manassas at 32. 28 in culpepper. 28 in winchester. we could start to see some freezing here, especially on the overpasses first. so watch out into this area. you notice easton at 32 degrees. be careful on the roads overnight and into early tomorrow morning. satellite/radar showing starting to see clearing skies. that could help with some fog across the region. but our storm system is now out of here. one storm system moves off. in behind it tomorrow, a beautiful day. all of our snow will be gone by about noon tomorrow. that's how much sunshine we'll see. here comes the next storm. this one's a big one. we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain with that storm on wednesday into early thursday. behind that on friday, we get cold again. the second arctic outbreak of the season will keep temperatures in the 30s. upper 20s to lower 30s in most locations. tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny and nice, mild day. next few days, 51 on thursday. 37 on friday. 38 on saturday. we stay in the upper 30s coming up on sunday, too. a nice day tomorrow and then d

currently, 27, the cold spot in manassas and culpepper. 35 in hagerstown and leesburg this morning. frederick, you're 33 along with cambridge, andrews air force base, 38. la plata, 31. monika, we're quiet outside. what about the traffic? how is that looking? >> things are looking great outside. all overnight construction pretty much cleared up for the morning. especially on the west side of town between 66 and springfield. here's what it looks like inside the beltway going well above the speed limit both on 66 and 395. let's take a live look into springfield on the northbound side of 95 coming up from the occoquan river. you're pretty much like this right up the line to 395. we'll go there live to the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. incident-free trying to get into downtown right now. over to 66 at nutley street, inbound where you've got all lanes open coming up from gainesville into vienna and the beltway. coming up, we'll go into maryland at 5:10. back to you guys. >> president obama has delivered his state of the union address and now he is taking his message on the road

culpepper at 57 and you can make a run toward 60. hagerstown not going to hasm lucky to get to 50 and gaitersburg at 526789 let's look outside. a lot of sunshine now with a few clouds around the u.s. capital. 49 degrees. slight windchill. feels like 47. winds are south at six miles per hour and that barometer rising 29, 52. and look at cold air with the single digits and teens. kansascity 16. the flow behind the storm system taking this will push this right toward us and we have 50s today and even some 60s south and it will be a long hard distant memory by this time tomorrow. there is the snow that's flying with the arctic and low pressure. four to eight inches in chicago area. lovely ten. south of there and that is coming it does look like this boundary will be with us overnight with a threat for rain showers changing to snow showers to be raining by midnight and then 2:00 or 4:00 a brief switch over to snow showers before the cold pull is a way. 59 today. tonight rain and snow showers. windy and tomorrow 35 to 40 is the low. that's

culpepper 37. hagerstown 32. you factor in the wind chill, this is what it feels like 27 in downtown, 20 in hagerers town. the lower 30s. definitely a day you want to bundle up. a bit milder for this day compared to the weekend. that is the good news. rain and wintry weather potentially for tonight. maybe just a mix though. we are not expecting snow to be sticking. mild and wet for your tuesday. dry and cold for the middle of the week. here's a look at the national picture, where we are seeing showers and area of low pressure impacting nashville into parts of atlanta, georgia. we'll start to see the wet weather this evening. generally later tonight and definitely by the overnight hours it will be impacting many of our commutes for tomorrow morning as the kids are going book school and you are heading back to work. you see that pink there that is the wintry mix, maybe sleet this evening. most of it will be a rain maker and temperatures will be milder overnight. and also definitely through tomorrow. tomorrow mornin

frederick, leesburg down toward culpepp culpepper, even 31 degrees around la plata and waldorf area wherenowing pretty good down to the south. hard to believe we'll be flipping over to sunshine and highs in the low 50s tomorrow. the average high is 43 degrees. so we'll be in the low 50s and then by the time we get to wednesday we're talking about rain and the fact that we could see about an inch to an inch and a half of rain out of the wednesday/thursday system. 52 tomorrow. 46 for a high on wednesday. 51 for thursday. and then as i told you we've got some cold air that's on the way. consecutive days with highs in the 30s starting on friday. your friday, saturday, sunday is going to be a cold weekend coming up. we go from 68 one weekend to 38 the next weekend. >> what an odd winter. >> up and down. tomorrow this will all be just a memory? >> it will be, yes. >> all right. >> 52. >> all right. thanks. the auto industry's big show is in high gear today. the detroit auto show opens to the press today. >> the land rover range rover won the truck of the year. the car of the year is the hyundai

today we ended up with temperatures into the 50s. 54 at the airport. 54 in lees burg, and culpepper and fredricks burg coming in at 53 degrees. it was a gorgeous day across the area, and a nice night right now. 51 degrees the current temperature out there this evening. winds out of the southwest at nine miles per hour. we have a storm out there. not picking it up right now, we're all clear right now. watch what happens when we move to the south and west. out there right now a pretty big storm. here's the main storm itself, a lot of moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico here, this is all going to make its way to us in the next 24 hours or so. 51 right now in washington. 58 in lees burg, here's the cold area down toward culpepper, 43 degrees. we're going to see a cool night tonight. then we'll see those areas of rain by tomorrow afternoon. so we have the nice weather right now moving our way. here comes that area of low pressure making its way right across the area. tomorrow afternoon we're going to see the rain move in around 11:00 or 12:00. very heavy rain potentially tomorrow after

