under showing up in northern west virginia -- thunder showing up in northern west virginia. all data from the great lakes is working towards us for the start of the weekend. the day started with temperatures in the 30's finishing in the 40's. it is almost 60 degrees in oakland. you can see the warm air to the west. a chance of a shower after midnight. light southeast wind. we will bottom out in the low 40's. this area of low pressure brings unsettled weather for the first half of tomorrow. the low pressure drops in from the north and west sunday evening. each day of the week and has a chance of rain. it does not mean it will be running the whole time. the best chance of rain tomorrow morning. a few breaks in the clouds tomorrow afternoon. sunshine during the middle part of the day on sunday. another batch of showers arrives sunday evening. it is of low and sold but not a complete washout. -- is a little unsettled but not a complete washout. small craft advisor on the bay. water temperatures in the low 50's. western maryland has a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. e

west and north of i-95. generally below freezing. that includes northern virginia, most of maryland, west virginia, and western maryland. and even on the eastern shore, away from the waters. many locations there are near the freezing mark. now as we go forward today, for bowie and prince george's county, for much of the region, going to be into the mid 40s by noontime to near 50 degrees. then during the afternoon, it will peak in the mid 50s. briefly upper 50s through parts of northern virginia, central virginia. closer around the metro area, it will peak in the mid 50s by mid to late afternoon. lots of sunshine. then early this evening through mid evening, we'll have a mostly clear sky. by midnight, near 40 degrees. by dawn, we'll be holding steady near 40. not as cold as this morning. and then tomorrow, a big change on the way. we'll have it into the mid 70s tomorrow afternoon. a lot of clouds around. maybe a passing afternoon thundershower. and then sun back thursday and friday, highs in the 60s. over the weekend, might get rain on saturday. danella, good mornin

temperatures are cold, that dark blue zone, down into the 30s much of northern west virginia and western maryland. closer to washington, around shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, the light blue zone north and west of washington, too, in the 40s. near 50 in washington. southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. here's the day planner for this friday. we'll have the sunrise at 6:28. we'll have sunshine breaking out here through the morning and during the afternoon, sunny, reaching near 60 by early afternoon. winds gusting now around 20 to 25 will diminish tonight. a cold night tonight if you're going out. clear and cold, down to near 40 by midnight. cold start to the weekend, too. we'll look at that and into next week in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. taking the dulles toll road, heading toward the beltway, that's where you're going to travel just under speed at 52 miles per hour. not by much. a minute ago, you were in the 40s. but now you're picking up at about 52 miles per hour. but once you get inside the beltway, on the dulles toll road, that's where you're g

all of these areas in yellow, including most of west virginia, western maryland, areas north and west of washington, the rest of northern virginia, all under this threat for some strong storms. some of these storms could produce some damaging winds and hail. the timeframe for that, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., mainly around the metro area. maybe in western maryland, northern and west virginia, perhaps by about 1:00, first sometimes arriving there. how are the temperatures doing? they're climbing into the 60s off to our west, martinsburg up to 67 degrees. 75 petersburg, west virginia. some of the warm air coming in ahead of the front of the it will likely come our way. right now still on the cool side, we're in the low 60s around washington, the bay and eastern shore. charleston, west virginia, the mid 70s, into jackson, kentucky, and some of the area of mildness coming in ahead of the front will likely make its way in here perhaps over the next cull of hours. now here's what's happening. the view from space. quite a bit of cloudiness coming in here now. look at the line in color, that is a zone of some thunder and lightning

the cloud cover is thinning out in western maryland, northern west virginia. mostly cloudy throughout the region and in this blue zone, turning much colder. the dark blue area, into the 30s western may is, western maryland -- western west virginia, western maryland. loudoun county, montgomery, frederick counties, up toward washington county, just near 40 degrees now. many locations. near 50 in washington, this whole green zone is in the low to mid 50s. and that includes southern maryland, northern neck and the eastern shore. they're still getting lingering sprinkles. farther west and north, it has turned much colder. it should be warming back up today. in fact, by 9:00, back into the low 50s much of the region. and still blustery, and we'll have the winds that are gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. those will diminish by later this afternoon. we get lots of sunshine. temperatures will peak near the upper 50s, near 60 early around the metro area and points south. west and north, it will probably stay in the low to mid 50s and then dropping to near 50 by

few sprinkles of light rain out of the highlands of west virginia, western maryland, northern west virginia. that will tend to dry as you moves closer to us. clouds drifting through by later this afternoon. we will have the clouds beginning to move in to the metro area perhaps another hour or so coming in from the west and so for the rest of the afternoon, expect a few clouds to come through and it will be still chill ychilly. temperatures near 50 degrees by mid afternoon a light southerly breeze that will pick up a bit by tomorrow. bringing in some warmer weather. we will talk about that the end of the week and the weekend all coming up in just a couple of minutes. barbara. >> let's get to the weekend, tom. come on in here. we will see you in a few minutes. >>> let's check on the midday traffic now here is danella sealock. good morning. >> good morning. if you are taking the rails scheduled track work slowing you down. single tracking between arlington cemetery and foggy bottom. you can see delays in both directions. traveling on i-66, cones are up as road work continues. stick to the righ

