for tonight clear and colder, two blanket night lows 22 to 32, winds northwesterly at 10. we'll come back and tell you if temperatures recover tomorrow and we'll talk about what happens getting into the latter part of week. spring may make a comeback. >>> turning to campaign 2012 and the race for the white house. tomorrow is a huge day for the four republicans in hunt for the nomination. they call it super tuesday. they got primaries and caucuses up for grabs. 1/3 of the total delegates needed to clinch the gop nomination. a key prize in all this, ohio. polls there show the two front runners mitt romney and rick santorum, are basically in a dead heat. >> if you think this campaign against president obama is going to be about the economy and jobs and government being too big, then i'm the guy you need to nominate. >> i come to the people of ohio as a candidate who shouldn't be here, shouldn't be here if you looked at any political expert and you look at the money that's been spent. >> newt gingrich making his super tuesday push in georgia and tennessee. ron paul campaigned

northwesterly wind at 10 to 20 will gust at times to 20, 25, even 30 miles an hour. upper 50s by noon and low to mid-60s for highs today with the northwesterly wind look at them. 16, 15, 126789 these are the -- 12. these are the sustained winds. the gusts will be 20 to 30 at times. still 60 in haymarket while manassas is down to 52. fort belvoir at 54 but college park, still 63-degrees at this hour. arlington fairfax, alexandria, all sitting right at 60. and outside on the michael & son weather camera, clear skies really can't see much but we've got great visibility at the capitol dome. the dew point down to 40 now and the barometer's dropped a lot. it's going to rise and bit and here's pressure sensitive. the sensitive -- big pressure swings it's been a rough week for you. had a storm system yesterday brought the thunderstorms in the afternoon. west coast still getting hammered here in the northwest. more storms coming on shore. and in the middle of the country you'll notice the showers here from southern iowa to northern missouri. hopefully get a little bit of that

mid to upper 50's, partly cloudy, northwesterly wind at 10-20, gusting up to 25.f its trash and recycling day, away,hey take everything to put those bins away. upper 40's tomorrow, sunshine. total sunshine on sunday and temperatures begin rising again. 62 on sunday. it gets better. look at next week, low 70's again, especially by tuesday. the majority of next week will 70's.the low maybe an isolated showers on tuesday morning. thunder thursday afternoon. pattern.ike >> it will be complicated by in on 15nd with a crash between thurmont and the pennsylvania line. maryland state police say it's serious. nothing complicated on 95 in virginia. come in fredericksburg, normal volume to get into springfield. looks good on 395 inside the beltway. nll will travel times betwee washington and baltimore on 95. 270 in rockville, beautiful. by the way, metro rail is on service. back inside. >> thank you. 5:20, 41 degrees in silver spring. >> coming up next -- >> ovechkin scores! >> you cannot spell over time without ov. how they won in the overtime. >> next "anderson" -- actress

we will have a northwesterly breeze today. we will be in the upper 70's this afternoon, near 80 degrees today. low 80's tomorrow. it is 55 currently in winchester, 59 in the district, 54 degrees in frederick culpeper at 48. total sunshine today. temperatures in the upper 70's, low 80s. tomorrow, widespread low 80's. tomorrow afternoon and evening we have a chance of isolated thunderstorms a few hours before sunset. friday is the best chance of a little more widespread rain and thunderstorms by the midday into the afternoon. saturday and sunday, partly cloudy and increasing clouds at some time over the weekend. still in the seven days for the foreseeable future. lisa baden. >> starting with some pretty cameras. 270 looks uneventful. dry pavement for everyone this morning. loving life around the beltway. nothing complicated on 95 in maryland or virginia. there was overnight construction in springfield, but that will be gone by the time you hit the road. maryland traffic on the beltway looks great. normal travel times right now a

northwesterly swells to 17 ft.. this is what the best models approximate over the next 24 hours. we start off with a few cells over the santa cruz mountains. a few clouds tomorrow but almost no rain. we will be looking for temperatures on the chilly side even as we could add to the rain totals. we had twice as much rain at this point last year. forecasts for tomorrow will be most in the fifties. the next shot is next weekend and that might amount to something but in the meantime, the radar, all out of the bay area. >> we have that cool video to show people, rectangular site from the national space station. nasa released a series of images showing the northern lights. one video shows a movie star field and another, the city lights of the northern u.s. and canada. the northern lights are electrically charged particles that can be seen above the northern and southern latitudes. it is all about march madness >> march madness and what happens right after that? april showers bring tim lincecum and baseball. how do know that spring training is almost over? kim lincecum finally starts to

a high surf advisory tonight into 3:00 tomorrow with northwesterly swells and breakers up to 17 feet. behind the cold front looking at some high surf out there. here's a look at the satellite and radar come positivity. you see what a quick mover it was. the heavy rain pushing to southern california. we are looking at things to dry out for the most part today. rain full totaled 2.5 inches here. oakland .82. san francisco closing in on an inch of rain with hayward .67 and san jose .58. at the front continues to push south, we will get the cooler wraparound moisture that will squeeze out a few afternoon showers. here's a look at the timeline. the later morning hours we have sunshine, clouds increase by the afternoon. we have the low snow levels in lake county. 3:00, maybe a few scattered showers but for the most part don't cancel those plans. it looks like a partly cloudy afternoon. and for the day tomorrow, not bad either. but the bulk of the activity now in suggest earn california with the heavy rain there. mammoth looking at a winter storm warning. 56 in fremont, 57 in san jose with m

