so southern maryland and fredericksburg, that's the area that is still going to get the most snow. and that's the area that is under a winter weather advisory. it includes anne arundel county, prince george's county, calvert county, st. mary's, back towards s wrles county, stanford, l as fredericksburg, towards king george and the rest of the northern neck that is through tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. what are we going to be seeing over the next couple of hours? well, about 12:00, about an hour from now, the snow is going to be coming down. in some places, it's going to be coming down at a pretty good clip. these are nice big flakes with a very dry air mass. 17 degrees for the temperature. 15 degrees at 3:00 a.m. still snowing around 3:00. but then getting out of here. and by early tomorrow morning, the snow is gone. skies are starting to clear. temperatures, though are, on the cold side with temperatures around 14degrees. i do expect to see some delays. possibly school closings too. we'll keep you updated on all of those right here. >> thanks, doug. as the snow falls, crews are ou

it shows rain over fredericksburg and southern maryland. it is pretty much all in the green on the radar, which means it is falling as liquid precipitation. 34 in dallas, gaithersburg and frederick. 35 in fredericksburg. is limited, so make sure you drive with caution. we will continue to see rain in our area. a big time warm-up is coming. i will join you from the belfort furniture center in just a little bit. >> we will see you then. traffic is till tied up along route 50 in falls church. a water main break triggered a sinkhole there. route 50 is about to be shut down in both directions between sandy point park and saint clare's so the crews can repair communication wires that came down during this morning's freezing rain. harsh be dealing with weather for quite a while. company --caused the this frees is estimated to have cost the country $5 billion. it the biggest economic disruption caused by the weather since superstorm sandy. manythe weather is cold, drivers leave their cars unattended while they let them warm-up. but today, drivers a

and we will see snow beginning to fall in fredericksburg and waldorf, and calvert county, and that is why we have the winter advisories in that area, and anne aroundel, and it includes the northern neck into the early tomorrow morning. not the area nos west though. i will break it down and show you who gets what and when in the full forecast. >> thank you, doug. news4 today begins early tomorrow morning getting you the latest traffic and weather tomorrow. and we will have information about school closings or delays tomorrow starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> and southbound wisconsin avenue in bethesda are still closed. the temperatures are causing a water main break this afternoon and we will have more on the progress and the traffic jam it is causing. >>> and the state of the union address begins this three hours. we have learned that president obama's vision for the coming year includes a raise of the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts. he is going the do that and more through use of executive action rather than waiting for the congress to act. the republicans are going to be watc

the same for winchester, fredericksburg, and shenandoah county. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampshire, jefferson, and morgan county schools are closed. hardy county schools will open two hours late. if you missed one or didn't see your school listed, a complete list is at the bottom of the screen and on nbcwashington.com. >>> 4:31. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. let's get the latest on this deep freeze with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seigel. good morning. >> good morning. our temperatures are going to remain below freezing. 32 degrees until saturday. this morning, bundle up. be cautious for black ice. what happened yesterday with all of the sunshine, we did have melting during the day. and that melting quickly refroze overnight. so again, this morning especially on the secondary roads and sidewalks, you could be dealing with some spots of black ice. temperatures right now, the single digits and teens. washington, now dropped down to 14 degrees. we're at seven in gaithersburg. here's your planner for areas like gaithersburg. we can pull it out on the map. throughout the d

and mount airy to 15 and the same over the fredericksburg. if you want to clean the sidewalks,it inow, because this is the time to get it. yes, we will get more snow, but the windchills are going to be dropping below zero, and by midnight, and 5 to 10 or 15 degrees below zero by 5:00 tomorrow morning. and here it will feel like minus 2, and 4 below in hagerstown, and 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, mighty cold, and this is the latest blast of cold may rival and be colder than last one that we had about two weeks ago right here on the weather deck where it is 23 degrees, the current temperature, folks with the snow continuing to come down. doug? >> well, we will continue to see the snow for the next couple of hou hours, and we will break down the timing, and pick up from the west, the nine inches of snow and break it down for you and show you who has the most. >> and the winter storm is keeping many people in our area at home and work and school, because the travel is treacherous. but as we found out, not everybody is prepared to stay indoors all

a coating and waldorf to annapolis, and now 301 to inch of fredericksburg, and this is the bull's eye area for our region, and leonardtown to calvert beach, and huntington area, and cambridge and more than four inches down to the extreme portions of st. mary's ko county, and salisbury and more than that. and the next couple of days, what are we seeing? well, staying cold tomorrow with a high of 26 and the high of 33 on the thursday, and 44 on the friday and then on saturday a high of 47. looking good for friday and saturday and super bowl sunday ax chance of rain with a high of 43. >> thank you, doug. it is the case of the missing mail, and why someeople say it is days since they have gotten a delivery, and so we went to the postal service to get some answers. >> i'm dianna russini, and in newark, new jersey, and this is the super bowl media day. if you think that last year was strange, wait until you see mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart

area of folks seeing several areas of snow, and we have been tracking it from leonarddown and fredericksburg and already seeing the snow from the sizable system that is making its way up the coast. it is going to graze us. so the snow chance mainly over southern maryland, and a bigger chance for ocean city, and isolated slick roads early tomorrow morning that could lead to delays and a map on how much will fall across the area. >> all right. veronica, thanks, and a busy stretch of downtown wisconsin avenue in bethesda is shutdown because of another water main break. and this one happened at 12:00, and between woodmont avenue and battery lane. and the southbound lanes could be found rushing around the area, and the suburban sanitary area said that they are dealing with breaks in the area and many of them caused by freezing temperatures. >> and fou to the latest on the columbia mall shooting. right now there are more questions than answers surround ing the gunman. howard county police say they are examining darion aguilar's home phone and cell phone and computer. they are rook also looking at

