compared to yesterday 10 or 20 degrees warmer, cumberland warmer. so the warm up is underway, for more we send it out to marty who has the nice job. >> yeah i do. let's look at a couple of graphics. number 1, even with the wind shift moving our way tomorrow and gray sighs and showers, we are still looking for temperatures to be balmy, mid- 60s, 20 plus degrees above normal. take a look direct west. san francisco 9:00 in the morning almost 50 degrees. the bulk of this country is up seasonably mild for this date, the last day of january, again the weather is coming from memphis and new orleans and atlanta coming our way tomorrow so we are going to stay quite nice. okay, so we got this wind shift coming, behind it showers, how it is going to exact our forecast? meteorologist bernadette with those details shortly. now back inside. >> they want the area cleaned up and are planning to lobby representatives today. they will ask the lawmakers to increase the bay restoration fund, used to upgrade sewage plants and septic and stormwater systems, those are key

and jumped up to 58 in cumberland. tomorrow, the front comes through the area.o back to the northwest. that big low across maine and eastern new england area. colder air, filtering in pretty much for the rest of the week. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. we still have a couple of problems around the beltway. we have that accident on green spring avenue. that's going to catch your attention. you'll also slow down as you make your way towards the jones falls expressway. as far as delays go, 10 minutes on the north side inner loop. in harford county, a crash there, emerton road at hanson road. and crofton, an accident, blocking all lanes. crain highway would be your alternate. in parkville, a crash to watch out for, putty hill avenue, at loch raven boulevard. and in the city, pen bridge avenue. let's take a live look. you can see, things are still flowing pretty well just west of york road. and we'll take another live look. definitely slowing down there at providence. this traffic report i

we will keep an eye on cumberland, mixed precipitation possible a bit longer.eratures will warm up quickly. mild temperatures will become warmer near 60 degrees. rain at times. we cannot not rule out a little sunshine later in the afternoon. southwesterly wind will do a number on temperatures. clearing tonight, a breezy 34- 38. breezy weather to more. then a little disturbance could give us a few snow flurries by thursday afternoon. cold day on friday. the computer model continues to suggest a wintry mix on saturday. we will talk about that more in a few minutes. that is the latest from calvert county. >> thanks so much. >> let's check in with lisa baden of traffic. >> traffic is moving slowly. 66, 95 395, no accidents on your way to the 14th street bridge and to the wilson bridge. this is 395, delays out of landmark up to the pentagon. next picture shows maryland drivers right now on 270 behaving out of germantown. traffic getting away from us is an account. looks good at all other rowe boulevard. two lane divide getting around in accident investigation, 50 we

we have more significant snow toward cumberland.hind that you'll notice that that is all rain and a closer look revealing that just behind the snow band in cumberland we've got rain. out toward oakland an accident and deep creek lake. there is warmer air mixing in. that's going to change everything. the bottom line is five degrees above freezing. if we get down a few more degrees, showers. it may not stick. much more on the week ahead. you won't believe the temperatures that are coming up. >> make sure you keep track of the wintry weather. it features live interactive radar along with hourly weekend forecasts. just download it to your iphone or ipad. >>> now let's get to the ravens. happy birthday to joe flacco. today is his 47th birthday but yesterday, before the biggest crowd ever to see joe and company in person, they beat a houston club, 20-13. come wbs -- wednesday we won't remember the score but we'll know they won. now it's time to win two more to get rifnlgt today coach harbaugh spoke about the crowd. >> thelp incredible exc

cumberland, the lower 20s. in la plata, feels like 20 degrees. you want all of the winter weather gear. the kids, you definitely want to bundle them up. highs for this afternoon, 43 in downtown. that's where we should be for t

including cumberland, winchester, hagerstown, frederick county, shenandoah, grant. the wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain coming in tonight. quarter inch of ice possible. so, for the rest of today though, we're not worried about winter weather until late tonight. we'll see cloudy conditions. temperatures topping out only in the upper 30s. winds out of the north at 5 to 10 miles per hour. right now, 27 in manassas. gaithersburg, 34. so, it is cold out there. all right, so cold day today. again, overnight through tomorrow morning. that is sleet and freezing rain. i'm worried about the slick conditions on the roads. kids driving out tonight come in earlier and then sunday is cold once again with some showers. here's a look at your traffic with monika. good morning. >> good morning, anny. we're getting word of police activity, a barricade on the 1200 block of the potomac avenue in southeast. this is just north of the southeast southwest freeway. be aware of that as the information comes in. i will give that to you. just a heads up on that though. toll road look