west-northwesterly at 17 miles per hour, northwesterly san jose at 7, a northerly breeze in fairfield at 7 miles per hour. southeasterly at santa rosa the winds will kick front time to time. tomorrow we could see the possibility of strong gusts, even a wind advisory anticipated for tomorrow. a few sprinkles overnight are expected. 61 degrees right now near apple. 66 san jose. 71 livermore. 60 in napa. 64 in santa rosa. areas around san francisco and oakland in the 50s. livermore 71 degrees. san francisco in the 50s. satellite radar here, so the switch in the poder from the weekend brought on by this system, the trough over the pacific northwest will dig southeast and by tonight late tonight, into tomorrow morning, possibility of maybe a few sprinkles. by this evening it looks like a stray shower. by 3:00 you really see the blue pop up. it moves out fairly quickly. by 5:00 a.m. you have an early morning drive, maybe damp roads. that front already shifting south and by 7:00, the brunt of the morning drive, we could be drying out. the sierra will pick up a few inches of snow. this system

a light northwesterly breeze at 5-10.ttered clouds tomorrow, 30% chance of late-day and thunderstorms. low 80's tomorrow. the record high at reagan national tomorrow is 81. we may even bring that. best chance of grain on friday. nicosia few thunderstorms embedded within that as well. not a washout, just scattered showers and thunderstorms. back to you. >> thank you. it is 5:21, 65 degrees >> . nfl free agency begins. did the redskins make a big splash? you bet. >> america couple uses a dating web site to find an extra wife. >> there is. he scores. >> the capitals came storming back from a deficit to beat the islanders in the. overtime the alex ovechkin had two goals in regulation and another one in the shootout. congratulations to the capital's. >> it was close like that last time,. they have won five in a row and have a big game on friday. >> now, tim brant from redskins park yesterday. >> we are seeing a transition with the redskins. within minutes the redskins had a new wide receiver. they got a couple more and are con

northwesterly winds as we head for saturday.h pressure will be right overhead and bright sunshine and cool temperatures. highs and only probably in the 50-degree range on saturday, and warming by sunday. 39-46 degrees with a northwesterly wind about 10 miles per hour. the next seven days, the temperature down a bit of sunshine on saturday, up to 60 degrees on sunday and warming further as we had through monday through thursday of next week. don't forget to spring forward saturday night as we returned to eastern daylight savings time. >>, march madness a great day if you are a basketball fan. >> it is officially the start of march madness. we have the tournament highlights. kopp were the performance from the caps. we will tell you how, next in sports. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so where t

they'll be northwesterly tonight bringing in some more cool air. we're looking at this line of showers and thunderstorms. you see the last lightning. south of pittsburgh, we're still going with the thunderstorms here. one-inch hail south of pittsburgh earlier today. this line continues to move toward the south and the east, almost to jpmorgan and parkers -- morgantown and parkersburg now, a little lightning popping into southeastern ohio as well. this is what we want to watch. want to talk about the dewpoints, how much moisture is in the air. look at the numbers. the numbers in the 30s, air is relatively dry. and now some 50-degree dewpoints, we're starting to see a little low level moisture, but we're going to see how much of that we can get to feed into that line of storms because the higher the dewpoints, well, the stronger those storms could be. temperatures already 72 in winchester. cumberland with the downslope, 77 degrees. but we're sitting in the mid- 60s. some spots obviously will get close to the 80-degree mark. in d.c. about 75 or so. yo

by 11:00 northwesterly find winds feeling northwesterly winds and looking at a little brighter sky conditionsith partly cloudy skies, rainfall amounts couple hundredths, at best this going to tip the rain buckets. we are looking at mild conditions central valley, southern california, upper 60s, 61 today in oakland, seasonable temperatures for today, big hit from yesterday in the 70s, 60 palo alto, 58 san mateo, 62 livermore. monterey bay maybe a sprinkle. 56 with breezy northwest winds. here's the look ahead, dry start tomorrow increasing clouds, rain comes in towards midnight rainy saturday cold sunday showers as well as monday and then the chance becomes a little more likely into the middle of next week with more rain showers. good morning frances. >>> good morning lisa. accident-free around the bay area looking good on i-80 through berkeley westbound headlights drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze 18 minutes. also a nice ride on 680 through walnut creek towards highway 24, 680 looks great through the san ramon valley and sunol grade to the south bay live shot of northbound 280

but continued of the northwesterly -- but instead of the northwesterly flow we will get the southwesterly flow bumping the temperatures up going through time. a next system is coming in and i will talk about that. right now let's check the traffic with angela good morning. are the wind going to stir up problems. >> reporter: let's hope not. it could be a factor in the bridges, overpasses and ramps so extra caution there. as we start morning, construction may be an issue on the beltway but not the case traveling through the tunnels. 95 and 895 still in two-way traffic pattern for overnight maintenance but not causing problems here. however if you are traveling on the west side, the southwest side of 695, we just reopened the inner loop and had all traffic exiting at wilkins avenuech that is live look at wilkins and the inner loop just reopened. we are getting back up to speed as overnight maintenance and construction zones are clearing as whoa get closer to -- as we get closer to 5. >>> new this morning, 36 firefighters knocked down a fire this morning. this happened around midnight in wes

