chuck bell 41 the name to search. temperatures in the 20s. nearly everyone with a solid 8 to 12 inches on the ound. freezing cold through most of the morning hours. the meltdown will be effective this afterno before everything turns back to ice overnight tonight. >>> good morning to you. have this problem here. the biggest issue is in college park, southbound 95, ramp to the inner op. we're shutdown because of a crash involving tractor-trailers. t it different crashes. one of them is jackknifed. we're seeing the delays here. west before glebe road. you can see both sides of the roadway here. service suspended on vre. delays on marc, operating on anc "r" dule. metro bus, delayed. rail opening but supposed to be running at normal service. aaron? >> melissa, we'll check back with you. >>> as the sun went down, so did the temperatures yey. and the snow kept right on falling. >> many roads became impassablee and entire dmv saw snow, plety of it. we kicking off coverage in virginia and maryland. >> justin fckch is tg conditions in ashburn. he's out

let's begin with meteorologist chuck bell. it's weirdly warm out there, chuck. >> climbing in the overnight hours as sur of very warm air, not january-like at all has come up the east coast. it's winter and snowing on the back end of this. our temperatures will tumble later on in the day today. no snow in our forecast. but sure is going tbe a windy day today. heavy rain across parts of north central north carolina now. that is the wave of heavy raini thatbe affecting us, especially for the second half of the morning commute. it's raining all over i-95. a few breaks in northwestern virginia and eastern west virginia. are yo kidding me, it's 56 degrees in clinton, maryland at 4:00 in the morning. 55 in lorton. 41 in leesburg. a surge of warm air, temperatures way up into thes 50 through the morning. then as we get towards noontioe, the front by that, will turn the rain off sometime early this afternoon. and then the win come back around to the northwest and temperatures will fall fast. as you go out the door this morning, take th

we'll start with chuck bell and the forecast. chuck? >> yes, indeed. old man winter is ready to come in for a quick couple of days of visiting. temperatures are hovering in the upper 20s and lower 30s. it's seasonably ilcold. itbe bitter cold tomorrow and thursday worning. wintther advisory goes into effect at noon today. seeing a little light snow across frederick county. it will start as rain or a wintry mix before becoming all-snow. mounts won't be that impressive. it's the timing of it. 1 to 3 inches most likely tog come durhe evening commute, during 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. that's the reasonor the weather alert for today. and the reason for so many early dismissals. there's your planner, might b briefly around 40 around town today. and temperatures will be below freezing, almost the instant the sun goesdown. icy roads tonight into early tomorrow. and the bottom really f of the temperatures. more about that coming up. >>> for now, let's go to melissa. >> good morning. have to be careful on the roads for the evening commute. d.c. eastbound, a pothole

. >> chuck bell isus here to fil in. and we'll check on the commute. we're digging out in a lot of ways. >> we are. you better finish that digging now. there's more wet snow likely to come in today. looking for slushy variety, as temperatures will be above or at the freezing mark. it will be dry for most of the daylight hours toda our real chances for wet snow come in after sunset, just after 5:00. mperatures this morning, a big utnge. 22 in warrington,9 in washington. 35 at dulles and 35 at joint base andrews. a chance of a slushy inch or more. not looking for high-end amounts. one to maybe three inches up closer to the pennsylvania border. no one will get near 6 inches of snow. any of the purple shaded counties here, could get a slushy 1 to 3 inches of snow there. >>> how about the comme? >> tommute is looking pretty good. one thing really in your way. doesn't look like it's slowing things much. you might see it if you're headed out soon.bu gaithe, northbound 270, after shady grove road. the rest o 270, northbound and southbound looking okay. inner l

you can tweet it to me at chuck bell 4 o twitter. i will be showing a lot of retweets to share the pictures. the last of the snow, coming to an end. lingering snowshowers there. the accumulating snow is done. temperatures are below freezing. it will be a cold day today. your commute, below freezing. we willave sunshine this afternoon. there will be melting. the seat heater is on hi. have the i scrapers ready to go. refill t windshield washer fluid. and scrape all of the snow off of your >> absolutely. college park, the ramp to the inner loop. two crashes there. they have big rig towers on the scene. it's taking timet to them straightened out. you can see the purple. georgia avenue veirs mill road. it's cold and you could have icing. maryland snow emergency. no parking on the routes. major arteries, d.c., the same thing. >> melissa,thanks. >>> road crews have been clearing the road since the snor d falling in virginia. with everything that hit, these crews been on the roads nonstop, trying to keep things safe fordrivers. >> justin fin

we begin with chuck bell. what is happening here? >> what? it's winter. it will be winter through the weekend. s you hate winter, you need to get a ticket and gewhere else. it is cold and it will be wet and windy and frigid. winter storm watch for the hen d shenandoah and parts of maryland. you can see the last of the snow on thee chesapeay now. it will be a drying weather pattern. it will be improvingre. a lot of hyslss, up 270 and parts of the beltway. melissa will keep you ahead of problem urere's. temper just above the freezing mark, around .to a little colder in parts of the shenandoah. we'll see all of the precipitation come to an end. we'll get sunshine with a high temperature near 45 degrees before the bottom falls out this weekend. >> that sounds pa s balmy at th poin the main roads look good. bridges, overpasins, they're to freeze first when it gets cold here this weekend. this is 27 montgomery county, side streets were a little sprough. silverng, 16 feet at colesville aad. tree brought down by a trick. the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no

