charley crowson is off and there are delays this morning. tal bort county and queen annes county on a 90 minute delay because of the fog. >> we have a dense fog advisory until 9 this morning. wouldn't be surprised if the fog advisory is extended because we are talking about visibility less than a quarter of a mile in a lot of spots. we can see the gray shading for entire viewing area. be prepared as you get out there. we are looking at slow travel times and lauren will give you that coming up. but maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry and at least that's what it look like but we have drizzle out there to talk about this morning as well. once that sun comes up, we are going to be dealing with a dreary look day and we will have the chance for showers to move in as well and also we have a warm front that's going to move through the area. that's going to warm the temperatures up but we will have a cold front slicing through the area as well. and that's going to make for difficult times as well. because there's a chance for thunder and light

i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. and here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> it's cold out there this morning charlie that's for sure. we need all the layers and keep the layers on as we go throughout the day. we can see these temperatures coming in in the mid 20s in glenelg. the dew point of 20. and we have the winds out of the north this morning. that will continue right through the afternoon. hickory's temperature is at 28 degrees right now. and our last stop is mount airy coming in at 28 make sure you have the big coat with you. you can have the hat, the gloves, the scarf. you will need it all but you will not need that rain gear for today. we will stay dry. and this is what the planner looks like lots of sunshine in the forecast. with a high of 44. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good evening lynette. we have some trouble in anne arundel county. we are dealing with a crash on 97. it's going to believe right along the southbound -- to be right along the sou

i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. thanks so much for joining us. kind after a mess out there yesterday. you might be wondering what's in store for today. >> meteorologist mike masco is standing by with getting us through what we just had and a look ahead to the future. >> you guys didn't like yesterday all that sleet and snow and rain? >> every two hours it was something different. >> it was can that's the total us -- and that's the total case. the deal today is just clouds. going to be very windy by the way. 36 degrees through the morning anos

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"good morning maryland" i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us this morning. a chilly start if you are headed out or taking the kids to the bus stop. you're definitely going to want to bundle up. >> lynette is here telling us about the change that came and another change that could possibly come. >> exactly charlie. very cold this morning and then we have another warm up on the way. so we are in a roller coaster effect but this morning you're stepping out the door. make sure you do have that heavy warm coat because we can see in reisterstown coming in at 28 degrees right now. this temperature is below average we should be at 31 for our low temperatures. and we are below freezing in millersville now. 29 degrees. look at the dew point. 17. that is some very dry air out there this morning. and this is going to continue right into the afternoon. the chilly air will as well. owings mill temperature coming in at 29. the good news is is that the winds have died down. it was a very blustery day on tap yesterday. not so much today. lots of sunshine through the

. >> i'm charley crowson. we had snow on christmas eve here, the south and midwest got hammered with severe weather yesterday. >> what's in store? here's meteorologist mike massco. mike, it's nice to have you here in the morning. >> thank you. it's nice to be here. you know, guys, i think we'll see some snow, a little burst of snow coming in during the course of the morning. 32 at bwi right now. the atmosphere certainly moistening up a bit, northeasterly wind at just about 12. and notice temperatures across town, while we're at 35 in annapolis, down to the freezing mark in easton, it's really chilly over our northwestern suburbs. 30 in eldersburg, 29 in manchester. notice on maryland's most powerful radar, down to the south of d.c., it's starting to snow and this is what's going to be pushing toward the north during the course of the morning hours. so about an hour 50 minutes away from the baltimore metro area, and this will come in as a burst of some snow through the course of this morning. not expecting much

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson.at weather because this was a big problem yesterday. mike massco is standing by. could be a big problem for us today. >> sure. it dropped 34 tornado down to the south. we are getting, well, not the most severe part of this storm, but we will get a rain/snow mixture. it's 32 in the city right now, or i should say out at the airport at bwi and we are, again, going to see anything that comes in will fall in the form of some snow. carroll county, out towards fredrick county, you're under a winter weather advisory through the course of this morning because of a wintery mix on its way for your communities. so here is the outer fringes of the storm now moving into d.c. suburbs and it's just about an hour to an hour and a half away from the baltimore metro area. so it will come in as a burst of snow first and then we're going to see the rain start to -- or the storm, rather, change to rain. there also could be a pretty heavy ice situation north and west of

