half a century,nd several other states are seeing intense flooding from this week's snowfall. >> lauryn rickettsystem ov the last few days. lauryn, who exactly is a bomb >> it's actually a general term that we see during the winter months a lot. bomb, it really just means explosive development. so weaw this storm drop 24 millibars in 24 hours and once it does that, that's when we cae categoomething as a bomb cyclone. any storm is a cycne so this had a rapid pressure drop of 24 millibars in 24 hours. just exploded. blizzard-likeon condi on the north and west side and tornadoes, severe weather on the south and east side of it. this storm wasst a m and i saw over 45 inches of snow in colorado a wolf pass creek so this storm dropped a lot of snow and now with thingsarming they are getting all the rain and all th flooding. quite a mess and a deadly one at that. >> all right, lauryn, thank you so much. how beaute successful that sunrise. good morning to you. ur time now is >>> good morningyo to it is march 17th, st. patrick's day. happy st. patric ys day to. thanks for waging up with us. i'm meagan fi

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lauryn ricketts is looking into what exactly the weather willap up to be for that day. break that ahead. derrick, we appreciate it. another live look of the cherry blossoms. beautiful. >>> here we go unionation, you see the slight breeze that derrick was talking about. perfect forhe kites that will out there today. we'll check in with lauryn on the other side of this>> break. > also ahead, we'll introduce you to an award-winning chef from arlington ho is making a ho is making a name for herself. you can make roomancial cfor everyone. get rewards and more with suntrust advantage banking. not all water is created equal. there are over 326 million trillion gallons of water on earth. but only one billionth of one per cent is filtered naturally beneath the earth, with a distinct balance of minerals, and emerges crisp and refreshing enough to be called deer park®. deer park® 100% natural spring water. born better®. >>> an caward-winninf born and raised in arlington is blazing trails for women in the culinary world. amy brandwein is the owner of centrolina. hae's a top chef fo

lauryn ricketts, i never knew that. my presence hereio was a correlwith bad weather. >> according to adam tuss it is. >> let's g to the weather. >> you match, by the way, your graphics. >> i always mrtch myhics when it's weather alert. i'm wearing too much pink today. think i need more red but you get the idea because we're weather alert and you're here, david, and we've go snow obviously. >> it all tiestogether. >> full circle. see what we did there. we've got snow, sleet and raind hear way spreading south and west and moving north and east as weea hd through the afternoon. again, we are going to have snow across the region especially north and west in d.c. mainly these areas in pink. that's going to be all snow.h a snow event for you guys, and then areas to the south. you can see in the purple that's a winter weather advisory. d.c. is not in that winter weather advisryndo nor i fairfax county and fauquier county and prince william heunty. we're looking at biggest impacts north and west and you know how it goes. we're

a check now of our forecast, lauryn ricketts.now my phone is talking to me >> randomly talking to you. that's fun. >> i need to opt out of that. >> that's fun. i like that. we have snow on the way. >> okay. what the deal with this? i know -- >> it's changed. >> -- it depends where you are, too, clearly. >> there's going to be a sharp cut-off of who is going to see all rain, and who is going to be snow. i'll see you o the futurecast. d.c. is in the middle in terms of tug of war with warm air and cold air. we fall on the middle of that. north and west of d.c., generally where we get the snow, that'll be thet chance to see some snow later on throughout the day tomorrow. mainly during the afternoon. today is going to be dry. we've got a dry saturday. who would have thought?ve the first time it seems like. dry saturday here for us. it is going to be cloudy. weould have some afternoon sunshine, but it is going to be few and far between. now, for sunday, we have snow moving in through the middle part of the morning and into the afternoo

lauryn ricketts is tracking sunny, a little chilly and the good news is we're losing that rong wind. >> we are losing that wind we had yesterday, you're absolutely right,avid. ghter winds, still full sunshine and nice feeling. tebeeratures are going t right around that 50-degree mark. our average temperature of this time of year, 56 degrees. got for what to wear, we've some light green jacket in store for this afternoon. but by the time you head into your monday you may need a scarf, a aihat, a jacket and maybe some winter gear. we're got snow coming our way. tuesday, wednesday, sunglasses and a jacketse we'll get on the chilly side and it's pretty cool out there right now and theemperatures are coming up. responding to that march sunshine. a much lighter wind and as we go over the nex 12 hours temperatures topping out right around 50 degrees. just going to be aay beautiful out there. however, as i said, we have snow on the way. your 're already plant garden and did an early plant, you mayt to pay attention to the forecast. snow chances in your neighborhood coming up in about 15 minu