. >>> in cumberland it is 30 degrees. >> still ahead, and other metro mess. and more track work. what that competition could mean for passengers this weekend. >> hollywood's take on the

the 37 in inwood, 38 in cumberland, 42 in woodbrige. highs in the upper 50's this afternoon. \ becoming partly cloudy. chance of a brief wintry mix tonight or a light coating of snow by early tomorrow morning. tomorrow much colder and gusty. >> on the inner loop after springfield and before the robinson terminal, there's a crash in the right lane. the allen lew after the dulles toll road, is separate crashes and the right lane. -- the al the popouter loop. not bad at the pentagon except for wet roads. back to you. >> thank you. beginning this morning with the search for a man wanted in two home invasions in montgomery county. >> neighbors are reminded to keep their homes as security after one attack in wheaton and another in bethesda. jummy olabanji has the surveillance picture that could lead to an arrest. what do you know this morning? >> good morning. what we know this morning is montgomery county police are looking for this man in two cases they believe are connected. both cases he approached women buy their cars by themselves. both

and more precipitation toward cumberland. this is snow and sleet. changes to our direction. the bottom line is we will continue to look for primarily a rain event although we could see wintry showers, sleet and maybe wet snow. 39 baltimore safely above freezing by 70 degrees. we're getting down there to the west. hagerstown at 39. winds from the south helping to hold temperatures up a little bit but also creating a wind chill factor. to the west very important to point out on the larger scale radar picture. yes, winter type showers in the high terrain toward garrett county and cumberland. but if you look behind the area high elevation in west virginia. this is all rain. so we will be changing over there. is mild air mixing in and coming in with the rain s while the front edge may feature wintry showers, high pressure keeps movingi]e1c offshore andq it'sçn forjf rain. yes, maybe a wintry shower and rain showers toward daybreak and on and off showers through tomorrow a cloudy day but mild displai in the 50s before we clear out and cool off on wednesda

cumberland's high, 33 with snow showers falling west of the divide. winchester, mid-30s. hagerstown, 35 degrees. d.c. going with upper 30s. andrews air force base, 38. annapolis around 39. here is your next seven days. wintry mix arriving late tonight. by 10:00, get off the roads if you can. saturday morning, the wintry mix changing over to some light rain. temperatures get up to the lower 40s. sunday also a chance for showers through monday. but monday and tuesday is milder. here is monika with your traffic. >> good morning, good morning, everybody. we'll take a live look first from sky 9 here at the american legion bridge. nice and light on the west side of town crossing the river between bethesda and tysons. you should be good to go at 6:17 in the morning. we'll go over to the map. a little bit of bad news in camp springs where an accident blocked southbound branch avenue right here at the beltway. this icon should be back up here and what i suggest is that you go ahead and use either st. barnabas road to the west or pennsylvania avenue to the east to try to get back o

it's already 50 in cumberland. 55 petersburg. luray 47. that warmth is going to be working its way back in. a little chill though. you'll need the jacket in places like frederick and baltimore in the low 30s and we sit at 40. it's 6:00 a.m. i toss it over to monika now. she'll let you know about the morning commute gz thank you so. >> he -- commute. >>> thank you so much, howard. good morning, everyone. it's looking pretty g. we'll start with the north side of town on the outer loop. it's incident free and moving at a good pace. georgia avenue you're going about 63 miles an hour so not too bad for your commute there. we'll take a live look at 270 on the southbound side. here's what it looks like in clarksburg as you head down from frederick to this point. your lanes are open. nothing to worry about down to the spur and the american legion bridge. we'll go back to the map and this time to the west side of town. dulles toll road incident free. as cow in from -- as you come in from leesburg, same story. we'll take a live look close to the ame

. >> fire in a cumberland maryland home has taken the lives of two children. brad bell is live with this tragic story appeared >> tragic is exactly right. neighbors described a terrible scene. they say a child appeared at the window up their calling for help. sadly, the did not arrive in time. >> even late this afternoon as she watched firefighters and investigators go through her good friends house, she could not hold back her tears. she had lived in there for a time. she was close with the entire family especially the six and 10-year-old girls that did not make it out. >> i used to babysit them. it is just horrible what happened to them. >> it was about 6:00 a.m. this morning. they were apparently asleep on the second floor of the old brick row house. their mother and several other adults were on the first floor. the survivors say there heater burst into flames. the adults got out along with a seven-month old child but they could not reach the children upstairs. >> my cousin bryan tried to get her to jump out the window. she would not let go. she was too sca

-- 10 in cumberland. 11 degrees warmer at reagan national today. 28 degrees. fredericksburg at the freezing mark. otherwise, below freezing just about every where else. 25 degrees in winchester. clouds shown in white, coming from the northwest. we are getting a few radar echoes in ohio. we could pick up a few brief snow showers or some snow flurries in random locations across the viewing area later this evening and tonight. you could wake up to a, a light dusting of snow by tomorrow morning. temperatures, low 30 this afternoon. tonight around the time, it is not plummet because we have warm air moving into town and we have cloud cover acting as a blanket to the atmosphere. there's a little chance of snow late tonight and into early tomorrow morning. if we could see a few snowflakes or brief snow showers. if in the 20s to start the day tomorrow, mid to upper twenties. in the 40 tomorrow afternoon average for this time of year. back in the mid 50's on friday. on the weekend but a little above average. sunday we could have a system bringing us precipitation and m

