this morning, we have live team coverage of the first bit of wintery weather and we begin with justin berk live with how things were and what we can expect in the days to come. >> all right. it was a bad storm no doubt about that. this one is going to go down for the justification of how explosive it got. record rainfall bwi over 2 1/3 inches. that's almost w the old record for the dates going back to

let's head over to meteorologist, justin berk, for a check of the forecast. >>> good morning, straight up 6:00 on a tuesday morning. mount airy, highlight the spread from twin ridge elementary 28, 29 mount airy christian and middle school. arundel, millersville, arlington echoes 27. arnold 27, freezing right now in davidsville. homestead, arlington echo, a 8- degree spread. rutherville elementary, 25 compared to 34 at the maryland science center. widespread frosty. 47 by lunchtime with mix of clouds and sun. afternoon temperatures, 20- degree guaranteed high 52. >>> as you get ready to head out tuesday, police activity downtown. kuren redmond will give you the story. a heads up, we have street closures pratt street is closed between howard street and calvert. light street closed between key highway and pratt street. be prepared for those delays. making the drive on i-95 through columbia, it's becoming more crowded here, 175, as we look at 95 knot of maryland 100. you will see the majority of the traffic in the southbound lanes. looking goods for the most part, getting crowded as we che

justin berk, your thoughts. >> don't stand under there when it starts to thaw out. glad there are other people to echo my feelings. this is a big storm, this is a storm that's producing heavy rain, and yes, maybe the threat of severe weather with the bands of storms rolling through florida, georgia, carolinas, we are watching the cold side, produce a steady shield of snow and barely near or above freezing. wet snow to be found, illinois, through indiana, indianapolis through detroit could have trofl issues. we are watching the thing circulate here and with the storm track to the west, it's the warm moist flow we get in on, the mountains hanging onto the cold air. we get in on the rain and the rain rolls in here, by midday and on in through the afternoon and evening, heavy. overall expecting perhaps an inch of rainfall here, maybe slightly higher amounts perhaps rumbles of thunder. the heaviest activity maybe southern portion of the chesapeake. could clip st. mary's. this stuff races out of here this evening, possible clearing before midnight, while the snow showers

let's check in with justin berk. >> dundalk 41, 30s north and west. 35 churchville. 37 manchester. the clouds rolled in. this is coming earlier than expected. showers back in towards the mountains. look at this hot mess here. we've got ourselves low pressure turning through the ohio valley. mix on the backside, there will be snow from illinois up through indiana and michigan. we get on the warm side of storm. heavy rain spills our way and possible flooding. 35-40, cloudy. mid and upper 40s, rain arrives earlier and holds us back from 50. showers to rain, wind in to the evening. the outlook through 2012, coming up. >>> good morning everyone. getting ready to head out this morning, expect quiet conditions for the most part. especially around the baltimore region. down to dc, one problem to report on i-9 a, three lanes blocked i-95, you may want to hop on u.s. 29. it's looking pretty good at maryland 108. the beltway, quiet conditions for you this morning on the northside of 695. >>> this just in to the abc2 news room, row house fire happened in north baltimore. a man and woman made i

we start with meteorologist, justin berk. >> good morning. we've got a quiet weather day. i get to go back in time. people are watching. let's .0zuput this up, summit ridge, we put this time lapse, a snapshot of every five minutes. that's a raven. we are trying to get confirmation. we got the look of the high thin cloud that blew through the overnight. we are starting off with a mostly clear sky. we start off at 28 right now twt twin ridge, mount airy christian academy. 25 in baltimore. 19 york pa. mid-20s to 30s on the eastern shore. sunshine, 47 by lunchtime. warmer than all day yesterday, we will push high temperature of 52. it's 4:31. let's check on the traffic. everybody is up and out there. >> reporter: as you mentioned a quiet weather day. so far, so good out there, with our overnight work zones and road maintenance, we are looking good as we get our first live look, u.s. 29 at maryland 108, no early trouble spots to report. there first look at the baltimore beltway in catonsville, loops of of 695, i- 9 a and 83. >>> occupy baltimore is flooded with police cars. str

let's check in with meteorologist justin berk. >> weather making headlines across the nation.storm, that's the storm that brought the rain to the cleveland area, for the ravens game. extends to texas, snow on the warm side. looks close, but the boundary will be stalled today. we stay on the warm and moist side. it's chilly. a look at annapolis, see the lights and fog breaking with predawn lights and glare showing up on main street in bel air. this morning, we've got temperatures that are chilly with the fog, 46 degrees northeast. good morning to you. mayor mc night and everybody, thanks for the hospitality. fog, delays as a result on the eastern shore. up to 60. some snow to talk about. hang on for that. >>> on the roadways, right now, one accident to follow at franklin and monument, be prepared. the dense fog creating delays as you make your drive. southbound 83, north avenue, a bit heavy, going in to downtown. also southbound traffic on i- 95, now off and on pockets of slower traffic approaching maryland 43. >>> people maybe allowed to return to condo. fire broke autoat the

