this is reston folks. the dulles toll road and the parkway a burst of snow moving through the washington area right now. chief meteorologist doug kammerer will have your storm team 4 forecast in a couple of minutes. >>> well, out of a crowd of hundreds of entries the field has officially been narrowed. >> oh did we have some good ones this time out. pat collins reveals the finalists in our snow us your pet snow stick challenge. >> say that fast. >> reporter: our snow stick challenge. snow us your pet. best pet picture gets an official pat collins snow stick. we got scores and scores of entries. dogs all dressed up. dogs with their own sticks. big dogs, little dogs, regal looking dogs. check this out. no dog but a hat that looks like one. and paw-like gloves to complete the outfit. we got all sorts of things a cat, a pig a sugar glider, and a goat. our judges had a lot to work with. >> lots of good entries. >> reporter: we assembled an award winning panel, liz crenshaw tish thompson and scott macfarlane. th

>> reporter: well chris, it ended in a church parking lot right here behind me off the reston parkway but it started earlier today about 3:15 in the morning inside a home in loudoun county. police say the suspect went to his estranged wife's home in the middle of the night near middleburg and that's when he apparently pulled a gun and shot and wounded his estranged wife. at that point she was able to wrestle the gun away from him and pyred ed fired off a shot. we don't know if she was able to shoot him and wound him but that's when he took off and when this all started. about 10:00 police near fairfax county found the suspect. found in the parking lots of the southview community church on reston parkway right next to a fire station. police say it appears he took his own life. so far police have not identified that suspect. the victim again, his estranged wife was taken to the hospital. police say she is expected to be okay. we're reporting live from reston darcy spencer, news 4. >> thanks darcy. >>> fairfax county is investigating another death. police got a call friday afternoon ther

take a look towards reston pap very nice picture of a reston live camera off towards reston town center on the right, dulles toll road and reston parkway in the foreground. another beautiful picture out towards -- you know what, i knew where that was but you moved the camera! all right. re we're look bug you know what that's 395. my dad used to work in that building off to the right nap's how i know that believe it or not. thank you. did you guys know my dad used to work there? good job. >> we do now! >> 37 degrees currently, winds out of the southwest at about 6 miles per hour. we are going to see those temperatures that are going to be dipping tonight but then right back up tomorrow currently 30 in gaithersburg 39 in fredericksburg 36 degrees coming in around the leesburg area. now, what are we seeing as far as radar is concerned? nothing. no rain no snow around our region. not going to see any kind of a chance during the day tomorrow. as you widen out here, you see why. it is clear from d.c. up 95 towards new york towards the raleigh area. back to the west here's one system. this has

blue/silver delays to franconia and wehle reston east. going to keep you updated. 66 east at 29/gainesville disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. and inner loop before branch avenue a crash on the shoulder. and we did have some slowdowns here. beltway at ritchie-marlboro that looks pretty good. >>> we want to get to know you. and to let you get to know us a little bit. so mark your calendars now. >> you probably know us pretty well at this point. and we appreciate that. because you join us every morning. next week though, every day at 10:00 a.m. you can chat on facebook with a member of the "news 4 today" team. angie goff kicks it off on monday. tom will chat with you on tuesday. aaron has a lot to say on wednesday. be sure to -- >> wednesday? every day. >> every day. i'll be doing it on thursday. and melissa will be chatting with you on friday. make sure you like the nbc washington facebook page so you can take part. don't worry, we'll remind you next week. and it wouldn't be the last chance you get to chat with us. >> but you will have

the town of wheeler was closer to where reston parkway now runs. it' kind of ironic in a way that we have a history here of a planned community in the late 19th century and then robert e. simon came down in 196d cread h own town. much larger than the town of wheee was, but, you know sort of an ideal place to live. as robert e. simon built reston temporary r paumd up for construction traffi the original road is now a path but it was so often used. the temporary road was realigned and became quite permanent. the temporary permanent road exactl now to backlick road which conjures up some strang visions, perhaps. the area was once filled with hog and dairy farms. accordg to the west springd village civic associ tho farmers would drag huge salt licks along the route to entice cattle and move them from pastures back to their farms, hence the eventual name back lick. in annandale, virginia melissa melee.> now the popular app ways will have even more information drivers try to get around the distri. ddot announced it's partnering with ways to provide its o

delays metro orange, blue silver line delays to vienna franconia and wehle reston this morning. tweeted about that. wide look at thing, overall look pretty typical right now. slow top of the beltway as you're passing new hampshire avenue. beltway at colesville road, live picture all these folks on the outer loop. 95 not looking so bad. bw parkway, hearing about something at 197 northbound. and then 66 overall 95 overall looking pretty normal. >>> angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of newport news virginia. we're getting reports of a person with a gun on the campus of christopher newport university. an alert saying this person has been reported holding a handgun while walking across the campus. they have had several reports in fact. they are saying that the person is being described as a black male 5'8" wearing a tan jacket and knit cap. in this alert, they are asking all students and faculty to remain in the buildings they're in. they have not been able to locate this individual. back to you. >>> at 6:55 when you're clicking through facebook later on today stop b

