a hint of snow in west virginia and southern west virginia and southern virginia mountains.re the cold front is beginning to wrap been. the center of the storm will be pulled back into the mid atlantic. we have two systems merging. then we have won super storm over our region tomorrow afternoon going into the ring. we will give more details on how it plays out for the forecast on monday and tuesday. first, we want to go down to ocean city. lowell. >> i have to tell you, we are talking about the with the rain that is associated with this storm. we are especially feeling it here in ocean city. we are at 32nd street, outside of the hilton hotel. i have mine and a monitor here. -- i have my anamometer here. a guest will pick up -- a gust will pick up. we see sustained wind from 18 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour with wind gusts up to 50 m.p.h. as far as the surf is concerned, we're standing on the dunes. you can see the surf making its way just about to the dunes. once in awhile, the way will come in and crashed into the dunes and lyrics -- anticipating the water to creep up

and there is heavier rain way down in southern virginia. it way our way by later this afternoon. all these areas you see in yellow, they're under a severe risk zone. that is the potential zone between 2:00 and 4:00 -- or, rather, 6:00, a possibility of storms that might produce damaging winds. depend, just maybe belierief damaging winds from isolated thunderstorms. right now it's rather mild. it's 72. this is probably about the warmest part of the day. because once the rain begin, it will quickly drop back into the 60s. pour d any rain will end by late this evening and it will be breezy today, tonight and into tomorrow. a chilly start tuesday morning. down to the mid-40s. afternoon highs low to mid-60s. bright sun, but blustery. delightful wednesday and thursday, highs near 70. might get a shower friday morning and the weekend looks nice. >>> and we are following breaking news right now. a stabbing at north wood high school in silver spring. police are telling us one student was stabbed during a fight inside the school. the student is expec

this is the area of rain, this area of color in southern virginia and the tennessee valley. that's going to be slowly creeping our way as the day progresses. we'll have increasing clouds. by 6:00 a.m., upper 40s. patchy fog by noon, mid-60s. and then mid to late afternoon, back down into the 60s. rain moving in tonight. a look at that and the hometown forecast in ten minutes. first 4 traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. let's start with a look at the rails. if you're looking at the rails, metro, marc, vre, not seeing any delays. over to the roadways, i-66 earlier this morning eastbound at nutley, road work there. that's gone. here's a live look at sudley heading eastbound and westbound. your travel lanes are open. not seeing any accidents, 66 inside the beltway. outside the beltway, very light in both directions. no issues as you make your way past east falls church metro station. clear in both directions. travel speed eastbound to get from the beltway to gw parkway, that drive will take you about 11 minutes. i'm back in ten. over to you. >> want to get to to

in some parts of southern west virginia, they're getting snow. a blizzard warning out there. much of the mountain region from western maryland to west virginia. 6 to 12 inches of snow throughout the day into tomorrow. 5 to 10 inches of rain these counties in green, northern virginia and maryland. in addition, gusts of wind to 70 miles an hour. all these in color are the high wind warning from this morning all the way into tuesday morning. that's when we're going to have the power outages, tree limbs and maybe even some trees getting toppled from those very strong winds. hour by hour, increasing rain, increasing wind throughout the day. now to traffic with danella. >> between westmoreland street and haycock road, all lanes blocked. bethesda, high standing water. it closes river road and little falls parkway. it's start to go get tricky if you're commuting now. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> we have full team coverage of hurricane sandy. right now we're keeping a close eye on the coast for you, starting to feel the full force of this storm. news 4's erica gonzalez is live

southern virginia into the tennessee valley. that will come up our way but not until perhaps around sunset. between now and then, increasing clouds. by 8:00 low 50s. by noon, mid-60s. midafternoon near 70. sunrise 7:04. sunset at 6:50. that's when we'll probably begin to see the rain moving in. a look at that and the hometown forecast in ten minutes. your first 4 traffic with danella. >> thanks, tom. >>> traveling in our area, checking for accidents and delays. first let's start with the rails. you are slow brunswick east 874, looking like a 12-minute delay on that marc train. metro, vre aren't reporting delays at this time. over to the roadway, i-270 northbound right at 109, still seeing police on the scene of the accident there. it was blocking th right lane and the right shoulder lane, looks like it's moved to the right shoulder lane. southbound i-270 seeing the delays out of frederick slow past 109. delays continue all the way as you head to the beltway. aaron, back over to you. >>> new this morning, police are investigating

