getting breaks in the clouds over the shenandoah valley. we'll have some of those breaks come our way later this morning. we'll get sunshine, and we'll have our temperatures climbing to near 50 by noontime. our sunrise at 7:21. during the afternoon, we'll be hitting the mid 50s. and all the snow that fell on friday night and saturday morning, a lot of that's going to be gone. then as we get into tomorrow, sun in the morning, afternoon highs, mid 40s with increasing clouds. rain likely on thursday. mainly midday, afternoon, into the evening. it may linger into friday morning. then sun back friday afternoon with a high around 50. over the weekend, sunshine and a bit chilly or saturday. colder weather moves in sunday and monday. how's traffic? >>> good morning. if you're traveling on i-66, seeing a little fog. more importantly, you're slow out of haymarket. delays continue as you head past sudd sudly road to fairfax. stop and go. the lanes are filling up. the good news, no accidents on i-66. just delays this morning. on i-95, delays start arou

then maybe an inch of snow around the shenandoah valley. changing over to maybe around .1 inch of ice. maybe up to a quarter inch of icing on some of the higher elevations along the blue ridge. some of the high spots around massanutten could have the quarter-inch accumulation on tree limbs and power lines. closer to washington, a light coating of icing on tree limb and power lines. by late after midnight until dawn saturday. then changing to all rain tomorrow with a high near 40. ending saturday night. sunday, cloudy, near 40. smaufl chance of sprinkles. then maybe rain around on monday. near 50 degrees and drying out tuesday, wednesday. danella, how's traffic? >>> looking good in the area. taking a look at our traffic patterns. around the beltway, nothing but green in both directions. 66 inside the beltway, you look good, as well. why don't we take a trip down i-95. i'll show you no major problems heading out of triangle, making your way to route 1 in both directions. traffic is flowing nicely. are you going to see some of the travelers wi

shenandoah valley and across most of virginia and west virginia and into western maryland.k at what's been happening the last 12 hours, we did have a few flurries coming through overnight. now a few clouds drifting through. and there is a winter storm watch. all the counties in color, to the west and north including northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. there could be travel problems there later tonight. here's the day planner. increasing clouds for this friday. sunrise at 7:23. it will be in the upper 30s, briefly near 40 during the afternoon as we cloud up. this evening, this is when you need to pay attention to the forecast. we could have some light accumulating snow on grassy areas. between 9:00 and midnight. after that, maybe sleet and icing. we'll talk about that in detail with the weekend forecast in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> if you're traveling on i-270 southbound at father hurley, looking pretty good. shady grove, aside from the windy camera, picking up volume. slowing down as you head to rockville. no accidents for you to report. a

upper 30s, shenandoah valley and points west in the mid-30s. and sunrise, 7:26 and sun breaking out from time to time and a lot of cloudiness. mid 50s by noon time during the afternoon. cold change tonight could get some snow. i'll show you how much we might get. donella, how's traffic? >> traveling 395 northbound at duke, definitely seeing delays. an accident in the left shoulder lane. it's out of the roadway, but you will see conjection as you continue on 395 and make your way toward 14 street bridge. past this accident you're clear and nothing else to report at 395 at this time. and traveling i-66 inside the beltway looking pretty good. not seeing any accidents on i-66 outside or inside. from the beltway to glebe, you're at 58 miles an hour. aaron, back to you. >>> the gop candidates stepping up the heat in south carolina and it's getting personal. the main target, of course, front-runner mitt romney. he's being attacked for his leadership and his credentials as a job creator which until now had been an area of strength. nbc brian mooar join

shenandoah valley west, temperatures are in the mid and upper 30s. upper 50s to around 60 this afternoon. and the sun sets at 5:07. then the mood swing goes down tonight. tonight we'll be down to the 40s by midnight and it will continue to plummet down to near freezing by dawn on friday. and as that cold air surges in, 2:00 a.m. to around 7:00 friday morning, here are some of the snow totals. i'm expecting, yes, snow showers may be surging as the cold air pushes in. we could get one to two inches on mainly grassy areas around the shenandoah valley and some of the highlands and up into frederick and washington county. southern loudoun. there may be a dusting on grassy areas from snow showers and farther south and east some rain showers. then friday, partly cloudy, windy and cold. only near 40 tomorrow afternoon. winds diminish on friday night. near 20 on saturday morning. saturday, sunny, with highs in the mid-30s and a obligate blustery. still cold on sunday and for martin junior king jr. day. might get rain on tuesday. donella, how's traffic? >> lef

farther to the west, cloudy over the northern shenandoah valley. they're getting flurries there and scattered snow showers. later today, a lot of sun breaking out. the gusty winds will be with us, and they'll diminish during the afternoon. we'll hover near 40 by mid morning and then during the afternoon get colder. and a colder night coming up. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> traveling 395 north at king, have an accident in the right shoulder here. and are you seeing some volume as you travel northbound on 395. starting around seminary road. not seeing any problems at edsall or duke. once you get to seminary, you are going to see volume as you pass the accident. the lanes are open, clear crossing the 14th street bridge. now on to father hurley. on i-270 southbound, getting just a little busy in this area as you make your way to rockville. heading northbound, have a sleeping or resting tractor-trailer in the right shoulder lane. your lanes are open. i'm not seeing any other issues for you. and on the rails, a five-mi

