we have some of the heavier ow, even lulls down around fredericksburg. right now in the city and right around the metro area you are dealing with some purple. that's the heavier snow. the brighter white, that' lighter snow but some heavier snow coming right there downtown ord through our studios here in thewest and fairfax county. really heavy snow coming up around i-95. right on down to the south. now speaking of down to the south, we're watching this area of southern maryland,xtreme southern st. mary's county. we've seen that go from sno to sleet to freezing rain. that will be an issue we have down in the extreme southern areof sain mary's county. more snow to come. we have the storm right along the coa here but the upper level low, very broad area of low pressure moving throath. going to help to enhance the snowhe throughout day today. we will see it for the next couple of hours. right on through the night tonight as ll. that's why the national weather service has extended the w ter storwarning. again, for everybody until midnight tonight. or'll conti

and 4 to 6, the big area aund waldorf and fredericksburg. done with this just yet.m storm t 4 ahead of all of it and we're getting set for storm coming in next weekend. pat clip, you ready for that one, too? >> reporter: i am always ready. i've got the stick at the ready, doug. get your pencil. get your pavement i'm going to tell you how you can get up of these. called this thenoundayw shute challenge. it's sunday and we thought you mit want to make a fashion statement. karen is from green bay, mississippi. hi 5. you know what they call a day like this in green bay. easter sunday. sunday. here is how you can get a pat collins s stick of your very own. we want you to put on your best snow p go outside. strike a pose and hold that pose and take a picture and then tweet thatre pic to pat's snow stick. the best outf gets the official pat collins snow stick. it's the sunday snowsuit challenge, andould end up income your hands. hold it. w, back to you? all right. that should make for some pretty interesting photos. good stuff, pat, and good to sig

if you're in fredericksburg, st.ary's alunty,rt county, king george county, and off to the northern neck, you're seeing a f sprinkles. just light stuff. again, most of this staying south of the beltway and will continue to move to the south as we move through 8:00 or 9:00. it is a mild morning out

metro area seeing sn r, mayben mixing in around fredericksburg. i'll have the latest on potential delays tomorrow morning and a much bigger storm for the weekend. doug and i are tracking that around 6:50. >> thank you. >>> what does the worsening weather mean for peopletorying et home right now? >> adam tuss is in the sto team 4 by 4 with another look at the roads. >> reporter: probably means tpet ople are going uh-oh, look outside the storm team 4 by 4 as the snow is coming down at a solid clip right now. really for the past couple hours we've been tracking the snow. it's lia was mentioning not sticking to the roads. thers been some spots it's accumulated a little bit but so much treatment has gone down on the road that it's absorbing everything. here in the vienna area it's about 38 degrees. but as we go through the night, that's where're going to have to watch out for what could develop tomorrow morning and potentially school delays if thereould be somet all. again, not a super heavy clip of snow coming down at the moment, yet it is coming down

warrenton, 59 in fredericksburg. colder in quantico that breeze is being affected by the cold waters of the potomac ther >> 56 in gaithersburg. get that nbc washington app downloaded and ready to g find andollow me. the best friend on the app today. 55 by 7:00 a.m. 50 at noon. the rain coming to an end in the afternoon. a gusty northwest wind will put temperatures in the 30s b early this evening. this batch of heavy rain on the northwestide is the real deal. a real h series vy rain bursts coming into harrisburg and spotsylvania county. those areas, fredericksburg, the northern neck, southern maryland, you have the highest risk of seeg winds that gust over 50 miles per hour between now and noontime. shenandoah valley the gustiest winds later in the day behind the cold front. again, heavy rain for n thet couple of hours from fredericksburg into southern maryland. they include the d.c. metro area between 10:00 and noon. the cold front should go through at 1:00 in the afternoon. behind it, a howng northwest wind will dri

alm 4 above for the ndchill in fredericksburg. air temperatures in the teens. 18 in annapolis. 16 in fredericksburg,in vi. your planner for today, oh, so cold, all day long. the sun will be shining. that will not aid too much. afternoo highs will be lucky if degrees.bove 20 the big storm that broht us this mess is moving through the mes.dian mari good riddance to it. we will be left with sunny and dry weather today, tonight and tomorrow. here's your outlook. cold day. the sunshine back up to the freezing mark. temperatures rise tuesday night into wilnesday. andbe near 50 degrees. another shot of cold later in the week. and maybe, sunday into monday a ance for snow. ou it sounds balmy when you say 50 degrees when look at the temperature right now. >>> inner loop, mostly on the right side of the roadway, not causing a hedelay on beltway. but a response and crash on the right side. rest of the beltway looks od, including through that section. you don't have much of an issue at all. bay bridge, a reminder. winds restrictin effect for

