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ins with a stor team 4 weather alert. oh, sounds verofficial. >> it does. here we go. >> for a sunday morning. sod morning. we havecial coverage for you of our first beautiful snow of 2019. howya? i'm wendy reiger. >> i'm jim hanley. inr the next 90 minutes you get to stay ors, toasty. we have a lot to get to from the road conditions to already some schoolclosings. >> right. >> just how much more snow we are stillxpecting today and into the night. >> right. get yourself another c of coffee, another mimosa. sit back and enjoy yourself. let's start with pat collins. snow stick sunday snowsho challenge. it's the sunday snow suit

yallenge. so if've got a cool snow suit, we want you to take a picture of it and send it to us let's show you what it looks like outside. >> his stick has been getting a workout. i i-27 montgomery county. how about i-95 and the beltway in springfield right here. >> looks good. >>lways a mess on a good day. looks pretty good there. we're working for you around the clock toeep you informed of team coverage around the dmv. road crews all around virginia, d.c. and marylan working around the clock to keep you safe out there on the roads. >> right. >> streets are getting there and the sidewalks, too. >> absolutely.s let' check in with doug c camerrer. is the first storm of the season. you said it might get worse as it moves on. how's it looking now? >> right now we're still looking at snow coming down moderately. some locations seeing it heavier. that will be the case here in

the afternoon. what we're seeing, no longer is it everybody seeing the snow. we have some of the heavier ow, even lulls down around fredericksburg. right now in the city and right around the metro area you are dealing with some purple. that's the heavier snow. the brighter white, that' lighter snow but some heavier snow coming right there downtown ord through our studios here in thewest and fairfax county. really heavy snow coming up around i-95. right on down to the south. now speaking of down to the south, we're watching this area of southern maryland,xtreme southern st. mary's county. we've seen that go from sno to sleet to freezing rain. that will be an issue we have down in the extreme southern areof sain mary's county. more snow to come. we have the storm right along the coa here but the upper level low, very broad area of low pressure moving throath. going to help to enhance the snowhe throughout day today. we will see it for the next couple of hours. right on through the night tonight as ll. that's why the national weather

service has extended the w ter storwarning. again, for everybody until midnight tonight. or'll continue to watch that you. let's see how much snow we've gotten across the area cl anderson, earlier this morning we had measured six inches as of -- in our area at the storm team 4 weather deck.e what hu got now? >> right now we're closing in on 7 inches. we're in the ebb and flow. the sw is now coming down with a vengeance. that purple area is right outside our studios as the snow begins to come down. the snow totals contie to add up. snow totals include 7 inches for restin, 6.8 for bethesda.st ct of columbia, we're closing in to over 6 inches, close to 6 and a half and more. you can imagine areas south and east a the totals will continue to climb throughout the day. with that, we'll keep an eye

that. doug, you're absolutely right. we're in a ying and a yang. heavy snow, i don't know if i'm yipgi i ying or yanking. snow is coming down. >> i'm notei sure er. we'll have to figure that out, don't worry. we have more coming in throughout the day. i'll talk about how much snow we ca expect. we'll be back here in the weather center. >> i want clay's beret. >> yeah. >> hashtag going out there. >> claclayyb #cet. >> big flakes are falling out there. an houri first got here ago it looked like we're in the midst of a lull. doug said this iso lull. don't be lulled by the lull. >> you saw on his radarthere, fairfax county still in the line of it. it is coming down right now in fairfax. >> let's check in with david

elver who is l at tyson's corner. you have found your own private everest out e, haven't you? >> this is my ice thrown, wendy and jim.ea it's weird to you guys on a sunday. jim and wendy on a sunday. 5:00 somewhere, that's what i feel when i hear your voices. hey, this is the ice mound of many out here because they are trying to pile up as much as possible to clear this shopping center of all the snow that's kind of coated it. we're along route you can't see it but traffic is moving. it's just for the journalists here, you can see what route seven looks like. nicend clear, a little wet. the reality is there's still a lot more work to go on the side roads. i was checking out the traffic cameras to see the highways. some are completely clear, others have patches along them. it's just being mindful. also, giving folks space and time to do their a few people are making their way for a sunday morning coffee run. interestingly enough, some folks

