right now manassas is 5 degrees. 5 degrees in manassas, and to think they could be 20 degrees colder than this. coming up in the next couple days when we talk about the wind chill. let me show you what w dealing with out there again. very cold night. some areas colder than others. downtown temperatures sit at 20 degrees. that's because we have the urban heat effect. that's what we're dealing with right now. you see that number come in at the 20-degree mark and you wonder what's going to be happening here. we don't have much of a wind so we have a wind chill of about 15 degrees right now. the suburbs cool so much more effectively. 7 in culpeper, 9 in winchester, 10 in huntsiington and cambridg. we do have a winter storm watch. it does not affect anyone in our area. down to the south and east, however, around ocean city, around salsbury and cambridge, that is where it's going to affect. maybe calvin county, st. mary's county, you guys had a chance to get any snow out of but look at the winter storm warnings from virginia beach to tallahassee for the potential of snow and ice. i think p

manassas city and manassas park schools are closed.lso in virginia fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county and page county schools all closed. >> the federal government is open on see all the latest closings and delays scrolling along the bottom of your screen, also on fox5dc.com and on the fox5 news and weather apps. >> now fox5's team coverage of this deep freeze begins, of course, with mike thomas. >> yeah, ladies, good morning. unfortunate news this morning with the wind chills getting below zero for much of the region. unfortunately it's here to stick around as you head through much of your day today and much of your day tomorrow as well. 14 degrees here in d.c., nine in gaithersburg as well as westminster. doesn't really matter what the air temperature s you factor in winds out of the north and west that are sustained between for most of us 15 to 25 miles an hour and you get wind chills like these. negative 3 degrees here 93 d.c., feels like negative 10. dulles winchester and baltimore feels like negative eight westminste

dulles, leesburg, clinton feeling like 3 degree below zero. 6 below in manassas. frederick feels like 2. quantico feels like 3. a lot of you are headed outside for back to work, back to school. for hose who have to stand at the bus stop, know that windchills will be anywhere from 5 to minus 5 degrees. by 8:00 a.m., still near zero. for the kids waiting for the bus, maybe wait in the car with the heat on until the bus shows up. let's check the roads on this tuesday with a lot of people heading out. good morning, melissa. >> breaking news in first 4 traffic. just a mess

manassas could drop below zero. morning, 8 degrees in clinton right now. aside from this, we're tracking snow in part of the area as we go overnight into early tomorrow morning. i'll show you the timing on that and we'll talk more about it straight ahead. >>> what a relief to neighbors and anyone who commutes through silver springs. new hampshire avenue is back open this morning. part of the road near the beltway was shut down all day tuesday for a broken water main. the water in that area is back on too, from bethesda to southeast d.c. the frigid cold caused several water main breaks on tuesday. the break on the road in bethesda turned the street into a virtual ice rink. that bitter blast we're feeling could keep kids in fairfax waiting on their ride to school today. on tuesday some oe because of the cold weather and hundreds of students were forced to wait in the cold for nearly an hour. this morning you can track any delays from the nbc washington app. just search bus delays. >>> in southeast d.c., cramer middle school will open this morning on time. cr

manassas city, manassas park city, arlington county, culpepper and fauquier county schools opening twors late today also. >>> it's now we're following this morning. we're talking about that black ice. it may be to blame for this crash that left an apartment complex badly damaged in bethesda. a woman's suv skidded off the road and smashed into this apartment building on clarendon road. all three families living in the building were displaced because of the a damage. the driver was trapped in the suv and had to be rescued by firefighters. she is in the hospital with serious injuries. >>> customs officials made a big counterfeit bust at dulles international airport. nearly 400 pairs of fake air jordans were found being shipped to an address in alexandria last month. real air jordans retail for more than a hundred bucks a pair. if nerp real, they would have been worth $55,000. >>> president trump is back and his legal team is deciding the possibilities of president trump sitting down for an interview. it's unclear conducted by robert mueller himself. >>> many crimes, especially violent one

gaithersburg 22, 24 in manassas. look at the winds.se winds gusting close to 40 miles per hour right now. 38 gaithersburg, 38 in frederick, 39 in hagerstown and 40, near 40 towards manassas. could gust to 50. that's why we have the wind advisory in effect. that wind advisory going to 7:00 tonight. wind chill advisory now, little bit different, wind advisory is solely for winds. wind chill advisory is when wind and chill combines. notice the darker blue, towards blue ridge, western maryland, this is the area under a wi7bd chill warning. it could be -- rather, 15 below 0, could be even colder than that. wouldn't be surprised to see0 it's coming from and how it gets this cold around our region. amelia is taking a look at that from the storm center. >> exactly, doug. this storm system was so strong it was able to dislodge from the polar vortex. we've been talking about this term, it is not a new term, it's a buzz word so let's talk about it. here's where the polar vortex typically is, around the north pole is a low pressure with arctic, ar

manassas could drop below zero.