and rob you have a special request for justin berk who by the way rob is a big fan a huge fan of justin berk. the weather right? it has to be great. >> give us clear weather tonight. >> reporter: sounds good we will let you know if he can answer that question. rob has been telling us he has been watching you for years. so please, answer his weather request back to you. >>> 5:18. thanks rob i appreciate it. what are you going to ask for something else than clear weather. we have clouds coming in but we will be quiet and be dry just perhaps a little push of a breeze but nothing like those winds we talked about in california. we will get to your forecast in a moment. rob and everybody else, let's go back to mount vernon washington monument lighting. jim sending a gorgeous photograph of the celebration yesterday as temperatures did drop questioningly. believe it's -- quickly. there's something going on with the weather station at bwii expect it to drop in the 6 and #:007 -- 7 had been con clon -- 7:00 reports from them. we have frosts and high pressure is in control. and we will get a littl

justin berk, what about you?omething tells me if i'm living in tim tebow's neighborhood i'm doing pretty well for my own house. i think he has a good house there. wouldn't be bad if i were next door. >>> we have nearby 25. that is bwi marshall. nobody lives there but that's where we record the weather. we have a look at teens and low teens in portions of new york. binghamton, that airport up there at 1,500 feet in elevation, 11 degrees. 13 below at 6,000 feet in mount washington. there's a source of some really cold air, well below zero. we're talking 20, 30 below zero across parts of northeastern canada. it's waiting there, not going to move in yet while we start with clear skies. we look back to the west for that system we keep showing you, snow across the great lakes, mixing there around chicagoland. basically this system rides to the north and brings in clouds for today. it's going to keep that active jet stream with the little disturbances passing through the north over the weekend and reinforces the mild ai

let's head to meteorologist justin berk with a check of a chilly forecast. >> good morning. you say chilly but we've got to consider where we're supposed to be. we've been spoiled, four to five degrees above normal. where our temperatures have been this month. on this 29th of december near where we belong. that would be 25, high of 42 is what we would expect. again, we've been spoiled. record of 2 in 1917. 84 brought us to 77-degree mark. that's not going to happen. we're looking at temperatures now 26 in baltimore. 30 easton. a reflection of what is happening by the bay, cooler inland. and overall clear skies but clouds and snow just outside of our borders in west virginia. that disturbance bringing more snow across northern sections of minnesota and wisconsin. that slides north and brings in clouds our way. we'll be looking at increasing clouds after the sunny start. it will push our 2-degree guarantee high to 46. >>> 5:31 on the clock. >> as we continue to see nice conditions around the baltimore beltway, baltimore county police say the police activity cleared on southwes

but now, meteorologist justin berk for the latest on what's going on weather wise because snow, rain, snow, rain, what do we got. >> rain flooding, falling temperatures and know so busy we have double team weather here. weather twin powers activate. i will take the form of snow for the older ones that know about the justin league. we have falling temperatures starting near 606789 we have seen the high -- 606789 we have seen the high -- 60. we have seen the heave highest temperature a winter weather advisory kicks in near north and west of i-95. we will detail that in a little bit. 7 p.m. from 3 a.m. i will show outsnow map as well because yes, there will be -- you the snow map as well and yes, there will be stickage. this morning, the morning highlight heavy rain moving into the area as you can see we have had heavy rain and yellow and orange shading indicating it's going to be a slow commute. officially 61 at bwi. most of our temperatures showing up in the 50s right now. we will have a slow drop this morning more so this afternoon. look at in a 39 in pittsburgh, a sign what have's go

good morning to meteorologist justin berk. >> let's talk about the highlights. what is interesting this morning, as we pull this back, give me a moment for the manual adjustment, we will be watching slight change in the forecast just facing the fact that the radar indications this morning already show the rain in ohio about six hours ahead of schedule. that may catch up to the upper level winds that continue to carry out of the west/northwest and i think we have to account for the fact that there may be showers trying to creep into the west side this morning. 4, that is better -- 34, that is better than the last couple of mornings. mid-30s, mostly cloudy skies. yes, we had to clued the slight chance for possible showers, creeping midday into the afternoon. we'll still get to the lower 50s. >>> first look at traffic with angela, good morning. >> good morning. out on the roadways this morning, already had to deal with an incident, top side of 695, police were on the inner loop between providence road and dulaney valley road. fortunately it's cleared so all the tra

let's head over to meteorologist justin berk with a check of the forecast. >> good morning. morning stretch. we're going to try to figure this out. we have the satellite and radar composite, been watching this rain band extend to the east/southeast. i just have to follow the upper level winds, you can see reflected in some of the bright clouds. the computer model not handling this that well. we will survive the trip across the mountains. i have to assume some of this stuff might reach its way into central maryland later this morning through midday. no big deal, just a matter of whether or not you get wet. temperatures this morning, still 34 degrees with more cloud cover here. dropping back to 32 in ocean city, 40s to the south and west. we'll go back to 50 sometime late morning, midday and early afternoon. there could be showers. this thing keeps creeping in. take an umbrella. look to the skies. there may be some drizzle. we're getting to 52 this afternoon. >>> a 5:31. the roads now. >> looking pretreported an acci hall, it's been cleared, so nothing to slow you down on old

