a freeze warning, the darker color here, you can see off to the north and west. the north and west, overnight temperatures tonight in the 20s and we'll be in the low 30s eastbound here inside the beltway. it will be a chilly night. you've got tender vegetation that you can bring inside or color it up, you might want to do so. 64 today. mostly sunny skies. there are your winds out of the northwest gusting to about 30 miles per hour. cold overnight, look out, freeze watch. 34 the forecast low in washington but lots of low 30s and even 20s tomorrow morning. and then we'll be in no a cool one tomorrow. high temperature, 55 degrees. warm up briefly on wednesday and back to the 60s on thursday and friday. this is more typical for the end of march. let's do some traffic and see what is cooking out there. >> you said cooking and my name. those are things that do not go hand in hand. as you approach the fsp, this is the decision point where if you are traveling northbound you want to continue with the inner loop of the beltway and continue northbound. that will impede the

winds north and west gusting to about 25 miles per hour. you might want a jacket although it should be a beautiful day. clear skies and cold overnight. 41 in town. 30s north and west of the city. as you get into western maryland, we have a freeze warning. you will be looking at freezing conditions tomorrow morning. hoping to get sunshine in here saturday afternoon. sunday looks nice and dry with high abouts 70. the trend early next week, seasonal temperatures, upper 60s and l.a. 70s. that is your forecast. let's do some traffic and julie has your latest. >> if you are traveling in virginia this morning, the accident activity occurred along the northbound side of route one at cardinal drive. police tell me some traffic is now able to get by for another crash reported. traveling eastbound 66 coming in out of centerville, wall-to- wall traffic right now for those continuing in out of manassas headed eastbound towards 29 centreville. slow traffic, 50 to 123. the beltway is running smoothly between annandale and merrifield. southbound 270, heavy

there are your winds out of the north and west gusting to 30 this afternoon. clear tonight, cold overnight. there is your freeze watch. 34 in the city. lots of 20s there north and west of the city by tomorrow morning and your five-day forecast, 55 tomorrow. we'll be on the cool side for a change during the day tomorrow. warm up near 70 on wednesday. and then behind another cold front, temperatures in the 60s by thursday and friday. again, nothing here but more typical of the end of march. >>> that is a look at the atta your weather. let's do some traffic and what as going on out there, julie? >> so far, so good. not a lot happening out on the roads right now. you will find lanes are open out on 66 inside the beltway. an easy drive so far as you work your way inbound and outbound traveling to and from falls church. the lanes are open on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. no trouble spots to report here on the beltway as you work your way past connecticut avenue on the upper loop and outer loop. traffic flowing freely on the american legion bridge. tha

west. by tomorrow morning see this line here? that's a cold front from erie, pennsylvania to columbus, ohio in the morning. midday this thing is up to our north and west. it's going to come through with a couple of showers, maybe a thunderstorm or two tomorrow. but out ahead of it with the warmer winds, we're going to see temperatures tomorrow into the 70s as opposed to struggling to get into the upper 50s this afternoon. then we'll coming back down on thursday. 57 today after the cold start. tonight not as cold. tomorrow breezy, 75 with a shower or thunderstorm possible. then a breezy, cool thursday around 60. as we head toward the weekend friday looks okay at 64 but some showers are -- yeah, probably going to be around on saturday, mid-60s. sunday will be upper, upper 60s. a warm monday ahead of the next cold front. we'll be pushing 80 on monday. >>> it's just going to be the construction on the beltway. otherwise things aren't looking too bad. i'll start off first with the wb parkway and route 50. no problems through chefly into the northeast -- cheverly into the northeast area. let's first go to the north side of town. there's a stretch o

these temperatures a little cooler off to the north and west. we've got 50s in places like culpeper and manassas and 63 for you in leonardtown. the cooler air working in from the north and west. it will be cool out there. with the wind picking up out of the north and west, kids might want a jacket on their way out the door to school. we are doing generally fine. a bright, sunny day today. it will be brilliant sunshine today, just like tuesday when we had just a few clouds moving through from time to time. that will be about it. there is our frontal system from yesterday that brought us a few showers and thunderstorms. otherwise, nice couple of days as we get into the wound out towards st. louis, we have a warm front that will lift in. i think we'll have showers and a lot of clouds around for the day on saturday. saturday won't be a rainout but maybe some morning showers as that front approaches. the air is moving in from canada so it will be of the crisp variety but it will feel fantastic as it should be a beautiful day, just a the breezy with wi

clouds across the area, low clouds, a few showers off to the north and west. satellite and radar showing you the action. and well off to the north and west, the cold front will be approaching later today. a lot of clouds in the forecast today, the possibility of showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast late this afternoon. and leave it into tonight, but we should get it out of here by early tomorrow. and it should be dry for the run by tomorrow morning. here are the temperatures, cool start to the day, low 50s. 52 at reagan national. dulles is 51. we set records yesterday at reagan national and dulles yesterday, 84 degrees. hard to believe that warm. back into the mid-70s today, cooler, lots of clouds around and the possibility of an isolated shower this morning. better chance of showers and a thunderstorm later this afternoon. all right. before i talk to julie, i am joined by the one and only, thank you, thank you very much. that's right, i'm joined by elvis. one of the organizers here, what is your real name? >> stan with the rock 'n' roll marathon. and

