more light rain now entering far southwestern virginia. raindrops may be here in the 8:00 to 9:00 time frame for this evening. by 11:00 midnight, lows in the 30s and tomorrow very windy and chilly. highs in the 40s. windchills 20s and 30s tomorrow afternoon. a big change from today. rest of the seven-day coming up in a few more minutes. >>> the hackers behind a major information breach at a security firm say more attacks are on the way. the group calls itself unanimous. they admit stealing tens of thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information from a company called stratfo. >> the information includes individuals who work for the defense department, private companies and foreign embassies. it's a wake-up call says one expert to protect yourself against cybercrime. it was a cyberattack with a message. a loose knit group of hackers called unanimous stealing up to 4,000 names, home addresses and credit card information from stratfor. >> it is an embarrassment and companies have to make sure that they are responsible enough to

more showers in far southwestern virginia. most of these will die out before they get here.they live long enough to reach us, they'll be here in four to five to six hours time frame from now. if you have a flight coming in from later tonight up the eastern seaboard, a messy go. big flight days, boston, new york city, philadelphia, newark, new jersey. snow showers heading out toward detroit and cleveland. severe weather of all things down across the outer banks of north carolina. a lot going on. a very energized storm system as it goes racing on by tonight it will clear the rain out of here before midnight. it will clear the skies out before you get up tomorrow morning and as it pulls away, a very steep pressure gradient sets up so we'll start out dry and breezy. tomorrow will be wind whipped for sure. plenty of sunshine east of the mountains. plenty of cloud cover for you folks up in high spots and then noticeably colder weather for tomorrow night into early thursday. the good news is that real cold stuff won't stick around for too long. on our future weather here, look at t

they are coming from southwestern virginia. that will move our way. we will see these off and on and throughout the day and night and even on into tomorrow. i do think that it will get heavier by tomorrow afternoon and evening. here is a look at the cold front. that cold air is just crawling. this is taking its sweet old time. by tomorrow evening as this storm develops, somewhere over the carolinas and southern virginia that is where the cold air should be in place. with the storm is when our range all should become heavier. -- hour rainfall should become heavier. there should be some wet snow from the northwest to the southeast. this is after rush-hour. road temperatures, somewhere in the 50's. it will take some cooling for the snow to cause any accumulation. right now just a frosting on grass surfaces at best. tonight, upper 40's. temperatures dropping all day tomorrow. by tomorrow evening, we will be back in the 30's as we see a changeover too thick snow. this thursday, and the snow should melt away quickly. >> a blast of winter weather caused some

you notice the heavy showers from southwestern virginia. so, we at times today could see a couple of heavier showers. there will be some lulls also. another area of low pressure, that's going to come at us as we get into tomorrow. tomorrow night, with rain and main even a little bit of wet snow. we'll show you the future cast. today, we've got the showers on and off. we'll advance it toward the noon hour now. some breaks out to the west. we'll go through the afternoon. less action this afternoon than this morning. now, tonight, a couple of showers roll through. temperatures tonight get into the low 50s. tomorrow, we start the morning with moderate to heavy rain in spots. it could be a messy commute wednesday morning. temperatures on wednesday slowly dropping off through the day. we'll have rain most of the day. now, by wednesday night, look out to the west in the shenandoah valley, west of interstate 81. rain changing to snow. there could be some minor accumulations, some of the snow or rain may end as snow. ground is warm. temperatures are

look at the heavy rains moving into williamsport to cumberland into southwestern virginia and on the western edge of that, you see the blue. that's snow. rain changing over to snow in those areas and higher elevations, it is colder. better chance of snow longer than we will. light rains now on live doppler 9000 hd. st. mary's county, southern calvert. it has been a very dry day so far down there. another area here in the metro, the rain continues light to occasionally moderate now. we've got some pockets of heavier downpours off to the west. we're watching this around the hancock area out of paw paw. hagerstown down to 81. a breakdown from charlestown in toward purcellville there in western loudoun county. so, we'll see more rain no doubt for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures also tell the story. 70 at tappahannock and salisbury. down to 55 with 50 in the shenandoah valley. 34 in oakland at garrett county. they're shooting for next weekend, skiers. sorry about that. light rain, 55 with a north- northeast wind at 57. the rain opt bigger picture, look at this season, spinning are

