there is some precipitation in southwestern virginia. but the main storm system is off in the lower left-hand corner of your screen. that will eventually be making its way eastward. you see it doing that right now. it become a coastal low, moves up the coast and brings precipitation to the mid- atlantic and the northeast. much of it rain, some of it snow. right now, reagan national reporting a temperature of 43 degrees. humidity, 65%. still breezy, wind out of the north, 12 miles per hour. day planner for today, a cool day some breeziness out there. i'll say cool. i will say chilly for tomorrow. 52 for your high today. clouds build in later on in the day. >> just go with it. yes, it will be cold, chilly. >> chilly. >> all right. julie, you can take the earmuffs off and start listening again. >> i already have people hitting me up on twitter complaining about tony and tucker both for that forecast. i'm hash tagging buying tickets to miami. so follow me on that. i know you guys were talking about the wind and the leaves and that sort of th

but also areas of southwestern virginia and western north carolina.e're picking up the heavy showers. that's extended now near the charlottesville area. thunderstorms down toward greensboro. later this morning, don't be surprised if some of that heads our way. still in the upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. leesburg is 63. we're at 64 and tappahannock airport, the warm spot at 68. let's go inside to monika samtani who's been a very busy woman this morning. >> because of the wet road conditions. yellow light this morning. here's what it looks like on the beltway. we'll zoom into the southside of town. a couple of slow stretches, 95, going to take you about five minutes to get toward the occoquan river. it is slow from lorton into springfield. 395 here from the beltway up toward seminary road. we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge. looking good across the bridge span. normal rush hour volume here. back over to the maps and this time, let's zoom into the westside of town. you see the yellow cars. there was an accident 66 westbound at the belt

there's the back end of the precip moving to far southwestern virginia. normally that would take six to eight hours to get all the way through here. that would put us at lunchtime or 2:00. they may be able to prolong the precipitation just a bit. here's the future cast model starting at 7:30 moving forward. at 7:30 this evening the back end is probably going to end as wet snowflakes around the washington area. here we are on the up close and personal view. this is all rain around town. look at the mixing in of the snowflakes out into the mountains. as a result snow almost all snow 90% snow west of i-81. as far as snowfall amounts six to maybe nine inches of snow northern and western maryland. four to six inches as close to the metro area as upper parts of loudon county. two to four across most of loudon and western fairfax. into town a noticeably lower amount. cold and wet and rain and snow today. sunshine returns tomorrow, but it stays very chilly indeed. 43 our high today. that will occur about 11:00 a.m. this morning. 48 tomorrow. you can always follow

showers in southwestern virginia, ohio, kentucky, and west virginia. cold start today with the clear skies, and snowpack up here still. temperatures dropped into the mid- to upper 20s. hagerstown to frederick town at 25. york, pennsylvania was down to 23. the annapolis, the fog has burned off. the growing season is done for just about all of us. 39 hagerstown. there's still a little bit of snow there. 50 in winchester. leesburg is 50. we sit at 51 here in washington. middle 50s to our south. mostly cloudy. 51. winds south-southwest at 6 miles per hour right now. the storm system of the great lakes is going to draw up some moisture actually from the atlantic, from florida, where it's pouring today. rains are going to be breaking out already, starting to break out in the carolinas. that's moving up toward us. that will slowly get here. right now, thankfully, it looks like that's going to happen late enough that most of the kids should be okay this evening. assuming they get done early. we'll move the clock forward to 6:00 p.m., maybe a rain or snore up t

the end of the precipitation is now in far southwestern virginia. we'll be keeping a close eye on this through the remainder of the day. total snow accumulation potentials today. as much as six to nine inches in a few spots west of interstate 81. about four to six inches on average. that stretch will go up to parts of northern frederick county as well. two to four inches central and northern montgomery county out towards dulles airport. maybe an inch on the grass. the closer to the metro area and down into portions of southern maryland and along the bay side, not much if anything on the way of accumulations. roadbeds are warm, the snow will come down hard enough to cover the roads and make them slushy for a time. temperatures below freezing could make a slippery start first thing tomorrow morning as well. we'll keep you posted all day long in the storm center. >> watch that speed if you plan on hitting the pavement. we're going to check in with kim. what is going on out there? >> reporter: i am prepared and chuck bell is right on track with this for