we can see the rain approaching north carolina and the southern part of virginia. this will drift to the north. the skies did manage to clear last night. we have some areas of fog develop. visibility may be down a little bit in your neighborhood. 48 in sykesville. 48 in jarrettsville. 56 degrees in annapolis. becoming mostly cloudy. sunshine early this morning. high temperature between 69 and 74. if you take the boat out, there'll be some visibility problems this morning. wave heights a foot or less. tonight, becoming cloudy. a chance for some rain tonight. sunset this evening at 6:48. a good chance for rain tomorrow. off and on showers on tuesday with a high near 75. mild on wednesday with temperatures around 80. scattered light showers on friday and saturday. temperatures in the 60's by sunday. >> general motors is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles because of a faulty fuel pump. if you try the cheverly kobocob alt, the pontiac and the saturn ion. the pumps in those vehicles could crack. contact your dealer for a free replace ben. -- for a free replacement. sout

they're gone but look at rain in southern virginia lifting slowly north.hat we'll have to watch for the afternoon hours. this morning we're down to 44 in martinsburg. cumberland 45. 55 annapolis. i've heard from bill in newland. he's at 50 in the northern neck. visibilities are an issue out to the west in the northern shenandoah valley. quarter mile from martinsburg and hagerstown. had allege fog around warrenton and culpeper but those visibilities have come up to five miles. a dense fog advisory west out toward cumberland and south toward the winchester, frederick county, virginia area as well. going up to the high 60s, maybe low 70s with showers late. >>> visibility the issue. some wet pavement and the fog factor. still some woad work went on in the -- road work went on in the overnight hours. eastbound 66 volume is very light here getting to the beltway past gallows road. the last report the left hov accident to join 95 is closed. northbound 95 a little bit after struggle although the pace is better coming out of fredricksburg. the work crew before 17 f

leading edge of the storm, the outer bands, edging in as close as southern virginia now. the storm getting a little more in to the neighborhood, look at del ray beach in florida today. see the bands coming in off of the outer edge. the core of sandy, hundred miles offshore is getting wind and rain here in fort lauderdale as well. bring you back here locally, the sun was actually out at the beach as we make our final preparations on the maryland coast and across the state so far the weather is quiet. here are the the latest statistics. a category one hurricane, north at 6 miles per hour, and the position is 770 miles south of ocean city maryland. its track that's of primary concern, in to sunday night, the timing shifted on the storm. now we are talking late sunday, primarily in to the day monday and tuesday, that turn from out at sea that turn inward towards delmarva. of course the other wild card, where the storm comes in, but also, exactly what type of phasing we get with the cold air to the west. the cold front coming in, jet stream energy ramping the storm up to reall

anywhere within this zone, and it's a wide zone of possibility here to boston, all the way down to southern virginia. right now the greatest chance would be it's going to be passing to the north of the washington metro area by during the day on tuesday. the thing is even when it's right out here, by monday afternoon, it's still going to have big effects on us as we do get into the rest of monday and then on tuesday. for us this morning, we've got low clouds around, a little patchy drizzle, a little patchy fog. temperatures around the region are in the low 60s to around 60 degrees. and for the rest of the day, hour by hour, we'll be climbing to the upper 60 to near 70 this afternoon with clouds remaining, a little drizzle this morning. we're back in ten minutes. a look at your traffic. here's danella. good morning. >> thanks, tom. >>> what we're dealing with is overnight road work. if you're traveling in the district, traveling 50 outbound, passing south dakota, making your way just prior to landover road, a work zone blocking the left lane. that should be in the final stages. here only the right lan

