the temporary successor until a special election is held next year. we're about a month out and four house of delegate races still not resolved. two of them in our area. in stafford county, a recount in the 28th district races set for the 21st of december. there was a lawsuit filed this week asking a judge to order a do over on the election. that's because -- there's a recount in the 40th as well covering parts of fairfax and prince william counties. that recount starts wednesday at the fairfax county courthouse. >> from tolls to road closures, it could be two months before bridges in fairfax county reopens. ho

after a garbage truck damaged part of the bridge which carries route 355 over the river. all traffic is being detoured on to 270 while critical repairs are made. >> cold weather on its way to our area. >> it looks like it's already hit the southern part of texas. look at this. snow at the alamo. that's not unusual. the san antonio historic landmark received snowflakes last night. >> the northern part of texas. all the way down or the southern part. >> probably more used to it. >> what this winter has to offer. you might want to stop by manassas. >> outside the vre station. got two coats on this morning. >> that's right. >> got two coats. got the ice and snow scraper

back scratcher depending what you need. snowing at the alamo, san antonio much that is rare stuff indeed. we're down here at meet me in manassas this morning. at 7:00 in the morning, we're giving away snow scrapers absolutely free. we had a bunch of people -- >> 5:43. >> five or six minutes ago it pulled out. on the 6:13 train they'll be pulling away. say hello to me this morning. >> i wanted to encourage you to go to my social media pages on twitter. look for chuck bell 4 on facebook or forecast for you. number 4 -- number 4. letter u. my friend and colleague james spann, a meteorology in birmingham, alabama, where they have snow in the forecast, he put out a hysterical video about buying bread and milk shares because there was snow in the

over 2 million views already. it is hilarious. go to my social media pages. go to my friends and neighbors in the deep south where it's rare in the last couple of winters. maybe as much as a couple of inches of snow. especially for our friends and neighbors in southern maryland. the short end of the snow stick so to speak might be out here towards manassas and the blue ridge because the snow is along the -- for more on track and the timing, let's go to sheena and the rest of the forecast. come on down here and meet me in manassas this morning. >> looking good out there, chuck with your two doecoats. >> he's ready. the storm team 4 by 4. >> we're not looking at ice. but you will need it to brush -- >> brush off that little accumulation. >> a little accumulation. >> pat collins not breaking out his snow stick on this. >> we're lookingt

go farther south and east of the district. yes, weather alert tomorrow. snowfall, our first snowfall and the snow chances have been increasing because of the track of storm offshore has changed a little bit. all it takes is a small change to bring us snow on edge of the storm. i'm sure we'll be seeing this again through winter. temperatures right now, mid to upper 30s. there's the storm system to the south with the snow on the northern edge. we'll be getting that edge. we're dry but radar seems to get a flurry or so around luray. here's future weather. going through time, 6:00 p.m., we could start to see the weather moving south and east. this is south and east of charles town. we'll be watching for flurries by 6:00 p.m., our daytime highs today will be in the low 40s. we go through the overnight hours and we start to see that storm system get closer to us. our temperatures will be able to support that snow falling. we'll be right

freezing point by 6:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. saturday, the snow pulls away. areas farther north and west may not really see too much because we're on the edge. main roads, treated side roads because they're not treated could be sticky. sticking to the grass mainly. here's the forecast. an inch in d.c. two to three inches south and east. flurries going farther north and west. so that's what we're looking at right now. your forecast for tomorrow through saturday as we break it down for you. snow falling by 7:00 a.m., around freezing. snow clearing by lunchtime, throughout the afternoon and evening, we are looking at dry but cold conditions. here's your entire ten-day. after the first snowfall tomorrow for part of the area, again, some of you north and west. may not be seeing this very much. we'll be staying cold next week. a couple of days with highs in the 30s. we'll talk more about the snow for your weekend coming up. let's check in with melissa mollet and breaking news. breaking news continuing here. this is a little bit better though.

parkway there at powder mill road. both directions a little bit slow through the area. but the earlier crash investigation has cleared. so that is obviously great news. we're seeing the delays, especially as you're headed southbound there towards powder mill road. as we zoom in, powder mill road. lanes blocked by a crash. outer loop, left lane blocked by a crash. new hampshire avenue at university. crash on takoma park. dumfries, delays remain. that's looking better than it was. take a look at your travel times. again, 66 inbound. 95 northbound from quantico on up. looking quite good. the earlier problem. 95 south. top of the beltway. no major delays. even though we have that problem at georgia. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. i'm landon

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>> nothing. >> good morning. >> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off. >> the chances of snow have gone up in our region. "news4 today" working for you to plan ahead. >> that's right. we have crews stretched out over the region. of course, we have chuck bell standing by in manassas. first, we want to get to the forecast. the storm team meteorologist sheena parveen. yeah, you've been following this pattern around we're getting more snow than thought. >> what's going on is the track change in the storm, which is a minor change. that's increasing the storm chances. >> what's going on now, i'm sure it's going to happen again. here's all the snowfall. take a look at this. southern texas through louisiana and mississippi along the gulf coast. streaming in from parts of mexico. that is snow. ho