here's mols mike masco. -- meteorologist mike masco. >> you ready over the weekend? >> yeah. >> how about a foot of snow? no i'm kidding. do not quote me on that. >> he gave a number. >> 41 in town right now. it's a chilly morning across the area. joppa good morning to you, 37. 35 bel air and elkton up to cecil county. a wind advisory is in effect because winds could certainly gust to around 40 miles per hour today. right now winds between 10 to 15 and 20 in easton. that's the sustained winds coupled we have a wind gust of 32 in easton. feeling like it's 29 at bwi. and frederick, feeling like a chilly 22 degrees. so the bottom line is? a raw ride this morning. with those gusty winds. the winds will actually increase during the course of day today with the wind advisory. and yes, a weekend storm potential growing. we're going to show you two tracks scenarios how both could play out and how both are -- or how much snow both can bring us. that's coming up just a little bit. over to lauren cook with a check of traffic this morning. speed restrictions correct? >>> we have

pop for masco. ers? >> a great name here that had a monster year. i think it's a bit long in the tooth. up 4% today. if you come in on wednesday and it's up again, i would take my profits. >> bby, guy? >> just saw another low in the stock. this move is expected. we've seen these moves before. you are probably going to see the stock continue to rally this week. gets over 12 bucks, you sell it again. >> pop for macy's, up 4%. >> they always had leverage over their is up mrilers. stock had been on a tear. it came in pretty dramatically. 37 seems to be the bottom in the name. i think the consumer is going to be a little bit squishy. i'd stay away from the move. >> tim, freeport-mac up 3%. >> they're going to be spending significant money to get outside the copper space. you could have made money here. copper is going higher. i believe in 2013, as the year comes to a close, forget that

here is mike masco. >>> we will do a lot of clouds this afternoon, a cool note. look at the temperatures, 27 baltimore, stevensville, easton be 1. a wind right now. making the temperatures feel like it's in to the teens in spots. manchester, one of the spots. 21 baltimore. chilly start this morning, that will give way to clouds today. if you notice on the satellite picture, a lot of broken clouds across the region. that's the deal towards the afternoon hours. temperatures around 43 degrees. it's a bitter blast as we head in to the end of the week. more coming up in a little bit. now a check on traffic early, loren cook, problems? >>> fortunately the jfx is clear heading downtown. no problems whatsoever. everything remaining up to speed on 95 through the fort mc henry, harbor going to be in great shape. on the beltway, here is a live look outside, the west side, traffic along, no problems liberty to route 40. here is parkville, harford, no problems up to towson this morning. that's a look at your time saver traffic, charlie, over to you. >>> the day is here, less

mike masco? >> there's the storm from yesterday. pulling off towards the north. here's the other storm. this could be a weekend threat. i'm meteorologist mike masco and we'll talk about that coming up. >> we are dealing with icy roadways across the region and wind restrictions here on route 350 at the bay bridge -- 50 at the bay bridge. in addition there's a crash on 695 in dundalk. i'll have all the details coming up on "good morning maryland." >> you're looking at a live picture of new york city's times square. the crystal ball there is going to be installed today for the new year's eve celebration. number 13 with doves because the theme this year? let there be peace. >> reporter: in today's techbytes, new social features are headed to netflix next year. congress passed the so-called netflix amendment to the protection act allowing customers of the giants to share viewing habits on facebook and other social networks. a key provision has been dropped by the senate quietly. the bill keeps the language that currently allows law enforcement to read private e- mails

mike masco is live at federal hill. >> reporter: think about it. capitol hill, everybody's going what are you talking about. it's georgetown when you go to d.c. when you think about it, d.c. is so big. according to google, we have better taxi service. that's according to google. this is lindsey by the way. i don't think she wanted to be on tv. she's from d.c. we're trying to convince her baltimore is better. >> 100%, baltimore's better. >> reporter: d.c.'s bigger. >> we have federal hill, canton, fells point, all these little burroughs. >> so we'll say quality over quantity. >> absolutely. >> sorry, d.c. cheers to baltimore as we are going to definitely, definitely stomp them, not only the redskins, that's just a little battle weigh have this weekend but the restaurants, bars and cabs. we'll share some of the best of federal hill. back to you. >> thanks a lot. looks like she's having a good time. >> mike, he's a good there. >>> thanks, masco. let's take a look at weather now. >>> let's talk about the weather for the big game. variably cloudy skies.

