there was 11:10 crossing from havre de grace on to the bay. i suspect naptown annapolis could have a coating and kent island and eastern shore and if it didn't stick on the roads or doesn't lock like it stuck, well, maybe -- look like it stuck, well, maybe the roads were too warm. there could be icy spots at this pulled out of here. next disturbance producing just flurries but looks like that one is losing its grip and punch and we will break the cloud up heading through this morning. temperatures now 29 here in baltimore and hovering around freezing for all of us. and we are bouncing off the bottom. it's warmer than yesterday. we will have sun today and we will have dry weather excuse me through tomorrow. and mild stuff. check this out. our temperatures will be in response to the wind, the wind themselves brought in the cold air. the wind will shift to the south. and that's what is going to warm us up. so we stayed below freezing yesterday with a high of 31. and we will be back in the 50s tomorrow. we promised you would get there and that wil

havre de grace elementary school will be closed because of a strong odor. step >> out the door this morning -- very raw. >> it is still not cold yet. there is a change coming. we have had a cold front moved through with some rain in the area. the temperatures have dropped into the 30's off to the north and northwest and some snow has been mixed in. this is the baltimore beltway. this is the last band of rain moving through. you can see carroll county and northern baltimore county, they have some snow mixed in with that. it may be enough to make things slippery. we have some incidents on the highways out to the west. >> that could be the cause on eastbound 70 in carroll county. we have an accident that is off to the side as police arrived to clear it. we will be monitoring that area for icy conditions on the road. i 95, 55. the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel checking out ok. the north side is running smoothly. the j.f.x. into town, a nice start. all the major roadways in the airport are looking good. we start in the area of 70 at 29. problem free. eastbo

a school closing at havre de grace elementary school in havre de grace will be closed today for students only. teacher should report as usual. apparently there's a strong smell in the school from pipe and crawl space cleaning and the work that had to be done this week and they are taking a day to let the building air out. >>> tomorrow baltimore middle school students are competing to build the city of the future at baltimore museum of industry. saturday showing off table top model. winning team represents baltimore next month at future city national finals in virginia. the theme this year is how cities can meet energy needs maintaining a healthy planet. >>> the stadium is ready for the ravens first lay of -- playoff game since 2007. 71,000 seats will be filled but the vast majority will be ravens fans but what may surprise you is many fans have been giving up the tickets. president of sports ticket in timonium says after all the years to watch the home team in playoff setting at home some fans are turning tickets away. >> our dynamic has been more ravens season ticket holders selling int

so maybe northeast havre de grace, essex and dundalk and near naptown and annapolis and kent island if it's on the cars and not on the road, some of the roads could have frozen over and they may have gotten a better coating on the eastern shore. waiting to hear from folks who had ourselves a look at some of the light snow shower through the west. we have leftover clouds but look out for possible icy spots this morning. the cloud break up and we get sun and we will warm back to 40 this afternoon. we will check out the extended outlook through the weekend in just a couple minutes. it's 5:39 and here's angela. >> reporter: a look at roadways. i have to ask is that how you create your future olympic stars perhaps in the backyard? >> maybe. >> reporter: well you mentioned we may have icy conditions and that's what we are getting reports of icy conditions yet another water main break reported on joppa road near honeygo boulevard but even with that you may have icy conditions. so plan for reduced speeds out on the roadways. let's get another live view of traffic flow for those of you driving

jeff perkins sent this image from 11:30 last night in havre de grace. a sign of the coating of snow and i-95 and east and south is where they got this. i want to show you what it looked like on the radar. we can back this up as we look at our highlight windows this morning. and you can see the flare-up going back to around midnight right there on the chesapeake bay and a little later we will pause it and show you a quarter inch of getting reports about that in annapolis on to the eastern shore. some snow on the cars. 29 in baltimore this morning. look out for icy spots especially in places where you got some snow. they had flakes in pasadena and again i found out this morning that jullian had a quarter inch on the roads. and near the maryland line she was driving around. basically we are looking at temperatures up to 40 with sun this afternoon. we have bounced off the bottom and warm up next couple days and we will talk about it in a pinch. it's 6:01 and here's angela with track. >> reporter: thank you. and good morning. on the roadways possible icy con

