. >> so let's get to 4's amelia draper. break it down for us. >> more wintery weaer in the forecast. however, this storm system overall is mainly about the rain and the cold air that moves in on sunday the national weather service has issued a winter storm warningfo all the counties in pink, this includes frederick county, beginning tomorrow morning at 10:00 p.m. running through saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. we have a winterryeather advi also issued for the areas in purple. this starts tomorrow also, saturday at 10:00 a.m. and comes to annd at midnight saturday into sunday. the biggest pacts will be north and west of washington. it's looking like a messy ice i with snow and some spots. i'm going to be breaking down the time coming up. >>> we are working for u, getting you ready for this weekend's winter weather. get up to the minute updates, justdownload our nbc washington app. >>> to the report that hit washington like an earthquake overnight. buzz feed reports that michael cohen said president trump ordered him to lie to

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist, amelia draper. i'll let you know what to expect in your neighborhood. >>> your smartphone can help you get healthy. the top three apps to try. >>> announcer: news 4 at 4:00 star starts now. l>>> a of us are back to work. the tood times over holidays. >> that's not the case that is the latest live from the mall. well, those closures are taking toll on -- what it's going to do to her business near the national zoo. >> as the saff whip up sweet treats, the shut down is anything but. >> we rely on traffic and it's nreer:heayjayis he otalway s re.ower month, but th year she is worried. >> i stillve a commitment to pay employees, rent and expenses. >> reporter: at the oo, the animals will be fed, zoo keepers ll report to work, but won't get paid until the shutdown ends. >> none of us i getto the zoo business for money, but we are passioate about it. >> reporter: thehe bakery, are wondering how to move forward. they are offering free lunch to zoo employees. >> coffee and sandwiches cost money, but we want

so join amelia draper at 4, 5 and6, even 11:00 tonight. she's going to have the latest info. we continuously get info as the day wea on. so forecast for tomorrow, we start off cldy, maybe a few peeks of sunshine and then rain moves on in here. we'll show you the full h ten much day forecast, including the weekend in just a little bit right after this. >>> welcome back to news4 midday. a young girl turned a difficult experience into kids ing positive f the hospital. >> news4's barbara harrison intruces us to the 16-year-old who is now paying it forwarhi >> reporter:was three years ago, not long after 13-year-old meg gallagher was diagnosed with leukemia. >> i heard someone sd leukemia but i didn't know what that meant. >> she had been not feeling well for a couple weeks. she was a te-ager, i thought she was making it to get out of school. >> reporter: but it turned out to be very serious. >> they were able to tell under the microscope she hadke la cells in her blood. >> i remember it was scary and i remember why was i on the floor with people with cancer. i saw w people whoe b

. >>> so storm meteorologist amelia draper is leading our coverage. up to 7 inches o snow fell in our region and we have a team of reporters spread out to cover tonight. le for you >> i'm leon harris. >> and i'm erika gonzales.h thank you so mr joining us. as you can see, the kids are thoroughly enjoying their first snow day of thear building their snowmen, even eating some of the hsnow, althoe do not recommend you do that. but they have enjoyed the day. >> that's right. and they'll get a snow day tomorrow. as a matter of fact, here's what we know so far about school closures in the area. prince george's, stafford, loudoun and alexandria city schools closed for monday and still waiting to hr from the remaining districts in the area. we have a complete lissung of the cs and will have that scrolling on the bottom of your screen and keep you updated on the app. >>> and more great drone footage behind us. these are aerial shots fromi- in the city of fairfax. >> that's right. scenes like thisrompted an extension of the winter storm warning. storm team 4 te