as well as out in west virginia. up into northern pennsylvania they are getting snow showers here on the 9th day of march. that won't hit here. clearing sky for the rest of the afternoon. and maybe up near 60 parts of northern virginia. generally around the metro area, make it into the mid 50s by mid wraf in an. clear and cold tonight. it will be down to the 20s to near 30 degrees tomorrow morning. then with the sunshine tomorrow, only up near 50. quite a chilly day saturday and then saturday night we spring ahead one hour. sunday, sunshine back again. we will have it a bit warmer after a cold start and wild start to the week. maybe rain on tuesday. barbara. >> all right, thank you, tom. >>> right now, the -- excuse me. southbound lanes of south dakota avenue between rigs road and kennedy street are closed. it should last until sunday, we understand. road crews are preparing for the upcoming parliament closure on the rigs road ramp to south dakota avenue next week. >>> checking in with danella. >> if you are planning on heading out o

west of washington over the next couple of hours. a chilly morning. temperatures now down into the mid 30s across much of northern virginia and maryland. it's actually near freezing in frederick county, maryland, most locations above freezing. shenandoah valley and into the west virginia panhandle. upper 30s, around 40. in southern montgomery county, low 40s and much of fairfax county and arlington in the upper 30s and low 40s now. near 40 in prince george's county, much of southern maryland from la plata over across the river toward manassas and prince william county. in the mid 30s there, too. quite a chill in the air. have a few sprinkles showing up, coming to the ohio valley. those may arrive later today. only a small chance. might have sun mid morning. 40s to near 50. by noontime, up into the 50s. maybe briefly near 60. a lot of clouds. cloudy the rest of the afternoon. small chance of a sprinkle. i think the greater chance is going to be later this evening. we'll look at that in ten minutes. danella? >>> starting with the rails, not seeing delays on the metro, marc, and vre. now over to the roadways. 66 westbound at lee highway. t

toward the 3:00 hour may have strong thunderstorms across parts of eastern ohio, northern, west virginia. rain moving in toward the shenandoah valley into fauquier county. as we get into the afternoon rush, 5:00 p.m., there could be moderate showers, maybe a few heavy ones as well all the way from garrett county back down toward d.c. southern maryland some rain. the heaviest showers by 10:00 will be east of us. then we're going to wait for the front. that front will be coming probably late morning tomorrow. out ahead of it overnight, some showers, maybe some storms by 5:00 a.m. colder air making the rain change to snow back in the mountains well west of us. by 10:45 we're still cloudy but the bulk of the rain by 10:45 looks like it's going to be already south and east of d.c. maybe a little longer southern maryland, the eastern shore and northern neck. if you have afternoon plans outside tomorrow, it's not going to be the warmest day but we could probably make low 60s but it should not be raining certainly by the afternoon. so if not late morning. 58 today. late showers, maybe some rumbl

west virginia. these few pockets of blue, they're down into the 40s. as well as into western maryland and into northernrginia. a few pockets down into the 40s across the north central virginia area. elsewhere, we are in the 50s. we've got a clear sky now. that's the view if space. and here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:20. 70s by noontime. lots of sun this afternoon. summer in march. low to mid 80s in the afternoon. the record high at reagan national is 86 set on this date in 1990. that's today's record there. but i don't think it's going to get that warm, maybe low 80s. it may hit the mid 80s. fredericksburg, warrenton, culpeper to manassas. low 80s farther to the north. all around the region we'll have plenty of sunshine. a clear night tonight, mild through the evening. cool tomorrow. afternoon highs thursday, the low 80s with increasing clouds ahead of a fronts coming in thursday night. maybe rain and thunder late thursday as well as off and on on friday. highs friday to the 70s. then over the weekend we dry out, high 70s on saturday and sunday. near 70 on monday/tuesday. danella? >>> good mornin

patches of green showing a little light shower activity now coming into the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. that may be moving right in toward winchester perhaps in another half-hour or so. here's the day planner. sunrise 7:17. cloudy. by 9:00, might have a little sun. around 60 by then. noontime, partly sunny and into the 16, maybe around 7 -- the 60s, maybe around 70. by afternoon there might be a passing shower. low to mid 70s. then maybe more coming in tonight. we'll have the latest on that coming up in ten minutes. your evening planner for this friday will be at 4:41. matt tack has traffic. good morning. >>> not too much to worry about heading out at this point. no major problems coming from the southwest north through dale city, woodbridge. past west springfield, into the southwest parkway, live look. at this point all of 11 minutes at an average of 63 miles per hour heading from the occoquan all the way up to 495. 395 itself is doing okay heading up from edsall road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians could be bac

west all afternoon and continues to be there tonight. a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of northern virginia. for the rest of the evening warm, 70s going to 60s. we'll talk more about your outlook into the weekend coming up. >>> tonight a harford county preacher is behind bars charged with a child sex offense. his congregation had no idea he was a convicted child molester. >> reporter: they know him as the mile mannered preacher. had they searched his name, they might have known of his criminal past. >> they're neighbors, yet denny workman knows very little about the church next door except for the obvious. >> reporter: apparently members of the congregation they didn't know of the secret of frank small. it appeared no one bothered to check but small appears on the maryland sex ral registry. he gave a young girl a ride home from church and proceeded to grope her and offered to perform oral sex on her. small was prohibited from having unsupervised contact with any child under the age of 18. the reacher is 7 -- preacher is 73 years old. >> he told us some stories about his past. he said he foun