chose colder coffee on a day like today. one young woman who has to head back to ecollege, a lit uneasy about the drive ahead. >> i have to drive back to school so i a little nervous about it. >> where is school? >> university of s >> you have a drive. >> yeah. i'll make it t nk i'll be fine. this happened two yearsago. me and my mom were driving back to school and it was the worst ever. now i'm on my own. i think i can make it. >> i'm from new jersey so i'm from the north so -- >> this is not a big deal. >> this is no big deal. this is like a light dusting. >> i can tell you have one layer on and you've got an ice coffee. i like the cold. >> it's clear. it's not too cold for you? >> no not too cold at all. beautiful day. >> from he says this is nothing for him. i also heard folks on twitter, one guy from buffalo said those aren't mounds, david, those are

small piles. they are pretty tall. i was out of breath getting to the top. ey were 20 feet tall. >> those people in the north, don't be hatin'just because we're getting hysterical. it's our way. >> the first one. >> and i feel t. i feel the cold in partular. i mean my cuban blood out here is freezing so it's especially cold for me. >> hang in there. maybe adam tuss will bring you -- >> that's right. >> -- a -- >> wendy, we were getting along until you mentioned adam. i want nothing to do with him today. it's the first snow 20619 and you know what that means. we haveeo h our first snow stick challenge of the year. >> that's the hashtag. if you have a picture, pat wants to see it. he w ish his snow stick. you're on connecticut avenue northwest, your usualposition. you had about 6.5 inches down there. where are we now? >> reporter: well, we're just about maybe 6 3/4.

i'm going to do a measurement later because we had thatth lul doug talked about but now the snow is picking up and so is our snow stick challenge. this is what's at stake, it's the official pat collins snow stick and this is how you can get one of your very own. here to m helpe is rachel and boomer. this is boomer's first snow and first appearance on tv. we are calling this the sunday snow suit challenge. what we want you to do is put on your best snow outfit, go tside, strike apose, hold that pose, take a picture. send that picture by twitter to pat's snow thstick. best outfit gets the stick. now we have entries already coming in, scores of entries. in fact, we have some back i don't know, do we have them?

yes, we do. here is a woman who went outside in her wedding ess. talk about a whiteout! then we had a guy, we call him the '70s guy. even with bell bottoms he's very excited about the snow. and then the casual man. the man who's out there in a robe in the snow with a hot cup of coffee. how cool is that? it's a pat collins sunday sw suit challenge. the only way you can get an official pat collins snow stick of your very own. >> wow. >> be back later with the entries. >> something tells me this is going to get>> ugly. t could, or more creative. one or the other. pat, thanks lot. we want to head out to prince gorges county where they have 40 new snow plows this year and they're getting a rkout. >> aaimee cho in brandywine

which is not far from waldorf. how is it out in prince gorge county, aimee? >> reporter: the snow has let up thin the past couple o hours. it's not snowing nearly as hard as it was earlier, however, the wind has picked up kind of coming more sideways into our faces. i want to give you a look behind me at the parking lot. we've been checking out several eifferent shopping centers. the plows have to work, done their thing bright and early so all the parking lolgts have been cleared out. it should be smooth sailing. they've built their mountains th all the snow out here. alls of these mou built up. i want to step over here and show you guys how much snow we'veeen in this area, a couple of inches you can see there. taking a look at the roads, the roads have been plowed, he main ones at least. this is cranegh hiway. owen though the main roads have

been pl, they are slippery. we did hit some patches of ice coming along. do be careful. you see the cars speeding along. state policeo want warn people to use caution. take a look at this embankment. earlier we saw a car that had fallen into a ditch just like this e. certainly you'll want to use caution. as far as what type of snow we've been seeing out here, i want to give you one more look thchblt is somewhat conducive to snowball making. the wind is kind of blowing it away. it's making it a little difficult but definitely a little bit better for snowball making than we saw earlier. >> years of practiceat at aimee, she points out earlier, these roads, we're not out of the woods yet. just because you sawhe roads going flying by, we'll have a refreeze and more snow to come for hours. >> youe watching news 4's big coverage of the first snowstorm. pe,le from new jers we're

calling this a big snowstorm. live look at the capital dome.s this a live look out at the harbor. >> the wheel. >> and it i actually a really picturesque snow. now we want to see your best pictures and videos, too. so check this one out. >> whew! >> watch it. oh. curb. >> that was chris gordon. i think he left his wife debby back up on the hill. >> making mimosas. he was doing sledding in be thes that dhi bethesda morning. >> they were freezing out there. >> this is -- today we're doing the pat collins snow stick challenge. this is your best s sundaw suit, and we love your pictures and we love yourcompetition. so remember to tweet us

