annie is in for howard bernstein. we are out of breath and you are the reason why. >> reporter: yeah. you know, since the snow fell yesterday, we really haven't had a chance to go above freezeing to melt away some of the sacramento. but the good news is by today, we should be seeing the sunshine and temperatures going above freezing. that is the good news. we are going to talk about more sunshine and basically, it is going to be around 29 degrees by the 9:00 hour under sunny conditions. by noon, 34. and the good news also the winds will be light for today, also by 5:00, clear skies, 4 degrees so those temperatures above freezing will help mel some of the snow away. currently, it is in the teens in places like martinsburg, 13 degrees reagan national it is in the mid-20s. so again, very cold start. so moms and dads, if you are getting your kids ready for school, make sure you get them bundled up and we'll talk about also your forecasts coming up a little bit later. but first we've got your traffic. >> reporter: good mor

good morning, i'm in for meteorologist howard bernstein, he is doing well.t me an e-mail this morning. right now 29 degrees by 9:00 under sunny conditions. 36 by the noon hour under more sunshine. currently, it is 26 degrees. so it is cold out there. some areas clocking in, in the upper teens under cloudy conditions. but we should see more sunshine. mike and andrea. >>> thank you, annie. >>> getting students ready for the real world takes a lot more than just the latest teaching techniques. >> it sure does. getting students out of the classroom and into the real world and a long list of witnesses are more than willing to help. >> crystal ray high school in dc is in the cool school pot slight. >> i always wanted to discuss debate with other people and prove them wrong. >> reporter: the air of confidence you hear in gabriel's voice wasn't there when he was a freshman. in fact, he admits, he was intimidated, initially. the small catholic school in washington, d.c. finds teens who are inspired to succeed despite the challenges they face, many from single parent

let's get the latest on the winter weather and what's happening next from howard bernstein in the weather center. howard? >> reporter: anita, the storm is pulling away. you'll be able to track the storm, pushing through the region. really hit the hardest was in the early afternoon about 3:00 to 4:00, it started to wind down. now, southern virginia might get to an extra dusting. the rest of us, just a couple of flurries here and there. i want to talk about sunday though. sunday is the anniversary of the december's record-breaking snow from last year. one or two things are going to happen. this storm goes out to sea, no problems, right? well models have been flipping and flopping. this is giving us headaches in the weather office because storm track b though, that comes much closer to the coast. if that happens, this will be major east coast storm. this could happen sunday into monday. and i mean a major storm, especially up for new england, impacting our snow as well. you know, there are some folks to have a chance for a little bit of a break. someone submitted this photo to wusa9.com of a

. >>> howard bernstein has the forecast.he skies had cleared and individuals improved but we still have snow around east of town. get you going with a look at the day planner for this tuesday. we have temperatures which will struggle today. only to 30 by 3:00 with some snow showers and flurries possible through midday and brisk northwest to westerly winds at times gusting to 40 miles an hour. the snow showers and flurries have been across frederick, montgomery county, down through portions and anne arundel. and on live doppler 9000 hd, you can really see the lighter snows now. much lighter from damascus to olney but clarksville to laurel to bowie right now. that's the heaviest we have got and we will be watching that carefully as it will cause problems with slick streets. but really around the laurel area along the county line with anne arundel and prince georges is where it is coming down the hardest. get over to the weather computer. we will talk about the temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s. when you consider th

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. >>> and howard bernstein is out on the terrace. howard, it looks like the worse is behind us. what's coming next? >> reporter: well, we may have a storm on sunday and another couple of chances in the extended forecast. right now, let's talk about what's happening. still a few light flurries. take a look at this one. you can see a little sliver of snow, kind of tough to tell that from leesburg right through the district. a little more than a snow shower. that's going on across the eastern shore. so that's it. a big picture on the weather computer. it's going quickly across the region. you know, we have a first inch of snow at reagan national. so we're looking at another cold night here as temperatures will be dropping. right now, we have some readings down in the low 20s. reston at 24. columbia, 23. so you heard them talking about the threat for the freeze, yes, that's a big threat. if you have not cleared it up yet, this is a light fluffy snow. that's all you need to get to have this off your driveway. >> thank you, howard. >>> the good news from the roads, we see very little