we have a lot going on so let's get right to it with meteorologist justin berk. been really calm here lately. we need snow, man. >> we need something. we need everyone to go to facebook and because under that mug and video you put up this morning, theresa wrote the nicest thing. good morning to her. she said her grandson is also named justin. she's paying very close attention to what i say. this is for you. good morning. we've got more clouds this morning and as a result of those clouds, like a blanket, it kept us up. not too much of a spread of temperatures. the clouds rolled in which means we don't have sun glare to fight for the the morning commute but also rain in west virginia and ohio. it's crept farther east than a lot of models indicated. i'm going off models here and the chance of showers trying to creep in midday into the afternoon, especially to our west. we'll shoot our temperatures back up into the low 50s and mostly cloudy day. yes, we have two chances of at least light snow. we'll talk about that in a moment. >>> here's angela with traffic. >> we r

let's go to meteorologist justin berk for a check of the forecast. i see 28 degrees outside. >> it's dropping. we still have another two and-a-half hours until daybreak. good morning. clear skies, light winds will do that. 28, still above normal. we may drop a few more novice -- notches before bouncing off the bottom. this is a day where we start to introduce some clouds. that moisture you see near morgantown, snow showers may push their way through, looks like deep creek lake, probably going to ride to our north. there could be flurries at gettysburg, maybe york and harrisburg but we're going to actually wind up with increasing cloudiness as we head through today. 28 degrees on the thermometer, we'll be in the 25 to 30 ranges. it's a hard knock and will be this afternoon as we look for mostly cloudy skies. at least the winds won't be that bad, up to 46. i utt)q'd in a moment. >>> right now the roads with angela. >> on the roads now you should find very easy traveling conditions. for those of you who need to maneuver through the city, all lanes open

let's check in with meteorologist justin berk for a check of the forecast. we start off over the severn in annapolis and it was a cloudy sky now most of the day we held off the rain but we did have showers and especially during the dark hours where it started to roll in. in our tribute to mount airy this is one of our favorite camera shots because it shows the skies. you can see the texture of the clouds rolling through and yes we had some showers and rain building in especially in the evening. in the area, 49 eye amville and back towards the bay it's milder at 52 in arnold and 5 # by the water in and -- be 52 by the water in annapolis. we will break up the clouds but this surge of rain could mean severe weather in the south and means rain for us by tonight. we will talk about that coming up. and aim for of 0 -- 60 some sun and rain coming in tonight. how about the traffic with angela. >> reporter: all right. on the roads we are following a couple of accidents including one in pasadena that has the roadway shut down at 648. and almond and north of baltimore

let's get to to a check of the forecast as we start the workweek with justin berk. >> good morning. almost identical to yesterday for us. it's cold and it's clear. but we look down to the south,it's warmer and there's a mess northern florida and georgia. i mention heed that because the clouds that are really on the northern fringe trying to sneak in that's a good thing because we get a little high cloud coverreradiate the heat that escaped back down to the ground and we are chilly this morning and it's possible we go up another notch or two before sunrise. 24 in baltimore. and 25 in easton and 18 up towards york, p.a. and hour by hour update. down to 23 but it's possible we bounce back up. mid-40s and still seasonably cool today and we have a little warmup midweek. 4:31 here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: as we get the first look at the roads, what to expect on your monday morning comiew. and overview of the major -- commute, and overview of the commute. u.s. 29 at maryland 108, it's smooth ride for you. also, checking in on i-83, no incidents to report on the jfx from 695 thro

let's check the forecast now and say good morning to meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. 50:31 on the clock. -- 5:31 on the clock. going back to manchester and yesterday. it just felt like a homecoming we had flakes and little surprise and you can see it in the time claps camera and a nice coating of white. manchester and extreme northern county. parkton and adams they got lightcoating of snow. and again that was a little bit of a boost from what we expected because it should have stayed dry around here. but as a result, we are still pushing in temperatures that are holding below freezing 29 bel air joppa 25 from towson to wood bine. -- woodbine. the cloud trying to rollback in. and the next surge of warm weather for the weekend we will talk about in a moment. it's 5:31. follow the wakeup window at the bottom of the screen and now angela for a check of the traffic. >> reporter: thank you. on the roadways a. checked in with anne arundel county police and all is quiet. the earlier collision we rootered in odenton has been moved -- we checked in in odenton has been moved. travelin

meteorologist justin berk and what's going on weather wise. things are chilly but could be worse because across the country justin this is something that different types of weather happening every where. you have wind in the west and snow to the north and one. >> vigorous pattern and that continues to stay locked to the west. will it eventually start charging itself to the east. the real long range outlook is second half of the month to get it into the cold air here. we have questions and bumps along the way. this morning, bumps may be the scraping of ice off the windshield. i am trying to convert pictures i've gotten e-mails on the frost people have seen this morning and it's 27 degrees in baltimore. and yeah we dropped down there and thick frost is to today scrape off but we don't have much wind but allow time to do that scraping if the car is outside. clear skies and we may have high clouds mixed in heading towards the afternoon. but a frosty start will get our way back to a sunny 5 5 again with high clouds. weekend outlook in a moment. righ

