and then annapolis, 3 to 5 inches. you could be on the lower end or higher end of that, depending on where the snow burst occurs. and also on the eastern shore. you folks out there in kent county, st. mary's county looking at anywhere from 2-to 4-inches stretching south and looking at one to three beyond that. now it looks like that is not the only thing we are worried about. this storm will be pushing through. but we have to keep our eye on the weekend. the next storm. another possibility. tracking our direction for late friday night to saturday. and if you think this is a big one. well do you remember before christmas? what we got? this could be a big doozy in the making. and we have to watch this one closely. it could rival that storm previously. i want you to know that. remember it for the weekend. overnight tonight looking at the accumulation. three to 6 inches of snow. for tomorrow morning commute. messy out there. and then it looks like start to see breaks in the clouds late afternoon. i will have a detailed loo

between four and five inchs& from ashburn at five inches to four in fairfax, four for the district and annapolis, five. the radar looking quiet, but we've seen sprinkles across the area with mostly cloudy skies. sprinkles just around northwest d.c. and now up into montgomery county. so winter storm watch will be dry overnight. winter storm watch from fridayñ morning through saturday. so weáwu a dry day tomorrow. we're talking about the storm system starting to develop riday late afternoon and for the evening. there it is. you see that low-pressure system spr spinning around western texas. they'll get amounts between three and six inches. for us, an 80% chance that will be a major storm system for us. for saturday, probably even sunday, too. a 70% chance that this storm system will begin from noon to 4:00 p.m. on friday. 40% chance that we'll get between 12 and 24 inches.

. >>> an effort is underway in annapolis to change maryland's law regarding direct wine shipping. better bureau and wine law makes are pushing for the bill to allow wineries and businesses to ship up to 24 cases of wine to customers per year. under state law wine is not allowed to be sold or shipped to restaurants. purchasers have gone through a distributor. >>> air-tran airways is hiring. the second largest carrier at bwi marshall is looking to fill 40 positions. air-tran interviewed 100 candidates today. >> when you do an event like this people are eager to come out. they put their best foot forward. you can see the group is very well-dressed and professional look. we hope to hire a bunch of good people. >> air-tran is also adding more flights. they'll start nonstop service to jacksonville, florida in may. >>> in annapolis tonight a house committee has shot down a bill >> would prohibit the state from recognizing gay marriages validated in other states and countries. the proposal came before emmitt burns jr. similar legislation has been rejected in year's past. delegate burns ho

. >> in annapolis state lawmakers have resumed a lingering debate over the use of medical marijuana. john tells us supporters believe they have enough vote to pass the bill this year. hello john. >> hello karen. it is still illegal to possess marijuana in maryland. even if you can prove you are using it for medical reasons. but that could change if this bill passes. huge crowds pack a hearing room in annapolis this afternoon just to support the bill that would allow pharmacy to distribute marijuana to patrons with chronic or terminal illnesses. doctors say it relieves pain and reduces nausea for those undergoing cancer treatment. the pot itself only grown in states certified facilities. one of those who testified today a man who survived polio as a child is still in chronic pain. >> my muscles are very weak. they have tendency to cramp and spasm. and cannabis keeps them relaxed. >> all right now if caught using pot even for medical reasons you face a 100 dollar fine. if the bill passes there will be no fine but a patient would need authorization from a physician with whom they have h

in march, a dog strangled, kicked and stomped on in annapolis. and another beaten to death with a shovel in salisbury. in may, a young pit bull named phoenix made national news. after she was doused with gasoline and set on fire. in west baltimore. she had to be euthanized. october, a kitten mutilated and tortured in edgemere. these are just the ones that made headlines. >> serious violence going on in our community. >> already, this year, two dogfighting busts. >> what we are learning in major streets like baltimore, dogfighting is becoming a very underground crime. it happens in back alleys t happens in basements without a lot of notice. >> without much of a trace. the boston arundel county last month happened because of a concerned neighbor took notice. in baltimore county, investigators were on a drug raid, when they found dogfighting paraphernalia in the home. cross reporting that could bring the underground crime to the surface. >> so often you see spousal abuse with animal abuse or child abuse with animal abuse. >> trend the fbi studies, a

. >> in annapolis, governor o'malley delivers the state of the state address. governor wants lawmakers to pass tougher laws, to prevent families from home he foreclosures. the governor also wants support for his bill giving tax credits to employers who hire laid off workers. >>as we move maryland forward. out of the recession into better times. we are going to need to continue to make the sometimes tough, but critically important choices necessary, to expand opportunity, and to strengthen families. >> still republicans say o'malley's budget depends much too heavily on federal stimulus money. you can see the full state of the state address on our website, foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >> fox 45 news has learned 60 citations were issued for texting while driving in the first three months of the new law. now some lawmakers want to ban reading texts while driving as well. texting is causing several accidents, including 12 years ago, which killed harford county heather hurd. many young drivers add amit to writing and reading texts even behind the wheel. >> especially w

