a couple light returns in southern pennsylvania, most not making it to the ground just yet. plenty of moisture in our direction. blizzard warnings in parts of iowa and kansas and nebraska and isolated severe thunderstorms from memphis, tennessee towards new orleans. that whole push of moisture is coming in our direction. there's just enough cold air right on the northern periphery of the storm to make it change from rain to snow. this snow line is drifting during the course of the overnight hours tonight. this is the winter we aren't able to get a sustained amount of moisture. if we're going to get any snow, it's probably less than an inch across northern maryland. we start off with a smidgen of sunshine. by the time we get to tomorrow, things are clearing out as it drifts to the south. on our future weather up close and personal. stopped at 3:00 this afternoon, the time the first drops are sneaking into the area. sundown, 8:00 and 9:00 this evening. raindrops switching over midnight tonight and sunrise tomorrow morning. the amount of precipitation we will get will be extrem

temperatures are above normal in southern pennsylvania, and heading back into the hills, 41 at frostburg. in west virginia, 48 degrees. in the mid 40's down to a ocean city. clear skies except for a little disturbance. the atmosphere is really dry, so other than a patch of cloudiness around midnight, when o'clock a.m., that should go by pretty much unnoticed. mostly clear, we will call it. 35 downtown. the sense that this evening -- the sunset this evening at 5:32. a front coming by tomorrow evening. there is a little taste of winter mid-week. the waves are averaging about 1 foot, with the temperatures and below 40's. and there might be a light coating of some snow, highs only in the 30's. raymore snow showers across the eastern shore on wednesday. mid to upper 50's, then turning colder with a mixed bag. there you see the clear skies. a little weather disturbance by midnight tonight. it will be gone. down towards the western tip of cuba, they thought there could be a wintertime tropical storm. it is still generating storms across florida. what we are watching is this front that is coming

some of that stomachs into baltimore and southern pennsylvania and parts of delaware and the lower eastern shore -- some of that snow does make it into baltimore and southern parts of a and parts of delaware and the lower eastern shore. clear tonight, 24 in the suburbs, 34 downtown. coming up, the developing storm system and complete forecast. >>> on the eve of his elevation, the cardinal-designate edwin o'brien met with benedict xvi today. he then spoke exclusively with rod daniels, who was in rome for the historic event. >> with the exception of prayers, the state is now set for what is perhaps the second most solemn ceremony in the catholic church. tomorrow, 22 policemen will be elevated to the position of cartel. -- 22 holy men will be elevated to the position of cardinal. your eminence, good to see you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> during our time in his new office, he shared with me the significance of the event. >> this morning we had a couple of hours with the holy father and heard some presentations. it was about the new evangelization and the catholic community. i think

northern tier, may get cold enough for the rain to switch over to wet snow, especially into southern pennsylvania, north baltimore. this will gradually move out during the afternoon sunday. if the storm stays on this track, the potential of winter weather north of town. the computer models, this blue shaded area indicate an inch of snow is possible in the colder suburbs late saturday night, early sunday morning. we will continue to monitor this as the storm approaches, a lead accumulation is possible early sunday. clouds increase tomorrow, the rate increase in the evening, the wind shifting out of the east. the rain mixes with or changes to wet snow sunday morning, tapering off in the afternoon. partly cloudy monday, low 50's tuesday. the potential of another storm friday of next week. >>> still ahead, employees by day, students by night. >> what these baltimore workers have to do to go to college for have to do to go to college for il, any luck finding a car? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's w

locally, some showers north west over southern pennsylvania. 52 up there and 56 over washington and 65es today. 48 the low so far. 47 and 28 are the amples -- averages and the record today 78. right now the winds are out of the east. tomorrow afternoon they'll go back to the west, north west and get very, very strong late in the afternoon. by tomorrow evening we may see strong wind gust 35-40 miles an hour. some of the high peaks could see wind gust 50-55 miles per hour. damaging wind gust possible and that's why they have a high wind warning out. the rest of the region under a high wind watch. we're actually under a wind advisory and also a fire weather watch with all the wind going on late tomorrow afternoon and rather try conditions unless you see some descent rain. now, a front is going to go through the area later tonight. that's what's causing some of the showers to break out. tomorrow we get into warm air for much of the afternoon and a cold front from the north west and drop temperatures late tomorrow night. the air becomes windy all afternoon and much cooler tomorrow night aft