however, shenandoah valley with temperatures above freezing. snow storm activity should not be causing any problems. and as the day progresses, winds will diminish. by this afternoon, hovering near 40 this morning, then dropping into the upper 30s by sunset. near 30 by midnight tonight and even colder tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that and look at the week and weekend coming up in ten minutes. i'll show you photos from my latest school visit, as well. how's traffic? >>> looking really good. had an accident, old columbia pike at fairlands road. that accident is now out of the roadway. if you're traveling on i-270 in maryland, are you hitting the brakes just a bit heading out of urbana. you're pretty slow. as you make your way toward clarksburg, a slow trip. but once you get to clarksburg and head into germantown, you're in the clear. once you make your way into rockville, you will see volume increase just a bit. no major delays. there is the view of falls road heading toward the spur. you're in the clear. northbound, no issues. a lot of win

central shenandoah valley, northern shenandoah valley in the 40s right now. and over the last 12 hours, we've had a few clouds coming through overnight. now we've cleared out. a few clouds over the shenandoah valley and into west virginia. streaks of high cloudiness coming through. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:16. should be a mostly sunny morning. most areas in the 40s. we'll quickly climb into the 60s by noontime. we'll hit the mid to upper 60s during the afternoon. a few clouds coming through. here's the evening planner. sunset will be at 5:28. we'll have a partly cloudy start to the evening. should be clear after that. and by midnight, chilly, down into the 40s. here's how things are looking for the next several days. tomorrow again, back into the 60s with a morning low near 40. looks like a possible of rain on thursday. right now friday looking sunny, but over the weekend, quite a bit of cloudiness. uncertainty about whether we'll have rain saturday and sunday. stay tuned. highs 40s over the weekend. how's traffic? >>> it's looking really good in

mitt teens to upper teens, blue ridge to shenandoah valley. have a few high clouds drifting in from the west ahead of a cold front arriving tonight. a cold front? it's already cold. yes, we will get a reinforcing shot of cold air later tonight. sunrise at 7:24. we'll still be below freezing midmorning and get near 40 by mid afternoon with increasing clouds. a cloudy night tonight, 30s about midnight. after midnight, the cold front sweeps through. a slight chance of a few flurries flying through the air pre-dawn on friday. sun tomorrow, partly cloudy. upper 30s tomorrow. 30s on saturday. we may get snow, maybe a little sleet or freezing rain around dawn on saturday. it won't last long. cloudy sunday, maybe some rain with warmer temperatures on monday. danella, how is traffic? >>> good morning. chopper 4 live over the beltway. the inner loop jammed at this time. delays start around braddock, and you can see the chopper at little river turnpike, they continue as you head to i-66. i-66 still big delays at sudley road. those delays continue to cent

those may move into the shenandoah valley the next couple of hours. and attempting to dry. it may come closer to the metro area by mid morning. down into the 20s through the region, low 30s in washington and by the bay. 20s shenandoah valley and into the mountains around 30 degrees. sunrise, 7:37. we may have flurries this morning. above freezing temperatures so it should not cause problems. then this afternoon, light rain is possible, especially areas south of washington across much of virginia, southern maryland, the lower eastern shore. and highs only reaching the low 40s. back to reality. yes, it is january. we'll look at the evening planner in ten minutes. here's monday traffic. >>> good morning, happy monday. so far roads look good. not seeing a lot of issues. taking a live look at i-270 at west montgomery avenue, southbound i-270, clear. southbound, as well, from the spur all the way up. i'm not seeing issues making your way to urbana. i-95 in virginia, a live look at fairfax county parkway. i-95 looking good north and south, no issues. if you are connecting on to th

around the shenandoah valley, into the mountains, in the low to mid 30s. overnight, we've had just a few clouds coming through. it's partly cloudy to mostly cloudy around the metro area now. but there is a winter storm watch out. all these counties here in dark blue including northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, hagerstown to frostburg and cumberland, those areas could get some accumulations of snow, sleet, and ice. i'll give you a better look in a few seconds. sunrise at 7:23. throughout the day, we'll be in the 30s to maybe upper 30s during the afternoon with increasing clouds. sunset at 5:15. then it's after sunset that perhaps by around 9:00, 10:00 this evening we could get a little light snow falling. again, a lot of that's going to melt on roadways. maybe just a very light dusting on some of the grassy areas, especially areas west and north. it does look like we could get a couple of inches of snow changing to ice way out in the dark blue zone, in western maryland and the far northern part of west virginia. closer

still quite a bit of cloudiness over the shenandoah valley and into the mountains this morning. here's your day planner -- sunrise at 7:24. might get to the low 40s briefly around noontime. the winds will diminish this afternoon. clouds building, and we'll be back down into the 30s by late afternoon. what a contrast to yesterday's near 60-degree temperatures. in fact, it was around 60 when you went to bed last night. it's dropped dramatically overnight. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's traffic on this wednesday. good morning. >>> good morning. so far area looks really good if you're about to make your way out of the house. we'll check cameras together. let's start with i-270 to the spur, not seeing issues in either direction. a lot of wind shaking the cameras, be aware of that as you make your commute. i-95 in virginia at pohick, northbound and southbound in the clear. i'll give you a travel speed. heading northbound making your way from the occoquan river bridge to the beltway, 62 miles per hour. continuing on to 395 at the pentagon, no issues. northbound a

