today's question comes from chris hunt in culpeper, virginia. chris writes, what is your prediction for this winter's forecast. >> a big one. >> we predicted the first southbound of the year. >> as you mentioned with this being meteorological winter, the first day, big celebration. we encourage everybody to come to the weather cent engineer. >> a party, cake, balloons. >> crazy hats. >> we celebrate the beginning of each meteorological season. >> how have we missed this over

manassas and culpeper 36 degrees. fredericksburg down two degrees, down to 41. as far as the forecast, no rain to talk about. we are going to be dry through the next couple days. the next best chance of rain comes during the day on thursday. look at the lows tonight. not as chilly as last night. still, seasonably cold. 22 in frederick, 21 in martinsburg and leesburg. freezing inside the district. everywhere is below freezing. once again, overnight, step outside. the temperatures will warm up a little bit from where they were. the high temperature 46. tomorrow, we'll see a high of 50 in washington. 51 in manassas. gaithersburg and frederick, 48 degrees there. coming up tomorrow, tomorrow night we are going to be live in somebody's front yard for holiday lights. we are doing two of them this week. if you would like me to come out e-mail us at nbcweather.com. extend some pictures, let us know where you are from or do it via instgram. do it on your ipod, ipad or whatever else it does. t i'm not familiar with it. i have seen it. it's the next big thing. >> okay, doug

one temperatures, 61 in fredericksburg, 64 income culpeper.tures will be moving down throughout the day. they will then hold steady this afternoon and evening. gusty winds through the midday and afternoon. brief areas of cold rain tonight mixing with wet snowflakes south of the district. a little to no accumulation. partly cloudy this weekend. >>> here's a look at the beltway and at university boulevard in silver spring, everything is open. 270 at 121 from frederick county into montgomery county and all the way to down to lane divide we are in good shape. a couple problems outbound 50 into northeast on new york avenue, you will not get farther than the inbound lane tasks have been reopened, but the taliban's lanes are closed. generally, starting off pretty well tell the area. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:12. weekend track work will lead to delays for metro riders. red line trains will single track between dupont circle and judiciary square. orange line trains between east falls church and west falls church. blue line between stadium armory

cumberland at 19. 20 in martinsburg, 24 dulles airport, 32 at reagan national. 33 in culpeper. a lugubrious off the water -- a light breeze also water. -- off the water. clear skies today, calm wind, high-pressure dropping. cloudy all-star southwest. areas of rain crossing the mississippi and ohio river valley. the associated with the next system that will affect us over the next few days. we will get the cloud cover clouds increasing tonight. mostly cloudy to model. late thursday, slight chance of a few showers will late thursday night and possibly friday night into saturday morning there is another system that could possibly bring in a brief wintry mix. not a big concern right now, but something to keep an eye on. 50 today, 52 tomorrow. rain chances late thursday. highs will into the fifties by then. cooling off on friday through the weekend. lisa baden's zumba class in this picture. >> we are promoting fitness here. >>> not having a good time on the beltway with an accident. newschopper 7 is looking between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. one to do the right is gettin

look at the temperature difference. 20 degree difference between in cumberland and culpeper. that is what you call cold front. 63 in culpeper, and 56 in the district, 46 in gaithersburg. temperatures are dropping. colder air north of town is getting into the metro area. and temperatures will continue dropping this morning and afternoon we will go from the fifties this morning into the 40's later on today with a gusty northwesterly winds of 2 35 miles an hour. and light rain is expected south of the metro area by this evening ends tonight and could briefly mix with what snowflakes. little to no accumulation with the exception of rootstocks. they could see up to an inch. -- with the exception of the ridge tops. >>> the beltway ne-yo colesville road -- near colesville road is getting a little heavy. no reports of accidents. inthere was an accident northbound on 95 in maryland towards bwi marshall airport near 198, blocking the right lane. that could slow you down towards the southbound, everything is open -- that the slowdown towards the airport. southbound is open. >>> a six-ho

culpeper and leesburg. martinsburg at 24. it's 29 at the air force base. good morning scott for your report. 36 on the bay. and 28 down at pax river. monika samtani, we are now into the 5:00 hour. things looking good still? >>> you know what? things are still looking pretty good except for one area. that's in just a moment. otherwise here's what it looks like on the beltway all around town, the interstates heading for the beltway look good as well. on 95 all lanes are open but i want to give you a heads-up. northbound business route 17 north of route 1 in fredericksburg, there's an accident locking the northbound lane and you need -- blocking the northbound lanes and you need to follow police direction if you need to get on to that. 95 you should be okay up into springfield. a live look at the wilson bridge first on the south side of town here, no problems to report between alexandria and oxon hill on the beltway. the lanes are all open and a last live look on the northbound side of i-395 here at washington boulevard. just a bit of volume forming no big de

it's about 20 degrees warmer around culpeper. it's 64 there. around the nearby suburbs, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid and upper 50s. we have some breaks in the clouds. we'll have a little sunshine in and out throughout the day. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:20. cloudy this afternoon, gradually turning colder through the day. colder than that farther west and north. a look at your evening planner. that will be in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> we have breaking news. if you're traveling eastbound at route 50 at kenilworth avenue, all your lanes are blocked. tracee wilkins is on the scene of this accident with more. tracee? >> reporter: good morning, danella. good news for folks driving down. take a look down here. police are begin to go pning to the eastbound lanes of route 50 after an amazing accident. let me give you a closer look. a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes collided with another vehicle. police say that both folks are going to make it. they're at t