clear to partly cloudy skies across southern pennsylvania. by tomorrow morning, 37-45 degrees. if we don't get below 50 by midnight, the lower today so far has been 50. that could be a new record for the warmest low temperature on the first of february. this mild weather is being developed almost like a bermuda high. this is a winter version of it, taking mild air of a weapon to southern new england. a stronger storm out in the rockies may get here on super bowl sunday. most of the nation is unseasonably mild, with the exception of far northern new england. there is that system passing south of us in the morning, then expect to see lots of sunshine here on friday, temperatures cool but above normal. as we get into the weekend, the western system will be approaching. even in western maryland, a 20% chance of a sprinkle of rain tomorrow and then sunny skies on friday. no real chance for any significant stowe in the mountains until maybe over the weekend. 55 on the eastern shore tomorrow, 75 on friday. lower eastern shore, 55 tomorrow and then sunny skies on friday. take advantage

and a little bit more upstream from us in southern pennsylvania, that is aiming in our direction, so i do think we have an opportunity to see a little bit more light snow and snow flurries over the next couple of hours. here's in our future weather cast, that little possibility of snow flurries, coming right through the washington area, accompanied with the winds, all that should be gone before you get up tomorrow morning. windchills near zero at sun rise tomorrow morning and then staying awfully cold for the rest of the die. light snow and snow flurries, turning much colder, windy and cold, windchills between 5 below and about 10 or 15 above. actual air temperature is 15 to 23. tomorrow partly sunny, still windy and told, winds out of the west at 30 miles an hour. that will keep windchills in the single digits and teens for most of the day. >>> there's a whole lot of money up for grabs in tonight's powerball lottery drawing, $325 million to be act. the big payout has jumped by $125 million in just one week. you can play power ball in d.c., maryland and virginia. officials say if nob

others push it way up into baltimore and even southern pennsylvania. we still have a little debate as to exactly what is going to happen. one computer model puts several inches of snow in the baltimore area. a lot more than that of to our southwest. that is not the final word at all. another model has of a thing as far as snow. confusing dilemma we have when we come up with a forecast. at the moment, we cannot pinpoint what will happen. we suspect there will be snow, probably not 22 inches, though. 50 tomorrow, good day but sunday, rain-snow mix. probably some accumulation in our area. presidents' day looks dry, with a high of 43. another rain chance, with warmer temperatures wednesday and thursday. >> in the "medical alert, mars says it will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year, and sodium levels will be reduced by 1/4 by 2016. the company says its goal is to improve the nutritional value of its products. you know that new car smelled so many of us enjoy? it may be toxic. theearchers looked at che

scare we have been following, 43 people, now gotten sick after drinking raw milk from the southern pennsylvania dairy. 4 of the people are from maryland. officials say bacteria is to blame for the illness. people should throw out the milk. yesterday, the farm passed a final inspection and cleared to bottle milk once again. >>> 5 year old nate is always on the go. his parents are hoping he will have a companion with him all the time. they will get their son who has autism in to an advanced school. they are trying to raise $13,000, a dog trained through a nonprofit organization. they are if first couple to do so. they have $4500 so far. >> they are known to calm him down. they take time out and they can hug the dog or pet the dog. >> the dogs go through two years of training to help them prepare and help the child. nate's parents hope this will help nate to be able to do more rather than having to live in a bubble. >>> some people classify spanking as abuse, others say it's a standard form of discipline. a study says it can pose risks to a child's long-term well being. two canadian child developm

we have had reports of some light snow around westminster, frederick, southern pennsylvania. there is more to come, all covering the ohio valley. that is going to take all day tomorrow. details on that and the complete weakened outlook coming up in a few minutes. >> if you are making plans, futurecast shows when this dries -- when the skies clear. it is all on wbaltv.com. >> the marathon debate over same-sex marriage today. a joint house committee listened to hours from testimony from gov. martin o'malley. david collins joins us live from annapolis. >> this hearing is just now wrapping up. 10 hours long. advocates on both sides offered personal stories and legal arguments. some expressed concerns about teaching alternative lifestyles in public schools. >> opponents tested the patience of some legislators by framing their argument around stereotypes. one told the committee, people are not born gay or lesbian. he says being a victim of child molestation made him a day, but he is not any longer. the issue also brought out the worst in people. the parents of syrup, a 14-year- old

the wind advisories have been dropped around our immediate area, but the tan shading there, southern pennsylvaniathern -- the southern parts of maryland, out on the eastern shore there, those are the wind advisories. so, winds around here more in the 30 to 40-mile-per-hour range for today. set your mind at ease on the radar, no more snow streamers coming in our direction today. we'll be mixing clouds with a little bit of sunshine. windy and cold. windchills later this afternoon hovering in the upper single digits to mid-teens for most of the day. actual air temperatures this afternoon climbing only into the upper 20s and low 30s with a howling northwesterly wind. rocks in the pockets of kids under 40 pounds, that is my recommendation. >> it is fierce! >> it is. it's a very wintry scene out there. >> all right, thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >>> well, we have another twist in the republican race for president. mitt romney won the maine caucus last night, taking home 39% of the vote with ron paul a close second. romney's win helps him take back a bit of the momentum after losing in colorado,

