zero visibility in luray, a mile in manassas. reduced visibility this morning and temperatures are upper 30s around town but closer to freezing in the shenandoah valley. we'll be staying in the low to mid-40s for high temperatures tornado. we'll break it down in ten minutes. here's melissa now. >> good morning. brand-new problem in the franconia area. take a look at this. queens road at the highway. you can still get around. 95 here at the boulevard, northbound, southbound, don't have any big problems. you kind of see that fog hanging around. westbound 610 at 95. left lane still blocked. the tow truck should be there by now. 66 headed into town. it's going to take you ten minutes. no major problems. travel times in ten minutes as well. >> thanks, melissa. a prince william county high school is taking extra security precautions today. more police will be out at woodbridge in response to two recent threats. the district wants to get to the bottom of it. megan mcgrath with what kind of threats that were found. meg p? >> this might b

culpeper,ld luray, manassas, in the 30's. the temperature starting to fall bluely under the clear skies. a lot of sunshine earlier today, but we are in one of these patterns where it is colder, chile than we have been after record warmth in november and december. cold, plenty off of sunshine, cool. a cold front tomorrow night and this is truly an arctic cold front. parisien cold, northwest wind monday 15 to 25 with wind gusts higher. yep, you are seeing this correctly, there is a chance of a snow flurry. let's reset the forecast overnight, closer to where you are. could be mid 20's as far out as manassas, culpeper, bwi marshall a 29, 33 downtown. lots of sunshine tomorrow in the forecast. a bank of clouds with the arctic cold front, a chance of precipitation. low to mid 40's, upper 40's to the north. i have 51 in washington. 53, the, waldorf, 52, 50, 52st zones 48 and culpeper. a chance of a snow flurry. may want to get out there because there is a chance in the futurecast at 1:00 in the afternoon, a chance of snowflakes, but

luray is 32. light snow activity possible tomorrow, the air temperatures to well above freezing. the roads are still just wet. maybe some coating on the grass. ,he martin luther king holiday tuesday, completely different. i will discuss the full outlook in just a few moments. ofthank you greeted people the national zoo are beside themselves, bei bei made a to view this morning. steppeople found the first into the spotlight incredible emotional. >> nearly five months old, panda brought ai crowds. barbara was first in line. >> 20 pounds and i cannot wait to see the little darling. >> but what is it about pandas that makes so many so passionate? >>> i think they are really cute. themere is something about that makes you feel calm, makes me really happy. >> a few visitors even shed tears of joy. >> it is really special, and i love pandas. >> she loves a lot of animals, large animals. can trip to go see the cub be an hour or longer, only to come inside and discover bei bei was in his bed. even though he is visible, he spends 90% of the day sleeping. he is a a b. needs to work on getti

right now it feels like 20 downtown, 16 at andrews, hagerstown 5, winchester and luray 11.got the coding, it will be so cold that there could be slick spots. we are hoping that the wind will dry them out, but definitely slick spots. tomorrow the morning it will feel like single digits. a good deal of sunshine tomorrow, but that 32 will only feel like the 20's and teens. we gradually warmed through the end of the week, the weekend unsettled. 40's, saturday could have showers. if you are off monday, martin luther king day, should be dry, cool weather. the snow was done, we had our first snow, i'm good for the season. [laughter] alison: exactly. thank you, brian. robert: college basketball -- leon: college basketball? and was riding a nine-game winning streak. here in the city, parking is hard to find. seems like everyone drives. and those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfec valet parking. evening, sir. hello! here's the keys. and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. hm, wouldn't mind some of that beef wellington... to see how m

