the winds northwesterly at 15 to 30 and gusty. all right, the blizzard warnings have been extended from the district and the maryland side of the river until 10:00 up towards baltimore. the south of the river down toward virginia until 7:00. that actually has not changed. that has been the same all morning. all right. look at these totals. mitchellville, 21 inches. monroe and frederick county,21 inches. 13 inches, ashburn a foot. when we had the lull in the storm, they never got hammered as it picked back up this morning and this afternoon. 6 to 12 in the metro area. 12 to 24 to the north and to the west of us, back in the mountains, and also to the north and to the east of us, even down toward the northern neck. they have 5, 6 inches. teens and 20s. windchills around 0 to start and winds northwesterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy, still windy. i mean, not super windy like now, but it would be a windy day. mid 30s. northwesterly wind at 10 to 20 with higher gusts. again, it is so big and it is intensifying th

winds northwesterly at five to 10.heck out our doppler radar -- always check out our our doppler radar at wusa9.com. 38 in chantilly, 38 dumfries, 38 chesapeake beach, 38 in remington, 38 for our friends in shenandoah. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, cold start, winds northwesterly 10 to 15. by afternoon, though, partly sunny and seasonable, a very nice day to get stuff down and some more melting tomorrow, too with highs in the low 40s and winds won't be a factor, northwesterly at 10. so it's going to feel quite nice. things you need tomorrow and really for the foreseeable future, sunglasses, windshield fluid. clean your headlights and taillights. when you get a big film of salt on your headlights, they don't cast any lights. we'll see refreezing again thursday night if everything melts thursday and go below freezing thursday night. satellite picture and radar combined, here's where the storm is taking shape now in the southern plains and really the energy eventually will end up in the western gulf of mexico. that's whe

low temperatures 15 to 25, winds northwesterly at 15 to 30 and gusty.ood thing all the snow, the 30 inches of snow had melted and had crust on it, or we would have all kinds of snow blowing around today. maryland side, until 10:00 p.m. virginia side of the river until 7:00 p.m., and on the west side of the eastern continental divide, they go until 7:00 a.m. new totals for you. annapolis, 12 inches. gaithersburg, 11 1/2. look at old town, alexandria, 10 1/2 inches. and leaseburg, 12.5 inches of snow. all right, storm potential. 6 to 12 metro. north, you find 12 to 24. 1 to 2 feet in the panhandle along the pa, maryland border and up into north eastern, maryland, which was going to be the bulls eye. tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy, and cold. winds are still up there northwesterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy and cold. winds northwesterly. they are coming down a little bit. it's a good thing. now in terms of the big picture, look at this storm system. it is just incredible. wrapped down, watch it wrap around these moisture bands from t

winds northwesterly, and gusty. and it just goes downhill from there.he snow tapers off tomorrow afternoon, but the winds really pick up and that is going to be the signature of this storm. not so much the snow, but the winds, 20 to 40-mile per hour winds with higher gusts, not going to do us any good. 4 down towards st. mary's county. next seven days, windy tomorrow, in fact, windy through thursday, quite frankly. dry on thursday and friday. temperatures in the 30s, even dry on saturday. a little clipper comes at us on sunday and monday. could give us a little bit of snow. >> i tell you, the caps did something they wish a lot of people could do was get out of here. >> if they could have taken a road trip to miami, that would be better. >> how the caps can beat the snow and the record book all at the same time. plus, the feud between clinton portis and lavar airington boils over in a big way. hear lavar's rant in 9sports coming up. if toyota gets credit for being the most fuel efficient car company in america, well, then how do you explain all this? che

northwesterly 10 to 15. by afternoon, a very, very nice day. partly cloudy and seasonal. winds die down a little bit. northwesterly at about 10. that's a pretty good deal. here is the storm. it's taking shape now. really a tremendous amount of moisture. anytime you pull storms out of the gulf of mexico. they have a tremendous amount of moisture. the latest indications are the storm moves out of the gulf of mexico. moves between hilton head, and wilmington, north carolina. we have that range for you. any event, snow will break out here friday. the question is how long it will snow saturday. whether or not it take as turn to the left or right. already, the next seven days. 42 tomorrow. very nice day. snow heavy at night. tapers off saturday. only 32 saturday. still looking at cold air behind the system. next storm comes in here, not as potent, but more cold air. the precipitation would be snow all the way to southern maryland upper 20s, and mid-20s on wednesday. >> can you stop adding to these totals? >> that was our first total. our first call. >> by the way folks, an all

