up toward the shenandoah valley, northern maryland and western maryland, those areas could see it. don't think it is going to happen here in washington. scattered showers on thursday. everybody could generally be expecting those ahead of a front that's going to come through. it will dry us out for friday. the next wave friday night looks like it will stay south. behind that, well, more chilly air moves in for the weekend. should be dry saturday and sunday. which is good news for that last weekend of holiday shopping. satellite and radar, we've got clouds and rain out to the west. still, clouds have moved in here over d.c. still some breaks here east of the bay. you head into ohio and kentucky and west virginia. got some showers, some on the hefty side. and maybe just a few of those across the mountains later this morning into the afternoon. 37 in winchester and cumberland is at 36. southern maryland, 38. 34 easton. fredericksburg, 36. got 36 also in cross junction north of winchester. thanks, steve for calling that in. this morning in town, we've got 40s with cloudy skies. wind dea

colder in northern maryland where hagerstown is reporting 48 degrees. storm 4 doppler, all the roads are wet. the rainshowers pushing to the east side of the chesapeake bay. rain along the western shore. one or two rain drops across northern maryland. steadier showers across pennsylvania. we'll keep an eye on those. of course, the christmas forecast. the mention of snow possibilities. we'll give you that in the seven day, coming up. >> thank you, chuck. >>> the power company left customers in the dark too long, too often and fined them $1 million. they say they failed to maintain the systems properly over a period of years. this is after an unusually high number of complaints from customers. the county will vigorously contest the request for a $68 million rate increase calling it "not a nice holiday gift but more like coal in the holiday stocking." >>> closing arguments in the charge for the biggest leak of secrets in u.s. history. bradley manning accused of giving tens of thousands of secrets to wikileaks. manning is facing 22 charges including aiding

out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, low to mid-20s there. closer to washington, across northern virginia and much of maryland, we're down in the mid and upper 20s. in the district of columbia, low 30s. low 30s right by the bay. we're under a clear sky here. we do have clouds drifting in from the west ahead of a weak front that will come in later today with just a few clouds. getting clouds now panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley, and western maryland. sunrise at 7:08. we'll have a few clouds in and out this morning and this afternoon. otherwise, quite a bit of sun. mid-50s by midafternoon. here's a look at our traffic on this friday morning. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling i-95 in virginia, making your way past the occoquan, heading northbound. increasing in volume. so far, no major delays. traveling southbound in virginia, no issues at all. northbound travel time for you right now, 50 miles per hour. to make your way from the occoquan to the beltway, that trip will take you 12 minutes at this time. if you're continuing on to 395, not se

a touch cooler in northern maryland. hagerstown, 47 degrees. martinsburg coming in at 52. here is a look at live doppler. not much going on around the d.c. metro area. there are a few showers in northern carroll county, the grays, the northern part of fredericks county. there's more very light and widely scattered rainshowers across southern and central pennsylvania and back out into the mountains of west virginia. not a lot going on. can't rule out a few drops here and there during the overnight hours. so, with that in mind, here is the good night forecast. temperatures back down into the upper 40s and near 50 by 5:00. mid-40s by 7:00 p.m. cloud cover between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. chilly, but nowhere near as cold. increasing clouds for this evening. tomorrow, a lot more clouds than rain drops. not a pleasant looking day. wednesday, wash out, again. how many wednesdays in a row does that make rainfall on? this is on the wet side. the christmas holiday is approaching. what does christmas look like? we'll give you that forecast. pat? >> can't wait to find out. >>> the giant pan

temperatures are back into the upper 30s across parts of northern maryland up into the panhandle of westginia. just warm enough to be rain and all rain. moderate at times now. prince george's county, northern calvert county, these showers are racing off to the east so right along route 301 and route 50 going out toward annapolis, a lot of wet roadways out there. most of the heavier rain is now off of i-95 and pushing eastbound on the northern neck. dry conditions now toward culpeper and blueridge that way. more showers in far southwestern virginia. most of these will die out before they get here. if they live long enough to reach us, they'll be here in four to five to six hours time frame from now. if you have a flight coming in from later tonight up the eastern seaboard, a messy go. big flight days, boston, new york city, philadelphia, newark, new jersey. snow showers heading out toward detroit and cleveland. severe weather of all things down across the outer banks of north carolina. a lot going on. a very energized storm system as it goes racing on by tonight it will clear the rain out

they're drifting south eastbound, northern maryland, may get a little more snow during the overnight tonight. most of this is evaporating before it gets to the ground. the western side of the mountains might see an inch in a few spots. anywhere really east of the shenandoah valley, not much in the way of snow chances out of this one, unfortunately for snow lovers. clearing skies, the clouds will fill back in between now and tomorrow morning. that will be done with by about 8:00 or 9:00 tomorrow morning. even now if will be a cold start, we'll end up with sunshine tomorrow. sunshine to get the week started monday morning, that will not live long as the next weather front is due to bring clouds in here monday night. a chance for showers late in the day tuesday. more likely in the day wednesday. for the rest of your overnight saturday night. cloudy and cold, light snow and a few flurries out there, mainly for washington. overnight lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. for tomorrow, clouds around in the morning, clearing out tomorrow afternoon, with the sunshine coming back, into the a bad l