futurecast northwesterly winds a little cooler today. temperatures low maybe middle 60s with plenty of sunshine. tonight with clear skies we're dipping into the 30s and 40s and with lighter winds there are areas in western maryland have to watch out for some frost or even a light freeze there. freeze warnings up in far western maryland for tonight. now tomorrow midday we're still sunny but here come some clouds for the afternoon. looks like some showers up to pennsylvania if you're headed that way for the weekend. you may run into them friday afternoon and evening and then friday night and saturday morning that's when that next round of showers will be with us. but i think the weekend always in all not too bad. high temperatures today about 64 this afternoon here in town. may hold in the upper 50s hagerstown out to cumberland. still areas well south in the upper 60s to near 70 the cool stuff coming in a little bit later. here's a look at the forecast. today 64 breezy. those winds again out of the northwest could gust to 30. tonight 30s a

winds northwesterly turn southwesterly this afternoon. that will push temperatures in the upper 70s to even near 80 in a couple of spots. culpeper and those areas that are a little warmer than us could get to 81 or so. yesterday we did get all the way to 81 degrees, not a record but tomorrow's record is only 81 at national and 82 at dulles and bwi. thursday could see some record warmth. this morning there's your 40s in manassas with 60s in loudoun county from leesburg up to lovettsville up route 15 and over toward montgomery county. mid-50s in gait usberg. look at -- gaithersburg. look at rock ville still 53. arlington still holding on to 64 this morning with 60s and 50s scattered about. what a difference. andrews 163. not that far away. upper marlboro 11 degrees cooler at 52 degrees. outside we've got great advice ibilities, clear skies, -- visibility, clear skies, 56 degrees with a south wind at 6. not much of a chill this morning and the dew point at 50. the air has gotten to feel much more like may than march with temperatures in the

they will not kick and become northwesterly until the front goes through. here's a look at the wide area of radar. you can see showers and norms essentially stretching really from west -- thunderstorms essentially stretching really west to east from i-66 through central sections of west virginia back into kentucky and by far and away the heaviest storms are in kentucky and west virginia at this hour. now we're looking at live doppler 9000. you can access this on our website www.wusa9.com. we'll zoom into a couple areas, one southwest of town and really everything will be south of town the next couple hours. if you're driving down 95, you'll go through heavy rain around lorton and woodbridge and heavy activity on the east side of 95 going into southern maryland. in fact, we'll zoom into charles county and also st. mary's county. this is a pretty heavy storm. we showed you this earlier hollywood back to leonardtown, no hail involved, but we're seeing rainfall about 3/4-inch per hour moving southeastward toward lexington park and cross 235 and cross solomon in

north northwesterly wind at 15 and there's a chill out there this morning. and the humidity stands at 52%. as we start to dry out and we're going to dry out for the entire weekend. as opposed the areas in texas -- to areas in texas and the gulf coast, look at the rain down here. blossoming once again approaching dallas. we've got heavier rains in east texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and all of that rain is moving off toward the east and even the southeast. the front is cooling through can it's like -- coming through and it's like a big sweep, sweeping all the moisture out of here and for bus it's also bringing in the colder temperatures. by noon northwesterly winds, sunshine, most of the clouds now norfolk is seeing some showers well south and east of us. we get into the afternoon, sunny and breezy. temps in the mid- to upper 50s. chilly tonight and then into tomorrow, it's going to be a cold day. relative to where we've been with highs only around 50 before we begin the recovery by sunday. here's the forecast. 57 today. still with the northwest wind

a northwesterly breeze reported near oakland nasa, these clouds are a benefit this morning.ll offset some of that cooling we typically get as we move closer to sunrise and it will preclude any widespread fog but we have a lot of moisture in place. by the afternoon temperatures will begin to slowly rebound. it will be below average -- it will be, below average and in the mid-to-upper 50s, lower 60s is about all we see. taking a look at the rainfall for this season, we are still well below average. it looks like 40% in san francisco and just 27% of the norm for san jose. your extend forecast, again we are going to be dry and cool, today is the transition day, it lasts a few hours, we will enjoy it. we will remain in the forecast, we have a slight chance may be getting some rain, tomorrow morning especially for the north bay, it should not be much, upper 50s in the forecast, back to you desk. >>> encouraging economic news gave most of them to close higher. european markets are not sharing that optimism. they all traded lower. checking in on the u.s., our futures indicate a slow

by 11:00 on the back side of it and that's when we'll see northwesterly winds partly cloudy and a cooler were into the low 70s. we're talking 60s today at best less than 1/10 of an inch of rain if you see anything it does prime the atmosphere for what is ahead, a cold storm from the gulf of alaska 57 in san francisco today, 58 san mateo, 62 in concord, 61 san jose monterey bay big change, 59 santa cruz, 61 gilroy, partly cloudy. starting out dry friday morning commute, chance of rain in the evening likely after midnight. rainy saturday morning through the afternoon, a few breaks sunday continues with rain showers into next week warmer but looks like we're talking a series of systems through the middle of next week. >>> we have a couple new accidents. another one on westbound 80 at san pablo it is blocking a lane traffic already slow on westbound 80 through berkeley approaching this earlier injury crash here at powell, in emeryville, everything on the shoulder, quite a few emergency vehicles on the side drive time now from the carquinez bridge to the maze 30 minutes keeps getting worse wi

