a couple lake enhanced snow streamers coming down across parts of northwestern pennsylvania. they'll get a white christmas in eerie, pennsylvania. south of texas and lubbock, texas, out towards el paso getting snow. up across the high country of northern idaho up in the chimney getting fresh snow today. not much of america is going to get a white christmas this year. we're not going to get one in washington with the clearing skies for the remainder of the day. the other side at least it's going to be beautiful and easy travel worth for folks flying in and out of the area today. no big trouble on the hubs on the eastern seaboard. clear skies tonight for the flight across the cub fri for santa claus. for tomorrow a beautiful christmas day on the way. today some clouds this morning becoming a mostly sunny afternoon. a bit on the breezy side today with temperatures climbing into the mid and upper 40s. windchills stay close to 38 degrees for most of the day. tomorrow plenty of sunshine to get your christmas day started. we will pick up a few clouds tomorrow afternoon. it will stay

what weather in ohio and northwestern pennsylvania. it will get here, but it will take several more hours. after midnight, showers become more likely. for really mild up and down the eastern seaboard, but very cold off to the west. the front in between these two air masses triggering the but weather, that will slide into baltimore tonight and early tomorrow and slowly made its way to the coast on wednesday. 6 in denver right now. contrast that to our 50's here. all the way up to boston, 66 degrees. in the teens right now around amarillo, texas, and in the 30's all the way to el paso. tomorrow, in the transition zone as the wet weather is likely. there's a chance for some wet weather on wednesday. the best chance for rain will be a bit further south. note the cold air coming into the west. as the cold air crosses the mountains and reaches us, some of the western grain could change into light snow. i would not be surprised if we get a burst of snow in the early morning hours thursday. by thursday afternoon, the system is gone, the skies

blue is indication of snow showers in the higher elevations or if your travels take you to northwestern pennsylvaniafor today though we're looking at that temperature coming in around 57 degrees. mostly cloudy, mild, with some nd evening showers in the forecast. by tonight that temperature will be around 42 degrees, showers, not as cold and tomorrow, 49 degrees and mostly cloudy and it is going to be a little bit on the windy side as well. >>> let's send this to angela with traffic. how are you this morning? >> pretty good for now, we're following a pretty serious accident in harwood, route 2 at polling house road, so far things still at a standstill there so expect police to direct you around the accident scene. in the meantime, overnight construction, getting out of the roadways for you. making the drive on i-95 at route 175 here's a look at the west side of the beltway, 695 at baltimore national pike. no troubles to slow you down there. also no problems on the top side of the beltway and for your mta update, light rail is running 20 minutes behind schedule this morning. >>> news around the world

few snow showers lake effect snows in northwestern pennsylvania. west of the harrisburg area but most of our state in fact all of most of the southeast and mid atlantic is crystal clear right now. but those winds continue to come on. here's the culprit. why so much winds? two different pressure systems, big high pressure bubble moving in over the southeast. what's left of our rainstorm low pressure area over the north atlantic. the bottom line between the two of these systems you've got double wraparound flows and it's all kinds of funneling that wind and that change in pressure right over maryland in the mid atlantic. >> that's why it's so windy today. chances for precipitation going to be pretty nill. but we'll see disturbances to our north over the great lakes. that could bring more lake effect snows to erie pa. upstate new york but again around the central part of our state i think just clouds blowing in at times and for the most part things staying did and dry. overnight tonight down to 25 less windy. terms going frigid out there. your thursda

on the back side of it chillier air moving in, maybe snow showers across northwestern pennsylvania, notryland. 57 degrees for a high today. mostly cloudy and mild with some afternoon showers. by tonight still showers lingering possible. it's going to be cool, not cold with the temperature around 42 and then 49 degrees, mostly cloudy and windy as we go into tomorrow. a check of the 7-day forecast, as we get very breezy on friday and a little colder as we go into the weekend. >>> angela, how's traffic? >> on the roadways right now we continue to follow this very serious accident on route 2 solomons island road at polling house road. the roadway is blocked, police are trying to clear out downed wires, downed pole at the accident scene. we suggest maybe route 255 or maybe even harwood road to get around that incident. in the meantime, elsewhere looking pretty good on i-95, an easy drive northbound on 95. all the way to the baltimore beltway. once you get to the beltway, 695 at liberty road, the outer loop to the left of the screen. nothing to complicate the drive here. and we're looking pre