a few extra clouds, a few folks in northern maryland.owever, this system gathering strength now along the gulf coast. this will eventually form up and move in our direction. and again, look who's getting the white stuff on christmas day. amarillo, texas, up into the western parts of the oklahoma panhandle. for us, just a clear sky out there. and since we're not going to get a white christmas, it turned out to be a beautiful day today. mostly clear skies will be the rule through the remainder of the overnight hours. a little front to our north. any snow showers will stay on the western side of the ridge line. no concerns for us. monday sunshine turns into a chilly monday night and rain is back into the picture as we get into the second half of the day on tuesday. so for the remainder of your overnight hours, clear skies and a little bit on the cool and breezy side. wake-up temperatures, as i mentioned, in the 30s. then tomorrow, sunshine again, temperatures into the upper 40s to near 50 degrees, but all in all, pleasant by late december s

even up in beautiful northern maryland now, 32 hagerstown. it's going to be cold in hagerstown by morning time. enjoy your saturday evening, temperatures in the 30s. mid to upper 30s by 7:00 p.m. low to mid-30s by 11:00. some spots below freezing by 11:00. nearest rain drops or snowflakes are so far away, across northern parts of pennsylvania. for us, clearing skies through the overnight hours. clear sky, light breeze out there. and the bone dry air in place, temperatures are really going to fall off very, very quickly. high pressure will continue to be in charge of our weather through the remainder of the weekend and early next week as well. more sunshine, winter sunshine coming our way for tomorrow. another cold start. and another pretty chilly afternoon to be outside. as that area of high pressure moves off the eastern seaboard, we get a little bit more of a south breeze and that will warm temperatures up to an average by monday and tuesday. overnight, clear skies, light winds and very cold. upper teens to near 20 out west. near 30 in the

is a deck of clouds moving in and it's possible there could be a light sprinkle here across northern maryland later this evening, but i think generally, we're going to be dry and should clear things out into the overnight hours. fireworks, i think annapolis has fireworks, things should be fine for you. there you go, the forecast tonight, temperatures fall into this mid-40s by 11:00 p.m. and overnight lows in the upper 30s. more details in the forecast, we have cold on the five-day. i'll have that for you coming up. back to you. >> sounds good, tucker. >>> as you know, it's 2012 in many parts of the world. look here. the ball will drop in times square in less than six hours. let's go live to fox's jenny davis who is live in mid-town manhattan where the countdown is on to the biggest party in the country. hi, jenny. >> why not. once-in-a-lifetime. a bucket list. >> reporter: that's why with hours still to go, thousands are here in time square on the hunt for a perfect spot to ring in the new year. >> a once-in-a-lifetime experience. you have to do it. >> reporter: something is different this ye

and far to the south of washington, far southern maryland, northern neck, lower eastern shore getting light rain there. as the day progresses, we'll have these temperatures begin to slowly climb. right now it's in the 40s much of the region. southern maryland around the bay, low and mid-50s. by noontime, much of the region mid and upper 50s to near 60 degrees. light rain off and on this morning. moderate to heavy rains this afternoon and evening. a look at the evening planner at 6:41. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >>> definitely starting to slow down in our area. outer loop at colesville road, not so bad. you're from i-95 to i-270, that trip takes 14 minutes. making your way on i-95, slow at the occoquan. these cars are pretty much a dead stop. stop and go for you as you make your way all the way to the interchange. travel speed in this area, about 23 miles per hour. and 66, you're very slow from the bypass. delays continue to centreville. >> thank you, danella. >>> now to decision 2012. today republican presidential hopeful newt gingrich will hold a campaign rally in n

and we are talking about flood warnings in southern maryland and northern virginia. we have rivers that have the potential to exceed their banks and small streams too. give yourself extra time driving anywhere tonight or tomorrow morning. the other big story, the temperatures. 38 degrees right now with winds gusting up to 25 to 30 miles per hour. that will continue throughout much of the rest of the night. 39 the current temperature in lees burg. 41 in fredericksburg. the current wind gusts 31 miles per hour in annapolis. the winds are going to give us a wind chill. most areas in the lower 30s or upper 20s. 29 in winchester. 26 is the way it feels in gaithersburg and 30 in washington. we saw 17, 18 days above average but no more of those as the cold air races in behind the storm system. the storm will be out of the country by this time tomorrow and in behind it we are talking about sunshine but very cold temperatures. the temperatures will be five to ten degrees below average and be a lot colder than the temperatures for the last couple days. a bit of a shock to the

maryland. across northern virginia, a break in the action. it means we can't completely be done with the rain before midnight. rainfall amounts have been light. upper 40s or 50. tomorrow, near 60 before cooler air this weekend. more on that coming up. back to you. >> thank you, chuck. >>> prince william county police shot and killed a man after chasing a burglary suspect. two men wanted for an armed burglary in woodbridge. the men tried to stop their car. they arrested the driver but the passenger ran into a wooded area off northbound jefferson davis highway. he would not listen so they shot him. >>> the father of a 2-year-old child who the child was found alone inside an apartment is facing multiple charges. the little girl may have been abandoned up to 24 hours and left in filth. jane watrel joins us to tell us more about this. jane? >>> police say the child's mother had been hospitalized for treatments of crohn's disease and left the daughter in the care of her father. he's facing up to ten years in jail. police say it was a disturbing sce

