74 down towards the fredericksburg area. so once again, we are going to continue to see these showers right on through 6:00 7:00 tonight. 7:00, here they come again, the next round, right around 8:00 in and around the metro area once again, and by 9:00 10:00 they start to get out. after, that we start to clear out pretty nicely. tomorrow nothing but sunshine across the area. high temperatures though 10 to 15 degreesre they were this afternoon. but i'll tell you, not a bad day. 55 in martinsburg, 60 in fredericksburg 58 in d.c. tomorrow will be a beautiful afternoon but a lot cooler. temperatures rising in the mid-40s by 9:00 a.m. 49 by 11:00, and 56 degrees by 1:00 fm. if you're thinking of exercising, all day is looking good for that. thursday rather windy. winds gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour again with a high of 70. we get to 75 rather breezy on friday too, with a good chance of showers during the day. best chance will be north of d.c. but that does include the d.c. metro area for showers on friday. we see another f

waldorf, fredericksburg and quantico.k to the west this is the next band of showers around winchester front royal, martinsburg. we're not done. really we're not even close to being done just yet. here's the last band that's going to make its way through during the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning. i think you'll have problems with the morning rush as far as rain is concerned. but look at the temperatures. 56 in washington. 38 right now in pittsburgh. 40 in state college. that's the cold air that will continue to move on in across our region. as i mentioned, we're not done with the rain just yet. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, there it is all across our region. as you make your way towards 5:00 6:00 7:00 even 8:00 we have another chance of rain. it will affect your morning commute just a little bit. again, this is rain, not snow. we're not near freezing. it's just going to be wet roadway, but give yourself some extra time. watch what happens by 1:00. it's just about all out of here. towards southern maryland you ma

one exception, down around fredericksburg. i think you'll see the least amount of rain if you look down around fredericksburg stafford spotsylvania county but everybody else seeing heavier rain coming through loudoun county right now, montgomery county. let's zoom into this area right here including into the d.c. metro area. heavier rain around the 270/495 split around bethesda gaithersburg right around olney olney, montgomery village. down towards fairfax county. city of fairfax, centreville, also seeing heavier rain. we'll continue to see that through the night. another wave that's coming through. this is one wave and here we have another one here. we're not going to see much of a lull in between. may see a little bit in the way of lighter rain but the heavier rain moves in back across the region. once again notice down to the south, not seeing it here. current temperature down around norfolk, 68 degrees. so once again the warm air just down to our south. but that's why we're seeing the rain around our area. that's also why

now, just because southern maryland fredericksburg the northern neck just because d.c. you're not in the advisory to be just as cold in those areas. take a look. feels-like temperatures tonight, down to 15 in gaithersburg by 8:00 15 manassas by 11:00 sinls back to the west 16 in d.c. and by early tomorrow morning we're below zero in many areas. 5 below in gaithersburg 3 below martinsburg, 3 below in leesburg fredericksburg coming in at zero degrees. a very cold start to our friday. good thing that the schools are starting to cancel because it's going to be very slick, very icy, and, yes, very cold too. 27 for a high temperature tomorrow. 42 degrees on saturday. 47 on sunday. and notice we're moving in the right direction. 50 on monday. let's just keep going. we increase every single day. 53 on tuesday. 59 on wednesday. 64 on thursday. the last time we had at least three days in a row, 50 degrees or better christmas. >> say that again, doug. next thursday looking at -- >> 64! >> okay. just wanted to hear that one more time. we'll get through this. because that's what we

in fact, the wind is now calm in winchester, manassas, quantico and fredericksburg. clear skies, calm wind, so the temperatures will drop. manassas is 37, 47 downtown, 42 annapolis. in the city, we will fall to about 39 degrees, but i think the suburbs will fall near freezing. grabbed the jacket heading out the door in the morning. by the afternoon it will feel spectacular. 60's the highs both tomorrow and tuesday. but just when you think it is here to stay, cooler air returns for the middle and the end of the week. we will break down the forecast from the belfort furniture weather center coming up. kimberly: the american embassy in saudi arabia suspend a counselor services today and will do the same tomorrow. services are on hold at the missions because of a security threat. friday, the embassy warned of a threat i terrace to kidnap western -- a threat by terrace to connect western oil workers. they told them to keep a low profile the next few days. a judge will hear arguments tuesday on restricting a terrorism suspect's phone access. in a phone interview with an oh

high of 63 in fredericksburg. 6 it was beautiful everywhere. get ready for the weekend, you'll need the umbrellas. i'll tell you what it means for the all-important weekend coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> new at 11:00, a virginia university has suspended one of its fraternities for a hazing incident involving a taser. the president announced that phi kappa psi fraternity will be suspended for three years after a taser was used on a pledge. no one was seriously hurt. >>> a representative from the carnival cruise lines tells our affiliate that video shows cameron smook climbing over a railing before he fell overboard. the u.s. coast guard called off his search near the bahamas today. he was from glenn allen. he had just accepted a job. >>> 11 service members are now presumed dead. four army aviators along with seven marines were aboard a black hawk helicopter that crashed in florida during a training exercise last night. there was fog and that hammered part of the search through this morning. wreckage started washing ashore today. searchers