that is clear skies now if reston. this is almost like a thunderstorm.ou see the thunderstorm coming your way. you get the brief, heavy downpours of rain. then behind it you get sunshine. that's what's going on right now. we don't see the sun, however as the sun went down about a half hour ago. but clearing skies right behind this system. that just goes to show you the dynamics involved here. a fairly heavy line. more snow to the south. this may actually take over. you may see this band move very quickly in through southern maryland. southern maryland watch out for your roadways there. wuf had a lot of snow over the last couple of days. another band to the west we could see move through too. this is pretty much it right here. again, it's coming right on through the d.c. metro area right now montgomery county, upper prince george's county and central fairfax and around the wood bridge region in prince william county. it continues to move east at about 20 to 30 miles per hour. behind it, it's just the cold. how cold? well, the coldest air we've seen this s

max wiehle so we came here to the reston museum to find out more about him. >> that's the old town of wiehle. >> in 1886 dr. wiehle bought 3,000 acres. >> $3 an acre is what he paid. >> don't we wish, right? he hired a german planner to help lay out his town along the railroad. first he built the wiehle town hall that was late err distillery and church and also built a hotel, his own home and eight others. there were bigger plans for thousands to live here. >> he was quite a dreamer, we think. >> reporter: but he died in 1901 before he saw his vision turn to reality the town of wiehle was a bit closer to where reston parkway now runs. >> kind of ironic that we have this history here of a planned community in the late 19th century and then robert e. simon came down in 1961 and created his own town much larger than the town of wiehle was, but, you know sort of an ideal place to live. >> reporter: as robert e. simon built reston temporary road popped up for construction traffic, the original road is now a path but it was so often used temporary road was realigned and became quite permane

reston town center right now the ground is right -- it's white from the snow from last night. the roads treated with the anti icing chemicals. current windchills are 10 to 20 degrees below zero. winds are gusting 35 to 40 mipgs or higher. that's likely to continue through t

and i work over in reston, and havi to drive to reston is just scary. >> and she had to take leave from her job aga today becau of the snow. prince william county schools were closed. her son was out of school. so it has been diffict for a lot of parents who then have to scra to figure out what to doh their kids on these snow days. report in prince william county megan mcgrath knew 4. >>> it a confusing morning if your kids go to d.c. public school school delay two hours while mos oth districts in our area closed. someti around 7:00 metro bus sent out this tweet, saying d.c. schools were closed and students wouldn be able to get rides. e agency said it confirmed that informati with the d.c. mayor's office. wrong information. >>> mo a thousand flights are gr nearly 7,000 canceled flights sin saturday. here in our area reagan nati is reporting 31 flights cancel today. dulles is reporting 12 cancel check your airline for because of the weather befe you head out to the airport. if you plan to use amtrak today, some services will be canceled becae of the weathern several virginia lines, incl

outside from our tower camera views, reston tower cam, there's dulles international airport right there, blue ridge mountains off into the distance. nice morning outside. temperature now 40 degrees at national airport. still 30 in manassas 34 in gaithersburg. already 50 in fredricksburg. temperatures today i'll have to adjust the scale yet again. going to be a nice one for sure. most of the day will be in the mid to upper 50s today. afternoon highs probably touching 60 degrees in charles county maryland towards culpepper and rappahannock county upper 40s in northern maryland. we know it can't last like that forever. bitter cold later in the week. >> things switching up on us. right now hundreds of people enjoying the winter warmup in the meanwhile. they're lacing up their shoes for a 5k run. news 4's derrick ward is live in arlington and joins us now. you've got your coat on. but it must feel nice out there, huh? >> reporter: it does. it feels nice definitely for this time of year. we're expecting it to get warm later. we've done a study about the ideal temperatures for running. 49 51 d

take a look toward our reston live camera as we are looking at the sun going down, a beautiful shot as the sun makes its way down below the blue ridge. temperatures in the 20s. sunset tonight 5:43 three minutes ago that sun went down below the horizon. looking off towards friendship heights, here it is the bethesda area some of the buildings towards rockville in the distance. 29 degrees currently, 26 at 7:00, 23 at 11:00. it's going to be a cold night but the winds have relaxed a little bit so we're not going to be talking about brutal windchills but just dress for the occasion if you're heading out tonight. 21 in gaithersburg currently, 26 reston 25 in camp springs and 27 towards annapolis. tomorrow's forecast i want you to know this right now, not bad early. tomorrow will be a cold start, but temperatures 37 to 44 degrees. because of that we could see some rain or snow showers. it could start off with some rain in the d.c. metro area then switch over the some snow. some areas i think will see accumulating snow because the ground is so cold now. we ameme see upwards of half an inch to

temperature, 14 in reston 13 in dulles 10 in gaithersburg 16 towards bowie. has fallen continues to stick. we'll show you on future weather right around 8:00 tonight, that's when i expect things to start picking up especially in northern virginia and in southern maryland. i want to turn your attention to the north, frederick county, washington county, carroll county baltimore, look at the front edge giving back a little bit. the heaviest snow still south of d.c. but back to the west winchester frederick, westminster, lighter snow for you folks. that's why i think your totals will be lower. then down to the south, this is where the heavier snow is. fredericksburg waldorf, huntingtown, lexington park these are the areas that will see the most snow and the areas where the snow will end the latest in towards tomorrow morning. by 7:00 a.m. across the bay and we're just dealing with the cold weather. the winter storm warning includes everybody and it does say up to 5 to 8 inches in hagerstown but i don't think you'll get that. i'm looking more 2 to 4 inches for you