at' turn to first chuck bell who has a -- wha you laughing at?torm team4s -- too many ss in there. >> you are 0 for 2. do you want to try to strike out completely? >> no thank you. >>id temperatures in to upper 20s. little bit of breeze. so monday hit the road forecast near 30 this morning. near 40 at lunchtime and back in the upper 30s by 6:00 this evening. today will not be a day of any realignificant weather concerns. high temperatures around 42 degrees. but again no preparaticipitatio today. that's not the case tomorrow. likely nears 44 degr tomorrow afternoon with rain. unfortunately rain likely to be chano snow during the evening commute on tuesday. there is an 80%

. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell on this weather alert day. dangerously cold out there. >> i wish i got the memo to take today off. it would have been a perfect morning to stay under the covers. if you don't have to spent any time outside, just don't. it is frigid. temperatures are down in the low and mid teens everywhere. 16 in washington. 13 at dulles airport. only 10 in winchester. a very cold start this morning. and the northwest wind continues to blow. windchills between 5 and 10 below zero for most areas. minus 6, the meals like ssn mi martinsburg. it will be sun nny most of the day. but look at that. we will struggle g to above 20 degrees today. woo. >> gives me the chills. my car said 11 this morning. new kacarrollton, only one left lane open. because it's 4:00 a.m., it's so early, we're not seeing a big impact. the rest of the beltway is okay. in southeast, mlk jr. avenue shut down at savannah street. h wee a structure fire. we have a closure because of all of t apparatus there. bay bridge, wind restrictions for high-profile vehicles.

like i have to call chuck bell every second.r spring,he gaburg. >> people are getting excited about this. >> good morning. m eun ng. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the storm doesn't lk as b e as it didlier in the week. roads are being treated. that's a good thing. that's despite a government shutdown, as well. there's ace plan in phat have roads under national parks treated., to be >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what are we dogging about here? >> we're talking about snow. we haven't had to pl the rug from under this forecast just yet. it never looked like it would be a big blizzard. it sll doesn't. it's a high chance to get a couple inches of snow here. it's coming a us in two parts. part number one in missouri and

chuck bell will giv us a closer look at the forectnd check in with jack taylor for a look at the roads. chuck, give us the news. tell it to me straight. >> you seem as though you're disappointed and wead 27 days in a row warmer than average. how much more can i deliver for you? ?at's th exactly. but it will be turning much colder today. it's as warm n i as will be all day. so when you go outside, oh, it's not that cold, don't you worry. this norwest wind willrive ever colder air into the region pretty much hour by hour as we go through the course of the day today. so, kee that in mind. and i couldn't rule out a passing snow shower or snow flurry today. conversational flas flyin by and what will be a very strong northwest wind. we're in the mid to upper 40s around town now. but that again is as warm as we'll be. winds will increase by later on in the afternoon. winds wilbe gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour. that will make it feel much colder. so temperatures will be in the 30s by the time you come home from work this afternoon and wind chills into the 20s. cold air is here to sta

we want to begin with meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. when is this rain moving out, chuck? >> probably shortlyfter ontime today. a very rainy commute on the way in. likely to not have toou worry rain on the way home. no matter when you drive today, theve winds could b gusty at times. another ribbon of heavy rain across southern virginia. that's all coming in our direction. a 100% chance of rain which will at times e to heavy between now and noontime. you can see the moderate rain moving in towards the warren ton area and wetds r through the d.c. metro area. could pick up a quick inch of rain. a flood watch is in place for the rest of the keep in mind that most of the rain will be done, probably not long after 2:00 in the afternoon. temperatures, it feels like an april morning. we are in the mid to upinr 50s many spots here this morning. our average temperature for this time of e day, a this time of the year would be 29 degrees. things are out of whack. 50s this morning.t 50 degrees noontime. rain ending through the afturnoon and tempes wi

. >>> but we begin with chuck bell. you're always at theop of our minds. >> i'm throwing snow at the government shutdown. our snow chances for the weekend remain -- dependin how you feel about snow -- delightfully high. an inch, %, that's strong for a couple days out. a chances of four inches or more, 40%. blockbuster of a snowstorm are lower today an yesterday. generally speaking, it might be in the 3 to 6 range. today, in the 2 to 4 range. high confidence of snow. less confidence in a lot of snow. we have time to plan on that. the snowshowers will not be repeated in as much of a fashion it will be colder today, in the upper 20s to around 30. the wind is howling. windchills are in the teens and low 20s there's no improvements coming today. windchills will stay in the low 20s and upper teens. and wind is gusting over 40. insulated windbreakers, required. >> we're looking at a couple of problems around this one in arlington because of a house fire.s lare shut down there because of the fire response. they should be gettin

