i'm mike hydeck, happy friday. so many of us have been dealing with winter storm fatigue and there was a chance we were going to get taste of it again today. but erica grow says we can start think of spring very consider thinking of spring -- thinking of spring very soon instead. erica? >> the winter weather advisory that was in olefect for the entire -- effect for the entire d.c. metro area has been dropped. it's still in effect in the southern reaches of the shenandoah valley and portions of virginia. this is whey winter weather advisory -- why the winter weather advisory has been dropped. you can see here don develop a -- on live doppler 9000 hd a three hour loop here. the showers have been contained to the south and the east of the metro. this system will continue to spin its way occupy the coast -- up the coast bringing the heaviest rainfall to the delmarva peninsula and some strong winds to the peninsula but maybe just a sprinkle or a light shower to us here in the beltway. you can see the rain creeping into

mike hydeck and i will be there and you can watch it april 12 right here on wusa9. >>> the tidal basin and national mall didn't close per say, but national parks across the country did during that government shutdown last fall. now the secretary of the interior says the parks and areas around them lost $414 million in spending while the government was closed. >>> in the last half-hour, the government printing office started releasing the president's budget for the next fiscal year. it it includes several tax proposals to help low and middle-class families. they are sorting to sift through the information and we'll have more details now tonight starting at 5:00 and at wusa9.com. >>> international pressure is mounting for russia to withdraw its troops from ukraine. but as chris boswell reports from the white house, a defiant vladimir putin is not backing down. >> reporter: russian soldiers fired warning shots and stood face to face with ukraine soldiers. they were demanding the russians vacate the area. the tense standoff occurred just before secretary of state john kerry arrived in kiev

i'm mike hydeck. monika will have traffic momentarily. meteorologist bern better says there's a yellow alert for a -- howard bernstein says there's a yellow alert for a reason this morning. >> we'll see showers later this morning. that's reason one. the other reason is west it will be cold enough that we could have spotty freezing rain, freezing drizzle. upper 30s in the metro by 9:00 a.m. 40s by noon. the showers the bulk will be east of 95 as we make a run toward 45. unseasonably cold. our average highs 57. west of town, that's where we've got a winter weather advisory for light freezing rain or spotty freezing drizzle. this goes till 11:00 unless canceled earlier. the cool spot is harrisonburg at 33. we are looking at maybe another degree or two. we'd have to cool off before having trouble. we're not seeing that right now. temps in the mid-40s. want to show you what's happening on the doppler. we have the moisture trying to come up the blue ridge in southwestern virginia with a couple of spotty areas from culpeper toward berryville wit

i'm mike hydeck. let's do this and get it done.out when this is moving in. >> we have a couple of showers in parts of west virginia. today's yellow alert is borderline. lybe a yellow alert right through sunday. it's going to be soggy. looks like saturday will be the wettest of the next three days and today will be the best of the next three days. yesterday 52. showers around, mainly this afternoon. isolated ones this morning with mid-50s by noon. on our way to a high of 64 degrees. this is by no means a washout today. let's show you what's pp we've seen the clouds that moved in from the west. this morning there's a lot of rain in pennsylvania, out through ohio and in toward the tennessee and ohio valleys. around here, it's just come into western maryland and parts of west virginia. you see this right here? let me show you doppler 9000. this is all ground clutter once you get past the northern parts of maryland. that's ground clutter. when you get into the catoctins, smithsburg and williamsport, out here toward cumberland, this is w

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i'm mike hydeck. monika is off. jessica doyle will be doing the traffic and howard?w will be the wet day. i was talking to a couple of guys at the locker room at the gym yesterday. they were a baseball and softball coach. i have to have some of these practices indoors. they have to rent gym space. it's becoming costly as well. let's get you going on this friday morning. a few showers today. boarderline yellow alert today. boy, tomorrow and even into sunday looks soggy. temperatures today will be climbing from the 40s to near

. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic.eyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. lookat

i'm mike hydeck. monika is off. jessica doyle will be doing the traffic and howard? >> tomorrow will be the wet day. i was talking to a couple of guys at the locker room at the gym yesterday. they were a baseball and softball coach. i have to have some of these practices indoors. they have to rent gym space. it's becoming costly as well. let's get you going on this friday morning. a few showers today. boarderline yellow alert today. boy, tomorrow and even into sunday looks soggy. temperatures today will be climbing from the 40s to near 50s south and west with 30s in howard county to the low, even mid-60s this afternoon on the heels of some brisk south, southwesterly winds. 10 to 20 miles an hour. they have a cost toward 30 with a few showers. not a washout and not an all day rain. we have plenty of rain up in pennsylvania and ohio, coming into kentucky and west virginia. southwest of charlottesville, we have some showers. locally we're looking at some showers. this is all ground clutter in frederick county down to blue ridge toward us. when you go to hagerstown back

. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off this week so jessica doyle is stepping in for traffic. we want to leyou know a school delay with all -- to let you know a school delay with all this. culpeper county schools are opening two hours late. probably icy spots the issue. >>> we want to get to howard bernstein. what's the latest we snowed here. >> april. i forget the exact date but i think we had measurable snow in the second week of april around here. >> the way our winter is going, who knows. >> weather wise, it's a very cold morning out there. winds are going to howl 30, 40 mile an hour gusts this morning. they'll gust to 30 this afternoon. looking at your day planner, we are expecting sunshine. that's a plus but a cold day. the winds sustained over 20 miles an hour ear through midday with the gusts -- here through midday with the gusts in the 30 to 40 mile an hour range. almost 20 degrees below average. big storm now pounding areas of southeastern massachusetts, especially out toward the cape and nantucket. they're going to get hurricane force wind gusts with the heavy snow.

my kids -- mike hydeck, my kids are bouncing off the wall. wow it seems like we've had storm after storm after storm howard. so at least the precipitation is gone yes? >> the street was plowed but an icy sheet after is that. >> still is right? >> we're downloads in a few shot -- down to below zero in a few spots this morning. in record in d.c. still stands. we're in the teens. >> this first of all. there are some closings and delays we wanted to tell you about. >> all right, first off the federal government is open but it is on a two hour delay. d.c. government following the same pollty at two hour -- policy at two hour delay. montgomery county government is open, the university maryland of college park campus will open at 10:00 a.m. >> as far as closings in virginia we're going to start here -- the counties there all closed. in maryland -- >> d.c. public schools are opening two hours late. if you have to be at the bus stop this morning, you will definitely want to layer up. my thermometer in the car all the way and never veered if 10 degrees

. >> i'm mike hydeck. freezing temperatures on the roads overnight mean a chance of ice this morning. school systems are delaying their openings. >> in maryland calvert and st. mary's county schools are opening two hours late. >> the list is much longer in virginia. that is where culpeper, fairfax, fauquier, loudoun, prince william, and spotsylvania as well as stafford county all on a two- hour delay. you can see the list on the bottom of your screen and of course on wusa9. >> just in daze case you're wondering, we have heard from d.c., montgomery çcounty, arlington county, prince george's county, they tell us they will all be opening on time. >>> a couple of the slick spots here. the roads, many of them have been in pretty good shape. the high sun angle yesterday did a number cleaning them up and drying things out. we have a winter weather advisory to the south. a slow climb out of the upper 20s, low 30s. 34 by noon. we'll make it around 39 but also later on today, a shower possible south and east of d.c