we're watching rain offshore and overspreading much of southwestern virginia now. some of this edged its way up into south maryland. and now the heavier rains are down south of news mineral and ashland and richland. you think the or given our earthquake a few months back. 71 in baltimore. but most spots in the state have fallen into the 60s. we're going to be quickly down to 60s this evening. humidity is moderate. but you don't really feel it at these air temperatures, you note that helps fuel the rain as it pushes up out of the south and more moisture in place and that will mean better chances for rain tonight and into the day tomorrow and the next couple of days. it's a large system. if you really look at the broad circulation, it reaches into upstate new york and up into cape hatteras and upshore a large circulation. not a tropical system. but the core is over columbia, south carolina. the whole ball of wax will slowly progress. the upper lows famous for upper movement and slowly progress north and east and will eventually clear by friday. but we look for increa

snow and rain is what we are seeing in a lot of our observing stations in west virginia and southwestern virginia. this is the first batch of rain , the first part of the storm sending in the precipitation in to western maryland tonight. it's the coastal storms south and east the big player in our weather, around baltimore, the baltimore suburbs and across through the eastern shore tomorrow arguments lot of cold rain on delmarva, here is the future trend, mainly the possibility of rain coming in after midnight tonight, baltimore, eastward. baltimore westward, rain, snow mix, changing to snow through the day tomorrow. as you see on the backside, cold air wraps, we will all see snow, a period of wet snow, tomorrow afternoon, late tomorrow afternoon in to tomorrow evening before the whole thing blows out tomorrow. tomorrow cold and little icy out there. we will be dry and sunday completely dry and warm enough to melt off the snow that does fall. overnight, temperatures will be very chilly but not quite enough to produce snow except for western maryland. tomorrow 39. temperatures falling in the afte

afternoon and evening, but this morning, look at whether's coming here from west virginia, southwestern virginiaom roanoke, that will be here in the next couple of hours. if you leave early enough, you can beat this stuff. 6 this morning in annapolis -- 9 this morning in -- 69 this morning in annapolis. cumberland visibility here a quarter mile. winchester is up to three, although they have been bouncing up and down with the fog. we'll certainly watch that. highs today up toward the 70-degree mark or so. >>> all the early risers out of laurel on 95 were in for a big veriwise track & trace overnight. that is because there was a pretty big accident involving an overturned tractor trailer southbound on 95 right at the beltway. it happened at 11:17 this morning. the road was blocked until just a few minutes ago. southbound 95, everything is reopened right now, corporal brazil tells me they were clearing it upright around 1:00 this morning. go over to 270 southbound, no incidents here. everything looks fine down to where the lanes divide. 66 in rosalyn, roosevelt bridge nice and quiet and a last like

a few markets in southwestern virginia and parts of west virginia. this is rotating through. but there is drier weather that will pull away all the moisture to set the stage for nice weekend. some places have already picked up 3 inches of rain. showers lifting through. nothing severe right now. 71 as we go through the afternoon with some clearing late-day. cool and breezy overnight. gusty tomorrow perhaps at 68 degrees. 69. 70's by sunday with sunshine. gorgeous into a crystal apple next week. next as the rain is wednesday followed by much cooler weather. >>> cool and breezy, i don't know. moving at a better pace southbound 270 at shady grove road. no worries in virginia, 95 and 66, headlights are northbound. 395 northbound had a minor crash at glebe road, but quickly resolved. looks good across the 14th ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] who'd d have thought that the person you'd grow up to be ---- how creative or confident or kind -- was shaped beforyou lost your first tooth? ♪ ♪ the first five years are forever. ♪ ♪ that's why pnc is devototing $250 million and ten more years to hel