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northwesterly wind at seven. the wind chill 26 and cold air to the north.old air is here and i will show you what is brewing in texas. this is the moisture source. the new stuff that will be arriving on friday afternoon, friday evening and last through much of the day on saturday. significant snow possible on friday in to saturday. i think i will change that to likely soon. 32 for the high on saturday. sunday and monday we dig out and tuesday that's what we are talking about, the possibility of another storm then. angie, good morning. >> good morning. hello. happy wednesday to you. thanks for joining us. we are going to begin with an update on the american legion bridge. notice no more flashing lights on the outer loop on the bridge. looks like things cleared up. all lanes are back open. this is something new at university. getting word of an accident out here. we are seeing a delay from new hampshire to georgia avenue and i expect that to start to grow within the next 15 to 20 minutes. moving to the district, north capitol street in northeast is closed bet

teens and 20s and winds northwesterly at 15-25 and gusty.o still a factor but they're slowly getting slower. partly cloudy. still windy and cold in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid 30s and winds northwesterly at 10-20 and gusty. we'll talk about headlines. winds are going to continue 15-30 overnight. 15-25 tomorrow. we're going to go above freezing on thursday. and there will be some melting. it gets into the 30s, we can still melt with the angle of the sun right now. but we have to worry about refreezing at night. and we'll be going through that for the next several days. a checklist. here is what you need if you're trying to go out. sunglasses in a big way. wind chills -- if you have a young driver in your house, make sure he or she takes sunglasses and you may not want them driving in the snow anyway. make sure your windshield fluid is full. do not overexpert. shoveling, walking to your neighbors. there is all kinds of way with this much snow on the ground. remember to check your flashlights and your batteries. weekend is flanking m

winds northwesterly. let me show you live doppler and pinpoint rain east of town, annapolis down towards laplata and over toward warnton. it will turn to snow later tonight as cold air starts to mix in. we are seeing some rain and up toward warrenton. that's really it. it will push to the north slowly but surely. all right, let's go back to the computer. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, breezy, and cold. 20 to 34. and by afternoon, i think flurries again, more snow showers tomorrow night. high temperatures 36 to 40. satellite picture, radar combined. here's why i think we aren't going to have any real problems. watch this upper level low sitting and spinning in the ohio valley. this is now pretty far east and it's going to keep this snowstorm autoto sea. consequently, it's going to pass far to our east and that means very little snow for us, but still, as we talked about, high winds, it looks like, thursday afternoon, probably right on through saturday. next seven days, 37 tomorrow. another batch of snow

the west-northwesterly winds kick up monday afternoon. tuesday night into wednesday we are watching out. it will be a storm coming up off the carolina coastline. it does need to be watched. obviousl it is still too early to be pinpointing amounts and timing of that. tuesday night, wednesday, an opportunity for more snow. >> an opportunity. chuck bell, thank you so much. in sports, a controversial finish in fairfax. here is jim handly with the final night of olympic action in primetime. >> primetime. the champions gala in figure skating. plus four-man bobsled gold medal finals. the giant slalom snowboard competition and goad medal finals in the slalom. visit nbcwashington.com for some of the greatest moments. // >>> first it was snow then a water main break. the maryland terps are in blacksburg where they were supposed to tip-off against virginia tech, but a water main break delayed the game. it will start at 7:00. hoyas had their own malfunction today. georgetown had an advantage because notre dame was without forward luke harin

be an intense storm with strong northwesterly winds.ike the blizzard, i think this is going to be having widespread very, very strong winds. right now you can see that area of the mixed precipitation moving up into -- into parts of the southern maryland area. overnight tonight, we'll see what is from 9:00 to 11:00 a mixture of some sleet, freezing rain. then it will be all snow by the time you get up tomorrow morning. moderate to heavy snows continuing in over us before it moves off. the timeline, there's that mix moving off and then by tomorrow early in the morning, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, everybody gets that changeover back to snow. you folks into fredericksburg, calvert county do see sleet, freezing rain and that heavy snow finally moves off into tomorrow afternoon. not before many areas to the north of washington. you folks into upper parts of montgomery county and in towards baltimore, those are the areas that may see an additional 20 inches of snow. and finally it begins to unwind. the winds diminish tomorrow night and we'll see sunshin