there could be a few light flurries off to the south and west into southern pennsylvania. -- it is possible get a sprinkle on your windshield this morning. as this second upper level disturbance comes through later this afternoon, that could give us a couple of showers as well. be ready for the possibility of a few showers. our temperatures will be in the upper 40s to about 50. so anything that falls here in the immediate washington area will likely just fall as liquid. if you are watching well out to the west, it is possible to be mixed with some snow or some of the mountains of west virginia around western maryland, you will get a little snow later this afternoon. plenty of clouds. could be a shower out there. win south an east at about five to 10 miles per hour. mostly cloudy tonight. a sprinkle or a shower possible. 35degrees your overnight low. winds out of the west at five miles per hour. here is your five-day forecast. tomorrow, 53 degrees. notice how mild it will be all week here. looks like a better chance for showers on sure, friday, saturday. sunshine and we have a viewer who is

partly cloudy skies in southern pennsylvania. wet weather to our south. the morning should be mostly cloudy. further south, a better chance of having to do with a little rain. the mild flow of southwesterly wind will move off the coast tomorrow as this front flows through. it is not an arctic front or a blast of bitter cold. to the northwest, temperatures are not bad at all. there could be wet weather for super bowl weekend. right now, it is only 35 in chicago. 32 in minneapolis. not all that called for early february. the sky is clearing. the temperatures will drop a little bit. the state above normal for the next seven days. the western storm approaches in the mountains of west virginia and virginia by saturday evening. saturday night, the rain will start pushing into baltimore. the shower south of town in the morning. a little cooler than today. still 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. tomorrow sunny and 40 on friday. it is not going to be all that cold. upper 40's friday. on the lower eastern floor, the best chance for rain. ab

great weekend for the skiers out in western maryland and southern pennsylvania. tomorrow, more sunshine,less wind. and as a result, it will feel a whole lot warmer tomorrow afternoon than it did today. officially we made 47 today. probably only going to be technically three or four degrees warmer tomorrow. but it's going to feel 10 or 15 degrees warmer because of all the sunshine and less wind. another chilly start coming up monday morning, but monday is looking like a great day. yes, indeed, temperatures back near 60 degrees. bundle up for late night and early morning activities. going to be a cold start. temperatures in the 20s. then tomorrow afternoon, sunny and cool. a light breeze, so it will feel much more pleasant to be outside tomorrow than it did today. then 60 degrees and sunshine on monday. a few clouds back tuesday. next chance for rain showers looks to be on wednesday. then we dry it out once again. thursday, the first day of march. and nearly every number on there is warmer than average. here comes springtime. >> thank you, chuck. >>> coming up in s

evening rush hour, snow will be falling for most of the baltimore area and points north into southern pennsylvania. changing over terrain south of baltimore on the lower eastern shore. it is likely to continue it into the evening and even past midnight before it finally moves out early friday morning. a burst of cold and snow coming in for the weekend. there is a potential for snow in the city and points south, and then range extends out of the bay bridge. the colder northwestern suburbs , a 1-3 inch snowfall is possible. most of that would happen in the late afternoon or early evening rush-hour when the temperatures begin to cool. during the day, most of the precipitation will probably held on the contact. the ground is still pretty warm. daytime highs, 34-39, winds out of the northeast. a couple of inches of snow out in the mountains. it should stay cold right into thursday. rains out of kent and cecil counties. northern counties may get one or 2 inches of snow. should be all rain on the lower eastern shore, coming in late in the day tomorrow and continuing tomorrow night before it clears up on

scattered, very light rain newspaper to southern pennsylvania, some of that not touching the ground.he pattern quiet, we have a nice dry spot. that will move over us over night. warm air will continue to surge in tomorrow. warm through midday. then by tomorrow evening, just past dinner time temperatures start to drop. cold air comes behind area of low pressure to the west. look at that warm air poised to the south. they were in the low 70s through much of the carolina's and virginia. that's what is headed our way tomorrow. just a chance for a few overnight showers, friday looks dry. maybe isolated shower or storm but a lot of the activity is just south and east of us, then the cold air flows in on saturday. overnight isolated shower but not much. as we look to tomorrow there we go, 72, near record temperatures and tomorrow night, then the winds really start to come up and turn northerly down to 38. the seven day forecast you get the idea. big shift saturday and sunday is. even those numbers seasonable for february. that's not below average and next week looking not as mild but still

