>> reporter: road crews pre loaded their trucks. snow madeor a fun morning. >> we're having a blast. we're about to go up to the fenced-in area at the top of the d and let them run aro play in the snow. >> and the kids were having a greattime, too. there was no school here today. they made that call last night. soverybody got to sleep in this morning. if you are out and about or headed out today, keep in mind, this is a live condition right now. we started to see that switchover within the last hour or so to the sleet. so we are gexpect things to go downhe ill from here. i checked the location, it's 30 degree degrees. se of the switch and that low temperature, we could

see icy spots develop. as to take it easy out the if you can stay home and drink a cup of hot cocoa, that might be your besy. bet to back to you, guys. >> thank you have much. metro trains are running slow, metro is keeping the same operating hours as normal. the n-minute guarantee is being set aside for the day. >> metrobuss a operating on a severe searches plan. service could beit suspended no notice if the ice becomes doo too dangerous later this afternoon. >> metro access will only do return trips so nobody gets stranded away from home during the storm. all right, let's send things over to mellissa with a check of conditions out ere. >> good morning, some don't look so hot. fredick 15, a snow-covered roads and the plow is coming throughhe t northbound u.s. 15

and hayward road, westbound, a crash there on the roads. ice reporte there, 270 at clarksburg road, 0 looks better, honestly, not much. it is quite slick. after university boulevard, a crash there on the right side as we zoom in. northbound 7th street, independence, lane blocked for that tractor-trailer crash from earlier today. i want to share with you vide we did a time lapse for you this morning. this is pretty cool to watch. this is manassas, a road here, 5:30 tole:30. you can see it starts out clear, looks pretty cool. all of a sudden, there we snow on the roads, everything was treated, it doesn't matter, we still have a lot of slick spots. >> thank you. hdreds of flights have

been cancelled. many others delayed. this morning, passengers were still showing up at reagan naonal. one-third of its flights were cancelled. the folks we spoke with were happy to get out ofhi town they could, headed to much warmer places. >> key largo, actually to play golf with my brothers. visit my dad for his birthday. >> reporter: were you worried about the storm and all that stuff? >> i'll be in the air. i'll be out of here. you can worry about the storm, not me. >> he did make it out. there was another woman, thgh, who showed up with her boarding pass in hand, headed to hawaii only to find her flight had been chance emed. >> oh. >> as a rule ofthumb, airport officials say check your flight's status before you leave eme. so got crews checking on the road conditions for you. >> let's check in with news 4 m

molette green. >> reporter: i am seeing mostly snow. i am starting to see ice mixing in here. the good news is school's out, government offices here in prince george'sounty is closed. we are off 450 here where road crews are ready toreat the roads. we heard from county executive brooks a short t ago, warning people to really stay off the roads, let the crews do their job. state highwayng w the major stretches and the county crews are working the primary roads inside the county. i can tell you the neighborhood streets. they're not going to get to you to clear those streets until about 3:00 this afternoon. we checked the scene out on route 50 and tricky drive, route 50, of course, it's drivable but tricky. it's slick. crew versus to get sothere. we turned off on to a neighborhood street, second

street. we found one person outside clearing off her car. because she had an important errand to run. are you goingwork? >> no, i'm going to my mechanic to change oil. >> oh, yes. >> why did you wait until a snow day? >> i didn't know, my brother came in i id, did you see outside? he said, what's outside? then i came out. said, you want me to help you? i said, no, you guys ll slip, i'll go. >> reporter: oh, that's so sweet of you. so, look, she had to go get an oil change in this weather and everybody else in the house was sleeping. okay. so state highway crews, they have a plan because, of course, as we've talked about, this is changing or into an icy mix. we will talk about that strategy a little later on in the hour, i am feeling ice coming down right now.ll hope bella has gotten an

oil change and is back home. that's where you need to be. it's getting tricky out here ghtnow. >> those kind of opportunities, when people offer, just say yes. k> let them do it. get b inside. >> she was hoping you would doi >> thank you so much. it wouldn't be a snow day without pat collins or a snow stick challenge, pat is us live in a few minutes with what you need to do today. >> police are reminding you, if you ha to travel,lear the snow from the ice the roof the trunk the hood of your car the windows on your vehicle, that can be very dangerous for other drivers, please be mindful of that. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee.

