blizzard warning for spotsylvania county, long island, new york, until 6:00 a.m. sunday morning. 30 million people under warning. temperatures in lower 20's. that won't change. we have enough wind to drive wind chills lower. everything else will pick up. steve rudin has that story from the belfort furniture weather center. be awfully windy, steve. steve: windy, noisy, snowy and the as we move through overnight hours. be prepared. may even hear a rumble of thunder. look at the winds out there. wind speeds from 20, 25, 30 per hour. it area of low pressure, will transfer from the coast to give us a heavy snow moving overnight. show you what it looks like. the heaviest bands are exiting richmond moving northward. eventually making it to fredericksburg and leonardtown and the district. that will be the first heavy band across the area. as i show you the future cast, you can see the heaviest snow south of d.c. by 4:30 in the morning it is overhead. it will come down at approximately two or three inches an hour and will allow snow to pile up quickly. toould not be surpri

delay.urel alexandria city, fairfax county, falls church city, fredericksburg city, manassas city, spotsylvania countynd stafford county under a two-hour delay.tw also anne arrundel countydel un schools under two-hour delay.el they had -- they were supposed e to have closed two hours earlier but again now it'sin n ' just a two-hour delay.el >> and they're going eclose onon time now i think.ow i tnk >> exactly. >> let's talk about what elsealb is happening in maryland. myl montgomery county and prince ani george's county under age two-hour delay.two- two hour we just mentioned mentn anne arrundel. originally -- we already put alt that information in there.nforma still reading that again.readin so, that'sg what we have as fas as those jurisdictions aredi concerned. we're going to update as thatha list continues to grow. you can find a full list, d.c.ic schools with a two-hour delay.rl full list of all thishi information, if you don't get it from us you can get it from t our web site or the app fox5ox d.c. com.c. c >> erin obviously a busyy aus morning out there. it's been a busy night. nig >> that's rig

fairfax and spotsylvania county are being delayed tomorrow. closings scrolling at the bonding and -- the bottom of the screen. alison: the snow is coming toan end, but there are other problems. it pales in comparison with what is ahead, a blizzard watch posted friday afternoon through late saturday night where we could see feet of snow, more white outs, and strong wind. leon: tonight is just a taste of what is to come. we have the biggest team of meteorologist in the region. let's start with meteorologist steve rudin. what are the latest model showing? steve: big changes on the way. this evening, we had about in inch of snow with huge problems. as we move friday into saturday, we are going to be measuring the .now not in inches but feet across the area, the belfort furniture weather center, 26 chevy chase, 25 falls church, well below freezing. the untreated roadways come all the traffic, all the tires quickly melting the freshly fallen snow, that quickly froze and a layer of ice built on top of that, leading to very slick conditions. the edge

. >> mannasas cityen mannasas park city and prince william and spotsylvania county and stafford. >> maryland anne arundel, calvert, charles, frederick, mtion county and, for instance, george county all closed d.c. public schools closed today. again a complete listing scrol scrolling at the bottom of your sglooen metro is inching closer to reassume full service today. all stations except on the silver line will be on. >> metro rail opens at 5 a.m. with trains run opening a modified weekday schedule. regular fares will be in place today. no more free rides today. mean while, 79 of metro 91 bus routes will run on severe snow plan and metro access begins at noon today. >> meanwhile amtrak continues to operate on modified schedule as well trains running near normal levels following the blizzard including most ak sale express and northeast regional trains between boss strong and district and parts of virginia. >> things are gettingto back to normal at airport. along the east coast they're back to schedule and reagan and and dulles international airports both are only operating with one functional

alexandria city,ity, fredericksburg city, manassas cn city, spotsylvania county, c stafford county, allnder a cn, two-hour delay.el we're going to update you upde throughout the morning as this t lift grows. g you can now find the full listll on our web site fox5d.c.com or.m on the fox5 d.c. app. >> okay, let's get to the bigth story this morning, the road byh more.more we're looking right behind us.en this is the inner loop and loo outer loop of the beltway by b saint barn brassaint barnabas r. it's gridlock.ridl >> we were saying howl it looked like things started totad dissipate a little bit aseit folks got home from their fourhf plus hour commute last night. n a lot of people getting upetti earl to head back up for work w and that's what they're uphey'ru against now.agains the outer loop completelyter lol jammed by 210. same story on the inner loop. in crawling all over town.li all of those semis and tractor-trailers parked outtrais there on the inner loop. t some pulled over on the outer loop as well.los traffic is looking like thatis g all over the beltway, top and bottom. we'll s