taylor is standing by with a check on your commute, but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the rain is back, chuck. >> the best things in life are free, eun, just so you know. >> okay. >> it is indeed less cold this morning. temperatures are hovering around th freezingmark. so it's not like it's balmy or anything. south winds have wind chills in the mid 20s, though. tracking a chance for few showers rolling in this evening, but the real concern that we're focusseder on are strong winds moving in tonight and heavy rains will affect your thursday morning. right now temperature 32 in fairfax. 33 in springfield, virginia. 35 in bever beach. 32 in colombia, maryland. school day forecast then for today, it will be cold. it will be cloudy here for the morning hours. we might get a little sun first thing, but mostly afternoon. temperatures in the 40s for most of the day. we'll rise into the 50s after the sun goes down tonight. today's high will happen just before midnight. and i'll be tweeting out more about the impacts of tomorrow's big storm comin up. so follow me on chuck bell

let's turn things over to meteorologist chuck bell. >> thank you, aaron.e're keeping a close eye on the weather the next 24 to 36 hours as a big change and another polar plunge arrives her tomorrow. 32 in washington, but there's enough of a north breeze to lower the feels-li factor down to just 22 degrees, so with temperatures in the mid-20sou t 30, it's certainly a seasonably cold start this morning. your planner then for today, t mon enough snipe.hsettingp t ritroun40 h af degigrees agrnain,oo dry weather start to finish today. tomorrow we'll start dry and end wet and possibly icy. temperatures in the low 40s at noon, but quickly fling down below freezing just about the time the sun isoingdown. this storm in the upper midwest sun locking brutally cold weather. pe ttunnraesemotrea, ands windc be 40 to 50 below zero in chicago tomorrow andednesday. if you're going there on business, pack everything you .n bri here's what is going to happen around here. tomorrow again we'll start out cloudy and dry. maybe had a little rain before lunchtime, but duringafhe r

we begin with storm team 4 meorologist, chuck bell, to kick things off. what should we be ready for, chuck? >> be ready for anything winter weather all these warnings goes into effect at noon today. there's wind advisories in west virginia later on today. snowfall 1totals, inch to 3 inch range. the earlier you can leave work, ffthe better you'll be. future weather, starting at 1:00 this afternoon. the change should be complete by 5:00. and between 5:00 or 8:00, that will be the best chance of ours to pick up some snow. and temperatures will fall into the 20s. we're in the low to mid 30she across area. afternoon highs, upper 30s to near 40. but the quickchangeover and the quick drop comes after the sun goes down. aook how cold we'll be, coming up. >>> good morning, chuck. chopper 4, out over university boulevard. watch out for the potholes. we have a lot of reports all over the place. 395 at edsall road. they're saying crash on the right side. 're seeing delays headed inbound. annadale, westbound after little river. have that accident. 66 inbound, looks oka

but let's begin with chuck bell to find out about the snow. >> yes. remember the school "back to school" with rodney da i have the question in 27 parts. will it snow? how much will it tsnow? e tell you something. most everybody should expect 1 he 3 i to start tomorrow afternoon and go up to tomorrow night. there could be a wave of snow eaat couldre more on sunday, south of washington. the storm iart of looking at a southern track. everybody has an inch to three tomorrow. the southern half will see additional sunday. there's our map. once youetrom about prince william county parkway south, thoseill be the areas that could see an additional couple of inches of sw on sunday. he cold.all about it will be a dry day today. it will be cold. i'll show you why this is not an sy forecast coming up in a few. >>> good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. in silver spring, new problem here. just got over this and it just happened. police are just rolling up. university boulevard at piney branch road. eevere front end damage. not s what this vehicle hit. that

all eyes are on storm team 4or meogist chuck bell. shine that spotlight on him. he likes it, though. >> let's go over to the egomaniac for the forecast. it is cold but dry for your commute. there is wet snow startingwhbout the sun goes down this afternoon into this evening. a slushyhe inch around city. but may be a slushy two to three arennd the pylvania border. snow right there onhe northern end of it. that's where we expect potential for accumulations. nothg on radar earlier this morning. there's the winter weather advisory. it includes the phandle of west virginia, and loudon county, frederick county, and howard county, maryland. this goes into effect at 6:00 p.m. the snowfall amounts, a slushy inch o . 1 to maybe as much as 3 inches up close to the pennsylva border. you're getting out of the door this morning, temperatures in the 20s and 30s for most. the clouds are thickening up and a chance for light snow and snow showers coming in. there's more winter weather chances coming into the weekend. that just comingup. >>> looking at the roads. district heights. t

