heavy rain pushing across 70, laytonsville, clarksville, 1 to 1 1/4 per hour, so big time

laytonsville, 51 miles an hour wind gusts and 46 at martinsburg. the winds are strong and sustained from 7 to 25 miles per hour and they're going to improve and gusting to 30 miles per hour in dulles, 24 at gaithersburg; 31 at hagerstown and we have 21 at annapolis and that is a far cry. the temperatures into the mid- and upper 40s, above seasonal and that is headed for a chilly night. we expect temperatures to be into the low 30s to the upper 20s. the skies are clearing out and have that ridge of high pressure that is building in and some clearing skies into the overnight hours and settings -- setting us up tomorrow. skies bright and fairly mild and we'll have less wind, that is a good thing. the five-day forecast, up to 50 degrees for tomorrow and warming up to 60 by monday. and by wednesday, we have the storm system coming in and that is looking like it's bringing us a chance of rain and cooling us down a bit and with that mixture of sun and clouds and with that system, they could see a bit of a snow shower or so and other than that, things are

today. 52 up in laytonsville. leesburg about 54. breakdown the forecast, mid-50s and breezy. tonight upper 30s. tomorrow rain develops. after the morning rush hour 50 degrees. friday pleasant, around 50. as we head toward the weekend, saturday okay. sunday questionable and nice again on president's day. monika? >> you know what? i'm going to show what you it looks like live on 66 in from sky 9. here's what it is at route 50. you're going to hit the brakes at this point as you head for route 123. then it brakes loose -- breaks loose toward the beltway. i'll show what you it looks like on a map on the inbound side of 66. we're talking about as you head in from the centreville area. you'll find slow traffic and then again at route 50. here's what it looks like on 95 on the northbound side. going about 44 miles an hour on the northbound side through woodbridge. then again leaving lorton and newington. we'll take a live look into springfield. all lanes have been open this morning. it's just that volume you're dealing with around 6:44 to

we have 42 rockville, 40 bethesda, but plenty of 30s, 36 laytonsville, gaithersburg, 37 reston, collegeark 37 now and also in beltsville. here's the deal. returning milder, winds diminish tonight. you'll need your sunglasses tomorrow. even milder wednesday and almost warm on thursday. we had the pitchers and catchers check in for spring training today, going to feel like baseball season by thursday. clear and partly cloudy tonight, cold, one to two blanket night, 26 to 36 and winds will become light. still one of those nights where i think if you're right around inside the beltway and even inside town only 35 for a low, maybe 34 in arlington, but 29 rockville, 28 gaithersburg, 30 in college park, 29 bowie and right around 30 in reston, but 20s out toward sterling and herndon and also leesburg. tuesday morning mostly sunny, a cold start. you will need a coat, 20s and 30s, winds southeast at 10. by afternoon not bad, partly cloudy, breezy and milder, a few clouds come in late. we have a weak system approaching tomorrow, but highs 50 to 55 and remember that southwest wind is a mild wind. s

right now temperatures are 26 in bethesda, 25 laytonsville gaithersburg mid-20s, reston 27, arlington27 degrees right now, but it feels like we're in the teens in a lot of locations. feels like 17 in leesburg, a wind chill in hagerstown at 12, even at easton 17 degrees. so tough to be outside. it does feel dry out there. the dew points are in the single digits around downtown. i hope you have your humidifiers going this weekend, you definitely could use it. i've been staticky all over this morning especially. our satellite picture radar combined shows us some notice showers going through texas and some rain, the snow -- snow showers going through texas and some rain, the snow showers to the west of us, but we are definitely seeing a drier weather pattern set up monday as high pressure comes this way. milder air is on the way, breezy and very cold tonight, monday dry and sunny, tuesday rain and snow showers possible. tuesday and wednesday we do see milder conditions. for tonight clear, breezy and very cold, lows in the teens to 25 degrees. in downtown mid-20s, 22 in gaithersburg, but d

temperatures 47 in bethesda, upper 40s in rockville, 45 in gaithersburg, 43 laytonsville. we have clear skies, temps falling quickly, level out when the clouds come back. 48 arlington, 46 reston, 48 in sterling. we're looking at another weak system tomorrow, just chilly tonight, mainly dry for your morning commute and a low risk without an umbrella. if you want to leave it home, leave it home. great finish to the week, breezy friday with temperatures back into the 50s. here's our futurecast tonight. want to walk the dog, just some clouds. by morning some showers get in by 9:00, 10:00, but again that's after most of us have been to work. we this may be a bit overdone. afternoon and evening showers push across the bay, a little heavier stuff in yellow moving out of anne arundel county into the bay. that's about it. we clear out nicely thursday night and friday setting the stage for a pretty nice day friday. tonight clear skies early, increasing clouds late, chilly, one blanket night, 35 to 40, winds out of the southeast at 10:00. by morning mostly cloudy, cool, maybe some sh