good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. meagan is off today. she is getting right side for the new year's and tomorrow, the new years as well. someone else who has his ticket punched ready for the party tonight is mike masco. what are you doing tonight? >> what am i not doing tonight? nothing. i'm going to be in bed by 8:00. watch the rocking new year and rock myself back to sleep and back here tomorrow morning. living the life. maryland's most powerful doppler, clear overhead. eldersburg 26. baltimore 33. the deal is, it's a cold morning across locations. the clouds this afternoon will be in place. it's mostly cloudy skies, temperatures struggling to get to 40. going in to 2013, cloudy, we are dry. could be a spot shower that develops by tuesday afternoon, new years day. we will talk about that coming up. it doesn't look like a big deal. it's a cold start. new years eve, the clouds are around, man, does it get cold. the arctic attack moves in later in the week. we will talk about that forecast in a little bit. let's talk traffic with loren coo

. >> and i'm charlie crowson.he mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son is out of the hospital and now in police custody. nicole fitzgerald faces a number of charges including first and second degree murder as well as child abuse. last sunday police found her son with a stab wound to the neck. fitzgerald was taken to the hospital and treated for cuts to her own neck. her hearing is scheduled for next month. >>> a man the dead this morning after a fire broke out in his ohm. it was out on sweet air road in jacksonville actually the baldwin area earlier this morning. no fire hydrants near the and the water was shuttled in. the fire is still being investigated and we'll keep you posted. >>> things there are changing outside lynette. >> it is cold out there this morning charlie but look at all the sunshine we're receiving the morning. and in annapolis a beautiful sunrise. you can see over the severn river and we are going to continue with some cold temperatures. 33 degrees right now. those winds out of the north a

i am charley crowson. here are a few top stories.tead tax credit a half million marylanders have not filled out the application and may miss out on free money. a law passed to require home owners to fill out the one time application to update data base and cut out on fraud. you have to get the application in by december 31st. >>> maryland public service commission is considering proposal to triple the toll for most vehicles crossing the potomac at oldtown. most passenger vehicles would rise to 1.50 per crossing other vehicles now pai $1 would have to pay 1.506789 monthly passes would increase from 14 dollars to 45 dollars. reports say the agency will hold a public hearing january 14th on the proposed increase. time for a check outside with the weather. this is mike masco. >> raining outside and it's a beautiful shot from sunshine and cloud many and that's the deal this afternoon. it's chilly. airport 32 right now and just a gentle breeze. 32 up towards manchester and we are clear on radar but expecting snow to develop into the mornin

they're here live. >>> good morning, i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. today. -- of the top stories today. maryland lye casino is know up -- live casino is open for business 24/7. they will remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. the casino plans to open 24/7 they're going to do it in the spring after they add table games. maryland live is preparing for more changes in the future thanks to the passage of question 7 table games will be coming soon. >>> along with allowing 24 hour casinos and table games there are also other laws in effect in maryland next year. same sex marriage will now be allowed in the state and also a new law allowing veterans to have the status show on the driver's license. plus another one aimed at protecting children from identity theft. this new law allows parents to freeze their child's credit anytime they want. >>> mike miss key what do you want? -- mike masco what do you have? >> 36 at the airport and we're into the 30s north and west of the beltway. map chester still 33 degrees and again with the winds out there and the tem

. >> i'm charley crowson. here are a few of your top stories today.ficer is involved in a deadly shooting in carroll county. police say they were called to tawnytown for a report of a man smashing the windows of a truck with a hammer. when they arrived, they asked the man to put the hammer down, but they kept walking toward him. that's when one officer fired, reportedly hitting the man. he's been identified as 26-year- old edward becker. >>> in glen burnie a man is dead. he was shot while break breaking into a business. he broke into the arundel coin shop on sunday morning. he was fighting with an quee and that's when he was shot. medics pronounced him dead at the scene. that case still under investigation. >>> time for a check of the forecast. things could get messy out there, here's meteorologist mike masso. >> notice on maryland's most powerful radar showing the flurries developing from annapolis, all of anne arundel county down towards buoy and this is pushing to the north, right along i-95 during the course of your day today. it's going to start