closer around the shenandoah valley and some of the high spots could get 1 to 2 inches of snow. this could be 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and then maybe just a light dusting perhaps in our far northern and western suburbs way out in loudoun county, northern montgomery county and perhaps into blue ridge. here's a big cold blast of cold air coming in. only near 40 with the sun back tomorrow. gusty wind. highs in the 30s saturday and sunday. morning lows, near 20. martin luther king jr. day still cold. could get rain tuesday. donella, ho's traffic? >> good morning. early morning traffic and accident as you make your way toward the interchange. crews are on the scene here. it's on the right side of the roadway. stick to the left to get by. really light at this time but you're going to want to slow down. again, very wet roadways. we're seeing high-standing water. if you're traveling here at malcolm x we have high-standing water and tracee wilkins is there with more. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning. it is a mess. they do have the standing water. let me show

rain may be changing over to freezing rain here in the northern shenandoah valley. there's one shower and another about to come into front royal. east of there under rappahannock county, toward 401(foikt the ne hour -- fauquier county the next hour or so. we have freezing mist. there might be a light dplaz of ice on the windows as you head to work and school early. you'll be scraping the windows. right now, upper 20s to 30s in the nearby suburbs and the rural areas. and as we look at what's been happening the last 12 hours, they've brought a lot of cloudiness around. it will be with us ahead of a front that's coming later today and triggering showers. light showers later this morning and above freezing by mid morning. during the afternoon, upper 40s to near 50. a lot of melting with some occasional showers. they may be accompanied by thunder and lightning this afterno afternoon. overnight rain will end. by dawn tomorrow, upper 30s and a sunny and warmer day on tuesday with highs reaching mid 50s. then chillier on wednesday. highs mid 40s as we case load up. maybe ra

farther to the west, flurries, northern shenandoah valley and out into the mountains.e may have a few of those later this morning. temperatures are in the upper 20s to low 30s around much of the region. 35 now at reagan national. and here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:27. might have flurries this morning. then a greater chance of precipitation in the form of rain. highs only in the low 40s. and the greater chance of rain is south of washington. off and on light rain may continue until around midnight tonight. we'll be in the upper 30s by then. and then tomorrow, some sun back and warmer. highs near 50. then we cloud up again, a chance of cloudy rain. then colder into the weekend. danally? >>> good morning, chopper 4 is in gainesville. an accident northbound 29 at linton road. taking up the right side of the roadway as well as the right shoulder lane here, you are able to pass single file to the left. if you're taking the beltway, taking a live look in prince george's county at central heavy. bustling along. no accidents or major delays yet. now in montgomery county,

especially in shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. winds have ghirbd thankfully. it's 17 at reagan national. it's very dry. you'll need that skin lotion all day long, and temperatures down to near just 10 degrees in the shenandoah valley and around the mountains. blue ridge east closer to washington, gaithersburg is only 10 degrees now. it's in the mid-teens in arlington and fairfax counties, prince george's county as well. a bunch of southern maryland mid-teens. just to our north, low teens up around the pennsylvania border. a mostly clear sky. sunshine this morning. clouds will be on the increase as the day progresses. with this clear sky, over the next half hour or so, you should be able to see a few spraeks of light in the sky, maybe one per minute from the quadrantid meteor shower going on right now. it's going to take a while to warm up. we'll climb briefly into the low 30s. sunset at 4:59. clouds this evening, keeping our temperatures around 30 through the evening. by dawn tomorrow, mid-20s. during the day thursday, sunshine back. highs mid-40s. warmer tomo

this is the secondary line coming into the northern shenandoah valley. of west virginia, into washington county. both of these lines are getting closer to washington. we'll have some heavier rains begin to move in. right now the high-resolution radar is showing some of the heaviest rains, these areas of yellow and orange, right now all across western prince william through south central fauquier into culpeper county and all the way to charlottesville. this secondary line, the close-up view showing now just along the blue ridge and just about to come into winchester now and just to the west of the blue ridge in the central, north central shenandoah valley getting heavy rain now. maybe even thunder and lightning. closer to washington, just getting a few sprinkles around the area. the warning has expired for north central virginia that we had just a few minutes ago. and it's in the 60s just to our south. fredericksburg, 64, culpeper, 63. manassas and warrenton, in the low 60s right now. it's just in the 40s, shenandoah valley, and the 30s along the pennsylv

the windchills in the teens right now and the shenandoah valley. 3 below in garrett county where they get a foot of snow from this. >>> for about the last half hour or 40 minutes. good morning everybody. on the northbound side of 95, i have good news for you. that ramp to the inner loop of the beltway where that accident was long-standing has been cleared. let's take a live look right now in our camera on the northbound side where they're moving the camera around because it was cleared and now they're going to the normal shot. in the meantime, expect delays from lorton heading up to springfield with the lanes now open. back to the maps, if you're planning to head south on i-270 from frederick, everything is fine until route 80. it's going to slow down there to route 109 because of a disabled vehicle. it's now been moved to the shoulder, we'll take a live look up in frederick. and as i said up here it's fine. it's when you get to route 80 and you are been that that things are going to show -- urbanna that things are going to slow down. looking good here until you hit i would say new ha

those clouds are covering the sky over the southern shenandoah valley and west of fredericksburg, but closer to washington we have a clear sky. you may see a few spraetreaks o light. we've got a meteor shower under way. you may see a few if you take a couple of seconds to look up at the sky. i know it's so cold. you don't want to spend much time looking up at the sky. here's your day planner. we'll have sunshine this morning and quickly clouding up this afternoon. we'll make it above freezing early afternoon. with the cloud cover in tonight, not as cold. during the early evening hours, down in the upper 20s by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, not as cold. should be down in the 20s. during the day on thursday, warmer weather with sunshine into the mid-40s. even milder on friday and saturday. near 50 degrees friday, saturday afternoon, mid-50s. clouds around on sunday. small chance of a sprinkle, and then into next week, highs mid-40s and clouds in and out. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> we have an early morning accident on the beltway at river road affecting both