the current temperature, so we are falling quickly after getting around 49 degrees. 20's in southern pennsylvania. sunrise will be clear. so not at 6:51. 34, downtown baltimore. the skies are clear. the winds are common, but this storm is trying to be approaching. -- now the winds are calm, but the storm is going to be approaching. it was 39 degrees for a high- temperature today. their normal is only in the 20's, so they were well above normal. a lot of the precipitation coming with this is rain all the way into parts of iowa, southern wisconsin. the snow is only on the far northern edge of it, and that is live into canada of. on the south side, a few sprinkles. most of the action will be in the great lakes. wednesday, another weather disturbance with a passing shower or sprinkle and the same scenario on thursday. a slight chance of showers, but all this week temperatures are going to be gradually warming. a chance of evening sparkles with a south wind at hand. winds are going to be out of the saudis and gusting at times in the afternoon, and -- out of the southeast and gusting at times in the af

west virginia, southern pennsylvania and parts of the mid-atlantic states will see light snow with showersrthern north carolina. the southeast will be mostly dry with some showers in south florida. and the northeast will be mostly sunny. >>> in sports, the super bowl champion giants got the victory bonus every new york team yearns to earn. that's a tickertape parade. tons of paper rained down on what some say were a million fans lining the parade route in lower manhattan. giants quarterback and super bowl mvp eli manning raised the lombardi trophy as he and his teammates took it all in. then they gathered later at the giants home field in new jersey where tens of thousands more cheered on and giants co-owner steve tisch gave the losing pate ronts and patriots and tom brady one last jab. >> two nights ago over 111 million people saw the new york giants cancel the brady bunch. >> and with a full moon over manhattan, the empire state building was lit up in giants blue. now to the nba and league leading oklahoma city at golden state. the warriors monte ellis didn't make it easy for the thunder

current temperatures are flirting just below the freezing mark across far southern pennsylvania, 33 now in hagerstown, maryland, 33 in martinsburg, west virginia. once the snow and rain stopped, temperatures went up across montgomery and fairfax counties. here on radar you can see light snow showers north of winchester moving in towards martinsburg, west virginia, right down the 270 corridor. be on the lookout for what might be another inch for a lucky few, but that's about it. a little light snow late tonight, maybe anotherdrier air sunday. >>> hit in the face with a brick. a police officer sent to the hospital after a confrontation with occupy d.c. this happened the same day that police swept that camp in dramatic fashion. this is where darcy spencer joins us live from mcpherson square with exclusive video. >> reporter: aaron, here's how it was explained to me. u.s. park police say that the officer was actually inside the mcpherson square encampment area and the brick was lobbed from someone standing on "k" street. that man is in custody and tonight is facing felony charges. this u.s.

. >> reporter: ashley jean campbell is a 27-year-old from southern pennsylvania charged with sexually abusing a now 16- year-old boy since the beginning of last school year. they met at montrose christian school on randolph road in rockville where she was a teacher, he a student and parents just getting the news today. >> it's just really sad. i don't have much to say. it's i have unfortunate of. >> reporter: montgomery county police launch -- it's very unfortunate. >> reporter: montgomery county police launched their investigation last friday after getting an e-mail tipping them off about the allege ad fair. >> investigation determined -- the allege ad fair. >> investigation determined the teacher -- alleged affair. >> investigation determined the teacher had been driving the student to the park. during those occasions they would have sexual intercourse in the vehicle and she would drive him home. >> reporter: in statement to the news mediate school chancellor writes miss ashley campbell no longer teaches at montrose christian school. we are fully cooperating with authorities. no inc

maryland and southern pennsylvania. all this comes to an end by early tomorrow morning and by the time you move around to your super bowl parties tomorrow afternoon, the precipitation will be done. here we are 4:30 this afternoon. mostly rain in the green but snowflakes mixing in across the high spots. by 7:00 or 8:00, inching its way close tor the washington metro area, probably snowflakes mixing in. no chance of accumulation in town. you folks in northern virginia and panhandle might get an inch. clouds thickening today, have your umbrellas ready to go for this afternoon and for your saturday morning plans tomorrow, all the wetness will be in the morning so tomorrow afternoon should be dry and the rest of the day, no more cold stuff for at least another week. >> we like it. >> i'm saving money on my heating bills, i'm telling that to myself. >>> consumers have been warned against cashing fraudulent checks received in the mail. but what if the check is legitimate, money rightfully yours. some ways to protect yourself f

scare that we have been following. 43 people have gotten sick after drinking raw milk from a southern pennsylvania dairy. four of those people are from maryland. health officials say bacteria is to blame. and people should throw out milk from family cow farm. late today, the farm passed theifiable inspection and has been starting to -- the final inspection and has been starting to bottle again. >> more people are beaten and abused from sudden infant death syndrome. researchers looked at child abuse cases from 2006. they found more than 4500 children were treated at hospital for severe abuse. 300 of those children died. the numbers show children are most likely to be abused in their first year and that growing up poor drastically increased a child's chances of being hit. >> some people do classify spanking as abuse. but other says it's a standard form of discipline. a new study out says it can pose a serious risk to a child's well-become. two canadian child experts looked at 20 years of research. here's what they found. in almost every case, kids whose parents use physical punishment were more aggr

