slow from dumfries to quantico. the beltway -- heavy delays on each direction. the inner loop is slow to from route 1 to eisenhower. inner loop delays in the greenbelt metro. 50to bw parkway -- an issue involving a fallen tree has been taken out of the way. all of your travel lanes are open. delays on the southbound side. back to you. >> thank you. coming up how different religious beliefs are showing their support for a local mosques. >> important information about a blood clot you could have if you are a baby boomer. >> at 6:00, see how you can play a role in what metro calls its next generation of train

lorton and quantico and dumfries, headed down towards fredericksburg. heavier shower down across parts of prince george's county. you see the yellow now showing up in the southwestern part of the county right around clinton. that's all moving towards the east. this may clip upper marlboro but the other story is the warm t. how warm things -- warmth. how warm things up. leesburg is 45 but upper 40s bethesda. arlington and springfield at 49. 52 vienna and reston. 51 crofton. outside on our weather camera, good visibility now. a couple of sprinkles have pushed through and temperature of 50. we will have the threat for some showers this morning and again tonight and tomorrow, but the shower threat tonight and tomorrow mainly going to be south of d.c. so today 66. tonight 40s. tomorrow only low 50s. so 50 to 55 tomorrow. 30s to start friday. friday the sun returns in ernest. 52 for the high. your weekend cool, near 50. maybe a shower late saturday night, early sunday morning and again late monday into tuesday. let's go back to andrea and mike. >> thank you,

look at quantico, 51. 45 in lexington park, 36 in hagerstown. with a fewday clouds, low 50's this afternoon. farther south of the metro. not as easy as yesterday. cooler than little yesterday afternoon. be thiswhere we should afternoon, low 50's. increasing clouds tonight, 30's nearly 40. areas of rain tomorrow. we can expect around three- of an inch of rain with localized, isolated higher amounts. clearing by thursday. of sunshine on saturday. >> they are moving most of the construction barrels. all clear " overall on 81, 66, between richmond and baltimore. travel times in our favor not only on the beltway but south and north into baltimore on 95. on to the greenway and toll road, lingering road where and get to the beltway. follow the signs. that should be clearing out in the next 20 minutes. on 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 is pretty clear. moving nicely to is the beltway at the american legion bridge. now back to news. >> we want to start with the details in yesterday's school shooting outside cleveland. a candlelight service p

jumping on and off to quantico, courthouse road. at the maryland cameras. on a 270 in each direction. off and on to georgia avenue, to arlington boulevard after this vehicle gets cleared. back to you. >> let's talk about the oscars. less than one week away now. one of the most celebrated performances comes from octavia help." in "the >> arch campbell joins us and about this breakout star. >> shaking your to channel 7 last summer about this. thought she was great. i'm rooting for her. she came out of nowhere to lead oscar race in best supporting actress for "the help." she group in birmingham and got mother who from her once worked as a maid. >> you just give me republications. octavius spencer turn the many into a career maker. she plays the feisty made him a special way of pushing against segregation. she traveled the country promoting "the help close cut a stop here. voluptuous, very opinionated coke. -- cook. she has no edit button. she says exactly what is on her mind. has won the she globe, the screen actors bafta.ward, and the >> there's nothing great

that is the story. 48 and quantico and 41 and gaithersburg. we have ideal conditions for the atmosphere to cool off today. cool skies and temperatures will tank down to about 30 in the city. it looks like another nice day tomorrow. no cold air to be found just seasonable temperatures. we will be up to around 50. that is where we should be this time of the february. we want to keep our eye on the great lakes. we only need a little bit of cold air to give us the possibility of winter precipitation. because of this cold front coming in from canada and the low pressure coming in from the central plains, this will become breezy overnight and saturday morning. temperatures will start to fall. we will get a little bit of snow and rain and the dreaded winter makes. we might see some snow saturday morning. that we will have a couple of chilly days. sunday it looks like one of the coldest days of the winter coming on sunday. here is the time lapse of our futurecast. low pressure moving out saturday and possibly some snow before it ends. temperatures fal

along the water 40 in quantico. a little below freezing in isolated locations. high pressure over today nothing to worry about. a lot of sunshine. the area of low pressure in north texas and oklahoma this morning will cause blizzard-like conditions later this morning in kansas. that system will track east. by saturday night into sunday morning that will be over the carolina coast line. it will be close enough at that time to give us a chance of rain and maybe a wintry mix with little to no accumulation. 50 degrees today. clearing on sunday. >> i have been busy trying to find anything to tell you to steer clear of. i don't have anything. pretty good shape right now 66, moving construction barrels out of the way. no problems on 95 in virginia. coming from fredericksburg to get interesting still looks good. looks good on 395 between the beltway and 14th street bridge. looks good in maryland on 95 between richmond and baltimore. no problems on 270 and interstate 70. metro rail are having a nice ride. back to you. >> thank you. 5:10. a traffic alert for drivers in no