becoming windy, northwesterly winds 15 to 30.he winds picking up in western virginia and western maryland. this afternoon, snow, one to two four. >>> inches. temperatures dropping slightly. northwest winds 20 to 40. gusts higher than that. 45 -- 54 on though sunset. still with the winds northwest at 20 to 30 miles an hour and gusting, lows in the 20s. the storm system, you can see it developing. it is here. but the upper low coming back here you can see a span passing columbus to charleston. as that came closer the area that had stopped snowing filled in. a lot of dark blues. snowing in western pennsylvania too bite the band. go to live doppler hd and i will walk to the weather center and show you what is going on with that. the dark blue that you are seeing. that's three-quarters of afternoon are an inch to an inch an hour. locally we have seen areas producing more than that. carroll county we have a report and i can't remember the city there. ten inches of snow and you have seen westminster to the pennsylvania border heavy band

with that northwesterly wind, it's going to bring more cold air in and around us.h winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour, that's the current wind chill. it will probably be about 5 degrees, meaning that's what the air will feel like tomorrow morning early in the morning. it's all because of a really nasty storm that just grazed us. some spots did get that dusting. that storm is more into southern new england. you can see on doppler, and i'll bring that up, you can see the areas around boston. the center of the storm moved inland now. from here it will rotate around to new york state and new york city. around syracuse and rochester, spots like that, boy, it continues to be a nasty evening. all up and down the east coast because of the intensity of this storm, there are high-wind advisories, gale warnings around the coast off of long island. overnight tonight, that will continue. we even in washington may be seeing leftover snow squalls and snow flurries for you folks across northern maryland tomorrow during the day. don't be shocked to see enough to whiten the ground. as

winds northwesterly. let me show you live doppler. you can access this on our website. you can see the radar filling in around, but it is all rain at the present time. it will turn to snow slowly, but again, i don't think it will cause any problems late tonight or early tomorrow. all right, let's go back to the computer. here's what is going to happen. a little bit of a snow or mix tonight and it goes away in the morning and then as the storm system does a loop. this is going to make land fall around new york city and loop back into pennsylvania. snow will work its way in here on thursday night and friday. that's the best chance of accumulating snow. the winds will pick up and be scary on friday morning. scary looking, anyway. 39 right now in brookeville. tomorrow morning, just flurries. and by afternoon, again, just flurries. snow showers tomorrow night. highs 36 to 40. upper level low spinning there, is forcing this system further out to sea and consequently, we are going to miss the big snows as they develop off the carolina coast and then makes land fall. i'm going

by afternoon partly cloudy, seasonal, high temps low 40s and wind northwesterly at 10, a very nice day tomorrow. thursday's necessities haven't changed. sunglasses, windshield wiper fluid and clean your headlights. we're all kind of used to this anyway. satellite picture radar combined, there's our storm. it will eventually take shape in the western gulf of mexico and then move northeastward into about the tennessee valley, kind of die out there and then reform off the north carolina coast which in many ways is a classic scenario for us. we don't have the cold air we had in december. that's why we won't have a pure snow, but there's plenty of snow on the way. next seven days 42 tomorrow, snow friday afternoon through most of saturday. only 32 on saturday. so colder air will be drawn in behind the system on saturday. the best chance for mixing will be actually friday night. 32 on sunday with sunshine, clouds returning monday afternoon. another little storm, little freshen up storm on tuesday possible with highs in the upper 20s. then we're in the mid-20s on wednesday. >> could we just b

winds west northwesterly at 15-35 and gusty. satellite picture radar combined, look at this storm. it's a monster. it's going to make a loop back into pennsylvania. that's what is going to drive this down to the south and then it will slingshot very slowly out to sea. what is it doing up in new york? we have a live shot for you. check this out. it's pretty impressive. it's snowing sideways pretty much right now. it's going to snow it looks like for the next 12-15 hours. get ready. all right. let's go back and we'll talk about the seven day. we're looking at snow showers tomorrow. 37. windy through friday. maybe a flurry on saturday. not a huge deal. we're back in the mid 40s at least. mid 40s on sunday. upper 40s on sunday which is meteorological spring. march 1st. i have a few flakes spinning around on tuesday and wednesday. it's not like we don't have big storms in march. and then mid 40s on thursday. >> boy, do we need spring. >> we do. >> a reminder we start tomorrow at 4:30 in the morning. >> thanks, top. >>> we forget high school program in the nation and they had a big night