up toward haggerstowns and southern pennsylvania, it is possible there could be a light wintry mix there. at reagan national, it is currently 39 degrees. humidity, 67%. winds are out of the south at five miles per hour. looking at the forecast for today, lots of clouds around. could be a shower around here later today with high temperatures in the 40s. more details on the forecast in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories we're following, a major movement in the push to legalize gay marriage. washington state signed a bill into law last night and new jersey's state senate approved a similar measure. here in our area, some people of faith are rallying today in support of gay marriage in virginia. maryland governor martin o'malley says his same-sex marriage bill could be approved by a house committee this week. >>> in montgomery county, a judge releases interview tapes of brittany norwood who was convicted of murdering her coworker inside a lululemon store in bethesda. in the tapes, she is seen crying and is emotional. she pretended to be the victim a horrifi

the nearest snowflakes to us are staying across parts of southern pennsylvania. your monday planner, plenty of sunshine coming our way. still a little on the cool side tomorrow, with highs only only up around the 40 degree mark. there's warmer air and another mention of a possibility of some snow in the seven-day forecast. don't go away. >> we'll see you in a bit. thanks, chuck. >>> an enormous tree sliced through a home in fairfax county today. it pinned a woman in her bed. that came down during the strong winds earlier. just one example of this weekend's wild weather out there. news 4's darcy spencer joins us live now from the national mall with more on that. hey, darcy. >> hi, aaron. yeah, i wish he could make it go away also. the winds are not as bad as they were last night but if you take a look at the flags at the base of the wab wash monument you can see the winds are still pretty strong and the national mall last night and tonight is a virtual goecht town. the cold and wind are driving people inside. in chinatown people were bundled up in heavy coats, hat

gettysburg and other parts of southern pennsylvania as well.ess. 9 in washington. 35 at dulles airport, at the freezing mark in martinsburg and winchester. possible evens later this afternoon and evening. slight chance of precipitation, 20% chance. tomorrow, low to mid 50's. wednesday in store. >> the traffic is great. picture to show you. i'm excited. it looks good across the bridge. legion beltway at the wilson bridge. uncomplicated on 66 or 95 in virginia. twinkling lights, northbound also running very well. good out of ashburn, leesburg, sterling, and quiet to dulles airport. mass-transit lines running in your favor. a great ride coming out of southern maryland as well. this episode in a little while. back to you. >> thank you. -- newschopper 7 in a little while. >> whitney houston's family is find out the best way her extraordinary life. her body was flown to new jersey. >> her body arrived in new last night, hours after being flown to los angeles by private jet. vehiclescorted a carrying the body to a funeral home. the body was flown on t

you can see just some of those western counties in maryland and southern pennsylvania as well.affected much of the western alleghenies overnight. that is going to go offshore. the nexus incomes and on monday, but it will come in mostly dry. we will only see a slight change to the temperature. the futurecast, this is going to show dry conditions iraq today. into monday as well. then the next door comes in by tomorrow afternoon. most likely, the showers along the southern part of maryland. baltimore stays dry. maybe just a few clouds. behind the storm, we do see a drop in temperature. here is the forecast. we're up to a high of 47 today. 59 tomorrow. mostly to ourselves. 52 on tuesday with sunshine. more clouds increasing on wednesday. that is our next door. this will drop the temperatures and to the 40's. they will try out and warm up again. as we head into next week. >> some might be thinking, thank you goodness, already. award season coming to an end. it is hollywood's big night. >> the road to oscar's shared some similarity. mark explains. >> presidential candidates have prim

she's from southern pennsylvania. the abuse of the 16-year-old bo went on for over a year.a y parents are just now getting thh news. >> one of the things thating attracted me to the school wassc the christian based values thate ths ey talked about, and that's what we wanted our daughter to have, so to hear that, and, itad really doesn't go with thethe mission of the school as what'st preached.ea >> the school called the police last week when officials got ans anonymous tip.ous they say none of the encountersc happened often campus. -- on campus. >>> judge in the jerry sandusky sex case is deciding if peoplepe from state college can sit on the jury. he will also consider sandusky's request to see his grandchildre as he awaits trial on 52 criminal counts.al and prosecutors want to change his bail conditions so he cannot go outside of his home anyan mother. sandusky is under house arrest, but has been scene walkingw around outside his home.s >>> to virginia, private, adoption agencies may soon be given the rise to deny c

