in newport news, liz palka, 10 on your side. republican front runner donald trump is holding a rally in kentucky. here's a live picture from the event in louisville. democratic front runner hillary clinton was in norfolk last night for a campaign rally at lake taylor high school. right now --- hillary clinton holds a ten- point lead over bernie sanders among registered democrats. nbc news-survey monkey weekly election tracking poll. support for sanders is at an all-time high- of 41 percent. donald trump hits a new high among registered republicans. he has the support of 40-percent of those polled. that's nearly double the 21-percent who name senator marco rubio as their presidential pick. senator ted cruz is in third place with 18 percent. we'll be following the results all night and we'll bring them to you as they come results tonight watch wavy news 10 at 10 on fox 43, and wavy news 10 at 11. we will also post the results on wavy dot com. we also have a ton of extra coverage of super tuesday here. you'll find coverage of every

i'm sue palka, started to feel t little bit more like the season that it is, spring. these are the high temperatures that we hit today. we're actually still at 62-degrees, so it's really comfortable. let me show you how temperatures are right around the region at t this hour and mostç places are not only our average high for the day the which is 58-degrees. there's still a little bit of af breeze out there still gustinggt at 0, 25 miles an hour much as we look at our planner for this evening, it looks like we're in good shape. by 9:00, 55 and by 11:00, 57. 1: a whole lot warmer than it was t last night when we got down to 26 at dulles. some good headlines in the forecast. how about some 70s? they'll bey here as soon as tomorrow. i'll look at our seven day forecast when we come back.

liz palka, 10 on your side. (anchors ad lib toss to overnight: rain and some sleet across the southside and north carolina..a rain/snow mix north and west of the metro. all rain after 2 am. lows: upper-30s to low-40s. winds: e 10-20 mph. friday: periods of rain through midday. drier through the afternoon. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 15-25 mph, gusts to 40 mph. saturday: partly sunny. spotty showers possible late. highs: upper-40s. winds: light south. we are tracking a mix of rain, sleet, and snow across hampton roads. most of the frozen precip is north and west of the metro, but there is some sleet mixing in with the rain in the southside. i wouldn't rule out some minor accumulations (coating) on the grass/sidewalks/cars from northern sussex co, to williamsburg, and points north along the middle peninsula, and northern neck. the higher accumulations will be around richmond and points north. the wintry mix will be relatively brief - after 2 am, temperatures will start to warm into the low-40s, so we'll all see rain

liz palka, 10 on your side. nicole: our coverage continues on the bottom of your screen. 10:00 on fox 43 and back your 11. you can also get results on wavy.com. tom: a developing story in suffolk, where a death investigation has been ruled a homicide. 42-year-old wayne watford was found dead yesterday. police have not released any further details. they told us they are actively looking for a suspect in this investigation. and 88-year-old woman is dead following a crash involving an ems vehicle. it happened around 9:30 this morning in lynnhaven. the suv was traveling south when a car northbound made a left-hand turn onto north mall drive. 88-year-old doris baxter was a passenger in the car. the driver went to the hospital. driver of the ems vehicle is on administrative duty. nicole: a close call in newport news today. it happened around 11: ready today. firefighters were on a roof trying to cut a hole to let smoke out when it gave way. through up to his waist. hands on him within seconds. he was not hurt, but lie

im liz palka toys now to the candidate who wants to beat hillary clinton for the democratic nomination: bernie sanders. the vermont senator addressed his supporters shortly after the polls started closing -- creating a political revolution cheers erin kelly joins us from sanders' campaign headquarters in norfolk. erin -- what are his supporters saying? the crowd here was still energetic, and we heard cheers after it was projected that sanders won oklahoma. they tell me this race is they tell me this race is a marathon, not a sprint. nats supporters of senator bernie sanders gathered around the television to listen to him speak -- after it was projected that he lost the primary in virginia. about 30 to 40 people filled his campaign office off little creek road in norfolk. c0030 - natasha phillips - sanders volunteer - 1240 i already knew it was going to be an uphill battle. they were expecting hillary to win the south anyway, democratically, so this is not a shock, really. 1249 volunteers started the day early with literature drops, canvassing at polls, and knocking on doors. natasha ph

