>> yes "hello." >> yes. >> anne arundel schools decided to have fun. >> right, you might as well?they have that from adele to sing the school message to "hello." >> not to confuse anyone, an official notice went out before the funny one. i like it. going to keep you entertained going on day three. everyone has the fever. good effort. i'm not sure you should quit your school administration job. >>> over last days, d.c. has towed over 600 cars. if you want your car back, you'll have to wait until the private impound lot opens. call 311 if your car was towed. >> some of you are starting to go back to work today. >> let's check in with tom kierein, he has the weather from the deck. >> reporter: drive is going to be difficult. me and my brother are going to be walking. as the morning progresses, we'll have wet roads and slushy conditions. your commuter forecast for the morning hour, temperatures will be in the upper 30s. wet and slushy, and maybe a few sprinkles of rain. that's going to be over the next couple of hours. maybe a few wet snowflakes mixing in. then for the afternoon commu

the strongest winds are going to be down here from charleston and calvert county and anne arundel county snow across the board. no escaping it. it's relentless, will continue. then you get that little bit of mix here through 10:30. this is the high impact time from 8:00 at night right through saturday morning. if you head to bed and wake up in the morning and if you are a snow lover, you'll walk up and see the snow outside your window be a be very excited. if you are not a snow love, here you go. it's going to come anyway. 1:30 in the morning on saturday. looking at heavy snow in winchester. winchester, snow totals will add up here through haggerstown. as we head through saturday morning, it will continue and areas south, this is what you want to watch out for those power outages. saturday morning, strongest wind. 1:00 a.m. saturday to 1:00 p.m. sad day -- saturday is where the wind will get the strongest. get prepared. have the battery, candles ready to go in case you have the power outages there. now that the snow is starting, when does does it end? when does it get out of here? much o

anne arundel schools on delay. >> and montgomery. that list expected to continue to grow. keep your eye on the bottom of the screen. >> we'll post it on our facebook payment and website as well. stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. >>> watch out, watch out. he's sliding, he's sliding. >> it's so icy that once they go down the hill, they slide into one another. >> the tow truck hat stopped and he's jamming it. there's no way through. >> you can see there's a lot of confusion. cars are slipping and sliding all over the place. it's been a frustrating and stressful 12 hours now. >> a lot of folks trying to make it home. in some case many of you still on the roads. it's 5:01. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's check in with melissa mollet. >> it's a major mess. right now as aaron and eun just mentioned, a lot of folks still trying to make it home. this is the evening commute spilling over. look that. we are jammed there. a six-mile backup. bottom of the beltway, inner loop, outer loop. inner loop also has the right side blocked becau

kimberly: investigators are trying to figure out what caused a three alarm fire in anne arundel county and abandoned buildings overnight. fires broke out on river road in laurel just after 10:00 last night. one of the buildings was formally known as the d.c. children center, an asylum for and adults with intellectual disabilities. nobody was injured. the building is still owned by the district. d.c. fire crews will investigate that. this parade did float go too far? who they were mocking and why it is drawing sharp criticism today. and hoping for good luck in the new year, why you may want to go kimberly: a local psychiatrist and prominent theorist has died. according to "the washington informer," he was hospitalized this week after suffering a stroke. she was 80 years old. she rose to prominence with her the chris theory of color, confrontation, and racism, white supremacy." annualersy from the mother's day parade involving caitlyn jenner. a man in the parade was dressed up in the parade as caitlyn jenner and dressed to the song "i'm coming out." that was not the problem. there was al

happening now in anne arundel county. police need your help investigating a murder in annapolis. the victim, an adult male who was shot and found on newtowne drive saturday night. if you have any information in the case, contact police right away. all the hype is reaching a fever pitch in iowa tonight. we are just one day away from the pivotal caucuses. how important are they, really? our chief political correspondent caught up with two past caucus winners. scott: it all comes down to monday night and iowans possibly forging a path to the white house. on the flipside, it can also be candidates battle. just ask 2008 winner mike huckabee. is this the craziest iowa we have seen in a while? governor huckabee: every time, there is something unusual about it. this is one for the books. scott: whether it is a reality tv star on top of the polls or a former president stumping for his spouse. >> polling numbers, that is what is frustrating. the polls have been horribly inaccurate. probably the biggest polling agency in america, gallup, you said they are not doing polling in this race. sco

. >>> anne arundel county police trying to figure out who put a puppy in a trash bag this morning ando die. the terrier mix was found on a vacant property. it didn't have any obvious signs of injury. the vet tried to save the puppy but it died while being treated. anyone who recognizes the dog or has any information should call anne arundel county police. >>> alexandria residents, you can now submit absentee ballots ahead of the march 1 primary. accepted reasons to vote absentee including being out of town for work, school, military duty. working and commuting for more than 11 hours on election day also qualifies. we have a list of other acceptable reasons on our wusa9 mobile app. there is also a list of places where you can vote ake or in -- absentee or in person. >>> chocolate lovers beware. we could be headed for a word wide cocoa shortage. >>> good morning. good morning to the rowers here. we've got some rowers on the water this morning. the weather is not too bad to go out for any activities. a little cloudy to start. temperatures in the 40s. we warm up to 50 by the afternoon. i'