what about southern pennsylvania? it looks like they might zero out on this. our forecast for snow chances, no snow, about a 100% chance. but it might be weighted more toward the one. to get anymore than that, the chances are pretty slim. so it looks like the 1 to 3 is kind of a sweet spot, and it might be favored more toward the 1. once you cross the line to pennsylvania, it may be 0. it will be a fine line as to whered snow drops off. 51 degrees today, nice did i, lots of sun. tomorrow, snow, with a rain-snow mix to the south. president's day looks dry. 50 ons's on tuesday and wednesday. a rain system coming in on wednesday with snow chances returning thursday and friday. >> i feel like we're betting on horses. >> and i'm thinking no sledding possible. >> future dass shows when the skies will clear at wbaltv.com. just click on weather. >> they got to talk to talk live with cardinal o'brien from rome. >> he took the time to talk on skype. >> for students here at lady of mount carmel school, it was quite a morning. all dressed in red in celebration of tomorrow

in southern pennsylvania, it is around the freezing point. western maryland is already seeing the snow winding down. snowfall potential is only about an inch or so. even the upper eastern for may catch a little bit of that as the system moves away. higher amounts in some of the mountains of west virginia. it looks like it is winding down between 8:00 and 10:00. as it gets close to midnight or a little beyond that it will start to really wind down and move away. by thursday morning we should have mostly clear skies across eastern and central maryland. a couple more hours and this will be gone. close up 36-42. an ic package could certainly occur, so you want to be careful. -- an icy package. the weather for thursday and friday should be nice. it looks like a burst of arctic air will come sweeping in from the north over the weekend that may bring another chance for snow. sunday tomorrow, a cool day. on the bay, winds out of that nw and waves around 1 foot. the forecast shows the skies clearing and the temperatures warming again. are there sweeps

inches of snow, if you are watching well off to the north and west into western maryland, southern pennsylvania that is where the jackpot will be. >>> future cast this does a great job showing you what will happen here during the course of day 7:00 a.m., lots of clouds moving in, you are fine, morning commute, nice and dry there we are 2:00 p.m., notice we are not getting much mixing temperatures fairly cold, that is the big change overnight temperatures had an opportunity the bottom out, we are not going to get as much of a warm up most communities off to the north and west of washington it will just be a snow event, farther south and east, mix with rain, could be a messy mix there and as the whole thing winds down just snow, 10, 11 tonight, sunshine tomorrow temperatures back into the 40s. but we got to get to this afternoon first and again that 40 degrees doing it basically right now falling into the low 30s later today likely to be refreezing overnight tonight, into tomorrow morning tomorrow mornings commute slippery in spots as well. >> very good. >> give an update in a minute. >> julie wr

particularly north of the city and across the southern pennsylvania. it won't last long and there is a lot of dry air. take a look at the temperatures around the region now. still pleasant at 50 degrees. and the warmest spot, kummerland at 5 -- cumberland at 52. we'll get down to freezing tonight. again, tomorrow, another day with temperatures well above normal. and then we'll talk about saturday night and sunday when we come back. >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads now at wjz traffic control. >> reporter: we do have a situation out here on northbound 95. and we're over the scene, and it is a crash at the beltway that's on the northeast side on the rosedale side. five vehicles are involved in this accident. the delay right now, at least 20 minutes. things are really, really backing up at least until the split. so the best way to avoid this scenario would be to take route 40 as your alternate, otherwise you're going to be sitting in that for quite some time. the delay just continues to grow. as far as the rest of the region goes on the

. >> reporter: the accused lives in southern pennsylvania. campbell turned herself into police earlier today, posted bond and was released from custody. this is the second teacher sex scandal to hit rockville. just last week a male track coach at richard montgomery high school was charged with having sex with a female student. >>> fairfax county police are looking for the man who sexually assaulted a 15-year- old girl walking to a school bus yesterday. it happened around 6:20 a.m. near the intersection of fair lakers parkway and monument drive. the man followed her, made sexual comments and touched her inappropriately. she told police she'd seen him in the bushes near the bus stop before. >>> a wild chase through the district in prince george's county today after a gunman carjacked a woman on g street southwest this morning. police spotted the car, chased it into prince george's county, then back into the district. during the chase a police officer crashed his cruiser but wasn't hurt. it finally ended on e street southeast where the suspect w

best chance of the showers will be up around northern maryland, southern pennsylvania as we get a weakittle upper level disturbance. like you needed those details. morning sun being afternoon clouds. still breezy for you. a mostly cloudy, not as cold overnight. 38 your overnight low. winds south and west at five to 10. your five-day forecast, 61 tomorrow. this is just a beautiful five- day forecast for the end of february here. 70 on thursday. 65. looking at some thunderstorms by friday and then a little cooler for the weekend. that is about where we should be. 4 with some breezes around here saturday during the day. that is a look at your weather forecast. now, let's see if julie wright can deliver equally nice traffic report. >> i think i can do it. at least right now i can. we'll say good morning to jeff and jeremy in sky fox. they are checking out the drive coming inbond on route 50 as you work -- inbound on route 50 as you work your way in from capital beltway. right now, no problems to report. you will find the leap are open. traffic is moving at a good pace as you continue inbou