. >>> reston police are asking for help to find a person who broke into a home and and is now using a stolen credit card. officers believe this man broke into a home in fox mill estates last week. he stole electronics jewelry, a safe, and multiple credit cards. investigators tes ose cards were then used in martinsburg, west virginia. police also released this picture of a possible car connected to the crimes. anyone with information is urged to call police. >>> a measure that would have allowed virginia to acquire more drugs for lethal injections will not move forward. the house of delegates rejected that bill which previously passed in the senate earlier today. it would have allowed virginia to enter into contracts with compounding pharmacies to acquire these drugs. a controversial provision would have allowed the state to keep the identities of those who manufactured d supplied the drugs a secret. >>> expect delays if you're taking the 16th street corridor in the district thne f nights. starting at 7:00 crews are going to block off one lane in each direction at the 16th street bridg

. >>> an accident in reston. what's going on? he is off to the roadways. this is 7 westbound. the car's down into a ditch off to the right. again, the response is there. that's going to slow you down a little bit. 270, into and out of town, no problems there. same thing, when you're looking at 66 everything flowing just fine. and same thing when you're at st. barnabas. >>> thank you. while we're getting ready for the snow. the northeast is getting hammered once again. and the bitter cold is compounding the misery up there. we'll go live to boston in a minute. >>> and it is the talk of the twitterverse this morning. the big "snl" special. some of the bes >>> it is a storm team 4 weather alert. we're watching the radar for you, as the storm continues to edge closer to us this morning. measurable snow. real snow is on the way. tom has a look at the timing of the storm and how much we'll get. he's watching the bitter cold temperatures. latest on both at 4:41. >>> as we are waiting for snow new england is trying to dig out there. sarah is live for us in boston to tell us about the

reston and herndon area, 9 degrees in frederick and hagerstown. going to be a cold night.w arch, we'll warm to 41 degrees with partly sunny skies and it looks like the closer we get to the weekend, we'll see a bit of a warming trend. steve rudin is watching that. will there be any precipitation with the warming trend as we head towards the weekend? have that included tonight at 11:00. >> "world news tonight" coming up next. join us at 11:00. have a good night. >>> on this thursday night, breaking news. what federal investigators have just revealed about that deadly train collision. new pictures coming in at this hour. inside the train. and what we've now learned about the mother behind the wheel of that suv. >>> new details tonight on the plane crash. the story from inside that car, hit by the plane. >>> also at this hour the fbi crackdown on americans trying to get to syria. the newest case four from the heartland, stopped at jfk airport. >>> the next snowstorm, lasting for days. and the giant system slamming the west tonight. >>> and made in america. and the promise, the

glenwood, 8, 7 inches in columbia, 6.4 in reston and 6 inches in frederick. look at the radar. this is a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. snowfall rates 1, 2, 3 inches per hour, heavy snow in fairfax and manassas. i suspect even here you're getting a little bit of a mixture of sleet. right through the south and the west of dale city, look at that. 3 inches per hour is the snowfall rate with that. now current temperatures we'll watch these like a hawk all night. 30 downtown already, but still in the 20s in the suburbs. we will come back, erica will join me. we'll talk about when the transition will be over and if temperatures will finally get above freezing in time for tomorrow morning. >>> snow emergencies have been declared for several maryland counties including montgomery, prince georges, howard, frederick and carroll county. stephanie ramirez is seeing some of the biggest problems in montgomery county. stephanie. >> reporter: with that snow emergency, it f you are parked on a snow route here you can get towed. this is rocksville pike eight hours after snow fell this morn

last night because of a few clouds coming in and south, southwest winds at 9. 33 in fairfax, 32 in reston. you still need a winter coat tonight, 33 in oldtown, 33 in college park and annapolis. we're going in the right direct. we're 8 degrees warmer now than 24 hours ago and we're 14 degrees warmer in pittsburgh, 17 degrees warmer in cleveland. that rolls in tomorrow across the entire metro area. not as cold tonight, milder over the weekend, make some outdoor platforms. we've not said that for about a month, around 50 tomorrow. we near 60 in some spots on sunday especially down toward fredericksburg and maybe into southern maryland away from the water. light rain but mild monday, does not look like a huge system. take your umbrella on monday morning. futurecast upper 20s tonight, 32 downtown. by morning a few clouds roll through. i think the futurecast may be a wee bit overdone. 27 up in baltimore, 26 in leesburg, manassas. again this is 7:00 on saturday. they will thin out. partly cloudy skies by 10:00. temperatures now going up nicely, mid- to upper 30s, almost 40 in some spots. by 2:30