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, gina marie grow of west virginia to be united states district judge for the northern district of west virginia. david nuffer of utah to be united states district judge for the district of utah. michael walter fitzgerald of california to be united states district judge for the central district of california. ronnie abrams of new york to be united states district judge f the southern district of new york. rudolph contreras of virginia to be united states district judge for the district of columbia. miranda du of nevada to be united states district judge for the district of nevada. susie morgan of louisiana to be united states district judge for the eastern district of louisiana. greg jeffrey costa of texas to be united states district judge for the southern district of texas. david campos guaderrama of texas to be united states district judge for the western district of texas. ryan c. wimes of missouri to be district judge for the eastern and western districts of missouri. christine baker of arkansas to be united states district judge for the eastern district of arkansa

west virginia. we're in the 50s. much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, near 60. near 60 through central virginia. y begins to clear out. there's the fog in the northern panhandle of west virginia. now for today, the sun rooez, that's coming at 6:40. we'll have a sunny and cool morning after the fog dissipates by mid morning. we'll still be in the mid-50s. hitting the 60s. winds increasing and a lot of sunshine. winds may be gusting to 30 miles an hour. then they diminish tonight under a clear sky. we'll be down to mid-40s by midnight. then mid-30s by dawn on friday. tomorrow afternoon, 50s to near 60 with increasing cloud. friday night might get light rain. rain likely on saturday. maybe thunder and lightning too. looks like late in norng, early afternoon in ta name frame we'll be hitting mid-60s. mostly cloudy, highs near 50. a lot of sun returning monday, tuesday, wednesday, but still chilly. and dandanella, how's traffic. >> good morning. if you're traveling along the beltway, we'll check travel speeds. at landover road, westbound you're at 62 miles an hour. continuing your trip at kenilworth a

most of northern virginia and maryland, into west virginia. and it's near 6 0, prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the mid 50s. southern maryland near the bay, many locations in the low 60s now. low to mid 60s from fredericksburg to culpepper and warrenton. furtherer south, charlottesville, 68, richmond near 70 degrees. some of the milder air will be creeping farther north, fredericksburg up to manassas and charlottesville. a a view from space, wave clouds passing through from the north and west. they look lie waves on the satellite. they're coming in on a blustery upper-level wind that occasionally gets translated back down to the surface. we feel those gusts here. we'll have them gusting to around 30 miles per hour as we go forward. and we'll have a mostly clear night tonight. by dawn on thursday, we'll start off with a lot of sunshine, i should say on friday, starting off tomorrow morning, during the day on friday, increasing clouds, might get a passing shower friday night. so for the rest of this thursday aft

elsewhere, scattered sprinkles around the metro area, northern virginia and north central maryland. sky is clearing in west virginia and western maryland now. and we will have that clearing moving our way by mid morning. right now, temperatures are generally in the 50s throughout the region. now 58 at reagan national. later today, we'll be warming up. mid 60s by mid morning with the sunshine out. sunrise at 7:22. then by early to mid-afternoon, we'll be well into the 70s. maybe even upper 70s by mid-afternoon. late afternoon into the evening, could get thunderstorms. here's your evening planner. maybe passi thunderstorm until 7:00 or 8:00. clearing after that. low 60s by midnight. a look at the warm week ahead and the weekend this ten minutes. danella? >>> looking good in our area. you know, seeing wet pavement so you want to slow down this morning as you make your commute. so far not seeing any accidents on the roadways. definitely no major delays at this time. taking a live look at i-66 heading out of haymarket, 71 miles per hour traveling eastbound. 68 in centreville. getting closer to the beltway, 55 m

have snuck out ahead of the main batch approaching the winchester area up through areas in west virginia and northern virginia. here we are on live doppler 9000hd west of martinsburg now as you head out toward route 50, cross junction, down toward capon bridge and back toward winchester. slanesville, these showers are heading towards you. charlestown, this is probably 30, 40 minutes away. eventually headed toward maybe south of hagerstown. berryville you may see this also in about another 30 minutes. that's about it locally on the rain. as far as the visibilities, it's off to the east where we've got some fog, especially in delaware but with the easterly, northeasterly winds, the marine layer has pushed in. visibilities less than a mile. everybody else doing pretty well despite of the low clouds. temperatures have dipped in the upper 40s in easton and over parts of delaware. we still have 62 in tappahannock. there's the warm stuff. we're looking at 52 here in d.c. look at this shot on the michael & son weather camera. clouds low but above the capital dome with 52 degrees. winds out of the northeast a

west virginia. a few pockets in west virginia in the upper 40s. over the last 12 hours, we've had a lot of cloudiness. we've got a little shower activity, panhandle of west virginia and northernhenandoah valley now. it's drifting east. sun mid morning through the middle of the day. we'll number the 60s. peaking in the perhaps mid 70s by mid-afternoon. chance of some rain, though, by mid to late afternoon into this evening. could have thunder and lightning, as well, through the evening. then ending after midnight. here's how it's looking for the weekend. saturday, partly cloudy, beautiful day tomorrow. highs climbing to the mid 70s. and then saturday night into sunday, clouds return. mostly cloudy on sunday. sunday morning, temperatures down to the mid 50s. afternoon highs on sunday should be in the 60s to near 70 degrees. sunday night into monday, quite a bit of cloudiness. mid 50s again on monday morning. and monday afternoon to the upper 60s to near 70 again. and then as we get into tuesday and wednesday next week, there's a possibility we could get showers coming through. a chance of rain. otherwise mostly cloudy tuesday, wednesday, highs near 70. drying out on thursday. i