half-mile visibility from warrenton and culpepper.rter mile up in gaithersburg up toward westminster. west of town is where we have the bigger problem with the fog. rain and milder temperatures moving in later this morning into the afternoon. here's monika samtani with your timesaver traffic. >> it will be the dense fog in parts of the area. if you're planning to head up 95 in virginia, that's ok at the occoquan river. let's go up north first from baltimore. an accident right here in calverton near route 212. it was cleared out of the roadway but it left slow traffic in that area on the southbound side of i-95 leaving 212. the beltway is moving well between 95 and silver spring. let's take a live look in college park. it will be that fog that you're going to have to deal with this morning as we head out the door. lanes are open on the outer loop here. we'll go down to the maps again over into virginia. now, everything's moving at speed as you can see inside the beltway. 66, 395, heavy with fog and an accident northbound on i-95 near t

culpepper down, they were at 70 earlier, down to 64 degrees right now, 61 in winchester, here's that little area right along the bay. if you're right along the bay, a little bit of a southeasterly wind here, that's cooling you off. what a difference between 64 in washington and 48 degrees right along the water there. storm 4 ray czar, nothing to show you in this area. we're not going to see any rain from tonight's system. notice back to the west, this little band of showers in cincinnati. that's a cold front that's going to try to make its way in here tomorrow. warm out ahead of it, you already know that. we'll stay with the southwesterly winds tomorrow, ahead of this front tomorrow morning there is going to be a chance, at least a shower, maybe a sprinkle early in the morning, then i think that will get out of here, and we'll see partly cloudy skies. another chance of rain coming in, late wednesday night into early thursday, as this area of low pressure moves to our south. most of the rain from this should stay to our south, i wouldn't be surprised to see rain during the day on thur

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la ray around 33 degrees and down toward culpepper. how about a temperature there of 32.uple days we are going to continue to stay on the mild side tomorrow. how about this? a high of 57. it could be a little breezy late in the day but i am forecasting a spectacular saturday and sunday doesn't look half bad either. >> thanks, doug. >>> the 2012 washington auto show is officially under way now down at the washington convention center. the show this year features more than 700 cars from more than 42 manufacturers. and this year the show will run for ten days instead of the usual five. it will also feature more exhibits on new technology than ever before. for more information, we invite you to our website nbc washington.com. also tomorrow be sure to join veronica johnson and trevor price as they check out the hottest cars inside the auto show. how does he fit in that car? that is the question. that goes tomorrow morning at 10:30 and then tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on nbc 4 you can catch it next week on nbc washington nonstop. want you to know if trevor felt like it he

culpepper, colder. hagerstown is the cold spot at 17 degrees. around the beltway, temperatures generally in the 30s. mid-30s for arlington. lower 30s for great falls. laytonsville, 32 degrees right at the freezing mark. here is the future cast. time-out. what's coming this way and when? today, cloudy conditions. a fray day out there. then you see the blue. this is a light snow coming in tonight by 11:00. the pink is the wintry mix. sleet and freezing rain. this encompasses the entire area, especially overnight. then early in the morning as well. so, i think roads will get icy. the ice can coat the power lines. maybe some trees. so, power outages not completely out of the question. ice potential. generally in the pink. it is about up to a quarter inch of ice i think. we'll see higher amounts out to the northwest of us. especially out in oakland and petersburg. we'll see the ice there. maybe even around .4 of an inch. your forecast, cumberland, 33. winchester, martinsburg, mid- 50s. manassas also in the mid-30s. around d.c., upper 30s and gaithers

culpepper. 25 in manassas. cold spot with annapolis at 41. we're at 38. let's go to monika samtani. 6:00 straight up. volume, any other problems? >> no big deals. just the volume. otherwise, things are look pretty good outside. we'll get our first look at the northside of town. normal slow traffic forming out of college park into silver spring. we'll take a live look nearby. if you're planning to head over to new hampshire avenue, there is the outer loop of the beltway. again, as i said, just normal volumes as you head toward silver spring. here at new hampshire avenue, everything is looking fine. back to the maps, this time the vw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway through cheverly, you can see a little bit of slow traffic forming as you head into the northeast corridor. we'll head south to the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. this is what it looks like near andrews air force base into oxon hill, alexandria across the wilson bridge and into springfield. back over to the graphic, good views for trains, metro, marc, vre, everything is running on time

here's a look at current temperatures. 18degrees at gaithersburg. 19 at culpepper, same at manassas. 24 at baltimore. and 28 in d.c. cold air settling in. it hasn't gone anywhere, sticking around. keeping our eye on the next weather maker. that will be a low pressure system with an associated front, bringing rain overnight hours of monday into tuesday. tuesday looks like pretty much of a washout day. for tomorrow, starting out with ahead of that system. overnight hours and early morning hours of tuesday, the rain will be heavy at times. time for the morning commute, sticking around. little bit of a break in the afternoon hours. as we move through the late evening, we start to see more again. on the back side, wintry mix for the mountains and snow in the forecast there. i can't rule out maybe we'll see a passing flurry. depends how the temperatures hold up on the on set of that precipitation. for tonight, talking 23 degrees. mostly clear. very cold night. temperatures cooler to the west. holiday tomorrow, for mlk day, mostly sunny in the morning and increasing clouds in the afternoon.

