. >>> the garrett county that wasn't at least for us.aking a live look from our downtown sky cam turned out to be pretty calm around baltimore. meteorologist standing by for a look at your holiday >> it's trying to snow or rain out there or something but the air's too dry this far north so the garrett county's effects have been well south of us. local radar set up here just to sew where it's actually raining it's down south of the district. circled in white is baltimore near the top of the screen there and this rain is falling short of washington. now temperatures are cooling down, so those folks that are getting this stuff you'll see a changeover but in some places up to ten inches of snow have fallen. the garrett county was a near miss for us it's going to be history by tomorrow. a different story for president's day and that forecast is just ahead >>> new details after a stabbing this afternoon. the victim has died. police say they respond around three o'clock and one man stabbed but that's all they're staying at this point. the victi

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there's a winter weather advisory for garrett county. they're expecting several inches of snow over the weekend. there may be a flurry here. details on the weekend forecast are coming up in a few minutes. >> also making headlines tonight, and read -- ed reid will remain in the ravens lineup. he has not said anything about the season since the loss to new england. that sparked concerns he is retiring. rayless is returning this season as well. -- and ray lewis is returning this season as well. three men robbed two people leaving the annapolis mall. they had just purchased a laptop computer when three men robbed them before taking off any stolen black bmw. police have stepped up security in continue to search for the suspects. no one was injured. >> new reports show signs of improvement in the economy. gas prices continue to rise. polls show the economy is the issue voters care most about. it is getting a lot of attention on the campaign trail. sally kidd joins us with more. >> it comes up at every town hall meeting, questions about the eco

and garrett county and those counties to the west, actually under a winter storm warning.ere's why. here's what we expect from the system tomorrow, probably during the afternoon or even into the evening hours. around the baltimore metro, a coating to maybe an irv. a little rain and flurries south. an inch or two across northern maryland. however, garrett county, and those higher elevations could see as much as 8 inches. and might even see wind-blown snow tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. as temperatures will be dropping there into the teens. tomorrow night, eventually, we'll get down below 20 degrees for the strong breeze. very cold air coming in, just in time for your second half of the weekend. denise? >> thank you, bob. stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage. a look at live doppler radar. for more information, log onto wjz.com. >>> violence in syria, as protestors are still rallying against the country's president. kai is in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: the collapse of the diplomatic efforts at the u.n. security council, most likely triggered t

where you're seeing the precipitation is northwestern maryland, garrett county.f you're driving 68 west, you see a few drops and it's over before it starts. perhaps just a few rain drops from new freedom toward york, very, very limited precipitation. most of us sitting dry and most of us stay dry. though later tonight another line could come through, maybe bring showers. right now temperatures running in the mid-50s to upper 50s. 54 in easton. 50 in ocean city. our winds are light gusting higher. at times it has been windier than this but persistent. it will be breezy and getting very windy as we get a true cold front. here we g a couple of additional showers over eastern kentucky. that area could come up and bring a few more showers later on this evening, but, again, not looking for in which the way of rain. mild hair will continue to flow in out of the south through the day tomorrow. we should get decent sunshine for the first half of the day. disturbance putting some slow down toward the cleveland area. here's our trend. later tonight with that disturbance in

we have a winter storm warning out for garrett county.because we have the possibility of a couple inches of snow falling. as we switch over to our map to show the weather alerts, you can see that warning out for garrett county, and that is the possibility of several inches of snow falling. also very cold conditions. wind chills below zero at least through the early morning hours. elsewhere we are seeing early morning temperatures. as far as snow showers go, they are limited to the western mountains. very interesting to note. look at these winds coming over the mountains. you see the ripples in the cloud cover? these are actually called mountain waves. as the air flows over the mountains, it starts to wave like the ocean does and it creates a beautiful pattern there. also showing those winds are strong as they move over the mountains. they are coming in behind our latest storm. low pressure off shore, allowing in that very, very cold air straight out of the arctic. it came from canada and it is moving our way. it is going to keach our -- k

further west, carol, frederick, beyond, winter storm warnings in garrett county. temperatures colder to the west, safely above freezing. in fact, this could come down as rain mixed with snow at the beginning. we will see a complete change over to snow and left with an inch to two. temperatures above freezing today. another reason why the ground will not allow the snow to stick well in the beginning. it won't take long with the overnight arrival. one of the key differences with this winter weather maker compared to the last two, this is arriving overnight. it will not have the daytime power of the sun working from the top to keep things above freezing. a different scenario with this. it's a slightly potent system. see the snow overspreading already, midwest and all going to take a dive southward and up the new england coastline. gusts over 406789 windchills down in the teens, a cold weekend tomorrow in to sunday. here is the timing, see the snow picking up in intensity towards 2:00 a.m. , the key window, advisory midnight, key timing for the worst is 2:00 a.m. to 7

