let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell to find out how much we'll be shiveringing today. i expect a lot. hi, chuck. >> hi, there. yes, we'll have to start looking for better sue words to describe weather. plenty of ice out there. don't go out on the ice. it's nowhere near thick enough to support any substantial amount of weight. the camera starting to shake thanks to those strong northwesterly winds. our temperature has now gone up 2 degrees. we're now at 18 here in nashville at the nashville airport. 17 in fairfax county, 16 in manassas. winds have lowered the windchill factors down into the subzero range in many readings. minus one in fairfax county, minus 1 in frederick, maryland. windchill advisory goes until 10:00 this morning for the western suburbs. our forecast today is a chilly one. temperatures barely getting up boo the mid- and high 20s for high temperatures this afternoon, eun, and windchills will stay in the teens all day long. check of the seven-day, coming up. >> i'm just cold, thinking about pinpoint. >> chuck bell, thank you very much. as chuck said, be sh

let's go to chuck bell for the first forecast, chuck? >>> thank, craig, windy and cold weather. not just here in the metro washington area, but all the way up the east coast into as you said, new york city, hartford, providence and boston airport. the doppler radar shows we don't have snow to worry about here but snow showers pick up north of philadelphia and light to moderate snow for new york city. that's the reason for the delays at newark and laguardia and up into portions of boston. temperatures around here in the mid 20s right now with wind chills in the single digits and low teens and it will stay very cold around here for at least the next 12 to 24 hours. a detailed check of your seven day coming up. >>> a sad discovery in rock creek late this morning. a driver on the parkway, noticed a car tire sticking out of the frozen creek. rescuers who tried to get to the driver were hampered by the frigid, icy waters. derrick ward is live in northwest d.c. for more on that story. >> reporter: craig, we're on 23rd street. if you look behind me you see traffic on rock creek parkway.

a look at the day's top stories in just a moment, but first let's check in with chuck bell for a lookther. it's not very comfortable out, chuck. >> no, it's not.

teorology chuck bell is here to let us know how much we'll be shivering today. i suspect a lot, chuck. >> yes, indeed, eun. find yourself a warm companion that's the best advice that you can have for today. also a good day to stay on the inside and the look out in all the cold air and bitter cold wind that continues to whip around the area. temperatures this morning, everyone blow 20 degrees. 13 in martinsburg and winchester. 17 in culpeper. 18 in annapolis. 17 in calvert county where wind chills are near zero. area wide. 2 above here in d.c. minus 2 in fairfax county. minus 5 in martinsburg. the winds are going nowhere. they will continue to blow all day long out of the west northwest at 20 to 30 miles per hour. the wind advisory goes until 6:00. there's a wind chill advisory through late morning for areas out north and west where wind chills stay between ten and ten below zero. our high temperature up to 27 degrees. our wind chill will average out to about 15. >> sad when you have to look forward 27. thank you. >>> guns in if locker room. gilbert arenas is spea

meteorologist chuck bell is up in storm center 4. chuck, it's ridiculous. something that measures on the barometer because it feels that way outside. >> ridiculous is not a weather term. we'll call it chilly today, hot tamale tomorrow. a hint of a warming trends is coming our way. a couple more cold ones to come starting with this morning. outside under a clear sky, temperatures have plummeted overnight into the teens to near 20 degrees. the warm spot now quantico at 22 degrees. 21 in springfield. 20 degrees in manassas and warrenton now. 16 degrees in martinurg and charlestown up in the panhandle of west virginia. wind chills are once again in the single digits across the area so it a bundle up morning on your way out to sunday service or walk the dog, get the paper or sit around and look out the window. cold start to the day. good news is that today like yesterday will be filled with sunshine. >> all right. small silver lining. thanks, chuck. we've been talking about this bitter cold for more than a week. strong winds and below freezing temperatures night

chuck bell are tell you when we can expect to warm up, not for a while. good morning, everyone. eun yang. it is sunday, january 3rd, 2010, here's what's making news this morning. gilbert arena says he plans on meeting with authorities tomorrow on why he brought guns into the wizard's locker room at verizon center. the basketball star isn't elaborating on reports that he and a teammate grew guns on each during an argument last month. >>> police in the district are investigating their first homicide of 2010, the victim, a man. they say he was stabbed early this morning. this may be the first homicide of this year, but the fifth in d.c. since new year's eve. no word on suspects or motive. >>> today, services will resume at the southeast washington church where someone opened fire on new year's eve. dozens of people were inside new life praise temple ministries on naylor road in southeast on friday night when the shots rang out. no one was seriously hurt. police are looking further gunman. >>> and expect 30-minute merit train delays starting tonight due to track maintenance. trains

but first, let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell, becausyou need to know, it's bitterly cold outside. once again, chuck. >> absolutely right, kimberly. off to another cold start here. we have this cold morning to deal with and then tomorrow morning's going to be equally cold. then a little bit of a moderating trend begins to finally come our way. there's a live picture outside, a bright, blue sky overhead, but an awful lot of iciness along the banks of the potomac. it is 22 degrees in downtown washington right now. it's 20 degrees in gaithersburg. it's 19 degrees in poolesville and leesburg this morning. 19 degree also as you get up towards inwood, west virginia. 20 in winchester, west virginia. 9 degrees out in the shenandoah valley. the winds are still ablowing, north-northwesterly winds at 15 miles an hour have put windchills back in the single digits this morning. earmuffs and hats required. you lose most of your heat through your head, so you've got to keep it covered up. highs today even with all that sunshine barely making it up into the low 30s. sun goes down at 5:05. if you

meteorologist chuck bell is standingy in the storm center with more on this. chuck, how cold is it going to get tonight, buddy? >> another night in the deep freeze. not as cold as last night but that will be a of very little consolation. temperatures down in the low to mid 20s across the area. 20 in martinsburg and 24 downtown and 23 in southern maryland. current wind chills back down into the single digits and low teens across the area. so, a very cold night. gusty winds gradually diminishing between now and daybreak. breeze in tomorrow but not as breezy. morning wind chills to get your day started in the single digits and the c isn't done. a complete check of the weeks ahead coming up. back to you. >> man, that's cold. thank you. >>> most of us try to stay inside when the weather is as bitter cold as it's going to be tonight but some are duty-bound to brave the elements. derrick ward has more tonight on those who are used to intense heat, how they deal with the other extreme. >> reporter: we've all got that huddled hunkered down look in our face, with the arc