in portsmouth, liz palka, ten on your side. we continue to follow developing news out of northern california -- crews are still working to clear the train tracks -- after a commuter train derailed and plunged into a creek. investigators believe a mudslide caused the train to derail last night about 30 miles northeast of san jose. it's still unclear if mud flowed onto the the train as it passed. one of the cars landed on its side -- in a creek -- and began to flood. rescue crews were able to get everyone out. there were more than 200 people on board. nine people were hurt. none of them seriously. union pacific is heading up in the investigation. more developing news out of chicago -- where firefigheters are still mopping up after a massive fire at a building on the city's west side. at least one person was rescued from this indoor flea market that spans two city blocks. firefighters were ordered out of the building and hazmat crews were called in. the buildings roof deck collapsed -- sending cars crashing into the fire below. th

liz palka, 10 on your side. erin kelly are covering the primary election all night. you'll hear from erin in virginia beach-- ahead at 5:30. remember polls close at 7 tonight. as the numbers start to pour in we'll have the latest election coverage on air and online tonight. right now you can find full decision 2016 coverage on wavy dot com. join our conversation and take our poll on who you voted for. right now republican front-runner donald trump is in the lead. and bernie sanders is suffolk. police are investigating a homicide tonight. we have a crew on the scene right now. here's what we know: someone called 9-1-1 around 1-30 this morning after finding a man's body at the pleasant hill cemetery on old dill road. the victim has been identified as 42-year- old wayne watford. a cause of death has yet to be determined. police are still investigating and are asking for anyone with information to come forward. developments in court today for a man accused of strangling a cat. the crime happened in virginia beach, last april. today, 23-year-old cody contest to felony ani

liz palka, 10 on your side. scary moments this morning for the children on this school bus in texas. the bus was stranded in three feet of flood water. this is in denton ---- north of dallas. fire crews carried the six children to a boat nearby. the boat was on a trailer and hitched to a truck. the bus and the truck drove out of the water and onto dry land. the children got on another bus and went on to school. a driver is cooperating with state police after they say she hit and killed a new jersey state trooper. this story first broke this morning during wavy news 10 today. investigators say 31-year-old trooper sean cullen was at the scene of a car crash and fire on the interstate last night --- when a passing car hit him. trooper cullen died at the hospital this morning. cullen had been a trooper for about two years. state police are still have been filed. a close call caught on tape during a traffic stop in michigan. a driver shot at a police officer. "what's up man?" gunshots this happened saturday. after th

sue palka, yay! >> and that's earlier than last year. >> that's their first attempt at figuring it out. sounds good to us. >> but i have to say, tony and shawn, year after year, they're very good at getting within a few days of that actual bloom when is when it's 70% are open. maybe it will be a little early for the festival. it's march 20th to april 17th. i love the way they go down there and see when it's going to be time to make that prediction and every year they do give a first call in early march. typically it's right around april 4th. so that's a little bit earlier than average and definitely earlier than the last several years. so a good sign and there definitely are some blossom-coaxing temperatures on the 7-day forecast which you'll see in a moment. but also a little bit of snow to get through and some cold temperatures before we can get to blossom watching. those cold temperatures will be around tonight but it will be a quiet night. thursday is also a dry day as the snow that we're keeping

but of course i'll save that for sue palka. she's got all the details coming up in the 7-day forecast. in the meantime it's a beautiful evening out here in dupont circle. we'll have more coming up. in the meantime let's go back to tony and shawn. back to you guys inside the studio. >> the international community may need to find new ways to combat the zika virus. officials with the world health organization say insecticide spraying has not stopped the spreading of dengue fever. as a result the development of a potential vaccine remains at a very early stavenlg and clinical human trials are still a few months away. zika is considered a global emergency. with outbreaks reported in more than 40 countries since january of last year. >> today members of the military carried former first lady nancy reagan's casket into her late the public will be allowed to pay their respects this evening and tomorrow before a private funeral on friday. she died sunday at her home. she was 94 years old. >> news of a knife found at o.j. simpson's esta