down around culpeper, 37 in manassas. 37 in frederick. waldorf coming in around 44 degrees. what are we going to see as far as rain is concerned? don't worry about rain. really, not only for tomorrow, but right on through the next couple days. the weekend is going to be dry. the weekend is looking very good. we have temperatures overnight that are going to be cool. kind of cool to start out on your friday. we are looking at a fantastic friday weather wise. we'll be back down here the rest of the hour talking about the christmas tree lighting which was fantastic. >> thank you, doug. >>> still ahead on news 4 at 6:00. drivers stuck for an hour in a snowstorm. opm came up with a way to prevent another disaster on our roads. >> i'm julie carey. shaking up the ranks through the gubernatorial nod. what local republicans have to say coming up. >>> you might want to know about secret software that tracks what people are doing on their smartphones. >> animals are getting into the arts. we'll tell you about that. >>> basketball is back. the wizards unlocked the doors at the verizon ce

culpeper 34. winchester, all of you down to low 30s right around that freezing mark. now, saturday morning doing some shopping, partly cloudy and cold. you'll need your jacket. temperatures will be in the 30s. afternoon it will look beautiful outside. lots of sunshine, but it's going to be a chilly day. highs will be only around 45 degrees. northwest wind at 5 to 10. so here's your zone forecast. start west, cumberland 40 degrees, and 43 in hagerstown. warrenton 44. leesburg near mid-40s. culpeper warmer at 47. all right. and for downtown, temperatures around 46 degrees annapolis. lots of sunshine in store. so don't forget your sunglasses as you're out driving around town. here's your day planner. a coal start, still chilly at noon. 38 to 43 degrees. but lots of sunshine. here's your redskins forecast. they're playing the vikings tomorrow afternoon. mostly sunny and cold. i hope you're in the sun. temperatures near 45 for the afternoon kickoff. so definitely bundle up and those kids. here's your 7-day. chilly tomorrow, little milder for christmas. monday is dry. tuesd

not 63 in manassas right now. 41 in culpeper. storm 4 doppler radar nothing to show around the immediate area. that's the frontal boundary to the west. cleveland, cincinnati, they are picking up a little bit in the way of snow. the snow will not be able to bring moisture across the mountains. we are calling for mostly cloudy skies as clouds increase. it will help keep temperatures above where they were this morning. 36 in washington. 31 in gaithersburg. frederick, 29 degrees. culpeper around 30 degrees. then the cold air moves in for the day tomorrow. we are talking about a much cooler afternoon. 44 for a high in washington. about five to six degrees below where we were today. a bit of a breeze tomorrow. it puts windchills in the 30s just about all day. 43 in leesburg. culpeper, 45 degrees. we are going to see a fairly chilly day on saturday. sunday, as we take on the patriots out there at fedex fie field, we are looking at a chilly day there. high temperatures around 43 degrees. it will be sunny but rather chilly. those of you w

down to 36 in winchester. 37 in manassas. 36 in culpeper. waldorf and annapolis, a temperature of 48 degrees. as you look closer to the metro area, gaithersburg, 43 degrees. ma nas nassas 37. we are going to see the numbers for the most part in the upper 20s to 30s during the night tonight. we are not going to see rain. we have a cold front moving through portions of ohio, bringing cleveland snow, parts of ohio and pennsylvania, they are going to get snow from this. as it crosses over the mountains, it's going to lose the moisture and bring us cloud cover overnight tonight. tomorrow, well tomorrow brings in the colder air. we saw nice weather ahead of it. here is the cold front to the west. plenty of sunshine with temperatures in the low 50s. as a front moves to the south, we are going to see sunshine tomorrow after the clouds move out of here tomorrow morning. it is going to get on the chilly side. we are talking temperatures that will move from 51 today down to 44 during the day tomorrow. many of you will stay in the low 40s tomorrow with

culpeper near mid 50s.loser to the beltway, temperatures around low 50s for dc, 49 in gaithersburg. here is a look at your seven-day forecast. this is just a one-day event. wednesday breezy and chilly. 43 degrees. thursday and friday dry. back into the low 50s by friday. saturday looking dry as well. partly cloudy. new year's eve, it's going to be chilly. but, hey, for the end of december going into january, this is a okay. we can take it. and new year's day also mild and a low 50s. no snow at all the next seven days. i'm hoping sometime in january or february, at least get one storm. we're crossing our fingers for one. >> you can do that. [ laughing ] >> okay. >>> all right. wizards at home, everyone has been waiting. a lot of the businesses and fans. >> exactly. it's been a month late and they're ready to get back out there. the excitement was there. everything was there. except the good play. the wizards hoping this season will be different, but behind all of the pomp and circumstance, is there actually

