. >> and am alison seymour. cold start to our thursday. let's get the latest from tucker barnes who is over there. good morning. >> good morning. cold outside. temperatures in the teens and 20s. bundle up as you head out. decent day today with clouds moving in this afternoon. 26 now at reagan national. 18 the temperature at dulles. winchester, hagerstown and little warmer south and east. the entire area below freezing. very cold start. 27 now in ocean city. looking at the satellite radar, starting the day with sunshine. clouds to the north and west. clouds in eastern ohio, they'll move in here shortly. by mid-morning we'll get cloud cover and mostly cloudy this afternoon as our next storm system approaches from the north and west. in this storm, a clipper could bring us flurry activity, maybe snow showers later this evening. early sunshine, afternoon clouds. temperatures where they should be. 43degrees. more details in a minute. traffic and julie wright has your latest. good morning. >>> good morning to you, tucker. it's kind of busy. had

. >> i am alison seymour. >> tucker barnes standing by good morning. >> hey, alison showers moving through hit and miss it will not be everywhere, most of the day we will just feature clouds but probably enough, kids head out to the bus stop they will want to be prepared for showers. shower activity, light, moving west to east and generally a break but rain showers out to the west, they will be moving through during the course of the next couple hours be prepared for rain showers for your thursday and along with it, mild temperatures, upper 40s low 50s by late this afternoon. 41 degrees, 41 regan national, temperatures not terribly cold to start your morning. lots of clouds around, on again, off again showers highs low 50s. the rain will become steady tonight and then we will get some clearing tomorrow details on our weekend forecast coming up in a couple minutes, julie wright has gotten busy. >> yeah, a lot happening on the roads we are getting word from state highway maybe a tractor trailer or larger sized box truck rear ended the van, southbound i-95, south of 212 help is on scene but t

. >> i am alison seymour. it did come down throughout the region overnight and left a wet mess in some places, this is video from south capital street, malcolm x avenue, southeast, for some time, flood water forced people from out of the under pass. all areas reopened just before 7:00 a.m. >> let's check with tony to see if we have gotten through this rain now and moving on tony. >> reporter: good morning for the most part we have. the rain has pulled out of the region. we have some lingering rain in northeastern portions of maryland. might be another shower or two that comes through. it doesn't seem likely but there could be one or two. take a look at viper. as across the region we do have a fair amount of cloud cover also fog but there is your rain, it is moving well up, to the north and east across new york city right now getting some heavy rain in northern portions of new jersey, snow across much of new england but we've got rain moving out of maryland as we speak, so, we will see improving conditions thro

now i am tony perkens. >> i am alison seymour. off the italian coast this is a live picture of that ship on its side this morning stacey cohan is live with the frantic calls between the captain and coast guard immediately following that accident. >> certificate ping for answers online don't -- searching for answers online don't turn to wikipedia. the site with a message it won't be up for 15 hours part of a protest against piracy bills we will check with a technology reporter at washington post to see how this could effect you. >> changes coming to national zoo the young lions now weigh more than 200 pounds and they have to be separated from the pride. chat with the zoo and find out why. very intriguing how the animal kingdom works. >> we are also going to tell you how much longer you have to lions together. >>> and we want to yes, we want to quickly mention on the day in 1986, this song, dionne

. >> i am alison seymour. someone said it best when they said, slow your roll and do that today. >>> let's look at major delays the federal government opens at 11:00 a.m., workers can use unscheduled leave and telework. metro will have an extended rush hour. dc government will open on time and dc schools are open on time as well. some schools, virginia and west virginia are delayed. prince william county, stafford, warren and winchester public schools are all delayed, 2 hours. >>> berkeley, jefferson, morgan county schools also on a 2 hour delay this morning. >>> all right we are going to turn to tucker barnes to get the latest on what is going on. a couple different problems across the region. he has the latest right now hey, tucker good morning. >> good morning. freezing fog, a little freezing mist, drizzle in spots we are not quite done with it yet. by mid-morning temperatures should bump above the freezing mark. several hours here where it will be touch and go. most of the light freezing rain, the freezing

. >> i am alison seymour. welcome to fox 5 morning news, let's check with tucker barnes for a look at our day. >>> hey, alison, good morning nice live shot out there, we've seen the sunshine for a change should be a beautiful start to your day with high temperatures later this afternoon in upper 40s. cooler than yesterday, not a bad looking start. 38 right now, regan national, 36 dulles, we've got temperatures in the 20s down towards cull pepper, 32 frederiksburg and ocean city, nice bounce back for you you are now 36 degrees. you are starting to warm up, looking at satellite radar, sunshine we will see clouds move in later this afternoon you can see those starting to develop off to the south and west eastern kentucky and west virginia. mostly cloudy for our evening commute we should be dry for wednesday high temperatures upper 40s should be a nice comfortable afternoon yesterday we were mid- to upper 50s not a bad looking forecast for the end of january. here is your forecast today, sunshine start your day clo

