i'm andrea roane. while you can't tell it yet, we are in a red alert day for dangerous weather. howard is here to explain what is about to roll into the metro area. >>> later on this afternoon, we're watching for some storms that will come through. they could have winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. this is quiet right now but this is it here in kentucky, ohio. what we're seeing ahead of it are rain showers, moderate ones across areas of west virginia and western maryland. there's another batch of rain down south of charlottesville which will be moving northeast. in the next couple of hours, we're going to turn wetter with the scattered showers but the line of the heavy winds we're expecting maybe not till 5:00, 6:00. winds are just starting to pick up out to the west with gusts toward 30. the concern is that these winds could gust 40, even 50 miles an hour for tonight with the line of storms and also behind it, so everybody in a wind advisory between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. i'll come back in a few minutes and look more at doppler 9000 and let you know what's coming be

i'm andrea roane. >> it's not snow. it's not six inches to a foot of snow like they got on portions of cape cod so we're fine and it's friday. thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. monika is off. jessica doyle will be doing the traffic and howard? >> tomorrow will be the wet day. i was talking to a couple of guys at the locker room at the gym yesterday. they were a baseball and softball coach. i have to have some of these practices indoors. they have to rent gym space. it's becoming costly as well. let's get you going on this friday morning. a few showers today. boarderline yellow alert today. boy, tomorrow and even into sunday looks soggy. temperatures today will be climbing from the 40s to near 50s south and west with 30s in howard county to the low, even mid-60s this afternoon on the heels of some brisk south, southwesterly winds. 10 to 20 miles an hour. they have a cost toward 30 with a few showers. not a washout and not an all day rain. we have plenty of rain up in pennsylvania and ohio, coming into kentucky and

i'm andrea roane. most schools in the area are out of snow days after our latest winter storm. this may not be the only weather complication for the week. say it isn't so. let's get straight to first alert meteorologist howard bernstein as he tracks the next storm. howard? >> a little potential coming for friday morning. i see a little potential. still thinking it may miss us about i want to show you what's going on. we have one storm affecting big easy, mardi gras. not good for them. this area in the gulf of mexico we have to watch. this first batch of energy, that's going to slide east and stay south of us. that's not the concern. another area of low pressure will develop thursday morning over toward mississippi. it's going to move east into georgia and south carolina by thursday evening. we may get a flurry thursday with a day around 40. tomorrow looks final. friday morning, notice this pink area? that could be a mix of rain and snow and sleet. so we'll watch that potential as this does get close but also a good chance it slides east of us. for this afternoon, though, we're

. >>> i'm andrea roane. >> i'm lesli foster. let's get you caught up with the latest. there are just over 2,000 power out alleges in our viewing area. most of them are potomac edison customers in washington county, maryland. these local hops are in dire need of a driver with four- wheel drive. virginia hospital in arlington, sibley hospital. they need volunteers with four- wheel drive and the numbers are right there on the screen. >>> is the worst of the storm behind us and where is it now? the gang is all here. let's get right to the weather team. topper is here with us. howard is in the back. erica is in the back. you have been on top of this storm since last week. you hit almost exactly when you said it would. >> pretty close. the timing was good. the low end of the snow -- everybody got about 4 inches but we have scaled back a little bit south and west of town. no more 12-inch bands but still a pretty good snow south of town, especially for early march. >> yeah. >> it's technically meteorological spring. >> this could be the last bit of snow. we would be okay with

i'm andrea roane. >>> at least it's friday. i'm mike hydeck. let's do this and get it done.out when this is moving in. >> we have a couple of showers in parts of west virginia. today's yellow alert is borderline. lybe a yellow alert right through sunday. it's going to be soggy. looks like saturday will be the wettest of the next three days and today will be the best of the next three days. yesterday 52. showers around, mainly this afternoon. isolated ones this morning with mid-50s by noon. on our way to a high of 64 degrees. this is by no means a washout today. let's show you what's pp we've seen the clouds that moved in from the west. this morning there's a lot of rain in pennsylvania, out through ohio and in toward the tennessee and ohio valleys. around here, it's just come into western maryland and parts of west virginia. you see this right here? let me show you doppler 9000. this is all ground clutter once you get past the northern parts of maryland. that's ground clutter. when you get into the catoctins, smithsburg and williamsport, out here toward cumberland, this is w

i'm andrea roane. we given with breaking news from georgetown university. the f.b.i. is now involved with a white powder scare that started in the campus building this morning. police say field tests on the substance found at mccarthy hall dorm came back negative. however, investigators then found another suspicious sus assistance that they are testing to make sure it is -- substance that they are testing to make sure it is not ricin. students have been told they can remain on campus. police also say a suspect has been identified and that interviews are being conducted in this case. >>> some neighbors on k street northwest woke to a barrage of gunfire this morning. a man wanted for a recent murder is now dead after he opened fire on officers. delia goncalves has the latest on the shootout from the scene. >> reporter: witnesses tell us they heard as many as 10, even 15 shots and then this massive scene here on 1st and k with several members of the s.w.a.t. team heavily armed here on the scene. it was just after 6:00 a.m. when lorenzo davis pulled into his construction