temperatures well above freezing out in garrett county. the eastern shore has a chance of some sprinkles and charts tomorrow. 60's on thursday, may be mid- 60's down at ocean city on thursday before that cold front arrives on friday. going into the 60's thursday and friday but then falling friday afternoon. the wicked is chilly again, with gusts to predict the weekend is chilly again. -- the weekend is chilly again. >> put mardi gras together with sports and you get a haulage -- high school and college environment. >> it is mega millions. tonight's jackpot is an estimated and unitized $72 million. you must match these five white balls plus the gold megaball. 9-39-42-30-47. tonight's megaball number is 37. if no one matches all six numbers, friday jackpot will be >> the terps orlin the short path to the n.c.a.a. tournament, but to their credit, they will not wait that long to travel little attention. they honored former guard johnny rhodes. gary williams was on hand for the festivities. the terps up 10 in the opening minutes. in the second

it is a winter storm warnings out in garrett county or western al gapey county. insta-weather futurecast shozz -- shows the break for a while. a little more snow involved there as the cold front comes in and temperatures fall. then sunday looks dry. we get lake-effect snows. how much snow? here's the distribution. an inch or two around baltimore. in some cases less than that with maybe slightly heavier amounts near the pennsylvania line. 36 on sunday. a wintery weekend in that regard. monday looks dry. a rain-snow mix on tuesday. rain chances thursday and friday. >> thanks, john. in this morning's "education alert" big changes in what carroll county children are losing. >> they are doing an across-the-board change in what middle schools are teaching. >> who can answer this question -- water freezes at? great! great hands. very good. >> this school understands the basics. >> i am spot checking to make sure you have it completed. >> by the fall, they start to notice across-the-board changes. >> the middle school level, while we have had ack sell rated classes in th

western maryland, the wrnt storm or wrnt weather advisory make that, in garrett county for several inches of snow. those westerly wind hit the west side of the mountains, squeezed out the moisture and with the colet air in place -- cold air in place, three to five to six inches of snow in garrett county. east of the mountains a partly cloudy sky and windy and cold. 30's and 40's to start the weekend. and that front will continue to pull away as high pressure drifts on in. the air up here is quite cold. that's where the air mass is coming from for the weekend. so expect a more february-like weather pattern at least for a couple of days. and if you're going up into the mountains not only the wind and the wind chills but several inches of snow during the day tomorrow. and a fleury or two is possible as -- flurry or two is possible as strong westerly winds continue. all-out sunshine for sunday and monday and chilly through the weekend, monday starts yet another warm-up. 43 to 48 tomorrow. gust to 45 miles an hour. sunup at 6:46. gale warning on the bay. that will go into the middle part of th

allegheny and garrett counties in maryland. oser to washington as we look at the high resolution radar, the areas where it is snowing, darker green snshgs coming down harder west of leesburg and right along warren and clark counties, especially higher elevations along the blue ridge. then across the potomac into maryland they are getting light snow in eastern washington county across frederick county, maryland. up towards carroll county and there may be a few flurries just now arriving in northern montgomery county and, again, this is advancing to the east and maybe a few sprinkles of rain trying to reach the ground in the northern neck and far southern maryland and fredericksburg and we are going to have this moisture coming through now until about 10:00 p.m. as a result of winter weather advisories out. all counties including rappahannock, northern fauquier, and loudoun county, and montgomery, howard and points west and north. temperatures right now, this is a critical factor. above freezing, much of the region so the snow is

pennsylvania a little down in west virginia and also in garrett county. a little bit of that activity. generally clear skies over baltimore right now. the high pressure in new england is what is causing these gusty conditions during the day today. the high pressure coming in reinforces chilly temperatures. so we don't warm up all that much. a mix of sun and clouds. windy. these are seasonable temperatures we're expecting. west winds 15 to 25. gusts stronger than that. wind advisory out of our viewing area. here the gale warnings for the bay, winds gusting to 35 from the west with a two-foot chop on the open waters of the bay. we may even pick up a flurry around here, but the higher chance for that would be off to the north of us. then dry weather sunday, monday, and even tuesday. we have a good streak here. the good part is in the seven-day forecast, we warm up after the weekend. solidly in the 40's for highs over the weekend. windy today. tomorrow's low of 25. into the 50's next week, and the middle of next week on wednesday, another round of scattered s

a little bit in garrett county. here we are in baltimore, d.c. and annapolis, have been a few sprinkles drifting through. earlier this morning, a fair weather day today. get out and enjoy it. winds 22 miles per hour. inner harbor, 44. humidity down. barometer rising. temperature wise, affected by the wind. chestertown, 39 in parkton. 39 at frederick. here are the wind gusts village centering at this point. 33 at annapolis. here's the satellite image showing clouds now drifting into frederick county and also northern carol county. a couple sprinkles come out of those. out on the eastern shore of the bay. this is where the snow shower will occur during the day today. a strong westerly to northwesterly wind behind this storm is what's bringing in the reinforcement of cold air and helping generate some snow shower activity. again, it looks like generally clear weather coming in. windy, seasonably chilly. some gusts will be a little stronger than that. a wind advisory in the blue shaded areas you see here. our entire viewing area. southeastern marylan