now back up to 14. 14 right now in cambridge. 19 in fredericksburg. but i want you to notice what is going on back here to the west. look at winchester, normally one of our coldest spots, martinsburg. those temperatures have not fallen. they've actually risen a little bit. the reason? cloud cover overnight tonight. so we're not going to see nearly as cold temperatures as we have over the past couple of nights as the clouds continue to make their way in. now, tomorrow morning still going to be cold. some areas maybe 14. but most areas closer to that 20 to 22 degree number. so still cold, but a little bit better. over the next couple of days, we've got warmer weather. we've got snow. we've got ice. we've got rain. it's all there for you. i've got it in my forecast in just a minute. >> oh, joy. thanks. >>> the city is take action after a dying man was denied help just a few steps away at a d.c. fire station. the lieutenant in charge of station 26 is now on desk duty. on saturday, medric mills was walking with his daughter on rhode island avenue northeast

and waldorf and fredericksburg, that worked out. 3-4 in leonardtown and 4 inches in southern cape may and st. mary's county. we did see pretty good snow totals from this storm and now talking about the cold air. 26 degrees in washington. 19 in gaithersburg. tonight, we could drop nearly 20 degrees. it will be another frigid night. then, nice changes. >> can't wait to hear about those later on. thank you. >>> that big snowstorm brought us another rare sight. >> at virginia beach. right now, crews are working to clear the 10 inches of snow that fell overnight. and in southern maryland they got more snow than they're used to seeing. taking us to calvert county. >> reporter: clearing all this snow from the roadway deway inne parking lot became a big job. >> we were think iing 3 inch amount. it became a big job. at the school, the snow was a bonus for kids like this fifth grader. >> what's the best thing about the snow? >> i like going sledding. >> reporter: being out of school? >> yeah. >> reporter: that is an an added bonus? >> yeah. >> reporter: here at solomon's island, traffic is movi

also tracking snow around the fredericksburg area traveling along 95 here. likely seeing some of that activity, maybe some flurries over quantico. cloudy skies and breezy conditions. here we are at 11:00 a.m., notice the snow in northern montgomery county up towards baltimore, 3:00 potentially, another round of light snow making its way through the area. 7:00, continuing to track snow, 9:00, notice this activity once again over the district into prince george's. down into southern maryland. overnight tonight, we're dry, and then maybe some flurries around tomorrow afternoon. here's your snow forecast. you can see really not impressive at all, which is good news because i think we need a break from the snow we had on tuesday, the cold all of the sort of weather right now. just a dusting for most of us today if that. as you get into carroll county up towards baltimore, a dusting to an inch is possible there and northern parts of frederick county in maryland. but most of us not seeing accumulation today. temperatures right now in the 20s. 25 in washington, 26 d

high temperature the today of 54 in washington, and 59 in fredricks burlg, a -- fredericksburg, and 50s to the north and west, and this is how it feels, and the high temperatures were 11 or 12:00 this morning, but now we are down to 22 for windchill in d.c., and 13 inga gaithersburg, and 26 in culpepper and it is feeling 20 to 30 degrees colder in the region. that is happening right now. the cold air is coming in as the cold front has moved through and with we do have the windchill advisory in effect for everybody from the i-95 corridor west. and tonight, 10 degrees below zero again. and wait until we show you the numbers coming up tomorrow, and again, we are going to see a chance for the snow tomorrow the and into wednesday, and we will show you the best chances of that coming up in a minute. >> and now we have up to the minute details coming up in that columbia mall. here is a look outside of the mall right now, and it row opened for the first time since the saturday shooting, and workers and shoppers were returned to the scene where two people were killed and a shooter took his life.

a few pockets from fredericksburg and in the metro area. across the region, we have been watching down south. that is where they continue to have headaches. eastern north carolina will be the jackpot for accumulations. for most of our area and points midwest, a dusting of snow. that is why east and south where we find winter weather advisory's but even in these areas is going to be maybe up to an inch or so. maybe two inches further south. possible to inch amount, we will see if that happens. that will be well to the south. the jackpot clearly to the south and east of the area as the stormy can exit overnight and we have some sunshine tomorrow. snow will continue. it will be cold and windy but sunny tomorrow. in a fewhare it all minutes. >> see you then, doug. thank you very much. now we turn to the situation outside. are dealing with that one-two punch, the bitter cold plus fresh snow causing problems on the road. one of our crews captured some light snow coming down in northwest earlier this evening. the snow was coming down heavier to ou

the highs, 48 in culpepper, and 44 in fredericksburg and 48 in la play ta tomorrow with a partly sunnynd friday and saturday and sunday, a fair amount of clouds around from time to time. and again, as we start to thaw out, and a reminder to stay off of the ice for ponds and rivers and streams. and in terms of sunday, folks, partly sunny and mostly cloudy sky and second half of the weekend and just a little weak system that may come through the area, and then a system that could bring some snow on monday, and here it is 7:00 a.m. with the light accumulation that is going to be ending at 1:00. and the high temperature is 46 and 48 on saturday, and 55 on sunday, with again a slight chance of the big game day that we could see rain showers coming through the area at 55 degrees and monday now, it is a 40% chance of snow, and monday, right now, with the temperature of 39 degrees, the best chance of snow will be early in the day, i think. we will continue to watch this storm, and the good news is where the temperatures are being so warm with the next system coming in on monday, we hahave warm