it's about 20 degrees warmer in culpeper. it's 63 there. that cold air is going to come in on a gusty northwest wind. breaks in the clouds now. sunshine in and out this morning. sunrise at 7:20. we'll be right around 50 degrees for the rest of the morning in the metro area to around noontime and colder west and north, and then down into the 40s during the afternoon hours. colder tonight, maybe even a little precipitation. we'll talk about that in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> on i-95 headed to laurel, your right lane is blocked. this is at 216. i'll give you a look right now. police on the scene of this accident. again, it's blocking the right side of the roadway. just stick to the left to get by. traffic is moving fine on the left. you will see some volume as you make your way towards the accident. 95 north at 216. i-95 in virginia getting slow as well. here's a view right now at lorton. i can let you know that your delays are going to start right around prince william parkway. stop and go for you as you make yo

reagan national airport, 37 degrees, 28 in manassas, 30 in culpeper. satellite and radar, a disturbance to the south and west may bring a few sprinkles for the overnight. it will not amount to much. anything that falls from the sky will fall in the form of raindrops. partly cloudy and while today, a 50-55 degrees, wind out of the south at 5-10. we will look the extended outlook that will take us into the new year. if you like temperatures in the 30's for the daytime high, you'll love what is on the way. the rush-hour commutes, steve . >>> at bailey's crossroads there was in accidents. this is about seven westbound down about seven in the baileys crossroads area after about 29 near charles street. watch for an unexpected slowdown, but a brief one. that is out bound. looks pretty good elsewhere in the region. nothing to slow you down. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a happy ending to a cliff hanger in los angeles yesterday with two lives hanging in the balance. a 19-year-old and his dog or hiking when his father threw a ball and the doc try to affect it s

more showers to charlottesville and culpeper. they are headed to fredericksburg. the line across southwestern pennsylvania, one or two rumbles of thunder. temperatures remain mild. temperatures mostly in the 50s. tomorrow, another mild one with highs up near 60 degrees. not much in the way of long-lived sunshine. soggy and sloppy ride home. more rain before christmas. maybe two chances of rain before christmas. give you that in the seven day forecast, coming up. >> thanks, chuck. >>> there are only 13 days left before the iowa caucuses. among the gop candidates, another front-runner is emerging. it's ron paul. mitt romney and newt gingrich are battling it out. michelle franzen has the latest. >> reporter: they continue to make the rounds before the holidays, taking jabs at their opponents and taking some heat on the campaign trail. in des moines, iowa, protesters interrupted newt gingrich during a speech. the rift between gingrich and mitt romney is getting bigger as the iowa caucuses get closer. >> mitt has more baggage than the airlines. >> a political action gr

maybe the low 60's closer to culpeper and fredericksburg. limited sunshine tomorrow.he temperatures will be down into the upper-40's. a little breezy today. friday night we still have a chance of seeing that when to the metroly south of area. much associated with that system. that-40's. >> we do not have any major on the highway to report. overnight construction is being put to bed. just adding to go over it right now. you will like what you see. will take you live to the cameras. this looks good. there is the drive out of frederick. here we are at 270. >>> we will check back in with you soon. have 46 degrees. warmer out there. >> racing against the clock on capitol hill. do toongress needs to avoid that the shutdown. do toongress needs to avoid that the shutdown. >> rob look white -- ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play, achoo! [ male announcer ] and common tissue made it burn even more. ♪ puffs plus lotion is more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every nose issue. a nose in need des vpuffs plus lotion indeed. to gi

up to 66 in culpeper. 68 today in fredericksburg. those kind of temperatures are more like late november and early november around here. we dropped five degrees. we are at 58 degrees. well above the average, still. we are going to stay high for much of the evening and overnight. the rain that's out there is moving out of here in the next two to three hours. some very light showers around bowie and waldorf around areas around waldorf. the rain moving out of here. the clouds, that's not going to move out of here. those are sticking around. mostly cloudy at 11:00 p.m. the temperature at 11:00 p.m., 53 degrees. that's a very mild evening. a mild overnight coming our way. light showers out there now. the other thing, folks wanted snow, believe it or not. we have the possibility of a few snow showers coming our way. you have to stick around for the four-day forecast. barbara? >> we'll stick around then. thanks, veronica. >>> the fbi is launching a search for a rapest. he's called the potomac rapist and wanted for a dozen assaults in the ar

culpeper, fredericksburg, at 55 degrees. a touch cooler in northern maryland. hagerstown, 47 degrees. martinsburg coming in at 52. here is a look at live doppler. not much going on around the d.c. metro area. there are a few showers in northern carroll county, the grays, the northern part of fredericks county. there's more very light and widely scattered rainshowers across southern and central pennsylvania and back out into the mountains of west virginia. not a lot going on. can't rule out a few drops here and there during the overnight hours. so, with that in mind, here is the good night forecast. temperatures back down into the upper 40s and near 50 by 5:00. mid-40s by 7:00 p.m. cloud cover between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. chilly, but nowhere near as cold. increasing clouds for this evening. tomorrow, a lot more clouds than rain drops. not a pleasant looking day. wednesday, wash out, again. how many wednesdays in a row does that make rainfall on? this is on the wet side. the christmas holiday is approaching. what does christmas look like? we'll give you that forec

