>> lauryn ricketts, thanks. 6:21 is your time now.you've not caught the flu yet do not let your guard down. ote virus is slowing down. 36 states now reporting widespread ces. th includes our area, d.c., maryland and virginia on that list. that'sp from 30 states a week ago. the flu has hit more than 11io mi people so far this season, myself included. thct cdc pre we'll seat largest number of cases in the next few days, and the spread c willtinue well into february. so far 22 children have died from the flu. ge now to the latest in a heartbreaking t in brazil. at least 40 people are dead and hundreds are still mission after a dam collapsed. this the happened yesterday at an i tn mine in eastern part of the country. the dam burst unleashing a wave of mud that covered roads and destroyed several buildin. most of the victims work for a mining compy, and they were having lunch when the dam collapsed. the cause of it is still all under investigation. >> a manhunt is under way at this hour in a louisiana from man accused of killing five peopn

lauryn ricketts in the storm team 4 weather center.t, got to be careful, too, on the roads, some icy patches. >> we learned that from our news partrs at wtop, david. they were talking about icy patches from the snow that melted yesterday, eereng on the roadways, and that is creating issues out there, eain on the roads. of course, turn it to 103.5 as soon as you get in ourcar, just to see where the problem spots are. they may be outside of your neighborhood. again, everybody below the freezing mark right nnow. here d.c., reagan national airport, 27 degrees. winds are calm finally. we have oloud coverr there. elsewhere, clear skies withn igh pressurearge. no snow, no rain, looking good early on this saturday morning. looking good and quiet, thank goodness, on this saturday morning. looking ahead for the weekend, it is really not going to be that bad out there. our fir dry weekend in three weekends for this weekend. now, monday, no tuesday is what we're focusing on. looks like we could have some rain changing over to snow. that could lead

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lauryn ricketts is back from kva vaca. everybody is going to blame meen for this. liat least i'm bringing a

we want to get straight to lauryn ricketts. we'ren weather alert mode as we've been reporting all morning long. dangerously cold wetter. >> temperatures will take a deep dive. lauryn, what can you tell us about theiming of all of this. >> already starting to see that start right now with the winds picking up.al the fro system is bisecting our area, and it's moving from west to easto we're starting to feel those effects in the western suburbs. it'sfnly a matter time before we start to see them east of i-95. look at the radar right now. you may see a flake or twou and ay see a few light rain showers hand this is the end of it. this is all pushing through to the east and behind this, pretty breezy conditions and a big temperature drop. we do have some flood warnings out there around bull run. those are just because of the ave and snow melt that we out there. just be careful if you're driving around out there. don't drive across any flooded roadways. temperatures in the 20s and 30s and feels like temperatures in the tos, low 20s in

guys. >> get readying. >> ricketts, thank you.porter's nebook" coming up next. >> and we're back with more of today'sop ories. >> good morning. i'pat lawson muse. if you commute in theea you've noticed a change in traffic flows. the partial government shutdown has made it easier for those but created pain for those who can leastffd it. well to both of our guests this morninu, >> thank pat. >> most of us would do anything, i know i who, to get out of lygridlock but certa not this. >> yeah. >> what is happening out there on the roads? way don't think this is t that anybody wants to beat the congestion around here, but certainly i mean it just makes sense that there are fewer federal workers on the road commuting to work, and that means that ow traffic f has actually improved fairly significantlism the ortation planning board in our region which looks at the trends from time to ti has found that in certain secs of roadwaysti you med during the morning rush periods, real during the inbound pier, some commutes have changed drastically.

i lauryn rickett standing by. we'll check in with her for the forecast they can expect today an in the days to come. >>> the holidays behind us. a new year wel underway. this is the season we all tell ourselves, we're going to get in shape. many of us aren't going to make it to the end of the month with our resolutions.a barbarrison met some folks recently who are celebrating not giving up. d they haveied the odds, celebrating over three decades of dedication to their gym class and each other. >> jumping jack, knee up. >> reporter: she is the drill sergeant. lawyer turned leader of a troupe that's weathered over 5,000 hours of stoing, twists and turns, three times a week. >> walk, two, three, four. >> reporter: testing out stamina and commitment. >> 35 years on march 17th. >> reporter: lynn was a student in the class and surprisedrs othen she stepped up to save the day when their other teacher was leaving. >> i said, how is this quiet person going to lead the class? she got up there, and a booming voice came out.