hopes to restock the school by collecting supplies at the walmart at washington square plaza in fredericksburg. he'll be there from 6:00 until 8:00 tonight. >>> also today, you can ask edward snowden what he thinks of president obama's efforts to control the nsa. snowden is taking part in a live webcast today. it comes on the same day a government task force urges the president to take even more steps to rein in the nsa's power. nbc's tracie potts has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: this is the website where former nsa contractor edward snowden will answer questions live this afternoon about the government secrets he leaked to the world. >> it is our firm position that he ought to return to the united states and face the charges against him. >> reporter: the spying program snowden exposed are now under heavy scrutiny. in a report due out today, a government task force is expected to recommend that the national security agency stop collecting americans' phone records. in a split decision, 3-2, the privacy and civil liberties oversight board will also say the government should purge its

and 29 degrees in fredericksburg.r the next three days, as the snow approaches, a yellow alert for tuesday. windy as well. a high of 26. overnight, a low temperature of so and then wednesday it's going to be very cold, only rebounding to 22 degrees. the arctic blast is coming back to the dc metro area. in the first alert 7 day, there's a slight chance for snow showers on thursday. 26 degrees on thursday and friday, and then back to the 30s next weekend, but it stays cold in that first alert 7 day. it's time again for a lock at traffic. here's monica. >> in the baltimore area on the eastbound side of i-70 at route 40 split. there's an overturned tractor- trailer and on the eastbound side, follow police direction. on the south side, overnight, a double fatal crash. oxen hill road is closed between the national harbor and route 210. if you're one of those that comes up on route 210, you'll be fine. that remains open. but begun, oxen hill road is closed between those two areas. beware of that. that investigation has been

waldorf, calvert county, fredericksburg, all rain.st, leesburg, gaithersburg, germantown, all snow. they reported snow as early as 3:00 this afternoon. bethesda is reporting snow. everybody is going to see accumulation. we are not done yet. this is the first round of things to come. you can see the moisture making its way up interacting with the cold air. you can see the rain/snow line drifting to the south, too. it will continue to do so. two to four inches to the north. the weather service has a winter weather advisory through howard and montgomery county, northern fauquier and places to the north. let's time this out for you. i'll show you what we are expecting as this continues to move through. snow to the west. showers toward the east. around 8:45, the rain/snow line moving south. waldorf getting in on the snow. fredericksburg and d.c. ending to the west. you are getting your heaviest snow right now, leesburg. around 11:30, seeing the heaviest snow from d.c. to the chesapeake bay. 3:00 a.m., everybody back in the snow as the stor

up maybe to frederick here through loudoun loudoun county as well. 1 to 3 fredericksburg, prince charles, annapolis. southern calvert, st. mary and if you're in the northern neck you can get 6 to 9. check this out. williams burstburg, norfolk, maybe even a foot. our forecast today cloudy, 22, some snow tonight, 17. tomorrow 28 as we clear out pretty early. 36 thursday. friday we're into the 40s with a chance for some rain or snow showers and upper 40s on saturday and a reminder we'll start tomorrow morning at 4 a.m. covering any delays and closings. we've got some great tips on your super bowl party comi >>> bubbly instead of beer for your super bowl party. absolutely. that's why molly fox is here. she's with barefoot wine and bubbly. some super bowl entertaining is what we're going to talk about. not everybody likes beer though just a tongue in cheek reference there. i knew of barefoot wines but i did not know of the selection. you have a huge selection and i didn't know that champagne was part of the selection. >> we have 29 different options in the portfolio. when it comes to the big

the current windchill is 11 and in leesburg it is 9, and 8 in fredericksburg. have the windchill advisory through the early morning hours. that is the area shaded in the light blue and that is for 5 to 10 below zero, and back to the west, in mineral county, west virginia, and that area of allegheny, you will see the windchills close to 20 below zero, and close to the system we saw a couple of weeks ago and that is the kind of cold we are seeing here, and the difference here is the fact that it is going to stick around. and the last time it was this cold, we saw a high of 21 degrees, and this time, a high of 15 and then staying in the low 20ed for the next three days, and they don't go above freezing again until saturday when another blast of cold air come comes in. and veronica, i am ooh loving this hood out here right now. >> and it looks good, doug. and we are seeing the blowing and the drifting snow today, and you need to stay off of the roads and even now if you don't have to. and we will have another look at the extended forecast and again how long the col

fredericksburg up to 25. just in the upper teens. shenandoah valley many locations there in the upper teens. the strongest winds on the eastern seaboard along the eastern shore area. the winds are diminishing. we have the weekend forecast and another cold blast next week. >> i will take your words about the wind diminishing. the storm came through and had an impact on power around our area. we will show you where things stand right now in terms of electricity. reporting about 3700 of its customers in the dark at this hour. many are in arlington. we look at the numbers for you. about 1700 customers in the dark. most of them in d.c. and prince george's county. on top of that, the roads have been a mess all day long. it's a rough commute for a lot of folks around the area, particularly in maryland. chopper 4 over 95 and howard county this morning. tra tractor-trailer skidded right off the road and we saw scenes like that throughout the morning. megan is live for us in montgomery count we more. megan? >> the snow tapered off hours ago, b