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picture for you there on the left. >> chopper 4 fle s as thew fell early this morning. this is a look above the mormon temple right there along the beltway, montgomery county, pretty sight. look at that, you can see the light from the temples as in the sky. >> you can follow it up with another swauv. li >> eight lines. >> six cups of coffee. >> you look upright. >> i ow, snow crews are doing a good job keeping the main road clear. it may be a while before they get to side streets. >> they are in fairfax county now, megan, how is it looking there? >> reporter: the main road's not too bad. we got a shovel to show you. it's the snow that's more like turning to slush now, which obviously it's going to be a concern for drivers as temperatures drop and these

roads freeze over. if you look just behind me here the kids are having a grand old time. this is wha they've hopedfor, turn the pajamas inside out, whatever tryks t have these days, itwo s. here's the thing, just behind this house, there is a road with two dips, neighbo call it a le chalnge. >> it can be a challenge, they ll it roller coaster here. >> reporter: the real i'm in is valley drive. ou can see why it has the name of roller coaster road. these dips are deep and they can be dangerous. >> we seen lots of people get stuck in the dip when it ices over, today if the temperatures get cold enough. >> reporter: so far the drive on this road and other surrounding treets aren't bad, but neighbors around here are concerned that as the temperatures drop the danger will set in. >> we worry later on it willize up. >> reporter: s his wife stocked up.

>> stopped for soup, snacks, the bananas the type of things people get when they are about to beit by a storm.o >> reporter: whatever happens out here, they'll be ready. snowplows are expected to hit these roads sometime the meantime, it's good to try to get some of this stuff up before the temperature drops and this stuff ices over, back to you guys. >> all right, megan, thank you. you knn', it wou be a good snow day if we didn't have a little fun with it. yes. so this is also one of hollywood's biggest weeks with the academy awards on sunday. >> let's check in with pat collins. he does hav some things people want to get their hands on whenevert ows around here, there it is. >> reporter: i have the official pat colls snow ick. i am out here to right a wrong. i will get to that in a minute. first, it's tic offl pat collins snow stick. it has markings from all the big

snows we've had in the history of waasington. it markings so you can measure the snow of the day. a little past, a little present. it's the only way to officially measure snow in the city of washington. i think it'se m accurate than national airport.w, today's challenge, we call it show business, snow business it's oscar week, we want you to dress up as your favorite actor, actress, say your favorite movie line. send that video. send that picture to atiate patsnowstick. the best stick gets the schtick. joining me murial bowser about a quick measurement? untouched snow and. we're over 3 inches here. over 3 inches. now, i got to tell y this, last month, the mayor was sous geneo come out and do a snow measurement for us.

i asked her if sheand a snow stick. she said, yes, well, i didn't give it to her. snand it doe't go so well. this is what it was like. i bet you'd like one of these? you bet i would. >> reporter: you can't have this one, madam mayor. >> so i dell you what, i checked the snow stick rulebook. i found out if you are an electe mayor in the cityf walk for two terms, you are entitled to an honorary pat collins snow stick. mayor, this is all yours. you can put it in your office from all the dignitaries all overcome to visit, boy are they going to be >> i love it. i just hope we don't have to use it too often. >> reporter: oh, madam mayor,ca n you arrange to have the water turned back on at my ho we? >> i'll set i can do. >> reporter: there you go, folks, we will be dock more ts

measuremen getting more entries, i'mee you soon. thank you. there we go. >> i love it. there you go. >> nice to see you stepped up there, pat. >> the mayor said, i'm not going to do this again unless i get a snow stick. she's a good sport. >> she got a ring from the caps, too, she can put it next to the big ring. >> there you go. if you want to be a part of e, pat's challe you better get your pictures down as quickly as possible. >> that isecause the snow i turning over to rain. chuck and laura are back after thbreak with a closer look at the timing of that change. stick around. wi mpy trash bags? c'mon.