amelia draper is in the storm center with a look at what's ahead. amelia. >> the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the entire d.c. rea from fauquier county and areas to the north. i think the biggest impacts are areas north and west of the metro area. regardless, everyone in purple is under a winter weather advisory until 4:00 a.m. on friday. this is a low impact storm but because of the timing during the evening commute and potentially slick spots in the morning we'll be all over it throughout the night and chuck is in tomorrow morning. we ale tomorrow morning see some delays, especially north and west of washington. i'll have my snow falls total map around 4:20. here's thet lat on storm team 4 radar, indicating the potential for flurries falling. the latest check, t atmosphere still a little bit dry, so over the next couple of hours as the storm system continues to move in, we'll see rai and snow nhowers out there. 5:00 p.m. snow parts of washington, frederick, loudon countys. the temperatures still mainly abovfreezi

let's get over to amelia draper. tell us what's coming. >> there's a chance for light snow orry win mix tomorrow north of washington as early as 5:00 a.m. but most o us see rain and snow develop around the mid-morning and midday hours ann roadtions deter rate throughout the day, especially the evening commute tomorrom that's what ost concerned about tomorrow. here's your snowfall total map, 2 to 4 inches possible. st of the area only seeing a coating to two inches. just about evebody though i under a winter weather advisory. i'm going to have much more on this rain and snow mixture could impact schools not only tomorrow but the res of the work week. >>> back to the fallout from the government shutdown. most federal workers finally back on the job today. >> thoseho work at the smithsonian will be returning tomorrow. a lot of people will be getting their back pay, some will not. new, aimee cho talked to some of those workers who keep the public safe. hi, aimee. >> reporter: we're talking custodians, security offirs, th

let's get to amelia draper in the storm center to break it to us gently. dealing with rain and snow, changing to all snow. and the cold air moves in wednesday and sticks around thursday and even friday as well. the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for just about everybody, all the counties here inle pu that includes the entire d.c. metro area. this begins around noon and expires around midnight. it bins earli for the counties to the north and later for counties to the south. download our app and get the exact timing if for your county. you can expect a mix of rain and snow moving in mid-morning nganging to all snow in the late afternoon to eve hours. we'll pick up 1 to 3 inches. and bause of the timing, right around evening commute, it's t goingbe slick

amelia draper is here with a forecastur >> some snow chances in the forecast for the weekend. until we hit saturday and suwe,ndat'rur e roller coaster, shower andindy conditions. scattered showers will be impacting the are tonight, mainly between tonight and 4:00 a.m., most of us dry for the evening hours. we're going to be mild tomorrow and then the bottom falls out wednesday int thursday as oeally cold air and windy conditions move ihe area with the cold air still here for saturday and sunday, i'm tracking the chance for sw over theweekend. right now on storm team 4 radar, we're dry across the area. i'm tracking plentys of clo out there. as we move toward midnight, that's whennc rain c become more likely. high we fall to about 37. then we see our temperatures warm as we move toward midnight. and then the rain moves in. m're really mild tomorrow and cold aires back in on wednesday and thursday. i'll let you know how warm your tuesday and how cold it's going to feel when you factor in the winds if rest of the work week. >>> now to n information about a deadly fire that police

rit first let's go to amelia draper to us up to speed. what's coming next, amelia? >> we're going to continueo track some rain and snow showers overnight tonight, just about everybody is under a winter weather advisory. that's going to be in effect until 4:00 on your friday. after that as we look to the a weekend, bigger storm system impacts the l areaer saturday into sunday. that system allows part of the polar vortex to move into our area so we'll be dealing with the flash freeze out there on sunday. here's whatin i'm tra right now. you can see everybody across the area dealing wit snow. where you see the brighter blue colors is where the snow is coming down heavier. this includes a lot of northern virginia upnto montgomery county, and maryland around the fredericksburg area. leesburg, fredericksburg, down through betheseda, the district an fairfax seeing snow right now. 'll have more rain and snow very late before this event windsn between about 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. on friday. look at your current temperatures the sun set about an hour ago so if roads are untreated

amelia draper is back after the break to walk us through it. . >> reporter: snowplow driversee have bnut several days treati and now clearing the roads. officials say by this evening, every road in the county will be clear. i'm meg fits gerald. we'll have their progress up. ing >>> we will shoho youand xol capitals are honoring local kids who have been really good sports. soou finally got fios, huh yep. you wanna know what the best part about it is? gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies in 4k? nope. the best part about it is, right now, my mom is streaming classes... my dad is streaming games... and because the fiber-optic network gives you insane speed and capacity... they don't have to ask you to get offline. exactly. you owe me so big time. right now is your last chance to get fios internet for just $39.99 per month and a $50 amazon gift card when you switch. hurry, this offer ends january 30th. whawhat does it feel like?ke? does fearless age? or does it simply grow... stronger? fearless looks a little different to us all. but with a new carefirst medplus medigap plan, you can

