near 50 in southern maryland, near freezing in northern maryland. spread of temperatures today, and that's going to be the kind of day we have today. it really is going to depend where you live or where you're traveling as to what your sunday will look like. washington right now under a cloudy sky, temperature 42 now at national airport. 39 degrees in manassas, 41 degrees in fairfax, 36, though, out at dulles international airport, and 32 freezing-cold degrees in hagerstown, maryland. meanwhile, in southern maryland, temperature's now 46 at patuxent river naval air station. so, the further in ordnorth you clearer skies. certainly feels cold enough outside this morning. there you can see on storm4 radar, a lot of that is not quite reaching the ground, but i can't rule out a few light spritzes and sprinkles for you folks in southern calvert county and the southern half of st. mary's county, continuing for much of the mid to late morning hours today, at least. that's where the thickest of the cloud cover is going to be. most of that moisture will stay

over the last couple of hours it left northern virginia and now into southern maryland and southern prince george's county. almost, almost out of pg into calvert county. anne arundel just about done with ited as well. charles county east of 301 still some showers and also st. mary's still dealing with a rain right now -- a little bit of rain right now. north and west you can see the colder air moving into cumberland at 39. oakland in the upper 20s while hagerstown is 41 and closer to town, we've got the 51 degrees. good visibility in spite of cloud cover here in washington. and 51 degrees on the michael & son weather camera. north northwesterly wind at 15 and there's a chill out there this morning. and the humidity stands at 52%. as we start to dry out and we're going to dry out for the entire weekend. as opposed the areas in texas -- to areas in texas and the gulf coast, look at the rain down here. blossoming once again approaching dallas. we've got heavier rains in east texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and all of that rain is moving off toward the east and even the southeast. the

the difference in southern maryland, it's a bit milder. you may pick up an inch or two on the grassy surfaces. thankfully we're above freezing almost everywhere with 40 at national. la plata snow heavier south, 35 and about 40 on the bay. i will be back in a few minutes and talk about the return of springtime when i see you next. jessica, back to you. >> thank you, howard. >>> the death toll from friday's tornadoes across the south and midwest now up to 39. and with snow covering much of the debris, the recovery effort has become even more dangerous. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: 15-year-old courtney cummings walked with her parents past the wrecked high school in indiana this morning. the ninth grader won't be back in school any time soon. >> i want to be there. i want to be in my classes. i want to see my teachers and i want to see my friends. >> reporter: tornadoes killed at least 39 people and displaced thousands in five states. the latest victim was angel backcock. she was found alive in a field in indiana on friday after the

any shower chances are in southern maryland for today. cold overnight tonight and here comes that little alberta clipper racing right along the virginia/north carolina border tomorrow, mid to late morning. snowflake chances may get as far north as about fredericksburg. that's going to be just about it. and then it's out to sea. we might even see breaks of sunshine before tomorrow is done. so, for today, more clouds than sun, chilly, sprinkles in southern maryland, highs today upper 40s to near 50. then tomorrow, plenty of clouds around, especially in the morning, and a chance of a few snowflakes down south of town. but again, don't waste your day coming up with names for the snowman. you're not going to need it. then your extended forecast. staying on the cold side of average here for monday and tuesday. then things warm right back up again as we get into midweek. temperatures near 60 on wednesday and mid-60s for thursday and friday. you can always stay ahead of the weather, come into our website. i'll be updating our mention of snowflake

some of this moisture here is aiming at southern maryland, so you folks, saint mary's county, southern calvert county may have a chance of light rain coming your way during the day tomorrow from washington northbound nothing to worry about. we have a lot different weather than in met fro washington. the colder air is coming south. the front south of us now. that west to northwesterly breeze allows the colder weather to settle in. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, there's a leading edge of shower chances sneaking into far southern maryland and might be snow across southern delaware, but eventually that area of low pressure moves out to sea and leaves us alone. a monday clipper may bring another chance for snow to us. better chances, again, the further south you go. more likely to get snow in richmond than in washington. here it is up close and personal here on our future weather forecast. there's the light rain possible early tomorrow morning. a few folks into southern maryland not looking for a lot of rain, just more cloud cover than anything else but light rain is a possibility. into the earl

the last few showers moving out southern maryland. the bigger story, the colder air the way tomorrow early tuesday morning. already, the national weather a freezeas issued watch tomorrow night. we will see temperatures falling to just below freezing. how long will the colder stick around? when will we see another warm up? >> this weather has not been a for the cherry blossoms. for theeen a big day festival. heldlot of activities were some daytimeing fireworks at the tidal basin. that is one of several big events around the city. we have more on tonight's opening ceremonies. as for the cherry blossoms are a littlehey peak right now. not dones rain has good.ny the cherry blossom festival, just getting started. it is going on for five weeks this year. it has already been going on for few days, but tonight was the official kickoff. at the d.c. convention center, quite a show. displays oftched culture and listen to some american pop stars. it was all to help kick off this year's jury blossom festival on huge anniversary for the trees. >> i

we could see a little bit of snow fall down in southern maryland.othing like -- no accumulation, nothing like we have seen in the past -- the past couple of weeks, we had a few snow fall that could leave about two inches of snow. we aren't seeing that. we will see maybe just a dusting on the ground in southern maryland but not much to worry about or write home about. mainly just clouds out of this system. here is the future trend. you can see that snow coming down through central virginia. it'll stay to the south. we will seat clouds and then through the day tomorrow and may get sun for the afternoon on monday and then looks like that sun will stay with us through tuesday and also through wednesday. our wind wills pick up through the day and stay bus through tuesday as well. it's not going to be that bad of a forecastw. he are just talking about clouds and chilly temperatures for tonight. 29 degrees, mostly cloudy, those winds dying down. if you look up at the sky look toward the moon you can see jupit er, venus, mercury and mars. we are clearing an