low 40s in northern maryland. a breezy, blustery day wednesday. wind should ease up thursday night. sunny, high 46. new year's eve looks good. new year's day looks good. temperatures running more than five degrees above average. that should be enough to put this december over the top and in first place for the number one warmest december on record. >> wow. >> 1889, we are going to knock you out of place. >> stretch it into march. >> we do need some cold, otherwise the mosquitos that die off in the wintertime will be extra strong. >> oh, yeah. that is bad. all right, thanks, chuck. >>> still to come on news 4 at 4:00, the royals celebrate christmas while the queen's husband is hospitalized. >>> the baby formula recall after an infant's de >>> welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm aaron in for jim handly. here's what's happening right now. shoppers crowding into malls hoping for the post holiday deals. some stores are offering up to 70% off. other shoppers are looking to cash those gift cards or return the gifts that just weren

i'm not sure the district will get in on this rain, not sure you will in northern maryland or even marylandatter, but we'll keep an eye on that moisture. colder air is coming into town tomorrow night and the weekend. you'll see temperatures in the 40s by saturday and sunday. sunday morning in particular as well as late saturday night some of you could see flurries or snow showers, too. the quick moving disturbance will fly through the jet stream. you'll have to get up kind of early to see it. maybe they linger in midmorning on sunday. so your next three days look like this. 52 degrees tomorrow. we'll fall through the afternoon. clouds will increase rapidly, maybe a little sun in the morning. notice i'm showing some rain with a little snow mixed in. some spots may see this mixing with a bit of snow. i think you'd be hard pressed to have any problems from it because it's been so warm. so just something splattering on the windshield. back to the cool stuff saturday, 46 degrees. sunday morning we have a chance for some flurries or snow showers. our temperature will be 45 degrees, blustery on su

even up into northern maryland, temperatures up close to the 40-degree mark.o it will be a nice day today. temperatures low to mid-40s through the rest of the morning hours. easily into the mid-50s for a time this afternoon. 100% dry for today. rain chances will be going up as we get to the end of the day tomorrow, then into the day on tuesday, a lot of moisture down across parts of the ohio valley and down into the deep south. all that moisture is riding the conveyor belt all the way to the gulf coast to us. so the clear skies we have outside this morning we'll gradually pick up mid and high-level cloudiness. clouds a little bit more of a milky white color as opposed to sparkling blue. a good-looking day with the sunshine. mild for today and tomorrow ahead of our next chance for rain showers which will bring a cloudy stretch of weather for tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, and maybe thursday. enjoy the sunshine and mild weather today. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 for your sunday high temperature. then come, plenty of clouds around. but it will be plen

throughout much of the region from western maryland and west virginia all the way to the bay and eastern shore except right near lower parts of the eastern shore, northern neck, and southern maryland. it's in the low to mid-50s there. 49 at reagan national. temperatures in the mid-40s in the suburbs. if you are traveling today between washington and new york, shouldn't have too much difficulty, but between new york and boston, portland, maine, upstate new york, into new england, they're getting rain and snow there. that storm system may cause flight delays and driving delays too. farther to the west, don't have any travel problems in the midwest except in minnesota. they're getting cold air. also, they're getting snow in far southern new mexico all the way down to el paso, texas. there may be flight delays there too. up and down the western seaboard, does look like from seattle and vancouver all the way down to los angeles. pretty good weather although they're getting a little rain in seattle. there might be minor flight delays there. for your day planner for this friday, if you're traveling and getting out of town, the pavement may be drying as the mor

to our north, northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, along the mason- dixon line, could see some snowrs up there later on today. maybe a few sprinkles and some snow showers. we don't expect anything here in our area. there is your big picture of what is happening in the eastern u.s. current conditions being reported at reagan national airport, 33 degrees. relative humidity only 59%. your winds are out of the west at five miles per hour. so much calmer than they were yesterday. the forecast for today, partial sunshine this morning. more clouds building in in the latter part of the day. a cool day. highs only in the mid-40s. we'll have more details on that forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, we are following breaking news this morning. a deadly accident in silver spring. >> university boulevard is still shut down between piney branch and patton drive. sherry ly is there on the scene. >> there were three young women we are told in the suv when it crashed here on university boulevard. you can see it just back there. it is up on a wall. two bodies we're to

right now they're into the northern neck of virginia, far southern maryland, eastern shore. those sprinkles are heading off to the east. a few breaks in the clouds out over the northern shenandoah valley this morning. overall, it's going to be quite cloudy through the day. sunrise at 7:22 and a cloudy day. temperatures through the 40s in the morning. during the afternoon, may briefly touch the low 50s, maybe mid-50s through central virginia. this evening it does look like we'll stay cloudy. we'll look at your evening planner in a few minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> we have an earlier accident resulting in downed wires. this is at owensville road at salmon road. elsewhere, not seeing any congestion at all. here's a look at the beltway at route 1. if you're traveling on the inner loop, you're clear as you make your way into greenbelt. on the outer loop, looping your way to the beltway in montgomery county, no issues. here's a live look at van dorn street. inner loop and outer loop, nothing standing in your way. travel speeds, you're at 66 miles per hour as you