was welcomed into the world at the anne arundel medical center. arrival tip the scales at seven pounds, 13.8 ounces. mom, dad, and baby are doing well. jonathan: congratulations to them. kimberly: so peaceful. jonathan: for now it is. don't get any sleep for another 6, 7 years. until mondayait and tuesday. the coldest air of the season. that's not really saying much considering it has been so mild the last couple months. the feel of winter, minus the snow. 38 right now at reagan national, clear skies. the high today 47, still above average this time of year. the temperatures across the area, freezing at leesburg, 28 manassas, 29 culpeper, 31 fredericksburg. -- there ityland is, 38, and 35 annapolis. tremendous not a amount of super cold air, not right now. over the next double days, the high pressure builds across the region. witholder air filters and the wind out of the north and west. i promise monday, tuesday, and wednesday, you will really feel it, especially in the early morning. mainly clearo 32, skies, the wind out of the northwest at 5 to

pretty pictures anne arundel county, but it is actually causing issues in roxboro. this roadblocked off at mountain and halifax road. so be careful in that area this morning. steve and i were talking about it before we came out right now. and you were saying that, you were saying all morning long it should not be a major problem. but it is so cold in roxboro, bridges and overpasses -- steve: the bridges and overpasses are the only thing i can think of. the ground is still in the mid-40's. you see the picture. the ground is wet. so the bridges and overpasses they might get slick. it is hard to say. if -- i -- caitlin: again -- steve: i don't know what the issue was. caitlin: we don't know either. a few minor accidents right now. overall for most people it is pretty. steve: it is pretty. and the good news, it will not last. up before we are cold tonight and then go through extended period of temperatures that don't get above freezing. caitlin: aren't you the bearer of good news. steve: sorry about that. think of it was that cold right now, then a big story. take a loo

a high wind warning will going to affect anne arundel county, calvert, and st. mary's. we will see wind gusts upwards of 30, 40, maybe even 60 miles per hour. sustained that 30 right now in annapolis. here is a freshly updated snow total map. things up around the district and points north and west, montgomery county and pluserick county, 25 to 30- inches. oxon hill, prince george's county, 15 to 25, and the further south and east, lesser amounts because we will have rain and sleet mixing in with the snow. a full look at the forecast coming up with doug hill in a few minutes. bothn: we will see you then, thank you. the snow is still falling but people are already trying to clear their driveways, shoveling snow from walkways. one of the hardest hit areas is letting county. we start there with richard reeve. rich, what are you seeing now? , i cannotlison resist. we have this awesome virgin snow . let's check this out. look, guys, 3, 4, 5 inches. it is many challenging night, not only for the folks dealing with this but over there at the gas station. so many of them are clo

hello it's me it's the voice you love to hear in the face you do not see ♪ alison: that is the anne arundelunty school spokesman doing his best adele impression, informing parents that their school will remain closed. apparently his daughter also sings on the voicemail. that is cute. at least it's creative. leon: have to give him credit. steve: the government gets a three-hour delay. leon: what does a three-hour delay mean? steve: if you normally go in at 8:00, you get to go in at 11:00. attead of a traffic jam 7:00, you get it at 10:00. i do not think be quite as icy wednesday, but thursday morning could be rough with a lot of melting in a hard freeze tomorrow night. reaganees right now it national, mostly cloudy skies. the high temperature 51 degrees. we lost about 3, 4 inches of snow, finally broke the streak of days with below-average readings. today we were above average. tomorrow, near average, slightly below, and we keep that trend going another couple days followed by a nice warm up this weekend. marshall, annapolis 49, manassas 39, 47 fredericksburg. the further west, still in the

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. >>> new this morning the search will continue for a missing boater in anne arundel county.teven reynolds has been missing since thursday night when he went overboard in the chess piece park and another body was found. a couple hiking found the body. >>> this is a sad twist to an autistic boy. they found a 5-year-old boy in a canal about a quarter mile from home. he wandered away from the party at the home while he was playing with a tablet. police also found that device near the canal. >>> well, 66 dogs were taken from a home in rockville last night. montgomery county animal control fishls went out to investigate a dog biting case. that's when they suspected a large number of dogs were inside this home. when the person didn't want to let them home, they went and got an order and came back. the dogs have been seized. >>> nija williams and her dog have been found safe. the 16-year-old was last seen in the company of an older man. this was in hanover, maryland. a lot of you shared this story after we posted it on our facebook pachlk she and her pomeranian are still doing fine

dc public schools, alexandria city, arlington county, anne arundel. >> frederick count, mannasas city, mannasas park city, montgomery county. >> and prince george's county, prince william county, spatsle veinia and stafford counties. also a number of colleges and units have the day off tomorrow as well. we have the full list at fox5dc.com. >> many of you will be happy to hear metro service will be restored on all lines except the silver line beginning tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. metro is reinstating norm fares and parking garage fees. under the snow plan only the major roets will have bus servic metro access service will be restored at noon on tuesday. >> when it comes to your flights, airports are slowly beginning to restore service. crews are still working to plow the runways at national, dulles and bwi marshall. there were a number of delays and cancelations today and the airlines tell us it will be days before they can accommodate all of the passengers who have been impacted by the storm. remember it's not just our three airports but airports up and down the east coast. if you ha