storm tm 4's lauryn ricketts is back with us this weekend. that was really nice for those of us looking forward to the warmer temps. have to bringut the jackets today? >> all good things come to an end, temperatures topping out a good 20 degrees from where we were y. yester yesterday at 2:18, we hit a high degrees. it was so nice yesterday. plenty of sunshine. we'll have the sunshinetoday, but now we've got the wind. you trade the warm temperature for these blustery northwest winds, and we get much cooler conditions. 48 is the temperature right now. you see the bottom of your screen. we do have cloud cover out there right now. we wl start to see some sunshine. once the sun comes up, about 15 minufter 7:00 a.m., 48 degrees, winds out of the west at 12 miles per hour. probably felt them pick up a little last night. ey're going to stay with us throughout the day, gusting up to 30 miles per hour. esburg seeing gusts up to 36 miles an hour. on the breezy side today. listen,e have a little rain, possibly some snowflakes. oh, yeah, big changes comin

let's get a check of your forecast with lauryn ricketts.t breezy overnight. >> that was that system we saw existing our area moving right up the eastern seaboard. and bringing snow now to portions of maine. so areas saw some snow yesterday. if you were up at the higher elevations, y. saw some sn and it kind of looked like a winter wonderland around here because we had hail yesterday with the severe thunderstorm. the weather w wacky yesterday afternoon. today not so much. but we're dealing with the repercussions of it. so today grab that windbreaker. if you still have one. otherwise grab a jacket. sunday we need to light jacket. temperatures are going more springlike. monday we've got rain showers and tuesday it'll feel more like winter. windchills out there right now in the 20s and 30s. it is going tbe blustery all throughout the day. we'll talk about rainur coming o way and time it out for you beginning of the work week coming up. >> thank you. >>> meantime, we want to get to the big story o the day. our coverage of the special counsel's r

well, ref meteorologist lauryn ricketts here. >> it's going to be on the blustery side out there today even thoughemperatures are going to be in the low 50s. but again, we are looking at some breezyconditions. now, yesterday, super interesting. we had t graupel, had some hail, had some snow in portion of o area. let's take a look outside right now. the sun coming up just in a little over an hour from now. it's going to be a beautiful sunrise out there. it's going to gorgeous as we fm in through the day today. yon-at ca'sexpecu wrru ently.t yo n temperatures at 38 degrees. o it is a little chilly out ther expect those winds. those winds will be with us throughout the day today and could be brisk at times. current windchills in the 20s, even in the teens in the shenandoah it's going to be a little on the brisk side, little t on blustery side. but we also have rain ahead. we'll let you know when. that's coming up. >> all right. check back with you in a bit. >>> the wait is over. after almost two years, special counsel robt mueller's russia investigation is done with no new indictments. hi

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lauryn ricketts sg by in the storm team 4 weather center. a lot of folks maybe thought, okay, march i here. is is the first weekend of march. maybe some warmer spring weather canexpect. not today, it seems. >> not today. >> or the coming week. >> listen, a lotf this next two weeks or so looks like we're going to have pretty chilly conditions oute. th of course, the unofficial start of spring is when we get daylight saving time, which is next sunday. again, it ends next sunday. does it end or begin? i always forget. anyway, i can't think about it the fly, but it is next sunday. as far as next sunday is ncerned, you think about spring when that happens. it is definitely not. listen, we have snow on the way. road impacts as we head for your sunday into monday. we're going to be fine today. your sunday morning, we're dry through the middle part of the morning, then we have snow on the way. sunday night to monday morning could ittle tricky. now, last night was tricky. we had some ice. we had some snow. we had some rain, and it was falling heavy a