for the middle of february. 46 degrees in the nation's capital. 48 in quantico.armer than it was yesterday. 24-hour temperature changes. temperatures are 17 degrees than they were yesterday at this time. in the see temperatures low 30's tonight. not be nearly as cold as last night. is a weather disturbance pressure heading east. like a fair amount of as it triesout east. early ina chance that morning, we could see a few flurries. as we get through the date and temperatures warm up a sprinkle, temperatures destined the 40's tomorrow, i think have no concerns. mild weather on wednesday. on the left-hand side of your screen, that is a system that bring rain on thursday. pleasant weather on wednesday. thursday, a good chance for rain. in other good-looking weekend. that is the very latest. is such a critical time. is the main part of the season for the washington capitals. if they do not do it now, i do think they will make the playoffs. looking for the first win in the last three games. for the long time, mike knuble, not a good time for him. knuble was the last pla

slow traffic that is all you are dealing with in quantico and into springfield off and on. with the main and hover lanes north on to 39 r5. a little bit slow in landmark. looks good to the 14th street bridge and no problems to report downtown. mr. the best salesman in the business regarding his films.  morning charlie. >> he seems to have done it, didn't he? >> good morning mike and andrea. ahead we have all the stories from the oscars. "the artist "took home five awards. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> are you leaning toward mr. weinstein's pictures? have you seen any of them? >> i have seen them all. i have interviewed all the artists from the movie. i love the idea that cheryl streep was chosen. i think viola davis will win a bunch of oscars as her career continues. but it was an interesting evening to see how they made the choices. i was sorry that george clooney didn't win. because i thought it was a wonderful performance. but i saw a lot of movies i liked. i liked the descendants, money ball. >> how about you? >> i just saw tinker taylor soldier spy. >>> what are you guy

you are seeing a bit of a delay as you make the trip from dale city and then off and on to quantico.vel lanes are open. westbound 66, very heavy delays. an accident has been moved to the left shoulder. >> thank you very much. still ahead, an investigation uncovers unfinished housing development leaving their families in danger. >> it is probably one of the most caring places i have ever been. >> a local school is changing lives. it is this week's harris' heroes. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> the provide education therapy, and a safe place for kids to be kids. many say it changes kids forever. that is why the people at youth for tomorrow, is today's harris' heroes. >> these people came and saved me. >> i was like, this really is not for

boardatures across the low 50's.to the quantico looking at 58 degrees, as fredericksburg.w the area track towardse the east. over the next 24 hours, it will lot of energy. it should remain mainly south of d.c. metro. the clouds are beginning to filter into our area. it is not going to be a classic nor'easter. national weather service has operated the winter storm watch warning across southern virginia, southwestern virginia. this includes areas like culpeper and shenandoah. they will either upgrade this to or downgraded to an advisory. next 48the futurecast, hours. expected band of snow afternoon into the hours. what do we expect in terms of snowfall? 3:00, that much -- not much the ground. it will be hard to accumulate. temperatures today it were well the 50's. 1.2 inches, up we may see it much. here is our forecast for tonight. 32 to 38 degrees. the extended outlook, temperatures are warm and very moving toward the middle of the week. >> the further north you go, you not see a whole lot. >> the capitals were in action today. it is a critical day because it a comeback. >>

then you are slow on southbound 95 virginia as you are taking the trip to quantico.ping on the bricks a little bored -- a little bit on center court parkway. a little slow from landover road 2 central ave. from georgia avenue to 66 where the right lane of the ramp is blocked. from central avenue to route 50 in maryland. >> thank you very much. still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, how some of your christmas gifts could help racked up frequent flyer miles. >> it only took a little bit of time out of my day. i was contributing to somebody. >> making up a lot more than just cookies. he will meet them coming up next. >> would you let kids run things in the kitchen, you never know what you are going to get. at kid power you never know what you are going to get. mix it all together you get to youcookie time project. >> you do not find many kids in your average kitchen, but these kids love to cut. they are part of kid power's cooeie time project -- cookie time project. on the menu today 0 mill cookies. -- 02 mill cookies. there is a lot more to cookies than just making. it tea

and even 40 at quantico, close to the water. for the first part of the day and a few scattered clouds possible this afternoon. very sunny into tomorrow but there is a week clipper system off to our north. that will stay to our north and move east past us later today. we will be on the warm side of that system so we're talking high temperatures likely in the low 60's later today. it is below freezing now but warming up nicely. you can dress in layers and shed a few later. however, there is a cold front that will close later this afternoon and evening in behind that are wind will shift and we will have cooler air spilling into town for tomorrow. temperatures will drop tomorrow but it is -- it will be closer to what we should be for this time of year. two mar 52 and rain by wednesday. >> thanks, it is very mild at 6:22 lummis monday morning. >> the nba's best hit the courts for the all-star game. find out who was the cream of the crop last night. >> did you come for a smoke? >> it went overtime and the east gave it all they had at

a tractor-trailer broken-down on 95 virginia northbound after the second exit for quantico marine basetriangle exit. it's blocking the right lane and vdot is sending help. here's a live picture of traffic on i-95 north bound. headlights in springfield towards woodbrige, moving quite well. a very quiet start on the beltway in montgomery county. traffic is moving at speed. we will keep our eye on it. >> a new traffic pattern on rte. 7 near the beltway in virginia starting on friday. it will close the ramp to allow them to complete the 495 expressway. >> 2011 was a record year for the region's airports. reagan national airport served nearly 19 million passengers last year. dulles international served for just under 23 million passengers. they expect more passengers this year because of new and improved service. 5:11 37 degrees in herndon. >> more trouble for the former head of the international monetary fund. why dominique strauss-kahn spent the night in a french jail. >> and there's an wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico,