gusting to -- breezes out of the north and west, gusting to 25. 30s north and west of the city,recast as we get into the weekend 63 tomorrow saturday does not look promising first half of the day showers around, temperatures in the 60s sunday looks fantastic, monday looks good too that's a look at the weather forecast allison. >>> just talk being the pediatrician as we present this story, actress alicia silver stone's method of feeding her child, bear blue is turning heads, take a look at this video she posted to her blog similar to bird feeding where she chews the food and it ands it into her baby's mouth now some are calling this method unsanitary while others believe there is a nutritional benefit. so we will get it straight from a medical expert he is going to weigh in on this joining us now dr. libby the chief of general pediatrics at nova fairfax hospital for children and founder and president of pediatric group northern virginia pleasure to meet you. >> pleasure to meet you allison. >> when you saw this what did you think this little baby is 10months old what did you thin

should be a mostly sunny day nice and bright and beautiful, there is a cold front off to the north and westough as we speak and behind it, the winds will pick up out of the north and west, gustness mentioned, later this afternoon it will have the opportunity to tap into cooler air we will get the chance to bottom out later tonight afternoon highs low 60s overnight lows believe it or not are going to be upper 20s, and low 30s and because of that, we've got a freeze watch, in effect for the counties here in blue, district of columbia and counties enclosed including prince georges county and this is the coldest off to the north and west watching in the mountains of west virginia, northern maryland, um upper 20s later tonight a real cool down overnight hours and tomorrow morning. mostly sunny skies, windy behind the front winds out of the north and west gusting to 30 miles per hour clear skies, cold overnight, freeze watch in effect, if you have tender vegetation and off to the north and west bring it in or put a blanket on it overnight tonight temperatures will be very chilly, 55 tomorrow cool

there will be 30s off to the north and west. 'll get awfully close to a frost advisory i think if you are well north and west of the city. here is your five-day forecast. tomorrow looks great. wake up saturday morning with the shower. by afternoon, there should be some sunshine. sunday looks great, 70, 71 on monday. nice streak of weather as i think we're turning the corner into april here pretty soon. what's up? >> nice hair. >> thank you. >> looking good, tucker barnes. southbound 270 coming in from 109, no problems to report. light traffic volume there. you will find your lanes are open if you are traveling northbound 395 leaving duke street headed out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. . >>> mitt romney picking up more endorsements. later today, the republican candidate for president will get an official endorsement from the senior president bush in houston. george h. w. bush unofficially endorsed romney last december. also, florida senator marco rubio has endorsed romney two month

the north and west.we'll probably wake up with clouds around and then the sun should gradually start to break out by mid-morning. you can see that is a well defined cold front. stretching from boston right down through the mid-atlantic and down into the south. this will fade off to the south and east. out behind it or off not north and west, some blustery conditions, some windy conditions and that will be upon us again later today. remember yesterday, the wind were out of the south and southwest. today, they've shifted and they will be out of the northwest and they'll feel blustery and cool later today. 51 in washington. 51 in annapolis. lots of 40s off to the north and west. 43 in frederick, 41 in hagerstown, colder air working in from the north and west. it won't be a terribly chilly day but when you mix in the winds, it will feel cool. 18 is the wind gust in washington. 29 out at dulles. 23 in manassas. just like yesterday, we'll be in for a blustery day today. by this afternoon, we'll be gusting to 2

clouds lingering off to the north and west. should be in for a bright and beautiful afternoon. windy and cooler as again, this cooler air starts to work in from the north and west. you can see the clearing skies pushing into central pennsylvania, i think by 9:00, 10:00 this morning we'll start to see sunshine. along with the sunshine, the winds. they'll be gusting to about 30 to 35 miles per hour a little later this afternoon. definitely cooler. 48 now in washington. 43 in gaithersburg. 49 annapolis. mix in the winds and i think it will cooler than our daytime highs in the 50s. 26-mile-per-hour wind gust in washington. 26 at dulles. yesterday our winds were out of the south. today will be out of the north and west, so kind of a chilling wind during the course of the day. mostly sunny skies. breezy, cooler. 57. blustery afternoon. bring a jacket tonight. clear skies, cold overnight. 32in town. lots of 20s to the north and west. tender vegetation, bring them in or cover them up. saturday looks sunny, but cool, 50. warm up, 62 sunday. 70 by tuesday. and i think wednesday and thursd

, 50s here, off to the north and to the west, 54 frederick, let's see, 57 manassas, 50 still manassas, 60 leonard town. looking at satellite radar, in a minute, winds out of the north and west, 15, gusting 20, 25, even though the actual air temperature will be in the 60s it will feel cooler than that. all right now we will look at the satellite radar and we are doing fine frontal system, brought us showera few thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, fading towards the outer banks and high pressure building for the next couple days nice, beautiful day, sunshine, fall back upper 30s, low 40s. as we get into friday night and saturday, clouds will roll in here could bring a period of shower activity late friday night early saturday kick off the weekened on the cloudy side, huge forecast today, 64 nice day, winds north and west gusting to 25 as mentioned clear and cold tonight overnight lows, upper 30s low 40s. tonight looks great, upper, lower 60s for your daytime highs and saturday, could be some few clouds and showers early right back up near 70 sunday and monday, sunday looks great lots of

