it is the bijan for flooding. we have had to 1.5 inches of rain in some spots, and we will add to that later today. widespread rain it right now. some locations here and there, a baltimore county howard county prince george's county. heavier rain is expected as the area of low pressure to our south intensifies. flood watch in effect for the metro area and some hoynes west of the valley. a winter weather advisory north and west of the district. i will let you know how much snow and where also win, coming up. >> important information. we will see you in a little bit. in our area, the rain is translating into problems on the roads. some are hoping it find a certain feeling like winter around here. let's get more. >> rain is falling across our area and this could just be the beginning. >> we're getting closer to christmas. it would be great to have a white blanket on the ground. >> there is plenty of it in other parts of the country. across the southwest interstates were shut down schools closed. snow-dusted mountain

this is about 14 years ago, my wife and i were walking on west marin bijan we ran into warren and chris helman, and we set down on the sand dune and talked about how lucky we were to be in part of this country -- in this part of the country. warren lived at his watch and said i have to go, and i asked why, how could he leave paradise on a saturday afternoon, and he said i am giving a talk to a community group about san francisco, and i have to be there by 6:00. and i thought, who else on a saturday would volunteer to take his time to speak about his passions for the city to the group who was a nonprofit and lead -- just spread the joy and word of how he viewed the city and how much he saw the future of its blossoming and what could be done? i say that before i make some other comments that are more for the record. he has helped many causes, philanthropic, arts, cultural, education. he has shown a particular interest in golden gate park. for 11 years, he has funded and performed at hartley's strictly bluegrass festival. the festival brings 750,000 people from around the bay area, the cou