i'm andrea roane and and i'm jessica doyle in for mike haiduk.it is monday, people we'll make it through. >> monday car -- ka

i'm mike haiduk, here's monika samtani. mr. bernstein, what a spectacular sunday we had. >> reporter: even better the rest of the week into next weekend. unusual early warmth, normally when we get a day or two in the 70s, we go back down. but looks like the whole week, basically today, will be in the 70s. so break out the shorts and get ready for spring fever. here we go with a look at your day planner. temperatures in the mid-40s now at reagan national. by 9:48. noon 60 still a decent amount of sunshine clouds thicken up mid to late afterno

. >>> and i'm jessica doyle in for mike haiduk. >>> thank you so much. >>> and of course. >> howard bernsteintoday's forecast. >> it is colder, windy and freeze watch and warnings are up for tonight. >> i don't get it. i planted already. >> if you have tender plants outside, you have to protect them. the growing season started much earlier than usual. that is why we have the freeze watch out. let's get going and we'll show you this in a moment. today the winds are picking up out of the northwest. lots of sunshine, but much cooler. highs only in the low 60, slightly above average. average is 5 degrees. we are looking at a storm system to our south. southeastern virginia and eastern carolina. clouds are moving away with the storm itself. temperatures are dropping into the 40s in oakland. most of us still holding on to 60. 60 in fredericksburg. here's the freeze watch in and around the metro, we are not sure we are going to get below freezing. i think parts of mont good morningry, howard. for tonight, along i-70 and north of the pennsylvania border, along and west of i 81, freeze warning in effe

mike haiduk is off today. thanks for joining us.e are going to start with howard. >> reporter: happy monday. >> we'll be positive. >> reporter: the cold slap in the face is going to wake us up. >> weatherwise we have a chill in the air as andrea is talking about. tomorrow morning is really going to be the cold one, that is when we have freeze watches and warnings in effect. andrea keeps shaking her head. weatherwise, let's get you going. sunshine today. winds are going to gust at times toward 30 punishment now we are 55. per still in the upper 50s at noon. topping out in the low 60s. going to be outside today, likely need some sort of jacket, sweatshirt, something there. this storm system, away from us. behind the clearing skies. now 51 in hagerstown and still 60 at the airport. tonight that is when we got the problems. get your plants inside if they are potted. cover them up if they are not. freeze warnings, the immediate metro freeze watches are in effect. this will be in the 20s and 30s. today highs upper 50s to low 60s and this

mike haiduk will be back tomorrow the soaking rains didn't take all the blossoms off the trees. >> kind of a dreary start to the weekend not too bad yesterday afternoon for some. the sun is shining brightly. here's a look at the day planner. flags coming up here and there we'll be in the upper 50s by noon, 60ish by 5:00. thanks to the winds which could be gusting at around 30 miles per hour. you'll know ties the clouds sitting but the showers now down to the carolinas. culpepper 61 and in the 0z a sign of ta cooler air just to the north and west. ton a freeze warning up west. a freeze watch in the immediate metro. that will be changing this afternoon either to an advisory or something. it is now 63:00, we go to monika samtani. >> reporter: it doesn't look so good on the northbound side i have 95. i'm going to start off with a live look from sky 9. it is jammed, looks like this heading up into springfield. the culprit was an accident on the northbound side. a tow truck has arrived on the scene along the right side of the road, but that is enough to cause this delay on the northbound side

. >>> and i'm mike haiduk. good morning howard. >> reporter: good morning. if you are going to be out for more than a few minutes, grab a jack. definitely a chilly start. but a nice, pleasant afternoon. lots of 70s, going to feel more like may than march over the next couple of days. this afternoon clouds are going to start to increase. around 60 by noon with a 5:00 pmtemperature of 68. maybe even 70 in a couple of spots today. >>> notice the high clouds overhead. clear skies here in northwest. showers out to the west. 36 manassas. reagan national 47. a nice, pleasant afternoon with an increase in clouds. everybody else should be the upper 60s maybe even 70. i'll be back with a warmer 7- day forecast. in a few minutes. right now to monika with timesaver traffic. the ramp from route 450 to the inner loop of the beltway, that is a disabled vehicle. doesn't seem like it is causing too much of a back-up. we'll take you over to the maps. no problems on the beltway. just the usual slow spots this morning. here at 66. as usual leaving route 50. we'll take a live lo

. >>> and i'm mike haiduk. >>> we lost an hour. >> we did.w, we were looking at this, howard. 17% increase of traffic accidents due to sleep deprivation the monday after the time change. on the other hand, the monday when we gain an hour the traffic accidents go down. >> weather why, good day ahead today. as we start you off with a day planner, temperatures this morning chilly. 30s and 40s to start. by noon still a good deal of sunshine. winds out of the south southwest. by