it is freezing in annapolis. if you are not snowing yet, which i don't think you are, you have sleet and freezing rain but you will go back to snow and it will be moderate at times with increasing winds. we will look for the snow today. increasing winds, at times they will gust over 45 miles an hour. we have bigger problems later on. now we have gofer 0 to angie and see what is happening with the traffic this morning. >> it's been my traffic story the last week, don't drive if you don't have to and if you do for any reason, we have seen a couple of people on the roadway, use the low beams and let other people see you. we will tour the region. eastbound at the fairfax county parkway we have problems. a disabled vehicle to the left. a lot of snow and slush on the roadways. moving over to 395, this road is blanketed by snow. you are looking at a tree because going southbound at the exit for king street, where we have a downed tree blocking all lanes. a lot of were-related incidents out there, as well. more reason to

fairfax and montgomery, heavy snow in howard and also heavy snow in northern prince georges county and annapolis northwards and north of 50 to baltimore and 97, we have heavy snow. it will continue up there for a while. it will end from southwest to northeast. so you folks in fairfax, montgomery, probably another our hour or two with heavy snow. howard county around anne arundel county two to three or four more hours of heavy snow. we zoomed in and are looking at moderate snow in potomac and mclean. moderate all the way to annandale and over to beltsville, as well. heavy snow around fedex and we are looking at moderate snow in vienna and as you go toward great falls, route 7, some moderate snow. we have a ways to go before the snow ends. the problem is when the snow ends the winds will continue today, tonight and tomorrow. it will take you until tomorrow afternoon to slacken off. five to ten foot drifts not out of the question. we will talk about the wind gusts. this is expanding. look at the winds now. 44-mile an hour winds at patuxent river. 36-mile an hour gusts at reagan national. another re

the inner loop at annapolis road. the inner loop at ritchie- marlboro.you are taking the risk and hitting the roads you are taking a risk of clogging up the roadway for the snow crews that need to get out there and get their job done. route 50, more problems at jennifer road. a new crash. crews are on the scene. we have fog warnings on the bridge. the inner loop more crash activity. drivers are losing the right lane. and then we will wrap with a wintry mix on i-95 between fredericksburg and the mixing bowl. we are seeing that ice and sleet. those are going to be the biggest problems. good wednesday morning. everybody. we are ten minutes from the 7 hour. round two, our storm coverage continues after these messages. >>> welcome back. it is a live look at a snow- covered mass avenue in northwest. in the news now, the space shuttle "endeavor" has arrived at the international space station. the shuttle's six astronauts will spend more than a week installing a new room and domed lookout and nasa says all of the picture and information collected during the firs

annapolis is at seven. dunkirk, maryland is at eight inches now. we're past 10:00. st. mary's county and charles county are all under blizzard warnings until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. even if you're not under a blizzard warning, we said this before, don't go out. really. blizzard conditions overnight. turning colder after midnight. the snow will taper off between about 4:00 and 8:00 on saturday. and i had to give about a four-hour range because you folks out in winchester will see it shut off much before the folks in southern maryland. about 4-8. not to say it couldn't flour re all night. but in -- flurry all night. but in terms of the heavy snow it will taper off tomorrow afternoon and evening. look at this storm, it is a classic nor'easter. the storm tracked around right along and went through mobile bay and tracked into southeastern sections of georgia. it's going to slowly work its way up the coast. it's going to get up to the parallel of norfolk and then drift eastward. that's why it's going to take awhile for the snow to drift off as opposed to going past us to the nor

adjusting our temperatures to 27 in annapolis. 28 in edgemere. 29 in lutherville. bel-air, aberdeen. we thought you would get close to the mix. staple story up towards elkton. it will go back to snow but that adds to more problems. centreville at 33. rain on the eastern shore. that will go back to snow so you will have a thick layer of ice. you will have stronger winds and also big problems this afternoon. windchill not a factor now but the winds will be picking up. want to point out for some of our state officials. they're dealing with visibility at .25". in resisters town getting reports of 6 and 9 inches of snow on the ground. got this report from new freedom and jeff tells me he's got 13.5 inches. >>>

it is 23 andrews saint indigos, cambridge, easton, annapolis, you are still 30. but as that comes toward you, your temperatures are going down and snow picking up. annapolis in the next 30, 45 minutes you will be experiencing what we have been experiencing here for the last hour, even across southern maryland. it's not that far away now. probably within the next half hour. temperatures have gotten much colder. generally 20 to 25 west of town and 25 to 30 east of town. we have 25. we are gusting to 43 sustained and 22. wind chill at ten. wind chills will fall to the single digits today. another reason why you don't want to be outside. the couple -- the storm, a couple of pieces of energy are feeding in and helping to enhance the coastal storm which is developing. deepest pressure is in ocean city, heavy snow through philly, long island, blizzard warnings are up there as well and some spots between philly and new york could get two feet of wind-driven snow. in some cases worse for them. this is what we are thinking as far as the totals when we are done with the sno

it was registered to joseph kelly of annapolis. the one person in the plan was pronounced dead on the scene. >> it is a bad situation, especially when the police told me he was dead. it is sad. it happens. >> when a plane crash, the weather conditions were clear. it could take a series for the faa and maryland state police to determine the cause -- it could take days for them to determine the cause. >> also, a deadly car crash where one man was killed, a second rest to the hospital in anne arundel. an amtrak train should down for nearly three hours. it was just after 6:00 p.m. on saturday morning. the driver lost control, hit the guard rail, and fell 40 feet off the overpass. the passenger was pronounced dead the scene and the driver went to shock trauma with life- threatening injuries. >> the vehicle was on its route. we had to extricate the patient from the vehicle. >> state police say that this was one of several accidents in anne arundel and howard counties, believing that icy conditions played a role. >> to get ready for a pos