obviously your friends and neighbors down toward culpeper and luray and

look at luray, 5 degrees. you add the wind factor. look at the windchills right now. this is what it would feel like. single digits in some of our areas, 11 degrees. that wind is getting going. the good news is it will start to calm after the noon hours. it's going to be very cold throughout the remainder of the night. temperatures once again will fall into the single digits. we're heading for icy spots. now, we've got a lot of snow. it's incredible how much snow is on the ground out there, and know that tom has some of those numbers. tom. >> yes. the records at area airports, those snowfall records, we're looking now at the records at reagan national. 17.8, ties for all-time fourth. that one might get revised because of problems trying to take those measurements there yesterday. b.w.i. marshal, all-time maximum snowfall there at 29.2. at dulles airport, their second all-time total of 29.3. as we take a look around the region here for the rest of the day, food, water, medicine, expect to be snowed in here for the rest of the part of the afternoon as we'll continue to

zero visibility in luray, a mile in man

so clear skies and 17 in martinsburg, 19 in luray, 23 in frederick, maryland.ere the clouds are going to stay, notice how they stay socked in with the clouds but a whole lot more sunshine out from the blue ridge west into the shenandoah valley. this is going to be the case for most if not all of the day. this model keeps the clouds pretty thick. at 3:00 or 4:00, the sun is down after 5:00, but between now and then it should be a mostly sunny day in the shenandoah valley. it will be a big difference depending on where you live. a lot of clouds, yes, but not much of a rain threat. doesn't look like a big problem at all. our best chance for rain rolls in saturday night into early sunday. planning out your day then for today, cold on your way out the door. temperatures today gradually climbing into the low to perhaps the mid-40s. mostly the low 40s in and around town and barely the 40 degree mark if you're close to the bay. going outtonight, still cloudy. dry, no real rain threat for today. tomorrow, a whole lot more clouds for everybody. even the shenandoah valley

west virginia at 30. 36 in luray. area out west stay sunny.t's 29 in germantown. 32 in dale city. 32 in waldorf. a big ocean storm. it will stay in the ocean and not affect the land but the next system from the west/southwest will continue the cloud cover tomorrow. give us a slight chance of rain tomorrow. and a higher chance of rain late in the day on saturday. what you need to know about the weekend forecast in a few minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. happening tonight, a rally over fairfax county's school budget. they are arguing for the full funding of the schools to include money for the best teachers and the keep class sizes small. it starts at 6:30. we will bring you full coverage at 11:00. leon: get people to rally around a big pile of money. the powerball reached $700 million. alison: no one matched all the numbers and the powerball prize last night. maureen: so of course the prize is bigger. time to turn the attention to saturday. leon: diane cho is going the excitement that is building. diane: there is a lot of dreamers tonight. the

it's down to 28 at luray. look at the gusts. we have a wind gust at 35 miles per hour in the airport in manassas. 26 at reagan national. i should tell you wind chill on the sustained wind speed and not the gusts so it feels like the teens. this feels like early january. but the air temperatures are 14 to 23 degrees by tomorrow morning. we will have a lot of sunshine and a very cold start. the average temperature is 17 in the morning. feeling colder with the chill. 31 air temperature at lunchtime. 36 by tomorrow afternoon. through the next seven days we will check out the numbers to warm it up to 49 thursday. friday, warm front comes to town. 48. showers. another weather service coming in. close to 50. clouds and showers in forecast for sunday. it looks like we may turn solder again for a portion ofneck -- colder gone for good portion of next week. leon: 13 minutes. 13 minutes. that is how long the redskins say it took to sell the general admission tickets for sunday's wild card playoff game against the packers at fedex field on

by 5:00 just a couple of inches across the area but lieu luray and call pep -- through luray and culpeper, your snow totals will add up. we'll see a good portion as far as snowfall totals are concerned. by saturday that's when things are going to start to really intensify as we will see toes double digits for more areas by the time you wake up on saturday. so we'll look ahead to the timing of this on your futurecast in just a few minutes. larry, over to you. >> thanks. >>> time now for fast five at 6:09. want to let you know we've had to downgrade a few of our interstates. doing well along the beltway there but moderate conditions both on 95 and 66. for 95 that's going to include both the maryland and virginia side. 50 we're doing really well but you will see volume start to kick up just slightly as you make your way into town this morning and still moderate on 295, especially as you get closer toward the 11th street bridge. here's a live look to show you how things are shaping up. this is kenilworth avenue at eastern avenue. that's the volume on the southbound side as you make your way t