same at dulles. 18 in frederick and 19 in culpepper. mid-atlantic, only 11 degrees for boston at this hour. 18 for new york city. colder air settling in because the jet stream has set us up to get a chilly northerly flow. fairly clear conditions. a ridge of high pressure gradually starts to slide off. what we're going to keep an eye on is our next weather maker. that will be a frontal system and low pressure system that will bring us wet weather through into late monday night in the overnight hours and tuesday. for tomorrow, increasing clouds throughout the day. starting out with mostly sunny skies and warmer. futurecast showing you by the time we get into the overnight hours of monday and early hours of tuesday, you can see plenty of wet weather headed our way. some of it will be locally heavy at times. on the back side of it, cooler air. so we could see winter weather across areas of the mountains and depending on how our temperatures go, won't rule out a passing flurry. now looks like a pretty big rain event. cool tomorrow. midday ab

and look at the 60s in culpepper and fredericksburg. that's absolutely insane for the mid part of january. for mostly sujny to partly sunny, those areas just to the north, up around gaithersburg, frederick, baltimore and hagerstown, i am expecting a clear night. that may be good for us with the possibility of seeing the auroras tonight. we'll talk about that a little later, 52 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 9:00 temperature 48 degrees, by 11:00, 44. a terrific evening here, right? after that cold weekend? nice evening tomorrow, gets a b minus, we're headed into the weekend. of course in a couple days, we'll talk about how chilly it's going to be and what kind of weather we could get in a couple minutes. >> thank you. >>> the washington wizards have the worst record in the nba. and today the team fired flip saunders. the wizards had only won two games this season, last night they were behind by 30 points and eventually lost to the 76ers, the wizardses are 2-15. he will be replaced by assistant coach randy whittman. dan helle will have more on the

culpepper, near 45. reagan national, 43. and montgomery, and fairfax and principles georges, 43. so it has not warmed up as much as virginia has. right now all sunny across virginia, and the district of columbia. montgomery and prince georges counties, and to the north, cloudiness. for the rest of the afternoon, we'll have lots of sunshine aroundarea, and more clouds contin mountains, and highs reaching the mid and upper 40s for a brief time here over the next couple hours, and this mild pattern comparatively is going to be continuing as we get into the weekend. we will look at that in detail and a look at next week coming up in a few minutes, barbara. >> tom, thanks. >>> we will go out to the roads with danella sealock. good morning, danella. >> good morning. checking travel speeds in the area for you, route 50 making your way from 301 to the beltway, you are at 65 miles per hour. and outer loop from i-95 to i-270, you are at 58 miles per hour. and i-95 in virginia from prince william parkway to the beltway, 60 miles per hour. a live look right now at i-66 at fairfax county park

as we look at some of the wind chills, little bit of a wind. 19 in culpepper here. fields like 27. on our michael and son camera, good visibility. clear skies. 35 degrees with the dew point only in the teens the wind chill at reagan national 27 this morning. really cold air up in alaska. it is minus 55 in fort yukon. the good news for us is none of that really super cold seems like it is going to want to come down toward the lower 48. see the storms coming onshore and moving across the country west to east. for us we'll see a warming trend after today big time. 60s are on the way. today mid-40s. tonight we are dropping into the 30s. but tomorrow and wednesday these readings 63. 65 wednesday though could be a couple of showers in the afternoon. we'll take those showers into thursday, groundhog day 56 degrees. friday 52. saturday and sunday a chance for a couple of showers. we'll see exactly how that storm system develops. we go over to monika santini with timesaver traffic. >>> temperatures are hard to believe in the next couple of days. >> overall, i think the traffic's kind of har

there are more sleet pellets and raindrops from wargston to fredericksburg and culpepper and the blue ridge. as you go northbound to west virginia, again, mostly snow. where you see the pink and salmon colored shading, some might be mixes wiing with sleet pellets. all rain across southern west virginia and in the 30s and 40s and the cold air is trapped at the warmest levels, warm air over the top. gradually, it will mix down and we have frozen precipitation and gradually change to rain in the end. temperatures in the 30s and clearing out a little bit tonight and chance for more moisture tomorrow. which may begin as a little bit of snow or sleet late tomorrow afternoon before we change it to rain going back to work and school monday. there's a lott going on. the good news is the amount of precipitation is very very low. that being said, it only takes that much ice to get into a car accident. be extremely careful early this morning. >> we've already learned that. we'll get to that in a moment. thank you, chuck. >> if you left your car outside, you will find out we're here, it's the firs

is calming down. -- culpepper is calming down. nothing from monasses and 33 miles an hour for reagan. dulles the same, bwi approaching 40-miles-an-hour gusts. a few more places for you, leesburg not bad at 30; monasses at 30 and here around the area in lingsburg, i mean n andrews -- leesburg, andrews air force base, they had the highest at 39 miles per hour and the big affect today, combined with the cold temperatures, how does it feel on your skin? feels like 33 in town. there were times when it was in the teens and feels like it's in the teens and farther back to the west for cumberland and feeling like it's in the teens, to. breezy this evening. i wouldn't call it downright windy. the winds will subside and we'll stay breezy tomorrow and one thing is for sure, we're going to get cold through the holiday weekend. all of the numbers, details, everything you want to know is coming up. >> we have to get used to it, gary. >> that is going to warm up, believe it or not. we have 50acy, i believe, on the five-day forecast. >> okay. >>