40s down southern maryland, far southern, into st. mary's and northern neck. here are the highs for this afternoon. we ought to make it up to around 70 degrees around the metro area. a bit cooler around the bay. wind off the bay water. temperatures still in the 40s. manassas may get up to 73. la plata up to 70. cooler where some rain will be moving in this afternoon in the mountains. sunrise today at 7:23. the day planner will have it clouding up getting into the afternoon. near 70 by mid-afternoon around the metro area. tonight, we'll have the rain moving into the metro area after sunset off and on through the evening and by dawn tomorrow. we'll have it down to near 50. maybe a lingering shower. partly sunny, the mid 70s. might have an isolated thundershower tomorrow afternoon. then sunny, into the mid 70s. wednesday and thursday. a chance for more rain maybe friday and saturday. still mild. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. so far area looks really good. if you're taking the beltway, we'll take a live look at t

we're at 40. 40 in southern maryland as well. looking at highs in the low 60s near the bay. 365 here in d.c. -- about 65 here in d.c. how about traffic? >>> i'm sorry to say not that great. we have lots to tell you right now. i'll start off with southern maryland where around accident cleanup continues right here on the westbound side of route 228 at route 229. another accident on the northbound side of route 210 at swan creek road. let's go over to virginia on the graphics. on the northbound side of 95, 7100 watch out for a fuel spill. sky 9 is headed that way. over in gainesville route 29 northbound at route 15 is shut down with an accident. so lots to tell you about in virginia and southern maryland. let's take a live look on the northbound side of i-95. here in springfield it's just bunching up trying to get to the beltway. we'll goafer over to 39 -- go over to 395 on the northbound side where you'll still doing fine leaving edsall a little slow in landmark. coming up in the next report an update on those accidents at 6:11. >

a dense fog advisory for southern maryland maryland. so a lot to talk about.a look at the day planner. once again the sun will return toward the midday and afternoon. upper 60s by then. we aren't going to be moving much the next few hours. by 5:00 we'll come down to 73 after being 74, 57 with an isolate -- 75 with an isolated shower or storm. we've been watching a little disturbance over the area mainly north. it's been diving southeast through parts ever frederick, howard counties. it goes into prince george's county. want to zoom in and show you a couple of spots on live doppler 9000 hd. down through laytonsville, olney, there are lightning strikes, thundz are. most of this east of 270 so at least 270 appears to be rain free although the road is certainly wet. toward college park seeing some of this as well. as we take you down toward upper marlboro and forestville, this is taking off to the south and east and trying to rain a little bit in the district and also down across, maybe toward andrews as well. tefers in the upper -- temps in the upper 50s and low

there's a few areas of steadier rain in the greens and yellows, southern maryland, northern neck. it's quickly moving east. behind that, the sky is clearing in western maryland, much of west virginia. the temperatures are down to near 50. closer to washington, the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, washington county, down to stanton, virginia, near 60. and it's hovering in the upper 50s to near 60 around washington and southern maryland and the northern neck, eastern shore. they're getting steady rain. in the mid 50s. now for this afternoon, there may be some scattered thunderstorms around. look at the high temperatures before any rain arrives. looks like we'll be well into the 70s all throughout the entire region. maybe even near 80 for a brief time, prince william county to charles county. here's the day planner. sunrise at 7:22. we'll have sunshine breaking out mid morning. then mostly sunny midday. up near 70 by noontime. during the afternoon, mid to upper 70s. late afternoon into the early evening hours. we've got a small chance of an isolated thundershower coming

fog in southern maryland. dense fog advisory in lower southern maryland until 10:00 a.m. charles, calvert, paris, prince george's county included until 10:00 a.m.. --there's light to imbeded heavy rain in this system in upper montgomery county. from ijamsville and urbana in frederick county down through damascus the mass is getting hit by a moderate to heavy rain shower right now through olney and north and east of rockville stretching towards laurel, 08, landover largo, and even some of these d.c. getting clipped by, it showers early this morning. that's all. clouds otherwise. and thick fog in law or southern maryland. it is 63 degrees in washington. hagerstown checking in at 61 degrees on this tuesday morning. not a bad day to look at the blossoms. we will break into sunshine at lunchtime. partly cloudy into the afternoon. 74 for the high temperature. chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. chances are pretty slim. morning clouds tomorrow with afternoon sunshine, highs in the low 70's. low 80's by friday. that's about a 1010 degrees below the record high. more rain by