lynn -- lynette charles is in for justin berk. what is going on? >> we'll start out with a little bit of cloud cover, because we are definitely dealing with that. as we look back towards the west we're looking at a few showers, they are going to start to work their way in as we go through the remainder of today, in the meantime we're dealing with some temperatures not so bad this morning, because of the cloud cover out there, good morning, baltimore, you're 46 degrees. we're seeing more of that into ocean city, richmond around 45 degrees and much milder as we head over into pittsburgh with that temperature around 58 degrees. as you head out this morning don't forget the rain gear because you're going to need it. i'll talk more about the rain coming up. right now let's check the traffic with angela. >> good morning. a first look at the roads on this thursday morning, so far so good. we're getting reports of an incident somewhere in the area of route 2, we'll update that in the next report. in the meantime, a live look at route 29, it's looking prett

forecast and for -- for a check of the forecast and for that we say good morning to meteorologist justin berk because things look changing quickly. >> reporter: -- >> big changes many we have a rapidly developing system. headlines showing flooding to flakes with falling temperatures a lot of places started out in the 60s. we had the high temperature but we have a flood watch for the heavy rain that's coming down. one or two inches possible and the flood watch one 1 p.m. to tonight. and winter weather advisory that kicks in from 7 p.m. through 3 a.m. we will showy a snow map coming. first off, we will show you the winter weather advisory that's probably going to take more headlines and it's harford and baltimore and including the city howard and carroll county. friend in anne arundel county you want the flakes and may get some although you will. it's a matter of what will accumulate on the grassy surfaces and slushy and colder north and west and we will pile up more. snow map momentarily. maryland's most powerful doppler radar. in bel air light to moderate rain but it picks up down 95 toward w

i am justin berk. for a week we talked about this potential for snow this week. now there's high confidence it's going to happen. we are on the warm side with rain today a new storm will be forming and we will have that snow map in a moment. >>> also on the roadways this morning, two hot spots out there for you on the west side of 695 outer loop traffic getting heavy. also southbound 95 looking at heavy flow of traffic and tractor trailer accident has crane highway closed a complete update straight ahead. >>> gad morning. i am charley -- can good morning. i'm charley crowson. sherrie johnson will be live with new developments in a case from 2008. corinne redman is live downtown at city hall where everything is decked out. getting ready for the mayor's inauguration and linda so live at locust point war grocery store is set to oa. first meteorologist justin berk for a check of the forecast. >> thanks 6:45 and a lot of you are waiting to see the snow map. we will show you in a couple minutes. we have to get through this morning. 59 in northeast and chestertown and d

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let's get to justin berk for a check of the forecast because this wednesday could be a wet one out there for you. justin, what he going on -- -- going on. >> i think we have the -- what's going on? >> i think we have a good one. flooding to flakes with falling temperatures a flood watch starts at one in the afternoon and goes through tonight and winter weather advisory from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. and we will have the snow map coming up in a bit. right now we are looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. heaviest rain south of baltimore annapolis and rock hall and chestertown. all of us dealing with wet weather and heavy rain towards the west coming out of central virginia. this is a very wet commute and we start off on the mild side near 60. let's get a look at the traffic and here is angela. >> reporter: thanks very much. good morning. a first check of the roadways this morning as justin mentioned, wet conditions out there. otherwise not a lot to slow you down. maybe overnight construction in the final stages of wrapping up our first look at u.s. 29. at maryland 10 # no delays or pro

let's say good morning to meteorologist justin berk. >> we look at a quiet scene. the snow band out of ontario and stretching through michigan. moderate snow through lansing and detroit. that's part affrontal boundary extending -- part of a frontal boundary that is part of a frontal boundary that will take our temperatures down for the start of the weekend. 29 ellicott city. 24 sorry 24 ellicott city and temperatures near freezing along the bay. where do we go? a frosty morning. from the mid-20s to near 30 at 7:08 sunrise and pushing to 50 by lunchtime and two degree guaranteed high with a mix of clouds at 55. we will talk about the rest of the weekend forecast and the outlook through next week in a moment. right now here's traffic good morning. >> reporter: and good morning to you. it's a chilly morning out there. you might have a little frost to scrape off but once you get on the roads, things are moving nicely. first look at beltway at 695 at frederick road, traffic is moving at a good clip. dropping down to look at i-83 in northern baltimore county i- 83 york r

this morning, we have live team coverage of the first bit of wintery weather and we begin with justin berk live with how things were and what we can expect in the days to come. >> all right. it was a bad storm no doubt about that. this one is going to go down for the justification of how explosive it got. record rainfall bwi over 2 1/3 inches. that's almost w the old record for the dates going back to 1876. wind gusted over 40 miles per hour but the snow melted for many. you know, we will have -- melted for many. 38 right now in baltimore. wind gusting to 24 miles per hour. and it's all about the gusty winds. sunshine will take us into the lower 40s. i quickly do want to show you what it looks like north of the border. shrews berry pennsylvania a dusting. and there's the time and date stamp on this 8th day of december. cars in york county coughed with a quarter inch of snow that melted and refroze and i have a suspicion that we sent sherrie johnson up to westminster to track the snow and we probably don't have that. >> reporter: you are right, justin. not a lot of snow here. just little du