they developed two hours southwest, southwestern virginia and central virginia, and they will move to fort -- moving to washington. the timing is around the evening rush hour and thereafter. here is our atmospheric set up. i want to point out this snow as far south as alabama and mississippi. what is causing this snow and the rain in parts of tennessee -- that is some of our level energy. this is the typical setup that we see all the time. it will move over head this weak area of low pressure. it is weak right now, but as it interacts with the upper level activity causing the presentation that will strengthen and intensify that system as it moves of the eastern seaboard. that will enhance our rainfall. with cooler air in place give us the change over to snow right around 11:00 p.m. locally. from about 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in the metro area, that is when we can expect a change over from the rain into the wet snow. but ground temperatures are still very warm, so it will be tough to accumulate anything. it will happen earlier on in the northwest of the metro area. northwest is where w

but you don't have to go far into southwestern virginia before you run into the rain drops. here's the planner tomorrow. cloudy to get you started and rain almost as soon as you get to work tomorrow. and the heaviest from lunchtime to dinner time tomorrow. we'll talk about that with the details on the timing and the rest of the seven-day forecast on into 2012. that's in a few minutes. back to you. >>> the iowa caucuses are just over a week away now. and one of the republican candidates, rick perry isoping that america's self proclaimed toughe toughe toughe toughe toughe toughe toughe toughe toughest sheriff can help his campaign. newt gingrich is trying to rebound from a drop in the polls. >> he has a wave theory of politics that he is the man for the time. he was the man for a few weeks ago but that is not big enough to carry him forward. >> gingrich wants to be a write in candidate on the virginia primary ballot after he didn't get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. but doing that would be difficult because it would require a change in law. and he doesn't see the

more back to the west and heavier burst of rain into the mountains of southwestern virginia and west virginia itself. it's moving in our direction. so we will have periods today that will be's little bit dicey. 60 in dover. 57 in baltimore. and back up to 60 in york, p.a. but the place also get snow in just a little bit. not today week go into the low 60s. periods of rain heavy at times and we will talk about that snow and have your first call snow mack in just a few minutes. 6:30 here's angela with traffic. >>> starting to see usual delays out there for you. for this time morning, first, we need to let you know you need to plan to use 197, 50 or 450 instead of crane highway a big serious accident involving a tractor trailer on crane highway shut down between 50 and 450. in the meantime, we are starting to see some of the usual delays crop up southbound 95 at route32. also making the drive on 59 through howard county north of maryland 100 seeing heavy traffic in both directions there. and on the west side of the beltway, at liberty road, starting to see some heavy traffic in the oute

southwestern virginia, points south from there, moving in from the southwest. crowds -- clouds are over the area. we will see it moving toward washington after the morning drive today. then it will become moderate to heavy for a few hours this afternoon before ending after the rush hour. a dry drive to work but a wet and drive home. notice of the moisture. very saturated air that is going to move into town. we are going to get some cooler air. that is going to come from a cold front. that will spill into to net -- into town tonight. winds will be gusty associated with that air. you will noticed the wind blowing. here is our computer model. i will take you around town. around the beltway very close to an inch. three-quarters of an inch to just over an inch. a healthy rainfall nonetheless. this computer gives us a good ballpark estimate of what to expect. 42 in the district. 37 in winchester. bumping us to near 50 degrees and tomorrow cooling into the mid 40's with those winds out of the northwest. low 50's by friday but no pig temperatures. >> we will look at in

here's a look at satellite and radar with clouds overhead areas of rain are moving through southwestern virginia and we should see that leading edge of rain moving into d.c. after the morning rush-hour which will become heavy at times into the afternoon and kick out of town around dinner time tonight. that is for the metro area. this is the area of low pressure down to the southwest moving right to washington later on today. a high-pressure system we had yesterday is out over the ocean. we have a cold front to the northwest which will provide colder air for tomorrow. this low pressure system is strengthening. that will give us gusty winds on the backside of this for tomorrow. overall rate for all accumulation today, this is our computer model. parts of prince george's county will have about 8/10 of 1 inch. around the beltway, close to 1 inch. southern maryland will have a little bit less. that is a good estimate of what to expect in terms of rainfall accumulation. we are on our way to 48 degrees this afternoon with a light southerly breeze. that wind will gusted to 40 and 45 miles per hour tomor