in the district, quantico, upper 30's, low 40's. southern maryland, not a flight of snow, the temperatures well above freezing, upper 30's. 20 detroit pittsburgh 30. tomorrow, cooler temperatures, in the 40's. once the system moves out, out the high pressure builds just to the west. clearing skies sunshine as early as tomorrow afternoon. clearing skies tomorrow night monday and tuesday look great. highs in the low 50's. live doppler radar, snow showers across loudoun county, northern fairfax stretching into montgomery. none of this reaching the ground, may have snowflakes, drizzle, but now looking for much more overnight. things began to settle down as we move through the early morning into the afternoon. overnight into the afternoon the skies quickly clear. the high pressure settles in. sunshine later tomorrow afternoon, clearing skies tomorrow. the forecast overnight drizzle flurries cloudy and cold. no additional accumulation expected. 28-35 overnight. mittal 40's tomorrow, gradual clearing during the afternoon. the high pressure

it's 46 in quantico. on a par for this afternoon, low 50's, sunshine. not as gusty yesterday.vement. clouds increasing tonight. you need the umbrella tomorrow all day long. in the the windshield wipers for the morning and afternoon. around three-quarters of an inch of rain expected. a little more in spots and a little less in other spots. near 54 the high temperature. if we are expecting a healthy soaking of rain tomorrow. thursday and friday, clearing. comfortable temperatures, highs in the low 60's. extensive rain on saturday. >> thanks so much. >> ♪ >> the new dancing task will be announced on good morning america on abc this morning. the internet has been abuzz with rumors about who is going to be competing this season. tmz is reporting sheri shepherd is on a list along with maria menounos, melissa gilbert jack wagner, and ryan o'neal. pee-wee herman, and a likely one of the kardashian sisters. >> which one do you think? >> it could be kris or the youngest sister . we will find youngestwho will be on the show today on good morning america beginning at 7:00 right here. >> w

cumberland and hagerstown at freezing. 43 degrees in the district. 48 in quantico.ormally about the metro area we would be in a new low 30's. but not the case today. we are running a little above average. in the 40's in southern maryland and south down 95. clear skies overhead. a lot of sunshine today. high pressure will provide the sunshine. keeping an eye on an area of low pressure in colorado in the rockies. that will attract north and through the upper midwest. a typical system that will bring heavy snow to the upper midwest and drag areas of rain through washington tomorrow. snow will start today in the upper northwest. rain tomorrow from parts of the morning rush hour for us especially the second half into the afternoon. clouds increasing tonight. leading edge of the rain moving in around 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. possible areas of moderate rain that shown in yellow through the midday and early afternoon. the rain will be gone by tomorrow night and early thursday morning. overall accumulations will average about three-quarters of an inch. of course, more than that i

saying that winter is over but spring is certainly heading our way in a hurry. 43 in gaithersburg. 48 quantico will get chilly overnight with light wind, clear skies, a 26-33. i do not think you have to scrape off any frost but it will be a chilly start with a nice recovery in temperatures tomorrow. 29 in syracuse currently. a big amount of high pressure is over head and once that moves up the wind direction will start changing. much warmer temperatures over the next few days. 50 in nashville. this is heading our way tomorrow. i pressure will be moving out. the thin, like sleds tomorrow afternoon and approach to this system that will stay much to our northwest. ahead of it, but we're starting to pick up the southwesterly flow of air. we will be in a good place temperaturewise. over the next seven days, 63 on wednesday. upper 60's thursday and wednesday. maybe south of town, fredericksburg where stoppard, could hit 70 degrees on thursday. a better chance of showers or thunderstorms with much colder air. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local tweeted dealers, moving it forward.

quantico one degree above freezing. a cold start to the day. 20's here and there. a lot of sunshine today. a bit of a breeze at times. cool again in the mid 30's. a cold front will clip on today. it will be cooler and probably in the lower 50's. that's a little closer to normal for this time of year. average high today is 50 degrees and tomorrow will be 52. 10 degrees cooler tomorrow than wednesday. o at is the day you want t prepare for rain. vy.erate to hea starting in the morning and afternoon. the don't be surprised if there are a few snow flakes mixed in wednesday morning. friday upper 50's. next chance of rain saturday. lisa? > overall we feel good about starting this morning's rush our. on the beltway through tysons l thosee going to have al barrels out of the way. beltway wing you the now at colesville road. that seems to be running smoothly. we're good as far as interstate ed.vel is concern , good on 81, port route 11, i-70 and 270. on the traffic scene. o news. t >> lisa, thank you very much. >> police have stepped up patrols near georgetown university af

quantico and washington. 43 degrees in annapolis. will be called tonight. 25-33 with a light wind. -- it will be cold tonight. another batch of cold air is come in from canada. see it, we will climb to the upper 40's tomorrow with sunshine in the morning. get through the evening of hours, a couple things quickly. to happen low pressure will move to the east. this cold front will get some the greatng from lakes. the two will affect our weather tomorrow night. that will be rain. perhaps across the metropolitan saturday morning as the system moves offshore, we might cold air into into system to turn most of the over to some snow before it saturday afternoon. then it will get mighty cold with gusty winds and falling saturdayres on afternoon. sunday we will not get past middle 30's. a definite change coming our way. 33 at noon time. 50 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. friday night and saturday morning, windy and cold late in on sunday. will warm up next week. the best place to watch whether see us on tv is wjla.com. >> the toyota sports des

