northern maryland maybe two or three inches there. aryland starting off with snow but may end up with a little glaze of freezing rain or sleet on top of the snow. everyone needs to be very weather alert as you're making your plans to get outside today. even though the main roads are fine the more people that can stay off the roads, the better shape they'll be in because chemicals will be very effective at these temperatures and with such light amounts of anything coming out of the sky. this is a recipe for good treatment of roads outside. there's the live picture from our city camera this morning over reagan national. still waiting on snowflakes there. thank goodness for the internet. my twitter followers coming through. diane farley in nanjemoy this morning. bob kres lynn, williamsport, already a fresh inch. trish miller cascade, maryland also another fresh coating of snow there. it is starting to reach the ground. could see one to maybe three inches of snow in northern maryland here around the metro. probably up to an inch maybe a li

there are winter weather advisories posted for northern maryland, northern montgomery county high spots of loudoun countys out towards frederick county, virginia, panhandle of west virginia, that's a winter weather advisory that go this is to effect at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. tomorrow is the day we're worried about, not today. snow begins 2:00 to 5:00 a.m. friday morning. it will be a wet snow where it does come down, it will also be rain in southern maryland and a mix through much of the metro area. primarily in the morning hours. but slushy roads will be possible in washington metro authority ward into the northward. you can see the advisories posted. no advisories for the immediate d.c. metro area just yet. that could be changing later on today. right now 28 in frederick, 36 in fredericksburg. by later on today, increasing clouds, it will be on the cool to chilly side for much of the day. but temperatures should make it up into the low 50s for a brief time. still 5 to 7 degrees cooler than average. and then by this evening skies will be going mostly cloudy. temperatures back into the 30s

it will have a high impact in northern maryland. already a tough day on the roads. >>> already a mess on the roads here. breaking news this morning, probably going to be like this for much of the morning. northbound bw parkway completely shut down at route 50. so right now all northbound traffic being pushed on to route 50. and southbound lanes also closed because they are trying to turn some of the northbound traffic around. 270 at mopmontrose everything flowing. 95 at lorton also looking good. >>> a family reunion decades in the making. and we were there to capture it all. the emotional moments after the break. >>> and a school murder plot stopped before it was too late. how police managed to foil a student's plan. >>> good morning once again. rain changing over to snow now from the north he said of the capital beltway right up the 270 corridor out to hagerstown and into the shenandoah valley. moderate rain fairfax and prince william county. >>> it is now 4:45. today the man accused of a murder in silver spring will be in court. i

the computer says about an inch around town, 2 in gaithersburg, 3 or 4 up across northern maryland. and i think that's just about right. here is our snow map. a slushy inch or two around town and again temperatures around the metro should be about 34 35 degrees. so most of that accumulation will be on the grass. but slushy roads are a real possibility. soma lisa will be talking about that at length tomorrow. here is our seven day forecast. 50s today, rain/snow mix around the area for tomorrow. very little impact at southern maryland. there is 60 on saturday, so whatever comes down will be gone by then. dry cold air comes in early next week. i'm going to put a frowny face on this morning's traffic report. >> yrksjust because we're all upset about your report is for tomorrow? >> yes. retribution. >> wiping the tears away here. still have northbound georgia avenue closed between wayne and thayer. megan mcgrath will have more on that. 95 at dale city, everything looking good. prince george's county overall moving along quite nicely, as well. taking a look a little to the north, 95, bw p

low to moderate impact across the metro but much higher impact in northern maryland panhandle of west virginia. frederick county maryland to frederick county virginia the spine of the blue ridge, where the impact is the highest. next four day, 50s today. mid to upper 30s tomorrow. cold enough to snow but not ice up roads. could be slippery at times. all-important weekend, saturday mix of clouds and sunshine highs near 60. any slushy snow you make tomorrow snowmen, melt fast saturday. sunday on a cool side. temperatures in the low 50s. on the whole, watching out for that. veronica and doug will have the latest on news 4:00 5:00 and 6:00. ♪ do you want to build a snowman ♪ >> right. >> veronica and doug here this morning, 4:00 5:00 and 6:00 talking about the snow too. chuck will be here at 4:26 in the morning and >> daniel: check on brady black every four hours. melanie's visiting with him now. if she's still there in another hour or so you just shoo her out. he needs his rest. >> understood. >> daniel: yeah, thank you. >> abigail: daniel, hey. >> daniel: hey. >> abigail: hi, i just tal

advisories posted for northern maryland, panhandle of west virginia already. that includes western loudoun clarke county frederick county. winter storm warnings for washington county, maryland. morgan county, and also out towards alleghany county maryland. basically areas above 1500 feet have a much better chance of some accumulating snow coming our way tomorrow. timing begins between 2:00 and 5:00 a.m.. mostly just a wet snow around the metro area. rain down to the south towards southern maryland and northern neck and slushy roads will be a possibility. storm team 4 radar is all clear this morning. so you are right, nothing to worry about for today. there is the moisture down to our south. and there is not a widespread amount of winter storm warnings out at all. so this will be a very marginal event indeed. temperatures right now are in the upper 20s in places like gaithersburg and near freezing in haens.manassas. later on this afternoon temperatures climbing to the upper 40s and low 50s under increasing numbers of clouds. as far as future weather is concerned