in garrett county, 24 at hagerstown. under clear skies, you can see the 20 in regardless son.bia 18 degrees. bethesda south to 22. clear skies on our michael and son weather camera this morning. 25. with a wind chill at 16. dew points in the low teens, a sign of the arctic air mass. really holding on at northern main. even though it is 7 in bismarck, ben it is not the worst of it. we are seeing two storms on the map. this one coming out of texas now. this will be giving us clouds more than anything over the next couple of days. looks like that is going to be here thursday, with rain for us. as we look at the short term, we have sunny skies this morning. the clouds will be incrowsing over the evening hours. tomorrow morning we may get a few showers north and west of dc. looks like it will be generally dry. isolated showers here and there. so our forecast, definitely go to wear the light jacket this morning. upper 40s, by wednesday the sun returns. on friday the sun comes badge one more time. 51. >>> hello howard. there was a minor accident on the southbound side of i-27 0 here

maybe a few flurries out toward garrett county.ll talk about the warmer weather coming in the seven day. stay tuned. >> our big story this morning a sad one. pop singer whitney houston has passed away. >> the 48-year-old singer and actress was found dead at -- yesterday. her death comes on the eve of the biggest night for music, the grammy awards. 11 news reporter gina kim has more. >> she was the undisputed queen of the charts for the 80's and 90's. she then reigned in blockbuster hits like "the bodyguard." it was her bodyguard who found whitney houston dead. >> they found houston unresponsive in her hotel room. they attempted resuscitation measures. they were not successful, unfortunately. >> detectives who continued their investigation through the night say there are no cages it was a crime and say there are no obvious signs of drugs. >> it was drugs, alcohol, and a turbulent relationship with former husband bobby brown that turned her sky rocketing career into a downward spiral. recently she was attempting to revive her stardom

warnings in western allegany and garrett counties. the areas turn north could pick up some snow, but temperatures in the initial presentation will have rain mixed in. the conceit of cold it gets with lows of around 20 but below zero. almost 50 degrees, but look freezing in western maryland. sotheby's will get more rain. and by morning there will be rain on the eastern shore down in to clean and county in towards ocean city. that will taper off a little bit and then the arctic front will bring another burst of snow showers tomorrow evening. as winds down, we're generally talking about 1 inch or two around baltimore, 1-3 inches in the northern suburbs. generally, it had the best mobile in the north and west. a winter makes -- winter mix in most areas. gusting up to 30 so it will feel cold once the front goes by. single digit lows over teh we ekend.e astern show, flurries on sunday. cooler through the weekend. 37 with flurries sunday morning. 7-day -- by monday, back in the 40's. getting close to 50 again. from the susquehanna bank's boa

they could see as much as 8 to maybe 10 or 12 inches in the higher mountains of garrett county. for our region, take a look at this graphic we set up for you. for our local area, d.c. through baltimore, maybe up to cecil county, a coating to an inch. this saul day -- is all day, mainly into tonight. by evening, it will accum accumulate on the streets. if not treated. 48-plus. a little rain-flurry mixture down to the south and east. 42 here, up to the north of us, a few upper 30s showing up. we did have a few flakes of snow around owings mills. now, 40, westminster. 44 down by the bay. annapolis, d.c. and kent island. 46/27 today. the average is 44 and 26. and the record, 66. and a very cold 1899, 7 below zero. right now, very light winds in the area, really not a major factor until late tomorrow, when low pressure off the coast of florida and low pressure to the south of us, moves off the east coast, develops into a low pressure that is going to cause snow across eastern new england, boston area, maine, cape cod, could see some decent snow by late tomorrow afternoon and sunday.

now there is snow on the ground in garrett county.the weekend they had six to 10 inches of snow so that is keeping things cooler there, trip in washington and 43 in ocean city, locally mid to upper 40s around the region, close to 50 at kent island, annapolis and washington. wins have come down but were gusty earlier, 48 today after a chilly 20 this morning. our average is now 44 and 26. the records 72 in 1951, 1983, one above zero, so you think it has been cold this year nothing to several years in the past. even last year was a lot colder than this year. here is that west wind that kept things mild today. winds coming down the mountains, by heating by compression they go from three to 4000 feet down to sea level and temperatures go up. so a pretty good breeze with oakland, feels cold there, high winds diminish tonight and become easterly tomorrow that will bring in moisture. there is a band of snow however to the south. it is rain and milder temperatures, that is headed in our direction, this snow is going to break up. don't expect t