this will get colder as we get a reinforcing shot of cold air on that northwesterly wind. through date we saw clear skies, the rule and not quite as warm but still a decent day in the harbor, decent day in annapolis. good day to get out and do a little sailing. sunshine's out. getting ready for a fantastic sunset here at drve at -- at kent island. as we take a look at the extended scan north, you can see through pennsylvania, a couple of wintry type showers toward williams point. this is fizzling out. temperature wise, 50 in winchester now. 37 in hagerstown. you get the idea there's some colder air that will funnel. tonight we're not mid-50s but the northwest winds will keep pushing in cooler and cooler air tonight. tomorrow a struggle, i think to get out of the 40s for most of us. highs today were in the low 60s. this is little ms. leading -- misleading. it had not made it into the inner harbor, d.c. or annapolis or cambridge, so these numbers were just after midnight. we never quite warmed up through the day. across the region you can see clearly the front that came thro

the northwesterly winds will be dropping our temperatures steady. we think quite cool on saturday. enjoy it now. overnight 48 with a few clouds. your forecast tomorrow will be 70. sun and clouds, warm but windy. tomorrow night we'll bring in that chance for rain late tomorrow night. here is your seven-day forecast as we look ahead. yes, another very warm day tomorrow. talking about temperatures cooling off friday into saturday. then they start to go the other way, sunday into monday and tuesday, could be back to 70 by the middle of next week. don't forget sunday morning to spring forward. >> spring forward. >> beautiful. >> i got some sad news for you. no swim club for towson. according to reports now the efforts to build a pool just could not get enough members, so the shovel will be put away. they needed to receive financing but they fell far short of that goal. members who signed up will get your money back. this swim club has been trying for six years. no swim club in towson. >>> a volunteer fire company may be able to reach fire victims inside a burning victim twice as fassmen

and there will be a northwesterly wind coming in. it will be a pleasant afternoon.t will continue right on into the weekend. there will be some clouds. a passing shower. by the weekend as we get ready to head into april, temperatures still above average. there are the parley sunny skies for tomorrow. you can -- partly sunny skies for tomorrow. you can always keep posted on our web site wjla.com. >> there is a payment on the other side of the set over there. i never thought as bill parcells as a saint, but i might have to now. i will [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but i still got to see her. we talked for hours. ♪ ♪ everyone else buzzed about the band. music, stories adventures, memories. ♪ ♪ ...all at my fingertips. ♪ ♪ there's a wireless mind inside all of us. ♪ ♪ so, where to next? ♪ ♪ >> the capitals are reeling from last night post a loss to the sabres and tonight they are in boston trying to regroup. the morning

north to northwesterly wind. temperatures down only to the low 60s for the highs.tonight get the plants inside. freeze warning watch in the metro. >>> here's a look at the beltway. north side of town connecticut avenue. a good indication between 270 and i-95. coming up in my next report we'll take a look at the east side of town at 5:01. >>> a legendary writer in the boxing world, bert sugar, died sunday of cardiac arrest following a lengthy fight with lung cancer. sugar graduated from woodrow wilson high school, the university of maryland, and went to law school in michigan. >> it was a bay due weekend movie producers dream about. "the hunger games" took in $155 million in its first three days. >> wow. >> the only film surpassing that level are harry potter and the deathly hallows part two and batman the dark knight. the lorax rounded out the top three-way little more than $13 million. >>> whitney houston returns to the big screen. >> and bob barker saves the elephant. >> reporter: i can't protect you like this. >> reporter: starting tomorrow whitney houston fans

winds turn northwesterly. friday seasonably cool, in the mid-60s. same story saturday but saturday feature as much better chance of showers around. then sunday 68. monday a warm day, back toward 80. 5:16. monika santami with time saver traffic. >>> one accident in howard county i want to tell you right from the start. it's at route 100. authorities are headed to the scene right now. the beltway looks fine all around town as you can see. here's what it looks like on the west side if you're exiting on to the gw parkway you're going to be okay. a bit of slow traffic on the inbound side of 66 at the beltway but lanes are open. let's take a look live outside. if you're planning to head here on the beltway north of town you're looking fine. college park into silver spring and across the american legion bridge to the parkway or tysons corner. back to the maps. this time into downtown where if you're traveling on 395 across the 14th street bridge, you're going to be okay. all the potomac and an cost came crossings are fine -- anacostia crossings are fine n.

