. >> first here is doug kammerer with more on what is going on right now. doug? >> the threat is not over yet. as you mention, talking about temperatures today in into the 70s, creating a lot of warm air. you add moisture and this is what you get. you get showers, thunderstorms out there. not a lot of thunder and lightning with the storms, what there is and has been, very heavy rain. we are going to continue to see that, the tornado watch, for the most part is now out of the d.c. metro area. does include southern maryland, portions of the northern neck and fredericksburg. the threat diminishing. the rain threat we have seen here. look at the rain. heaviest rain. we're going to continue to see the heaviest rain there. that's where it has been, pretty much all evening. matter of fact we have seen estimates between 2 to 3 inches. around 3 inches in leesburg. 3 1/2 in western fairfax, gaithersburg, 3 inches too. we have flood warnings, flash flood warnings. encompassing the i-95 corridor. if you come across water, turn around, don't drowned. we have flooded roadways

i'm chief meteorologist doug kammerer, coming to you from storm center 4. as they're making their way through the area, once again just about all the area under a tornado watch. the line of storms right now making its way through, starting to intensify all across our region. this is the area under a warning. a warning means that something is happening right now. in this case, it is a severe thunderstorm warning for culpepper, down through the south, in through fauquier, spotsle vannia, for this area here. i want to show you one thing. anytime you see a line like this, and a protrusion just like this, that's called a bo echo. normally you see stronger winds with that. if you live around culpepper, you probably are already see those winds. stevens 'burgh in about eight minutes remmington in about 12 minutes, and silver hill in about the next 22 minutes. up toward the north, portions of montgomery county, a this morning right in here. i would not be surprised to see some strong winds here, back through louding county where we have seen some flooding of roadway

doug kammerer, it's cold out there. >>led county on the there. the coldest air of the season.ow the windchill is coming in at 31. soed cold air is here. most of us not seeing much in the way of wind. the winds have been upward of 5 to 10 miles an hour, creating a windchill of about five degrees cooler than where you are outside. 33 in the metro region. most of you will be around that 120-degree mark once again. very similar to what you were this morning. this is a very quiet pattern. remember the middle part of december, it was very quiet. that will be here for the next week to week and a half. the storms down to the south and up to the north. rain down toward the southeast. we are right in the middle of nothing. tomorrow, yeah, i would say warming up, but it's like this much. today we're at 38. tomorrow we'll get to about 40. 37 in leesburg. it does look like we will moderate, as we head into the weekend. 45 on your saturday, hi temperatures in the mid 250s with a chance for rain coming. >>> thank you, doug. >>> gerard depardieu is now a russian citizen. the 64-year-old was g

meteorologist doug kammerer is here with a look at your first partly cloudy on this first day of the year. >> happy new year. i think we are going to stay with those clouds through the rest of the night and part of the day tomorrow. difference is going to be those temperatures. out there right now sitting at 44 degrees, win out of the north at 5 miles an hour. 44 actually a little bit above average for this time of year. we head into the first of the new year. and temperatures around the region, though, look to the north. 36 at hagerstown and 39 in martinsburg. frederick, 39, gaithersburg. to the south, fredericksburg, 45 degrees. now what have we seen? seen the clouds all day long. moisture has stayed just down to the south. i expect that's where it should stay the rest of the night tonight. something else will be moving in during the day tomorrow. talk much more about that, plus what about our chances for snow? i will talk about that, too, in my forecast. >> doug, thank you. returning now to the latest developments in the fiscal cliff negotiations. republican members of the house w

doug kammerer. doug? >> temperatures on average. tomorrow will feel 15 to 20 degrees colder depending on where you are. the cloud cover. notice it looks like on the radar we have rain and even snow moving on in. the atmosphere, too dry at the surface. none of this its hitting the ground. we are going to stay with the cloud cover as we make our way through the night tonight. temperatures, 41 in washington. 22 degrees in pittsburgh. 29 in morgantown. the very cold air making its way our way overnight tonight. tomorrow, will probably be the coldest day we have seen so far. tomorrow night we get really cold. talk about that in a minute. >> doug, thank you. a massive outpouring of support at the site of an accident that killed a prince william county motorcycle officer this week. family, fellow officers, and strangers stood side by side to night to honor his life. as news 4s darcy spencer shows us, officer chris young is remembered for his service, his community spirit, and his smile. ♪ there were bagpipes, candles and hugs as hundred ca

