it brought the carolinas to a standstill, now, it's at our door. blizzard warning's. >> this storm is about to become a hurricane. we will explain and talk about what to expect in the morning. we have tips for keeping your car running well in cold weather. we have you covered if the sn

our most accurate forecast. the yellow weather alert for tomorrow. leading off a look at the weather. >> we have new information in. in terms of the computer guide, the storms are behaving as they should. the radar shows that the little bit scary. here are the heavy snow bands. we are getting snow reports now down toward southern maryland, leonardtown, even toward warrant with light snow breaking out. we had a band of heavier snow toward buoy neared -- near to marlborough. in leesburg, maybe to downtown, even in southern maryland, 2-4.

in southern sections of st. mary's county, we are thinking 4-8 inches. that's actually where the blizzard warning remains in effect. we will come back and give you an hour by hour when the storms will shut off in terms of snow and tell you why we had to show you the weather alert for friday and saturday. >> we are getting closings and delays in. william county schools will be closed, fairfax county, and prince georges county schools have a two hour lay -- delay. more information about this is on mina wusa9.com. >> more crews are out in force tonight trying to make things easier for your morning commute. dc snow teams began working at 8:00 to treat roads across the city. they will be on duty all night as the snow begins. on virginia -- in virginia, they will be out pretreating the roads as well.

people in these locations point out that there is a lot of salt and brine on the roads from the last round of winter weather which should make their jobs easier tonight. we will be you -- we will be with you a half hour early starting at 4:00 a.m. we would love to see the view from where you are. snap a picture and post it with a hashtag wusa9 weather. >> of the storm is moving up the coast and taking aim at communities close to the coast. john henry likes an adventure. he went to st. mary's county on maryland's eastern shore. >> reporter: i'm here in the heart of st. mary's county. it just began to snow. they are expecting roughly 4

that said, it will be a busy day ahead for a lot of locals. we could not find anyone on the streets tonight, everyone has been hunkered down ready for the storm to go -- ready for the storm to hit. a local grocery store, >> we had all five registers going.>> the manager said the usuals went flying off the shelves. paper, water, and milk.>> even if it doesn't get to snow, they would rather have it the not have it. >> reporter: in st. mary's county, school is out tomorrow and you can bet rj stewart has a lot of plans. >> my plan is to make icing -- snowmen and slide down a hill. >> reporter: do not forget about those people plowing the roads. rj's dad is looking forward to it. >> oh, i love it. that's where i make my money. >> reporter: they will spend the whole night loading up trucks and salt. some people are curious whether st

they told me they did not, they were worried the roads would freeze, there is a lot of salt here to take care of. john henry, wusa9. the next stop on our search for snow is down a ways in virginia beach. robert boyd from our sister station in the tidewater area has a look at what's happening tonight. >> reporter: let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. the flurries are coming down here in virginia beach. not quite enough to make a snowman but definitely to -- enough to make a snowball. tomorrow there will be plenty of snowmen outside because all of the schools in this area are closed tomorrow. a fun snow day for kids to go out and play. if you are an adult who can't play and has to go to work, it could be a tough day. you see the roads behind me, they are very dangerous. we are slipping and sliding. as you can

snow built on major highways. causing a tough time for drivers. you have the dreaded black ice that you can't see. if you are driving anywhere in the area, you are urged to be careful. the irony in all this, plow trucks cannot begin plowing until we have at least two inches. this is a very dangerous time. who knows how bad it will get over the next 24 hours. we are hearing up to a foot of snow in some parts of the hampton roads area. so, obviously, a fun time for kids. if you are a driver be careful. this is robert boyd in virginia beach. in the neighborhood coated in ice, it started as a water leak and is now a major headache. get this, several city agencies know about the problem but no one is fixing it because they are too busy trying to figure out who is to blame.>> no one seems to want to admit that it is there jurisdiction. >> reporter:

leak had frozen over in this woman's neighborhood. a problem that no one has fixed for two years even after her husband cell. >> it makes me feel like they do not care. >> reporter: video showing that the ice has expanded, it brought me back today. an entire city block coned off because it is covered curb to curb in sick ice. a dangerous down hill leading to the intersection of 36:36 in canyon street -- 36 and canyon street. >> if someone was to get hurt here, i do not know if we could get emergency vehicles, fire trucks, or any lenses into the neighborhood. >> reporter: the water is coming from three backyards including anthony junior's but he does not know where it is coming from. there trying to figure it out and could only send salt trucks