you factor in that cold northwesterly breeze, it feels much colder. 20s in cumberland, even oakland, down to nine, single digits in washington. here 33, gaitersburg 30, laray 29. definitely a day you want to bundle up because it is cold. here's a look at the futurecast. now, we're not worried about snow showers or any precipitation today. tomorrow, though, a different story. we see increasing clouds, then this storm system here bringing in snow mainly north of us. but because of the proximity of it, we may get a little flurry action, a snow shower tomorrow night and potentially overnight. we're not expecting any major accumulations, but you may see a little bit on the grassy surfaces basically by friday morning. so your highs for today, we pretty much hit it. temperatures now dropping, in the low 40s today. gaiters 47, leesburg 49, fredricksburg around 43 degrees. overnight lows are going to be colder compared to last night, in the 20s for gaitersburg, 26 in downtown, fredricksburg 23, manassas in the lower 20s. here's your next three days, breezy tomorrow once again with a chance, a

cumberland, 33. mostly sunny with a few high thin clouds or filtered sunshine today.0's in the potomac highlands to the mid 60's south of the metro. fredericksburg and lower southern maryland, mid 60's later on today, mostly sunny. a perfect is tomorrow. in the 40's by sunday. >>> there was a problem on 28 liberia avenue coming out of manassas but that has been removed. it was a minor accident. everything seems to be moving well now. 66 eastbound slows briefly in manassas, in centreville. looks good inside the beltway through false starts. 395 northbound is in a little bit more action. -- looks good inside the beltway through falls church. looks good on the clara barton parkway. it's quiet in maryland. 27 south0 lb, a little heavier volume at 109. back to you. >> thank you. >>> -- 270 southbound has a little heavier volume at 109. back to you. >> thank you. >>> harry thomas jr. stepped down from the d.c. council for ward 5. >> john gonzalez joins us with what is next for a city in scandal. good morning. >> good morning. what is next is that it could cost the city $300

cumberland, 28, feels like the teens. in the 30's later this afternoon, but it will feel like the teens and twenties when you factor in the gusty wind. mid 30's for the high temperatures saturday and sunday, a little breezy tomorrow. wind chills factor in the 20s throughout the day. >> happy campers in maryland. 270, 95 as well. south of town at the wilson bridge. we go to a picture we don't get to see very often. they have turned the camera around. there we go. 295 north of nsa. and among the males at 175. northbound 395 in virginia, at least you can access the inner loop of the beltway. the accident on the ramp is gone. 395 is open to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. >>>it is 6:13, 36 degrees in northwest washington. >> demand for the iphone turns ugly. riots broke out in the streets of beijing. >> stephen colbert's south carolina bombshell. guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helpe

late tonight maybe a snow shower in frederick and snow showers go back west of cumberland. everything moves out quickly getting into morning. we'll see sunshine, but clouds come screaming back around 12:00, 1:00, stays dry. tomorrow's rush hour will be dry as well, but look at 8:30 tomorrow, see some snow out towards winchester and martinsburg. you see the magenta there, kind of a mix and it overspreads the area pretty quickly going through the night tomorrow. southern maryland is probably just rain, the rest of us a mix. it will go to rain during the morning saturday but late friday night and early saturday morning some of the roads could be kind of tricky. mostly cloudy, breezy and cold, a flurry or snow shower possible tonight, lows 28 to 32, winds west, southwest at 10 to 15. next seven days looks like this. we have a chance for more rain sunday that. could begin also as a morning mix and then here comes the warm air. we are in the mid-50s monday with showers. i could even throw a bolt up there if i wanted to for monday and beautiful tuesday, mid-50s, low 50s wednesday.

cumberland slight northeast wind at six. they just dropped two degrees but they go up back above freezing. and then we're just looking for rain as temperatures will be rising. some rain here up to the west southwest. basically it's a warm front headed our way. behind it temperatures shoot up tomorrow. 10, 15 degrees over to what they were today. we go back up to mild air. here's that rain moving in, overnight, tonight the rain should be done by noon. we may start seeing clearing by later on. the front moving through the area. by wednesday another front that means colder air coming back to the area. it'll be breezy and a lot colder on wednesday. then it will be tomorrow, big changes once again. on the bay tomorrow, that is southwest rim brings the warm air in. up to 25 knots. look for some spotty rain. 35 tomorrow morning. it'll be in the low 40s with rain. but much warmer up to 53 degrees tomorrow. >> looking forward to that. thank you bob. >> thanks. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >>> i'm suspending my campaign f

cumberland, interestingly enough usually warmer is at 32.umberland, where the cold air is trapped may see a little freezing drizzle or sleet and then transition to rain. north and west of town tonight maybe along the pa border a little bit in southern pa brief period of sleet and then go the rain. once again isolated roadways that didn't get sun today, could see a little freezing drizzle possibly, so late tonight, maybe a little bit of that icing going on 40 dc now 43, 40 ocean city it will warm up over the next day quite a bit. 40 annapolis, 47 westminster, 41/24 average and record, 71 and 1. southerly wind getting stronger that will keep warm air coming in tonight. through tomorrow, it stays mild, back in the 50s again tomorrow, rain activity however there is a front out to the west, that front will cool us down probably by wednesday, breeze picks up cooler air comes right back. warming and cold again this has been the scene all winter long looks like thursday, another front may be bringing us a few snow showers, southwest winds 10 to 15,