i'm doug kammerer. not a bad day on january 1. the year 2013, temperatures a little bit above average. 45 degrees. temperature right now. our average temperature is 44 for a high temperature today. not too bad. winds out of the northwest, 8 miles per hour. we continue to see the cloud cover. those clouds may hold the temperatures up a little bit tonight. that's good news. tomorrow night they are going to be hold. 39 in gaithersburg. 44 in college park. 42 towards camp springs. friends in warrenton, hello to you. 39 degrees. how about front royal. front royal coming in at 38 degrees. starting to see that cooler air making its way in from the north. you can see what's happening here. lot of moisture down to our south. we have a frontal boundary, cold front making its way down now. that cold front will bring in colder air. take a look at the mums. back towards front royal, winchester, coming in around 23, overnight tonight, 22 in martinsburg, 25 in gaithersburg. tomorrow morning, this is what you will wake up to 7:00. lot of the kids

doug kammerer the forecast.irst to shomari stone with a look at how restaurants and hotels are gaeearing up. hey. >> reporter: a lot of excitement in the district. outside pearl dive restaurant on 14th street. we went to different restaurants. a lot of them the wait is not too long. they're still accepting walk-ins. >> donna joyner and her mom wait to eat at old ebbott grill. >> it is historical. i think the numbers are not as string as first time around. >> officials are expecting fewer than 800,000 people. more than 2 million attended obama's first inauguration. most restaurants aren't taking reservations. some are. the majority are accepting more walk ins. >> filled to capacity. a lot of excitement about this year's in august ral. peop -- year's inaugural. >> some hotels are taking reservations like hampton inn on massachusetts/6th. rooms from $130 to $500. closer to the action on pennsylvania avenue, hotels like the marriott are filled. some high end hotels including willard intercontinental have rooms in hi

doug kammerer with you on a very cold friday evening.e have been in the freezer over the past couple of days since midnight tuesday right around 12:09. that was the last time the temperature was above 32 degrees. we have been almost four days now. and right now, we're sitting at 21 degrees, winds out of the south at 6 miles an hour. even a 6-mile-an-hour wind gives us a windchill near 14. a very chilly night tonight. and once again, heads up for any of those slick spots that are going to be around there. we're still going to see them tonight. 18 in gaithersburg, 18 camp springs, and 18's the winner, 18 in baltimore, as well. 21, huntington and leesburg. and the form of some snow showers, most of the snow moving out. the accumulating snow is out of here. notice down toward southern st. marys county, still seeing it there, delmarva, still seeing snow, that continues to move on out here. it's still to the west and flurries around the region. any time you get this real light powdery snow, even when the clouds are gone, you still see a couple

chief meteorologist doug kammerer, tracking from the storm 4 weather deck. hello, doug. >> hi, doreen. can't see tight much tit too mu. light snow starting to fall. down to the stoouth, fairfax, prince george, and south. south of 66, or south of 50, the best places to see some snow. also back to the west. winchester, frederick, portions of the west virginia panhandle. starting to see snow. the snow will stick immediately. because the the temperatures have been below freezing for the last 48 hours, just about. 25 degrees right now in washington. 25, manassas. only going to get 1/2 inch to an inch in some locations. because of cold temperatures this will stick to the ground. also because of the timing this will probably end around rush hour tomorrow morning. so most of your surfaces, grass, roads, sidewalks are all going to be covered in the morning. so once again, not a huge deal. but even a half inch or inch of snow on the ground on the roads on the grassy surfaces or on sidewalks could pose hazard early tomorrow morning. that's why they have the winter weath

