shoe palka does a really good first pitch. i want to show you this back in 1988, ronald reagan the only president born in the state of illinois throwing out the first pitch at a cubs game, of course barack obama, abe lincoln and ulysses grant were all born in illinois. there you go. i love those fact, jim. thank you so much for sharing. today me to bar trivia. invite me out. make it happen. > yes, keep the tweets coming with the > the first lady milan yeah trump doesn't want to. >> it says the first lady is waiting for you to pay 100830ed to ted west african rep of when necessary federal ministry of finance before she has authorized to release your funds to you. some clear signs this is a scam the telephone number has a californiaer code. police trump is living in but of course we know she is living in new york until barron finishes the school year. replies on the e-mail divert you to a yahoo address which then prompts people to leave a voice male at the given number. if you get the e-mail, do not fall for it. it is a big, fat

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sarah simmons will have more on the damage done and let's begin with sue palka on what we can all expect when we head out the door tomorrow morning, hey there, sue. >> it will be cooler tomorrow morning and dealing with blustery conditions. we do expect strong winds to continue overnight. certainly not severe like we had with the storms earlier today between 1 and and this shaded in yellow will go until 10:00 tomorrow morning. and we do expect the winds to pickp a little bit now that frontal boundary is finally ready to push through our area. gusts of 0 in the district and pekdz up to 38 martinsburg and 30 hagerstown and skinny band of showers with the frontal boundary up towards frederick county area and they're moving along way quickly. it's a dry start for you on your thursday. but as this front moves through winds pick up in intensity a little bit and i'm pausing this 3:00 in the morning and that may be where we see strongest gusts 7 to 40 and maybe as high as 45 cumberland and as we begin commute or head out to school tomorrow morning wind direction is changing and out of northwest.

sue palka says warmer weather is coming at some point.i, sue, that was a live look they're busy there tonight. when is this warmer weather going to hit us in. >> we have a few more hours to go so it's going to take a few more hours overnight and in fact we might even have to deal with a couple of showers as warmer air is coming in. not a lot. we could use a lot more than we're going to get. as we transition into the warmer air maybe a spotty shower north and west. if it gets cold enough in a few spots, i'm thinking out towardation to your knowledge, cumberland, maybe up towards pennsylvania there could be a little bit of patchy, freezing rain but then we'll bring in the warm stuff. we'll probably get into the low 60s tomorrow. the 70s are back in the forecast on saturday. over the weekend we'll have a lieutenant of clouds. sunday will likely have some showers as well. this is the weekend to get down and seat cherry blossoms. our temperatures that will feel like spring are going to stick around in the week. but now we're going to start to

we love your teeth, caitlin roth fox 5 and sue palka fox 5 dc. she's seeing snow sticking to the grass, southern montgomery county you're getting the snow. it will probably stick soon. megan is in fredericksberg but they're starting to see the mix line sneak into parts of prince william's county and fredericksberg is one of our spots we expect little accumulation by tomorrow morning. due to the sleet and then the rain mixing in. also one of our favorites, strider saying we have snow cover cars in kingstown but grass and roads are just wet and as we go through the coming hours, we expect more snow to fall to continue to accumulate with that mix. not starting until some time between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. for dc and that will greatly impact the totals. we will show you the latest coming up in just a bit. first, shawn and tony back to you. >>> our coverage continues now with gary mcgrady, tracking the storm. live in frederick maryland. we've been calling this winter's rerevenge >> left frederick moving to the south and it's coming down good. in the last

richard says hi to sue palka.'s got fans everywhere. >> thanks so much. >>> hardware stores and supermarkets. we checked in at the wegman's in germantown and shoppers could empty them, people were after the main stapleses, bread, milk and toilet paper. some shoppers are stocking up on other essentials >> i got everything from like pop tarts, mostly a bunch of junk >> my kids was telling me to snacks. they're certain there's not going to be school >> my philosophy when all of this preparation takes place, the warnings, the streets have already been treated. those kinds of things. we're not going to get much. >> he may be right. you got a grocery run still ahead of you. well. jim are you ready? >> ready as i'll be. i think it's we're more concerned about the vending machines being stocked in the building. last year it was bleak. it was bleak by the end of that storm. >> nothing at home. >> everybody is safe out there. >> all right. >>> next at 5:00, dramatic scene caught on camera. police taking extreme measures to