in the shenandoah valley, generally in the 50s to 40s. stanton at 54. winchester, 46.nd cumberland down to 39 and western maryland. there was the storm from yesterday and overnight and quickly exiting heading out towards new england. being replaced by a few clouds coming through. quite a bit of sunshine through much of virginia. cloudy over the mountains now and as we go forward over the next 48 hours, we will have cold air surging in tonight and by around 1:00 in the morning, could have some rain in this zone here. green zone. also this could be farther west and north in the form of wet snow and certainly likely some snow falling out in western maryland and much of west virginia as we get through friday and friday morning by dawn it will be gone. we will have sunshine here but some continuing snow showers western maryland and much of northern west virginia. and they could pick up several inches of snow there. here locally not much at all predawn. during the day friday, lots of sun with gusty winds and saturday, lots of sunshine, too. but much colder weather moving in.

those areas in pink, you see in the shenandoah valley parts of shenandoah, page county, warren, clark, some of those valley locations still may be getting a little bit of light icing so watch out for that. for the rest of the afternoon some rain developing, periods of rain and it is going to be chilean at that. we will climb into the low 40s here although another couple of hours to mid 40s. then once that rain commences we will be hovering around 40 degrees and that's going to continue into tonight. i will tell you how much rainy think we are going to get. then a big chill coming for the weekend. how cold will that be? we will talk about that coming up in a couple of minutes. >> tom, come on in. >>> and let's take a look at the midday traffic and see how things are moving out there. here is dan allege sealock inner loop still a problem in virginia. construction continues and you are jammed at arlington boulevard. as you are traveling on the inner loop at i-66, right lane is blocked by construction. it is going to last until about 3:30 this afternoon. very slow at this time. 19 miles p

that may set the stage for a little bit of ice in the shenandoah valley.the time we get into saturday it will be in the form of rain. tomorrow cold, seasonable, though low 40's. chance of mix for a time in the shenandoah valley, but mainly rain around here. sunday monday, tipsters back into the 40's. nothing like north dakota or anything. record-breaking snow and seattle. still a relatively quiet winter for us. babbitt has been mild. -- >> it has been mild. >> the ravens smooth over the comment about joe flacco, the wizards role as ted leonsis looks on, and capitals in montreal. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >> leon and allison fired up about the wizards tonight playing aggressive defense, out rebound in oklahoma city. durant is fun to watch just flushing it. 33 points. not to be outdone, the wizards hang tough. not backing off with the steal. wall 25 rebounds, eight assists. nick young scored 24, five of those from the bonaci year. -- five of those from the bonus spjhere. the wizards win. the

shenandoah valley around the blue ridge. many locations in the upper single digits.ot a mostly clear sky now. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:27. by 9:00 with some sunshine, we'll be in the low 20s. by noontime, the upper 20s, and briefly getting a little above freezing as clouds close in. looks like a cloudy night but not as cold. here's a look at traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. we have breaking news on bw parkway southbound. this is at riverdale road. jammed as you approach the beltway and head towards the accident here. if you decide to take route 50 instead and you head towards the city, you're going to start to hit the brakes around martin luther king avenue. those delays continue as you head towards new york avenue, but at least you are moving. again, please try to avoid bw parkway southbound at this time. going to keep watching that for you. taking 66 heading eastbound, you're jammed at waples mill road. pretty much stop and go for you as you make your way towards the beltway. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. joe and

it feels like the 20's in the shenandoah valley. that is not so bad. the wins will stay ramped up all the way through the day and diminish as we go through the nighttime hours. clear skies right now. clouds west of the blue ridge where we cannot rule out a few flurries. the wider view shows this nexus we are watching to the west. it is in the dakotas. that will pass to our north tomorrow, but could give us just enough energy to cause an isolated flurry by tomorrow night. not a big deal. 43 tomorrow. a little bit cooler into friday. >> it is good as far as the inner loop at georgia avenue where we have a crash. nothing to report at the wilson bridge. a good ride on 95 and 66. just a growing volume. >> thank you. 5:20 and 42 degrees in annandale. >> coming up, the caps on wrap up their homestand against the bottom of their league by lenders. -- islanders. >> straight from louisiana, the rags to riches stories of the new reality show. >> do you know what might be fun to do -- join a country club. >> next anderson. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted

including cumberland, winchester, hagerstown, frederick county, shenandoah, grant. the wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain coming in tonight. quarter inch of ice possible. so, for the rest of today though, we're not worried about winter weather until late tonight. we'll see cloudy conditions. temperatures topping out only in the upper 30s. winds out of the north at 5 to 10 miles per hour. right now, 27 in manassas. gaithersburg, 34. so, it is cold out there. all right, so cold day today. again, overnight through tomorrow morning. that is sleet and freezing rain. i'm worried about the slick conditions on the roads. kids driving out tonight come in earlier and then sunday is cold once again with some showers. here's a look at your traffic with monika. good morning. >> good morning, anny. we're getting word of police activity, a barricade on the 1200 block of the potomac avenue in southeast. this is just north of the southeast southwest freeway. be aware of that as the information comes in. i will give that to you. just a heads up on that though. toll road look