but the heavier rains this morning, northwestern pennsylvania, going down into ohio, this is all going to be moving east. it, like yesterday, will have a tough time crossing the mountains. temperatures in the 30s in cumberland. 45 here in washington with upper 40s, southern maryland. easton, bill in newland called in with 47. to the north, cool but nothing terrible. hagerstown at 44 degrees. 45. feels like 40 though with the slight wind chill. south wind at 9. winds dropping at 30.22. >>> storm system coming onshore in the northwest. northern california, rain and mountain snows. pretty quiet in the rockies and central part of the country. we get to the great lakes now, a big storm here dragging a cold front from texas all the way up toward new england. you can see the rains, a thin line here through texas and through little rock approaching memphis toward cleveland to columbus into new york state and new england where there is some snow in maine but around here, very mild. we're south and east of the front. so, we're on the warm side of the storm once again. this, i think, will be a pr

that rain is still quite a ways away across northwestern portions of pennsylvania, portions of ohio back into kentucky, places like that. at -- it is aligned with a cold front that will be coming through our area. right now, we are in the 40s. 45 in washington. 46 at dulles airport. 46 in baltimore. fredericksburg is at 45 degrees. at patuxent naval air station, it is 48.

the rain we're expecting later, you can see it across ohio and into northwestern pennsylvania and westernork state, it will be moving off toward the east and the southeast while the actual showers themselves move northeasterly on that line. our temps that we talked about, how mild they are. 45 in town. we've got 40 in martinsburg, one of the cold spots. petersburg in the valley at 32. oakland, 50 degrees. they're planning on opening it this weekend. some of the ski areas have been making snow. upper 40s in annapolis. a very mild start. our highs today will be in the upper 50s to some low 60s south of town. monika samtani, we've got 4:26. how you doing so far? >> i'm doing very well so far. how are you doing, howard? thank you so much. with the weather being good this morning, the traffic is good as well. there are no problems to report all around the beltway, all of these triangles that you see are construction spots and also, a water main break. work continues on that . l street is closed. 24th street is affected between k and m. otherwise, like i said, pretty much good to go around the

colder back towards northwestern pennsylvania. and also into western maryland. maybe cold enough for snow there. nothing around here. temperatures today right around 49 degrees. and breezy as we go into the afternoon. 33 by this evening and a little on the frosty side and by tomorrow, there's the forecast. 46 degrees. seasonably chilly and variably cloudy. all right. let's go over to angela with your traffic. good morning would you want to sit by me on the plane? >> reporter: of course i would and we will talk about sitting near charley later. but in the meantime, an update on the roadways. a new incident going to affect i-95 northbound 95 at 216, the right lane is taken up with accident activity. as we go live at 95 at maryland 175, expect delays traveling through howard county make your way towards prince george's county with the accident. here's 95 north of maryland necking delays approaching the accident scene. the meantime, around the beltway 695 at liberty road, even with the increase in volume your drive times looking pretty good for the most part. on the

showers into ohio and northwestern pennsylvania. this front gets closer to us tonight. now tomorrow, overnight tonight and tuesday with the front in the neighborhood, there will be a few showers and maybe a hint of snow. north of pittsburgh between cleveland and columbus, let's say, we go into the day tomorrow at noon. afternoon hours evening hours, mostly cloudy skies. quieter. as we head into wednesday, here comes the system coming out of the southwest. that moves toward us. we are going to turn wet wednesday and rather mild. temperatures could push the 60-degree mark in many areas. 51 today. 4 to 50 tomorrow. won't be as mild. wednesday a very mild day, wet as well. temperatures in the upper 50s. probably breezy too. friday another chance of rain in the morning. if it works out, it really could end in a little bit of wet snow. but we'll watch that because it is so early. monika? >>> when you make a forecast based on what you want as opposed to science, that is wish casting. >>> we are going to hear from sky 9, a two car accident and pedestrian struck. montgomery coun