that means all eyes on the illustrious storm team 4 chuck bell. >> wow. >>elissa is standing by with a check on the commute. but chuck will start us off. >> i was worried. aaron is thinking hes not getting enough face time this morning. we have to get a close-up of aaron and put that out on the internet. cold and dry this morning. chances for wintry weather coming in after the sun goes could be a slushy inch or two around the city. across nthernmaryland. come on in, aaron. you know you want to. there he is. >> i'm just going to stand right here >>chool day forecast then, it is a cold start. no warm-up today. temperatures s ck in the mid-30s. there's a chance of slushy snow that goes down. check out the five-day forecast and theet temperature plu that's coming on sunday. more on that in a few. >> good morning to you. >>> looking this morning. problem on the beltway. inner loop toward branch area. starting to see slowdown quickly. this is because of a vehicle fire. we're going to keep an eye on this for you. starting to cibaksee backups on map, as well. this

but let's begin with chuck bell to find out about the snow. >> yes.ember the school "back to school" with rodney da i have the question in 27 parts. will it snow? how much will it tsnow? e tell you something. most everybody should expect 1 he 3 i to start tomorrow afternoon and go up to tomorrow night. there could be a wave of snow eaat couldre more on sunday, south of washington. the storm iart of looking at a southern track.

chuck bell will have a check on the forecast. >>> breaking newshis morning. d.c.scued a woen from this burning hom in southeast. the fire started early this morning on brothers place i utheast. >> news 4's nicole jacobs joins us from the scene with more on the cause and how weather played a role in fighting the fire. >> reporter: cory, this was an electrical fire. a ace heater plugged into an overloaded outlet. that's what crews are telling us this you can see the fire is out. crews have left the seen. i want to get to some video showing crews here a short time ago. we were told, it took about 15 minutes to put out this fir. pro that, we're told that two men that had gotten themselves out of t home told firefighters there was a woman trapped insi. fire crews were able to quickly lote her and transported her as w as the two men to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. now that we know the cause of the fire, here's what crews have to say. >> we want to remind everybody if they're using portable away, threeeep them feet away from anything flammable. also, t

let's start with chuck bell. i have to ask, chuck, was there rain in the forecast i missed? >> there sure was. absolu absotely, positively, 100%, there was absolutely was. the rain moved in and out in a blink of an eye. there's the clearing line already. the skies have cleared pretty successfullyth across nn maryland. tmperatures, followi rain, they're down near freezing. there could be i pockets of on the local roads, near frederick county, maryla,ashington county. keep in mind, that could be a herele bit of slipperiness in the high spots of the deep valleys. we're close in the upper 30s to near 40s. there could be puddles. we'll be clearing out there, over the next couple of hours. and we'ree going to the good kind of flirting today. we're going to flirt with 60 degrees. another chance of showers rolling in this evening. that, jack taylor is the leading edge of what wil be a cold couple of days. >> i'll take the 60 degrees for now, though. if you're on the claire barten parkway, we had a tractor-trailer that got stuck in the area. heasrying to turn around. two, or three he

let's start with your forecast and chuck bell. >> good morning, everybody. after a fairly nice day to be outside,ng meat wasn't raining, had some rain overnight. rain s another chance of showers this evening. between now and then, it's going to be a very nice day to be outskie. the s are clearing up. still, a couple ofprinkles that could graze southern st. mary's county. it is a drying dtrend. he sunshine will be around for much of the day. your prep list, low to medium this morng. later today, sunroofs open. there you go. current temperatures, 38 in fair fairfax, 40 free drooe degrees marlboro. 60 degrees today. chance of rain showers com this evening. jack taylor, there's not another day in the next ten-day fecast higher than 50 degrees. >> the last day to put the topep down on the all right. duly noted. if you're riding in virginia, hotween pointf rocks and leesburg, they'rng to have all >>> here with at the live desk with breaking news overseas. at least three people are dead after two trains collided in south africa. want to get you straight to this new

storm team 4 chuck bell has a check of the forecast. >> good morning. front camehrgh the area about 9:00 last night. had a lot of greatre pic on twitter yesterday as the cloud deck coming in in thethiddle of afternoon. check out some of the ones i retweeted on twitter. right now we're watching for a big blast of w ad toive here later on in the day, turning much colder, winds will increa up to near 20 to 30 m bes per houry later on in the afternoon. that will drive wind chills into th 20s by 5 or 6:00. if you're leaving now and won't be back until after 5, take a warmer coat than you might think this morning

let's start with your forecast and chuck bell. >> good morning, everybody. after a fairly nice day to be outside,ng meat wasn't raining, had some rain overnight. rain s another chance of showers this evening. between now and then, it's going to be a very nice day to be outskie. the s are clearing up. still, a couple ofprinkles that could graze southern st. mary's county. it is a drying dtrend. he sunshine will be around for much of the day. your prep list, low to medium this morng. later today, sunroofs open.