quantico is 42. that cloud cover acted as an insulator, keeping us mild. 54 this afternoon. it is going to feel like yesterday. increasing clouds tonight. temperatures near freezing. tomorrow we will have mostly cloudy conditions and that should give us some light snow across our region. maybe a wintery mix. with some minor accumulations possible. one or 2 inches north of the metro. not all of that much of moisture. thursday, a lot of sunshine. it looks like we will cool down for saturday and son sen -- sunday. >> interstate 70, and no issues right now. coming out of southern maryland toward the district, that has been quiet. heading into -- travel times are in our favor between richmond and baltimore. we take you to the geico picture. headlights and light volume moving at speeds toward the pentagon. >> prince george's county police looking into the bodies of two man. >> the first body was found overnight and then a short time later the body of a second man was found along kirstin road. at this point police and not releasing details. we will have a report coming up in our ne

this hour, temperatures starting to drop off just a bit. 45 degrees in gaithersburg. 52 degrees in quantico. 30's to the north with sunset behind us. around here it will be 35-40. koch will start to increase like tonight. by tomorrow the next system -- clouds will start to increase tonight. by tomorrow the dax system will go through. rain will start. it will be light rain for the afternoon and evening. just as quickly it will move out tomorrow night. by the time friday ross and high pressure will roll back in. saturday looks nice. sunday may be a snow and center to deal with -- may be a storm center to deal with. we will wind up getting a cloudy breeze and a colder day. i wanted to show you a couple of models we are looking at. if one of them comes through, we could get a little bit of snow. we do not think it will happen. the southernmost model takes the storm out into the atlantic ocean. somewhere through this guidance is where the storm will go. we will continue to monitor its change. here is the express through the day. clouds with periods of rain developing. high of 51 degrees. a cloud

down in southern maryland, 52 degrees and 57 in quantico. limited sunshine today. limited to the afternoon hours. a few sprinkles throw lunchtime. no widespread rain. no soaking rain. just a few drops. bits of light rain here atlanta. warm, though. tonight, increasing clouds. a few showers south of the metro area and even through the first part of day tomorrow. morning rain and then afternoon sun. it will be cooler behind the cold front. temperatures back down in the 50's. 10 degrees above average for this time of year. ending the workweek friday near 50. how is traffic? >> it is wonderful. they did a lot of overnight construction near tysons. that you that is now complete. still a little bit of lingering road work on 66 at the beltway but that will be gone very soon. no worries to report now in montgomery county. this is smooth on the belt way. more to come on the traffic side in a little while, but now news. >> thank you, lisa. now this morning more than 100 people found themselves o it in the street after an apartment fire in the northwest. >> the fire started j

we're looking at not very high accumulation. 38 in the district. 29 in martinsburg. 26 in quantico. the winter weather advisory will stay in effect. that include howard and montgomery. this is where we will have the highest accumulations. it will not be all that impressive. the stowe should start around midday. -- snow should start around midday. it'll be fairly light in nature. timber shall be in the upper- 30's. we will have some accumulation on the grass and side streets. in terms of the overall accumulation, are around 1 inch in the bright blue band. higher amounts to 2.5 inche no rthwest. the best you can get at it is about 2.5 inches. down to the south in the bottom of your screen, a southern maryland is mainly rain. some snow mixed and. it is mainly rain. no accumulation of snow. a lot of sunshine. right near 50. looking good. the evening commute could get slick. >> we will keep that in mind for your right in. new york avenue is not an action -- option. new york avenue closed in both directions because of a longstanding accident at florida avenue. be what he does in a moment.

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the cooler air starts to get into here during the day friday. 48degrees in washington. 51 in quantico. 50 out in winchester. hard to believe it is february. annapolis, 50 degrees. baltimore, 49. very comfortable start to your day. should be a beautiful afternoon. get out and enjoy it. a little spring preview there. 6 # degrees, partly sunny skies. unseasonably warm. wind here out of the west gusting to about 25. it will be another breezy afternoon for you. we cloud up tonight as that cold front gets in here. >> a for you showers overnight 50 degrees. winds will pick up tomorrow morning. tomorrow morn, we could have winds maybe 40, 50 miles per hour? in some spots as the cold front moves in. we'll be breezy during the afternoon with falling temperatures. you want to do some gardening, golf, whatever it is outdoors this weekend should be just fine. upper 40s with sunshine. we'll be cooler both saturday and sunday. that is a look at the weather. let's do some traffic. julie has got your latest. >> all right. you're traveling northbound along 395. the accident activity moved over to the r

we continue to fall -- temperatures continue to fall here in the past hour. 37 in quantico.of washington, we have at least some covering of snow. so as you get down towards fredericksburg and into southern maryland, generally some light snow and then across the lower eastern shore, it was rain showers earlier but it flipped over to some snow showers and just a few leftover snow showers to our south and east down towards salisbury and so shen city. getting cold. 32 in winchester. i mentioned the breezes out of the north and north and west to about 23 miles per hour in washington. 18 in fredericksburg. 16 in manassas. if we did the wind chill, it would be in the 20s right now. a nice afternoon as our storm continues to kind of push off here to the south and to the east. we're in for bright sunshine later this afternoon. look out into west virginia and ohio. that area of clearing skies will be building in during the course of the day. it will be a nice day. a little breezy as mentioned with the winds out of the north at about 10 to 15 during the day. we are done with the rain s