the best chance into southern maryland. high temperature of 44. we will come back and discuss that storm in great detail. first we say good morning to sarah. >> good morning. it is a nice start. speeds around 56 on the northeast side from parkville over towards towson. 57 on the west side. running smoothly down towards edmondson. 65 on the harrisburg expressway down from padonia road. we will enjoyed a quiet ride. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. volume is building in the southbound direction. this is traffic in the area of york road. outer loop traffic, a very nice start towards the j.f.x. the j.f.x. running smoothly into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> two firefighters are recovering from injuries battling a fire overnight. they were called to a burning home in arnold. ceiling collapsed injuring two firefighters. smoke detectors allowed family inside the home to escape safely. no word on what started that fire. police want to know how a girl ended up dead in an alley. >> her body was found in northeast baltimore on sunday. kim

maybe a sprinkle for your folks in southern maryland. wake up temperatures in the 30s.omorrow, sunshine challenge from washington southbound. a few more breaks from the sunshine out in the mountains of west virginia. cooler tomorrow. and then a nasty, chilly, cloudy day. even if it doesn't snow a whole lot, it's not going to be anywhere near warm monday afternoon. staying chilly through midweek and then back near 70 for thursday. >> coming up in sports, their >>> there was a whole lot of yelling in your sports department. >> we were just so pumped. i know it's march and we're just yelling and going crazy. this was an awesome game, georgia state and george mason. this was awesome. to get to the big dance, george mason will have to sweep the caa tournament off its feet. tonight, the patriots going toe-to-toe. and, in the past, george mason has had its way winning six of the last seven meetings. only had four points before fouling out in the second half. so it was up to the rest of his teammates to step up. this is awesome. this is the definition of hustle. patriots take t

mainly a dry morning commute except for you folks in southern maryland.reezy and cooler friday, still above average. bright but brisk on saturday. good news, no winds on saturday. all right, future cast, 9:00 tonight, couple sprinkles up near baltimore and hagerstown but clouds in place. most of the showers in the mountains. but then if you're out late tonight after midnight we get showers and some heavier activity into southern maryland, especially through charles county, st. mary's county and calvert county. by 8:30 they are pretty much gone. so again you may have a few wet roads in southern maryland on your way to work tomorrow but for the most part a dry commute for most of the metro area. so tonight mostly cloudy, breezy and mild with rain and showers. temperatures in the 40s. winds southwest, becoming northwest at 10 to 20 and rather gusty. by morning, returning partly cloudy, breezy and cool, 40s and 50s. then by afternoon, not a bad day. we lose 10, 12 degrees, but we're still going to be between 55 and 59 under partly cloudy skies. next seven day

we'll go back over to the maps this time to southern maryland. incident free out of accokeek, brandywine, route 4, 301. everything is fine. take a look at the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. again fog is definitely going to be a factor for you this morning. so keep that in mind for your travel plans. in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 4:55. but first, an audit by metro's inspector general has found the transit agency overpaid a contractor potentially by hundreds of thousands of dollars to help reduce safety problems. according to the washington examiner, the audit also found metro continued making mistake riddled payments to dupont safety resources without enough internal oversight. metro paid dupont $13.7 million through june 2011. the contract is slated to end next month. andrea, back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> new research suggests cancer cells in the blood can help doctors predict whether a woman's breast cancer comes back. researchers in germany looked at more than 2,000 patients who had surgery to remove th

dense fog and low or southern maryland until 10:00 -- in lower southern maryland until 10:00 this morning, meaning visibility is less than one-quarter mile. 63 in the district. 55, winchester. it is a warm start to the day. that is the widespread storms and texas. very cold in the western united states, winter-like. eastern half, we are experiencing an early spring and even some of all the way to the hudson bay. 74 this afternoon becoming partly cloudy. tomorrow lower 70's and partly cloudy again. friday, 82 and sunny. >> thank you so very much. coming up, it is it the most competitive season yet? we say this every year but this could be the one. we look back at the season premiere of "dancing with the stars. >> it must be dancing with the stars" time. >> it, and last night. >> ♪ just thinking of you ♪ >> they got top stores, --scores . >> we will go up and down, the know. >> it means i'm drinking tonight. >> i think i will be just as emotional next week. i will be just as stressed. sorry, mark. >> it is a stressful show. they tied for the top spot. this is already being called the most c

and southern maryland, la plata down to 36. pax river is at 41. unties in blue are all the ones that will likely have a freeze over the next few hours, includes most of virginia, maryland, west virginia, the eastern shore. the only areas out of it are in the southern maryland, northern neck. look at the regional temperatures. elkins down to 27 now. in the 20s pennsylvania to new england. and here's how it's going to look throughout the day for la plata and charles county. it's going to be similar all around the region by 8:30, 9:00. we'll be in the mid 30s there. then by noontime, early afternoon, should be up around 50 degrees. lots of sunshine. then by late afternoon, the mid 50s. then overnight tonight, by midnight, back down to the mid 40s. not as cold tomorrow morning by dawn on wednesday. it will be bottoming out around 40 degrees starting off tomorrow morning. so for the rest of the day today, highs in the upper 50s with sunshine. and then a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy late evening and by dawn tomorrow, upper 30s, near 40. increasing clou