. >> i am alison seymour. we say good morning to tucker barnes. yeah, i think sarah said it best earlier what a miserable day yesterday. >> definitely better today by this afternoon sunny, temperatures, mid-50s. great looking afternoon forecast. dealing with fog this morning alison. let's kick it off with an update. dense fog advisory just issued a few moments ago for additional counties, including montgomery county maryland, louden county now under a dense fog advisory. i didn't get a chance to update this map until 10:00 a.m., again we are getting widespread reports your visibilities are a quarter mile or less. a few minutes needed as you commute down 270, fog will remain thick for the time being. >>> all right let's push on nice looking tuesday, and a warmer tuesday as well. 44 right now regan national, how about afternoon high temperatures mid-50s. yeah, hard to believe. winds out of the west 6 miles per hour. cold front coming through, sunshine here shortly, sunrise this morning 7:21 a.m. and then off and running with a nice afternoon, dry af

. >> i am alison seymour. that could weather is effecting students out there, we want to pass along school closings, delays virginia, winchester city schools are closed today, clark county schools delayed two hours, maryland, allegheny, garrett down till county schools delayed. >>> the cold temperatures, are what we are talking about how cold is it? will it warm up? tony. >> good morning to both of you good morning everybody it will quote unquote warm up later today. it will be a cold day temperatures right now in the teens, current temperature here in washington 18 degrees, the coldst air we've had so far this season, 14 baltimore, dulles airport, 15 degrees, gaithersburg 10 degrees quantico, it is 19 degrees, across the board just very cold air in place, and when you factor in winds which are not that strong to be honest, our wind chills, even more, it feels like 10 degrees here in washington feels like 8 degrees baltimore, 14 manassas, and 10 annapolis, rough start to the day. good amount of sunshine early

when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> good tuesday morning i am alison seymour. >>> i am tony perkens greeted by protestors. around the country and world demonstrations are set to take place, stacey cohan will have live details from capital hill. >>> be the match, every year lymphoma and leukemia claim lives of thousands you may be able to help. how to sign up to donate and help save a life. >> if you are excited for tomorrow's premier of american idol don't miss our guest. dozens competing in a local idol like competition. this is all a good thing to help some young people get to college. >>> wow okay. tucker barnes joining us from the weather center he has a look at this day. it was raining, not then raining. >> it is still raining will be for the next couple hours things will quiet down, a few peeks of sunshine, best part of today, warmer temperatures, low 60s later today

. >> i am alison seymour. i absolutely could see it steve. thanks very much. it was a surprise to many, delight for most kids no doubt the snow that came down yesterday for quite a time, pretty good clip enough to coat the ground from any where from a half inch to 2 inches in places it is not enough to keep kids home from school except in page county virginia, where schools are opening two hours late. yesterday when it was snowing one of my daughters said why don't adults like snow mama and i said because i can't drive in this. >>> well, maybe you need to go out and play in it more often. >> exactly right advice uncle steve. >> we did have snow yesterday it is gone today tony. >> when you go out and play with it, it increases your appreciation we worry about the digging out and driving. no snow this morning, there is some on the grounds in some locations but that is going to vanish quickly as we see temperatures climb into the low 50s believe it or not. meanwhile this morning we have fog you saw the live shot and there is a dense fog advisory in effect for por

tucker will fill us in on all that i am alison seymour >> i am matt in for steve this morning. >> is it true, is it going to be colder soon? >> alison, we are using the word frigid around here welcome back. let's kick it off show you these temperatures tumbling overnight, after enjoying highs in the 60s, saturday and sunday struggle with low 40s if you don't like cold, we give you the 5 day. 38 washington check out temperatures north and west, 31 hagerstown. cold temperatures is half the story the other story is the winds they will be employing gusting to 30 -- gusting to 30. 22 dulles, 23 baltimore, 16 washington we will bring out the old wind chill map. coming up shortly. generally a sunny day for us, partial sunshine this morning if you are headed out to the west, see the white on the radar, that is lake-effect snow that will really be kicking into gear over the next couple days the ski areas out to the west, west virginia and western maryland will love it as they expect up to a foot of snow we have winter storm warnings for western maryland starting later this afternoon and tonigh

. >> i am alison seymour. happy mlk day to all of you and you as well. when you go out the help some body for good band-aidle up it will be cold. tucker barnes is looking at these temps. >> very cold start to the day, hang in there later this afternoon we will warm to low 40s. warmer than what we had for the weekened. temperature at regan national 25 degrees, lots of teens around the area as well. 18 baltimore, 18 win chester, 17 dulles, ocean city getting in on the cold 18 for you down at the board walk again. very very frigid start to your day but with sunshine and warmer temperatures on the way it should feel better this afternoon. >> looking at our satellite radar, just satellite, generally sunshine to start your day clouds out of the west will move in later this afternoon and tonight. mostly sunny day and then should get some rain back in the forecast tonight and for your morning commute tomorrow. changes in the way some rain showers returning overnight there you go sunshine warmer this afternoon. 42 close to where we should be temperature wise this