i-95 in virginia, i am seeing some volume right around quantico. can see here make being your way past lorton and connecting to the beltway. northbound your lanes are open and volume pretty still light at this time. travel speeds good at 60 miles per hour. from quantico to the beltway that trip will take you about 24 minutes. continuing on the 395 getting a little bit busy at edsall. your travel speeds good. 59 miles per hour as you head northbound from the beltway to 14th street bridge. that trip will take you 1 minutes. back to you. >>> our time is 5:42. making the case for his second term. why president obama says voters should keep him in office for another four years. >>> plus -- >> hit it. ♪ i'm sexy in a know it >> what super bowl ads will brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending

it won't take a whole lot to get warm again. 58 in quantico.dealing with 20s this time of year. 54 the winning number in hagerstown as well. mix. cloud and sun once we get the showers out of here. another warm one. 68 your daytime high. winds out of the west at 10 to 15. will be a little breezy at times with winds gusting to about 25 miles per hour. cloudy tonight, chance for light rain as the cold front moves through. the cooler temperature as the win shifts out of the way. early clouds, some a.m. showers. might be i agent late day sun tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s. there we go, that is closer to normal by the weekend with highs in the upper 40s with clouds on sunday. that is the weather. let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. rain showing things down? >> not yet. but i think it is a combination of the fact we don't have a lot of people out on the roads just yet so it will later on as more people get out and about. right now, check out the ride here at university boulevard. lanes are open as you work your way aroun

it is milder in quantico at 47 degrees. no bitterly cold air. it is always no. in canada. temperatures are fairly mild through much of the country. 74 in dallas right now. 51 in indianapolis. we will be mild tomorrow near 50 degrees. will the clouds increasing, that will happen early tomorrow morning. all of this is well in advance as a storm system has dumped all of the heavy snow in colorado. some of it will move through portions of nebraska and kansas. we will the summary tomorrow in the evening. on sunday there is a little window of opportunity for cooler air to slip into the north. if that happens it looks like we could see a little light snow. this is our futurecast. first there is a great detective around 6:00 tomorrow evening. most of the mature area. east, there is a little opportunity for a mix north of the city. temperatures again will be cold, but they should remain above freezing to route the day on sunday. you may wind up with an accumulation polls like this. no measurable snow fall for the south, however 1.6 inches in winchester and 1.4 inches and frederick.

minutes a day like today. 49 right now in the district, 45 in winchester. 50 in frederick. 52 in quantico and culpeper. it is cooler than yesterday. the winds have shifted out of the northwest. arrows pointing from the northwest. yesterday the wind was out of the south. today, wind out of the northwest. it's going to be cooler in the low 50's. bright sunshine overhead with no clouds in the sky. notice the clouds and showers gathering in parts of the midwest as a result of the low pressure system over colorado. typical colorado low. that will track of to the northeast. it looks like it will dump heavy snow in parts of the upper midwest especially central minnesota. we will be on one side and it will bring rain through our metro areas throughout the day tomorrow. in terms of overall rainfall stimulation, this is how much rain the computer model things we will get. run the metro area about three- quarters of an inch. notice the yellow in parts of maryland around annapolis, we could see over an inch. the same with upper trend toward discount. piedmont for 0.4 inches in virginia. about three-q

we are on the cool side. 53 now in the district. 57 in quantico. 46 in winchester. we have cold air. it gets shoved up with the norris e. -- northeasterly follow. - flow. temperatures are taking longer to respond to the warm front. richmond already up to 78. norfolk, 80 degrees. a good chance of severe thunderstorms in eastern carolina, even southern maryland. you could get in on a few severe thunderstorms later on today. that warm air and the warm front is where it is at. light showers along the ied corridor. moving towards -- light showers along the i-80 cured door. -- corridor. there is actually a tornado watch down in southwestern virginia. there is that warm friend situated south of washington. the warm, humid air. human relative to late february. we're going to focus on the cold front that is going to hit later into the evening. it is going to slide from the west to the east through washington. probably around sunset threw the district. behind it will be the much cooler air and not only that but the wind picking up later on today. that is why we have the wind

we are 44 degrees in quantico. oakley will be in the low were 50's. it is adding up to about 1/3 7 inch. tomorrow will be sunny again. we will be back in the mid-50's. in the weekend a chance of a wintry makes. we do not know exactly what will happen. there are increase chances of some sort of precipitation. we will keep an eye on that. >> we are seeing the traffic still very light. they are moving overnight construction barrels out of the way. there is an interesting accident with the truck that lost some field in the roads. everything is open in both directions of the i-95 and baltimore. we are quiet as far as traffic on the beltway. it tickles their northeast and southeast. we will keep our eye on the metro rail. >> firefighters from across the nation are gathering in alexandria to honor a fallen paramedic. joshua weissman died while trying to help others. his family and friends are paying tribute. >> he is always smiling. the likes they wrapped around the funeral home can interpret to joshua weissman comment thematic killed in the line of duty. >>