culpeper, fredericksburg, all under flood warnings with numerous roadways closed now.yourself extra time. then you mentioned the snow. winter storm advisories, yeah. howard county, montgomery county. then loudoun and northern fauquier to the west. the pink, around the oakland area, back through portions of western maryland, that is a winter storm warning, three to six, maybe more as far as inches go. gusty winds. we are at 50 degrees. the temperatures have fallen. gusts upwards of 28 to 30 miles per hour. they could get up to 40 miles per hour this evening. we could see trees down as this cold air moves in. 50 year. winchester down to 39. 37 in cumberland. the cold air is racing on in here. 28-mile-an-hour wind gusts in washington. 24 in martinsburg. the wins are going to increase throughout evening tonight. through the night, heavy rain along i-95. here comes it rain/snow line along 81. some of it will be heavy snow. i think you'll see a burst of heavy snow for two to three hours to the west. by 11:00, it is just to the west of i-95. a burst of heavy snow to montgomer

culpeper county might see, a few flurries tomorrow morning.rid of the low pressure causing the rain now. tomorrow, we focus on a weather front dropping from north to south. it's bringing colder air. we could see flurries in the area after midnight. the main areas that will see the snow, western maryland and west virginia. for us, we get a little bit of sunshine back here on sunday. plenty chilly for the weekend. another chilly weekend for us. last weekend was, too. 39 to 43 degrees. a little wet for folks down to the south. it's coat weather for tomorrow morn i morning, again. partly cloudy with a chilly breeze. the wind out of the northwest at 10 to 15. windchills in the 20s. keep that in mind when you are going out. look at the temperature sometimes and think hey, i'll take this coat. i'll be okay. as windy as it's going to be, layer up more. for sunday, we get back to sunshine, 43. another little spike in the temperatures for monday and tuesday. that's going to come ahead of the next batch of rain. we are at 52 degrees on monday. 50 degrees

and culpeper gaithersburg to start the morning. sunny. this afternoon will be a few yesterday,mer than degrees. 50's tomorrow, mid 50's farther south. of a sprinkle the metro.f better chance of rain late boundaryas a frontal drops into our region. will be along this day, well into the fifties. night into an early saturday there could be light precipitation. something we will keep an eye on. road theree structure fire that is distracting computers. , give normally take that yourself extra time. smoke causing a distraction. no problems to report as far as the 270. looks good all of southern maryland. interdistrict is a clean shot. looks good on 395. the of thecture bridge movingn nicely. back to you. >> thank you. 4:42, 31 degrees. >> saying goodbye to a police officer killed on the campus of virginia tech last week's. fellow officers, family members, friends remembered officer deriek crouse. >> mitt romney is talking about $10,000 bet at saturday's debate >>> the dupont circle nightclub of a violentscene last month will fight to license fr

manassas 19 along with culpeper. we are at the freezing point at reagan national. partly cloudy. mostly sunny to mardytomorrow. mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon. temperatures today a few degrees below average. it is close enough to call it even for mid to late december. here's a look at our extended forecast. the next chance of rain will be warmer. >>> we have icy conditions. because of ice and the fact that they have had a couple of cars, if they are closing the barton parkway and tell around 5:00 p.m.. ita lot of overnight construction projects are wrapping up. we will go to the beltway. the baroque choral is working on the inner loop. -- road crew is working on the inner loop. >>> it is 4:32. the governor of virginia will pay tribute to the officer gunned down on campus. a funeral will be held for him this afternoon. we still did not know what motive constant to shoot him. >> we have the emotional side of the story. >> a somber sunday for the virginia tech community, a feeling for officer deriek crouse. >> is this a real. >> they're trying to deal with an unexpected loss. >> th

look at the numbers, 28 in frederick. 36 in manassas. 34 in culpeper. wip chester, temperatures around the freezing mark. it's on the chilly side for sure as we zoom in, show you what's going on around the metro area. yeah, it's chilly, but dry. it's going to stay that way for a couple days. storm 4 doppler radar doesn't show anything we are looking at. we are seeing rain, not cloud cover. clouds making their way across the area. we are looking at a system down to the south providing rain into portions of south carolina and the southeast. that is going to give us more cloud cover overnight tonight. it's going to help us stay warmer than where we were late last night. it's not going to help us that much. we see the numbers dipping down. take a look at the eastern half of the country. 44 in wichita. 39 in cincinnati. there's no warm air but there's also no frigid air out there. temperatures about where they should be this time of year. that's going to be the trend over the next couple days. expect that to continue for the next few days and into the weeken

meanwhile, 27 degrees and culpeper. some chilly degrees. mostly sunny. still pleasanter the weekend. looking at some rain. they could get a little unsettled. the latest on the commute? >> it is pretty good so far. traffic is moving slowly. it is moving up toward the 14th everythingge where is open. 27120. it is moving, just a few because living southbound. it is going to frederick county. over to the interchange where traffic is moving smoothly over on the left. no delays all the way up until springfield. the 14there up until street bridge. back to you. you.ank is 4:55. j.r. my team has made a stop in washington. know if the brought ball trophy to show off. he attended last night's gala for the rehabilitation hospital. birther in the day he toward the pentagon with leon panetta. he suffered burns to more than hisof his body after vehicle hit a roadside bomb. for more pictures, just log on to wjla.com. >>> president obama's campaign picture more than two dozen nba stars. debate had the edge of ben -- to beave the event scheduled in the summer. it put the