get to see some of the predawn beautiful light and a chance for a gorgeous sunrise, maybe towards havree in northeastern maryland and we're really questioning central maryland because the clouds there will thicken up in a hurry. that is the case for all of us this morning. there's the arctic boundary, some snow. this one moves through after the storm passes and the storm itself is going to bring in most of its heavy rain as we head through later today. there's the ride home. them tonight, heavy rain overnight through midnight, should be gone by daybreak tomorrow, 8:00, a partly cloudy, windy day but warm tomorrow. this model shows rain. others indicate a brief shot at snow with the cold air right before daybreak. could be a little tricky friday morning. then another system could come in, in time for the ravens game sunday. 45 today, thickening clouds. rain in the afternoon. quick peek at the rest of the week, expecting warmth after the rain tomorrow, and then a quick shot of early snow friday but a high of 42 in the afternoon. rain over the weekend. there may be not just snow showers bu

that means that there could be some light ice this morning in spots and havre de grace we showed you the picture early on where they had a decent coating. it's done and icy spots might bt issue and it's near and east of 9 -- be the issue and it's near and east of the area. we will be in the 50s as near as tomorrow. it's 6:31 and angela has a look at traffic. >> reporter: we are getting reports of congestion on the east side of the beltway. traveling through dundalk on the inner loop, a disabled vehicle taking up the far right lane. so it will take a few extra minutes to get through the toll plaza and across the key bridge. looking a at traffic flow on 29. a lot more activity especially in the southbound lanes of route 29 through ellicott city. and a check of traffic i-83 at beltway looking pretty good. also 95 in the rosedale area. looking at that as we update the drive times. southbound 83 from shawan to 695, five minutes. and even with the volume increase southbound 95 as you make your way to the top side of 695, it will take six minutes there. over to you. >>> as the race for the

jason and gina jason is in havre de grace and gina western howard county reporting on theirthermometer11.1 dose gee -- degrees. 16 in arnold. and 10 in durwood. tiffany. listen, we have wind chills down single digits in many spots it's a cold warning and it's okay to complain and we have cloud returning. and gettysburg to north and red lion and loganville could get cloud earlier this morning. that is the next disstoush -- disturbance a spin in the atmosphere that the one that produced our snow best will try to pass to the south around this time tomorrow morning. we could look at the possibility of getting a little bit more of the flurries or snow burst more likely overnight and into daybreak tomorrow. check out the wind flow out of the northwest this morning. but a southerly push this afternoon and it's not going to help much because we will be near or below freezing and we are looking for the push of colder air with that smoothing through tomorrow but then we clear things out. today 31. thickening clouds a chance of snow showers most likely towards daybreak tomorrow. 25. and high temp

lightning this morning and some of you may have woken up with some of that pushing through perryville, havre de grace, east side of bel air getting socked. looks like bel air getting moderate rain and more from the bay. in towson now, looks like about jacksonville, four corners, picks up a little in towson but there's more. by the way, i'll be in essex later today at our lady of mount carmel store with the wind for change program as we raise money for the cool kids campaign an talk about weather. in annapolis, the worst of the rain is about to depart but we will have strong winds today and then we'll actually be looking for that boundary. this arctic boundary pivots behind us and we're going to have a shot of snow for some tomorrow morning. today though, a warm day, 58 will do it. a mix of clouds and sun and wind, 40 mile-per-hour gusts possible. >>> a check of the roads with angela. >> we've got wet conditions to start off your morning drive. we have fog warnings on the chesapeake bay bridge and fire activity in monkton, this is on old york road so watch for equipment in the roadway as you