west. today, they will be out of the north and west. ere is your current wind gust. 25 in washington. 28 in gaithersburg and 30 out at dulles. here is your forecast for today. lots of sunshine by afternoon. winds out of the north appear west gusting to about 35 miles per hour and get out the winter jacket. look at that. the cold gets back in here tonight. 32 your overnight low. clear skies, quiet conditions to start your weekend. tomorrow will be cool with an afternoon high about 50. nice rebound by sunday. sunday will be beautiful. 62degrees, lot of sunshine. right back into the low 70s around here by the middle of next week. i think we'll be 07 by tuesday. maybe low to mid-70s by wednesday and thursday. let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. >> i think i'm taking off tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week, just fyi. >> i think you need to. you've earned it, julie. >> thank you, tucker barnes. if only you were the boss. >> yeah. >> on the roads, we do have some problems to report right now if you are traveling inbou

cold stuff north and west. right now we've got some showers south and east but i think they're going to be gone before we get to the bus stop this morning. at least the school buses, you're on the early bus, south and east of town, sorry you have to grab the rain gear. sunrise at 6:28 this morning. sets about 10 after 6:00 this morning and we're going to see it. partly sunny conditions here even by 8:00, down to 50 here in washington. lower 0s though we're not going to move much between 8:00 a.m. and noon as the colder air moves in but the sun's trying to heat us with the little battle going occupy and you can see -- on and you can see the wind direction, winds maybe 10, 5, up to 20 miles per hour. not like the gusts we had yesterday in the 35-mile an hour range. highs mid upper 50s and by 8:00 down the 45. northwest winds at 16 and windchills could be down in the 30s. here's the rain that's been coming through during the overnight north and west of d.c. we are pretty much done. some heavier stuff to southern m

winds will pick up out of the north and west. they will be gusting for a time a little later today to about 30 miles per hour as we get a little push of cold canadian air for a couple of days around the washington area. our raininess from yesterday, there it is fading south and east. it is out of here. a little bit of cloud cover you can see here. that will get through here dry. we'll see a few clouds with it by late morning and then behind it, the wind really pick up. the winds will be out of the north and west gusting to about 30 miles per hour. plenty of sunshine today, should be a beautiful looking day but becoming windy with a high temperature of 64. that temperature will start falling here this afternoon back into the 50s. downright cold tonight. not sure for you can see it on my banner. we'll take the please warning in effect in washington and a freeze warning north and west of the city. much of the area in the upper 20s and low 30s tomorrow morning when you get up. if you've got tender vegetation, you may want to think ab

wind out of the north and west today. cool. 32most recent wind gust, out of the north and west behind the front. 25 at dulles. 25 manassas. jacket weather today and tonight as we watch this cooler air settle in. there goes your front. with rain showers it will track off to the south and east and be out of here. cool air tonight, with temperatures about freezing. tomorrow, our highs about 50. but the cool air sticks around for a day, and a warmup to the end of the weekend. mostly sunny skies. breezy and cooler. check out the wind, north and west gusting to 35. hold onto your hat. 32overnight low. winds out of the north 5 to 10 miles per hour. five-day forecast, enjoy your weekend. should be beautiful. let's hope so. 32tonight. bring a jacket tonight. 50 tomorrow. warmup, into the low 70s, and probably low 70s for wednesday and thursday, with no real rain in sight. nice and dry. nice weekend, too. that's a look at your forecast. allison, let's do some "american idol." >>> it is down now to the top 12 on "american idol." last

a cold front is just off to the north and west. it arrives late this afternoon into the evening and may bring us a chance for showers and a chance of embedded thunderstorms. that could contain some gusty winds and heavy downpours. 73-78 degrees for daytime highs with higher gusts possible in the mountains. in a few minutes doug hill will be here to have a full look at the forecast and the extended outlook. >> let's get started with breaking news from riverdale or one person is in custody after an overnight abduction. police say two men approached the man on 59th avenue and demanded money and the suspect forced him to go to an atm. they crashed into a parked car and a suspectsd flat and a \ fired at police. --fled and then fired at police. >> in northwest washington, authorities are investigating an overnight fire at the fbi building. flames broke out in a trash closet at firefighters put it out quickly. there is no word on what sparked of those claims. >> the supreme court will hear one more day of arguments on the constitutionalit

frost advisory off to the north and west. 46 in washington. off to a cool start, going to be like yesterday, highs in the low to mid 60s to good looking day. clouds moving in this afternoon and eventually the showers will too. today generally a nice day, 63 a someday time high. >> very good. the mega millions power bawl -- >> you're obsessed. >> i know, right? i just want to win one time and this would be the one time. >> i know, let's see what jewel would do with her winning. >> really? >> yeah, we talked about thissiest, your island. >> it's not just me, i said i would buy nutty buddies for all of you. i thought about you. southbound 270 coming in from shady grove road. in problems to report on the road from 59 continuing up towards the interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right, thanks. some of the stories making headlines this morning, fairfax county gang members busted for running a prostitution ring. leaders of an underground crip gang members were charged for recruiting girls as young as 16. >> being forced

otherwise a few flurries north and west of the metro area. up to six inches expected in southern spotsylvania county by 2:00 p.m. today. the best we could do in this area is a light dusting. >> let's find out where it is snowing. making the trip down 95 south. where did you start hitting snow mark? >> just south of the dale city rest stop. once we got to spotsylvania county and got off at the first exit, we had about a half inch of snow on the ground. you are probably looking at those pictures right now in spotsylvania county. snow has attached itself to the trees. it's a beautiful thing to see. it's not sticking to the road, but the conditions are very slippery. the virginia department of transportation has mobilized road crews and will be treating the roads before the afternoon rush-hour. spotsylvania county and has canceled all after-school activities. snow continues coming down. road conditions, while it's not sticking to the road, conditions are very slippery, slow going lots of red lights on interstate 95. reporting fronefrom spotsylvan