heavier showers in southwestern virginia, extreme southern west virginia. those will roll over the next few hours. while we may get lulls, may get a heavy shower pushing through. definitely see how we're going to have the activity coming in waves at times. here we are this morning. waves of moisture and rain. later this afternoon, a lull as we put the first wave past us. tomorrow, stronger area of low pressure comes with rain which will change to a little bit of snow north and west by tomorrow night. main as we get into wednesday night, you might be seeing some of that west of 81. conversational flake or two closer to home here before this thing pulls away. let's show you the seven-day forecast with temperatures which are going to be in the 60s today are. they'll cool into the 50s tomorrow. i expect temperatures. thursday, clearing. breezy, colder in the mid-40s. by friday, we're near 50 degrees. chilly with temperatures in the 40s. should be sunny and dry. absolutely gorgeous to look at the home of the crystal clear ice here of the nativity scene. carver j

you can see a lot of dry conditions back down across southwestern virginia and southern west virginia. that will promise us a dry late night period and a dry start tomorrow. the good night wake-up forecast, plenty of clouds around. can't rule out the rain chances. getting your thursday off to a cloudy, mild start. upper 40s and low 50s tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, a break or two of sunshine. clouds fill back in. a mild day with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. rain likely starting as soon as the sun goes down tomorrow. most of the rain will be thursday night into early friday morning. friday afternoon, friday night should be dry for those getting out of town to grandma's house. saturday looks dry and chilly. a chance of a little rain and possibility of a christmas snow flake. not much to worry about. you can watch it on our website at www.nbcwashington.com or follow me on twitter. back to you. >> thank you, chuck. >>> more than 100 puppies arrived in the district after being rescueed from a kennel in arkansas. the animal rescue league took in the dogs. they will be treated

the leading edge of the clouds is all the way into far southwestern virginia. clear skies for the early parts of the evening. the clouds are in place. the rain racing north, could be in the southwestern neighborhoods as early as 8:00. the heaviest of the rain comes in during the afternoon tomorrow and the cold front blows it out of here late tomorrow night and a blustery day into wednesday. on the future weather, zoomed in nice and tight, no problems overnight. early tomorrow morning, rain drops sneaking in. frozen presip in the shenandoah valley. heaviest of the rain lunchtime to dinner time tomorrow. then the back end of the rain comes in shortly after sunset. clouds increasing after midnight. overnight lows in the 30s. cloudy and wet. rain likely from lunchtime to dinner time. the seven day forecast, tomorrow is the wet one. wednesday is the windy one. thursday and friday, quiet. temperatures 40s to 50s. new year's eve, 52. extra clouds around. as of now, it looks like new year's rebelers will not have to deal with rain drops of snow flakes. >> they will hav

you can see the steadier rainfall moving across portions of west virginia, southwestern virginia, ohio, places like that. that is what we'll get moving in here later on today. because of that, because we do expect some heavy rain, there is a coastal flood advisory that will go into effect today at 3:00 for anne arundel county and also st. mary's and calvert county, southern baltimore and hartford county. that will remain in effect until 1:00 tomorrow morning because of the wind and the rain that we expect, particularly because of winds. we could see some coastal flooding in those areas. your day planner for today, look for a high around 46 degrees. rain develops late morning, early afternoon and hangs with us into the evening hours. we'll have more on all of that coming up in just a little bit. stick with us. >> we will. thank you. >>> let's check with lauren and get a look at traffic. >> lighter than usual volume but just slightly. we have plenty of cars out there on the roads. they are by no stretch empty. let's take a look here northbound 95 we do have an accident involving a tracto

you see some of the clouds across west virginia, southwestern virginia, ohio.his is all moving in from the west to the east. that's why i think a little bit later today, we could get into some of the clouds. temperatures cold. frosty. 21 now in manassas. there is the cold stuff, frederick up to new york. upper teens there with 28 in fredericksburg. 29 in cambridge. and in readville, just spoke to jan on the northern neck. frost yet. big temperatures still in the low to mid-40s. they'll see temperatures today low 50s down there. we'll be around 50 for a high. in a few spots north and northwest of town will hold with temperatures staying in the 40s. but not too bad a day at all. monika samtani, we're building some volume here as we approach 5:30. >> we're building volume. normal for this time of the morning. things are looking fine on the beltway. we'll zoom into the northside where there are no troubles to report in silver spring leaving college park and into bethesda. we'll take a live look first in college park whether you're heading over to the west side on t