our high wind warning has been narrowed to extreme western maryland, mean garrett county. so we get an idea what's coming with the front. 40s, windy, some fog, some scattered showers showers. we'll talk billion how your weekend shapes up. >> bge is keeping a close eye on the winds. extra field crews are ready to roll, but bge said this would have to wait until after the winds die down. >>> abc2 continues to lead the way in the mobile news offering. visit right now and check out hour growing list of apps for whatever type of phone or tablet. you'll get it right to your device. >>> well, many of us are well aware of the dangers associated with a gas leak. that's why dozens of people dialed 911 in harford county, reporting they smelled gassments the source of the problem turned up to be something from miles away. >> reporter: these underground utility workers say it's not their line. >> coming up up north. you could smell the gas. >> reporter: havre de grace's mayor also caught wind of the problem. >> i was talking to the chief of limits she mentioned when she left her reside

the weather network had a meeting of seven degrees in garrett county early this morning.ratures are not far from the average. cloud cover is off to the west. that will continue to stream in later today. notice the snow showers from minnesota into arkansas. even texas picked up some snow from the energy. the high pressure will move offshore. it will be replaced by the upper level energy. it will not be as strong by the time it gets here tomorrow. we will have extra clouds from this on valentine's day. i think there will be enough moisture that we've gone will develop a few snowflakes -- i think there will be enough moisture that we will develop a few snowflakes tomorrow. snow showers cannot be ruled out around interstate 81 tomorrow. in terms of accumulations i think the best bet would be a dustings west of the blue ridge. it is looking like a non-issue. temperatures will be in the high 40's for valentine's day. there will be rain by thursday. we will be on the warm side of the system of tracking to the west. so far this winter, two inches at reagan. that is it. >> a virgi

four to 8 inches of snow out in garrett county. eastern shore, snow showers tomorrow night. flurries on it sunday. the same transition at ocean city. look at that cold air in the upper midwest. that is coming our way for sunday. 39 tomorrow, 36 sunday. we born into the 40's on monday and tuesday. -- we warm up into the 40's on monday and tuesday. could some of you will be thinking of your sweetheart this weekend. here is a four-year-old with a nice message of love. this is a seven-year-old. you can share your valentines photos on wbaltv.com. >> one of the best college basketball atmosphere's we have seen in years. >> across america, it is in that got millions. >> it is friday, february 10. the jackpot is estimated at $41 million. he must have these five white balls. let's see if we can make you a millionaire. 4, 50, 18, 3, 29, megball is 20. >> for the first time ever, basketball- loyola's new what to do with the spotlight tonight. crazy atmosphere. look at this. to this is what college basketball is all about. rj williams. this place is rocking. down it goes. everything goi

sharply colder in the mountains with snow likely in garrett county. scattered rain showers on the shore. 63 on thursday. we could hit the mid-60's on the lower eastern shore. a few scattered showers and some thunder thursday night into friday. temperatures climbing for a couple of days hitting 63 thursday. close to 60 yen friday. temperatures drop friday afternoon. the highs of the weekend are back in to the 40's. >> this is 11 sports. >> this spring they have almost a dozen starters competing. jeremy guthrie leaves. no major league track record. one thing we do know about this spring training, the coach has a lot of work in front of him trying to assemble a staff that can improve over last year's worst earned run average of any pitching staff in baseball. >> we have 11 guys that we have penciled in that can start and hopefully we will have helped those guys stretched out so the competition will be there and we will see how these guys do over the first three weeks. >> johns hopkins men's lacrosse team living up to its no. 2 ranking. the jays hosting d

even out that way with the mild weather coming garrett county expects a little rain tonight. looks like it will clear up by morning, which will benefit the stage for another mild day to borrow. temperatures again the way up there. 39-47 to buy. more like a normal high temperature for this time of year. a slight chance for scattered showers. subset earlier this morning of 5:51. underneath the clouds, a couple of hits and showers. the main storm in canada. now just a week weather disturbance coming through. strong growth cold front taking shape in the northern rockies tonight. this will raise south and east. this is the one that might finally push the spring-like weather out. it will grab on to the arctic air in the hudson bay and bushes south and east. this will certainly turn a lot colder on friday afternoon going into saturday. tomorrow on the warm side of the approaching front. partly cloudy conditions at 3:00 in afternoon. tomorrow night different starts to approach. moister increases. that little line of showers is probably the cold front coming through maryland. it is a

it will be on the cold side, especially in garrett county. stevensville 35 and we'll get that snow. i'll detail that coming up. but first a check of your traffic with angela. >>> good morning. baltimore county police and crews are still on the scene at ricetown road at straw hat road. we're closed there because of wires down and an accident reported in the essex community. be prepared for slowdowns there. and if you make the drive on 95 into downtown, not a problem making your way to 395. this is a look north of belt way. and we continue to move well. if you're traveling on the west side of 695, here's a look at liberty road. the left side starting to pack in on the outer loop lanes and the top side sluggish traffic for you as you make your drive from harford road to providence. over to you. >>> new developments this morning in the case of a washington state man who killed himself and his two young sons in an explosion. john i don't know is here with more on the newly released 911 call. >> reporter: west first 911 calls before sunday's explosion why josh powell killed himself and two