including maryland, northern neck, and eastern shore.tgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince jorngs counties in the 40s to near 50. if you are traveling, there is some snow. upstate new york into vermont, new hampshire, and maine, and western massachusetts. south and east of there, it's all rain into connecticut and rhode island and the rest of massachusetts. the rain has ended in new york right now. there still could be rescissorsual early morning flight delays getting in and out of new york and boston, providence, albany, up into northern new england. farther south, just a few light showers from the carolinas down to georgia, northern florida. should not really cause any travel problems. if you are heading to the upper midwest, though, minneapolis/st. paul just about to get snow moving in there. that may cause minor flight delays there. certainly turning colder. also getting unusual snow far southern new mexico, el paso, texas, is snowing now. something wrong. el paso has a white christmas and we don't? something is up. we do have the west

we do have an area of rain pulling into pennsylvania out of northern maryland and see some of that heret west toward cumberland. south, another area of rain lifting toward us. especially toward the northern neck right now. there is the tappahannock airport south of that. this is headed toward sandy point and eventually in toward st. mary county. we'll watch that for you. your temps, still chilly north in the low to mid-40s. look at the 50s from culpepper, luray. mid-50s. this is all lifting in our direction so it is going to be very mild day, average high is 45. today, temperatures in the low 60s. periods of rain and showers. 40st to around 50 for the low. we start with sun tomorrow. clears out early friday. by saturday, partly sunny and cool. 46. showers possible. with low 40s on christmas day. let's go to monika for the latest update on timesaver traffic. >> 95 commuters will not be happy about this. live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of i-95. earlier accident past 7100 was clear to the shoulder actually quite some time ago. it is solid from the occoquan river at least headin

the clouds will be overtaking that sun and the best chance of spotty showers might be across northern maryland still a bargain in the temperature department. at 8 a.m. chilly at 38 degrees, some clouds at noon, 48 and by 5:00 maybe a spotty shower especially north through maryland at 49 and again, that's only a very slight chance. the bulk of this will hold off. here's what's going to be happening. the mild air courtesy of high pressure which will shift off the coast and our approaching frontal system. so we'll have the mild stuff first, mostly clouds on wednesday. then this frontal system comes through on thursday. that's the best chance for showers and the better push of cool air. that will be around for probably the midday hours, maybe not so much in the morning rush hour. we consult the futurecast here. you can see it's forecasting those clouds to come in. 8 a.m. clouds around, notice what i'm showing here. you can see a couple of showers at 6:00 tomorrow night, mostly across the mason dixon line in pennsylvania. our futurecast is suggesting thursday midmorning we might get some showers an

northern neck and eastern shore. >>> elsewhere, it's partly cloudy. we're in the mid-30 the in most locations. it's near freezing out in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland. but other locations it's generally above freezing. these counties in gray are under a dense fog advisory until midmorning. it includes all of the northern neck as well as most of southern maryland and all of those counties along the bay. the western side and the eastern side of the bay, including the entire eastern shore. some of the visibilities there are under a quarter of a mile now. the view from space showing high clouds drifting over us under a cloud country star cloudy start. the rain under the green and yellow is advancing through kentucky and the northeast. it will miss us today, but tomorrow it looks like it could be wet now and then. a lot of clouds today. mild in the upper 50s to near 60 by midafternoon. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at the monday commute. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> seeing some congestion in our area heading down i-66, heading towards nutley. that's where you'll see delays. no accidents to report on 66, both

there's definitely snow across northern maryland up into pennsylvania, but it's really going to pullir didn't make it in in time to change a lot thatch rain over. you're going to have school -- of that rain over. you're going to have school in

we're down in the teens throughout much of northern virginia and maryland.r to washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties, only near 20 degrees. right near freezing in district of columbia and right by the way. even near the bay waters, we're down in the 20s in many locations. getting a few high clouds difting in from the south. that's from a rain maker in the carolinas that will stay south of us today. give us a few clouds passing through. by 9:00, we'll be above freezing. sunrise at 7:17. during the afternoon, hitting the mid-40s. sunset at 4:46. and a clear evening. cold again. down to the mid-30s by midnight. a look at the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> let's start with i-270. looking there now, not seeing any issues for you. as you make your way onto the spur, you're clear in both directions. if you're traveling in virginia, not really seeing any issues at this time. making that commute, you are clear. if you're traveling in d.c., no problems there. now back to you both. >> thanks, danella

right now a few clouds coming into western maryland and northern west virginia. those may be drifting over the metro area over the next couple of hours. sunrise at 7:08. probably won't get above freezing until k hour9:00 this morning. then overnight tonight, here's your friday evening planner. sunset 4:46. a clear evening. should be down to near 40 by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, another cold start to saturday morning, near 30 degrees. a great day tomorrow for some invigorating exercise and recreation or work, if you have to, outdoors. afternoon highs near 50. on sunday it will be partly to mostly cloudy during the afternoon. still good weather for the skins and jets. it remains to be seen if it will be good football, but we'll have good football weather. on monday, it will be in the upper 50s. a bit milder. could get rain tuesday, wednesday. dan will, how's the commute? >> good morning. >>> so far looking good just around the beltway, not seeing any issues. i am starting to see delays if you're traveling along i-270 in maryland making your way through urbanna. wu