rainier, oxon h l hill, merrifield, fairfax city, laytonsville.tures are down to near 20 degrees. a little bit milder west and north, but still below freezing most locations. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, mid to upper 20s. southern maryland, northern neck eastern shore, weather watchers checking in with temperatures in the upper teens to just near 20 degrees. here's the view from space over the last 12 hours. we've had that wind thankfully diminish. we have light winds this morning with a clear sky. there is the washington monument, live picture from our city camera. sunrise 7:03. a cold morning. we'll get above freezing by late morning. sunny, highs reaching the 30s by noontime. and then hitting the 40s during the middle of the afternoon. this evening, here the evening planner. sunset at 5:42. increasing clouds, down near 30 by midnight. a look at some precipitation chances for tomorrow. we'll look at the rest of the week in ten minutes. >>> looking good in the area if you're traveling along activities. not seei

lovettsville may hold at 49 with near 50 in laytonsville. off to the east columbia 52. upper marlboro you're looking at one of the warmer spots around 55 degrees. as we look at the forecast the next three days, today 53, breezy, more clouds midday in the afternoon than this morning. tonight we'll be in the 30s to around 40. still with the wind out of the south at 5 to 10. a couple of breezy days wednesday and thursday. could be a late shower wednesday. highs near 60. partly to mostly cloudy again with an early shower thursday. highs in the mid-60s. looks like a better chance for some rain on friday with a cold front headed this way around 60. saturday cold and blustery, maybe some flurries, 41. back in the upper 40s on sunday but what a week temperature wise. it is now 4:48. here's monika santami with time saver traffic. >>> it's been a great start to the morning rush hour as well. you're going to find more volume than you did yesterday morning if you went to work. otherwise things are looking absolutely fine. we're going to head west first. no problems to report on the

we have a little system passing to our south. 43 bethesda, 45 in rockville, 42 laytonsville and temperaturesn the low 40s in springfield, 39 reston and 48 in fort belvoir. the air is fairly dry but not as cold as last night. in fact, milder tomorrow and then cooling down. sunny tomorrow for the morning commute, so grab your sunglasses and a little bit milder. we're looking at not much wind either. tonight clear and not as cold, a full snow moon, if we had any snow. lows 28 to 38. check out my blog at www.wusa9.com and it's a rap of the snowmageddon, what a great storm. tomorrow mostly sunny, a bit breezy and chilly, jacket, 30s and 40s. by afternoon the winds die down. mostly sunny, pleasant, high temperatures near 55 and winds out of the northwest at 5 to 10. we'll break it down. clear skies to start, 28 to 38 and 46 to 51 by noon, quite nice and sunshine by evening, 52 to 56. the next three days temps go down, 54 tomorrow, lower wednesday to 403 of because of the clouds and chance -- 43 because of the clouds and chance for light rain or snow. then we return mostly sunny thursday, kind of c

low 40s already in the burbs, 43 bethesda, 41 laytonsville, 45 rockville, 43 gaithersburg, 42 reston. off to the east it's still 46 college park and 47 in beltsville. winds die down, clear skies, a pretty dry air mass. temps will fall quickly. returning milder. wind diminish tonight. you'll need your shades tomorrow, milder wednesday and almost warm thursday reaching 60. for tonight clear to partly cloudy, cold, a one to two blanket night, 26 to 36 and winds become light. we are looking at yet another night above freezing i think in town. you go up 270, you're in the upper 20s, gaithersburg and rockville, 30 in reston, 29 sterling, 28 in herndon, 30 in college park and over towards andrews. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, cold start. you'll need a coat, 20s and 30ors and by afternoon looking at partly cloudy skies, breeze area milder, southwest winds a warmer breeze, a few clouds coming in late, highs 50 to 55, winds southwest 10 to 15. next seven days, temps keep going up. in fact, upper 50s wednesday, maybe an early shower thursday morning and we're around 60 degrees. now we're looki