sue palka, "fox5" d.c. find it there and couple spots south and east of 95. southern maryland fweting closer to 2 to 3" ought of that and that could cause early morning friday slipperiness though bulk of accumulation will be on grass. maybe a snow shower late saturday and no problems expected there and then we start to warm-up tuesday, 58. wednesday warm with temperature of 75. we're thinking most areas are going to really enjoy that day. and in fact i think i might have to call out that day just looking so wonderful. okay. maybe i won't. maybe i'll take a vacation day. that is going to inspir of vacation days. that's for sure. jim loke over to you. >> all new here. i'm going to be jush us that way. we'll talk football kirk cousins locked down for the season and skins quarterback takes the team 19.95 billion offer for one year tagged a franchise player. cousins led the team to pla playoffs and deposit have much recourse in the matter. cousin's agent verifying it saying kirk cousins officially accepted franchise tender from redskins. there you have it. >> of c

i'm liz palka and i'll tell you what the victim has to say about the emotional day in court." 5:36:59 we are so excited. this is a great day5:37:02 it could become "the spot" for one virginia beach neighborhood. how this community hub came to be. :10 i'm lex gray in virginia beach, where an 88-year- old woman died after a crash with an ems vehicle. what we found out from the city, and a man who saw what happened after the crash. thirty years. that's how long an accomack county woman has been waiting for justice since she says her stepfather sexually assaulted her. today the victim was moments away from getting a trial. then the case against 68 year old khalil muslimani was continued. 10 on your side's liz palka has the emotional story. she's live in accomack county this evening, liz? anita and stephanie - jury selection was about to begin. there were a few motions and witnesses to go over before the trial got started. that is when things started to get out of stacey johnson spione - victim - :12 seconds khalil muslimani - here one too many times since her stepfather was indicted on se

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liz palka, 10 on your side. on the republican side, doctor ben carson visited regent university today. he sat down with the school's chancellor and c-e-o pat robertson as part of the presidential candidate forum. carson says he believes the people of america are fed up with washington and looking for a change. 14:30:16 and they are angry because they keep sending people to congress who are supposed to change things who are supposed to change but nothing gets changed at this point, carson doesn't have the numbers to win the g-o-p nomination, but that's not stopping him. over the weekend, he told has no plans to drop out because he still has supporters and money to and businessman donald trump was in virginia today. he visited radford university outside blacksburg -- touching on mexican- american relations, his fellow candidates and other issues. according to the latest c-n-n/o-r-c poll -- trump is holding onto that lead with republican voters. he has 49-percent, topping his closest competitor florida senator marc

i'm liz palka, 10 on your side. several local tourist attractions will get a cut of more than 800-thousand dollars in state funding. that includes 10-thousand for holiday lights at the beach and santa's seaside village; 25-thousand for the richmond ballet for performances in the capitol and norfolk. 35-thousand will go to the james river association. governor mcauliffe hopes local marketing money will help tonight thin clouds, with a low around 46. southwest wind 5 to 10. tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 73. west wind 5 to 10. tuesday night mostly clear, with a low around 50. southwest wind 5-10. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 75. southwest tonight thin clouds, with a low around 46. southwest wind 5 to 10. tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 73. west wind 5 to 10. tuesday night mostly clear, with a low around 50. southwest wind tonight thin clouds, with a low around 46. southwest wind 5 to 10. tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 73. west wind 5 to 10. tuesday night mostly clear, with a low around 50.

i'm liz palka, 10 on your side. coming up on wavy news 10 at 5:30- trash debate - we'll explain why the cost of your trash bill may eventually drop across hampton roads. clip 38 6:22:31 its not much anyone can say about to do what they want to do any way. 6:22:36 the city has plans to take over two closed schools. hear reaction from the community. and revamping the courts. step in norfolk. norfolk is history. nats of demolition renovations include raising the plaza to prevent flooding, making more public open space, and extending main street to create a new public drop off area. the city says demolishing the 50- year-old building marks a big step forward in improving the city's downtown area. demo should be finished in 8 weeks the rubble will be recycled for other road projects throughout the city. we're looking ahead to the groundbreaking of the new bonner bridge. these are shots of the current one under years ago. north carolina governor pat mccrory announced a ceremony for tuesday morning to mark the beginning of