maryland, parts of west virginia. but closer to washington, it did change over to some snow. around 9:30, 10:00 across northern virginia and in maryland, and by 10:30, 11:00, we were just getting that final burst of some snow in parts of fairfax and montgomery and howard counties and farther to the north and most of it did not stick on any of the grassy areas and whatever did stick quickly melted. we've cleared out since then and we'll have a lot of sunshine today. but cold. right now, we're in the low to mid 30s throughout most of the region from the mountains to the bay in the eastern shore. we've got a gusty wind, too. the windchills are down into the low and mid 20s. what an abrupt change from yesterday. here is the day planner. prepare for a cold day, blustery winds this morning, diminishing this afternoon, highs reaching the mid 40s. but it should be mostly sunny. a look at changes on the way for tonight. the evening planner in ten minutes. here is a look at traffic. >> good morning. as megan reported, a look at route 1. in upper marlboro, still seeing high standing water on main street. all your lanes a

far western part of western maryland and northern west virginia. they could get over six inches of rain in some of the high ridges. here's your day planner. we'll have occasional showers. temperatures falling down in the afternoon. a look at the evening planner and our chances for snow tonight. that will be coming up in about ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> the rain is really going to be a headache for you as you make your commute this morning. let's start with the beltway. taking the outer loop of the beltway as you make your way toward connecticut avenue following the exit on the right side of the roadway. shoulder lane, you're going to see an accident there. other parts of our area look really good except for slick roadways, low visibility. give us extra time as you make your commute. this time we're taking a look in virginia. here's a look at fairfax county parkway, i-95, as you make your way towards 395. as you continue on to 395, here's a look at seminary road. again, not seeing any accidents on our roadways. again,

we head to noon, we're looking mid 40s in hagerstown to low 50s down in southern maryland. northerneck. and this afternoon really fine afternoon. front may bring a couple of clouds but for the most part, sunny. northwest winds 5 to 10. jessica and andrea somewhere? over to you. >>> talk about bling, liz taylor fans can bid on her famous jewels. >> and happy birthday britney. manuel gallegus has those stories and more this morning's look at entertainment news. ♪ >> reporter: britney spears hits the big 3-0 today. the pop star and mother of two is said to be planning a big birthday bash for herself in mexico where she's touring. word online is that her boyfriend jason trawick's present might be an e endangerment-- engagement ring ♪ >>> the boss will be the keynote spoker at the 2012 south by southwest music festival in texas. bruce springsteen will kick off the annual event in march which features more than 2,000 musical acts from around the world. >>> tom cruise kicked off the promo tour for "mission impossible -- ghost protocol" in tokyo. it's a gesture to his fans there at the eart

maryland through western virginia. we have all these counties in green under a flood watch. that includes northern virginia, the district, nearby suburbs and counties in maryland as well as the shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. we do have a winter weather advisory as well now for howard county, montgomery county, loudoun, northern fauquier, points north and west, out into the mountains. there could be heavier snow out farther to the west. sunrise 7:13. we'll have occasional rain this morning. hold steady near 60. 50s by noontime. 40s by late afternoon. watch out for high water. and then this evening we'll have the rain change quickly over to maybe some sleet and then some wet snow by 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 this evening around the metro area. a little earlier farther to our west. and that wet snow could pile up three to six inches way out west. far western maryland, the highlands of west virginia. could get one to three inches shenandoah valley, the blue ridge, loudoun and northern montgomery county. and then a dusting closer to washington and the nearby suburbs and fairfax county into prince w

they've been out in far western maryland and northern west virginia. getting a few sprinkles in far southern maryland into southern calvert and st. mary's and across the potomac and into the northern neck and on the eastern shore that's drifting off to the east. we'll have the clouds with us throughout the day. here's your day planner. we'll stay in the 40s. maybe briefly low to mid-50s early to midafternoon. by late afternoon, back down into the 40s. sunrise 4:42. sunset 4:49. a look at the west pattern through the rest of the week into the holiday weekend coming up at 5:21. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> traveling the inner loop of the beltway, an accident as you approach university boulevard. i'm seeing you slow just a bit as you make your way towards this accident. traveling on i-66, no major delays just yet. here's the view at sudley road. traveling east and west on 66 outside the beltway. inside the beltway, here's a look at glebe. making your way from the beltway to gw parkway, you're at 64 miles per hour. taking the rails this morning

some of the high, thin clouds starting to move in across northern portions of maryland and southern pennsylvania. but not really making it into the metro region. sitting at 49 degrees now for reagan national. when you pop in the feels like temperature, it is much cooler. mainly in and around the beltway though, we're in the 40s. maybe some 50s, springfield has topped out at 50 degrees for right now. here's how we look with the winds. 20-mile-per-hour winds at this hour out of the northwest for reagan national airport. that means that the temperatures are feeling more like those 30s. future cast is going to keep us in the clear for the short term. overnight tonight, we'll start to see a transition, mainly after midnight. clouds start to move in from the east. even by 7:00 tomorrow morning, i think the commute will be on the dry side. the moisture will be off to the west in some of our counties. by the time we get in toward midmorning and late afternoon, all of this rain comes pushing on through. heavy at times, even through tomorrow's rush hour, could be a little bit messy in portions of the area