you can see that most of the trucks in northern virginia when we checked and in fredericksburg, that's where we're seeing most of the trucks, you can also plug in your address and get the option to take a look at live traffic cameras around where you live. you can do the same if you live in howard county, maryland, on the county's website. you can view the snow-removal live. a handy legend also shows what has been plowed or salted. you saw it off to the right of your screen. in the district, d.c.gov has a snow response reporting system, it's updated every half-hour. note, you do have to zoom in to where you live, and then you click the "start" button, then the trucks on the map like here will pop up. and i posted all of these helpful tools at our website, nbcwashington.com. search the word "plow." back to you. >> thanks. >>> we can show you the main reason for flight delays and cancelations in our area. mounds of snow covered the runways for hours. we'll get a progress report on the work overnight to get more planes in the air. >>> and the special service set up at a major transportati

this is the area that saw the snow, the last area to see snow and accumulated snow around fredericksburg, down around the northern neck and portions of st. mary and calvert county. now, we're going to continue to see the snow move off towards the east. now it's just the cold. 2 below right now in camp springs. the windchill 1 in the district. 3 below towards hagerstown. it feels like 6 degrees in leesburg, and it feels like 7 in culpeper. we're going to go down even more. because of, that we have the windchill advisory in effect through noon tomorrow. that's for everybody around the i-95 corridor, southern maryland, in through west virginia and western maryland. this is a windchill warning. windchills upwards of 10 to 20 below back there. you're going to wake up to some extremely cold numbers. the snow we got today, it's not going anywhere soon. i'll let you know when we may finally see relief from both the snow and the cold temperatures coming up. >> thank you, doug. many schools are making the call to close for a second day. d.c. public schools will close tomorrow. in maryland, montgom

one in hagerstown, nine in manassas, 13 in fredericksburg. the winds are still gusting to near 30 miles per hour. as a result, windchills are running between five and 15 degrees below zero. your hourly temperatures today, barely getting into the upper teens, maybe the low 20s at best. windchills will stay down near zero. what should you wear? your heaviest coat, your warmest socks, your insulated gloves. and keep somebody close by because extra body heat sometimes really makes all the difference. we'll talk more about how long the cold is going to last and any more snow chances coming up now danella. >>> definitely snuggle weather. if you're heading out, i'm tracking accidents to tell you what to avoid. a live look at chopper 4, we dropped the signal, but over the scene of an accident. the outer loop. the ramp to 450, a crash blocking it -- lost the shot again. the outer loop, while they stabilize the signal, traveling near route 450, the ramp to westbound 450 is blocked. crash involving multiple vehicles. and i hear that the chopper's pictur

lighter activity between fredericksburg and stafford. good snows through fairfax county, really good snow at 66 through fairfax, up toward mcclane and also seems to be a magnet again inbetween the spur and up towards gaithersburg and rockville. a good area of snow as well. let's go outside to erica groh on the weather terrace. >> i'll start off by telling you that we have about 3 inches of snow out here. in fact, i used my little ruler. you can see where i stuck it in and look at that, actually, pretty close to 3 1/2 inches already out here in northwest d.c. let's look at more numbers if r you. 7 inches, just to the northwest of frederic, maryland, and 5 inches in smithburg. potomac, 4 inches on the ground. and in clear brook to the north of winchester, we have about a half foot of snow. topper, back inside to you. >> all right. we're looking at again, snowfall accumulations, 4 to 7 inches through the immediate metro area. more to the north. 6 to 9. remember we expanded this last night at 11:00 and it will hold. in fact, around frederic

the same for schools in winchester, fredericksburg, and shenandoah county. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampshire, jefferson, and morgan schools are closed. hardy schools will open two hours late. if you missed one or didn't see your school, there's a complete list at the bottom of the screen and at nbc4washington.com. >>> amelia seigel tracking conditions as you step out the door. the first thing you'll notice is the cold. >> absolutely frigid temperatures to start off your thursday. and it will remain very cold once again. in fact, we can't shake this chill until saturday. temperatures right now at 15 in washington. elsewhere, mainly in the single digits. only coming in at one degree in manassas. and we're at five degrees right now in camp springs. the latest satellite and radar image. we're not tracking any precipitation right now. in fact, mainly clear skies across the area. winds are also for the most part relatively calm right now. however, as we get into the afternoon hours, the winds pick up, and there is the chance for some snow. i'll be talking more about that coming up in te

near fredericksburg, a couple of inches. report in southern maryland. the highest amounts generally from south of waldorf, st. mary's county, southern calvert had three inches as did the eastern northern neck. it is still frigid this morning. temperatures around the region hovering just in the low teens to near ten degrees farther west and north. now let's check on those roadways around the region with first 4 traffic. danella? >>> good morning. yeah, the drive on the main roads, very, very clear. some of the side streets, that's what you have to look out for. i'm also tracking downed wires. this is what's happening. it's shutting down the ramp from westbound greenbelt road to northbound bw parkway. again, wires on the road there, shuts down the ramp. we'll head down now to d.c. 295 for folks trying to head northbound there. it is shut down between exit one and exit 3 because of an accident. also there's ice on the roadway. in addition to clearing that crash, they're also waiting for salt truck. i'm back in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you. >>> as