it will roll through southern maryland. you have two batches of showers. the second batch will not be particularly strong is the good news. all right. temperatures still nice, even after the storms have gone through back up to 70 in rockville, 72 gaithersburg, 66 reston, still 72 college park and 69 in beltsville. here's the deal. drying out quickly, thunderstorms ending by 8:00. breezy and cooler tomorrow but still seasonable, nice on friday and yes, a little unsettled this weekend. by 5:00, 5:15 tonight we see showers and thunderstorms south of town, put this into motion. they are gone by 8:00, clouds lingering in southern maryland, but the storms are gone. then we clear out nicely. that will set the stage for a very nice thursday and friday. for tonight showers and thunderstorms ending early, partly cloudy, breezy and mild, low temps around 50 and wind northwesterly at 10 to 20. that will be after midnight. next seven days looks like this. we're looking at temperatures in the low 60s tomorrow, low 60s on friday. yes, showers and storms on saturday, lowe

most of southern maryland now shrouded in fog. dense fog advisory again. prepare for an extra long commute and take your time if you are on some ofrural roadways. it will be a little on the low visibility side. temperatures, 61 at reagan national. 51 at patuxent naval air station where they've got fog. here is your forecast. affect sunshine, we'll wait for it. it will eventually arrive with temperatures in the mid-70s so it will be comfortable. should be a drew day for you today and we'll be in the 80s tomorrow. we have something to look forward to. >> dry at least. i know we could probably use the rain. >> we have a nice opportunity for rain this weekend. >> for now, it is dry which hopefully means it will be an easy commute. let's check in with julie wright standing by with your on- time traffic brought by ford. >> i don't know that it is easy. i think this is day two of where are you? here is the camera shot of 66 coming inbound. looking through the fog trying to find you guys out there on the roads. lanes are open continuing inbound toward the capital

it even goes down to lower southern maryland. there will be some areas of rain.e can be talking half an inch the frigid burke area. he goes outward from there. in richmond we could be looking few inches of snow. >> thank you. it was a first call for a tv crew in arizona. a helicopter slammed into this ground. they say the engine failed and of a television shoot. amazingly, no one was hurt. we are looking at 28 degrees. >> a chilly start to this monday. fight between neighbors and force.adly will say will lead to that dispute. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dust pickup in less time without missing a thing. i love that book. can you believe the twin did it? ♪ swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. we have new details from a you first saw on abc 7. man killed his neighbor d

still some rain falling mainly lower southern maryland and south of warrenton. this is pushing off to the east morning.s temperatures are around 60 degrees. i will put this in motion to see the direction of grain is moving. west toalmost due east. overnight rainshowers mainly area.of the metro even locally we have some of that action. on the left side of the screen back edge of the cloud. behind the clearing line we will sunshine later on today. clear conditions in the of the country. a high-pressure system will be over us later today. we will enjoy that today but especially tomorrow and thursday. it is 58 at reagan national, 61 in manassas. cumberland, 52. highs today in the mid to upper 70's. thunderstorms later this afternoon. in the fifties tonight. tomorrow, mid to upper 70 is still with total sunshine. >> we love that the rain away most of the construction crews. they are calling it a day. we are getting ready to hit the road. much to talk about. take you live through some pictures. complicated to report at glebe road. light traffic and a little wet paveme

we'll go back over to the maps this time to southern maryland. there are no problems on route 210, route 4, route 301. everything looks great to the the beltway. we'll take a live look at the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. very light into oxon hill across the wilson bridge into alexandria. in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 4:556789 but first the maryland state supreme court has agreed to decide to hear a lawsuit involving speed camera fees in montgomery county. for every $40 fine, a private contractor of the cameras gets $16. the people bringing the lawsuit say the fee is a violation of state law and encourages a financial incentive to issue tickets. >> thank you, monika. >>> new research shows bariatric surgery cannot only improve quality of life. it may also reverse type two diabetes in the overweight and obese. the findings are so promising that doctors say it could become more of a standard treatment than a last resort. >> reporter: for years tim had a hard time keeping off the pounds and keeping his type two diabetes in c

thundershowers, the rumbles of thunder but now you can see most of the activity very spotty and in southern maryland, now south of cambridge some showers in the southern tip of the state toward lexington park. out toward manassas, the shenandoah valley, lightning detected. things are clearing out nicely in the center part of the state. right now outside some sunshine back out. that's nice. 71 at bwi. what a change from the cool weather we were dealing with yesterday. through the day it's interesting. lots of downpours. storms rumbling through and the sunshine popping back out and same deal in annapolis. storms took longer to show up and were quick to depart. you can see a beautiful blue sky. winds from the south and southwest. that's a warm breeze, so no rapid cool off with that boundary swinging through. there's some gusts near 33 in the western part of the state. it will be breezy tonight and through the day tomorrow looking quite breezy. right now temperatures low 70s. subtract a solid 10 or 12 degrees. that's where we are tomorrow closer to 60. you can see the most intense weather much further w

south, so southern maryland as well, you are likely to see a snow-rain mix here during the middle and late morning and that will linger into the afternoon. more details on the forecast. we'll look more carefully at the snow coming up in a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of our top stories, a disagreement over dog feces has left one man dead. police say the suspect fatally stabbed his neighbor. the man was charged with second degree murder while arm. >>> a toddler found in a field in indiana died after being taken off life support last night. the little girl's parents, brother and sister all died friday when the storm hit. 39 people have been killed across five states. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry could be a delegate at the party's convention this summer. democrats voted over the weekend and a partial count shows he's likely to get enough votes to be a delegate. >>> on to the campaign trail. foam is the day the presidential hopefuls have been preparing for. >> as we approach super tuesday, one candidate is in the spotlight with a big endorsement. plus a high-stakes meet