we do have a little bit of fog, especially around the bay and parts of southern maryland, northern neck, some dense fog there. right now not in washington. that's a live picture from the city camera. we've got just a few clouds drifting over, some high clouds. it's chilly, 42 at reagan national. a light breeze coming in out of the west/southwest. as we look at other temperatures, right now down into the mid-30s but above freezing from the mountains all the way to near the bay. right on the bay waters, 40s to near 50 degrees. inland away from the waters, down into the 30s in many locations. we will hold steady low to mid-30s. we've got cloudiness coming in ahead of a front. that area of rain slowly advancing to the east. will not be arriving here until around this time tomorrow morning. sunrise today at 7:11. we will have a cloudy morning with some patchy dense fog, especially areas right near the chesapeake bay and eastern suburbs. we'll have this with us perhaps through around 9:00 or so with a little sunshine as well. then a cloudy afternoon, highs reaching upper 50s to around 60. a l

in fact, it did stick in northern frederick county into washington county. much of western maryland, a lot of west virginia, some of the higher ridges got 7 inches of that snow. this was as of 8:00 last evening. around 9:30, 10:00, we did get a burst of snow in montgomery coun county, parts of loundoun. ground temperatures were just so warm and then it quickly moved away. it didn't last long enough for anything to stick. as a result, because of that speed and those ground temperatures, we did not get any local accumulations. sorry, snow lovers. but most of us are happy, the commuters are happy. temperatures are above freezing now. we're in the mid 30s. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, all the way to the blue ridge. watch out for icy spots there. we have high water and runoff from all the rain we had yesterday. look at the windchills. we're down into the 20s. layer up, it's a wintry cold morning and it's going to be a wintry cold day. sunrise, 7:14. we'll have some sun and thank l thankfully the winds will diminish into this afternoon. tonight, cold down to the mid 20s by dawn friday

just south and west including all the dc area and then also flood advisories up across the northern part of maryland. the winter weather advisory from hartford county west doesn't include the city and does include carroll, westward into frederick, one area of a winter storm watch in maryland this is through three in the morning. it'll be very small window here past nine. right now dealing the wet weather, 52 degrees, well above freezing the nyes in the last 12 hours in the low 60s. you get the idea even with brief snow a lot won't stick. take a look at the hd weather camera over -- looking at harbor east and just tons of rain continuing to come down. a dark dreary day, all rain here and watching closely, not really see that change over just yet but the few flakes starting to -- we just got the new image in. there is that brief change over already happening. again this is hours west of here and by the time we see it i think it'll be a short window of snow. temperatures you can see where it's dropping off. toward oakland. 50s baltimore, the eastern shore still in the 60's. wind's have shift north. vis

a few more spots across northern maryland down into the low 30s and upper 20s.to be a nice day. temperatures in the low 40s by mid morning. mid-50s this afternoon. some spots across central virginia, 60 degrees today. no rain on the radar. there's not any rain in montgomery county right now. nearest showers to us are across parts of ohio. most of those headed into pennsylvania. this mother lode of moisture, all that moisture is definitely coming in our direction. it starts to arrive here monday night. looks like tuesday and wednesday look a little on the soggy side around here. a clear start to our sunday morning. bright sunshine will fade behind mid-level clouds. they will not be rainmakers. mild today before the wetness returns. most of us will be dry through the day on monday. here we are stopped at 7:30 monday morning. no chance for rain at that time. but late in the damon might get one or two sprinkles out to the west. today mostly sunny. nice and mild today. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. one or two spots might touch 60. plenty of clouds around. it

southern maryland from washington south into the northern neck and eastern shore, low 50s there.. sunrise 7:23. we'll be staying in the 40s to around 50 through midmorning, and we'll have maybe a few sprinkl sprinkles. maybe a bit of light rain. highs reaching near 60 by then. then later this afternoon and into this evening as a front approaches we could have heavier downpours. sunset at 4:49. after sunset, moderate to maybe briefly heavy downpour coming through with thunder and lightning. all the rain ending by midnight tonight. tomorrow cloudy, up near 60 again during the afternoon. after sunset thursday evening, could get more rain that may linger into friday morning. a little sun back friday afternoon. friday early afternoon down to the mid-30s by dawn saturday. saturday partly sunny, near 50. clouding up saturday night for christmas eve and christmas day. does look like a smaller chance of any rain. however, there is still a chance, especially to the south of washington, trying out and getting chilly first part of next week. now, danella, how's traffic? >>> if you're traveli

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accused of a series of car jackings and bang robberies in northern virginia and maryland. the officers caught her in bigesda last wednesday after trying to rob another bank in mclean. she was once a ms-13 gang member and. >>> investigators are looking into a serious crash involving a d.c. fire construction. it happened earlier this morning on 18th and l street northwest. the fire struck and -- truck and another car collided. the engine was responding to the call at the time. the driver was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. three firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> and maybe just a sample of what we'll see in d.c. this week. the police in&occupy protestors clashing yesterday in northwest d.c. 31 people were arrested. last night's confronting a over a structure protestors erected in mcpherson square. the u.s. park police tore it down. the next few days, d.c. can be a huge magnet for occupy protestors. thousands from around the country are expected to be here the next major demonstration. earlier today, singer jackson brown joined protestors at freedom plaza.