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lauryn ricketts will be back with a look at your forecast. stay with us.wners so excited? we're going to comcast. it's ahead of the game, ahead of the curve. it's going to add to the productivity of our business. it's switchstnd save days at comusiness. right now, get fast, reliable internet for $49.95 a month and save $600 a year. just one more way we take your business beyond. but hurry, switch and save days ends april 7th. internet that's reliable. internet that's fast. that's super important. i just want to get it right now. call today. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> welcome back. we have a beautiful day in ore, warm temperatures. rat's get right over to lauryn ricketts who ising it all. >> we have some great, wonderful conditions out there. a little cool to start, meagan, with temperatures in the 30s. but we're going to warm right up to the 60s.s clouds tternoon but dry. after 8:00 p.m. tonight, we could see an isolated shower, shen tomorrow morning maybe a passing er, but expect rain after lunchtime tomorrow and for the evening commute. that will

and,no youwhat, it sounds like lauryn ricketts, this could be t day to go see the cherry blossoms. not as nice as yesterday, so maybe a littleess people out there, maybe. >> yes. ye listen, go see them today, go see them tomorrow, i think yesterday as i was saying allye day erday, yesterday was the pick to go see them. so today, yeah y o can get there, especially by this afternoon, about the the thing about thi afternoon, weill have sunshine. temperatures will be in the 50s. it is going to be windy out ther we can deal with that. but tomorrow they are peaking d tomorrow afternoon will be a little nicer, it will be a little colder.o you have take whatever you're going to get, wind or sunshine with it. we have got some rain showers out there right now. we areg see some rain moving through the area, the heaviest rain up through frederick and back down through clark county. tok at this. you widens out. you can see the frontal system. it is right here. behind this front, much cooler temperatures and in fact, look at this. oh, yeah, western maryland, alre fy down to theezing mark. everyb

lauryn ricketts tracking snow. >>> we've got a dry day, but it is going to be a cloudy day out thereur saturday. maybe a new peek few peeks of . there could be i patches north and west of d.c., where the temperatures are at the freezing mark. we're going t t warm upay to right around 50 degrees. again, some peeks of ternoon sun. we're mainly going to be dry until tomorrow. mid-morning torrow, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., snow pushing in from the south andst it'll be light to start. we are looking at 2 inches of snow or greater north and west of d.c. around d.c., mainly rain/snow event, which is light, then south and east, talking about rain. we are weather alert for tomorrow. monday looking breezy. we'll dry out on monday. >> lauryn anks. we'll have a fresh update of your news and weather in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show. >>> good morning. breaking overnight, one-two punch. tens ofillions of people up and down the east cst feeling winter's wrath. several inches falling in major cities like boston and new york. anothertormakes its way to the west coast. dylan is t

we'll check in with lauryn ricketts. what's it looking like?here right now, meagan. we'll have plenty of sunshine out there all day long on this st. patrick's day. temperatures right now a little chill toe start. we're in the 20s and 30s and we'll warm right on up into the low to mid-50s. looking good throughout the day and by this afternoon wonderful. if you liked yesterday you're going toseike today bec we don't have the winds today. now, some overnight rain and snow showers not going to amount to anhing, but we could have a few around for the morning commute. we'll dry out late tomorrow afternoon. we're dry this week and spotty showers on thursday. >> amazing. ank you so much, lauryn. more news and weather, of course, comin up here but for now back to "sunday today." >> i think garry is probably playing with us, like a rat with a mouse. >> that's a cat and a mouse. cat and a samouse. >> a cat and a mouse on't play together. they are mortal enemies. they don't even know the same games. think before you speak, sam. >> that is a young woody har

. >>> cooler temperatures today, especially compared with agai lauryn ricketts is back right after thisur forecast. >>> it is a little on the cool side out there, and it is going continue to be cool out there today. yesterday, we were at 78 tgrees. today, we're goibe stuck in the 50s. it is going to feel a little cooler. right n the 30s and 40 now. of course, we've got some winds. we're dry out there. little disturbance passing through pennsylvania but shouldn't disrupt travel. temperatures in the mid 50 f daytime highs today. tomorrow, st. patrick's day, l to mid 50s with a small chance of rain shower early monday. >>> we're back on this saturdaym morning,ch 16th, 2019. a great crowd on the plaza. many of themre ded in green, likely heading around the corner to 5th avenue. the y annual nework city st. patrick's day parade set to kick off in just a few hours. >> go out and say hi in a bit. let's begin with a check of your headlines. the suspect from thoing in new zealand in court, charged with murder. his face is blurred und new zealand law. officials identify him as 28-year-old brenton