. >> virginia, dlex degree ya, lington, falls church, fredericksburg, king george, stafford count schools alson a two-hour delay. >> west virginiaberkley, hampshire, morgan county schools will open two hours a reminder we have all that information on the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >>> this morning, we have team coverage of the storm and impact, spread out across the region moniting road conditions near you. >> melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we begin with lauryn ricketts. we're talking about this cold, too, yelauryn. >> , absolutely. that's really going to be the main story today, guys. the winds out there. and we have a few isolated snow showers out there rig now. but again, later on today.e and of coursead that snow yesterday, but from what we're looking at right now, we're looking at snowfall totals that were anywhere from about an inch, koetding to annch up to about 3 inches. look at leesburg, frederick county, maryland, 21/ we are looking at some very snowy conditions north and wes of d.c. not so much in the d.c. and points to the

zero at dulles. 11 in fredericksburg. windchills are zer and minus 10 in several spots.ny and highs in the low 20s. i lot oformation on our nbc washingtonapp, including the delays and clures. an alberta clipper will be in and out in thenk b of an eye and could leave an inch of snow futuweather, hardly a cloud to be found. clouds move in after miight. and ahance of light snow by sun-up tomorrow. the best chances of snow will be around the pennsylvania borde for accumulating, that is. here's about how much snow we uldexpect, an inch or less. unless you'r in maryland, could get 1 to 2 inches. so, 26 today, with sun. 32 tomorrow, with snow. and over the week wd,mer air comes back. 40s on saturday. 53 on sunday. near 60 monday.e andan do back-to-back 60s tuesday and wednesday, next week. unfortunately, those days have a chance for rain. meli melissa? >> already. seems warm when you look at the temperatures out today. >>> northwest, 17th street, we have the sinkhole they've been working on since this weekend. this past weekend. that's under way as far as construction. northbou

virginia, fredericksburg city, arlington,fafax, stafford, and king. coun manassas city, alexandria city and falls church avschools. e all of that information at the bottom of your screen. >>> it is so icold,t is historic.s the temperatuf the week are the coldest in a generation. the weather is blamed sor at leasen deaths at this point. thousands of flights have been canceled, leaving passengers stranded. and 85% of c thentry is feeling this at some level, with 230 million people impacted. >> our melissa is standing by with your commute. we start withtorm team 4 belorologist chuck everyone is suffering this morning. >> the temperature when i pulled in was 6 degrees. national airport, typically, one of the warmerplaces, is a frigid 11 degrees with a 1 below zero windchill. dulles has dropped toro i think the old record was 2 for the date. 7 i fnt royal. 3 in gaithersburg. it's not as windy as it was yesterday. but a little breeze at these temperatures have windchills running below zero. gaithersburg, the big winner

to theouth 3 to 5, places like fredericksburg.ith a little bit more on what to expect in your area, here's amelia region by region. >> the beltway and to the north you'll see 1 to 3 inches. but a high likelihood everyone sees at least an inch of snow. we don't put out our map until today because we don't want change it. we want to get as much w information ascan and keep it with our itialthoughts. taking you zone by zone. around the beltway, 1 to 3 inchesthere. no as we head further south, doug was talking about the second wave sunday into sunday night. that's going to give you a little bit more, 3 to 5. if that doesn't come up you can anticipate 1 to 3 in this area as we. stafford, king george counties andrince william. back around the mountains 4 to 6 inches in the highe elevations. so the roads deterioration throughout the day onrd sa. saturday morning it is fine. folks asking on twitter, senng the kids back to college, that sort of thing, get them on the ad saturday morning, get them there by the midday hours and they'll be fi

a mix towards01towards fredericksburg. that's why we're not worried about these areas tovernight. system moves through, it gets colder but the real csd air tomorrow. 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in leesburg. north and west of the city we'r below freezing. and this is where temperatures drop into t0s tonight. even though is snow is get lg out of here we're seeing the problems with the roadways. tomorrow morning could be a mess especially north and west of the city. >> ys because temperatu are falling to the mid teens. so slick spets tomorrow. ally the secondary roads. and we think it'sorth and west of washington where you saw more snow and moisture and water to workwith. by tomorrow night the area should be returning to business as usual no problems. but with the icy spots tomorrow, school delays and cancellations are possible. at the bus stop there will be icy spots. i think the main roads should be okay. recess, it's windy out there, make sure they have the warmest cket, scarf, gloves, hats. we'lldave the w chills in the teens for smsal. we can't rule out a brief burst of snow around t

we're looking at fredericksburg, rint mary's county.tal. 5 to 8 inches along parts of the shenandoah valley. this is going to be a pretty good sto for everybody across our region starting tomorrow ending on sunday. cold temperatures, too. only in the low 30s both days.ha now watch happens here. monday and tuesday we stay fairly chilly. average high is 4. still be below nat. 45 degrees on wednesday. then we get cold again and we watch the next storm, of course, happening during another weekend. we've seen the storms almost storm,eekend, but tha too is going to be one to watch very closely, and if not that one tre is another one coming in the following tuesday and wednesday. >> what? >> boy. >> guys, moving into a very wintery pattern here. temperates are going to be at or below average. snowfall patterns coming in, too. i think we'll see a couple of more snowstorms in january and february. >> youheust gotm lined up there. >>> whatma a night no s this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999 sens