anne arundel schools on delay. >> and montgomery. that list expected to continue to grow. keep your eye on the bottom of the screen. >> we'll post it on our facebook payment and website as well. stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. >>> watch out, watch out. he's sliding, he's sliding. >> it's so icy that once they go down the hill, they slide into one another. >> the tow truck hat stopped and he's jamming it. there's no way through. >> you can see there's a

university of maryland, touson university, and anne arundel community college all closing on monday. we also have a long list of churches closing in the morning. you can find them running on the bottom of your screen and on our nbc washington app. >>> and tomorrow's game between the capitals and the beng wins at the verizon center has been postponed because of the storm. if you had a ticket for tomorrow, it will be good for the makeup date. >>> dangerous driving conditions in fairfax county tonight. >> news 4's darcy spencer has been monitoring this snow in tysons. you've been at a gas station. what's the fuel situation looking like? >> reporter: very much so. we've been camped out here at this gas station in tysons for the last couple of days, and you may have noticed in my live shots how packed it was with trucks. well, you can see it's pretty much empty now. that's because they are out of diesel fuel, and as people are trying to get these roads cleared, they're finding that fuel is in short supply. driving conditions treacherous here in northern virginia. cars on the dulles toll r

anne arundel, cullvert and winds gusts up to 50, 60 miles per hour. blizzard warning in effect for d.c. metro area. this is the forecast snow totals. we move through the overnight. look how the snow will to pile up quickly. i want to show you what happens as you wake up tomorrow morning. snow total. maybe 16 inches on the ground. 20 to 30 in district. southeast could see 15 to 20. so a lot of snow on the way. this is the beginning. we have you covered the entire stormwatch7 team on duty tonight tomorrow, sunday. >> thank you for that. michelle: as we go to break, another look at the snow coming down. we will be right back with team coverage all night. >>> welcome back to continuing coverage on newschannel8. brian van de graaff. we are hearing from reporters all the area. but we are trying to see the fun factor. our own erin hawksworth is trying to sled. i'm not sure if this is a safe type of behavior, play, or this is dangerous. we'll check out what is out here. we have a lot of fluff snow out here to have fun with. not too wet and heavy. it's fluffy.

another will give $2 billion to renovating an anne arundel apartment building.and the hotel tax will go up for the price of a room. >>> a d.c. council member wants to give students more digital privacy. david grasso will ask them to support a new bill. this will help americans take control of the privacy protections in the new digital age. there will be 15 similar announcements throughout the country. >> the final theme will be put in place at the mgm hotel in national harbor. the doors will open on the resort later this year. >>> let's go back to school on time this morning, but will they see any snow on their way? chuck has a look at what they'll face when they head out to the bus stop this morning. >>> we're also getting our first look at the terrifying moments during a terror >>> new video this morning of a weekend attack on a cafe and hotel in burkina faso. they stormed the hotel firing on pat trons before moving across the street firing on aho tell where hostages were held for hours. one american was among thewóqhÑ killed in the west african country. >>> a

maryland's housing university and anne arundel community college are also closed. we're going to have an update on the latest as soon as we get it. you can find them on the bottom of the screen and on your nbc washington app. >> now the big dig. first the big storm. now the big dig. >> you'll need your sun glasses. >> the sun glare is going to be brutal. officials are warning you need to go out and shovel sidewalks. people walking in the middle of the street because the sidewalks are filled with so much snow. officials say it's dangerous, so please don't do it as you may get in the way of plows and first responders. >>> the snow nmay have stopped, but now the real work begins. to do that, d.c.'s mayor muriel bowser has asked people to stay off the street. the mayor has also asked volunteers to help out folks who may be in need of shoveling. >> we have put together a volunteer database, but i will say that the request for shoveling exceeds the volunteers. so if you are able to help a neighbor, please do so. >> yeah, absolutely. if you can help. the mayor will give a

tonight, anne arundel police say she and her pomeranian are doing well, but police are still asking anyone with information about the case to contact their department. this is still considered an active and ongoing investigation. >>> a sad end to a story many of you have been commenting on on our facebook page. just before 6:00 tonight, officials in allentown, pennsylvania, say they found the body of a young autistic boy in a canal about a quarter mile away from a relative's home. 5-year-old jale batista went missing on new year's eve. police say he wandered away from a party at a home while playing with a tablet. earlier this afternoon, search crews found the device near the canal, and dive teams found the boy's body. police do not believe there was any foul play involved. >>> the mayor of a town near mexico city was killed today just one day after she took office. a mexican newspaper says the attacker dragged the woman from her house and later killed her. the governor announced her death on twitter and said the attackers have been detained. no word on a motive. last year, several mayors

university of maryland, townsend and anne arundel community are closed. more cancellations are likely to come in. we'll have those for you. you can find them on the bottom of your screen and the nbc washington app. >> we were saying this and chuck was saying it. there's likely no school. but until you hear from the school system, don't bank on it quite yet. >> on tuesday. >> on tuesday too? just in case? >> if metro is running on tuesday, d.c. kids will probably have to go back to school. >> you think in. >> if you live in purcellville, probably not going to happen. tom kierein is on the weather deck. >> isolation zebra. >> i like it. >> the bright sun bouncing off the snow can cause snow blindness. if you're out here without sunglasses for any more than a few minutes, you definitely need them. four things to consider for today. if you're going to be getting outside and getting some shoveling in. make sure first of all you clear the entire car of snow, especially the roof. get the snow off the roof of the car. take frequent breaks while you're shoveling.