to our west and north, the cloud cover is thinning out. is area in dark blue is a zone of cold weather, down near the freezing mark here in western maryland and northern west virginia. western pennsylvania. the slight blue zone, in the 40s across most of maryland. shenandoah valley and much of northern virginia. it's still near 50 to the south. going forward here the next several hours, in fairfax, here is your hometown forecast. by 10:30, 11:00 this morning, we'll be around 50 degrees. then early afternoon, the low to mid 50s. ought to hit mid to upper 50s by mid-afternoon. around the metro area, it may be a little warmer. and then tonight look how cold it gets. by midnight, going to be down to the upper 30s. and then by dawn on saturday, just 30 degrees with bright sunshine. so quite a dramatic drop. here is the day planner for much of the region. we'll have the sunshine increasing. we'll have the winds that we have now gusting to around 2 to 25 miles per hour. those will be diminishing during the afternoon. as we get into the evening hou

this storm is departing to the south-east with unsettled conditions to the north-west. these will produce possible showers tonight. and even cold air with low snow levels at 1,500 ft. with isolated snow showers and higher as elevations with gusting conditions through tomorrow afternoon. and perhaps more nicer conditions coming up. >>vicki: tree service companies have their hands full with fallen trees weekend by the storm. >> it is a common sight from the bay area of the tree collapses and damages to dis to homes. >> this is an 80-90 year-old monterey cypress. it dropped in between the two homes. >>reporter: this area was covered four days with wind and rain. >> the intense gusting wind of 45 and p h combined with the rainfall. it helped in the demise. >>reporter: tree trimmers had been busy and many like this look fine until a storm reveals that there is a failure deep inside. >> they look healthy like this one but deep inside there is something that happened over the years nobody can tell that. >>reporter: this home is facing a major repair with the skylight damaged.

cooling off to the north and west. winchester 41, 42. and a lot of afternoon sunshine, felt good around here. we're going to be partly cloudy tonight. a combination of a storm system and a little clipper. we'll talk more about as we get into the main weather segment. but for later tonight, we'll see clouds increase. we should be dry towards morning. might be a few showers well south and east of the city. ocean city, here in washington just cloud cover tomorrow morning and overnight lows, we're going to be chilly again. so again, we're not concerned with any rain overnight. >> seems like a roller coaster weather pattern for us, but time of the year for that, right? >> you got it. thanks, tucker. >> a news alert now in d.c. police asking for your help tonight, identifying a person of interest in an attempted sex assault that happened last month. d.c. police believe this man that you're about to see is connected to the january 16 assault. they say it happened around the 3200 block of 16th street in northwest. take a close look at this video

west. look at kansas city at 65. ahead of this storm system coming through north dakota, bringing in some warmer temperatures, that's what it's going to do for us tomorrow. you see the showers extending from the great lakes all the way back to the west coast where in the mountains of the pacific northwest, winter is still raging here as we get through the end of march. but this morning clear skies, light winds. cold front tomorrow. healed of it we warm up to 75. but it will also bring a chance for some showers, maybe a thunderstorm. today 57. tonight we'll be about 42 or so in town. 30s north and west. tomorrow 75. showers possible, storms in the afternoon, breezy. we're back down to 60 on thursday. a little up and down trip this week. 64 friday and showers more likely saturday than sunday for your weekend. monika santami, it's 5:47. good morning. >>> good morning, howard. there's an accident i need to tell but southbound on layhill road t. is closed right now between glenallen and georgia avenue with police on the scene so keep that in mind for your travel plans. over into virginia dulles toll road looks great out o

off to the north and west, winchester, 30 and martinsburg 29. re north and west of the sty up into montgomery county, loudoun county, as you get up towards fred rick county. you will be dealing with some cloud cover. nothing for you. this is going to be an event much like the one a few weeks ago. you could get some light accumulations before all is said and done. it will be a quick mover and out of here by early afternoon. there is our big system. this is what we call a little clipper system. doesn't have a lot of energy to work with but just enough and enough cold air that it will likely cause some problems here south and west of the city during the late morning. you it see it very briskly moving off to the east. we'll cloud up shortly and then by 9:00, 10:00 this morning, we'll see some flakes flying here south and west of the city. it will probably sneak just north enough to be right up near the washington area and quickly fade off to the south and east across the lower eastern shore by early afternoon. let's do the futurecast. we'll do a nice

still mild south and west of the district you see the lower '70s north and west of town. a couple of showers from gettysburg through gaithersburg and over southern maryland. that will dissipate this evening. is it going to stay cooler, get warmer -- what is up with the weather? complete details in a minute. >> remember, you can check on the temperatures in your town any time on line. wjla.com and click on the weather page on the home page. we are following a developing story in the district. police are investigating a pair of hate crimes. >> that includes the shooting of a gay man outside of and i hop restaurant on 14th street. the next day a second incident on georgia avenue. >> we do not know yet if these two attacks are connected. this is information we are hoping to get when d.c. police start a news conference in a couple of minutes. we did speak to people who live in these neighborhoods where the attacks of happen. they are surprised any of this is going on. >> it is my right. >> pam was off of georgia avenue right near the intersection where police say a gay man was