delays will begin in quantico to dale city and woodbridge and newington into springfield. we'll take a live look in spring field. it's been incident free but heavy trying to get up toward the beltway. could be that wet road conditions are affecting your drive. 395 northbound this has been heavy for a while as well at duke street heading through landmark. it clears up though in alexandria. coming up in area roadways at back to you, mike. >> thank you, monika. >>> 6:31 now. mitt romney is celebrating a big win in the florida primary last night. he's focusing on the economy and the general elections in november now. >> three years ago this week a newly elected president obama faced the american people and said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll looking at a one-term proposition and we're here to collect. >> because of his standing and his fund raising, the associated press is reporting mitt romney will begin getting secret service protection starting today. so what happens now as we move forward? does mitt romney have the whole thing sewn up or is

i was hitchhiking through quantico 32 years ago when he picked me up and dropped me off at my work. he would always give me a ride to work when he could. we were married in 1979 and have two girls and five of the best grand children one could hope for. ain't love grand? especially on valentine's day? we love your stories. thanks for sharing them with us. the mail bag is wusa9.com. that is our report. have a great evening. we'll see you a little later. bye bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> whitney houston. what she looked like when her body was pulled from the tub. new details in our death investigation. >> sources say that she was left alone in her suite before she died. ♪ i want you to hold me in your arms ♪ >>> whitney's mother in mourning. her remains inside this golden hearse. the funeral inside the new jersey church. >> the family may allow the funeral to be televised. >>> plus, are the doctors who prescribed her drugs in trouble with the law? >> it could turn into a criminal investigation. >>> then, who is taki

we're watching the numbers come down at the daytime highs. 43 in frederick. 53 in quantico. 52 in fredericksburgs moving in tonight. noticeably cooler. colder air will settle in tonight and you will wake up to temperatures in the 30's. temperatures will remain in the 30's. an area of low pressure will be advancing from west east and there is a rain spreading out through the tennessee valley. it is moving eastward tomorrow. enough moisture to give us the potential for rain or snow. . maybe an inch or smell of snow accumulating on grassy areas mostly during the day. maybe a touch more to the north and brain in the south. temperatures through the day remaining mostly in the upper 30's. precipitation moving in from the west. snow and rain makes locally and mainly rain south and east and out of the picture later tomorrow night. on thursday back into sunshine and pleasant weather conditions. our computer model says 0.6 of an inch of rain for the metro area. more than an inch or into a half in winchester and no accumulation southbound. mainly on grassy areas. this is about an inch through the metro are

if it is 54 in fredericksburg and quantico. upper 50's in some places south of town. hard to believe mild air like that today and tomorrow and snow potentially on sunday. wind out of the northwest from 15 or so miles an hour. breezy at times with the wind. if the wind bringing in drier air that helps breakups fog and sets the stage for a nice afternoon. you have highlighted areas on the gulf coast through texas and louisiana. flooding concerns the. storm system down there, the area of low pressure, is what we will be watching in the southern part of the country reemerging off the coast and then redeveloping intracoastal system that will impact us this weekend. here's a picture. the storm system approaches and by sunday some oyster developing and a little mixed. there could be a good amount of snow around here and the possibility of a couple inches with a 30% chance of more. >> we will keep a close eye on it throughout the weekend. breaking news. coming from southeast d.c. one firefighter injured. others battling a fire at a high school in the district of columbia. the

virginia the northbound side of 95 there was an accident near quantico on the northbound side of 95. so you might be distracted by that. here in springfield, everything is fine. we'll go over to 395 and the 1/4th street bridge. >>> diners in fairfax county could be paying more to eat out instead of cooking at home. the county board of supervisors is weighing a tax at restaurant to help pay for a transportation project. if true the tax would apply for any meals sold at restaurants from fine dianeing to fast food. county officials need $3 billion to meet transportation demands over the next decade. the measure would need approval from the general assembly or as a ballot referendum from county voters. residents did reject a similar plan in 1992. >>> i wonder if they will bring food? >>> fewer children in the district are living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of poverty, according to a recent study by the annie casey foundation. dc still holds a higher concentrated poverty rate than any state, and ranks tenth worst among large u.s. cities. the kids' count study says about 33,0

to woodbridge, back down towards warrenton, seeing a little less now but cromwell seeing, it to quantico, all moving northeast and that's why we've got moderate rain at times for the next couple hours some showers today. nice friday and saturday, but a storm approaches late saturday night into sunday so rain or snow a possibility to finish out the weekend. temperatures raw in the shenandoah valley, low 40s. mid-40s with upper 40s in easton. raindrops on the lens, 46 degrees. feeling like 41, though, with the wind at 10 miles an hour. this piece of energy here, this will come across the southern u.s., activate another storm system for saturday night, sunday. today, the heavy showers down on the deep south extends up towards new england, where it turns into snow. our forecast, 50ish with luck this afternoon. rainshowers diminishing this evening. breezy tomorrow, we start in the 30s, we finish 54 with good deal of sunshine. partly to mostly cloudy saturday and 52. by sunday, rain and or snow. north and west a better chance for all snow, south and east a better chance for mainly rain and pre