big picture we're watching the northwesterly flow. everything is coming in from west to east? this stuff is going to come in this direction. eventually there's a cold front even off this map. we'll see that tomorrow. out ahead of it, today chilly northeast winds. they get lighter this afternoon and tonight. tonight the 30s and 40s opposed to 20s and 30s. not nearly as cold. tomorrow ahead of this front winds are going to start to increase out of the southwest. be a little bit breezy tomorrow. that will boost temperatures to 75. look what happens in the afternoon. scattering of showers, maybe a rumble of thunder pushes through before we clear out tomorrow night and cool down a bit again on thursday. so today we've got a forecast high of 57 after this freezing start here, freeze advisory till 9:00. breezy tomorrow. winds out of the southwest 20 miles an hour with a shower or storm possible in the afternoon as the front comes through. thursday around 60. friday 64. showers more likely saturday. and then sunday and monday wish' going to s

strong northwesterly winds bringing the chill will continue to impact northwestern japan.n the next 24 hours, there's still potential for another 20 to 30 centimeters of snow, some making its way to eastern tohoku, too. we will be staying mostly dry in the pacific edge of the country down towards the south, but yes, still a little chilly. much of the rest of the region isdry. korean peninsula through mongolia, much of china. showers continue for the southern coast. while it is still fairly light on tuesday, some areas could get heavy heading into wednesday. we will see snow showers continuing here in western china. scattered thunderstorms across parts of indochina and northern philippines and taiwan seeing another wet day today. temperatures continue to be a little on the cool side for this time of year. just 15 degrees in hong kong. usually see 22 in the middle of march. 11 in shanghai, and chilly day in tokyo today at 9 degrees. as we head into north america, another winter storm to talk about here, up in the pacific northwest. now it is really going to get fairly intens

then temperature wise things are cooling off sharply on the chilly northwesterly winds. these winds will continue to gust at 20, 25 for the next few hours, so a breezy cold evening. down in the 40s we go. we'll talk about how things will change through the week. it's coming up. >>> those who may have thought last week was the perfect time to plant new flowers, you have to protect them tonight. experts say make sure anything you have planted like annuals are covered. even a garbage bag and you should be okay. >>> temperatures could be heated tonight with a woman from street, maryland, has she takes on the harford county school board. the woman claims her son suffered at the hands of a special ed worker and nobody had an answer for it. >> reporter: janice wright has her hands full trying to move her son about. he suffers from angelman's syndrome, a condition that robs him of his speech. each day when he arrives at the john archer school in bel air -- >> matthew would sit down. he never acted out. he never tried to hurt anyone, never tried hurting himself. >> reporter: to a

behind the front, the west and northwesterly winds increase a bit today.re's a wind advisory across the high spots west of the blue ridge where winds could gust over 40, to 50 miles an hour. in and around town, 20 to 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts expect bud not all that common. chilly tonight and tomorrow. and a little alberta clipper racing down to our south may bring smus snow dus some snowfl. a couple of showers fade away. a little afternoon clearing turning breezy and mild. highs near 60. tomorrow, plenty of clouds around. not much in the way of sunshine. cooler. and breezy at times as well. a bit for tomorrow. today, near 60. tomorrow only near 50. monday holding in the low to mid-40s. with that little area of low pressure skirting to our south we'll have the possibility of seeing some snow around here. doesn't look like much in the way of an accumulation threat. the ground is very, very warm. and the system doesn't really have a lot of moisture to work with. nonetheless in the winter without winter, happy to talk about snowflakes at any chance. >> take

partly cloudy, colder tonight, just a one blanket night, 36 to 44, winds settling down becoming northwesterly at 10. we're talking 30s and 40s tonight. 43 downtown, but 38 in rockville, 37 gaithersburg and 38 in reston. tomorrow morning we start out dry, pac and chilly, temperatures in the -- d.c. and chilly, temperatures in the 30s and 40s and winds easterly at 10, high temperatures 55 to 60, winds east, southeasterly at 10 to 15. next seven days we'll combine a lot of different weather. on saturday thunderstorms maybe ending around noon and colder sunday, maybe a pressure before i or snow shower and then on monday maybe a -- maybe a flurry or a snow shower and then on monday maybe a flurry. >>> no nonsense at the wizards. >> when you're sitting at seven wins all season, you got to do something to get these guys kind of riled up and get them playing well again. after being benched javale mcgee said he doesn't get the message that coach is trying to send. today coach tried to explain his decision. >>> plus a lady terp received a very rare honor. sports is next. >>> now 9 sports with kristen b

however, those strong northwesterly winds that are bringing the chill will continue to impact northwesternan. in the next 24 hours, there is a potential for 20 to 30 centimeters of snow. some making its way over to eastern tohoku. we will be staying mostly dry here in the pacific edge of the country down toward the south. yes, still a little bit chilly. much of the rest of the region will be dry. the korean peninsula and mongolia and china. showers contue for the southern coast. while it will be fairly light on tuesday, areas south of the asean sea could be heavy on wednesday. we will see showers continuing in western china. scattered thunderstorms across indo-china and northern philippines. temperatures are going to continue to be a little bit on the cool side for this time of year. just 15 degrees in hong kong. we usually see about 22 in the middle of march. 11 in shanghai. a chilly day in tokyo today at just 9 degrees. all right. as we head on into north america, another winter storm in the pacific northwest. now it is really going to get fairly intense for the northern mountains of cal

delays at sfo all morning long.9 now up to an hour and 23 minutes northwesterly winds san jose cloudyhere, 13 miles an hour. oakland west wind 16. becoming partly cloudy today for everyone, breezy and cooler high temperatures as much as 10° cooler today in some spots for those of you who enjoyed 70s, rainy and raw, i don't know which day is going to be better or worse, saturday and sunday both shaping up to be a wash-out. this afternoon, a few showers in the sacramento valley. i'm going to fast forward this. by 2:00 tomorrow increasing clouds, still dry. this system looks like it is slowing a bit. after midnight, barely getting rain in the north bay then look what happens by the afternoon hours, saturday we still got rain showers pushing into the sacramento valley and then into sunday the low stall take a look sunday morning still looking pretty wet more like winter. high temperatures today low 60s we are down 9° from where we were yesterday in novato down 12° than we were yesterday in san jose we enjoyed 70s today upper 50s on the peninsula, 57 san francisco, 62 livermore chilly toni