hagerstown, 23 degrees right in d.c. 26 degrees currently in fredericksburg.reezing everywhere. tomorrow, there will be a few locations that get above freezing like d.c., manassas, leesburg, culpeper, for sure and fredericksburg to pax river. tomorrow, a southerly wind. it's a milder, more milder wind coming into the area. culpeper, la ray, charlottesville, 37 degrees. sunshine across the area. so, you would think we would see some melting going on. not as low as the temperatures will be. 42 degrees on sunday. a 60% chance of wet weather. i think right now in the morning we have a chance of seeing freezing rain before switching over to all rain. temperatures 38 to 43 degrees. for monday, a 30% chance of snow early. so, for a couple hours, around 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m., a little bit of snow. temperature 29 degrees, then it's falling temperatures throughout the day on monday. again, from about 30 to the low 20s by afternoon, with windchills on monday that will be in the teens. now, take a look at tuesday. the current air mass that we are feeling right now, our co

feels like 19 and fredericksburg. per hour.nd 45 miles our skies are clear. with the fresh snow pack, we are looking at temperatures to fall quickly. he coldest temperatures off to the north and west of the district. we have a brief warming trend on the way and then get ready. some of the coldest weather we have seen in d.c. and 20 years. that is the seven-day outlook. our team coverage continues with the d.c. bureau chief sam ford live in northwest washington. -- sam?ark >> northwest d.c. under a hypothermia alert tonight. we are outside the martin luther king library. every year a city contracted man rounds up homeless people to take them to shelters. they expect more passengers than usual because of the plunging temperatures that came with last night's storm. break froma daytime the extreme cold which came in with last night's snowstorm. a huge tree collapsed, burying one woman's car and knocking out the power to much of the neighborhood. his wife heard it. -- shesaid something woke me up. stay at a going to friends house. >> got to get out to get some wi-

moving in from virginia quite nicely from fredericksburg to the beltway at a good clip stop back over to you. >> many people have to g up and get outside to go to work today during the it are called. that includes a 92-year-old tossing guard and we will tell you how he stays warm in the arctic blast. >> a somber anniversary, 28 years ago today, challenger exploded. it happens because of cold weather. the shuttle was on a launchpad. the chilly air caused hot gases to escape and all the crew members were killed. charges for hitting a police officer with a patrol car. officers tried to serve a man with a warrant. the officers were hit while trying to stop the man who was taking off in the car. this particular case, with the set of circumstances, i cannot speak to it. caught the suspect quickly and the officer was not seriously hurt. colder than usual weather is driving up propane prices and the propane manager says that the price of heating fuel is more than three dollars a gallon. there is a smaller supply because of some of the fuel being sent to the east and midwest. the prices will s

and 33 att dulles fredericksburg. this boundary is going to left up to the north. the warm front will get us into very warm sector of air. tomorrow you will feel the difference in the temperature. but it will take a while for the cold front to come on through. that is going to be happening on sunday. there will be a dramatic difference in temperature. freezing rain early this morning and cloudy skies and showers 37 -- 43 to time, degrees. it isfreezing tonight, just the morning that we need to worry about the winter precipitation. saturday, 55-m on 61 degrees. it is good to get back outdoors with sunshine. it will be much warmer through the west of -- rest of next week. amanda meadows has traffic. >> we are going to start off with a live shot with some of that precipitation north of us. this is going to be coming down to 70 at metal -- meadowbrook. it is reflected off the pavement just a little bit. secondary is getting a little slick. we will look at that and let you know if that does cause problems in the morning commute. for now, you're good to go on to 70. use

from fredericksburg into the beltway, delay free conditions. from 66, you commute is smooth as you head into the bill wait -- the beltway. a couple of live shots to show you current conditions. 95 into virginia and into the 14th street bridge court or, you can see light traffic conditions. off tohington monument your left. we also have a shot from our -- trafficfford tracker. he is heading towards the 11th street bridge. very favorable conditions there. morning, 13 people are dead after a taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near pakistan's main military headquarters. the incident took place this morning in the city of rapidity. alpindi. this comes one day after a taliban bombing inside a compound in northern pakistan. it killed 20 troops. >> one in three americans killed in kabul attended school here in the d c area. -- the d.c. area. alexis and another man died when a suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant. 10 other foreigners and eight afghans were also killed. there are growing concerns about the safety of americans headed thehis --

fredericksburg is looking at 33. mainly clear skies around the beltway. north and west is where we have cloud cover beginning to increase. the clouds will increase overnight. eventually, we will see freezing rain develop west of the seat -- d.c. we have a freezing rain advisory set to go in effect on sunday morning. the further south and west you go, that freezing rain advisory starts at 2:00 in the morning. we could see slick roads through the early morning. temperatures are going to rebound through the daytime and especially tomorrow night. this evening, no problems. temperatures will fall into the 20's. we will see freezing rain begin in the early morning hours. what to expect for the rest of the weekend and the best of the work week? i have a feeling some schools will be canceled in the seven day outlook. >> it is hard enough to deal with the cold walking from your car or to your car, but imagine working outside in these frigid temperatures. richard spoke with some vendors and is live. >> the sun was out today. it did not make a lot of difference. yes

the same for winchester, fredericksburg, and shenandoah county. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampshire, jefferson, and morgan county schools are closed.