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amelia draper join us with the areas most affected. you start things off saying who's going to have the worst weekend. >> lucky jobe for tonight. north and west of washington you have the best chance for seeing the snow and freezing rain. this is why the national weathe service has issued a winter stm warning for those of you in the western phandle of west virginia and maryland and near the mason dixon line. just to the south of the storm warning we have the winter weatherso ad, meaning there's a chance for inclement weather. this includes northern fauquier, loudon county. this ends tomorrow at midnight.s he your chance for slick roads tomorrow into early sunday. you can see the d.c. metro area, down through southern maryland, fredericksburg, really no issues. it's up around the mason dixon line, back around the i-81 corridor where i think we'll see some slick llspots, espec tomorrow. i have new information coming in about temperatures with this system. i'll talk to you more about that coming up at just after 11:15. >>> now we go to br

meteorologist amelia draper is in the storm center now. amelia, when will all of this begin? >> well, we're going to see the chance forome snow showers out there north of washington tomorrow b0ween 5:00 and 9 anl. the main event really doesn't get under w until the mid-nrning. laterhe day, as we head into the evening hours, we see any mix become all snow. the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for just about everybody, all of the counties in purple. this is the entroe d.c. m area. for the most part it runs from noon until midnight.t but starts early north of washington and later to the south. so download our nbc washington app to get more about the advisory and your exact location. for the most part, we'll be tracking a wintry mix changing to all snow betwe 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. is when we'll see that happen. we're going to see about 1 inches of snow and as we see that changeover line up with the ening commute, it's going to likely be messy out there. i think the schools cs sing earlying to be the right call. here are your road conditions tomorrow morn

amelia draper joins us now and you have new advisory? >> absolutely. so the national weather servi cancelled the winter storm warning and issued a winter weatheradvisory. this goes until 5:00 a.m., and this s foreverybody. all the counts here in purple so our entire area as we continue to track light to moderate snow out there right now. if you're in southern maryland, you could see another 3 inches accumulate overnight tonight outside of southern maryland, up into parts of frederickcounty, maryland, under 2 inches but still minorul accion is possible. in addition to that, roads are already a mess across the area and as temperatures drop overnight tonight, any slush or water will be ice out there tomorrow morning. heres the latest on storm team 4 radar. th brighter blue coloring will be where the snow is falling heavier. you can see that in southern prince george's county, charles county, parts of nthern an anne arundel county and even intoarts of frederick county, maryland. now we saw an additional 5 or even six inches in some spots this evening. that

we have some fog, some wet roads out ther amelia draper has a look at the forecast. happy new year. >> happy new year. i'm tracking that fog around frederick and martinsburg. in the d.c. area, i'm not picking up o fog. everybody is starting off january 1st tdry. look at radar. the rain from yesterday pushed out of the area. that's off to the east. the winds are blowing out of the sout3est at about miles per hour. so it's noticeably breezy out there. eck out that temperature. it's a mild start to 2019 at 62 deeees. we'll h near steady or slowly falling temperatures througtout the dayy. it stays mild but also stays breezy. tomorrow the cd air has moved in. it's going to move in overnight tonight. you will notice cooler temperatures out there on your wednesday. it's another dry day thursday, friday, saturday. you'll want to have the umbrella handy, though, with rain chances in the forecast. more details on your forecast and what you can expect for the rest of today hour by hr can temperatures coming up at 4:45. >> thank you very much. happening today, a new year and a n

