luray is 48. if you head to the zoo light or anything this everything for the holiday a beautiful night. light jacket. good to go. temperatures in the 40's. this is really through the overnight as well. clouds in the area. it's rain free. not out of the question. you notice where we have the radar return. temperature wise on the map this will go to michigan and new england. no freezing temperatures. if you have travel plans, region wise, look at this. not gist in our area. not much going on with the big storms. we have l have sunshine. the temperatures are up to near 60. bus stop forecast showing the numbers in the 50's. a mild day. upper 50's. maybe a light jacket in the morning that should be it. the extended forecast. we do see a breezy day with the drops as we get to wednesday to 50. first day of winter. coincidently is thursday. highs is right on target to where you should be this time of the year in the mid-40's. models through friday. evening rain possible, 52 on friday. that is when they b

a few flurries possible near luray near charlottesville. temperatures as you step outside. mid to upper 30s. we stay dry. not worrying about the snow falling and causing an issue. by 7:00 p.m. we could start to see signs of it south and east of the area. mainly south and east of charles county. then tomorrow, that's when we'll see snow falling across the area. coming up, we'll break down the timing of your saturday morning. what you can expect as far as amounts are concerned. it is friday. we'll check your community. let's check in with melissa. >> silver spring, found this crash here over the beltway. southbound, colesville before university boulevard. have a vehicle versus a big truck here this morning. you can see some of those delays backed up. the beltway, earlier problem, that's cleared out of the way. the rest of the beltway looks good this morning. no major complaints by me at least. southbound bw parkway at powder mill there, we do have the lanes finally open and 270 at old hundred road, no problems northbound or southbound. eun? >> thank you, melissa. now to the o

it is not melting at all. 17 leesburg. 19 in luray. pushing around to indiana and illinois. heaviest is producing this line of the winter weather advisories that extend the same places i mentioned to west virginia up to the p.a. western sections of it. not in the region right now. the wind chill advisories back farther west. if you look at the big picture. we will track the cluster moving through the farther west you are. farther north. the more snow you see through overnight hours. 3:00 in the morning. this is in our region around the area, and a little overdone with the dark blue color. the amount. but this is a night that you wake up to look outside. wow! this shouldn't last long. we have snow bands coming through. this is on the map where you have pockets that you could be driving around. nothing going on. sunshine. then you will hit a snow pocket. cold is the rule. we don't expect snow on sunday. region wide is nice for that. but it will get bone chilling to make temperatures look warm. 18 to 25 tonight. light snow is likely. there is accumulating snow. but it's not a b

the temperatures right now across the dmv in the 30's. 34 manassas, 35 andrews, lower 30's in luray. these temperatures eventually drop back as we are anticipating clouds to dissipate. nowclouds overhead right insulate us somewhat, but as these clouds thin out, the temperatures will drop back. 20's are likely as you make your way out. a little bit of a warming the next couple days. 41 tomorrow, 47 tuesday. in between, another arctic last and bitter numbers midweek. we will talk about that coming up. kimberly: at this hour we are learning more about a house fire that happened overnight in for washington. it started in the chimney. the officials are stressing the importance of chimney inspections. cheryl o'connor explains. -- cheryl conner explains. showl: pictures overnight the heavy flames in fort washington. we are learning a lesson about chimneys. >> a fire brick in the firebox of the fireplace had fallen out of place. cheryl: the battalion chief on scene said the homeowner likely let the fire burn o fell asleep. 2:45 a loud noise will corrupt and she got out uninjured, but the mis

luray at 34. 35 at pax river and 38 in annapolis. winds are fairly calm, and as we head to the evening, 24-32 out there. it was a brisk day, but the sun did its part. there's a pocket of clouds pushing through. have some clouds that pinwheel through here in the evening, and i think that is where we will see some scattered clouds. as we head into monday, notice across the area tomorrow we are looking at the potential for some scattered clouds. as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will make their way into the be this time of year, maybe a few degrees shy. as we head through tomorrow night, a little clipper system is going to swing through. some models wanted to bring some of this precipitation. they wanted to bring it closer this point, it's far enough away that it is something to watch. it will still be mild, believe it or not, through the day tuesday, but by tuesday night into wednesday, that is when the colder air will start to settle in. we will feel some colder air and much more frigid conditions for the back half of the