the judge called what happened today "helter skelter." 10 on your side's liz palka will explain. and --- the one thing in your neighborhood designed to help you sleep better --- could be keeping you up at night. it's been one week since a deadly tornado hit waverly. 10 on your side's deanna leblanc returned to the community today. see what she found --- next. through towercam 10. meteorologist deitra tate is up next with your 4 p-m forecast. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. crews in southwestern new york are removing cars from a derailed norfolk southern train. more than a dozen cars from the freight train derailed around 11-30 last night near the pennsylvania border. three o

that's a lot of > it's almost like sue palka franchise money. m you guys are wondering that's ta sue palka, her newscast.ast. >> that's pretty good. i'm her agent. > are you -- do we have something first? f >> i have to pause for that, that's part of sue's deal. > are you tired of dodging potholes? repair crews were a welcomed site for drivers today in prince george's county. the department of public worksfu and transportation launched its pothole blitz to repair some of the damage. all the holes are appearing a thanks to the salting and s snowplow after this winter's snow and ice. > after the snow, of course the natural course of events are potholes and so we're, to getet out and we have a beautiful day to do it and this is the same effort that we will continue do until we fill all the potholes. >> an estimated 75 crews spread out across the county today to fill those potholes.poth >> a big job. > yes, we need the potholesotho filled. i was still on the money, the t kirk cousins number. it's not 2 million a newscast, 2 million a day. >> most of

liz palka, 10 on your side. on the republican side, doctor ben carson visited regent university today. he sat down with the school's chancellor and c-e-o pat robertson as part of the presidential candidate forum. carson says he believes the people of america are fed up with washington and looking for a change. 14:30:16 and they are angry because they keep sending people to congress who are supposed to change things who are supposed to change but nothing gets changed at this point, carson doesn't have the numbers to win the g-o-p nomination, but over the weekend, he told reporters he has no plans to drop out because he still has supporters and money to run a campaign. republican frontrunner and businessman donald trump was in virginia today. he visited radford university outside blacksburg -- touching on mexican- american relations, his fellow candidates and other issues. s/ donald trump / (r) presidential candidate 1:11 folks you're gonna hear it once. all lives matter. (cheers) all lives matter. trump is expect

candidates have until mid-june to liz palka, 10 on your side. light rail may be on the ballot in november. city treasurer john atkinson says his team collected at least four thousand signatures on super tuesday. he says in total he has about 21 thousand signatures, which surpasses the 16,500 signatures to put a question on the ballot. voters in virginia could see the question, "should city council of virginia beach spend local funds to extend light rail from norfolk to town center in virginia beach?" (anchors ad lib toss to overnight: rain and some sleet across the southside and north carolina..a rain/snow mix north and west of the metro. all rain after 2 am. lows: upper-30s to low-40s. winds: e 10-20 mph. friday: periods of rain through midday. drier through the afternoon. highs: mid-40s. winds: n 15-25 mph, gusts to 40 mph. saturday: partly sunny. spotty showers possible late. highs: upper-40s. winds: light south. we are tracking a mix of rain, sleet, and snow across hampton roads. most of the frozen precip is north and west of the metro, but

liz palka, 10 on your side. several local tourist attractions will get a cut of more than 800-thousand dollars in state funding. that includes 10-thousand for holiday lights at the beach and santa's seaside village; 25-thousand for the richmond ballet in norfolk and more than 35-thousand for the james river association. governor mcauliffe hopes local marketing money will help the attractions (anchors ad lib toss to don) (anchors ad lib toss to tonight thin clouds, with a low around 46. southwest wind 5 to 10. tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 73. west wind 5 to 10. tuesday night mostly clear, with a low around 50. southwest wind 5-10. wednesday: sunny, with a high near 75. southwest wind 5 to 10. a ribbon cutting planned for a local housing community - how it's catering to a son saves his dad from a burning home -- hear him explain his decision to run back into the flames. i'm bruce rader and coming up in 25 minutes on the an emotional peyton manning announces his retirement, it's something your not going t

