it was 33 degrees on saturday evening and it dropped back down. 22 in gaithersburg. 27 in luray is 28. everybody remains below freezing. when you look at the wind chill factor out there we have teens at 4:00 in the afternoon and we are talking temperatures that are well lower than the average temperature for the day. the good news now the clouds and radar showing you it's dry. so other than the biting cold, you don't have to worry about the snow potential tonight. it's in the 20's as you make your way out the door for the evening rush. you need to layer up. one of the big problems we're dealing with because of the cold snap is the water mains breaking. maybe some of you have been dealing with that around your house. tom roussey is out live at just one of them in silver spring on new hampshire avenue. how are you out there, man? tom: ah, i'm all right but man, the water mains are not. this is just one of them. there are so many throughout the d.c. area. this one, though, wreaking some of the most havoc. this is on new hampshire avenue in silver spr check out what it is doing to traffic

still 46 in luray. your planner, chilly and drier start to the day. a sliver or two of sunshine from time to time. but eventually, the clouds will win out. temperatures into the low 50s for highs today. but you can tell there's moisture coming into the carolinas. moisture in the ohio valley and this is all going to be pinched in our general direction. so tonight and tomorrow, time. rainfall amounts, if we're lucky, we'll get about an inch of rain out of all this. it may be on the half to 3/4 range. future weather, there's 5:00 p.m. today. dry for most of the daylight hours. if you're doing a bike ride or jog with the dog, morning time, more likely to be dry than evening. after 5:00, hit and miss showers likely to come in through the area from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. better chance of slightly steadier rain early, early tomorrow morning. kind of a showery start to the day. couple of dry hours on your mid to late friday afternoon and friday evening may start dry but end wet. more rain likely by 11:00 on friday night. temperatures tumble into the weekend. that

luray at 21. 19 at baltimore. 17 around gaithersburg. feeling colder than that.e have 10 to 15 miles per hour wind. we have single digit wind chills around the area and it will only get colder. the evening, the temperatures will stay in the 20. i don't expect the snow. you have a super moon. if you check it out, but you need to layer up. we are eyeballing the potential for snow. we have that and more in a few minutes. larry: we'll find out how many layers you need by downloading the free stormwatch7 weather app. nancy: tonight police are trying to figure out why a man stabbed a young mother to deh crime is raising flags for the mayor. >> we are on 38th plait in maryland. 8:10 the call came in. the young woman had been stabbed. arriving here the authorities determined it was a young mother. domestic incident. she was taken to the hospital and tied according to the mayor of brentwood who lives in the same neighborhood and says domestic violence is a growing problem. people don't get help. they don't go to police. they don't want to talk to the police. >> the mayor

luray is 28 degrees. cumberland is 23. feeling like the teens in many spots. 15 in hagerstown. same in leonardtown. andrews at 23. within the beltway, 16 degrees. biting cold night. no way around it. we have colder air heading this way. you look at the numbers. we keep the mid-20's. not the wind chill factor in the next couple of hours. later in the seven-day forecast we have some days that will struggle to get to 20. we are talking about the high temperature. so this relentless pattern of the really cold temperatures the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time to continue. we will talk more about that. specifics and break down the timing hour-by-hour of the snow in a few minutes. larry: the cold weather prompted two-hour delay for schools in berkeley county in virginia mo area. we feel it here at this stage. we are stuck in a deep freeze. alison: abc7's tom roussey joins us from siller is spring where crews are work -- silver spring where the crews are working on a water main break. this is just part of the problem out there today, right? tom: it is. there are a lot of a

widespread. 45 in easton. 45 in luray. cumberland is 45 degrees. out there. there are no weather related problems now. >> we have a warmer day coming up larry: fog gave way to sun and the beg medicine to kick the cap -- best medicine to kick cabin fever. alison: wasn't it nice? people were in george-up to getting back the nowhere -- georgetown getting back to normal after a deep freeze we have been in. amy aubert? amy: a lot of people out here. so do the crowds. it wasn't the case last week. they only opened the door one day due to the freezing temperatures. >> i couldn't count the money. tuesday's sunshine bringing out customers. >> i thought it was springtime. i feel great. >> some were taking it beyond no coat. even breaking out the flip-flops. >> i'm not used to the cold weather. >> the crowds venturing outside and enjoying the warmup and awaiting higher temperatures. >> you can go out in the shorts if you want to. on monday you will be sniffling and sneezing. i suggest you dress warm. >> they are afternoon tis pating friday's weather. >> it's nice around

we're starting to see clearing skies. 38 in culpepper, 37 out towards luray. 41 in gaithersburg. so, a cool night tonight, but not all that cold. our average low is 29 in the city. i don't think we'll even get that low so we'll be a little bit above average for low temperatures. no rain to speak about, but look at the wide pattern here. nothing going on in the middle part of the country. this has been the pattern here. very dry across -- really the entire country except for the northwest. look at the southwest. these are the mudslides towards california and that moisture is coming our way. it has been cold on the east, it has been warm and dry towards the west. again, cold and dry for us, extremely dry. t though. more of a pacific flow. that means parts of california, they are seeing that mudslide coming in. now that same system will make its way our way and create very warm air for us. let's time it out. here's the storm system today as it moves on through. by thursday it's in the middle part of the country bringing some rain, beneficial rain to them, too. watch what it does for

normally dry in the yellow, frederick, hagerstown, winchester, luray.oderate drought conditions in and around the d.c. metro area. if we don't see any rain between now and midnight on thursday, it will go down as one of the driest winters so far through that date in 121 years. that's amazing, from december 1st through thursday would be one of the driest ever in our area thanks to capital climate for putting that out there for us. 44 degrees on wednesday, 57 degrees on thursday. i don't expect rain until right after midnight on thursday and then here it comes friday morning into friday night. not a wash out on friday, but 62 degrees for a high. that's going to be a pretty nice afternoon temperature wise. but more rain friday night into early saturday. that's about the bulk of the rain comes in. and behind that system, boy, it gets cold again. 34 on sunday, 30 degrees on monday, and, yes, maybe a chance of a little snow in the middle of next week. >> 30s, we can handle 30s. >> not scared of 30 any more, after t no, we can brave 30. >> thank you, doug. >>