west virginia's college of flaw morgantown, west virginia. i believe judge groh's experience, intellect, leadership, impartiality and deep roots in the community make her a prudent choice for the vacancy in the northern district of west virginia. she exemplifies not only the qualities of a talented jurist but the high moral character and sense of justice necessary to make a great judge. i know it has been exasperating for judge groh and her family waiting for this confirmation, knowing she came out of the senate judiciary committee without any opposition. and it has been very difficult that we as a body have gotten to the point of slowing down these nominations. and i believe very strongly that our system needs to be changed so that we can get quality judges such as judge gina groh on the bench as quickly as possible so they can work to protect the people of the united states. mr. president, i thank my colleagues for confirming an exemplary candidate for the u.s. district court of the northern district of west virginia, judge gina maria groh. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. presid

northern neck of virginia. what this means is we could have freezing temperatures inside the beltway and we could have perhaps a killing freeze across portions of northern maryland and into west virginia. lows could dip into the upper 20s. coming up in the main weather forecast, tips for you for your plants. and what we could expect with this roller coaster ride as we head into next week. back to you. >> thank you, kim. see you in just a bit. >>> coming up, she had a heart transplant and she's only 21 years old. >> the point where i couldn't even climb up the stairs. i couldn't breathe. nothing. >> darcy spencer sits down with this remarkable young woman who has a message she wants the world to hear. >>> plus, training like a tribute. how to get fit with a "hunger games" workout. and why the pope is now donning a sombrero. >>> and coming up tonight on "sports final," tiger woods is back. we'll head to bay hill, kentucky, cruising to the final four. plus, we'll introduce you to a skateboarding phenom. that and more on "sports final" [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too.

you'll get a little more sunshine up across northern maryland, mountains of west virginia, but a whole lot of clouds from washington southbound into lower southern maryland. so, a pretty mixed up sky cover for today. mostly cloudy, 40s this morning, near 50 for a brief time this afternoon, and then cloudy back down into the low 40s by 6:00 this evening. storm4 radar, nothing going on around town. completely dry across northern maryland today, but way down into southern st. mary's county, southern calvert county, you're on the leading edge. most of this moisture is going off of the capes, but on the northern fringe there, a little chance of light rain for the northern neck, lower southern maryland and lower parts of the eastern shore. next thing we're watching, there's our alberta clipper right there racing down through the dakotas first thing this morning. it has to go all the way down into the southern appalachians and then make the corner. so, there's a lot of uncertainty with the exact track of this next system. so, here's the way i think things are going to play out. light sprinkle

west and north of washington over the next hour or so. and all these areas in blue under a freeze warning. and it includes all of northern virginia, the district, just it all of maryland except far southern maryland and parts of the northern neck are not included. out into west virginia, most of western maryland, this freeze warning means loyal freezingy temperatures for the next several hours. by 9:00, above freezing. sun rises at 7:00. by 9:00, low to mid 40s. we'll have light breezes around. the winds should settle by later this afternoon. by noontime, sunny, still cool in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees or so. and then by late afternoon, 5:00, we might have a few clouds. we'll have temperatures hovering in the low to mid 50s after we reach upper 50s by mid-afternoon with that sunshine. we'll take a look at the forecast for tonight, as well as i'll show you some of the record lows around the region. that will be coming up in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. let's start with construction. i have to tell you, not seeing any accidents in the area at all. that's a good thing. i am seeing construction. firs

that includes all of northern virginia, most of maryland, much of west virginia, and the eastern shore. that will be around this time tomorrow morning. we'll be talking about freezing temperatures. for the day, though, here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:01. a mostly sunny day with temperatures by 9:00 around 6 degrees. by noontime, low to mid 60s. then middle of the afternoon might make it into the mid to upper 60s for a brief time. by 5:00, we'll have temperatures back down into the low 60s. sunset at 7:26. the evening planner in ten minutes. here's the monday traffic. good morning, danella. >>> good morning. good today y-- good to see you . i-66, out of sudley, good volume. no accidents. accident free. travel lanes are open. 59 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 11 minutes. inside the beltway on 66, same story. notice and clear. you could see no cars on the road at spout run parkway. traveling normal speed to the 20 beltway. back to you. >>> a 4-year-old child is recovering after getting a foot caught in a metro escalation at dupont circle. his foot was stu

west. we have clouds and a distinct line of showers and thunderstorms from ohio to northern kentucky stretching into west virginia as well. most of this action should miss us or fall apart before moving into the area. cannot rule out one or two sprinkles over the mountains. i am expecting a mainly dry day for us. 56 and the district. 46, manassas. 57, quantico. the record high of reagan national is 81. i think we will reach 82. this will be the third day in a row with high temperatures in the lower 80s. tomorrow, a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. i think most of it will be west of the blue ridge today. very isolated. more widespread and numerous, not necessarily stronger. nothing severe, just more action out there tomorrow. saturday partly cloudy, 75. sunday, we'll have some wind from the ocean. it will increase the clouds. a chance of drizzle. upper 60's. a >> smooth sailing for the most part. >> coming up, the first four are done. the competition continues. a preview of the n.c.a.a. tournament. >> march man is officially under way. -- march madness is officially under way. they will take on the belm

that includes isolated spots in northern virginia, into maryland and parts of west virginia, pennsylvaniaern shore. much of the metro area, we're in the mid to upper 40s. reagan national now is at 47. we've got some clouds coming through. the area of green on the left of your screen, that's rain. that's moving in to ohio out of kentucky and indiana. oh, look at the sunrise. come look at your tv. gorgeous sunrise underway. we're not going to see the sunrise, though, until 7:23. that's a live view from our city camera. a partly sunny morning. 50s by 9:00. by noon, mid 60s. clouding up this afternoon. we'll reach near 70 degrees. here's your evening planner. you'll need an umbrella. looks like rain moving in. temperatures in the 50s by midnight. a look at the rest of this mild week and the weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic now, danella? >>> good morning. if you're taking route 50 heading westbound, you are slow. starting to see delays passing landover road. travel speed, 38 miles per hour. slow heading to the city. at kenilworth avenue, 28 miles per hour. delays continue as you connect t