near 60 southern maryland, northern neck through central virginia. over the last 12 hours, we've had sprinkles and showers from yesterday afternoon and evening dissipating. getting some breaks in the clouds right now, and the colder air will continue to come in. by 9:00 near 50 degrees. by late afternoon down into the 40s. by this evening, we'll have a late disturbance coming through, and we might get a few flurries or sprinkles as we get into midevening and late evening. by midnight down to 40 degrees. big changes on the way for the weekend. i'll have details on that. we'll look at that next week coming up in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> tough morning so far. route 197, lower bowie road is closed at old chapel road. we have an accident and downed power lines on the roadway there. you're shut down in both directions. also this morning, 50 eastbound heading out of the city at kenilworth avenue, all your lanes are still blocked at this time. serious crash taking away all of your eastbound lanes in that area. if you're traveling i-95 north m

that's going to be an issue for our viewers in southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. out for dense fog. right now we don't have any fog in the district of columbia and much of the area. it's at 42 at reagan national. that's a live picture from the city camera. there's capitol hill in the distance. looking toward the east, don't see any clouds yet. it is rather humid like it was yesterday morning. i took this photo. this is not texas. this is the wild horse and cattle country in northern montgomery county. we had quite a bit of fog yesterday morning. if you do have an interesting photo, weather or nature-wise, send it to nbcwashington.com. let's take a look at the temperatures. it's rather chilly. it's above freezing. we're generally in the mid and upper 30s from the blue ridge to the bay and eastern shore. near 40 -- near mid-40s right near the bay and the northern neck where there is some of this dense fog. it includes baltimore, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's, northern neck, eastern shore. this is in effect until 9:00 this morning. many locations have visibilitie

up in the lower 50s in northern portions of maryland and virginia 60 degrees by the afternoon. overnight lows tonight are going to be quite comfortable. we're only going to hit those lower range and middle 40s. but we'll definitely see a change in the forecast over the next four days. next two days not too bad. middle 50s for today. pushing those middle to upper 60s on saturday afternoon. and sunday we could see sunny skies and a high of 58. now that means that things will eventually come to a close. the transition day for us is going to be on monday. that's when the winds will crank up. 20, 25-mile-per-hour winds out of the northwest. bringing our temperatures down into the 40s. and behind that, it opens the door for that arctic air we're going to see 30s towards the end of the week. monika? >>> overall right now things aren't looking too bad especially on the beltway. you will see a couple of minor construction spots especially on the west side of town. but otherwise things are looking good. you're good to go on all the interstates and the beltway. here's what it looks like i

predawn, might get wet snow across northern virginia and much of maryland should stay dry.turday sunday. sunday, chilly with sunshine. afternoon highs, mid 40s. a bit milder monday. as we get into midweek, maybe rain wednesday. danella, how is traffic? >> still seeing problems along route 2. 2 still closed between harwood road and route 255 because of downed wire necessary that area. if you have to travel in that area, alternative road for you, you might want to take route 468, muddy creek road to avoid that situation with the downed wires. his are on the scene there. traveling on i-270, if you're taking the local lanes at west montgomery avenue, not seeing any problems there. just be aware of that as you're making your commute and heading towards the spur. traveling i-95 in virginia, definitely picking up some volume. you can see here, both directions hov lane as well as the main lanes picking up in volume as you continue towards the interchange. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at your traffic. now back to you both. >> thank you very much, danella. the fandamoniu

a little bit of sleet in the southern maryland area and into the northern neck. even though temperatures were in the 40s. sometimes that can happen as it brings down colder air. if you're downtown tonight, nothing really to worry about. by the way, you can access this on our website, wusa9.com. if you have an hd tuner, you have to tune to 9.3 to get live doppler 9,000. 9.3, the radar is still on the same channels in terms of your cable provider. if you get it over the air with an hd tuner, this is now 9.3. something else will go to 9.2. we have light rain into southern maryland northern neck and a little bit of sleet. although way down to find some sleet. watch what happens in the next hour. this pulls out pretty quickly. and it just maybe grazes fredericksburg again. for the most part, this system is on the way out and should be out of here by around midnight. 41 in rockville. 41 in bethesda. 20 degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday. 42 in arlington. 45 officially downtown. so, here's the deal. a chilly weekend. a nice weekend though. some rain and slee

south and east, much of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore just cloudy now. it's mild. in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the beaches and around the bay. even locally here. around washington we're in the mid and upper 50s. for the day, sunrise at 7:12. occasional showers through the day. highs reaching low to mid-60s this afternoon. sunset at 4:46. more showers likely tonight. we'll be down into the upper 50s by midnight. then more rain during the day on wednesday. turning chillier. we'll fall from the 50s in the morning down to the 30s by late evening. by then we could have wet snow accumulating on grassy areas north and west of i-95. that would be late wednesday night ending by dawn thursday. then sunny, dry, cold weather thursday through the weekend into the first part of next week. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traveling northbound route 3, still shut down at route 50. be aware of that as you make your commute. chopper 4 is still there. you can see southbound lanes are open. northbound still closed. going to keep watching this roadway. if yo

