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he has the stormwatch forecast for us. doug: we are under flood watch this afternoon with potential for heavy storms. these are fast-moving storms. the same areas and those are the reasons we might get some flooding. that is not the highest concern we have. the biggest concern by far is the potential for severe thunderstorms developing late this afternoon through early the evening. the storm prediction center, the folks in a northern oklahoma that issued these watches and advisories, has expanded this area in pink. this is a high likelihood of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across the area. our region has been included in the enhanced outlook. our chances of severe weather and isolated when he does is increasing. pretty much the entire metro area, especially the southeast, and it extends a little bit into pennsylvania. the 30's north and west of the metro area. 56 at and rose. warmer air is working in. tovice temperatures are key how strong these storms will get and how high the winds will be. we expect over the next f

jummy: the stormwatch team can keep you ahead of any storm. sign up forom and our text alerts for your area. we will have more on last night's storm gonzalez. metro, thews from general manager is announcing they will be increasing patrols on metro trains, buses, and stations. this comes three days after the shooting on a metro on the green line at the anacostia station. a frightening scene and rockville after a car crashed right into a building. luckily, the building is vacant and people inside the car had just minor injuries. take a moment to look at this video just into the abc 7 news room. valveater tells us a malfunctioned, sending water sky high. the valve is now closed and the road is now back open. crews are working to repair the valve. a boy thatit was took the internet by storm. the big gift for a little boy whose stormwatch coverage continues. we will also get a look at what to expect as we head into the weekend. a bizarre: students in prince's george's county just .efore yesterday storm firefighters were called to a house on ramble

stormwatch seven weather department forecast coming up. kimberly: 7 on your side when winter storm hits. stay connected on our website, twitter and well as facebook. you can also download the free stormwatch 7 app for alerts and up-to-the-minute forecasts. , we are learning more about a serious crash in southeast washington. on theeople were injured 1600 block of south capitol street, including a child. this happened just before 4:30 p.m., near nationals park. at least two cars were involved. male driver was thrown from his car in rush to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. in the other car, a woman and child were injured. they are expected to be ok. the crash remains under investigation and south capitol street is still shut down tonight. developing now in prince william county, a key minute a searching for answers after an explosion in a home in woodbridge. firefighters were there to investigate a possible gas leak. nobody was hurt, but roz plater explains why many neighbors do not feel safe. roz: road behind me as shutdown with

when you went to bed, just the south shore and came under a winter stormwatch. that was it and while you were sleeping the national weather service expanded it to all of the eastern massachusetts and northern worcester county beginning tomorrow morning april 7:00 and until 7:00 on tuesday morning and concerned about the possibility of moderate flooding due to strong onshore winds around the time of high tide late tomorrow morning and early tomorrow afternoon. temperatures this horning about 5-10 degrees warmer than a couple of spots below freezing and look out, and satellite and radar all quiet hardly a cloud in the sky. plenty of sunshine through the day combined with southwesterly winds up to the low 40s and very mild. clouds roll in tonight and we are likely to see the rain and snow beginning late tonight for the cape and islands and spreading across the rest of the area tomorrow. show you what we can expect snowfall-wise coming up in a few minutes. >>> two suspects injured after home invasion in lowell. police they were confronted bay suspect with a handgun

ahead, we are back with more of our stormwatch coverage. the threat of flooding.come back. a live look at route 50 in arlington. and ice starting to melt. a different story a few hours ago. some of the pictures you sent us. thank you for this picture. you see what appears to be a garden gnome covered in snow. another picture, we have from falls church. at the freezing rain. a sheet of ice on a window or a car. a site many people saw this morning. thank you for sending those in. you can send pictures and to pics@wjla.com. another half-hour of abc 7 news at noon is next. we have coverage checking out the roads and skies. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. water we are watching the levels as warm up today after a day of ice, snow and heavy rain. a flood warning remains in effect. a flood watch until 11:00 p.m. for the entire area. rain?remember the heavy here is where it is now. ocean city. wins at 39 miles per hour. the system is moving away and we will be good to go here locally as the heavy rain moves offshore here within the next hour. in the u