amelia draper has more on the timing in a few minutes. >> the act kevin spacey started his day in a nantucket courtroom, but legal issues seemed to follow him here to our area. officers from the airport authory pulled him over on the gw parkway outside reagan national airport and told he was stopped for speeding and got a verb warning. spacey entered a not guilty plea in connection to a felony assault charge. he is accused of groping an 18-year-old bus boy in a bar in nantucket. this is the first criminal case for spacey who faced multiple allegations of misconduct. >> mixed reaction to a docuseries that focuses on alleged misconduct by r kelly. streams of his music have gone up, but it brings attention to the iss of abuse. it loo at sexual relationships aith teenagers and includes women whod r kelly mentally and physically abused them. it details r kelly'sap porno trial centered around an infamous sex tape. he was acquitted. ey want claims of abuse by black women to be taken seriously. many celebrities sre that sentiment. >> r kelly's music sales spiked substantially since the release of sur

could affect whether you see snow or rain tomorrow, and how much you ge storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is tracking that system. and another one for the weekend. amelia? too much. >> i know, right. so i'm tracking two storm systems. as you guys said, one tomorrow and then another one saturday oo sunday. but before that, some icy spots will develop overnight tonight. bu right now temperatures mainly above freezing still. culpeper, however, down t 26, but you can see washington at 39. rederick. 35 in gaithersburg. this is what you can expect tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., everybody in the 20s, even some teens out there like manisis at 19. right at freezing in annapolis. ait of refreeze overnight as he head througeut the day. y of clouds with a high temperature of 38 degrees. rain and snow showeg movin as early as 4:00 p.m. i'm going to be timing that out with future weather hour by hour. >>> the fbi says a man wasng plan to bomb the white house with explosives and anti-tank rockets. leon harris here in the newsroom at the live desk. 21-year-old hashir is chaed wilanning to damage a federa

also tonight, amelia draper will be the latest forecast on news 4 at 11:00. tomorrow morning, chiefme orologist doug kammerer will be here, as we're waking up to the first snow blanket of 2019. >>> happening right now, major interruptions to a ouple lines on the metro. this is all due toul sch track work. blue and yellow lines shut down cuts off reagan national sar airport. pentagon, pentagon city, crystal city, closed all weekend long. they have an express shuttle running between the airport and lafont plaza every five to ten minutes, that you can catch it. >>> a historic milestone is reached i this partial government shutdown. it is now the longest federal i closur u.s. history. previous record happeneduring e clinton administration. that one lasted from december 15th, 1995, through january 6th, 1996. this current partial sshutdown furloughed thousands of federal workers in our area. roughly, nationwide, 800,000 federal workers facing this harsh reality of not getting paid. they're being forced to make some very difficult choices. news 4 spoke with a furlou

we have some fog, some wet roads out ther amelia draper has a look at the forecast.py new year. >> happy new year. i'm tracking that fog around frederick and martinsburg. in the d.c. area, i'm not picking up o fog. everybody is starting off january 1st tdry. look at radar. the rain from yesterday pushed out of the area. that's off to the east. the winds are blowing out of the sout3est at about miles per hour.

. >> we want to begin with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. what's the biggest concerngh to and tomorrow morning? >> well, i think the biggest concern is north and west of washingtonn the side roads, driveways and sidewalks where we're going to see somell potent slick conditions develop overnight tonight. you're dealing with more snow and cler temperatures, so we could see some icy spots out there tonig and tomorrow morning. again, especially north and west of the district. but tomorrow by the midday hours, everybody is completely fine. headingome from work on your friday, no issues as far as the weather is concerned. check out current right now.res notice just about everybody outside washington is at or below 32, which is freezing. the district coming in at 34. so in the district inside of the beltway we're seeing snow falling but then changin over rain. nothing is sticking there. but here's a look at storm team 4 radar, where we're seeing some snow still pushing through the area, down towards southern maryland and a little rain mixingwn in n