by serve advisory is receding now as was earlier for the entire coast now down to monterey bay northwesterly 10 to 15 ft. and settling down with that trend expected to continue through the day and into tomorrow and we look for a cool temperatures to hang on here to the evening hours with pat defrost lead late in the north and east they've daytime highs against struggling to get into the fifties with the gradual warming up headed our way to midweek will talk more about that coming up your spring forecast in just a few minutes. on the eve of the sentencing their questions and concerns of his guilty plea of san francisco share struck a deal with prosecutors last week and pleaded guilty to false imprisonment. in return prosecutors dropped the more serious charges he is accused of breaching his wife's arms during a new year's eve argument domestic violence advocates are calling on arab leader force for bringing her office george gaston says he's not sure if mercury can be trusted and that it raises concerns that tomorrow's sentencing. duckweeds police a looking for your help in catching too many

temperatures 30s and 40s this morning with a northwesterly breeze that you're going to notice. out there we look, it's looking very optimistically nice here in our city camera picture now. thicker clouds are just south of washington and there is a veil of thin overcast out there for most, but as you can see, there's enough sunlight getting through now to at least cast some shadows here in the washington area. still a partly to mostly cloudy day, but you'll get little breaks of sunshine from time to time. 42 at national airport, winds from the north-northwest at 14 miles per hour. that's got a little bit of a windchill factor working against us this morning. temperatures around the metro area, low 40s in prince george's county, upper 30s montgomery county, near 40 across most of fairfax county right now and still upper 30s out towards the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. people out there playing soccer at the athletic fields just there along the side of 395. temperatures today climbing into the upper 40s to near 50. where you live is going to have a big factor on how much sunsh

north-northwesterly breeze, though, at 13 miles per hour. that's that colder air settling down from ohio and pennsylvania, riding that northwesterly wind down into the region. so, going to be on the chilly side today. temperatures climbing back up only into the mid and upper 40s this afternoon. you'll get a little more sunshine up across northern maryland, mountains of west virginia, but a whole lot of clouds from washington southbound into lower southern maryland. so, a pretty mixed up sky cover for today. mostly cloudy, 40s this morning, near 50 for a brief time this afternoon, and then cloudy back down into the low 40s by 6:00 this evening. storm4 radar, nothing going on around town. completely dry across northern maryland today, but way down into southern st. mary's county, southern calvert county, you're on the leading edge. most of this moisture is going off of the capes, but on the northern fringe there, a little chance of light rain for the northern neck, lower southern maryland and lower parts of the eastern shore. next thing we're

so the colder air is draining in on that northwesterly wind.ur shower chance during the course of the day tomorrow. then, with a chillier air, plenty of clouds on our sunday. there's that little monday clipper as it turns the corner. it looks like it just may stay a little bit too far down to the south. so any real snow chances are going to be south of the washington area. not much going on sunday afternoon. here we are at 6:30 monday morning. there's that little chance of a couple of snow flakes way down to the south. maybe, possibly on the grass, up to an inch. don't get your hopes up for that. we'll be watching it. cloudy and chilly. maybe a sprinkle for your folks in southern maryland. wake up temperatures in the 30s. and then tomorrow, sunshine challenge from washington southbound. a few more breaks from the sunshine out in the mountains of west virginia. cooler tomorrow. and then a nasty, chilly, cloudy day. even if it doesn't snow a whole lot, it's not going to be anywhere near warm monday afternoon. staying chilly through midweek and th

we have a northwesterly flow that's strengthening over the course of the afternoon.therly breeze reported near fairfield and santa rosa. livermore reporting a bit of a gust, anywhere from 10 to 25 miles an hour. the winds are coming in from the north. let's head to where we're seeing 60s. 61 santa rosa. 63 in napa. widespread mid- to upper 50s around the bay and inland east bay 57, livermore. 59 concord. off to the south bay we're looking at 59 san jose, can't see it with the 2 marked there but we're looking at mid- to upper 50s along the peninsula. 55 redwood city, 59 menlo park. mid-50s, san francisco as well as oakland. mostly clear skies. your satellite radar giving you an idea, ridge of high pressure is in place and will control our weather for the next few days. for now the rain is out of here. by we could surely use a little bit more. but at least we'll have nice weather for the weekend. by saturday, low 70s in the forecast and perhaps a bit warmer than that in time for sunday. a few areas flirting with record temperatures. 63 expected for vallejo. 62 in berke