shenandoah valley, clouds closing in. a few high clouds drifting over us now.unrise will be at 7:20. we'll have sunshine this morning, then cloudy this afternoon with highs reaching the upper 40s. evening planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. i have a report of a disabled car. this is if you're traveling gw parkway southbound at route 123. and possibly blocking the left lane there. just be aware of that. i'm going to keep watching that for you. tramping out 50 -- traveling out 50, no issues from annapolis as you make your way to the beltway. we'll look at davidsonville road. no issues westbound. travel lanes are open, and volume is light. eastbound, very light. travel speed, joe, 66 miles per hour if you're heading westbound. back to you. >> thanks. >>> the state of our union is getting stronger. we've come too far to turn back now. >> president obama is laying out a new path to economic recovery. he used last night's state of the union address to provide specifics for generating jobs and helping middle-class americans. and today the president hits

low to mid-30s from shenandoah valley to the bay and eastern shore. it's near freezing farther to the west where there's a winter storm warning out far western maryland and parts of western allegheny county, garrett county, northern west virginia. they could get over a foot of snow there. here's your day planner. we'll have sunshine with clouds racing through and a bit of a blustery wind gusting to 20 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures climbing into the mid-40s by noontime and then getting colder by sunset, near 40. and this evening continuing to drop with a blustery wind out of the north and west. it will be down to near freezing by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow even colder. we'll look at that and a frigid blast coming in for tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at the end of the week and weekend at 6:51. carol parker, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning, tom. >>> on this 2nd day of 2012, traffic traveling at speeds around the area as you can see. few schools open, but the rest will not open until tomorrow. downtown, new york and bladensbu

above freezing shenandoah valley into the mountains. high clouds coming in just in time to set the stage for a terrific sunrise. already now beginning to glow beautifully. sunrise at 7:16. later today, it's going to be climbing quickly. we'll be into the 50s by late morning. 60s this afternoon. we'll be hitting the mid to upper 60s, maybe even near 70 in a few locations in virginia. areas from fredericksburg to culpeper, that region could hit near 70 degrees this afternoon. then overnight tonight, we'll be clearing a bit. we'll be down into the upper 40s by midnight. then some clouds around tomorrow morning. small chance of a sprinkle north of the metro area tomorrow. then sun back in and out. partly sunny with highs upper 60s. clouding up wednesday night. might get some light rain late wednesday into thursday. cooler weather for sure on thursday and friday, sun back but chilly with highs only near 50. chilly weekend to follow. and there's still uncertainty about whether or not we'll get rain over the weekend. stay tuned. danella, how's

and it's in the upper 30s, parts of the shenandoah valley.pace, we've got quite a bit of high cloudiness drifting over. that will be with us from time to time. we'll see sunshine through the high clouds. sunrise at 7:27. 40s throughout most of the region. by 9:00. 50s by noontime. near 60 degrees in the metro area and much of maryland. that will be early to midafternoon. through much of virginia, low and mid-60s through the afternoon. here's your evening planner. sunset at 5:01. quickly cooling down at sunset. under a clear sky at midnight down to the low 40s, a look at the weekend and into next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. chopper 4 is still live over 195 especially. the crash has moved to the right shoulder lane. earlier, it was blocking the left side of the roadway. still you're going to see congestion. it starts about a mile back. luckily, it's out of the roadway. but please use caution. again, you have several police officers in the right shoulder lane, and the accident is still active in the right should

the next batch of rain is moving through the shenandoah valley. mix in cumberland this morning. you will warm up nicely as well. this will winter through lunchtime. then we will have a few peeks of sun this afternoon. that's about it. here's the driving force behind the rain. it is an area of pressure and america's heartland. it will continue to drive to the north and east. passing to the west of washington. that puts us in this war sector, behind the warm front. that is where we will be to day. pushing the low 60's for the south of the metro area. right now, we are 42 and the district. one degree shy of our average high temperature for the day. 43 at dulles airport. cumberland is one of the exceptions at the freezing point. 57 for the high. 63 and stafford. cooler to the northwest. 50 degrees around frostburg and cumberland. tomorrow, sunny but breezy. back where we should be near 40. maybe a brief dusting of snow thursday evening. we could face a wintry mix on saturday. >> it is a possibility that you hit slow traffic. that is exactly what we ha

and within some neighborhoods in the shenandoah valley, the piedmont frederick county, montgomery countyhington, 30 in manassas. and dulles, 30. there could be slick spots from the water from yesterday on the roads that could freeze early this morning. keep that in mind as you venture out of the neighborhoods. temperatures will be climbing quickly. 10 degrees above average for the afternoon. there is a system to the south that will move through tomorrow and tomorrow night. and colder air in canada. these two systems will move our way. the first one to make it will be the southern system with gulf moisture and wall. rain showers tomorrow afternoon. then colder air and from canada skills in by friday into the weekend. looks like highs will be anywhere from the upper 30's to low 40's friday into the weekend. in terms of rainfall within the next system that should start small afternoon and end by early thursday morning, could be over an inch. about an inch around the beltway. southern maryland could seek three-quarters of an inch. the northwest of town, one point to 5 inches. we are looking