. >> and i'm sue palka. it finally felt a little bit more like spring today, but just wait until tomorrow. i'll show you what to expect for wednesday and it's also the peek of the cherry blossoms. we'll give you a peek of what they're looking like. fox 5 news at 10:00 will be right back. >> a man is dead following a police-involved shooting in fredricksburg, virginia. this was the scene. an officer tried to pull over a driver wanted on an outstanding warrant. the driver took off, dragged the officer several hundred feet. the man took the officer out of the car, took off running and the officer caught him during an altercation the officer's weapon went off hit the man in the leg. the man has died, the officer was not hurt. >>> a grand jury indicted -- time sheets over several years to receive more than $2 hundred,000 in overtime. the jury also indicted her husband. he's accused of being her ak police and also faces felony theft charges. >> fox is in the district tonight where dc mayor gave her state of the di

let's get to sue palka what you need to know. hey sue. >> it feels like a little bit of a setback. >> yes, it does. >> and tonight there is a little bit of fog arn, a little bit of drizzle and you're right by the time we get to the morning commute there could be some showers around. i'm seeing a few thunderstorms but as that moves into our direction the cold air will take the sizzle out and we'll be looking at scattered showers tomorrow morning, get the umbrella handy, maybe plan a little extra time on the r here's what's going on on radar right now. very little measurable rain in the dc area. you can see down toward that area, that is also moving in our direction. the more substantial rain will likely end up in central virginia in the potomac high lands but it will start to move in our direction as well as the frontal boundary that has been dividing us from the warmer air to the cooler air over our area today thanks to the northeast flow. we've had the drizzle, some areas of rain, a little bit more tomorrow morning. still a litt

nex i'm sue palka with a warmup and breaking news about the cherry blossoms. even the cherry blossoms are do we have more warm days ahead any records potentially breaking in we're going to talk aboutk that and give you the very latest news on the cherry blossoms. fox5 local news at 10 will be right back. back. > it was roughly this time last year shootings began to spike across the district. tonight we caught up with ai seventh grader in southwest who became the face of the violent wave last summer. fox5's marina maracco is lifea a with more on the story that struck a cord with so am. >>reporter: tony, that little girl says it seems like the one you see right behind me are flashing lights and policeolic sirens are so common in her neighborhood.ne she heard several shootings after she herself was an innocent bystander shot by a drive by. she lives just across the street from the public housing across the library where she was just before that shooting last august. now her mother says after the shootinghe as city officials rallied behind them, but then she says

sue palka we would nominate youu for most beautiful weather caster. >> you're too kind, shawn. money is in the male. no left or right in weather, just east or west that we worry about. i'm not eligible. fun to have judy on again. now we are getting ready fory cherry blossom season. much anticipated locally, this is a great picture chris duncan took today and sent it in on twitter. the weather that we have onave board for the middle part of this week will coax the blossoms about 70 percent own by the timt when get to wednesday and thursday. if you stepped outside and seene the bright moon and what else is really bright right near that is jupiter. only jupiter can show up in the moon shine. it's fun to see that tonight, tn too. in case you've been wondering what that bright object was neas the moon. it's hard to be out there tonight because it's also goingg to stay pretty cold and some areas will head down into the 0s. maybe even mere 30 or upper 20s. get ready for a warmup mid week. it's going to feel like ring as when get temperatures back into the 730s wednesday and thursdays

liz palka is on your side. nicole: andy fox in norfolk with what has been a busy day for poll workers. andy: this is the old dominion precinct at the arch mont rec center. people were lining up and we got here at 3:30. there was not any line. they have been showing up after work and there is great organization on the inside. some people were turned away because they were not registered to vote in time. christopher woods did vote. he is 18. let me ask you something. what brought you out today? recovering, but we also have a huge deficit. education is very important. i've been here for a long time and that education and future of the schools does not look good. we have to invest of our infrastructure. i drove through a whole bunch of potholes on the way here. we need a president who knows what he is doing and will make things better. andy: christopher woods brought up an issue that is not a sexy issue, what it is interest rupture area -- infrastructure. rhodes ripped up. >> i hit a whole bunch of potholes on the

sue palka i feel like i stole your thunder. >> i wanted to tell you one of my twister followers sweeted today say punxsutawney phil was right after all. we gave slips the road ept for the women and we have a warm day tomorrow and expecting more records to fall including reagan national and everybody will help up and over 80 and in the 70s as early as noon hour and look at conditions tonigh tonightch the same area of high pressure hs made a rain go over her areas over and over and a lot of flooding in the south set ral suvrts. we have little rain in the forecast. there may might be a few showers overnight thursday into friday and that is it. we'll head for the 50s tonight. they're not as cold as last night and beautiful sunrise expected again tomorrow morning and we thank lloyd for the great picture. sunrise tomorrow 6:26 temperature will be around 57 and headed to the water. some cop trikted by ocean waters and temperatures once again bermuda high taking us to record territory 0 s and 0 s and doable for everyone. here's planner, tomorrow, 8 a.m., 60 in the district and few places early