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northwesterly breeze in oakland to about 18 miles per hour and that wind coming from this direction is gonna impact the bay bridge, it will impact the richmond/san rafael. so driving those bridges today could be an issue and the strongest winds could be with us for the afternoon and evening drive. your satellite radar, we saw a system plow in and then bring us a few .100 of rain. the advisory is lasting through midnight. so it will be with us all day long. 55-mile-per-hour gusts possible as well as the hills above a thousand feet. and the temperatures, quite cool. if you haven't been outside, bring a jacket. 50s in the forecast and when the wind blows, it's cold. 54 degrees in santa rosa. 51 san rafael. mid-50s in oakland. mid-50s san jose. notice by the afternoon, a second half of the day, upper 50s. that's about it. 58 novato, 58 san rafael. 58 in oakland. 54 in the city. mountain view, 60 degrees. mountain view, maybe one of the warmer spots. 58 expected morgan hill. the extended forecast. so we're windy, we're cold for today. tomorrow morning should be a chilly start. it will be br

flurries, clearing, colder, probably take that evening flurry out for 7:00, lows 22 to 32, winds northwesterly at 10. unlike the past few weeks we've had most everybody goes below freezing tonight, even downtown, maybe 29, 25 in rockville, 26 or 25 in reston. tomorrow morning sunshine, but a cold start, temperatures in the 20s and 30s and by afternoon a nice day but a little on the brisk side, mostly sunny, high temperatures 46 to 50 and winds south, southwest at about 10. next seven days it gets warm ever, really does. we bounce back in the 60s as -- warmer, really does. we bounce back into the 60s, upper 60s thursday, maybe light rain or showers late friday, not a real power packed system and 50s and 60s over the weekend with sunshine, but we do lose an hour. spring forward, put your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed saturday. >>> tell you, what these bounties and football, what a mess. >> it is growing legs. all the other teams are going to be investigated. the redskins now under investigation. was gregg williams' bounty system in effect during his time here? also the redskins are

the main impact will be gusty and northwesterly winds tomorrow. lot of sunshine on thursday.res cooler than today, but still above normal. winds may gust over 30 miles per hour at times. friday, the next system rapidly approaches our area. maybe a shower on -- during the evening. it looks like these will clear up saturday afternoon. sunday was like a decent weekend day. tomorrow, sunshine. 60-65. small craft advisory on the day. waves up to 3 feet. western maryland, much chillier and a couple of showers on friday. eastern shore, well up in the sixth the body tomorrow. rain arriving late friday, probably after sunset. lower eastern shore, sunny to partly cloudy. sick deposit for a couple of days. clearing saturday night. sunday looked nice. monday, 75 degrees. >> next season in the nfl, we will see more place we field -- reviewed but fewer coaches the growing challenge flags. >> it is america's favorite jackpot game. this is powerball. good evening, everybody. we have a big jackpot for you. a guaranteed $50 million. good luck. let's get to it. first up, the number 50, 58, 16,

the showers and storms come through so that by saturday afternoon, i think we're looking at a northwesterly push. drier air moves in. mild saturday. cool other sunday. as we look at the forecast, temperatures today 70-ish, give or take a few degrees. tonight down to about 35 in the suburbs, 40 in town. 59 tomorrow with a chance for a late shower so a cooler day. mild on saturday with the showers and storms mainly in the morning, 64. sunday we're cooling off to 48 degrees. as we head towards monday, chilly and sunday night could even be a few flurries. i know, it's march. we have these big swings. by wednesday we are back to 60 degrees. outside on this gorgeous day, we have a couple of sweet puppies. christie is joining me from the adoption center. tell me about these guys. >> this is babs and that's bessy. they're going to be three months old on march 4. they are pekingese-llaso apso mix and they are available for adoption. >> how big are these guys going to get? >> they're going to be small dogs. >> 20 pounds, 30 pounds? >> up to ten pounds. >> my dog is 25 -- up to 20 pounds. >> my dog is

delays at sfo all morning long.9 now up to an hour and 23 minutes northwesterly winds san jose cloudyre, 13 miles an hour. oakland west wind 16. becoming partly cloudy today for everyone, breezy and cooler high temperatures as much as 10° cooler today in some spots for those of you who enjoyed 70s, rainy and raw, i don't know which day is going to be better or worse, saturday and sunday both shaping up to be a wash-out. this afternoon, a few showers in the sacramento valley. i'm going to fast forward this. by 2:00 tomorrow increasing clouds, still dry. this system looks like it is slowing a bit. after midnight, barely getting rain in the north bay then look what happens by the afternoon hours, saturday we still got rain showers pushing into the sacramento valley and then into sunday the low stall take a look sunday morning still looking pretty wet more like winter. high temperatures today low 60s we are down 9° from where we were yesterday in novato down 12° than we were yesterday in san jose we enjoyed 70s today upper 50s on the peninsula, 57 san francisco, 62 livermore chilly tonigh

so the air nice and dry and currently a north, northwesterly wind at 9. we have a slight windchill feeling like 24 out there. you see the arctic air toward quebec and ontario toward caribou maine. more importantly us for, the rise of the 50s coming up toward dallas, oklahoma city. that push of milder air is going to get this cold that's with us now out of here so that never the next couple of days we're going to see a significant warm-up out our way thanks in part to this storm system coming into the northwest. there's rain and snow with this but this thing with the southwesterly winds ahead of it will take those warmer readings we just saw and kick them in our direction. so that while we're going to struggle to get around 50 today, i think we'll be closer to 65 tomorrow and closer to 70 by thursday. a couple of snow showers in the mountains yesterday afternoon and evening and right now it's up in the flakes. looking at the future cast, a quiet day ahead. temperatures from the south and temperatures pushing 60. the nighttime hours topping at 6:45, lots of