she's living in anne arundel county with a woman right now.r family welcomed her with open arms, and they have a lot of requests for adoption. >> she is hopefully going to be getting adopted by a close personal friend of mine, and it will be contingent on how her dog responds to precious. >> jessica there by phone says she doesn't think it will be a problem. no word on charges related to the fire that forced the family out of the home. the damage was estimated at $100,000. >> tonight's bad news for a man who is trying to keep the county from closing down his homemade ice rink. cobb said they told him he's in violation for not having enough restrooms or a food permit even though people can bring their own food. from now on he can have no more than five visitors on the ice per day, and he cannot start a gofundme page to raise money for a potential legal fight. that was created in honor of his daughter who died last year. >> fun police moving in! >>> now the latest on the standoff at a national wildlife refuge in oregon. there's no sign that the

from the winds right off the bay, right off the potomac, if you live in any of those locations, anne arundel county, calvert county, you will feel some of the stronger winds overnight. the blizzard warning is up for a good portion of the area. you can see frederick, leesburg, toward prince william, into d.c. and waldorf and that blizzard warning lasts throughout the day tomorrow until 6:00 a.m. sunday. everywhere else in a winter storm warning so this is going to be a snow that we are going to remember by early tomorrow morning when we check out our pat collins measuring stick, the official one here. we may have as much as a foot of snow on the ground and some areas could have as much as 15 inches on the ground. inches, not feet. doug? >> that's exactly right. veronica can't hear but me she promised to bake me a cake next week. >> reporter: doug? >> i heard you, i know you can't hear me. it's great. we have a long way to, go another 24 hours of snowfall in our area. guys? >> thank you, doug. >>> first it was kids enjoying snow for the first time, then it was a guy skiing, finally a couple cr

ann arundel county county says 48-year-old steven reynolds of westminster lives on the sailboat. he and a woman were on the sailboat at the time when he fell. police are interviewing her. >>> a gunman opened fire in a popular bar in central tel aviv. police are not sure at this point if the gunman was palestinian or the shooting was gang related. the shooter may have gotten away. the neighbor says she saw a young man dressed in all black and wearing a wool cap, running from the scene. local businesses have since shut down while police continue their investigation. >>> their son is almost home. air force staff sergeant peter talk was one of six americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan last week. taub's mom and stepfather own a restaurant in dupont circle. his remains will be taken to pennsylvania where he will be laid to rest. taub's wife is expecting their second child coming up in the spring. >>> still ahead, while millions make up new years resolutions to get in shape, see how one school is helping students make fitness a lifetime for students. >> but first, how

. >> maryland anne arundel, calvert, charles, frederick, mtion county and, for instance, george county all closed d.c. public schools closed today. again a complete listing scrol scrolling at the bottom of your sglooen metro is inching closer to reassume full service today. all stations except on the silver line will be on. >> metro rail opens at 5 a.m. with trains run opening a modified weekday schedule. regular fares will be in place today. no more free rides today. mean while, 79 of metro 91 bus routes will run on severe snow plan and metro access begins at noon today. >> meanwhile amtrak continues to operate on modified schedule as well trains running near normal levels following the blizzard including most ak sale express and northeast regional trains between boss strong and district and parts of virginia. >> things are gettingto back to normal at airport. along the east coast they're back to schedule and reagan and and dulles international airports both are only operating with one functional run way though. however, dulles international working to clear a second run way. the bott

the heaviest of the snow is north of route 50, between 50 and route 1 in prince george's anne arundel county. heavy snow in southern and northern montgomery county. the heavier bands are above and below gaithersburg. heavy snow south of 50 in southern half of fairfax county. heavy snow through all parts of the district right now. the area of low pressure that's driving this storm is still the upper level low. this will not start to wind down until the upper level low finally goes off the coast and moves on out to sea. with the low sitting back here, imagine you get an ore and dig it as hard as you can along the side of the canoe. you spin up the whirlpools. that's what's going on. this area of low pressure is essentially digging down into the atmosphere. it's these curly qs that come up, these smaller areas of intense low pressure. that's what's going on. as it digs in, i throws moisture off the boy and back into us. the air is way below freezing. this is all powder across parts of northern maryland. it's a heavier, wetter snow. do know that the power outages are more likely to take p

montgomery county, a couple of snow showers here, and from columbia, down into northern anne arundel county, and coming out of sterling, a half mile visibility when it went through. and i know it shows great and i'm pret shi pretty sure it is a snow shower, near waldorf, 35 to 40 miles an hour. moving pretty quickly. a few more flurries and snow showers from cross junction to winchester down to around barryville and woodstock. and all of this is moving in toward falkner county. and fredericksburg, and down here, the algorithms, the computers that look at different things, and they say this is rain or snow, and how should we map this out, and sometimes when temperatures are around 40, they think it is rain, but it actually could be snow. and i think we have a little bit more snow shower activity here. but you will see it along the river and western areas of st. mary's county. and back to colonial beach. and everything moving quickly to the southeast. so our friends in the northern neck, far southern st. mary's county, still a couple of rain and/or snow showers to go through. and in dc