in virginia, alexandria and fredericksburg city public schools are closing early. arlington,fairfax, prince william, and stafford county schools. spotsylvania, page, and fauquier and loudon countychls all have earlyti dismissals this morning. montgomery county schools will make a decision by 10:00 a.m. and springbrookigh school is closed for a heating issue. for a complete list of weather-related closures and early dismissals, check out the information on the bottom of ur screen or head to the nbc washington app. you.ill update that for >>> team coverage of this upcoming storm and the impact on you. we will look at the forecast. we'll start with chuck bell and four things to know. >> on this weather alert day, it's all quiet oside this morning. troubles begin after lunchtime today, with a little bit of rain, changing t snow, during the middle to later parts of the afternoon. could be a tricky evening commute. leave early if possible. it will turn very icy after 6:00 p.m., as temperatures fall into the 20s. right now, we're mostly in the low 30s to gethe daystarted.

look at the rest of the area. 34 gaithersburg. 34 in cup peller. 41 in fredericksburg. we are going to cool extremely quickly this evening. so i think after sunest temperatrop below freezing everywhere. refreeze after sunset, watch for black ice again. you're going to see that for sure. and then wait until after 9:00 a.m. tomorrow if c you to drive around. that's why a lot of schools were delayed or closedtoday. we could see more delays tomorrow. maybe two hour delays because ice is t goingbe a big issue even tomorrow morning. radar picture, not much to show youig here. we are and dry. we're going to stay that way. satellite radar showing most of the country on the dry. si the exception back here in california. and that storm comeshrough for us thursday to friday. it's a small storm, but look at what itdoes. comes in on thursday afternoon. thursday night aund 7:00 we're still dry but some snow trying to work its way in here. snow around 10:00, you see it here. this is one computer model. a lot of them don't give us much in the way of sno at all. but i kind of like snow,

so again, our friends in fredericksburg and southern maryland, you'll see some rain and after 5:00 or 6:00, that will push north into the d. d.c. armetro . we'll have rain overnight and it could be heavy at times but periods of rain through tomorrow morning. not gettingf out here until tomorrow afternoon. early afternoon as we get some tap around rain. i'm going keep that chance at least through torrow afternoon. we're talking from a quarter of an inch to half an o inch rain. it's breezy on saturday and on sunday. sunday will be gorgeous though. temperaturese upper 50s. upper 50s on monday. moreht chances of l showers on tuesday. windy on wednesday, but look at these temperatures. t too bad. definitely above normal for this time of the year. alright, metro, that's what we're talking about with melissa. >> good morning. still have lays on metro. orange blue line delays. single tracking between federal center and smithsonian because of a problem outside this morning. inner loop, chopper 4. n andtle bit of a slow d that has now cleared out of the way. so the beltway overall looks really

melt 49 in washington. 42 down in fredericksburg. here's a look at storm team 4 radar. all of this unsettd weather coming together as the storm forms. tomorrow morning at 7:00 we're dry but the temperatures are all below freezing. 10:00 a.m. this is when we could see some snownd wintery mix moving into the area. the pink cld be ice, maybe sleet, maybe rain. look at surface temperatures. we could see slick spots o there by the midday hours tomorrow. here's noon, when the storm pushes in. notice 2:00 p.m. we have snow around the mason dixon line. maybe sleet just north of washington and all rain for those of you i southern maryland. temperatures warm, though, as we head from saturday afternoon into saturday night. so we start to se just plain rain falling across the area. here's what i'm kee a close eye on, those of you in hagerstown, temperatures just around freezing so we could see ice accumulajung there. around the mason dixon line, i can't rule out ice that could lead to power outages and problems with trees. 9:00 a.m., this event is quickly winding down. then it's wi

in virginia, fredericksburg city,arlington, fairfax, stafford and king george. and rappahannock, and manassas, and alexandria, and falls church schools. we have all of the information on the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >>> it is so cold, it is historic. the temperatures of the week are e coldest in a generatio the weather is blamed for at least seven deaths at this point. thousands of flights have been canceled, leaving passengers stranded. and 85% of the country is feeling this at some level, with 230 million people impacted. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with your commute. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.re >> the c temperature at national airport is 10. the windc has made it minus 1 at national airport. and outside of the city, dulles has dropped below zero. 1 in leesburg. 4 in 9 at ft. meade, and 13 in st. mary's county. a it bit of a breeze, not too windy, but enough of one where we havedc winlls down to 11 below zero in gaithersburg. single-number southern maryland. limiting your outdoor activities n. bes

