is different. still one in or fact. so again there are certain areas where i like one over the other and then i might like the other one for another area g f s nineteen n richmond six in newport is almost three and norfolk so again i'll add all these together all tht pick and choose which ones i like for which parts of our viewing area and give you my map my comeback but the bottom line is a huge storm for much of virginia even around here strong winds high tides a mess with snow and heavy rain the back to snow again. i'll detail it all coming up the stuff we just got another advisory and matthew county public schools are closed for tomorrow not right now north carolina and virginia are under states of emergency imposed by governor pat mccrory and terry mcauliffe come ahead of a chance for significant snow fall and serve as a warning to residents christina surgical talk with governor mcauliffe about the move and kristina what does this mean for us. well essentially

stay ahead of this winter storm and so do we and equipping is already in place some crews have already been deployed in even more are on standby to keep you safe the walleyes are in the incoming severe weather in virginia governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency early thursday morning state of emergency allows us to move all the equipment without any weight limit issues in addition allows you to mobilize the national guard so this morning we met with the guard jenna williams tower folks together mcauliffe says that the operation for the sea is costly but nonetheless necessary. it costs about two three million dollars an hour and a full throttle storm going on but we do we've got over two hundred million in the budget cuts have already been pre treating roads in areas that are expected to be snowed in but even without the worst of the weather here already. there's trouble. we had about seven hundred and sixty five accidents just yesterday the normal amount would be two hundred but

going to be treacherous out there stay off the road led us to our workers get a letter to be able to move around and you're on top of a rose and tap the situations but sorta help us get our work done governor mcauliffe also told me that his folks are keeping a very close eye on this storm an hour and by hour updates he will be receiving and of course you'll be taking all the measures he needs to make sure everyone is safe out there reporting live in norfolk for caesar j co thirteen years now. no weather related problems on the interstates tonight but that could change come tomorrow. that doesn't mean that the dot crews are resting up ahead of tomorrow's storm crews are already pre treating roadways across the commonwealth. they started the prep work yesterday and that work continues today in this case in newport news along i sixty four which is a big concern when the storm its crews will be pre treating the interstates this evening and well in their trucks to also be keeping a close eye

traveled route one ninety nine yesterday with a brine solution to keep it from getting slain during the brief snow early last night we started doing brunt of applications on our ramps and bridges and some of our primary roads are crowded because of it last night and this afternoon and this evening. the dutch administrator for the williamsburg region says crews will start reading the interstate with the salt and water mixture to get ahead of the storm. so as the precipitation starts to fall as snow. you have a layer of snow doesn't fall onto the road right away most of us have a gay gene or be able to tell us what the temperature is outside the doubt has something similar to a laser thermometer on the trucks to tow the cruise when is about to be trouble with the bridges and overpasses as they are doing their snow operations they can look at

is to determine whether or not is getting close to freezing temperature whether application of the braces or salt. at that time is is is needed it's all hands on deck for the dot with the road crews working twelve hour shifts live in newport news focus gave thirteen is now seen it happen says they're continuing to monitor the storm one hundred and thirty public works crew started treating roads yesterday the city says they have about two thousand gallons of brine and a thousand tons of salt and twenty five snowplows home ready to go shelter has been set up at the first presbyterian church on our must adapt with a similar scene in virginia beach the frost control spent the morning pre treating bridges and overpasses they're expecting to head back out tomorrow morning rush hour when things get bad and city officials tell us thirty trucks will be out treating roadways with crews

away from jeff's full forecast you can also get hampton roads most accurate forecasters and straight to your smartphone with the thirteen years now whether caster app you can also check out the thirteen years now and winter weather guide on my website get all the information you need to know hannah during and after the storm you can find it on thirteen years now dot dot com under the weather tab now could the solution to traffic trouble be more tolls. so part of a new proposal to turn hov lanes into express lanes but not all motorists say they want to pay up and preparing for the worse the field in punggol becomes a training ground for local fire fighters in the event of