hampshire county and mineral county and garrett county under a flood warning.9000, it's really beginning to fill in. you see the reds and oranges more like a springtime map really. heavy activity around brunswick up toward middletown. once you get fast frederick, you'll get some pretty heavy activity and up into williamsport past 40 some big time rain. nothing severe, but heavy rain, so it will slow you down. we'll move south and kind of centered on culpeper, heavy activity back toward orange approaching 29, all this activity pushing off towards the east towards warrenton and woodbridge. we'll back out the radar and put this into motion over the next hour. it's going to get pretty hefty across most of the metro area as we put this into motion. we'll see everything move essentially eastward and you'll see heavy rain move into places like leesburg and loudoun county and fairfax and montgomery county as we go through the night. we'll keep you posted, no warnings or watches in the immediate metro area. drying out after midnight, another round of heavy rain, thunder

my niece and snow tires in garrett county this weekend. don't think they need it around here. 43, west winds at 3. barometer just beginning to fall. come back and take a look at that precip after this. ,, what's the matter? uh, trouble with a car insurance claim. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yup. [ dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can always count on them. unlike randy over there. that's one dumb dude. ♪ the new claim satisfaction guarantee. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. >>> all righty. a few spots. none of them at this point are reaching the ground. it's just too warm. take a look at radar. you can see these echoes, moving into portions of baltimore county. and not too far from the city, north of the region. and it's heading up to the northeast. and there's a break coming up. so it may do a little rain-snow mix for

as a result, we have winter weather advisories in effect all the way out to garrett county. some of the higher amounts being in higher elevations out toward the west. this is in effect until 8:00. a winter weather advisory in effect, when snow and winter weather is expected to possibly impact travel around the area. to possibly dictate what is a. going on in the sky and what's falling on the ground. for a little more on that, we want to send it out to meteorologist bernadette woods. >> it's been above freezing. and temperatures, even though it's coming down as flurries right now, the roads are just about wet. that's about it. from hagerstown, north and west. we've seen the temperatures drop, even though it's 35 now in cumberland. so it's a better chance, the farther north and west you go. we've had this map. for the city, it has been dropped from the advisory. and we're looking at maybe, at most, a fleshy coating as we head into the evening, late evening hours, when the sun does set. north and west of that, is where we could see a little bit more. even though we could be sho

that is more likely as you get back toward garrett county. the temperatures are not all that cold.s tomorrow, 34-39. snow accumulating in the mountains tomorrow and staying called on thursday. 45 on thursday as the sun comes back to the eastern shore. on the lower eastern shore, just brain. the seven-day forecast, after tomorrow's little taste of winter moves out, it warms up again. 50 on friday, but a blast of cold air or arrives for the weekend. a couple of lorries on sunday and the weekend highs only in the 30's. -- a couple of flurries on sunday. >> this is 11 sports. >> it does not take long for the inevitable reshaping of the ravens roster to begin. you will not see ricky williams and a ravens uniform next season. the 12-year veteran announced his retirement today. he leaves behind an impressive body of work. one of only 26 running backs in the history of the nfl to rush for more than 1,000 yards. he hope to finish his career with his first super bowl ring. one of the more interesting people to play for the ravens. he teaches yoga and loves world travel. ray rice says being a

a wind warning out in garrett county. watch for bust over 50 of an hour. winds gusting to 45 knots on the open waters of the day. showers and thunderstorms with a strong front tomorrow, then 30 degrees cooler on saturday. lots of sunshine on sunday. partly cloudy on monday and tuesday. >> jeremy lin became a household name in less than a week, but can he stand up to playing in the heat of lebron james' house? find out next in sports. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> tonight's jackpot as an estimated annuity of $1 million. here are you are winning numbers tonight. 22-16-26-7-33-23. if no one matches all six numbers on one line of a ticket, the jackpot climbs to $1,100,000. and textron is monday night at 11:22 here on wbal-tv -- the next drawing is monday night. the maryland lottery, let >> the nba highest profile matchup of the season so far, jeremy lin and the knicks against lebron james and the heat was more like struggling, at least for the next. it fails to stick the landing. no points from the judge on that one. lebron james, get out of t

may see a little snow in garrett county, oakland area by the morning, probably reaching the baltimored.c. area by 1-2:00 p.m. probably changing to wet snow late in the afternoon, continuing into the evening until about 9-10:00, and then it's din. a little package and then it's gone. thursday a night warm up ensues for thursday and friday, back in the upper 40s. so that weak little storm passing through the area, mainly showers. little intermittent snow to the north. don't expect to see a big deal, but you'll see some accumulations on the snow and grass. northeast winds 10-15 on the bay. 42 is the bay temperature. tomorrow, a little bit of precipitation, yes. rain and snow, some accumulation. mainly from city on north. 40 dropping to the 30s in the afternoon, warming up -- 37, 50. 38 on saturday, a lot of clouds. 34 for the high on sunday. >> now, that looks like winter. thank you. >>> a college basketball thriller. >> maryland goes down to the wire with clemson. wire with clemson. the thrilling finish up,,,,,,,,, wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! e

