. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the shopping year got an early start to lure in shoppers. >>> more than a dozen stores opened at 8:00 last night. then the rest of them opened at midnight to big crowds. big crowds, early shopping this morning at fair lakes shopping center in fairfax. the big turnout has been seen across the country at malls all over the place. jay gray is live at the mall of america. jay, of all the assignments you could get, my friend, i know this has got to be a tough one. >> reporter: yeah, erika, you gave me your list, so i have a lot of shopping to do. the crowds have been building all day long. tens of thousands of people searching for bargains on what's become an unofficial shopping holiday. one that, this year, is expanding. this year, black friday actually began on gray thursday, otherwise known as thanksgiving. >> dinner is cooked, my belly is full and i'm ready shop. >> reporter: and shop and shop and shop and shop. dozens of retailers decided to start things a day earlier this year in par

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. a more mild start to your day with morning temperatures above freezing for the first time in a couple of days, but a line of showers is rolling into our region. >> it's what's behind that rain that could impact your weekend plans, though. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with the big changes you'll see throughout the day. good morning, tom. >>> good morning. a milder start this morning. storm team 4 radar is showing a few sprinkles right along the pennsylvania border. we've had a few passing south of washington near the mouth of the tidal potomac. getting a few sprinkles north of frederick, maryland. that's going to be tracking right along the pennsylvania border. elsewhere we have a lot of clouds around starting off this our temperatures are generally in the mid-40s now in prince george's county, montgomery, fairfax county. in the dk it can dk we're in the upper 40s. upper 40s near 50 right now, right near the chesapeake bay. alexandria, arlington, falls church mid-40s. no

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to to this monday, november 25, 2013. the cold blast heading our way is already blamed for 13 deaths in the southwest part of the country. icing roads in new mexico led to a roll over crash that killed a 4-year-old girl. a winery mix much of icy rain turned to snow covering nearly the entire state. there is so much snow state patrol closed roads just as millions of drivers are preparing to head out for thanksgiving. the same storm dumped 13 inches outside of oklahoma city. road conditions are also treacherous there. at least four people died in spinouts and rollovers in that state. temperatures are not expected to get above freezing making road conditions even worse. >> now all eyes are on our part of the country with such cold temperatures here. what lies in store for us and how does it coincide with your thanksgiving plans? storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with the first check on the forecast for us this morning and we're looking at temperatures, windchills now in the teens in a lot of places. >> yeah, the