degrees right now, but the wind out of the south. 28leesburg, 30 frederick, manassas, 32 culpeper, lurayer 40's. if you have to take the dog out for a late night while, you will notice the temperatures impaired with yesterday are about 15 -- compared with yesterday are about 15 degrees milder. the wind out of the south overnight, but they will ease through the early morning. the temperatures stay cold, rebounding nicely tomorrow afternoon as we look at the conditions gradually deteriorating as clouds increase. nothing in terms of cloud cover, but that will change the next 24 hours or so. overnight, mainly clear skies, light wind out of the south. waking up tomorrow morning, grab the sunglasses. if you are not home until the evening, also grabbed the umbrella. you will need one later in the day. 33 fairfax, 34 waking up in waldorf. through the daytime hours tomorrow, waking up to lots of sunshine, but don't be full. clouds arrive by noontime, 1:00 in the afternoon mostly cloudy montgomery county, gaithersburg, .ermantown, fredericksburg martinsburg, west virginia, mostly cloudy. through t

the further west, still in the 40's, winchester and luray.mpared with yesterday at this time, we are about 10 to 20 degrees warmer, allowing a lot of snow to melt. but a cold front will move through, which is why we have scattered showers at this time. nothing that will amount to a lot, but behind the front the temperatures are in the 30's, and that is the cooler air that will arrive tomorrow. showers on the radar, heading in closer, the capital beltway over here. further to the west, we have light snow, in blue, but will not accumulate. i the time it gets here, the snowflakes will be few and far between. 27 to 35 overnight, showers end. areas below freezing will have slick spots in the morning. the wake-up temperature, 32, fairfax looking at low 30's, same manassas. hopefully we get the rush-hour start it later tomorrow. be the temperatures will well above freezing. scattered showers right now, but look how nicely it within clears out tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. grab the sunglasses, you'll need them all day. we keep the sunshine and the for

it is cold right now, partly cloudy skies, 27 leesburg, 23 manassas, luray 19. elkins, west virginia, in the single digits. overnight,grees clouds increase, staying cold with the wind out of the north at five. the blizzard warning now in effect for the areas in red. it includes everything around the capital beltway and inside the capital beltway, the district, arlington, alexandria, montgomery county, prince george's, all of southern maryland. to the west and south, the areas in pink are where we have the winter storm warning. the reason they have the winter storm warning, the wind will not be quite as strong. we could have when gus of 35 to 50, even stronger across the delmarva saturday. in terms of right now, doppler radar, nothing. if you have plans this evening to grab something at the supermarket, go for it. it will be dry, all the moisture well to the south. the low pressure continues to develop. winteras in pink are the storm warnings for north carolina, virginia, tennessee, kentucky. and this is us in red. we are the bull's-eye for the storm. to be. what

these temperatures are still running, 30, in luray.ast of the blue ridge, where we have the clouds overnight, right now, anywhere from the upper 30s to low 40s, haggerstown, 35. 48 down in reedville on the bay. those are some of the extremes we are dealing with on this cold day. we are stuck with the low clouds and fog. visibility still only a quarter mile in dulles. the clouds are really stubborn. light winds. this cold air just locked in. this is the result. the reduced visibility. 42, drizzle being reported. northeast at 25 with the humidity higher, feels even worse than that. the cold, you feel every degree of it. wider picture on the satellite and radar, storm system, you can see the little spin here in missouri, coming towards iowa and illinois. that's the area of low pressure. warm air producing the rain shower. off in the northeast, many areas that have winter weather and freezing rain advisory with this moisture coming in. it's not showing up as well here on the future cast but you get the idea that we'll get the bulk of the s