sue palka here with the latest on the weather for us. i'm loving this. >> i'm loving the view. even the clouds are spectacular, real spring looking sky. actually had some showers around this afternoon, too, jim, czar a i know the thunder woke me up early this morning, but i think we got the bulk out of the way earlier today. but got few more showers that we still have to watch tonight. one good thing is we stay clou today, and so that deprived the atmosphere of little bit of energy that could have fueled up stronger storms. we've had few stronger storms down to our south. but nothing strong at this hour. there was one that was around the culpeper area around 3:00 capable of putting down little hail. what's left tonight is really just light showers, and as we look out toward the hagerstown area, down closer to the interstate 81 corridor, maybe moving into lowden county, couple of light showers that will move through in the next couple of hours, but they're going to be pretty hit or miss, and drier air will try real hard to come in you can see we put everything in motion the spin

we begin with sue palka and gary mcgrady tisha lewis, team of reporters we'll start with sue. >>> it's basing as we expected. we picked up about a half inch to an inch. while roads but they will get snow covered. it will be wet, heavy snow these plow drivers are going to be pushing around, and i've got to tell you impressive band showing you storm tracker radar, shades of purple and the darker purple is heavier snow so we got a moderate band moving into dc. moving up from south to north. you can also see the rain snow line and that's pink color. let's check on the snow rates. it's generally producing about half inch every hour or so. we're going to see this continue more bands of heavy snow will develops a we go through the night and again we expect this to continue to pile up between now and about 7:00 tomorrow morning. so wanted to show you these snow totals. of course, it's going to be quite the blizzard for new york and boston, because as this nor'easter begins developing off the coast, they're going to get the brunt. we're going to get a good snow it will be challenged by rain and

. >> should we go down and lobby for the bill >> i'm with you, sue palka. >> absolutely. >> i think theould be higher. >> wow, ok. >> if i was ever first lady my campaign would be get out of the left-hand lane if you're not going to drive there. >> i didn't know you were so passionate about that >> i al don't want to be first lady anymore. what the heck did i get here? beautiful picture for starts, what a great day. started with the fog. i'm sure you felt like maybe we weren't going to be able to redeem the warm day but we saw the warm front come through. the days are getting long, gorgeous suet we'll have we feel hours and 27's minutes of daylight and sunset was at 7:27. we have had a few showers come through the area, not much showing up, but there's more to come and this is a system we're watching. there's been a little bit of severe weather. this will be passing through our area tomorrow. not with a lot of severe weather but maybe with a couple of rumbles of thunder here and there and we're glad for every drop. the drought monitor shows it remains in severe to moderate drought. we n

tonight, but get read particular, tomorrow's warm temperatures could bring some severe thunderstorm sue palka is here with what you need to know. >> hi, tony. we're going to have a very warm start tomorrow. temperatures may approach 830-degrees tomorrow and it ' very mild out there tonight. at the same time we have a reel strong cold front that's going to be moving through tomorrow afternoon. it has a big push of cold air behind it and we are concerned that this high heat, we're forecasting 78-degrees tomorrow and by the way, farewell to our warmest february ever where we temperatures and today came in at 68-degrees. here's the set up for tomorrow with a lot of warm humid air pulling into town. at the same time we're going to have a strong cold front in the late afternoon and early evening. the main threat will be damaging, gusty winds and i am concerned about something tonight that they're moving in even faster than we think. maybe 2:00 for western suburbs to about 5:00 across the i95 corridor. i wanted to also show you our futurecast tonight because as we watch it go by and clear out, look

we have team coverage of the winter weather with teisha lewis, sue palka and lindsay watts. what can we expect tomorrow morning. tony, this wind unbelievable. in fact, i just saw one of our photographers coming back from one of his earlier live shots and he said the wind was even blowing our big heavy live truck around today. two things you need to be ready cold for the bitter cold and the wind chill temperatures that are going to be descending lower than they already are. and let me tell you the snow out here is just so hard packed we can hardly even breakthrough it. i'm standing really above it now. my we down. speaking of shocking, look at temperatures, 29-degrees here in the district. 23 in gaithersburg. 25 nor frederick. if you think that's bad, add in these gusty winds that are unbelievable. we're still seeing winds gusting between about 30 and 40 miles an hour and even in the district now down from 40 to 30. 35-mile an hour gusts i see at dulles and 29 for westminster, gaithersburg you have a gust of 38, baltimore, 37. you combine the bitter cold temperatures with the