lauryn ricketts is back from kva vaca. she brought the freezing temps with her. >> i think everybody is going to blame meen for this. liat least i'm bringing a few changes to the forecast, as well. it looks like we could have a few changes to the forecast. yes, we're weather alert. yesterday, it looked like we mor going to see a little icing than we will this morning, what it looks like this morning. just because the precipitation is going to l take atle while longer to get in here. you can see, we're not seeing anything right now, just the cloud cover. if you have things to do this morning, we're y. looking good. however, i widen out this view a little bit,hat rain is still down, well south and west. it hasn't gotten into -- well, it is gettigi into va right now. hasn't moved into west virginia yet. all of this has to continumo to up to the north and east. it is going to head right into our area. what t expect, mainly cold rain, i think, for a lot of us. there could be a little bit of a wintry mix north and west of d.c. i

let's start with storm team 4's lauryn ricketts in forchuck, telling us about a little rain t moving through area. >> we have some rain down to the south. staying east of d.c., south and east of the beltway. not to say we couldn't see a few sprinkles try to move north as here,ystem moves out of but again, most of this is staying south. a loturf moi with this system as a stalled frontal system is creating rain showers and an area of low pressure is moving off the coast of norfolk. entually that rain wil continue to dip to the south. south and east of our region, that's where you're seeing showers. calvert county, st. mary's county, southern charles countyk and b through king george, fredericksburg, and stafford county. just getting a few light showers out there right now. again, all of this will continue to sink south. but there could be a few sprinkles north before it starts to do that. iy rean't think all this is going to be out of here until about 9:00 a.m. temperatures fairly mild as y o wa the door. mid-40s right w now. on o to the low 50s today. we'll talk more about that weeken

that's lauryn ricketts' job. she will come in to let yth know temperatus arere >>> happy sunday morning to you. i'm corey smith. >> and i'm meagan fitzgerald. want to get straight to lauryn ricketts because we're in weather alert mode. 're expecting dangerous cold temperatures moving through our area. when can we expect it, lauryn? >> temperatures are starting to drop, meagan and cory and we're starting to see the winds pick up as a frontal system is moving right across ourrea from the west to the east. if you're et of i-95 the temperatures are in the 50s now. temperatures are falling into the 30s and eventually the 20s. we'll bottom o in th single digits and teens now. that's not going to matter because the winds are really what's going to be the main story as they are going to continue to increase. we'll see gusts up to 50 miles an hour throughout the day, and can you see the winds are picking up right now, and we'll coheinue to see increase, so we do have a wind advisory. the winds are picking up after 00, and

we want to check in with our girl lauryn ricketts to find out what is the rest of the week looking like? >> it's going to be a roller coaster the rest o this week. >> icy spots possible tomorrow morning, gu, and the tuesday, we've got some snow in the specifically tuesday evening and tuesday night, so let me go ah d and start saying this. tuesday evening commute. you'll have to pay attention to this quite a bit because it will stt off asain and change over to snow. it will be a little bit dicy and weesday morning willikely be icy out there, so, again, want to go ahead andno say that. today though. we do have the isolated icy spots out there wnly because had the snow that melted yesterday with temperatures in the low 40s, and that ran off into the road and with temperatur 20s early this morning, that's when we got the refreeze. elevated surfaces be careful the cloud are moving our way with a weak frontal system. gaithersburg already up to 40 degrees. our way to surpassing daytime highs yesterday and into the 4s for daytime highs today. you can't see. here's the weak front that will bring

lauren ricketts is in for chuck. lauren, a little chillier out there today. >> a little cooler, absolutely ght, chris. yesterday, you're right, 64 degrees. 64 degrees at10 0 in the morning. today will be mild but it will be seasonable for this time of year. temperatures at 43. will drop a little bit as we sun startsonce that to come up. been coming up about 7:30. theip temperatures will into the 30s. we'll start heading back into the 40s. we have plenty of cloud cover out there. 47 will be our daytime high. we do have rain later on today. that's going to be moving in likely through the afternoon and into this evening. that's when we could see it. down through texas, this will bring rai into our area. just a few showers w as get towards the cooldown. let's talk about traffic with melissa mollet. >> good morning,lauren. 95 near the beltway,verything is cleared out. no worries as you're approaching the beltway. inner loop and outer loop, no problems. everything is nice and green. k road wor in the way. that's a nice 201