. >> i'm mike masco. this is the abc2 app and you can get that at the itunes store and google play store. right now bell's point 37 degrees. not much hatching right now but to the south and west we go. there's a storm brewing. we're going to talk about that, that could be a weekend snow event coming up after this. >>> join john on this thursday morning -- thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. thieves decided to target a wal- mart. >> police are saying the guys went after weapons and electronics it was after 2:00 in the morning on christmas day when three men broke into a wal- mart in new mexico. they helped themselves to around $30,000 worth of items. they spent a few minutes in the hunting section where they broke into the locked glass cases and picked through a number of rifles from the cases. police are now waiting for the final count from wal-mart on just how many weapons are now out in the community. >> they can't legally be transferred to any honest citizen in the state or country. they

now over to meteorologist mike masco. >> good morning. we look good for today. it's going to be a chilly start this morning and chilly afternoon. cloud increasing and a mess of weather is on et cetera way. carroll county under a winter weather advisory. you will be dealing with some snow by tomorrow morning. clouds starting to move in right now. but the thicker clouds move in during the course of your day. notice the system down to the south tapping into gulf of mexico moisture. as the system evolves and moves towards the north it will energize and enhance and begin to overspread precip into the area. it starts with snow as we head into saturday morning into saturday afternoon. and then we will kick the storm towards the north and east by saturday evening. so in terms of how much snow to expect. about an inch. one to two for anne arundel county. for the city towards right around the beltway 2 to 3 -- beltway 2 to 3 higher amounts. we will talk about the map coming up in a little bit. now the morning commute and lauren cook is in the traffic center. >> reporter:

and mike masco. but there are some pitfalls you need to be aware of before you head to the mall. >> and wedding bells will be ringing on new year's eve in places like maine and maryland. what they're going to gain from the same sex marriage laws that will be in the books come the new year. >>> thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. you may have received something this christmas that may be wasn't your style. maybe it didn't fit right or it could have been just plain bad. before you hit the mall and return it. listen to this. karin caifa explains some gift return pitfalls. >> reporter: returning a gift seems like it should be a simple task. but with some items there can be some strings attached especially among some of the most popular gifts of the season. >> electronics are really tricky because there are restocking fees associated with electron i thinks, they're popular gifts this time of year. many retailers will charge you a little portion of the purchase price. 15%, 20% whether you've

-- mike masco what do you have? the 30s north and west of the beltway. map chester still 33 degrees and again with the winds out there and the temperatures feeling like it's 25 in the city. feeling like 27 down in easton. get up to 38 today. but it's a gusty wind all afternoon long. feeling like it's into the middle and upper 20s. and as we go into the weekend, watching a wintery mix come into play it looks like predominantly snow on saturday. 36, 38 on sunday and by monday, back up to 40 degrees. let's get a check on traffic. lauren cook in the traffic center. >>> it is really windy out there and we have wind restrictions in effect right now on route 50 at the bay bridge. use caution there definitely traveling across. we have a crash at route 40 at joppa road but no delays on 95 from white marsh downtown. everything up to speed no problems getting up to towson. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> more news, weather and traffic coming up in about half an hour. >> you can always find that on abc2news.com. we'll see y

someone else who has his ticket punched ready for the party tonight is mike masco. what are you doing tonight? >> what am i not doing tonight? nothing. i'm going to be in bed by 8:00. watch the rocking new year and rock myself back to sleep and back here tomorrow morning. living the life. maryland's most powerful doppler, clear overhead. eldersburg 26. baltimore 33. the deal is, it's a cold morning across locations. the clouds this afternoon will be in place. it's mostly cloudy skies, temperatures struggling to get to 40. going in to 2013, cloudy, we are dry. could be a spot shower that develops by tuesday afternoon, new years day. we will talk about that coming up. it doesn't look like a big deal. it's a cold start. new years eve, the clouds are around, man, does it get cold. the arctic attack moves in later in the week. we will talk about that forecast in a little bit. let's talk traffic with loren cook. >> everything is nice and calm here in howard county. no delays on interstate 70, columbia pike over to 695. if you are heading out to 695, here is a live look no

we are trying to get through the fog and mist and here mike masco hopefully to sweep our worries and fog away. >> close to 70 is good news right? but let's talk about what's going on tonight and we have the dense fog advisory for the entire area. this is up until 9 tomorrow morning in baltimore couldn't crane pg county -- county and pg county and dense fog will be out there. ideal visibility should be 10and there's a updata half mile. that's tricky travel through the course of the evening and then there could be some spotty showers. so drizzle pockets, fog, clouds and it's all going to be in play through the course of tonight. 49 degrees in the city. to the north up in manchester, 43. annapolis at 48 degrees. temperatures going right around 50 degrees and through the wakeup hour and they are he getting fog and low clouds out there. and look at lunchtime. 60 degrees. how about close to 70 tomorrow. we will share your 7-day forecast coming up. >>> around bend from the tank you will find dale avenue in overlea. >> a officer tried to go down the road and it almost cost his life. joce ste