winchester. 48 in martinsburg. 37 toward cumberland. 52 degrees to the south, fredericksburg and culpeper coming in at 52. storm 4 doppler radar, nothing to show in our area. we are looking at a storm system around chicago bringing them a lot of rain and snow. this storm system is going to make its way toward the east. i think it will have enough moisture especially early tomorrow morning to give us a chance for a shower or sprinkle early tomorrow morning. we'll take you through the area of low pressure moves to the north and east. it's not going to be a big rainmaker for us. it's not going to have a lot of an impact for us. partly sunny skies. mild temperatures. maybe that sprinkle or shower tomorrow morning. that's it. still a nice saturday. this is the storm on sunday. the cold front that will move through 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon. it's really going to give us that shift. to the east of that front, partly mild. to the west of that front, cold and very windy conditions. winds gusting 30, 40, even 50 miles per hour to the west on sunday. those winds will eventually move into our reg

we think we'll get to 46 in alexandria. 46 in culpeper. 47 in la plata. i'll go with 47 in the district. that is a look at the forecast. more coming up in just a little bit. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> let's check in with julie wright, say good morning to her and check on traffic. >> good morning. better news for you if you are traveling the canal road clara barton parkway stretch, basically between georgetown and the beltway, roadway has been reopened overnight. all of the accident activity has wrapped up. we see traffic coming from the outbound lanes right now of the canal road corridor headed over towards the chain bridge. a few moments ago, we saw folks coming in off the chain bridge making that right turn head down towards arizona avenue. no problems reported now southbound along 270 southbound out of clarkburg. you will find inbound new york avenue at speed as you work your way from northeast to northwest making your way past bladensburg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. ic. >>> frightening sunday for a d.c. neighborhood

to the southwest, culpeper, 52 degrees right now. so, you know, temperatures are up from where they were yesterday at this time. the radar, fairly quiet. showers in hartford in maryland and a few showers in west virginia, south of petersburg. there's been light scattered shower activity today. overnight, though, with the first part of the weather system moving through, it's the warm front. partly cloudy by tomorrow morning. 43 at 11:00. 39 by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we call that chilly and damp with a higher humidity around the area. we are not going to see the big rains that areas to the west have been getting like around chicago. heavy rain today. st. louis, they have had airport delays around 30 minutes around chicago, o'hare and midway airport. texas where they had severe weather in northeastern texas, today. early tomorrow morning, thursday, partly cloudy. a little bit of sunshine. the rain, the front comes into the area at 2:00 tomorrow. between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. is the best chance for rain. things dry up as the front make

culpeper now at 28 degrees.ellite and radar will show relatively quiet conditions for the next couple of days or so. we have a cold front that found its way. it will usher in from the coldest air we have seen. we're going to feel the difference come tuesday and wednesday. nothing that we need to worry about. 50 degrees for a daytime high. lows will be in the mid to upper 30's. tomorrow as we move to new year's eve a 52-bit 7 degrees. if you're planning to head out to alexandria they will have dry conditions. let's get an update. >>> we will take a look at 395. it is moving very smoothly as you make your way up to the 14th street bridge. no problems reported on the freeway. we will take a look at the beltway near university boulevard. they ran through there and remove the cones a couple of seconds ago. everything is open on the loop between university boulevard in new hampshire avenue. 95 on the way to georgia avenue, everything is open and moving smoothly. back to you. >> it is 37 degrees. it is colder out west.

culpeper at 36 degrees. the temperature change compared to yesterday at this time, it's 23 degrees colder outside. you'll definitely feel the difference. wind-chill factors up and down the east coast are holding in the 20's. this is that storm system that brought us the nasty weather yesterday, quickly quickly moving off north and east. our skies clear out nicely this morning. futurecast shows a clipper system just off to the north and west of us. this will arrive during the day tomorrow really not going to notice anything at all but colder temperatures behind it for the upcoming weekend. here's our forecast for today. 44 to 49 degrees. nighttime lows falling into the 20's to lower to middle 30's. tomorrow bright sunshine again, 46 to 51. here's the extended outlook slightly cooler on saturday and sunday. back to the mid to upper 40's for next week. let's head over to lisa baden. she has an updated look at traffic. >> i do, i do, and i've been clicking around the geico traffic center cameras, because i want

they're not so much the case tonight. 45 for culpeper, manasses, 45; overnight tonight, we're going to be cold and we're not going to be nearly as cold. i think in the suburbs maybe place get a couple of places get to the upper 20s and that is about it. frederick is not showing up and this morning with temperatures in the teens and broke their gauge or something. 42 at 7 and 9, 41 at 11:00 and temperatures again this evening, not crashing and on the chilly side and some more clouds and rain coming up. >> see you soon. >> thanks. >> coming up, two students are hit by gun fire outside of the middle school. we're learn coming may have fired the shots. >>> [ screaming ] [ gunshots ] >> and frightenning cell phone video of a shooting in florida. you won't believe who pulled the trigger. ger. &@&@ >> two middle school students are recovering after being shot outside of their south texas school. it happened yesterday in e dinburg. the police believe the shots came from a ranch that is next to a school. the two men were doing target practice at the time and a third man was terrorist