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around the nation on this monday, december 31st, good morning, thank you for joining us i'm charley crowson. meagan is off today for this, the final day of 2012. how are things going to be out there weather wise? first, got to know how it's going to be today. here is mike masco. >>> we will do a lot of clouds this afternoon, a cool note. look at the temperatures, 27 baltimore, stevensville, easton be 1. a wind right now. making the temperatures feel like it's in to the teens in spots. manchester, one of the spots. 21 baltimore. chilly start this morning, that will give way to clouds today. if you notice on the satellite picture, a lot of broken clouds across the region. that's the deal towards the afternoon hours. temperatures around 43 degrees. it's a bitter blast as we head in to the end of the week. more coming up in a little bit. now a check on traffic early, loren cook, problems? >>> fortunately the jfx is clear heading downtown. no problems whatsoever. everything remaining up to speed on 95 through the fort mc henry, harbor going to be in great shape. on the beltway, here is a live lo

. >>> good monday morning and murray christmas eve i am megan pringle charley crowson is off but it'se for the abc2 news to go. let's start with lynette charles and it's chilly out there. >> it is. and it's cold out there this morning. make sure to dress in layers as you head out and about. you will need the layers all day long if you plan on being outside for extended period of time. and as we go throughout the day we will be watching what's on maryland's most powerful radar and it's dry right now but change is moving in to the picture as far north as virginia. starting to see wet weather move in. 28 degrees right now in mount airy and that's the scenario through the morning hours. temperatures will remain cold 30 degrees in churchville and chestertown coming in at 27. so seasonably cold this morning by the time we get to the afternoon we could see the temperatures at 40 this will be below average many we should be at 43 degrees now for this time of the year. and the big story is, well, are we going to get snow in here? there's possibility. a wintery mix going into the afternoon time

. >> you open the door at crowson plantation and dog says you've got to be kidding. >> carry me. yeah. you know negotiation is on the way, good for dogs. not good for us because we will be working we are here saturday morning so you know working for you. let's go outside and look at where's the storm down over the tennessee valley a few clouds this morning. and again we will be dealing with chilly temperatures leading into a chilly afternoon. and then back down to the tennessee valley there you go. there's the storm. doesn't look like much right now. but as it taps into gulf mexico moisture it will expand and move toward the north. so in terms of what we are watching today, it is a blend of sunshine and clouds chilly temperatures around 40 degrees. here comes the cloud for the overnight hours and getting into predawn morning snow will could over area and it's out of here going into saturday evening. so he up to an inch on the bay bridge towards the south one to 2 inches up towards captainon queens ann and from the city on points towards the north 2 to 3 inches of snow and a few l

charley is -- pringle charley crowson is off we want to apology normally we are on at 4:30 and the first ones to do it in baltimore but this morning we suffered major technical difficulties and apologize for that and hope it didn't inconvenience you in anyway. we are back on the air and happy to bring you news weather and traffic so let's start off with weather because it's a big story this morning. in fact, kent county schools are on a 90 minute delay due to the fog this morning. what else is going on. >> we have drizzle out there. it's going to be dreary day. widespread fog across the area. and a dense fog advisory that is in effect until 9. you can see it for the areas here shaded in the gray color. this is our viewing area. and even once the fog advisory expires we will deal with fog across the area this morning. it is going to take a while for it to get out of here. let's talk about what's going on in terms of married's mother -- maryland's most powerful radar. we are looking at dry conditions but what you are not seeing is drizzle because those drops too small for the radar to dete

. >> i am charlee crowson. it's foggy and let's head over to lynette charles. >> all right.s foggy out there. that's what we will be dealing with through this morning. but things will start to clear out as we go throughout the day. but before that, we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar where we are starting to dry things out this morning. that's some good news. but, we do see back off towards the west more showers that are going to be work its way in here as we go through time. then we talk about temperatures this morning because we are looking at the big picture here and we see the colder air behind this cold front that's going to work et cetera way in here going throughout the day. so we are talking about freezing in chicago right now. and as we hone in on our temperatures this morning, well, we are not that cold yet because that cold fron

good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. i like the guy's commitment. >> one can at a time. >> do what you got to do isn't that right. >> send him my way. i have a awful checkbook he can balance. 39 in town. it's chilly north of the beltway. 32 monkton and 32 in bel air n terms of what's on the boards,

