doug kammererer will tell us how long that rain will last. major hint. >>> and news4 dig into the past of the man who fired a rifle inside a dc restaurant. we'll walk you through his criminal history. >> announcer: news4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> first tonight, some of the nastiest weather we've seen in quite a while is headed straight for us. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we start tonight in the weather center. doug kammererer tracking a lot of rain and some cold temperatures for >> it really is going to be awful. it's a nasty day. if there is one kind of weather, the one i really can't stand is cold and rainy. that's exactly what we've got tomorrow. we are in red mode. it's the a weather alert day. that is because of all the rain we'll see and the cold temperatures. no rain across the region right now. not bad out there part of fact. temperatures still a little bit above average. just down to the south this is the rain that we are going to see tomorrow most of it back with the upper level low back to the west, this is all comin

in rockville, scott mcfarland, new news4. >> doug kammererer with us now. you were talking snow as a possibility? >> back to the west to the blue ridge, send an doha valley. if you are there, you may be seeing some of the first flakes of the season in our area. right now it's on the cold side. temperatures next couple of days are not going to stay on the cold side. one place that's great during the summer is equally as great during the winter. sandy point state park. chopper 4 over there earlier. this is through light displays. the coolest ones were the lighting up crabs. they have crabs all lit there. it's cool. i used to go there as a kid. let's look at it and tell you how things are going back towards the toto mack. 36, winds out of the west at 7 miles per hour. we are on the cool side. not cold just yet. that comes tomorrow. out there right now, 34 gae gaithersburg, 33 at dulles. cloud cover and snowfall keeping them warmer. we always talk about the clouds adding a blanket on top not allowing it to cool off. and look at the snow back towards i 81, back

doug kammererer you are also tracking a chance for snowflakes? >> we are watching that on radar as that arctic front moves in across our region. i'm not expecting a lot but don't be surprised to wake up to a dusting in parts of the area. look right now. storm team 4 radar tracking that snow. mostly over towards baltimore, portions of philadelphia and track the line back to the west. i wouldn't be surprised to see this fill in in a little bit. it's county, howard county as well. may see some flakes. but not a big deal. what is a big deal. temperatures. 35 in dc. 17, morguontown, 0 in columbus. that's the extremely cold air that's making its way in here. once the arctic front moves in here comes the cold. tomorrow morning, 20 to 30 degrees colder, winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour. wind chills of 5 to 156789 i'm sick just thinking it about it. >> thank you, doug. this cold blast is coming at the worst possible time for residents of one high-rise apartment in our area. they don't have heat. building management says they are working on the problem. in

i'm sure chief motor oolgs doug kammererer will tell you more about that. i'm live in silver pring. i'm show maury stone. news4. >>> some local school districts and college campuses are delaying saturday events. activities at month and charles county schools in maryland won't start until 11:00 a.m. activities are delayed until noon in fairfax county. northern virginia community college won't in until noon. and the university of maryland is delaying all saturday exams by one hour. and you can see a full list the delays in our main weather story on the nbc washington app. and tune in for the latest forecast on news4 today starting toal morning at 6:00 a.m. >>> a 19-year-old woman is facing arson charges tonight after flames swept through her family's home here in silver spring that blaze began on a second floor bedroom about 1:00 this morning at home here on sea island court. the homeowner tried to put the fire out himself to use a blanket to smother the flames. that didn't work. that's when the family of four ran out the front door. >> in this particular case, in their attempts to sm