report at street level there in just a few minutes but first storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer has a look at our new year's eve forecast. >> last year at this time we were talking about temperatures close to 50 degrees. right now we're sitting at 39. not too bad. could get a lot colder this time of year. 39 degrees in washington. wind chill down to about 33, 34. it is quite chilly. 32 in manassas. 34 in gaithersburg. look down to the south. the clouds really helping to keep our temperatures warm. 46 in fredericksburg. 45 down toward patuxent river. i want to show you what's happening just to our west. notice our next storm system making its way, now rain to the south snow to the north. how is this one going to affect your new year's day? as we head into 2013 we are going to see some weather changes moving in. i'll show you what those are in a minute. >> thank you. a big party in alexandria under way right now. families there sampling the food, the music and lots of festivities at their annual first night celebration. news 4's darcy spencer is taking it all in where the party en

steam 4 meteorologist doug kammerer is here. how much colder will it get? >> couple degrees. sitting at freeze, mark in the daes decemb d.c. area. sitting at 32 at 11:00 tonight. 24, martinsburg. 24 hagerstown. 2 in leesburg. fredericksburg coming in at 33 degrees. tomorrow morning is going to be the coldest morning. and sending the kids off off to the bus stop. 7:27. 18 in some of the coldest areas. and cold, maybe an understatement. >> thank you, doug. >> secretary of state hillary rodham clinton left a new york hospital this evening after four days of treatment for a blood clot. pictures show her smiling inside a van as it pulled away from the hospital this evening. doctors believe the blood clot developed after clinton fainted and hit her head last month. earlier today seen traveling from one part of the hospital to another building before getting the go-ahead to leave. clinton is expected to make a full recovery. >> the house bill that prevented the fiscal cliff is at the white house awaiting the president's signature. law makers are getting ready for the next round of b

chief meteorologist doug kammerer continues our coverage. >> doreven, all because of this bitterly cold air. the snow moved through very quickly. we only saw six hours of snow and most locations reporting half an inch to an inch and some of you did report over an inch of snow, especially down towards portions of southern maryland. behind it, the extremely cold numbers, 23 in leesburg and 19 in frederick and the snow cover tonight will help us to cool even more. so by tomorrow morning, you're really looking at a very cold start. but what does that mean for your weekend? take a look at this. roller coaster ride over the next couple of days. that's for sure. the average is 44 this time of year. we're going to go way up towards the middle of the week and then next week, we're going to go way down and not done with our winter precipitation just yet. i'll talk about that, coming up in my full forecast. >> okay, thank you, doug. >>> winter weather is creating big problems to our north and south tonight. this is allegheny county, pennsylvania, where icy conditions made driving nearly impossible

i'm doug kammerer. a tornado watch remains in effect until 2:00 a.m. this morning.ere thunderstorm warning in effect for

. >> doug kammerer is here to break down the conditions for monday. >> it's looking okay temperatures will be going down on monday. way down from where they've been. the high temperatures this afternoon of only 38. we're dealing with sunshine right now, the sun beginning to make its way down. look at these numbers. 37 in washington, only 32 in gaithersburg. tonight will be a very cold evening and cold night. tomorrow we warm up a bit. how about your inauguration day forecast. let's look at it for you. you can see the numbers coming in, into the 27 degrees at 9:00 a.m., 34 at noon, windchill, however, between 20 and 25 degrees. if you're staying down for the parade, temperature of 39 degrees, with a windchill between 30 and 35. so it's going to be cold. >>> a dc woman says she is was the victim of a sexual assault, but says the police report calls it an armed robbery. >> a watch dog group says this happens more often than you think the pat collins records. >> i did not feel like a victim until i started dealing with the police. i got away, i disarmed the man who was assaulting me, i di

storm team 4 chief meteorology it's doug kammerer is here to tell us more. >> it also will be on the windy side. so even though temperatures will be in the 40s, it's not going to feel that warm. that means temperature will call quickly, and they've already starreded. next week we get really cold, and it starts on monday. of course that's inauguration day. forecasts, for temperatures at noon, this is what we're thinking. 27 degrees at 9:00 a.m., windchills between 10 and 15 degrees, by noon temperatures in 34s, windchills, and by late afternoon, 3:00, as the parade is going on, temperatures 39, but the windchill 30 to 35. again drivers try to avoid 270 north in rockville if you possibly can. >> right now prince george's county is wanting this man in connection with an alleged assault of a 16-year-old girl. she was not seriously hurt. police say the suspect frequents the ft. washington area. >>> new gun law proposals for governor o'malley today, calling for new licensing rules he also want to see a special group devoted to keeping children safe in school. tracee wilkins has details. th

storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer has the freezing forecast. >> february 12th to be exact. with temperatures that are well below average. take a look at the windchill, down to 30. we're at 6:00 at night here. this is 11:00. or that's about normal for this time of year. maybe around -- tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures in the 20s. some of you did wake up with the teens. >>> thanks action doug. the game, of course is on sunday in primetime, because everybody wants to see the redskins beat up on the seattle seahawks. they had their final full practice today. dan hellie has more. >> the seahawks have the number one defense in the nfl. there is a feeling they could be beaten. they think somebody that is brewing for quite some time. even from when coach shanahan first got here. >> the people kind of questions what direction is this organization going in, i think we all know we're not finished here, we're definitely not satisfied. >> he has not practiced this week because of a sprained ankle. >>> one more note, dan stein berg at the "the washington post" has trolling the

we start with doug kammerer. >> we are already seen that flooding in through louding county and northern portions, that area under a f

it's cold out there, doug kammerer. >> it really is, guys. you talk about that flooding and the areas that have been flooded, a lot of flood warnings, our alert is going on, because there's another flood warning out there. we mentioned this all yesterday. turn around, don't drown. obviously the people that got stuck did not heed that advice. we have a lot of rivers and streams over their banks right now. turn around, don't drown. the counties that still have warnings are going to continue to see they flood warnings throughout the rest of the night tonight, though most of the rivers and streams are now starting to come down. that is very good news. we saw they flood warnings as a result of tremendous amounts of rain. we've been talking about how much we need the rain, but we don't need it like this. 6 inches in damascus, over 4 in germantown, leesburg and monrovia, reston coming in just under 2 inches of rain. the rain has moved out, and the winds have moved in winds gusting right now between 20 and 40 miles per hour. the temperature right now

. >> doug kammerer has a look at the conditions coming our way. >> temperatures were 10 to 15 degrees above average. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies. this thursday was simply gorgeous. take a look at what's going on. we see some clouds making their way in across the area, showing in rain well off towards the west. notice the highs today. down to the south, nice and warm, 56 here, 60 down towards richmond, but to the north, 38 in pittsburgh, 41 in state college. the warm air will move in this weekend, but tomorrow it's not going to be the warm air that exactly moves in. what can you expect for your friday as we head into the weekend. >>> still ahead at "news4 at 5," the notorious chandra levy murderer went on for years, but no there seems to be trouble in the case. >>> and junior seau's family wants more answers. a new discovery has been >>> star nfl linebacker junior seau was suffering a brain disease when he killed himself last spring. researchers at nih made that discovery after seau's family asked them to investigate the death. they found the nfl great had chronic traumatic e

doug kammerer has a look at the numbers. >> guys, tonight is going to be one cold tonight. tomorrow morning you'll wake up to the coldest numbers we have seen in quite a while. windchill, look at the windchill right now in d.c., 27 degrees. thathe at the airport. 29 in annapolis, 29 on the eastern shore, back towards the west along i- 81. how about 26 in both win chesters and martins burg. windchill there, 20 and those windchilling will go down this evening, too. walking up into the 20s. that's the lowest we have been so far. most of you will be a lot colder than that. we'll talk about that, and plus how cold things stay for tomorrow and through the weekend, coming up. >>> right now at 5:00, police in montgomery county need help, finding a missing man. 23-year-old michael poe disappeared after going out with friends new year's eve. jack i didn't know benson is live in adams morgan where he was last seen. >> reporter: he's a graduate of poleville high school and virginia tech. his high school friends joined his family here to tape up flyers with his photo. he was last leavin

. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> we're still watching it switch over to snow, down around fredericksburg spotsylvania seeing snow, and then back into portions of southern maryland mixing with snow now. i want to show you what's going on. this is called the composite. it takes radars from all around the region, but look at our radar right here. this is what you get. a big doughnut hole right around d.c. this is what we were talking about yesterday, not seeing anything nor and west of washington, it would be to the south. we're looking at stuff to the east as well. so that will be the case all night long. the atmosphere a little too dry. the storm system not bringing enough moisture down. >>> we are seeing precipitation, temperatures have been falling over the last few hours, so once again, we will see that changeover from rain to snow. that's why we have that winter weather advisories in effect. see that winter weather advisory, does not include the d.y. area or any part of northern portions of maryland or into west virginia. don't worry about anything for you folks. this evening, snow mo

let's go to chief meteorologist doug kammerer standing by with more on our potential for flooding and wind damage. >> yeah, veronica, the national weather service just issued the wind advisories for the entire area. earlier today it was out towards portions of the blue ridge, but today it's for the entire area with winds gusting upwards of 50 miles an hour. these are non-thunderstorm wind gusts. with winds gusting to 50 miles an hour, you know we could see higher gusts if any of those storms begin to develop. also out there we have the flood watch in effect, but take a look at the wind gusts, upyards of 35 miles an hour p and over towards washington, a wind -- these winds will continue to increase as we move through the evening. there's the flash flood whauch in effect. it is for the d.c. metro area, in portions of the mountains we could see upwards of an inch to an inch and a half. very, very quickly, and that's why we're talking about that potential for flooding overnight. if you're out and about tonight, you watch out for the high water if you're around town. temperatures tonight 6

i'm meteorologist doug kammerer, talking about the cold air that's moved in, the wind that's moved in, and the snow you can expect for tomorrow morning's rush hour. yeah, yeah. 39 degrees the temperature out there, winds out of the west at 16 miles an hour. yeah, we're going to talk about that. the wind gusts at 24 light now. that puts our windchills into the teens. 17 the current windchill in gaithersburg. 34 at ft. bill advisory, and camp springs coming in at around 33. a couple light snow showers across the region, around portions of montgomery county. a few light snow showers there, but it's the system that's organizing itself in the middle part of the country. that's going to move through overnight. i've been looking at this the last couple days, maybe a snow shower, but now it's looking like it could produce some accumulation. this is 6:00 in the morning and here we go with light to moderate snow across the region at a critical time. so once again, we're talking about rush hour event, also talking about a very similar event to what we saw twice last week, a quick half inch, pote

i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. we started off the week on our monday with a two-hour delay in many locations because of ice problems. temperatures in the upper 20s lower 30s. today we hit mere 70 degrees. what a difference a day makes. sitting at 59. winds out of the south at 10 miles an hour. very mice evening. it is going to con to be so. 62 in rockville and college park. 61 towards camp springs. 63 in reston. warrenton coming in at 64 degrees. very warm day today. i think we will see one more warm day and then all bets are off. things will change big time once again. we went way up today. next couple of days we are bogey to go way back down. this is the reason why. not around our region just yet. way back to the west this is the cold front that has snow behind it. out ahead of it looking at severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings and watches and all of that is moving our way and it is going on make its way in here tomorrow might. tomorrow during the day, i think another nice day. more cloud cover but still temper

. >> doug kammerer, what's the latest? >> temperatures coming down across parts of the region. most of us still well above our average high temperature. remember, our average shy at 44. we are sitting at 59 degrees. we hit a high of 69 out at the airport. winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. helping to cool us down. that coming right off of the river. that's why national is cooler. 63 in manassas. still at 69 degrees towards the warrenton area. very warm night tonight. lit stay that way. month rain to talk about right now. once again you have to move way out towards the west and this is where our frontal boundary is. a big-time front. this is a type of storm system you see in springtime, march or april with very warm air out ahead of and it cold air on the back side. look at the snow back towards colorado and back towards omaha. that frontal boundary will move our way and let's take look at timing. 7:00. here we go lou the day. couple of showers. around 1:00, 2:00 as moyer starts to stream on in here. late in the afternoon and late into the evening around 7:00, around t