areas of rain migrating through southwestern virginia. that will continue to push our way and bring us in light wintry mix about lunchtime. 26 in a country village, 25 in waldorf, 23 in bristow. 28 in aldie. a light, wintry mix around noon and then kept in light rain fall in the afternoon. damp roads is all that's expected. high temperature of 42. >> some travelers could be dealing with a nightmare before and after christmas. meteorologist are talking about two big storms. >> get ready for a white christmas across parts of the u.s.. this is video from reno nevada, where visibility was an issue as drivers tried to make their way through a snowstorm. >> in syracuse, new york snowplows working overtime. this is the city's first snowstorm of the season. residents bracing for more. >> in california, dealing with severe flooding. this is video from sonoma county. entire intersections lacked under water. >> we want to go to breaking news. a fatal shooting in the capitol hill area. >> john gonzalez is there on the scene where it happened. police

those are areas of some light rain just now beginning to move into southwestern virginia, southern west virginia into kentucky and tennessee. it's advancing off to the north and east. it will take a while to get here. maybe around noontime may get sleet and maybe wet snowflakes around the blueridge. temperatures are around freezing. reagan national at 32. up near the bay it's milder. we do have a freezing rain advisory and freezing rain warning. this is all of these areas in pink and areas in the lavender are under a winter weather advisory for an inch of snow and icing that will occur today as that system moves in. farther east we're not going to have any problems with this bit of sleet and maybe some wet snowflakes initially and it does look like we will have that beginning around noontime and then during the afternoon a bit of a blustery wind. we'll have that sleet mixing with some rain perhaps from time to time around our western northern suburbs. i'll be back with a look at what may happen this christmas eve in ten minutes. >> things are looking good right now on the interstates so

right now getting some rain down in tennessee, southwestern virginia and kentucky. ahead of that under the clouds we have temperatures cold. we're in the 20s to right around the freezing mark in washington and the nearby suburbs. right near the bay it's a little bit above freezing but away from waters below freezing. into the shenandoah valley and mountains, most locations in the 20s. in fact, even colder. east of the mountains we don't have any weather advisories but there is one out for western maryland and into west virginia. a combination maybe of some icing and some maybe light snow there later today. if you are heading west, you may be running into that later today and for the metro area a cold, calm dry morning and then by noontime might get a little bit of snow and sleet perhaps to our west and north otherwise light rain moving into the metro area and maybe a little bit of sleet mixing in with some rain western northern suburbs mid afternoon and all rain after that and we'll be hovering near 40 degrees during the afternoon. a look at christmas eve in ten min

it is close to southwestern virginia now. it will continue to make its way to the south and the east. it will trigger a few showers and bringing those temperatures back up above normal. it is in the 50's and 60's now our weekend will be mild but with the front lingering in the area a risk of the a shower also lingers. weekends use some rain it has been dry here in the past couple of weeks. mostly dry conditions, only a slight chance for a shower on sunday. generally, a cloudy day near the bay and then finally a stronger front will cut across the area on monday and that's when we'll clear things out. 47 to 52 tomorrow with light southeast winds. on the bay winds will average 5 to 10 knots. temperatures start to climb after a chilly night, the warm front goes through, we hit 57 on saturday. 64 on monday then a cold front goes through, a shower on tuesday and by middle of next week highs are back down into the 40's. >> it is a novelty when the schedule came down. the ravens will get a look at the robert griffin iii in person. rg

that's producing some rain in southwestern virginia, carolinas, kentucky, and tennessee. it is advancing northeast heading closer to us. we'll have a lot of cloudiness through the rest of the day. it's cold. we're below freezing just about everywhere except right on the tidal potomac and right on the chesapeake bay where it's in the 30s to near 40 degrees in a few locations there. in the mountains it's only near 20 degrees. way out west, western maryland into west virginia, there could be some icing and maybe an inch or so of snow later today into tonight. if you are driving that way, watch out for that. we'll have sun maybe this morning but then cloudy later in the morning and maybe wet snowflake activity with maybe a little sleet mixing with rain noontime and then changing to all rain by mid to late afternoon around most of the region and into this christmas eve. a look at that in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with mike. >> good morning. things are looking good right now on all major interstates for christmas eve commute. let's take a look at 270 right now worry fr