they include so far, stafford county, fairfax county, spotsylvania county and fredericksburg city schools all on a two hour delay. we'll ep weep you updated. >> we begin with sue palka. sue, if this is what an inch of snow did tonight, we really should be worried about friday. >> you know, i actually was in the afternoon meeting today talking about this clipper toppling through, tony, and i said i predict we may have more problems with the snow tonight than we'll have on saturday and the differentiation have preparation and if you don't want to be stuck in it, don't get stuck in it. a lot of people were not paying attention to this. i heard from one of our long term photographs craig little top ten worst drive since i've been a photographer and teary bodash wrote to me it took me 2 1/2 hours to goat 7 corners from annandale #what a mess. it's like a carmageddon and we'll talk about what to expect friday and saturday and what is going on tonight. caitlin roth and wisconsin avenue caityln is it snow covered out there. i think i know the answer to that. what are you seeing out there right no

schools, closed.se also in virginia, two hour delays at false church city,y, fredericksburg city, spotsylvania county, staffordffr county and manassas park city.ak there's your virginia runurirgi down. >> let's get you to maryland. mn montgomery county and prince george's county schools, arescs you on a two-hour delay. delay there's also a two-hour delayela for anne arrundel countyl schools. now originally anne arrundelrr was due to dismiss two hours early.rly. instead, they're going in two i hours later.s ler they'll dismiss at normal norma time. ti so that's the big change there t anne arrundel county. also howard county schoolsard you're on a two-hour delay. del more from maryland now.laow charles county schools you are s closed today.ay calvert and saint mary'sansain county schools, you're on a two-hour delay.. >> d.c. schools two-hour delaylh this morning.th mor but administrative officese oic will open on time.im that's the list of major schools.school the full list is on our webeb site on fox5 d.c. com and ourd o map and scrolling on therollon t bottom of our screen. sn. >> the traffic nightma

fauquier, frederick, paige and stafford county will skoos a s stafford county will skoos choo spotsylvania county. charles, calvert, st. mary's all closed tomorrow. prince george's county was already scheduled to have the day off tomorrow. d.c. schools will be closed tomorrow, as well. you can see all of the closings at the bottom of your screen and on our nbc washington app. >>> the airlines are already grounding flights in anticipation of the storm. united is canceling all flights after 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. all flights in the mid atlantic and american airlines announced today that all saturday flights in our region have been canceled. most airlines have issued travel advisories and that means they're also waiving change fees. it's best now to call now and rebook your ticket. if you wait until your flight is canceled it will be hard to get a seat on a later flight and here is what's coming up next. >> prince george's officials insist they're ready for the next blizzard in the next 24 hours. coming up, the plan in place in case thousand of residents lose power. >>> we're crunching the numbers to s

d falls church city, fredericksburg city, manassasanass city, spotsylvania county and stafford county.staffont those are some of your of yo virginia two-hour delays. d you can add manassas city to that lit and manassas parkit city as well. a ll >> let's go to maryland.o toaryland. montgomery county and princemery george's county schools on aouy sc two-hour delay. there's also a two-hour delay for anne arrundel countyanne schools. now originally anne arrundel arrun was due to dismiss two hours t h early today. instead, they are going in two in hours later.. they'll dismiss at normal time. time. also howard county schools areard on a two-hour delay. tour de more from maryland now. now. charles county schools, you are closed today. tay charles county. cou calvert and saint mary'sd sy' county schools, you're on a two-hour delay. d >> d.c. schools on a two-hourr delay and administrativeinisat offices are going to open on time but the schools delayedools two hours in the district.ur the we'll update you if that listhat list grows and you can find the fin t full list on our web site orer our app. a >