lauryn ricketts isrefining the forecast as we speak.ll check in with her in a few minutes. >>> today a bipartisan group of house and sene lawmakers will begin border security negotiatiop . >> that gr tasked with coming up with a plan both parties and the president will agree on to prevent another government utdown. news 4 tracie potts joins us live now with the details. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morn what's happening today is supposed to be different, different than what you've already seen the back and forth with the white house, nancy pelosi, the president and mitch mcconnell a other aders. these are not the party leaders. these are people who haveri exce with this, the immigration issues that we're facing. the border wall. at least one of them representing an area right at the border. what they're looking to do is come up with something that democrats, republicans and the president will all be willing to sign off on. these are rank and file members. some of whom believe to have serious negotiating skills. for government

. >> good morning, miss ricketts. in bethesda, oer loop 270, brand in crash with the left side blocked. tiny bit of a slowdown as you're coming around the curve headed towards river road. rest of the beltway is looking okay. 95 in virginia near fairfax county parkway, northbound/southbound, everything is looking good there this morning. no big complaints. diin the rict, southbound 295 at pennsylvania avenue, ugh, uneven pavement because of that joint expansion project. some traffic slow through there. and these routes into town, out of town, bw parkway, 95, everything looking nice and green. >> melissa, thank you. >>> 4:53 now. more americans are moving itho district. this is according to a new study looking at where peopl relocating in the country. d.c. was ranked as one of the top ten inbound states of last year, according to united van lines. other top destinations included vermont, oregon, and idaho. more residents moved out of new jersey than any other state. several southern states like north and south carolina

>> i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. look e thisection off the capitol building. beautiful sky to greet you this morning. chilly out there. it is going to be pretty quiet this weekend. our next change comes on tuesday. rain to t snow,en wind chills in the teens and single digits by wednesday and ursday. temperatures right now in the teens and 20s. wetre dry. t's how it is going to be for the remainder of the day. maybe a few light snow showers west of i-81 tomorrow. temperatures in the upper 40s. raito snow by tuesday. blustery wednesday and thursday. >> back in 25 minut with other check of your headlines. for now, back to the "today" show. >>> we're back on this saturday morning, january 26th 2019. >> gorgeous look at the sunrise abo washington today. finally, good news to report from the nation's capitol. after 3 days of being partially shutdown, the government is back openus foress this morning. >> the end of the shutdown tops our look at the hadlines this morning. last night, president trumpsi ed a bill, reopening th

lauren ricketts is in for chuck. lauren, a little chillier out there today. >> a little cooler, absolutely ght, chris. yesterday, you're right, 64 degrees. 64 degrees at10 0 in the morning. today will be mild but it will be seasonable for this time of year. temperatures at 43. will drop a little bit as we sun startsonce that to come up. been coming up about 7:30. the

. >> we begin with lauryn ricketts. she's in for chuck this morning with the latest on our forecastn hey, la >> hey there, guys. yes. i got to give the kudos to che roadws out there. didn't get that much snow and we were talking about that cting to two inches. some areas got three inches north and west of d.c., but ther ze during the overnight, that's really what we were concerned about. and i honestly didn't hit too many problems when i came in this morning,however, there's still some icy patches out there specially with temperaturesha below 32 degree mark. 24 is our temperature right now. so, isolated icy patches, especially those bridges, those erpasses, ramps,sidewalk, be careful. driveways. even going into parking lots that aren't treated. so again, be careful out there. it's becoming windy. that's going to be the today. winds are picking up after about 8, 90 a.m. could have a few passing snow showers later this afternoon. again, we' clear right now. we're looking at dry conditions through your morning. now, we do