head uth, south o 66, southern maryland, the northern neck, fredericksburg, ce wral, prinliam county, manassas, talking about 3 to 5 inche ere. back in thens mountround when you s wisp, 4 to 6 inches. so great news for the skiers and snow border of course i'm working this weekend not only at thne health and f expo, but right here, i would love to be getting the snowboard out this weekend. saturday morning it is jus fine out there. saturday afternoon as the snow mos in, starting to see slick spots, the main roads most of them have been treated. saturday night the snow coming down at a pretty good clip t relati this storm system so going to be seeing some slick spots surday night. and as you said, sunday kind of the big question mark ande'll e the totals 3 to 5 south of 66 with an additional one to two after we pick up one to three on saturday. >> so most of us will see the bulk of the snow on saturday into saturday night. 36 on saturday, and as we look towas next ek. average high temperatures is down into the 40s. 42 o tuesday. back to the 30s.ch anothece of a mix next saturday. i feel

we're in t as far north as fredericksburg. beautiful weather. a mixture of sun and clouds in most of therea but some shower activity as a front is making its way through. now, here's the weekend storm. this is friday, of course, we're only talking now today, tuesday. here's friday moving into the day on saturday. that'snohen the tries to move in on through the day ay su how much? still a lot to be determined here. this is what i'm going to be tracki t for you over next couple days. the cold returns tomorrow. i'm talking wind chills back in the 20s. this will likely be the longest stretch of winter-like weather we've seen so far thi year. yes, that includes weekend snow potential. we'll talk about t best chances of snow, how much we could see, we'll talkt about t at about 4:15. >> thank you, doug. >>> use the nbc washington app for updates as we track the storm. sign up for breaking alerts and gethe latest closing and delay announcements. >>> learnin new details about a discovery this morning. a man's body was found in a backyard. police now say

our map is 1-3 for the metro, 3-5 from fredericksburg and petersburg. no all that typical. your five-day forecast. snow chances high on saturday and sundayry weut just in time for the monday morning commute. melissa? >> i like that drying out. what's left on the roadst.on't like t fairf fairfax, eastbound, 66 at123. that just cleared. 66 into town, out of town, nice d open now. inner loop and outer loop, same situation. had some earlier roadwork that's out of the way. we don't have to worry about that. as we look here at 95, inrg viia, quantico, to the beltway, as you're headed inbound, you're okay. southbound, approaching quantico, a little of a delay. and south of quantico, we normally see this about this time of day. nothing abnormal. we look in town and out of town, no problems. >> melissa, thank you. >>> if you're 1 of the 800,000 federal workers missing a paycheck today, you're no doubt trying to figure out how to pay the bills. >> thetep to help. >>> and later on "ellen," timothee chalamet stops by to l talk "beautiy" and working with steve carell. llen" at 3:00 and

fredericksburg one of the warmer ots at 64.s we move towards 8:00 a.m., we won't see much movement with our temperatures. temperatures at 8:00 a.m., arnd 60 degrees. plenty of clouds out there. as we head into the afternoon hours, sunshine will be in increasing. it will be breezy out there today. winds at about 10 to 25 miles per hour throughout the day. arounder noon, still in the u 50s to around 60s. we fall into the mid 50s by 4:00 p.m. completely dry for your january 1st. in the evening, we see thatir cooler moving in. 49 degrees. all in all the weather having low impact on your day. if you're traveling today you might notic the winds. won't be a huge issue. if you're taking the kidso out an ice rink, pretty good for that. mild for this time of year. same thing goes if you're getting a run or a bicycle ride in. it will be breezyut nice and mild. tomorrow is closer to normal for this time of year. high of 47. plenty of clouds out there on your wednesday. it is dry. check outsd th. scatte showers around washington and the are

. -- i from fredericksburg am a mother of two and a wife to an fbi employee. we are approaching the end of week four and there is no end in sight. our accounts will be almost empty. we have had a conversation with our children about the lack of funds and making cuts to pay our bills. my son has asthma and a blood pressure disorder. he is on medication. opene government does not and our provider does not receive pay, how are we supposed to fulfill our responsibility as parents in keeping our kids healthy? finally, christopher from leesburg shared this on my facebook page -- i'm a federal employee who used at the last of his discretionary funds today to attend my grandfather's funeral. my second funeral in one month. and to repair our vehicle so we could make it home to our children. now i am preparing to file for unemployment. my wife will have to try to get a job despite her severe anxiety . we have had to return some of the christmas presents we bought for our son and daughter. we have had to return some of the christmas presents we bought for our son and dau

temperatures, these are the feels like,1 d.c., 23 in hagerstown, 39 fredericksburg.e cold sid so it feels 30 degrees colder hours did just a few ago. that's the kind of cold air we have racing in here behind this storm system that brought us a lot of rainfall. we saw over an inch of rain in the city. 1.33 inches at dulles. that's a new record for the date. some heavy rains and flooding around the areas. starting to see that come down. 17 in state college, 23 in hagerstown. so tha c cold airtinues to come down. virginia beach still around 57 degrees. that will get cold, to 42 tomorrow, breezy and cold, wind chills in the 20s. we're looking at a cold day tomorrow, not frigid but still cold. you need t coats, hats most likely. 39 on y then we get to sunday, a slight chance of snow to the west of the blu ridge, 49 degrees there. this is really sunday night. monday atu high tempe of 46. and then we get our next storm. that one is on tuesday. it's got a chance of rainr snow in the evening but i'm not too worried about that right enjoy. what i am worried about and what all

