in the meantime we will have a southwesterly flow and that's what's going to warm these temperatures up into the mid- 50s as we go throughout the day. i'm not expecting too much sunshine today but if we do get sunshine with the southwesterly flow, temperatures will be well above the mid-50s i'm forecasting. as we look at the most accurate future trend, i put this into motion for you. you'll begin to see an area of high pressure build this just briefly for tuesday. then we'll be watching our next storm system to the south. i'll keep my eye on that we do have the possibility of maybe some rain-snow. but as of now, things looking dry, just cloudy. 31 degrees for tonight. gradual clearing and 45 by tomorrow. it will be continued breezy coming into the area. there's that chance for that rain and snow and our next system is on saturday watching that as well. let's get a check of the abc2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. >>> you do want to be careful because the rain is coming down hard. no delays in 95 and howard county. nice and clear from columbia to the fort mchenry tunnel where eve

out on the bay, southwesterly winds with waves about 1 foot. we will see that big change in temperatures from 50 tomorrow to 30's 4 highs on saturday and only around freezing on sunday. a few inches of snow are possible on saturday, especially in the morning. a few lingering flurries with gusty winds on sunday. sunny skies on monday and a chance for rain next tuesday. >> this is 11 sports. >> a year ago, the orioles did not know exactly what they had with jason hu they acquired from colorado. it looks like he will be the opening day starter. they avoided arbitration this past off-season. while hamill's stock in salary continue to rise, services comfort level. he sees this opportunity with the orioles and a far different light. >> i am definitely comfortable. the guys let me in and treated me really well. they had my back from game 1. obviously this year i have some work to do. i have to get back to work on the things i was working on before i got here. >> last season he had a 8-6 record. and the injury sidelined him in july and again in septemb

first, a beautiful look at frederick. 51 degrees with a west southwesterly breeze at 5. a mixture of sun and clouds in frederick, clouds increasing. in reston, 52. 57 la plata. germantown 53. warming up nicely. topping out this afternoon in the mid-50s in the metro. your travel forecast, in chicago, 28 and cold. denver, 34 degrees. partly cloudy with sunshine in the southwest. a little rain and snow in kentucky and west virginia already. we will keep an eye on that. it's moving our way. a coastal storm on saturday. >> the d.c. council is taking a closer look at how the d.c. police handle sexual assault cases. council members discussed a report that said several assault the victims are not getting the response they deserve from the police department. there have been several sexual assaults in northeast since august. the council is considering funding requests to hire more police officers. also, the d.c. taxicab commission held a hearing to discuss a proposed 50 cents surcharge. the commission wants to charge all tax to customers whether they paid cash or with a credit car

there is that southwesterly wind picking up. maybe as high as 50 degrees down around fredericksburg in southern maryland. in the next seven days, some cold stuff coming in, but only with partly cloudy skies. >> georgetown rises in the ranking. we are freezing here in d.c. but the boys of summer are working in the sun. 40 days until the opener. i'i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s. postal service® no business too small. >> and now the toyota sports desk. >> as rolled toward tournament time in college basketball there does not seem to be a dominant team out there. georgetown has won seven straight ball games ranked no. 11 in the rankings. some skeptical fans say this is the time of year they start to fall, but they have been p

winds are southwesterly. temperatures are pretty normal today. winds out of the south. that's going to help move temperatures up a little bit tomorrow as we get into the brief southerly flow. then the cold air comes in toward mid-week. temperatures are right in that average rang of 40. 37 easton. looking at tomorrow, it depends where you're watching from. around central maryland rain showers more thannian thing coming in late morning. temperatures will go into the upper 40s. and then clearing and breezy, 47 or so in essex, but that will be a different story as you go further west, howard county to the west as we look toward glen el, perhaps an icy mix at daybreak and changing over quickly to rain showers. that's going to be the story for us across the area. you see temperatures bumping up. we could touch 50 or so in laurel. clouds beginning to edge their way. the main system will not get lear until late morning. as we look at the setup trend wise, you can see the front. stop at 9:00 in the morning, some snows out in the mountains from hagerstown westward, and then a bri