the coming out of north carolina and southwestern virginia. as we look at live doppler 9000 hd, knocking on the doorstep, the sprinkles are knocking on the doorstep. you see a little bit of light green in fairfax county. up toward marshall and the plains here. toward south central virginia, south of culpepper, down route 29, this is where we are picking up more moderate rains moving toward madison right on route 29 moving toward the north. you guys toward south and west are going to see it before we do. we have a coastal flood warning in effect until noon around dc, arlington and fairfax counties. the darker green areas those tides could be running a foot and a half above average. mid-60s in most areas to low 60s north and west. at reagan national, the temp 66, dew point 64. the humidity high is 93%. once we get rid of the rain that will come through today, nice and clear. that is your weekend into early next week. today 71. we finished the day with sunshine after the showers and storms moved through midday. windy tomorrow 67 after starting in

down across southwestern virginia, out toward asheville. this is all going to be lifting north over the next couple of days. temperatures, we're in the 60s. 65 in annapolis. 50s north and west. where the skies are cleared out a little bit, that has helped fog to form. leonardtown was down a little less. now they're sitting at a mile visibility. highs today a lot cooler than yesterday when we were in the low 80s. today, 72 for washington. 69 in fredericksburg. about 71 in leesburg. monika? >> you know, i've changed the light to yellow not because it is too terrible but just a couple of little things going on i'm going to show you. on the beltway, it is fine. we'll zoom into the south side of town. there is a disabled vehicle right here in springfield. let's take a live look at route 644 sitting in the right lane causing delays up from lorton at about route 642 to this point. you're ok as you head to 395. we'll take you back over to the map. this time on 66, an accident reported right here near nutley street. so, expect some slow traffic as y

could be on the locally heavy side and you're seeing the moisture moving toward virginia and southwestern virginia. our future cast, i think this is underdoing the moisture a little bit. i think it will be more toward richmond by noon. it is trying to keep it all south and west of us for the afternoon. the evening hours. tonight is when it starts to bring the rain in here by tomorrow morning and during the day on wednesday. showers, rumbles of thunder later on in the afternoon and evening before we see some clearing by thursday morning. for another piece of energy brings us some showers later thursday into friday. so, today, 72. cloudy skies. can't rule out a shower or two in the afternoon, especially south. rain pretty good bet tomorrow. 67, maybe some thunder mixed in a few spots. for thursday, a few more showers which may go into friday morning. thursday, 72. we start to see some light at the end of the tunnel. saturday, sunny. sunday, delightful. 72. 'skins are home. should be perfect weather for that. monday, 77 with a little bit of clouds here and there. monika? >> need to get through the ne

you can see some heavier showers and even some thunderstorms sitting down in southwestern virginia, right around roanoke there. extending down southward toward just down over the border of north carolina, around winston-salem. baltimore and annapolis and down toward calvert beach, mainly light showers. that's what we're going to see here for the evening and for a good portion of the overnight as we settle down to the low 60s by 11:00 p.m. so not at least a chilly night. on your fast-4-cast, the possibility of some thunder coming our way for tomorrow. and how much rain we could get out of this next weather system. actually, two of them. in a couple of minutes. back to you. >>> we're just getting started here on news 4 at 4:00. coming up, a little girl's rap video goes viral ♪ you got my heartbeat running away, beating like a drum that is pounding away ♪ >> you go. coming up, the video rendition of nikki minaj's song. >>> plus, "access hollywood" >>> well, at first glance she's just a little girl in a princess costume. but one kindergartner is surely making headlines around the globe for ra