manassas. frederick field like zero. 8 degrees below zero currently. if you are brave enough to exercise today outside, i would wait until later today where temperatures are in about the mid to upper 20s this morning. by 7:00 a.m., we're still looking at the windchills from 5 degrees to minus 5 degrees across the area. a little bit too cold as we go through this morning. but a lot of people with the resolution of getting fit. a lot of people headed back to work. roads are dry. that is good. you definitely want the heat on. tomorrow, any travel after the holidays. dry conditions too. clouds increasing later in the day tomorrow ahead of our next storm system. that system stays well offshore. this is future weather. the big area of low pressure gets closer overnight wednesday into thursday morning. it stays part of area, mostly south and east of the district has a better snow chance. if the storm track shifts to the east, a chance it will be lower. if it shifts to the west, it will be higher. as we know the track could change. look what happens after it,

eg manassas, zero. that's the actual temperature. we're not talking about wind chills this morning because the winds are calm. 5 gaithersburg. 7 in clinton, 5 in frederick and leesburg. if any of you are exercising this morning, you are very brave and hopefully you will be very safe out there because it's very frigid. you want to dress in many layers. i would suggest doing it inside, but by the afternoon, here's something new. we're going to break 30 degrees. pretty sad when we have to talk about breaking 30 degrees as a warmup, but we do. this is our next storm system going to move out into the atlantic. that's going to give us a look at the snow. north florida around gainesville, we have a bit of a wintry mix here, maybe even sleet falling. snow forming near tallahassee and parts of south georgia. this is rare for those areas, but it just shows you how far south that cold air is going. in the district we had a chance of a few light snow showers. this will be a coastal storm and most of the snow totals remain along the shoreline. 11

manassas, 1 degree right now. leesburg and gaithersburg coming in as well as fredericksburg. 14 degrees and 9 in clinton and quantico. bundle up the kids this morning. it is frigid outside. once again in the suburbs as we get closer to lunchtime, we'll be right around the mid 20s. yes, relatively speaking through the afternoon we will finally break the 30 degree mark but it's what's going to happen friday and saturday that will have it even colder. we'll talk about that coming up. let's check the commute. good morning, melissa. >> taking a look starting with the rails. on marc we have cancellations because of mechanical problems. we're talking about train 408 and 413. penn line 406 pushed back until 7:20. that's for all my marc rider friends. 270 good from 70 on time, no big problems. it is nice and green right now. beltway also looking quite good but another problem because of the cold, the water main break in marleau heights, saint barn na bus road near the beltway. right lane getting by. each direction, in hyat

. >> reporter: lake annsville to manassas. we have generally wet roads with some glaze and some of the places have slick sidewalks. earlier in frederick and meyersdale, there were reports that there were areas that were around the 2:30 frame, with some sleet. thankfully, most of the roads are just west with residual salt and treatment by the road crews during the day. on the way to damascus and montgomery county, from the stormtracker 9, i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. >>> a lot of the rush-hour seemed to happen earlier. if you are going south bound on 95, you will see some delays and 95 vehicle fire on the right-hand side. anyone trying to get to baltimore that takes 95, you will see delays this evening. between 175 and route 100, those delays are moving quickly. i found a traffic camera that is looking at the right hand side with traffic trying to squeeze by on the left. the backups are beyond route 32. >> one small accident on greenbelt road westbound is impacting traffic westbound by cherry wood lane. we see water main

that is not bad. 32 in manassas already. some of you are at the freezing mark already. but there are no winter weather alerts in the area. just a few clouds passing by. quiet evening. temperatures will drop. everybody is below freezing. we will get to the upper 20's in some of the warmer spots. low 20's. a lot of the ice there melted. then some of that and there shouldn't be a ton tomorrow. nancy: see you in a few minute. the problem of the burst pipes is not going away. take a look from inside the courthouse now closed while crews repair a burst water pipe. officials are hoping to reopen in the morking. there was a burst pipe in electrical room making it unsafe for students until it's repaired. michelle: six people are dead after flash floods unleashed mudslide in southern california. the ebree roared downhill charred by the recent wildfires. sweeping away several homes. most residents didn't listen to the evacuation warnings. nancy: it has been four months since fire ripped through this home. now it's demolished with the bunkers beneath it. kevin lewis is following th