culpepper, virginia, the eastern shore, you were in the low to mid-60s. the bottom line is this. very light showers in the mountains. we're dry overnight into the day tomorrow. there is a system out to the west that i don't think will have a big impact other than to say a cold frontal boundary will come in tomorrow night and not be a dramatic cooldown but that next shot of air that comes in, cooler air by tomorrow night mr. make things breezy. the windiest weather abates. it's calm to start and the winds pick back up. you can see it on our future trend. here's that next cool front, comes through dry. we don't think it generates showers and then we're sunny but cooler on sunday to start it off. sunday we may struggle to get out of the mid-40s. overnight 32, mostly clear. your forecast tomorrow two-degree guarantee. we'll go 52. mostly sunny getting windier. we think the next boundary comes through dry, no precipitation. the seven-day forecast as we look ahead, yeah, a little cooler but still way above average. our average temperature to wrap up january is usually 42, so we have on

today a little milder compared to the weekend. 41 in culpepper. you'll get to 43 as well. a breezy day today in the low 40s. lots of sunshine. mid-50s on wednesday. a cold front comes through. high only 37 degrees for your middle of the week. here's your 7-day outlook. so cold thursday, dry as well in the low 40s. gradually we warm things back up not weekend. saturday upper 40s to 50. a slight chance for a passing flurry. hereee a look at your timesaver traffic with common. good morning. >> good morning. one accident long standing on the southbound side. other than that with the hol thai i think it is easy traveling around town. roads that normally carry one way traffic for the rush hour are two-way this morning. this accident on the southbound side of 95, after route 234. we'll take a live look at it. a truck kind of sort of on its side there. i think they are going to wait a bit to figure out what to do with it. all of your lanes are open aled back over to the maps southern maryland. no problems on the beltway through wish war washington hill. watch out for the accident

highs today very, very warm for late january. 65 downtown. 70, 70 degrees in culpepper, virginia today. take a look across the region. there's that frontal boundary pushing offshore. to the north and west there are additional clouds. i think they will stay bottled up west of the mountains. we'll look for a clear night, a night that will feature no precipitation, but windy, breezy floa. the winds will relent overnight. we'll get a new boundary as we go into the night tomorrow. that could bring the winds right back up. so calmer by daybreak tomorrow and windier by sunday. check out the trend across the mid-atlantic states, nothing overnight. saturday a few clouds has that next boundary pushes in. this one looks to come through dry. low to mid-50s tomorrow you can save about eight to 10 degrees as the next boundary comes through. so low mid-50s tomorrow. mid-40s on sunday. sunday looks like there will cloud up later in the day. overall a good january weekend. 32, mostly clear. your two-degree guarantee, mostly sunny. yes. it gets windier late. it will be on the breezy side, no question wi

take a look at the numbers at this hour. 54 manassas, culpepper and fredericksburg. the cool spots along the bay coming in at 48 degrees. what are we going to be seeing? nothing on the radar right now, that's the way we're going to stay through the day tomorrow, then we'll start to see our chances of showers increase. overnight tonight, waking up to a temperature of about 35 by tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., it's going to be a little on the cool side tomorrow, still a little bit above average. when you wake up and throughout the day, i show you exactly what i expect in the next few days and talk about our next storm that will move into the area. >> enjoy it while we can. >>> still ahead, a family is searching for answers in the death of a young woman allegedly killed at the hands of her ex-boy friend and they want to know why. >>> short term inconvenience for long term benefits. metro riders brace for another escalator outage that is likely to last eight months. >>> understanding the true health value of vitamins, there are so many out there, which ones are worth tak

maybe one or two lonesome rain drops, southern maryland, culpepper, charlottesville.e zip on out of here. we are sitting pretty. tuesday looks like it will be the nicest day of the week so far. sun and clouds out there at times. not such a bad day to be outside. upper 40s in the high spots to mid-50s across central virginia. back to work and school, even. cloud where and chilly. chance of light rain south of town primarily. not much of a threat in washington. highs tomorrow noticeably cooler. back down closer to average. low to mid-40s. the seven-day forecast. not a bad day today. if you washed your car yesterday you get to drive it clean. that's when our best chance for rain showers return, the front half of thursday. turning more january-like as we get into the end of the week and head into next weekend. if you want to stay ahead of the forecast, we're about to go off the air in 10 minutes. you can go to our website or follow me on twitter. i will tweet whatever updates i need to do on the forecast. >> you even do it on your days off. >> that's true. >> you did it y

63 in culpepper, 61 in manassas and just 40s here off to the north and west.battleground has really been set right across the immediate washington area here and i'm afraid we're going to be dodging a lot of rain drops and perhaps some additional thunderstorms here the next couple of hours. 60, that will be the daytime high, that will be in the next hour or so and then the temperatures will start to do one of those this afternoon, nosedive this afternoon. afternoon windy and cooler with winds gusting out of the north and west to 35. cloudy skies, much colder tonight, 34 in the city, 20s off to the north and west. right now the weekend looks fantastic, mid-50s with plenty of sunshine tomorrow and then we'll get cooler. this is where we should be with sunday an monday's highs back in the 40s. that's the weather. let's do traffic. julie, sorry about all the rain. i'm sure it's not making your job any easier. reporter: it's not. everyone is tweeting wanting to know when and how long this rain will be last. i told them to tweet you at fox 5 weather. >> you're so swe