. >> mike masco, doing it. you're never going to leave that place. >> all right. it may not be happening on federal hill but one of the clings that makes charm city big is the lighting of the washington monument. the lights will go on right at 7:45. the streets are blocked off and they will be closed until 11:00 tonight. >> we're talking about the annual tradition. the kindertime toy drive is back. we're a proud sponsor of the toy drive. you can drop off any new unwrapped toy and you can also did to any celebree learning centers. for a full list, go to abc2news.com/toy drive. >>> each week we give you a look at a student. >> but each week we got a little twist. how a whole team is seth the example for their school. >> firefighters save lives every day, but today they're doing it differently. >> 41 degrees out at bwi. that's seven degrees below average. we guarantee 45. so didn't quite get there. we'll talk about the change coming tomorrow. it's dry now. that may not be the same case tomorrow. more details straight ahead. >>> a beautiful day. very chilly. wyatt's g

mike masco will be tracking the weather. lauren cook will keep you updated on roads. >>> even when we're not on the air, maryland's most accurate forecast is available online. click on the weather tap at the top of the page. that's where you'll find the latest updates. you'll have the full forecast with you at all times on your mobile device. >>> the cold weather has already claimed one life in maryland. state health officials said a man died from hypothermia. he died sometime between deals 18th and the 24th. hypothermia occurred most often in the elderly or young kids. dressing plop perly can help to keep hypothermia away. >> if you wear too much clothing and you begin to sweat, you become, then wet and the cold increases in a wet environment. so what you should wear should be multilayered light clothing that keeps you comfortable but not hot. >> if you believe someone is suffering from hypothermia, get them indoor and place warm towels to help reheat their body. >> russian prime minister vladimir putin sign lad law today b

. >> mike masco will be tracking the storm. the abc2's time saver traffic lauren cook will update you and we'll have live reports. >>> of course, when we're not on the air, you can get all the latest on the storm's impact at abc2news.com right in the palm of your hand. it's eve on sale this weekend, the app s head over to abc2news.com/download. >>> cold weather has already claimed a life here in maryland because of hypothermia. the state's health department is not releasing much information only saying the victim is a man 65 or older. the agency said his death happened between december 1th and christmas eve -- 18th and christmas eve. >> this is quite common in people or homeless because they're exspoalsed to the element -- exposed to the elements. it can a on it people with inadequate heating or inadequate clothing or are old enough or confused enough. >> maryland had 15 hypothermia related deaths last winter. >>> russian prime minister vladimir putin signed a bill yesterday banning americans from adopting russian children. man

meteorologist mike masco said at 8:00 they got a burst of snow. they got are couple inches on the ground and it turned to sleet. we're seeing this messy wet rain that's getting rid of the beautiful snow. so all of this creating a mess on the roadways. we have not heard of major accidents in the baltimore area, just a lot have people trying to take this slow, be cautious no major wrecks, but you want to be care f they don't think there's danger of a refreeze. they've switched with the sleet, changing over to straightup rain creating a mess that's not pretty. luckily for now not looking too ba.d as wyatt and mike have been talking about, we'll keep our eye on saturday and another impending storm that could make travel even worse. for now, i'm joce sterman reporting. >> you can track the conditions anytime at abc2news.com or download our weather app. we are not the only ones getting hit with this. we have the latest on the storm's track. >> reporter: snowplows tried to fight back in indiana today with almost eight inches on the ground in indianapolis

time for a check of the folk with mike masco.door, tell us it's not going to be that cold. >>> it's pretty cold out. good shot for you, though, this is beautiful. chesapeake beach, looks deceiving, it's 30 degrees now, a bit of a wind westerly directions making it feel like it's in to the 20s. manchester, on the board at 25 degrees. there are a few clouds across the region, i think clouds will rule the forecast dug the during the course of the afternoon. it's down in to texas, it's going produce snow in to indianapolis, if your travels take you towards the west of the mississippi river, this is a storm brewing, that storm system will stay down towards the south. 20s in to around 30 in the city, eastern third of the nation. hopping up towards the canadian border. look how cold the air is. this is dense cold air that will be pushing through the lakes and through the ohio valley, will be many baltimore in to the midweek of this week, towards the tail end of this week. things will get colder in comparison to where we are. here are th

mike masco is here with the answer. what about the wind and cold. will we see it for a wild. >> the wind no the cold yes. that means bundle up. look at the shot downtown. dry and clear and 40 in the city. outlying areas into the 30s. eldersburg is close to the freezing mark many into the 20s going into tonight. the hour by hour forecast through the night. cold and 26 degrees. we wake up to 24 and pretty cold conditions. a little wind chill with a breeze that will come in. and then for tomorrow afternoon around lunchtime clouds build going for 38 degrees for your afternoon high. take a look at maryland's most power fall few cloud to the north and west. but a system in texas we have to keep ion on. we will talk about that coming up in a little bit. joce. >> thanks. cliff hanger continues in washington tonight. democrats and republicans still wrangeling over left lation to avert the so-called fiscal clf tax increase and budget cuts set to go into effect january 1st. we have a report there's no sign of a deal yet. >> reporter: as senators convened in a