gusting 23 dulles, 21 manassas. 18 baltimore, 20 fredericks, burg, 17-mile per hour wind gusts cumberlandn effect, high land, mineral, grant, out here to the northwest expecting winds to be gusting up to 50 miles an hour that was in effect until 4:00 p.m. this afternoon it expires 10:00 p.m. tonight they will get improvement as far as that is concerned temperature wise 43 dulles, same manassas, 46 to the south frederiksburg cumberland 41 degrees 42 hagerstown, dc 45, 44 baltimore and 43 to the south at leonard town, so, we haven't done too badly overall for the course of the day as i was mentioning but we have this really fast moving clipper system that will slide its way through, and you can see now, the precipitation associated with it, from the upper midwest pushing its way down now into parts of pennsylvania we anticipate to see that heading across our area and leaving us tonight fairly quickly as well with that frontal system and associated lotus, we expect to see precipitation, nothing that will accumulate, scattered rain and snow showers are possible as that moves through areas clo

cumberland down to 28 degrees. fredericksburg, 36 degrees. satellite radar picture showing us we had one little system go through. north of us bringing more snow showers up to the north in philadelphia up to parts of upstate new york. cold for today, high of 37. chance for snow showers and snow flurries tonight. that changing to a wintry mix of maybe sleet and freezing rain. through early saturday morning, that then changing to just rain by the afternoon. so, i am concerned about some very slick roads tomorrow morning. high tomorrow, 40. sunday, cold. temperatures 39 degrees. with increasing clouds in the afternoon. chance for some light rain in afternoon and evening hours. saturday morning, if you can hold off on your plans, i would do that. here's monika with your timesaver traffic. >> good morning, anny. good morning, everybody. mostly it is just a construction and there are two big spots in virginia. starting off with the west side of town. on the inner loop of the beltway between the dulles toll road and the gw parkway, it was the three

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and 61 in cumberland. we're at 60s still. right now, locally, still the upper 50s to the low 60s. 55, kent island, annapolis. 53, rock hall. a bit of an innocence on the bay, which is low 40s. so anywhere close to the waters, certainly a lot colder this afternoon. 66 today. the record, 1947. 69. 30 this morning. 42, 25 are the normals. what you have to remember is these temperatures are so out of whack for this time of year. 4, the record low, back in 1966. currently, it's the southerly winds. they will keep this warm air in for at least one more day. it will begin to cool down somewhat with more clouds by tomorrow night. maybe a shower or two. and on thursday. also a chance of a few showers. a little rain here in southern portions of the mississippi valley. a weak front to the northwest. kind of combined, may bring some clouds here tomorrow afternoon. could be a shower. a few showers beginning to break out here in kentucky, right along the ohio river. so we'll look for at least partly cloudy skies. and mostly cloudy skies to

that is where the temperatures are cooler. 34. 36 in cumberland. downtown, 45. 48 in quantico. 6 -- 51 in lexington park. our wind is shifting. dow sloping off the mountain which warms the air. the summit will help us warm in the mid 50's. already 12 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. degrees warmer in quantico. we are on the right path. here is a look at our composite, the cloud is to move to the east. we have some fog and we should quickly burn off the fog. we had a cold front but despite it, a total about the wind, it be a mild day today. me.40s's -- mid-50s, excuse at 10 degreeson, above average. tomorrow, partly cloudy with an the day ande in temperatures were they should be year.ime of be from system will texas. will move in thursday into friday. of rain will develop on friday. there could be a snowflake west ridge on thursday. not a big deal. how was the commute? >> not a big deal but hopefully isolated, there is a lazy boy, a chair. no. then, the ramp to the interloop. to get that recliner the roadway. where? reclining else wel traffi

cumberland at 63. oakland at 50. ocean city at 53.ur official high today, so far, 62 this morning. however, wasn't that far from normal. 27. the average high today is 41. the average low, 25. today's record, not that far from it. 72. the record low, 5 degrees. will it last a lot longer? we'll come back and tell you in a few minutes. denise? >> thank you, bob. let's check on the roads this friday with kristy breslin and wjz traffic control. >>> well, friday is always a chaotic one. traveling on the north side of the outer loop, we're watching delays there from dulaney valley road to the harrisburg expressway. on the north side inner loop, that's also very slow there from york road to perring parkway. it's looking about 25 empties now -- 25 minutes now to get through. west side inner loop, up to 25 minutes. and problems on 70, in both directions. eastbound heavy, as you make your approach to the beltway. and westbound, slowing from 29 to marriottsville road. churchville road at moors mill. also emerton road at east wheel. we also have a

west through cumberland and parts of the west virginia panhandle. the visibilities this morning are still half-mile or less. quantico also at 1/15th. gaithersburg, half-mile. leesburg, north, some problems with your temperatures still in the 30s. we're in the 40s and 50 degree readings down south is where the fog problems are a concern. martinsburg may still be a slick spot. >> overall, things are looking good on this morning. rush hour. if you're planning to head around town, things are looking great on the beltway. we'll zoom in first to the west side of town where there are no problems to report on the dulles toll road from leesburg in from gainesville. we'll take a live look, closer to the american legion bridge on the west side of town. this is pretty much what it looks like, the length between 270 and 66. you're good to go on the west side of town. back over to the maps, this time head over to the other side. if you're planning to head over to the district, using 395 and the 14th street bridge between the beltway and this point, you'll be ok.