amelia draper starts us off tonight in the storm center. >> well, jim, that rain mainly ll south of washington, and for the most part, rain looks to stay mainly south of washington overnight tonight. but where it is falling, it's only light in nature. check it out. here'storm team 4 radar. a closer look. receiving light showers in st. mary's county. the d.c. metro area is still completely dry. here's a look at the biggerur pi now, some of the moisture may clip washington overnight tonight, but farth north, up around the mason dixon line, i think you stayy. completely here's midnight. a chance of rain in ldorf, leonardtown. as we move to 2:00 a.m., the chance for showers along and east of i-95. any chance for rain, though, pretty much winds down between about 4:00 and 6:00 a.m., even in southerndoreen, i'min tra widespread rain friday into saturday. i'll have the timing on that coming up right after 11:15. >> all right, amelia. we'll stay tuned. thank tyou. >>orrow marks a power shift in the negotiations to end the governmentshutdown. >> democrats say they're going to show the president howo go

that's likely going to move to the east and amelia draper will update you through the afternoo bitingold today and thursday and we'll warming up. here's a look at the snow squall inarea. it's m to the east. should be right along the i-95 corridor just as we get into 12:30 or so. >> all laright, en. >>> the big story for us today so stay wh us throughout our afternoon shows. that's it for us today. we'll be back >>> we're live in five. four. three. two. one. ♪ it's a snow day, a winter cold day ♪ ♪ sy home and just say it's a great family day ♪ ♪ >> that's great. that sounds really gd. >> that doesn't sound like my principal. a school closing video. thanks to michi n superintendent and principal. guys, school cancellations all over the country. welcome to "access live.u remember when ere a k?id deal ever. >> you couldn't do anything for the next couple of days.

amelia draper isere to tell us what'snext. >> surprise, surprise, more rain. barely any sunshine, unfortunately. maybe a h glimmere or there. as we head into the overnight hours, the skies will stay mainly cloudy. we're at 49 after a high today.m that'st 10 degrees above normal. this is now the coldest time of year withra our a high only being 43 degrees. >> we dotay dry with plenty of clouds ound. by 11:00 p.m., temperatures in the low 40s and we'll be waking up tomorrow with tempetures in the 30s. i'll let you know what to expect at the bus stop. t plus, whenhe rain will move in. >>> a growing manhunt this afternoon. still ahead, the man who shot and killed that little 7-year-old in texas is still on the run. and minutes ago, we got an update from the girl's parents. >>> then genetic testing for newborns. should your by be tested? >>> and questions about aro bus in maryland after a deadly crash over the holiday. crash over the holiday. and neighbors are sharing their so you finally got fios, huh? yep, and wanna know what the best part about it is? gaming wit

. >> amelia draper is here to tell us who, among us, has the best chance of seeing showers and low it's going to last. this year is starting the way last year ended. wet. right? >> absolutely. the best chance of rain is south of washington, southern maryland, staffordi and georges county. you can see on the radar, seeing a few sprinkles in thosears. first, we are dealing with rain tonight. more rain is in the forecast frday and saturday. overall, mild temperatures. check it out. aside from the chance for prinkles falling right now in southern maryland, most of the area is still completely dry. looking at the ground observations, picking up on cloudy skies. a lot of times when rain moves in, itte evapor then hits the ground. nonetheless, this is moving into the area. future weather, 8:00, 9:00, :0 rain south of washington and the metro area as well tracking rain around 4:00 a.m. i'll let you know where it exits. i'll have more on the timing at 6:25. >> thank you. >>> breaking developments on the death of a marine in the district. the military officially him.ifi there are still questions