even in southern maryland we're down to 28 at the patuxent river naval air station. orange, fredricksburg, southern st. mary's and calvert, you may see a little bit of buildup on the grassy surfaces if the snow comes down quickly enough. but with high temperatures again well above freezing expecting nothing but wet road surfaces. let's talk about road surfaces this morning and find out what's going on. here's monika with more. >>> good morning, everybody. it's 5:01 monday morning. usually things get going pretty early on mondays. right now you have a little bit of increase in volume but no big deals to report. on 270 from gaithersburg down to bethesda you're going to be okay. let's take a live look if you're planning to head to 270 in clarksburg coming down from frederick. lanes are open. no problems to report. 355 looks much the same. no problems on the great seneca highway as well. let's go back over to the maps this time to southern maryland. we're looking fine at 5, 405, brandywine. we'll take a look at the beltway right near andrews air force base and as you head

southern maryland you're socked in. northern neck, fredericksburg, the fog is here and will be here for several more hours. our bus stop forecast, low clouds, fog this morning. slight, slight chance you'll see a shower in one or two spots. low 50s to low 60s with sunrise at 8 after 7:00. sunshine by the middle of the day. temperatures approaching 70 if we can poke into that sunshine. this afternoon mid- to upper 70s. might get to 80 in places like culpeper before the day is out. this morning in the mid-50s in leesburg 55. sterling 58. it's 60 in springfield. 60 in bethesda. bwi with the dense fog, 57. 57 also at andrews. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're seeing the capitol get dimmer and dimmer. temperature 61 at reagan national with cloudy skies and fog. south, southeast winds at 5 miles an hour. only a 2 degree spread between the dew point and the temperature so our humidity now 94%. temperatures tell the story here with the cold coming down from the west and the warmth coming up in the east t

advisory dense fog advisory in effect for these counties south of washington and some southern portions of maryland and in southern portions and southeastern portions of virginia, dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m., regan national, 63 degrees, relative humidity, 90% you really felt it when you stepped outside this morning it felt summer like it will be a spring like day looking for highs in the 70s low to mid-70s depending where you are lots of cloud and a few more showers later today. that is a look at what is happening with weather now an update on traffic for that we go to julie wright. >>> good morning it has been quite busy with mother nature and a funeral procession that worked its way to the gw parkway headed south. the outer loop of the belt way, grid locked with delays leaving land over trying to get past university boulevard silver spring continuing before connecticut avenue before the pace improves, heavy volume, southbound washington parkway and southbound 95 the funeral profession continued around the curve, traffic was grid locked not moving now some is able to get by heavy

there is a chance we could see a come more showers in southern maryland, maybe this evening. other than that, maryland mostly cloudy with high temperatures up toward 50 degrees. breezy at times in winds west 10 to 15 miles per hour. another storm system on the way. it is a clipper coming out of canada and it does have a chance for snow. maybe not in baltimore but other parts of the state. we will tee tail that when we come back. >> time for our "sunday morning q & a." joining us now is the commissioner for health for baltimore. good morning, lisa. >> you were discussing the health profiles for baltimore city. what were you trying to do there? >> the health profile shows our community what their health status is. when we talk about general health status, people think that doesn't apply to me. by looking at neighborhood health data people can see, this is the rate of obesity in my area. this is the number of smarkts, corner stores that we have, and it becomes more real. >> over and over again in some of the neighborhoods that are at the bottom when it comes to the profile, you s

this time down to southern maryland. route 5, route 4, 301 all incident free to andrews air force base to oxon hill. if you're planning to head into southeast this is a look at the so you is a bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 5:24. >> thanks very much, monika. >>> cherry blossom lovers, mark your calendars. >> we now have the peak bloom forecast for the cherry blossom festival. the national park service predicts peak bloom between march 24 and the 31st. that's about a week. it's earlier than normal peak of april 4 thanks of course to our mild weather. byes way, this year's fest -- by the way, this year's festival will run for five weeks instead of two. that is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of tokyo's gift of the cherry trees to washington. >>> there's a big honor for a former 9news now sports anchor. details coming up. >>> plus, a tough loss for the virginia cavaliers just a week before the start of the acc tournament. highlights coming up in sports. >>> now let's take another look at o

still is raining, still need an umbrella in southern maryland, st. mary's and calvert counties, northern neck. it is drying out west and north now where the pavement was wet just a couple of hours ago. 's been drying, blow dried by winds gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. getting chilly, too. montgomery county, loudoun county, fairfax, into frederick county. it's down into the low to mid 40s there. prince william, charles, calvert, st. mary's, prince george's county, generally in the upper 40s. near 50 now in anne arundel county. and farther to the west, only near 40, near 30s in western maryland and much of west virginia. here's your day planner. by 9:00, it will be partly sunny, temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s by then throughout much of the region. although west and north it may still be in the 40s. then by noontime, much of the region should be climbing into the 50s to near 60 with lots of sun. the winds still blustery. then, here's your day planner for 5:00. we'll be down to the low 50s by then. it will still be sunny, but ge