manassas, 4 inches, waldorf, 3 inches and ocean city, 11 inches.city, 12 inches and bethany almost 7 inches. still some snow back to new york city. the heaviest band is pushing offshore. the storm is moving further away and if this were 150 miles further east, from the florida panhandle, we are pretty impressive. a 50-foot wave height off the coast of nantucket, and the heights are anywhere from 10-20 feet with a rough go of the storm rotating through tomorrow morning. the wind hour winds gusting last hour and wind chills 10-15 degrees below zero tomorrow morning and it doesn't get much better during the day. it feels like one degree in gaithersburg and 8 degrees downtown. we will tell you when we might actually make it above freezing. >>> fairfax county and prince county and montgomery county will open late or be closed. keep up by downloading the wusa9 at. >> plenty of cancellations and delays at the airports. laguardia and jfk were shut down because of the winter storm and they won't reopen until midnight and that is causing a ripple effect at d

current temperature 19 in gaithersburg, 18 in culpepper, 14 in manassas. with the wind, again, it's not much. notice 19 was the temperature in gaithersburg that tells you that we're dealing with some very light winds. that's some great news here. i think you're going to stay fairly light tomorrow. not all that bad. it's thursday we have to worry about. this is for thursday, too. winter storm watch in effect. not for our region. it's just off to the south and east. cambridge, salisbury, ocean city over towards rehoboth, all under winter storm watch now. the potential there for three, maybe 6 inches of snow in those areas. now take a look at the rest of this. you guys will love this. jim handly, you went to school right there, buddy. >> i sure did. >> gainsville, florida, under winter weather advisory. florida state university under a winter storm warning. they're actually cancelling classes now. up the coast here, charleston, winter storm warning there, 1 to 2 inches of snow with ice mixing in all the way up towards parts of north carolina. this is really u

freezing in manassas. want to reiterate we saw the ice last night into tomorrow -- into yesterday -- earlier this morning, excuse me e. we could see it overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. there's not going to be nearly as much of it as there was. but any sidewalks that saw some of that water coming across the sidewalks during melting today could refreeze. so, just know that. nothing on the radar, radar is all clear. need to see the rain. we're in drought conditions here. normally dry in the yellow, frederick, hagerstown, winchester, luray. moderate 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

manassas pretty cold. fairing on the colder side with 10 degrees below 0. it is going to be a frigid friday morning to start. again, a lot of us out west staying below 0 most of the day. in the d.c. metro area while feel like temperatures might make it to the single digits it is still a very cold start. feeling like 8 below 0 in the district by friday morning. before that, though, thursday night, still feeling brutal. wind gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour thursday evening. of course it is going to feel very frigid out there. we head to the eastern zone. the farther south and east you head, that could see snow with the system wednesday night into thursday morning. but you're going to feel the cold, too. everyone is going to get their fair share of this. all i can say is for the kids if they do have school, please make sure they are layered up because friday morning is going toe wire talking about that chance for record temperatures on friday and saturday. especially towards areas like dulles and bwi. look at the low temperature in dc, five degrees on sat

so, these temperatures extraordinary. 62 in manassas, 65 degrees in fredericksburg, 61 leonardtown.to be a warm afternoon mid 60's for us and here are your temperature changes in the past 24 hours. extraordinary. 20 degrees warmer in the city, leonardtown 23 degrees warmer. we're contending with some rain showers across the region. southeast side of the beltway there, oxon hill thinking of you and prince george's county we're getting a pretty good downpour. that will slow your commute and at least the possibility of rain showers for everybody here over the next couple hours. you can see that's kind of working south to north and what we're dealing with is an area of low pressure which is going to be developing down here a little later today and then moving across our region and that will bring us clouds and some on again o off lots of moisture on the eastern half of the country. cold front tonight. look at the snow on the backside of it. that will slide through the region and that's going to change up our air mass in big, big way here for the weekend. so, mid 60's today. get out and

let's talk about these numbers come 16 degrees d.c., manassas 12, 14 warrenton. we still have a breeze anywhere miles per hour, so we have windchills below zero. in the district we are at two degrees, andrews minus three. we do not have any snow, but we do have a few clouds floating by, one of the reasons we are so cold because of the clear skies. the bus stop forecast, 15 or so around 8 a.m., 23 at noon. layers tomorrow. the forecast coming up. jonathan: stay connected with the forecast no matter where you go. download the free stormwatch 7 weather app. impacting bitter cold first responders, fire crews seeing a busy start to the new year, battling fires. jay korff is live in arlington with what the first responders are up against as the temperatures drop. jay: indeed, firefighters and paramedics in station two in arlington are very busy with calls. while we were here they went out on a call. fire companies throughout northern virginia, washington, d.c., and maryland have responded more than a dozen times to structure fires. others were exacerbated by the cold.