. >>> an unusual fight for firefighters tonight in anne arundel county. a fire sparked in a pipe at the brandon shores power plant outside baltimore. it was fueled by coal and shot flames about 90 feet into the air. 50 firefighters had to use co2 extinguishers to put it out because water could have damaged that pipe. it took more than two hours to put out and no one was injured. >>> and new tonight, montgomery county police are just identifying the construction worker who was killed this morning in clarksburg. they say 28-year-old glen bower from fredrick was pinned under some sort of equipment while he was working at the metro ground cover, that's a mulch company, on frederick road. we're still waiting to learn how this accident happened. >>> next at 11:00 -- >> when you're burnt bad enough, your life changes. >> a growing market for products that let you start fires in your own backyard. and the growing risk that comes with it. >> more confusion for women concerned about breast cancer. the reason some experts say your first mammogram can wait. >>> and r

mary's, anne arundel, calvert have had over a foot of snow there. every four hou or so, do the shoveling so you don't have to do it all at once. one shovelful of the fluffy snow weighs five pounds. when it gets wet and heavy like it might later, it can weigh up to 20 pounds. clear snow around fire hydrants and the heat pump. check on the elderly. let's check on the road conditions in the beast. the storm team four by four, adam tuss is cruising. where are you now? >> reporter: we're on the dulles toll road, tom. it is the beast because we're having a pretty easy time getting around. let me show what's going on the roads. not only are vehicles getting stuck, but huge snowplows are getting stuck. that's a snoup that is spinning its tires. they've been trying to dig it out for a while. the car in front is completely stuck. in their car might be stuck for maybe a day. i'm not sure they'll be able to get him out. even if they do get him out of that spot, he's got a lot of snow staring him in the face once he gets roll. that's the stuff we're seeing on th

northbound crash cleared beforeh montrose.rose 32 east anne arundel ram toll dorsey run road cleared stalled out about of snow. aside from that metro bus bus operating about 45 minute delays moderate snow schedule and we'rw seeing big delays there. tre metro rail on or close to to schedule.scdu suitland parkway eastbound closed between sterling and naylor. 210 is really jammed up betweene old fort and palmer because snos removal as well and some lanes m that are blocked. 66 eastbound jammed fromm centreville. 95 on the northbound side jamsdm through lore don.th seeing a lot of traffic crawling along as plows try to get allo t that snow cleared. car we'll keep updated if if youf yo have any specific questions at erin fox5 d.c. back to you guys.. >>> 7:49 right now. you know what i'm thinking al.in >> what's that steven. what's th >> all this snow maybe a nice ne animated feature to take in.re i take our minds off the blizzardr >> every time i pass a movie theater today is the day i'll i get the girls and see a movie.. >> allison and steve why can't we go to the movies together. te fox

hopefully you will mark your fire hydrants as well. 6:00a.m., heavy snow, and there's the mix along anne arundel county, and less amounts in terms of snowfall. 9:00, heavy snow everywhere. 11:30-12, heavy snow. 26 in gaithersburg, and 27 in fairfax. by 3:00, pretty good snow still going on, but i think after 3:00, that's the shutoff time for the heavy jest snow. it will snow until 7:00, 8:00, or 9:00. by 5:30, pockets of snow, leesburg, manassas, downtown into prince george's county, and then breaks in the clouds and the snow will depart by 9:00, and we will probably see the returns to the partly cloudy skies late tomorrow, but the winds are a factor. blizzard warning through sunday morning, windchills around 0 by dawn tomorrow. snow, snow, and more snow for the day planner. next 3 days, sunday not bad. time to dig out. 38. 45, seasonal on monday. we made those yellow alert days because digging out and the roads will be a problem. good news, tuesday, we are in the 40s, and maybe some rain showers on tuesday night, but nothing crazy heavy, and then we are kind of cold. 30s for wednesday, thursday

that means you can take chillum to anne arundel. >>> jennifer mccourt is with us from vdot.jennifer, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what's the plan ahead of the big storm? >> the big plan is under way, beginning last night. even if you're heading out this morning, you'll see trutscks alg interstates and roads and subdivisions. we'll have them all in place staging by 2:00 p.m. today. >> you say staging. i assume that's getting them in place. you do do any chemical work ahead of the storm? >> yes. so crews spent yesterday putting down that anti-icing material and putting treatment down in advance of the storm. so that was done throughout the day yesterday. and then crews began reporting last night to load up with the salt. >> any chance you can give us an idea when people can expect to be back on the roads again? >> well, our goal is to have all roads passable within about 48 hours from the end of the storm. that is our general goal. now, when we say that, we're usually referring to a 6- or 8-inch snowfall that we normally see in virginia. with the snow trucks, that'