mary's county in fredericksburg.ertainly some snow lingering north of town, up to 70 frederick. notice the temperatures are still above freezing. that will cut down on accumulations. again, we could still see an inch or two of slushy accumulations north and west of town. 34 the day planner at 7 can. upper 30s at 9. low 30s at 11 and upper 40s at 1 with a few high clouds coming in by 1:00. there's the yellow alert. snow to rain, 44, but spring arrives on friday evening. the first full day of spring. won't feel like spring, sunshine and temperatures around 60. next seven days gets a little cooler but it stays dry and quiet. upper 50s sunday, low 50s monday. that storm on tuesday will stay well to the east of us. it will be chilly and 56 on wednesday. we'll go to columbus ohio. >> reporter: thanks so much top. it's a beautiful day here that's for sure, and very quiet right now. the madness of march is about to begin. coming up we'll take a look at how our local teams are preparing for the big dance, maryland, georgetown

but look down to the south and west. 82 today. 77 in fredericksburg 73 winchester. much cooler along the chesapeake. only 49 at the patuxent river. now, tonight's headlines, a warm start tomorrow yeah for sure. tomorrow will start off great. most of the day should be okay. but then by late in the day we'll be turning much colder a yes, a chance of rain and maybe snow coming up late this week. i'll update you on everything coming up in just a minute. >>> just into our newsroom spotsylvania county deputies are investigating a shooting where a man was shot once on harrison road. his wife was taken in for questioning. so far nobody's been charged. the wife is claiming it was an accident. >>> new details tonight on the tragic death of a hiker on the appalachian trail. jason parrish was a philadelphia folk singer who frequently camped in rugged conditions friends said today. high winds brought down a tree sunday morning and it fell on top of him in harper's ferry in washington county. an ambulance volunteer said that tree was known as a potential hazard and was scheduled

we will hear from john hennessy that chief historian at fredericksburg. we will be back live on american history tv on c-span three. while we are waiting for the seminar to resume, we will take a look at our recent look at the south carolina archives. >> we are at the south carolina department of archives, a government agency established in 1905 to promote south carolina's cultural heritage. documents dealing with the history of south carolina, local municipalities counties, anything dealing with state government is here. all of our documents are stored on three floors of climate controlled space which we call the vault. that would be large football field sized rooms. they are kept at 60 degrees fahrenheit and 50% humidity. i want to show you some of the most important documents dealing with columbia's history. even national history, we have documents year of great national significance. we're standing in the research room. this is where the majority of our customers,. . when they come here, they asked to see original documents. these are treasures in rel

but right now fredericksburg is at 37 and warrington a little above freezing. so icing is not quite occurring there, but it issing into colder air. so hour by hour through the morning, we'll have rain and icing between 8:00 through around 9:00 or 10:00. but most of the metro area should be a little above freezing. during the afternoon by 5:00 maybe a few sprinkles around and temperatures in the mid-50s. on monday, i traveled on this great school in washington the john eaton elementary school. had a terrific time there talking to the secondkdcond graders there. i want to thank teacher eileen langholtz to visit. that's in cleveland park. and all these second graders had some great questions. we had a lot of fun. they have already had a unit on weather there. great school there in cleveland park in northwest washington. and later today as we reach the mid-50s a small chance of an additional sprinkle. so have the umbrella handy. then overnight tonight, we should just have a small chance of a sprinkle and not as cold tomorrow morning in the 40s. and much milder on t

a high of 58 in washington 60 in fredericksburg 57 in frederick. not bad. tomorrow will not be a bad day but it will be a little below average. nice with sunshine. better on thursday with a high of 70. rather windy on thursday and friday. look at friday. a high of 75 just a few showers on friday. maybe a rumble of thunder. not a bad weekend. again, a little cooler on saturday passover sunday easter. looking good dry with a high of 63. >>> that brush fire that doug mentioned in montgomery county has just been contained, but it's still causing traffic issues right now. firefighters are working to contain some hotspots out in that area. the blaze spread to at least 50 acres and more than 100 firefighters were called to the scene. traffic onda damascus road has been closed in both directions and firefighters ask people to stay away from that area. >>> taking a different path. first at 4, could changes be coming to a controversial law that's causing a lot of backlash against an entire state? >>> recall alert inside your house. why something that's supposed to he

by 1:00 it's 67 downtown, 70 in fredericksburg. winds increasing and then by 5:00 some of the cooler air begins to move in. it's going to be a gradual thing. even by 5:00 tomorrow it's still 59 in d.c., which is pretty good, still 63 in fredericksburg and still 50 in hagerstown. tomorrow night we'll get colder. now we're in the 40s by 9:00 across the board and low 40s north and west of town. wind gust tracker, 2 p.m. time winds could gust to 46 miles per hour. again, this is a forecast and peak time -- 26 miles per hour. again, this is a forecast and peak time frame. at 5:00 we could see wind gusting to 30 miles per hour in manassas and maybe 31 miles per hour in downtown d.c. day planner, 53 at 7:00, 58 at 9:00, 55 at 11:00, 67 at 1:00. next three days breezy and cooler wednesday, 51. in some respects that's chilly. 53 thursday, clouds coming in late. next seven days we talked about march being cruel, we have a snowflake friday morning, rain on friday, first day of spring around since 45 in the evening. only 55 on saturday, 50 on