continuing our team coverage, we turn to storm team 4 meorologist lauryn ricketts.desiceptive picture you're showing us. >> it's gorgeous. absolutely beautiful. sun coming up. just in about little under 30 minutes from now. but a beautiful-looking horizon outr there o the poe tomic river. icy spots out there, yes, some as ada was saying we have some mainly secondary roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots. be careful. but what's the big story today? it's not going to be the ice. it's going to be winds out there and winds are picking up after 8, 9:00. that could lead to power outages gusting upo potentially 40, 50 miles an hour. if you like warmups, this weekend 50s. rly next week, low 60s. i'll tell you that right now. current temperatures right now 22 here in the d.c. area. outside the beltway, we've got temperatures in the single digits and teens. but the wind chills is really where you're going to feel it today. again, winds gusting up to 40, 50 miles an hour. here in d.c., wind chills are going to make it into the low to d 20s,ut outside the beltway, those win

we want to turn back to our forecast with storm team 4 meteorologt lauryn ricketts. how's it looking? >> not looking that bad out there. we have some rain to the south and east rignow, but that'll move out of here as we go through about 8:00 or 9:00. everybody else remaining dry. more rain coming late friday and into saturday morning. then we dry o saturda afternoon through sunday. man, a lot of rain riding along this stalled frontal system. that frontal system, again, to the southf us. so areas south and east of the c. metro area seeing those light rain showers. we're talking about st. mary's county, even portions of calvert county. it was in southern charles county, but this is all pushing to the south. king geor, you'll probabl be the last to dry our. temper not that bad when you head outside this morning. our average daytime high for this time of year, 44 degrees. we're above that right now in a lot of areas. temperatures are headed to around 50es degoday. it will be a little on the breezy side. breezy.y but northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour. maybe a few

lauryn ricketts, does that mean rain son tis on the way? >> we're going to show you that coming up on futurecast in just about 15 minutes. just know we've got some wet days ahead. it's not going to be raining the whole time but we are going to have rain chances. we have r later on tonight that will last through tomorrow morning and that could aytentially last through the day on saturd nothing happening right now. the radar is dry. we're drying looking good out there. we've got the cloud cover, that is stubborn, it's not going anywhere. little pieces of energy are going to ride right along the frontal system. and areas closer to that area of low pressure will see better chances of rain. if you're north and west, you're probably going to be a little more d on the side. that's coming up in about 15 minut minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. extra police officers are patrling three prince george's county schools. helette green has more on threat from bladensberg, high school. >> reporter: it's important to know prince georges county officials could n

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lauryn ricketts is tracking the changes on theth w alert sunday morning. >> and good morning and thanksh. >> good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. happy to have you here. >> happy to bring a little warmth to the show because it's a little chilly outside. >> apparently the temperatures aring if toake a dive into a place that we've not seen i guess in over a year ricketts is saying. >> lauryn has a smile on her face as always. >> we're not smiling, nlauryn. hing to smile about. >> i'm cold. i'm aeady col thinking about how cold it's going to be later on this afisrnoon. s nothing to joke about because those temperatures will continue to drop throughout t day, dangerously cold. i would not spend any additional time outside if you do not need to. it's been at least a year, and i've got to tell you i don't remembhe last time i forecasted windchills this cold. again, it's been several years since i kind of remember doing d , but really don't remember exactly a time perere it was this cold and these temperatures are only going to drop and windchills asdsell. clre moving and that's that fr

. >> an appuse or ricketts clap. >> nicely done. >> tha you, thankyou. i don't know if you guys will like the forecast that i have for tomorrow, and then again wednesday and thursday because we've got a roller coaster of temperatures, guys. typica d.c. fashion. we'll warm up, cool up, cool down and it will be a swing in these temperatures. let's go ahead and take a look outside because it's >>gorgeous h, man. it's absolutely beautiful. make plans outside today. 've got clear skies out there right now. they are going to continue. yes, w have a little bit of a wind out there. breezy continues will stick with us. northwest winds at so to 20 miles per hour. all across the area. not settling down until later oh evening. breezy conditions and temperatures pretty warm out there. mi i should say. warm, not mild. our average temperature for this time of the years 44. gorgeous out there today. we do have a chance of rain late monday night. possibly on tuesday a few passing showers, and as i said theperatures are all over the place. we'll talk about how gold it wil