below freezing now across the panhandle of west virginia, northern parts of maryland, 34 now montgomery 32 manassas, 35 in falls church, 37 waldorf and la plata. factor in what little breeze we have left, and wind chills are in the mid to upper 20s for most of the western and northern suburbs. so a bundle up factor for sure first thing tomorrow morning. no advisories posted around our immediate area, but look at the big spread of winter weather advisories now that go from witch mond, virginia all along the virginia-north carolina border all over parts of southern west virginia. storm 4 radar is clear around our radar for now. but there are snow showers across southern pennsylvania. those are aiming into northern maryland over the next hour here. but the main system that we're watching is this area of low pressure. our little alberta cutter we've been following literally for the last seven days on the forecast. and here's the way we go. 9:00 tomorrow morning it's going to be going right along the virginia-north carolina border. so a chilly start. there's our little clipper system by 1:00

special day in west virginia and moving into frostburg and western maryland -- especially in west virginia. an overnight thunderstorm complex in west virginia. a line of light rain from northern loudoun county towards manassas and a heymarket. we are in the fifties already this morning. there's a wider view. the rain will be falling apart early this morning. 72 this afternoon with an isolated thunder shower later on today. lisa baden. >> feel pretty good about what we are seeing in the cameras. 270 traffic, headlights are southbound. more of your neighbors on the road, but moving at a very good pace out of clarksburg to get through germantown gaithersburg rockville. not bad in virginia 95, 66, 395 moving nicely across the wilson bridge as well. back to you. >> thank you. the charge is expected to be filed within a week against an american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan villagers. staff sergeant robert bales will finally meet with his attorney today. john gonzalez is following the latest allowance from the newsroom. >> experts will tell you getting an acquittal by arguing posttraumatic stress is practically unheard of in a military court. it appears that is exactly what

in the mid 50s and eastern shore and chesapeake bay and across most of maryland and northern virginia. and out into west virginia as well, many of the locations will are still only in the fif. richmond is at 66. norfolk now up to 73. quite a contrast in temperatures and what a dramatic contrast from yesterday when we were in the 80s and got to 82 at reagan nation national. yesterday afternoon. and that set a record for march 15th. we are not setting any records today. that's for sure with the cool temperatures, fairfax, arling n arlington, montgomery, prince george's county, in the low to mid 50s which is about the average reality check for mid march. start feeling more like march the last few days. a closer view, showing a few thin spots in the overcast here in southern pair fax county and into prince william. few thin spots in the morning neck. sun trying to break through there and rappahannock county, culpeper, these areas in green, light rain now falling panhandle of west virginia. high this afternoon because of the low clouds are going to be cooler certainly than yesterday. high may reach mid and u

notice not too many left in through northern virginia and portions of west virginia and maryland. still a few though down farther to the south. we'll continue to watch out for those as they make their way down to the south. they will not cause any problems. temperatures? that's where the problems are going to lichlt especially down to the south. 37 in culpepper. 41 in fredericksburg. 40 in washington. but the wind chills right now in the 20s in many locations. i'll talk about how cold things get tonight and what you could be waiting for and what could be waiting for you when you wake up tomorrow morning. >> thanks. >>> we are just hours away from the biggest day on the calendar. so far in the republican race for the presidential nomination, super tuesday. there are more than 400 delegates up for grabs in 11 states around the country and that includes virginia. but the symbolic prize? ohio. steve handelsman is live in columbus with the latest on what voters are thinking out there. hey, steve. >> reporter: hi, wendy. thanks. good evening from columbus, ohio. a lot of voters out here

50s or so out in western maryland and in -- up to washington county, northern shenandoah valley and in into the panhandle of west virginia may get to 60. closer to washington, mid and upper 60s during the middle part of the afternoon. and then southern maryland, northern neck, through parts of central virginia, may get up to near 70 degrees for a brief time. then the big change moves in. for the rest of the afternoon, sunny, mild and breezy as high pressure pushes in. we will have that sunshine and around the metro area into the mid to upper 60s, winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. overnight tonight while the clear skies, sunset is at 7:26. lit get quite chilly. around sunset near 60 degrees. and then by midnight down to the mid 40s and by dawn tomorrow, yes, freeze. all these counties in blue, dark blue under a freeze watch meaning probably not as cold as these areas under the freeze warning in the lighter blue. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, much of western maryland, west virginia, right along the counties near the pennsylvania border, and eastern shore, likely there it will get down below 302 tonight. i

farther to the west it is down into the 30s in a few locations, in northern fauquier county, prince william, loudoun, into frederick county, maryland. frederick county, virginiaocations in the 40s. panhandle of west virginia, mid 30s there. and out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, many locations there in the 30s. just about everywhere we are above freezing this morning. we have a few clouds coming in. they'll be in and out. actually may set the stage for a technicolor sunrise. sunrise is later today. that does not occur until 7:23 this morning. by 9:00, temperatures will be in the 50s. partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy at noontime. we'll be into the 60s, though, by then. then bay late afternoon, we'll be all cloudy and have temperatures still in the 60s, maybe to around 70 degrees. and the sun sets at 7:13. the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has monday traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, making the trip along i-66, still looking really good heading out of haymarket. not seeing any accidents in the roadway. we'll check travel speeds as you make your way eastbound out of haymarket. 68 miles per hour. making your way toward c