area and fredericksburg. looks like a break over the mountains and that's lack of data and we'll continue to see this fill in around the d.c. area. you see where the rain-snow line, is very close to southern st. mary's county. that's where we're watching as well to see how far this creeps up to thefoorth. you parts down the northern neck and southern maryland, not an issue at all. snow from frederickshe to fredericksburg region. what we have going on right now, an are of low pressure moving to the south is starting to transfer energy off the coast here. that area of low pressure was. we were thinking the other day was staying a l tle farther to the south. now it's forming a little farther to the north, and that's why we'reoing to stay in the snow all day. guys, we're really kind of getting. start we're not even halfway through the storm, but we're seeing some of the heaviest snowfall rates back to the west. take a look, back towar cincinnati. doesn't look like a lot back here but this ishat willeep our snow g

our friends in fredericksburg could get more, possibly two to four inches.hiladelphia to new york city, boston, hartford, no problems. same for raleigh and charlotte you'll be getting rain. as far as the impacts are going to go at the airports, st. louis, obviously later today into tonight and tomorrow. worst impact say with indianapolis. chicago won't be too bad. memphis and same for atlanta. we track this storm to the east. rain to the south. we're watching a new tax reform coming in to california. a lot of flooding concerns in california come next week. very typical storm. not too many school delays or cancelations because it's happening on the weekend. maybe people can play and not be interrupted. >>> coming up, with the government shutdown entering day 21 unemployment offices across the country reporting an uptick in claims. we'll look into that straight ahead. (burke) parking splat. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ but in my mind i'm still 35. t

oving down towards the fredericksburg area. it's not going to amount to anything. what this means these are all lake effect snows. this means very cold air is coming unin from canada. and look at the wind chills right now. current wind chill in d.c. 30 degrees. but 11 in pittsburgh. and that a colde continues to move across our region. t will be a very cold and windy dayorrow. we've seen winds gusting to 40 miles per hour today. tomorrow they could gust up to 45iles per hour. wind chills in the 20s all day, and yes, the weekendnow chances increasing. we're talking about accumulating snowfall. and the kids will have a chance to get out their sleds, at least most of them. d when i say kids. >>> now, the government shutdown 19 days j in. ant over an hour ago a meeting at the white house with congressional leaders ended with the president walking out. it came after theresident and vice president met republican senators on the hill.rw afds the president claimed republicans are united. but five members of his own party have publicly called for the shutdown to end. leon h

fredericksburg, northryn nd. they'll see rain and hold onto it. day.ff for the the commute south and east of d.c. could be a little bit wet.e thenead into friday. latest guidance coming out of this through this morning, i've be checking it for the last couple of hours, has this rain delayed a little bit on have to wait for the timing. we know a lot of this rain could be heavy at times and last into saturday morning. at least the first part of saturday. it's going to be wet. temperatures in the low 50sn saturday. by sunday we dry t out andse temperatures are going to get us back into the mid 50s. looking good for next sunday. not that bad next week. we may have a chance of rain showers on next tuesday. jury is still out. i didn't put it in the forecast. right now looking dry through next week. we've got melissa mollet talking abtrt fic. melissa? >> good morning. brand-new problem. aspen hill. chopper 4 showing closure.s this is bonafet road. big crash here. another ambulance we hear chopper 4 called out to the scene. another person still trapped. t

already made 60 in warrenton. 58 fredericksburg. 55 in gaithersburg.nning out the day, mid-50s to 60s. still close to 50 degrees by noon. by 4:00 in the 40s. the rain should be mostly done. probably by 4:00. by the time we get to early this tevening, temperatures i 30s and windchills in the 20s. so it's going to be back to january before you can blink your eyes and enjoy the mild weather. this band of heavy rain now in southern virginia, that's the one due to come in and has a lot of wind energy with it as well. so our weather will be deteriorating between now and 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning. a quick inch of rain is a possibility. so flood watches are up. future weather carries that ban of heavy rain in here between probably about 7:00 and 9:00 in the ing. then periods of heavy rain continuing up through about noon. once we get past about lunchtime or 1:00 though, that heavy rain threat moves on to the eastern arore and up into of delaware and pennsylvania. on the babside of it, it will bd a quicking out. we may have breaks of sunshine around here la

and iaddition, an agreement has been reached for the i-95 hot les to exit 133 in fredericksburg. and finally, in wood bridge, there will be a new reversible access ramp on to-95 making it easier for people to get toma po mills. >>> and the man accused of drinking and driving and causing that crash that killed three chilen in oxon hill is free on bond. da made his first court appearance yest thomas hawks is his name. he was arraignedn vehicular manslaughter charges. bond was set at $80,000. police say hawks was driving drunk after a redskins game last month when he rear ended another car on indian head highway. the impact killed 5-year-old twins alexander and rosaliend their 1-year-oldisaac. hawks had blood alcohol content more than twice the leglimit. >>> students are voicing concerns after a disturbing incident. a young woman was assaulted in her dorm room sunda morning. students we spoke with say that the incident has rated their nerves. >> kind of scary coming home to hat when we just move in. >> definitely was a wake-up call to always make sure i lock my doors and have my key

in virginia, the schools are closing two hours early.ia alexancity, and fredericksburg public schoolsngton, fairfax, and stafford county schools. other schools isva spotsa and gorge county schools. >> we will keep you updated dismissals.es and >>> now, let's check on the all-important forecast and your morning commute. melissa is w standing byh traffic. but chuck bell is here to kick things off for us. this is a tricky weather pot ea pattern for us, >> it sure is. just enough moisture. a little chance of rain and snow.