. >> i am charley crowson. meteorologist mike mat co changes could be on the way but not right now. >> look at how beautiful this is chesapeake beach. man it's chilly. the airport 33 degrees and westerly wind at about 3. so that's making the temperatures feel like they are in the 20s. it's 3 # elders-- 32 eldersburg. baltimore city at 39. winter weather advisory towards northern harford county and cecil county. you get the deal. clouds will be in here during the course of the afternoon 600 miles to the south and west there's the storm system that will be rolling in saturday morning. so it's blend of sunshine and clouds first. we go over to clouds around the 11:00 hour into midnight and here's the snow he from south to north a burst of know-- snow from the south to the north a burst of snow. we will talk snowfall accumulations in a little bit. let's talk traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: that snow will affect your weekend travel. be careful traveling out tomorrow morning and, of course, we will be with you

we have a preview on december 6th, "good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle, you need to know whether you need to bundle up. >> always indeed. lynette standing by with a check of the forecast. things have churned. >> you see my hands in my pockets already. that's what you need to do this morning because it is very cold outside. the temperatures have plummeted. we're talking about the 20s in bel air this morning. 29 degrees to be exact. and as we look at chestertown that temperature coming in at 33 and 37 in towson. under mainly clear skies right now. we are under a dry sky. maryland's most powerful radar is going to stay that way as we head through time. and with that we will get plenty of sunshine in here for today. but that sunshine is not going to warm us up at all today. we are cold this morning. we will stay that way right through the day and lunchtime temperature coming in at 42 degrees. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads looking? >>> good morning lynette. so far so good out on 95. here

. >> and i'm charlie crowson. weather-wise, it's got to be great for that lighting ceremony. beginning to feel a lot like holidays. after a bit of a reprieve earlier this week. >> yes it's always chilly every year when they have that lighting. you see the people bundled up. >> that's a great thing. >> it is a great thing. >> it's supposed to be. >> exactly. that's what we have for the morning as well guys. bundle up out and about. look at the 20s from ellicott city 29 degrees. the winds out of the northwest at about 5 miles an hour. this will persist throughout the day. we won't be as windy as we were yesterday. that's some good news especially on that northwesterly breeze. we would really be feeling that windchill today. but that's not going to be the case. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. yes we have some cold temperatures but we will get lots of sunshine in here. the only caveat with that is that that sunshine really in the going to warm the temperatures -- not going to warm the temperatures up even as we go into the afternoon. here's how you plan according

. >> i am charley crowson. big story not only the ravens playing in cincinnati but weather in baltimore. >> a lot of people will be traveling on the road so we will find out what to expect but first let's go over to mike masco to see what to look out for. >> we have snow coming our way. into the 30s 40 up towards the north and west. right around the freezing mark and a northwesterly wind feeling like it's into the 20s in many locations. looing at bel air feeling likeit's 24. cecil county a winter weather advisory that will be expanded into the sit ye. -- city. we will talk about the storm and break into snow totals but first traffic maps to see what's going on the roads. lauren cook is the gal to do it. >> reporter: i will be with you tomorrow as well. >> oh man we are all here. >> reporter: 95 nice and clear just 14 minutes to travel from the beltway into the city. and 695 in great shape. no problem from parkville to towson and looking live outside here the west side of the beltway also going to be free of del

. >> i am charley crowson. we begin with a look at roads. lauren cook is monitoring the commute. a lot of fog. >> reporter: yes there is a lot of fog. expect reduced advice ability across the region. turn kiss -- visibility across the region. turn on the low beams. we have several accidents across the region. we have a crash on the jfx along the northbound lanes at 28th street. if you are traveling southbound into the city it's going to take you 12 minutes right now so normal conditions from the beltway all the way downtown to east fayette street. we have a crash downtown that you want to keep in mind as well. it's going to be right on lexington at gay street. and we have an accident right now on the beltway first let's take a look at the 5 -- 95 at 395. traffic is moving along no problems getting through the tunnels. but back to the beltway we have a crash on west side on outer loop at 795 and you are looking right now at liberty road. not causing any significant backups as of yet but it's starting to pick up in the area. 13 minutes altogether to travel the outer loop from 795 d

i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle., you should know it's foggy again. here's lynette. >> we have patchy dense fog this morning. not the widespread against fog that we saw yesterday. but a lot of you will