show you that in a second. 66 in washington 68 in fredericksburg. temperatures have been falling. we were in the upper 60s around hagerstown earlier, already down to 48 in cumberland. that cold air continues to move in. 37 gaithersburg 28 manassas and right now 35 in leesburg. a very windy evening. it will be a windy overnight period too. winds could gust upwards of 35 miles per hour tonight and that will affect the windchill tonight as well. storm team 4 radar showing nothing out there as far as the clear skies are concerned. again, that's why we could see the aurora tonight. you have to get into a very dark area obviously look up toward the north but could be something really cool in parts of our region. if you see it send us a picture. now, satellite and radar shows our front very clearly defined here. look at the clouds parting ways here, making our way toward the south, bringing us close clearing skies. toward the north, you can see where the air is coming from straight across the lakes down towards our region and we'll see very cold temperatures tomorrow morning. tomorrow mu

fredericksburg. police arrested chance sumpter for first-degree murder. police si that thanks to a tip they found him hiding in a closet of his apartment just after a man who lived in that same complex was found stabbed in the chest. that man, joseph wormley, died at the hospital. police say the two knew each other. this is fredericksburg's first murder since november of 2013. >>> an american university professor sentenced to jail. we just learned david pitts will spend a year and a day in prison for breaking into stores and setting fires. you'll recall this occurred back in september at the fox hall square shopping center. he's accused of lighting a chair on fire then starting another aze in a wooded area. >>> college students ask tough questions today to police in charlottesville, then walk out in protest. our david culvert is on campus at uva tonight. we'll get to him in two minutes. >>> and they met a woman at a mall while they were looking for work but instead walked into a nightmare. >>> breaking news in the district one person shot and one person b

fredericksburg saw it last hour now so the southern portions of st. mary's county, that's all the rain we have in our region. you can see the cloud cover. we talked about this clearing yesterday. that cloud cover also sinking to the south. boundary that's sinking there too. what we're going to see tomorrow is a little bit more in the way of some clearing skies. you can see the clearing skies up towards ohio but also look to the south. another storm coming up from the gulf, that one will once again ride up the same boundary and eventually give us more rain for the weekend. but not tomorrow. your exercise impact tomorrow looking good, 40 degrees by 7:00 a.m., right up into the 50s by 11:00 and 1:00. a good day to get out and do a little lunchtime jog if you need to. future weather, 6:00 a.m. nothing to show tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon nothing but sunshine. again, a nice day, temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than today but still pretty nice. the rain will move in on friday. not friday morning. friday morning's rush hour should be a-okay. but

this is a pretty big swath here winchester to frederick fredericksburg fredericksburg 2 to 4.extreme north and west and south and east. most of us are in the 4 to 8 inches. high impact tomorrow, 30 degrees only 27 on friday we could see more delays. 40 on saturday, 44 on sunday. the weekend not bad. guys, most of next week looking pretty good. >> thank goodness. >> thank you doug. >>> we've got sports coming up. the wizards have gone viral. plus for all the wrong reasons. oh, my goodness. . >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >>> i know a few people who are just saying, what happened? i mean, these guys just -- they started off gangbusters. >> well the wizards haven't beaten gr team nen good teams all season long. it's catching up with them. >> in the beginning they were whipping up on people. >> the top three in the eastern conference, oathnly one win all season. >> it seemed like they were doing so well. >> we don't know what we're talking about. >> here we go. the struggles for the wizards continue af

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fredericksburg southern maryland around 9:00 a.m. i-95 east is the best chance. west you're not going to see much at all from this. then we break out. watch the clouds give way to sunshine tomorrow afternoon and that's when our numbers just skyrocket. we're going to get into the low to mid-70s. some areas, upper 70s before we see the frontal boundary come through. that brings us a chance for thundershowers. we're still dry in d.c. through almost 8:00 and the heaviest rain comes in around 9:00 10:00, 11:00 tomorrow night. we're in for a very warm day tomorrow night. 75 in d.c. 72 in mar tinsburg. it will be cooler along the bay. we cool quickly down to 51 on friday 30% chance of a.m. shower activity. a flurry or two on saturday. high temperature on saturday only 42 degrees. but we don't stay that cold. windchills on saturday in the low to mid-30s. but we warm rapidly back to around 60 degrees by monday. tuesday, around 56. did doreen leave because she lost her voice? >> yes. >> thanks a lot, doreen. >> she took mine too. >> watch out. >>> bruce johnson and other f

. >>> a warning for folks in fredericksburg.public works department is warning people to stay away from. >>> standing by for new information on the safety of maryland drivers. the report we're waiting for >>> 4:58 now. republican of all stripes are weighing in on texas senator ted cruz's bid for the white house. john cornen declined to endorse him. utah senator mike leigh who teamed up with cruz said he's not ready to endorse anyone. however, cruz will likely get big tea party support. he could make a splash if he wins the texas primary. he faces a huge potential roster of gop candidates. we expect big names to jump into the race in the coming weeks. later this morning on the "today" show cruz and his wife heidi will give their first interview since announcing their bid exclusively on the "today" show. you can see it after news 4 today. >>> maryland transportation leaders are expected to announce a drop in deadly crashes. later this morning, they will announce historic low traffic deaths based on preliminary numbers from 2014. t