hagerstown at 18, 19, cumberland and 14 oakland. mid-to upper 20s in d.c. and pax river and ocean city. 27 rock hall. 24 columbia and bel air. this day's weather is easy. we'll figure the low pressure. it will fling a few flurries our way. that low is coming by tomorrow night. >>> good morning, call it 38, 28 tomorrow night. we'll need to see when the moisture gets in here saturday. probably messy on saturday afternoon. monday, rain, 54. tuesday, partly sunny and two shy of 50. >>> here's sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >>> hi, there, don. we have a diesel fire on the lupe from 795 and reisterstown road. we have delays on the westside of the beltway. also, delays on 95 southbound. take a look at the traffic camera. you're looking at delays from perryville to the bridge. that's construction blocking the right lane. there's a look at the beltway at exit 17. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. now is the time to make the jump. >>> this morning's coffee with is with nicole richie. >> welcome nicole richie to the eyewitness news morning edition. go

a little cooler in cumberland. 37 in winchester. 45 to the south in fredericksburg. mid-atlantic, 39 in boston. we have 28 degrees in bingham ton right here where it's a little bit cooler. they are getting that influx of the colder air dome moving in from the north and northwest. overall, not too bad. tonight, temperatures, in the burbs, areas to the north of the city dropping into the 20s. be prepared for that the skies will be clear but you still have to deal with those wind and that means there is going to be some wind chill out there. it's going to feel a lot colder than it is. we head into sunday, by sunday afternoon, evening, as a result of that, we could see a passing sprinkle or flurry. i'm not ruling that out. don't be surprised if you see a flurry or two floating around. nothing is going to accumulate. here across the mason dixon line is where i anticipate. this is going to be a sprinkle or passing flurry but the winds are going to continue to be strong here is a look at the future cast. we start to see a little bit of that precipitation heading its way acr

a six-year-old girl died after being pulled from a burning home in cumberland. her mother and baby did get out okay but firefighters are still looking for a ten-year-old girl. one firefighter was treated for minor injuries. >>> a disturbing story to tell you about right now. a d.c. mother accused of sexually abusing a boy who was staying at her house for a sleep over. police say that 32-year-old zekeiah gaskins gave the boy a glass of fruit drink mixed with vodka and forced him into her bedroom and forced her to touch her. police say that it happened ten times over the course the night >>> the search for the parent of a baby girl left on a porch continues. the baby girl was found and later died. neighbors hope that the parents will come forward and dot right thing. they hope to bring attention to the city's safe haven law. this was stems from a fire station where the little girl could have been dropped off no questions asked. >>> in the race for the republican nomination, former massachusetts governor mitt romney got a big endorsement. virginia governor bob mcdo

ponow in cumberland. 29 elkton. 29 on the shore.peratures ranging from about 29 westminster. 30 bel air, 28 columbia. 32 rock hall. the mid-30s pretty much across the board. winds are calm, central maryland. the direction you see, courtesy of the high pressure to our north. up around the ohio river valley now and bringing in the flow of cooler air, the rain now is down to the south. see, the moisture is coming in as far back as texas, really. it's following that low that's extending from the coast right on back in to the gulf. because of the high pressure our air is dry, much of this initial portion of the rain, the leading edge is dissipating. it's evaporating and adding to the cloud cover. as the high moves off this low moves away. high pressure builds in right behind it. temperatures up in to the 50s, for tomorrow. another chance of rain wednesday and high pressure builds in again and look to see sunshine by tends of the week. high tide now at 6:10, next one will be this evening around 6:00. mostly cloudy with a little rain this

it is colder west of the blue ridge. 37 in cumberland. lexington park, 52 degrees. 54 in annapolis. warm start today. it will be a mild afternoon pushing 60 specialists out of the metro. low 50's possibly later on today. we picked up over an inch of rain last night across the viewing area at many locations. the cold front will dive in from the west later on tonight. the colder air will push in hard throughout the day tomorrow and you will feel its throughout the upcoming weekend. as the front tips later tonight temperatures will start to fall. also, it could trigger if a little wintry mix or even a light coating of snow. most likely under 1 inch. under half-inch north and west of the metro. we could get hit with that later tonight. keep that in mind. that would be before the morning commute. tomorrow windy. if you will notice gusty wind with highs near 40 in the afternoon. on the weekend, temperatures in the 30's, morning's near 20. >> pretty peaceful. on the b-w parkway, rte. 50 between annapolis and bowie rain and road spray. maryland state police from foresthill have no accidents