why so much snow has started to melt. 16 degrees frederick, 25 leesburg, 19 manassas, 20 culpeper, luray21. further to the east, southern maryland, cloud cover with temperatures in e middle to upper 20's. the wide view, there is plenty of cold air up and down the east coast. to the north and west, state college, pittsburgh, charleston, columbus, all in the 20's, a good indication of what's on the way. clear righte mainly now. heading in closer, no problems around the capital beltway, but be forewarned, with clear skies the temperatures continue to fall. anything that did melt earlier in the day will likely re-freeze, especially on the sidewalks and the street and the overpasses as you had through the early morning. nighttime lows anywhere from 12 24, the wind will be light. in the morning it will be called. if you have to walk the dog or go to the metro stop, it will be chilly, so bundle up. 15 bethesda, 18 upper marlboro and woodbridge. problemsecast, no overnight, mainly clear skies. tomorrow morning, a beautiful sunrise across the area, but clouds increase as we head through the late

generally everywhere it's above freezing except luray is 32. manassas at 38. a little bit below freezing. that's going to be scooting by us. then the potential of our first major storm of the season, snow that is. i'll show you the timing on that. that's in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much, tom. >>> new this morning we're working to learn how a fire started in northern d.c. the firefighters rushed to put out a house fire there. everyone got out of time and no one was hurt. police say none of the residents have been displaced. >>> it's 6:02. developing this morning, two woodbridge men will appear in federal court for allegedly trying to join isis and syria. joseph farok was arrested friday. they arrested him for trying to supply materiels. the two will be in court on tuesday. >>> everything is back to normal at the arlington department. it thood be evacuated after a bomb threat. we're told the threat came from an automated phone call. dogs hat d to come in. they swept the lobby and smelled something there. people were evacuated. the scene was cleared

right now it's seasonably cold. 28 downtown, 25 in gaithersburg, 21 out in luray. 20s out the door forearly this morning. above freezing by 9:00 or 10:00. into the 40s by lunchtime and up into the mid 40s be3:00, 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. a couple oh snow showers in northeast maryland. those are now gone. if you're traveling you'll run back into the snow chases. for those of you planning out your thursday, a cold start. temperatures climbing well up into the 40s for today. if you're going out, not a bad night either. tomorrow, a chilly start. clouds increase during the day tomorrow. that will lead to a chance for rain coming in on friday night. when i see you at 5:01, aisle detail when you need to go to the movies. here's your first look at the sachlt 47 today, 50 tomorrow with rain showers coming in during the evening. we should be drying out on saturday but temperatures start to tumble. that might come in with another chance for snow flurries and bitter koeld temperatures next week. see you in ten. let's go over to kim for traf snook we have reports of a disabled vehicle just after

look at luray, only 9 there. just in the teens in the shenandoah valley where they got a lot of snow. shepherdstown, over 4 inches of snow. 17.8 at reagan national. there's controversy on whether it's the storm total. 35 inches north and west of washington. southern suburbs ended up with 2 feet and down in southern maryland, a little over 2 foot. hour by hour through 10:00, we'll be below freezing. the winds are done and by 2:00 the winds will be calming. may be a little above freezing for an hour or two and will be refreezing as we get into the late hours. the low 20s. a look at the record yesterday with snowfall totals and a bit of a warming trend for the weekend ahead. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much, tom. besides the number, the impact. we knew this was going to be a possibility with all the heavy snow. it really has become such a reality. dozens of people looking for a place to stay this morning after a roof collapsed at an apartment. this is in the manassas area. >> that's right. seven

also portions of fredericksburg. 52 in luray. .pper 30's from hagerstown wind out of south southwest at eight to 12 helping to bring milder air. shower through southwest virginia and as we go through the day, as a front comes across the area, spotty showers are possible. all of the liquid variety. a couple sprinkles. maybe by bedtime a passing shower or two. it moves through by tomorrow afternoon. we should break into sunshine and start to see skies clearing and it should be a pleasant day. with good sunshine we will continue the melting. temperatures well into the 40's looking culpable for the day despite the clouds. have your bell is handy for light -- have your umbrella handy for light showers. thursday and friday, a touch cooler but some sunshine to help with melting. by sunday we could be pushing 50's, maybe mid 50's by next week. a nice pattern for melting. tonight, a few rain showers. jummy: 55. what a difference a week makes. you can watch more of the mayor's news conference on news channel 8. we will see you for abc 7 news at 4:00. have a great day. [captioning performed by