i'm andrea roane. >> it's not snow.ix inches to a foot of snow like they got on portions of cape cod so we're fine and it's friday. thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. monika is off. jessica doyle will be doing the traffic and howard? >> tomorrow will be the wet day. i was talking to a couple of guys at the locker room at the gym yesterday. they were a baseball and softball coach. i have to have some of these practices indoors. they have to rent gym space. it's becoming costly as well. let's get you going on this friday morning. a few showers today. boarderline yellow alert today. boy, tomorrow and even into sunday looks soggy. temperatures today will be climbing from the 40s to near

i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck.f this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic. we want to leyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. lookat

i'm andrea roane. 5:29. in a little more than 24 hours, it will be spring. it will be spring.e it but it will be. >> we'll just have to get rid of the yellow alert again today. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. it's fatigue, right, from all the stuff? good morning, monika. howard, take it away. >>> yellow alert for the drizzle and showers we'll have. it might impact outdoor plans or travel. freezing rain west this morning where a winter weather advisory is up. there's just the slightest chance of the glaze. let's go to the weather graphics and show you our day planner. we're looking at the showers on and off this afternoon. by 5:00 most of it is going to be east of us but still kind of cool and damp, 42. on our way to a late afternoon high 44, 45. there's your winter weather advisory west of town. does include loudoun, virginia, frederick, maryland west to northern fauquier county. this is really going to be spotty, the freezing stuff, but it is a widespread advisory. we have temperatures this morning you see 33 harrisonburg. but mid-30s in most areas. we really got to be below f

i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic. we want to leyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. looking at your day planner, we are expecting sunshine. that's a plus but a cold day. the winds sustained over 20 miles an hour ear through midday with the gusts -- here through midday with the gusts in the 30 to 40 mile an hour range. almost 20 degrees below average. big storm now pounding areas of southeastern massachusetts, especially out toward the cape and nantucket.

good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm deck deck. my kids -- mike hydeck, my kids are bouncing off the wall. wow it seems like we've had storm after storm after storm howard. so at least the precipitation is gone yes? >> the street was plowed but an icy sheet after is that. >> still is right? >> we're downloads in a few shot -- down to below zero in a few spots this morning. in record in d.c. still stands. we're in the teens. >> this first of all. there are some closings and delays we wanted to tell you about. >> all right, first off the federal government is open but it is on a two hour delay. d.c. government following the same pollty at two hour -- policy at two hour delay. montgomery county government is open, the university maryland of college park campus will open at 10:00 a.m. >> as far as closings in virginia we're going to start here -- the counties there all closed. in maryland -- >> d.c. public schools are opening two hours late. if you have to be at the bus stop this morning, you will definitely want to layer up. my thermo

i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. freezing temperatures on the roads overnight mean a chance of ice this morning. school systems are delaying their openings. >> in maryland calvert and st. mary's county schools are opening two hours late. >> the list is much longer in virginia. that is where culpeper, fairfax, fauquier, loudoun, prince william, and spotsylvania as well as stafford county all on a two- hour delay. you can see the list on the bottom of your screen and of course on wusa9. >> just in daze case you're wondering, we have heard from d.c., montgomery çcounty, arlington county, prince george's county, they tell us they will all be opening on time. >>> a couple of the slick spots here. the roads, many of them have been in pretty good shape. the high sun angle yesterday did a number cleaning them up and drying things out. we have a winter weather advisory to the south. a slow climb out of the upper 20s, low 30s. 34 by noon. we'll make it around 39 but also later on today, a shower possible south and east of d.c

andrea roane explains. >> reporter: your dance partner janet, what's she like holding her in her arms and twirling her around on the dance floor? how goodis understanding how card technology is working or not working to protect the integrity of account numbers. >> reporter: the national retail federation has been showing off so-called chip and pin technology already the standard in other countries. the credit cards contain computer chips and require customers to enter pins at the point of purchase. the switch from the u.s.' 50-year-old magnetic strip technology, the swipe and sign method, would be expensive to financial service providers and retailers who would need new card reading machines, but this week on capitol hill several lawmakers called on congress to mandate the change to better protect against widespread data breaches in the future. jessica doyle, wusa9. >> visa, mastercard and others have announced plans to move to chip-based cards by sometime late next year. in the meantime consumers ought to take their own precautions to protect their credit and debit card info and stay