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announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good saturday evening. what a beautiful day. bright sunny skies. you can see a few clouds and maybe even snow flurries are in the north country. overall, it has been a beautiful day. a nice day in portsmouth at the seacoast. have you noticed we are starting to have more daylight at the end of the day? that tends to happen as we get later into the winter and closer to spring. tonight, sunset just after 5:30, within the next 15 minutes. two weekends from now, we are going to spring forward. that will mean two sundays away, we will have sunset at 6:51. at may 11, sunset at 8:00 at night. you will start to notice we are going to have more daylight as look at the temperatures across the state. we have fallen into the 30' s. 37 in exeter. 35 in rochester. 37 in manchester. low to mid 30' s across the area. in the lakes region, more of the same. 35 in center harbor. chillier temperatures north. jackson 28. 33 in chatham. 25 in pittsburg. the winds have been moving around today, espec

announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good saturday evening. we started the day with snow in central and northern new hampshire. a couple of inches fell in a few communities. then to research -- then temperatures surged. 56 at the seacoast. raindrops with cloud cover. temperatures are mild even at this time of the evening. pittsburgh, 5.5 inches. that was the highest we could find across the state. jackson, 4.2 inches. sandwich just over three inches. just over two inches in wolfeboro. some of that has probably melted. look at how the temperatures warmed up. even in laconia, you got into the 50' s. very close to 60 in manchester. i would not be surprised if some communities into windham and salem did hit 60. parted and we could see the sunshine for a little while, at least in southern new hampshire. look at the temperatures now. it is still mild in the 50' s. s from concord international a. up north, we have fallen into the 40' s. week ago. we had temperatures well below zero at this time. the winds have been movi

announcer:: now, meteorologist stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: here is a look at what is happening across the state. we have a beautiful sunset, a cold sunset. we have clear blue skies. a few passing flurries, especially in the north country camera. it is already six below in littleton and whitefield. it is going to be a very cold night, especially with the winds factored in. that is why it will be feeling dangerously cold. look at the high temperatures today. the average high this time in february is about 34. we were well below that today. definitely a winter feel, especially with the winds factored in. it did not even feel at 19 in concord because with the winds gusting upwards of 20 miles an hour, it felt much colder. here is the problem with the wind chill. when you step outside, you' re covered with a little bit of warmth around your body, but the wind takes away all of that. that is why the wind makes it feel so much colder on your skin. here is how it feels right now if you' re stepping out. nine below in concord in manchester. fe

announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good evening. it was one of the coldest days in a long time. temperatures are already subzero in a few communities. in the north country, that is looking toward cannon mountain. it is two below already. at least we had bright sunshine. it was a cold start. these were some of the coldest readings i could find across the state. this is the actual air temperature, neglecting the wind. 25 below in franconia. 20 below in littleton. new london got to 19 degrees below zero. remember with the wind, it felt more like 40 below in a lot of those spots. here were the high temperatures today. we only reached 10 in manchester, only eight in concord, zero in whitefield and berlin. compare that to the high we typically have this time in february of 35, and obviously this was cold stuff. here is where we stand now. single digits across much of the state and even some areas below zero up north. the good thing is the winds have started to diminish. we are not seeing guests upwards of 30 and 40 miles per hour like 13

download the abc 7 stormwatch app for your phone or tablet. for alerts and up-to-the-minute forecast for wherever you are, go to google play to download it for free. a toddler right now, is grazed and a man is shot in northwest d.c. overnight. we talked with the man who watched the whole thing unfold. we are live in northwest with what he had to say. i know he is pretty shaken by it. he was really nervous about this whole shooting incident. this is where it happened. that man works right next door, and he watched everything from across the street. a storefront now marked with bullet holes. across there shot street. the ethiopian restaurant just next door to where it happened. he says he saw the whole thing. work here all the time. policerding to the report, a toddler was great when a bullet came through the window sun hair salon where he was with his mother. >> with that happening with little babies, that is not good. >> is struck the little boy behind the ear. the report also shows an adult male was shot in the ankle. >> that guy was next to