mid 20s in culpeper and 21 in frederick last week. winchester 27.he windchills are not bad because the winds are fairly light although culpeper it the feeling like 20 right now. that's the coldest windchill we have. 35, calm winds at reagan national and the barometer the sorting to lower. -- the starting to lower. 100-mile an hour winds across parking lots of california and colorado. this moves into texas and oklahoma. this front is coming through the great lakes. this is going to be bringing some rain and snow showers here to new york state and new england and northern pennsylvania. for us it drags the cold front through this afternoon. we're chilly this morning and cool to mild afternoon in the 50s and then a decent weekend. in fact today 56 or so in town. back in the 20s and 30s by tomorrow morning. a chilly saturday around 50 but sunday, milder. upper 50s so a very good weekend. monday a few more clouds and in fact we may see a few more clouds sunday but increasing clouds monday. 60. tuesday showers around 60 and it looks wet wednesday and thurs

sue is in fairfax and the temperatures are dropping into the 40s and quantico, 50 degrees and in culpeper, the temperature is 45 degrees and mostly clear at 750 in town and colder in the suburbs. 49 degrees by 9:00 and clear skies by ref:00 and a temperature of 43 and there is -- 11:00 and a temperature of 43 and there is no changes made to the weekend forecast. looks like it's going to be real, real good through the weekend and a little on the cool side. keep in mind, it's meteorological winter and that is supposed to be on the cool side and chilly in the suburbs. we'll have more in just a few. shawn? >> thank you, gary. >> a fairfax county high school band is about to take the trip of a lifetime. >> how they're getting ready to play in the first-ever pearl harbor remembrance day play. p >> this is -- martin -- [ indiscernible ] in south korea, i want to say i had to all of my friends and family in d.c. have a good holiday. see you when i get back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress

culpeper also at 36 degrees.atellite and radar, the stormy chance moved in yesterday the area of low pressure now quickly moved off toward the north and east. our skies are clearing nicely this morning. this is our futurecast, quiet and dry for

culpeper 36. fredricksburg 39 degrees. here is the deal. temperatures will drop off tonight, clouds will come in overnight and that will actually raise the temperatures just a little bit by sunrise tomorrow morning. before sunrise tomorrow morning. 42 at 7:00. 37 at 11:00. fair skies through the evening hours. these temperatures represent what you will get in the city. out in the suburbs, much, much colder. here is the rain on the way. it's taken over st. louis and memphis and down through the deep south. a line of thunderstorms out of louisiana into mississippi. this is the rain we are expecting tonight and then through the day tomorrow hillsborough county sheriff's office you can see where the blue -- tomorrow night. you can see where the rain is coming up into the mid-atlantic by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening we could have between 1/2 inch of rain and maybe some isolated places could see more than an inch of rain before it's said and done. i think here in town and surrounding areas, probably like 1/2 inch to about three quarter

farther to our south, a few sprinkles in prince william, stafford, southern fauquier into culpeper counties as well as the northern neck of virginia and the lower eastern shore. right now all around the region, it's chilly. low and mid-40s much of the area. it's near 50 in washington. southern maryland, near the bay, low to mid-50s. later today we'll have a few sprinkles off and on this morning through midday. temperatures gradually climbing into the mid-50s by noontime and then near 60 early afternoon. from late afternoon into this evening, we could get heavier downpours, maybe briefly. sx and coming through with perhaps a little thunder and lightning. all the rain ending by midnight tonight. could get more rain as we head to the holiday weekend. we'll look at that in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> the accident on i-95 fairfax county parkway has been moved to the right shoulder lane. from what the chopper is showing me, it looks as though four vehicles are involved in this accident. police are on the scene, and you are seeing delays on i-95 really as you make your way from prince

but 54 here in culpeper. 54 in fred rex ricksburg. temperatures will dip down a little bit tonight but then i think they could go up tomorrow morning. can you pick out where the cold front is? 36 in state college. 53 in richmond. that cold front right hering right across our region. to the north much cooler air. that colder air is not going to work in here. we will see milder air work up. as far as the rain goes, shower activity towards the mason/dixon line. that's about it. you have to go out to the west and towards west virginia to see the shower activity that's going to be affecting us. this is what that huge system that was bringing blizzard-like conditions to the west. however, for us it will be much less of a storm system and i'm just expecting shower activity during the day tomorrow. front will lift to the north tomorrow. here comes the area of low pressure, very mild air out ahead of it. expect showers tomorrow. but not a washout. could be a rumble of thunder as temperatures will be nice and warm. and then on thursday, well, w

i think tomorrow is going to be gorgeous. 49 in manassas. 51 in culpeper. temperature 47 degrees. it will get colder this weekend. i'll have the forecast one more time coming up. >> thanks doug. >>> good news from the capitals front. the opposing teams fans were unhappy. the burgundy and gold prepare for tom [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >>> could this be real, one to ten, one low, ten high. what chance do the redskins have of beating them? >> let's say five. >> any given sunday. >> case and point, the eagles. they were supposed to have a great season, they are terrible. not a great chance, but they have a chance. when the redskins look in the mirror, they don't see the patriots. it's a model of -- the patriots about to lock up their ninth in the last 12 seasons. one of the reasons for the

farther south, southern culpeper and a few sprinkles in spotsylvania and stafford counties. the suburbs and rural areas low to mid-40s. in washington near 50. near 50 by the bay. out of the mountains, low 40s now. we will have maybe a few scattered sprinkles off and on through noontime. a bit of light rain from time to time. we'll be up near 60 degrees by early afternoon. by mid to late afternoon, we'll have more moderate, maybe even briefly heavy downpours coming in. that may continue into this evening with thunder and lightning. and all the rain activity should be ending by midnight. by then down into the low 50s. chance for some more rain coming in tomorrow night into friday as well as perhaps over the holiday weekend. details on that in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> some good news on i-270 northbound, approaching montrose road. had an earlier accident blocking the left lane, right about here. it's now in your shoulder lane. i'm not sure if you can see the hazard lights on. regardless, as you're traveling, all your lanes are open on i-270 northbound. southbound