prince william county and spotsylvania county schools stafford county manassas city and manassas park schools, all closed this morning. >> in virginia, fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county, page county schools, you are on a two-hour delay. >> ignore the alexandria city schools at the top of that. we just said that they were closed so that has changed recently. d.c. public schools here on a two-hour delay this morning and for federal workers or those who follow opm, the federal government is opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. those are your closings. we'll keep them on the bottom of your screen throughout the morning. tucker barnes how is it >> right on time. got going a couple hours ago. good steady snow for the rest of your region. further east down towards ocean city it's a full on blizzard. there's a live look at storm tracker radar. notice if you would the darker purples. that's where we're getting a pretty good snow band developing just to the east of washington here. looks l

feels like 2 below in clinton. 0 manassas. 4 in quantico. layers will th i know a lot of people heading back to work and kids heading back to school. the actual temperatures will be in the teens. we're concerned about the windchill. make sure you cover up any exposed skin. we're talking about snow chances for part of the area. >> thanks, sheena. in the midst of the brutally cold temperatures, an explosion knocked out power to a lot of families. they were left in the cold and dark for hours. pepco had to quickly work to restore the power. we'll send out weather alerts during the frigid temperatures. download the nbc washington app. >>> also got breaking news in maryland where first responders rescued three people from this car. i retweeted this video from montgomery county fire and rescue. you see that car stuck in several feet of icy water. this was in ten mile creek at shiloh church road. 0. >>> kramer middle school in southeast d.c. has been flooded. here's what we know so far. a pipe in the school's basement burst causing water to overflo

manassas you're down to 32-degrees, so ischial pepper. thirty-nine for winchester and gaithersburg down to 44 greece. a loft places are going to get cold tonight, but that change in the temperature department was nice today in the last 24 hours comparing to 6:00 yesterday we're s 11-degrees warmer in the district. three degrees warmer at dulles and 9- degrees warmer at frederick and hazes hagerstown, martinsburg coming in at ten greece warmer. what's going to happen over nievment it's not brutally cold, but it's cold enough that anything that was wet as mentioned could be black ice in the morning. i saw very a little left over moisture. i think a loft it has evaporated on out. even the snow melted. if you had a little bit billed up, it might have been wet when it melted. i certainly will be watching my own sidewalk i can tell you you that's for sure. a quick look at your planner. at eight in the morning about 34- degrees. we had a thought of thick fog. by noon we're h one and by 4:00 43 glees. a little cooler tomorrow tn it was today deta

look at manassas, feeling like 3 degrees below zero. clinton 2. down to 2 degrees below zero and then you see 9 degrees below zero. don't go outside for a while maybe. here's a look at the windchill advisory. until 9:00 a.m., mostly 5 degrees below zero. could be a possibility. some areas close to 10 like warrenton below zero. we don't have anything - for today, new year's day travel forecast, looking nice and dry. roads could be fairly quiet. for tomorrow, i'm sure the roads will be more -- late wednesday is the next weather system approaching. we stay dry through wednesday, an area of low pressure. by early thursday, it's going to stay offshore. not moving inland. the question by thursday will be how close does it get. if it does get a little closer, we could see the snow coverage increase in the forecast. the next chance of snow is mainly south and east of the district. we'll update that as we get closer. these do and will be changing closer to thursday. look at the temperatures, one 30-degree day. 37 on wednesday. balmy when you look at friday

it is 1 degree in manassas, 7 gaithersburg, 16 degrees in washington. the good news is no snow for your commute. that is tonight. back in the 30s, melissa. not too bad today. >> the cold weather is affecting water main breaks. take a look at marc. we had cancellations because of the mechanical problems caused by this. on marc, penn line train 408 and 413 canceled. 406 delayed until 7:20 this morning. as far as the water main break, we have the right lane getting by the water main break. and in hyattsville, route 1 southbound near crittendon getting by there. northwest, woodley road between 32nd and blocked. >>> one minute he was having a good time at a party, the next he was paralyzed. >> it's not the news you want to hear when even colder weather is on the way. how your electric bill may be going up. >>> don't be surprised if your son or daughter is seeing extra before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so gre