steve: we are looking at conditions deteriorating in the stormwatch 7 forecast especially with dense fog north and west of town. the rain is long gone, shifting to the east, but visibility is practically nothing in frederick county, northern montgomery county reagan national less than a third of a mile, the same in manassas. dense fog advisory until 7 a.m., including the district, all surrounding counties. more information about the dense fog advisory and the latest on the flood watches and warnings coming up. leon: an alert for students and culpeper county. several roads are flooded from the rain, so buses cannot drive on them. and get excited, you still have to go to school. you may get a call in the morning asking you to walk to the bus at a safe location. alison: 7 on your side with consumer news and the takata airbag recall is worse than originally thought. jonathan elias has how new car models could be involved, too. jonathan: takata has been in the news for months and is expanding recalls to include recent car models, which means additional drivers and passengers are now at ri

pictures and video and join the thousands of announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good evening. it was a beautiful day. we had lots of sunshine. a few passing clouds and maybe a flurry. it is so cold. the teens. good travel weather tonight. we have remained below freezing all day so you should not have forming. look at the temperatures we reached today. only 19 in concord. 21 in manchester. 23 in nashua. well below the average high for this time in february which is 34 degrees. now that the sun has gone down, temperatures are quickly falling and going down. four degrees in concord, six in manchester. below zero in plymouth and lebanon. this is not even factoring in the winds. we have upped them in the last half-hour. concord has constant winds at 21 miles an hour. we have had gusts well above that. tonight when you have the wind blowing that cold arctic air, it have surrounding your body. colder. you cannot get warm. any bearskin, you can get frost within moments this cold. wind chills already close to 30 below. concord, 14 below. this is bone c

silverado, the #1 selling >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: earlier this morning, we thought temperatures in a lot of areas in the single digits below 0, near 0 farm manchester to the morning, eventually leading us to a mostly cloudy sky or filtered sunshine into the afternoon. teens to lower 20' s, about 10 degrees below average this time of year. it will take us the lion' s share of the weekend and likely until monday afternoon to get back above the levels we are currently at. be then, a little more of a -- by then, a little break. what we will have its own next system as quickly as tuesday morning. here come the high clouds tuesday morning out well ahead of the actual front, which does not arrive here until sometime right around sunrise. sometimes a high clouds, we will continue to watch this front back up to the great lakes which towards a spirit i want you to notice the flow right below that front coming right out of central canada. that is where the temperatures are coming from that we will be experiencing in time for the weekend

. >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: a lot of clouds out there and a changeable sky for the effort of your will be in and out of light showers in areas of snow. there will be times when visibilities will get knocked down to a 1/2 mile. those chances continue through the evening commute with skies clearing later tonight. a similar look at portsmouth out at rye beach where we had wind gusting over 21 hour, continuing to feed in the cooler air at the wind, which will be around into monday. after another cold start monday morning, we should start moderating of it. gradually taking those steps backward to bring in what should be a very cold weekend. it is not just the temperatures and the numbers themselves -- it is the actual wind that will be going along with this, gusting at times 20, 25 miles an hour each afternoon over the weekend. here and now, we have got snow showers out there. this is a reinforcing shot of cooler, drier air that continues to build in. highs yesterday low-to-mid 40' s, today the 20' s, tomorrow

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pictures and video, and join the thousands of >> now come meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch nine forecast. kevin: 50' s to even a few lower 60' s. now a band of clouds with a couple scattered showers. direction in the warmer temperatures into the west this afternoon. that is enough to start pushing in the cooler air. officially a record high in portsmouth this morning. concord it didn' t quite get to 62. high at 57. time of year. we headed into march tomorrow with the cooler pattern taking over. a lot of showers making their way through the present time. nothing that will last more than an hour or an hour and a half. cool skies tonight. a lot of areas will be in the teens and 20' s. a lot of wins going to 20-plus miles per hour. nothing tremendously heavy but enough to submit no -- signal a change. temperatures starting to fall you can see that out west. as the wind picks up this s. upper 50' s to 60 degrees, now cooling. we will watch mount washington fall off for the remainder of the afternoon. the winds come which have been fairly study out of the west, turn to the northw