and we had it for frederick county and points south and even in southern maryland. we'll deal with the dense fog. and we have patchy fog everywhere else. this is about four miles there and five in easton, two in washington d.c. and zero in culperer -- in call culpepper. and now let's go to angela and talk about the fog on the road. >>> extra caution on u.s. 150. and we're getting reports on westbound 50 as you make your way to the bay bridge and continuing into annapolis. and now to a live look on the top side ofprovidence road over to york road. you're going hit the brakes occasionally in the outer loop lanes. and for those of you traveling in heals, there was an accident between 95 and washington boulevard. traffic moving along way. a brief tap of the breaks there. >>> we have breaking news this morning. french police officers have exchanged gunfire with a man they believe is in involved in the killing of three children and a rabbi at a jewish school. we learned that according to french interior minister, the gunman has stopped talking to the police and we know th

southern maryland wood yard road an accident east of branch avenue. coming up in my next report we will take a look at 66. >>> thank you monika. >>> it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. jessica doyle? >> a beautiful look on wall street. let's hope the markets come along. the federal reserve has a monthly meeting tomorrow. it is expected to keep short-term interest rates unchanged. we have retail sales, jobless claims and the consumer price index. positive news about the greek debt crisis. the u.s. economy added 227,000 jobs in february. the unemployment rate remained at 8.3%. the dow stands this morning at 12922, out of 14 points in trade go on friday. the nasdaq was up 18 points and the s and p-5 hundred was better by about 5. >>> the national average has jumped 12 cents in just the past two weeks. according to the lindburgh survey, the average for a gallon of regular is $3.81 a gallon nationwide. denver had the lowest average at $3.36. los angeles the highest at $4.35. here $3.71 in virginia, $3.81 in maryland and 4-dz in the

could drift north over the next couple of hours per week could see a sprinkle especially in southern marylandhe next couple of hours. we are expecting the sunshine to start to break out. this cloud cover will break apart and that will help the temperatures warmth for the next couple of hours. we still have that high pressure saddam -- system offshore. it has not changed much for days and we have that moisture coming in of the ocean that produces clouds in the morning and keep the temperatures mild. the temperatures will quickly warmed up as we clear out and the warmest part of the day has been about 6:00 in the evening hours. that system is still sitting there but it is slowly starting to drift to the south and that will mean we would get more of a southerly wind flow rather than the flow of the ocean. we will see the skies clear out the next couple of days and the temperatures will jump up. the front is slowly but surely moving east for the rain showers throughout arkansas into louisiana and behind that is where we have the cool air. you can see it on the national weather map. 45 degrees in

the heaviest the southern maryland commencing mary's county. a lot of other people saying they are seeing a raise anywhere from pasadena and now. . keep sending it to our facebook page. seven-day forecast, expecting slight chance of snow shower this evening. meanly south of baltimore. clear skies mid-week and warming up into the 60's. springlike pattern. >> thank you for joining us for 11 is at noon. john is at 5:00 with donna and stan.

we'll show you live doppler, the rain, shower and drizzle moving away from us down into southern maryland. we'll tell you when it's going to be completely out of here and update the weekend forecast which includes the forecast for tomorrow's marathon. >> but first find out what the 8-track tape, betamax and business cards have in common, more proof that technology is changing how we network. >>> it appears passing out business cards is so passe. new information shows a link to a slumping business card sales and the rise of the internet in the 1990s. analysts say printed cards are giving way to digital alternatives. remember these? i still have some, too. this is topper's. there's facebook, linked in and apps like bump where you can actually use your smartphone and exchange information with someone else by bumping your phone together. psychologists say young adults are less interested in tradition as well as carrying paper. >> the bump thing, wow. >> bump. >>> coming this month to reagan national airport, a new way to zip through security, but it's going to cost you. >> the transportation

and that includes southern maryland, northern neck and the eastern shore.re still getting lingering sprinkles. farther west and north, it has turned much colder. it should be warming back up today. in fact, by 9:00, back into the low 50s much of the region. and still blustery, and we'll have the winds that are gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. those will diminish by later this afternoon. we get lots of sunshine. temperatures will peak near the upper 50s, near 60 early around the metro area and points south. west and north, it will probably stay in the low to mid 50s and then dropping to near 50 by sunset which is at 6:10. and by dawn, down near 30 degrees. if you're going to be out and about this friday evening, you're going to need a coat. by midnight, near 40. by dawn saturday, near freezing. in fact, maybe in the 20s just north and west of washington. much of the region starting off saturday morning, sunny and chilly. near 50. lighter winds and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour saturday and sunday. milder after a cold start. mild o

and that includes far southern maryland, st.ty, northern neck and areas from just south of fredericksburg over toward charlottesville. that's where they could get some of that accumulating snow on grassy areas. sun back tomorrow after a cold start, near 50 tomorrow afternoon. then near 60 on wednesday. maybe even hitting the mid 60s thursday afternoon. and then friday, maybe rain. chilly as we get into the weekend with some sunshine back. danella, how's traffic? >>> following breaking news on the beltway. traveling the outer loop at new hampshire avenue, just past new hampshire avenue, had an accident that blocked all of your lanes. right now that accident has been moved to the right shoulder lane. but you're still jammed and seeing big delays. in fact, as you make your way just past i-95 and head past new hampshire avenue, getting closer to university boulevard, that's where these delays are. chopper 4 is flying over there live right now. and you see you are pretty much bumper to bumper. going keep watching and let you know whe