ricketts is in for chuck with the forecast.st, check in with melissa i first 4 traffic. >> this is a problem in aspen hill. chopper 4 over the accident. two vehicles involved re. one person at least is still trapped in the vehicle just a short time ago. they got that person out but right now bonafit is shut down east of whitehill. pretty big res tnse on scene right now. taking a look elsewhere, southbound t270 montrose did have a crash in the main lanes blocking the right side. it looks like that one is gone and things have cleared up. lortn, southbound u.s. 1 gets by the crash. before 630, accident there as well. beltway is looking pretty good.e we'll taknother look at a brand-new issue in aspen hill coming up in a minute. lauren? >>> not a lot of issues out melissa.h the weather, we are looking at dry conditions through the morning. could have a little bit more rain later on tonight. 43 degrees is our temperature right now. winds are light. we do have those clouds out there. sun coming up in just aboutmn hour f now. we're hea

lauryn rickett a is back she is tracking the latest winter weather system on our weather alert saturdaygood morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald in for

>>e have to introduce you now as princessing ricketts. been trying to tell you that for years. >> prince ricketts, what is this weather looking like? >> hey, it's weather fit for royalty. fit for a queen. >> boom. >> tie it all together. >> listen, it's gorgeous outside. the sunrise will be absolutely gorgeous. the sun comes cup at 7:27. just turned 7:22. beauueful pink in the sky. going to be a gorgeous day. thank goodness we'll finally get some sunshine. glad we squeezed some out yesterday. we'll have sunshine ll day today so if you didn't enjoy it yesterday, you can enjoy it today. nowllomorrow w have sun early in the morning with clouds moving in. much colr with temperatures only in the 40. could have a passinghower late tomorrow night and tuesday the temperatures are back to 60 and wednesday windchills are going to be in the 20s and 30s, and in fact that wednesday temperature, that will probabl hit hat midnight. in fact the temperatures are going to drop on t day so it will be fairly blustery on wednesday. today enjoy and tuesday is

clay anderso with , in for lauryn ricketts this morning.drefighters out overnight working in the today, the cold continues, but we're tracking the showers, sno showers. >> actually, snow showers right now, david, but we will have plenty of snow to around. it is going to snow not only throughoutovhe day today, night tonight and into tomorrow, so a long duration event. that's what us meteorologists call it. we'll show you the temperatures. as we were saying at the top, it is cold outside. rrick ward was bundled up. you need to be bundled when you step outside this mo ting. 20s go around. 30s in town. it is not going to be a wind event associated with the cold, so that's good news for us. a winter storm warning, which the national weatdrr service ped upon us across the washington area at about 3:00 to 4:00 this morning, it starts at 4:00 p. today. areas in pink, a winter storm warning. that means it is going to snow. snow across the area. vy00 p.m., h amounts. late tonight during the overnight, winter weather visory in the other colors, other

storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts here as well.re glad to see you. it's our first new in the new year. >> and we brought in lauryn for a ltle extra. >> wake everybody up this morning. when you wake uprnhis g, you'll be dealing with rain showers in portions of our ea, but nverybody is seeing them. everybody is seeing a mild morning. but look at this, a lot of rain along this moisture train. rain mainly to the south of us. buin it is tto get into the d.c. area.

storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts here as well. ladies, happy new year. >> we're glad to see you. it's our first new in the new year. >> and we brought in lauryn for a ltle extra. >> wake everybody up this morning. when you wake uprnhis g, you'll be dealing with rain showers in portions of our ea, but nverybody is seeing them. everybody is seeing a mild morning. but look at this, a lot of rain along this moisture train. rain mainly to the south of us. buin it is tto get into the d.c. area. fredericksburg, southern maryland, you're seeing rain, even leonardtown, st. mary city. you're getting a nice dose of moderate rain. if you're hitting t roads early this morning, know as you leave southern maryland, you'll be dealing with tho showers. 46 degrees, not bad out there. it's going to be cool and cloudy. we'll be looking at those temperatures rising. we'll talk about how warm it's going to get and peek into the weekend. that's let's take a peek on the roadways with melissa mollet. looking at greenbelt, inner loop before kenil worth ave