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maybe toward annapolis, not quite yet but we will watch it. head your way in the next hour or so. in to upper montgomery and frederick county, lighter flurry and snow showers over there. we have a winter weather advisory as i said in affect until the noon hour. north and east. it does not include washington but all the counties in pink and winter storm warnings north and east in to northeastern maryland where they will see more snow. 33 national. 30 winchester. but with those winds our wind chills are in the teens and 20s. one below zero at johnstown and oakland. 33 sustained winds west at 23. gusting to the 30s but in martinsburg in the 50s. go to the seven-day forecast. we have a break coming, especially by sunday and monday. monday will be nice. mostly sunny and upper 40s. by wednesday a coastal storm may affect us. we are worrying about that as with get closer to it. >>> hello. we have some weather-related incidents to tell you about but first show you 270 southbound. already seeing the traffic pick up between 118 germantown road to montross. the good news is going northbound

places that get rain could be near annapolis and kent island. if that happens they have snow on the ground. you get the rain that causes melting. then you'll wind up with that stuff turning back to snow and refreezing. you have the winter mode up this now. >> you can see sleet back across the delmar peninsula. we know the wind is not going to be an issue the next few hours. as we go into the overnight tomorrow it is going to be a headache to dig out. >> those of you that have been around baltimore for a long time, you talk about the storm in 1966. ralph tells me he lived in parkville and snow drifts were up to the top of telephone poles. this is the historic stuff you see pictures about and you don't believe. we literally have two and a half feet on the ground. if you bet this snow you get another ten to 20-inches that blows and drifts we are looking at stuff where you are covering up street signs. it is really hard to discern what the toptography is of the land. >> we'll be back in a couple more minutes to break this historic storm down as it c

temperatures above freezing on the shore and rock hall and annapolis and 36 and bellaire at 37. the temperatures are dropping. that's why we are getting a bit of a mix. we are seeing the temperatures starting to drop here across the city and we are starting to see more snow. the mix here is depicted by the pink that you see moving across the region and the rain as you see kind of all down along ocean city and the shore from easton and we are starting to see a bit of a development snow area wide and speaking of the area we are looking at a large area of snow. let me back it up and give you an idea of how big the system is. we will see heavier bands in the evening hours and overnight and we will start to see improvement but in the meantime expect to see more blue here and most of this will turn to snow. it will be with us through tomorrow and we will see tapering as we move through the afternoon. by the evening we will start to see it leveling out here but the cold air will be in place and the winds are going to pick up tomorrow and along the shores and beaches it will and norrest

maybe annapolis toward baltimore and possibly into howard county.uld look at still another inch or two after dark tonight. winds staying up at 20-30 miles per hour. blizzard warning in affect for everybody now until 7:00. cambridge south not in the blizzard warning, fauquier is, cul pupper is not. and shenandoah and frederick county is not in the blizzard warning but the east and west virginia panhandle is along with allegany, washington county, frederick east to the delaware line. on the blizzard warnings, it's not just us. delaware is under a blizzard warning, most of new jersey and parts of southeast pennsylvania and long island all under blizzard warnings. they'll likely extend up to southeastern massachusetts later on tonight. the storm itself, really deepening here. right here almost over ocean city. and then there is another piece of energy coming in right here and you can see it stretched out there. if this passes, we'll see the snow let down. let's show you new york city right now because we're not the only ones dealing with the snow. not a

preparations are also in place to open an emergency shelter at annapolis high school. in harford county, more than 100 trucks are out to work on more than 1,000 miles of road. private contractors are on hand. carroll county crews are using more than 2200. workers there only break to eat until the roads are back to normal. it's a similar situation in howard county, where 13,000 tons of salt was hauled in. the challenge there was keeping up with the rate of snowfall. >> all counties will focus on clearing primary roads first. and then crews will tackle residential and side streets. but they asked drivers to move cars out of the way if possible. because they are a major road block, for work trucks. >> if they can get to the streets, because there are not a lot of cars in the way, we can get the jobs done the way we want to get it done. and get you back safely, to what you want to do. >> reporter: and just about five minutes ago, baltimore city entered its phase 2, which means the snow plows have started. and cars are not allowed in the snow emergency routes. if they are,