let's get to mike masco. >> it is cold. it is going to get cold all week.arting across the area, in to the 20s, manchester, 24, 33 baltimore city. it feels like it's in to the teens. that windchill, a little bit of a wind out there. notice clouds blowing off on the storm over texas. you go towards the west of the mississippi river, you are going to run in to wintery weather. notice travel troubles across much of the mid sections of the nation. that will stay towards the south. closer to home, 2-degree guarantee, 43 today, a cloudy day. on the coolish side. tonight, 35, dropping down to 32 in the city. dry but going to be chilly. here is your seven-day forecaat the big 7 day, notice temperatures around 43 for new year's day. watch this, though, wednesday, 37, thursday, 34, headline is the fact that for one, two, three nights in a row, close to the types and that's in the city. outlying areas, 12, 13, 14 degrees, chilly stuff on the table. we will talk about the forecast in a little bit. traffic wise, how are we doing? >>> it's going to be cold for the firewo

meteorologist mike masco caught up with some baltimore locals who say hands down, our city is bettern d. c. >> we have federal hill, we have canton. all the little things. >> all right, we are small town, we will be taping this tomorrow morning. show your city pride. head over to the cross street market. and cheer us on. >> all right much more coming up including the a new look in the new part of disney world that opened today. >> but first, here is juju chang. >> coming up, the chilling confessions of a serial killer. the man linked to eight murders across the country talks about how and why he chose his victims. plus, the little camera catching these amazing stunts coming up on nightline after abc news 2 at 11:00. >> i'm lauren cooke with the traffic control. there is not much construction. but in d. c., there is work on 95 in green belt. bridge replacement will shut down several leans. traffic will return to normal by 5:00 a.m. ly be tracking the delays tomorrow on good morning maryland at 4:30. for the latest traffic alerts, you can go to abc2news.com, or follow me on facebook an

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people will be traveling on the road so we will find out what to expect but first let's go over to mike masco to see what to look out for. >> we have snow coming our way. into the 30s 40 up towards the north and west. right around the freezing mark and a northwesterly wind feeling like it's into the 20s in many locations. looing at bel air feeling likeit's 24. cecil county a winter weather advisory that will be expanded into the sit ye. -- city. we will talk about the storm and break into snow totals but first traffic maps to see what's going on the roads. lauren cook is the gal to do it. >> reporter: i will be with you tomorrow as well. >> oh man we are all here. >> reporter: 95 nice and clear just 14 minutes to travel from the beltway into the city. and 695 in great shape. no problem from parkville to towson and looking live outside here the west side of the beltway also going to be free of delays. no problems from liberty road to route 40 and up in hunt valley 83 no concerns therefrom shawan to the beltway. now over to you. >>> 4 chn 32 the president and 34e78s of -- members of senate retu

mike masco, it's cold. >> it's cold but hook at this beautiful shot charley downtown. 34 right now 25rees dew point and temperatures acrosstown into the 30s. we are at the freezing mark north and west of town. look at storm over the tennessee valley is what's brog in our direction as we head into the weekend. 40 today is the two degree guarantee. wintery weather moves in saturday morning. and into saturday afternoon. lingers into a first portion ofsunday and temperatures will be in the 30s and new year's eve is good and new year's day is chilly at 37. lauren is over the traffic center. >> reporter: you will want to avoid 659 here in parkville -- avoid 695 here in parkville a crash is blocking all but one lane. delays will persist up to providence road. much better scene on the west side as we check in and look live here at liberty road. no problems getting down to route 40 this morning or traveling the inner loop up through pikesville and 83 up in hunt valley going to be clear. no problems from shawan to the beltway. >>> we are out of time. more news weather and traffic in 30 minutes.

us, if you're in the money on a lot of these names, why not take some money off gap for instance, mascoe related to housing and retail. >> and speaking of retail, coors, third straight day of losses for shares of coors. a big winner so far this year. yesterday, citigroup had cautious comments from itses, saying in some cases, there are massive discounts on kors handbags. so questions on the pricing in the margins on kors. but this thing went public on the new york stock exchange, and it has had a monster run. 78% over the past year. and for a lot of these big gainers, there could be some tax gain selling also. sell it, reestablish your cost basis, go back and buy it. >> and of course, melissa, those retail sales numbers, we've got some preliminary once after the day after christmas. as those roll in over the next few weeks, luxury versus mass retailers. luxury has been holding up okay. >> kors even works its way into the quiz on the market place section of the journal today. >> that's a darn good quiz. i encourage people to go online and check it out. 25 questions. i bet you that most p