an active duty shooting tonight at the mall in fredericksburg.starts at 8:00. >>> a landslide damaged homes and buildings in charleston debris to prevent flooding. they worried about further slippage when it rained. it forced several people from their homes. >>> coming up in the week ahead, another person is expected to say she's running for congress in maryland. state delegate will announce her plans tuesday, according to "the washington post." she'll run for current house representatives donna edwards seat. along with glenn ivy and anthony brown. edwards is running for the senate next year. >>> the archbishop of washington will celebrate a special mass for the patron saint of ireland. he will hold mass for st. patrick tuesday morning at 11:00. the st. patrick catholic church on tenth street in northwest. this is last year's mass. >>> 9:35. coming up scare in the sky. what caused an emergency landing. >>> also one former congressman's advice for virginia's bob mcdonal if he ends up behind bars. >>> a live look outside in reston. the breeze is pi

that's rain making its way in towards the fredericksburg area. most of this not reaching the ground just yet as the atmosphere is fairly dry. as it saturates the atmosphere it will also cool the atmosphere. that will change the rain to snow. we've got rain down towards virginia richmond norfolk seeing the rain. starting to move closer to our region as we speak. winter weather advisory has been extended to include all of howard county all of montgomery county all of loudoun county and in towards northern fauquier county. >> just won't have that advisory criteria which tomorrow morning is only an inch. i don't think you'll see even an inch down in these areas. north and west winter storm warning for you. you have the chance to see 4 maybe 5 inches of snow. snow and rain mix starting around midnight down to the south. but by 3:00 in the morning the rain is across the entire area in northern virginia. just making it in towards maryland snow back to the west. but by around 7:00 notice where the rain/snow line is just south of the district. lexington p

rest of northern virginia from quantico down to fredericksburg shenandoah valley, most locations above freezing. front royal is at the freezing mark. in the mountains, many locations around 30 degrees. what to wear today, a light jacket have the sunglasses as well. we will have bright sunshine breaking out. we have quite a bit of morning cloudiness, but that sun will break out. neighborhood highs today reaching just the upper 40s north and west of the metro area with a few clouds there, but mostly sunny south of washington that's where we'll have the warmest temperatures. should be right around 50 degrees in prince william county and much of loudoun and fauquier and stafford and spotsylvania culpeper to fredericksburg may actually get in to the low 50s and hovering near 50 degrees in southern maryland. and rather cool right near the bay with the bay water temperatures so chilly it will only be in the low to mid-40s right near the bay later this afternoon. melissa, how are the roads? >> yoifroverall looking pretty good. right now looking at 66 95 here overall no major problems. same thi

couple of -- a week ago today, we were dealing with low temperatures. 61 the high temperature in fredericksburg and 59 in martinsburg. we'll see changes as we move through the next 24 hours. 24 hours from now all of this rain will be right on top of us. take a look at the rain down to the south, atlanta, down towards new orleans, memphis, st. louis seeing a lot of rain. all of that moisture will be making its way our way for our friday night. if you have plans friday night and saturday i'll let you know when this rain moves in when it moves out and what's coming up next. guys? >> the business community in vienna is rallying around a store owner whose shop was wrecked by vandals. postnet has been closed since last month after almost everything was broken. the damage totaling more than $100,000. owner james cudney says he appreciates the encouraging messages that other business owners and customers painted on his windows. cudney plans to reopen possibly in may. no arrests have been made. >>> tonight a northern virginia officer is being called a hero because he pull a man from his burning car in m

half mile over toward leesburg, and one mile in fredericksburg. dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m., it doesn't include fredericksburg, but you'll have fog there too, just worse to the north. so give yourself extra time, and more space between cars. we'll talk about the next storm coming up later in the week. >>> scary scene in dc metro after a man fell on the tracks after a train passed, and it was all caught on video. >> yes, mola lenghi was the video after speaking with somebody that saw the man fall. >> reporter: if you ride the metro enough you're likely to see a hand or foot get stuck in the doors before a passenger quickly pulls them out, but here that was something else. do you ever ride the metro? probably. you ever fall on the tracks? probably not. at mount vernon square metro stop, the man was leaning for support, having trouble balancing stumbles, then back to the train for a little more support, but he falls through a gap in between two metro cars down to the tracks below. >> yeah, just fell right over. >> reporter: a few passengers s

the dedication speech at frank -- fredericksburg, the park i help manage, in 1927, it said we do more than dedicate these fields and memories of things that are passed. we consecrate them in the spirit of lee and lincoln to a more perfect understanding between south and north and to an abundant increase in brotherly love. the national park service took responsibility for these battlefields five years later. for the next 50 years or so, they would faithfully carry out that charge. to manage these places as places of reconciliation with the rhetoric of affection that surrounds them always, where americans can come together and understand the war on a very human level. just to give you a sense of how deep this tradition is and how it is perceived by the public, a couple of years ago a colleague of mine and i were doing a tour in fredericksburg for black churches in town. we were doing a tour of slavery related sites. we were going around and it was a great day. people were very interested. about halfway through, one of the older gentleman in the group pulled me aside and said to me are y