if you've been down there today, send us your pictures, sue palka,ox we love to share them.ig headline today, wind advisory, still in effect for our area, that's going to go until midnight tonight. it will stay breezy. gusts up and over 35, it will get better as the sun goes down, but this very big and strong wind field has come from a real tight pressure gradient. still on the breezy side tomorrow. not as windy, definately keep that wind going tonight, from area of low pressure that brought us our rain this morning, moving out of the area, and high pressure coming on in. so that's why those winds are still so strong. we will be back to sunshine tomorrow, still little breezy, here is some good news, in the weather headlines, 70s are returning, later this week, yes, i think specially wednesday and thursday, pump up to warm temperatures, thursday afternoon, might have to watch for couple every thunderstorms, and that's why our last line of our weather headlines, talks about the weather getting little bit unsettled, toward the end of the week, so we will be watching pattern whe

. >> what's with your fast nation with sue palka's durt. she mentioned her daughter liz before and that was the second time. i had never met her. >> just so you know. >> she's engaged. i know that already. >> just checking. >> make it a little awkward. [ laughter ] >> still ahead tonight at 11:00, a look at the newly released  scombl. >> luxury car maker just introduced the world's fastest car. take a look. >> ooh. >> we can upgrade if we all chip in. >> it cost $2.6 million. it can cruise up to 261 miles per hour. when and where can you do that? >> beltway? >> at night? okay. i don't know how jim knows about that. business insizer reports the audio system features a 1 carat diamond membrane in the speakers. the manufacture even considered what type of leather interior wouldn't distort the sound quality because of membranes. >> i'm totally getting a hint of bat mobile. >> yes, i like that. >> it's $2.6 million. are you kidding me? >> even if i was rich enough. >> no. >> i would keep digging through the speake

hey, sue palka. let's talk about something a little bit happier. the district will be good for the ne >> everybody's favorite place in the spring, the tidal basin, the cherry blossoms are going to do their show tomorrow. >> we're ready for the show. and i don't see anything really bad. they should be out for a while. the blossoms usually hang around for 4 to 10 days if we don't have a lot of heavy rain, if we don't have a lot of high wind. and certainly the next couple of days fantastic to get down there. so nice to have them out easter week although there will be some pretty good rain on monday. although i would imagine we may see a few of them starting to drop off by monday but the show is going to be great this week down at the tidal basin. sometimes it's nice to go down at night because it's a little easier to park and they're just beautiful and you can easily see them. 70s are on their way so if you are going to make it a day trip, you will not be disa.ed. 73 tomorrow, even warmer on thursday at 76 degrees. is i have a feeling it will be reall

fox5's sue palka is here.e. >> sue, i can't believe we'reca' talking about snow.lk it's march, right.inarch, right. >> it is march and thesearhe things happen in march. hpen we're already hearing sarahng s and laura that some people arere seeing their first flurries f which is a little earlier than expected but it will be very ver light. ligh temperatures at 40 degrees soee anything that you do see is i going to melt. to mel it will be very light, it will l be a little later tonight whenin there's a possibility of getting a small accumulationumat on grass.on g we are lowering expectationsower just a little bit with thistl one because the storm itself doese not look terrific butrrit just enough and the worst timeot wind gust our morning rushus hour approaching that t a wintew weather advisory has beenviso hs issued for much of our area oure from 10 o'clock tonight untiligu 10:00 a.m. friday and there ande are some winter stormerto warnings.rngs. that includes toward thear the northern neck of virginia. vir we're watching for the king george westemoreland area, i'm not sure if king george is