manassas feeling like zero out there. martinsburg feels like 5 below zero. we're nice and dry. if you are exercising today, better inside. if you're going to brave the cold, layers. temperatures will be in the upper 20s. but it's going to feel colder with the breeze. here's a look at the midweek storm i've been talking about. big area of low pressure off the coast late wednesday and early thursday morning. the best chance of snow really looks south and east of the district. so if anything, we can get a couple snow flurries in the district. again, this track could very easily change. we've seen this in the pa a can see it again. a slight shift to the east means lower chances. right now, it looks mostly south and east of the district. look at these temperatures, though. this week we have a balmy 36 degrees tomorrow and on thursday, that's where we're looking at a snow chance. look at friday and saturday. we have actual temperatures in the single digits. afternoon highs not even at 20 degrees. we got to factor in the wind, we'll be well below zero. melissa mollet is here with the

it's down to 14 in manassas. it's 24 in d.c nineteen for frederick and gaithersburg as well as baltimore. a check of the wind chill temperatures not a whole lot different than the air temperature, it's uncomfortable out there. you want to limit your time as we go through the next several days. we have to really say you've got to watch it over the next week or so. tomorrow we'll get a little moderation, maybe into the 30s. here's what's up with tomorrow. we're going to be watching a storm system taking shape. it's going to deposit some significant snow at the coast and then for us it whips in dangerous cold that follows behind that storm and that is in the friday, saturday timeframe. speaking of snow, while we don't have any advisories here in our area, look at this, we've got winter weather advisories all the way down to the jacksonville area in florida. they run right up the cost all the way to main and in our area we have some winter storm watches that will gin tomorrow night for the coast al area. four to six

current temperature 10 degrees in winchester, 12 in manassas, 15 in huntingtown, but you add in the wind and that's the wind chill you get 5 below zero right now in frederick, 2 below zero in manassas. 1 below i and it's going to stay that way. that's one other reason we're not seeing any rain or snow. we've been very dry. just a little snow during the day on saturday. the next one makes its way our way too but it's just off the coast. clear skies here. the area of high pressure's so expansive the cold air so far down to the south the jet stream's going down -- you can actually see it. look at that jetstream moving right off the coast of florida here. extremely cold air wall all the way down the gulf coast. look at everybody in blue. these are all wind chill advisories from canada all the way down toward southern florida. right around the fort myers area. areas there under a wind chill advisory. same thing with areas like houston. snow, they can see more snow around the charleston area than us. for us it's the cold. look where the low temperatures go. wind chills by early tomorrow mornin

manassas will also get a shower at that point. the best time for rain in d.c.m. more rain sh we have to dodge a few rain drops as we get into the morning rush and afternoon rush. could be some heavy rain pushing in throughout the mid day on friday along with an isolated thunderstorm could not rule that out. friday at 8:00 a.m. around the culpepper area advancing the clock to noon in d.c. looking like down pours out there for us and getting ready to head out in the afternoon this model shows the rain breaking up. there will still be some out there and carrying over into saturday morning. today 55 degrees. how high can we go tomorrow with the south winds i think we'll see temperatures nudging up to 68 degrees in january. is that sinking in? near 70 in january people. >> yay. >> come on got to love that. >> we'll take it miri. we'll take it. a crash on route 28 blocking both directions pretty serious crash this morning. northbound and southbound lanes blocked in german town road because of this crash addition we have construction in the top side of the beltway. ou

manassas and leesburg, andrew is above freezing.and the areas north are at or below freezing. so that is where problems. the national weather service, i can't imagine they leave it up until 9:00 but that is where it is now. pink is where we look at the potential for the sleet, the ice coming down. the cutoff line is around basically charles county over to call university county. a little bit more of that up north. when you go farther south, it turns into rain. that is what we are watching. there is more rain to come. i'm not so worried about the roads. as i am giving you the information if you are walking, if you're out and about walking, and maybe you are going to a restaurant. somewhere there is not salt on the sidewalk. that is where you slick and hurt yourself. a lot of roads are treated. we want to send it to sam sweeney to baltimore where it's colder. how are the roads where you are? >> right now the roads are great. take a live look. you can see mobiletrak7 we have the windshield wipers are. there is rain falling. the roads a