we're watching the moisture into kentucky, down in tennessee, north carolina, southwestern virginia. but you'll notice it is just moving off toward the east barely not even to roanoke yet. that means it's going to be a while before it gets up here. i'm thinking if you have plans this morning, no real problems. temperatures are cold. you need the heavier jackets with 25 in reston. haymarket is 28. to the north we have 33 in laytonsville. laurel is 30. 27 in bowie. prince frederick, kind of frosty down there in calvert county. so you'll see that as well and many areas like alexandria and fort belvoir also in the 20s. you park outside, leaving early, you may have to scrape the windshields. on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. 32 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. the north wind at 6:00 making it feel like 26 this morning. active across the country. another storm system coming if from the west. look at all the rain and mountain snows extending toward the enter mountain west. jet stream across mexico and texas, this will activate a storm system tomorrow. could be quite a s

mostly rain, back into southern west virginia and extreme southwestern virginia.ing to kind of work its way up i-81. the best chance for showers overnight and early tomorrow morning will be west of i-81, hagerstown, cumberland, that area. predominantly 30s, 36 bethesda, 37 great falls, 38 vienna, 39 fairfax, upper 30s college park, 35 bowie, 37 down toward brandywine, 34 at andrews. unsettled but milder. it's going to be a tradeoff the next few days. clouds return tonight, a wet morning commute late tomorrow morning, not a big deal, just light activity, a little milder friday and then warmer over the weekend and that's going to be nice. we're getting kind of lucky. 7:00 tomorrow you see this the patch of magenta or pink up near bed forcounty in pennsylvania? this are some freezing rain advisories. we're looking at light showers in the immediate metro area. if you go to work between 8:00 and 10:00, you have a better chance of seeing showers especially d.c. north up 270 and notice it's green, so it's light activity. it scoots out quickly. we'll be left with clouds m

you can see some precipitation in the form of rain in portions of west virginia and southwestern virginiauth of i-81. everything pork off to the east and north. some of the shower activity will get into the metro area by morning. in fact, 5:15 in the morning, you see this color here, the magenta. a little bit of freezing rain possible up in bedford county, just over the border from maryland. so the rest of us will just have rain. love a wet commute in hagerstown, leesburg. we'll put this into motion. a better chance of showers in the latter part of the rush hour. if you go late tomorrow love a better chance of seeing wet roads. prince george's county, collaterals county. nothing is heavy. it's all just green, which means light. but still, enough to wet the roads. that's why we made a yellow alert for friday. the clouds kind of hang tough in the afternoon, then showers redevelop tin mountains by evening. a little better chance of showers tomorrow night. but again, everything is light, and the good news is temperatures are going up. so you will need a coat at the bus stop. kids will need a

the nearest drops are still down around across far southwestern virginia into northeastern parts of tennessee. it's coming our way but the air mass that's in place over us today is really dry. so the first rain drops are just going to get eaten up by all that dry air and not reach the ground. but that helps cool the atmosphere down and that's the reason i think sleet pellet will be a possibility. clouds returning during the overnight. you will probably get some breaks of sunshine first thing in the morning but clouds will quickly thicken right back in. cold air will be in place and moisture coming up over the top of that. as the rain drops try to fall through that cold air, we could get some sleet, especially likely out across parts of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, northern and western maryland, on up into southern pennsylvania, and a time line on this is late morning through about midafternoon tomorrow. eventually the warm air wins out, changes it all to rain and it comes quickly to an end before midnight tomorrow night and we'll be back in the sunshine just in time for

power packed system, but a little bit of rain back into southern west virginia and extreme southwestern virginiame of this could get in here at the tail end of our commute tomorrow especially north and west of town. temps in the 30s, 30s in bethesda, 34 in gaithersburg and great falls, 37 in fairfax and college park and already 33 in andrews and 32 in bowie. now unsettled but milder, clouds return tonight, a wet morning commute late tomorrow, especially north and west of town, hagerstown west and certainly in the mountains it will be a wet commute. milder friday, warmer over the weekend, although i just peeked at some new information. i may have to lower temperatures sunday. in the meantime here's our futurecast. 8:00 tomorrow light activity up 270, light activity out to the west, out route 7 or 50 toward leesburg. we'll put this back into motion. by 11:00 some showers gaithersburg north. notice it's all green, so it's all light activity. it's not exactly an intense system. the clouds hang tough pretty much all day. that's 2:00 on friday, even getting into the evening another round of showers po