here's a look at the frost advisory and kind of perry winkle north and west of town. this includes frederick county, clarke, jefferson, westminster, winchester. this is until 9:00. head farther north around the mason-dixon line toward cokeland and cumberland, you have a -- oakland and cumberland, you have a freeze warning in effect. temperatures will be dropping to much colder conditions till 9:00. the kids in those locations bundle up at the bus stop. otherwise around town mostly sunny skies, a chilly start. temperatures ins 30s and 40s. then we'll start to warm things back up this afternoon. not too warm but it should be a fairly nice spring day. temperatures in the 50s by noon as you're heading out for lunch. by 4:00 in the lower 60s. we'll see variable cloudiness throughout the day today as clouds generally increase by this afternoon. by the evening hours, mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures in the mid-50s by 8:00. so if you've got dinner plans, it should be a fairly pleasant evening. currently it is 36 degrees in manassas. also 36 in winchester. martinsburg aro

west of town you have a freeze warning in effect. expecting testimonies to fall down -- temperatures to fall down around the freezing mark especially north and west of the d.c. area. right now in downtown we're still not too bad. mid-40s in downtown. 39 gaithersburg. hagerstown in the upper 30s. la plata lower 40s. manassas 37 degrees. here's a look at the satellite radar picture where we have got high pressure to move off shore today. we'll be dry for the day. lots of sunshine but variable cloudiness by the afternoon. an area of low pressure could bring us a couple of showers well after midnight tonight. so no worries about it raining on your friday to finish off your workweek. your highs for today temperatures right around seasonable. maybe a little bit above. around low 60s in downtown. 62 in bowie.

a cold front is off to the north and west of us. a frontal system will arrive later this afternoon into the evening. we may see a few showers and even here a few rumbles of thunder as we move through the afternoon and evening. some could contain gusty wind and heavy downpours. be prepared. grab the umbrella as you head out the door. 73-78 degrees for the daytime high. cooler air behind the front. a look at the upcoming weekend in a few minutes. let's get an update on the rush hour commute with lisa baden. good morning. >> bill rushing. 70. 27,095 in maryland. 66 and maryland starting to get a little volume. -- still rushing are 270 and 270 and 95. and it looks good on 395 from duke street to the pentagon. >> in riverdale, gunman fired at police after an alleged kidnapping in the 5200 block of 59th avenue. john gonzalez is there with more details. >> good morning. prince george's county police are investigating this abduction and shooting in riverdale early this morning. the details are sketchy, but we can tell you that an adult male

the wind still out of the north and west at 12.hat is helping to hold the temperatures up just a little bit. eight in martinsburg, and as long as we have the winds, we'll keep the atmosphere mixed. that is a quiet weather pattern. what we call high pressure building across the region and given us lots of sunshine today. should be a nice, dry tuesday afternoon for you. some clouds out to the west and we'll get some clouds in here tonight and a few showers tomorrow along with a new front that will temporarily warm things up so we'll be near 70 tomorrow, just kind of a one- day cooldown for us. here is your futurecast. 5:00 a.m., look how quiet it is. nice and quiet. i think temperatures will drop here for another hour or two. by this afternoon at 6:00, lots of sunshine, so bright, brilliant sunshine throughout the day today and then some clouds get in here tonight. a couple of showers tomorrow. really, they will be scattered showers through the frontal system and behind that, more sunshine for the send of the week and a nice warming

i think north and west of the city, you will see just some flurries. snow showers here possible in washington and then as you get south of washington, a little band of more moderate snow and again, that is all going to be moving through very briskly here with cold temperatures if possible. we'll see it stick on some of the area sidewalks and some of the grassy surfaces and if it falls quickly enough, some of the roadways could be impacted by this. here we are at 11:00. i'll put it in close motion for you. still get something light snow shower activity. by 12:00, 1:00, it is out of here. quick mover. when all is said and done, i think we won't see terribly large accumulation. we haven't had a lot of winter weather to talk about ought all this season. 45degrees, mostly cloudy. there you go, snow-rain mix pretty much a gaithersburg city south of the city. with winds out of north at about 10 to 15. -- pretty much a guarantee south of the city. 20s off to the north and west during the overnight hours. a nice warm-up. if you want spring, by wednesday, thursd

all of these areas in yellow, including most of west virginia, western maryland, areas north and west of washington, the rest of northern virginia, all under this threat for some strong storms. some of these storms could produce some damaging winds and hail. the timeframe for that, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., mainly around the metro area. maybe in western maryland, northern and west virginia, perhaps by about 1:00, first sometimes arriving there. how are the temperatures doing? they're climbing into the 60s off to our west, martinsburg up to 67 degrees. 75 petersburg, west virginia. some of the warm air coming in ahead of the front of the it will likely come our way. right now still on the cool side, we're in the low 60s around washington, the bay and eastern shore. charleston, west virginia, the mid 70s, into jackson, kentucky, and some of the area of mildness coming in ahead of the front will likely make its way in here perhaps over the next cull of hours. now here's what's happening. the view from space. quite a bit of cloudiness coming in here now. look at the line in color, that is a

some 40s north and west. the coldest air is north of us, kind of comes through as a reinforcing shot of a secondary cold front that the will make its presence felt and tomorrow a true cold shot but a brief one that will linger tomorrow night. the winds, which will stay gusty, will not be there tomorrow night. tomorrow night will be chilly. we will not be as much -- see as much wind. across the mid-atlantic states, you can see exactly in ocean city that boundary pushing out. there's the cold front draped all the way offshore of new england journal of medicine to the caroline -- off new england, the carolinas and georgia. there were showers last night. the closest precipitation in northern pennsylvania. cooler dry air funneling in. that's some extremely dry air, chap stick type of weather tonight into tomorrow morning. through the day tomorrow more widespread sunshine aches the cooler air settles. we'll probably not get out of the upper 40s and another sunny scenario where we will not see change other than thing