a little bo above freezing in fredericksburg warrington and manassas. at or a little below freezing farther north and west including much of the shenandoah valley and in the mountains. post your pictures like sue did in arlington with this shrub with icicles on it and this street lamp was transformed into a chandelier by the icing we had yesterday afternoon. still in place like that this morning. here is the timing on yet another icing event coming in tomorrow. 9:30 10:00 in the morning, increasing clouds. but by around noontime that's when we'll begin to see sleet moving in here. it's after that not until around 2:00 or 3:00 that we'll have sleet moving into the metro area, northern virginia, much of maryland and then after that the sleet should give way to icing and the icing will be in place during the evening hours. just north and west of washington, this green zone may be a little bit of light rain by the evening hours, as well. so for the drive time commute, most main roads are wet like this but watch out for icy spots, we'll have the fog around a

that's what we'll get into tomorrow. 54 downtown fredericksburg fredericksburg, 48 in gaithersburg frech in47 in annapolis. look back to the west, 65 in petersburg, west virginia cumberland at 63. these pesky mountains, can't they just get out of here and get us some warmth. it is really warm just to the west of the mountains. we had a couple of showers come through. those are now toward the eastern shore. the rest of us should be dry for the night. back to the west is where the storms are. there are some big-time thunderstorms, even a couple of tornado warnings out there towards the west. that's the system that's going to move our direction. and it's going to allow a lot of this warmer air to pick up across our region. pittsburgh right now at 67, 66 in cincinnati, 66 in raleigh. you take away the mountains, we also get into the 60s. you can't do that too easily. 75 in memphis 78 in jackson. that's the warm air coming up tomorrow and everybody will get warmer. storm team 4 future weather talking about tomorrow morning as we move through the night tonight, just the clouds. around 7:00 you

. >>> a new bridge is being built in fredericksburg and it may be named after are martin luther king jr.. a city commission wants to replace the fall hill avenue bridge over i-95 and name it for dr. king. it is part of a $44 million road widening project that started this month. >>> and potholepalooza is officially kicking off in the district. mayor bowser will launch that aggressive evident to repartepair the craters in the roads. the district filled more than 7,000 potholes in the two weeks. you can report one pie calling 311 or go to the nbc washington app to learn more. >> and the whacky weather of march continues now with rain. it is chilly out there. put them together could make for an unpleasant day. >> your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> we've had pothole-making weather with the freeze and thaw and now we have rain beginning to move this. rain stretches from west of fredericksburg in to the shenandoah valley and into west virginia, south from richmond down to the north carolina border. leading edge coming into culpeper area. the pink is a zone where it may begin to freeze

look at fredericksburg right around 60 degrees there. so is luray. but north of there, just in the 40s. and the fog has reduced visibilities down to about three quarters of a mile in many locations. annapolis now at about half mile visibility. and hour by hour through the day today, we'll have a little bit of light rain and fog through the morning in the 40s and then near 50 by noontime. and then that sun breaks out and light rain over and we'll have temperatures into the low to mid-60s mid afternoon. and then 30s tomorrow morning, fichts on afternoon with sunshine. friday increasing clouds. highs upper 40s. and some rain likely on late friday afternoon into friday night and saturday now looking wet. that looks like the wet day for the weekend. sunday partly sunny, highs mid fix. near 60 monday and then again near 60 tuesday with another chance of rain moving in. chuck bell is live in the storm team 4 x 4. are you seeing any fog out there? >> reporter: well, good morning, everyone. we'll been on the prowl for some fog here first thing thornis morning

how about a windchill of 24 in fed rick 29 in d.c. 33 in fredericksburg. so that's the cold that i'm talking about. by around the noon hour or at least into the 30s, 36 in winchester 39 fredericksburg 34 in d.c. we do get back up into the 40s by the late afternoon as the winds begin to die. but again, it will be a fairly cold day tomorrow so make sure you wear that coat when you step out the front door. the impact forecast on the low side breezy and cool, that's about it even with some sunshine during the day tomorrow. next couple days staying cool. high of 53 on your thursday 43 though on friday. yes, a chance for rain and snow on friday. not anticipating a lot of accumulation. best chance north and west of the city as it normally is and it looks like some areas could see some light areas of accumulation. not too worried about the roads. however, if it does snow it could snow right around rush hour early friday morning. clearing and becoming better on saturday with a high of 60, then another cold front moves through and that knocks your temperatures right

let's take a look outside. 29 in warrenton, 30 in fredericksburg. these are the current temperatures. these are the highs today. 28 in leesburg 26 in baltimore, the official high at reagan national 30 degrees. i just looked at it last hour. hey, at least we made it to 30 degrees today. how about that. right now a very cold 28 degrees. visibility no problem. clear skies for the most part. going to be a nice night but a cold night. bundle up already down to 21 in gaithersburg baltimore, and hagerstown 28 in fredericksburg and the cold spot patuxent river, coming in at 20 degrees. we'll see a big change in the next couple days not with rain or snow but from the sunshine and from the warmer temperatures making their way our way. clouds to the north and west but the storm itself that came through yesterday went all the way down to the south. this is the frontal boundary now draped down through central florida. temperatures in florida into the 50s. they're hurting down there today. they were staying earlier saw a lot of people complaining act 50s. we're h