a cool start to the morning, but not bad. 31 in cumberland. mid 40's today, about average. blow to mid 40's. we could-- lwo to miow to mid 40's. struggling to make it to the freezing mark tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow will be the coldest day. >>> we will look at 270 near falls road. a few more vehicles on the road, but not enough to cause a delay. hov restrictions are lifted because of the holiday on 270. they remain in effect on route 50 and the john hanson highway in maryland. no delays in va. 395 at shirlington circle, hardly anybody offutt road -- hardly anybody on the road crew to the 14th street bridge. 14th street bridge, looks good. looks fine near pennsylvania avenue near the center of town. no problem whatsoever. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a day before voters gather for the iowa caucuses, a new poll shows mitt romney, ron paul, and rick santorum in a three-way race. romney and ron paul in a dead heat with rick santorum close behind. the republican candidates fanned out across the hawkeye state and will do so again today. candidates that are languishing in the p

no travel troubles. 35 in washington, 27 at dulles airport, 28 in winchester, 30 in cumberland. 37 inttle cooler inland. notice the cloud cover shown in a great. that has been increasing through the night. if you can still see the full moon beautiful. snapping pictures and i love sharing photographs. a few areas of rain locally and especially south of the metro area later on today. midday into the afternoon and early evening. in terms of the amounts, maybe fractions of an inch around town. not all that much rain. 44 degrees today, 52 degrees and sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. most of the rain leaving by the military -- will be by the middle of the week. >>> no problems out of fredericksburg this morning getting up to quantico marine base. moving nicely inside the beltway on 395. normal travel times between rich and and baltimore. looks good on the b-w parkway. no problems to report between dale city and the beltway. in a pretty good run as far as 270 traffic, where we take you live. that is at democracy boulevard. headlights are their way to the american legion bridge. back to news.

our temperatures are cooling this evening now that the cold front has moved. 43 in cumberland. 425 culpeperer. the wind chill factor is not so bad. it feels like 30 degrees in minneapolis. for us, and no wind chill to deal with. it will remain mild for the next couple of days or so. satellite and radar, and this is it moving off the coast. giving us a good deal of sunshine. with winds out of the north, it will keep our temperatures down compared to what we have today. still above average for this time of year. the next 48 hours, a low pressure in the south and west of us. by monday, southwestern virginia, it will move off the coast. a good deal of sunshine for the day on tuesday followed by the potential for heavier rain. up towards of an inch by the time the system moves out of here. clouds tonight, 32 to 37 degrees. high temperatures tomorrow around 50 degrees or so and be extended outlook i believe a glitzy, and there is. 70 -- a 70% chance for heavier rains on wednesday. some models indicate the potential for some wintry weather is late next week in. we will worry about it next weekend.

let's start with temperatures now. 41 in orangeburg, 41 at reagan national, 39 in cumberland, 36 in hagerstown. the average low is 29. 44 is the average afternoon high. we will be 52 later on today. tonight, well into the 50's. tomorrow morning at this time we could have a few readings around 60 degrees with areas of rain up to about a half-inch and maybe three-quarters of an inch in the potomac highlands through night through early tomorrow morning. temperatures will drop tomorrow afternoon back in the 40's. it will be gusty as the skies clear. a pleasant weekend. we will be in the 40's on the [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher; they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] what do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay. take your blindfolds off. ♪ ♪ hello? [ male announcer ] and now new and improved febreze fabric refresher with up to two times the odor elimina eon so y

another band between hagerstown and cumberland. everything is moving east. but some colder temperatures are coming in so somebody is going to get some snow. we will deal with that in your forecast in just a minute. >> it would not be dead new year without new laws going into effect today. new fines starting with the state highway administration finding anyone placing a sign on the road without a permit. crews would remove the sign of using money from taxpayer pockets. violators will now pay $25 for each illegally placed sign. perhaps one of the most talked about changes in baltimore county is exchange -- extending health care couples' legally married in another state. one couple had been together for nearly 20 years. the two were married in math and -- in massachusetts. as a baltimore county police officer, she filed a grievance with the union which the county and labor union denied. her complaint went to an arbitrator ruled in her favor. the new provision allows an the county employee legally married another state to extend their health-care benefits to the

oakland at 17 degrees right now. 41 in ocean city, 28 in cumberland, 32 up in elkton. dewpoint way down to 14 degrees right now. as you can see, so a big drop in the temperature around the region. we still have strong winds and also a winter weather advisory. a couple of inches already on the ground and it's blowing around as well around our region now, the winds did come down. we had winds up to 48 miles per hour earlier. in oakland snow still going on, 58-mile-per-hour winds. reaching gusts up to 32. 41 at pax river. our last hour we had a wind gust at 30 miles per hour. now tonight the wind is going to die down some what. but temperatures are also going to get down into the mid-20s which is where they should be for this time of year, kai. >> bob, thank you. there's also a big freeze in the midwest following the big snowstorm of the year. in the last 24 hours, heavy snow has fallen in missouri and indiana. >>> all bruce general and sonia white wanted to do thursday was to get home to south florida. >> we're on stand by from here. then tomorrow and saturday. but who k