luray 1t 32. ,omorrow morning, 26 to 36 sunrise tomorrow morning at 7:11. the afternoon will be much like today, warming into the mid-50's. the cool air from the northwest and upper canada is dropping in. the cold air starting to sneak in by the time we get to tuesday. we get the last warm day tuesday, and then the cooler air moves in. a nice monday, tuesday still pleasant, but there will be some clouds, could have a couple sprinkles. the bulk of the day is dry in the morning. later in the evening showers push through. behind tha spills in, arriving thursday and friday. better in the week, some models will to bring some moisture from the coast, could have a snow shower or two. it is something to watch. we will be cool enough to get a little snow, but at this point just a little more conversational than anything. rain late tuesday night, wednesday moving up, then temperatures dropping like a rock. the numbers are well below average through the extended forecast. the temperatures after we get through tuesday will be on the cool side. ,e'll have to get used to

a few hints of a flurry near luray. most of the area nice and dry. we do not have snow in the forecast today. the commute looks good. 36 frederick, 38 in lorton. as you step outside, 34 in clinton. now here's what we're talking about as we go through time. throughout the day today, highs in the low 40s. we stay dry. 6:00 p.m., the storm system is getting more organized, moving off the coastline. snow to the south and east. then the real snow moves in. through the district, the edge, up to the north, areas like hagerstown, you may not see anything but flurries. 10:00 a.m., it's continuing but pulls away by lunchtime and through the afternoon we're dry. here's the snowfall forecast. it's not much. but we're looking at possibly an inch near the district. flurries north and west. this is enough to be our first nice snowfall. weather alert tomorrow, be careful driving out there. we'll conditions in a bit. speaking of the road conditions, we have breaking news in traffic. good morning, melissa. >>> breaking news in first 4 traffic. a section of southbound

manassas39, luray 41. 37,rsburg, west virginia, 36 cumberland. nothing extremely cold.d teens and 20's, not the story tonight. out and, clouds thinned most of us stay dry. not as cold tonight. you will want a jacket in the morning, but not extreme. only a few spots around freezing , manassas, culpeper, some of the usual spots in central virginia, but most of us in the mid and upper 30's. the clouds thin out area a fairly calm a fair amount of clear skies to the west. the mixture of sunshine and clouds the next couple days and the warmth continues to build in. mostly sunny monday, not much happening, warming into the 50's. tuesday, similar pattern, pushing into the 60's. this thin line of clouds tuesday night is the next cold front, dropping tuesday into wednesday. by wednesday, we will see breezes. the temperature drops slightly in the next rainmaker passes to the south. where we could use solid rain is not happening anytime soon. tomorrow, and then low 60's tuesday. would drop back to 50 briefly wednesday and thursday. the start of winter solstice. in the 40's, chile o

temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. 43 now at nationalir a partly cloudy sky. 32 now warrenton. 34 in luraymost of the shenandoah valleys, upper 30s to 40 degrees. closer to home. 40 degrees in annapolis. it will be a mild start and mild enough afternoon. that will give way to sunshine. afternoon highs up into the low and mid-50s. sun is up at 7:2 is. down at 4:48. as we approach, melissa mollet, the shortest day of the year. >> that seems a little early to me. taking a look at the beltway, no big problems right now. eastern avenue, have a broken down vehicle blocking the left lane. this could be a problem if it's not cleared out of way soon. we're trying to figure out how long it's going to take to clear. between chillum manor and -- water main break with the lanes blocked there. 66 and 95, no major we'll talk more in a little bit. >>> melissa, thank you. 4:29 now. a major power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill. you could hear the cheers the moment the lights came back on at hartsfield jackson in atlanta yesterday. >> it came at the start of the busy travel season

this is at 5:30 a.m., there you can see the light snow showers from roughly luray all the way over tond gaithersburg and frederick and these are some of the areas that you are going to find the winter weather advisories in effect. still cloudy around d.c. but i would not rule out any type of flurries making their way there. and anything that does fall will stick to the roads if they're not treated so you will be looking at some slick conditions as you are coming in for the areas that do get the then this is at 7:00 a.m. we're still looking at that light to moderate snow falling across the area and you can see some of it making its way into the north and western corner of d.c.. and then after that, it should begin toffiesable out for us. by 10:00 a.m -- to fizzle out for us, by 10:00 a.m. it's shiftedout. the rest of the day some sun in the area and tomorrow just sunny and downright cold out there. really quickly just show you the areas where we have the winter weather advisory in effect. that's going to cover montgomery county, leesburg, frederick, all the way up in baltimore and west