keep sending them in, everyone, twit erin facebook, sue palka, "fox5" d.c.. >> we have clouds out there and closer to morning we will watch this weak wave of low pressure passing through the air and that likely brings in a few more showers closer to sunrise as mentioned. we're in this pattern stuck with the northeast breeze and it gives us shower activity and drizzle wips 74 and if we see a shower late in the day wednesday. could be a few showers for st. st. patrick's day as well. low 60s friday. sun to clouds on saturday, 56. spring officially begins surprised. looks like rain around again could end as little wet snow here and there. monday 55 degrees. march is definitely month of transition and this will slow down cherry blossom as i bit. wednesday will bring them on in a big way. don't go anywhere. more "fox5 local news" at 6 when we come right back sglv today they announced a discovery of i new design saue sauerch the fossil helps explain how tie ran sauer evolved to massive t rext. >> sht shows at this point these animals evolved very sophisticated with sophisticated sense of heali

sue palka standing by tonight with a look at your forecast. i was going say good morning, sue. >> good morning, shawn. i would start the day over. it was that nice. >> it was great. we got up to 66 degrees. a little bit of tree pollen showing up. find those meds because by the end of this week a lot of us are going to be saying oh, yeah, tree pollen getting ready to do its things. 66 degrees today, how about 74 tomorr were talking about winter weather advisories. anyway, it's still 51 degrees now. our average high is 53. so still warm in the city. but considerably cooler in frederick at 39. and we will have a cool night overnight. most places heading to the 40s. that's not bad for march. 47 degrees for the district. we have a little bit of cloud cover coming through but notice the wind direction out of the southwest at 5 to 10. that makes all the difference. so we'll have a few clouds around it should be a pretty sunrise tomorrow morning and we want to say thank you brian for this gorgeous sunrise picture. tomorrow sunrise 6:29. the temperatur

. > let's check in with sue palka and find out weather wise what we're looking for weather wise. >> i'mworried about the snow and the eggs hatching. momma it's funny seeing her moving the straw around keepingd the eggs insulted.ed > another beautiful sunrise picture. thank you bertha may you haveave got a great eye. the temperature 46 as the count down to spring is on and it is only three days away but it may be coming in with a snowywy surprise. here's what we expect at the bus stop, temperatures between 40 and 48. so a little bit on the chilly school can. after the breeze school, theool, breeze will be noticeable. the breeze will be coming from a cool down that will take us into the weekend. you'll notice it tomorrow nightw more so than during the day on friday. our temperature tonight not badt at 57 grows. dawn. the clouds mind me.. a few clouds around tomorrow, but really a lot of sun getting through as well.h as a mild day at 64 and breezy wity winds out of the northwest.no that's the front that is going to be coming on through.ough it will start off nice and thend the winds pick u

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that is on new on the hill sunday morning right here on fox5.fox5 let's toss is over to sue palka because things are not only changing politically they're changing weather wise as well.el right.ri >> you've got that right.at r we're going to be saying goodbye to this easy start to march coming in like a lamb and bringing in some colder temperatures. here's look at the next several days. our average high 51-degrees, 65-degree. we dropped to 48. we'll probably hit it early in the day a afternoon. our high temperature will be likely whatever the temperaturet is right after midnight. feeling like it's in the 0 #-s and 30s for most of the day. it's also chilly at 43-degrees. friday we may be dealing with a little bit of morning snow. saturday 45. so that might feel like a little bit of a setback. but it will be balanced out by another round of warmer w temperatures next week.es n you're going to have to wait for a few more days. tonight we're much whatting some showers move into the picture. a little bit of activity outy here to the west. these are moving very rapidly from west to east. you co

sue palka "eyewitness news" usns now with the very very latest. are we getting colder tonight. >> oh, we are. it will be colder tonight than it was last night. the air is really dry. we're going to see the to temperatures tanking a little al bit. a cold start for tuesday morning. you'll need your coat as you head to work or school. our temperature in the districte not too bad and that willl protect the cherry blossoms. check out the temperature at 11:00. we are 44-degrees. we'll eventually drop down to 37-degrees by the time we get to the morning.the a cold start in the district, but even colder for the suburbs. already we're seeing a few spots down blow 32 tonight. you definitely don't want to plant too early. we'll talk about when it is safe to plant here coming up in a few minutes.minu 32 for dulles and frederick already. it is going to be a cold one as high pressure continues to build n. the winds get light he, the and we're headed for 30s if notf some upper 20s in a few spots. a chilly start tomorrow morningr with temperatures at or blow free