radar showing rain moving into the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. it's heading now east of the blue ridge into loudoun county. patches of green. sprinkles. they're also showing up in northern prince william, northern fauquier, and just coming into frederick, washington counties in maryland, drifting off to the east. sunrise at 7:17. might have a few sprinkles over the next hour or two. sun breaking out mid morning. ought to hit the upper 60s by noontime, sunshine and clouds in and out. then a cloudy afternoon after we reach the mid to upper 70s. we'll cool down by 5:00 to near 70. by then we'll probably have showers coming through. maybe some thunder and lightning, too. and for your friday evening, going to be an umbrella night. you may need some -- an umbrella and certainly protection from rain because we'll have passing showers and thunder and lightning by midnight. a look at the week and next weekend coming up in ten minutes. matt? >>> we're starting to see not major delays but congestion as you head inbound on 270. at this point up at clarksburg

far western maryland, northern west virginia as well.wise got low clouds behind and fog this morning. temperatures are chilly. we are just near 50 degrees. quite a dramatic drop from yesterday. highs, though, coming back into the low to mid 70s around the metro area. sun back midday. more rain la >>> want to check your weather for st. patrick's day? go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. savannah? >> still ahead, millions went wide for mossoni at target. now diane von furstenberg is creating a new line for gap kids and she will be here to show it off. up next, a striking experiment. what's being done to keep your next flight safe from lightning coming up right after this. just, uh, checking out my ad. nice. but, you know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really don't think i chose the best location.

northern virginia. right in downtown washington. and even right near the bay waters because it is going to be a west-northwesterly wind. it is -- really not going to be much cooler even right by the bay. we will have temperatures out in western maryland and much of the northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, maybe only making it into the low 60s by later this afternoon. now as we go forward over the next 48 hours, we will have a clear sky throughout much of the day today and overnight tonight. on friday, increasing clouds and by friday evening, all this area in green, this is a zone of potential rain. some light rain may be coming in friday evening and then on saturday morning, perhaps right around dawn, we could have a line of showers with thunder and lightning coming through and then into midday on saturday it will settle down. and by saturday afternoon begin to clear out and then on sunday, turning much chillier. for the rest of the afternoon, we will have quite a bit of sunshine, milding breezes gusting to 25, 30 miles an hour. and yes, upper 60s and low 70s commonly throughout much of the region and

virginia and may get just briefly up to around 80 or so around washington, maryland. the bay, cooler there. temperatures around 80, northern shenandoah valley. panhandle of west virginia, western maryland. clouds in and out. zones of potential rain in the green areas. isolated thundershower tonight and maybe a morning shower tomorrow. small chance of that. greater chance of a passing shower or thundershower tomorrow afternoon. and as well as into top evening. then on saturday morning, probably have sunshine and then during the day saturday, maybe a few scattered showers during the afternoon and just a small chance of that. for the rest of this thursday, yes, feeling like summer in march. record high, 81 at reagan national. may get very close. that's the day record for the 15th of march. that was set back in 1990. it will be up near that record during the afternoon. then clouds roll in tonight and sunset at 7:16. isolated shower or thunderstorm this evening. top out in the 70s into the 60s by late evening and by dawn tomorrow, the 50s. and cooler day tomorrow. lot of clouds around. maybe a shower in the morning and greater chance of an afternoon shower or thun

they got about an inch or two of tornadoes, southern indiana, ohio, northern kentucky, it's going to head to areas of west virginia and virginia this morning. very chilly in the great lakes and new england. otherwise it's a nice quiet day, a lot of sunshine and a nice warm-up in the midwest. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. nice day today in areas of the midwest. a nice recovery after a cool start. 74 for your afternoon high. beautiful weather in denver. as we said, it's still a chilly weekend in the areas of the east coast. in the middle of the week, a significant warm-up. that's kind of the key this week. i think it's going to be a nice finish to the week for many of us. >> all right. that's good news for us. >>> coming up, wall street eyes job numbers. the airlines has a bumpy takeoff. and despite an apology, rush limbaugh loses yet another advertiser. >>> the latest nudity twist in the latest phone tacking. >>> kobe gets his revenge and tiger gets the best roar bad in his career. was it enough to win. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning a

out there, in fact, a couple of showers to the north and west to the eastern panhandle of west virginia and northern maryland getting showers. we could see a morning shower, but a better chance of widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon as a cold front starts to approach from the north and west. the temperatures, it's chilly, 52. and feels chilly. the winds east. and with clouds around, i think it will be cooler start than yesterday. 52 at reagan national. 51 at dulls will. and 50 at dwi marshall. map, coal front off to the north and west. area of low pressure going to drag the energy here north west of us. but just enough push that we will see showers and thunderstorms around here later today. bring the umbrella and bring the possibility of a wet afternoon and evening. and by tomorrow morning, for those of you running in the rock 'n' roll marathon tomorrow, we should clear things out and it should be a i did cent day for your saturday. in fact, highs tomorrow into the mid-70s. not a bad afternoon temperature- wise. cooler than yesterday. highs in the mid-70s. and a decent chance o

