where the precipitation s the rains are in the northeastern corner of the state, light showers, bel air north. a lot of the area is beginning to clear out. a broader perspective shows drier weather with some winter weather still in the northwestern corner of the state toward garrett county. temperature wise much colder north and west. still in the mid-40s but it doesn't feel that warm. the winds are sustained out of the west. they will turn northwest tonight and gusting to 32 in hagerstown. so raw conditions with the wind chill factor feeling barely above freezing to the west and as cold as 39 in easton. what does it feel outside abc2 studios? >> the winds have calmed down. there's a bit of a lag time. i think the winds will be relaxed. then they will pick up, especially as we get into tomorrow. it's out to the west we look, cincinnati chicagoland. that is the gusty winds on its way for maryland. look at the cold air source. it's 15 in chicago. let's send it toward canada, another true arctic blast. i think a lot of the cold air will be modified. a loss of the cold readings will slide love to

north bound at ben field vehicle. mown dane -- mountain road at philadelphia road. one more on bel air by pass at route 24 to tell you about. if you're headed out on the beltway speeds just slightly below normal. not really because of volume so much but more because of weather. same goes for 95. there's a live look at the topside of the beltway over all looking good with the exception of a few drops on the camera at harford road. now wjz has the stories that people are talking about this morning. >> thank you. >>> a police re cruit remains in grave condition shot by his instructor during a training exercise earlier this week. this morning we learned that instructor accidentally used his real gun instead of switching to a simulation. mike hellgren has been working to find out how this mistake could have happened. here's what he's found. >> an emotional moment as police hold onto each other for strength minutes after an officer is shot in the head during a baltimore city police run training exercise. a sweeping investigation by city and state police aims to get to the bottom of unanswere

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so temporarily, during the morning hours, north of the city, i'm talking elkton, over to bel air. sonville, jarrettsville, hereford, north of timonium. westminster, carroll county, frederick areas, north and west, will see a little snow, sleet and freezing rain, early in the morning, which by 10:00, will be just plain rain. north of the city, we have what we call sometimes a cold air damming situation. that means the cold air hugs close to the ground because the hills up there, and it can stay 32, 31 for a few more hours longer than areas south and east, which get their warmer air off the ocean. so south of the city, there are no advisories. only north of the city, a winter weather advisory. 14-mile-an-hour winds in elkton. they're going to get stronger by late tonight. and in an east flow. eventually, when that storm passes, the winds go back to the north and northwest. and at that time, we'll start clearing out. but then maybe just enough cold air at the end of the rain. may see a few flurries of snow late tomorrow night. one system caution a lot of rain in the south. another cau

another one east of bel air and another one coming through the north side of baltimore. so that's the setup. hour by hour overnight look for temperatures to slowly fall to freezing. anything falling shouldn't create icy conditions. by 7:00 tomorrow morning in the upper 20s, cold start. the question is will the sun come back. will temperatures move back to more seasonable levels. we got the answer straight ahead. >>> a wild lake high school student has been charged with raping one of the classmates. how it happened at the school in columbia. they charged 17-year-old deshawn jones, a student with second degree rape of a 14-year-old girl. >> the two met in the hallway at some point and agreed to cut class together. they walked through the hallway. at some point he allegedly grabbed her, pulled her into a classroom, closed the door and wouldn't let her go. >> police said the girl told a friend soon after it happened and reported it to her mother who called 911. >>> five firefighters hurt in a huge lumber yard fire in west baltimore are resting at home tonight. they were hurt

bel air checking in at 41. winds are coming in from the north around the metro area, not tapping into brutally cold air. most of our neighbors are in the same temperature range. the colder air is back to the west and midwest. this is indicated with the next system that will come through here tomorrow evening into saturday. it's part of this same pattern that we've been dealing with every so many days. every 3 days or so we get a quick moving clipper system, generating in canada moving into the region and moving out of here before and after or temperatures are warming up. today we melted down everything that was on the roadways from yesterday. still a lot of coverage on the grass and the bushes. it's going to warm up again today. tomorrow we get back up into the 50s. with that mild air in place this system comes through again tomorrow night into saturday. again, we should repeat the same drill of slick roads in the over night hours, a bit of a dusting and little coating in the over night hours friday into saturday and then it moves out of here again. the difference this time is that saturday and sunday w