. >> we want to begin with the forecast and our amelia draper forecast.g us with a look at the happyr. >> happy new year. ball my balmy is the wor describe the temperatures. 63 in washington. rockville coming in at 58. 57 out there in dulles. not only will be mild out there with falling temperatures, but ry as well. you will notice the winds today, but a nice start to the new year. cold air moves in tonight and it's colder out there tomorrow on your wednday. noticeably colder. we're dry tomorrow but there's rain in the forecast thursday, friday and saturday.wh the forecast is lacking a chance for snow. i'll have more on the rain chances for thursday, friday and saturday coming up at y5:45. >> tha very much. the partial government shutdown entered its 11th day and the new year. there's talk on endin the gridlock on capitol hill bute neither sideem willing to concede. >> the house and senate will be wing back tok this week and there will be new faces in the house. house speaker leader nancy losi is rumored to be discussing a thursday vote to end the shutdown which may force senate majo

. >>> amelia draper is here with a closer look at what's coming our wa are the numbers going to be that bad? >> the good news is we won't see wind chills that cold in our area. i'm tracking a wintery mix mainly of rain and snow tomorrow. i can't rule out isolated sleet and freezing rain. we are going to pick up some minor accumulations, thatmu acting snow occurring during the late afternoon and evening hours. but this is anda al event when you're dealing with rain and snow and it starts to stick as she suns tomorrow. after that as the storm system pulls away, we s wind chills below zero moving in for wednesday and it stays col around here thursday even into friday before that dangerously cold air moves in. we have a winter weather advisory for the koun tips in purple. this includes the entire d.c. metro area. it begins around nn and runs until midnight. we see a wintery mix changing to all snow. we'll pickp about to 3 inches of snow. and while we could see some isolated slick stops tomorrow morning north of washington. it's the evening cmute tomorrow night where we're tracking slick roa

let's get right to amelia draper. >> this system is really about location. here in the d.c.rea, south and i.c.east, this is loo like rain, beginning as a wintery mix but quickly changing rain.o not necessarily the case north and west of washington, the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning for all the counties in pink. this begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as e sunday at 6:00 a.m. this is maryland, virginia, back through the panhandle of west virginia. i'm most concerned for icing out there tomorrow throughout t y. we have a winter weather advisory for norther fauquier, loudon county and howard. this runs through midnight tomorrow. theiggest impa north and west. it's going to be a messy saturday looking mainly dry on sunday. i

amelia draper will be the latest on theec ft tonight on news 4 at 11:00. tomorrow, chief meteorologist doug kamer will be here as you're waking up to the first 2019.blanket of >>> 6:04 on this saturday. breaking news overnight in prince george's county. firefighters out in the cold battling flames this is in riverdale. the fire broke out after midnight on bren oak avenue. firefighters had to climb up on the roof. it wsm a church. oke is still billowing out. there is no word on possible injuries or what could have started the blaze. >>> happening now, major interruptions to a couple lines on t metro. blue and yellow lines shut down, cuts offga r national airport. the pentagon city, pentagon, and crystal city stations are closed all weekend.ss an exp shuttle will run between the airport and lamont plaza every five to ten minutes. >>> a historic milestone is reached in thisgo partial rnment shutdown. it is now the longest federal closure in u.s. history. the previous record happened during the clinton administration. that one lasted from december 15th, 1995,

amelia draper standing by in the storm center. >> the next storm system not coming in until tuesday so we have time. but outas there today it breezy. we had gusts at 20 to 30 miles per hour as the sun is. going do those winds starting to subside. we have clear skies out there.ep we'll mainly clear skies t overnight tonight our high today about 44, which is exactly his time ould expect of year. we will have light winds, not just overnight tonight but throughout the weekend. we're not dealing with theinds at all. 7:00 p.m. with the sun down for almwo hours we fall into the 30s, to about 3 by 9:00 right around freezing. and 11:00 p.m. 29 in washington but low 20s in some of the suburbs already. it is a cold and clear night with some of us waking up to temperatures tomorrow in the i'll have more on your weekend andan the c for snow coming up later on. >>> we have some breaking news about a popular pizza shop that was once targed by conspiracy theorists. arson investigators tell us someone intentional lysette a fire at come pet ping-pong. it was small and the employees were able to put it o