only really active weather we're picking up is further south and down towards orange and culpepper. if we look at the motion on this shower, it is to the south and southeast. this will clip south of d.c. i don't think we see rain from that line. right now current conditions are not so bad for january. temperatures 57, below 60 as the sun continues to set out there. we still have dusk. i want to skip ahead to our statewide temperatures. you can see here the numbers, pretty nice. 55 in win chester. nearly 60 in d.c. nearly 60 down at the beach. how's that for mid-january, not so bad. what are the players in this. a steady southwest wind has pushed up some much milder and humid air and also we've seen some gust up around 25 to 30. 24 baltimore. and over 33 at the -- 30 at the beach. no wind chill factor. there's highs today successfully hitting 60 and these numbers about 20 degrees above our normal. normally we would be close to 40. today we were up to 60. all right. tomorrow we'll drop it back to normal. 38 in reisterstown. these temperatures set to drop as the winds turn northwesterl

hagerstown, fred rickstown, manassas, culpepper in orange.nces to the east but the cold air is going to be rushing in behind the front. by 2:30 in the morning hagerstown, frederick, areas around winchester. cumberland, maryland area will see snow. a quick changeover. very quickly. those rches today just fine so in terms of slick spots i think it will be way up north around i-70, i-81, 270, areas further in frederick county, carroll county, where it could be a little slick for a brief period early tomorrow morning. cold air, big story too. in terms of the icy conditions you can see it here. areas up into pennsylvania if you got plans to drive there, that's where i think it'll be more problematic especially in western pennsylvania especially in areas of northern west virginia. wind chill temperatures in the 50s tonight of course and then this is 6:30 tomorrow morning. 24 degrees the wind chill temperature. gaithersburg. 32 into d.c. most areas are going to hang out in the 20s for wind chill temperatures tomorrow. so we go of course from around

then we've got the low 50s just south around waldorf, around culpepper.cksburg and stafford, virginia. not too bad at all. tonight we'll drop down below freezing but not by much in some of the outlying suburbs. 30 there in frederick. leesburg 29. 28 manassas. right at freezing in fredericksburg. so not that bad of a start again for tomorrow morning. we're talking about clouds that are going to be drifting through with this little system here. it'll skirt just to the north of the area overnight. right now snow coming in to buffalo again, toronto, toorks snow. and a little mix of rain and snow around cleveland. our best chance of rain this week is going to come very late wednesday night probably starting around thursday morning and pretty wet. the one day out of the week will be thursday from a system organizing in the northern plains where you can see a little rain there. as i said a mild week for us. going to step out of the way in a minute. we're at 48. look at raleigh, north carolina. close to 60 degrees now. you're likely to top out over 60. st. louis,

now out of louden county into fairfax, prince william to culpepper. that's quickly heading off to the east. temperatures are in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. if any of those flurries stick to the road, watch out, there could be a few slick spots this morning. later today, we'll get the sunshine back. it will be warmer. we'll be above freezing around 7:00, 8:00 this morning. low the mid 40s during the afternoon with lots of sunshine. here is your evening planner. sunset at 5:00. we'll be under a clear sky and a milder evening. a look at even warmer weather for tomorrow and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning. so far, things are looking really good in our area. traveling on 50 making your way webb. from 30 to the beltway, you're at 63 miles per hour. if you're on i-95 in virginia from pennsylvania to the beltway, you're at 64 miles per hour. and you're traveling 66 to the beltway, 6 miles per hour. you're clear in both directions. nothing standing in the roadway for you and making excellent speed at this time. now

feeling pretty good with the temperature coming in around 59 degrees in to baltimore. 60 dc. 63 culpepper. the upper 50s in to winchester and hagerstown, york, pennsylvania, 52 degrees. as we go through the rest of the evening, temperatures will remain in the 50s, cool, not cold, we will have the southwesterly wind and out five to 10 miles per hour, things will die down more, more breezy conditions and a cooldown on the way. >>> across the country, lots of places that would normally be feeling the cold this time of year are warming up instead over the past week, 900 record high temperatures were recorded. in minnesota they played hockey in t-shirts and shorts. yesterday, rapid city, iowa was warmer than miami. it's hitting the west coast, strong winds could mean 15-foot waves. >> it's really rough. i've never seen it like that before. >> there are a few reasons , there is la niÑa, a natural pattern, and the arctic steering the midwest from its usual bitter cold feeding. >>> promising jobs numbers today show the unemployment rate dropped last month to its lowest level in three years, roose

gale warning for the bay through 11:00 culpepper warming up to lower 40s.umberland, only 35 degrees. all right, so your next three days, breezy through tomorrow. temperatures in the near mid- 40s. increasing cloudiness and a chance for a sprinkle or maybe a flurry in the afternoon or evening. friday, it is colder. mid-30s. here is your next seven days, the weekend, mild for saturday. mid-40s with some showers and rain possible for the afternoon and evening. sunday is milder. in the low 50s. monday, mostly cloudy. near mid-50s with maybe a shower. here's monika with your traffic. >> good morning, everybody. we've got a couple of issues right now popping up around town in maryland and in virginia. i'm going to start off actually with a live picture of 270. if you're planning to head past route 80 in urbana, there is an accident, that one just reported. authorities are just headed out there here at route 121, things look fine. we'll head out to the maps now. we'll go west to 66. you've got the brake lights forming in centreville with an accident right here in

look at culpepper down to the south in virginia. look at fredericksburg. 70 degrees starting out this morning. even 59 there in frederick. temperatures have been dropping throughout the day. the fact is we were in the 60s again and even 70s as i said so far this year we've had 13 days that have been 60 degrees or higher. last year we had only one. in days above 55 degrees we've had 2507b last year only two. the winds still out of the northwest at 24 miles an hour. partly cloudy skies, nothing to report on radar. we do however have some showers and even some snow off to the west. that's in the midwest around minneapolis, minnesota the next weather system that's going to come this way and as it does so will fall apart across the mountains tomorrow. for us late it's a diminishing wind. skies clearing out, a few clouds tomorrow. i think most of our sun will come early in the day. then we'll turn partly sunny. there is your system fading as it heads over the mountains for sunday. then another fast moving system for actually that system f