everything is pushing off south and east moving through southern maryland and the northern neck. the folks in the northern neck had 3 inches of snow today, unbelievable. live doppler 9000, a couple snow showers south of fredericksburg, everything else across the bay or down into southern maryland. the real bull's eye in terms of the snowfall was out into southwestern virginia about 40 miles or so west, northwest of lynchburg. they had about 9 inches of snow around buchanan. right now upper 30s primarily, 38 rockville, 38 also in bethesda, looking at 38 in great falls, 39 reston. still 42 in college park. now you factor in the wind. this is what you need to dress for, feels like 27 in gaithersburg, 26 in leesburg and feels like 32 in manassas. so here is the deal. colder but then warmer, can't stay cold long. colder tonight, chilly tomorrow and then milder wednesday and flat out warmer on thursday. here's the deal. for tonight evening flurries, clearing, colder, probably take that evening flurry out for 7:00, lows 22 to 32, winds northwesterly at 10. unlike the past few weeks we'v

mainly a dry commute tomorrow except for southern maryland. breezy and cooler friday.right but brisk on saturday g. news on saturday, no winds to speak of. 10:00 tonight, now we see some showers getting into parts of the metro area. manassas, up 270, path gaithersburg, heaviest activity still in the mountains. we advance the map and by 4:00 in the morning heavy activity down into southern maryland but notice the back edge of the precipitation already at the district. so it really mavs out very quickly. in the a tremendous amount of moisture, probably less than half an inch. by 9:30 in the morning we have seen a return to clear to partly cloudy skies and lots and lots of sunshine. so they come in fast, and the showers and rain moves out very fast. so for tonight, mostly cloudy, breezy and mild, mainly showers developing. he wills in the 40s. winds southwest 10 to 20 and becoming northwest at 10 to 20 by dawn. by morning turning partly cloudy. there could be some residual clouds south of town. breezy and cool, 40s and 50s. the winds northwest will make it feel cooler tha

radar shows a couple of sprinkles down across southern maryland. cloudy today with a chance of a sprinkle or two south of town. >> now here's carl. >> janice, thanks. we're just two days away from super tuesday when 424 delegates will be up for grabs in eleven states. perhaps none more important than ohio. a new nbc-marist poll out this morning is providing more insight on what voters in the battleground state are thinking. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." >> good morning. >> let's recap the caucuses in washington state. mitt romney comes out on top. what kind of boost does that give him going into super tuesday? >> you know the momentum of win after win after win. what he hasn't done in the race so far is build on victory. he had michigan and arizona this past week, he goes in to super tuesday with a string of victories. he wants to not just be the front-runner, i think he wants to really solidify himself as the presumptive nominee. that's the opportunity tuesday represents. >> we all know ohio is the big prize, 63 delegates. you're

except for maybe extreme southern maryland, lower eastern shore. during the day on friday we'll have a brisk northwesterly wind, partly to even mostly sunny but a lot cooler. highs tomorrow in the mid-50s. potentially upper 50s. look at this. cold enough for snow showers up across parts of new york state and new england by saturday morning, friday night. saturday morning low 30s but on saturday we'll only be around 50. that will be one of the colder days that we see for a while. so breaking down the forecast for you, today 71. it will be windy. got the showers tonight. during the overnight period as well. breezy tomorrow, 56. chillier on saturday about 50 degrees. as we head toward sunday, we start the warm-up. 62. time change weekend spring forward one hour. monday could be a shower monday night, 67. back in the 70s i think by tuesday and wednesday. it is 4:47. monika santami, how about construction? >>> it's almost picked up. the inner loop of the beltway at gallows road and 66 coming in from nutley street as well. if you're just heading out the

it does not include charles county and southern maryland. it does not mean you'll not see heavy showers and some thunderstorms. we'll move further west other side of the mountains and show you the thunderstorms pushing through kentucky into ohio and eventually into western west virginia, tremendous amounts of tornadoes and flood watches and warnings and a tornado watch still in effect across most of west virginia and eastern kentucky. so again the good news for us, that severe weather will stay out there, but we aren't done with thunderstorms just yet. we'll take you through the weekend in a bit. >>> meanwhile indiana authorities say at least three people have been killed by the tornadoes that structure the southern part of that state and the violent storms also pummeled the nation's southeast and the forecasters say the danger will ramp up as the night goes on. high winds sideswiped these homes outside of huntsville, alabama, and tore off roofs, snapped signs, flipped trailers in the tennessee valley. meteorologists believe of it the work o

most of the showers are into southern maryland around fredberg. pretty heavy activity will roll through fred -- fredericksburg. pretty heavy activity will roll through fredericksburg. >> up next who former president george h.w. bush is expected to back next. >>> a big endorsement on the horizon for mitt romney in campaign 2012. former president george h.w. bush is expected to throw his support behind the republican tomorrow. a spokesperson for the romney campaign says the two will appear together at an event in houston near the 41st president's home. >>> newt gingrich is wrapping up an appearance at georgetown university tonight. he spoke to a group of students about social security reform. it's the republican candidate's first appearance since he cut about 1/3 of his campaign staff and about in an hour ron paul is expected to speak at the university of maryland. both maryland and d.c. hold their primaries this tuesday. >>> still ahead tonight another potential snag for the silver line. we'll tell you what's at stake. >> it sounds like science fic