the dark green areas in northern montgomery county, areas from near laytonsville and across the howard county line to east of mt. airy may be getting sprinkles as well as northern frederick county. perhaps in prince william county, just south of manassas, they may be getting sprinkles there. south of fredericksburg. elsewhere, the lighter green, much of that is not reaching the ground. the pink zone, maybe a few wet snowflakes mixing in western washington county into allegheny and garrett counties in maryland. and the temperatures up there where they are maybe getting a mix of snow and rain near the freezing mark. most road temperatures are above freezing there. and closer to washington, shenandoah valley's near freezing. blue ridge east, though, most locations above freezing except frederick, they're at 32. montgomery, prince george's, fairfax, arlington right now, mid 30s. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:01. that's getting earlier and earlier. it's going to be a cloudy day. we have a small chance of sprinkles and flurries. a greater chance by late afternoon. before then, upper

we had the 30 to 50 mile-per- hour wind gusts yesterday. 51 was at laytonsville and in the 40s elsewhere and 30s in some of our locations but 24 today at national, 28 at baltimore, thurgood marshall airport, 28 dulles, 28 hagerstown, 20 ocean city and 31 martinsburg, but once again the sun was out and it was really comfortable today. hopefully you got out to enjoy it. highs today just a degree or two off the mark, 49 at national, the same at baltimore, 48 degrees at dulles airport. we did fairly well. it's still pretty nice outside temperature-wise, comfortable, 46 at d.c., 43 gaithersburg, same at hagerstown, 41 winchester, cumberland 43 to the west and 44 at martinsburg, 45 baltimore and 43 annapolis. heading up the mid-atlantic the chill starts to kick in in boston at 38 degrees. binghamton new york 28 degrees there. they're seeing a lot more cooler air compared to the 49 degrees to the south in raleigh. we will get a nice southerly wind flow kicking in as we move into tomorrow and right now the winds are very calm, a far cry from where we've been in terms of wind gusts. satellite pic

thurgood national and baltimore, 38 at dulles and hagerstown, the winds gusting up to 43. 51 in laytonsvilleurg, 46 miles an hour wind gusts. a lot of areas had downed trees and power lines high school today above seasonal. and 45 at dallas and baltimore and getting a nice southerly wind flow and that is going to bring the temperatures up and that allows a nice pool of cooler air and some temperatures dropping into the low 30s and upper 20s and anywhere between the low to mid- 30s and into that mid-atlantic, it's difference into areas of pennsylvania and into the 20s and with 34 for boston. the rim of high pressure is building in and there is not a lot of action and tomorrow looks like a dry day and that is setting us up for plenty of sunshine. the winds light tomorrow, and that is different tomorrow than today. the mild conditions tomorrow, the temperatures into the 50s for daytime high and low 50s. by midday, 46 degrees and that is not bad. the leave night lows, 20s in the burbs, the winds improving, clearing skies and tomorrow, no shortage of sunshine, 50 degrees with a light northwesterl

laytonsville up to 51 miles per hour wind gusts yesterday.utages and downed strees in our neighborhoods. the winds a different story. starting out calm this morning. sustained winds and our wind gusts not a whole lot happening and getting improvement here. 60 at gaitersburg and 18 at national ask and delmarva, that's far cry from where we were. highs yesterday into the 40s. 45 at dulles and at thurgood marshall and today's temperatures will be warmer than that but we were starting off chilly this morning with temperatures into the 30s everywhere. so bundle up if you are headed out. sky conditions as i mentioned, a ridge of high pressure so we have plenty of clear skies. a few clouds over the northwest will start to clear out in the course of the afternoon as that ridge of high pressure continues to build in. with that ridge, we have sunshine and fairly mild conditions not bad at all that will hold it steady into the course tomorrow, a cold front moving in but it's a dry one so we aren't looking at precipitation at all. our next weather system

you folks in montgomery county, aspen hill and laytonsville, 54 in camp springs and riverdale now at 50 degrees. we're under a clear sky. open it up, take a look down to the south and we've got some clouds advancing north and northeastward but i think a lot of those clouds are going to be moving across southern maryland, areas of the northern neck on east. we should have a clear sky around for the evening hours. there is a look at 7:00 and 9:00. 11:00. a clear sky for us. nice and starry. by 9:00 we'll be down to 44 degrees. then 11:00 p.m. 42. just a chilly evening. not as cold to start the day tomorrow. we've got more march like temperatures to talk about and jim and pat, just one day this week that may feature some wintry type weather. i'll tell you which one coming up in a couple minutes. we'll look forward to that. thanks, veronica. >> a tough economy has forced many families to make changes to their budgets and for many people these days simple cuts have added up to savings. liz crenshaw is here now with ways real people are saving real money. >> pat, we didn't turn to an exper