adam: the celtics were feeling announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: we had a beautiful sunny day. in claremont, the last light in the distance. we are starting to gain more daylight at the end of the day. in plymouth, clear skies, a few high clouds overhead. you probably have noticed more daylight at the end of the day. the sunset is getting later. tonight, the sunset in concord was officially at 5:32. two weekends from now on march 13, our clocks spring forward. the sunset will be happening at 6:51 in the evening. may 11 is when we will have sunsets at 8:00 at night. we are starting to gain more daylight as we push forward. look at temperatures across the state. we are all in the 30' s. 31 in portsmouth. 33 in rochester. 35 in concord. 36 in manchester. in the northern part of the state, lower 30' s. the winds out of the southwest have been might near 10 miles an hour across much of the state. since they are out of the southwest, warmer air is on the way again. tomorrow, temperatures in many locations cracking 50 degrees on another february

abc 7 is your headquarters for stormwatch team coverage. a.m. n starting at 4 the police are investigating a homicide in prince george's county. officers responded to the scene on rochelle avenue where an adult male was shot to death. no arrests were made. d.c. word tonight that will start using an independent ambulance company next month. it will be supplementing nonemergency calls in the district. this is coming after harsh criticisms from the fire department director. mayor muriel bowser said she is committed to reforming that department. alison: today was the first viewing for one of two officers who was shot to death last week. david evans is accused of shooting both deputies in abingdon last week. he was wanted in the questioning of the shooting of his ex-wife nearly 20 years ago. the police are investigating what triggered the attack. a woman who accused eliot spitzer of choking or is changing her story. according to "the new york times," the woman apologized for making up the story. she declined to press charges. thezer resigned in 2008

including how long the mild air sticks around. announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good evening. we have rain showers moving across the state. not the case in manchester. we have had clear skies for much of the day in southeastern new hampshire, as opposed to areas to the north where it has been cloudy and gray. you have even had rain showers and snow showers moving through. look at the accumulation totals. 5.5 inches in pittsburg. inches. 2.2 inches in wolfeboro. central and northern new hampshire got accumulating snow. southern areas, maybe a coating. otherwise, it was nothing. look at the rain showers across the state. in northern new hampshire, some of that is changing to snow. that will not be the case since it is mild across the state. in the higher elevations, you can see some snow. probably on top of mount across the rest of the state, it is rain. some light to moderate rainfall at this hour. this line every showers will eventually scoot toward the coastline. we will probably have a few raindrops in manchester and seabrook by overnight. y

we are about to go from sunshine has put the that abc 7 stormwatch team on winter weather alert. chief meteorologist doug hill is with us. doug: it looks like the whole area will start as rain later today. at the moment, it is gorgeous, 43 degrees live in laurel, maryland. , aadvance of this next storm winter storm watch posted late tonight into tomorrow for areas east and northeast of the district. further west, a winter weather advisory and in these other jurisdictions, no advisories for you at all. temperature is going to be the key. areapect most of the metro stay above freezing during the duration of the event. d.c., metro and north, the further north, the heavier the accumulation. district -- of the a mix south of the district. the roads will be wet and not snow packed. 68 further70 and north, you are going to have some issues and the colder air. maybe three to six inches in those areas, and for the metro, an inch or two. we will layout the numbers for you in detail and give you the snow maps in just a minute. jummy: thank you. just a reminder, the "good morning washington"

p>> now, meteorologist kevin pskarupa with your stormwatch 9 pforecast. pkevin: one of those classic psystems that we usually get in pstart out cold enough and then pthe warmer air wins out. pcertainly this is a situation pwhere we have that light coating pswitchover, freezing rain in laces, and it was plain rain as pquickly as 7:00 and earlier this pmorning out along the seacoast. pheaded inland, there was a eriod of freezing rain. pthat continues to navigate pnorthward while it has been pmainly rain southward. pbill boynton from new hampshire pd.o.t. was saying that even pthough the air temperatures are pin the mid to upper 30' s, the pground is so cold at this point pthat even though it is reading pthat at six feet, where a lot of pthe gauges are reporting from, pyou get closer to the ground or peven a slightly elevated surface plike your porch or back pdeck, you can have a situation pwhere things could be slick panyway with temperatures around p38, 39. pthe last of the light snow for pvery far northern areas. ponly to lighten things up a bit, pit is d