so the winds are southwesterly. the front is not through. it is off to the west. a great picture from john in bethesda. wow. that's tonight's picture around sunset, and if you are a sky watcher, if you look tonight, i think there will be enough clouds. the moon will be here and jupiter will be down there. wind gusts, 32-mile per hour wind gusts. i'll show you this, because this is the wind that will push that colder air in here tonight. temperature wise, colder up stream. 37 in leesburg, 38 at dulles. but still 43 in arlington. 43 in waldorf and also in bowie. tonight, clearing skies, windchills eventually 12 to 22. dress for the 20s tomorrow. still cold on thursday. good news, still dry, and also not as windy. 12 to 22, low temperatures 26 to 32. now tomorrow morning, very bright, but very cold. mostly sunny, windy, windchill teens and 20s. temperatures only in the 20s and 30s. in fact, tomorrow's temperatures will be ten degrees below average. mostly sunny, windy and colder in the afternoon. windchills in the 20s and temperatures 36 to about 40. winds northwest

the winds are nice, light with south, southwesterly 5, 8 miles an hour. no problems there. tonight we'll be clear this evening so temperatures will drop off into the lower 40s by 9:00 with a south, southeast wind right about 7 miles an hour. so we have the rain, the snow. an inch, inch and a half in spots northwest pulling through new york overnight and quickly out to sea. look at all the sunshine we're looking at now so it's turned out to be a very fine midday. but with the clearing overnight, temperatures got just a little bit too low. i mean, 30, 32, 27. this was enough to cause lots of black ice to form. a flash freeze where the wet roads went to ice like that. 4:00, 4:30, 5:30. dozens of accidents this morning. it's great outside. 39 in hagerstown and westminster. easton 33 along with la plata. 46 in culpeper. 43 winchester. look outside. 45 cumberland. outside now, look at all the sunshine. it's a beautiful afternoon in d.c. with 45. a northwest wind at 6 making it feel more like 42 and the humidity only 48%. today is not going to abproblem but we've got -- to be a pr

winds become more southwesterly as we head into the day. that's going to bump up our temperatures. a mostly sunny day. it should be a pleasant day to get outside. of course, it has that february chill, but nothing extreme here. as we head into monday, we're looking at that next area of rain approaching. it's going to be a quick moving storm system. by monday afternoon, we're in the clear and tuesday, there will be breezy. it's going to be milder than average. lots of sunshine and a high of 51 degrees. in the seven-day outlook, a chance of wintery mix on wednesday evening. we'll be okay. it's going to be mild through the workweek and then getting chillier as we head toward the weekend. a nice day on friday with a high of 48. only 40 degrees on saturday and i do think that we have the potential for some pretty chilly air moving in next weekend. but at least this monday morning commute, when we're going to have rain falling, it is just rain. we don't have to worry about any wintery weather on monday morning. >> thank god. >> did you see this guy looking sharp? how about that? >> he ha

they will eventually become southwesterly later tonight. this is ice. a good little bit of ice. a quarter inch to a third of an inch. this was sent from grant county. mary sent this to us and she had to scrape this off her car. this was on the west side of the divide and that shows you how different the weather is, about 160 miles from the nation's capital. all right, the big picture, lots of snow in chicago. the rain has gone to snow in detroit. the good news is, snow is letting up and lifting northward out of missouri where they got hammered once again in kansas city. this is our rain. this is another storm system. a second storm system that developed that is producing all this rain. i mean, we have rain well south of richmond. we got a few more hours to go before all this begins to train up '95 and get out of here. also notice the yellows, that's heavy rain. some big rains around tyson's corner, as you go up 270, past germantown and towards poolsville in montgomery county. so, the flood watch was canceled. i didn't necessarily agree with that. don't let your guard down. some

light wind now, southwesterly at 7 miles per hour. metro temperatures generally low to mid-30s. 31 in an lap lis and reston. 32 in leesburg. 30 in frederick. 30 in winchester. most of the snow right up the heart of interstate 270 up to 70 out towards hagerstown maryland. pretty much right along the dulles greenway as well. not a lot of this sticking to the roads. that's the good news in all this. could still be one or two slippery spots up here across northern maryland where temperatures are just below the freezing mark, but not a whole lot of anything going on, and most of this will be gone by 10:00, 11:00 this evening. so snow showers for now, those are grazing out here. we'll be off to a quiet start tomorrow and i think we'll get a little sunshine early on on monday. but quickly the clouds come back in. by 6:00 tomorrow evening a chance for the snow showers coming back through. best chances of snow is from about sundown to tomorrow to the predawn hours of tuesday morning, and just like every other clipper we've had, generally amoun