county schools are closed. schools in fairfax, spotsylvania, and king george counties are opening up two hours laid. alexandria. >> fredericksburg, manassas, and manassas park schools are already on a two-hour delay. the federal government is open as of now. this is just the beginning. we'll put the schools and buildings scrolling on your screens. back to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> it is a "storm team 4" weather alert day as we get ready for the next big storm. >> chuck bell, if that was just a taste, i can't imagine what we're dealing with on friday. >> everybody's all looking on the weekend, and i mentioned yesterday that little clipper coming through. it didn't leave an inch of snow some place but, boy, oh, boy, that was just an inch. imagine what's coming. today's the day to get ready. get your saw, your water, gas up your car, make sure you have plenty of medication. decide where you're going to be when the sun goes down tomorrow. you're going to be in that same location tomorrow night, all day saturday, all day sunday, and probably into monday or tuesday as well. be ready to find somebody y

this is incredible snowfall down around portions of spotsylvania county, culpeper county and fauquiero these snowfall rates will give you 2, 3 inches in one hour. that's what we're going to continue to see and this is all moving up toward the north. around clinton, around waldorf, here's 301 right here. it's over huntsingtown and will move up towards dunkirk and diehl. this will move up towards warrenton along 15 and 17. down to the south this storm really trying to get its act together just off the coast here. as it does, we'll see our winds begin to shift and that's why we think we're really going to start to see those, the heaviest snow now developing but veronica has timing on the intensity as we move through the rest of the night. >> more heavy snow pockets taking over the area and moving up to the north. there you are at midnight, very heavy snow in the forecast with our sky cast and snow intensity put on for you. at 6:00 a.m. still big flakes coming down and at a pretty good rate as well. 9:00 a.m. same deal. it's not until noon that we tart to see at least some of the rates co

. >> if your child goes to school in d.c., montgomery county or prince george's, they're on a two-hour delay. >> spotsylvania, stafford, and king george counties in georgia are also delayed. schools in . >>> breaking news on the roads right now. just got a note from montgomery county. i'm going to read it really quickly. sligo creek parkway, the entire thing is going to be shut down, they say, if the morning. they're saying they're salting it. they can't say which section will be shut down wet. so as of right now all of sligo park will be closed down. at 197, we have a disabled vehicle on the left side of the roadway causing big backups. outer loop at river road, have the left lane blocked there. inner loop, the left side of the roadway blocked and the bottom loop major issue. bottom part. a six-mile backup because of icy conditions in that area. you can see some of the mess here this morning and redline single tracking between forest glen and silver spring. >> chuck? >> thank you, melissa. outside this morning it's indeed an icy cold start everywhere here in the red shading. we had just about a half inch to

south through spotsylvania and caroline county. that is heavy rain. moving knot east as well. the best news is this is moving quickly. it's expected to move offshore overnight. by the time it happens .8 of inch of rain in district. the heaviest rain is south and east of the city. remainder of the overnight hours, rain moving in. stop overnight. by early tomorrow morning skies will start to clear. overnight lows are 36 to 42. update at the holiday weekend forecast just minutes away. leon: you got it, doug. meantime, get to breaking news out of the abc7 newsroom. this is about the supreme court appeal. michelle marsh in the newsroom. what the latest in michelle: the u.s. supreme court will hear an appeal from former virginia governor bob mcdonald. we just received a statement from mcdonald. i'll read some of it. "i am grate to feel the u.s. supreme court for its decision today to hear my case. i am innocent of these crimes and ask the court to reverse the convictions. i maintain my profound confidence in god's grace to sustain me and my family. and thank my friends and supporter