fredericksburg is at 29. the cold air is still gripping, but notice this bubble. look at how the blue expands up. this warmer air is filling into our region. aboutare some concerns will happen this time tomorrow morning. this winter he makes -- this wintry mix on the map, that is freezing rain and moisture is going to ride along the front and head our way. by tomorrow morning, we think it will be lights, but we should see a little bit of icing conditions and it could glaze the roadways a little bit. our futurecast is showing you just clouds throughout the day today. we should make it into the upper 30's to around 40 degrees, but we will cool off just enough tomorrow morning that we will see a little bit of this icing potential. it will be short-lived, and i think it will change over to rainfall by mid-to late morning. it will be spotty, widely scattered, and our best chance of moisture will be on saturday. today, partly sunny skies, 35 to 41 degrees. mix earlylittle icy tomorrow, otherwise we will see mostly sunny skies. the best chance of rain with a warm up on y

culpepper, and fredericksburg, and la plata is showing a high of 53. a chance that the numbers and the temperatures could be slightly higher. once again, we will have a few clouds around the area, and still looking at the winter weather though coming our way next week. we start first with the big game day, and this is sunday's hourly forecast. and 1:00 we are mild and 53 degrees to top out at 55 around 2:00, and head on down to 50 by 4:00, and knnotice the cloud cor was throughout the day. it is going to p be whil chilly by 9:10 p.m. sunday evening and the temperature is 42, and right now, all of sunday is looking dry and plenty mild. the thing is that on monday, we have to get ready for what is just a little bit of the snow moving into the area. right now, it is light accumulati accumulation, and right now, the event should be overwith by 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon on monday, and saturday's high is 52 and sunday up to 55, and a 60% chance of snow right now with the high temperature of 39 degrees for monday. certainly a storm system that we are g ar

right at freezing at dulles international airport. 31 and fredericksburg. if you break in the clouds -- a few breaks in the clouds. winds will pick up out of the south and southwest and that will allow something interesting to happen. the same temperatures falling, we will increase our overnight temperatures and by tomorrow morning we should be around 40 degrees. at that point things change big time thanks to a strong cold front that will knock our temperatures down quickly. full details on that and what to expect for the next seven days coming up in a few minutes. >> a vigil is underway for a local teenager killed in a crash in gaithersburg. montgomery county police say that 16-year-old french was walking with a friend on friday when a car struck them, killing french. how friends are remembering that young girl. been pouring in here at covenant life church for much of the evening and friends french'shat teressa absence will be felt throughout the community. >> i can't believe it. i still can't believe she's gone. >> two days after the death of his friend,

still gusting 25 here in the district. 22 in fredericksburg. even out west, western maryland looking at gusts in the mid teens in cumberland and winchester still almost to 30 on the wind gusts. temps that dropped considerably now down to the single digits and low teens. culpeper 12. cumberland is zero. it's one above in hagerstown. 5 above in frederick. good snow pack in gaithersburg at the airport. they're at 3. andrews is at seven and la plata a nippy 8. you factor in the wind, now windchills well below zero. mid-20s below zero in the high country of west virginia. seven below in manassas and nine below in annapolis. one more look outside on our weather camera. reagan national looking nice this morning with the glowing sky behind them. a temperature of 11. the dew point at 4 below. when you ever see these single digits, subzero dew points, that's a sign of the arctic nature of the air mass we're dealing with. wind out of the northwest. our windchill at 7 below zero. there's the storm. it is leaving us. dropped us some five inch plus totals. s

wall and went airborne and smacked into the car drien by matthew wilkerson from fredericksburg, and they say that he died in that crash. >>> tonight, police are saying that the pedestrian signals at tyco and and tysons corner are not working. adam tuss joins us with more on this story. >> well, i want to walk you around here and tell you what is going on. that is leesburg pike and tyco road. up with of the newly constructed intersections. a and you are the silver line rising there. and what the silver line is doing is spawning all of the new development, and now people are having to cross the roads to get to their office buildings, but back here at leesburg and tyco, they say that some of the signals simply don't work. a mad dash to get across the road here at the intersection of leesburg pike and tyco road. many pedestrians say it is a guessing game as to when they are supposed to the cross. >> you don't know when you are suppose to go. >> yes, crossing is treacherous. >> and lis ep as we were talking to her on the sidewalk. >> you see, it is tresh the rouse, and scary. yeah, there

included, and around bowie and this area, about 3 to 6, and then up here to fredericksburg, and leesburg and gaithersburg, this is going to be the kind of snow that you have to shovel and clean up after the system moves out which is late tuesday. winds also increasing with the temperature between 25 and 30 degrees early tomorrow morning. then as we get into the afternoon, your high is 15 to 22 degrees, and here is a look at the four-day forecast, and the highs around 21, 24, 26 degrees. for the remainder of the work week. i will show you houpg these sub freezing temperatures will hang on and we will take another look at the snowfall amounts in a few. >> and thank you, v.j., and hundreds reported ill after that chemical spill in west virginia. >>> three years after her acquittal on murder charges, amanda knox's fate is once again in the italian court, and why her former boyfriend may have the most to lose. >>> and shining moments at the >>> this afternoon, hollywood is talking about trend in this year's award season. >> "american hustle" is hold in the top honors from screen actors guild