port deposit, havre de grace, rain for another 20 minutes. then it eases up.hat we'll be tracking is the winds that try to pick up. 30, 40 mile-per-hour gusts, partly sunny skies. then clouds fill back in later on. pushing 58 degrees. check this out. let me swing this back over. as that rain pulls out of here, looking at heavy rain, still philly, trenton, up towards new york, a slow ride up 95, even heavy snow, good news for some ski resorts in the adirondacks and central and northern new england. the back side of the storm, there's an arctic boundary, we talked about this all week, a clear distinction and ribbon of snow. this could bring six to eight inches of snow to chicago. their biggest event this winter. that wraps behind this storm. follow that and you'll see it will reach us tomorrow. we could have a burst of rain to snow overnight, ending by daybreak but as the arctic air spilz it in -- spills it, it could get interesting for us. there's that moisture that hits us overnight and looking at the possibility -- i'm sure students and teachers will talk abo

as a matter of fact, for those of you traveling on 40, in havre de grace, we have wind warnings on the bridge so prepare for a windy drive. as far as accidents, we are in good shape. all lanes are open on most key routes. we are not experiencing any major delays as we get a live look at traffic flow. here on 29, of course the southbound direction always a bit heavy this time morning. but moving at a pretty good pace. let's check on the top side of 695 as you make the drive from i-95 over to the harrisburg expressway. outer loop lanes moving well on the top of the screen. make the drive past providence road. follow us this morning on twitter at maryland traffic. over to you. >>> the president is headed to des any world but not for a -- disney world but not for a family vacation. the message he hopes to get across. >>> and air travel is going back to cuba when you can hop on a flight for the island and what visiting a dig teary may have to do -- dig teary may have to do-- dig teary may have to do -- dig teary may have to do with when the flights start. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pn

havre de grace elementary will be closed for students he. there's a strong smell in the school from pipe and crawl space work done during the week. they will be airing out the building today. teachers should report in at their usual time. >>> and an elkton woman faces prison time for giving a abortion pill to the 16-year- old. sandra cranee gave the -- cranee -- craine gave the pill to a teen who was 20 weeks along. hours after taking the pill she delivered the baby which died. she will be sentence odd on february 13th. >>> a truck driver who fell asleep in august 2010 hit and skilled susan sladery and injured her son will spend five years in prison. he pleadeded with the judge not to get the punishment. >> i could have done -- i would if i could in anyway change places with their family member that they lost, i sincerely gladly would do that. >> the slatery family didn't think he would get this strict of a penalty but they hope it serves as an example to the trucking industry. >>> one army officer has recommended a general court martial for

and cecil county executives will today launch a route during an event at the david r craig park in havre de grace. it takes effect this morning starting at 11. time for a check of the forecast one more time. let's say hello, to justin. >>> all right. good morning. 6:54. take an umbrella or rain jacket with you. not expecting anything heavy today. more of a nuisance or ambience event. a sense of winter has come back. 39 ocean city and they started at 30. there's the 40s and rain to the south in virginia. a little bit of snow in the high country near snowshoe. and west virginia. we are right on the northern fringe of the system. computer models have been trying to nudge up towards the north and i think it will slice through central maryland. north of baltimore likely to stay dry and around baltimore, down south toward anne arundel county the chances increase to a get some of the precipitation and increases across the lower eastern shore. as we watch this we check out future trend which doesn't highlight the northern fringe and frozen precip i think we will get a little mix of rain and snow

heading down from havre de grace, 64 heading south towards the beltway. problem free on pulaski highway to and from cecil county. we will update you on the north side. looking good as you make your way towards the west side. 83 is making out just fine. this is 100. problem free at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to vanetta brooks of the mta system. good morning. >> we are looking at a good start this morning. the one line is diverting at fort and lawrence. light rail and metro running problem free. the penn, camden, and brunswick lines reporting no delays. i am vanetta brooks. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. we're watching a clipper storm that drag a cold front last night. there was some rain and snow in some neighborhoods, especially north of baltimore. there will be a punch of colder air before we see dramatic warm- up tomorrow and wednesday. some snow showers on the back of side. this will stay north of us into pennsylvania. we will have sunshine today. ski