it's drying out just a touch down towards fredericksburg northern neck and southern maryland. total snow accumulations, forecast on the money. one to three slushy inches in the northern and western suburbs. three to five inches of snow across much of northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. most of the accumulating stuff is just about done with us right now. temperatures inch up near 40 degrees later this afternoon. barbara? >> all right. >>> free ice falling from the sky out there. here's a story that's popular on facebook. free ice? that's not just outside. today is free ice day at rita store ace cross the country. it's the annual giveaway putting a spring in your everyday step. head out between noon and 9:00 p.m. and get a free italian ice. share your experience with rita's using the hash tag receipt tasfirstdayofspring. you could win prizes. >>> and a group of people a total solar eclipse at 5:30 this morning. the sun, moon and earth lined up perfectly to create the eclipse. a time lapse video what it looked like as the moon covered the sun. shot over the atla

but mid-30s in northern maryland with snow, mid to upper 30s across northern virginia and southern maryland. and as a result, mostly in the form of rain. generally speaking a slushy inch around most of the metro. but a slushy 1 to 3 inches in the more than and western suburbs here. 3 to 5 inches of slushy snow here frederick, hear landmaryland out to hagerstown. here is the back end of the precipitation, which should come through here as rain by about 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. "7-day forecast" just a couple minutes away. >>> 6:35. chuck nailinged ednailed this down. you may see rain, snow or mixture. megan mcgrath is out live eyeballing the snow and rain for us on 35 in frederick, maryland. >> reporter: good morning. right now the snow is not coming down quite as hard as it was when we last talked to you. while it's a little lighter than it was it is still snowing here in frederick. take a look at the grass here. into the ton of accumulation but enough to make things sloppy. great for snowball fights and making snow men. and lots of kids in the area will be able to do that probably for t

it's going to stay mostly snow for our friends and neighbors in northern maryland and west of the blue ridge. from the capital beltway southward toward i-95 fredricksburg, into southern maryland this is going to be much more of a sleet, freezing rain event for the next couple hours. fortunately any amount of anything that's coming down is going to stay very very light. there's a live pick touche over national airport, another plane load of folks getting out on time. if you're flying out of a local airport, check with your carrier. quite a few delays and cancellations at all three major airports. great pictures via social media. @chuckbell4 is my twitter handle. this is john in ft. washington. a coating of ice. donna reagan in waldorf, a little coating of ice and sleet on the sidewalk. nij ill driving in frederick, maryland. please come to a spleet stop before ever taking a picture. no texting or photographing while driving, please. snow-covered roads in frederick, maryland. chad in falls church virginia already a little coating of sleet and ice there. that in mind winter weather adviso

so highest impact here northern maryland today. how much snow? generally an inch or less in and around town. but 1 to 3 as close in as really gaithersburg and germantown out toward leesburg and 3 to 5 inch across northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. breaking news first 4 traffic. >>> breaking news again, bw parkway northbound here completely shut down at route 50. all northbound traffic being pushed on to eastbound route 50 a, some southbound lanes of bw parkway also shut down. we just spoke with police this was a fatal accident. so no doubt it could be shut down for the next couple of hours here. taking a look at 70 just east of 270, hard to see, but we know that slushy kind of snow is falling here in this area right now. megan mcfrath for us on 270 northbound even seeing a little bit of the slush and snow a couple minutes ago through montgomery village. 66 and 95 no problems. nice and green. 95 at cherry hill road looking good, as well. and then a big look at things inner loop and outer loop no major issues. more on this bw pa

rain down to the south and snow likely across northern maryland. it will gradually all change over to rain but there could be an accumulation of some wet slushy snow. our local model is giving more than 3 inches across parts of northern merearyland, the american model 2 to 3. so plan on slushy snow friday morning. "7-day forecast" time 50 today, 53 tomorrow. there is the rain/snow chance on friday. the weekend will be dry. saturday will be the nicer day this weekend by far with highs near 60. and i saw a disturbing image on the internet. i don't know what this is, but melissa mollet ate it or drank it for breakfast. >> it's a little kale and apple and banana, but i did not puree it appropriately. but i feel good. >> i get it. i would drink that. >> still have the crash in silver spring, bripgs sbriggs cheneyaney road. and 270 hearing a problem in the central lane. east of sudley seeing volume. 95 slowest spot northbound in dale city. and branch avenue north at auth still have that crash. i'll go eat my smoothie by myself. >>> fairfax county executiv

snow in northern maryland freezing rain and sleet in southern maryland the northern neck. road conditions are going downhill very, very quickly. any untreated surface especially in southern maryland has a glaze of freezing rain on it. use extreme caution or completely delay or ignore travel outside today. let the road crews get ahead and stay ahead of all this. another complete check of when the timing comes to an end and when we may get close to 60 degrees coming up. >> take us there, chuck, take us there. >> blink, we're there. >>> we showed you this close call for kids and parents in massachusetts. >> this picture was tweeted out idea. it's an indoor ice rink where part of the roof collapsed sen difficult. >> jeff sever son has more on the split decision that caved lives. >> reporter: crashing down with little notice, part of the roof over the canton metropolis skating rink is now gone. >> we thought why are we alive. >> reporter: 7:00 a.m., the norwood youth hockey team just started practicing inside when immediately started screaming to get off the ice. i knew that was

