well. what can we expect meteorologist regulars here with the details correct right now the calm before the storm there is a major winter storm that is developing that will impact the eastern half of the country and we know it's coming together but i will tell you here in hampton roads some areas will be spared the worst of this we are talking about a lot of rain and wind for areas there will be wintry weather for parts of the area's wanna break it down for you. let's start with a quick skyview and the skies are mostly sunny right now this is a day to take care of any preparations need to make for the next couple of days. our storm system is actually coming together in intensifying down over texas and i would say this is some upper level energy right here some snow showers back around kansas city and into missouri they're back into eastern parts of kansas but it's this area of low pressure that is forming down here that will really want to watch as it tracks to the east and eventually pulls up through

works up the northeast coast on sunday will continue to move off in that direction it's going to bring with it moisture coming up from the ocean there's going to be cold air in place and the combination along with some winds can make for a very nasty friday and saturday here's a look at our future cast this is the wide view and i want to shade the big picture here because the moisture is going to comment here we are friday five am. you know since guys mainly clear today and tonight partly cloudy tomorrow morning. i think as we go to the rush hour were still in good shape skies will start to increase with clouds but the precipitation still down to the southwest watches those we head towards noon and start to push in the western parts the area starting as a mix or snow showers to the last rain showers can push up over eastern north carolina and then through the early to mid afternoon will see that rain snow mix line somewhere across the metro was still farther west and re new the coast. what's gonna happen tomorrow later in the day and tomorrow evening

heavy rain for eastern north carolina and then that system tracks right through our area more wind tides will build were looking at tides expected run about a foot to foot half above normal so some minor tidal flooding into a saturday and then as you can see snow continue over northern virginia so very happy about this felt that way we're going to talk about that let you know exactly how much snow is going to fall across the region. we have a chance for some snow showers to wrap back into our area late saturday night into sunday early sunday morning talk more about that again levy specific looks at forecast snow amounts and talk about some the other impacts that bright green info coming thank you so much. our team coverage takes up to take for them to the peninsula this afternoon. part of that area saw a dusting of snow moved through yesterday and today they're prepping for the storm forecaster for area this weekend. thirteen years now porterville this cave is live with our officials are getting ready there velma what i meant that the dots applying to plymouth station

like much is happening but in reality that the dot crews are in what they call for deployment mode and what that means is that cruiser and a twenty four hour operation with manpower equipment and materials getting ready to begin treating roads and the interstates here on the financing of it i got a head start and began trading group won ninety nine yesterday we started doing brunt of applications on our ramps and bridges and some of our primary roads of credit because of it last night to try to do pre treatment truckee throws from getting slick of and then we have also been in our home and ready and make sure that our supplies are adequate for the upcoming event for friday and saturday and right now

the interstates. later on today live in williamsburg film escape thirty news now are they so much going on in north carolina work crews have been busy working to take care of the roads there and cdot crews started applying brine on the roads yesterday so far officials say the tree than most of the interstate and primary routes. crews will re apply bright throughout the day today and teams will go out into active salting once snow falls one the most dangerous activities during the winter weather is driving no doubt about it in ice and snow can make the roads very hazardous we all know that remind you of the year and thirteen is now reporter lisa brown went to aaa to find out what drivers need to do to stay safe on those roads the road conditions aren't bad right now but it's better to prepare and get stuck on the side of the road. if you decide to drive in the snow people here aaa has some advice for your trip want to make sure that we had

the right side of the other things we want to look at is what kind of condition our wiper blades and never realize we need fiber blades until it's too late before the snowfall hits kyle off this with triple a norfolk says there are some items you should and tear to do list that includes getting gas and window washer fluid. what happens to us is off the road debris of this and gets kicked up on our windshields or costly have the clear also it's a good idea to get kitty litter. if we do get in any snow banks or anything in our cars stuffed kitty litters actually getting this attraction to get us out of there before you put your car into drive. one make sure that all of our bright lights are working headlights are working properly. one make sure that we warm up the vehicle plus it's important to clear all windows and mirrors of snow and ice. once you hit the road. loftus says don't use cruise control don't apply the brakes too hard and make sure there's enough space between you and

car if you start to skid look it's clear the way want that part ago although these are helpful tips. aaa says it's best to stay home if you don't have to go out in norfolk. elise brown thirteen years now and say save all the rows to staying healthy in this cold weather thirteen years now has everything you need to know this winter check out our winter weather got a thirty news now. com i think breaking news to tell you about virginia beach police just updated us on a suspicious package found at joint expeditionary base little creek yesterday twenty eight year old colleen of dollies charged with threats to bomb he is behind bars without bond. yesterday military and virginia beach police shut down parts of shore drive and independence boulevard for more than two hours as they investigated the scene. still no word on what was inside of that suspicious package. well the roller coaster ride on the stock market continues to the dow plunged yesterday we