. >>> havre de grace elementary will not be open for students. teachers should report. apparently there's strong smell in the school from a pipe and crawl space work done this week. and they need to allow the building to air out a for the day. out for the day. >>> we are gearing up for the day houston is scaring off against boston. kick offset for 1:00 and texans are preparing for one loud ravens crowd. >> a crowd gets behind them you know. and we play them in the regular season and we are sure it's going to be multiply times 10 or 20 now it's the playoffs. so we have to stay poised and communicate as much as possible you know and be on the same page up front. >> the texans will be arriving in baltimore tomorrow again kick off is at one from m and t bank stadium. >>> ravensel caravan is underway as pow is touring the area. first stop is at roland park andalonso's where we find corinne redman live with a preview of what's going on and things have picked up every time we joined you. >> reporter: oh, yes. we have a party going on the you would never be able to tell it's 6

50 wind warnings and east side of 695 on key bridge and add the hatem bridge for traveling on 40 in havre de grace. so it may be shaky out there for you as traffic -- shaky out there as traffic patterns build. 29 on yours wednesday morning drive, heavy in the southbound lanes especially around clarksville park and maryland 32. also starting to see off and on slow spots on the harrisburg expressway especially through sparks glencoe. southbound through cockeysville, 83, at warren road and our traffic is moving pretty good as far as drive times are concerned. no reported troubles as you make your way on the top side of 695 looking pretty good. about 6 minutes there for you. charley. >>> a little health news this morning a new swiss study suggest gasting are by-pass surgery may be a -- gastric by- pass surgery may be a better option for losing weight than gastric banding. et this they had a better bmi six years after the surgery than those who received the band. researchers found the by-pass patients had a higher rate of complicationer. >>> obesity rates are high in the u.s. and latest number

we heard about jeff perkins who said he was working two shifts havre de grace and they had a burst in the squall yesterday. looks like the regional radar not showing up flakes we highlighted on the super intensive mode from maryland's most powerful doppler radar but there's a disturbance and you can see the swirl. the one that came through with the cloud yesterday afternoon and evening snows. that's out to sea. the next one following suit and they are flaring up off the atlantic and we are missing out on the big punch that this could bring but behind that there's a lot of dry and mild air so this is actually the backside of our little cold pocket. that's there and it's pivoting out. temperatures back to near normal today and in fact we start warming things up leading into the weekend. so this round of cold air not going to stick around too long. and we get ourselves a look at warmer conditions over the next couple days. today, we are back to about 40 maybe 42 within the two degree guaranteed range. light snow early next couple hours and out of here and sunshine and back to near normal

an article of agreement that you will give my mother $500, and i will kill lincoln between here and havre degrace. then exclaimed in the language no. not that i love lincoln less, but i love my country more. it was well published lincoln's train was to arrive in baltimore on february 3rd of 1861. what we see here is a map of baltimore as it existed in 1861. and i already described to you the different train stations there, as tom mentioned no matter which way he came he'd have to get out of his train and either take a carriage or have his car hauled through the streets to the next station. in fact, the crowd was waiting at the calvert street station on the morning of february 23rd, 1861. they didn't believe that he'd actually gone through to washington. they believed that this was just a hoax trying to disperse the crowd. this is another interesting comment reported by pinkerton agent hare davies "hillard afterwards told me all those men standing there were national volunteers and that they stood in that position on the side of the hill so as when the carriage containing lincoln should co