let's get over to justin berk now with a check of your tuesday forecast. >> that sun over your shoulder, two hours away from seeing that sun. won't see it today. check it out. morning highlights, the clouds rolled back in. this came in a few hours ahead of schedule. no sweat there, the rain back in to the mountains. that will be arriving as we get closer to the lunch hour, in to the afternoon. a lot of rain a where that came from. the wider maps in a few minutes. 40 baltimore, holding 33 ocean city. the clouds haven't built in. 40s, where the rain came from , the air is moving in our direction. that's where we go. if you are in the upper 30s, we continue to push on the upswing, sunrise at 7:25, probably won't see it as the clouds continue to lower and thicken. showers could be here, within an hour of the lunch hour. from noon to 4:00, building in the showers to steadier rain variety, in the heavy rain and strong gusty winds through the evening hours. high, 49. take that rain pjeñjacket and patience this morning, we have a dry commute. here is angela with the latest on the traffic. >>> o

let's head to justin berk with a check of the forecast. >> looking at the local conditions, i wanted to  highlight the wind gusts we've had. 40 middletown, frederick county, manchester, carroll county 38. fairly uniformed temperatures, winds 10- 15 miles per hour. highs 48 middletown and upper 30 miles per hour range closer to the beltway. we have strong winds to deal with, variable cloudy skies. breaking up, having ourselves a nice sunrise. in to through the middle section of pennsylvania and new york, flurries and rain and snow showers slipping in to york and baltimore overnight. could be a brief passage, it's about the wind, clouds break up. winds in the 30-35 miles per hour range in to the afternoon. >>> a two alarm fire seriously damaged a home in baltimore county. firefighters said no one was home when the fire started. no word on what caused out. more information on this fires a it becomes available. >>> mother and daughter in town who can say they had given and received the best christmas gifts of the year. it was simply something money can't buy. >> the gift of life, a mot

let's head over to meteorologist, justin berk w a check of our tuesday forecast. >>> 5:29, taking yourundel county. millersville, arnold and davidsonville, a short drive from one place to the other. a spread in temperatures, 24 arlington, echo, 28 degrees. holding at freezing at homestead gardens. i said freezing. it's a little nippy this morning. you may find frost. 24 baltimore. 24 hagerstown. teens up towards york pa. upper 20s to 30s to the delmar va. similar to yesterday. a tila

let's go over to meteorologist justin berk because monday it was the fog, justin, today showers out there. >> rain but it's warm out there, charley. we are hanging on the warm side of the weather pattern that will collapse and breakdown. we are checking out the satellite and radar where we have had rain a pulse over the region that departed. right now the rain diminished maybe sprinkles but enough wetness on the roads to cause problems. most of the rain to the west will generate some. going into today, we are checking out the mild temperatures and let's pull the board up. 55 in baltimore. 59 in york and easton and 60 at the patuxent river. and temperatures will stay mild 50s to near 606789 low 60s this afternoon with periods of rain and the heavier stuff is later today, tonight and into tomorrow. #:59. let's look at the roads -- 4:59. let's look at the roads with angela foster. >> reporter: wet roadways

first, we start with meteorologist, justin berk. >>> 6:43, how cold is it this morning.eest got 29 pear hall. science center 346789 that's a spread to baltimore city. 27 in joppa. 26 bel air. 31 edgemere and towards sykesville. we've got a look at clear skies. clouds creep in from the west. that sis stem going to take energy to the west, it's going to set the stage for something interesting as we go to the start of the week . frosty morning, warmer than yesterday with two degree guaranteed high. >>> things are picking up out there as we monitor traffic from the live desk. a quick view of what you are looking at traveling through howard county on i-95, southbound lanes, very crowded make your way through column chum down to the capitol beltway. back to you. >>> protesters during an early morning raid around 3:00, kuren redmond is live on the scene and has been there since shortly before 4:00. the police and protesters have been moved on. >> reporter: that's right . police conducted the raid at 3:18 this morning they removed protesters from mckeldin square where the protes

meteorologist, justin berk, with a check of the tuesday forecast. >>> good morning to you. one minute before 6:00. let's talk about the breeze. thank you. southeast wind, very light so far. deer park elementary, winds pushing over 10 miles per hour. they will get stronger today as we pump in moisture with a new storm. right now, it's cloudy skys across the area. we should get through the commute dry. there is basically a lot of rain out there across the ohio valley. snow if the higher the rain, they will go over to rain before they go back to snow. most of the weather on the backside of the storm. a lot of moisture coming ow of the ohio valley, rolling in our direction. showers as soon as the lunch hour. give or take between 11:00 and 1:00, i do it at 9:30. we are looking at the rain building in during the afternoon. steadier stuff for the ride home. pushing 49, strong winds during the evening. cut off quickly as well. talk about the weekend outlook in a moment. follow the wake up window at the bottom of the screen. >>> on the roadways right now. update on the situation in