. >>> in southern maryland, route 4, route 5, route 305 everything's running well to the beltway but there's an accident. a vehicle into the a pole. i'll have more on that and other area roadways coming up at 4:46. >>> it is time for the first your money segment of this friday morning. >> counting hundreds here's jessica doyle with your money. green yesterday? >> lots of green and lots of places and we like that color. >> we like that. >> stocks of course getting a boost from the greek debt talks. hey, sometimes it helps. they gave investors wall street a boost of confidence yesterday. all three major averages finished higher and this morning asian and european stocks are rallying again too. now checking the numbers from here at home -- >>> house lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed new legislation aimed at making it easier for small businesses and start-ups to raise capital and grow and hire new workers. the package of half a dozen measures has the backing of president barack obama and has a good chance of becoming law. senate democrats say they will offer a similar package soon. >>

when all is said and done maybe an inch or two southern maryland, columbia, earl cot city, frederick, just clouds for you as this system will stay very very -- just to the south we will not see snow off to the north, bigger picture again quick moving clipper, not a lot of moisture to work with. it will all be out of here by early afternoon, it might be an intense burst, between 9 and 11 and quickly start to taper off and we will see sunshine by 3, 4 today, high temperatures expected to be in the 40s anything that does get a chance to stick will get a chance to melt on the sidewalkroadways, we just saw pictures out of charlottesville they are getting snow there. not sticking to the roadways but area roof tops. winter weather advisories, south and southwest of the city, charlottes burg, fredericksburg, winter weather advisory. we will likely see snow showers by 9, 10:00 a.m. this morning. don't be shocked your 5 day, 45 this afternoon springtime by thursday, near 70. >> really weird, today 45 maybe snow springtime. >> march. >>> tucker thank you so much. >>> all righty let's go to julie

charlottesville, maybe fredricksburg into southern maryland, you might see a little bit of buildup on the grassy surfaces. by noon still a little bit of that light snow, snow showers extending even over toward salisbury as we get into the midday hour. but in the afternoon there goes the system. it starts to pull away 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. by 5:45, nothing but a lingering sprinkle or snow shower or flurry left over. starts to break up behind the system. the winds will kick in as well. we'll get a little gusty this afternoon maybe gusting up to 20 as the colder air moves in tonight before we start a nice warm-up beginning tomorrow. so looking at the forecast, today temperatures only about 44. that may be a late afternoon high with the flurries, light snow especially south of town. tonight we're back in the 20s. tomorrow we'll get up to 51. winds turn toward the south. look at wednesday. we're talking some light snow or snow showers today. wednesday mid-60s. upper 60s on thursday. could be a couple of showers friday in the 50s. then the weekend looks nice. this is the weekend that we spring

montgomery and prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties, much of southern virginia as well as southern maryland through central virginia where they had the snow yesterday. it's only in the mid 20s there and subfreezing around the region. over the last 12 hours the sky has cleared. we've been clear all night long. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:32. sunny, cold morning. above freezing by mid morning, then hitting the 40s. by 50 at mid-afternoon. a look at the planner and highs in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> good morning. so far roadways look really good. if you're taking the trip along i-95, not really seeing any issues for you. a lot of green. that means roads are open. as you make your way anywhere between dale city and 395. a live look now if you're passing through the occoquan northbound. travel lanes wide open. no delays at all. southbound, clear. northbound speeds really good. 64 miles per hour. only taking 11 minutes now to get from the on occoquan to the beltway. traveling 395 making your way from the beltway crossing update sal and heading to the 14th street bridge, no issues

and that light blue zone in southern maryland and all the way as far north perhaps as southern fairfax county and fauquier county and points west. the darker blue could get one to three inches, mainly on grassy areas only far to the south. and then tomorrow, we'll get the sunshine back, near 50. sunny on wednesday, up around 6 or so. and it might -- 60 or so. it might hit the 60s on thursday. friday could get rain. next weekend, chilly with sunshine back. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. still looking really good. off to a great start if you're about to hit the roadways. coming from dale city on i-95 as you make your way toward the 20 beltway, no issue at this time. on fairfax county parkway, speeds looking good. light volume. southbound looks good. northbound, you're at 66 miles per hour, taking 11 minutes to get from the occoquan to the beltway. slow down because the volume is light. continuing on to 395, no issues there. here's a live look at washington boulevard. in fact, making your way on 395 northbound from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, you're at

leesburg and dulles, out toward warrenton, most of southern maryland. two and a half the latest reported at reagan national. gaithersburg one half mile. the national weather service has issue add dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. for everybody east of the blue ridge till you head up toward baltimore. but even up to carroll county we have dense fog. your bus stop forecast the low clouds, the fog. not any rain thankfully unlike yesterday where we had temps in the low 50s and 60s. our day planner, we are going to have the low clouds and fog around. 60 degrees at 9:00. 11:00 64. winds will turn more east and southeast this afternoon. as the sunshine returns, we'll see highs in the low to maybe even mid-70s if we get the sun earlier enough and maybe a 10%, 20% chance of a shower. not thinking we'll see much in the way of showers this afternoon. had a few overnight and early this morning well to the south there, isolated across southern maryland now with temperatures with the fog 57 at the pax river naval air station. foggy and 57 also in gaithersburg. fredr