adam: the monarchs were on home hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good sunday evening and s day. cuddle up today to stay warm. it was downright cold. already, temperatures are falling. in portsmouth, clear skies. same thing in clermont with clear skies. it was bright and sunny and help warm us up after starting at 25 below in franconia. these ae some of the coldest bridges across the state this morning. we got to 20 degrees below zero in littleton. 19 below zero in new london. that was just the actual air temperature. with the wind factored in, it felt more like 30 or 40 degrees below zero. here are the high temperatures today. only eight in concord. five in laconia. north, some of you stayed below or at zero. compare that to the average high of 35, and this really is cold stuff. here are the current temperatures. this is the current air temperature. five, concord. six degrees in portsmouth. seven in manchester and nashua. already subzero up north in whitefield and berlin. with the wind factored in, here is what it will feel like outside ton

stephanie: in sports, the announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: good evening, everyone. here is a live look in claremont, drive payment -- pavement after a dry day. you can see a bit of the sky. the clouds are trying to break apart. that will happen overnight as the skies will clear out. you will have a brighter day tomorrow. temperatures will be cooler. we have been treated to a spring type weekend with temperatures quite mild. 49 was the high in concord. 50 in manchester and nashua. 52 in portsmouth. makes. last weekend on this day, valentine' temperatures in the single compare that today to temperatures in the upper 40' s and 50' s. it was easy a 40-50 degree difference across the state. that just goes to show how wild this winter has been with ups and downs with temperatures. it has been so mild overall and continues to be as we look forward. here are the temperatures now. we have fallen into the 40' s across the state, even 30' s in laconia, plymouth, lower 30' s in whitefield and berlin. the winds have been coming out of the northwe

send our way join the thousands >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: highs yesterday in a lot of areas in the 50' wind chills now in the single digits, teams to lower 20' s. a huge change over the last 24 hours over some areas where you were probably in shorts yesterday morning and then seeing snow late in the day. while that colder air continues to come in and now, we have seen some places report anywhere between 2.5 inches to as much as accumulation. south, plenty of blue sky in southern areas. it is in the wind, which has been gusting over 30 miles an hour, producing that extra bit e to the air that continues. that breeze noticeable tonight, tomorrow, all the way through the weekend, and likely into monday with the next front approaching. you will notice play of clouds and snow showers being wrung out with the last of the moisture in the great north woods. weak enough high-pressure that we likely clear skies outcome of but we keep the wind going during the evening and overnight hours. storm tracker is not showing a lot of snow. obviously it i

>>land under a winter stormwatch i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. danielle niles joins us with the forecast. >> the moisture from the storm extends back to the gulf. so it's rain right now but as the colder air works in that's over. so the latest as of a few minutes ago is the winter storm watch has been expanded now to include boston and norfolk county and southern worcester itself. a.m. tomorrow. this will be upgraded to a warning by the time we get to later today. rest of the day today temperatures into the upper 40s this evening. a couple leftover showers and that will fill in as the steadier rain between 10p.m. and midnight tonight. rain right? temperatures still in the upper 30s to low 40s but colder air continues to work in by predawn tomorrow it's rain in southeastern massachusetts and snow back up in through southern new hampshire. at first, we are talking about roads being more wet than white when the snow comes down but as colder air spills in then the roads will get a little treacherous so snowfall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour possible a

i will trust the stormwatch guys. thank you. coming up, an update on the breaking news. a shooting outside a motel in silver spring. a live report as we leave you with live pictures from the scene. that is coming up after the jummy: and want to get back to breaking news in montgomery county. police are investigating a shooting at a downtown silver spring motel. kevin lewis is there live at the breaking details. reporter: the shooting happened morning.:05 this you see a number of police officers and detectives talking in the parking lot. the seven run 11:05. police telling us at least one adult male was shot and taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. we presume the shooting having in a room on the second floor. you can see yellow police draped -- tape draped on the second floor. officers and detectives standing right with a yellow tape is draped. we do not know the reason behind the shooting. there is no suspect in custody the police tell us this does not appear to be a random shooting. from what we can tell this is a motel that seems to have people that