. >> i am alison seymour. it is mentoring monday we have teamed up with several area organizations to connect them with volunteers if you would like to help make a difference in a young person's life call ... >>> as you can see some groups participating include big brothers, big sisters, concerned black men and the group that helps abused and neglected children living in foster care if you would like to become a member it is easy (202)895-3307. >>> all right 35 degrees straight up 7:00 a.m. tucker barnes standing by with a look at the rest of our monday. >>> good morning. we have cold temperatures moving in overnight generally below freezing north and west of the city chilly start to your day bright and sunny at least the first half a live look at your sentinel satellite we cleared out overnight, picked up a few snow showers north and west of the city, enough to whiten the ground in a few spots. now, sunshine here in your forecast for the first half of your day and a few clouds here later. >>> your cold temper

help out neighbors and pets whatever you can do in this cold weather i am steve chenevey >> i am alison seymour. >>> a few school closings because of the weather. allegheny public mountain schools are closed in mountain ridge school district. garrett county schools are closed as well snow emergency plan in effect for garrett county they got snow out there by the >> i saw a trace myself yesterday. tony perkens good morning happy new year may i say i am freaking out because of the cold. >> don't -- >> i know i've got like seven layers on the kids today. >> because we are not used to it. going back to school and back to work you wake up here it is. it will be with us for a few days cold temperatures and maybe snow flurries as well this is a look at hd radar we are seeing a bit of snow up north near frederick maryland off to the west manassas, to the north and west, front royal they have snowfalling where you see this snow we are getting reports this is moderate snowfall it is a narrow band of snow and not -- most of you are not getting any snow but where you are getting it, it is a moderate snowfa

. >>> i am alison seymour i think it will be warmer today. >> it already is.ime. let's check with tony. >>> absolutely right good morning to both of you good morning everybody it will be a seasonably cool day today but that is better than fridged cold temperatures not in the teens imstead the 30s and looking for -- in the 30s and looking for highs in the 40s. more sunshine, mild tomorrow, if you like the 40s

are seeing daylight, early on this monday morning january 9th, 2012 i am steve chenevey >> i am alison seymourosing to let you know about. warren county schools delayed two hours today to maryland

. >> i am alison seymour.paign that addresses the issue of childhood obesity. >> video games that is what i like to do by myself i don't have to be around other kids. all they want to do is pick on me. >>> the ad is aimed at parents of over weight kids in georgia, but many parents in dc, maryland and virginia can relate of course. more of these ads coming up and controversy surrounding their in your face message. >> coming up, we will talk about that. the forecast now, i don't know if there is controversy except we don't have any snow and it is already the wrapping up the first week of january >> i mentioned earlier this morning i am starting to hear from people saying where is the snow? we want snow. some people say i can do without it but a lot of people like the snow. we did have a trace amount of snow yesterday at regan national airport but just not enough for some folks let's look what is going on there. there is no snow on the horizon temperatures are better than they have been, this morning, this map is

. >> i am alison seymour. >>> looks nice now but you will need rain gear later today. >> yes, in all likelihood you will need rain gear tonight if you are going to be out and about. decent sunrise as skies do continue to cloud up. let's look at hd radar quickly precipitation area of low pressure off to the south and west that will make its way in here we will get rain in the dc area around the noon hour, a little bit after that. there is thunderstorm activity moving across portions of theunited states, regan national, 33 degrees, relative humidity, 83% breeze out of the north and east rain developing during the afternoon that will last through the night time hours as well. cooler today, highs mid-40s. that is a look at what is happening with weather. hey, julie. >>> all right on the roads very much a busy drive the top stretch of the belt way below speed, as expected leaving 95 over towards georgia avenue. down to 18 miles per hour, on the westbound commute. 29 behaving nicely, slow going as you approach university boulevard. no problems to report, on 50 of the parkway you will find

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. >> i am sarah tim monos in for alison seymour for the day. >> crazy but if i recall correctly we began the month in the 50s or 60s i mean -- >> let's just stick with it. >> hi tucker. >> hey, sarah good morning you said it right we have a warm temperature to expect, mid-60s for afternoon highs, springtime arriving 2 months early seems this year. as kids are headed out the door, you will need a jacket generally 30s if you are outside the belt way frederiksburg, 45 degrees, 40 washington you can see lots of 30s off to the north and west, 36 dulles and 39 hagerstown and win chester. should be a bright and sunny day a few clouds passing through but generally we should be dry for our tuesday winds have shifted out of the south and west and that will allow this warm, unseasonably warm air to arrive later today as we have been talking about our high temperatures later expected to be, 20 to 25 degrees above normal get a chance get out and enjoy the afternoon. here is your forecast today, lots of sunshine warm temperatures high temperatures in the mid-60s. maybe 65, 66 degrees, by 3:00 p.m. the