we want to begin with chuck bell. we haven't seen thet of winter yet, huh? >> no. not even close. it's only literally january 15th, the mid point of meet logical winter. we're just barely crestingorhe hump winter. and the polar vortex that was brking down a few weeks ago, is going to send us shot number one of bitter cold air sunday into monday. right now, winter weather advisory is still in place for the d.c. metro area this morning. and winter storm watches for the coming storm this weekend, in parts of the shenandoah valley. here's theadar over the last three hours. the last of the snow pulling on out. it will be an improving weather picture. snow is over in the shenandoah valley. snow ending around the city. and temperatures are close to, if not just above the freezing mark for most aread inst of the ice scraper, the windshield wiper should do it for any snow this morning. there's yorr planner today. clearing skies this afternoon. nice enough for your friday. everything goes downhill fast tomorr. i'll detail this coming up. >>> melissa, good morning on a d friday. >> grning on

now let'sheck in with our "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell out th>>e today. super cold, now doubt about that. temperatures haveen fa mostly in the low to mid-teens around the city. a bone-chilling 16 degrees in arlington, 12 in manassas, 14 in leesburg. fortunately the winds is nowhere strong as it w yesterday, but still any bit of a breezinds windchills back down to close to zero. it feels like 2 in washington, 0 in gaithersburg and 5 in quantico. your planner for tuesda here's some good news, plenty of sunshine, a light i went out of the south will bring temperatures, believe it or not, back to or slightl above the freezing mark. temperatures will keep climbing to climb ances start as well. i'll time out the rain chances in a few minutes. fo now let's go to melissa mollet. >> actually we're goingo talk about the reason for all of this nonsense, what we hav to do as a cause and effect. layer up with your warmest clothing before we go out. don't do what i did. i got mine. >> i'll have to lend you mine because it'shat kind of day. lat another it led to se car

and chuck bell is back this morning. we'll look at forecast before melissa gives an update on the roads. >> i'm happy eun is happy to see me. >> the gang's all here. >> monday morning, not adeig from the

technology, chuck bell. >> can we makeer the wea warmer instantly?ot instantly, but there is miler air coming our way tomorrow and thursday. a good opportunity to get your car washed off. the official advice for me, take your chances. today's forecast coming right up. >>> plus, dog-watching danger. a petow ner's desperate plea after her puppies were stolen at gunpoint. what she wants you to know about her attacker. >> we're going to get you ready to get caught up on all of this year's top movies that you may have >>> it is 5:29 as we take a live look outsid on this tuesday morning. it looks pretty out there, doesn't it? it'slways a prety picture, but it's 16 degrees. come on. not feeling great as we start s thrt workweek for some of you. and check out the temperatures all across the area. we're seeing single digits. oakland.that zero in that's crazy. still bitter cold and well below freezing all over that map, right. >> i don't really know the difference between zero and 16 degree it's just bad all the way around. >> that's a good point. good morning

like i have to call chuck bell every second. springfield, silver spring,he gaburg. >> people are getting excited about this. >> good morning. m eun ng. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the storm doesn't lk as b e as it didlier in the week. roads are being treated. that's a good thing. that's despite a government shutdown, as well. there's ace plan in phat have roads under national parks treated., to be >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what are we dogging about here? >> we're talking about snow. we haven't had to pl the rug from under this forecast just yet. it never looked like it would be a big blizzard. it sll doesn't. it's a high chance to get a couple inches of snow here. it's coming a us in two parts. part number one in missouri and arkansas. parttw numbe across west texas and new mexico. when things come out in pieces, it makes our forecast more tricky to explain. our best chance for everyone to see snow will be tomorrow afternoon and evening. the best chanceos for the snow will be the second wave of energy.

at' turn to first chuck bell who has a -- wha you laughing at? storm team4s -- too many ss in there. >> you are 0 for 2. do you want to try to strike out completely? >> no thank you. >>id temperatures in to upper 20s. little bit of breeze. so monday hit the road forecast near 30 this morning. near 40 at lunchtime and back in the upper 30s by 6:00 this evening. today will not be a day of any realignificant weather concerns. high temperatures around 42 degrees. but again no preparaticipitatio today. that's not the case tomorrow. likely nears 44 degr tomorrow afternoon with rain. unfortunately rain likely to be chano snow during the evening commute on tuesday. there is an 80% channece for th and cld add up to couple inches of snow which could cause trouble for way morning. so you should focus on the positive. nothing bad is happeningmon your ay. >> that's true. that is true. silver springs southbound 29 near new hampshire had a disabled vehicle witthe right side being blocked. that is now out of the way. don't have to wry about that. inner and outer

chuck bell is here with the o laten the forecast. we'll get to melissa for a check on the traffic. >> didn't janice have twoce we're about to look at the frowny fe for january. my colleague came up with the bread meter. how much snow and what you should be getting at the store. let's turn itn and see where we land. get at least a loaf. theres a high cha of getting at least an inch of snow. the odds of getting a heavy snow look l ter todayn they did yesterday. but still, a long way to go. still more than 48 hours from the first flakes from this storm. this morning, lingeri owshowers in northern maryland. the issue with today is the wind and the cold. temperatures down in the upper 20s to around 30. but just ferocious northwest wind. windchills are in the teens tos around 20 t morning. however you want to put i you can say windy and cold or cold and windy today,me ssa. >> either way, sounds like a big brrrr to me. 66 here, eastbound-westbound. no issues on 66. you can see the wind. the cameras are moving there. and dumfries, northbound

we want to begin with meteorologist chuck bell with your forecast. en is this rain moving out, chuck? >> probably shortlyfter ontime today. a very rainy commute on the way in. likely to not have toou worry rain on the way home. no matter when you drive today, theve winds could b gusty at times. another ribbon of heavy rain across southern virginia. that's all coming in our direction.