now into northern maryland. and we have got some snow on the imrowpped and started to get on the roads. those are the airtias, andrea we have to watch out for. >> this is carroll county and may have problems. and everything in white is snow. and blue would be heavier snow. and big white chunky snowflakes. warren ton. springfield reporting snow. this is where the line is now. it is a little bit on the grass. >> 54 in frederick and leesburg. and with the snow coming down. enough of a rate heavy enough. it is going to stick. and sticking on the roads in a few spots. >> 36 in manassas and tough time getting it to stick. >> this is big, wet flakes coming down. and from fairfax county and loudon as well. and the snowiest areas as well. >> this is berkeley county. and martins burg. and west virginia. >> extending into frederick. >> mohr so northern frederick. >> you could see. three, four, maybe six. >> that is pushing it. and you get farther south and eastern loudon on chance of three. we will get less than an inch in

for now current temperatures are only in the low to mid-30s across northern maryland. 31 hagerstown. 36 frederick and leesburg 37 in manassas manassas. fredericksburg reached 42 already. going out this afternoon, plan on cool sunshine. definitely a day to walk on the sunny side of the street. temperatures up to near 50 degrees. >>> today we'll get our first look at a new security measure. the nationals will use this at the ballpark. check out the nbc washington app this afternoon for pictures of the new metal detectors they'll use. teams across the country are putting them in place this year to keep you and your family safe at game. >>> lots of brackets busted and nobody left from our area in the ncaa men's tournament. basketball tournament today. georgetown, virginia maryland all eliminated this weekend. today a lot of you are sharing the terps social media messages to fans. the team posted a "thanks" to #perpnation on facebook. post has more than 7,000 likes and more than 700 shares. if you still want to #feartheturret's one maryland team stands a good chance. the women's basketbal

there's your snow across northern maryland. watch that line drop as we get into the early morning hours, right on into a 10:00 11:00 a.m. by lunch time, right through areas of southern maryland, so by say, 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, snow into southern maryland. it will start out as rain, but we're expecting between 4 and 8 inches of snowfall areawide. we'll have more on who gets what and the time line on the snow-covered roads coming up later. >>> you may be able to use your sled on capitol hill during the snowstorm. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is asking capitol police for a waiver of the sledding ban on capitol grounds. you may remember during winter storm last month, several sledders were told to pack up and get out of there. if it's approved, the sledding ban would be lifted from tomorrow through sunday. >>> as the storm moves in remember we'll have every part of the area covered. "news4 today" will begin early tomorrow morning airing from 4:00 to 7:00 a.m. >>> it created an intensely charged atmosphere where people feel un

this morning, people woke up with snow, in northern maryland. we had the clouds, the fog, and then look out quickly the snow disappeared. soon enough, we will see the buds popping out on the trees. hopefully we will start to see some of that happening along the tidal basin with the cherry blossoms. this first. -- this first full day of spring has been lovely. woodbridge, 62, downtown d.c., 60. 58 potomac and st. mary's elementary school in annapolis 48 degrees. the reason is on the chesapeake bay, they have the wind off the water and it really cool the air. clear skies overhead now, but if you look close the clouds filling into pennsylvania and ohio, associated with the week weather front. that will slide through overnight. that will also bring us cooler air masses. that will be overhead tomorrow. we will not have 60's, we will have low 50's as the daytime highs. it will also be breezy, so what will feel cooler. tonight, the clown stream and, 38 degrees in the city, the subgroup's fall into the lower -- clouds stream in, 38 degrees in the city,

this will cross into northern maryland and the district, prince george's county, southern maryland asperatures -- i've got to show you this before i get to our forecast. manassas is 28 but stafford 33. culpeper 36. leesburg is 32. there's going to be a period of several hours where we could have that light icing. our forecast eventually 55. tonight 50. a couple of showers tonight but not nearly as cold, midz 40s in the cold -- mid-40s in the cold spots. tomorrow low to mid-70s with morning showers and afternoon showers and storms. an early shower friday turning colder, mid-50s. then a ridiculously cold saturday before we're back in the 50s on sunday. it's 6:49. good morning, larry miller. >> good morning, sir. in north bethesda we have a car or several cars facing the wrong direction. not causing any major delays near the crash site but on the the outer loop of the beltway up to the 95 interchange there, we're starting to see some volume building and slight delays in that area. be mindful if you're going to be heading out. sky 9 is giving you a look at how things are shaping up on 270

you'll need a jacket and even sunglasses especially if you're in the counties across northern marylandanwhile, travel conditions absolutely terrific. the roads dry and all the snow we had the other day is gone. it's vanished. radar scanning the area. dry here. i think the next time we see anything showing up it will be showers on thursday. it's looking like the showers for thursday will be early in the morning. meanwhile cloud cover early today. you can see it streaming across the area. your thicker clouds down here around roanoke and richmond. again, not too bad. i don't like the fact that we're going back to around freezing. 28 up in state college. wilks barre 28. they'll get a chance to rise into the low 40s later today possibly. all the cold air will continue south behind the weather front that moved through early this morning. right now again, a range of 39 way up in hagerstown maryland to 48 in fredricksburg, culpepper and stafford coming in at 48 degrees. filtered sunshine. more sun as the day unfolds. chilly by 8:00 45 degrees the temperature. after midnight it gets cold under