a fairly significant line of showers in parts of northwestern pennsylvania.ore hours and we could pick up a bit more rain and then we will have the all clear. our hd doppler and reidar summary shows that for the most part, these showers have scooted through pretty quickly. maybe 10th of an inch or so in some spots. it has remained mild in the early afternoon and evening. upper 50's in downtown baltimore right now. back to randallstown temperatures are well into the 50's. even in allegany, still well above freezing. 63 in college park. only into the 40's tonight, but a significant wind shift from southwest and northwest after midnight. temperatures will start to cool and we will be in the low 40's tomorrow morning and only in the upper 40's in the afternoon. there's also an area of low pressure starting to show signs of development on the southern end of the front, which will be right along the front as it passes through. one more burst of precipitation as if moves along its track. -- as it moves along its track. the further north it does the colder weather wi

that rain is still quite a ways away across northwestern portions of pennsylvania, portions of ohio back into kentucky, places like that. at -- it is aligned with a cold front that will be coming through our area. right now, we are in the 40s. 45 in washington. 46 at dulles airport. 46 in baltimore. fredericksburg is at 45 degrees. at patuxent naval air station, it is 48. i think there will be sunshine early in the day but then skies become mostly cloudy. it will be mild. afternoon showers are possible here and there. look for a high around 06 degrees today and rather breezy as well. >> let's get a check now of your on-time traffic with julie wright. >> good morning, guys. right now, no incidents to report as you work your way around the beltway. the pace is good leaving the robinson terminal headed out towards 66. no problems to report here on this stretch traveling up the west side. you will find the top stretch. beltway at speed leaving college park working your way past colesville road around towards 270. overnight roadwork at university boulevard has cleared. that's a check of your

the snow mainly confined to western maryland, northwestern sections of maryland now and up into pennsylvania. we bring you a little closer to home now with our max hd radar. this gives you an idea from annapolis to severna park and out towards the bay, that's the heaviest of the rain and it continues to move off to the east and northeast at a pretty good clip. that is the heaviest of the rain. there's a little bit of moderate rain back over from loudoun county, montgomery county, but it looks like the back edge of this is only probably two to three hours way. winchester is starting to dry out. those communities along i-81, you can see a little lingering snow, westminster, northern sections, carroll county, northern sections frederick county into parts of washington county, but right now again this looks like it's going to be mainly wet. we'll make some adjustments to some of our potential snowfall totals coming up in a few minutes when sue joins you back here with the full forecast, but again thank goodness the heavirain is moving out. we have a large chunk of the area under a flood warning

northwestern sections of ohio. now, this is going to be sort of similar to what could happen here late wednesday night and on thursday. in the meantime, the front is entering pennsylvania west virginia. believe it or not, the cold air is not going to get in here. this front won't go east of us until we get into late wednesday night and early on thursday. just a few sprinkles. everything will be light. you may have a wet commute if you're in the mountains. damp roads in the immediate metro area. nothing heavy. need an umbrella. showers but still mild. that's the silver lining for tomorrow. cooler and wetter on wednesday. and then rain to snow before ending, that is certainly possible. we'll talk more about that in just a second. overnight, mostly cloudy and mild. a sprinkle or shower possible. lows only around 50. 50 is our average high temperature. that's how topsy-turvy things are. winds south/southwest at 10. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and mild with showers. temps in the 50s. winds southwesterly at 10. winds say south/southwest all day. it's going to get warm. despite the clouds, hit 60 degrees tomorrow. mostly cloudy and still mild. more showers. keep the umbrel

northwestern alabama. that is the system that will head into the northeast as we head later into this afternoon. 3:00 p.m. wednesday expected to see snow in upstate new york and western pennsylvania. this is overnight tonight. as the system moves into the northeast the wind will increase. we'll see wind 20 to 30 miles an hour at types of times. even higher than that. that will bring in some problems. most cities will stay mostly at rain. new york city, 3:00 a.m. thursday a little bit of know can sneak in there. bill: it is not that bad yet? >> no. bill: wait until we get the first blizzard, you won't go home. >> i will sleep in my office. bill: thanks,Ò maria, keep us updated as the storm moves across. julie: she loves every minute of it by the way. she is weather-ob sesed. for latest on the storm and what the weather will be like in your area, go to foxnews.com/weather. it is so easy. type in your zip code for our hometown. it is there 24 hours a day. bill: president obama says it is make-or-break for the middle class. this is the moment he argues. is the white house sewing the seeds of class warfare? a great panel, fair and balanced debate on that just ahead. julie: mitt romne