. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampton shier, hardy, jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county schools are also closed. >> metrologist tom kierein is here in the studio. he joins us now with a look at the forecast for today and this weekend. >> still on track. not much of a change over the last couple of days as far as the track of the storm and talts we expect. here's how the timeline is taking shape. will likely have light snow in the shenandoah valley by 8:00 this morning. right now panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries. southern maryland northern neck getting a little bit of sleet and rain there. we'll see by noon time the snow moving into the metro area, light at first. quickly having snow by 3:00, 4:00. by sunset around 5:30 we'll have three to five inches on the ground. higher amounts further south and west. very heavy snow coming in overnight covering the entire region. we may see it snowing at a rate of one to two inches an hour for 10 to 12 hours from 6:00 p.m. this evening until 6:00 a.m. saturday. by dawn on saturday, by 8:00 that heavy sn