highs tomorrow 51 in washington but only mid-40s in northern maryland. 48 in frederick tomorrow. 48 martinsburg. as the colder air settles down not to fredericksburg as early and mid-50s. tomorrow a bit breezy. 51. 47 and that's going to feel really cold with extra clouds around monday. and both monday and tuesday morning on the chilly side indeed. milder later on in the week. near 70 on thursday with a chance for showers and maybe, chris, a little chance of a thunderstorm as well. >> thanks a lot, chuck. >>> still ahead, heart break for the hoyas and points at a >>> boy, really really hard to gauge this season for the hoyas. success, disappointment. hard to say at this point. >> last year you have to give the senior class and this group credit. they did get back to the tournament. they had a good season. it didn't end like they wanted it to end, though n. a season that saw georgetown post 22 wins and make it back to the big dance after missing out a year ago, that season has finally come to an end. hoyas defeated by utah tonight. john thompson iii's team cooled off in the second half. here's a

a few clouds and maybe a few sprinkles for those of you in northern maryland. aside from that we're dry with temperatures dipping into the 30s. what you need to wear tomorrow a light jacket and sunglasses are going to get you through the day. our average high is 53. that's going to be the high temperature tomorrow inside of the beltway. here's your hour by hour planner. 7:00 a.m. temperature around 39 degrees. at that point, though temperatures will be in the low 30s in the suburbs. sunrise now at about 7:30 tomorrow morning. 11:00 a.m. mostly sunny. it's a little breezy throughout the day tomorrow. nothing we can't handle. 45 degrees at that point. low 50s by 3:00 p.m., and 7:00 the sun still out. partly to mostly sunny skies. it's hoil. it's not cold though. 45 degrees. i want to show you the high temperature in your neighborhood because it is going to vary north to south from a high of 45 in hagerstown to 56 for a high in fredericksburg. 54 for a high temperature in culpepper tomorrow. for the most part plenty of sunshine. on monday partly sunny skies. a hig

it did squeeze out a couple of light snow showers and flurries in northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. but that has exited now so all of our eyes are going to be turning to the nation's midsection and that's where we have a pretty potent storm system that's going to be affecting people from the great lakes almost all the way to the gulf coast for today. now, this low pressure system has quite a bit of energy with it and some of the thunderstorms that developed this afternoon could be strong or severe in parts of missouri stretching over into illinois. it's been a very very quiet, severe weather season so far and in fact, so quiet that we've broken a record now for the month of march. no severe weather watches have been issued by the storm prediction center as of this point. we've got more details on that and my blog on wjla.com/weather if you're interested. the dynamics of this system will be changing as it heads our way. so we're not very concerned that any of our thunderstorms will be severe. but we will see some warmer temperatures and a little bit of a bumpy ride from time to time

icing in a few spots this morning from areas in the west virginia panhandle, northern virginia, northern maryland. now we're above freezing. still kind of raw ow there. the cold damp -- raw out there. the cold dampness right through you. manassas, d.c., over toward owens, owens a minute ago was 42. howntsingtown, excuse me -- huntingtown, excuse me, huntington is at 43. we had the rain come through this morning. this is all ahead of a warm front. you see the rain toward delaware, northeastern pennsylvania. other than a stray shower, i think we're pretty much done with the rain for today. still, a slow climb out of the 30s and 40s to upper 40s and low 50s. however, way west, you may get into some of that warmer air into the lower 60s. charleston, west virginia right now 67 degrees. so the warmth not that far away but we've got the cold in place thanks to the appalachians. our day planner, lots of clouds. upper 40s by 3:00. 6:00, 7:00 probably get the high around 52. we're going to stay in the 40s to around 50 tonight. tomorrow spring like, 70s, showers, storms. aim have more on take coming up in a

our reporters are spanned out from northern virginia through maryland and on into the district. it begins with chief meteorologist doug kammerer. he niece the storm center with your first word. doug? >> still seeing snow in parts of the area although a lot of the area starting to see it taper off now. we're just about done with the worst of this storm. let's take a look and show you what's happening outside. storm team 4 radar, all the quite, that's the snow down to the south, southern maryland down towards fredericksburg took a while to change over but once it did it's been snowing heavily down toward this area. you see it back to the west winchester hagerstown just about done with the snow. still snow showers in through loudoun county and out towards montgomery county but along and east of i-95 that's where the bulk of the snow remains. that's where we could still pick up another 1 to 2 inches as far as that's concerned. as the snow continues to lessen in parts of the region look at our rockville camera. here's 355. i've been watching this camera all day. this is the best that

couldn't rule out a sprinkle or two in northern maryland. that's about it.t to watch for over the coming day, cloudy and cool today. not a big impact on outdoor activities. sort of a gloominess outside. thursday a chance for a rumble or two of thunder. nothing severe. the weekend, green and yellow cautiously optimistic heading into the weekend as far as your weather forecast. only into the upper 40s and low 50s today. one mile day nap will be tomorrow. look at just enough sunshine for about 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon to ally for quite the warm-up. into the 70s. showers linger thursday night into early friday and the weekend, primarily dry, but well below average. highs only in the 40s on saturday to barely 50 on sunday. [ chanting ] >> some uva students now protesting a tuition increase at the board of visitors could approve as soon as today. the hike takes effect next year if it happens. tuition going up by nearly 4% for students both in and out of state. the school says the full price to go there including room and board fees