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iis a sno day for the kids and most government workers in our area. this is why snow started falling to the south of d.c. by 7:00. all of us are seeing the winter weather. get this, the mid-60s are in

this weekend's forecast, not a month from now, not two months from now this ekd. >> meanwhile, old man winter is on traxvacation look at this they are dealing with big time snow in pikes peak, in colorado. the snowdrift are as high as 8 feet. he has to reach up. >> wow. >> nowhere near thetop. this area is known to get its fair sharef snow. they have to cleardahe roads daily. i don't want to see that much snow. >> it is colorado. once you have cheated yourself 10,000 feet up.an you get snow at 10,000 feet, you are not doiso thing right. >> talk to us about the further iming of all this, when it switches over completely to rain. what that does for the evening commute. luckily the evening commute, as small as it will be will

probably be .ok they have been able to successfully treat the roads. the big roads will be okay. it can be slurky at times, don't get me the temperatures are trending above the temperature mark. th are likely to stay above freezing, as a result the road conditionsradually improve even after the sun goes down whenypically y would expect more trouble. four things to knowto y what you see is what you get, a cold mess of what was all snow, changing over to sleet and freezing rain, eventually headed to jus rain. tomorrow the rain ends early. we'll jump into the 50 tomorrow afternoon. so a quick meltdown of whatever snow is left. cloudy, dry weathor friday. more rain coming in here for saturday. right now, 31 in washington with a mix of snow and sleet at this point in time. 30 in front royal, still a lot colder in northern maryland and the panhandle of west virginia

here. this is mostlyow coming in the form of snow, but notice here on our hourly temperature trend, climbing even above freezing after sun down so it will be mostly rain from sun down to sun up. there you can see the big push.t s warm, this is sever weather in parts of tennessee, alabama and mississippi, believe it or not, we had quite a few reports from eastern west virginia of thunder snow. if you heard thunder and the snow this morning, a rarity for us especially. this pink shading is all swiping over to sleet and freezin rain. the snow totals have been impressive. for more on that, let's go over to my colleague lauren. >> we didn't change our map too much from a n couplehts ago. i think we did pretty darn good with this. we did pretty darn g with this.

three-and-a-half inches, colombia, maryland, down to an inch-and-a-half. southern maryland an inch-and-a-half. southern maryland an inch-and-a-half. as we contie through the rest of the day the snow will be overtaken by thend sleet freezing rain. it will be messsy m and icy this afternhyn. sltonight. i don't believe there will be a refreezing as we head into the overnighthours, in fact, by tomorrow morning, temperatures already around 40 degrees. 50s for tomorrow as well. and chuck h the rest of your five-day forecast. >> yes,indeed, 34 later today. 56 tomorrow. later today. 56 tomorrow. so what's left with the rain and above freezing luovernight mid-50s tomorrow, i don't think there will be any rain by sun

down, cloudy, cold, the rain should be tapering sunday afternoon, a brief jump to near 65 degrees. the ten-day forecast in the nexf hour. >> see you, chuck, thank you, sir. as we wait forhat rain to snow, we are keeng an e on conditions all over the area. >> we got reporters in virginia, maryland, d.c. we're checking on conditions and how you are spending your snow day.