. police have released the name of a man who allegedly dropped off a suspicious package at a local military base virginia beach police charged this man twenty eight will lead a bolo with threats to bomb a witness told thirteen news now he sobs dollar's drop a suitcase outside of gate five at the joint expeditionary base little creek fort story then walk away. this prompted both military police and virginia beach police to shut down parts of shore drive for more than two hours as they investigated beach police say

more information about the incident him in the us and thus content it is on its way today fifth fleet area of operations crew left an orphan naval station this afternoon while there they will provide fuel and supplies to aircraft carriers at sea and the persian gulf and parts of the indian ocean one getting ready for the real deal today in virginia beach the navy and local first responders practice how they'd react if a military plane came crashing down like going tells us there was a real sense of deja vu i am today in the field in punggol virginia beach and chesapeake firefighters worked side by side with peers from the navy's mid atlantic region fire department all with a common goal get to the fire get it out save whoever can be saved. getting everybody working together

getting is actually fighting a fire that we don't normally fight has given him experience doing that plus to seeing how all different agencies coordinate with each other we work with the military so closely so to bring everybody together is his sad great opportunity to spend time together and work out the kinks now just as they did in april two thousand and twelve when it happened for real and oceania fa eighteen hornet fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex upper neck road forty units were destroyed but somehow nobody was hurt or killed. oh she as captain credits training like this without that training without that communication between the city in the navy. i don't show the results would've been the same because the response was incredible the hope is of course they'll never again need to put this kind of training to actual years but military operations have their hazards and it's good to be ready just in case my getting

work closings to bring you franklin in gloucester county public schools are closed tomorrow as you can see we have all the closings and delays and early dismissals at our website thirteen is now the com later put them at the bottom of your screen you can also find them again on our website still had to pay more to avoid traffic that's what the dot wants to know we'll tell you about the new proposal that could put a price on those hov lanes and the weather authority continues to attract winter weather bearing down on hampton roads jeff has your

back more tolls could come to local interstates leaders in hampton roads are looking into options that would add tolls to hov lanes both options are long on i sixty four hurricane talk to state transportation secretary aubrey layne about the possible change yet and he's stressing that this store would just be a choice that drivers would make it's not mandatory. he also says that more tolls are needed to pay for expensive projects here and elsewhere in the commonwealth simply no way these projects can be delivered without tolls speaking before the hampton roads transportation planning organization thursday transportation secretary aubrey layne said tolls are necessary to find big infrastructure projects

proposed projects like expanding teacher bt because oil prices are plummeting and the wholesale gas taxes are falling short of their projections that the state level were down about twenty percent because of the production from where it was but they're almost fifty percent in the region. lane is proposing adding tolls to hov lanes along i sixty four turning them into so called hot lanes every time we get someone off that plane is congestion. it helps relieve congestion on those lines the plan targets two stretches of i sixty four the first i five sixty four to eight to sixty four and from there down to battlefield blvd in chesapeake. lane says the price of the tolls would fluctuate based on congestion when sensors along the interstate register slowing traffic in the free lanes the price of the toll lanes increases the cave that is is a choice. hot lanes are based on the same concept as the express lanes on i ninety five in northern virginia

the reduced travel times by up to twenty percent but some drivers here in hampton roads remain skeptical given the traffic in hampton roads quicker it doesn't happen well it will take several months for the plane an organization to complete a feasibility study on the stalls right now there are no plans to bring these hot lanes to the peninsula erik ainge thirteen years now. alright usually start with radar but there's nothing on it we got a lot to talk about so let's go right to the timeline with the storm mainly clear this evening becoming partly cloudy by late tonight storm still not here yet farm warning system approaches from the south and west with increasing clouds mixed precipitation or snow starts to move in some of the far south western counties and then by tomorrow afternoon mix precipitation or snow gradually increases a little bit of a snow or more of a mix and with rain in it likely at the coastline