look at culpeper -- 63. 61 at dulles airport. temperatures will drop throughout the day.., 58 degrees. by 7:00 p.m., 48. temperatures will be dropping. we will have rain that is heavy at times. around 11:00 p.m., we see a change over from rain to snow. that changeover will be earlier than 11:00 p.m. northwest of the metro, because we will changeover from the northwest to the southeast as temperatures continue to drop. not only that it will be custom. not expecting much in terms of accumulation. slush mainly on a grassy areas and elevated surfaces. you're back deck will see the snow accumulate . parts of upper montgomery county could seek two inches and the higher elevations especially near damascus. ridge tops up to half a foot possible, and in the valley about 254-4 inches. tomorrow mid 40's and sunday. cabinet is it beautiful this morning? not really. we did have an accident taken care of your georgia avenue. we had a problem with a tractor- trailer broken down in centreville and 66. that has been removed. we will dance around the fog the road spray. here we are at 95 i

culpeper 37. when you factor in the gusts, it's going to feel colder than that. tomorrow morning, bundle up the kids, dress them warmly. it will be partly cloudy. temperatures in the 30s. a northwest wind. that's a cold wind. 15 to 25. gusts as to 35 miles per hour. mostly sunny, but it's going to feel cold and chilly with the northwest winds. highs will be 42 to 46 degrees. i think it may feel like the 30s once you factor in the winds. so for cumberland, the forecast high will be 40 for wednesday. 41 in winchester. 43 in leesburg. mid 40s, manassas around 34. in downtown, 42 degrees. gaithersburg lower 40s. annapolis 42. we also do have a small craft advisory for all of wednesday for parts of the day. cold start, 30s, and windy at noon, 36 to 41 degrees with lots of sunshine. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. a little milder on thursday. mid 40s. friday, near mid 50s. that's going to be mild. saturday for new year's eve, well it looks like we should be dry. a couple disturbances, but at this point, i don't think we'll be impacted by it. i kept off the ra

average high is 50. 57 downtown. 61 in gaithersburg and even 61 out toward laray and 63 in culpeper. satellite picture radar combined. rain showers, but that is the hair venger. we'll come back and talk about when the heavy rain rolls in and if that will turn to rain. >> still to come, a popular holiday carol is getting a makeover. some folks not happy about that. but up next, going gaga at the white house. find out why the singer visited the executive mansion today. >>> at the white house today, you think all the regular working folks would have gone gaga over lady gaga. turns out that singer's visit was all about business. she met with members of the obama administration talking about an antibullying campaign she is supporting. lady gaga took up the cause after one of her fans committed suicide following years of bullying about his sexual orientation. >>> a measure designed to cut down on teenagers behaving badly is in limbo tonight. today the montgomery county council tabled discussions about the curfew and a proposed antiloitering bill. those measures were introduced after this g

the temperatures earlier, 54 for the high in the city and to few for gaithersburg and culpeper. the clouds are coming in and they will keep the temperatures from falling off too much more and the temperatures in the lower to mid-40s and and this is coming through leave night tonight and right now, they're in ohio and as it gets closer to us, we can have one pop up here and there, as early as 10 or 11:00 and that is into our western suburbs and maybe along i-81. and clouds will return leave night tonight and we're talking about the possibility of passing showers leave night, not everyone gets wet. the low temperature in the city to about 43 degrees and for tomorrow, another mild day. we'll start off with a couple of showers possible. maybe as late as 10:00 a.m. and then we'll bring on you the sunshine and that is taking our temperatures into the mid-50s and winds out of the west and southwest at 5 to 10 and this is mid-night, a couple of showers coming through and look tomorrow, a couple of showers early and we brighten into sunshine and we'll be watching very nice conditions for

frederick, 37 degrees; monasses and culpeper. what is happening?we haverhillatively light winds and clear skies. the temperatures are dropping and by tomorrow morning, that is going to be very, very cold. the temperatures may come up a bit and tomorrow morning. the wind is going to pick up a bit and fails like 35 for gaithersburg; feels like 46 for d.c.; feels like 35 in frederick and that is colder than the actual air temperature. i wanted to show you this. the difference between the actual temperature, the air temperature and the windchill factor is not that great this evening. 45 and cool. here in the city at 7:00, clear skies on through the evening hours and, again, in town. the temperatures will only be in the lower 40s to the upper 30s by 11:00 and out in the suburbs and the temperatures are dropping. it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the likes are around freezing. by 10 or 11:00 if not before. and we are clear and cold, below freezing definitely for the suburbs. we're going to bottom out at 37 here in town and we'll bottom out in the 20s i