. >> if your child goes to school in d.c., montgomery county or prince george's, they're on a two-hour delay. >> spotsylvaniaford, and king george counties in georgia are also delayed. schools in . >>> breaking news on the

in virginia, alexandria city, arlington county, fairfax, fauquier, frederick, loudoun, mastracchio narcotic, mannasas city, prince william, spotsylvania and stafford. >> and frederick county prince george. >> and the following districts on a two hour delay. charles county maryland and call pepner virginia. find the full list and anything else we did not mention on the bottom of your screen and also on fox5dc.com. >> and tonight, team coverage is post blizzard outrage continues to grow from the nightmare commute neighborhoods untouched by plows and a forecast with dropping temps that could make for a trucky morning commute. will thomas t. was gridlock behind you, will. >> absolutely. it was a mess out here, jim. i'll tell what you for a lot of people watching this right now, probab thousands of people. the commute into d.c. was a mess. maybe took you twice as long. all right. getting out ever a blizzard and crews are working and the commute home may have been worse. it was gridlock in the the city including wisconsin avenue. what we had was snow still in so. lanes and crews out there working and take a look at aerial shot. it's camera

county fairfax fauquier, frederick. >> also loudoun, manassas, mas park city, prince william, spotsylvania, and stafford. >> in marylandfrederick,rick, howard, montgomery, prince george's.or >> the following districtsol have a two-hour delay.ou delay charles and calvert county inoui maryland and culpeper countyr ct in virginia.a. now, you can find a full listull scrolling on the bottom ofin your screen or go to our webg page, fox5d.c.com. >> but while many are taking advantage of another day offay some kids are head bag tockd bat school and many of youanof you returned to work yesterday. to o but should the government beernm opened and should school beulhob back in session? crews are cre still working to clear awayto ca the snow and that caused a nightmare commute for driversore and in some instances it took hours just go a few miles. mes plows are finally movingov through our area and snow snow started melting yesterday. yesrd congestion and icy roadnd icy r conditions a mess after an overnight refreeze. refreez does that mean that we're oute o of the woods yet? it probably a does not.es not >> no.>> n >> no.>> n >> a

arlington county, fairfax, fauquier and frederick also loudoun and mannasas park city and prince william and spotsylvania and staff sglord never maryland frederick, howard, montgomery, prince sornlt youm coye all closed and following districts on a two hour delay tomorrow. charts county in maryland and call pepner virginia. you can find that full list on the web site at foxdc.com. >> will thomas out here live in north west let's talk about d.c. roads for a moment. if you commuted to d.c. many of you did because government office were on and schools on and it was probably tough getting into city. some cases may be twice as long, right, the commute back for many of you was the true nightmare. it was gridlock on many roads including this major thoroughfare. wisconsin avenue and some cases snow in lanes and crews working and let me give you a better look how bad things are. there's a camera on the tv tower points to the road here. you see an awful lot of brake lights. people were upset, car after car we could walk up to a passenger window and ask them to roll it down and talk to pokes. they could not believe

county, parts ofparts o fairfax county and then downd into fauquier county and thenndt farther all the way down into i stafford spotsylvaniake that and then way downn there towards charlottesvillele harrison burg places like that maybe a little bit before 11 o'clock this morning.lo if you're traveling thisavelin morning get down to the south quickly.quic 25 in quantico right now, n manassas 14, culpeper 18,pepe 1 still cold in hagerstown at 17. you see where the snow iswhsn already. it's come up as far north as nts roanoke and up intoe and i southwestern sections ofternecti virginia. i saw this this morning when i came in. i said, hey, this seems to be a little faster, so starteded checking everything againstryth the models were saying ande sayd indeed the models haves increased the speed of thisd tht just a little bit.ju not necessarily increasing theit speed of the storm so muchrm smc just as there's more precipp building on the northern edgeor of this. look at the big thunderstorms.ur severe weather, tornado watch in place this morning for the fr panhandle of florida and thisnd is shaping up like a classiclikc storm, to

it sure is a bundle up morning. 14 in frederick county maryland, 10 in culpeppeculpepper, 13 in spotsylvania. temperatures above freezing but it will take until about lunchtime there. cold commute in and sunny and chilly ride home. here's melissa mollet with an update on the d.c. bump in a road. >>> d.c. bump in the road finally out of the way, thank goodness, right. another problem, inner loop at van dorn street. right now we have a new crash there, and we have two left lanes blocked. we are starting to see a real slowdown here, not a real distance of a slowdown but a slowdown as you're approaching this problem inner loop at van dorn street. that is our biggest issue right now. going to have a picture for you in the next few minutes with the problem in olney with the water main break. doesn't seem to be slowing things right now. guys? >> thank you, melissa. >>> developing montgomery country right now, crews on the scene of a water main break. happening near olney mill road and islander street. melissa mollet has just arrived on scene. >>> we're following the latest out of oregon where armed