well into the double digits. 28 degrees at reagan national, 25 at martinsburg and 26 degrees in fredericksburg. we will see near average temperatures today. it is seasonal for a change. even warmer temperatures are on the way for the weekend. we do have some rain and snow coming in our seven day forecast. all good things must come to an end. more details on that in just another few minutes. let's get the traffic now. amanda, happy friday. >> happy friday. we have smooth rolling on major interstates but we were just talking about that water main break on massachusetts avenue. on the southeast section of the city, just north of 295, you can expect massachusetts avenue to be closed down for that water main break between 34th street southeast and and street northeast. not too bad otherwise. delay free conditions on the major maryland routes. route 50, you're good to go. shore, allhe eastern eastbound lanes get by without delay. 95 loving it for maryland quite nicely, no problems on university or the bw parkway. 270 moves without delay all the way down. all travel lanes open and no incidents report

gusty winds, 25 in town, gusting 23, 22 in fredericksburg, 24 in leesburg, but these winds, they're going to come down some this afternoon, and get light tonight. but temperatures are going to drop significantly tonight, probably close to where they were this morning, which is near zero. still only 9 in gaithersburg, 8 westminster, up in hagerstown. 16 at the harris, and 12 in winchester. temperatures will not be getting out of the teens this afternoon. and windchills, some cases 10 below. i'm going to be back in a few minutes, and talk about the 7-day, and there's more snow chances for us, coming up. >> thanks. >>> life here slowly getting back to normal. but most school systems are up again. the federal government is it back at work, but they started two hours late, allowing workers to deem with the cold, the snow covered roads and slippery sidewalks. we have team coverage. >> reporter: even though moles of the roads here in dc were treated and plowed overnight, there were system some slick spots, and this driver here honor the 2800 block ever 4th 4th slammed into that utility pole, and

4 to 6 inches and depending where it is, then we will find out how much to the west, towards fredericksburg, and gaithers burlg, and winchester, and i would not be surprised to see more than eight inches, because it could happen on the i-95 corridor. it depends where the strongest band sets up. normally with the clippers we will see 1 to 3 inches, and this one is going to turn into the nor'easter to increase the snowfall totals, and so will the cold air. the colder the air, the more the snow piles up. tomorrow, 30 and then the temperatures drop in the afternoon and going for a high of 21 on wednesday. as a matter of fact, look at this, the windchills starting off at minus 10 early on wednesday morning, and wednesday night, 6 degrees is what we can expect with the windchill and staying in the freezer with on thursday and 24 on friday and we get out of the freezer on saturday, and the temperatures are still in the 30s, and that is one wintry forecast. >> thank you, doug. >>> we all know that seat belts save lives burk do y-- lives, bt do you buckle up your pet? >> well, many americans own dog

coming from fredericksburg into the beltway, you are good to go. no delays or problems. we have a live shot for you. just to show you current onditions on the bridge. good conditions in both directions there. >> rail service is expected to start the day on a regular weekday schedule. the service may be reduced due to expected low ridership. bus service is also expected to start with a normal schedule. buses could be delayed or detoured. they are asking you to only travel if necessary. >> we're posting constant updates at wjla.com as well as facebook and twitter. get the latest watches and warnings sent straight to your phone. >> there will be a special election to fill the seat of mark herring. polls open in just about two hours from now at 6:00 this morning. following some breaking news out of the district this morning. police are at a home on gerard street. they tell us two dead bodies were found inside that house. we have a crew headed there now. >> in the day ahead, the germantown mother and her friend accused of killing two toddlers and wounding two other children a

manassas, culpeper, fredericksburg, just a coating possible. sunday is looking like the better of the two weekend days just for the sheer fact it's dry. notice this weekend,re$250 million development complete with apartments, a hotel, and other stores. the store should open next year. >>> today leaders from our area will head to norfolk where the navy will cut the ribbon on a new room aboard one of its ships. we'll get to see the tribute room for the first time. it paid homage to those who lost their lives during the plane crashes at the pentagon. leaders will be there for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. >>> we're staying on top of breaking news at 5:00 a.m. a water main break causing a huge mess in montgomery county. megan mcgrath with the latest. >> reporter: and it is a huge, icy mess. now, just within the last few minutes, that storm drain has begun to do its job. you see that the water is now going down the roadway here. this is rockville pike, and going down the storm drain. that's a bit of an improvement here. we're not seeing the daepth of

a chance for snow showers in your saturday weather. 37, fredericksburg, 32, frederick. it's areas to the north through frederick, howard county, loudoun county, toward prince william county, northern fauquier that have the best chance of snow sticking during the late afternoon and the evening hours. here it is, bowie, annapolis, areas around columbia, just toward gaithersburg. there could be an inch of snow, not just on grassy surfaces but on some of the secondary roads, too. these are the areas up north around 29 where it might get a little slick during the evening hours. for the most part, if you're in this -- in the area shaded in light blue, that would be around blue mont toward warrenton, fredericksburg, waldorf, leonardtown on west, i don't think you'll have any trouble at all tomorrow traced to snow showers. conversational event for you. for frostburg, western maryland, there could be as much as three to five inches coming down for the area. by sunday, folks, the possibility of some more flurries during the afternoon and evening hours. another little fast-moving