just getting its act together south and west in portions of southwestern virginia, eastern kentucky,ou can see the green at the bottom of your screen. that will be moving in during the course of the day. the system is a weak one. the area of low pressure will stay to the west. warmer air across the region. not only at the surface but as you get up in the atmosphere, temperatures will warm. that's why we are thinking primarily a rain event, starting 1:00, 2:00. the whole thing wrapping up at 7:00, 8:00 tonight. we are hoping for better but there you go. a couple of sleet pellets, shower activity getting its act together by noon. showers later this afternoon. the whole thing will wind down early this evening. highs about 40. if you are north and west you may see the sleet pellets last longer. you may see more snowflakes. we are not expecting travel difficulties locally today. >> that's good. we will keep an eye on later in the week. >> thanks, tucker. >> traffic time? >>> >>> with schools closed throughout the area, federal government closed but there are shoppers out there and folks w

southern areas of indiana through ohio down through areas of southwestern virginia, the mountains of north carolina, and all the way up toward new york for rhode island, massachusetts, the eastern areas, up across new england. this will be a big storm for them, delivering blizzard conditions as one area of blow pressure strengthens just off the coast. we'll see 1 to 3 inches of snow, those counties shaded in purple. montgomery county, louden county in virginia run on down into areas of warren and around blue ridge. maryland bordering pennsylvania, about 2 to 4 inches of snow. there it could stay on the ground a little longer. slippery conditions for the early part of the day. latter part of the day, as we warm up and we will, i think, by a few degrees. not much. 39 is where we are now. so as that snow comes back into the area, because we did have a few flakes early this morning, a few wet flakes, temperatures will start to drop, and it will support the snow for a while. you're seeing the radar split because of the two areas of low pressure. it's snow mostly up to the north. sleet and

the army ammunition plant in southwestern virginia is violating federal law, the plant is author to have operated by be which in 2010 received one of the largest fines and history from the department of justice for falsifying records. chairman of the board, and as the new york times reported in august, the united states accounts for 78 percent of the weapons sold worldwide, so the money has clearly taken over. there -- this emission plan is to be investigated for the toxins they're putting out and a lack of oversight from epa and our elected officials. >> host: thank you. if you could draw the larger lesson of money and in politics and policy. >> guest: this is one of the things i really was shocked to find out. just how much control and power the money interest of wall street had in washington. republicans and democrats and never seemed to make much difference. part of that, of course, the incredible roll the money place in politics through campaign contributions, the relentless lobbying. also, through placing people through the revolving door and having so many senior banking officials

it's all rain here kentucky through the carolinas and southwestern virginia. the moisture has been moving in toward roanoke. see how it's lifting north into indiana? that will take a while before we see it. that's why this afternoon looks to be wet more than anything else. 29 this morning in bethesda. 25 sterling, one of our cold spots although reston is at 24. fort belvoir also down to 25. we've got 27 in college park. outside on our michael & son weather camera, great visibility under mostly cloudy skies. 33 and winds. most folks have light winds this morning. satellite and radar, let me show you the temps first. bismarck 13 below. a bunch of cold coming in. national in the 40s. got a storm system coming out of the tennessee valley. there's your rain this morning. see how it's lifting to the north here? this moisture? that will be what we see for the afternoon. again mainly wet. some areas well north and west of town may see a grassy buildup. we're talking winchester to perhaps into northern frederick county. chilly today. a little bit of snow or sleet mixin

a few sprinkles in western pennsylvania and some showers now moving into southern and southwestern virginia moving in but probably not until after sunset today. it is generally around 50 in the metro area. the areas in light blue still in the 40s off to our west and north. richmond now at 59. going forward over the next 36 hours these areas in green are zones of potential showers. this is as of 3:00 p.m. looks like that will begin to move into the mountains and pass north of us. then the greater chance of rain around the metro area is not going to be perhaps until 9:00 this evening until around midnight. after that a lot of that rain moves off to the north and east as of 7:00 tuesday morning. still mostly cloudy, maybe some fog around. might have a lingering quick sprinkle tomorrow morning but then after that we'll dry out during the rest of the day tomorrow and we'll get a blustery wind, too. that's going to settle down on wednesday. for the rest of the afternoon, a lot of clouds around but probably no rain. we'll just have it in the low to mid 50s for highs by mid afternoon and we'll have