the snows follow the cold air all of the way down into far southwestern virginia snowing into great smoky mountains national forest. dry slot for now. cold air coming in. i can't rule out a few more l n lonesome raindrops. dry and breezy start coming your way tomorrow. a mix of clouds and sunshine but wind whipped sunshine for sure. tomorrow winds out of the west at 20 to 30 miles an hour. gusts over 40 miles per hour at times. much colder weather coming our way. windchills tomorrow holding near freezing and then on thursday, mostly sunny. temperatures back down into the 40s once again. at least by thursday that wind will be gone. overnight tonight, once the rains are gone, the skies will clear out late tonight. wind will start to increase. west winds 12 to 24 miles an hour. wake-up temperatures 30s to near 40. tomorrow, cloudy skies for the north and west. sunshine from washington southbound and extremely windy day tomorrow. could cause some power outages. be on the ready for that. trees are in saturated ground right now and a strong breeze can knock them over. precautionary raindrop put

it is pretty broken back into west virginia and just getting well moving into areas of southwestern virginia, some moderately heavy rain. that's a couple of hours away. i think the moderately heavy rain starts now from noon to 1:00, maybe even earlier. the high today 49 degrees, thanks to a wind out of the south. moderate and heavy rain will reduce the visibility today. keep that in mind if you've got plans to be out on area roads between noontime and 6:00 today. by 7:00 our rain will end, will clear rather quickly. it will be breezy. that is going to lead us with a rather kind of chilly day tomorrow. we'll talk about how much wind we're going to get coming up in a couple of minutes. and your four-day forecast that does include new year's eve and new year's day. hello. hello. time to celebrate a bit, right, carol? >> and cheers. >>> we had a lot of accidents and incidents early this morning. some very early morning hours got us off to a very weird start. at the moment op the inner loop of the beltway in virginia, an accident at 236. all lanes getting by. police are there on the scene. over a

back in to the mountains, sprinkles and rain from southwestern portions of virginia to the gulf of mexico we stay once again on the warm side. it is generating snow in the in the morning fringe. we got ourselves a cloudy day at the start. we will push those showers in by lunchtime, probably get heavy rain and rumble of thunder portions of the chesapeake afternoon and the evening after high of 49. let's look at the traffic again. here is angela. >> good morning, on the roadways, you should find quiet conditions for the most part. especially on our key routes right now. baltimore county police say expect a brief slowdown if you are traveling in north baltimore, cockeysville, warren, fender bender. beltway, looking good. making the way through columbia this morning, u.s. 29 at maryland 108, volume light for you. northbound and southbound and here is a live look at u.s. 50, i-97, 97 looking good, especially in the northbound lanes from 50 up to route 100. back over to you. >>> it was a bitter feud that separated them in 1985, van halen plans to go on tour next year, is david lee roth coming a

there is the next batch of rain down to the south and west moving across southwestern portions of virginia. so some continued light rain and more rainfall coming in during the course of the late morning and afternoon hours. your day planner for today, certainly it will be cloudy. periods of shower activity. high today about 06 degrees which is where we were yesterday and that is a full 10 degrees above normal. so one more mild day and then we begin to cool down and we get cold by the end of this week for many. you. >> cold he have we've seen so far this season for highs? >> no, not quite. >> all right. thank you. >>> definitely colder than what we have now though. >> that's for sure. juror wet pavement is what we're waking up to and the remain of an accident which is still tying up our commute as you travel between 450 and 50. this wreck occurred overnight and it involves a tanker truck now back up on its wheels. we had to offload some fuel before we could get it out of there. the southbound stretch of route 3 has been reopened. northbound side of roadway we mains closed and still, as can

some snowflakes flying through the air across the panhandle of west virginia, eastbound along the potomac. loudon county, southwesternts, they are drifting in your direction. again, this is not going to add up to much. no more than a little bit of a dusting for the lucky few who even get that. here's the satellite picture. look at the clearing skies across south central and southeastern virginia. the clearing line will gradually work its way to the north. we'll have increasing amounts of shine fort day. off to a cold start. the skies clearing overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. another cold start in nearly every location. even downtown and bayside will drop below freezing. tomorrow afternoon, the sunshine is back. cold air eroded away. up close to 50 tomorrow. enjoy the sunshine while you can. by tuesday morning, a weather front will mean more clouds than sunshine for tuesday and rain chances likely for tuesday afternoon and especially wednesday. so with all that in mind, here's your forecast for today. plenty of clouds but clearing out later this afternoon. windchills in the 30s. sun goes down at 4:48 this