amelia draper has thean ers. >> thanks so much. the super blood wolf moon eclipse.nd what does that mean? lets break it down. starting with the lunar eclipse part. this is when the moon and suns are on exact opposite ses of the earth. the blood parts refers to the reddish cnor that the m will appear this weekend as some sunlight still reaches the moon. the ser part is when a full moon is at its closest point to earth. and the wolf moon, that's what the natives americans called the full mn in january. the partial eclipse begins at 10:35, the total eclipse starts at 11:40 just before midnight. we'll have the maximum eclipsei occu here right around midnight. and the total eclipse ends right ound 1:00 a.m., at 12:43. unfortunately, thgh, viewing here, the forecast isn't looking great with clouds, rain and mae even ait of wintery mix in the forecast. so stay tuned guys. >> is this kind of thing visible to everybody on the planet? usually with eclipses only certain parts of the earth can see it? >> it's certainly visible here in the united states. cross our fingers maybe

let's get right to amelia draper. >> this system is really about location. here in the d.c. metro area, south and i.c.east, this is loo like rain, beginning as a wintery mix but quickly changing rain.o not necessarily the case north and west of washington, the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning for all the counties in pink. this begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as e sunday at 6:00 a.m. this is maryland, virginia, back through the panhandle of west virginia. i'm most concerned for icing out there tomorrow throughout t y. we have a winter weather advisory for norther fauquier, loudon county and howard. this runs through midnight tomorrow. theiggest impa north and west. it's going to be a messy saturday looking mainly dry on sunday. i posted this map for travel out there on saturday on my facebook and twitter pages and i'm going to have your fourone forecast coming up around 6:20. >> the wther forecast in a lot of different colors tonight. >>> breaking news just in from the white house. president trump now promising a 3:00 p.m. announcement tomorrow about t

. >> amelia draper is explainingt e mess next. >>> we're workingn for you ie community as the shutdown stretches on, the food drive that will feed furloughed families tomorrow. >> they shou a careut us little people. people out of work not by our choid. >> we sho you the impact the shutdown has had on government shutdown has had on government worker your favorite restaurants now it doesn't matter sh. where you are. ♪ it doesn't matter what you're hungry for. it doesn't even matter how many you are. ♪ restaurants come to you. delicious at your door. download doordash. first order, $1 delivery fee. >>> if you're just joining us ag 4: ready for big changes in the weather forecast. >> temperatures are on the way down and wind is picking up. here's a live look at the flag outside our studios. >> let's get an update from the storm center. >> that wind blowing in here, just had a wind gust of 50 miles per hour. most areas around 30 to 40 miles an hour, but 50 out of look what that does to the wind chill down to 26 in hagerstown, 39 in d.c. 61 in richmond. you see the colder air coming in, 61,

. >> here's amelia draper to tplain whyt's happening. hi. that's a gorgeous shot behind you. >>hank you so much. as we look to our apps, most of us have a weather app on our phone. hopefully it's the nbc washington app. w you check tther and you see a snow flake on my phone. it's hard not to wonder how much snow are we going to be getting maybe 9 days out, it's saying 4 to 8 inches. seven days out, the app goes down tus ang to an inch. five days out the number changes again, o to three inches. most weather apps -- not ourse because update it personally -- look at computer data. no meteorologist is actually tweaking that forecast. now we have to talk about how we make a weather forecast. what we do is firstwe gather her data from across the world, mainly satellites and ground sensors. this is set into super computers and a forecast is most apps regurgitate that information. no meteorologist is actually analyzing and improving the w forecastch is the third and final step to actually making a forecast. so we, as scientists, know that 9, 5 even two days out from an event the fore