what you will need a light jacket, winds southwesterly at 10. the next three days, low 50s.nice on friday, 54. i'm basing that on temperatures primarily. saturday temperatures only in the upper 30s. in fact, even colder on sunday. back in the low 30s. couple snow showers possible. and then right back up into 50 degrees as we get into the monday, then some rain, 50 on tuesday, and a little cooler on wednesday. the arctic air comes in fast, then goes out fast. >>> some disappointing news. lady gaga is canceling the rest of her tour. did you know that? >> oh, aim sad. >> i know. so that means that all those little monsters what want to see her perform here in town on the 25th won't get to see her perform in town on the 25th. gaga apparently is suffering from a cartilage tear in her hip. ouch. and needs surgery. you can get your money back, though, starting on friday. >> wow, okay. >> that's a big tear. >> that's like a sports injury. >> speaking of which -- >> all those high heels walking around the stage. speaking of sports, we've got good news. spring training. well, wizards

winds turn southwesterly at 10, lows 30 to 35. we'll come back and talk about who will make it through the morning commute dry, where the mix is going to be. there are some winter weather advisories and we'll see if anyone can escape a wet commute home. >>> a draft of a white house immigration report plan is getting a frosty reception on capitol hill. >> lawmakers working to craft their own overhaul bill say the administration is more interested in scoring political points than a bipartisan solution, but danielle nottingham reports the president's aides say that's not the case. >> reporter: republicans are accusing president obama of meddling in bipartisan immigration reform plans after a draft of the white house immigration reform proposal leaked over the weekend. >> leaks don't happen in washington by accident. this raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. does the president really want a result? >> reporter: the white house is downplaying the leak saying the draft is only a backup if lawmakers don't come up

feels like 31 with the winds south, southwesterly at 6 ahead. the system. it will turn to the west and northwest and pick up later this morning into the afternoon. here's the big picture. a lot of cold air has come down through the northern plains. there's the clipper like system coming through this morning. still lots of lake streamers all over the place. the cold air will follow, again reinforced i should say about this system that will come across us. it's moving so quickly that by mid- to late morning it will be out of here. here's our futurecast. i want to put it in motion. 6:00 a.m. a lot of folks are on the road trying to get to work. i know the highway departments are going to do their job spreading salt and chemicals. by 9:00 looks like the bulk it now will be d.c. and points east quickly racing away. there are some spots in jersey, northern delaware might even get 2 or 3 inches of snow out of this fast moving system. by noon we're back in the sunshine, breezy conditions. the cold stays with us here through the weekend. and i do want to tell you as

out ahead of the front, winds south and southwesterly. once that front pushes through, the winds go west to authority west and will turn a lot colder. we're watching the northern branch of the jet stream continuing to bring these little disturbances our way and keep us a little bit on the cold side. southern branch, look at all the moisture coming across florida right out of the gulf of mexico. meantime we've got to watch this next system which is coming here. notice the showers starting to build, southern illinois. snow showers up in michigan. that system is what we're going to be watching for later on today and tonight. by lunch time, we'll see snow showers breaking out of the mountains of west virginia. might be just getting in toward garrett county then. be cold enough for snow showers there but by 5:00, notice d.c. west, especially west as you get toward areas in the blue ridge, we could be talking about some heavier showers with that front at 5:00. that will be with us tonight. by 8:00, notice the pink. that's maix of rain and snow.