ment mean while, the high temperature, quantico, 68 degrees; you may not have hit it on friday, but you hit it today. 64 for d.c.; 63 for leonardtown and it was mild across the region. tonight, we're going to see the temperatures getting chilly again as that cold front sweeps on through and as we look across the region, holding on to warm temperatures, 61 degrees and some mid-60s to the south. this is the front. it drops off at 34 for chicago and that is not very cold. okay, fargo might disappear with me and you can see where that is confined to the northern extreme, very extreme one quarter of the nation, everybody else is mild. this is a snapshot of the next three days. tomorrow is not going to be as warm as today and we're going to have to lose 11 degrees, 53 and that is because the front is coming through as mentioned the and that does have some colder air behind it and on wednesday, near average and there is maybe a descent soak for us and we dry out and warm up and that should be around 60 degrees and this is that look at satellite and radar and the front is going come through dry

dulles, 69 and bwi marshal, 70 degrees and some temperature are mild. 66, quantico; fredericksburg, 68 and to the north and west, can you see the first signs of slightly cooler temperatures coming in. columbus, 52 and that frontal system is about here and that is going to swing through the overnight hours and is going to bring a few showers closer to dawn and the best chance of showers from d.c. to the south and that will affect our temperature, too. the skies will brighten tomorrow afternoon and temperatures in the 50s above average and that is groundhog day. get ready to celebrate. friday's temperature with lots of sunshine, 52 degrees; saturday, 51 and so some showers and a chance of a shower, late saturday night and that is into sunday. won't to so if we can find a model agreement on that. and we do think so, that you will have's tododge a few showers tomorrow morning and that is going to ride long the frontal boundary getting over through the region and that is clearing on out. the afternoon is getting sunnier. the temperatures are cooler than today and drop into this 50s and that

up later tonight and gusting to 40 or 50 and i wanted you to see the high was 57 degrees. 61 at quanticond leonardtown to 72; cambridge, 72 and fredericksburg, 72 and it was close. with the stalling front, it didn't quite push into our area and we're at 55 and this is that same system producing the snow in chicago and that is crossing us tonight and we're seeing the temperatures near 50 degrees tomorrow and the northwest wind will kick in later tonight and that is going to get that front pushing on through the area and the saturday will be breezy and cool and skies will brighten a bit and expect that to be a dry day as well and the wind advisory until midnight, the wind will increase, clearing skies, our temperature of 39 degrees and tomorrow, a colder and breezy day and with some clouds. our temperature, 50. the wind out of the west- northwest and that is not pleasant or damaging as what we could have had and that can still happen. by noon, 47. and 49 degrees. the five-day forecast and that is a dry weekend. the big bounce on monday and to that 60 degrees and the cloud cover will increa

i wouldn't be surprised to see some thunder out of these, out around quantico, around stafford and overe georges county, over towards andrews air force base. rumbles of thunder, nothing severe. don't worry about that and don't worryb the winds quite yet. right now along i-95, big-time showers, pretty good downpours out of these. wouldn't be surprised to see a bolt of lightning or rumble of thunder. to the west, there have been some severe storms making their way to the east. they will make their way our way. we have a chance of severe weather in our region tomorrow. only three days this month have been colder than average and that says something when you're talking about the month of february. it has been extremely warm and right now we sit at 56 degrees at 11:00 at night. winds out of the east right now at 3 miles an hour. as i mentioned, not a factor yet. if these were the highs today, we would have been happy but temperatures are going to remain in the upper 40s to lower 50s all night long. here's 11:00. you can see the showers to the south. tomorrow morning, shower activity, maybe a

quantico 57. it's not going to be a cold night and won't be cold tomorrow as we'll continue with the south and southwesterly winds and that brings in the mild air. a couple morning showers and then this front swings through in the afternoon and we start getting back to more reality. now we do expect to have a couple showers around on thursday morning as well, but temperatures will be a little bit cooler. now for tonight, we'll call it mild for january. certainly with a low of 47 degrees. that's going to be 20 degrees warmer than where you were last night a. few showers around by dawn. part of the reason we are mild is the clouds are beginning to roll into town. tomorrow's spotty morning showers, but some of you will see them. and some sun back by afternoon and that's where we rise the temperatures rise. the warm direction for us at 10 to 20 miles per hour. plan for the possibility of a shower in the morning. a skinny band will come through. better chance west of d.c. as well in the mountains. by n

> valentines day. >> that's good that's fine. >> let's do it, 39 regan national, 40 this morning quanticothe coldest spot off to north and west, winchester 32 overnight you can see we are off to a cool start, mild afternoon expected and again our average daytime high 47 and we are expecting to be a few degrees above that this afternoon all right, this looks like a rainy day in store but bottom line is, this is a very weak vel disturbance, just doesn't have a lot of energy with it, that first wave came through early this morning, one or two sprinkles, off to the north and west, we are waiting for the second batch to get in here later today a lot of clouds in your forecast, it is possible you can see a scattered shower future cast real quick, put it in motion. 2:00 p.m., maybe a few showers out to the west just in time for rush hour spotty shower, that is about it night time hours lake-effect snow machine will kick in and if you are watching western maryland, west virginia, that is about it in today's forecast generally, not a bad afternoon high temperatures 50 degrees, there you go 53 tomo