let's get to justin berk with a check of the fog. this is what is going to be on everyone's mind. >> the fog that i drove through was much worse than what you saw op your screen and what you are seeing on your scene downtown. some areas, visibility cut down to a few hundred feet. all response of the major storm, lines through texas with texas and new mexico getting snow, the cold side on the backside that will charge up this system and we will be watching the for the entire week. most of the rain locked back in ohio, cleveland and ravens had to play in yesterday, it's locked back. there another day on this december 5th, that is often our snow day, our date with destiny not this year. 38 baltimore. thick fog in the county. hour by hour, a foggy issue, mostly cloudy. southerly winds, that's not mostly sunny, that should be mostly cloudy for about 60, 2- degree guarantee. rain and snow this week in a moment. for the first time in a couple of years, i get to say, good morning to angela foster. >> our first look at traffic this morning, a

this is something justin berk does so well every morning, showing you great sunrises. justin, this on the first pleat -- meteorological day of winter. rising from the east. setting in the west. >> we have great images to show you. it will be dark at night, bright during the day. that is a guaranteed forecast, right? first, yes, it's the start of meteorological winter and i wanted to look over some of the snow extremes. this will post on-line later today. notice typically january, february, our big snow month but a couple of years ago we challenged that record of just over 20 inches with a big storm that hit us during the second, third week of the month. yesterday on facebook i asked, are you interested in seeing snow? 232 of you actually were. viewing the comments it did look like -- i think we're on full screen right now. he lost his camera so let's just go to it. let's just show you how bel air looked yesterday. sunrise gives way to a mostly cloudy sky. it was definitely an autumn and almost winter-like setup even with the sun in annapolis. you had clouds later on. ty

charley crowson but we haveto get to weather because that's the story for the past 24 hours and justin berk is standing by with what we have for today. >> i took this picture in york county. put the date stamp on there on the 8th of december. snows--- snow on many cars and this is the icing on the cake that a lot of you are missing. where's your snow. we will talk about it. we will see why the computer is doing this this morning. we are talking about rain at bwi and storms did about everything else and was expected. record rainfall 2.83 inches. show at bwi a trace that was too hard to overcome and all that warm wet ground and i did overestimate how much that snow would really account for the change in temperatures but the winds gusted to 40 miles per hour and yes we had snow photos and sherrie is up in westminster. snow up in new england. in have strong winds ushering

"good morning, america," justin berk has a look at the thursday forecast. things finally beginning to feel a little wintry out there. >> yes, and we are three and-a-half weeks away from christmas, a lot of you thinking something's going to happen soon. this morning we check our satellite and radar composite. we're quiet, a few clouds, they have snow in the mountains, no biggy, right? we've had cold air filter in. temperatures this morning, 37 from baltimore to easton, to ocean city. near freezing back to our northwest. winds are trying to settle down a little bit and if they do there's a possibility of developing frost but we've had ourselves a bit of a breeze, that will pick up again, typically once the sun comes up we start mixing the atmosphere. by the way that sun up is 7:07. let's maximize what we get. it will push us to 52 this afternoon, the 2-degree guarantee. that sun goes down at 4:44 in the afternoon. that hurts to say. 5:30 now. looking at traffic once again with burt. >>> thank you very much. live camera over at the u.s. 29 and maryland 108 we'

let's check in with meteorologist justin burk who is in a great mood -- berk who is in a great mood. >> we will show you some time- lapse and the other thing is it's a big weekend for many reasons. all right. if you are true to baltimore, and the nfl, and someone is not wearing purple today, don't talk to them. can we leave it at that? to the redskins fans give me time cues. manchester yesterday, you see the snow piling up on the fields there in northern carroll county. westminster had snow. it didn't quite stick in winter mill and ijamsville at the greens and greens didn't turn white but they got snow showers on the golf course. mount airy waking up to 37 degrees. but it's colder in reisterstown and we are clear we are watching the next wave of clouds rolling in. we will talk about the weekend outlook in a moment. here angela with the first look at traffic. >> reporter: and good morning. first look at the roads this morning we are off to a bessy start for those of you -- busy start for those traveling in the odenton area. on the scene of a collision on telegraph and route 175. in th

let's check in now with justin berk. >> a bunch of variations on this one. your calendar may see something different but today is the start of meteorological winter. it starts the first day of december, ends the last day of february. the outlook actually does have snow for central maryland next week. stick around for that extended forecast. on average we get 3.1 inches for the month but we know we've been hit with decent snowstorms in recent decembers. we're basically clear and dry this morning. on the satellite, even in the mountains very limited cloud cover. temperatures show up like this, 37 baltimore and easton. 33 york, pennsylvania. we'll check out the forecast in a moment. >>> now let's look at traffic. >> good morning. thank you very much. not too much going on now, very quiet, quick shot of the jones falls expressway at north avenue, traffic moving quickly, no difficulties as we make our way down into baltimore city city. jfx, no difficulty to report. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. >>> gary giordano is free after four months in an aruban