to our east 40 -- laytonsville. 41 in alexandria. to our east 40. outside good visibility of the u.s. capitol this morning. 42 degrees. feeling like 40 with that southeast wind at 3 miles an hour. the storm system we're watching for today really is the heaviest rains from southern georgia to florida. around here light to moderate showers as we get into the middle of the day and the afternoon. as we look at future cast, here comes that rain. 9:00 into west virginia. maybe the shenandoah valley. still hanging out mainly west of us at 11:00. as we head through mid afternoon rain everywhere. then late this afternoon this starts to pull away to this evening and leaves us in pretty good shape tomorrow and saturday before, a storm system could bring us rain and some snow. the showers more so this afternoon. tonight we're in the 30s to near 40. 54, breezy tomorrow. saturday increasing clouds, 52. sunday rain and snow. better chance of all snow north and west. a mix here in the metro. mostly rain south and east and by president's day partly sunny, back to th

pleasant to mitchellville, chantilly, and laytonsville. there's wet pavement. watch out for that. the rain is heading off to the east. it oohs going to stop tell brarly for an hour or so, but then more rain will move in around 7:00, 9:00 this morning. that's just now coming into west virginia and maryland. we're up to mid-40s in arlington, fair fax and the district. here's your day planner. maybe a passing shower from about 7:00 to 9:00 this morning. then we'll dry out. sun breaking out. a cooler afternoon. highs in the mid and upper 50s this afternoon. then it gets quite chilly tonight. a bit of a blustery northwestern breeze. by midnight it will be 40. colder weather moves in tomorrow. we'll look at that. that will be in ten minutes. donella, how's traffic? >> still really good in our area. lanes are open. a lot of water on the ground. you've got to be careful because the roadways are slick. i'll give you a live look at the okay qaa kwan river bridge. rainy, ranee, rainy, as you cross over the 14th street bridge, yo're clear to the city. 56 miles per how. not very bad. from the

it's going to be another nice day tomorrow. 48 bethesda, 40 arlington, 49 great falls, 46 up in laytonsvilleike a march storm with mild air before and after the snow. grab your coat tonight, still mild and nice tomorrow, no worries saturday night and here's the heaviest snow band, between about 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. we'll keep you posted. this is the track of the storm. we still have about 48 hours before it hits. clear and chilly tonight, one to two blanket night, 28 too 38. tomorrow morning very nice, mostly sunny, just -- to 38. tomorrow morning very nice, mostly sunny, just chilly, light coat will take care of you. by afternoon clouds come in, high temperatures around 55, winds southwest at 10. next seven days, sunday is a severe weather alert day for the snow, temperatures in the 30s and falling. bright but brisk on presidents day in the upper 40s and then this is what i mean with 50s on either side of the snow. we're mid-50s on tuesday and wednesday, more rain rolling in on tuesday and showers next friday, temperatures again in the mid-50s. there you have it. a few inches are definitely po

now mid-40s in bethesda and arlington, 46 rockville and gaithersburg, low 40s in leesburg and laytonsvillebut upper 40s down 95 to for the belvoir, 46 college park, 47 beltsville. winds diminish tonight which in some sense works against us. we'll have clear skies and temps will fall quickly. sunglasses tomorrow, milder on wednesday and almost warm thursday. we're talking like 60 on thursday. for tonight clear to partly cloudy, cold, a one to two blanket night, 26 to 36. winds become light. another night with temperatures above freezing downtown it's been like this, well, most of january and most of february. 35 downtown, but 30 in college park, upper 20s in rockville and gaithersburg and 30 in reston, 29 sterling, 27 also in leesburg. so for tomorrow morning mostly sunny, a cold start. you'll definitely need a coat. the kids will need a coat at the bus stop, 20s and 30s. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, milder. some clouds come in late, highs between 50 and 55. winds southwest 10 to 15. remember that's a mild warmer wind. it's going to pay benefits as we get into the latter part of the

merrifield as well as bailey's crossroads and laytonsville. locations in the 30s and 40s. reagan national at 43. mid 40s near the bay waters. above freezing in west virginia, as well. there's the view from space. a big, clear sky thanks to high pressure off to the west and north. that area of high pressure will be over us through the rest of the day, giving us plenty of sunshine. temperatures at noon climbing to around 50 or so. it may hit the mid to upper 50s by mid-afternoon. then sun sets at 5:59. chilly tonight as we get winds shifting into the southeast. we'll have increasing clouds, down to near 40 by midnight. looks like a wet day tomorrow. details on that, a look at the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. if you're traveling around the beltway, travel speeds look really good. inner loop at branch avenue, 61 miles per hour. also on the inner loop, this time heading toward route 50, you're at 64 miles per hour. taking the outer loop past georgia avenue, a cool 63 miles per hour. and if you're crossing over the memorial legion br