#snowstickchallenge. >> ah. >> that's going to get harder and harder to say as the day goes on. the challenge today, your best sunday snow suit and we're coming rig back. ht

ck tg the latest on the radar. most of it is in d.c. anywhere you see the purple, that's the heaest snow. waldorf and fredericksburg. 'll see the snow off and on throughout the day. the steadiest and heaugest thut the night. we'll see some from dc south ward. additional accumulation is hopected. i'll you what i'm thinking. a winter storm warning in effect until midnight tonight. i'll be back here in a couple of minutes. >> purple not go there's still a lot of it. >> what is good is that the

health and fitness expo is going on. we're not going to let snow ruin our party. >> nbc 4,un tel 44 health and fitness expo is open for the 26th year. doreen t gensler,ee days in a row. huge crowds yesterday. what's it like down tre toda >> reporter: well, i'll tell you. i would like to encourage people to come down and join us, the lines are very short. a lot of people staying home as they should in this stowy weather, but as youd, mentio it's easy to come down here on metro. there is a stop right near here. and i've talked to a lot of people who said they were fine driving in here. we don't want anybody taking any chances to come a down here join us. however, if you can get here safely, there are a lot o amazing active things to check out. this is the urban evolution's ninja training coisse. s frank majea.

are you helping beginners learn how to be ninjas here? >> yes, helping everyone of every age. if you're down for it, we're willing to teach you. >> reporter: you've trained some ninjas for american ninja warrior. >> numerous ones. we have one of our kids actually go to junior ninja warrior which was a fun thing. come down to urban evolution. got a lot of stuff to try. >> reporter: frank, w to let you demonstrate behind us so i can introduce people to somebody that they may have seen on the "american ninja warrior show." he's the cowboy ninja. could you have guessed that? we're glad you're here. lance pikus. i want to get your name righu. >> thank thanks for introducing me. >> yeah, sure. what's your secret? how did you -- you've been to the finals several times? >> yes, i've been to the fiechbls times. i have a really weird training regimen. i live and work on a cow cattle

operation in idaho. i'm here excited to explore fitness, doing cooking a demonstratio talk and get people excited about functional wfitness. thatt's got me to do well in "american ninja warrior" and what's got me to the national finals five times. >> you have a huge appreciation for the good for ne of good health. your wife has ms. >> that's true. that's really whas got m into fitness and healthy eating a lot. my wife suffers from ms. in the lastouple of years she's definitely gotten down to a walker. g's struggl to get around. it's great trying to get her into functional fitness and fun things to get her balance better and stuff like ninja warrior is great for stuff like that. >> we're awfully glad you're here. we want people to know thatom ty can down and meet the cowboy ninja. we're at the d.c. convention center. so many different active opportunities indoors here. if you've got cabin fever, come on down and join when i join you in a few minutes

i'm going to be checking outpi le ball and, i'm sorry you're not dn here, henley. >> we could compete. doreen brought it last year, our first year with pickle ball. we have juniors and seniors who are high in, highly ranked. >> i thinkt needs rebranding. >> pickle ball. >> i can't see it. >> it's big. >> look on twitter, doreen. >> it's a lot of fun to play. i'll see you guy in a little bit. >> thanks, doreen. and doug who is going to be our cowboy weather man. >> weather warrior. >> he's riding high because he called this one, right? >> iove that guy. absolutely. but, yeah, not only called itpl the next c of days, guys, in my winter forecast if you remember back inbe early nov we said january would be the time frame that we really start to see the snow pick t up and cold air and that's what we've got out there today. some locations picking up over seven inches of snow. notice where we have the purples here. the purples are there heavier

of snow. right in through the district. most is lightround gaithersburg. d.c. picking up some snow. looking outside. yeah, coming down good. starting to see some wind pick up. that's because the area of low pressure along the coast is starting to strengthen. fredericksburg, you had a little bit of a low hanging around dahlgren. more snowmaking its way in. you see what i'malking about. here's the low pressure area starting to get its act together. starting to see the winds shift out of the northeast. that will help to bring in a little bit of moisture. at t same time we have the upper level low spinning back to the you can feel a spin here. that will move through and enhance the snowfall.we l see more throughout the day. we're not done wngh this by a shot. i don't expect it to move out until 7:00, 8:00. hour by hour dc south and east the best chance. still snowing through the north. again, we are going to be seeing most of that up to the south as far as accumating snow.