it feels about 25 degrees in washington and 16 in gaithersburg. 23 down in fredericksburg.ere are your low temperatures tonight. washington has a low of 18 degrees. so a cold start tomorrow morning. once the sun comes up, it's a sunny start for your sunday morning because clouds will increase during the day. tomorrow afternoon, breezy at times and a high tomorrow of 28 degrees. notice on future weather at noon, all the clouds across the area, maybe some light flurries passing through the area tomorrow afternoon. and then monday, it's the warmup before the cooldown. a high on monday of 35. there's the rain and snow chance. winds increase later in the day on monday. and then on tuesday, this is when our arctic blast arrives. tuesday morning, single digit lows in the suburbs, windchill temperatures below zero. and overall, our high temperatures on tuesday will be running about 30 degrees below average. another cold day on wednesday. saturday, temperatures will return to about average for this time of year with some rain possible on saturday. >> thank you, amelia. >>> coming up

tonight. 50 degrees in a lot of places like winchester and leesburg. 50 at bwi and annapolis. 55 in fredericksburg, a very pleasant afternoon. you can see here on satellite and radar that the early morning cloud cover has now pretty much broken up just a few high clouds. the jet stream is still to our north, that's going to descend toward us as we head into the overnight hours and on 9 future cast, timing out the arrival of this snow is coming toward us from the north and west, as you can see. the leading edge of the snow arriving right around noon tomorrow and notice this is all snow, all the way down to norfolk, and this snow will continue throh the day on tuesday through the evening commute. that evening commute is going to be messy and by dinner time, we're still looking at the snowfall snow -- snowfalling. and during the overnight hours we'll see the wind pick up, clearing skies, really cold temperatures moving in in as we head into wednesday. tuesday will be cold, too. take a look at our predicted snowfall awe cumulations. 3 to -- awe -- accumulations, to the north and west, and also to the

feels like 4 below in fredericksburg and 10 below up in frederick and 4 above at the moment in washington. looking at our michael & son weather camera great visibility. 13. well it had some winds earlier. another report came in with calm so the winds have been variable at reagan national and humidity at 45%. inside the house shock alert. you know this is such a dry air mass anif you're not using the humidifier, you have the carpet and doorknob, just get the shocking and static electricity. big ridge out west. you know temperatures in anchorage are running about 20 some odd degrees warmer than here in d.c.. they're in the 30s this morning while we're in the teens. we've got the cold aeroall the way down to the gulf coast and you know areas of texas and louisiana dealing with sleet, snow. maybe a couple of inches up north. a half inch of sleet and snow down in southern louisiana. that's going to set them down for the day. even down around houston they've got problems. our next weather maker is coming out of southern canada into northern minnesota right now. this will be arriving here oh tom

in frederick, 20 in martinsburg, 25 in culpeper and you see we just dropped to 24 degrees in fredericksburg. when you factor in the winds, it feels like 4 degrees in gaithersburg, feels like 5 in hagerstown, feels like 9 at andrews and it feels like 14 degrees right now in fredericksburg. you can see here on satellite and radar the clearing skies that we have overhead, that along with the diminishing winds are really going to allow temperatures to drop. we'll stay clear for the most part saturday on 9 futurecast, but some cloud cover is starting to approach during the day sunday staying dry until at least noon and then a band of showers moves in and in could cause some freezing rain on top of that snow -- and this could cause some freezing rain on top of that snowpack. overnight tonight mostly clear to partly cloudy, 7 to 15, winds southeasterly at 5 to 10 miles per hour. in the morning hours it's going to be partly cloudy, temperatures in the single digits and teens, south winds 5 to 15. in the afternoon mostly sunny, just a bit blustery. it's not going to be as windy as today, wind chills

minus 4, even down into southern maryland and hovering near zero, culpeper to fredericksburg. future wind chills. here we go forward in time. temperatures subzero, now wind chills in the single digits, above zero by later this afternoon. by 9:30 tonight, notice they're not dropping back down below zero. they're still in the single digits, but even by tomorrow morning, because the wind is going to be near-calm by tomorrow morning, so, yes, it's going to be cold, but without the wind, it's not going to necessarily feel as severe. by tomorrow afternoon, temperatures once again starting to rebound just a bit. we should make it into the low and mid-20s tomorrow. but it's going to be ferociously cold for the remainder of the day. a lot of blowing snow around. you really need to dress in your layers. temperatures will slowly recover a bit. maybe into the upper teens to near 20 degrees today. that's really going to be about all we can hope for across much of the region. and again, with a clear sky and a fading wind, it's going to be bombs away on the low temperatures tonight. the good

the same goes for schools in fredericksburg and shenandoah county. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampshirejefferson, and morgan county schools will also open two hours late. we have a complete list of the closings and late openings on the bottom of your screen and on nbcwashington.com. >>> let's go to meteorologist tom kierein for a first look at the forecast. >> what's missing is certainly welcome. that wind has died down. a calm wind, but a frigid start still. temperature in mu-- temperature much of the region to single digit. reagan national, 14. they're getting breeze off the warmer waters of the potomac. the lower part of the bay, in the teens. shenandoah valley into west virginia, right now temperatures are in the mid to upper single digits. we're going to have a cold afternoon, but not as cold as yesterday. here are highs. i'm thinking we're going to be reaching near freezing in washington. north and west will probably say below freezing, in the 20s. here in washington with the freezing, it's only going to be reaching that freezing mark only briefly. then a warming trend as we get t