luray at 48. winchester at 45. really helping with the melting of snow. stanton as well, 50. even in the 40s out in the mountains as well with this milder southwesterly flow around. we'll have the melting continuing. raindrops later on tonight. a few snowdrops a little around tomorrow morning and otherwise a few. then some freezing nights coming up in the next few nights as we get toward the end of the week. >>> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk. we're following a fire in montgomery county right now. it happened at the fourth presbyterian school in potomac. that's near the intersection of soekt glen road and norton road. county firefighters say the snow slowed them down this morning. they say the fire hydrant was buried and the driveway unplowed and then they had to dig the fire truck out. luckily no one was injured. eun, back to you. >> thank you. looking live at capitol hill, all federal offices in the area are closed today. federal lawmakers are expected back to the hill for a vote wednesday evening. the house canceled its votes for the rest of the week. all major schoo

this one near luray down to charlottesvil charlottesville. right now getting a little bit of light rain, sprinkles. we do have wet pavement all around. we have reports of multiple accidents due to wet pavement from overnight rain. it's balmy morning. temperatures are in the 50s. right now reagan national is 56 degrees. look at eastern maryland. they're at 60 degrees. out in the mountains it's in the 30s but all above freezing. that's where the cold air is. that's goingbe sweeping in on gusty winds later today during the latter part of the afternoon. so a big change is on the way. we'll sort it all out and look at the next seven days in a few minutes. >> tom, new this morning the powerball jackpot rising. it means there is $1.3 billion now at stake. that jackpot began on november 7th, by the way. since then it has rolled over 19 times. wednesday's drawing of $1.3 billion will be the largest jackpot drawing in world history. >> developing this morning, police are working to identify the pedestrian killed on route 301. we brought you this as bre

obviously your friends and neighbors down toward culpeper and luray and rappahannock will be soon. have everything done. snow totals could add up to 20 to 30 inches or more, especially toward the blue ridge and the panhandle of west virginia. we'll have the travel impacts coming up in a few. speaking of travel impacts, here's melissa mollet. >> chopper 4 went over the problem. they did not see anything so they're moving on for us here this morning. greenway here, a new crash and here, northbound lanes are blocked. southbound lanes are finally open. northwest tunlaw at 39 west, water main break. all lanes blocked. white's ferry still shut down because of all the ice on the potomac. we'll see you at 6:10. >>> the federal government not closed this morning, but you can take unscheduled telework. all offices will close at noon. as for schools, you'll see it. anna rundle, allegheny are closed today. check the nbc washington app to make sure. in just a few hours many of your counties and cities will be under snow emergency declarations. the idea here is to keep those snow routes clear fo

is probably the last of the bitter cold mornings for a while. 8 in martinsburg, 16 front royal and luray16 gaithersburg. planning your day out, headed out the door, plan on a lot of ice. black icy spots and snowplows to deal with here this morning. temperatures should be above freezing by about 11:00 a.m. or noontime. afternoon highs today, 37 in frederick and new market maryland, 37 in martinsburg. 44 in culpeper and 41 down in st. mary's county. tonight we will have another refreeze coming, if you won't be quite as difficult as this one. it will take a little longer in to the evening. temperatures could be below freezing anytime after about 8:00 tonight. but notice start off temperatures tomorrow morning upper 20s to near 30. so nowhere near as cold as this one. could have a few flurries late tonight, not expecting any accumulation. but i don't want anyone to be surprised by a stray snowflake or two. cold conditions around the area for today. increasing clouds this afternoon and this evening and again it could bring out an isolated flurry or two. but that will be just about it. next fo