i am charley crowson let's head over to justin berk who is back with a check of the forecast. >> the date is the 20th of december. the almanac shows we should be in the 20s and should be there and we have had plenty cold mornings to deal with the month. but the high temperature should be 44. we are currently at 49 degrees. we are five degrees above the normal high at five in the morning. looks like we will go up higher from here this afternoon. not much higher but we stay on the warmer side of the weather pattern that's brought light rain to the lower eastern shores so it may be a little damp from easton through cambridge and salisbury. west of garrett county, rain in pittsburgh and they are shedding tears from what happened with the game last night hint, hint, yes, the steelers lost and my producer is yelling at me for it. we have heavy rain and thunderstorms. we will watch that because it could get active here as she is cutting my time after talking about the steelers loss last night. 51 is we are we should be this afternoon with showers redeveloping later this afternoon. let's see

that's good news, but as we head over to justin berk e. might say this could-- he might say this could change especially going into time. he will give outforecast on the snow. >> did -- you the forecast on the snow. >> good morning. we are holding tight about what we talked about yesterday. temperatures will crash and it may be deceptive it's 62 this morning. a light jacket or the umbrella, but you will need the jacket on the way home because just on the other side of the mountains they are in the 30s and it drops off in the clearing behind us. chicago des moines is at 11. we got the 60s on east coast as warm air is flowing ahead to the system. this is basically our boundary. and that boundary really pumping in a lot of tropical moisture which we showed you yesterday is a feed that starts in the pacific goes across mexico and the gulf of mexico and as we watch the cold air wrap behind it that made its way down to the western gulf coast, we got this area of low pressure that's riding up and pumping in the rain and we are right on the easter

i am charley crowson let's head over to justin berk because things are wet. >> before it turns white.t is breezy and warm and wet today. but cold air on the way. wednesday night thursday morning the first snow for some n fact for many. but considering that we did have that storm that dropped up to half a foot in carroll and adams and york p.a. this is not the first for them but we will talk about that coming up. this morning, we are looking at south eastern wind, a south wind at 10 miles per hour but enough to pump up the warm air. 55 at bwi60 in york and yes we have had rain pass through so the roads are wet and another band of showers passing through county right now heading up towards bel air and there's more behind that. we will look for temperatures pretty much going into the low maybe mid-60s with periods of rain and we will talk about the threat of snow coming up in a moment. 5:29 here's angela with track. >> reporter: we are dealing with a serious accident in anne arundel county this morning involving a tractor trailer. route 3 crane highway approaching 450 all lanes are block

i am charley crowson let's -- crowson let's go over to meteorologist justin berk because things could be be turning dangerous on the roadways and especially wet. >> it's puddling and ponding and that's a problem. we will highlight the fact that the heavy rain is moving in up 95 between d.c. and baltimore. laurel is getting it and it is approaching the beltway and annapolis getting in on it. we will have it zoomed in in a few minutes, but heavier rain to the west. we are in the thick of it for the day. temperatures 62. bwi, 63. richmond on the warm side of the storm. we do expect to have temperatures on the fall. even though we have 60s this is an 8 a.m. time frame. it will slip into the upper 50s and fall midday and afternoon we tank. mixture of snow begins north and west and we will get some here in baltimore. how much will stick and accumulate we will talk in moment. here angela foster with traffic. >> reporter: we have the wet conditions out there. but we are looking good. off to a great start on the major roadways. both 895 and i-95 looking good in and around the tunnels. looking

let's go over to justin berk for a check of the monday forecast. >> good morning.cross the area. a system to the south throwing in high mosh truer mixed in -- moisture mixed in the sunrise. -- in with the sun advise. we are looking at temperatures right now. this is down there 23 degrees that matches yesterday's mark and the coldest we have been since february 17th. it's been a while. and now you have to get up and get to work it may feel a little bit tough for you out there. looks like we have frost and temperatures ranging from the teens in some spots to mid-20s in much of the metro area. the official sunrise at 7:16 giving way to mostly sunny skies mixed in with high clouds. 45 this afternoon. that's 5:29 on the clock and here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: thank you and good morning. as we get you ready for monday morning drive around baltimore beltway we have a couple trouble spots to report now including an accident on i-95 that's slowing traffic down in the northbound direction of 95 through howard county. let's go live to traffic flow on i-9 5. this is

foster is watching delays of crashes on roadways but first the very latest from the meteorologist justin berkll deal with a lot of e- mail today. we take you to this shrewsbury mcflurry charley's favorite picture. up acruets border they got a coating -- across the border they got a coating to an inch and not on the roadways. this scene was expected near baltimore. unfortunately, for those of you that wanted snow you don't see it this morning. but look at this. record rain at bwi yesterday. 2.3 8 inches for the date. that's almost double the old record and the heaviest one-day rainfall total in any winter month a trace of snow at the airport but it couldn't stick around and wind gusting over 40 miles an hour. overall we are looking at this this morning gusty winds and mid-30s. up to 44 with sun. >> reporter: gusty winds and wind warnings on the bridges out there. also, standing water on a lot of places harford at 25th street. be treepped for a closed lane and southbound 795 an accident as you approach the beltway. looking live at the beltway, on the west side is where we are seeing the most ac

let's check in with meteorologist justin berk. >> 5:29. we are starting off in arnold in anne arundel county. belvedere elementary school and it's 47. that's mild start. this is above our normal high and you can thank the southerly wind direction. not that much but a peak of --peak of 15 miles per hour. right now maryland's most powerful doppler radar down to arnold and annapolis, there's nothing yet. there's showers on back towards the west. and it goes on the other side of 270 heading towards demack cuss and mount airy a little damp and more rain to the west. out 70 and 68 hagerstown spread to cumberland and this is rain. that's we have cites of some improvement at least for the wintery weather. 55 by lunchtime. upper 50s to near 60 this afternoon with the rain steadier and heavier and perhaps a rumble of thunder. christmas weekend outlook in a bit. it's 5:30. let's check on the road with angela. >> reporter: justin, this is the time morning when the traffic patterns start to get busy but we are smiles in the traffic center. it's quiet.