southern maryland northern neck eastern shore still having showers off and on into the afternoon.ratures right now are chilly. we're just in the low to mid-40s. that's way below the average high this time of year which is around 50 degrees. we're going to stay hovering in the 40s through the rest of the afternoon. may briefly get up to around 50 degrees by late afternoon. a little light rain lingering phi 1:00. roads drying by 3:00. by 5:00 just cloudy rather chilly with temperatures right around 50. >> all right tom. >>> a major push by the white house today to fight drug-resistant illnesses. the obama administration announce add five-year plan to deal with the problem. the cdc says drug-resistant dack tieria currently causing 23,000 deaths a year and 2 million illnesses. if the problem is not dealt with experts fear normally minor illnesses could become deadly. some experts say the white house isn't going far enough. they want antibiotic use extremely limited in animals processed for meat. >>> back in one >>> an uplifting story on this friday. the little boy now cancer-free. van

again, big winners mostly northern maryland out towards the shenandoah valley.ay. 49 today. all snow. all day tomorrow. amounts to be determined a little more carefully tomorrow. and then staying cold on friday. don't forget to move your clocks back this weekend and change the battery in your smoke detectors. spring is coming next week i. want to believe it. thank you. see you soon. >>> a montgomery county ambulance slid on ice striking two pedestrians. it was sent to help. the ambulance was heading to cameron hill court in silver springs to help an injured woman who apparently slipped on the ice. the woman along with a second person both struck when the ambulance hit a patch of ice and slid into them. the woman who initially fell that serious injuries. the other person expected to be okay. >>> fairfax county board of supervisors will earn more money now. the board voted in favor of a pay raise. the next board making $90,000 up from $75,000 a year. the chairman makes $90,000 annually annually. seem sass port was luke warm. board member pat harriety says he was g

not so much into northern maryland but more toward northern and central areas of virginia leesburg and winchester and petersburg light showers. it's just the morning hours we'll have to deal with that. i don't think it's carrying an umbrella at all for tomorrow. the afternoon is dry but still overcast. a better chance for seeing that rain move in on thursday from early in the day, 8:00 a.m. some showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm or moderate rains in the morning. we get a big bit of a break for the afternoon. so cloudy and, again, plenty warm with a lot of moisture in the air. by the evening hours, the line comes through associated with the weather front. showers and maybe eve an few thunderstorms, especially areas of northeastern maryland maybe right on down into howard county baltimore county maybe as far south as prince george's and anne arundel county. tomorrow a few showers, not as cool so, your impact tomorrow is very low. on our forecast 48 to 58 a big range in temperatures across the area. northeast it's going to feel a little better than today. you can see early morning a

maryland. and the northern neck by around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. now and then though transitioning into sleet. for us the metro has heaviest snow from now until 2:00 3:00 and then after that quickly tapers off. as of 8:00 p.m. moderate to heavy snow northern neck southern maryland lower eastern shore and north and west of there, just lingering flurries until around 10:00. leaving in its wake six to nine inches north and we of the metro area including montgomery county northern prince george's howard frederick, as well as southern washington county. panhandle of west virginia, most of the shenandoah valley as well and higher rimps getting as much as nine to ten inches. in the metro area four to six-inch amounts common as will much of southern maryland and the northern neck. one thing i've changed on the map in the last couple of hours. looks like you there even in the northern neck earlier looked like two to for inches. now there, too, could get over four inches of snow and well as southern maryland. hour-by-hour the rest of the day, a live view ove

radar shows a couple of snow flakes across parts of northern maryland.e in shady grove montgomery county -- into the mid 30s now. we're at least above the freezing mark. even if you spot a flake or two it's coming down from the sky not going stick to the roads. if you see a snow flake let us know on social media at. @chuckbell4 is my twitter handle. plan on mid 30s and clouds and maybe a snow flurry or two. that's about it. plenty of clouds maybe a sprinkle. maybe one or two rays of sunshine. mely highs about 10 degrees colder than average. tom is talking about chances for rain drops and 70s in the seven-day forecast. for now, how are the roads? >>over all a couple of problems now. 16th street at northwest totally shut down at oak street. this is a police investigation. road closed both directions. trying to find out more about this right now. and rock creek parkway southbound we have one lane getting bi. that's reopening this morning. travel times 95 north quantico to the beltway about. i'm back in ten. >>> and i team investigation leads to a congressio

temperatures around the region still in the mid-30s in northern maryland. all the way up to 42 here in washington. even the western shore of the bay is on the cold side courtesy of the cold waters outside. your weather headlines for today, plenty of clouds around but very few drops. if you can't find the um brelbrella, you may be okay today. better rain chances on thursday, which may come with a thunderstorm as well. >>> here's a story that many of you are talking about on our facebook page. angelina jolie just revealed she had had more preventive surgery to prevent cancer. she had her fill lope yan tubes removed to prevent kanscancer. she says she hopes her story will empower women to take control of their health and learn about their treatment options. in the op-ed piece she acknowledges surgery is not the best option for everyone but says quote, i feel feminine and grounded in the choices that i am making for myself and my family. i know my children will never have to say mom died of ovarian cancer. a group praised her on instagram saying once again her

everybody in our viewing area southern maryland northern maryland portions of west virginia down towards most of northern virginia. now, here's the thing. i really don't think it's going to be all that bad. i want you to remember that. i don't think tomorrow will be all that bad. we'll talk much more about this coming up at about the 5:15 hour. but one thing to note this is what i'm watching for this to come in during the day tomorrow. the first storm on our tuesday will not be that big. it will be the wednesday, thursday storm that will have a much bigger impact on our area. here's the storm time line. snow and ice moving in around 1:00. some areas mostly to the north of the d.c. metro area will have the best chance to see that. then yes, as we said, a bigger storm wednesday and thursday. all of that for you coming up right around 5:15. >> thanks doug. >>> fist at 5, two of the most dangerous and wanted robbers up and down the east coast strike again today. >> they're called the black hat bank robbers and they move with precision. but new tonight, detectives say they may have their best