former athlete at the university of virginia convicted of murder is serving his sentence now in southern virginia. george hugley will spend 23 years locked up at the king mountain correctional center in oakwood. he was convicted back in febl of murdering his exgirlfriend, yard lee love, also a lacrosse player back in 2010. the prison released his release day as may of 2030. hugley's lawyers are appealing the conviction. >> seeing a moving car with nobody behind the wheel is another step closer to reality in the district. a hearing that would grant licenses for self sdrooifing cars to travel the streets of d.c. one of google's automated prototypes took a test drive around the city this year. so far, california, nevada and florida have laws that allow driverless vehicles. the obama administration also just launched an initiative to test the safety of the futuristic vehicles. >> apple, today, officially launched its new ipad mini. they say it's as thin as a pencil and very light, but it's not cheap. prices begin at $329 for the bagsic wifi model. apple also unvailed a fourth generation ipad. they sa

notice down into central and southern virginia, we are getting some breaks in the clouds.t will move in later and we should see at least partial sunshine along with the warmer temperatures. early fog, 85, nice warm afternoon. going to the nationals game. they still have to win that one. should be a nice afternoon for you. later tonight, 67, partly cloudy skies. mild overnight. tomorrow, going to get windy behind our next front that moves in. still should be a nice day with highs about 80. friday looks nice. here come your cooler temperatures. bye-bye mosquitoes by the end of the week. only in the low 60s by sunday and monday. get ready for schooler air. can i take a bow for that? -- get ready for cooler air. >> wow, air like my height, i think. >> i know. >> tucker barnes went from 6' 2" to 5' 3" just like that. >> they shrunk me. >> allow extra time out here on the roads. this is southbound 270 coming in out of germantown here at 118. fog definitely a factor in this morning's drive. allow extra time out on the roads. some places, it is worse than others. keep an eye out f

points west, just a little light rain, getting snow out of the mountains of southern west virginia. all of these counties in lavender are under a blizzard warning, of all things, up to a foot of heavy wet snow there. that blizzard warning in effect all the way through wednesday morning. here's the latest with sandy. it is beginning to take a turn to the north. it the been traveling northeast the last 36 hours or so. now it's taking a turn to the north. and the next track for sandy is taking it now northwest throughout the rest of the day today, and sandy is going to continue to track northwest and then come ashore this evening. it does look like right now the approach right along between just assoteague through sandy hook, new jersey, it can come ashore. it will make landfall by morning. five to ten inches of rain as well as gusts to 70 miles an hour this afternoon into this evening. and that would likely cause power outages as well. again, the strongest winds will be from beginning locally, late afternoon and into tomorrow morning. that's when we'll have the power outages. i'm back

president ama stepped off his plane in southern virginia and stepped right into prep mode to get readyke this stage. he and mitt romney will share the stage with undecided voters in the town-hall style debate tomorrow. >> he will be able to draw from the energy of the crowds. >> you'll see a difference in demeter from the last showdown -- a difference in demeanor. >> i think you'll see somebody who is very passionate about the choice that our country faces and putting that choice in front of voters. >> but mitt romney's team is out with a new ad and seems ready for a shift in tone. >> the president can change his style, but he cannot change his record and his policies. that is what this election is about. >> romney spent part of his weekend practicing for the debate in ohio. his supporters are hoping for another strong performance and potentially another boost in the polls. >> he has to be able to come across as connecting, genuine, caring and likable. >> the latest polls shows this race is still very tight. not much has changed in the past couple of weeks. more people view mitt romney

moist air comes out of the gulf of mexico and comes on top of a cold front. 80's right now in southern virginia and the carolina's. 66 degrees in storage, but 80 at the airbase. you see the temperature contrast. south the southeast wind blowing warm air on top of the cooler air producing rain in the region and we will deal with a few isolated showers. we're not talking about the flooding we had earlier but it will stay cloudy. isolated showers and temperatures staying really studied, 62-69 tonight. that's about where we are in most areas right now. they may be rising a bit of the warm front gets closer later tonight and tomorrow morning. temperatures could get up in the 70's. low pressure pulling the warm front of the eastern seaboard and this will have warmer than normal temperatures and the possibility of the clouds are thin enough that we could see low to mid 80's for a few days and it will be monday with the tropical air coming up out of the gulf. october will feel partially summary. only a few spotty showers expected thursday with a 20% chance of asia are popping up. friday, we should see