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well, around havre de grace port deposit and bel air and aberdeen and it's not going to let up for aning around silver spring getting some heavier ran across the area. apartment eastern shore the lower part of it easton trap cambridge and the second round of heavy rain across the area for today. we are dealing with the rain and we have breezy conditions out there. the wind out of the south at 10 to 15 miles an hour. we will be the scenario for today. we have that weather pattern that's pumping in milder air so that's good news at least it won't be a chilly rain. speaking of the rain, future trend into motion showing you the rainfall that will be coming in as we go through the rest of the day off and on and things taper off and we will see more sunshine in the forecast as we go into tomorrow. but, we will be on the cold side. temperatures coming up. 54 today. and mild and breezy and as we go into tonight that temperature will be right around 35 degrees and gusty winds but the rain will start to taper off. here's forecast for tomorrow, 39 degrees ample sunshine and colder and it's bree

there's richard harris in havre de grace. you see she has everything. your photos at www.wbaltv.com. click on "u local." >> in other news the state fire marshall's office is investigating a fire that started in abbington on lom barred court. david collins has more. >> an off-duty police officer casually driving by lombard court huh a gut feeling there -- had a gut feeling there was more to the smoke coming from a home. >> i had to turn around. >> officer mcgriff was told an elderly man lived at 703. horace and another man that did not want to be identified called 911 and courageously put their lives on the line to save another. >> when the door was opened, you could see black smoke. it was too dangerous to do in -- go in at that time. there was no visible sign of light. you knew not to go in there. at that time oxygen was leaving the house. >> a severely burned elderly man was found on the second floor deceased. according to public real estate records, the man was john youngblood. he was believed to be in his 80's. neighbors describe him as a nice guy.

send us your pictures at wbaltv.com "u local. " >> and richard harris in havre de grace.photos. >> everyone is talking about the ravens super bowl run. orioles fans also getting ready for baseball yesterday. thousands of people packed the convention center for fan fest. they have this event every year including autographed players and interactive games. >> we get autographs. lots of give-aways. and the interaction with the players. >> opening day is april 5 at home against the dwins. >> the time is 7:04. it is 27 degrees on tv hill. slowly deteriorating. that's what doctors are saying about the health of joe paterno. that's coming up. >> and off to florida for the g.o.p. candidates. first details on who walked away with a victory in south carolina. >> and now a live picture from skycam. ava waking up with your in >> good morning. we're back with a live view from the skycam. not a lot of sunshine. the sun is trying to make its way up. we're basically done with that big storm that brought an inch of snow to the downtown area. here we have more ice falling as ice or a winter

we have overcast skies and that's creeping its way on into bel air and havre de grace northeast crowdssun on the south side we expect an increase of clouds with this disturbance maybe afternoon flurries towards evening but the next one behind it has better shot of giving us snow showers after midnight and towardsdaybreak. 31 below freezing which means outside beltway west to north you could stay in the 20s. increasing clouds and flurries and more snow showers after mid night and tomorrow morning. low down to 25. let's look at traffic once again with angela. >> reporter: all right. with those types of temperatures, you can expect some windy conditions on the bridges and overpasses this morning. also, expect possible icy conditions traveling in areas where we had snowfall and, of course, in the hale thorpe lancedown region. where we had accidents all lanes are open on i-95 southbound at maryland 100 here's 95 at maryland 175 moving along fine especially in the northbound direction making your way up to the baltimore beltway. and here's a live look at jfx we are on the brakes make your wa

. >> we have seen a very interesting evening when we havr got the emergence of a plausible out alternative to mitt romney who could win the support of social and religious conservatives. we have three candidates fighting for that, michele bachmann, governor rick perry and rick santorum to read and ae least in tonight and i knew whae it is h rick santorum. additionally, depending on howad these numbers hold, and as youa. said, you know, we are separated here by 19 votes of the moment between rick santorum and mitt --mney but there's a 4,000 gatt with ron paul. for all the people talk about coe importance of the televised debates and the advertising and so forth, rick santorum has done it the old-fashioned way. work hard, work hard and get hot at the end with boots on the ground. >> all right. just one really -- we are going to take a break from you and i appreciate that. but we are -- >> ron paul is about to address his supporters. let's listen. he just reached the podium. >> thank you very much. [applause] [cheering] i don't know if you can hear me but in ankeny he just walked into the rau