river naval air station. 50 up in martinsburg and frederick's at 50. 52 winchester and leesburg and culpeper 57 degrees. rather comfortable out there with light winds out of the north and temp 55 and the dew point at 40. a pretty decent day even though it's been cloudy and better than the middle of the country. big thunderstorms in louisiana and coming into tennessee. meanwhile the blizzard is winding down in the plains. some of the snow drifts if colorado, 10 feet -- in colorado, 10 feet with 2 feet of snow reported in northern new mexico. this moisture from the gulf is going to flow toward us. so tomorrow better chance of rain and the mild air? that's also going to return. i think temperatures tomorrow in spots could touch 60. maybe even morn that a little bit -- more than that a little bit. futurecast for the rest of the afternoon. cloudy to mostly cloudy skies around here. tonight tomorrow morning, 5:45, one batch of rain moving to west central p. a.. scattered showers across our region. middle of the day more rain showers come through. southeastern virginia may get some heavy rains. the

so are winchester and culpeper. 43 degrees for fredericksburg. manassas in at 37. and we do see some colder air behind that front. chicago 25 degrees. it is 6 degrees in international falls. 16 in lincoln. we have that cold air sinking down toamarillo. looking a lot more like a december map. for your friday night here, out on the town at 7:00, expect a temperature of 44 degrees. by 9:00, we should be around 41 and by 11:00 with fairly clear skies, about 40 degrees. tomorrow night should be colder after that front goes on through and later tonight, we expect to see front royal dropping to 28 degrees. germantown about 27. fredericksburg 32. and d.c.'s temperature 36 degrees overnight. so it will be mainly clear with a couple of high, thin clouds as that front comes on through. definitely colder in the suburb, but here in the district in the 30s. a little colder tomorrow than today. a few clouds here and there. we have to shave five degrees off and notice that breeze at 5 to 10. that's because of our front coming on through. it's a dry saturday. and definitely on the

culpeper 28. you have relatively clear skies, which is what we have now. we have a few clouds out there. it's not enough cloud cover to keep the temperatures up. about 5 to 7 miles per hour. that's what is happening. especially in the suburbs. cold up in pittsburgh at 24 degrees. finally some cold stuff up here in new york. they are at 16 degrees right now. chicago is 29. so it's cold, but it's not bitterly cold. you'll have to wait until next week before we have bitterly cold air coming into the eastern sections of the united states. we have these lited l snow streamers. these are lake effect showers coming off of lake erie. but again, the winds are calming down, not only here, but up there, too. this calls down the lake effect snow. as it comes here, it will thicken the clouds a little bit. a breezy evening is turning into a very cold overnight. again, easily down in the 20s for lows in the suburbs. already out there in most cases. 30 degrees here in town. winds only out of the west at 5 to about 15 miles per hour. the way it's looking now, winds are cal

clouds will be on the increase. 52 in culpeper. so a little bit milder. low 50s, 50 in gaithersburg. low 50s into southern maryland. 51 by the bay. no winds to speak of tomorrow. there's not a small craft advisory for the bay or title pennsylvania potomac. 28 to 38 to start. partly cloudy. a very nice day. i mean, by noon, partly cloudy, 47 to 51. by evening, 48 to 53. clouds will be on the increase. despite more clouds and showers on thursday, we're still milder. 56. that may be low. it will be breezy. warm breeze on thursday. a little bit cooler in the wake of the cold front, but not much. 56 to 50. all right, next seven days. we're going to keep this next system friday and saturday south of us. we'll throw a few clouds in friday night and early saturday morning. again, the main effect will be dragging colder air in here on saturday and sunday. temperatures in the mid 40s on saturday and sunday. but then the way the pattern is going, it doesn't stay cold long. it doesn't lock in. temperatures go back up next week. monday we're near 50 and by tuesday, we

breezes coming on through means a lot warmer for you if you're headed down toward the south out in culpeper, middle 50s. even middle 50s for fredericksburg as well. next three days, sunday and monday, it's going to be a little bit cool, but the cool temperatures just for the early morning hours. as we get into the afternoon and into the evening, things will be quite nice. on monday, you'll notice a difference. wind shift will take place on monday. we'll bring in the north and northwest winds. that will keep us cool, only into the 40s for monday's high. at least it will be dry on monday. the system that's coming to our south on tuesday has the opportunity to bring us rain. it's going to be very, very close to us. some portions of the viewings area, we'll get a little rain on our tuesday. by the time we get to wednesday, thursday, we begin to stablize. 45 is our average high this time of the year. 52 tomorrow is going to be quite a treat. then we'll keep it right around average for the rest of the week. >> temperatures in the low 50s in early january. no complaints here. >> not bad at all. >>

either and some temperatures cooled down. 48, gaithersburg; monasses, fallling to 41 degrees and culpeper, 43. typical. the clair skies, light winds out ofd you to and the temperatures are dropping like last night and that is looking like the weekend is very nice. there is a question mark, though, not a big deal but a weekend question mark. first and foremost, we look at the country for the weekend and the cold stuff is way out west and into the northwest and some central planes. there is a lot of snow for the rockies of colorado and into some sang rede christos of new mexico and that is good news there and this is where we're going to be dry and nice and mild this time of the year. if not, about normal and the question is, how much on sunday will we end up with clouds coming into the rim of high pressure and how much sunshine -- ridge of high pressure and how much is shine will we lose into monday? i think we're going to be in good shape. gorgeous for tomorrow, the high temperature into the lower 50s and on sunday, definitely an increase on sunday and we'll call it partly sunny on sunday