senate candidates make their case to business leaders area of southern virginia. thaiss park on several issues economy, spending, and social security. -- they sparred on several issues. moment.that in a to talk about what's robocalls.ith the government is getting fed up annoying prerecorded pitches. now the federal trade commission is turning to the public. a $50,000 cashr prize for the best technical solution to blocking illegal robocalls. launched 2 million over those last year. >> i have some ideas. goodness. periode a 30-day grace when you get all the telemarketers. it's at my bedtime. the weather will be gorgeous this weekend. make your outdoor plants now. the next couple days will be nice. make your outdoor plans. it is 64 degrees and cloudy, dew point of 61. little hazy. the showers and thunder s have passed out. there was a little flooding in area, especially in bethesda. 0.4 inches at dulles and three-quarters of a niche in frederick. some hefty downpours moved through. up in the middle of the night from the under? on the satellite and radar you it is sti

it will hit us sooner if we get a left-hand turn and it heads more toward southern virginia and later if we get more of a northeasterly turn. everyone from new york city to boston will see some type of rain and wind. morning fog this morning and partly sunny this afternoon 68-72 degrees. now, traffic. >> not only is it friday, but this is calm before the start. marc trains, metro rail, vre, no reported delays or problems. if you are using interstate '95 the northbound trip out of stafford is about average, a little volume in triangle building as well as dale city. a still pretty decent pace out of newington and up to the beltway. the 14th street bridge into town, the quiet. no problems on the beltway. 270, we typically see delays at this time of morning, but not much from urbana towards 109. it's wide open to germantown, rockville, and to the beltway. 50 295 day north avenue quiet. back to you. >> thank you. a shocking case, what a nanny is ac >> tonight at 5:00 o'clock, imagine a world without homework. a local elementary school is associating whipped -- is experimenting with that mo

>> george allen thinks it's on the coal issue, because he's talking to southern virginia. northern virginia, very diverse. it's been breaking towards to the democrats where tim kaine needs to really rack up march jiven margin. you have the southern part of the state that depends on coal. george allen has been stressing the energy issue and sequestration. he thinks it was a bad deal, even though this was bipartisan. you see him talking about that issue and saying tim kaine would be responsible for this job loss. >> tim kaine is calling allen a risk to the economy, bringing up again medicare, education. we know issues that are very sensitive right now for republican supporters, particularly elderly republicans who are concerned that the party is not protecting their medicare future. >> right. the problem that george allen has it's a double-edged sword being a known quantity. he's well-known in virginia, but he has that record, that senate record, and tim kaine has tended and has some success pinning the financial and fiscal health of our country partly on george allen and th

. >>> the police are investigating an extreme case of bullying at a school in southern virginia. le students in castlewood, virginia, are accused of sexually assaulting other high school students off school property. police believe it's been going on since back in may. they've been allowed back in class, but will appear in juvenile court tomorrow. parents kept their kids home from school because they were afraid for the safety of their children. >>> firefighters spent this afternoon fighting fire on the campus of the university of virginia. those flames broke out at an indoor practice facility built for uva's football team. it happened about 12:30 this afternoon. officials say construction crews were working on the building when the fire started. it took firefighters about an hour and a half to get those flames under control. nobody was injured. >>> next month, maryland voters will decide whether same-sex couples can legally get married. today a new batch of ads for and against the measure hit the airwaves. as chris gordon reports, even a few local nfl stars are voicing their opin