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yes, that's our own sue palka in 1997 watching a total solar eclipse from a cruise ship deck. >> that'sl. >> i didn't know you could access that video. that is so old that it's on a format that we can't anymore. that was one of the most thrilling things i've ever seen in my life. we were near the island of curacao. it was the middle of the day. you never want to look directly at it see we were using welder's glass to look at it i think i know why you're showing that video. because there is a total solar eclipse going on even as we speak in the western pacific and southeast asia. it's an amazing thing to experience. a gorgeous day here in washington. we don't want to ignore what's right here. if you're interested in things like total solar eclipses. it's when the moon positions itself between the earth and the sun so you get the shadow of the moon blocking out the sun. what's really cool is you can see the corona of the sun, only if you look with protection. ca covered up, you can still really hurt your eyes if that happens. and again this one is happening right now. we can't see it in t

if you're like joe palka who has been planting like crazy. >> every year i tell don't plant too earlyand then he says is it going to be a frost tonight. i say, joe, wait million may. > i guess there are worst things he could be doing, that's for sure. the colors are in fuel bloom at the tidal basin. you can also see in this picture that while some of the blossoms have come off there's still plenty t of see. definitely t still worth a trip down to the tidal basin. i love this great picture. a lot of the blossoms are in the water in this picture. a couple of strong wins will do that to them. tomorrow it's a the lot of mid-week sunshine that we're going to be ushering back in. tomorrow will be a cold start. by the time the sun comes up at 6:55 the temperature should be at 41. thank you chris bit letter for the beautiful photo you sent in today. the temperature trend of w a hive 61 will be a little bit above it. thursday the warmest day of the week at 72. friday, 70 and saturday 62. we'll have to much what far a few late day showers on thursday. our guidance has gone a little bit back and

. > let's go to sue palka and pal find out what we've got in store forth rest of tonight. >> i need to stop following these add will i bees because they're really getting gray. it's so fun. > you guys are high hair lose. >> luckily the weather is really cooperating. a day that you want to pass onas your good feeling. getting in the mid-60s well above average for this time of year. >> things are going to be to changing in the short term. maybe as early as 11:00 some of you will have rain knocking on the door.th and that's just a about it of a beginning of a setback as we go into the start o we've had a little taste of winter making a come back. but it is a little taste. temperature wise, wind wise you'll notice it tomorrow. we'ringing to have another windy day.day. gusts could be over 50 miles an hour. locally they could be overr 35 miles an hour and gusts. so we're going to hit 48 early in the day, probably before noon and then it drops and with the wind chill it's going to feell like a blustery day, a pretty day, most of the day will be dry. the showers are going to raise through here

the good news is i hear this may stick around a little bit longerment let's stick in with sue palka. how long do you think it's before people complain it's two who the. >> tony says thursday at three. i think it might be wednesday at three. > actually tomorrow will be warmer than it was today. i think we're going to break a record and you're right, this is more like early sum rather than early spring. these temperatures that we had today are more typical of what we might see around the area toward memorial day getting up to 79-degrees. dulles 78, bwi77. we're going to add a couple of degrees on top of tomorrow and that puts us in record territory. we think we'll either tie or maybe break some records. here are the records, 80-degrees at reagan. dull here's what we're projecting for the high temperatures. i'm calling for reagan national. i think you're going to get record, 81. dulles 80 and bwi79-degrees. here is your morning planner. eight in the morning, 55-degrees. these are some cool starts. there will be some places that are in the whose. it might be 49 out towards the martinsbur

that's right we have life team coverage tonight beginning with sue palka. so sue, we c coming down, big fat flakes out there. it's impressive out there. > i'm delighted it timed up for our news coverage. >> we are hearing from am of you in st. mary's county that you have three, and in some places, a fluffy four inches of snow already. just a few minutes ago, national service did add you to the winter storm area. those are areas that may see three to six much ines. the bulk of the accumulation within be on grass here. it's too warm on the roads much that's not t say that there is some slick spots. i wanted you to see that this winter storm warning does include saint maries. that does time out beautifully with the band. it may be wrapping up for our western suburbs here really soon, but st. mary's and even parts of charles, calvert county, over to the salsbury area, you ar deepening of low pressure that is on its way over to the coast and it's going to be able to throw back a little bit of moisture onto you. friday morning locally low impact for saint maries,