cecil, harford, northern baltimore and carroll counties out to garrett county. so there could be slick spots to say the least even where that snow is meltings that comes down. you can see in towson as we time lapse west towson elementary, you see the snow coming down pretty good. conditions are west. so a lot of this is melting on contact. our freeze line north and west of the city north and west of i-95. travelers are looking east, just wet conditions. as you go further north and west there could be reduced visibility and slicker areas. 30s, more snow showers, primarily rain to the east. we'll have much more on when the whole thing gets out of here coming up. >>> the calendar says february 8th and a wintery mix reminds you we are in winter. it slowed traffic to a crawl on 83. let's check in with joce sterman. what is it looking like tonight? >> reporter: it is not a crawl. we're not seeing that tonight. things are moving pretty quickly on 83 northbound, just a little slick, but nothing is sticking to the roads or the grass at this point. as far as the roads are

an area of rain in this area of green, a few sprinkles in western maryland, in allegheny and garrett countytching down through central west virginia. this is drying as it heads east but it may hold together. we might have a few sprinkles mid morning. sunrise will be at 6:50. again, a chance of a shower by perhaps 8:00, 9:00 around the metro area. we'll still bein the 50s. climbing to the 60s by noontime and may hit 70 degrees by mid afternoon. and then overnight tonight, our temperatures will be on the mild side. hovering in the 50s to near 60 under a cloudy sky and by moment the low 50s. and by dawn tomorrow, the mid-40s. and then during the day, near 50 tomorrow. it will be to the mid-40s by late on friday. after we get again into the 60s tomorrow, we do have chance for gusty winds on friday. we could have winds gusting to over 40 miles an hour tomorrow out of the southwest in the morning and then shifting to the northwest during the afternoon that. will bring in much colder air. down to near 30 by saturday morning. saturday, partly cloudy, breezy, chilly, highs in the 40s. even colder su

notice at 4:00, if you're way out there in garrett county, you might start to see a mix of rain and snowappens as we go through the night? it's mostly just wet. we'll let you know what's going on. we don't expect anything to get going until overnight and into sunday morning where we start seeing the colder temperatures work their magic on this precipitation and we change over to snow and some sleet. notice d.c. still rain and sunday morning. this is all north and west into the colder air. we continue to watch this sunday afternoon. the rain is starting to move down to our south. most areas don't see much snow after we warm up. we'll get into the low 40s, perhaps mixing out in the mountains and sunday night, we start to see that all clearing on out. maybe left over showers here and there and perhaps moisture to watch for monday. in terms of snow, this is not going to be a big deal. more significant. i think we could convey it that way. here's what we'll be talking about. for the metro area, nothing to speak of. you have to get into montgomery county to find a small coating on grassy areas

cumberland into garrett county now, looking at a little lightning your way. here's a live look at doppler 9,000 hd. there are the showers returning to western maryland, so another couple of hours they'll be back here. south and east this stuff is racing quickly away from us, east d.c. seeing the heavy showers now. this stuff is moving east at about 45 miles per hour. weather service put out a little marine statement about that, but east and south towards oxford and cambridge dealing with the heavy showers there, also seeing it now just about out of calbert county, st. mary's county, the southern half of the county seeing the heavy stuff, but up towards mechanicsville, you're about done. and down through the northern neck, gotta get through this, maybe another 30 minutes or so. big picture, this suicide bomb is really crankin', by the way, temperatures running in the 40s to 50s in the south and west. we have the tornado watches across the ohio and tennessee valleys. all of this is moving east, so we'll be dealing with a couple more waves of moisture, and then

some breaks but still some showers in southern maryland, the northern neck, fredricksburg, even garrett county. as we head into the afternoon, you'll notice partly sunny skies with showers hanging in the mountains a little bit. the stuff to our south scooting away. that's why i'm optimistic we're in good shape for the afternoon. even tonight we're okay but although southern maryland, king george county, we can't rule out a couple of sprinkles for you folks, even toward harrisonburg if you're headed down that way. tomorrow the better chance of showers on thursday. it's going to hang out again well south of d.c. an isolated sprinkle around here. thursday late afternoon the sun is back. so we've got some showers around this morning. doesn't look like rain chance is going to that high around here tonight and tomorrow. better chance south. 66 today. maybe upper 60s in a few spots with some showers this morning. tonight we're down still generally the 40s to low as for highs tomorrow but the showers south. friday sunshine but 50 to 55. as we head toward the weekend, upper 40s to around 50. could be s

pink zone, maybe a few wet snowflakes mixing in western washington county into allegheny and garrett counties in maryland. and the temperatures up there where they are maybe getting a mix of snow and rain near the freezing mark. most road temperatures are above freezing there. and closer to washington, shenandoah valley's near freezing. blue ridge east, though, most locations above freezing except frederick, they're at 32. montgomery, prince george's, fairfax, arlington right now, mid 30s. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:01. that's getting earlier and earlier. it's going to be a cloudy day. we have a small chance of sprinkles and flurries. a greater chance by late afternoon. before then, upper 40s. tonight a 30% chance of sprinkles, light rain, near 40 by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, near freezing and clearing out. some sun tomorrow. highs in the low 50s. could get rain on thursday, sun back on friday. here's the weekend. investing clouds saturday. might have a wintry mix on sunday. stay tuned. we'll keep you posted. danella? >>> good morning. the best part of waking up this early is bar