we have to start with chuck bell on this weather art day. chuck, can it get colder?an be colder than this. last winter, the whole first week of january was this ascold opposed to just one or two days almost toward the end of january. right w, it is 10 in washington county. 15 in washington d.c. county.rince george's but when you factor in what is still a fairly signifirtnt est wind, windchills are down below zero for most of the area. plan on about minus 5 to minus 10, as you step out the door this the windchill advisory is going 10:00 a.m the few kids that have to go to school. not every school is closed. ds, know, while you're waiting for the bus this morning, it will be frigid. temperatures year 20 degrees today. if you're going to wor

chuck bell is here with that. >> off to a freezing cold start this morning. fortunately the winds are not much ofe. an is temperature, 28 in washington, with a wind chill of 23. you get away from the urban heat island and away fromhe open waters of the bay and potomac, it's a colderstory. 14 in k.freder 14 in lorton. 19 and 10. manassas dn in t single numbers. your school day forecast, slippery and frigid start to the day. plenty ofsu hine. temperatures near 40 later today. the ill need a heavy coat, the hat, the scarves. everything butn umbrella. the rain chances go back up on thursday. the latest forecs available on the nbc washington 4. you can send me a snow pic, or any weather reports ontw itter. tomorrow's outlook, another nice day with melting. this storm in california will bring us unsettled weather for the weekend. mostly a rain chance for the weekend. but it could end with a little chance for snow. onthursday, we'll start dry thursday morning. thursday afternoon, this should be mainly rain along the i-95 corridor. it could be cold enough for a littl

when you hop in your car. >>> chuck bell, good morning. >> good morning, melissa. big snow over the weekend. snow totals very impressive, indeed. first thing saturday morning, we moved our forecast to 6-10 inches. 8-12 i t probably direct answer. 10.6 ates du almost 8 in manassas. winchester, 7 inches. alst a foot in martinsburg. bwi-marshall, six inches there. damascus, there. boonsboro, almost 8 inch. an hollywood in st. mary's, well over 8 inches of snow. on a mday morning, below freezing everywhere. just enough of a north wind to keep windchills around 20 that does not affect theer teure. windchill does not affect the freezing of water. the temperatures below freezing does that. windchill does for effects ofor evion off of your skin. windchill does not freeze water. tomorrow's forecast, another day with plenty of sunshine. temperatures, mid to upper 30s today. close to 40 degrees tomorrow. our next chance for precipitation does not roll in until later thursday. you can send me a picture and a snow report on my twitter handle. your ten-day forecast is going to b

we start with meet rolls chuck bell. he has a look at whe things and right now. >> all right. is quiet on a monday morning. thats such a relief. don't want to have to face putting your face into the fan onday morning. so that's not going to happen. omorrow, all bet are off f tomorrow. temperatures in the mid-20s in the shenaoah valley. softbally cold but dry. enough sunshine today to bring afternoon temperatures into thee mid-30s bly this afternoon. today's high up near 42 degrees. again, no weather problems today. starting by lunchtime tomorrow, rain change to go snow for the tuesday evening commute. by the time you wake up on wednesday morning, there could be one, two, three, maybe four inches of snow? a fpots on the ground. so school delays or cancellations will be likely on wednesday morning. coming up in a few more minutes, th timing of th switch from rain to snow which could snarl tomorr's evening commute. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. taking a look at the roads,t talking abhat snarling thing. so we just got off the phone with. poli southbound 270 after

but chuck bell is w ching this weather closely. what can you tell us?ve >> w been tracking a chance of this arctic cold just on our doorstep. anything that may start as rain utound lunchtime will end as snow, no doubt a it. the evening commute can be quite tricky. if you leave early, that's the best plan. your nbc washington app will be your bestriend today. and icy. as soon as the sun goesr down af5:00, things will ice up quickly by about 6: p.m. winter weather advisories for all of the d.c. metro area. these higightedcounties, that's a windchill advisory. the windchills could be 1 or 20 below zero. snowfall amounts won't be all that crippling. when it comes, all about t timing. generally speaking, 1 to inches. maybe 4 for hagerstown, frederick, northern montgomery and loudon county. most of the metro area, 1 to 3 n es. all right. start off temperatures, not so bitter cold this morning. the planning for today, briefly a breeze, with lot of clouds around. rain/snow mix, with all s later today. your nbc washington app. you can find and follow me on socia