boy, out in reston virginia we got a ton of snow. >> i probably got about six or seven in falls churchgot close to nine. this morning it's all about the cleanup, driving into work. a lot of slick spots out there, chuck. >> there are a lot of slick areas out there on area roads this morning. this is going to continue as we go into the

only 2 above in rockville, 1 above in gaithersburg reston 3 above, dulles now just 2 above, leesburg at 5 above, in the low single digits much of the rest of maryland. and our windchills even though winds are down to around 15 to 20 miles per hour windchills are minus 5 to minus 15. >>> it really can be tough to describe just how cold it is when it's this cold so we want to try to show you this morning. amelia segal is live on the storm team 4 weather deck to show us how quickly things can freeze out there. all right, let's see what you got. >> reporter: what you were seeing me doing is blowing bubbles trying to get them to freeze. i don't think the temperatures are cold enough. obviously water freezes when it's below 322 so we're well below that. let me give this a try. hang on. >> so what is happening right how is the bubbles would usually float away, they're falling right down. i haven't been able to get any of them to freeze. if i do i'll search take a picture. but throughout the morning hours, we'll have fun with the cold. i'm layered up i'm perfectly fine. we'll be doing differ

still cold for this time of year. 24 in reston. 24 in downtown washington and 24 in upper marlboro as well. lots of 4s on the map. 24 in laurel and bowie. we're tracking two systems right now. one is to the south of us and will remain to the south. we're not going to see any snow from that system. but here another one. we're looking at that first system moving toward the south and you can see the snow is well to the south in south carolina. it's moving through virginia and we have another system that is in the four corners region right now. arizona, new mexico, that area. it will eventually make its way toward us. could it bring us snow? 9 futurecast will give us an answer coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. >> thanks, erica. >>> still ahead on wusa9, a home invasion, a makeshift bomb, and suspects who demand a credit union manager remove money from his own vault. more on this biz disarp plot -- this bizarre plot coming up next. >> incredible surveillance video captures a pickup truck crashing into a divide and over br a idge barrier to the deck below. what happens to the

. >> reporter: last october kristin was running a race here in lake fairfax park in reston when she suddenly collapsed on the trail out there in the woods. doctors say she went into sudden cardiac arrest and died here that day. >> i ventured a little bit off the trail and dropped. >> reporter: kristin believes that when her heart stopped beating she had a near-death experience a phenomena that some researchers say has happened to thousands around the world. diane corcoran is a retired colonel in the u.s. army and president of the international association for near-death studies. >> we're all going to die, and wouldn't it be nice to know what happens on the other side? >> reporter: corcoran says near-death experiences or ndes typically occur during times of crisis including near-drownings surgery or severe illness, but no matter the circumstances, some of the same elements are usually present. things like having a sense of being lifted out of your body feeling at peace and seeing deceased relatives. >> we know that all people have them all ages all genders, about half and half all religions,

reston town center right now the ground is right -- it's white from the snow from last night. the roads treated with the anti icing chemicals. current windchills are 10 to 20 degrees below zero. winds are gusting 35 to 40 mipgs or higher. that's likely to continue through the next four or five hours at least. could bring down more trees branches or power lines. more than 10,000 people lost power overnight. current temperatures in the single digits and low teens. hour by hour through the day today, highs only up near 20 degrees, but windchills staying below zero. when i see you next, we'll talk more about the chance for snow which arrives after the sun goes down tomorrow. be ready for the record cold tomorrow and more on the seven-day forecast coming up. >>> power crews working to turn on thousands of lights cut out by the winter weather. throughout the morning, how the tajs have been going down. pepco fixed problems for about 5,000 customers but still has to restore power to about 7,000 more. in northern virginia dominion is working on just under 5,500 outages, down more than

>> i had a caller from connie in reston. she said a meteor about 9:30, 9:00 tonight and she pulled over and people behind her pulled over. i've not confirmed that, but if you have a picture, that be nice. remember, meteor stays above the earth, meteorite falls to the ground. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 22, as low as it's been so far today. dew points are still below 0, kind of impressive for us. the winds are finally in check, northwesterly at 10. that's going to allow us to fall further. we have clear skies, very dry air mass and calm winds, 15 in hagerstown, 16 in cumberland and gaithersburg, but it's already 3 above in oakland and 1 below in davis. i think we'll have a sprinkling of single digit numbers north and west of town. very cold start, seasonable finish friday. as quickly as the arctic air moved in, it's going to skedaddle out of here. bus stop temperatures 8 to 25, not a typo or a wind chill. those are the temperatures tomorrow morning. weekend looks dry, milder, al