. welcome back to news 4 let's get you caught up to date on the impact of today's winter storm. >> all the major school systems in the area hie closed morning. the federal government islosed as well. >> so metro is opened. you should expect service changes. trains are working every 12 minutes and there is limited bus service. >> airlines are closing, checkl

yourt status if you are headed to the airport. >> crews areee working to up. we got reporters in virginia, maryland and d.c. checking on f conditio you. >> justin. >> reporter:ey there erin, good morning, as you see, still seeing that snow and ice mix out here. this seems to be a bit more snow and e, you add that to the snow on the ground. you can tell that driving conditions are obviously not going to be ver good, just further down from where we are frederick and ridge roads, we saw some serious problems here. ta a look that four-way intersection is slushy, snowy and icyespite several trims in that area. ivers seem to have a hard time rst half gaiting that area. weee did s one driver on our way back up here to damascus.

he was sayg that he's on his way to work hetoday. wishes that he were not and based on the conditions he saw earlie the snow and rain in forforecast, he's concerned the trip home. take a listen. >> it's already pretty bad,o i can only imagine the combination of the two is not a good result. >> reporter: and for those who do have to drive somewhere today like work, you might be one to read abo your rainhome, rain will be in the mix and perhaps ice o the roads, so give yourself extra time, b sure to go slow, it will be a challenge, guys. news 4, back to you. >> good morning good as vice there. thank you. >> crews are spread out across e area,s we said, they're looking hard to give us a look at the various impacts of the plast. >> man mcwrath is live in woodbridge with a look at the

conditions there. >> reporter: yeah, guys. weecided to get off the main roads and get into neighborhoods. we're on snow cover town road here, they are not great. we're going up the hymnight now. there is not as much traction as you would like. we have onsnow-covered ctions the car is going very, very slow being cautious. a lot o people are. the snow mixed in with what appeared to be sle or freezing rain, little pellets bouncing off the windshield, so we are starting to see icy conditions and people are still digging out. of folks are out. but there are a lot of people who actually are going into work today. take a look at this video here. we encountered ma man who had to go out earlier and dig out hiscar. he could not find an ice scraper. so he had to get a little

creative. >> a piece of cardboard. it softens after you scrapes that's what i came up with, something quick and fast. >> reporter: itid the job? >> oh, it did the job. >> reporter: it did do the job a piece cardboard. it hadn'tne turd to ice at that point. he was able to plush it off his car. we will have to keep an eye on it we can see it freeze on the wet snow and treacherous conditions out there. keep that in mind. i will say, traffic not what it normally is. people, obviously, are staying home. we got sloppy conditions out here. back to you, guys. it's a good thing people stayed off the road. it will be rough for awhile. the cardboard ice scraper, though >> it's questionable. >> whatever works. chuck and lauren are back with us

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we're back, keeping you updated on this weather alert day. >> you can see the fresh coat of snow outside the white house and al around.c. and the nasty weather is far from over. all right, so let's talk a little of what we are seeing out there. look how pretty that is. >> a little while ago, it was in the 230r78 of sleetiness, the deeper cold air moves ovhead. i got a little stat here that will proceed your mind. ready to haour mind blown, everybody? >> all right. >> i'm ready. >> check out this, what were you doing one year ago today? were y shoveling snow or were

you wearing shorts? go to the graphics, please. one year ago today, 78 degrees for a record high temperature. on year agoomorrow 82. our earliest 80 degree day on record in washington. it broke the old record by a couple of days. fr 78 and sunshine, 31 now in town with a whole mix of sleet and . the winter storm warning continues for the remainder of the day for most.c of the metro area. winter weather advisory in place down fou points to the south in southern maryland, temperatures have started to trend back up o now, south us. 32 now quantity go, fredericksburg, 34 now in the richmond area. so that gradual trend, we are below freezing around here the

air alof is warming up so now instead of all frze, it's all snow. you get the warm in the middle there. all that information open our nbc washington app. we have beenaving fun, the speck are coming in. you wl want to be part of that whole fun. mellissa, gemd morning. >>ber go, chuck. you are not used to talking to me plus mellissand i get confused all the time, actually. hello. >> okay. isthere she all right. i know she went to get out of here, since she is watching the roads, listen, we have i accumulation. that's why we cut down our snow totals awe bit. few that warm air was coming n. we didn't know when it was going to change over to sleet.i think we did all right i thi

the icy in the middle of the day will be an impact. coating just to the west of i-95. so weather questio for today, accumulating nice in the middle part of the day, yes refreezing, temperatures are going up, there could b a few school delays. go ahead and do that homework. chuc chuck. >> needless to say the youth of america didn't appreciate that. 30s today 50 tomorrow, cloudy on friday, a quick spike into the mid-60s. there may be spots on sunday with a southwesterly wind,

chly weather retur next week, mostly rain. maybe a little rain-snow combination a week from now. >> all right. thank you, sir. so theyti just med temperatures will slowly rise toda >> hopefully that will cover snow covered road we will check in with mellissa mollette. she has trouble spots. >> she's right there. we saw her arm.