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talk about the day we saw today, once again, a nice one to go out and take a walk >> gorgeous, sue palka. i hear tomorrow will be nice too. >> you're right. best day. not a bad day today, although it was gusty, breezes may be back tomorrow afternoon, but early morning temperatures for the kids at the bus stop, about 40 to 45. after school, how about 66 to 71 degrees with lots of sun? high pressure still in the sweet spot to pump up the warmer air. big change is coming as we head on into the weekend and one of our coldest winter-like weekend that we've had in some time will be coming our way, 70 tomorrow. high temperature on saturday may only be 38 degrees. and don't forget, we spring far this weekend. sun won't go down on sunday until 7:12. shawn and jim, peak at your forecast >> looking forward to the longer daylight. >> there's never enough hours >> we'll take it though. >>> what do you think about the new plan healthcare bill >> a lot of talk about it. not everyone is on board with the proposed legislation. that includes members of the gop. we'll talk to some people with insight when

let's check in now with suesue palka to find out exactly theacl timing on some of this. >> it will be closer to dawn before we start to see moving. we are not going to be seein tot seven, maybe 10 days. we are returning to winter and it's not just about tomorrow morning's snow showers.s it's about the cold is that coming as well.well but speaking of those snowno showers here we go again, a friday morning commute with awih small amount of snow. but here's what's working in ouu favor. it was so warm today that it would be really tough for any of this to stick to roads. your roads will just be wet tomorrow morning. i'm not expecting delay, but it could make for a mess because sometimes wet roads cause problems as well and there could be enough snow to stick on the grass, especially north of interstate 70, maybe even northern montgomery county and northern and western loudondon county.co it's still so warm tonight. 58 in the district.is a few other spots have gotten into the 40s and we can get snot in the 40s but it's going to have a reel tough time trying to stick. so here's what we're t

. >>> let's check in now with sue palka for the latest on the forecast. boy, we had storms roll through >> we had storms that were all about wind, shawn and jim, they were moving so fast from west to east at about 50 miles an hour. and they did produce significant winds. the highest gusts i saw was at quantico with a 78 miles per hour gust. that is category 1 hurricane strength. what's left tonight is not severe at all. we just have a few light showers pass being to our south. we have the frontal boundary to come, pushing into the pittsburgh area. when that comes through later tonight, couple of things, we may see a shower an isolated rumble of thunder, it will also get the winds and we're under a wind advisory that will begin in the dc area around 10:00 and go till 10:00 in the morning, you'll notice the time here farther west it will begin at 8:00. that's because winds could be sustained over 30 but could gust to 50 or maybe even 55 miles an hour. a check of gusts right now, 33 miles an hour gusts in dc, 26 for fredericksberg, 24 for annapolis. i will b

i am very happy with s >> yeah, he just rolls through where we're supposed to send it over to sue palka. sue its no the not a slight to. it's just jim's big feet. >> poor jim. [laughter] >> listen jim you have to roll like i do in the weather which is you don't even need the teleprompter and sometimes your clicker won't work but that was a couple shows ago. we'll move on and talk about why you do not have to worry about the size of your feet as the weather is warming up and everybody is going to feel g listen, we have a couple of showers that could be around tomorrow morning pretty far north. i think most places won't see any showers and some good news is it's not going to be as cold as it was last night although we'll fall into the 30's, so it's possible a couple of those showers up through pennsylvania could come down in the form of a little bit of freezing rain but it is the beginning of a warmer trend that is really going to see temperatures spiking into the mid 70's on saturday perfect timing because the cherry blossoms are going to be out and about and we will stay mild on sunday

let's check in with sue palka with a little bit of all everything >> except for the cold stuff. taking a break from that. you're right. what a day, starting with the fog, as spring warmth going to continue and showers and some of you have seen showers tonight. not e good to get the showers, our area does remain in a moderate not much showing up right now but we did have some showers move from west to east across city and through the beltway. we'll keep a chance of a couple of showers, but we could also see the fog coming back. not big deal but paying attention to it. also i wanted to show you tomorrow's rain is showing up. we have had severe weather outbreak and continue to see insufficient thunderstorm watch across parts of kentucky and tennessee so there's a chance of a few showers tomorrow morning but better in the that we could see hit or miss showers and maybe a rumble of thunder. meanwhile these are the high temperatures and still very mild out there with dc at 66. we're going to keep the warm weather around but increase the clouds for tomorrow and keep umbrella handy i th

high, there, i'm sue palka. here's the good news. the whipped is done.ut we really are getting cold out there tonight and the big weather headline going forward it's a hard freeze. we are expecting tonight. so a real cold start tomorrow morning. and a hard freeze means it's going to be well below 32 in many areas and we're on the way at this hour. you can see to 32 in winchester and 40 fredericksburg and the districts is also at 40. gaithersburg 34. westminster 3 4 hagerstown down to 33. and thankfully those winds are lighter and they were tremendously gusty and light wind under these clear skies means perfect recipe for radiational cooling and we're headed overnight to 28 in the district. mid 20s maybe colder than that norm and west to 30 for quantico and fredericksburg and 29 leonardtown and 26 winchester. cold start tomorrow morning as high pressure will be centserd just north. brings down the north breezes but the breezes will be much lighter. however, get ready for those 20s to be around in the morning and still a chilly day tomorrow but a bright da