our meteorologist howard bernstein is here with the full forecast. >>> cold and wind in the immediate future. gaithersburg, they have an inch of snow this morning and even the wife in upper montgomery said a half inch up there. you can see the band. it was persistent from late last night through early morning and from 10:00 to 6:00. we had that snow even down to laurel picked up a bit. had some sun earlier and the clouds have come back and with a ripping northwest wind we can't rule out a flurry or two but nay cumulating snows are pretty much done. temperatures and wind will be the problem the rest of the afternoon. we're in the mid-20s. 26 here in southern maryland, fredericksburg is 28. 25 newland. jan in reedville is 29. easton is 27. and winchester only 23. plus, the winds are howling. so our wind chills are down in the single digits to lower teens. the warm spot, fredericksburg, feels like 16. the cold spot, garrett county, oakland, 14 below on the wind chills and the winds are howling out there, gusting to near 40 miles an hour in winchester, hagerstown, in baltimore. andrews ai

>>> here's a list of school closings and delays as a result of overnight snowfall -- >>> howard bernstein is tracking the weather for us. how much snow will we get? >> here maybe upwards of an inch. locally reports in bowie of snow on the ground. howard county, linda is telling me the ground is covered. up north inning in m.j. county we are ground covered with snow. we will watch that. winter weather advisory issued on the maryland side of the potomac until 9:00 and the mountains to the west we expect a foot plus in the western- facing ridges from western allegheny through southwest pennsylvania p.a. <$. a lot of those areas and that's why we have delays and closings in west virginia. the upslope affect is causing all sorts of problems. go to live doppler 9000 hd and we will show you the snow we are watching in maryland. coming up from frederick county through montgomery county and in to prince georges county. this little snow band is causing a lot of problems this morning. we will zoom in and show you a few locations here that we are watching, especially as i said on the maryland side of

closed and in west virginia grant county schools are closed -- >>> busy man this morning is our howard bernstein. >> we have a combination of cold and snow in the mountains. wind chills are running 15 below and more in garrett county and western allegheny county and parts of west virginia. around here we have snow to frederick and howard and montgomery counties this morning along with portion and anne arundel. get you going with a look at the weather computer. first things first, the winter weather advisory is in afc for the washington metro region. specifically maryland not so much virginia. it includes howard, montgomery, prince georges, anne arundel, carroll and frederick. i believe the dc area, as well. however, however, let me show you what is happening on the radar. you can see most of the area, can we just get that shot adjusted? we will show you the snow falling frederick across montgomery county. this is coming in to northern prince georges. got that right there? that is that persistent band. we are seeing this on live doppler 9000 hd and when you see it going light to flu, the darker t

howard bernstein on the weather terrace. this is a live look at union station this morning. ness gracious, cold once again. we're in the 20s. colder in the suburbs. howard, are you bundled up out there? >> i am. the one key, the winds are much lighter. even though it is very cold. low 20s here. teens in the suburbs. you have the gloves, the earmuffs, it is not so bad. we have wind gusts 30 miles per hour. snow is on the way. little red on the horizon. as they say, road in the morning tweeness -- red in the morning means a warning. by midday, we're going to have snow. in fact through the afternoon and early evening it will be snowing. several inches of accumulation, highs are only going to make the upper 20s to possibly 30 south. here is the snow we're watching. it is moving in from west to east. snowing now almost to stanton. craigsville west of charlottesville along route 42 reporting snow. we'll take again several hours for the atmosphere to moisten up because it is so dry. we'll see snow starting midmorning out to the west and southwest and mid to late morning here in wash

. >>> weather first with meteorologist howard bernstein. >> cloudy and cold. we've got teens and 20s. snow is on the way. it will stick on anything that is not treated with salt or any sort of snow-melting chemicals. here is your day planner today. we'll be watching the snow breaking out here later on this morning. 9:00, possibly some snow by then. i think maybe a little bit later in the metro. temperatures will be slow to climb. only in the upper 20s with one to maybe three inches of snow. we'll break down the snow totals and everything coming up in a few minutes. richard andrei has your time saver traffic. >> a good morning once again. it looks like on the inbound gw parkway, no problems or incidents past 123 all the way to the 14th street bridge. all lanes open and no problems. complete look at traffic coming your way at 5:47. mike and andrea? >> sounds good, richard. >>> a weather-related commute for this morning as well. do not count on taking whites ferry across the potomac. ferry between leesburg and poolesville shut down yesterday because of ice on the