to the south, waldorf, southern maryland quantico fredericksburg culpeper this is mostly a rain event for you. not worried about your area much at all. mostly to the north and west we have to worry about. even around 1:00 snow to the north. here's what you'll get, mostly rain to the south. under an inch including d.c. annapolis, bowie, crofton, prince william county fredericksburg 1 to 3 inches around warrenton, luray, gaithersburg. again, 1 to 3 in loek rised spots but mostly 1, maybe 2 inches there. the impact area will be the high toast the north and west. this is where we're going 3 to 5 inches especially in some of the higher elevations. heads up along i 81. any of the back roads, the hilly back roads, that's where we'll see some big problems. montgomery county loudoun county some moderate impact there, so yes, we may see some school delays, maybe some school cho sures from this too. high of 51 on sunday. right now looks like a pretty good weekend. any snow should be gone as we make our way into next week. 47 on monday 48 on tuesday. yes, spring does start tomorrow but not until

heaviest -- fredericksburg, it is wet.activity is around annapolis, the yellow heavier activity on our legend. you might hear a rumble of thunder in the next hour or two, but everything ends early tonight and bus stop temperatures will be chilly, dry, though, 36 to 48 for temperatures. it will be nice tomorrow, but i still emphasize a light jacket probably a good idea. it will not be windy tomorrow. it will be a warmer wind thursday, temperature near 70. later tonight we may have a couple showers possible till about 8:00, temperatures in the 50s essentially 10:00 generally clear to partly cloudy, upper 40s down toward la plata, manassas, 54 in fredericksburg. by morning everybody is clear and chilly, 34 in gaithersburg, 36 in la plata, 39 in fredericksburg. by 9:00 it's still 38 in hagerstown, everybody else essentially low to mid-40s. by 1:00 again you walk to lunch, i think a light jacket is a good idea, 54 downtown, 54 manassas, 53 in leesburg. by 5:30 temperatures still in the upper 50s, but no winds to worry about and

look at the highs today. 73 d.c. 74 at fredericksburg. tomorrow 15 degrees colder. i'll update you on those temperatures and what to expect from the rest of the week in just a minute. >> thanks doug. ten minutes past the deadline for a deal on iran's nuclear program but talks have not ended. what's left to negotiate and whether congress might step in. jo our fist look at an fbi agent pleading guilty to tampering with drug evidence. his public apology outside court. >>> i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. d.c. mayor muriel bowser has issued an executive order that no district employee can take any official trip to indiana. the mayor becomes the latest official in the country to ban travel to that state in the wake of that controversial religious liberty law. it allows businesses in inn toin refuse to offer business to gay and lesbian couples on religious growns. supporters say the claims are overblown. mayor bowser says this indiana law discriminates against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and would not be tolerated in the district. a wide variety of gov

right now 28 in frederick, 36 in fredericksburg. by later on today, increasing clouds, it will be on the cool to chilly side for much of the day. but temperatures should make it up into the low 50s for a brief time. still 5 to 7 degrees cooler than average. and then by this evening skies will be going mostly cloudy. temperatures back into the 30s by 11:00 tonight. here is future weather then for today, nothing to worry about. just be inning clouds. as far as how much snow tomorrow maybe 1 to 2 slushy inches in and around town. 2 to 3 maybe as much as 4 inches across parts of northern maryland. so that's where you may have to be worried about some delays and cancellations. that's where the impact from this storm will be the highest. as far as your "7-day forecast," quick check of that here 50s today 30s to near 40 tomorrow, so more sticking on the grass than on the roads. but we'll closely monitor that. up to near 60 by saturday. a little cooler sunday and still cooler than average into early next week. >>> want to mention the situat

fredericksburg not reporting anything. just sleet. lore rey, three inches.on to temperatures. tom said most below freezing. by 2:00 p.m. everybody below freezing most part mid to upper 20s. not much change around 6:00 p.m. when the snow is winding down. but as the snow ends clouds clear and temperatures plummet. we are talking about record low temperatures tomorrow morning fop add insult to injury tom, a lot of places tomorrow will going to be in the single digits. barbara and eun, back to you. >> thanks amelia. >>> the virginia department of transportation is working around the clock to keep roads in the state clear of snow and ice. >> virginia governor terry mccollough joins us with more on what's being done to keep people safe. >> good to be with you. >> problems throughout the state? >> we're fully deployed. in northern virginia we have 3,500 pieces of equipment out now. we hit the storms early and hard. we have plenty of calcium chloride you've got to treat the roads before the storm starts which we've done. good news it's warm. pavement is warmer bette

tonight at 11:00, south to fredericksburg quantico waldorf seeing the heavier rain.could still around through tomorrow morning. if you have plans to head out tomorrow morning for that morning rush 8:00, the rain right down through southern maryland, right along i-95. most of this on the lighter side through around the 8:00 hour and even through 1:00 in the afternoon. i still think we see more shower activity throughout the morning. one thing we'll see for sure tomorrow is going to be the cooler air. look at the highs. today 77. tomorrow 26 degrees colder. a high of 51 degrees. 49 gaithersburg 52 in manassas. cloud cover, some showers early, and then clearing out. tomorrow's impact forecast going to be on the low to moderate side. chilly with those showers continuing throughout much of the morning hours and into the early afternoon for some of us, mostly i-95 to the east but that includes washington. we go down to about 42 on saturday windchills could be in the lower 30s on saturday afternoon. we've got a chance of flurries. hit 77 today, talking at least some light s