carolina then the warmer air mixes and tomorrow during the evening and overnight much of the precipitation will change to rain here for the seven cities except for northern and western parts of the area winds will increase twenty to thirty with higher gusts and then friday night very windy heavy rain continues minor tidal flooding wind gusts over fifty mph potentially saturday rain to a mix of late like more like evening for the metro rain mix over the snow though farther north and west minor flight of tidal flooding still possible saturday night sunday snow likely in most areas still windy with higher tides as well. here's what i'd put together all the different maps some that i thought were very good and this is the first one just through tomorrow at seven p m a trace born in south side one to three for northern western areas three to six over richmond and still be adding up quickly after seven pm giving us a grand total

sixteen inches in richmond five to eight from east of richmond back down through around the williamsburg area for rita five on the peninsula one to three in the south side again the timing is a mix to some rain back to snow but those are the bottom line numbers once we're completely done with the event so here goes the timing again now that we just showed on the timeline that changeover from snow back to rain and then back to snow again and only some sleep i'm a tiny bit worried some of the areas like west point center could have maybe even william parker have a little bit of freezing rain on top of everything before we get that changeover this is what has the best shot at bringing us here in the metro area the snow again and the accumulations and that would be during the night saturday night and into sunday so tonight twenty seven partly cloudy by late tonight mid twenties and one tomorrow. mostly cloudy in the morning and cold and then the mix starts to develop a rain snow mix depending on

north and west tomorrow evening tomorrow night wet and windy still a mixer some snow farther north and west and with us on a saturday even sunday we'll be talking about some lingering light snow probably everywhere even maybe down into north carolina and write this stuff we're tracking that whether day or night and there's a lot to track so before you head out the door tomorrow morning check in with thirteen is now at day break starting at four thirty but hang on scott has more cool stuff to talk about having a nice thought that the admirals have been bringing up the rear most of the season in the echl but they've turned things around just in time for another pink in the rink night this saturday night of course and scope this was last year's pink in the ring so you know it looks like it's a little muddled but it's pink it's of course raises awareness for the fight against breast cancer since the start of two thousand and sixteen the amazon one seven and two they should get plenty of support to saturday night as

the biggest crowd of support a great cause breast way or another either friends or family so it's a great cause to promote sports team high twenty six season due to us. yeah what what's the difference. i know it's been it angry august the start of year is a struggling a lot of injuries i've never seen a team of more injuries in this box now we're all good healthy the right time or plain fun playing together as a unit and it's been a big thing for some fine sixteen solar of the midway point of season you just feel like it's up about from here. absolutely we're in this bar an hour feeling good where we are um yeah i'm sure a lot of teams looking down the stands but i can tell you there. this is plenty wanted was for sure your team captain with his or general message that you try to bring to the rink every day yet so i mean not known them for a long time is its consistency when it comes across the shop everyday to work in you know via

it's come into work every day is the biggest thing as a pro once again thinking like a saturday night but the animals are also home tomorrow night in

. most part last night virginia tech played like a team that belonged in second place in the acc which is where they started the night when they played notre dame on the road shane henry with a dunk second half coming up right near a six point lead for the hop's i was to come back to tie but exactly day a game high twenty two including this three coming up but i wish to regain the lead the hope he's missed a shot at the buzzer for the win and lost eighty three that he won virginia wesleyan home last night against bridgewater. we were there for the start that was the right time to be there. they hit their first

including that one from justin was in the lead nine nothing trail info and tickets and high school course now the marlin the end a game high twenty to go back to watson again watson was red hot beginning at thirteen points in the first five minutes of the game twenty three to two at that point they led by twenty one points they ended up winning by twenty one points eighty five to sixty four minus six and won the conference. o you plays western kentucky to that one highlights eleven and will say time for sports spotlight a this thursday that is thirteen years now and six are updated this hour thanks for joining us everyone will be watching

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