it has been mixing with a little bit of light wintry precip up towards the southern pennsylvania areaof this touching the ground. it is falling from the sky but we are aso dry here in the lower levels of the atmosphere, it is drying up before it gets a chaps to reach the ground. out to the west, another little weak upper level disturbance. that will come through later today. bottom line, lots of clouds out there and the possibility of a few showers from time to time. but honestly, most of this day will be a dry one for you. 39 in washington. 34 in baltimore. these temperatures a lot warmer than they were 24 hours ago. 44 at patuxent naval air station. here is your forecast for today. lots of clouds out there. possible of a for you more showers. i think we'll get a break during the middle of the day. 50degrees your daytime high. winds south and east at about five to 10. lots of clouds tonight, sprinkle or shower possible. our overnight low stays above the freezing mark. we are not concerned about any frozen precip out there during the overnight hours. we'll wake up with clouds tomorrow

. >>> speaking of four feet, a pekignese named malachi from southern pennsylvania is now the top dog. >> he was named best in show at the 136th annual westminster kennel club show. this is the first time a pekignese has won the prestigious title since 1990. the 4-year-old beat out a long line of pure breds in the finals including a dalmatian. a german shepherd, doberman pinshcer, irish setter, and a wire-haired dachshund. his owner says the pup will now go into retirement in his hometown of east berlin, pennsylvania, which is between gaithersburg and york. he will enjoy a life of chasing squirrels and getting pampered. sounds like the life. >> how do you chase squirrels with all that hair? >> i think he head to get a crew cut. >> cute. >>> stay with us. >>> difficult day. local f

we can call it that will be well north and west as you get up towards hagerstown and into southern pennsylvaniand again, worst of this will be north and west of the city. temperatures there not likely to get much above freezing. anything that falls will get a chance to stick on some of the roadways. around here, 56-degree yesterday. and we are just not below freezing right now. it is not likely to stick here on local roadways here inside the beltway. there is your forecast for today. snow-rain mix likely by afternoon. 40 your daytime high. more details on the forecast in just a minute. we've got weather guy too coming up. >> what do we do if we can't find you. we go to the winter national weather service app, the fox 5 weather app that we have. >> i use it as well. >> i do too. >> you can see what is going on. go to apple's app store or the droid market on your smart phone. search for d.c. weather. >> we'll tweet updates there all day long. >> it is free. so go ahead. take advantage of it. >> time now to check in with julie wright. >> i got my hands full. we've got a lot going on. let me take y

so maybe right up here in the darkest blue, southern pennsylvania, northern caroll county, we might get that. otherwise the rest of this isn't reaching the ground. 35 in hagerstown. 32 in luray. 37 in fredricksburg. 40 at the pax river naval air station. check add moment ago. easton was 36. not reporting at the moment. here in town we've got upper 30s. 39 degrees. here's our michael & son weather camera. good visibility this morning. no problems under the clouds and 39. calm winds and the barometer is at 30.09 at the moment. probably going to see that drop as the storm system comes out from the west. there has been some snow in places like cincinnati may get anism of snow this morning. like -- an inch of snow this morning. the roads are staying wet even though they get the snow on the -- get the snow accumulations on the grass. today lots of clouds, perhaps an isolated shower well south. this evening watch out. maybe a few showers start to pop here for the evening hours before this system pulls away leaving us with the sunshine for tomorrow but a storm that hit california yesterday will

and there is a little bit of light snow now right across northern maryland, into far southern pennsylvaniarally going east and southeast, and this is mostly just light rain in and around the city of washington, but there may be a few wet snowflakes mixed. in martinsburg, west virginia, there's some light snow there, frederick, maryland, then down along 270, the snowflakes working their way ever so steadily south along 270. and there's even some rain and some snowflakes mixed now out towards the high spots of western loudoun county and even light rain near the state house in annapolis. but here you can see on the wider view, the back end of the snow is already moving towards the far western tip of maryland, and our futurecast model shows that most of this should be disappearing by early afternoon, and then high pressure and drier air should wring the last of the moisture out of here, really by early this afternoon, and then we end up with, of all things, sunshine back just in time for monday and tuesday. here it is on our microcast model. there's the snow now, north and west of town. as we

waking up, a few snow showers in far southern pennsylvania. d.c., it'll stay all rain.s this storm do now? it slightly sinks off to the south and east, florida does have showers in most of the state throughout the day but drying out back off to the north and west of this system and really going to stay dry going into tomorrow. i'll leave you with a fly across the nation, but just know this, by tomorrow the lower 48 may be completely dry. we don't do that all t good morning, washington, shows a few light the northwesto little bit of rain but as go through the day, in nice improvement and partly sunny sunshine this of >> this weather report brought to you by viva paper towels. >> ginger, thank you. >>> coming up on "good morning america," will and kate on opposite ends of the earth. the duke is deployed and for the first time he's on an official faraway mission leaving his duchess at home to go it alone as a royal on one of the most important days on the calendar. >>> and later on, check this out. this is a guy petting an elephant. but you're going to want to see what hap