. >> as are -- fredericksburg city, staff fort county,al church city, loudoun, and culpeper county schools will also open two hours late today. warren county schools will open one hour late, eun. >> in west virginia, jefferson, berkeley, morgan county schools are all on a two-hour delay. hampshire a mineral county schools are on a three-hour delay. now let'sheck in with our "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell out th>>e today. super cold, now doubt about that. temperatures haveen fa mostly in the low to mid-teens around the city. a bone-chilling 16 degrees in arlington, 12 in manassas, 14 in leesburg. fortunately the winds is nowhere strong as it w yesterday, but still any bit of a breezinds windchills back down to close to zero. it feels like 2 in washington, 0 in gaithersburg and 5 in quantico. your planner for tuesda here's some good news, plenty of sunshine, a light i went out of the south will bring temperatures, believe it or not, back to or slightl above the freezing mark. temperatures will keep climbing to climb ances start as well. i'll time out the rain chances in a few minute

sera from fredericksburg, i'm a mother of two and a wife to an fbi employee.we are now approaching the end of week number four of the shutdown and no end in sight and by the end of this month our accounts will be almost empty. you had to have the hard conversation with our children about the lack of funds and making cuts to pay our bills and cost of medication. my son has asthma and blood pressure disorder which can be life-threateningre. he's on medication, but if the government doesn't open and our soul provider doesn't receive his pay,, how are we supposed to fulfill our responsibilities as appearance in keeping our kids safe and healthy? madam president, finally, christopher from leesburg share this on my facebook page. on the federal employee who were used at the last of his discretionary funds today to attend my grandfather's funeral. my second funeral in a month and to repair our vehicle so we could make it home to our kids. now i'm preparing to file for unemployment. my wife will have to try to get a job despite her severe and crippling anxiety and we

we began our morning in fredericksburg. we saw side streets and neighborhood streets had snow on them. also, too, what was diffeasnt from night is that snow has a bit more of a crunch to it. perhs some ice mixing now in there, as well. as you make your way out on to the highways and roads today, bear in mind that you're not just contending with snow there. there could be slicker spots underneath. as we look live on the road, school closed in many places, inworkplaces, too, not' s a big rush on the road so far. the good news is,95 is looking clear. back into you. >> justin, thank you. >>> if you have a sligflight schedule for today, yo might wantheck with the airline before you head to the airport. according to flight aware, there's delays andancellations at area airports. dulles international has eight belays. bwi marshal has no bdelay four cancellations. and a live look for you at reagan international airport. there are delays and 55 cancellations. double-check your flightwi stat your airline before you head to the airport

metro area, down through southern maryland, fredericksburg, really no issues. it's up around the mason dixon line, back around the i-81 corridor where i think we'll see some slick llspots, espec tomorrow. i have new information coming in about temperatures with this system. i'll talk to you more about that coming up at just after 11:15. >>> now we go to breaking news in fairfax county. a car strikes and kills a pestrian on u.s. 50 in falls church and the driver kept on going. the driver hit the victim while the person was walking near summerfield road this evening. witnesses tell police the driver was i a dark colored truck. officers closed the roads in that area to investigate. >>> other breaking special counsel robert mueller's office issues a rare public statement tonit, disputing parts of the huge "buzzfeedor that everyone has been talking about for the past 24 hours. the report say the president personally instructed his long-time lawyer, michael cohen, to lie to the congress about a deal forower in russia. the specicounsel's office said this, quote, "buzz

in virginia, the schools are closing two hours early.ia alexancity, and fredericksburg public schools, arlington, fairfax, and stafford county schools. other schools isva spotsa and gorge county schools. >> we will keep you updated dismissals.es and >>> now, let's check on the all-important forecast and your morning commute. melissa is w standing byh traffic. but chuck bell is here to kick things off for us. this is a tricky weather pot ea pattern for us, >> it sure is. just enough moisture. milittle chance of rain and snow. d amounts of moisture. we're not looking for a lot of either. the problem is, it comes during the evening cosute, just this arctic front starts to slide on through.he temperatures of that, will be briefly near 40 degrees.ey ill be trying and pretreating the roads. anything that comes down as rn first is likely able to dilute or wash the chemicals offf the road. we have reports of snowshowers in northern maryland. this is not adding up to thi much morning. winter weather advisories for all of the .c.area, go up until noon. those are windchill advise is in the mount