virginia. all this area of southern west virginia is getting heavy wet snow. look at that.s still coming down there. that is a picture in from west virginia. you can post your pictures to weather@nbcwashington.com. we'll share them on twitter at facebook. that's weather@nbcwashington.com. the heavy rain bands continue to move into the washington area. right now, getting moderate to heavy rain. here's the intensity scale. right into the moderate to heavy zone. these areas in the orange zones from all across the district. our eastern suburbs and prince georges county. stretching into eastern charles count. extreme southeastern county getting some heavy rain. howard county now getting some of this revy raheavy rain. the bands are not moving very fast, they're just creeping along and unloading a lot rain as they move along. already here on the western shores of the bay. under a flash flood warning there because they've already had two to three inches of rain there just this morning. it's going to be rains at maybe an inch or so an hour now for the rest of the afternoon off and

he is also an advisor to the alliance for progress in southern virginia. viewers and listeners around the country and world, talk about the significance of what you're dealing with here in virginia. >> what is going on is an experiment. uranium has never been mined ore processed in this part of the country before. it has always been done in the southwestern part of the country, where it does not rain and there are no people. >> fewer people. >> fewer people. in virginia, the opposite is true. we get over 40 inches of rain, we are subject to severe weather events, hurricanes are a common -- we have tornadoes on a regular basis. we experienced a lull 6 earthquake last year for the first time in a long time. we were told in the past virginia did not have earthquakes. this had never been done in that type of environment before, in a web environment. there are a lot of people that depend on water for drinking and other uses. >> why are you concerned and what is va rate -- uranium, what is this company? >> this company was founded by the owner of this uranium dep

anyway there's stuff coming out of the raleigh area through south central virginia that could be headed to fredericksburg or even southern maryland here in a few hours. we have some showers isolated scattered ones here along 522 along the state line here in frederick county, virginia and west virginia back there near fort ash by. east of cumberland. this is moving north northeast and off to our east, we've been watching some other showers that have been falling through annapolis now. this is lifted off to the north and coastal anne arundel and this is pulling away. other than that, a quiet morning. touch of fog. cumberland by the way, one quarter mile visibility. we've seen the fog in tysons in a moment. 60 in reston and rockville. 59 leesburg and big rummage sale going on for the hospital out there. go check them out. 63 this weekend today and tomorrow. college park 63. upper marlboro 62 so a mild morning. it's damp outside and you can see the fog in the air. not too dense here at tysons corner on our michael & son weather camera. but we've got 64 degrees under mostly cloudy skies at reagan national. and the humidity it

here's the moisture i'm talking about for later in southern virginia now, coming out of tennessee, intoouthern kentucky. temps are certainly on the chilly side. grab a jacket. low to mid-40s in many ever the suburbs. we're 55 in washington. 57 our warm spot on the bay in annapolis. easton 51. fog has been a problem north of town. fred rig down to a half mile. hagerstown to martinsburg quarter mile. they're under a dense fog advisory till 10:00 this morning. monika is off but beverly farmer is watching the roads us for. give me a second. we'll get to beverly in a second. want to show you the dense fog advisory 10:00 a.m. frederick west and winchester north. these areas are going to be looking at visibilities potentially a quarter mile or less here for another few hours. some of the fog has moved into areas in montgomery county and howard county into loudoun. rural areas away from town, especially that got the shows, they're looking at that fog this morning. later this afternoon, look at highs. we may hold in the upper 60s in a few spots to the low 70s elsewhere. it is 6:31. we're dealing

right now the most significant rain in southern west virginia. the future trend model does not pick up on a heavy steady rain. there could be thunders late in the day. again, hit and miss showers. through wednesday, early. we think dry air will settle. no drastic temperature changes. our satellite radar showing the area of low pressure, not a powerful system, not a severe weather system. it's a large one and rain that's all the way into the upper midwest. this area is a slow mover, pushing some warm air ahead of it. we'll be briefly warmer and slightly moderate air for wednesday before another cold front mushes -- pushes in for the weekend. north and east of south america, north of brazil. 58 tonight. mostly cloudy tomorrow, 77 with rain likely on and off, scattered hit and miss showers, clearing out late. previously warmer wednesday. check out thursday and friday. sunshine on tap as we climb to near 80 degrees, a gorgeous finish. it gets breezier and cooler. i don't think we'll ever get out of the 60s. >> right after world news, stick around and