suspect in at least three bank robberies in a carjacking and those crimes were across northern virginia and maryland> the judge is hearing arguments whether john hinckley should get more freedom. he wants to spend more time away from st. elizabeths hospital and his doctors are supportive but the prosecutors say it is premature. he looked at books about ronald reagan and assassinations at a bookstore. >>> herman cain says he will decide in the next few days whether to end his white house bid. he says he is reassessing his campaign among allegations that he had a longstanding affair with a georgia businesswoman. herman cain supporters are reportedly switching their allegiance to newt gingrich. >>> there is were the virginia earl attorney general is seeking higher office. ken cuccinelli will run for governor in 2013. is known as a crusading conservative and is popular with tea party supporters. >>> >>> the time is 6:37 and 37 degrees. >> still ahead, the countdown to christmas and we will have a live report. >> and we will have a another ch >>> almost 6:40 on this thursday morning in time to check on t

southern maryland, some locations near 60 degrees just an hour ago. meanwhile, northern and western maryland already falling back down into the 30s. a big spread of temperatures out there. 41 in leesburg. 45 in manassas. 55 now in annapolis. 56 as you get toward huntingtown, maryland and warm air down south. look back to the north and west, this is where our weather is going to be coming from. colder air is moving in and temperatures will be falling as a result. here we go into the metro washington area. most of the rain is now east of the city. heaviest showers with one or two rumbles of thunder in far southern calvert county and southern st. mary's county. calvert beach to leonard down down toward st. mary city. be on the lookout for showers running through there. that will be the majority of rain for us. we still have light rain sliding into far southwestern virginia. i can't rule out that it will live to get here. three or four hours from now, we may get a spritz from mother nature before things dry out. heavy rain toward new york city and philadelphia. snow back to

closest precipitation, up over the great lakes, lake effect snows in the northern new york state. around maryland passing clouds, some rain offshore of north carolina with a little area of low pressure. drier, colder air funneling in to the day tomorrow and across the northern tier of the u.s., see how cold the core the fresh shot of canadian air is. 28 in erie and detroit now. the trend shows passing clouds tomorrow, a decent day. in to sunday, a sunny scenario, great for christmas eve night and day. overnight 30, less windy. tomorrow 44 at the airport. sun and clouds, again, seasonably cool. tomorrow night, santa, getting in the action here, 28 degrees, clear, calm, cold, and as we look to the seven-day forecast, again, interesting, this mild trend continues to hold up. we warm up closer to 50 on sunday. tuesday and wednesday talking about temperatures back near 50. interesting, kickoff tomorrow at 1:00 with cleveland, mt bank stadium, might be closer to 39, 40 degrees. dress warmer if you are going to the game. >> i have family from texas, they want to hear white christmas. >> it's not going t

the plant on the banks of the potomac and sewage plant serving that district suburban maryland and northern. >>> severe weather and tornadoes accounted for half the record 12 weather disasters that blasted the u.s. in 2011. the most memorable the tornadoes of tuscaloosa alabama and joplin missouri and also the massive flooding across the south and midwest. the price tag is around $52 billion and that is a third costliest weather year ever. number one, hurricane katrina. justin. >> no argument there. severe weather yesterday, in southeast virginia, with the same storm. you mentioned main street. here main street in bel air. charm city runners look at wet weather yesterday. it snowed for a few hours and didn't stick and waking up this morning, the sun trying to come up over dry streets. that's an any. you were disappointed -- irony. you were disappointed the snowflakes didn't overtake the warm, wet ground. but at 35 we are looking at what we expected to have a dry morning. if you didn't do your homework it's your fault. we told you we will have school today regardless of whatever fell or stuc

right now current temperatures are mild in southern maryland near 60 on the eastern shore. mid 30s in northern and western maryland. the rain is essentially over now. a couple evening sprinkles can't be ruled out. skies clearing out late tonight. wind will pick up. you'll notice it tomorrow. kids under 40 rounds, rocks in the pockets for tomorrow. highs upper 30s and low 40s. windchills near freezing tomorrow afternoon. that will feel like a lot like december. nice weather for thursday and generally nice for friday. back into the 50s there. precautionary raindrop for saturday new year's eve and then new year's day looks quiet. follow the forecast on our website or follow me on twitter. i've been tweeting out those pictures of the rainbow from earlier today. >> tomorrow they can send us pictures of kids with rocks in their pockets. >>> a day that some people dream of their entire lives but some people in lima, pueru, didn't imagine getting married as they did until now. 90 grooms and 90 brides simultaneously exchanged rings and vows. the mass wedding was sponsored by government and presided ove

the heaviest rain is in northern portions of maryland and st. mary's county. seeing heavy rain. look at the area of rain extending all the way down to atlanta and back to mississippi and alabama. this is the area that we're going to be watching very, very closely. this is the next piece of energy that will start to make its way our way. as it does we are talking about temperatures going down. we are talking about rain coming down and the potential for snow. 2 to 5 inches well to the west of washington in hagerstown and petersburg and west virginia. 1 to 2 inches in loudoun county and montgomery and howard county. maybe a coating as close to the district as the western portions of the i- -- 495, beltway and american legion bridge and off to the west. that's about it. i'll have more at 6:00 to let you know what you can expect. >> thank you, doug. >>> who we looking at this week? >> we are looking at everybody. we squeezed a lot of the teams into the plays of the week. the plays of the week special with kick returns you have to see and the redskins make an appearance for the second