river along the beltway into prince george's county all the way up into now beginning to move into anne arundelunty, that one little streak. all of this advancing to the north coming into the metro area shortly. there's our national harbor camera. you can see fog in the air. that is the very, very light snow and flurries that is falling. here's the timing on the main event of this coming through here by noontime. we'll have it all across the metro area into much of maryland as well as the shenandoah valley and the eastern west virginia. all the area in the lavender is the snow. the darker colors where it may be coming down harder. that's going to be richmond to st. mary's county. the eastern shore is where it's going to be moving on through and maybe putting down a dusting to an inch. around 3:00, 4:00 it ends and maybe a little sunshine breaking out right before sunset. lingering snow showers in the mountains. that's going to be lingering into the evening hours. metro area in the suburbs and-month-old and across the rest of northern virginia except far southern eastern virginia, a dusting to a

the mansion we're told did not have sprinklers likely because it was built before anne arundel county required them. but they might have helped. don pile's sister is on a crusade to educate people about the importance of those devices. she is meeting with legislators with annapolis tonight and we'll have more tonight at 11:00. jonathan: we look forward to that. thank you. local students are working to get right on the cutting edge of fire safety. in fact we'll take a look at the app they are developing to try to help save lives. that is coming up later in this hour. michelle: we are following a developing story where the search is on for a deadly hit-and-run crash this morning at pennsylvania avenue at the beltway. they are looking for a green or a blue garbage truck with red lettering. truck probably also has damage on the passenger side. we will have more at 5:00. jonathan: two paramedics recovering after a crash in oxon hill. it happened last night at 8:30 on the inner loop. authorities say a car came along clipped them and caused both to lose control but the ambulance slammed into

storm te 4 radar showing a few sprinkles of light rain trying to reach the ground in east anne arundel county. a few flurries north and west and northeast into northeastern maryland. north and west a broader area of snow. this is the batch of snow, ohio valley that will be moving in here later this afternoon. very light snow. accumulation totals and timing coming up. >>> a developing story in charles county. a man was shot and killed inside a house in waldorf. this happened at 4:00 this morning on terrace drive, not far from the shopping plaza. another man was assaulted there. he is expected to be okay. the sheriff's office says the home was targeted and the shooting is not random. deputies are on the lookout for two men who may be involved. much more at 11:30. >>> today marks 12 months since a metro tunnel filled up with smoke with a train inside. dozens of people were stuck in the tunnel near the l'enfant station. the smoke made 80 people sick and killed one woman on board. now all those people are suing metro. derrick ward is talking to some of them now. we'll hear from him coming u

baltimore, anne arundel county through maryland. it starts on saturday and goes to 1:00 p.m. sunday afternoon. i cannot stress enough. there could be widespread power outages in that area with wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour through the area. the storm is now moving, getting ready to head toward washington. should be here after the noon hour. we're starting to see that snow already fall just south of fredericksburg and through i-81. travel, you definitely want to stay put. again, widespread power outages possible. here's a look at -- not i-81. we'll b >>> at 11:29, we're a little while away from what looks like it will be a historic blizzard. we're talking more than 2 feet of snow. >> we don't want you to panic. we want you do be prepared. our team of experts are here to get you home and keep you safe. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm barbara harrison. let's get you to lauryn ricketts. lauryn? >> we've got this weather that's moving into our region pretty quickly. look at this snow. geevgt the blizzard warnings in red, the winter storm warnings in pink. the difference are go

another bill would give $2 million towards renovating an anne arundel county arts building. third bill up for vote would put the howard county hotel tax towards the total price of a room. >>> also today, we expect to learn more about governor hogan's 2017 budget. last month they proposed modest tax cuts. the secretary of budget and management could explain how the state will pay for the tax cut. what he told the briefing in annapol annapolis. >>> news 4 your health now. we're learning about a new laser procedure that can help keep identical twins safe in their mother's womb. it's called twin to twin syndrome. it means one twin is getting more nutrients than the other. it evens out the nutrients giving both twins a better chance of survival. >>> the cdc is urging providers to ask pregnant women about their travel history. this as the threat of the zika virus grows. friday the cdc september out a travel warning urging pregnant women to not go where it's prevalent. women who have been to those regions should get an ultrasound when they get back to look for any symptoms. >>> a c

welcome the son in the world at a minute past midnight at the front-runner medical center -- at the anne arundel medical center. 13.8 upses. -- ounces. all doing great. kimberly: beautiful. jonathan: the first baby of the year at the shady grove made a late entrance coming in the world 90 minutes in the start of 2016. kimberly: joce sterman has more on the motional gomry county mom who has her -- montgomery county mom who has her hands full. joce: started with a bang. she was expecting the baby but a week later. tiny heart to love and watch out for. bringing home a second baby is a challenge but this mom says she is in for it. now she has two boys. >> i think my house is going to be upside down. hopefully big brother lucas when he is not stealing the spotlight with the pinchable cheeks will pimple in for help for baby nay thon. they also got a welcome basket from the hospital staff. this baby is not ready to commit to trying for another new year's baby anytime soon. >> maybe not. too much work already. kimberly: a great mom for just giving birth. good stuff. life appears to be getting better for