looking at the 39 degrees in frederick. 41 in luray. 39 in andrews. further west you go in the upper 20's. elks, west virginia. satellite and radar the skies cleared out nicely. cleared skies for the overnight will allow the temperatures to plummet. they will plummet quickly. nighttime lows range from 12 to 24 degrees. mainly clear skies. look for roadways to refreeze. be careful. come early tomorrow morning. nice rebound in the temperatures today tomorrow. thursday will be 44 degrees for a high. winds out of the south around 5 miles per hour. looking forward to the upcoming weekend. ahh, sigh of relief. a lot of folks finally get a break. mid-40's on saturday. sunday around 53 degrees. a lot of sunshine. seven-day outlook will show temperatures on monday in the lower 50's. around 50 on tuesday. by wednesday of next week. daytime highs near 60. so the snow quickly, quickly going to melt away. let's get a check on the rush hour commute. straight to jamie sullivan. good evening. jamie: we are starting off in virginia on the capital beltway. you can see

luray you're also in the 20s. 26 down through fredricksburg. look at the sat the light and radar. if you're traveling through pennsylvania today or through west virginia, that's where you run into a few clouds. even a few flakes. now the winds are turning out of the southwest. nothing but sunshine for us. we will look at some flakes on the seven-day forecast. we'll have that extended futurecast coming up. here's your planner for today. winds stay out of the southwest. not very breezy. sunshine, 42 degrees by noon. 45 for 4:00. my dog has been stuck inside for weeks. i'm going to take him out for a little run today, enjoy the sun and we'll talk about those flakes coming up a little bit later. nick, over to you. >>> the search continues this morning for the driver who killed a man in a hit-and-run crash in southeast d.c. iowan butts from -- ian butts from northeast was found dead alongside the road friday morning. this is at the intersection of minnesota avenue and c streets. he was crossing the sidewalk at the time of the accident. butts' wife spoke to us about her loss. >> i just

only 2 now in martinsburg, 16 luray, 5 in manassas, 16 in gaithersburg. 17 at national airport.uburbs around 10. still a lot of slipperiness at 9:00. cold at 11:00. temperatures climbing today. mostly up into the low and mid-30s across northern maryland. mid to maybe even upper 30s from washington south along the i-95 corridor into fredericksburg. walking impacts today, it is treacherous. be careful out there. driving, a lot of snow and ice covered roads. flying, limited service. but that is an improving weather travel picture for sure. no big storms anywhere near us. the next thing we're watching is this little event out here across the northern plains. tomorrow another refreeze tonight, but not as cold p. 20s to near 30 tomorrow morning. and then clouds back, a chance for light rain tomorrow afternoon. and mostly rain tomorrow evening, but that could mix in at times with some wet snowflakes. so keep that in mind tomorrow evening, not looking for a big storm, just a little nuisance level event tuesday night into wednesday. and another snow chance coming up on thursday, as well.

luray at 34. closer to the by a, 41 in southern maryland. the wind chill factors make it feel ten degrees colder out there. lower 20's in leesburg and manassas. feels like 24 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. temperature trend, 10:00 tonight in downtown d.c., 30 degrees. getting home late on metro the temperatures will fall in the 20's. be on the lookout for the slick spot. forecast for the overnight, 15 to 25 degrees. scattered clouds. we will see a nicer weekend ahead. warmer temperatures on the way. 46 on saturday. 53 degrees on sunday. it gets better after that. take a look at the seven-day outlook. monday near 60. middle 50's on tuesday. by wednesday, what little snow remains will pretty much be gone. 64 degrees for a daytime high. chance for thunderstorms. check on traffic. >> cheers to the weekend, steve. thank you for the warmup. for folks traveling 29 northbound through four corners heavy stacked up there. the roadway reducedded to one lane between university boulevard and southland avenue. it looks like the left lane gets past the snow r