radar, we see some rain back in through west virginia, southwestern virginia and parts of kentucky and tennessee. this is pushing north and east. there is a chance some of this could be here in time for our morning commute. i think most of us will have a dry movement everything that moves in will be light. there is a slight chance north of the border, maybe bedford county, could have a brief period of freezing rain tomorrow morning. temperatures, 41 rockville, a lot of 30s showing up, 39 bethesda, 36 gaithersburg, 40 in great falls, vienna, fairfax, 41 in college park, 38 in bowie. temps will tank quickly till about midnight. then with the cloud cover coming in and southerly winds temps will level off. unsettled, milder. clouds return tonight, a few showers tomorrow but milder friday and warmer over the weekend. that is the good news. 6:00 tomorrow a lot of clouds around the metro area, but some showers west of town. if newer hagerstown or martinsburg or -- if you're in hagerstown or martinsburg or cumberland, you probably will have a wet commute. by 9:00 showers down toward andrews, l

pavement dry in the immediate metro area but portions of southern maryland and southwestern virginia are already seeing some of that moisture. it's going to continue to move on through. that means the kids definitely need some rain fear as they -- rain gear as they head towards the bus stop this morning. we could see sprinkles early day and mid afternoon as well. temperatures on the chilly side. right now in the 30s. after sunrise we'll see some improvement. satellite and radar will keep a constant stream of some of this moisture through but the thunderstorms that stay well to our west. this will be a little bit after nuisance rain. right now 38 in arlington. 37 in rockville. yes, it will be cool but we will see an improvement as we head into saturday's forecast. high of 65 and back to the as on sunday. monika? >>> well, things generally speaking look good outside. no major issues to report on our thoroughfares heading for 495. that includes the dulles toll road coming in from sterling. 66 coming in from manassas. a good time to head out right now. all of your lanes are open. we'll t

how things have cleared out precip wise, except for these showers back coming in toward southwestern west virginiar temperatures, you'll need a light jacket i think with mid- 40s in the shenandoah valley. low 50s here in town. still 55 off to our south in southern maryland. monika samtani, it's 4:26. how are things looking this tuesday morning? >>> we have the fog around town, patchy fog. overnight there was a pretty big accident on the northbound side of i-270 at route 80 in urbana. three cars involved. one was overturned. it was there for three hours from 10:30 last night. right now things are open. let's take a live look at 270 at route 109. that's where delays have begun on the northbound side of 270 so it was tough for three hours overnight. right now it looks nice and light. this time to the south side of town. no issues to report on the northbound side of 95 from woodbridge. we'll take a live look at 395 in landmark at duke street. all lanes open to the 14th street bridge. more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys, andrea and mike? >>> the children of newtown, connecticut wi

we're watching the moisture this morning trying to get into the southwestern areas of virginia. extreme southwest virginia. so we have a while. if you need to ge out this morning, any -- to go out this morning, any plans. a lot of it is down into tennessee and kentucky and it all has to move in our direction. that's going to take a while. outside on our michael & son weather camera, we have a temperature of 32 but no wind. the windchill is 32. some of our colder suburbs are down in the middle 20s this morning but that's about the worst of it. our pressure is 30.03 and that is going to fall. a very active pattern across the country. we have storminess out on the west coast once again. more heavy snows in the mountains of california, in the northern rockies, the pacific northwest. it has been a great month for skiers in the western u.s. another system that we're watching, too, see the jet stream here and this band of clouds across texas? that's the jet stream. as it comes across the deep south today, it's going to be a dangerous situation, especially into tomorrow when there could