nevada, the jewish vote in florida, catholics in the midwest and pennsylvania, the veterans in southern virginiahite collar independent women in northern virginia, new hampshire, colorado. let's talk about where these voting blocs are going and talk with democratic strategist steve mcmahon, co-founder of purple strategies and republican strategist david winston former senior adviser to the gingrich campaign, gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> david, let's start with independent white collar women, there has been a barrage of advertising in denver, in boston and in the d.c. suburbs and that includes this new obama ad. let me play it for you -- >> your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. you want to do it with a great guy. someone who really cares about and understands women. a guy who cares whether you get health insurance, specifically whether you get birth control. my first time voting was amazing. it was this line in the sand, before i was a girl, now i was a woman. i went to the polling station and pulled back the curtain. i voted for barack obama. >> david, is that effective

if you are watching me right now and you're between southern virginia and new england, your world is about to get very dangerous, that means washington, philadelphia, and boston, hurricane sandy has killed people in the dominican republic and mostly haiti. it is a category 1 storm, right now, new york city's emergency officials are in full-speed prep mode right now. governor andrew cuomo told the bus services, and railways to be ready to shut down if it looks like the hurricane will smash into the city. that rarely happens in new york city. okay, this is it. there you go. well, we should have a live picture of hurricane sandy, soon, off south carolina and grinding on a northern track. we're going to have the very latest from the cnn severe weather center in just a few minutes. >>> okay, bonnie schneider is in the cnn severe weather center. and bonnie, where is this thing heading to and when? >> well, don we just got this in, this is the 4:00 advisory, no changes, likely staying as a hurricane. but it is a better consensus of where it will go. and it is so large, the tropical force wi

lots of rain coming out of the deep south into the tennessee valley now into southern virginia. looks like the bulk of this will be with us tomorrow so tonight and later this afternoon a few showers roll in. tomorrow as this is on top of us, that's when we'll have waves of showers, some thunder possible. maybe a couple of heavy downpours as well. 72 this afternoon. 50s and 60s tonight as opposed to 40s and 50s this morning. a warmer day tomorrow, around 80. even warmer wednesday with partly sunny skies and isolated shower. we could be low to mid-80s on wednesday afternoon. still looks pretty nice thursday and friday, upper 70s to around 80. a little front comes through saturday, temperatures in the mid-70s. it's 5:49. monika is off but we've got beverly farmer watching the traffic for us. >>> we had fire rescue and police responding to an accident reported to be on northbound 270 close to the interchange with 109 in hyattstown. northbound on 270 checking for the crash. could see activity along the right side of the camera underneath the sign. southbound slows to look and looks l

but right now, we're forecasting high impact down to the carolinas, and low impact in southern virginia on saturday. on sunday, even for the marine corps marathon early sunday morning, low impact here with wind, some rain, but not too bad. i think you should be able to run the marathon, it just is not going to be the best idea to get out there without making sure you have on the right clothes. monday, i think everybody in the mid-atlantic and northeast has a high impact from this storm. once again, we're going to be watching this one very closely over the next couple of days. could it stay out to sea? yes. will it stay out to see? that still remains to be seen. but we'll continue to keep you updated right here on nbc 4. guys? >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >>> dan, you've got bad news here. doesn't he have the longest streak? >> barber goes back to 1998. >> wow. >> which is, what, 14, 15 years. >> but that's in jeopardy now. >> this is kind of a surprise, because london's been banged up before and been out there to play