metro area through fredericksburg and montgomery county stillnoealing with this system does start to wind down, still some snow in areas, gh. by 11:00 p.m., just light snow out there, especially for washington down through prarts f southern maryland. midn.mht to 2:00 all of the snow pushes out of the area. and then it's all about the cleanup. but temperatures tonight will be dipping into the 20s. so even if it's a little slushy out thereight now, it will be ice tomorrow morning, leon. i'm going to have more on the impact s plus maybee more snow in the forecast. all of that coming up in about >> one at a time. one storm at a time, please. all right. >>> from tysons to springfielda to arlingtond culver has been making the snow round since this morning. >> and he woins ush how many of you spent this first snow day of 2019., david. >> reporter: hey, erika and leon. you look behind me and see a dash of snow in thela v. it becomes nice and scenic. a lot of folks taking in what was a tranquil,nowy sunday. some inside enjoying it. others venturing out to work, and someo play. scraping up and

towards fredericksburg and the northern neck. w highesds today will be along and to the east of the i-95 corridor. a little les of a threat of powerhouse wind in the shenandoah valley. everyone is going to be wet. everyone is off to a mild start this morning. flood watches are up. could get a quick inch of rben een now and noon. temperatures, it's 52 in winchester. 53 in arlington. 50 degrees in annapolis here at 4:30 in the mouring. planner then, mild and rainy and windy through be then those winds turn around and temperatures will tumble quickly, jack taylor with windchills in the 20s by dinnertime. >> all right, chuck. we'll keep an eye on it.t making for a great morning rush hour this morning.ou asan see, we still have our closure in northwest. 17th at d remains you'll find the closure points at new york avenue, northbound at -- this may not be finished nm the end of the plan for it. 50 at the bay bridge. limited wind restrictions in effect on the bridge itself. this could affectse empty h trailers or box trailers. be aware o

towards fredericksburg and the northern neck.ighesds today will be along and to the east of the i-95 corridor. a little les of a threat of powerhouse wind in the shenandoah valley. everyone is going to be wet. everyone is off to a mild start this morning. flood watches are up.

v also,dot will expand the toll laneso fredericksburg and extend the 495 express lanesll the way to the american legion bridge. >>> when we come right back on news 4 tonight, a look a on a mission. they want to make sure no one else experiences the heartbreaking loss. >> please help stop these agedies from occurring in our schools. >> only on news 4, hear from the grandmother of a killed in a school second. how she believes lawmakers can save the lives of other children. >>> and we're talking about cold. just look at this. the windchill right now in d.c., 17. minneapolis, 50 below zero. cold air moving in tomorrow. >>> tonight we're hearing from the family of a fairfax county 3rd grader killed in a tragi accident at school. >> wesley died back in may. he was helping a teach operate a large motorized wall at francona elementary school. his grandmother is pleading with state lawmakers to pass legislation to help prevent a tragedy like the one that claimed wesley's life. >> news 4 consumer investigative hporter susanan tonight has been following this story from the very beginning and she h

we've seen this winter as far as the windchill, only 23 in d.c. 27 degrees in winchester and fredericksburg coming in around 27. tomorrow's going to be a very cold day. get ready for that. make sure you bundle up getting out for work tomorrow. take a look at the snowfall moving in on saturday. this is not a fday event, this is saturday into sunday. moving in during the afternoon. watch what happens here. getting fairly steady overnight. saturday, maybe a little bit of a lull and an area of low pressure moves in on sunday. that's the best chance of seeing accumulating snowfall, would be sunday during thee day and l in the day. snow chances. chance of an inch or 70more, chance. i think most of us will see that. chance of 4 inches or about a 40% chance. this is going up, though. chance of 8 inches or more, i not expecting that, less than 10% chance, but we'llto continu watch this. at least an inch of snow likely. snin maps c out tomorrow. get ready for that. i'll have that for you tomorrow at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. one te,ng for s staying on the cold side. windchills in the 20s. only in the 30s

meade. 26 in fredericksburg. another very cold night acr rs ourion. just going to be as cold tomorrow morning. heads up if you can wait it's a good idea to do so. watch for ice overnight. small system moving through thursday night. this could bring snow in some areas. the big weekendtorm and ld. i wish i could super capitalize cold because that's what we've ctoming, guys. >> all right. doug, thank you. beenhile many streets have cleared of snow, we found quite a few tonight that have been overloed and it's becoming difficult and downright dangerous for drivers. >> news 4's jackie bensen continues our team coverage from one of the worst areas we've seen today, bradley boulevard in chevy chase. jackie? >> reporter: well, take a look, i mean, it's surprising when you consider where -- we're so close inside beltway. take a look at what this road does look like. doug did c for me what i felt when i came out here tonight, itreems col and is colder than it was at this time last night, and that gives meea grt concern for road conditions in the overnight hours