. >> and i'm charlie crowson, meteorologist mike masco. mike what are you cooking up for the weekend? >> let's start with the wind -- that will be ongoing today. notice here's the stats from the airport. 13-mile-per-hour sustained wind right now. 37 degrees feeling like the 20s right now. northern and western suburbs, 33, manchester 37. into joppa and right now baltimore city sits at 41 degrees. by the way with the winds and higher than normal tides we have a coastal flood advisory fort deposit later this morning. annapolis you're dealing with a high tide at the present moment. wind advisory goes into effect today with the winds that could gust to near 40 miles per hour and right now, sustained winds out of the northwesterly direction between 15 to 20. with a gust last hour at the airport at 26. your hour by hour forecast lots of clouds today. it's a chilly day. 37 at lunchtime goes to 39 degrees. and we'll flirt with 40 for the afternoon high. here's the storm over the rockies right now. tomorrow is okay and saturday is different story. w

good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle.nks for joining us a lot to talk about as far as the news but we have to talk about the weather because it's foggy this morning. here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> it's foggy out there once again. and some areas dealing with dense fog, but, we do have improving conditions as we go throughout the day. so hold on and you're going to see that you will like the way the day turns out and if not you will love tomorrow. maryland's most powerful radar dry but we did have showers that moved through a little earlier this morning. and on the heels of that we do have a chance for more showers excuse me, 46 degrees right now in frederick and fog out there to talk about. the cross -- 48 in millersville and more of the same over in arnold this morning. and that temperature coming in at 50 so temperatures are well above average this morning. and as we head throughout the day, this is what to expect. temperatures warming up. we have the warm front that moved through and that's why the temperature

. >> i'm charley crowson. we begin with a check of that forecast out there. things could be changing in a matter of hours. >> absolutely. let's send it over to meteorologist mike massco. how's it looking out there? >> cold and dry. that's the good news. but that's going to change over to the next hour or so. to the northwest, joppa33 degrees. look at maryland's most powerful radar, already starting to see some flurries move into annapolis right now, shadyside. again, if you have reports of flurries send it to facebook and let us know. everything pushing up from south to north during the course of the morning hours. the band of steady heavy snow just south of d.c. land and that will be moving in during the course of this morning. so it's a burst of snow first, then it goes rapidly over to some rain, especially from the city on points to the south and the east. and then an ice situation over our northwestern counties. carroll, fredrick county under winter weather advisories right up until 6:00 tomorrow morning. so it's a rain/snow mixture, again, going quickly

"good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. you thought that looks pretty and then thought maybe not. here's meteorologist mike masco. >> it's chilly look at the temperatures mostly into the 30s a lot of locations. you go outside the beltway and it's coming close to freezing in reisterstown and belair road to the north maybe a little ice on the roads this morning. so just be careful of that. winds have been gusty out of the northerly direction between 10 and 20. just know a pretty chilly raw feel out there. some showers working over cecil county rogue now heading upth delaware line. winds become really gusty today. 40-mile-per-hour and for that reason a high wind advisory has been posted and yes a weekend storm potential certainly growing. we're going to detail that and show you the seven day coming up in a little bit. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >>> so take it slow this morning. be extra careful as you head out. no delays though traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel or the harbor t

good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thanks for joining us. i hope you had a wonderful christmas. it is the day after which means the malls will be busy with a lot of people having returns. hopefully you have the day off, but a lot of people have to go back to work. >> we'll get a check on the weather because the weather may be playing in those plans. mike massco is in for lynette. what's going on? >> we're starting out dry across the areas. certainly a cold morning, 20s in our far norlt and western suburbs and, again, we'll probably maintain that through the course of this morning. notice of winter weather advisory towards the north and west of the city, out towards carroll county and fredrick county. a wintery mix moving in during the course of the mornings and the afternoon. right now it's clear over the north of the state, but a couple hundred miles to the south and west of us. notice in about three hours we're going to start to see this batch of precipitation moving in and it will start as snow in a lot of spots. a burst of snow first, it

. >> i am charley crowson. sierra jobs weighed 73 pounds when she died and today the woman convicted of starving her is up for parole. trina roberts was a foster parent and has been in prison for 10 years serving time for the death. >> jobs was found beade -- beaten and dead. robert was sentenced to 40 years behind bars. her attorneys tried to appeal the sentence on ground of mental illness. >>> a good samaritan has been killed john scott culled over to -- pulled over to help a stranded driver and another driver pulled over to help. >> while working on the car another driver getting off the he canit lost control and skid into them. scott died at shall died at the scene and the other man is in stable condition. >>> let's check with the weatherwith lynette. >> we have fog across the area. annapolis improving and this will continue throughout the day as we will see gradual clearing. and we are going to be mild as well. so temperatures starting off there coming in at 49 degrees this morning. we should be in the 20s