. >> melissa mollet is standing by but we begin with storm team 4 lauren ricketts.? >> not that bad. have some fairly mild conditions. yesterday we went into the mid 60s. early in the morning, too. now the temperatures stuck in the 40s. a little bit more seasonable for this time of yoyear. can see we have beautiful conditions out there right now. the temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. 41 in gaithersburg. 30 out in the shenandoah valley. the next couple of hours we are looking for the tperatures to go down a bit. we are staying in the 40s for the daytime hnghs toput likely in the mid to upper 40s. not much going on

that wind chill level that lauryn ricketts has been talking about going to sink deeper.he cold emergency activated in the city, of co the schools are open on time. d.c. is a walking city. people walk to the busstop. they walk to take the train. and theig concern , of course, for our homeless neighbors in the city. andf so,course, these shelters will be opening up this morning at 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.re at some of th centers used as warming centers. if you need someone inbl tr call 311. immediate need f emergency help, of course, dial 911. of course, there conditions brutal out here this morning. and they're only going to get worse throughout the day as we talk about that cold air just really coming in and sinking in on us and taking hold of us here in the district. that is the very latest, live from northwest d.c. right behind me is one of those where a lot of people have been coming out this morning heading out to work or to wherever they go throughout the day. ck into you. >> some really important information there molette, thank you for that report and for wearing t

. >> storm team 4' lauren ricketts is back. welcome back, first of all. we want the cold to move out. >> i i'm with you.y, yesterhe windchills were below zero and in single digits. without the wind, thi is what it feels like. yes, it is cold because we still have upper teams here. everybody else in their 20s right now doing them best to w up and it looks like those temperatures will warm into the low to mid-30s today, which is a good ten degrees from where we were yesterday. it's beautiful. expect sunshine all day long. warmer temps coming tomorrow, so we have a little change tomorrow, but we have changes as we get iedo yoursday and thursday. more rain on the way. we'll talk about if s there'sw on the way. that's coming up in about ten minutes that than>>, lauryn. this will be the site yght you will see. it's cold. >> news 4's nicole jacobs has more. can't be good, nicole. >> reporter: no, it's not. it's the second day this weekend, the second day we've had temperatures below 25 degrees at midday. this scene right here is a common scene. a broken water ma

get the umbrellas out says lauryn ricketts. >> we're going n tod the umbrellas not only for this afternoon but as we go into the first partf saturday. rain moving in through the afternoon from the south and west to the north andou east. be in the d.c. area by 5:00. periods of rain overnigh tomorrow morning slipping out everybody will be dry by 3 p.m. t will be breezy tomorrow and breezy on sunday. sunday's gorgeous. monday could have a psing shower monday night, windy tuesday and wednesday. next chance of rain looks to be next sunday. it will be rain because those temperatures are mi. thank you so much. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4. remember you can get news and weather updates any time with our nbc washington app. day. we'll see you later th afternooisn. ♪ >>> i we're liven five, four, three, two, one. >> you have said a lot o amazing things. you have put a lot of things on my mind. and i know our relationship's thin so leaving here i promise you i'mhi evaluating conversation. this is a conversation i needed to have. i'm glad that i had it her

. >> we're going to check in on the forecast and see what lauryn ricketts has to say aboutrain. >> rain, rain. e went out of 2018 as the wettest year. a little bit of cloud cover. i see sunshine to the south and west of d.c.ew hopefully a pops of sun will make their way into the beltway area and the greater washington region. we do have a little bit of a wind out there, ndsthwest w 10 to 20 miles an hour. they still settle at 5:00 or 6:00 tonight and unfortunately more rain on the way. that leads to the firstart of saturday. but it's not going to be a washout for the weekend. sunday's going to be absolutely gorgeous. temperatures now 51 for daytime highs. today more cloudhan sunshine, becoming breezy. we're seeing that wind pick up right now and th's, as i saying going to be with us through the evening. still plenty of clouds, rain will move in through late evening. most of e day will be dry. rain moving in after about 5:00 tonight. youan see that little bit of rain that we had earlier today in the southeaster suburbs has slipped well to the south. by tomorrow evening we'll start to see