causing the stocks to tumble

well it may seem like great news for drivers lower gas prices as a savings at the palm are related to a bigger problem falling oil prices have led to chaos in the stock market that's all of the problem abc's was with her has more on what you need to know to protect your investments. wall street opening with numbers in some green and red throughout the morning keeping investors on the edge of their seats following a dismal day yesterday. uncertainty is the market's worst favorite four letter word. the dow falling five hundred and sixty six points before fighting its way back in closing down two hundred and forty nine points the corporate taking oil prices now twenty eight

in twelve years. great news for consumers with a majority seventy eight percent of americans now being less than two dollars a gallon at the pump before the energy companies. it's a huge blow shedding some one hundred thousand jobs last year and more jobs could be lost if davis will so not knowing where the bottom is in oil causes a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the world's second largest economy another big concern for investors. the turbulence in china is sitting u s stocks down nearly ten percent for the year for the average retirement savings account that the loss of nearly eighty three hundred dollars if you have money in stocks your best bet is to ride it out as opposed to take it out of the market because the people who take their money out of the market when it's down to the people who lose at the end of the day experts say it's all about perspective it looks bad now but we are told in the last

actually up forty percent was that her abc news new york ice and snow crippled the nation's capital today get a feel for those folks out there but the worst is yet to come an even bigger

. right now we are working to find out more about an overnight fire in james city county a piece of machinery caught fire at lumber like waiters filling the factory with smoke. officials with the burton volunteer fire department elephant dozens of firefighters responded to the factory around twelve thirty this morning your county in new kent county firefighters also responded

structural damage to the building but it's not clear exactly what led to the equipment malfunction are following developing military news today the fight against isis could mean more u s troops in iraq u s military officials are reportedly in talks with iraqi government about sending more troops to that country that's according to partners over the military times now curly there about thirty six hundred us troops in iraq pentagon officials also say they hope other nations will send forces to support that mission of the latest on the flint michigan water crisis the governor has released new e mails about the crisis but the info is not making people feel much better. the almost three hundred pages worth of email so when governor rick snyder and other officials heard about the problems with the flint river in february the twenty fifteen. there were issues with the color taste and smell of the tap drinking water dress from legion ears disease could

ridiculous. i think everything's be just on every level display wise it's too team lead in it. well yesterday the governor did get twenty million dollars in aid for the city of flint the water is still low on safe to drink. millions of people hit by a bitter blast a major winter storm predicted for the mid atlantic this weekend as we told you when already a smaller clipper storm system has cost travel nightmares in and around washington d c that is where abc's long as zach is watching the weather dc is preparing for an epic blizzard with a trial run. we are very sorry for an adequate response. i also declaring a snow emergency he sees me are promising to be more prepared after less than two inches of snow fell wednesday evening leading to this and this was pretty rough driving home it took

four miles but i am so we decided to walk and it's pretty icy on the road to iraq in even care for someone was caught in the icy conditions. the president on the other hung on the slick streets while residents prepared for the impending storm many on social media were frustrated by the preparation for lack of it on the roads versus even came and the virginia department of transportation writing be taught needs to get salt on the roads. those first snowflakes snarling traffic and causing accident after accident the seven hundred and seventy six traffic crashes reported nearly four hundred calls from disabled vehicles and with forecasters predicting up to two feet of snow in the mid atlantic this weekend grocery shelves have been picked bare snow shovels are in short supply within a little hot ice melt the snow shovel and the man with the snowblower. i'm the only one of my block with a snowblower the most popular guy in town. the latest models are predicting absolutely historic amounts

capital and a total of twenty states are now under winter walks on a zach abc news washington. or when to talk about the weather that is going to move and a lot of folks obviously talking about a major winter storm for much of the eastern half of the country and some very significant impacts up through new england in new york a major metropolitan areas for hampton roads a little different story temperatures today in the mid thirties were seeing a lot of sunshine will enjoy these guys mainly clear into the evening where to spend some time talking about the weather that we will find across our area. if you can stay with us a little later in the show i've broken out a timeline that will show exactly what will happen from my period to period looking at tonight tomorrow morning just a day to day it's kind of a cool way to break it all down right now and focus on the future cast take a look