weather alert, police and road crews asking people to stay off the roads, if possible. at different points it made it hard and fast. let's check in, melissa, we are seeing ats lot of accid or what? >> that's the picture you were ju showing. that's the one i keep coming back to. it looks like r thed wasn't treated. you know it was, 15 here at 40,

take it very, very slow, no matter where you are, it is slick. westbound 70, a crash on the right side. even though we don't have a lot of people out, a couple crashes can slow things down. deft lane gets by the accident, northbound/southbo seeing delays. we're seeing a little delay there as well. at the beltway,he loop looks okay. 95 south, a new crash there as well. tiny bit of delay. in sterling, 28 before lsburg pike, one little section looking a little bit clear. e rest of the area is pretty slick. erica. >> the snow has been piling up

as well. >> are you looking okay out there, mo letlette? >>eporter: i thought we were going to turn to the area, you can see 450 is drivable but tricky. listen, this is a good lookingo shot,et to the secondary roads, it's a much different story. now, snowplow operators say they are ready to work to treat the roads. let's takek a loo at the video. major stretches. that's what the king highway contractors are going to get there. they will get to the secondary streets. they come later on in the afternoon. there iskl plan to t the ice, which is the trickiest part of this storm system.

state highway contractors say they have a strategy. take a >> we plow and salt 95 from to4 route 4. another train picks up and goes all around tbeltway. >> so what's the plan of action for you all theth rest o day? you will get the snow and the ice? >> we are o there waiting on the state highway administration, they have been out once, once they come back, we sit for a half hour, 45 minutes, then we go out and do our runs. >> reporter: now the road crews tell me they're workingn these shifts, they're prepared to do what is necessary as this storm makes its way through thearea. as for the county, she wrote the county executives, they are urging folks. let the crews do their job so

we're out here on the side of the road. we do have restaurantshaare opened. there is a red lobster over here. you know how much i like to eat. i want to cck out the area. >> i like t biscuits. >>. >> bring them back the wh you. >> thank you so much. snow crews are doing a gre job keeping the main roads cleared. the side roads can be surpassed today. >> repter: she has made some friends it looks like back there. >> reporter: oh yeah. lots offr nds, just be careful on the roads, the main roads, not too bad. take a look dow here, still a little snow pack. the thing about this snow it

seems like it's a wet snow, it will turno ice once these temperatures drop. i want to bring in fabian, you went out today, tell me about the roads. >> the main road was fine, getting down the dip is tricky. inside the cul-de-sac, they haven't plowed yet.e it's peo out here driving a little too fast. if you maintain distance and speed, it should be fine. that,porter: other than you are having a block party. the kids having a good time. we got t dog, kids making snowballs, but again if you are hiing the streets, avoid it o. loke a ok. the roads around d.c. into fairfax county are hit or miss. 395 traffic was moving along the roads are sti slick. so taking it slow is a good ea. over ind.c., we found this

accident along 7th and .dependence aven the driver of this 18-wheeler says he tried avoiding a taxicab iver but itidn't work out. he slid and the cab driver collided into his fuel tank. the truck driver was okay. but the other guy was seen e tak -- taken to the hospital. we met tim and darlene mccoy. they just gotm back f last-minute grocery shopping. >> i got soup, snacks,bananas, the type of stuff people get when they're about to be hit by a storm. >> reporter: tim says the roads didn't seao be too onbad. they arerned roads like this one will be too much of ad to gloss over. whatever the weather does, they'll be ready. >> ler on, it will ice up. >> we seen lots of people get stuck in the dip within it ices over, so like today as the temperatures get cold enough.