. >>> we have breaking news out of annapolis. effective immediately, attorney general says maryland will recognize same sex marriages performed in other states. maryland agencies will extend all the rights to gay couples. that will be the law of the land in maryland until his directive is challenged in court. gay marriages marriages are legal in four new england states and iowa. >>> a country on his shoulders. he is long awaited testimony comes after 39 deaths and millions of his companies recalled cars. >> from the sideline to the spotlight, toyota's ceo, toyoda apologized to the american people for widespread safety lapses. he told lawmakers the company grew too fast for the employees to keep pace. >> i am deeply sorry for any accident that toyota drivers have experienced. >> toyoda said he will lead a top to bottom review, but he is absolutely certain they are not linked to the electronic system. >> i have no question of the integrity of our system. >> toyota recalled 8.5 million vehicles to fix problems with ill fitted floor

three in annapolis. we have local license fog. that could be an issue over the next couple of hours until we need to get the sun to help out or the storm gets far enough away the low level moisture can get mixed out. keep that in mind. temperatures in the upper 20s to the west. culpeper to 19. they are dropping quickly with clearing for them. patuxent river, saint indigos in the low to mid-30s. wind chill is 25. northwesterly winds at 8. big storm across texas right now. energy coming from the southwest. we expect that moving in on friday night in toe saturday. a significant snow possible. i may turn that to likely tomorrow. and then as we get in to sunday and monday we are dry. and on tuesday another storm may be bearing down on us. highs in the low 30s. >> feels like ground hog day, oh, wait, that was yesterday. 19 minutes after the fave clock hour, tracking the tieups on the outer loop at the american legion bridge. crash activity response on the scene still taking away the left lane for drivers. slow approaching the scene but

river, elk ton upper 20s, 30 bel air, 29 westminster, 31 columbia, 32 rock hall, kent island 33, annapolis 34. before the break we covered the advancing storm. this is going to be a pretty big one, however, you know, it's not like we haven't done this twice before this season. i think the temperatures over the next couple days are kind of critical to the story as the low gets out of here and high pressure builds in. sun comes out, it stays cold, we will not have to deal with a melt and refreeze, we move the snow before it tries to turn to ice. 37 will be the high early on, heavy snow tonight, snow in the afternoon, tonight 25. heavy snow early on tomorrow, by lunch it's over. cloudy, windy, colder, 30 in the afternoon. quickly, can we bring in first warning doppler weather radar? you see this band of heavy rain down over the south florida panhandle, portions of sought east alabama, northwest georgia that's what's coming in tonight. that's going to be the heavy snowfall after dark. let's look at the five-day. once we get below freezing today, we stay below freezing the next two days. once a

snowing back to annapolis and back in to the district and baltimore. and some of the snow here is really rather impressive. we will see some of the bands of heavy snow, northwest of brandy wine and came through alexandria, probably having snowfall rates one to two inches an hour, maybe more than that. the blue area is an inch or more of snow and in howard and montgomery counties, want to move up north and the beltsville area we are seeing pink and purple areas expanding. they are moving to the north and northwest inside the baltimore beltway, there north and west of baltimore some heavy snow. widen out one more time and show you a little more radar across northern virginia because we are watching the heavy snows here. really extending from west of fredericksburg, back through luray coming in to front royal and warrenton, west side of faulkier county and winchester. we have heavy snow we have been watching moving in your direction and that extends to frederick and hagertown. a lot of snow up north. a decent amount of snow outside. with more, here's mete

mothers against drunk drivers and state lawmakers introduced the eliminate drunk driving act today in annapolis. if passed it will expand maryland's program to convicted drunk drivers. supporter hope it will lead to a drop in drunk driving crashes and fataliti . >> this is real life and people are being killed in our state's. it is a very tiny percentage of people engaged in the criminal behavior. we know who they are. we can stop this problem by putting devices in their cars. >> you don't have to be the mother and someone who has been killed to understand what m.a.d.d. stands for. >> m.a.d.d. says interlocks are used in new mexico for alcohol-related injuries decreased by 39% and fatalities have gone down 35%. >>> maryland's attorney general says he believes that the state's highiest court will likely rule that gay marriage legal in another state will be valid here. maryland law ethe fines marriage between a man and woman. but the state generally acknowledges couples married elsewhere. he is opinion is not legally binding. tonight equity maryland will host a rally highlighting his opinion. it

temperatures in annapolis and easton 32. low 30s down south. the wet snow. talking to kim our chat room in prince frederick. it snowed and rained in calvert. they ended up with an inch and a half at newland. culpeper 21. winchester 28. our winds have been fairly light. this morning northwest at seven. 34 national. wind chill of 28. look at how the moisture exploded over south texas in the last six to eight hours. a sign sign of the intensification of the storm and we will be watching that closely the next couple of days. the seven-day forecast, 42 today. 40 tomorrow. no problems. we will get the melting and here's storm number two. friday night and saturday, saturday could be a very snowy day a highs of freezing. dry often sunday and monday and storm number three by tuesday afternoon and evening. highs in the low 30s. >> make it stop. traffic has westbound gude road closed because of an overturned traffic tanker truck. 270 southbound. everything is okay there. going northbound we are running in to problems. at shady grove we are losing three planes because o