by 4:00 maybe a snow shower in reston over toward d.c. and maybe down toward waldorf and la plata.then by 5:00 mainly exiting southern maryland with some snow showers and then boom, temperatures tumble in the teens by those are straight temperatures. by late tomorrow night 14 gaithersburg, 17 leesburg, 19 manassas, 20 downtown, 19 in la plata. want to talk wind chills, 5:00 tomorrow it will feel like teens in the suburbs and mid- 20s downtown. by 10:00, about 24 hours from now, it's going to feel as if it were 0 in gaithersburg, 3 in leesburg and 8 downtown d.c. day planner looks like this. 33 to start, 38 by 9:00, 41 at 11:00, 41 at 1:00, snow showers possible by 1 p.m. very cold in the wake of the first front, in 20s friday and a second arctic boundary rolls through, snow showers possible, only around 30. that could impact your plans saturday night because it is, after all, valentine's day night. sunday unbelievably cold, temps in the teens, a little better presidents day, try to crack the freezing mark, still tracking a storm on tuesday. i think it's pretty certain we'll see a s

simon built reston temporary road popped up for construction traffic.path but it was so often used. temporary road was realigned and became -- >> the temporary permanent road. >> reporter: now to backlick road the area was once filled with hog and dairy farms. according to the west springfield village civic association, those farmers would drag huge salt l along the rounds to entice cattle and move them from pastures back to their farms. hence the event name back lick. in annandale, virginia ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. >>> good morning. unrelenting. the winter that just won't quit delivering another punch. more than a foot of snow falling in some parts of the country. sleet and ice causing power outages turning the nation's roads into skating rinks. and no, we are not done yet. >>> race against time. worried families issue a desperate plea to the three teenage girls who may have fled to syria to join isis begging them to come ho

. >> reporter: last october kristin was running a race here in lake fairfax park in reston when she suddenly collapsed on the trail out there in the woods. doctors say she went into sudden cardiac arrest and died here that day. >> i ventured a little bit off the trail and dropped. >> reporter: kristin believes that when her heart stopped beating she had a near-death experience, a phenomena that some researchers say has happened to thousands around the world. diane corcoran is a retired colonel in the u.s. army and president of the international association for near-death studies. >> we're all going to die, and wouldn't it be nice to know what happens on the other side? >> reporter: corcoran says near-death experiences or ndes typically occur during times of crisis including near-drownings, surgery or severe illness, but no matter the circumstances, some of the same elements are usually present. things like having a sense of being lifted out of your body, feeling at peace and seeing deceased relatives. >> we know that all people h about half and half, all religions, even those religions that

reston town center to ft. belvoir and burke. falls church all in the low 30s. no worries about these 30s this morning. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s before lunchtime today. and for most of the afternoon, we'll be into the mid and upper 50s. locations just down to the south of the city likely to touch 60 degrees today. fairfax about 60. camp springs about 60. 58 in bowie, about 59 downtown. nothing to complain about at all. soak every minute of it in. cloudy skies return tonight. a couple of raindrops likely for tomorrow. you know it can't last forever. it's still february. bitter cold coming back later in the week. how cold and does that mean snow? answer coming up with the seven-day. >>> now to a developing story. police near atlanta, georgia, are trying to piece together a gruesome shooting. they say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself. nbc's duffy dixon has more on what police there are calling the worst killing they've seen in years. >> reporter: stuffed animals placed next to the crime sce

the view over reston town center a lot of shush sheness. twitter picture from yesterday in the district where the snow coming across the region. grou eve got a picture to share, share with me @chuckbell4. plenty of clouds this morning. wle see breaks of sunshine this afternoon and temperatures will climb into and mid 40s across the region. that's a big improvement every degree above 32 really helps. 38 now, 40 degrees in an hour 41 by 11:00 this morning. if you're going out this afternoon, a major meltdown coming our w today. plenty of clouds. but with the return of a little sunshine we should make it up into the mid 40s around washington. maximum amount of sunshine will be just before the sun goes down which is just before 6:00. if you're going out for your sunday evening, plan on temperatures in the upper 30s early on and in the low 30s by 11:00 tonight. down below freezing by tomorrow morning. a lot of the stuff out there will refreeze tomorrow. southern most st. mary's county, that's it, heading oe eastern shore. more snow across boston

in reston, windchills currently 4 below zero.melia segal has your bus stop forecast. >>> also ahead, protecting your privacy. proposed changes that could limit how police use new . ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future that sustains us all. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com >>> welcome back. right now we're getting another dose of bitter cold weather. take a look at this thermometer on our weather deck in northwest washington. it shows temperatures just around 10. but once you factor in the windchills, it will feel much colder than that. most of you are stepping outside to below zero conditions. today's freezing temps will make it tough to step outside. >> want to go live to amelia segal with the 4 x 4. >> reporter: i have my mittens on this morning and the temperature here in upper marlboro has dropped. we're down to 11 and it's still breezy. so when you factor in the winds,