kind of springlike down south, fredericksburg 60 degrees, 53 frederick. tomorrow a big spread in temperatures throughout the area. i do think our winds will be fairly light for friday. right now again, we're going to talk about the rain, the timing of it a bit more and how much. and what we'll see on saturday 61 the high but then cooling again and cooling way off. we'll look at the trend, too, later in the newscast for the next 14 days. guys? back to you. >>> a silent but smelly protest. why a sign that was attached to a telephone pole is getting so much attention this afternoon. >>> and while on the subject of your nose get ready for sneezing season. ready for not, why this year's allergy season could hit you harder and why it could start anytime now. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $200 back when you upgrad

we go to randy in fredericksburg. good morning. caller: good morning. the other callers think that mr. mcconnell and mr. weiner -- boehner need to go. i think they are too moderate. mr. weiner -- boehner is complaining about mr. obama but has done nothing about it. we need an ultraconservative in republican leadership to counter mr. obama. host: who should that be? caller: i have not read up on who the leaders on cows -- in the house. host: alan is next. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to give you the reasons why john boehner and mcconnell should be gone. boehner should have been voted out the day he made the comment it is so hard. number two, mcconnell should be out because he should've kept the role the democrats had. where there was only 50 votes. then you could have sent this up to the president and let him veto the thing. the third reason is, when you said the democrats would act john boehner, that is the story. they do not want someone conservative. you are getting all these calls. if the conservative need someone who can offer somethin

some sunshine. 56 degrees in d.c., 60 toward fredericksburg, 53 in gaithersburg. temperature bz 5 to 10 degrees cooler than today but a nice day and i'm still going above average. your impact forecast tomorrow, on the low side. a nice afternoon with all that sun. and we stay nice as far as temperatures go. 52 on friday with late day rain 61 degrees on saturday. it will rain most of saturday especially early on. if you have saturday plans if they're outdoors, you may want to change them to sunday. sunday looks pretty good, 54. going to be breezy on sunday but that's really it. only next chance of shower activity comes next tuesday, and it's a very small chance. notice however, that every number on the seven-day is at least a 5 in the front. that means 50s, guys. >> thanks for that. >>> we're still working several developing stories. shots reported at a rap mogul's mansion in miami beach. the s.w.a.t. team rushes to the house, but there is a twist when they arrive. >>> and they're not what you think of when you hear the word "gang." new tonight, news4's tom sherwood

bright white, charlottesville, fredericksburg waldorf, leonardtown. it took a while for the snow to get to you, but once it did, it's been snowing and snowing hard right down i-95 quantico fredericksburg getting the snowfall rates there at about an inch an hour so, the visibility there very very low and it's going to stay that way for at least another hour to two hours. the back edge here just around that area west and southwest of luray. so another three hours or so that's when the back edge should start coming through your area. areas like d.c., too, you can see the snowfall amounts up here 5 inches nbc 4, 9 inches in hagerstown 7 around leesburg. i know a lot of snow but that's just half the story. what's next for us folks, you have to get ready, let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer out on the storm team 4 weather deck with more. >> you mentioned the snow band coming through. i just put my hood up about five minutes ago. you can see what's happening with that. the heavy snow coming through the d.c. metro area. we'll show you the tem

but, wow, 9 in gaithersburg 9 in leesburg 12 out toward the fredericksburg region.ext four days 27 degrees on friday and then we immediately get back into the 40s. 42 on saturday 47 on sunday so, a pretty nice weekend. spring forward, one hour saturday night into sunday. 50 degrees on monday. that's still below our average high of 52. so let's go above average for a couple days huh? 53 on tuesday, 59 on wednesday with a slight chance for rain and 64 coming up during the day on thursday. 64 degrees. scott mcfarlane he's been up there in frederick county all day long. scott mcfarlane, wouldn't 64 degrees be great? >> reporter: i heard a roar of cheers behind me when you gave that forecast, doug. so cold and snowy here today the county school system told its snow removal crews to stay home until after dark. mike ciders says he was only driving 30 miles an hour when his car began to spin. >> i just slid out of control coming down the highway. >> reporter: a guardrail along i-270 north near route 80 in frederick county saved him and his car from careening into an embankm

fredericksburg waldorf. leesburg. warrenton, remington, bethesda fairfax into areas like bowie and laurel. and three inches haguerstown, winchester area. now let's go to doug with more on what roads will be impacted and how important those temperatures will be. >> we're talking about a storm that's going to be happening in middle portions of march. hard for that to accumulate on the roadways. look at the numbers. 5:00 a.m. numbers. everybody above freezing. 36 d.c. 34 martinsburg and 35 toward fredericksburg. we're above the freezing mark. the roads should be okay as you move through 8:00 in the morning. 32 baltimore. close to the freezing mark back to the west. these are theiars that could have some concern and some impact. this will be a higher impact because of the amount of snow to the north and west and cooler temperatures. maybe around winchester. maybe in toward gaithersburg. d.c. to the south, we think the roads may be okay with this one, even if we get one to two inches. although things will definitely be on