right now we have light to moderate snow at bwi marshall through annapolis. we have snow in frederick and heavy snow reported back toward hagerstown. this will intensify as it moves west to east. again, all though i done see any surface reports at the top of the hour for sleet on delmarva we think the eastern shore may be getting pelted by light sleet. this is impressive. we were just looking at this. you can see the storm west from east. we bring in the snow. it continues overnight tonight mixing in with snow. winter mix toward the delmarva area. through the day tomorrow we all pick up snow. then the wind intensifies. as the low moves offshore if you look to the right of the screen you can see a donut hole. that's an indication of a powerful low pressure area. then you can see a secondary center of that low back forming a little closer to new jersey. that will mean a tremendous amount of wind. tomorrow night that's even as the snow wraps up. this is going to be a monster storm that we have to deal with. you don't see that show up on the model like that all t

at 11:00, bwi rapport in light rain, annapolis reporting light weight. -- rain. we're tracking the storm, and it has yet to fully develop. that particular area of rain is going to move off shore and will be 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning when the storms are trapping moisture around the colder air. take a look the graphics. we have winter weather advisories in effect. nothing more than four is expected there. it will not be high enough snowfall, but high on land. the wind really want to pick up until late afternoon or evening. nothing more than a trace, maybe 2 inches across the better part of the area. maybe three or four in other parts. northeast and east of here will be jackpot. it will gust at times to 15 miles an hour. tomorrow night and friday morning, the storm goes up. and more in just a minute. >> this round is going to be much different from the back-to- back storms earlier. josh the road crews will be pre treating the roads, but this time they are concerned for another reason. our storm watch team coverage -- >> caroline, traffic tomorrow morning. not only

annapolis 32. over the cross the bay, cambridge at the freezing mark. we're looking at clouds slow to break so peaks of sunshine this afternoon. partly sunny conditions later on. high temperatures above ho. some melting today, some melting tomorrow. then snow after that. >> reporter: we begin in southeast dc, nailer road is closed at 19th because we have fire and rescue on the scene of this house fire. we have a team in route to the scene as well. we'll have more on that coming up. moving over to northeast dc, police activity still keeps north capital closed at michigan, channing, w and adams. first street is affected. keeping things moving we open that door and take you outside. drivers are moving at speed but there is congestion on the outer loop between new hampshire and northern avenue. >>> eastbound it looks like that trip is doing over kay. no incidents, no accidents but plus five minutes you'll have to give yourself from nuttily to the capitol beltway. >> we have a couple alerts for you. smoke alert. red line riders seeing delays. we're getting w

warrenton, south of annapolis, it is pushing off to the north and to the east. it will turn to snow, but it's going to take a while. mixed precipitation showing up west of i-81. let's go to the graphics now. and we'll look at the big picture. satellite picture, radar combined, that's the upper level system. the surface low is developing off the south carolina coast, that's what is giving us our first little bits of rain right now. our winter storm watch is a winter weather advisory through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. i don't see any problems on the roads. it's so warm right now. anything that falls will simply melt. however, it will be a monster storm. no doubt about it. bulls eye well north and east of the metro area. maybe a trace to 2 inches thursday night into friday morning. strong winds, the signature, right on through saturday. we'll come back and give you a snowfall accumulation map and look ahead for the rest of the week. >> you say big snow without the big accumulation. all right topper. and with the strong winds, local officials are urging people to prepare f

there will be a few isolated spots to get more. 11-16 from annapolis on south. there will be mixing with sleet and rain. in the mountains, the lift from the rain will get some spots up to two feet. towards pennsylvania, maybe 10 or 12 inches. everybody will get at least 1 foot elvis. nobody cares after that much. that is a lot of snow. it's got to be a long duration event. sunday and monday it will dry out. eisner's 29 on sunday, 36 on monday. maybe more snowfall next week. -- high of 29 on sunday. >> ford plans to repair 17,000 mercury milan and for confusiond geza electric highbridge ghaziyeh software problem. -- ford fusion gas electric software problem. they will notify customers. heinz ketchup, the new package can be torn it and more convenient way. it will be available at some fast-food restaurants in the fall. >> i have messed up my neckties a long delay. sentiment on wall street echoing around the globe. the problems at toyota have hit and destroy it. >> the good as its friday naqoura. >> things appeared to be quoted a big sell-off yesterday. globally, o

annapolis checked in with four and in west virginia, we took the cake with seven inches of snow in moorfieldthat was the highest we saw. thank you for the storm reports you sent to wusa9.com. lower 40s but warmer than it has been in many cases where we topped out in 30s for highs. northwest winds phi to ten miles an hour. whatever isn't treated today and whatever doesn't have salt on it will refreeze tonight and tomorrow morning. watch for that. of course we know that could be a dicey for the morning commute. for our thursday we will be here in the morning. starting in the 20s. partly to mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon. if anything a degree or two cooler than today. a storm passed through overnight. generally the four to six inch totals received the last of it. getting the sunshine to pop up. from here in the mid-atlantic to texas because this next system, see all the rain from the gulf of mexico through central texas and in to the panhandle through new mexico. this is starting to be already a big storm system. it has a lot of moisture with it. this is the one that's heading our way. th