down through southern maryland, fredericksburg, around an inch or less. 1 to 3 inches, though northern faulk ear countiesnd along the i-81 coordinator. for thet part west of i-95 reporting a around inch. even college park, maryland, reporting an inch of snow. down into washington and southern maryland, reports coming in maybe 1/2 an inch, if anything at all. that's going tcontinue to be the trend. here is future weather at 2:00 a.m. stillhance for snow showers across the area. temperatures pretty much at or below freezin 4:00 a.m. for our early risers out there. maybe some lingeringight snow d rain showers. not seeing that being a huge threat, though. certainly the temperatures just below freezing. you want to be cautious for slick spots out there. by 6:00 a.m. all the rain and snow mixed in here isut of here. a high tomorrow, check this out, 47 degrees, near 50 tomorrow. so as that rain and know is over by 2:00 to 6:00 ara.m., we up with some sunshine developing throughout the day. that's going to lead telng snow. for the weekend, saturday, a high of 46. sunday, a high o 42. this stor

the fredericksburg regional food bank is distributing food to furloughed employees. hopefully pride won't get in the way, and we spotted long lines today at chef jose andres' new emergency kitchen on pennsylvania avenue. people tell news 4 they'rean ble somebody is lending a hand. >> it's uncomfortable and you feel ridiculous beuse you're a greenup professional that can't not their own ends meet a because of anything that you've done wrong, b it feels that way. >> the chef isn't just inviting those most impacted by the shutdown, he's also inviting lawmakers, he said feeding the hungry is a bipartisan issue and is encouraging them to voluntee >>> if you're a furloughed working looking for meals and job fares or i you want to lend a hand and help your neighbors, you'll find all the information you need in our nbc washington app.". search "shutdo >>> weeks after the d.c. council passed a controversial law to decriminaze metroair evasion, mayor muir yul bowser vetoed the bill she says the bill could have a negative effect on metro's bhugt an ancourage lawlessness on metr

. >> as are -- fredericksburg city, staff fort county,al church city, loudoun, and culpeper county schoolslso open two hours late today. warren county schools will open one hour late, eun. >> in west virginia, jefferson, berkeley, morgan county schools are all on a two-hour delay. hampshire a mineral county schools are on a three-hour delay. now let'sheck in with our "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell ou

fredericksburg coming in at 10 tomorrow afternoon. weather alert tomorrow. 30% chance of snow showers on of ay with the temperature 32. then look at this. look at this nice warm-up. saturday, 48. 56 degrees on sunday. ce and mil and then, guys it gets reallyrm we're talking 60s in here. >> wow. >> on tuesday and wednesday. a chance for rain. couple of days there. we're all talking about the warmer air. but if you like the cold air. >> yeah? >> there are a lot of things you can d i whent's this cold. take a look at this. go ahead and get your pants nice andet and then just stand them up, just stand them up in your front yard. this is a hashtag with the frozen pants, people doing this l ove parts of the northwest. this will be a possibility for us, too. youant to freeze your pants off? that's how youan do it. >> you have to soak them first. >> and don't be in them. >> no. definitely not. >> thank you, doug. >>> coming up, the wizards come home and get back on track. >> sports next. >>> but fst, here is jimmy fallon. >>> hey, keenan thom

. >> in virginia, alexandria,n, arling falls church, fredericksburg are on two-hour

that's why i have higher snow totals in places like fredericksburg, around frederick and d.c., not so much show at all during the day on sunday. so, again, most of the snow is in the d.c. metrorea to the north is on saturday and on into yturday night. here arer snowfall totals. 1 to 3 inches in these areas. kind of leaning closer to 1 to 2 in much of this region. s, again, thedding may not be the best out there on saturday afternoon or really into sunday morning. 3 to 5 to the south. that is if the secondary wave can actually bring a little bit more snow updan s that was looking very likely earlier but looking a little less likelye now. so may have to lower those totals. chuck bell will have the latest forou tomorrow on that. now back to the west, 4 to 6 in the mountains. the mountains always get the most. that's where it will be. again, not a huge storm but it will have an impact on yr weekend. no impact on the nbc 4 health and fitness expo.e we will there on saturday, we will be there on sunday. so come down and seema us no er what's going on. low 30s saturday and sunday. i do expec

. >> in virginia, alexandria,n, arling falls church, fredericksburg are on two-hour delay. amp est virginia, berkley, shire, jefferson. all of that information is at the bottom of your screen and in the nbc washington app. >> this morning, we also have team coverage of the storm and its impacts. teams are spreadcr outs the region monitoring road conditions near you. >>issa is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we begin with lauren rickets and look at all the cold temperatures, lauren. >> yeah. we havpe chilly ttures out there right now. we will continue to see some chilly temperatures as we go through theday. but look at these wind chills across the area. you can s some pretty drastic wind chims to the upper midwest. and those are continuing to sink down. now this piece of cold air ise going to coming our way as we go into the afternoon and evening. winds will start to pick up after about 8:00 p.m. tonight. again, we are looking at some very bitterly cd wind chills. we have wind advisories and wind chill advisories in place for this. now the current wind chill here i

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