we got up to 54 yesterday with the southwesterly flow. speaking of the flow and the wind, it's going to be very breezy this morning. and the winds will continue throughout the day. and we have temperature coming in at 42 degrees around 9 this morning. and 46 by lunchtime with plenty of sunshine in the forecast. let's check the amount bc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: traveling in howard county no concerns on 95. it's nice and clear as you make the way from elk ridge to downtown baltimore. and if you are heading out to 695, no problems to report right now on the west side. and as we head over to parkville here's he a live look at harford road. everything moving along. not too many cars on the roads. a normal 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and as we look here in hunt valley the harrisburg expressway also going to be in great shape and it will take 21 minutes from the paled pennsylvania -- maryland pennsylvania state line to the beltway. now over to you meg and and charley. >>> an update to

southwesterly conditions -- for most of the area, look for increasing cloudiness, breezy, mild weatherwith scattered showers. that is the forecast. the next seven days we show temperatures taking a bit of a drop as we get through the next couple of days. back to windy and cold tomorrow and chilly straight through the end of the work week. >> we are busy right now. marc trains, metro, vre on time and on schedule -- but metrorail having delays in buses because of water main break around edsall road and south van dorn. let's go over head with a news chopper 7. we have the accident maryland beltway. it is slow but nothing remains blocked. outer loop coming through the belt way passing new hampshire ave -- let me just take you around past new hampshire ave. >> good tuesday morning. breaking news from south africa. oscar pistorius' bail hearing -- the double amputees known as blade runner has been charged with premeditated murder of his girlfriend. we're live on the scene. next right here on "good morning america." >> thanks so much. time for a look at your tuesday expressed. >> a live round

for our region, we will get into a south to southwesterly flow of air and temperatures more could easily hit 50 degrees before blast of arctic air arrives. there may be a little bit of snow to talk about friday night into saturday. >> new at this hour, motion denied. john leopold request for a new trial has been shot down by the state. he was found guilty last month of misconduct in office, using on duty police officers to do campaign work and personal business. the grounds were stated without merit. leopold resigned after the conviction. a large crowd converged on annapolis today to testify for and against repealing the death penalty law. the national president of the naacp urged lawmakers to abolish capital punishment. david collins is live in annapolis with more. >> the repeal now seems to be on the fast track in the senate. a committee it is expected to vote on it a week from today. police broke up the death penalty opponent rally staged in the media and outside the senate building. they did not have a permit to demonstrate and the huge signs were considered a driving distraction. >>

temperatures jumped up on a strong southwesterly wind. highs will be in the upper 40s to about 50. plenty warm for just rain. 48 in leonard town. 47 this afternoon with showers. lots of details coming up. all over the place this week. maybe a wintery mix. details on that in a moment. tony, back to you . >> all right, tucker. thank you very much. happening today, president obama plans to put the pressure on republicans over the looming sequestration. >> the president will hold an event at the white house at 10:45 this morning. president obama will be joined by emergency responders to press the case that such workers could lose their jobs if $85 billion of automatic cuts go through on march 1st. the president who returned last night will today urge republicans to accept a proposal put forth by senate democrats last week. it calls for getting rid of tax corporate breaks and to tax millionaires at a rate of 30%. republicans say they've already given in on tax rates. >>> county executives from howard, mont gam ree and prince georges counties meet today on their jurisdictions. a new repo

a strong ought southeasterly and southwesterly winds pushing these temperatures up pretty quick.h temperature in the 40s, that is warm enough everyone to be dealing with rain showers this afternoon. >> thank you. >>> time now to check in with traffic and julie wright. wrigh >>> up fortunately, we have athe got some guys here on the outer loop of the beltway midway between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. this is where the wreck occurred. of a goat two lanes to the left getting by the scene of this crash which occurred. there is a response on the right side of the roadway. on the outer loop of the beltway, expect to find traffic slowing early leaving college park head westbound 459 and around towards this accident scene. again, only the two left lanes are able to get by at this point as we continue westbound around 495. you will find southbound 95, earlier problems that we had 212 headed north have cleared. delays coming northbound starting to slow as you approach the beltway. accident activity on the right shuler. two lanes to the left get by. heavy volume leaving west of c