and off to the north and west, freezing temperatures are starting to move in. we have some chilly temperatures and a frost advisory continues off to the north and west till 9:00. so a cool start. culpepper, you're 46 and 47 in manassas. out to the west we have a storm system, a warm front that will be moving through. so we'll start the day with bright sunshine and a little later this morning, early afternoon, we'll get some clouds moving in. and some of the filtered sunshine will be around today. most of the rain showers and will move in after midnight tonight. and they should be on the light said, maybe a tenth of an inch of rain by tomorrow morning. here's the futurecast. west clouds moving here and mostly cloudy by 7:00 tonight and then the showers moving overnight. you can see at 4:00 a.m., just a few scattered showers across the area. so we're not talking about a big deal. tomorrow, we should -- gradually clear things out. the forecast gets better and better as the weekend goes along. by sunday, bright sunshine. 63 today and early sunshine and the clouds mo

this comes one day after the hazmat team was called to 13th street and pennsylvania avenue north west when someone received an envelope with powder as well. that turned out to be harmless. a similar situation happened on monday. the fbi is investigating to find out whether all the incidents might be linked to other incidents that have happened around the country. >> we will keep an eye on that. also coming up we will lighten things up. feel the music. that is prince harry making more friends in the caribbean. >> and later -- >> the only known twins in the world like this. the unbelievable story of unique sisters. >> ♪ >> a lot of people impressed by prince harry of britain and showing off his shoes in jamaica. he was with a group of young people at a youth center. and yesterday he took on olympic sprinter usain bolt. he is spreading good will as he represents his grandmother in jamaica on her diamond jubilee. >> chick-fil-a is handing out a free breakfast entrees every morning this week with no cat. drive up to any participating your your restaurant and place your order. it wants to e

this has been moving to the north and west. i think shortly we'll get more reduced visibilities here in washington as the fog will ebb and flow for the next couple ever hours. >> there it is. >> yes, look out for the fog horn. here is offforecast. start the day with clouds and fog. we'll end the day with some sunshine. it will be a dry day today with temperatures eventually in the 70s. we'll have 76 in washington. >> i'm learning how to raise the fog here. it is called dark magic. >> the breakfast blend. julie wright, when is your secret, a little diet soda or are you a coffee girl? >> apple juice. only because i have blood sugar. >> we have a diabetes talk during ask the weather guys. >> no caffeine. >> no, i kind of wake up this way, will. you guys raise the dark magic. i just raise the roof. >> you've been doing this a long time. you're good at it. >> i do want know about good but a long time, yes. we can see you right now. be careful out there. allow extra time on the roads. northbound i-95 in the express as the main line h

a little cool the farther north and west you go. skies will be clear tonight. we would drop into the mid 50's. 35-41 degrees overnight. we will have a decent warm up tomorrow. the big story is a strong cold front that will have an affect on our weather. we will highlight that in a couple of minutes. >> thank you very much. warm weather means cherry blossoms. our nearly nonexistent winter will mean an early bloom to the cherry blossoms. the peak period will run from march 21 to the 31st. the lack of snow and warm weather make the difference. the peak is the point in which the blossoms are 70% amblin. the average peak comes on april 4. -- the blossoms are 70% in bloom. the average peak comes on april 4. still to come on abc 7 news, which industries have the most satisfied employees? the answer may surprise you. >> find out which bank is thinking about a new monthly charge. >> why 1 civil-rights -- while one ci >> the gay marriage bill just passed and maryland, but the next battle has just begun. >> the senate is considering an anti discrimination bill on behalf o

, cooler air already funneling in out of the north and west. still mid 40s in the center part of the state. winds in out of the north will keep the chill continuing. but boy the highs today, you have to look at them one more time. not record breakers. we have been as warm as 80 on march 1. we did not get there today but we got to 70s. cambridge, ocean city, washington, culpepper, virginia hitting 73. not bad at all. 15 degrees above average. 15 to 20 degrees above average depending where you were. clear across the region tonight, just a few clouds north of us up into pennsylvania. we do have a basically clear scenario tonight, and to start off tomorrow, we do look for the high pressure that's still in control right now to break down through the day right now, skirt east, and we will bring in the chance for rain as we go later into tomorrow evening. now you can see as we work into the afternoon tomorrow, this rain maker begins to get its act together. by 7:00 tomorrow night we could see scattered showers. right now it looks like the bulk of this

look to the north and west here. we've got some showers, leftier ones from sharpsburg coming out of the martinsburg approaching north of charles town. this will be into harpers ferry. myersville, it's headed your way in the next half-hour. it's chilly. 49 hagerstown. 50 gaithersburg and baltimore. andrews and la plata also 50 with 48 across the bay. we're at 52 going back to the 70s later on. beverly farmer, 6:00 a.m., how is it looking? >> a little more volume out there. some folks are headed to work. they're not watching their brackets from home. eastbound lanes of 66 we have the building volume as you make your way from manassas. the pace in i ven that getting past nutley street is pretty good. no real problems 95 north. just the building volume getting into woodbridge heading to springfield as you merge toward the beltway. 395 has been a good pace through landmark, past the pentagon and to the 14th street bridge. the outer loop of the beltway just building volume west of new hampshire avenue off and on past univer