tonight, so we're a little bit concerned. 38 downtown, but 32 in frederick, 34 in leesburg, 36 in manassas, so black ice. it appears wet, but it's actually frozen. keep that in mind going through walking the kids to the bus stop or walking to the mailbox tomorrow. again it looks wet, but it's front. just slow down and be careful walking. once we -- frozen. just slow down and be calf walking. once we get past 8 -- careful walking. once we get past 8:00, we'll be okay. any residual moisture even down into charles county and even and southern maryland will be right around freezing. so that's why we're a little concerned with some slick spots. we will come back and talk about the rest of the week and our january thaw. you might be surprised how high we go. >>> this is the don't blame the messenger part of the newscast. a handful of school systems are starting two hours late tomorrow because of icy roads and sidewalks including montgomery, adams, loudon and fairfax county schools. you'll see the whole list at the bot am of your screen and on our website. of course, when weather is the big story

police say stuart skinner was on drugs when they found him inside a sheaths in manassas. officers say he resisted with he they tried to arrest him. he's fac ing several drugs including assault and battery and disorder ly conduct. so the good news is we got a lot warmer today, but this water tower in laurel is frozen. look at that it's kind of cool looking. except for the fact that it's leaking. it's just not what it's supposed to do. sue palka, though, the warmup today felt nice for sure. with that water to your i'll bet game of thrones would like to use that for a few scenes. would you like to be in one of the sce >> i would like to be. the mother of dragons. >> we've had a two-week deep freeze, set records the first week of january for many places having their coldest week on record. today the thaw. when does 51-degrees ever felt so good. >> it felt wonderful. dulles hitting 50, bwi49. i got to tell you that they are not warm tonight. in factor as we look at temperatures across the region, last night at this time we were concerned about freezing rain. well, it's even co

sixty-five still in gaithersburg, 66 down at dullos, 67 manassas, 57 in quantico.owing the cooler temperature, cooler reading over the past few days due to the fact that they're right on those partially frozen waters. all right, the cold front is approaching. we've got all of the rainout ahead of it, you can see the cold front regional temperature map shows incredible difference between our 61 and then 33 in pittsburgh. if you were to drive through that, that temperature would literally be dropping 10 degrees per maybe couple of minutes or so. and it is going to be crashing through our area later tonight. i want to time out your friday evening, umbrellas needed and probably a light hooded rain jacket, because it is warm this evening. as we've got one waiver of rain that will push through, tonight, and then the real main band of rain, that's the heaviest, and could even have some thunder along with it, late tonight, so after 11:00 p.m., this is midnight, you've got very heavy rain mo and as it pulls away and the cold air rushes in, there may be brief time, some froz

at 22, gaithersburg at 16, 16 as well as in manassas and 19 in camp springs. the single dimg its with these temperatures. it will be an extremely cold night tonight. it's going to stay that way. the headlines, more of the same frigid weather continues, tracking the storm for thursday. i'm going to let you know at 6:45 who has the best chance of seeing some snow and just about how much. and then coldest air yet moves in. i'm really tired of saying that. >> i'm tired of it, too. doug. >> tired of hearing it. >> when is summer coming? we have spring, right, then summer. >> it gets better. >> it gets better. hang in there. okay. back to school tomorrow for kids throughout our area, and despite the cold, many must walk to get there. so, news4 has learned maryland is considering a sweeping review of the safety of roads near every school in the state. only on 4 tonight, scott macfarlane reports state leaders are concerned some streets and school crossings need safety upgrades. >> reporter: christina morris ward walked across a state highway each day to get to sometim

feeling 1 in gaithersburg as well as manassas and about 8 degrees here in the district. this is tonight at 10:00. maybe you're taking the dog out or you're running a late night errand, something like that. it is already feeling below 0 area wide. 2 below 0 tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. it only gets worse. just about everybody about 10 degrees at least below 0. winchester, almost 20 degrees below 0. doug, at best, tomorrow afternoon, only feeling 1 above in the district, 4 below in gaithersburg. this continues for the weekend at least the first half of the weekend. >> that's why we're talking about those schools that even have that two hour delay. the wind chills will still be brutal by the time the kids are getting out of school tomorrow. so, once again, maybe a good idea to think about that. 19 on your friday. weather alert right on through friday and saturday. dangerous cold. high of 18 on saturday. overnight low temperatures saturday night into sunday around 9. but i think some areas will be below 0. 24 degrees on your sunday. 38 on monday. a chance for some scattered ra

oh, my gosh, manassas is one.nd this is with wind out there, too, so this is -- we're almost directly under the -- what we're going to get from this arctic air mass, the coldest that we're going to get. we're 11 here in town thanks to a bit of a heat island effect. annapolis is 10. baltimore is seven and fredericksburg is also 1 degree. listen, where the -- where the wind has dropped off, that's where the wind chill is -- is going to be pretty much in line with the actual temperature but where the wind is still kicking up a little bit, winchester, i mean, you're 8 degrees below zero. westminster 14 degrees below zero and feels like 3 degrees below zero here in town. all of this, we're talking about most of the east coast is under a wind chill advisory. that's the blue. the pink is wind chill warnings. it's going to go until noon today. i don't know why that says noon friday but whatever. it's going to today, all right, and then it's going to kick back in during the overnight hours tonight and we're talking between