culpepper wind chill of 29. fredericksburg at 37. storm 4 doppler radar shows a lot of snow out there but it's all well to our north and west. that's where it will stay. if you're thinking about doing some skiing this weekend, it's looking very good for that. all the ski resorts are going to be making some snow and could even get a little natural snow between now and tomorrow as we are continuing with lake effect snow across the region. this is what you can expect overnight tonight. we are going to be on the cold side. 28 in washington. 24 in gaithersburg. 24 leesburg. 22 in martinsburg. the coldest area well back to the west into west virginia. 18 in petersburg, west virginia. as we make our way into the day tomorrow plenty of sunshine. still going to see a little bit of a breeze. we will still see wind chills in the upper 20s tomorrow with actual temperatures around 36 in washington, frederick, maryland around 33. 34 in both gaithersburg and rockville and over toward leesburg and into loudoun county the temperature there tomorrow a

few clouds at times. 57 in martinsburg to 60 in culpepper. cooler to our east. on the bay, annapolis. here in washington this afternoon, 56, 567 for that high -- 57 for that high. monika is smiling. you must have some good stuff to tell you about the roads. >> our floor director is like it must be friday morning light. that's what it is. friday morning light, everybody. good morning. things are looking great all around town. you can see pretty much the construction has been cleared up. all of the triangles that are usually behind me are not there. we'll take you all the way up to frederick. no problems up i-70 and down 270 where the lanes divide. live look at shady grove road. no problems to report from the gaithersburg area toward rockville and the point where the lanes divide over the american legion bridge as well running smoothly into tysons. back over to the maps, this time, the bw parkway and route 50, we're look good as you come in from annapolis on 50. baltimore and right through cheverly inside the beltway to new york avenue. let's take a live look at t

out of 30 days. 41, the current temperature out there now, up a degree from last ye year. 41 in culpepper and frederi fredericksburg at 43. storm 4 radar showing that warm front. yes, it is a warm front. ahead of it, we've got colder air and hence the snee in through portions of new york. they need some of that snow up there. they have had below average snowfall. that thing is going to bring in one thing only. bring in warmer air. 71 in omaha today, 67 in st. louis, 62 in atlanta. and here comes that cold air out. tomorrow's just a great day. it will be rather breezy. into the mid-60s, i think. then behind, good days to get the kids out to the park. 28-35 in some of the curbs. 57-62. warmer warmer paemp. i don't think you'll need the coats after, new, 9:00, 10:00. own -- 60% chance on thursday. 52 on, could be a little bit of both. the one thing we are sharp. it is going to be maybe, of course, right around valentine's day, things. >> you're setting them up to snuggle. >> that's right. >>> speaking of snuggling, a very big baby and the story of his birth even more incredible. >>> coming u

right now culpepper coming in. no real wind chill there. radar showing the shower activity starting to make its way into the region. most of these showers will be on the light side. you notice the pinks. we are reporting some sleet down there toward hot springs in toward virginia around harrisburg and also western maryland around allegheny county and also garrett county, maryland reporting a little bit in the way of sleet too. watch out into portions of west virginia and that region. for the rest of us we're just talking about that chance for some rain overnight tonight. low temperatures down to about 38 in washington. 36 in gaithersburg. but i think the numbers will be going up by the time you wake up tomorrow morning and look how far they'll go up tomorrow. high temperature around the d.c. area. could reach 60 degrees if everything works out correctly. i do at least think everybody will be into the mid to upper 50s during the day tomorrow. so if you were hoping this cold air would go away quickly, there you go. >> all right. thank you. >>

down to the south already 52 in culpepper and 50 in fredericksburg. much warmer down to the south but raleigh durham coming in over 60 and that's some of the warmer temperatures making their way our way. storm 4 radar right now nothing to show you as far as rain is concerned. we will be dry through the next couple of days and we are going to see temperatures return back not just above normal but how about average of 15 to 20 degrees above average as we make our way in through tuesday and wednesday. tomorrow morning, waking up on the chilly side but not too cold. temperature about 7:00 a.m. about 35 degrees. my complete forecast coming up. i'll show you just how warm we get and what our next storm system will bring. >> we'll see you in a few minutes. thanks. >>> a whole lot more to come. a bizarre death investigation. local authorities arrest a man in the death of his wife. he's admitting that he killed her after a bizarre set of circumstances. >>> plus a second cracked metro rail in as many weeks causes some delays. julie carey has a live report after

we want to aim to the 10s in easton and dc and culpepper. but fog is not the only concern. we are looking at wet weather working its way in the area. you have seen a couple showers a line of showers and thunderstorms back off towards the west and we do have severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:45 for counties back into virginia. you want to be aware. gusty wind with the system working et cetera way across the area. it's pushing off to the northeast at 60 miles per hour. you can see the rain across the area heavy rain and we will be getting in on that going through the remainder of the morning. chester down and into the eastern store and we are looking into chesapeake city and middletown cecilton and goe lena. let's check the -- da lena. let's check -- galena. let's check the traffic with burt. >> reporter: u.s. 29 at maryland 108. see the shine off the roadway? that is indicating wet conditions but traffic is moving well. howard county a lane blocked, u.s. 40 eastbound. utility crews closed the road. looking towards downtown, and it's a little downtown. no reported