look like any major accumulations, but i couldn't rule out a slushy inch or two especially in northern maryland-day forecast" time, 50s today and tomorrow rain/snow friday, dry both days this weekend. saturday will be the warmest day out of the next seven or ten, but don't get used to it because more cold air comes in sunday monday and tuesday. >>> overall looking pretty good this morning. blue and yellow delays still in both directions however we're no longer single tracking. so that of course is an improvement. eastbound montgomery village avenue at 355, right lane blocked for emergency road work. wide look at things overall, no major problems inner loop and ou taking a look 95 northbound here in virginia, you can see we're a little slow through dale city. that's typical. beltway at landover road everything flowing along just fine there. and remember this road work that has been around southbound garden city drive at westbound 50 the right lane and ramp blocked. back at 6:01. >>> many of you are sharing this next story on the nbc washington facebook page to get the word out to your friends an

for us i do think areas north of us areas like northern maryland around frederick, hagerstown, would see clearing by sunset. we're at 66 agree sdegrees, really mild. we won't see fog overnight a clear sky for us. we'll turn chilly once we clear out, learn:00 p.m. 49 degrees, tomorrow morning we'll be starting out in the 30s so it will be a cold start tomorrow. sunshine for the day all through. here's early tomorrow morning and here's the afternoon around 3:00 4:00. sunshine, big area of high pressure moves in. then uh-oh, by friday already i think early in the day clouds back. we'll be dry even at lunchtime. 3:00 we saw this yesterday. rain probably not until late friday. the timing of that still looks like it's staying in line with our forecast. winchester 3:00 showers, by the time we get to 5:00 you'll need your umbrella for the evening rush on friday. not looking overly wet until we get into friday night. but, boy, when it comes in this time, just like the last system, all that moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico, northeastward, it will be wet we'll see quite a bit of rain.

her body was found months later in northern maryland. a jury convicted johnson of second-degree murder but he was given another trial. that one ended in a mistrial. >>> well there is a major change in the works for drivers who use i-66 inside the beltway. vdot is planning to convert all lanes to high occupancy toll lanes during the rush hours. that move is going to dramatically change the commutes of thousands of drivers. >> to relieve congestion and improve travelability, we're looking for approaches i-66 inside the beltway for peak periods only. >> if you carry at least two passengers the ride will be free all the time. tolling on i-66 is expected to begin in 2017. >>> an agency in turmoil. first at 4, now the president is weighing in on a new secret service controversy and the new information that we just learned that makes the whole incident a lot more interesting. >>> right place, right time. one police officer risked his own life just as a car bursts into flames. >>> officers are calling one of their colleagues a hero for pulling a

it will be farther north closer to the pennsylvania line and across the northern maryland area, could be three or four inches. we think most impacts will be in the farther north areas meaning most of the snow whatever falls will be mushy areas in the grass and roadways. could be issues in hagerstown and frederick and by the afternoon, as we showed -- steve showed you on the futurecast, we think enough warm air will be in, most of what's left over by friday afternoon will be old fashioned cold rain. in the short term it looks good tonight. clear and cold with diminishing winds. through the day tomorrow sun will increase. only hit 47. as we move through the next seven days there's an 80% probability of snow and/or rain as we get through the day on friday. the weekend clears out but still remains cool. reinforcing push of cold air sunday will keep us in the mid 40's. only 41 on monday. looks like more chances of rain this time around on tuesday. look through next week, even in the upper 40's. we'll have an average high of 60 before you know it and we're going to go with highs in the 40's

together for you to show you the cold air, the temperatures below freezing making their way into northern marylandtake a look around gaithersburg. this is at 1:00 a.m. thursday morning. temperatures dropping from north-south. so if it does here's the way it's looking for how much snoesm we're going to get and the highest probability, a 70% chance the cold air gets here early that we'll see between 5 and 8 inches of snow. lower probabilities 10% to 20% we'll see anywhere from 3 to 5 or 2 to if that cold gets here late and mixes with sleet, your chances go up for, saipe, about 3 to 5 inches of snow, a lot less. doug? >> right now we are thinking that cold air will arrive early. but we still have time to make this forecast. the snowfall total amounts are our first call. 46 on your wednesday, 29 for a high on thursday. temperatures actually fall. 27 on friday and then the weekend right now the weekend looks dry for the most part and we spring forward saturday night into sunday. the weekend not only dry but, hey, above 40 degrees. >> we welcome that. >> the fallout.e like that. >>> coming up we also li

southern maryland northern neck eastern shore until 9:00 this morning. some of the visibilities under a quarter of a mile there. temperatures are at or a little below freezing there. but by 9:00 we should be getting above freezing. and then we have another chance of a round of sleet an freezing rain tomorrow afternoon in to tomorrow evening as temperatures only get a little above freezing before that happens. it will drop a little below freezing so we'll have more iciness tuesday night. and then above freezing wednesday with occasional rain showers. on thursday another chance of wintry mix. drying out friday finally above freezing and nice for the weekend into the 40s on saturday and sunday. a look at the hour by hour roller coaster temperatures over the next 24 hours coming up at 6:31. how is the commute now? >>> we're looking good traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. but watch out for the slick spots. eastbound route 50 at whitehall, earlier accident. rains will open but you will still see delays. east bound route 7 near baron cameron avenue