watch what happens, 3:00 south and east. you will see more snow during the afternoon even up towards the north andhen by around 8:00 you see it become more spotty and then out of here by 1010 or 1:00. tomorrow morning, no snow and a lot on the ground. we've heard apl c of school cancellations. i definitely expect more. how mu more snow? i've been updating it. up to an inch, possibly. leesburg, frederick. montgomerycounty. one to two inches. let's take you on a tour. hagerstown, leesburg, upo an inch of snow. that's additional from what you've already gotten. d.c. bowie, fairfax. one to two inches in these locations. warrington as well. one to two inches more. two to four, this is the area that's going t see the heaviest snow around qutico,

fredericksburg. quantico beach. fredericksberg, you're seeing a mixing and it will go back to snow for you later on. maybe another one to two inches, that will be about it. most of this is from d.c. santh east but we'll continue to see snow off and on area wide throughout the afternoon. here we go again. next couple of days. monday looks good. tuesday and wednesday. melting with sunshine. every morning getting up and getting out the door. watch out for ice every single day early in the morning. we will see melting throughout the week. thursday we start to see the clouds increase. thursday throu friday, sno early friday morning and then most of friday is dry. temperatures actually reboundo 46 on friday. then we get here and, guys, this looks like a big storm. dot know if it's going to be rain, snow, sleet or what just yet, b it isust -- it is another big storm that does fit the pattern here thatou we

see another big winter like storm. behind this it gets igid. the coldest there this year, high temperatures only in the 20s, lows in the teens. let me get out of the way. you can see the whole cold ten day . foreca >> what is it about weekends and washington. i have to mention, we haven't heard power outages. are you expectiom to see with this heavy snow, ice, refreeze? >> i don't and the reaso why is because of the snow ratio. this snow is fairly fluffy. even though we have 8 ihes of snow in some locations, it is very fluffy. it doesot weigh dow the trees quite as much. that being said, we are starting to see somhe wind as area of low pressure is picking up. we could see winds gusting upwards of 20, 25 miles an hour. we could see some isolated. >> all right. >> and it is. it is very picturesque snow the way it is clipping to the limbs ofhe ees, really quite pretty for all of you photographers out there ssnapping. >>y with us for our team coverage. we're going to be on the air until 1:00 this afternoon. up next, we're going to check out the live conditions.

this is cabin john. our drive cam driving through montgomery county. roads looking good. big props to the crews, the salt truck crews out there. >> it is flying. that's a good pace right there. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> as we go to break, folks, here's the live look at some scenes today. this is our national mall cross-country skier today. people walking the mall. mother and son coming up, too.ok t the castle. >> it's wonderful if you live downtown. beautiful area to go for a walk. it really is lovely because the snow is quite beautiful. >> there's the castle. people building snow men we'll be right back with more pictures as we take you around oue dmv on r first storm day oue dmv on r first storm day

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>> welcome back. at high noon to news 4's special coverage of o first snowstorm of 2019. how are you? i'm wendy reiger.

>> i'm jim henley. weave our snow stick challenge and sunday snow suit challenge. we just got a fire truck accident that we want to tell you about. this is happening in waldorf. take a look at this picture right here. waldorf volunteer fire department squad 3 is involved in an accident, 5:00 this morning. oneoverturned fire truck crane highway in waldorf. rtunately, no one injured. before the sun came up it was to pretty h. >> how bad it is. >> tough to see. >> a lot of church events and school activities are closed today. we also have some school systems that are already closing for tomorrow. >> and first up we want to scroll at the bottom of your screen right now. we heard from prince wailliam county schools. manassas city, uquiercounty. virginia you can add to the list as the day wears on. do is expecting most of today's snow to fall south and

east of washington. so, again, count on hearing more aboutsings as the day and night goes on. parting alf of the flights are cancelled or delayed because of our storm. >> phat'stty thick. very limitedy. visibil if i ayou are expecting someone fly into. there is a lot of cancellations. make sur to double check before you head to the airport this afternoon and evening, too. the snow is impacting metro's traffic work plan. adam tusk tells us metro has cancelled work at pentagon city. that means blue and yellow line rail services are running through the stations again. metro bus is operating on a regular sunda schedule with