ice. to make matters worse, more water. coming from what appears to be a modern main break -- a water main break from around the corner. >> it's turning into ice. >> reporter: wusa9. now to montgomery county were responders were on thin ice, literally. they turned a pond into a training ground learning how to save people who gamble with the ice and lose. it's a chance to test a special gator -- special gear and techniques. >> the person that's above the ice shelf may not be able to hang on. >> they won the icy ponds in the area do not freeze the way they do up north. it's tough to tell whether it is safe. your best bet is to o

weather including a full look at our most accurate forecast. you could take it with you on the go just download the wusa9 app. enable lose -- enable those push alerts. remember the voter fraud commission that the president launched after his inauguration? it's a thing of the past. critics said the whole thing was nothing more than a conservative push to get minorities and poor people off of the voter rolls. the white house blames the state that refused to provide voter information for the panel. we have a talk about a possible government shutdown, again, because the short-term funding deal expired -- expires in 16 days. democrats want long-term funding to include a pass for citizenship dreamers, those brought to the country really -- to the country illegally.

both sides want to include funding for the chip program, the health insurance program for kids. both sides may give compromise another shot now that two new democrats have joined the senate. doug jones of alabama, and tina smith of minnesota sworn into office today. now republicans edge democrats in the senate by 51-49. mitch mcconnell says no vote in the senate this week. he's giving senators who want it a chance to be the storm and go home. the house does not convene until monday. the winter storm is shaping up to be a monster. for us, the bigger story may be what's on the other side of it. we will be back with more on that in dc's most accurate forecast. my verified team put together three tips for your car to continue to go better in cold weather. this is like the south park episode where they make people wear seatbelts on the toilet so they don't fall in and i.>> one of hundreds of hilarious comments on a news organizations facebook post. what they are talking about? we will tell you in a moment.

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the news continues with a facebook story gone viral. we had to show you this. a new law in oregon that requires people to pump their own gas. the outrage let me tell you, it's real. mike is putting his foot down. i lived in my state this -- i lived in this state my whole life and i refuse to pump my own gas. this is a service only qualified people should only perform. i will wait until someone pumps my gas. i can't even. the in car, breaking news oregon, the highest population to own all electric vehicles, this comes out of fear of pumping gas. as for vernon, this brought back memories. i was forced to pump my parents gas when i was 10 years old. i even mad

savages and making inside the store to pay with cash. if you have a few minutes you will find this story on facebook and hop into the comments, it's worth it, i promise. there are all kinds of wives tells when it comes to driving your cars -- of wives tales when it comes to driving your cars in these kinds of conditions. it's go under the hood for the first question. when your battery is running, it could lose 50% of the battery if the battery is more than five years old and these kind of conditions. question number two, should you put weight in the rear of your vehicle with sandbags to give you better traction? to answers. if you drive a front wheel drive vehicle it will hurt your gas mileage to do that and you will actually lose traction. but if you have a rearwheel drive cl

though sandbags, you would need about 200 pounds for it to do any difference. behind the driver seat for the final question, you need to warm up the engine in order to not harm the car? this one is actually false. in a car made in the last 20 years is designed to be driven immediately. tell you this, you will burn more gas by warming up your vehicle. especially if you have those seat heaters on to keep your behind warm. our team is ready to go to work for you, find us on facebook or twitter. send us your story ideas or send us an email. >> i like those seat warmers. you may have heard of terms for the winter storm blowing up the east coast. terms like