let's begin tonight with sue palka and the freezing effectsen we're going to see overnight. hi, sue. >> hi, shawn and tony it is absolutely a bitter blast.ast. i forget how this feels. i have to mention it wasn't juss snow that we had today. it was this crunchy stuff, a combination snow and sleet and e let me tell you, listen to how hard us. it is completely solid out here. we are concerned about this vers hard freeze we're going to havet tonight leading to some black ice. wisconsin avenue here is boneis dry thanks to all the winds thad we had earlier today. here's a brave sole going by without a coat. anyplace that had a little bitei of melting today it likely froze around 9:00 tonight and these winds aren't going to be able to do much about that because it's already ice think.al we want you to have the big heads up that tomorrow morningrn bitter cold and black ice will be the two headlines.head so where is all of this wind and this bitter blast coming from? m it's still from the noreaster which is working its way up the coast where it continued to dump almost 33 inches of

of course sue palka has beeneen tracking it all for us.t al what is the latest tonight.toni >> it's going going to be wishing february could come back becausc we're talking single digit windd chills, winds all nig some wet spots could be icy.. there goes our noreaster. dulles 5.6 inches. new york central park 7.2. sleet mixed in there as it diddd in our area.a. upstate new york, binghamton, 20 inches. harrisburg 20 inches philly only got 3.9 because they also had the sleet mix n. i saw the sleee as early as 126789. 206789 i knew that would cut down totals. that was expected. we still have a couple of lingering snow showers you could see those pushing down pennsylvania tonight. they won't cause much in the wa of trouble.. here are the snow totals. of course reagan national came in with just under 2 inches. dulles 5.6 inches, a new daily record for snowfall and reagan national 2.2. we're goingold that to see tonight with black itemsw i just heard a f

sue palka joins us with the forecast. i know we talked about it earlier, but snow again after 730s and 80s. >> 80-degrees yesterday and weea find out we're two weeks away from the cherry blossoms so of course this is why march is known for madness and we have a if you snow showers in thein report for tomorrow light flurries showing up at dulles. it's not going to be a big deal. the bigger deal is the cold and the fact that you need to findd the heavy coat again. it's a fast moving clipper goinn to pressure system through us tomorrow. it could deposit a few lightew showers off and on throughout the day. some of you won't see anything. others might get a few minutesus of light swirl around.wirl a couple inches in the mountains. here's what we're seeing one ore two of the light patches havepac already started to show up in the western suburbs. but there's a little bit more te come. you can see the bigger picture here as our system is again not a huge system. itself neat very deep.eat it's going to move very quickly and if yo

. >> let's check in with sue palka and get the latest on& the weather.ould call this gorgeous actually. >> it is gorgeous and feels better than yesterday but you're right it's way below average for this time of year but at least we're not dealing with that big wind, reit? guess what? a warmup is going to be getting under way very soon but we are still running a little bit on the cooler side. we haven't been able to get up to 50 degrees yet at d.c. although we've touched 50 south and east of d.c., south and west 51 for manassas, culpeper 50, fredericksburg 50, out toward cumberland you can see they're at 52 degrees as wie. as well. we'll be staying on the chilly side but i did want to give you the headline for the warm weather lovers. a spring warmup is about to begin tomorrow. not as warm as it will be over the weekend but we'll start taking the edge offer this cool air in a big way. also wanted to show you while we could certainly use some rain around this area we may even have a chance of getting a couple of sprinkles or a very light shower early tomor

. >> we start with sue palka and changes we can expect into the area overnight, hey, sue. >> hey jim, shawn, we warned you last night march would come in like a lion. it d not in the temperature department. we had 80 degrees today. with the windy storms that came through with no lightning and no hail and tremendous scary damage. and i have to let you no a wind advisory will remain in effect overnight until 10:00 in the morning. so we will continue to see strong gusts overnight and i'm worried about limbs that may have been loosened by today's severe winds may be falling overnight and watch yourself tomorrow morning when you step on out. all of these dots incredible. they all represent a storm report that we got today of either severe winds or trees down around our area and there's just too many to count. i cherry picked three of the most dramatic ones in terms of winds gusts and quantico, virginia 1:30 storms were 78 miles an hour. category one hurricane force. germantown lots of damage with wind gusts of 66 miles an hour and reagan national 54 mile an hour gusts and as we check right