that's why he did not want to directly attack the confederate forces at manassas. as you can imagine mcclellan , bristled at such charges. i'm not sure lincoln was wise to repeat such rumors. in any event lincoln did not , like the plan. but eight of division commanders 12 approved it. so, lincoln says ok. now, some military historians pointed out why did the president go along with the plan he had no faith in? shouldn't this point -- should he have supported the general and say, i support your plan or should he have relieved him? instead, he has a little of each. he does not really approve it, but he lets it go forward. lincoln also decided to combine the army's divisions into five corps. both lincoln and a number of members of congress had favored a corps organization. lincoln appoints division commanders as corps commanders. mcdowell, edwin sumner, erasmus keys, nathaniel banks, all generals who opposed mcclellan's strategy in one way or another. and he appoints corps commanders who he knows mcclellan is going to have trouble with. this in turn contributes to dy

one here in d.c., one manassas. two for culpeper.ds shouldn't be awful today but it's not going to take much to get those wind chills down so wind chills advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. this morning. going to feel like zero to negative 10 in a few spots from time to time today, so again, bundle it up if you're headed out. there's satellite and radar. nothing but a few high thin clouds out there and we're expecting a good amount of sun today. your forecast 25 degrees, lots of sun. >> okay. thank you, >> ♪ >>> happening today at 5:07 d.c. mayor bowser is expected to kick off the year with year of the anacostia. the 5k walk run is part of the mayor's 1 billion steps challenge which is a city wide initiative to encourage residents of all eight wards to make more healthy lifestyle choice. the event is free opened to the public. registration starts at 9:00 a.m. following by the kickoff at 10:00 a.m. >> a deadly plane crash in costa rica. several americans are among the dead. details next. >> north korea sends a disturbing message out to

maybe an inch and a half in gaithersburg, inch and a half for manassas as well.ld rather it be sunny with temperatures nice and warm like this. 55 today, mostly cloudy skies for most of the day, rain showers moving in late tonight. fox5 accuweather 7-day forecast, on and off showers and rain throughout the day tomorrow. could end as a period of maybe some mix early saturday morning. big story temperatures drop all day. then the cold settles in into next week. that's a check of the weather. erin is back with the roads this morning. how do they look. >> 5:48. it had been pretty quiet. right now we have breaking news. 270 southbound at maryland 85 because of a disabled vehicle we're down to about 11 miles per hour as you come from 70 to 85 anticipate a big slowdown and then south of that point you can see the yellow line. it's your typical delay. close to a 30 minute trip to get from that 70 to 121. and again the majority of that congestion is as you pass 85. we don't have a camera there but i can she you this look by father hurley. once you gets get south of that p

manassas zero.t back in 1979 of eight. 14 in leonardtown. 16 annapolis. the reason d.c. and annapolis little warmer we got water nearby. so that's holding the temperatures up a little bit. okay. storm system taking shape. not just d.c. we're concerned all ly carolinas, hurt pell beach, charleston, you get up in lower eastern shore up towards long island and cape cod, all going to be hard hit. hard to believe we're talking about a mix of snow and freezing rain for parts of the carolinas and then we'll be concerned locally later tonight early tomorrow morning. storm system far enough east this will not be a major hit for us but it will get close enough i think we'll general vol period of snow washington and points east late tonight early tomorrow morning, again, every flake sticks it's not so much the amounts but the fact that it's snowing very cold environment. that storm system will really crank blizzard conditions expected in northern new england tomorrow. how much snow? general al dust to go maybe

despite the fact we are in the teens, it feels like eight degrees in manassas, 18 degrees at anders. temperatures will not drop back as much pure clouds rolling in and the winds will be lighter. 15 degrees to 20 degrees per it it is bitterly cold, it is a little bit of a step in the right direction with the south wind at three to six. no issues as you are heading into tomorrow morning. 7:27, no big issues. i got a text from fairfax county , saying they are aware of the potential for icing tomorrow and will make their decision by 5:15 tomorrow morning. it is interesting because it is the back half of the day. our temperatures will be coming above freezing in some locations, but even if the air is up to 35 degrees, you can see some precipitation coming down in liquid form that could make it glaze on the ground. watch for that. could be ice pellets mixed in. the liquid precipitation could make some ice on untreated surfaces and it is no >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. hosted theapital blues today p washington entered this one with eight s