. >> good morning everybody clouds off to the north and west cold front that will get in here up ahead of it, we will warm up today 50s yesterday, mid-70s later today, get out the shorts enjoy your spring like afternoon, radar and there you can see off to the north and west, want to point out flashing you see up towards pittsburgh that is correct is the cold front that will make its way in here i think the timing on that front will be between 1 and 4, we will be fine until then but as the front approaches it could be showers and perhaps thunder showers and then cooler air behind it cool now regan national, 50 degrees, 49 baltimore, 48 out at dulles winds have shifted out of the south and it will be breezy at times gusting to 10 to 15 ahead of the front that will allow warm air in here again, good 15, 20 degrees warmer than yesterday highs expected to be in the 70s. 74 washington, 77 fredericksburg a little cooler north and west partial sunshine and afternoon showers and thunderstorms possibility a more details on the forecast in just a minute tony allison back to you upstairs. >>> tuck

a little cooler north west of town. 59 in winchester. 54 degrees in cumberland. temperatures will slowly slide this afternoon. low 70's for the high temperature today south of town. >> this is a sure sign spring is here. the national cherry blossom festival nearing. organizers are celebrating a 100 years. john gonzalez has more details. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. 60-degree weather says spring. the announcement for the arrival of the cherry blossoms. march 24 to march 31 for the people looms, a much bigger festival. organizers are not only planning a longer than usual five-week festival but a centennial celebration. this month in 1912 the first japanese cherry trees were planted along the tidal basin. >> my forecast this year? forepeak blooms, that's when 70% of the blossoms are open, will be between march 24 and marks 31. >> first lady michelle obama is serving as honorary chair of the festival this year. the first planted trees were by first lady helen taft. >> are pleased to have families participating in centennial events to honor their ancestors in br

temperatures can do one of those start to nose dive this afternoon as cooler air works in from the north and weste are now getting wind gusts not in washington but you can see wind gusting 20 to 25 north and west our front has come through we do not expect any rain just a few clouds cooler air and winds start to pick up later today, 23, wind gusts washington dulles, 22 frederick, 21 gaiters burg. -- gaithersburg here is your sentinel sat rad, fading off to the south and east our front has come through we should be mostly sunny nice and dry for you monday. just cold out there this afternoon, and cool this afternoon then cold tonight in fact, we were threatening to get very close to the freezing mark later tonight because of that the national weather service issued a freeze watch and close to town it is a freeze watch temperatures may reach the low 30s late tonight that is a freeze warning north and west temperatures upper 20s low 30s if you have sensitive vegetation, if you planted plants that are sensitive to cold protect them later tonight cover them with a blanket we could have some problems wi

time being it's going to be a good amount of sunshine tomorrow, but with high pressure to our north and westof that north flow that's a little bit chilly. the high will quickly slip to our south hate tomorrow. that will open the area up for a frontal system to come through on wednesday. that will produce a few showers around here, but it will also help to get temperatures spiked up a bit. we'll say shower, maybe a storm possible wednesday, but i don't think it's going to be that widespread. so for tonight it's a widespread freeze warning, clear and cold, upper 20s in the suburbs, about 35 degrees for us downtown, but if we keep the breeze out of the north, northwest at 10 to 15, maybe it won't so be bad. we talked about the temperature trend. looks like a trend toward a good amount of sunshine, too, and temperatures still right back above normal as we start looking for the weekend, 68 degrees saturday, maybe a shower or thunderstorm once again. >> great. >> keep an eye on those temps. >>> first lady michelle obama spent part of her day planting vegetables in the white house garden with kids

30s there to the north and west. hagerstown, 38 degrees. 39 in winchester.the south and east, ocean city, good morning. 41degrees. you know what we'll be talking about soon enough. >> what's that? >> beach weather. >> there you go. satellite-radar. >> so much excitement. >> we've got clear skies out there. just a few clouds to the west. should be nice and dry. today, mid-60s. tomorrow, upper 60s and low 70s. so there you go. a couple of nice days. sunshine, mild conditions, enjoy your afternoon. 64 by 4:00 p.m. >> you could even walk along the beach right now in this weather. >> not right now at this very time but later on in the day when it warms up. >> very soon, he will be doing the high tide reports. you were off camera. do the happy weather dance you just did. >> that's talent. >> julie, i bet after he got one too. >> don't encourage it, will. >> absolutely. i mean he says beach weather and i just perk right up. >> let's see your dance. come on. happy weather dance? my happy weather dance. it's like yeah! >> that's even better than sarah's? >> i was bei

off to the north and west, we had 20s off to the north and west. today, we are in the 50s. leonardtown, southern maryland, good morning to you. all of us in the upper 40s and low 70s today. got fog to look quite as nice today. a lot more clouds later this afternoon as that frontal system approaches. but generally speaking, this will be a great day as our temperatures are going to be as mentioned about 20 degrees above normal. let me time out the cold front for you. this will get in here 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight and give us in showers. the showers should be out of here by early tomorrow morning. i think we'll be dealing with just some cloudiness and cooler temperatures behind that front. up ahead of, it the wind will be gusting to about 20 to 25 miles per hour later today. so it will be rather blustery day. futurecast put in motion for you. notice the cloud cover starts to work in by mid- to late afternoon. it will be mostly cloudy here by sunset tonight. the rain showers hold off until the evening hours. they move through at about midnight. we've got rain showers across t