tomorrow morning you're going to wake up to colder numbers. 49 in d.c. 51 in reston. a cooler 41 along the water towards annapolis. the radar shows it all. there's nothing around our area. there's a lot o snow to the west. this is a cold front that's going to move to the south. behind this 18 degrees in chicago last hour. that's the cold air that will be racing in with this it storm system as it moves in. we're not goinf from this. maybe a quick snow shower or two. that's really going to be about it. this storm all about the cold air behind it. 6:00 a.m. 23 degrees for a windchill in the d.c. area. 17 in leesburg. that's cold enough. but watch what happens as we go towards noon. the winds begin to pick up. we're at 19 in d.c. 12 in frederick. 15 in manassas. . we're in the single digits tonight. even around d.c. i think we get close to the single digits by 10:00 at night. cold air is the first story tomorrow. then a lot of people still asking about the sunday event. will it be a big snowstorm? i think the is no. there will be snow to the north and it will bring up eno

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we'll have that and also check another street, temporary road in reston.you have a road send me a note on twetitter @first4traffic. >>> four things to know police arrest a man accused of burglarizing a number of homes in wheaton. >>> d.c. job fair starts today at 10:00 a.m.. recruiters from well-known businesses nonprofits and agencies in our area will be on happened to meet with applicants. >>> it was just announced prince charles and camilla will visit the district on march 17th through the 19th. after that they will spend a day in louisville, kentucky. >>> today a judge decides whether virginia's former first lady will do prison time on corruption charges. we'll push out breaking news. >>> here are school closings to tell you about. fairfax, allow ton, prince william, staff ford, spotsylvania all closed. >>> fauquier manassas city manassas park, king gormg closed as well. >>> delays arlington, alexandria city falls church city culpeper, page clarke, warren and frederick county virginia all two hours delayed. >>> delays in maryla montgomery prince george

out there towards reston, a little bit of traffic. a lot of cloud cover today. but the winds out of the south, look at those winds out of the h at 13 miles per hour. pushed temperatures to 53 earlier. 51 degrees currently at the airport. take a look at the rest of the numbers. 56 in fredericksburg. a beautiful afternoon. it's going to be a nice evening too. still cool but nice and warm for this time of year. the radar shows what's coming. look at this. back to the west it is more snow back along cleveland. this is a cold front. this cold front came right through chicago. guess what the temperature in chicago is right now? 18 degrees, and that's the kind of cold air that's going to be pushing our way. let's talk about i a.m. not much going on tomorrow morning. but watch what happens during the morning hours. around 8:00 we start to see a few snow showers developing. they will develop between 8:00 and 9:00. don't be surprised to see some of these on the roadways during the day tomorrow. not too worried about how much snow is going to fall. i don't think it will be

here's our outside towards reston live camera. this is taking a look at the dulles toll road. it's been snowing there for about the last two hours. it will continue to accumulate as we move through the rest of the evening. once again, if you don't have to be on the roads, don't do it. you're going the see roads quickly become snow covered. we've got an lot of pictures out of fairfax county a lot into portions of southern maryland and northern virginia of those roads covered, especially those secondary roads. take your time tonight. we'll be with you all evening long facebook twitter, and nbc 4. >> in fact on facebook between 4:00 and 5:00 we'll be on our storm team 4 facebook page answering your questions about this storm system and what is next for us including tomorrow morning's rush. right now the heaviest snow between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. those roads getting covered very quickly and becoming treacherous. by morning, 5 to 9 inches of snow will be covering the area. more on which counties will see the highest amount of snow and where we're looking at delays and cancellati

towards reston, look at this, a nice shota dulles airport out towar the blue ridge. a low layer of clouds. it is going to be a spectacular sunset, i think and already shaping u that way. current ttuund the city, and you can see a we look towards t north, clearing skies, 39 degrees but notice that wind. winds out of the north at 18 miles per ur so if you're at 39, you have an 18-mile-an-hour wind, it feels more like 30 degrees, feels more like 29 in gaithersb the a tre windchil7 towards pawtuxet river, 35 tords frederick it's goi to a chilly night tonight, this is balmy compared to we're going to be in the next 48 hours. storm teamad clear not seeing any rain no snow arnold ou region. we did s some of that ice overnight ndid cause om problems early this morning. that syst moved to the south and east. our next storm system, you can see it here towards the minneapol area. it's a pinwheel of a system. it is goi to get some energy out of canada, make its way our way and just drop the hammer when wee talking about the cold. it's not tomorro though. look at e numbers. 43 in

would show 57% of the kindergarten students at dogwood elementary and sunrise valley elementfully reston with complete vaccinations. as a whole nearly 800 kindergarten students have complete vaccinations. other school areas have rates in the mid-90s. in maryland no data, just counties. montgomery, frederick, and charles county at 99%. prince george's county nearly 94%. only on the eastern shore would have a lower percentage. >> we have posted that data on wusa9.com, so you can search for your own schools. >>> president would praise them during their 63rd annual national prayer breakfast this morning. he called up the spiritual leader a good friend and a powerful example of what it would mean to practice compassion. chinese leaders again would sharply criticize the presence of the dalai lama as they view as a leader of tibet's push from china. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. was the response to the plaza metro station a tragedy enough? bruce leshan will report on a hearing at the dc council coming up at 5:30. >>> well this time yesterday we were in the 50s. check ou