the snow falling heavy this morning in areas of northern maryland and out in pennsylvania. the roads warm and melting now slushy. now we're seeing problems arising. on the map, green rain. white snow. notice much of the state of pennsylvania is where the bulk of it is. as far as accumulating snows go temperatures in d.c. around 36 degrees. really avoid theed worst. the snow hagerstown starting to accumulate, where the roads see worst of conditions currently. the timing as we go throughout the next couple hours areas now dry, new york city included and long island where the heavy snow is slowly moving your way. take this into time. this is 1:00 p.m. the darker blue heavier snows, headed for the new york city area from 1:00 p.m. to six p.m. when the heavy jest snows are right over the big am when everyone's going home from school and work. look for a very sloppy evening rush hour. main highways treated. no problem. secondary roads that will have the issues. 15-minute delays at the philadelphia airports. new york city airports no problems now but this afternoon those delays an

authorities say 25-year-old derek carol fled from northern maryland to our area after he allegedly stranglederly people. he also allegedly stole the victim's car. investigators say this woman 27-year-old ellen lost helped plan the attack and was also arrested officer the weekend. >>> the dover police department is searching for this man 30-year-old matthew began none. they believe he robbed two women in a car parked at the dover library yesterday. the victims told detectives began none walked up to their car, pulled out a handgun and said "this is a stick up. ." if you know where matthew began none is call dover police. >> overnight water main break caused headaches for residents all day. 12-inch main ruptured before 4:00 a.m. near 15th and christian streets. the street and several basements were flooded. pgw crews were able to quickly shut off the water but they spent all day making repairs which meant that 20 homes were without running water. >>> winter storms can also force trash collection to be delayed or postponed by a few days or even a week. but when trash started piling up in one ne

a nice sunday drive, maybe up to philadelphia or even some of the northern most spots in maryland thisat 46 here 36 in hagerstown 27 in state college. that's where the cold air is coming behind the weather front and will be dropping in on us by late tonight, early tomorrow morning. these are the actual temperatures for 6:00 a.m. monday 26 gaithersburg 29 d.c. everywhere i think we'll be under the freezing mark with a little bit of wind. those temperature values will be down a few degrees in terms of the windchill. but it's going to feel like 20 to 25 degrees. by monday afternoon, we're cool again with some sunshine coming in. then another little weather system far west. that snow coming in for monday night, early tuesday morning. it's not going to be spreading throughout the area. high elevation snow. today, again, the cloud cover, most of it down south. more sunshine as you head north. temperature about 53 degrees. in d.c. 51 manassas. 45 degrees pax river. today, not the cool e69, not the warmest out of the next seven. again, just like our temperatures today going up and way back dow

and farther south, lighter amount maybe 4 inches far southern maryland and northern neck may get just4 inches from this system as it's quickly going to be leaving us on thursday night. keep up with all the changes storm team 4 weather app after the snow tomorrow we get sun pack friday and saturday but staying below freezing friday. we'll get melting saturday and sunday. turn our clocks ahead one hour saturday night. and monday and tuesday, in to the 50s and partly cloudy. a lot of melting going on. >>> i have a sign for you. this is for eun. am i holding this right? >> no snow or snow no? >> doesn't work so well. >> it works either way, right? >> it does. >> we love you to death. >> we're working on it. >> i think at this rate it's coming. >> if we could stay home with our kids and sled we'd be more than that. >> i love my kids but i don't think i want to even do that. >> we do have a crash dale boulevard ramp to 95 in virginia southbound we have a new crash. route 1 at joplin, a crash with lanes blocked. dale city here a little slow northbound. pretty typical for this time of day. ju

heavier snows after that southern maryland northern neck.st a few lingering flurries around #9:00 or 10:00. 6 to 8 inches north and west of washington. that includes montgomery, howard frederick, we were fairfax into loudoun, panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. 4 to 6 inches for southeast washington southern fairfax southern prince william, southern fauquier lighter amounts away the northern neck of virginia and southern maryland st. mary's and lower part of the eastern shore. amelia segal is live on the storm team 4 weather deck looking at the critical temperatures. >> reporter: and we'll see the temperatures in the suburbs drop first. washington will notice the temperatures here fall to around freezing likely by 10:00 a.m.. so here we are, the future temperature in your neighborhood at 7:00 a.m. notice just about all of the suburbs, culpeper manassas gaithersburg at or below 32 degrees. by 10:00 a.m., dees is.c. is right at that freezing mark. we continue to track snow and sleet. it will start to accumulate across the a