. >> that really is a wide swath from new york to southern virginia so we'll continue to watch, mike seidel live for us from singer island, florida. thank you. >>> mitt romney plans a major address to talk about why he'll do better than president obama. but is better-than-expected economic growth taking wind out of his sails. we'll talk to the co-hosts of "the cycle" my faves. >>> and we're checking the political pulse in the wild, wild west. we're asking two of the best in the region where the race in colorado and nevada stands at the moment. discover map has this cool 3d iphone app. they'd be so happy if i could get both. well, you could put them on layaway and pay a little at a time. done, and done! he shoots... he scores!!! touchdown!! [ imitates crowd cheering ] strike! [ male announcer ] shop now. get the hottest toys on your list today, like furby and the itikes discover map... then put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. walmart. then put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they a

southern virginia, high wind warnings in effect from southern georgia through the ohio valley, into the northeast corridor, extending into canada. the breadth of this storm is unbelievable here. of course, we had water in the atlantic but we also had water inland. we are going to be dealing with storm conditions here and the potential for flooding right along the lake's shore lines over the next couple of days as a result of those gusty winds. these are some tallies as far as what we have fallen, 6 to 12 inches. that water has gotten into the ground. it saturated the ground. it has loosened up those roots and the trees have been coming down. you've got loose ground and then the wind on top of that pushing the trees over. the combination has been -- well, you've seen it. look at snowshoe, the other side of the story here, upwards of 16 inches of snowfall. we'll be getting in on that a little later as well and show you what we'll be expecting over the next couple of days. incredible event here. high wind warnings, hurricane watches, hurricane warnings, blizzard warnings all from the same

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summery but you can see the cloud cover and the shower activity continues to bubble up there in southern virginiainto the carolinas and that will stream north during the course of the day. it will not rain all day long but periods of rain showers around. we certainly have those, this morning. and the temperatures, a little milder than they were 24 hours ago. 69 right now in washington. and 70 this morning in annapolis. and in leonardtown. and upper 50s here north and west. frederick is 59 degrees. and all right, it is a warm front. and once the warmer air moves in. it is actually going to be stuck across the mid atlantic for a um cof days so the temperature -- a couple of days sot temperatures tomorrow with sunshine will be back in the 80s. that l-is something to look forward. to that area of low pressure fills in as it pushes into the great lakes. this front won't bring cooler weather but after it moves through early tomorrow, we should see plenty of sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. i mentioned warmer temperatures. i think nationals have a day game tomorrow. it should be great conditions for an a

virginia. some heavier showers have really fallen into parts of the shenandoah valley and back toward southern st virginia. east of town, still relatively quiet here. we'll take you into winchester right now. back toward purcelville. you see these moderate showers approaching charles town at this hour. they even get heavier as you go from woodstock down south of route 7 here and getting south almost to 66. this is where we're seeing the heavier showers into fauquier county back toward sperryville. all of this lifting north toward front royal and up toward upperville and aldy. those areas will -- aldie. those areas will be seeing this moving in the next 40 minutes. down toward warrenton and culpeper, the more moderate rain shower. there's more rain behind that. 65 right now for washington with upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. fredricksburg is 64. we've got 67 degrees in prince frederick this morning. easton 64 and pax river naval air station 69 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, cloudy skies, 65. sun rise isn't till 7:05 this morning. look at dew point up to 60. a sign of t

parts of eastern and southern west virginia. all this area in white on storm team 4 radar. meanwhile farther east in the form of rain. getting a few moderate views in washington. these areas in yellow and orange and fairfax county. just to the west of 95 down to prince william county. farther west, a couple of pockets of moderate showers in loudoun county. these are all just rotating around the general large circulation of what was sandy, now a post-tropical low that is now inland. it is a chilly morning. temperatures only in the low to mid-40s much of the region. reagan national is at 44. meanwhile, out of the west where they're getting that snow, many locations just in the 30s. the high elevations around 2,000 feet are freezing. martinsburg and augusta, 43. we also have flood warnings in effect until 5:45. many creeks and streams will be out of their banks through much of the region. blizzard warnings in effect for these counties. generally above 5,000 feet, up to a foot of snow there. gusts to around 60 miles an hour, some of the higher ridges. high wind warning is in ef