>> yeah, garrett county, yeah. some of those -- >> the ski slopes are doing well? will. >> they've had their winter. but we haven't here. of course, every time we have one or two inches, perhaps we've had that several times, they have to treat the roads. >>> here this morning, we're dealing with rain right now as we look at the radar. where you see the moving color, that is rain in west virginia and western maryland. the areas in yellow and orange, there's been thunder and lightning. closer to washington, the green, that is a zone of light rain in forecast from areas near mclean to reston, across the border to far southeastern loudoun county and across much of montgomery county. light sprinkles now. watch out, there may be roads there that are getting a little bit damp. light rain in the northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, where it's near 40 degrees. from the blue ridge east, we're in the mid 40s. near washington and fairfax and montgomery, arlington counties, near 50 at washington and in prince george's county. parts of southern maryland, mid t

out towards cumberland and garrett county. then we get into 11:15 just before lunch time. now we see some light snow breaking out in culpeper and orange. and it does appear it's going to be snow despite the surface temperature. upper atmosphere is going to be colder. so i've taken rain out of the forecast pleatly for wednesday. if anything -- completely for wednesday. if anything falls, it will be snow. overnight full moon. lows 28-38. go to our website wusa9.com and check out my blog. i talk finally about the storm we had this time a year ago. breezy and chilly. glasses and sunglasses a good idea. 30s and 40s. by afternoon, a terrific day. high temperatures near 55 and winds light. so winds won't even be a factor tomorrow afternoon. so 53 or 54 is going to feel good. we'll break it down, 28-38. clear skies in the morning. by noon sunshine. 46-61. and then by evening, gorgeous. temperatures 51-56. keep the sunglasses heavy. the next three days we lowered the surface temperature. so snow possible evening commute. 38 degrees. still above freezing. and just chilly but sunny o

a little bit of snow into garrett county. toward noon i still think we're okay. we may start to see some flurries. you have to go west of 81 to really see some of that snow. as we head toward 3:00, north and west of town we should be seeing snow. this is why the weather services put the weather advisory in effect north and west of us. we get into the snow for the evening commute but remember, temperatures should be above freezing. so i think the roads are wet. sure, people are going to freak out a little bit with some snow flakes out there. it will slow you down, even with wet roads. tonight 9:00 still some light snow to the north. that will be winding down to flurries by midnight. want to quickly show you my accumulation map before we get to the forecast. just a trace to maybe an inch in the immediate metro. the inch part will be north and west of gaithersburg and maybe toward sterling. one or two possible upper montgomery and loudoun counties. maybe 2 to 4 in the mountains. the forecast today, we've got the afternoon rain-snow mix. north and west a little snow.

go across the divide into garrett county to see winds over 60 miles per hour.at's where the high wind warning has been posted. so, still 40 to 50-mile per hour winds can do some damage. here's the latest wind gusts.

we have some light flurries trying to make your way into garrett county. that's no will be heading our way. let's go back to tony. i just love it. >> it is an interesting concept. he said you have to be quiet and observe. that leaves out the people on the morning show. i said it! thank you. we will see more during the next hour. if you could see the laser beams. weather-wise, things are quiet. this is not a big storm. i think the roads will be fine. this will be the first time you'll see some snow during a commute time this winter. 36 at the airport. i think everybody will get a chance to get above 32 degrees. that is important because we will not see the icing. the clouds have been thickening up. the temperature has dropped. temperatures are coming up if you degrees before sunrise. some pretty heavy snow across parts of ohio and moving into west virginia. it will take a few hours for that to move into maryland. i think it will start as a mix of rain and snow. it will change over to all snow during the afternoon hours. we'll pick up some accumulation. look

far west of the metro area, parts of western maryland, allegany county, eastern garrett county, mineral hampshire and party counties of west virginia until 9:00 a.m. with reduced visibilities especially in the valleys out west. defrost still developing outside on services -- surfaces. give yourself an extra couple minutes this morning. 31 degrees in the district, 23 dulles airport, 25 in frederick and gaithersburg. a warming nicely this afternoon. clear skies overhead. a beautiful night tonight and a great day today with total sunshine. high-pressure and giving us sunshine. over the four corners, colorado we disturbance -- a weak disturbance will move hereby wednesday. not much moisture in atmosphere to work with. but we could have a little light rain or a brief wintry mix with no accumulation on wednesday. 53 today and sunday. upper 50's tomorrow in spots. on wednesday there is a chance of a light mix. otherwise, sunny and pleasant. >> meandering out of the neighborhood looks good. no problems to report from the trail, marc rail, or vre. normal service systemwide. normal travel times a