going to go live to doppler 9000hd now to show you the rain has come and gone for the moment around culpepper and many areas in the shenandoah valley where there was sleet mixed in at times earlier. rain right on top of the region, the entire metro seeing it. generally light, but we do have pockets of heavier showers, potentially a little bit of sleet might be mixing in, but temperatures are above freezing, so not a concern other than the wet roads here, north of winchester coming in toward jefferson and berkeley counties into west virginia. so traveling up and down 81, 340, route 7 coming out of loudoun county, it's going to be wet as well. loudoun county seeing some of those lighter rain areas, also in fairfax. now, in southern fairfax, coming out of prince william, this is coming up the river here over towards lorton and mason neck. this is going to track up towards alexandria, clinton, brandywine, maybe over towards national harbor in the next 20 minutes or so as everything is lifting northeast pretty quickly. showers just west of mechanicsville noun, st. mary's county into leonardtown, b

especially out toward culpepper, charlottesville or shenandoah valley. notice the pink there, there could be some sleet mixing in or wet snowflakes mixing into the higher elevations. by 3:00, everybody is wet. for the evening commute, looks really wet. moderate to maybe even heavy rain at times. this thing will start to pull out here by midnight. to areas east of town by midnight seeing the heaviest rains. jersey, the delmarva and around here by thursday morning, we're seeing some clearing but there is some colder air just lurking out to the west. that's going to pour in here overnight thursday night into friday morning. so, the forecast breaks down like this. 52 today. tonight, we're dropping into the low to mid-30s. tomorrow, rain develops. mid to late morning. a very wet afternoon and evening. 45. thursday, could be an early, early shower. otherwise, mild. still, 52. then turning windy and much colder friday. 36 with some snow showers. saturday and sunday in the 30s. maybe flurries sunday. we'll try to warm it up a little bit on monday. hey, if you li

and take a look at the numbers. 38 right now in martins burg, and 33 in culpepper. many of these numbers have stayed where they were at 6:00 or risen since then, and we may see the numbers rise more. closer to the metro area, dulles at 39. fairfax county and prince georges county coming in at 39, and 41 at college park. and shower activity in through southern maryland, and st. mary's county and back to north montgomery county and damascus, and in through frederick county and back to the west and west virginia and western portions of virginia, and we're going to continue to see showers throughout the rest of the night. you can continue to see how these moved on through here. and you will see them move through overnight and through the morning hours tomorrow. you want to take umbrellas. do you want it to get warmer? a lot saying yes and a lot saying no. 58 in atlanta today. and nearly 70 in st. louis and memphis. that's the warm air that will make it into our region tomorrow. and many areas will hit the 63 mark once again. high pressure has produced the cold air movin

wind chill right now 24 in frederick. 30 right now in leesburg. 28 in culpepper.temperatures continuing into the weekend. my complete forecast at 6:00. >>> all right. thank you, doug. >>> and it's time for sports night. an installment of in case you missed it. >> here is hakem. >> a good entrance. in this week's edition shots at the buzzer, shots to the head, and a shot that ends in the gutter. all the great shots all in case you missed it. in case you missed it, it's never over until it's over. women's basketball game between pepperdine and portland. final seconds pepperdine's katy meanton hits the three-pointer to tie it with just three seconds left. then portland on the inbound and it's stolen by shea williams who lets it go from just inside half court. that's the game winner as pepperdine scores six points in the final three seconds to beat portland. another long-range sharp shooter? iowa state's scott christerpherson throws up a shot and it goes. beats the buzzer. great shot, unfortunately, only halftime in iowa state losing the game to missouri. >>> in detro

sitting pretty around 59 degrees in to baltimore. 60 dc. 61 frederick right now. 61 culpepper. check out easton, 55 degrees. feeling good. there the upper 50s hagerstown. low 50s in to york, pennsylvania. satellite, radar, not picking up on a lot. we saw high clouds trying to stream earlier today. now not dealing with cloud cover whatsoever. the chance for clouds to move in here, yes, that is possible. as we go through the evening, check out the temperatures, remaining in the 50s and dropping in to the 40s. it's going to be cool, not cold this evening. winds south at 5-10 miles per hour. there is warm air still to be had but also a cooldown. i will talk about that coming up. >>> they may not be playing this weekend, but that didn't stop ravens fans from flocking to the sports shop for the latest team gear. roosevelt leftwich is here with more on ravens fever. they are feeling it. >> the team is taking the weekend off after a tough week of practices. for the staff at stores selling ravens gear, it's one of the key times to rest as excited fans and hysterical fans head out with t

we got that 46 at reagan national, up to 48 in culpepper, 43 in annapolis and 43 up in hagerstown. rain headed this way before the week is out when 9 news now returns. >>> entertainment media outlets are report being that demi moore has checked into a facility seeking treatment for exhaustion. but cbs correspondent lee cohen reports that the actress may be facing more serious shus. reporter: there have been a string f red carpet appearances of late. demi moore has hardly been in hiding. but the public phase of the actress that seems to never age has been changing of late. >> her appearance has been rather alarming over the past few months. she's lost a significant amount of weight and she's been very upset about her marriage to ashton kutcher. it's something that affected her. reporter: she split from the star of cbs' "two and a half men" last november after allegations of cheating on kutcher's part. late monday, a spokesperson for moore said it had all finally taken a toll. because of the stresses in her life right now, a statement read, demi has chosen to seek professional asissa