. >> we begin with chuck bell. is the sno out of here for now, chuck? >> yes. nothing to worry abo for the rest of your friday. the wet snowshowers have come to an end. it is deslushy outhis morning. be careful. many spots, the temperatures are above the freezing mark. we'lle drying out the rest of the day. lots of deamelting. this is a great opportunity to get the hose out and get the last piles of snow around your sidewalks and stuff. there's no chances for that over the weekend. and a big drop of sunday into monday. there goes the last bit of snow, over the bay and on to the eastern shore and out of here. the winter weather advisory wil be pulled down shortly. a winter storm watch of what's coming this weekend. that may have to be expanded or upgrad s to a winterm warning. i'm concerned for ice in the shenandoah valley tomorrow. right now, it's in the low 30s.l it be a chilly day to be outside. with the return of sunshine, most ailas be above 40 degrees today. that's not too bad. over the course of the weekend, not much of a snow chance around town. but we c

i'm storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell. four things you need to know about the weather over the next fewd days, cd dry but warm enough for plenty of melting. we're watching for a chance of rain o changingr to wet snow starting late in the day tomorrow. could linger into the predawn hours of friday morning. and then more rain coming up on saturday. tomorrow's snow won't add up to much, but i couldn'tule out a half an inch to an inch of the slushy kind of wet variety of snow. ay t starts late in the tomorrow and hangs around for most of your thursday evening plans. lile chance for snowtomorrow. more chances for winter weather and a polar plunge all featured on the ten-day forecast coming up in a few. stay with us. pl >>> , grocery store upgrade. we'll tell you why you could soon be helpedy a robot at your loc giant. your loc giant. stalay fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth. unlike ordinary whitening toothpaste, colgate optic white has hydrogen peroxide that goes below the tooth's surface for a smile that's 4 shades

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. >> chuck bell has more on the frigid cold plus a strange consequence of thenm govent shutdown won't change anybody's paycheck but you'll notice it on your phone. we'll explain later in hey, it's me, thursday. look, i never wanted to be the popular day. hey look, it's thursday! but in this place, it's just getting out of hand! hey thursday! popularity has always been friday's thing, and if friday finds out about this whole scene, trust me there's going to be drama! so, let's just keep all of this between us, hmm? thursday. friday! what's happening here? nothing. [ screaming ] >> a series strong storms ripped up the coast of california. heavy snow caused whi out conditions in south lake tahoe and avalanche warnings in some parts through tomorrowg. morn meantime outside of los angeles crews are working to clean up after heavy rain brought mud and other debris down the hillsides there. >>> here we're getting ready for year-round two >> yes a smaller year-round. ar-round one was the 10 to 12 inches. this will seem like nothing. >> a walk in the park. >> still going to be cold. not the pr

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belle is h with the woerkt.e need to check with jack taylor o for first the firps 4 traffic alert. >> alm things going on. unfortunately. on oak.ns rou rem closed 50 toward particularly road. the end of aic crash and v fire. authorities remain on scene. no access to it from 50 off rou boulevard round. you'll find 210 still closed not gotten any word it's reopened. we heard a rumor it was reopened. but wor now have our closure of 210 between pine drive and livingston road. also the crash going io the springfield interchange, 95 northbound in the express lanes just before the beltwayav

let's check in on the forecas with chuck bell. o jack taylor at wtop about traffic in just a second. hey, chuck. >> good morning, aaron. welcome back from vacation. >> thank ouu. >> hopeenjoyed your time away. we certainly missed you around here. who do i have to pick o when aaron is away. i can't just pick on anybody. this moing,ostly cloudy sky out there. temperatures are nowhere near as cold as they have been the last few mornings. in fact, we're still 1 degree above freezing in d.c. this morning. bus a south freeze shaving a bit off of those temperatures. currently hasll a wind c of 23 in wagtshleesburg, 26 gaithersburg, 25 in southern maryland. plan on mid 20 for the chill early the morning. the daily grade for today, well, you know, there's nothing really to complain about. it will be a cloudy day. most of the daylight hours will dry. chances for showers moving in around the time the sun goes down, be a little on the breezy side as well. temperatures will o up this evening. it will be crazy warm tonight into tomorrow. ait wil

let's check in with chuck bell talking about thed c weather. i guess you have to have perspective, can be chuck. i just saw >> yes, indeed. international falls, minnesota, typically one of the colder spots in the country, they're 26 below zero this morning. that's not even near the record. not even close to it. so when we start talking about gettinl cold around here next week yb, remember to it keep it in perspective. certainly cold for us. but it's not really going to be an earth shattering levels of chill. 35 degrees now in washington. winds out of the west. averaging 9-mile-per-hour. so there is a hint of a wind chill early this morning. but nothing tooy terri crazy. well there it is. in fact the wind chill is 28ee de i had the same graphic twice. temperature now 23 in monnassis and 32 in league burg. 31 in martinez burg. 37 by the bay in annapolis. dog walking forecast my dog didn't get walking with the rain. this little rescue dog probably make a great companion next woke help keep you warm when the ather turns cold. the low 30s for themorn

storm team 4 chuck bell has a check of the forecast. >> good morning. that cold front camehrgh the area about 9:00 last night. had a lot of greatre pic on twitter yesterday as the cloud deck coming in in thethiddle of afternoon. check out some of the ones i retweeted on twitter. right now we're watching for a big blast of w ad toive here later on in the day, turning much colder, winds will increa up to near 20 to 30 m bes per houry later on in the afternoon. that will drive wind chills into th 20s by 5 or 6:00. if you're leaving now and won't be back until after 5, take a warmer coat than you might think this morningith temperatures in the 40s. it won't be any warmer than that later on in the day. in fact, temperatures may continue to fall once we get past lunchtimetoday. there's a chance of passing snow flurry or two but very low chance of any shovable chance today. be ready for a very blustery day today. jackets from herento the weekend. >>> chuck, you'll find i-97 our crash unfortunately we ha a motorcyclist involved on i-97 north of 50 but south of