mary's, howard, and anne arundel all on two-hour delays.n virginia, spotsylvania, stafford, and king george county schools are opening two hours late. >> fed ricks burg, falls church, manassas city and manassas city park schools are on a two-hour delay. >>> breaking news at connecticut avenue southbound. chopper 4 just got over the scene here. right now we're shut down. connecticut avenue at weller road. take a look here. easy to show you what happened. i'm sure this person slid into the back of this bus. it's very slick. the pavement might look dry. it is not. southbound connecticut and weller closed. woodrow will sob bridge, outer loop of the beltway coming across the belt, six-mile backup. inner loop, five-mile backup. take a look at 595. we're jammed northbound and southbound between 32 and 50 going just five miles an hour in some sections of the roadway there. sligo creek parkway shut down as they treat the pavement. 270 at montrose looking a heck of a lot better than it did. i saw 19 cars that were abandoned along the side of the road

. >>> we have new information about a man who fell off a sail boat in anne arundel county.rch teams spent the day looking for 48-year-old stephen reynolds. firefighters received a call that he'd gone overboard around sandy point state park around 9:00 last night. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >>> 2016 starting off on a cool note. we were talking about this the last couple of days. temperatures today right around or above average. right now 43 in the airport and 37 gaithersburg and 39 in martinsburg and we will see a much colder night tonight and a much colder period as you move on through the next few days. if you're heading out this evening looking good and it will be cold. 41 and breezy and windchills in the mid-30s and talking about 38 degrees by 10:00. yeah, some colder numbers for sure and as you head out toward the next couple of days, a colder start to 2016 and the first arctic air mass and that moves into the early part of next week and windchills could be in the teens. easily the coldest air we've seen so far this year and we'll talk more about that this

. >>> new this morning, the search will continue for a missing boater in anne arundel county.n reynolds has been missing since thursday night. that is when he went overboard just north of sandy point park. meanwhile another person's body was found in the chester river. david dupuis was reported missing on monday. they made the discovery and contacted the officials. >>> developing right now -- >> that's right, angie, the floods have inundated parts of the midwest this past week. they're starting to recede. now damage assessment and cleanup. that's all under way as cities farther south there brace for what's coming their way. here's nbc's chris pollone. >> reporter: in arnold, missouri, it's a day for drying out. >> at least three feet deep. well, two feet. >> reporter: the town wedged between the meramec and mississippi rivers inundated after it dumped ten inches of rain upstream. at least 150 homes are under water. at least 11 levees have given way. 24 people are dead and two remain missing. >> they keep calling it the 100-year flood or 500-year flood. i call it the ten-year f

i can see it through la plata and anne arundel county, prince georges county. the snow is going to come down. later on tonight, the winds pick up and it is going to be so windy and gusty for tomorrow morning. we'll go through the rest of the day in a few moments. larry, over to you. >> allison, thank you. we have metro shutting down trains at 11:00 this evening. metro bus will stop at 5:00. currently we have delays on the red line because of earlier train issues. we were told resolved. metro said we're still having delays on the red line. you can see that in both directions this morning. keeping a close eye on accident on 301 southbound. sky 9 is making its way there. very limited information in terms of the significance of this accident, but once we get more information, we'll pass it along to you. for now, we'll send it over to you. >> right now on wakeup washington at 6:00 a.m. >> a monster storm gets ready to wallop washington and collide with the capital region. >> plus, bracing for the blizzard as d.c.'s police chief warns of the dangers to come. >> don't

. >>> at the live desk right now, we're following breaking news out of anne arundel county and we wantopper 4 over the scene in brandon shores and this is the power plant for bg & e. baltimore gas and electric. there is a three-alarm fire that they're working. we spotted eight to ten fire trucks and other emergency vehicles and we'll have more on vehicles and we'll have more on this story on news 4 at 11 ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. are you taking a zumba class? >>> jason is out with the park and there were guys cleaning out their lockers who were quite appropriately not in the best mood, wouldn't you say, jason, that that's appropriate? >> that's absolutely appropriate, vance, especially after the tough loss to the green bay packers, a

. >> we've had the anne arundel county school system singing adele. i like it.hows principals are people, too. >> how about that. >>> 5:21 is our time. and we're still letting you know about this weather alert day. >> chuck bell tracking our forecast for the day ahead. >> i just hope he doesn't end up this detention for bringing toilet paper into the hallway now. got to be careful there, mr. principal. outside today, it will be another moderate impact on your plans. so we are in weather alert mode here for you this morning. i'll be tweeting out hourly temperatures and updates for when you should expect to be above freezing today and fall back below freezing again tonight. so be ready for an icy morning and a slushy afternoon. we're in the upper teens and low 20s around the area now. dulles down to 13, maenassas at 12, brandywine 21, going to go outside for a jog or walk or anything early this morning, watch out for the ice between now and about 10:00, 11:00 tomorrow. by 11:00, most areas should be getting near or above the freezing mark and afternoon highs today