this is weakening some out of west virginia into the shenandoah valley. and now toward the metro. over the next few hours, we'll have the showers on and off here and it does look like we'll slowly try to get warmer. this may be a little optimistic. temperatures may actually struggle to get into the lower 40s. 42 by 3:00. still showers around. then slowly drying out this evening. 45 by 6:00. 46 by 9:00. we may hit our high around midnight. better days tuesday and wednesday. i'll have that coming up in about ten minutes. j.c.? >> all right, thank you very much, howard. >>> we should find out later today how penn state will honor the legendary former coach joe paterno. paterno died over the weekend from complications from lung cancer. we should also hear from his family later today about funeral arrangements. scott broom is joining us live now from university park pennsylvania with more on what is happening there. scott? >> reporter: well, we're outside beaver stadium right now. this is where the joe paterno statue is. it is cold, wet and miserable and still the faithful and the curi

valley and along the blue ridge across the northern shenandoah valley. and the temperatures right now throughout the entire region are above freezing. getting the snow showers. really shouldn't be causing any problems. 32 at the airport in winchester. the road temperatures are above freezing. these are the latest wind gusts. reagan national had a gust of 36 miles an hour. generally the gusts are around 25 to 30 miles an hour. that brings the windchills. these are the current wind chills in a the 20s. that's what it fees like. what a contrast to yesterday. now over the last 12 hours, we have had these persistent snow showers. cloudiness off to our west in loudoun county, northern montgomery, frederick, blue ridge. points west we have wave clouds but east of there mostly sunny. and we will have that sunshine into the afternoon hours as we go forward over the next 48 hours and we will generally be clear and then this evening, some clouds closing in and clouds closing in during the day thursday. ahead of the cold front that will trigger perhaps some more sno

now to show you the rain has come and gone for the moment around culpepper and many areas in the shenandoah valley where there was sleet mixed in at times earlier. rain right on top of the region, the entire metro seeing it. generally light, but we do have pockets of heavier showers, potentially a little bit of sleet might be mixing in, but temperatures are above freezing, so not a concern other than the wet roads here, north of winchester coming in toward jefferson and berkeley counties into west virginia. so traveling up and down 81, 340, route 7 coming out of loudoun county, it's going to be wet as well. loudoun county seeing some of those lighter rain areas, also in fairfax. now, in southern fairfax, coming out of prince william, this is coming up the river here over towards lorton and mason neck. this is going to track up towards alexandria, clinton, brandywine, maybe over towards national harbor in the next 20 minutes or so as everything is lifting northeast pretty quickly. showers just west of mechanicsville noun, st. mary's county into leonardtown, benedict, st. leonard, plump point

in the shenandoah valley and points south and west, there could be sleet early to mid evening. that may not arrive into our region until around this time tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that coming up. a look at the rest of the week, too, and the weekend. that will be at 5:21. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. checking travel speeds, so far things look really good. not seeing a lot of issues. traveling 50 making your way to the 2000, 66 miles per hour. -- to the beltway, 66 miles per hour. making your way toward i-95, you're at 55 miles per hour. and on i-66, no issues from fairfax county parkway to the capital beltway, at 58 miles per hour. continuing on 66, this time inside the beltway, this is the view at glebe. eastbound and westbound, your lanes are open. no accidents to report. if you're making your way from the beltway to glebe road, you're at 54 miles per hour. looking good on the roadways. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 5:12 now, 28 degrees. ahead on "news4 today," the first homicide investigation of the year in fairfax c

farther to the west, shenandoah valley in the 40s many locations.y spot is martinsburg, they're at 33. elsewhere in the mountains, above freezing, 40s to near 50. that's mild air coming from the midwest along with high clouds that will be with us throughout the day. we will soar into the 60s this afternoon. we'll have quite a bit of sunshine. clouds midday. sunrise at 7:16. we'll look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> checking the commute. if you're traveling route 50 heading out from annapolis, making your way toward the beltway in both directions, i'm not seeing issues. volume is light and still good travel speed. this is a live look at route 50 at the beltway. i'll give you a travel speed this morning. you're at 67 miles per hour, and to get from 301 to the beltway, that trip will only take you eight minutes. traveling on the rails, no reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> voters in florida will make their way to the polls in less than two hours. mitt romney is all but predicting vi

the yellow line off to the west and moving into the central valley -- into the shenandoah valley, thatld turn into a lot of thunderstorms as it moves east especially east of the blue ridge later this morning. there's a threat of severe thunderstorms instead of snow today. 61 this morning, and temperatures dropped into the 40's with clearing skies this afternoon, becoming gusty. not bad tomorrow. >> 66, 95, a pretty good shape. normal volume spotted on 395 in landmark. quiet at king street on your way to the 14th street bridge. we will take you to the maryland camera. we are off to a pretty good run along 270 at democracy boulevard. headlights are southbound towards the american legion bridge. newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >> a rough night for some metro rail passengers. there were just trying to get around town. it was stuck on platforms for about an hour and that no one knew why it was the trains were not coming. john gonzalez is live in the west with details. >> good morning. a lot of questions and not a lot of answers. passengers telling us they are frustrated with h

around the chesapeake bay, upper 30s, only in the mid and upper 20s farther west and north, shenandoah valley and around north central maryland. here is what has been happening over the past 12 hours. look at all the clouds coming in from the north and west. they have been producing some snow in indiana and up towards illinois and around the upper midwest. that's a disturbance in the atmosphere combined with moisture coming off the gulf of mexico, coming our way tonight with enough cold air in place to cause a winter storm watch to be issued. all these counties in color, northern sthan dough a valley, west virginia, into western maryland, there could be an accumulation of snow, sleet and ice there. maybe even closer to washington. i will show you my forecast map for our local area. we could get some right here in the metro area this evening. a combination of that snow, sleet and freezing rain. we will look at that. look at the weekend forecast and into next week coming up. >> looking forward to it. thank you, tom. >>> let's check on the midday traffic now. danella sealock joins with us