annapolis 1.8. check out where it stayed colder. wineboro, 10.4. the snow is coming back down make for sleet. westminster that was an old tally at 5 inches and throughout the morning we're going to give you more of these snow amounts but again we're dealing with the issue here where the snow will be filling back in across the rest of the area as cold air catches up with this storm and then we're going to have the issue of the blowing and drifting snow. sticking with the original forecast, 12 to 20 inches for most of us. baltimore north, west end, especially northeast where you have rain and freezing rain, hartford, seesvillability will go back to heavy snow. lighter amounts further to the south but you'll have that problem as we have a blizzard warning that kicks in for most of central and northern maryland beginning at 10:00 a.m. and that takes us through 7:00 tonight where winds will be gusting over 40 miles per hour and snowfall rates will be in excess of 1 inch per hour. that on torch of the layer of ice that we've developed overnight, on top o

it was registered to joseph kelly of an indianapolis, of annapolis. mayo says he has seen it happen one too many times. >> this is the third time since i have been here. >> reporter: in 2006 two fatal accidents happened near the airport, the details chillingly similar to saturday's crash. in both cases a single-engine plane hit trees near the runway while trying to land. >> it's a sad situation, especially when the police said he is dead. it's sad. it happens. >> reporter: federal and state aviation investigators are still trying to fin mip down the cause, but at this point they think weather was not a factor, because it was a clear afternoon. reporting live tonight, weijia jiang, wjz news. >>> thank you sox. >>> another man dead and another in shock trauma after their suv landed on train tracks around 6:30 this morning. police say the driver swerved and lost control. the vehicle then plunged 30 to 40 feet off the overpass onto the mark's train tracks below. anne arundel county police say weather may have been a factor in the crash, since the roads we

now just had a gust in annapolis at 38. the latest gust at reagan national in dulles, 30-mile-an-hour gusts. as a result, the visibilities are down to just a quarter of a mile in those locations with thos gusts over 30 miles an hour. so visibility is certainly going to be an issue. you don't want to be even walking, let alone driving, because not only is the footing treacherous, but nobody can see you. the emergency vehicles that will be driving will not be able to see you until the last minute. and there's no -- a lot of the sidewalks are not walkable now. as we look at the windchill, with that wind gusting over 30 miles an hour, and the temperatures that are just now near 20 degrees, it feels like single digits. the windchill in washington now is just at 7 degrees. now, the latest radar showing that the intensity of the snow has actually decreased a bit, and in these areas of dark blue, where we're still getting some moderate snow, but earlier, we had them up in the green zone here in the precipitation scale, which was he

dwi mark around midnight and two and a half inches in annapolis. we are waking for observers to wake up and stick their rulers back into the ground. on average, 3 to 5 inches of snow higher than we suspected yesterday morning but that was hinted as as we have had a trend of storms getting farther north and giving us a harder hit. two days of stuff to melt and a major storm on the way this weekend. it may not be pure snow but a big impact. across the chesapeake showing light snow across the del mar and we are below freezing. let's see what is happening on the roads. kim brown. >> well, we are pretty much clear of a lot of snow and ice on the major roadways, crews did a good job getting everything cleared away here at 95, no problems both directions arbutus but an accident, south 85, roswell. no problems around 695, harris road expressway looking good. a pair of water main breaks, baltimore county. closed between millford mill and up land road. right lane and shoulder are blocked at stevens. as we look around the city, no problems pretty clear as we

down south, more mixing, 11 to 16 inches, from annapolis down south. a lot of mixing will be going on this evening from southern maryland across the lower eastern shore. in the mountains, there could be some spots. up to 30 inches. the elevation will help out with the lived there. sunday looks like a good day. super bowl sunday looks fine, with a high temperature near the 39336 on monday. and then another chance for some snow on tuesday night and wednesday. one store and a time, right, mindy? >> out next, the maryland lottery numbers, and we have live team coverage of the snow that is starting to fall. >> and now the maryland lottery pick three and pick four numbers. >> i am shari elliker or for wbal radio, and your pick 3 numbers are -- three days remaining to enter the final ravens tasha fantasy prize drawings. don't miss a chance to win season tickets for life. the drawing official is said and your pick four numbers are -- next week, the multi-match drawing on monday and tuesday at 11:22 p.m. at the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> still ahea

. >> also on the healthcare front a house bill in annapolis is looking to level the playing field for cancer patients. brian keebler is joining us now to explain how some members of the general assembly are looking to expand the coverage of see mow therapy. >> reporter: it is house bill 626. the aim is to get insurance companies to cover chemotherapy. there are two kind. intravenouse and oral treatments treated like a prescription with a copay. lawmakers are saying both should be covered but your medical plan. cindy carter is behind the bill saying a traditional pharmaceutical plan can't cover the tremendous costs of copay for newer prescriptions. >> insurance companies are not considering this as chemo but the people are having to get prescriptions. these are not prescriptions that you pay four or five like at walmartment these can be hundreds to thousands of dollars every month for one script. >> reporter: the cancer support foundation says it is seeing more families struggling with this issue. the bill hopes to make insurance company treat each chemo treatment the same. brian keebl