day. 16 degrees in fred burke and cumberland. degrees and in gaithersburg. a lot of sunshine for the day.ity of the the cause of the increasing later. evening lead the blue west of ridge. 41 degrees is the high temperature today. expecting a little afternoon sunshine. ton stay cooler, back down 40 degrees. lee said? >> we started the morning with in virginia. northbound 95 is there. police are reporting that they their way to an accident. are -- where is everyone that it is a quiet beltway. -- where is everyone? a quite beltway. it is quiet at the road. we are marching down to 70. working in our favor. >> thank you. >> we start out with breaking news. earlier, police are looking out into the death of a girl. officers tell us they found a newborn a band and around last night outside a home -- abandoned last night midnight outside a home. found wrapped in a blanket. and we will bring you any get them. we >> new this morning, about one people had received after someoneion inside anpper spray building. this happened overnight in southeast washington. firefighter

right now some wintry showers out toward cumberland. for the most part that's all we're seeing on maryland's most powerful radar. winds are from the south. that's why today was milder. temperatures around 40s for highs. we'll drop back into the 30s. showers later tonight. we'll give you more details on the overnight forecast and a look ahead to the rest of the week. >>> well, the celebration continues over the baltimore ravens home play in -- playoff victory. for those planning to head to foxboro for the championship, they may have good reason to celebrate. jeff? >>> travel agents say if you have a quick strike offense, you'll score the best deals. following the ravens to foxboro had maria searching for the best deem and she came up with a real bargain. >> total package is about $665 per person, including a ticket. where it looks at right now, i don't know. >> reporter: tracking the numbers was left to cindy at liberty travel in catonsville. >> look like it it's running about $240 round trip. because of the flight schedules, people woul

virginia. 41 cumberland, 60 degrees in martinsburg. big chains already taking place off to the west. spotty showers, winchester around petersburg, bigger rains sitting just down to the south. just on the eastern side of west virginia. it could hit green county, stafford county later tonight. elsewhere to the north, i think we'll just see spotty showers around here. spotty evening showers as the front continues to approach by 11:00, it continues making its way down to the south and east, by tomorrow morning we're left with sunshine. a few clouds rotating. it's going to be chilly in the 40s with a bit of wind out of the northwest. for thursday, the system in the pacific northwest. it could bring us evening flurries, as the system gets closer and rides right on through for a couple hours, we may see flurries here on thursday. 53 to 58. windy, gusty by the evening. windchills in the 20s. from 60 today to feeling like we're in the 20s early tomorrow, 37 to 41 your high for tomorrow. take a look at friday, though, high temperature of 35 degr

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cumberland is at 48 degrees. the snow is a thing of the past, typical washington, d.c., snowfall.maybe a few more flights tomorrow afternoon, but the next system will be warm. notice the shower action developing to the south. that will effect us. that will move our way through tomorrow. behind it will have cold air for friday. system number one comes from the south. system number two polls the cold air down from canada. you will notice the difference in temperatures by friday. here is our future test. tomorrow after lunch time, we will notice a little bit of rain. we could have some wet snowflakes mixed in, and then some moderate rain possible tomorrow night, tapering off early thursday morning. in terms of accumulations, we could be talking three-quarters of an inch, and maybe closer to an inch or more in the potomac highlands. here is your forecast. low-50's and clearing thursday. friday morning i would not be surprised if we had an isolated flurry. not a big deal. >> not out of the woods yet. >> of course not. it is january. >> i guess that is true, and i guess you are delighte

we've already seen flakes fly, cumberland, between hagerstown and curb, a burst of snow where i-70 and i-68 split. this is the teaser to the bigger round of winter weather that we could see early saturday morning. when i say that, i'm talking more about icy conditions than accumulating snows, but we can see it, especially west of baltimore. we'll watch this tick disturbance continue to pass north of us hitting pennsylvania and new york more significantly tonight than the flurries we could see around maryland. temperatures still above freezing in the mid to upper 30s, so any flurries that fly tonight will not stick very well until we get into the overnight. by then they should be gone. those details coming up. >>> we're watching the thermometer. the temperatures are going on. the gas signs are going up. the average price sup -- is up. now mid-grade is $3.52. premium $3.65. both up 20 cents in a month. the lowest near gust ryan, $3.23. iÑi. no0 >> it used to be that, you know, you put a locked gas cap on and it would deter it. in this case they completely bypass it and went straight for