. >> according to the fbi this wells fargo is the eighth bank in northern virginia and maryland that the black hat bandits have hit since january 2nd. >> six of the eight bank robberies have taken place in northern virginia. the other two took place in arnold and waldorf, maryland. >>> the political equilibrium was upended today when the longest service senator announced she's not going to seek a sixth term in 2016. that's senator barbara mikulski who says she's retiring after nearly 30 years. we sent scott broom to get reaction. >> this was clearly a difficult personal decision for the 78-year-old senator. >> there's nothing gloomy about this announcement. there's no health problem. i'm not frustrated with the senate. i had to decide how i would spend my time fighting for my job or fighting for their job. do i spend my time raising money? or do i spend my time raising hell? >> i think she's really a great woman. >> on the street in baltimore where mikulski started her career fighting against a highway that would have paved the historic waterfront enclave. >> she was one of us. >> i l

showing rain still favoring parts of southern maryland and northern neck. by 9:00 a.m., most of the area is dry. starting to see peeks of sunshine along the i-81 corridor. as we get into the afternoon hours, 3:00 mostly sunny skies and breezy conditions. a high temperature today melissa like i said of 62 degrees. right now we're at 43. what's the latest on the roads? >> i'll at that time 6the 62. silver line we have delays both directions. we trooetweeted that out. 66 west at the beltway, right lane blocked. and silver spring tacoma avenue at fenton street, a crash at that intersection. 270 south at shady grove road, no problems. northbound also nice and clear. of course that will build up throughout the morning as we normally see. 66 in to and out of town just fine. 95 northbound virginia here 5:30, so of course we have a little bit of a slowdown there in dale city. and the beltway at ritchie-marlboro road, no problems there. travel times coming up. >>> right now the negotiators have less than 48 hours to declare a framework for a nuclear deal with iran. j

the panhandle of west virginia up into frederick county maryland, northern montgomery county lighter rain inside the capital beltway. keep in mind, all of this now falling as rain and will continue to do so as we move through the evening hours and into the early overnight. this is the wider view that shows everything in action moving off towards the north and the east and we will see this eventually change over to sleet and then snow. national weather service has posted a winter storm warning. all the areas shaded in pink this is as we move through the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. for the accumulating snow. this is model number one. i want you to watch it very carefully as we move through the next 12 hours. 11:00 tonight, moderate rains across the d.c. metro area. here's the conversion zone over to snow by tomorrow morning. most of the region looking like snow. the exception, southern maryland, still under sleet. by the dinnertime hour into late tomorrow night everything clears out of here and our temperatures fall very very quickly. another model, this is the model tha

much of northern virginia, shenandoah valley right near freezing as is southern maryland. near the bay, just low to mid-30s. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain here locally. but there are showers in southwestern virginia, north carolina it will stay well to our south this morning. then this area of rain much farther to the weather that will be tracking toward us by later this evening. so we'll have these mostly clear skies with us. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:1 # 1, your bus stop forecast what to wear now back to you. >>> right now the potomac avenue metro station is back open after a deadly shooting there. metro says the shooting should not have any affect on your commute this morning as trains are no longer single tracking. a metro transit officer shot someone inside before 9:00 p.m. last night. molette green has more on what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: we just saw some of the first passengers arrive just a few moments ago going into the station town the escalator. metro tweeted out that there would be normal service, their on sce

around the metro area a few isolated spots across northern virginia nearby suburbs near 30. southern maryland, 30. near the bay, upper 30s. and we have just a few clouds coming through now storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, we have no rain around this morning. waiting for the petro or the bus, you need to layer up. it will be quite a chill in the air, temperatures hovering just around 30 degrees between 7:00

on the top of that advisories listed in spots from time to time, mainly we will see that in northern marylandginia. the forecast shows clearing skies this afternoon with a high temperature of around 63 degrees . looks nice. jummy: looks very nice. thank you for watching this morning. have a >>> good morning, america. right now, a black hawk helicopter crashes during a routine training exercise in florida. 11 troops missing. search and 'cue efforts under way this morning. >>> also hillary clinton defending her use of private e-mail while secretary of state claiming she broke no laws. we'll tell you what people are saying about that this morning. >>> the hero brother and sister who saved their toddler brother from a kidnapper are speaking out in an abc news exclusive. >> we do say good morning on this wednesday morning, halfway home and there's a "ghostbusters" battle of the sexes brewing. t.j. holmes will be bringing that to us right, technology? >> good morning to you. we've been waiting almost three decades to get a sequel. now we got two but we got a problem here. we got guy versus gal "gho

northern part and up toward north central maryland upper 30s and low 40s. look at the highs today though low to mid-70s in the about metro area maybe into the mid-70s across north central virginia. maybe a few showers passing east of 95 during the afternoon. and then some of those thundershowers beginning to roll this in the evening. at 4:41 a look at your bus stop and drive time forecast for the day ahead. >>> new crash want to mention this it is in lovettesville, 672 the at beech grove lane the road closed in both directions because of a nasty crash. taking a look at prince george's county overall no major problems right how in and out of town. you're looking good branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway here. no problems there. up north a little 95 in maryland no issues. same thing bw parkway northbound and southbound and of course our fun story of the day, 270 at shady grove road with that woman delivering a baby earlier this morning. congrats to her. back in ten minutes. >>> a northern virginia family is now mourning two victims of the ger

show you what's happening right now, radar, rain in through parts of northern virginia into areas of maryland including parts of the district. we're looking at freezing rain and sleet. however, most areas now are reporting just rain. but this was the area we told you yeld. if you live in northern virginia no need to worry. that's why that winter weather advisory was canceled here. but we still have it into parts of maryland as we continue to see areas of some sleet and a little bit of freezing rain too. bowie, annapolis both reporting freezing rain baltimore reporting freezing rain too, back towards gaithersburg same deal but we are continuing to see this on the light side. and that winter weather advisory includes the panhandle of west virginia loudoun, fairfax countys in virginia then down towards maryland most of maryland still under that winter weather advisory. veronica johnson is outside. we talked about the temperatures coming up. >> that's what we've seen. on the weather deck it's all about the rain. my infrared thermometer, 34 degrees out here on the surface. that's really what i'm s