high temperatures in the mid 30s and winds northwesterly at 10 to 20 and gusty. look at this monster. it is a monster now as it is still wrapping around moisture from the atlantic ocean. they pick up moisture from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean. sky's the limit, so to speak. it will pull out and move out to sea and take with it the precipitation. reminder, if you lose power, generators must be ventilated. keep space heaters away from furniture or curtains. never leave burning candles unattended. winds, 32-mile per hour wind gusts at national. and we just reported out in loudoun county, 62-mile per hour wind gusts. it is indeed dangerous out there. back to you guys. >> last hour, top, it's going to stop when it stops. we'll see you in a little bit. normally when it comes to alexandria, we get worried about flooding because of all the rain over there. >> tonight, those streets are at a standstill because there's a lot of snow there. surray chin is live there with the latest. >> in fact, it's resnowing here in old town and it's also the dinner hour in old

high temperatures in the 40s and winds northwesterly at 10-15. some things you might want to bring with you or make sure you have, sunglasses tomorrow. windshield wiper fluid. clean your headlight and taillights. they're probably covered with salt. everything is going to refreeze again tomorrow night. we're going to have some slippery condition. snow on the ground, everything will melt, refreeze again tomorrow night. next seven days, catch our breath wednesday and thursday and then potentially a big coastal storm affects us friday into saturday. snow could break out here friday afternoon and continue into saturday. highs only around 32 on saturday. it gets cold behind that storm. temperatures in the low to mid 30s for highs and then another storm could be here with highs in the low 30s. now, we've already had more snow this season than we've had the last three combined. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> let's get rid of some of this. >> snow. >>> so what is the number 11 in the capitals have to do with each other? >> i think that is a very lit

northwesterly winds 20 to 40 miles an hour and tonight the early snow east, mostly cloudy, windy and cold. winds are up 20 to 30 out of the northwest. blizzard warnings now, including frederick county, virginia. south and west, culpeper you go south and west of there, shenandoah county virginia you are in a winter storm warning until afternoon. and 4:00 here and 7:00. the storm had alulas night. drizzle complete and freezing rain. i want you to follow this piece of energy. like a bowling ball across southern virginia. it is cranking past richmond over to williamsburg, norfolk and this piece of energy stretches out right here. this gave us the wind and the heavy snow we have been dealing with the last half hour or so. it is coming down in parts with live doppler hd i will throe throw it over to top. >> we are looking at blizzard conditions and warnings through 7. you might think the snow will taper off this evening but it is not a question of whether snow is falling but visibility and wind and howard has been talking about that all morning. look at doppler. we had this looping. and no

look at the wind northwesterly at 20-40 miles an hour and gusty and that is the problem. let me look at the satellite picture, radar combined. this is what is left of the first storm, the midwest storm. and now we see the coastal storm taking over just off the coast of north carolina. and as that intensifies and moves northward, our heaviest bands of snow will be later on tonight in the wee hours of the morning. probably tapering off by mid-morning. although it will still snow with this wraparound as we get into the afternoon, and that's when the winds will really, really pick up and that's what we're really most concerned about quite frankly. next seven days, snow tapers off tomorrow but windy and 30. windy through thursday. breezy through friday. 30s on friday. 30s over the weekend. we do paint a little bit of snow sunday night into monday. a little clipper comes through. it could adjust a little bit. not going to be a big storm. but that really would be insult to injury. then we're back in the 30s again on tuesday with lots of clouds. >> okay. wind. we'll be on the loo

and dale city, making its way further down to the south with some very, very strong north and northwesterly winds. again, that's the reason that we're under a blizzard warning until 7:00 p.m. let's zoom in and see who still has the snow and where the snow has ended. it's ended right now in fairfax and prince william and fauquier. i doubt you'll have much more. but points down south, again, and off to the east will have snow continuing here for just a little while longer. just a couple more hours here up until about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. i'll take the winter mosaic off here. you can see the darker colors. silver spring, clinton, there's moderate snow falling across the area. gusty winds, too, up around 40, 45 miles per hour. these strong winds are going to hang on until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. look at nantucket. right now, 40 miles per hour wind gusts. and probably increasing through the evening as that stormystem moves up the coast. from 10 to 20 inches, d.c. to frederick, a whole lot of snow. these are the locations off to the east and up to the north. they'll have additional snow, perhap

northwesterly winds still tomorrow but not as strong as they have been. and then at least we'll get a couple of days of sunshine to try and get on top of things. still more blowing and drifting after we get through 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. some bands finally break up and move off. partly cloudy, very cold. breezy even though it will be 15 to 25 miles an hour. then we get into the weekend with partly sunny skies. temperatures a bit above freezing. that's what we really need is a slow melt. remember in '96 we had a tremendous storm and then rains and rapid melt with terrible flooding. at least the good news is while we may see a little more snow in this wintry pattern, not a big storm on monday. we'll see -- have another also future forecast for the upcoming winters, jim and doreen. this is from bob in clifton. he says he predicts we will not get any more than a dusting of snow for the next two to three years because he's just bought a snow blower. so that will help. >> now, here, bob, is what i want to ask you. even those of us who are snow-lovers are getting s