did the confederates who rushed onto the field at gainesville or held the stonewall inn fredericksburg, did they fight to preserve slavery? to protect slavery? i don't see anybody offering up any opinion in terms of shaking or nodding their heads. if you work it is civil war site for any amount of time i've heard it, patrick has heard it you will hear something like this. my great great grandfather is from the shenandoah valley -- or pick your place -- he did not own any slaves there he sure as hell did not fight to preserve slavery. he fought to defend his home the way of life, and the community and his city. the civil war was not about slavery. you are wrong to tell people that it was. have you had that happen? we have all had that happen. in fact, we've had it happened a couple times a month, if not more. and so what do you say? oh, yes, the war was about slavery. your grandfather fought to preserve slavery. that's not likely to receive -- well, that's likely to receive a letter to a congressman more than anything. americans have gone to great efforts to redefine and sometimes re-un

little cooler further north as we had more snow pack, but still really nice. 64 the high today in fredericksburg. i think we will be back in the upper 50's, lower 60's for the highs tomorrow. still, not that cold right now at reagan national. 41 degrees. the wind is calm. high-level clouds are moving in, so the temperatures tonight will not be bottoming out all that much. still, it's going to be worthy of a jacket in the morning. ready to degrees in frederick, 33 dulles, 37 winchester, 40 degrees right now andrews. after a cold start tomorrow temperatures will rise nicely. the overnight will be in the upper 20's, mid 30's, that range. hour by hour monday, a lot of people back to work and school after a few days off from the weekend and the snow days, sunrise tomorrow at 7:29. you will be waking up too dark or conditions, the one flip side of daylight savings, but by 1 p.m. with sunshine, 53, highs in the upper 50's. increasing cloudiness especially through the late afternoon and evening as the next weather system approaches. the weather system is off to the south. i will take you there on the sa

some brakes and blues. 47 degrees right now. 50 degrees in fredericksburg. 51 at reagan international airport. skies will clear a bit, and become breezy. they will drop to nearly 32 degrees for the overnight. generally a mostly cloudy day for the cold. a few sprinkles. if you get into the north and west, a couple of snow showers. still remaining very chilly with highs near 50 degrees. we will go up the hunt for warmer days. maureen: harry reid decides to retire. his position has already begun. reporter: we are taught -- scott : this announcement creates some interesting subplots on the hill. harry: we have to be concerned about the country, the senate. scott: the senate is almost ready to hand over his gavel for good. he still has some time left and sarcastically reminded republican counterparts. senator reid: don't be elated. i'm going to be here for 20 more months. scott: a handful of democrats in the senate did not support keeping him as leader. he recently suffered a serious eye injury. >> he is known as a solid or stubborn individual. if he had been physically able i think he wou

fredericksburg and manassas park also on a come two hour delay. washington alleghany charles, st. mary's and calvert all starting two hours late. >> howard, anne arundel also two hours late as are paparappahannock king george. birkly jefferson, mineral and morgan county starting two hours late. >> frederick county virginia and clarke county schools on a one hour delay. for the complete list check the nbc washington app or watch the scroll at the bottom of the screen. >>> be sure to take your time walking out the door this morning. ice is covering sidewalks and side streets this morning. heavy ice on trees bringing down branches this morning and causing power outages, as well. megan mcgrath is live in northwest washington to show us some of the slippery conditions there. >> reporter: we go have some power outages. just a couple hundred though. you can see the accumulation of ice here on this tree branch. we got about a quarter of an inch of ice. and unfortunately it is really coating the sidewalks, people's front steps and the lying. very very slippery conditions out there this mor

milder down to the south but not by much. 43 now fredericksburg and a chilly 36 in annapolis.undy y cloudy skies next couple of days. dry for the most part overnight. by early tomorrow morning clouds could tleed a couple sprinkles around early into the morning hours tomorrow. i think tomorrow afternoon is by and large dry, and warm with breaks of sunshine into the 70s we go tomorrow. here's tomorrow at 5:00 in the afternoon. that's when changes start to come back in. pretty good chance of a round of rain showers, which may include a rumble or two of thunder between 4:00 and 10:00 tomorrow evening. another check in the seven day only a few minutes out. >> thank you. >>> happy to tell you about a new partnership you'll hear about. beginning today, hear news 4 reporters and meteorologists on wplt radio. listen for us in your car radio looking for news traffic and weather in our area also pleased some of the trusted voices you hear on wpot will join us on news 4. all xined to provide you with the latest up-to-date information wherever you are. of course. >>> you might be paying on

afternoon high generally up into the low 50s towards fredericksburg and culpeper. an 51 waldorf and 50 downtown. cooler across northern maryland where highs in hagerstown and aberdeen likely to reach only 44 45 degrees. milder weather down south. weekly weather, not a lot to worry about. a little concerned for flurries coming our way tomorrow. a chance of rain and maybe a rumble off two of thunder thursday and saturday believe it or not, another chance for a little rain/snow mix. seven-day forecast is just ahead. >>> chuck, is your tap water, has it tasted funny laity? >> not at all. nope. >> good. a lot of folks are experiencing tap water smelling tasty funny. actually it started today. the reason washington aqueduct is switching to chlorine for its annual disinfection period. the disinfection efforts lasts until may. it you're bothered by the chlorine taste use a water filter or let the tap run a few minutes before actually using the water. >>> we'll be right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deidre & the dark - classic girl plays in a great entrance never goes out of style. dresses start