. >>> we bith meteorologist chuck bell because everyone is talking about the snow. i heard you caused a little panic at the grocery store. >> boy, did i ever. i neede to shop on sunday, apparently. when i went yesterday, i dared to have bread, milk and eggs, all in my bucket. >> shocking istocking up. >> when the weather man is stocking up. >> i caused a near-panic. no reason to panic. we're not looking at a blizzard in any way, shape or form. but that being said, enough snow to cause an impact and perhaps ause disruptions to the monday morning school work commute. it could do that. but it will not be measu feet. it will be measured in inches. we are seeing a couple light snowshowers across parts of northern the snow squalls that went through here yesterday will not be repeated in as much intensity today. you can alws use our nbc washington app. there's a radar feature there and o following me social media can keep you ahead of the coming winter storm. your thursday morning, it's all about two words today, wind and cold. windchills this morning are in e teens to aro

but first chuck bell with this very cold morning. >> goodng mor temperatures have fallen into the teens. there is optism in the forecast and sunshine today and a whole lot less of a gusty wind will allowemperatures back in to freezing. as youep outside, same goal numbers. mid teens around the city. the winds are nowher near as strong as yesterday, but even a little as the feels-like temperature is back down. so heavi coat, hat, scarves, gloves all railroad. tomorrow and thursday, you're probably going to need i here's your school day forecast. mid teens in the next hour or 34. climbing up to a closer look on into the beginning of the weekend coming up in a few more minutes. all right, melissa, what have we got? >> we're seeing northbound at i. right si blocked by the disabled vehicle, not really causing any issue there.g so we're go to take a look a oumething else coming up. centreville, eas 66, 29 centreville, crash on the left side. 95 in virginia, no issues. white's ferry shut down. high water on thepomac is the reason there. northbound 270 noise and clear. reminder, senging tracking

. >> but let's start with chuck bell. 's cold. >> melissa -- mollette, sorry out that. 5 to 15 below 0. so col my brain has done frozen up. temperatures won't recover a lot. upperteens, low 20s. at most, another cold start tomorrow morning. milder weather and rain returns for wednesday and thursday. >> all right, chuck. thank you so much. an electrical heater started this early morning fire in southeas d.c. firefighters say they rescued a woman and she is expected to be okay. >>> tonight news 4 is gettingu eady for change. >> how to take control of your career especially ithe fear of the unknown. here is a look outside right now on martin luther king, jr. holiday. >> you can expect a lot of road closures in d.c. for the parade. a check of your traffic is next. stay with us. >>> good morning, i'm melissa mollet with a look at 46rs. in mclean, spring hill road near old dominion drive, downed polls and wires. not sure why it came down. it is windy. i have to warn you this morning. springfield befor 95 before franconia road ca

. >>> let's check in with chuck bell about the very cold weather we're experiencing, chuck. >> yes, indeed. there's the capitol me.'s shive morning. the wind has eased off a bit. but temperatures are in the danger zone, down near zero in most of the suburbs. the only record we might b to get to today, is bwi-marshall at 4. so r, bwi has not been below 6 yet. dulles, 7. washington's record, minus 2. that's also safe. temperatures are hovering just above zero in most of the neighborhoods this morning. zero in front royal. the wind isn't blowing too hard. you needhe scarf and the mittens today. temperatures this afternoon will peak around 25 or 26 degrees and fall back into the scenes. luckily, clouds move in overnight. tomorrow morning will not be as cold. plenty cold but not this bad. temperatures will be up around the freezing mark for highs tomorrow. we're tracking a chance for snow. i've written more aboutt on our nbc washington app. go to the weather section and u can find out about the snow chance on the social media platform there. here's where it's coming from. thelberta clipper, in

means a lot to the people there. >>> so let's send things back over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bellatching for this chance for rain and wetow slush omorrow evening between 4:00 or 5:00 up to midnight. that pulls a out we'll bow dry friday and to start your weekend, a lot rfn chances saturday afternoon and off and on through sunday. then the temperaturesy rea take a tumble sunday night into monday morning. windchills could be near or below zero early monday and a very cold start to next week. >> all right, thanks, chuck. that's "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates any time with our nbc washingtp. have a great day and we'll see you a littleteater this afoon. dax d ♪ ♪ >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>im party, i fallon doing what he does better than anyone, taking a shown the road all for a great cause. welcome to "access." >> tod is a new edition, guys. let's talk about him. >> wait, we have to begin with one of our favorite alpuppies. l the dogs here a