>> i have three ways you can impress your friends. this comes from the term bombogenesis. the malabar being the metric unit for measuring pressure. it could also occur at almost any time of the year. is most common between the fall and the spring. now you can while your friends with a history lesson. the super storm of march 1993, a prime example of bombogenesis. the storm strengthened by 33 millibars in 24 hours. that beats the one malabar per hour criteria. february 2016, 65 mile-per-hour

massachusetts. february 2013, 83 mile-per-hour winds were reported on long island. in october 2015, an all-time low pressure reading all the way up here in minnesota. last piece of trivia, if you think this is a hurricane in the wintertime, it is not. even though this will likely have ice tomorrow, the core is colder than a hurricane. it could occur over land or the great lakes, but most often over the ocean. there you go, a little explanation of a big drop in pressure. wusa9. >> i had guessed earlier that a bomb cyclone is what happens in the weather office when we are hoping for 18 inches of snow and it snows only a little bit. >> that's actually true. >> to put this into perspective , the storm could have that of sandy, if you do category hurricanes by pressure alone, it could be a category two or three. things came out well today. w

get a bomb cyclone, a high of 35. >> i was hyping it up for you. on your height girl. >> we are going to go 30 tomorrow. it's cold in the 20s. i didn't bring out the bread all matter -- the bread meter. we will give it a to .8 on the impact there of the meter. taking a live look outside. there it is, a town. you have to admit that's nice- looking. they will probably have four inches or so in leonard county. you are not under winter storm warning yet. get ready. the good news, there's a lot of salt on the road. it's going to be a dry fluffy snow. 30 degrees right now. a little bit of snow being reported at the airport. dewpoints have come up to 18 degrees, humidity is 15%. it's been snowing above us for a while.

little troubling. it's staying pretty well. you see the blue bands, the heavier bands of snow. we will see how far inland they get. i do not think they will make it to 95 but even so we are looking at one-two inches near 95. john henry was in leonard's town earlier, a good band of snow around 2:35 where the bull's-eye is going to be in terms of the metro area. the real bull's-eye will be where bitler -- were blizzard warning's are in effect. mary and county could see a winter storm warning before this is all said and done. we had blizzard warning's to maine, all the way down to the little tip of north carolina. so, the critical time is now until 9:00 a.m. across the metro area. a large margin of snow will be over by 9:00 in the area.

most of the snowfall is overnight here. it will continue throughout the day tomorrow and tomorrow night. winds will be 35 miles per hour and plus. saturday, through saturday, windchills will be below zero degrees by friday morning. leesburg, and inch, rock stale, maybe two, maybe three downtown. 7-8 across the bay. our friends in westmoreland county are looking at 4-8 inches. a good deal of snow for you. in terms of future cast it feels like temperatures and windchills, check this out by the time we get into tomorrow night, it could be in the teens and by the time we get into friday morning it will feel like it is 12 degrees below zero. that's crazy. so snow shuts off around 9:00 with sunshine returning by lunchtime.

rain on monday a rain or snow shower on tuesday and cold on wednesday. so the ladies are working it out. >> especially this one right here. >> this lady, i mean, what she is doing right now, no one in the country is doing. we will talk about this

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>> they beat the next but they came in struggling against losing teams like new york. son out of the wizards got another jump, here's my one word, consistency. the wizards now have a winning record against losing teams and 15 out of the last six games. bradley beal, tell you how -- tell me how you feel?>> i know people were criticizing us, we were well aware of it but we know the job is not finished. >> the wizards take on the grizzlies next who have an ugly 12-26 record. let's hope they stay consistent and beat those teams. that's why consistency is my one word. george mason's women's basketball team has been nothing but consistent all season. breaking records while doing so. after tonight win over lasalle, the patriots are 13 in three. that's the best start in the last 43 years which ties them for the full record. 13 for george mason's win

season. let's not forget about natalie but their -- natalie butler. 15 straight double double. that leads the nation, the patriots take on rival, george washington next on sunday. for more on george mason and the historical season, like our wusa9 sports facebook page. here's my last call, central florida football team finished 13-0. they will not finish number one this season or when the national title. they are planning on having a national championship parade and hang up a national title banner. listen, a job well done for them. this may be a case of the team doing too much. they are so serious about this they've changed their twitter page to say 2017 national champions, their athletic director even tweeted to all the coaches, that they will receive national championship scholarships. the national championshi

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and send your pictures in. two inches west of town. one-to into town. three-for out swords -- toward southern maryland. across the may, 4-8. who thought we would be talking about blizzard situations? >> wake up washington starts at 4:00 a.m. >> hashtag winter. send us your pictures. >> it's awesome out here. >> have a great night and we will see you back

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