otherwise the weather is not going to be an issue. 28 degrees for wind chill by tomorrow morning. 22 in luray hagerstown. tomorrow morning will be a at the bus stop, make sure that kids have a heavier coat. if you're getting off to the metro stop, we have a couple of stop -- blocks to walk. we're starting off in the upper 20's to the mid-30's. 39 by recess time. lots of cloud cover tomorrow. it will take away from any warmer feelings that we have today. let's run through what happens later. i will show you a different look at what could happen. that is just some snow showers and rain mixing in. as we go throughout the afternoon, maybe a few more flakes start a bump into the area. this is the latest model. was totallyurs ago dry. this system has wiggle room. back to you. jonathan: coming up for us,he powerful weapon could be one person and their computer. next up, a look at the challenging and changing battlefield. michelle: abc 7 is at zoo life. live pictures from the national zoo. michelle: passed 82-week spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. there is a warning tonight that the weigh

low 40's by the time we get to the 7:00 time frame. 30's now for the luray up to winchester. hagerstown at 43. the number is chilly. it's december but it's not way down. not the mid-20's or anything like that. if you go out tomorrow early a great majority will be at or above freezing. notice the snow over the mountains. in the daytime. so we get in the afternoon. this time tomorrow night you will start to notice a huge difference. especially if you account for the winds that are blustery. if you go out tonight, light jacket you are fine. tomorrow at this time you will be starting to new york on the door of the freezing mark. certainly talking about the wind chill factor. a big difference. a few clouds in the morning around 4 temperature. that will occur early. not at 3:00 or 4:00. by wednesday from the inside looking out, a beautiful day. the north winds are dropping the high temperature to 32, 33. around the freezing mark. looking at the fields like temperature, not going to get out of if low 20's. a chilly day. snowshowers thursday and friday. at this point it doesn't look

we start off today and we have warmed up with the sunshine. 55 in luray.cooler in oakland, maryland, where it's 37 degrees. show you the commute cast moving through the early everything hours and the mid-everything hours. temperatures fall through the 50's to the 40's. notice what is missing. no clos we move through tonight. satellite and radar. high pressure is in control. clear skies for this everything. and for tonight. added clouds later today and tomorrow. upper 30's to the upper 20's to the north and the west of us. clouds increase from the west. it will stay dry. if you are dropping off a toy or running in the ugly sweater race tomorrow you will be find. the ugly christmas sweater race. the clouds dissipate a bit as you move in the day on sunday. tomorrow looking at temperatures. lower to the middle 50's. good sunshine with the added clouds in the afternoon. we move in the day on sunday looking good. a little bit warmer. a bit brighter out there. on the breezy side. but not terribly windy. temperatures are in the middle 50's by dropping to the upper

up around 21 in luray. fredericksburg at 17 right now. for the rest of the everything we will keep temperatures in the low 20's. switch it over to 22 at 6:00. 20 by 9:00. 18 degrees by midnight. we are looking ahead to the new year's eve forecast in a few minute. nancy: thank you. you did not have to be outside to feel the impact of the chill. cracked rail that is causing chaos for the morning commute. amy aubert has storm watch coverage from alexandria. amy: 'tis the season -- >> it's freezing. i used to live in russia. this feels similar. >> i don't go outside more than necessary. >> i'm not happy. i'm cold. amy: and in turns the water main breaks like this one in fairfax county. >> more cold than the arctic. amy: this morning pros on the track at poe -- problems on the track at potomac avenue. crack likely happened after the sudden temperature drop. i >> like cold wehe thank god i'm not in erie or minnesota, i'd move. >> frigid temperatures that didn't keep some going about a regular day. >> i keep moving. i have on tons of socks. >> i

winchester, down towards luray showing up here as snow.e have to wait until we see this energy move in across our region. you can see it right there moving our way and around the 7:00, 8:00 hour, it depends on where you are. some of you have a chance to see it. others, not so much. amelia is here with the good and bad news depending on where you live. >> we're going to break it down zone by zone. we've looked at our area and there are four distinct zones. i want to start you off with where most of us live. this includes washington, arlington, prince george's as well as howard counties. timing for snow showers here, 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 tonight. we're really not concerned about snow sticking in our d.c. metro zone but we can see reduced visibilities as the snow showers move through the area and in our western zone, a better chance to see minor accumulation but we're talking about under one inch. snow showers there from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. of course, that is frederick and loudoun and orange and culpeper. as we head back to our mountain

luray at 54 degrees. fredericksburg looking at a temperature of 64. temperatures are going to stay on the mild side at least for this afternoon. cool for tonight. while again tomorrow. that cold front set to move across the dmv. royal, you are looking at clearing skies. around the beltway, clouds are beginning to them. southern maryland hanging tough. those will go through in the later afternoon hours. temperatures today will make it into the middle 50's. of year. tonight, it is going to be on the chilly side. clouds are going to decrease. it will be more difficult to see the bright moon out there. 48 degrees for an overnight low. temperatures waking up tomorrow -- you will need a light jacket early on. later in the day, you are going to need an umbrella. 44 degree wake up temperature. winds are going to kick up as you move through the daytime hours. the cold front approaches from the north and west. when will be out of the south. temperatures well into the upper 50's, to close to 60 degrees. even though temperatures are going to be on the mild side t