warmer and some cloud cover we have going on outside right now. 24 in rockville, 23 gaithersburg25 restonegrees huntingtownun 26. waldorf coming in at 26 degrees as well. storm team ra showing that snow ju to the south of waldorf in st.s county southern cave county right around patuxent river reporting a little bit in the way of light snow. you can s thi kwikly coming to an end. this is not a big deal at all. however take a peek out towards ocean city maybe a little bit of a coating for those areas. the big storm coming during the day on thursday, at least the bigger sto because it's still going to be a little one. outdoor impa for the day starting off cold in the 20s, but warming into the upper 30s by 3:00. not a bad tay to get out there and do a little exercise with sunshine an lighter winds. wednesday is n all that bad. it's thursday. 6:00 a.m., if ngn from say frederickshuday morning, maybe down towards southern maryland, look at the snow starting early thursday and then enveloping the enrer eve arou the d.c. metro area around 8:00 in the morning. then it quickly moves out. it's not a

closer to washington a couple of these near gaithersburg and reston. this is tracking off to the east just maybe brief sprinkle over the next hour or so. as we start off this morning, we have these clouds passing over the petro area. just maybe light fog in the rural areas. your morning headlines for this monday afternoon showers looking likely. scattered rain showers during the afternoon. then a big change in to the weekend. our maybe coldest weather of the season so far coming up this weekend. right now we're above freezing. mid to upper 30s to near 40 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s chuck bell joins us live with you forecast for this monday. melissa, how is the commute? >>> overall no major problems right now. 66 east between the toll road and westmoreland we have the left lane blocked. supposed to be until 5:00 a.m.. it's sticking around right now. we'll keep you updated. wide look at things overall beltway looking pretty good. everything moving and nice and green. prince george's county, branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head hi

right now, 27 in gaithersburg 30 in leesburg 29 in reston.ut those winds are bringing those windchills down and that windchill advisory in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning including everybody from montgomery county and howard county in maryland everybody off to the west including shenandoah valley. these windchills could be around 10 below zero as we make our way through the overnight hours. then we have the wind. winds have gusted 30 35 miles per hour but they could increase up to 50 miles per hour, and the national weather service has just issued a wind advisory for most of the state of maryland including the district of columbia and arlington county then back toward the west in through the mountains including the shenandoah valley. so gusts upwards of 50 miles an hour through about 1:00 in the morning. you'll hear it howling through those trees making your way through the overnight hours. did i mention the windchill? 8:00 tonight, the windchill is 8. we drop down to around zero by 2:00 a.m. and go below zero. that's at the airport. 2 be

martinsburg, maybe 34 in winchester, upper 30s in culpeper, but warrenton and manassas, leesburg 34, 34, restonan 34, 35, downtown 36, gaithersburg and rockville. upper 30s by the bay and a small craft advisory until 10 a.m. tomorrow for the bay and tidal potomac. day planner, 20s to start downtown temps, 30 at 11:00, 33 at 1:00 with sun. wednesday we're milder again, 48, showers possible wednesday night. some of those showers could turn to snow showers thursday, temperatures falling to the 20s thursday. next seven days stays cold friday, but then the arctic air leaves, upper 40s near 50 saturday, mid-40s on sunday. showers sunday night could turn into snow showers monday as another batch of arctic air returns. >>> now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. >> super bowl xlix is the most watched program in television history. over 114 million people tuned in and they got quite the game. the patriots and their fans woke up today over the moon while seattle on the other hand feeling quite heart broken. to add insult to injury literally 40% of the top defensive secondary will spend the of

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here's reston parkway.ar ice conditions outsi ri now and those will be the conditions as we move on through rest of the night. now, se snow totals so far how muc have we seen all the way thugh the month of february 24.8 inches out of dulles, 13.4 inches national and bwi cominin 20.7. dulles normallthe big winner and it o more time. will we see more snow? just consid this. last march we saw over a foot of snow at national, many other arias sa a lot more than that. we can s get snow in march and i sti think that's in the offing. no eni planner tonight, we picked ou 2 inches of snow in northwest, 38 degrees, temperat dropnto freezi by 11:00 p.m. so watch out, thwie icy patches on the roads. give yous extra time. nothingn radar. all clea back tohe west however, we're watchg little system, little of snow here, back towar cincinnati, this is a boundary that's going to try to break thh our region. as it does it may bring us the chance r some snow showers maybe a flurry or two. tomorrowngen 6:00 and 8:00, areas of