it's currently 37 at gaithersburg. 42 quantico. 41 fredricksburg. 36 at cumberland and 39 in hagerstown have 42 at d.c. 40 baltimore and as we take a look up the mid-atlantic, boston 34. 38 new york city. so, overall temperatures, as i said, close to where they should be overall. tonight we will be cool. but satellite and radar composite is showing the snow. the mix is out of the way altogether and most of the moisture to the south has gone as well. we are left with clouds that will move out because we have a nice ridge of high pressure building in and that will hold it for clear skies tonight and set us up nicely for tomorrow. lots of sunshine tomorrow. we have heading into the low 50s. activity as we head through to the extended period. by the time we hit monday night, a few clouds. by tuesday, a chance of a few snow showers over areas of the potomac highlands then wednesday night another round of a wintry mix as a trough heads toward us. we have to watch the variables. also wednesday we could see mostly rain from the i 35. that will remain to be seen -- from the i-95. that will remai

we'll enjoy what we have and it's completely wild and warm this winter. 73 degrees was the high at quantico, fredericksburg 72, temperatures well above our average high for the day would be, d.c. coming in at 57, fredericksburg 61 and that's about as close as the rain has gotten. there are showers coming. there will be some showers in the morning rush hour. they will mostly be light. the best chances will be south of d.c. there could be an occasional moderate downpour briefly here and there. so the clouds will thicken overnight, some showers around for the morning rush hour, overnight low about 46 degrees. tomorrow not going to be in the 70s. here's a look at temperatures around the region, mostly in the 50s. more details on the weekend in a few minutes. >>> tonight dozens are dead after a riot at a soccer game in egypt. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> the death told 74, 250 more injured -- toll 74, 250 more injured. soccer fans rush the field in syed one year after former president hosni mubarak was forced from office. >>> tim tebow cancels an appearance at an ohio christian revival

temperatures right now generally on the mild side. 42 in washington. 39 in gaithersburg. 44 this morning in quanticon fredericksburg. another day with temperatures expected to be in the low 50s. so it should be a comfortable afternoon at least temperature- wise. cloudy skies, showers likely, particularly second half of the day for you. 51degrees your daytime high. early showers tonight. we'll get clearing overnight. start to cool off as well. 38 your overnight low. wind shifting out of the north and west starting to allow the cooler air to move in. tomorrow, sunshine, 53 degrees. tomorrow looks beautiful. saturday starts fine. clouds moving in in the afternoon. this coastal storm looks more likely today than it did yesterday. i think there is a good chance we'll see a sunday event. whether it is rain, snow or some combination, still a lot of questions. we don't know the exact track of the storm but it does look like the mid-atlantic will be impacted by a storm here by late saturday night, early sunday. high temperatures on sunday will probably only get to about 40 degrees. >> you sound like barry wh

temperature right new at reagan national, we are down to 40 degrees. 40 in quantico.his is one of our coldest mornings this week as these temperatures have fallen to the freezing mark in plenty of spots. frederick, currently, 32 degrees. leonardtown now 34. if you are headed out this morning, it will be noticeably cooler than what you've been feeling with the last several mornings. lots of quiet on the map. we have high pressure. there will be a bit of a breeze out of the north and west during the course of the day. that will usher in the cooler air. highs in the upper 40s, low 50s. maybe a 52 in fredericksburg for an afternoon high. that is about it. plenty of sunshine. a pleasant afternoon. winds out of the north and west at about five to 10 miles per hour. clear and chilly overnight. 35 your overnight low. lots of parts of the area will be in the upper 20s and low 30s for your saturday morning. let's get into the weekend forecast. so tomorrow starts off fine. we will cloud up late in the day t look like there will be a period of light rain showers, could be a bit o

you have got some construction between qawnt company and dumfries -- quantico and dumfries.can see how nice and light it is to 395 and the 14th street bridge as well no problems between 95 and 270 here in bethesda and a live look on 270 at father hurley boulevard still looking great out of germantown and to the point where the lanes divide. coming up in my next report, back into virginia at 4:39. >>> we have a deal maybe. congressional republicans and democrats have reportedly reached a tentative deal to renew the payroll tax cut. the extension averages about $20 a week to the average worker. >> the agreement extends the tax cut through the end of the year and renews unemployment benefits. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: republicans gathered on capitol hill to hear details of a tentative agreement to extend the payroll tax cut that's expected to be unveiled later today. >> for the most part most people are for it or at least accepting it. >> reporter: lawmakers say the deal will likely extend the two percentage-point social security tax cut through the end of the year

on the northbound side of 95, after route 610 but before quantico, accident activity on both shouldersend with a live picture on connecticut avenue at veer's mill road. no problems on any of the northern corridors heading down to the beltway. coming up in my next report 295 once again. back to you. >>> thanks. we'll see you in a bit. >>> sad news. 17-year-old rico webb, an offensive lineman for the school, went to the hospital saturday with chest pains and died yesterday. the crowd was cheering we love rico for most of the game last night. the school plans a prayer service at 8:30 this morning. >>> two firefighters injured in the blaze friday in prince george's county are back at the riverdale fire station. >> they still have a long road to recovery. matt has more. >> reporter: lieutenant michael maples has fought dozens of fires and dealt with all kinds of situations during his nine years as a volunteer firefighter. the last two with the riverdale fire department. but what happened two nights ago in riverdale heights, was an inch tilely new and extremely painful experience for the 24-