annapolis, 12 inches. gaithersburg, 11 1/2. look at old town, alexandria, 10 1/2 inches.nd leaseburg, 12.5 inches of snow. all right, storm potential. 6 to 12 metro. north, you find 12 to 24. 1 to 2 feet in the panhandle along the pa, maryland border and up into north eastern, maryland, which was going to be the bulls eye. tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy, and cold. winds are still up there northwesterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy and cold. winds northwesterly. they are coming down a little bit. it's a good thing. now in terms of the big picture, look at this storm system. it is just incredible. wrapped down, watch it wrap around these moisture bands from the northeast off to the southwest. that is pretty impressive. again, we commented on this all day. i have never seen heavy snow or moderate snow reported at national, five consecutive hours with a northwest wind. that is a drying wind. that is extremely unusual. checklists, you got your storm drains and your gutters, your downspouts. you got the window wells and from the furnace exhaust. with snow

we may see rain in southern arizona and up in annapolis for a while especially friday night and it goes back to snow with surface temperatures around freezing and temperatures upstairs just below freezing and the track is still not set. when we get that track set, then we'll talk about amounts and we'll talk about amounts tomorrow, but there's still some uncertainty. now that said, winter storm watch covers pretty much the entire metro area, goes into effect friday afternoon and continues through saturday. where's the storm now? there it is gathering strength already in texas and the western gulf of mexico. it will pull out of the western gulf of mexico and move off the carolina coast which if you've lived here any amount of time know that is about perfect. we'll come back and break down the storm farther and talk about slick spots tonight, not done with yesterday's storm yet. back to you. >> we'll see if some of those wet spots are impacting the evening rush. >> we have an accident blocking travel lanes on inner loop approaching the bw parkway. we have some lanes closed in that area an

as we cross out annapolis, east across the bay, about five to 10 inches. and a littleless as you get to salisbury, and ocean city. but right now, this is the potential we could see, and of course, againing on the track, it could give us more, or a little bitless, which would be favorable, but nonetheless, in that zone of 16 to 22 inches of snow. and it will start friday afternoon. into friday mid-morning, afternoon, to friday night to saturday morning. saturday afternoon. so this will be a friday, saturday event. get ready for it. more details about the storm and how long it will stick around and the next storm coming after this one. in the seven-day forecast. >> hits keep on coming. you can track the coming storm, i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com, just use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> well, the big storms are burying budgets, with road crews working overtime. spreading salt and clearing streets. jurisdictions are finding they have already burned through the money allocated for

. >>> also in annapolis, changing the state's law regarding direct wine shipping. the group marylanders for a better beer and wine laws as well as some state lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would allow wineries and businesses to ship up to 24 cases per year. under state law wine is not allowed to be sold and shipped directly to restaurants or individuals. instead, they have to go through and be picked up at a distributor. >>> and now an update on the home invasion that we brought to you as breaking news last night at 11. police are searching for two men who stormed into a house in the 500 block in williamsburg lane in odenton shooting one person and beating up two others. one person was shot several times and remains in critical condition. a woman was beaten and 74-year-old man was thrown to the ground and tied up. police believe the home was targeted but this is leaving some neighbors on edge. >> something like that happens next door involving gun and attempted murder and people in critical condition, and, you know, makes you stop and think. >> the men may h

annapolis at 43 degrees. as we take a look up the atlantic seaboard, 45 degrees at boston. new york city at 42. and so we're pretty consistent right now along the mid- atlantic as to where our temperatures are at least from d.c. to the north. to the south it's tellly just a little bit -- it's actually just a little bit warmer and areas to the west just the opposite. here's a look at those winds right now. they have died down substantially. take a look. only about 3 to 10 mile per hour winds across the area. they were really gusty earlier today. it was kind of hang on to your hat weather. ouwindchill factors aren't too far off the mark. feels like into the 40s and 30s, mid up toker 30s pretty much every -- mid- to upper 30s pretty much everywhere across the area. we are keeping an eye on the temperatures that will be moving our way as we head into the extended period because we have precipitation headed our way. take a look across areas of the northern plains pushing its way to central portions of the country. temperatures here into the 20s and the 30s. let's take a look at

blizzard warnings in effect in annapolis and anne arundel county, eastern shore, will be getting the heavier winds as is new jersey and long island as the storm dwrops today. off the coast it will become an explosive low pressure system that will increase our snowfall and give ufs total amounts of about eight to 12 inches in the metro area, suburbs of northern virginia, more farther north and east. >> give you a sample of how things are looking in maryland. the american legion bridge, right side the outer loop, left side the inner loop, right now traffic is very light. th's the way authorities wish it to stay throughout the day. be very aware of that. i-270 southbound as you head out of gath erls burg. let's take a look at south capital street, snow packed, ice packed. please stay off the roads yet again today. let the crews get out there and clean it all up. sounld like a broken record. eun and joe. >> an important message, jerry. i think we need to continue to tell people it is dangerous out there. >> it is very, very dangerous. >> stay out of the way, as you say, so they can get t