i don't know if that's quite right because look at the numbers around there. 26 in reston 28 down towardsir. might have to check that one. storm team 4 radar is clear. it's going to stay clear for about the next 24 hours. dhen we'll see a difference. cold when you wake up in the morning with the cloud cover making its way in. we may see sunshine early tomorrow but then the clouds move in. here comes the snow back to the west. everybody dry at 3:00, but watch what happens here. this line moves in. remember valentine's night when we saw that burst of snow come through and it went from 0 to 60 in about ten seconds. that's what we could see again on wednesday night as another little burst moves through. we could see those roads snow covered quickly. lit only last about 15 to 30 minutes theb it's out of here by 11:00, all on the dry side again but we're cold. snow bursts between 5:00 and 9:00. 7:30 right around the d.c. metro area. coating to an inch. not much snow but it could be upwards of a half an inch to an inch. does not take much to produce slick roadways. then just windy and cold. not

felt beautiful, but look at these windchills. 13 gaithersburg 25 in reston 15 down in manassas 17 ft. belvoir and 15 camp springs. we've seen those winds gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour throughout the day. they'll start to subside as we move through the overnight hours. we'll still see cold air. storm team 4 radar clear around our region. it's going to stay that way for the next 48 hours or so. commuter forecast overnight tonight, 26 degrees, just cold this evening. tomorrow morning watch out for more ice. l there early this morning. we could see it with a low temperature down to 13. that's in the city. host of you will be in the single digits once again. mostly sunny, still cold light wind tomorrow so, that's big news. 25 to 32 degrees as we move through the day tomorrow just another frigid arctic day, temperatures ranging between 15 and 20 degrees below average tomorrow. same deal on wednesday, high of only 37. 32 on thursday. there is a chance for some snow in our southern areas, fredericksburg maybe the northern neck maybe toward portions of southern maryland. that storm will be wa

. >> reporter: last october kristin was running a race here at lake fairfax park in reston when she suddenly collapsed on the trail out there in the woods. doctors say she went into sudden cardiac arrest and died here that day. >> so i ventured off -- just a little bit off the trail and dropped. >> reporter: kristin believes that when her heart stopped beating she had a near-death experience, a phenomenon s s happens to thousands of people around the world. president of the international association for near death studies. >> we're all c near-deaexperiences. >> reporte she said near-death experiences or ndes typically occur during times of crisis including near drownings, surgery, or severe illness. but no matter the circumstances, some of the same elements are usually present, things like having a sense of being lifted out of your body feeling at peace and seeing deceased relatives. >> all people have them of all ages all genders about half-and-half. all religions. >> reporter: he believes ndes occur when a person's conscious or awareness sepo intense, so intense that that is causeded when

cumberland, upper 20s in hagerstown and martinsburg, maybe 30 in winchester, 35 in culp culpeper, 32, 33 reston, mchappy, downtown 34, 33 in -- mclean, downtown 34, 33 in gaithersburg and there is a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac. 20s to start, snow flurries early, some sun, 27 by 9:00, 28 by 11:00 and 30 by 1 p.m. still cold saturday, finishing the month on a cold note, 303 and a late mix possible -- 33 and a late mix possible on sunday 44. cold air is on the way out, not a lot of moisture coming in. monday morning showers, get the umbrella ready, upper 40s. a break tuesday and rain develops again tuesday evening. it could start briefly as sleet and look at this. rain, 55 on wednesday. morning rain then clearing out thursday. we're still in the upper 40s. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> today we got our first look at the full nationals roster in action as well as those battling to be one of those 25 men on the roster in the team's first full squad workout today. our dave owens joins us now from vieira, florida, where i hear you

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reston town to 13. so dress accordingly. a warm coat. hat, glove, sunglasses. wear something red we're rocking the red today for heart health day this frigid friday. and temperatures all around the region going to stay below freezing here for another couple of hours. there is the sky over washington now. it's all clear. we'll have a frigid morning your headlines for this frigid bring. we'll have a chilly afternoon. it will get above freezing later this afternoon. yes, we can look forward to a warming trend a warmer weekend is coming up. but right now, layer up as we have these very cold temperatures. now let's check on our traffic early on this friday. >>> overall looking pretty good. we have the one crash in alexandria that we'll talk about. but 95 headed in and out of town here in virginia you're looking good. nice and green. 66 also east and west moving along quite nicely. taking a look here 270 at father hurley boulevard, just got a meet your street request on twitter about father hurley boulevard and we will cover that one next friday. we'll learn all abou

this is what it looked like in reston earlier today packed with all kinds of crowds and the parking lot absolutely kaychaos out there as well. this guy was nice enough to capture video of virginia snow. you can see exactly what it looks like. when you are shovelling tomorrow keep in mind it can always be worse. show you this video from massachusetts. at least this person is having a little fun with it. they push these two dogs out and you got to go out in the snow. their owner bribed them a little bit to go out and they're getting lost in the snow. so incredibly deep they had six to seven foot drifts in massachusetts. we're not even going to get that either. i love this guy buying coffee and snacks and sorry, guys this is the best we can do from miami. we are hating these people right now. at least we can look at their photos. all right, back to you. >> a little bit of everything there. >> thanks, joce. see what doug is looking at right now. >> snow snow and more snow heading our way. temperatures in the teens across the area. that won't change. every one of these flakes is going to sti