the mid 30s bel air rock hall and columbia, 32 westminster. there's a low passing north of the area. we're going to get rain. go north of that you are looking at more winter weather coming through the great lake states and all of new england. they're going to get it again. it's not going to be a nor'easter but a snowfall. here cold and windy behind that front tomorrow. it stays on the chilly side. 51 is the high this afternoon. 29 over night partly cloudy. a high of 39 on wednesday. the low 40s thursday and friday, saturday 42, sunday back to normal 36 degrees. >>> what's happening on the hurry up? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. that accident that i told you about in columbia has already come and gone on westbound 175. speeds still looking good over all on all your major roadways with the exception of 895. it looks like we just picked up a problem either a disabled or accident in the southbound tunnel. traffic is currently stuck. looking good on 83 at ruxton road. this traffic report is brought to you by your maryland toyota dealer. do you dream

were responding to was a car crash, about two miles north of my location here in abington, where route 24 hits wheel road, before you get to bel air. we're told multiple vehicles involved in that crash. it's certainly possible that the wet roads played a role in that crash. state highway crews have not seen the need to be out salting the roads. they have been ready to do that all day. they've been posted along the highways, 95 and the other big highways and the interstates in the area. but they have not needed to deploy that salt. all we've seen so far is a light mist and pretty heavy rain at times. we're also seeing high wins. this is a storm that the state highway crews say they were ready for. they know it was never going to be as serious as it is no the north and east, places like new york and new england. but they had to deploy just in case rush hour got too slippery. in har ford, cecil county, maybe an inch or two. it doesn't look like the central maryland region gets much if anything. but we will, i know, we'll keep a close eye on it. so we just saw an ambulance roll by here on route 24 heading north. likely heading up to t

bel air, abington, harford county area. we'll get nothing like they're expecting in new york and north of that. but we'll be keeping an eye on the roads for you. the high wind warning is also in effect. we'll be feeling some of that. bge crews say they're also ready in case there are any power outages coming from the storm this evening. christian schaffer, abc 2 news. >>> we're not the only ones getting ready for this storm. people in the east are preparing for a potentially historic blizzard. >> reporter: reports of a 19- car pileup on a highway in maine showed the dangers this giant storm could pose in the northeast. >> stay off the roads. stay home. >> reporter: boston's mayor sounding the warmer as his city braces for snowfall that could surpass the record of 27.5 inches set in 2003. in massachusetts and connecticut, states of emergency declared, with blizzard warnings issued. >> we're going to get wind gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour. we're going to get whiteouts. >> reporter: a powerful nor'easter also carrying the risk of coastal flooding. >> hopefully it won't be anything drastic and

the winds north at 5 miles an hour, under a mostly cloudy sky. temperatures are above average, 30 hair ford. bel air. stevensville 34 degrees this morning. 38 cambridge. denton 346789 ga galena 30. satellite and radar, not a going on, we had the clip their moved throughs this was supposed to give us slick roadses it broke up, it hit the mountains and fizzled out. we don't have to deal with that this morning. we another clipper on the way. as we go through tonight,ly keep flurries in the forecast again. the most accurate future trend picking up on that as we go through the overnight. by wednesday, thursday, things start to die down, we will get more sunshine in the forecast for us. speaking of the forecast, this is what it looks like @)for today. 10:00, cold, 35 degrees, by lunchtime, 39, mostly cloudy, 42, 43, normal for this time of the year. the seven-day forecast looks like this, dries things out on wednesday and thursday. brings rain showers in the forecast for friday. look, 52 degrees by mondays, we will get a bit milder as we go through time. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren co

bel air on the charges. >> reporter: the victim is a sophomore at north harford high school. the teacher assistant who admits to having sex with him, a 35-year-old woman. >> reporter: these charging documents out of harford county, give explicit detail between the sexual relationship between amanda miller and a 15- year-old high school student. >> this student had been there and recognized her. >> it have -- involved a number of nude pictures and text messages being exchanged between miller and the victim. >> they took her in and sub-- subsequently charged her with third and fourth degree sex offenses, as well as abuse of a minor. >> reporter: parents here are disgusted. >> i'm very upset about it. because it's -- trying to teach my kids what is right and wrong. and they got teachers doing this kind of stuff. >> reporter: students who knew miller say nothing about her seemed to draw concern. >> just a nice lady. fun to be around. got along with the kids just fine. >> reporter: and she would take the student home at times and had sex with him in her car, right in his driveway.