county, st. mary's, to spotsylvania, west of there and west of shenandoah valley.nitially a lot of it is not quite reaching the ground but you may be seeing a few flurries. it's going to be advancing north. by 8:00 this morning the area in the lavender, that's the leading edge of it getting closer in the fauquier, prince william, and perhaps coming into fairfax county. then throughout 9:00, 10:00, it will be coming right into the area. again, some flurries as well as the shenandoah valley and out of the mountains. then maybe some light accumulations of snow farther south from richmond, the northern neck, st. mary's county, northern part of the eastern shore. this band going to be around between 11:00 to 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. that all moving out. most of the activity ends in the metro area by 3:00 this afternoon. then we clear out. then some snow showers continue way out in western maryland and the highlands of west virginia. the darker blue zone here, that's where there may be a dusting to an inch, again, on grassy areas. should be above freezing as this is

spotsylvania, prince william, southern maryland. the warning goes into effect at 3 seven. in the metro county. the metro area. later toward 6:00. but that will be the kickoff time along the county that border the pennsylvania line. this could extend east. the difference between the warning and the blizzard doesn't have to do with the snow that will fall. it has to do with the winds. the winds are stronger in metro points east than the west. there is the storm gathering a ton of moisture out of the gulf of mexico. severe thunderstorms, tornado possible. it will move east. as it does you will see the storm move in. look at the future cast to give you time step by late afternoon. the snow will be here and heavy at it times. a few areas of sleet. it could change back to snow before it ends sunday morning. snow is one part of the story but the winds are the next. steve: it's a big problem moving through on saturday with the busty winds in excess of 40, 50 miles per hour. look at the wind gusts. this is by 10:30 tomorrow night. 40 miles per hour at the airport. winds could be at 40 to 50 miles per hour. those will increase out of the

spotsylvania andlvan and fredericksburg. d.c. to gaithersburg too frederick down to waldorf and into calvert county and saint si mary's county between:00 and 5:00 tomorrow and once you getet towards the northeast it willort be after 5:00 but i want yout to be ready by noo and hunkered down.. when is the worst of this thing? it won't that be windyoy friday afternoon.fterno look what happens at 6 o'clock.6 o'clock. northeast wind direction ocean d city has gusts of 29 according to futurecast. by the time we get to 11 o'clock ocean city has got hg gusts to 43, d.c. at 25..t that starts the blowing andng a visiting but it doesn't qualify it as a blizzard justzzr yet. by the time we get to 8:00 a.m., 44 miles an hour wind gusts, ocean city 63, tropical storm force like winds downs n there. again, this is an estimate buttb the worst of the wind we thinkei will be saturday morning.orng it stays really strong intoong the late afternoon, ocean city t down to 51, d.c. 38. notice the wind changing changig direction coming in out of thete north.no that's a sign that the storm ths is getting up and north of our o latitude and even by as late as

county schools will remain closed. some virginia schools will open on a two-hour delays, alexandria city, falls church, spotsylvania, and winchester. in maryland, prince george's, montgomery, washington have decided to remain closed. you can always check our nbc washington app for the full list. >>> a blizzard is officially one for the record books now. according to the national oceanic and atmospheric association administration that is, it ranks as the fourth most powerful snowstorm to hit the northeast in more than 60 years. the storm affected 102 million people. it covered 434,000 square miles and dozens of states. nearly 24 million people saw more than 20 inches of snow. >>> the big concern now is the potential for refreezing tonight. doug in the storm center now with more on just what we'll see overnight. doug? >> well, jim, we are going to see the refreeze but it's not going to be this evening as it was last night. last night we started to see that refreeze around 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 as temperatures fell very quickly. they're not going to fall that quick tonight. right now 36 gaithersburg, 36 in baltimore. those are