west of town counties. we're talking frederick, washington, jefferson where this is until 9:00 this morning for a frost advisory. farther north and west of town we have a freeze warning in effect until this morning. so temperatures dropping in those areas. kids, bundle up as you're going to your bus stop. right now it's 40 at andrews air force base. 45 downtown. 40 if leesburg. -- in leesburg. 48 degrees in hagerstown. high pressure moving off the coast and we see some showers possible later tonight. lower 60s for today. upper 60s for saturday. here's a look at your time saver traffic with beverly. good morning. >>> a pretty hefty start to friday. no incidents or accidents to report right now if you are traveling east on 66. it's westbound 66 where they're cleaning up crash through the trees. westbound in falls church near washington boulevard. one lane able to get by along the left side with no delay coming out of ballston. eastbound the flashing lights may be a bit of a distraction but lanes open through vienna through rosslyn. no incidents on 95 as you head up out of dale city. fredricksburg into quantico and then heading

west of the blue ridge in virginia and farther north and west, a freeze warning in effect. 59 degrees in frederick. quantico is an allied air at 70 degrees. -- quantico is an outlier at 70 degrees. 82 degrees in raleigh right now. we will have minor systems effecting the weather. the real hot stuff will stay south for a while. we will see a bit of a warm up as we head for the next few days. the storm system from a few days ago well off to the east. sunshine to start the day. clouds increase tomorrow. by tomorrow night into early morning hours, a storm system will bring light rain to the area. we will clear out a bit on saturday afternoon. on sunday it looks like we will have a day with sunshine and clouds. a call from a push through getting a chance of scattered showers. every couple of days something new here. no major changes coming. clear and pleasant through this evening. 58 degrees at midday. partly cloudy and mild. the clouds roll and more noticeably in the evening and a chance of rain into saturday morning. partly sunny and a chance of a late afternoon shower on sunday. pleasan

more sun north and west, more clouds to the south and east. temperatures today topping out upper 40s to maybe around 50 degrees in a few lucky spots. light rain showers possible across parts of southern maryland as this storm system is racing out to sea. just a little chance of light rain today, but definitely more cloud cover in southern maryland. there's our little alberta clipper that's going to be racing just down to our south during the course of the day tomorrow. here it is on the satellite picture. there are the thin spots in the overcast, just to the north and west of washington, the thicker clouds, lower cloud decks down into parts of southern maryland. for today, plenty of clouds with a little sun here and there. any shower chances are in southern maryland for today. cold overnight tonight and here comes that little alberta clipper racing right along the virginia/north carolina border tomorrow, mid to late morning. snowflake chances may get as far north as about fredericksburg. that's going to be just about it. and then it's out to s

already there in north and west and won't recover too much. here's a look at the bus stop forecast, you can pretty much keep the umbrellas away except if you're in southern maryland. but i think skies are going to be mostly cloudy and even partly sunny here over the next few hours. breezy, temps in the 40s and 50s. but those winds, they're still gusting 20, 25 miles an hour this morning. today, sunshine returns we'll call it partly. even moment by midday. -- mostly sunny by midday. 50 degrees and going to dip a little more and recover some but with the northwest wind at 13, jacket and sweatshirt weather today. mid 50s at 5:00 p.m. high today about 57 degrees or so and for comparison yesterday we got to 74. the rain this morning now south and east of d.c. and it continues to pull away from us. over the last couple of hours it left northern virginia and now into southern maryland and southern prince george's county. almost, almost out of pg into calvert county. anne arundel just about done with ited as well. charles county east of 301 still some

they'll become maybe partly sunny here in a little while especially knot and west of town with -- north and west of town with temperatures in the 40s and lower 50s at the bus stop. sunrise at 6:28. unfortunately the clouds are obscuring the sunrise this morning. we'll get the sun back here shortly. 49 at 8:00. butpy noon we're not going to recover much. only in the low 50s thanks to the winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour bringing the colder air in. 56 by 4:00 and a high today about 57. and then tonight at 8:00 you're going out this evening? ooh, we'll be in the mid 40s with a stiff northwest winds. windchills may be down in the 30s already by 7:00, 8:00 p.m. showers overnight and are now powelling away -- pulling away. especially into southern maryland starting to clear out. charles county is clearing out. northern calvert is clearing out. still northern neck and eastern shore have the rain around. cambridge down to vienna also lusby and st. leonard down to leonard town to st. mary's city. this is pulling away. northern neck, new lynn is almost done. it's 50 in town but look at the low 40

those delays are on the north side heading over to the west side make are way through pikesville this> all right. it's 6:55 and before we go, we will show you this video. check this out. it's a giant pusser fish made of snow -- puffer fish made of snow. nearly 6 feet tall. outside a home in brighton, minnesota. >> teenage brosser created it for small. put a south fish in the mouth of big one and say -- mouth -- small fish in the mouth of the big one. the small fish i been side was for fun he didn't close -- inside was for fun. he didn't close his mouth and swallow. >> that -- they had a lot of time on their hands. >> and snow, too. >> exactly. we won't see a lot of snow for today if we get any. but we have the clipper to the south and if it goes further to the north we could get snow and i don't want anybody to be alarmed. it's possibility. >> okay. traffic and delays always awave she -- available. >> reporter: available on the website heading to the west side on the beltway southbound 795 southbound 83 on the approach you are on the brakes. >> time to go to new york. have great day.