farther north and west, they're getting a few sprinkles in southwestern west virginia, eastern kentucky. it's a disturbance sweeping through by late morning and early afternoon. it might trigger a few sprinkles for us. right now, it's in the 40s. these areas in blue. far north and west of washington into the mountains. right around the metro area, near 50 degrees, including the district of columbia. milder, right around the bay in northern neck, eastern shore. right now, around the metro area, it's hovering in the upper 40s to near 50. our temperatures will be climbing into the upper 50s by mid-afternoon. between now and then, we'll have a little sunshine breaking out this morning. but maybe a few sprinkles late morning, early afternoon, small chance of that. gusts of wind to 30 miles an hour this afternoon as we go partly sunny. a look at your hometown forecast. that's coming up in just a couple of minutes. now, danella is here with a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. the first alert traffic office, i'm checking a couple accidents. inbound on the 11th street brid. making

the clouds are beginning to move in now, and can you see in southwestern sections of virginia and southerntions of west virginia, we're beginning to see some rain forming and that is going to come on across. the problem is we're so dry at the lower levels and this is trying to fall on top of us overnight tonight. a lot of it will more 13 likely evaporate. i don't anticipate problems whatsoever and farther to the west and to the northwest, late this evening and overnight, there could be a couple of places you were the gun and that is something we will watch with temperatures later on. tomorrow, we're cool. and the rain will stay away and that is some limited sunshine if any and that is not a lost sunshine and this those advisores again are for southern and central secs of pennsylvania. and nothing for maryland, nothing for virginia and in town, temperatures will stabilize in the mid-30s with the clouds and i anticipate tomorrow morning, 39 degrees and that is cloudy. a few breaks allowing sunshine and not much with temperatures warmer than today. 51 degrees or so and some more sunshine on s

by tomorrow morning showers in southwestern pennsylvania, west virginia, western maryland.t some of these by afternoon here and there. isolated stuff. but it should be a little milder tomorrow with temperatures back in the low 50s. here's a look at your forecast where we've got our weather alerts. all green the next few days with 46 and chilly this afternoon. tonight we're down to about 34, 35 in d.c. but upper 20s north and west. cool on friday. could be a shower in the afternoon, 54. milder saturday with a morning shower, 64. even tomorrow night there could be a couple of showers and then for sunday with the redskins ravens game 62, chance of a shower. by the way, you can watch that game here on wusa at 1:00. let's go to monika at 5:49 with timesaver traffic. >>> you like pineapples? >> i love pine ams -- pineapples. >> this truck was carrying pineapples. what a waste. it happened around 1:00, 2:30 this morning on the outer loop where this truck carrying pineapples overturned right after the exit for 270. this is a live picture from our sky 9. the activity still there alo

as the sun rises over the southwestern mountains of virginia, the first place light hits is his bed. he designed the house so that she would be able to to absorb the light, began the day, and for the journey as soon as it was physically and humanly and naturally possible. later that day i wandered down to the cemetery with the famous mr. action epitaph and realized quite by accident the last place on the mountain where the sun shines is his grave. so it is so like jefferson to soak up every last hour every moment of energy and a flight. so what do we make of this man who was so eager to increase the day to enjoy it and to endure as long as he did? - we have to see him for what he was. he was a working politician. here is what george washington wrote to jefferson and hamilton and they're relatively rough early days in the cabin at in the 79 peace wendi as jefferson put we were put in the cabinet like cops at each other's throats. here's washington. however unfortunate while we are encompassed on all sides with avowed enemies and insidious trends that internal dissensions should be hea

southwestern sky is the silvery half-moon. right now it is in the 20s. just about all of virginia and all of maryland. much of west virginia it's only down to the low 20s. only around 20 degrees in many of those locations. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties are in the upper 20s. and in the district of columbia, away from the potomac, it's also only around 30 degrees. hour by hour today, not much of a warm-up. you'll need your winter coat. by the afternoon, ought to be reaching the upper 40s. sunrise, 7:13. sunset at 4:46. danella with our traffic trouble this morning. >> still tracking the accident on the outer loop of the beltway at i-270. here's what's happening here. your delays really significant right now. here's a live look from chopper 4. the earlier accident, tractor-trailer still on its side. it's filled with pineapples. crews are unloading pineapples to another tractor-trailer that's on the scene. but look at these delays. i'm going to give you a closer look at colesville road. here's university, jammed here, too. i'm watching new hampshire avenue. they're starting to s