shenandoah valley into the mountains, in the mid 30s there. we do have clouds beginning to close in from the north and west. they'll be with us a little from time to time throughout the morning hours. then clouding up this afternoon. here's the wider view. we'll have some of these clouds here. these are high clouds coming into kentucky, tennessee, these will be rolling over us ahead of a low-pressure system. that will begin to move in tomorrow. we'll get those increasing clouds throughout the day. sunrise at 7:20. we'll have highs reaching from the upper 40s to around 50 by later this afternoon. then this evening, sunset at 5:21. we'll be cloudy and generally around 40 through the early evening. upper 30s by midnight. then by dawn on thursday, cloudy, the mid 30s. slight chance of maybe a sprinkle or maybe a little bit of sleet early tomorrow morning. i don't think there's going to be a big problem. we'll be above freezing. then maybe light rain later in the morning. then a greater chance of rain thursday afternoon and evening into friday midd

but the shenandoah valley, upper 30s, near 40. the blue ridge east generally in the low to mid 40s most locations. it's near 50 in southern maryland, northern neck, and the lower eastern shore. and over the last 12 hours, we've had the cloud cover breaking up to the west. and we ought to get sunshine breaking out as the morning progresses. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:21. we may see a little sun around sunrise. a partly cloudy morning. the fog dissipating. then lots of sun into the afternoon, near 50 by noontime. actually hit mid 50s by 1:00, 2:00 or so, then back to the upper 40s by around sunset late this afternoon and early this evening. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning, how's traffic? >>> good morning. so far the area looks nice if you're about to head on to the roadways right now. i got to warn you, seeing fog in areas, especially along i-270. this is a look at father hurley. i know it's difficult to see. as you're traveling southbound to the spur, no issues. and northbound, as well

it's down to near freezing in parts of the shenandoah valley and the mountains, but closer to washington, we'll have it mid to upper 30s to 40 degrees hold steady for another few hours. around the bay, southern maryland, northern neck in the 40s. a few clouds drifting through from the west. later today, heavy snow in the mountains but nothing locally. just a few clouds racing through. temperatures holding steady in the low and mid-40s this morning through midafternoon. then turning much colder tonight. sunrise 7:27. sunset 4:57. breezy and turning colder. down to near freezing by midnight tonight under a partly cloudy sky. colder weather tomorrow. we'll look at that, the rest of the week, and weekend at 4:51. carol parker has our traffic. good morning. >> good morning and thank you, sir. >>> we've got wind warnings on the chesapeake bay. hold on to your hat. federal holiday. most people are off. most schools are closed but not all. as we look around the area, things are moving beautifully. 95 at dumfries, not a lot of friends and neighbors out there. and continuing on to 395 to the 14th

in fact, by late this evening, around the shenandoah valley, there could be some sleet around. that's those tony balls of ice that fall and bounce around. that could be happening late tonight around the shenandoah valley and perhaps around the metro area by dawn tomorrow. between now and then, a sunny day. good weather for the mlk day parade although it's going to be cold. layer up for the parade. we'll have breezes coming out of the south. temperatures climbing to around 40 by early to mid-afternoon. sunrise at 7:25. sunset at 5:11. after sunset clouding up quickly. and temperatures down into the upper 30s around much of the region by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, maybe a little below freezing, maybe a little sleet around, especially the western and northern suburbs predawn. changing to rain quickly as we warm up. and rain off and on through the day tuesday. highs in the mid 50s. back down we go again on wednesday. turning colder with a blustery wind. sunshine, and cold again on thursday and friday and over the weekend, maybe some chilly rain on saturday. danella, good morning.

parts of the lower shenandoah valley. warm air is moving in. actually seeing some of the freezing rain advisory drop in a few counties. we start with a look at the big picture. everybody you see in pink. the eastern shore of the northern neck. all of the other areas are under a frank advisory until 9:00 this morning. we may see some counties picked off of this as the warmer air works in. looking at live doppler 9000 hd. very quiet. a little bit of freezing drizzle across parts of columbia county. almost between beltsville, laurel, all the way up toward the west side of 695 up toward ellicott city. few sprinkles down toward charlottesville as well. fog, another big concern. not just the frozen streets maybe in your neighborhood. look at the visibilities down to zero in westminster. frederick, beyond 270 to gaithersburg, about a quarter mile visibility. not too bad on the fog south and east of town. manassas, a half-mile. last check at dulles, a half- mile as well. some of the dense fog also there. that's going to slow you down. our bus stop fore

then this evening will be cloudy, and out in the shenandoah valley, there will be some sleet perhaps. elsewhere, though, east of there just a cloudy sky and we'll have some of those breezes shifting to the south-southwest. temperatures earlow 30s early evening, dropping back to the mid-30s overnight. maybe some rain tomorrow, too, and up and down we go as we get toward the weekend. all the details coming up, angie. >> looking forward to it, tom. thank you. >>> well, let's check in on the midday traffic now. danella standing by. good morning, danella. >> good morning, angela. we're at i-270 and father hurley. i'm not seeing any accidents to report at all along 270. i-56 as well, your volume is very light. east and west, no accidents along the beltway, and if you continue inside the beltway, again, east and west, you are clear. however, you're taking the red line, metro is experiencing some delays because metro is single tracking between van nuys and dupont. delays are in both directions. angela, back to you. >>> many are taking time out to honor the irreverant dr. martin luther king, j