feeling like 35 with a very light south, southwesterly wind at 3 miles an hour. our weather headlines, we're going to turn bright but brisk today as temperatures get to the mid-40s. a little bit of a breeze. more clouds, colder temperatures on thursday. only about 40, 41. a cold, wet friday but with winter precip possible friday morning toward the shenandoah valley, i-81. going to have to start thinking about school issues but it will be dry for the ekend, a little cool saturday, better on sunday. the weather pattern is such we don't have a lot of cold air across the country. the real arctic stuff thanks to the storms crashing into the west coast will be pushed back into canada. the systems will move east across the country. there's also moisture and energy in the southern jet stream that will come up the east coast. by the time we get to friday, that's when things get more interesting. we're all quiet here this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow we'll see the clouds start to increase here during the day. here we are at lunch time. late thursday still quiet but l

they'll become southwesterly, southeasterly at 6 miles an hour. so a very comfortable day ahead. problems with fog also down toward fredricksburg, up toward even fort belvoir. some of the visibilities are a half mile or less. we've seen improvement up to our north and west on the visibility e i can'ts over the last couple -- visibilities over the last couple of hours but this is not good when you see 31. bowie 31. upper montgomery county, an inch, two inches of snow in spots going toward areas in caroll county. leesburg 344 this morning -- 34 this morning. it's 30 in dumfries. 28 ma fan sas. so plenty of areas seeing these slick spots developing. outside still good visibility in d.c. 37. feels like 32 with a north, northwesterly wind at 7 miles an hour. and that dew point of 30. we say goodbye to the storm from yesterday. stage right. behind it the skies have cleared. they're going to stay clear much of the day. we're going to watch some upstream disturb badgeses pass to our -- disturbances pass to our north later tonight. the disturbance tomorrow will produce rain and snow showe

we've got a very light southwesterly breeze. a crescent moon in the sky.beginning to break up. we're going to have quite a bit of sunshine as the day progresses. right now under the sky, down to near freezing in montgomery county. much of prince george's county, arlington, fairfax county as well. right around the low 30s to upper 20s. prince william into loudoun and fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania. as we look here, hour by hour, through the morning, lots of sunshine. ought to be in the upper 30s by late morning. near 40 degrees. the winds will increase too. during the afternoon, we could have gusts up to around 30 miles per hour or so. these are the highs expected this afternoon. ought to hit the 40s in northern virginia, gt district, nearby suburbs in maryland. highs near 40 farther north and west. 30s highs. hit upper 40s to our south. southern maryland to fredericksburg, warrenton and culpeper of the we'll have increasing clouds on thursday. mid-20s tomorrow morning. highs low 40s tomorrow afternoon. then on friday, we might get a wintry mix pre-daw

expected to surge in here on southwesterly winds. highs will be back in the mid 50s.of low pressure out to our west and the frontal system hanging out to our south. watch the next storm ride up and along that front and just off the coast here by wednesday night and thursday. and that could bring us another round of a little rain and/or snow. got to watch out by wednesday, wednesday night as we could be in for a bit of a winter event around here. there's your accu weather 7 day. saturday and sunday could be another storm. highs only in the 30s. tossing it back to tony and allison at the desk. >> thank you very much, tucker. satellites have captured and sent back millions of images of earth. those pictures show how natural disasters, urban development and defor he is station has affected. >>> nasa earth scientist is joining us live this morning from the space flight center in greenbelt. good morning, sir. >> thanks for having me. i'm doing great. >> i imagine there has to be excitement. does it look like the satellite will take off today? yeah, the weather reports are v

nice quiet and clear start this morning. 27 in downtown washington with a very light wind now, southwesterly at only 3 miles per hour, and that clear sky and a light breeze allowed widespread teens early this morning. 19 in montgomery county, and 16 in manassas and bristow, and low 20s in hagerstown. a little breeze out there, not much, so windchill is also primarily teens and 20s. bundle up first thing this morning. and how quick will we see things warm up? by 3:00, 40s near downtown and pushing towards 50 near culpepper, and by 10:30 tonight notice how temperatures are not going to do the free fall tonight because clouds will be in place, and by 8:00 in the morning, still temperatures in the low 30s and 40s, and a big improvement from this morning, and tomorrow afternoon with the clouds and rain chances temperatures will be near 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon. first drops are well back out to the south and west and they are coming our way, though. first drops can get here as early as 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. sunshine to get your day started today, and clouds and rain showers moving back