inhool maryland charged with having see with a student, ashley campbellc is a 27-year-old from southern pennsylvaniasexuallysex abusing a 16-year-old boy, nowno 16. the encounters started a yeara ago. they met at montrose christian school on randolph road.h campbell is not working theret anymore, and none of thean incidents happened at the school. >>> thank you.you. following new developments thise morning in the battle over birtt control. several news outlets are out reporting the white house will announce some accommodation tocm address concerns by catholic bishops over the mandate thattha requires health insurers provide coverage for birth control. b irthe bishops and others say a regulation forces catholic institutions to provide contraceptive services theythe don't believe in. joining now is a law professor for the beckett fund.et they t are representing theth organizations in the lawsuit against the government. thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure.plea >> you're representing threere different organizing, includingz a intv network, and arguing this mandate is unconstitutional.co what makes it u

you folks in southern-most pennsylvania might get a flake, but nothing around the washington area.n to the texas coast. that is actually our next chance for rain around here, but it doesn't look to be arriving until the second half of the day on tuesday. so, cold and windy, those are the two words for tuned for the overnight hours tonight. winds will start to lay down just a bit during the course of the day tomorrow and late in the day high clouds start coming. in and by 9:00 a.m. tuesday morning, skies going from partly to mostly cloudy. may have a little snow in the beginning out in western maryland, but i think here it will be rain. today, partly sunny, windy and cold, temperatures struggling to get into the upper 20s and low 30s. the all-important forecast tomorrow, the warming trend continues, highs near 42. 45 wednesday, but with the clouds and a chance for rain around, that will feel an awful lot like a wintry day. mostly cloudy wednesday, another chance for rain, maybe a little snow late thursday night into friday. you can always follow me on twitter. and see, look at this.

the north and west, western maryland coming out of west virginia, kind of moving into southern sections of pennsylvaniae this will probably expand just a little bit. heaviest amounts should stay to the south of us. let me show you what's going on, though, the big story. warm temperatures down to the south. we're 59 degrees here. still not too terribly cold across the northern tier. there is, however, some cold air that's going to be making a run for us for the weekend, okay. for the weekend. next couple of days, this warmth will be coming up from the south. today we were in the lower 60s. tomorrow looks like it's probably going to be the warmest day of the week. we'll certainly be warmer tomorrow than where we were today. we haven't changed anything. we're still thinking upper 60s. looks like on friday at least until temperatures start dropping late in the day we'll be right back up into the middle 60s. so three days this week in the 60s. then we'll be cooler for the weekend. 59 right now here in town. quantico 60. fredricksburg again 62. they're living large down there. culpeper is 61. some clouds at

the 30's and 40's and far northern new england and this yesterday evening across areas of southern pennsylvaniautheast and florida, georgia and the carolinas, and the northern plains looking pretty warm and we'll see snow in and across nebraska and iowa as that storm tapers off and spectacular, a very nice day, sunshine all up and down the eastern seaboard and looks like our shot of the morning continues. the new york city firefighters out here and the guys for pizzas for patriots, thank you very much. guys, back to you inside. >> looks like the great wall of china from outer space as well. >> alisyn: feel free to send some of the firefighters in here. >> dave: you're angling for firefighters and pizza. >> that's like alisyn's dream out there. firefighters with pizza? >> it's great. never mind. >> clayton: instead of them we've got brian kilmeade or howie long. >> alisyn: also a great combination. >> clayton: down at the of course, super bowl. in indianapolis. brian kilmeade. hey, brian snuchlt right, and actually into the stadium and if you had to go back. >> i remember you. >> remember me? >>

southerner. because he was born in pennsylvania i think. just because he represented georgia and taught at west georgia. well, anyway. "time" has tended until very recent years to be a very conservative, very loose, lucite publication you might say tending towards republicans and consensus sorts of people. chiang kai-shek made it, madam chian made the team. mao tse-tung never made person of the year. when "time" decided to acknowledge the american woman in 1975, they had some significant people, billie jean king and others, but they somehow in their list of folks on the cover or pictures of people on the cover overlooked betty fredan and gloria steinem. this is a pretty establishment, up east sort of people. and so i wonder about nominating someone. the person i'm going to nominate, however, achieved probably the first thing he did in 1862 of great consequence was to frame some legislation that transformed a modern industrial nation, would-be industrial, would-be nation into a modern nation. framed in legislation. this person also near the