in garrett county, wind chills near 0. clearing skies, starting to see the first hints of light on the horizon. 24 degrees, feeling like 15. dew point down to 10. the air very, very dry. we have one storm system here. another one coming on toward the week -- the west coast. i don't think this is going to produce that much precipitation around here as much as it is going to produce cloudy skies and keep us from really getting into the 50s tomorrow. still mainly sunny. we may get high, thin clouds out ahead of the thicker clouds. tomorrow morning early, look at that. parts of the shenandoah valley, western maryland, a couple of flurries and snow showers. lots of clouds tomorrow, west and south of us. but you know with this sort of pattern, we are getting an isolated shower. we'll see a lot of this stuff pull away. as we head into wednesday. today's temperatures topping out at 46. 30s tonight with maybe a couple of snow showers. tomorrow an isolated snow shower. wednesday back to sunshine. 50 a look ahead for thursday. temper

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we see some flurries out into garrett county. that will be heading our way appeared we will go back to tony in the weather center. i cannot imagine what i would do with the dish towel. >> that is beautiful artwork. >> it is a free gallery. they have galleries all over the campus. >> outstanding. thank you. let's talk about this storm. this will not be a major event. we have only had an inch of snow totals so far this winter. 37 at the airport. 28 in parkton. temperatures are below freezing in some areas. clouds and not have a tendency to act like a blanket. that retains the heat. the skies were clear late last night. here is the storm system coming across ohio and into west virginia. it will take several hours for that to develop around baltimore. we will see a mix of rain and snow develop. it will likely be stoic under way home from work and school today -- it will likely be snowing on your way home. it should stay above freezing today. how much snow? about an inch around baltimore. lesser amounts to the south. mostly rain acros

garrett, allegheny counties. for tuesday it should remain dry. gradual clearing. temperatures around 30, 36 degrees. 45 to 50 for a daytime high. temperatures that will cool and then worm up. nicely. here are the next seven days. 55 degrees around 60, thursday into friday, cooler for the upcoming weekend. we got off easy this time. stil some slick spots. >> the metorro area in the clear. >> new numbers show getting plastic surgery is more common. >> moreone motivation is today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. >> we all want to look our best, for a wedding or graduation or big event. >> but now people go under the knife for a big event. special event plastic surgery. >> mary huff was a size 18. she lost 30 lbs but was unhappy with how

up in pennsylvania, a little out in garrett county and out in west virginia as well.e of it is lake-effect snow. the disturbance is spinning around the low pressure system. i'm sure you heard it. winds gusted last night as the front went through between 8:00 and 10:00 in our area. that was the end of the rain. we're done with that. as i mentioned, here in town, we have clear skies. 43 at the inner harbor. if it weren't for the breeze we had out there, it would be chillier. this is probably close to where the low would wind up for the morning this morning. 50% the humidity. 29.72 the barometer. the wind at 10. we have had gusts up to 20 miles per hour. coming in this morning, my car was bumping in a little bit. i had good mileage. so if you are going to be eastbound today driving, you will get great mile age. winds will be up floo the 20 -- winds will be up to the 20's and 30's in some places. elkton 38, parkton 35. 20's in far western maryland now. here is the low pressure system. the change in pressure, low up here, right in here tweff strong west to northwest -- str

a flash flood warning over garrett county, maryland. these are some of our weatherbug totals.entreville 1.38 inches. 1.3 inches and rock bill. --in rockville. temperatures are not budging much. most of the winds are out of the south. there is a big difference between hagerstown and frederiksberg temperature was. this is the kind of thing we will be watching tonight. plan on temperature's rising a degree or two. later on tonight, all of the moisture will come swinging through the area. look at the moisture coming through behind us. we have seen the situation one week or so ago when it looked like it was getting really warm. we are thinking it probably will not happen this time. we will hit the 60 degree mark can get sunshine through the day as things scour out in the atmosphere. we will keep our eyes on the next system coming through. we have made up a fair amount of have more tonight. high pressure will win out. weather conditions will improve during the day tomorrow. on friday it will be a bit cooler. as you get to the week ended another cold front will bring mild temperature

then coming into garrett county, part two. that part will be more of a snow shower. it will get blustery. it will probably pick up more snow on the ground with that one. it will reduce visibility. it will probably be a little more noticible. we'll bring you details coming up. >> and for your weekend plans, futurecast shows when the skies are going to clear. it is all at wbaltv.com. click on "weather." >> taking a look at some of our top stories this morning, anne arundel county police are investigating an accident in which the driver lost control and crashed into a home. take a look. sky team 11 was over the scene. crews found significant damage to the exterior of the home and found a vehicle nearby. the driver was taken to the hospital and there was no word on his condition. baltimore city fire crews are trying to determine what caused a house fire. flames broke out along the 2100 block of st. paul street. the fire broke out and took 25 minutes for crews to bring under control. no one was injuried. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake anoungesed -- announced