as we go to break storm team 4's lauren ricketts explains what that means. >> the hot beds for them, it's just a short burst of snow, could create some accumulation and we are looking at reduced visibility as well as some gusty winds. generally associated with a strong cold >>> all right, a liveook now of conditions in chicago. check out thatemrature. minus 15, but the wind chill minus 35. you know, it almost hurts to breathe in some parts of the midwest tonight. kristen far with how a usually bustlings downtown chicago mostly empty tonight. >> reporter: the sun may be shining here in the city of chicago, but we are truly in a deep freeze. you can see the steam rising from the buildings. it is virtually a ghost town in the downtown area, and the deep freeze has had an effect on public transportation, specifically on the regional lines. the metro electric you're looking at right now is shutdown today and tomorrow because of these cold temperatures. the regular bus and rail service, the cta, is running pretty well even though it is very, very cold. it had a few minor rail issues, but t

clay anderson in for lauryn ricketts this morning. >> yes. >> we heard peter and kristen both very interestedwhat the timing is going to look like. a l of folks are. >> yes. actually, as the storm continues to move from the west to the east, you're talking about baltimore coming down into the washington, d.c. area. actually, more snow in virginia, believe it or not. people in richmond, petersburg,c virginiald be picking up more snow than will be in baltimore. nonetheless, we have a big storm out of the ohio valley headed directly for us. with that, we'll show you what's going on. i came in this morni out that the national weather service did not waste any time in issuing a winter storm warning for the washington metropolitan area, which cludes montgomery county, prince georges county, the west along interstate 66, down so areas of waldorf to the south. baltimore, notice, to the north, they're under a winter weather advisory. our winter storm warning starts at 4:00 p.m. today and ends at. 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. the reason for that is, of course, the i snow already on our way. f snow, 4 to 7

your nd commut our melissa mollet is standing by but we beginith storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts. much cooler today, lauren. er.much co temperatures yesterday, 64 degrees. i keep reminding everybody. we don't have any 60s on the ten day forecast we have 50s. not today. temperatures today will be closer to seasonable. in the mid 40 for this time of year. you can see the temperatures the 40s right now will slip a little bit as we head through the morning. we'll start to move thete eratures back up. we're dry through much of the day. we have rain on the way later on throughout the evening and even into tonight. no rain out there right we are dry but an area of low pressure right out of texas will move into our area bringing rain ances for us for the second half of your day. that's not it. we have rain chances leading into the weekend. that's coming up in a little bit. let's talk traffic wit missa mollet. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. let's talk traffic. college park, outer op. still have the left side blocked by a debris. ladder is in the a roadw several vehicles have stru

. >> an appuse or ricketts clap. >> nicely done. >> tha you, thankyou.'t know if you guys will like the forecast that i have for tomorrow, and then again wednesday and thursday because we've got a roller coaster of temperatures, guys. typica d.c. fashion. we'll warm up, cool up, cool down and it will be a swing in these temperatures. let's go ahead and take a look outside because it's >>gorgeous h, man. it's absolutely beautiful. make plans outside today. 've got clear skies out there right now. they are going to continue. yes, w have a little bit of a wind out there. breezy continues will stick with us. northwest winds at so to 20 miles per hour. all across the area. not settling down until later oh evening. breezy conditions and

lauryn ricketts, a little bit chill he, but we're above freezing finally. >> yeah. here in d.c.still have temperatures below freezing. we're looking at more icy spobe use obviously my apartment complex today, we still have snow on the ground, so, again, a lot of that snow is going to melt today because today warmer than yesterday, but temperatures overnight are going to be below freezing once again so we could have icy spots once again tomorrow from that snow melting, and definayely on wedneome icy spots and possibly some school delays. we'll talk at ut tcause snow is on the way and not today. we do have clouds in this area behind a weak frontalmo system ng through the area right now. 34 degrees is our temperature. outsidehe beltway we've got the temperatures below freezing. annapolis coming in at 3