during the day on friday we'll have a brisk northwesterly wind, partly to even mostly sunny but a lot cooler. highs tomorrow in the mid-50s. potentially upper 50s. look at this. cold enough for snow showers up across parts of new york state and new england by saturday morning, friday night. saturday morning low 30s but on saturday we'll only be around 50. that will be one of the colder days that we see for a while. so breaking down the forecast for you, today 71. it will be windy. got the showers tonight. during the overnight period as well. breezy tomorrow, 56. chillier on saturday about 50 degrees. as we head toward sunday, we start the warm-up. 62. time change weekend spring forward one hour. monday could be a shower monday night, 67. back in the 70s i think by tuesday and wednesday. it is 4:47. monika santami, how about construction? >>> it's almost picked up. the inner loop of the beltway at gallows road and 66 coming in from nutley street as well. if you're just heading out the door, i think by the time you get there it should be cleared up. manassas to centreville into fairfax,

that west to northwesterly breeze allows the colder weather to settle in. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, there's a leading edge of shower chances sneaking into far southern maryland and might be snow across southern delaware, but eventually that area of low pressure moves out to sea and leaves us alone. a monday clipper may bring another chance for snow to us. better chances, again, the further south you go. more likely to get snow in richmond than in washington. here it is up close and personal here on our future weather forecast. there's the light rain possible early tomorrow morning. a few folks into southern maryland not looking for a lot of rain, just more cloud cover than anything else but light rain is a possibility. into the early morning hours of monday, here we are 6:00 a.m. monday morning, a chance of snow sneaking our way staying south of route 50. nonetheless could pick up 1 to 2 inches well south of washington. we'll be fine-tuning that forecast over the coming days. for this evening, clear to the west and a little more clouds down to the south and

northwesterly winds a good 25 to 35 miles per hour. so it is going to blow. it is going to be much colder than normal as these temperatures for highs only about 54 degrees in pacifica if we're lucky 55 in san francisco and 56 in livermore. a very cool brisk day around the bay area. the showers ending early this morning. and then we start to dry things out. looking toward tomorrow, the weather improves and by thursday and friday we have offshore winds going again. those temperatures looking very nice all around the bay area. all right. let's check on the roads now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. let's take you outside. this is some video taken a little while ago from one of our coworkers. she was coming into work. this is an accident we have been following in san mateo. northbound 101 right there by 3rd, they were able to reopen a second lane, now two lanes are open to traffic but obviously you can see a lot of emergency vehicles were on scene just a short time ago. so there were up to five different vehicles involved in the crash. we're told just mino

brisk northwesterly winds. by 5:00 p.m. still breezy the windy. 54.onight, though winds will get heighter as we get closer and closer and even past midnight. you know 43 degrees at 9:00 with a 16-mile an hour wind. that's pushing windchills down in the low to mid-30s so outside this evening, you definitely need the winter coat. so brisk winds. gusts 30, maybe 40 miles an hour especially in the higher elevations out west. today, only in the 50s. sorry about that but at least we're going to have the sun for the afternoon. a chilly saturday. highs tomorrow, will only be around 50. maybe staying in the upper 40s a very brisk day and then the time change saturday night we're going tentering forward one hour day educate -- to spring forward one hour daylight saving time returns this weekend. if you get in early, maybe your son has the 7:45 hockey game sunday morning, i'm talking about me. it's going to be more lick 6:45. out to the west, winds are gusting over 30 miles an hour from hagerstown down to winchester and petersburg, west virginia. 36. but they've

about wayne blanket night, lows 36 to -- a one blanket night, lows 36 to 44, winds calming down northwesterly at about 10. we will come back and talk about the prospect of more thunderstorms and we still have two snowflakes on the seven-day to explain. >>> coming up cherry blossoms could soon be in bloom, but will they peak especially early this year? >>> but first details on a controversial bill that says single parents contribute to child neglect and abuse, that story after the break. stay with us. >>> being a single parent contributes to child abuse and neglect, that statement according to republican wisconsin state senator glenn grothman and he's sponsoring a bill which reads in part and promoting those campaigns of materials the child abuse and neglect board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect. that bill has sparked some angry comments online, no word yet on what chances it has of actually becoming law, but it does give us a chance to spark some conversation, especially in light of some of the things going on in that presidential camp

make its way through so the winds are now out of the northwest instead of the southwest and that northwesterlyw so you will feel it as we go through time. and speaking of going through time, this is what we are going to do as we head throughout the day. lots of sunshine will continue into saturday. also into sunday. and today's temperature much cooler than what it was yesterday as the cold front is doing its thing. 5 5 -- 5 by tonight and colder with -- 55 by tonight and colder with the clear skies and the winds will die down a little bit. tomorrow's temperature around 48 degrees. you will feel that chill in the air and here's a check of the 7- day forecast as we will spring forward as we head into your sunday and look how we bump the temperatures back up 62, 65, 70, 73 do you like that? >> reporter: i love it. >> tell butts traffic. >> reporter: traffic is doing -- tell us about the traffic. >> reporter: traffic is doing pretty well. cleared an accident in odenton but another one 214 now closed. this is going to be south of edgewater between muddy creek road and lock haven road. so be prepare