luray is 3 degrees. we advance one more hour to take o it was nearly below zero.e are pretty widespread. 4 in leesburg. 7 in d.c. 5 in andrews. if you take the kids to school or sit with them in the car until the bus arrives, please do that. 23 to 25, the temperature with the sunshine. but it will feel like the single digits. it would not take long for that to become dangerous not layered up. coming up, we will talk about the next snow maker. michelle: of course. right now is the time to prepare the home for the cold. you will find ways to do that and the complete forecast anytime on the stormwatch7 news app. alison: all right. developing now, a major hassle coming for redline commuters. that is after the metro found the source of a problem that snarled the

baltimore is 22. 26 is the fields like temperature in luray. we are watching the snowshowers work in our region around the snow around the maryland vest was line. bigger picture shows a little bit more to the northwest. we will be watching that and tracking it on the hour-by-hour forecast. we stop it here at 8:00. we start to pick up some of that from the 66 to the north. that will last to 9:00 or 10:00. farther north you are the better chance of snow will be and the rest of the night it will dry out. snowshowers early. 26 to 32, the overnight forecast. temperatures are not moving much from where they are now. tonight and tomorrow we go to 40, 41. breezy. and then your seven-day outlook, nothing of concern. we rebound numbers by the late weekend and next week. jonathan: holiday season means new toys for the kids. but they are not safe for all ages. coming up next, a simple in-home test to see if a a mi'm evenarts win the kitchen. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ that lasts even longer than

component coue keep us on the mild side. 60 in charlottesville, a little cooler to the west, 60 in lurayt tonight but we are going to be well above average overnight tonight. one thing you will not need, the umbrellas. you're not going to need those any time soon. our chances of rain will start to increase as we make our way to the end of the week, but for most of the week we're on the dry side. here's the pattern. a lot of cloud cover trying to move in through the overnight hours. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies at night. rain to the north. you can see how warm we are. we're warm all the way up to the north, even north of buffalo seeing some rain around the area this time of year normally some snow up there, but right now just a little in the way of rain. temperature wise on the mild side for this time of year. 59 in richmond, 51 d.c., 37 the cold spot in state college, pennsylvania. that's it. the rest of the region on the mild side and the warm air going to continue to come in during the day tomorrow. another very warm day. let's take you tro nice numbers. 41 degrees at 7:00 a.m.

walkersville, two to 4 inches, out west 2 to 4 inches as well, warn enton, front royal, woodstock, the lurayhey might see 2 to 3 inches the further west you head, closer to i-819. the ro-- i-81. if you're heading down 95, once you get past fredericksburg you'll be dealing with snow. tomorrow morning, though, definitely looking like slick conditions out there. as the snow pulls away, some slick roads tomorrow evening, doug. the second half of the weekend we're talking about wind chill temperatures in the 20s and low 30s, but you're going to break down saturday hour by hour. >> that's right. we're looking at saturday hour by hour. that 8:00 time frame, close to freezing maybe a little above. snow coming down heavily. by noon we're at 33 with the snow coming down pretty good. snow ending by around 4:00 and dropping around or below freezing by 8:00. so watch for iceo a refreeze is going to be occurring sunday morning -- into sunday morning rather. the wind chill will be in the 20s all day sunday. monday, a high temperature of 42. 44 degrees during the day on tuesday. as we look towards the next

here's what we're looking at. 44 degrees d.c., 39 winchester, 39 luray, 42 in gaithersburg.ing to be a cool night tonight, but not terribly frigid. we're going to see temperatures well below freezing in most locations, but not all that bad. take a look at the radar, nothing to show in our immediate area. we are tracking some shower activity up toward the north, but most of that is not hitting the ground. what i'm really watching, though, is the system back to the west. you can see it, the spin here in the atmosphere. this is a very strong area of low pressure. it's coming out of canada. so there is not a lot of moisture. this is not much of a rain or snow maker for us, although there is a slight chance of some sprinkle activity early tomorrow morning with the front. you can see a little bit of sprinkle here, a chance tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. i'm not too worried about that. i am worried about the cold. the clouds get out of here, the sun comes out. look at this, the snow starting to pile up towards the mountains. winter weather advisory, 6 to 12 inches in the mounai towards snow