. >> so is our lauryn ricketts. what can we expect nextweek? what do we need, jackets, umbrella, what? >> you're going to need a whole lot of jackets next week, a whole lot of layers as we get into the weekend. temperatures are going to go up and then way back down. today we've got the wind so it's making ithaeel colder it actually is. but you can see we've got some sunshine out there with clouds mixed in. this is the reston area. now, we have a fewut flurries there as well just streaming across our northern tier of unties coming through montgomery county. maybe even seeings a few fla around. hagerstown was reporting a few snow showers earlier, not expectin any accumulation, just quick passing flurry moving through the area and they'reid taking a on these winds. northwesterly winds flowing pretty strongly, gusting up to about 20 miles an hour, 25 miles hour in spots. that means we have a windchill. yeah, it's pretty chilly out ere. you can see the windchill feel-like factor in the 20s and 30s right now. p that'stty much where it's going to stay

i'm lauryn ricketts. we are looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s. henot that bad you step outside. temperatures are going to be a little above normal today. mid-to-upper 40s. we have some rain arriving later on throughout the evening. we are dry right now. we will continue to be dry until after about 5:00. areas to the south and east may see some rain i as going to be moving out of texas and through our area later totoght and earlrrow morning. yes. many people stand in the dark. i' see the lig at some point. >> thank you, al. >>> coming up, new insight on murder crges filed againhe fiance of that missing mother in colorado. coeed she have bthe victim of a murder-for-hire plot? >>> plus, a new year's miracle. the amazing rescue of a baby pulled from the rubble 36 hours aftern apartment building collapse. t, this is "today" on nbc. apar building >>> plus, a new year's miracle. >>> j >>> just ahead we are launch oun resolutievolution this morning to help you achieve your goals in 2019. >>> plus, a peek inside our holiday season coming up a n your loc i

i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. we are looking at a dry morning but rain is on the way.nto the mid-atlantic. we are starting in the 20s and 30s right now, but again rain arriving in our southern suburbs after lunchtime and then after 5:00 here in the d.c. area expect rain through at least the first part of your saturday. breezy for this weekend. dry andut bul on sunday. next chance of rain tuesday. >> thank you. >>> another local news update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to "the today show" after this short break. ♪ >> oh, yeah, that is bradley cooper, lady gaga in the hit moviestar is born." it is one of the favorites fora sunight's golden globe awards. natalie has a sneak peek of the big night in hollywood. i think that is going to sweep a bunch of awards. >> i am mesmerized. i want to watch the rest of tit we can't. we have to get to the headlines. congressional leaders are headed awayk to the white houseda another attempt to hash out a deal to reopen the government. there is no new funding for the president's border wall for the president. v is vowing too it. by the

. >>> i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts.ll be dry. you are seeing a few sprinkles along a stalled frontal system.l we wave some clouds today with peeks of sun, temperatures around 50, a little breezy. rain after 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. sunday absolutely gorous. more rain tuesday. >> thank you. >>> of course, get the latest news and weather in the nbc washington app. ♪ ♪ it's 8:30.rning, evebody. it's thursday morning. it's the 3rd of january 2019. ow have a gat crowd out here. post-holiday but these people are ready to have some fun. >> this is a crowd, baby. >> we have so many friends on ame plaza. i oing to make a new friend. where ismi miss e from alabama? hi,emily! good morning. are you emily? and where are you from? >> alabama, birmingham. >> and are you in kindergarten? >> i am going to be in next year. >> wow. >> i am in preschoolga kinden. it's 5k. >> wow! well, you are very impressive. have you ever been to new york before? >> no. >> what do you think of all of this? >> it's amazing. >> i am so happyou're here. could i

. >> we'll call in ricketts. we'll see if she can help. >> thanks very much. icy cditions are to blame for this crash. take a look. a truck flipped over onts side on colleyville road in front of the silver spring metro station last night. no one was hushts and a serious crash shut down the southbound line of the paw tuxin river in laurel last night. the road is now back open. >> maryland crews have been working overnight treating the road what can you tell us first about how the roads are looking around the area? >> they are actually looking pretty good, adam. as the storm slowed do a really good part of that factor that that snow fell at kind of a slow rate so the pre-treatment that we applied over the last couple of days and then also the plowingug operations thut the night allowed us to keep roads really navigable, so, you know, we're prettap with how things look. we'll keep working throughout the day and throughouthe night. as you heard on the forecast it's supposed to go all day long so we'll go all day long. >> hey, john, thanks for joinin. what are some