bel air road. a new one at garrettsville pike. a light still out in the city at howard at north avenue.er than that on the harford road area on the outer loop. this traffic report is brought to you by jiffy lube. you have time to eat your lunch and get a quick oil change. drive into your nearest jiffy lube today. >>> we continue to follow the major breaking news story of the morning as pope benedict the 16th has announced he's resigning. in a meeting of cardinals this morning the 85-year-old said because of his advanced age and diminishing strength he does not feel he can carry on in the job. he was elevated in 2005. he wants to resign on the last day of this month, february the 28th. he will become the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. >>> back here, three people are recovering after an airport shuttle bus crashes into a pole. investigators say the bus took a corner too sharply and ran into a pole that supports the power lines for the lite rail. two people were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. a third person refused medical treatment. >>> speaking of the ai

bel air one of the places the cold rain is mixing with wintery weather. we hadgood weather down in carroll county and western howard county. as we look further north and east this is where we see that change over across harford and extending to northeastern cecil county up in the free land, northern baltimore county. so there will be wet snow coming down accumulating on grassy areas. also looking at accumulating on some of the paved surfaces that are not dark. let's show e the air temps right now. those airtemps at or above freezing across much of central marylandment we're at 36 in baltimore. you can see temperatures dropping close to freezing in york, hagerstown. we'll have to watch closely. with a day in the 50s, a lot of paved roads won't see much act yum lace. more on your saturday morning coming up. >> to pretreat or not to pretreat, a-that's the dilemma the state has to face when a winter weather is brewing. withwhether we're seeing like this weekend, the crews have to time it right before they put salt on the roads. if there's a lot of rain first, they have to wait because it could be washed away president but if they too long it could cau

headed up towards baltimore, white marsh up into bel air, aberdeen, some more of that wraparound moisture could bring another inch or two of snow north. these temperatures critical but most of the region now just above the freezing mark. that is good news. 42 for us the wintry mix trancing tying light rain this afternoon. cold and breezy out there. winds really pick up. check out your winds gusting to 40 later tonight. light rain could transition back to a brief period of snow here in washington. there is your accu-weather seven-day. we'll bounce back near 50 by monday and tuesday of next week. warm temperatures on the way. that is weather. let's do some traffic and julie, she has got your roads. what's up? >> a lot of wet pavement no matter where you're traveling in from this morning. i had some problems along northbound 5 along the outer loop to the beltway. the accident activity has moved on since we last reported that. lanes are open but slow-moving traffic northbound on 5 trying to merge onto 459, 95, you will find the beltway as you travel through andrews trying to get past route 5 and headed in towards the wilson brim, simply

north of the beltway. no delays heading downtown. we have an accident though for those of you in harford county you need to watch out for on the bel air bypass at route 24. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> was the roman poet vir jill who wrote love conquers all. >> if you forget your sweetie today. you'll have a new fight on your hands. >> linda so is live this morning at a florist where things are already getting started not too late linda, but as you said earlier, the guys need to get down there right? >> reporter: the guys better get down here. because yeah you don't want to be that guy come on. we have to get that clear and first things first. you want to know if you have waited until the last-minute if there are enough roses out there? we are here this morning at rutland beard florist of ruxton. let's get that out. allison thanks so much for being here so early. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: first things first, guys who haven't gotten anything yet who haven't ordered anything yet. >> no problem. we still have flowers, we will still have flowers. i've got lots more coming in still

bel air to white marsh and it remains clear from white marsh to the fort mchenry tunnel. a crash in the city at 28th street. using 83 this morning, as we check in and look live northbeltway no delays. 11 minutes traveling from the bestway to fayette street. 695 is in great shape. this is the case all the way archbishop. no problems. pretty calm president's day. >>> we want to go back to the breaking news before we leave you. that is live picture as the sun is rising in tampa. get a better idea of how much smoke is in the area. we are told firefighters are working the scene right now bringing in bulldozers and heavy equipment because of the concern the fact it's a steel recycling plant there are diesel tanks andmet 5á8 products and amown yo -- metal products and ammonia that could be flammable. in the meantime off to good morning america and we will see you in 30 minutes for a news weather and traffic update. have a great day. light. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. v

bel air road at rossville boulevard. brass mill road at compass road. a traffic still out at howard at north. 30s on the topside 30s on the west side. there's a live look at the topside. a little fog out there. this traffic report is brought to you by your baltimore hyundai dealer. baltimore hyundai dealers. >>> there could be another way to pass the time while waiting for a flight at be right backing wi. mike schuh -- at bwi. mike schuh is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. a bill by baltimore county delegate to allow travelers to gamble has been defeated the past 4 years. this year he says the mood in annapolis is different and 44 cosponsors agree. they estimate machines would generate $13 million for the state money that could replace an expected gas tax increase. over 20 million travelers pass through bwi. maryland voters would have the final say in a referendum vote. back to you. >> thank you. >>> speaking of the airport, three people are recovering after an airport shuttle bus crashes into a pole. it happened at avenueuation boulevard and terminal road -- at aviat