it includes a lot of our region, northern virginia, as well as much of maryland, the district, into westis zone, there could be some storms that could produce damaging winds and hail. time frame, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. after that, clearing, near 50 tomorrow morning. during the day on thursday, we'll have sunshine back. a bit of a blustery wind. highs reaching the mid 60s. friday, off to a cool start. above freezing. afternoon highs in the mid 60s. clouds around. saturday, partly sunny, might get a morning or midday shower, near 70. looks beautiful for sunday. near 70 again. and a dry start to next week. a small chance of a shower monday. danella, how's traffic? >>> let's start with the rails. taking the rails, seeing two delays on the marc train, both minor. eight-minute delay on the brunswick east train 890. and on train 870, a six-minute delay. over to the roads, 66 eastbound at sudley road. i've been watching it, a lot of volume in this area. some cars have actually come to a stop. it looks like your delay is just about to centreville. then again once you make your way to nutley. you

that's most of west virginia, panhandle of west virginia, and most of northern maryland, northern virginiastrict and nearby suburbs in maryland. all around the region, near freezing or below freezing tomorrow morning. sunny tomorrow, upper 50s. then warmer on wednesday. could get showers late afternoon and evening. sun back thursday and friday. a bit cooler. over the weekend, partly cloudy, might get a shower saturday night. danella? >>> slow start this morning. traveling 295 southbound, slow from the beltway to landover road. checking travel speeds on route 50 westbound, your delays start at landover road. there you're at 36 miles per hour. slower getting to kenilworth at 27 miles per hour. now over to i-95, it is a mess. jammed the entire way. still have the accident blocking the right lane. i-95 northbound, in is as you make your way to the beltway. and delays are significant. here's a live look at fairfax county parkway. your travel speed, you're slow the entire way. just 13 miles per hour making your way from prince william parkway to the beltway. better idea today, jump in the hov la

below freezing now across much of the pan hand of west virginia and northern maryland.rnoon clouds coming by. breezy and chilly. highs upper 40s and >> and i really couldn't choose which sweet 16 we were going to do. this is your sweet 16. happy birthday to you and here's your sweet 16. hour-by-hour forecast you can always get that at weather.com. >> always good to be politically correct, thank you. >>> coming up the "desperate housewives" drama playing out in court. but first these messages. ♪ ♪ grande caramel macchiato. iced grande caramel macchiato. make that iced. actually, hot, please. [ male announcer ] come into starbucks for the espresso drink you love, hot or iced, and get half off your afternoon espresso with your morning espresso receipt. ♪ from the 5 signature lifestyles. with special savings on select furniture and 10% off all accessories and mattresses, your design aspirations are delightfully attainable. the drawer closes on these offers march 31st. just need to refill my walgreens prescription. [ speaking native language ] i don't know what he's saying r

temperatures outside in the low 30s now across northern montgomery county, out to frederick, maryland, martinsburg, west virginia, all just below the freezing mark this morning. 32 in fairfax, 33 in arlington. 37 in fredericksburg. we'll have a chance for rain showers later this afternoon and maybe a chance for thunder late tonight. enjoy the mild start to the day. highs in the upper 50s and low 60s ahead of the raindrops. again, rain likely for latest this afternoon and into this evening. then for tomorrow, cloudy and mild. rain likely again for much of your saturday and a chance for thunderstorms early on to get your weekend started. we'll be back with the rest of the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. danella, how are the roads? >>> they're still looking good if you're traveling along i-66. we will fly ever to together. really good travel speeds. in fact, making your way eastbound out of haymarket, 74 miles per hour. the lanes are open, no need to go that fast. 68 miles per hour eastbound in centreville, 60 miles per hour as you approach nutley. now continuing inside the beltway on i-66, you're very clear.

west virginia, central west virginia's mountains. a close-up view of the radar, the patches of green are sprinkles of light rain. northern loudoun county to the panhandle of western virginia, those are heading east, may move into northern montgomery county, a light sprinkling over the next hour. and farther north and east of there, howard county, northern anne arundel, around baltimore, getting a few sprinkles, heading east. elsewhere, it's cloudy and cool, only around 50 degrees. reagan national is at 49. where there are a few sprinkles farther west and north, it's only in the low 40s, so quite a difference in temperatures. farther south, fredericksburg toward charlottesville, stanton, virginia, in the mid 50s there now. for the rest of the afternoon. a lot of clouds around, a chance of shower over the next maybe hour or so. and temperatures climbing into the low to mid 60s throughout much of the region. the higher temperatures in virginia may reach near 60 around washington. over the next several hours, we could get an increased chance of rain late tonight into tomorrow. we'll talk about that in detail as well as look

mid 60's today the high temperature in the metro area, the upper 50's in west virginia and parts of northern and western maryland. culpeper, stamford, spotsylvania couldn't brush 70 degrees later on today. sunshine tomorrow morning with increasing clouds and if you evening sprinkles. still mild in the upper 60's. back to you. >> thank you. as the sun rises we are getting a better look at the damage left behind in the nation's heartland in killer storms. at least 16 twisters in illinois, missouri illinois, kansas, and tennessee yesterday killed at least a dozen people. harrisburg, illinois an f4 tornado flattened the town. 170 mile per hour wind. tahman bradley has a look at the damage. >> towns across the midwest and the south are picking up this morning after at least 16 tornadoes caused major destruction. among the places hardest hit harrisburg illinois. 175 mile per hour wind. two football fields wide. it left six people dead. homes were shredded, a strip of land buildings not from their foundations. the storms moved from nebraska across kansas and missouri into illinois and kentucky. pol