mid-20s and low 20s overnight in culpepper and orange and we had a little bit of snow last night and with some of the readings in the mid- to upper 20s some isolated spots this morning. we got down to 34 here in washington and the naval air station in annapolis and 31 for andrews and laplata. and right now look at the temperatures. still mid-30s far north in hagerstown. fredericksburg, 46 already. it's 41 in easton across the bay and washington -- we have a lot of sunshine. look that the from our weather camera. a beautiful looking mid-day shot of the capitol dome. temperature 42 with mostly sunny cloudy skies. the air is really dry. the dew point is 15 so the humidity down to 32% and the windchill making it feel like in the upper 30s. there is that system we are watching coming through the mid west. the next one behind it is coming into the northwest. things are moving quickly west to east across the country. and that is bottling the cold air up in alaska. temperatures are in the 40 and 50-degree below zero range in many areas of the interior of alaska. as long as the cold stays up

up to 30 in culpepper. still only 21 for hagerstown. bwi26 and in luray this afternoon, 28. wind chills, a little tough still in the teens to low 20s out there. so, clearly, a day to bundle up but we'll be in the 40s tomorrow and 50s by friday. right now, 28. while it is reported cloudy. it is a thin overcast. sunshine through it. wind chill of 19 and a south- southwesterly wind at 10. dew points, 8. it was 5 below this morning. little bit of moisture trying to come back. but there is a 20 degree spread between the temperature and the dew point. the air is that dry. that's why it is not reaching the ground. big storm in the gulf of alaska. the big push of pacific air to the west coast is going to help push the mild air off to the south central part of the country. it will be a kick to get the arctic air out of the middle  east. for us, about 18 hours before we see a nice little change. the cold air is in place now. here comes that little disturbance for this evening. you'll notice by 11:00, it is past d.c. it may put down a little coating in spots this evening and that cou

winchester at 25 degrees. 28 in culpepper. 37 in fredericksburg. looking at clearing skies.saw snow that made its way through earlier. this is where it is right now in calavert county and st. mary's county and it continues to move off to the east. you can see this over the past couple hours how it has come across the area. not everybody has picked up the snow but is it a dusting in some locations as the surface temperatures have been low for some time. here is the storm right here and another storm back to the west. a little one but it could produce snow flurries and maybe snow showers but it won't cause problems in the morning. 29 in pittsburgh, 35 in washington but back to the west much warmer. 61 in dallas and that is what we will see move into the area. the cold air getting out of here. the mild air moving up from the south. the temperatures in the mid-40s tomorrow at or above average tomorrow and everybody is above average by the end of the week. friday and saturday we have temperatures back in the 50s. looking very good as we end the week and start off on the weekend.

21, and gaithersburg, and frederick, maryland, 16 degrees, and that's what it feels like now in culpepper, virginia. a lot of locations starting out in the teens tomorrow morning. and the radar has nothing going on, but tomorrow at this time we could see flurries coming through the area. we start tomorrow with a clear sky. a cold start for us. a little weather system for us in the midwest, and will bring flurries after sunset tomorrow, and closer to, there's the midnight hour, and flurries possible coming through with a very fast-moving weather system. and then friday, sunshine to start the day and clouds by the afternoon, and in fact clouds that move through seattle, washington, it's going to start heading eastward, and as it does so look at this, that's the pink showing up on future weather, and that means we could look at freezing rain, a little sleet, the white and snow and we could see the mix moving in, 11:00 p.m. on friday, and let me zoom in and show you what will take place. that friday night into saturday morning. a freezing rain chance gone by 6:30 in the morning on saturday, a

we're at 49 right now, to the south, we have some 30s for culpepper, 48 in martinsburg, in annapolis, they're sitting pretty at 51 degrees right along the bay. storm 4 doppler shows we are dry, not worried about any rain. no problems there, you don't need that heavy coat to see the fireworks. national harbor for example is going to have some at midnight. 45, partly cloudy. looking good with the west wind 5 to 10 miles an hour. tomorrow's highs going to happen just like today, probably earlier in the day. we're going to have a front blast through. the warm air we've had courtesy of the jet stream going north into canada is going to get suppressed south. starting tomorrow night and into monday, tuesday and wednesday of this coming week. the 44 feels good at midnight, and tomorrow morning feels grade, even around lunch. nen after that, here comes the front. we can squeeze out a few showers across our northern suburbs. tomorrow night the windses are going to pick up, and so is the really cold air. look at this by monday at 8:00 at night. 33, it will feel like 20. that's a far cry from the

everybody is into the 30s to the north. 40s to the south. 45 culpepper. 43 fredericksburg.tures may actually rise overnight tonight as the system makes its way in. 39 in martinsburg. 37 right now in frederick. but look at the wind chill. you cool down to 30 degrees in frederick. 28 in hagerstown. 32 in washington. and in manassas down toward fredericksburg wind chill at 37. so still on the chilly side. you still need to bundle up from time to time if you are heading out. right now the rain back to the west. we're not just talking about rain here but also about some sleet in some areas and also some snow. the snow is around hot springs right around the border of virginia and west virginia is reporting a little bit in the way of light snow. also some sleet and winter weather advisory for allegheny county and parts of west virginia but most of our area this is going to be all rain as we are seeing warmer and warmer temperatures continue to filter on in here. tomorrow temperatures are going to get warm and it's all because of this area of high pressure and that low pressure to