you see the area in yellow including frederick county, shenandoah, grant.that's starting tonight through saturday morning. and then that's a winter storm watch. we do have a warning out toward oakland so we'll see more snow there in the areas in purple are just advisories with a potential for some winter weather. it is the ice that i'm primarily concerned about. especially overnight. and for saturday morning. so, if you've got plans in the morning, you may want to delay those and just sleep in. now, this morning, for the bus stop, partly cloudy and cold as kids are heading out there. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. our sunrise this morning at 7:23. here is a look at the day planner for the rest of today. we'll see some breaks of sun to start out with. partly cloudy this morning. then increasing clouds once again this afternoon. temperatures topping out in the upper 30s. winds will be out of the north around 5 to 10 miles per hour. today, morning and afternoon clouds. it will be cold. the morning and evening commutes are fine. then that wintry mix arrives b

across the panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley and west virginia, weather watchers reportinglear sky. down into the mid 20s there in the northern neck. a few clouds around the eastern portion of the northern neck and the bay. sunrise at 7:24. some sunshine this morning. still below freezing at 9:00. ought to get into the upper 30s by noontime, briefly the lower 40s in the afternoon. a cloudy evening. mid 30s by midnight. pre-dawn friday, a few flurries are possible north of the d.c. metro area. just a slight chance of that sunshine back tomorrow. partly cloudy, highs in the upper 30s after a cold start in the 20s. near 30 saturday morning. could get a mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain early saturday morning, then changing the rest of the day, high near 40s. cold sunday, near 40. monday, could get some rain developing during the day, milder. drying out tuesday and wednesday. now, danella, how is traffic? >> traveling inbound new york avenue, still delays. breaking news for you as you are making your way towards montana avenue. crews are responding to icy patches. we had a wate

right now, toward the shenandoah valley. we'll see the chance for those sprinkles midday.a 41 degrees. in fact, later this morning, but not so much at 8:00, at 37 degrees as winds turn to the southeast and south with only pushing temperatures into the low 40s which that's where we should be. none of this upper 60s like we had over the weekend. we're back to the low 40s. 41 at 8:00 with still a threat for a shower or two. especially south and east of town. here is a look at the satellite and radar. you'll notice the moisture south. from charleston west, we have some rain showers. then in eastern west virginia, just trying to come in toward the parts of the shenandoah valley now, we've got a few flurries trying to reach the ground. you can see them here from around front royal, out 66 as you get toward strasburg down toward woodstock, mt. jackson. this is just some light snow flurries at worst the way things look now. with temperatures about 30 in winchester. 28 up in gaithersburg and baltimore. 35 in d.c. and mid-30s down in pax river naval air station. locally, we're 27 in

farther to the west, now just coming into the shenandoah valley, getting a snow shower there.vier snow showers in western maryland and farther west virginia. here's the day planner for this tuesday. temperatures by 9:00 still below freezing. only briefly a little above freezing by noontime. quite a bit of cloudiness around. then by mid to late afternoon we could have a few passing snow showers. a 30% chance of that. here's your evening planner. does look like much colder air moving in with a blustery wind diminishing tonight under a clear sky. low 20s by midnight. here's a look at traffic. good morning, carol parker. >> good morning, tom. thank you so much. >>> if you're heading off to the rails, yes, you want to bundle up. you'll be happy to know that metro, marc, vre all running on time. all around the area, more of your friends and neighbors will be hitting the road. nothing yet to avoid this morning. looking at our cameras at 50 in maryland at 301, you are doing very well. as you head over to route 1, nothing in your way, a little bit of volume. back to you, joe, eun. >> t

shenandoah valley and into the mountains, many locations there are below freezing. even a few spots at the eastern shore below freezing. parts of southern maryland, too. we have a few clouds passing over us. we'll have them off and on this morning. a lot of sunshine. sunrise at 7:20. climbing into the 40s as we get more cloudiness into the afternoon. upper 40s, perhaps near 50 later this afternoon. and then tonight, cloudy, and by dawn tomorrow, maybe a few sprinkles, maybe sleet. we ought to be above freezing. a greater chance of rain tomorrow during the middle of the day, afternoon and evening. perhaps even lingering into friday midday and drying out friday afternoon. upper 40s tomorrow, low 50s on friday afternoon. then a bit chillier on saturday with sunshine. cold sunday, monday, tuesday. danella? >>> traveling i-95 in virginia, let's take a look together. it looks like stop and go for you. so far, heading out of dale city, slow as you head to woodbridge. when you get around route 123, you'll get a break. again at route 1, delays continue. i'll give you a live

shenandoah valley, points west. blue ridge east to the bay, we are now climbing into the low and mid 30s in montgomery, prince george's counties. district of columbia and in the mid 30s now. view from space, showing high clouds drifting in there the west ahead of the cool front triggering snow showers, western pennsylvania into ohio and indiana. closer, we are just beginning to see a few of the high clouds showing up here in western maryland but elsewhere we have plenty of sunshine and as we go forward over the next 48 hours, as we get in a the evening hours that front coming in around 11:00 tonight and might get a few flurries coming through and after that, cross the bay and head out and will dry out a bit on friday and going to be quite a bit colder, too. highs tomorrow will probably be in the 30s. then as we get into saturday, in the morning, this pink zone, that's a zone of potential sleet, freezing rain. this blue zone pit be a zone of wet snow that will be saturday morning. and perhaps then changing over to so