>> chief meteorologist doug kammerer has come in on this sunday morning, tag-teaming it with lauryn ricketts. what are you seeing right my home town of herndon rightzx that line of rain-snow, your home town of winchester. >>t( all snow. >> absolutely. >> that' the way's going to be with this. >> yeah.Ñir forxd you folks down farther soh and east,hese all rain.e1 the temperatures upper 30s and 42 degrees in d.c. though the new updates,ok up to 43. >> there sglug hard toçóxd get á reat 43 d. >> you cans73w seep, where t rain-snow line is, an it'sño' rt right along and just to the west so that includesq fairfax and manassas coming down right now as rain or a mix. up around theym german town ar. snow, frederick reporting snow. k reporting snow andxd upper montgomery and fauquier both reportin snow. look to the+ west. this is whatxd we're actually waiting for. this i kind of a little bit of k teaser of what's happening now. we need this to come in, beonuse we start to get heaviert( snowfall rates that helps to bring down the tempetures as the snow picks up during the afternoon so that's wha

lauryn ricketts is off, so we're going to check in with clay anderson.g, clay. >> good morning, good morning, megagan. losing an hour isn't the best thg, but rain showers will be moving away. we will start to see some of the rmup we've been talking about since early this morning. again, now, picking up the rain. philadelphia picking up some heavy rain across the eastern seaboard out to our west. it continues to dry out. i do know som folks are starting to pick up a little bit of fog, a little bit ofiz e. but the bulk of the area is ing up. here's when the showers will finally end. it's going to be a cloud werther early aon and we'll start to see the sun, as we do, temperatures will rise. all the temperatures coming up in just a few minutes. meagan, adam? >> thank you very much. >>> we're following breaking news out of africa overnight. anli ethiopiant came crashing down minutes after it took off. >> they've concluded all 157 people have died including eight americans. derrick ward is at dulles airport on t latest with the crash. good morning, derrick. >>

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. >>> i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. we continue to watch a few sprinkles out there rroling our area. again, we're going to expect a few t sprinkles throu first part of the day, maybe an golated shower, occasional showers, notng to be raining the whole time later this afternoon and into this evening. starting on a mild note, mperatures in the 40s t low 50s. we're topping out right around 60 degrees today. rainnds late tonight. >>> boy do you have a glow. i like it. >> it'm fitting in. [ laughter ] >> thank you, al. good to have you back from paris. coming up, the latest on that near disaster at sea for stranded and crowdedis c ship rocked by massive waves and high winds this morning. there's daring rescues and passengers sharing their harrowing ordeals. >>> the first wave of defendants inhat massi college admissions scandal getting ready to face the judge, and we hear from lorloughlin's co-stars a thistime. but fi : just ahead, we are arrive at apple's headquarters with the tech giant's star-studded plan to change the wa

. >>> people have been taking advantage of the nice weather and seeing the blossoms, lauryn ricketts these business owners so excited? co we're going to t. it's ahead of the game, ahead of the curve. it's going to add to the productivity of our business. it's switch and save days at comcast business. right now, get fast, reliable internet for $49.95 a month and save $600 a year. just one more way we take your business beyond. but hurry, switch and save days ends april 7th. internet that's reliable. internet that's fast. that's super important. i just want to get it right now. call today. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> yesterday was gorgeous.t can't rephat two days in a row, right? >> no. unfortunately, no. le me tell you, the rain is moving through right now this is it for rain throughout the day. we're seeing showers lining up along i-95. look at this, behind it, nothing. we will srt to dry out. but believe it or not, this afternoon, full sunshine. but temperatures only in the50 temperatures are falling throughout the day and throughout the afternoon. it is going to be windy out

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let's get a check of your forecast with metrologist lauryn ricketts who says that warmer weather is onadam. and now we're dealing with those winds throughout much ofhe day today. so brisk to blustery condition today. definitely blustery out there right now because those temperatures are still in the s. windchills are in the 20s. west sustained wind at about 20 miles an hour. th're going to be between 10 and 20 sustained winds. but gusts up , 40 miles an hour. so that's going to be possible as we continue through your tsaturday. buperatures are warming up because, look. we've got blue skies out behere. tiful conditions out there throughout the entire day. so again, ttures are going to move right on up. ighsto mid-50s for daytime today. again, plenty of sunshine. but we will have those winds with us. they'll start to settle down about 6:00 or 7:00 tonight. dry right now. you can see not a lotng happe throughout the -- really the eastern part of the united states. there's the system that passed through yterday up to the north and east. but this sp our next system. headed our way. we'll le