georges county and this is the coldest off to the north and west watching in the mountains of west virginia, northernupper 20s later tonight a real cool down overnight hours and tomorrow morning. mostly sunny skies, windy behind the front winds out of the north and west gusting to 30 miles per hour clear skies, cold overnight, freeze watch in effect, if you have tender vegetation and off to the north and west bring it in or put a blanket on it overnight tonight temperatures will be very chilly, 55 tomorrow cool conditions expected for tuesday warm up briefly wednesday, up and down highs by thursday and friday, 60s. all right that is weather let's get you the latest from julie, tender vegetation wright. >> absolutely you know me too well. on the roads tucker, lanes are open, eastbound 66, coming inbound this morning very slow going as you travel in from manassas, delays continue, leaving 50 headed towards 123 and belt way, inner loop spotty delays and southbound 270 out of rockville heavy and slow as you continue south shady grove road accident southbound, bw parkway pulled over to the shoulder that i

lots of low to mid-20s out across northern virginia from culpeper to winchester. out to the west we've got 30 degrees in easton down south. anywhere from the upper 20s in tappahannock and 33 at the patuxent naval air station. clear skies, good visibility. 32 degrees. dew points have dropped into the teens. so the air nice and dry and currently a north, northwesterly wind at 9. we have a slight windchill feeling like 24 out there. you see the arctic air toward quebec and ontario toward caribou maine. more importantly us for, the rise of the 50s coming up toward dallas, oklahoma city. that push of milder air is going to get this cold that's with us now out of here so that never the next couple of days we're going to see a significant warm-up out our way thanks in part to this storm system coming into the northwest. there's rain and snow with this but this thing with the southwesterly winds ahead of it will take those warmer readings we just saw and kick them in our direction. so that while we're going to struggle to get around 50 today, i think we'll be closer to 65 tomorrow and cl

west later on today. current temperatures, mid-40s in northern maryland. mid-40s in the panhandle of west virginia. of town toward stafford and fredericksburg and spotsylvania. mid-50s this morning. near 60 for a brief time this afternoon and mid-50s by 6:00 p.m. a lot of clouds and rain chances here stacked up into the front half of the day. look at all the tornado reports yesterday. 95 tornado reports. the all-time record for tornadoes in a single outbreak for the mothnth of march was in 2006. the number that day was 74. if all 95 of those turn out to be real tornadoes, that will be the largest march tornado outbreak in u.s. history. for now all the heavy weather is headed toward southern georgia and the coastal carolinas. norfolk, virginia, virginia beach on to the outer banks this morning. for us, most moderate rain up across the great state of maryland. northern montgomery county. and a couple more sprinkles toward charlottesville. we won't be completely done with our rain chances until 10:00, 11:00, maybe noonish today. then things will start to improve. the weather front will be the end of t

into the low to mid-70s of the overnight we've been watching the moisture in northern maryland coming out of eastern west virginia and western maryland there. it is smoking down across montgomery, howard counties now. this heavier stuff headed toward olney right here. there it is east of urbana. damascus you'll get another round of a downpour. look at this here, just north and east of forestville there. pretty hefty shower there in parts of central prince george's county as well and around beltsville, lanham, college park. just watch out for this here because that will definitely slow you down with some of the hefty downpours with that. fog is another issue we're dealing with this morning. visibilities in southern maryland, many areas down to one-quarter of a mile. look at tap tappahannock and culpeper, winchester half mile. martinsburg a quarter mile. watch out for that. 5:00 a.m. monika santami good morning. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm happy to say at 5:00 things are looking good close into town. no problems to report in the district, over the potomac and anacostia river crossings. if you're planning to he

west, around our western and northern suburbs, mid 70s as well as in washington. all this area in yellow, that's the zone that could get the stronger storms. that includes most of northern virginia, as well as the nearby suburbs in maryland and the district and to west virginia. 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., we could get isolated storms that could produce damaging winds and hail. now going forward here over the next several hours, we'll be fine. by 3:00, that's when we'll see the front begin to move in with scattered storms moving through. 5:30, 6:00, any storms that get going ought to be south and east of the metro area. we'll clear overnight tonight. and by dawn tomorrow, we'll have the sunshine back. and we'll have plenty of sunshine during the day on friday. so for the next several days, up and down we go. tomorrow into the mid 60s. a blustery wind. then a few clouds around on friday. into the mid 60s. might get a morning or midday shower saturday. the weekend otherwise looking nice. highs near 70. and starting next week, mid 70s on monday. danella? >>> thanks. right now i'm watching a crash in cheverly. right now, landover road at neighbor lane, that's where the accident happened. blo

shenandoah valley, eastern west virginia, western maryland, northern maryland, all these areas in lightkely into the mid to upper 20s this time tomorrow morning. right around washington in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, the district, and prince george's county and much of northern virginia, we may be hovering near freezing or a little above freezing. and for the rest of the time as we get into tuesday, we'll have sunshine, into the upper 50s. milder wednesday. increasing clouds, might get showers late wednesday into wednesday evening. sun pack on thursday. highs 60s. sunny and cooler on friday. might get a shower saturday to sunday. danella? >>> good morning, taking i-270, checking things along that road. you are slowing down already. southbound, slow making your way out of urbana as you head toward clarksburg. in urbana, 36 miles per hour. you can see here at clarksburg road, the road opens up, and you're not so pad just yet. here's a live look at shady grove. you see some volume, but still really good speed making your way on to the spur and connect to the beltway. to the rails, stil