city, pax river, solomon's island and dc, 39 easton, 37 elkton, 36 haggerstown, oakland 41, 39 cumberlandestminster and bellaire, 39 columbia and rock hall, 41 annapolis and kent island, this is a great picture. you had to drive well up into pennsylvania to find a wintry mix, even with shower activity i don't think temperatures ever got below 37, 38 here in the metro. a slug of moisture over the ohio valley moves in through the afternoon and night, skies clear tomorrow. we get set up for a nice calm weekend and month's end. forecast day calls for a high of 49 cloudy with rain, drizzle around, steadier rain this afternoon and tonight maybe even a thunderstorm. 47 degrees in your overnight low. that 47 will be at midnight, temperatures rise overnight to a high of almost 60 degrees with clearing skies tomorrow. the last weekend in january, sunshine saturday and sunday, 53 and 48. monday and tuesday the last two days of the month, 40 and then 51 degrees to end january 2012. don take it away. >> ready to make your run, here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> two accidents to get in your way

temperatures ranging from about 22 degrees in oakland to 22 in cumberland. we gradually get in the mid-20s around central maryland and take a drop-off in elk thin at 21. 36 on the shore, 30 in dc where the winds are coming from the northeast as they are pretty much uniformly throughout the state. that's still bringing in colder temperatures. anything from the northeast, you saw what it was doing in new england. that's where that resist coming from. i bought a 10-degree differential between us and boston's three of foxboro on the out groups of the city there. that's what they will have today. we'll have another system moving in by late tonight into tomorrow. it's going to bring in some again. except a single for the rain gets here. the low will trek to the north. it's going to the front associated with it that will pull in moisture from the south. with that southerly flow we pulled in mild air. we get up to the 50s tomorrow which means mostly rain, but with a cold air and then mixing, believe it or not, you might even hear some rumbles of thunder. we could ha

that in cumberland, hagerstown and the warm spot, ocean city at 42. the dew point, way down to 12 degrees. very dry arctic air in the region. but we still have that breeze. it's a lot less now than it was earlier. 15-mile-an-hour wind now. 25 in elkton. and 10 out in oakland. tomorrow, low pressure pass to our north may kick up a few snow showers to the west of us. tomorrow evening, we may have a few flurries across baltimore and north central portions of maryland. maybe enough for a light dusting along the maryland- pennsylvania border. that would be tomorrow night. mary? >> all right, bob. thank you. >>> seattle is known for its rain, not snow. but not today. an unusual snowstorm is brewing there. ben tracy is reporting for wjz. the mayor is telling people to stay off the roads. >> reporter: snow has been coming down across washington state for the past four days. from puget sound to the cascade mountains. an icy blast is blanketing the area. slick roads are making driving treacherous. >> all kinds of conditions. ice, cold, frozen. people sliding al

cumberland, maryland, 41. the real cold air to the north and west of us across michigan, wisconsin, minnesota. temperatures already falling into the 20's up there but the bigger story is the wind chill factor. already dropping into single digits in minneapolis. feels like 18 in detroit and in chicago. quite a bit of spin in the atmosphere. you see the lake-effect snow across western michigan. blizzard warnings near traverse city, michigan. in with respect maryland we have a winter storm warning until tuesday afternoon. it may have up to 12 if not more inches of snow. garrett, western allegany. but nothing for the immediate metro area. we may see a few flurries but strong northwesterly winds will keep the temperature down for tuesday, around freezing for daytime highs. here is the doppler radar, quiet and dry around the beltway. off to western maryland a few snow showers are beginning to develop but this is nothing compared to what is to come the next couple of days. here is the future cast. next 48 hours a mix

even for folks right around cumberland, near freezing. of thed news is because will bee more rainshowers as go through the night. the children's hospital 0.02 rain. of there officially still is the weather advisory across western maryland. the big story will be the morning showers primarily in the morning that will be tapering off because temperatures rising not.ve it or will be in the '50s tomorrow. the more up and down changes to on in the week. >> pedestrian as fighting for he was struck by car in montgomery county near intersection -- the was taken to a suburban hospital with serious injuries. an invasion into what led to the accident is under way. a building is evaluated at 16 people receiving treatment for carbon monoxide exposure. fire and rescue crews assisted residents. we have learned a source of this wason monoxide poisoning heater.ortable it does not appear that any of the patients suffered life- threatening injuries. >> a shutdown for the nomination heats up voters in south carolina. a new cnn poll shows that the general elec

in the morning, we'll be in the low 50s and getting closer to 60. 39 in cumberland and 49 in ocean citylly, 46 to 50 degrees. the record is 79. that's the warmest ever. and 2 in 1961. in d.c., we have a south wind. that's where the warm air is. overnight, nothing, there's rain across the tennessee valley and showers and thunder breaking out into the carolinas and north georgia. we'll see rain around 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning and then, the front will come through the region and we'll have a quick shower and it gets breezy. the sun will be out and temperatures are mild. it will be cooler late in the afternoon. cooler late on saturday and sunday. still, running at or above normal. it will be a dry weekend. not a bad forecast. winds from 10 to 15. the bay temperature around 39. maybe a rumble of thunder in a few spots. temperatures rising and 58 by afternoon. maybe a little bit of thunder. expect the chances to diminish. 15 and sunshine and a few clouds on saturday. turning cooler and 45 on sunday. 42 monday and back into the mid- 50s with partly cloudy skies on tuesday. >>> thank you, bo