>> mak a snowball. i found friends out here kids tell me this is good snow making.il we wl pack them up and wait for pat collins to tell us what the snow challenge is. i'm going to throw it back to you, mix some snowballs and it will be girls versus boys. >> i would be careful of the little one on the right, tiny but mighty. she looks like she is going no wind uar that exactly. >> see you again in a little bit, megan, storm team 4 gets the official snow totals fromna rean onal airport. >> before that, here in the district. we know that can vary. we haveth a way to know how much snow that is falling. >> this is official business. we are talki about the pat collins official snow stick challenge. he joi us now at his official snow office, that is

connecticut. >> reporter: how are you? before i get started. i want each one of you to think of your favorite line from your when i signie and off here, i want to hear it. because that's one of the ways you can get an official pat collins snow stick. first of all, let me show you wh's happening out here. we're getting snow, we're getting big flake snows. we're seeing some accumulation there on connecticut avenue. let's go get a measurement. now you recalln the mayor was here, not long ago, it was three inches, right now we are kissing four inches here. kissing fourinches. we calm our snow stickhallenge today snow business show business. this is the week of the oscars, so we're askingou to sort of dress up as your favorite actor pr acknowledgment tres. go out and maybe recite your favorite line fro your favorite movie. we're getting some entries already.

i mean, you see ae, frozen th then you will see some guy. he's dock et then we have a jed sf sfi sp i -- jedi fight. send the picture iate patcollins. the schtick gs the stick. give me your line from your favorite movie. >> meanwhile, my biological clock is ticking like this and i i ain't never getting married. i swear to god, i swear to god, i do not nieto. need th >> i do not know this. >> my cousin vinney. >> reporter: i think you are in the wrong ybusiness, should be on the big screen. >> you asked, threw an. >> you me on this wall? wall.ed me on this

that's what i got. >> reporter: not bad, you guys, not bad. >> a few good men. >> i like it, i like it. >> now, unfortunately, of the nbc family, you are not eligible to win a pat collins snow stick. rit all of you out there, get those e coming n. i'm see you soon forngnow. >> notike getting smacked in the face with a snow stick. thank you. >> thank you, pat. our coverage of today's winter storm conties of the break. >> take a look at storm team radar.co ng up, chuck and lauren join us again with the very latest on the change from snow to rain.

. so, we are approaching the noon hou and most of the area still dealing with snow. >> one of our photographers shot this video from a dashboard i camera ashburn. you notice him keeping a good rom that plow in front of him. that's exactly what v-dot crews are asking people to do.he don't crowd plow. the best advice if have you to be out on the roads today. >> exactly right. >> all right. so we're sending things back over tond chuck lauren for the final check of the hour. >> my movie quote, beverly hills cop. i'm not falling for thein banan he tail pipe. >> i love it. he has been cominup with great

quotes, look at our facebook live, it's amazing, in case you want quotes for thenow stick challenge. the snow is going to be overtaken by sleet and freezing rain. moving into the district. we are getting fat flakes as well. agen. not a lot of ice tomorrow morn agen. not a lot of ice tom morning. temperatures go up, look at that for sunday, mid-60s by sthund. >> thank you so very much. that's it for news 4 mid-day. thank you for joining us. stay with us for special snow coverage starting at noon, in a couple minutes. >> you can get news and updates any time o the nbc washington app. we'll be right back here in a couple seconds.

well,he snow has been piling up across the area for hours now. >> that winter storm moved in t earlys morning. the snow started falling in the southern suburbs first.un as theame up, we all started feeling the impact. >> feeling the joy, people, feeling the joy. is video shows us how quickly the snow covered the ground. this is time lapse from monassas. you can hear it during the evening rush. >> that snow will turn into rain, which will be a whole new kind of fun. so welcome to thispecial edition of news 4. >> i'm wendy rieger. >> hello, stranger. yo