the morning rush hour, what there may be of it, will see increasing northwesterly winds. finally, we get to 2:00, 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. things begin to taper off. but not before there's another 20 inches of snow in some of the northern suburbs and up to baltimore, northeastern maryland. you folks into frederick county, too. because we'll sbe seeing a mix n washington and not quite the intensity of snows perhaps out toward the blue ridge, still another 12 ins of snow is very, very possible. and then inmix that you're seeing into maryland will be anging over to all snow and on top of that, even there it will be another 6 to 10 inches of snow. some snow mixed in with some sleet and freezing rain as we go through the next few hours with temperatures into the 20s. tomorrow morning, though, it's all snow and snow that even during 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 could be falling at one to two inches an hour. the temperatures will fall into the teens and low 20s. so we'll see blowing and drifting and if we get the next seven days that we could get in there, veronica, that we'll be seeing our

by afternoon, windy and cold, maybe another inch or two, but again, winds northwesterly at 20 to 40 milesour. that could still produce some near blizzard conditions. took this picture on the way to work. that's a street sign, there's the car. please be careful when you are trying to cross intersections. you cannot see on coming traffic. take it easy. next seven days, 30 tomorrow, snow tapers off. 35 on thursday. 30s on friday and saturday. watch another system sunday into monday. kind of a clipper-like system. well, could produce 1, 2, 3 inches of snow and it will be cold once that passes and temperatures only about 36 on tuesday. so winter storm warnings continue through 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> as far as people driving tomorrow, when is it going to be the most treacherous situation? >> morning to mid afternoon. >> all right topper, thank you. >> the approaching storm has the medical community on high alert. do you have what you need at home to minimize the chances of an emergency? a medication checklist up next. >> and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, our storm s

winds turn more northernly and northwesterly at 15 to 25 and rather gusty.some of the snow will blow around we think tomorrow. again, the snow gets drier. the next seven days we'll get you through this. blizzard conditions in the morning and taper off. tuesday the next storm approaches late in the day. may see enough warm air improve to make it rain/snow rain. may be more insult to injury rather than a storm. low to mid-30s on thursday and friday. things will improve pretty quickly in terms of sunshine. not so much in terms of temperatures as we hold in the 30s all week. the snow will not go anywhere but we want it to melt slowly. please. we don't want to repeat of 1996 or 2003. >> because then you have flooding. >> and all kinds of things. >>> for some the super bowl isn't complete without super stuffing themselves. up next some calorie counts to keep in mind if you don't want to blow your diet. we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. the super storm coverage continues on the air and on- line. >>> super bowl weekend is finally here and despite the snow

temperatures holding 25-30 with northwesterly winds, 20-45 miles per hour. there could be higher accumulation northeast and east of town, closer to the low pressure area where the snow will be flying. and it could be falling for a while, even after dark. so we'll call for early snow east. otherwise mostly cloudy, windy and cold. and it could be howard county and annapolis and east where you get another inch or two after dark. here is satellite radar and near ocean city is where the low pressure seems to be and then there is another piece of energy coming in helping to really enhance the snow we've seen. look at this last couple of hours, things have blossoms darker. and we'll go over to live doppler, and turning back toward some snow, we've had basically rain, sleet and freezing rain during the overnightment moderate snow across annapolis and baltimore. over out toward loudoun county. we'll stop to the east. but central prince george's southern anne arundel county seeing moderate heavy snow to upper marlboro and even up toward parts of the district on the so

to get northwesterly movement of the track and see it do a loop like it's doing, crazy storm with wrappingts handy. next week, looks just as active for some folks across the eastern seaboard. >> wow. >> crazy meteorologist, rob marciano. >> we're going to become hardened folks used to the snow. it's like we're in buffalo. >> back in iowa. >> embrace it, guys. embrace it. >> we don't have a choice. >> this morning's top stories minutes away, including the storm. it's dumping snow, as rob told . and we are outside in the elements and keeping a tab on the airports. if you are flying, call ahead because cancellations are piling up. >>> president obama telling john mccain to get over it during the summit, and some other highlights you might have missed. >>> and then look at how people are struggling while the government is squabbling over health care. >>> 54 minutes past the hour. welcome back to the most news in the morning. all week long we have been investigating broken government, and this morning we are focusing on the environment, specifically one town's fears of pollution and is actually