gorgeous color from deep creek lake all the way down into southern west virginia and southwestern virginiapeak color there. in fact, we have some good color just farther to the east there, panhandle of west virginia around the shenandoah valley too. we're just beginning to see the color showing up here in washington. look at this photo sent into us by one of our viewers, john roddy, out in west virginia. look at that gorgeous color there. it's going to be looking like that this weekend out there. temperatures are certainly chilly from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. we're in the 40s this morning. near 50 right near the bay. it's in the low to mid-40s in prince george's, montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties as well. so a chill all over the region. clouds we had yesterday have cleared out overnight, and we'll have lots of sunshine this morning. as the day progresses, sunrise at 7:23. going to be a chilly morning. so dress accordingly. we'll be bright and sunny, though. near 50 by 9:00. by noontime upper 50s. during the afternoon, the low 60s briefly with few clouds deve

the back end to have rain and snow is reaching the roanoke area in southwestern, virginia. ready to turn the precip off by late this mpb, early this evening. between now and then the urban and western suburbs could get one inch could be as much as six inches towards the blue ridge. we'll have more on this on the >>> welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning, october 29th, 2011. we're all bundled up here under the umbrellas, and it's coming, it's coming. yes, under umbrellas because we came out and it was drizzling a moment ago. now it is start to go actually rain. kind of a nasty day here. 43 degrees on the plaza. >> i was going to say, who doesn't love 43 and rain. >> and there's snow on the way. >>> it's a rare one for october. >> yes. lester holt alongside amy here on the plaza. we've got millions of people bracing for a lot of the white stuff along with driving rain and winds as high as 50 miles per hour. guys, this is as good as it gets right now. we're going to have the very latest on the winter weather just ahead. >> but look at the fall trees. they've still got

conservativecy, the rivers run nearly parallel courses through the remote mountains and valleys of southwestern virginia and northeastern tennessee. these last free flowing tributaries of the tennessee river harbor the nation's highest concentrations of globally rare and imperiled fish and fresh water mussels. these watersheds are the most biodiverse region east of the mississippi river and among the top biodiverse places in all of the united states. h.r. 2273 would increase the risk of coal ash spills in the upper clinch, hallston, and powell rivers potentially causing many species to go extinct. human health is also at risk as a result much poorly regulated coal mining in appalachia. scientist from west virginia university have conducted extensive research on the human health impacts of coal mining in local populations. they found residents of coal mining regions have significantly higher rates, chronic heart, respiratory, and kidney illnesses. coal mining regions of appalachia have higher rates of cancer and premature mortality with higher rates -- i would ask for another minute. mr. waxman: i yield

freshman from the southwestern corner of virginia who introduced it, mr. speaker, because he's worried about jobs in his district. you are not going to find, and i challenge you to find, a single member who comes to the floor to say to my freshman colleague introduced this bill because he had any motivation other than the best interests of the men and women and families that live in his district. understand that. introduced this bill that we are going to discuss if this rule passes because he is concerned about the men, women, children, the families in his district. that's why this legislation was introduced. he introduced this legislation over the summer, june 21. on september 8, the subcommittee that deals with this legislation had a hearing, september 8. had a hearing. and on september 13, the week later, reported out this bill through the regular subcommittee process. we go on, mr. speaker, september 20, the full committee had hearings, markups, on this bill. met in open markup session on september 21, reported out this bill. printed this committee rep

virginia. we could be looking atmore damage coming our way this evening. we are approaching the 5:00 hour now. that tornado warning for culpeper as well as for southwestern fauquier county, that will go up until 5:00. the tornado watch until 11:00. plenty of storms down south. the cold front, we could be looking atmore severe weather coming our way tomorrow. doug? >> once again, we are going to continue to watch these for you. we are going to stay with you on this storm because it's dangerous. we are going to stay on through the 5:00 hour. we are going to break here in a minute. when we come back, i expect they will continue the warning in toward fauquier county because they have a very possible signature of a tornado on the radar. we'll be right back. stay with us here at news 4. we'll continue to >>> hello, meteorologist doug kammerer and veronica johnson here. watching the possibility of a tornado. we have a tornado warning near fauquier county. i's going for five minutes or so. i expect it to be continued for a half hour or 45 minutes. that includes fauquier and prince william counties. we have another storm toward the fredericksburg area with some r