there. this area shaded in purple winter storm watch. so who's underwrite a wacky season and maybe don't know the cities that will save you live up on the northern echo or the middle peninsula. you are under a winter storm watches include gloucester and mathews a brown kill morning kept a hand as you see williamsburg james city county that area also under the watch to on a life but a nordstrom the communities up there to the west of williamsburg to richmond petersburg south to emporia around franklin southampton winter storm watch as is north canton north carolina out toward roanoke rapids in areas south of that there's a winter weather advisory in this area shaded in pink lynchburg south boston out towards the mountains not winter storm watch but winter storm warnings and they are preparing for a very heavy snow some areas of flint half to two feet of snow a real possibility sad to leave

that are at right now initiated temperatures we are in the mid thirties right now wind chills little cooler in the twenties for many areas we are enjoying the sunshine enjoy it now while we have it this is the calm before the storm that system will move in aid to the satellite radar images the flurries we saw last night they are out of the picture now you don't have to worry about any of that this afternoon so the view of a couple errands to run maybe get a few days before the nasty weather comes and it's a great time to do it this afternoon that's my advice into the evening were still in good shape but that storm system will come rolling in from the southwest going to take a look at what the future cast again tonight mainly clear overnight skies becoming partly cloudy off to the southwest and then tomorrow going around seventy and were still dry. here's the morning commute you gotta get out early. probably a really good shape weather wise but you see what's off to the southwest and pushing toward riley and seventy am that will continue to press eastward say that shortly or

either side of noon. i expect the precipitation really start rolling in the area and has better chances for rain of the cosa mixing across the central part of the southside now to the west as we were more likely to see a mix or snow showers. notice is no steady route to the west is the year is expecting heavy snow. we're going to see that mix one can hang around hit the road so we talk about the system bringing a mix initially the hampton roads better chances for rain right along the coast of eastern north carolina snow farther inland into the north. look what happens tomorrow evening a transition to rain as warmer air gets drawn in heavy rain across eastern north carolina maybe even some flash flooding potentially reports of tar heel state and that warmth continues to pour into the year in the low tracks by our area saturday in the winter then increase tied to the bill does well on the backside of the system some colder air works in the evening saturday evening into the overnight still

the transition early sunday we could have some leftover snow showers sunday morning we'll be watching that so here's a quick look the latest cfs snowfall projections you could see maybe a trace to an inch or two around hampton roads and towards because once the lettering how washing away in one ear is out towards richmond look at that sixteen inches from that model and it is just a model but this is a good guidance for our general forecasting again with the euro you see lighter amounts virginia beach and hampton roads maybe a couple of inches. we'll see when a track that heavier amounts up to the west i will take a quick look at a seven day forecast to jump off let's go back to the maverick and i do assure you the temperatures to warm up the weekends a lot of it coming is rain colder in

. if the rates in autism or just alarming the national health interview survey done recently in twenty fifteen show that autism rate for children between the ages of three to seventeen years old to be one in forty five children that's for both boys and girls is essentially two percent of the child population so those numbers along with increased media attention and many parents of young kids alarmed. so joining us today to talk about autism screening and early intervention is chd pediatrician john harrington yet made this are like carsr usalk to me about at first it was one forty five boys now it's one twenty

because we sure are getting information about children at age eight and the national databases are looking at that and the most recent one done last year on hazard at one forty five and if you think about it if it's one in four boys boys are really more like one thirty. mom and stuff so soon you are looking at this and the pediatricians are screaming for on the parents are aware of it on so we are getting better at diagnosing and in providing services to stay any cars yet we don't have and we don't have an unofficial cause we do know that somethings are more likely to provide impossible we call at the genetic phenomena since none so close pregnancies. i'm in a certain certain things related to environment if a cat that we do know. com prematurity and stuff like that are all risk factors that we found in larger studies and stuff but the thing is communicating that information to parents

provide what do we know about them and how can we treat it and stuff and this is what brings us to the topic of this conference that chd is doing with me via mass. i'm not necessarily for parents even though they're welcome to you really want to educate the front line people the pediatrician's the eighty eighth air base where they can learn at this conference and one is absolutely i think the things that work are we calling it the you know um to see if you know i'm worried he's basically lots of different topics but coping skills that parents and communication how kids we can communicate with them mama took my cam therapies complementary alternative therapies and they were talking about connectivity of the plane the lisa interesting study. new studies done on functional mri is and how the how the brain of a child has disconnected you because you're able now to see the wiring in the sap says happen correct might some of the new studies when you can actually have someone in an mri scanner in and ask them questions or do things with