. >> good morning it's mondaydecember 12th of the let's get started with justin berk. >> it's cold matchingay's numbers that you probably slept through. mainly clear skies and clouds creeping in from the south that may assist in making for a pretty sunrise especially southeast from the bay sections across towards the delmarva which you may have

johnson is at a baltimore police officer- involved shooting but let's check in with meteorologist justin berkor the morning weather forecast. >> good morning. 6:44. watching a storm system in the south that organized low pressure but winds coming out of the east and just converging here across northern florida and georgia south carolina. and i mentioned that because it's throwing some clouds across the mix and i've seen a few across the sky just enough for a beautiful sunrise. if you have a chance to get out there i. suggested our camera pointing southeast from the naval academy down to severn you can see the cloud off on the horizon. a chilly morning and we showed you by the naval academy 32. arnold at 25 and teens inland. far west is deary and we 21 and 17 near frederick and back into the upper 20s for manchester back towards reisterstown. bel bel air is at 23 sitting pretty and a bit frosty and with the sun we will get back to about 40 by lunchtime and we are aiming for a temperature of 45. check out rest of the week and a little warmup in a moment. it's 6:45 and let's look at traffic with

let's check in with meteorologist justin berk. >> it's clear, calm and crisp, we're dry. maryland's most powerful thrard, temperature 29 baltimore, we've adjusted 32 in easton, while we're in the mid- 20s to near 30 this morning, sunrise at 7:14. we'll make our way into the 40s today, just a little bit above the normal of 45. i think we make it to 49. i think we see some high clouds streaming streaming in here this afternoon and a partly cloudy night, so it shouldn't be as cold. we'll have the weekend outlook in just a moment. here's angela with traffic. reporter: justin, on the road for -- roads for you this friday morning, as you get ready to head out, looks like an easy friday morning commute for you. that earlier accident we had on southbound 795 on owens mills boulevard has cleared, so nothing should be slowing your drive down as you make your way to the beltway. on the northwest side of 795, past green avenue some building volume. should be an easy drive for you there at this time. here's a look at i-95 through howard county, becoming a bit crowded as you approach r

let's get to the latest on the forecast with meteorologist justin berk standing by in the weather centerh what was starting as rain then the snow and so what's in store for today? >> well, we have leftover wind. what he outside your door? did you run to the window to look? you didn't see much? sorry about that. i was one of many that was disappointed. got some snow by my placement we had the winds. check this out. that's the lower eastern shore they have 52-mile-per-hour winds. 50-mile-per-hour winds in ocean city. in baltimore, we had a 50-mile- per-hour wind at the school and 46 the peak at bwi. by the way dw -- bwi had record rainfall and a strays of snow officially that melted away. shrewsbury has it on the ground. not on the road but on the grassy surfaces dusting upwards to ionch just across the line in pennsylvania. you didn't get it and you are disappointed. did it mean it was a bust? this thing blew up er

we'll get to justin berk with a check of the forecast. a lot of people are concerned, they want to know how things are going to go tonight with the wig lighting wig -- big lighting in mount vernon. >> come on over here. i have something cool to show you. the start of winter, people start thinking what is going on. looking at some computer models, that is a potential storm next week. possible mix of stuff. we'll continue to track that. we're tracking some of the snowfall that we would typically get in december because we actually start meteorological winter. on december 1st. it goes through the end of february. we're looking for the possibility, yes, some saying it could turn wintry next week. in the time being we look at the average of 3.1 inches of snow in baltimore during the month of december. we'll see if we can catch up to that. by the way yesterday, the end of november started with sunshine. look at the clouds downtown. a gorgeous scene but definitely turning more winter-like when a dark gray windy afternoon, right now temperatures

meteorologist justin berk has a check of the forecasts. >> look at the numbers. in bel air 23 degrees but the wind speed zero. that is a good thing, after all that push we had from the air yesterday. a lot of places reaching the 40 mile-per-hour limit. 10 mile-per-hour gusts since midnight. we've got clear skies across the board. although it does appear as if we have high clouds through virginia along 66 on into the south sides of dc and some snow showers trying to push its way back into the mountains, in fact that is part of a much larger system sliding through the great lakes. that will increase our cloudiness for today but we should remain dry. we start with sunshine, sunrise coming up officially at 7:25 this morning. we'll work our way with thickening clouds, probably a overcast afternoon, 46 our 2-degree guaranteed high. it will feel warmer than yesterday just because of the lack of wind and temperatures will continue to climb through the weekend but a major cold snap on the way for next week. we'll talk about that 2012 weather outlook in a moment. >>> 6:28.