meteorologist amelia draper i starting us off right now. are we over the worst of it? >> we arever the dangerously cold air for most of us, but check it out. the national weather service hae ed this for upper montgomery. this advisory will be in erect another hour or so. temperatures this morning starting off in the single digits in the suburbs. 10 for a low in washington. it was brutal out there this mornoug. dangy cold. when you have a wind chill temperature of 10 to 15 degrees below zero which we did see,an frostbite happen in 30 minutes. it's feeling like 19 degrees out there. winds out of the west at miles an hour. other wind chill temperatures across the area coming in at 5 below zero in hagerstown and 3 below zero in manassas another cold night tonight. noi'll let you what you can expect tonight for the kids at the bus stop tomorrow morning at 11:20. >>> let's show you this. this was the temperature at the dupont circle metro station jusr 8 deees at 5:00 a.m. news4 stopped by a home depot last night and the items were flying off the shelf like the ice melt, for

we turn things over to amelia draper in the storm center watching a lot of activity on radar still. >> very heavy rain moving rough the district. fairfax, prince william and northern prince george's county right now. this is moving to the utheast. ads up in f. you're in southern maryland. heavy rain within t next hou or so. check it out. bethes bethesda, the district, alexandria, heavy rain around the beltway. this is part of a much larger system. yesterday, we were concerned about flooding as well as wind. the wind with the storm system hasn't really materialized in our area. the strongest winds the coast.ff so that's a good thing. we're still dealing with rain for at least the next few hours. in fact, rain will continue until about noon, until 4:00 p.m. after that, we start to dry out. with that, we remain under a flood watch. all of the cou in green. this is going to run until 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. this includes the entire d.c. metro area. through charles count a the baltimore metro area as well.nf total rl amounts, dulles already reporting an inch of rain. the district only ab

that changes as we move into thn we >> amelia draper has been tracking the system for much of joins with us d the latest update. that includes fun snow totals for us as well. hi. >> bring it on. >> good morning. off i want to start you with the latest weather alerts. we have a winter form watch beginning saturday afternoon. it goes through sunday morning. this is for parts of st. mary's county through the northern neck. including stanford county,ge ornd culpepper counties,ee now you can the metro air not under any alert right now. w i thinwill see at least a winter weather advisory issued for the d. met area later today. the area here in blue, this could become a more serious winter storm warning. stay tuned as we continue to get new infor.tion here's the storm system. you can see it very clearly now on storm team radar. yesterday it was only forming at this time. ohere's a little bit when the storm moves in. 11:00 a.m. here's the snow pushing in between noon and 2:00 p.m.,ci esly in northern virginia. at 11:20 i will walk you through the forecast hour by hr out from the weekend. and i w

. >> here's amelia draper with the what's going on here? >> southwest greenland, which previously had not been considered aerious threat to rising sea levels will likely become aajor future contributor to sea level rise. this could have impacts o coastal cities like miami, new york, and eve locally including the d.c. waterfront. greenland is a massive island, about 80% of the island is covered in thice. ice free area is mainly in the southwest. this study that came out yesterday found that the large ice loss from 2003 toam013 actually from the southwest region of greenland, showing a ifundamental change in melting and runoff behavior early in this ce the area lacks large glaciers and hadn't been known to be losing ice this rapidly is now not the case. previous studies on the soutast a northern parts were where they pnt ice chunks into the atasson. to expolice statilain this, the officer of the study and his b co-authoieve the main link is overall warming temperatures. as the earth warms he thinks this causes water to drain from greenland in

amelia draper joins us to explain it. this is something we should not miss. >> absolutely. so the super bloodn wolf m eclipse. a mouthful to say. what does that even me? let's break it down. first starting off with the lunar eclipse parthe this is the moon and sun are on exact opposite sides of the earth. the earth blocks the sunlight that normally reaches the moon. the blood part, this refers to the reddish color the moon appears as some sunlight reaches the moon as it passes through the earth's atmosphere. the super part, this is when a full moon is at its closest point to earth. and the wolf moon is what the native amerins called the first full moon in january. it's saturday night into sunday. the partial eclipse givens at 10:30, but the show really starts around 11:30 asee we the total eclipse begin. the total eclipse is going to end just aroun 1:00 a.m. exactly at about 123. and this, when we're seeing the full eclipse is when t moon will have the reddish color to it. unfortunately for our area viewing here isn't looking great with the forerist. t now, saturday night i