mary's, anne arundel, baltimore, call university -- calvert and howard are being notified about potential problems. michigan a water main break -- michelle: a water main break in bowie was shut off after all the snow. repairs wrapped up two hours ago. the road is back open. just when you thought it was getting warmer you may have seen the flurries fly around the area today. this was the scene outside a building at 1:30. you can see the sun was shining as well. chief meteorologist doug hill is in the stormwatch7 weather center with a check of the forecast. doug: changes coming our way. first, a bunch of changes with the cold front and the flurries. the skies are partly cloudy. sunshine outside the belfort furniture weather center. let's talk about the numbers and what is happening around the region right now as we take a look. this is the condition down the road, torpedo factory area in alexandria. just a couple of clouds. beautiful sunset here. you can see the winds kind of wafting the water around that portion of the potomac river. the winds will diminish tonight. 37 at reagan national a

university of maryland rngs to understand end eun verds and anne arundel college are all closed monday. more school cancellations will be coming in, likely coming in. we'll have those updates for you. you can find them on the bottom of your screen and the nbc washington app. >> i petbet a lot of places wile making calls. >> it would be odd if they didn't. even if they're not cleared, the school properties, the streets that they're on -- >> be sure you have that nbc washington app and stay with us online and social media. we'll keep you up to date. >>> all that snow had people going a bit stir-crazy. some of the crazy things we caught them doing during the snowstorm. >> long list. >>> plus we're live on the streets helping you prepare for what to expect when you step outside. our coverage of the blizzard of 2016 continues. >>> we're getting a first look of what blizzard 2016 looks like. amtrak running limited service through there today. we're also following developments on i-270 which reopened a little while ago, a little after 7:00 this morning. "news4's" david culver has been on the

. >>> here at home the anne arundel fire department tweeted they've stopped searching for the missingoater are, but only for the night. they're trying to find a man named stephen reynold just north of sandy point state park. search teams will being back out tomorrow, but we're not sure when. >>> winter, it seems like winter has finally arrived. and it's arriving just in time for 2016, after the warmest december ever and the warmest december ever and we're starting to see that cooler air make its way right now and today is one of the coldest nights we've seen in the last couple of weeks and winds out of the north at 7 miles per hour and a little bit of -- and 36 in culpeper, and i think this is only the third time this season and we haven't had them. we have seen a lot of rain and a very wet month and no rain right now in the first week or two of january, it looks like it will be on the dry side at least for most of that time. satellite and radar showing what's happening. one storm system trying to move on down, and you can see some shower activity associated with that down toward the

anne arundel schools will be closed tomorrow. it was suppose to be a teacher work day. it will get bumped to thursday. stafford county schools will be closed. as well as manassas park city schools. employees there on a code red. also closed tomorrow, arlington county schools, but the offices are going to open at 10:00 a.m. alexandria city schools and offices will be closed wednesday. as for colleges, american university is open tomorrow, montgomery college is closed. those are some of the latest closures, you can see them at the bottom of your screen and a full list on our nbc washington app. >>> d.c. government offices were open today. the snow emergency in the district will end tomorrow evening. and d.c. schools will reopen in the morning. but with so many sidewalks still buried under snow, there's some concern about kids and their safety. tom sherwood continues our coverage with a look at school conditions. tom? >> jim, we're here at the harriet tubman elementary school in columbia heights, northwest. its parking lot and walkways are clear. the issue tomorrow across

frederick county, virginia and a few more up to howard county and northern prince george's and anne arundel county and it will not amount to much, and this is why. you can see where the air is coming from, straight out of canada and straight over the great lakes and this is something we've not seen and we've seen southwesterly winds bringing us the warm air and this is a much, much colder wind and winds coming out of the north to northwest and that will be the case for the next day or so and that's why we're going to stay on the cold side and what to expect early tomorrow morning. as i mentioned, blustery and cold and breezy early and because of that, windchills could be near ten degrees in some areas and maybe even in the single digits and a cold start to our day. >> this is what we're going for and a low of 22, d.c. and 13 gaithersburg and 15 in fredericksburg. at the bus stop tomorrow it will be frigid and highs tomorrow only freezing in some areas and 32, frederick and 33 in leesburg around 35, d.c. and once again, plenty of sunshine and that sunshine will not do that much to help out t

originally anne arundel was dued to dismiss two hours earl daal but instead they're going in two hoursaln time this afternoon. thite also howard county schoolsyls you're on two hour delay. del more from maryland now charles county schools you are closed today.da calvert and saint mary's countyy schools are both delayed two hours.ho >>> dc schools under a two hour delay administrative officese of will open on time in the diss trek.tr those are some of the bigger b school districts.istr many more. those will be on the bottom oftf your screen and we'll also putop the full list updated on our website at foxdc.com or on your mobile fox5 d.c. app on yourou phone or tablet. now, to traffic not greatot gre morning for driving. drivi annie yu this morning is out ont the beltway.the b let's check in with her find out where she is, where are you,whe annie? how long has it taken ik r to you get around and wherehe is next? >> reporter: well, steve and a allison, we left the beltwayelay that major backup on the innernn loop to another backup.. this time on 395 we're headed into d.c..c. let me tell y