what the brain is doing a beautiful important insight okay friday february fifteen h the brick house auditorium what time is it with an os can be from eight a m to four p m to four p m okay we'll also going to post that on

i welcome back to thirteen is now at noon with a live look at nor fake beautiful skies would have a clue as to what's coming back to a winter storm is headed our way in that bitter blast of the big headline today the other state of emergency in effect right now in virginia and one in north carolina that's because of weather storm that could bring lots of snow and ice to some part of the commonwealth including here in hampton roads has the latest snow

i cried so much detail with the system is still a changeable system so this is the way things look right now partial looking kind of timeline how things play out take a look this evening skies mainly clear so we are going to find a very pleasant evening it is a little chilly out there to stop in our mid thirties will become partly cloudy late tonight as we go tomorrow morning the system approaches clouds will increase and some ex precipitation or snow will come in from the southwest during the late morning hours and i think by around noon midday tomorrow we start to see that increasing across the area and maybe some rain showers near the coastal range would be more likely because of that mix in the snow will be likely and went through the early afternoon and as we head towards the evening. warmer air mixes into our system so much of the precipitation that we see across the area starts to transition to rain this is friday evening

seventy years where changes over to rain for a new kind of watch some of that away so glad to see exactly where that rain snow mix line is also the winds are going to start increasing from the northeast and ten at ten twenty to thirty mph and it could be some higher gusts the winds will continue to be pretty strong saturday morning and we are to see more here is a brain some of those pockets of rain could be heavy and gusty winds are going to start pushing the tides above normal this is saturday morning and into the early afternoon by saturday evening still wet windy the rain is going to mix looks like start to transition back to maybe some wintry precipitation or snow especially out to the last as colder air wraps back into the system. i told is a pretty complex things that are so many different details minor tidal flooding is possible saturday evening and sunday morning there could still be some snow showers lingering early and still windy with colder air across the region. i that's it breaking it down period by pyramid show you my snowfall

few minutes the two big gravel dominion virginia power's also watching the forecast as you know heavy snow and ice can bring down power lines leading to outages were killed in maine has a plan in place. they are ready to call in extra crews and resources if things get really bad. grab a pen write down this number you'll need it if your power goes out to report outages by calling dominion at one eight six six dom help. already this week the winter weather has kept virginia state police really busy from twelve o'clock in the morning wednesday to twelve o'clock in the morning thursday troopers responded to seven hundred and sixty seven traffic crashes statewide and three hundred and ninety two calls for disabled vehicles most of those wrecks when the northern and western parts of the state police say that drivers need to take extra caution when traveling through the winter weather well as the snow gets closer keep track of the changes that are coming no matter where you are download the thirty news now app and track the weather from anywhere. the app is free for

were thirteen years now we will have more coverage of the bitter conditions are to be dealing with with cruz live in the field starting tonight at four o'clock on a man accused in a deadly stabbing was due in court today virginia beach police arrested edward brooks in november. investigators say brooke stabbed and killed thirty five or older l stevens at members barber and beauty salon that some virginia beach boulevard near the convention center but it's not clear what led to the stabbing. brooks was set to have a preliminary hearing today on that murder charge brightness of the police are looking for an armed robber investigators released these pictures. police say yesterday two men approached a woman in the parking lot of the supreme park and shop on easthingn street the man had a gun and demanded that the woman and her purse. they ran off when they got a call the crime line if you recognize the people in this photograph all there is more backlash over hover boards and now the government is getting

warning about the popular devices that's been linked to dangerous issues and dangers on the slopes find out why

i know a new warning about hover boards the top government watchdog calling for suspension of all online sales of all overboard there are concerns not just about all those fires that we've seen but also the falls

here with that story with people calling the boards exploded damaging new report from the government says until further review sales of these hover boards should stop especially online whether it's a five hundred dollars or five thousand dollar model the safety of all hover boards called into question. we've seen enough fall and fire hazards to believe that this is the core safety issues in just a day before the safety announcements of northern california family says their hover board caught fire while being charged the forty eight such fire under investigation the family's two dogs kill could happen in the will of god or the fires one in the mall have captured the headlines but the chairman of the consumer product safety commission is also worried about this asked whether these hover boards have the right technology and software to adjust to the difference between a fifty pound child

adult they are designed in a manner that makes them take off when people are not ready for it. that is a hidden hazard and can create dangerous falls this morning thirteen models of hover boards are actually under investigation for all those battery fires those models account for more than half of the hover boards that have come into the country. amazon said this week it would fully refund consumers who bought one of those boards and the government is calling on other retailers to do the same that was to beat is reporting it was fifteen months ago a rocket launched a wall of silence and it ended in disaster if you remember that but now