still some heavy snow in arnold and annapolis, as you go out route 50 and as you go over the bay bridge. the snow over there will stay going for a while. let's go to the computer. and here's what we are looking at. blizzard warnings are now over in the virginia part. they are extended in maryland. that includes you folks in southern maryland until 10:00. so, some improvement there. still, just because it's 7:00, doesn't mean everything is nice. west of the eastern continental divide, the blizzard warnings continue through the nighttime. all right. i put these up against. mitchellville, 21 inches. that's up in frederick county. arlington over a foot. ashburn, about a foot. if you go out west, only 5 inches. in parts of fauquier county, had 5 inches. here's our storm potential and it has been updated. i try to bring it down to reflect 2 feet in parts of prince georges county. 4 to 6 inches to the south and 1 to 2 feet to the north. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, windy, cold, teens and 20s. windchills will be below zero. partly cloudy, still windy and cold. high temperatures in the mid 3

as you take a look at this you can see we're getting still winter weather, freezing rain in annapolis, still snow in washington and bwi. there's that next section of the storm that will slide in. total accumulations, 12 to 20,'s specially as you go north in the sea sil and carol county where there's already 8" plus on the ground, 15 to 20 up toward the philly area, just south of baltimore 6 to 12 where that sleet is mixing in, eh, stay in, relax, this is going to be a big one tonight and in the day tomorrow. lots of snow, near blizzard conditions. >> all right. don't forget "good morning maryland" tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. that's it for us, have a good night. thanks for coming back out. sure. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody says "thank you". tell him "he's welcome", but it's still standard. he's happy to be back with his friends. is he? [ male announcer ] hundreds of channels, thousan

annapolis five and six inches of snowfall. those high amounts, 14 inches steven city. west maryland with 15 inches of snowfall already on the ground. we've got so many hours to get through here during the overnight period. getting reports of a handful of power outages as the winds pick up throughout the east. already they are up to 30 and 35 and could go as high as 40. >> the regional radar is showing the snow. here is the drier air trying to come in. the storm beginning to reform. by morning it will be around the norfolk area, a vortex that will slowly drift out. unfortunately this snow and pattern will be continuing for a number of hours into the early morning hours. because of what we see already and because of what was yet to come throughout the night at one to two inches an hour in some areas, we updated t accumulations, even in the washington area, 20 inches to perhaps as much as a little over two feet. i think there will be reports up to three feet of snow. that mixture is still occurring a bit does keep amounts down. even the at the tail end, you folks down the

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maybe a few flurries. 30 in manassas. 30 in stafford. 32 in southern maryland. 32 in annapolis. it is hovering near the freezing mark. here are the snow totals. lou gave me 5 inches of snow. jenny, up five. a. thank you for giving me your updated information. the snow this weekend, you could measure with a yardstick instead of a ruler. >> we have redlined delays in case you take metro rails. there is a switch malfunction outside of the twinbrook station. if you take the red line, ally yourself extra time. we will take you to video of an incident thahappened overnight. it was 10:00 last night. this is near gaithersburg road. a diesel truck turned over. we're still talking about a. westbound goody drive remains closed. we will leave the video and go to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> 6:33. vdot was not taking any chances. >> crews deployed 1400 plows and salt trucks to get the roadways ready this morning. courtney robinson continues our storm coverage. she is live in springfield. >> the crews have done a good job. we are here at the mixing bowl. things are looking good. some of

maureen is happening today because she has the day off in laurel, 5 inches in annapolis. randy said his side street was plowed and about 80% cleared of the snow. we see the precipitation is out of here. now the focus shifts to the next system which could hit us on friday and saturday. it is organizing over texas. that is our next system. for more, let's go to brian back inside. i carry a couple of rulers and a yardstick. we might need the yardstick for this one. >> we might need some extra rulers for reporters so they do not have to measure with money. let's talk about what is happening. the system is moving through taxes. it will work its way up and tapping into some gulf moisture. it could really put a good chunk of snow, the potential for some heavy snow from the central part of virginia through d.c., philadelphia, and up to new york city. low 40's at today and tomorrow will lead to melting. a big snowstorm is possible friday into saturday. >> we are paying attention to the morning temperatures and this evening's temperature. anything that melts during the day will fre

the average height today is 50, and we are at 29. 35 in woodbridge. 34 in annapolis. it only feels like 20. that is war in damascus. 28 downtown -- that is warm in damascus. the gusty wind will stay out there. the winter weather advisory is just to the north of the metro area. tomorrow will be breezy. the storm will continue tto weaken. we're looking ahead for what might be coming next week. it is up possible southern track storms. partly sunny and breezy with a flurry on saturday. that is the latest. >> good deal. could you hear everybody cheering in the newsroom this afternoon? it was unbelievable. >>> the united states hockey team advanced to the gold medal game. the red, white, and blue scored just minutes into the game and then the floodgates opened. they had six goals in the first. they advanced to play the winner of tonight's's game between -- tonight's game between canada and slovakia. >>> there is controversy and apology for the celebration that followed. the canadian team came back out on the ice, smoking cigars, drinking -- not in the locker room, but on th