see on the radar, we are quiet here across our area, but off to the south and west, around southern west virginiaound kentucky, tennessee, there is a lot of rain there, and that's all going to start streaming this way come later today. i think we'll probably see the first drops around 11:00 a.m. to noontime as clouds increase. we've got high pressure holding its own for a while. now the clouds arriving here. showers by noontime. 5:00, we're still wet. an area of low pressure tracks up from the south and makes its way on over us. so it will be fairly wet for the evening rush, and i think still wet early tomorrow morning at around 5:00, 6:00 a.m. those areas getting the rain will be across southern maryland, and we're back to high pressure for tomorrow afternoon. some sunshine. then maybe a few clouds coming through briefly on wednesday. wince is lo wednesday is looking like our warmest day of the work week. going to be a chilly afternoon. again, showers arriving. you'll not only need a nice warm jacket but also the umbrella as we continue through the evening rush, and we'll drop down to 49 to 42 d

this stuff in the eastern part of west virginia probably not reaching the ground, although in southern ohio and western west virginia, we're seeing these showers trying to get toward i-77 and charleston. i-79 as well. we'll watch that for later this morning. with the cloud cover and winds out of the south overnight, it's mild. 56 in fairfax and ashburn and haymarket. it's 57 in rockville. andrews is 56. 55 for crofton and college park. as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, once again great visibility in the distance under partly cloudy skies to mostly cloudy skies. 61 degrees with light southwesterly winds. winds really not much of a factor this morning. watching a lot of cold air. it's 20 degrees this morning in great falls, montana. there's been snow flying in the mountains of the northern rockies and northern california and the pacific northwest. big storm covering much of british columbia and the northwestern u.s. that's helping push the warmer readings toward us. if this storm moves more inland, it may be enough to kick sandy out to sea. we watch the showers sort

this projection brings all the rain north to southern new jersey and virginia and maryland by sunday, monday, afternoon, monday night into tuesday is when it would be the worse, brian. >> not helped by the fact we have a full moon coming up. high tides, monday night. all right, janice huff in the weather center, thank you it looks certain the storm will affect people across as we just saw that huge area and sadly, as janice pointed out, so many of the computer models have it coming along shore somewhere along the new jersey shore. nbc's ann thompson is at pleasant point for us, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, a number of states in this region have already declared states of emergency. new jersey is one of the places where hurricane sandy could make landfall on monday night. already on the east coast, preparations are being made for what is expected to be an historic storm. today, sandy toured across the bahamas, the powerful storm knocking over trees and sending the ocean into the streets, at least 40 dead in haiti, cuba and jamaica. scenes of destruction adding to the

they could get up to a foot of snow out in western maryland and the highlands of eastern and southern west virginia, all coming from sandy spinning away here in the atlantic ocean, now taking a turn to the north. sandy has been showing a northerly track here over the last maybe hour or two. and the latest track for sandy, keeping it a category 1 hurricane probably for another three hours or so. then it is going to begin to take a turn to the north and west and come ashore. the latest indications are now monday 8:00 p.m. this is what it's going to look like this evening, probably 50, 75 miles off the coast. then after that, perhaps by 10:00, 11:00, midnight coming ashore anywhere in this impact zone, anywhere from north central new jersey all the way down to south of ocean city. this is the zone where it may be coming in, and then it will weaken a bit as it does come in. it's still going to be packing very strong winds. hour by hour, throughout the day today, steady rain this morning for the metro area. heavy rain developing by noontime throughout the region. and heavy downpours by midafternoon and

very heavy rain encompassing most of the metro area, a little snow down into southwestern virginia and also southern west virginia around beckley. you guys are under a blizzard warning, believe it or not. a little snow is showing up out toward garrett county. we showed you savage mountain a while ago. that's going to get really hairy tomorrow, just starting right now. heaviest rain now running essentially on the east side of 270 through montgomery county up into frederick county. this will keep rotating, cross through 70, cross the river, head into fairfax and loudoun county in the next 20 minutes or so. here's the deal. sandy, she will be historic, pressure records, we've already seen a couple set. we have talk about that because that is a measure of the strength of the storm. that indicates how intense and high the winds can be. critical now through tuesday noon, may even have to extend that to 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. tuesday depending where you are. it's going to be critical longer north and west of town. damaging winds 45 to 75 miles per hour. we've already had street and river flooding and 4 to 12 inc

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