. there's a warning in effect that some of the nation's top ski resort. watch out for avalanches gusty winds temperature swings and increases. well that

california and nevada several states have already seen skiers and snowboarders swept away and when an avalanche hits the results as you can imagine that can move or very high as small as a skier or as large as its hometown i've dug people out of the dugout myself so all i can see there is a god of what people in my party in nineteen seventy seven to get a long time ago when one person did make it up. experts say anyone planning a skiing vacation to stick with resorts the slopes there are less likely to have avalanches that isolated mountains very different natural disaster is causing problems across the globe right now about seventy bush fires are raging in tasmania just off the australian coast fire specialists in crews from australia have been called in to help the flames are threatening several small towns but so far no homes have been lost. local fire

to either leave their homes or get a fire safety plan in place a navy fleet ships out but there's different or something different about the vessel yet we have a look at the special features of the ships and what will howl that will save taxpayers a

. i our breaking news out of arizona and f sixteen jet crashed near air force base it happened north of luke air force base around two hours ago the cause of the crash is still under investigation this is their baghdad arizona. no word so far on any injuries. we're learning much more about the return of the interiors rockets to wallop the island you may remember the last time in terrace rocket launch from nasa center within twenty four team exploded six seconds after takeoff after liftoff and crashed back to

the launch pad has been repaired. now two and tears launches are set for this year. one of them should happen this summer and the other in the fall. both will send just supplies and experiments not people to the international space station. the navy has launched its first carrier strike group powered partly by biofuel calling it a milestone toward easing the military's reliance on foreign oil. the warships are the centerpiece of the navy's great green fleet part of a navy wide initiative to draw fifty percent of its power from alternative energy in four years for now the next fueling the ship is only ten percent biofuels and ninety percent petroleum secretary ray mavis says the change will save taxpayers a lot of money in the years to come all i will start with a look at the current skyview over norfolk on but we got some sunshine out there for

the world to step outside it's a little chilly out there but aside from that what a beautiful beautiful they were having on this thursday as i've been mentioning this is the time to try to get dad taking care of any of those last minute things maybe even put an offer on the outside a house you might have something you want to take care of this is the time to do the calm before the storm as we do have the wet and wintry weather set to move in with the next storm system tomorrow and into saturday things be a lot different even if we don't get a lot of snow right now will take the metro area in areas close to the coach coach is going to be more rain than snow it's still going to be kind of a nasty little stretch of weather later friday into saturday with wind rain tides being up so again you may want to take care of whatever you have to do today there will be better chances for the more persistent wintry weather a little farther inland where i get into all of this you can see right now things are pretty quiet time take a look that here dallas

why am i doing that this right here this little curly see just some scattered showers around dallas. this is the beginning this is the infancy of this storm system that is going to do so much across the atlantic up to the northeast us blizzard warnings in place you see there is a tornado watch box has been posted over east texas for basically write huge makeover through central louisiana in this area of low pressure that's the one that could attract along and through our area over the next forty eight to say sixty hours or so and as it moves along it's going to bring with it the weather so we start off with clear skies today and tonight the future cash showing you the increasingly shot to the southwest. this is early tomorrow morning around seven thirty we're still dry here as we take you through midday snow pushing into the western parts the area to mix precipitation across our area for awhile during the afternoon i do anticipate

mix for some snow showers across parts of the arena continues to the north and west. while it transitions to rain across virginia beach and chesapeake up into portsmouth and norfolk as we had the late afternoon evening. more rain showers anything else. very heavy rain down over eastern north carolina that's going to track through the area as the low pressure comes through the winds are going to be stronger and we are going to see the tides building above normal some potential for minor tidal flooding later saturday and look at the persistent snow with the colder air the moisture farther inland this is the area that is have some areas could see two feet of snow with this system very heavy snow persisting out that way as we go saturday night and early sunday a lot of what weather becomes more showering but colder air is going to push back in the backside of this and we will see chances for a few snow showers early sunday morning so we'll be watching that as far as amounts go i think we could see a trace

bit more across parts of the southside the farther west you go the more you see the totals going up queensbury area maybe two three or four inches. we get towards richmond six to twelve so does get heavier up that way as we take a look at the seven outlook there is light at the end of the tunnel. i think as we go through the day on sunday will see improvements a few morning snow showers

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