give you a quick look at the temperatures. 18 in d.c., manassas is 16. quantico of 19. everybody has feels like temperatures that are colder than that. minus 6 right now in gaithersburg. it's probably a great night to spend time inside for right now in d.c. how cold we'll get coming up in a bit. larry: thank you for that. still when cold weather leaving schools of a debate they can never win. to close, delay or do nothing at all. richard reeve spoke to a person today to get perspective on the process. richard: jefferson county, west virginia, the temps in the single digits. >> it's 5 degrees this morning. way too cold for them to be out. richard: here at the elementary school, students find warm comfort in caring. feel good and they want to learn and come to school. >> you see the main reason for the two-hour delay is to provide breakfast and lunch for nearly 3,400 students. 40 backpacks are sent home to families in need. >> housing a mother of four children. >> this helps. i know my child will be warm and well taken care of. >> thaw got to a bus stop. if the kids arriv

already get 71 degrees in culpeper, warrenton. 70 in manassas. 10 degrees colder over at reagan national. wind out of the south off the cool waters of the potomac. let me show you what is going on in terms of satellite and radar for you. widely scattered showers around the area right now. if you are out and about moving through the afternoon hours, grab your umbrella. capitol heights, hillcrest heights. for the district itself, it is dry, but another round of what weather off to the west of us -- wet weather off to the west of us. once the cold front moves on through, we are going to feel it big-time tomorrow morning. for today, feels-like temperature's in the middle 60's. coming up, we going to track the cold front, the rain, and our next best chance for a few flakes of snow. melanie? melanie: thank you, steve. an update on the knife attack that left three students at central high school in capitol heights injured yesterday. police believe the whole incident was over a girl. john gonzalez is at central high school where police and school officials give an update on how this happened. jo

feels like seven degrees downtown, nine degrees is what it feels like in manassas and quantico, 3 at andrews. a wind-chill advisory for the entire region until 9 a.m. dangerous cold, but the skies will be clear. the new year's day forecast and a look at another arctic blast coming our way late next week. more on that in the extent outlook. kimberly: we will look for that. less than an hour from the part of the night everyone is waiting for, saying goodbye to 2017 and hello to the new year. one of the hot spots is old town, alexandria. q mccray is live at first night, where the crowd has been a little thinner this year, q? q: just a tad thinner. this is a live look at the say hello, everyone! >> hi! q: it is cold, and that is why people are blaming the lower attendance. as for first night, this is alexandria's way of ringing in the new year. artsciating the performing , a number of restaurants come even city hall have turned into a party, jazz music on even a harvest at the corner of king and union. everyone we spoke with tonight has a new year's revolution. >> saving money and gettin

six below in n six below in manassas. look at this. wind chill advisory in effect for everybody through noon tomorrow. we are going to continue to see the winds and the brutal numbers. six below in d.c. this is 9:00 tomorrow morning. 15 in winchester. most of the schools in our region have closed or delayed. you don't want the kids walking to the bus stop or school in extreme weather like this. 5:00 and it is still zero in d.c. many of you will not make it to zero for the wind chill all day long. it goes right through the day on saturday. here is saturday. look at frederick, a 20-degree if you think this is a one day event, it is not. dangerous cold through saturday. sunday is better with 24. 24 and less wind is basically better than 18 and 24 miles per hour wind. possibly a mix of rain, sleet and slow and even ice that is something to watch. cool next week. all of these storms, the temperatures have been so cold over the last few days. >> get in survival mode for a few days. >> and bundle up. i am wearing more closthes thani have in m

manassas already at 61 degrees. fredericksburg now at 57.we will keep temperatures a little bit cooler, at least downtown, because the southerly wind over the cool waters of the potomac. seen the view, and you can the mild air. this is on the way for tomorrow. an abrupt end to the strong cold front moves through around midnight to 3:00 a.m., early saturday morning. winds change direction, and waking up saturday morning, you will feel it that got. scattered showers starting to develop across extreme southern and southwestern virginia. ohio, west virginia. other than that, it will be quiet for the early rush hour -- i should say the early lunchtime hour, with temperatures that will be mainly in the lower 50's, at least downtown d.c. milder outside of the beltway. for tonight, the rush-hour commute, showers overspread the area. temperatures drop into the 50's, eventually the upper 40's. daylight hours getting longer as we move closer and closer to springtime. tonight, scattered showers, temperatures -- instead of falling -- are going to rise. t