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. >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: the roller coaster ride of february so far -- 16 days accounted for, and we are less than a degree above normal for the month. straight back closer to the averages. not a bad afternoon out there. brighter in the southern half of the state, and a breeze to go along with it. atop mount washington, lower range of the teens, 35 mile an hour winds at the present time. southeastern half of the state has a thicker cloud cover to the north and west. another weak system makes its way toward us, and eventually the system could mean a couple northwestern and northern areas later this afternoon and evening. once that goes by overnight tonight, back to the fair skies with high pressure in control of our weather through friday evening before a warm front approaches. that will present changes for the weekend here it up north, 12 atop mount washington, lower range of the 40' s along the seacoast. upper 30' s along the merrimack valley and mid-30' s in the west. the clouds started to break mile

leon: stay with abc 7 for stormwatch team coverage. tune into "good morning washington" starting at 4:24. alison: a terrifying ordeal om,ide of a dorm ro students robbed at gunpoint. jay korff has the latest. that oneite the fact needs a swipe card to get inside of montgomery hall, a gun man got in and got what he wanted. the we spoke with who live inside montgomery hall at the university of maryland college park are on edge. >> i don't know what room it happened in, but to know that it was that close where i sleep, it was very scary. suspects,y night, two one with a handgun, forced their nobody was hurt. monday, the students reported the incident. tuesday, the authorities informed the student body. >> i wish they had reported it sooner. i would have been more cautious about locking my door. according to campus crime stats, larceny and theft was up 2015, and armed robberies are unusual inside of a dorm room. curious to see, wondering what happened. they are hoping the guys get caught. investigatorsour, a rack for suspects. they have so

you are looking to take a winter vacation without >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: in a lot of cases, we are still running a solid two feet of snow below normal this time of year. you have to argue over the last seven days, it has been quite the roller coaster rise, which trended upward before now seeing cool yet again. the scattered showers in the north country now finally giving way to a little sunshine. it will be a bright but brisk afternoon out there. times over 20 miles an hour. that finally lets up this evening and eventually sets up across the area. a pretty chilly night. a lot of areas in the single digits at or below 0 later on tonight while we see teens in southern areas. you can see the last of the clouds continuing to whether a way up north. there were a few spots in northern parts of coos county that dropped to the single digits and will likely be below 0 tonight. a weak area of high-pressure settling in. likely sunshine to start tomorrow before this warm front approaches. that warm front will bring an increase in clouds tomorrow aft

leon: back now to stormwatch team coverage. eather struck just in time for the evening commute. this is video from colesville road, drivers stranded because of the high water. tom roussey continues live team coverage and mobile track 7. where are you and how does it look now? tom: ramp to the beltway from georgia avenue right now. let me show you what it's looking like on the beltway. free and clear at the moment, all the lanes are open, looking a lot better than it did earlier this evening during rush hour. planes butt, all the one were shut down near route 29. as you can imagine, since that areas often in bad shape even when all the lanes are open, it was a nightmare. that was probably the worst spot in the area, but there were. a lot of spots where they had trouble things to all this weather fortunately, things are getting better. parkway, not far from here, a short time ago montgomery county police had it shut down. an hour ago they had it open. we drove it and it's fine now. the beltway is doing fine. that is the front shot from mobile shot from behind. this is near the mor

and we will show you had a make >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: certainly not the most pleasant of wednesdays out there, even in the north country, where you are looking for quite a bit of snow, it is changing over. sleet, freezing rain, and plenty of rain for southern areas. through the afternoon, we will continue with that theme. still a few more agrees to go, and as a matter fact, our highs today may not occur until this evening, the 40' s, lower range of the 50' s. breeze that will continue to go at times over 20 miles an hour through the remainder of the afternoon, while the most focus through the evening commute. there may be lighter patches of rain at times, the rain will also be heavy at times through the remainder of the afternoon, and then starts to let up through the remainder of the evening. the coldest of the air is in the central plains. that does not get here until late tomorrow evening or early friday. tomorrow will be fairly mild. you will notice that we continue with the pockets of heavier rainfall and the mixture that con

silverado, the #1 selling >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: two record highs this morning, to river flood warnings continue to soar. 50' s for most. we will be looking at any sort of sunshine fading behind clouds through the remainder of the record i conquered -- 62. record high portsmouth -- 59 degrees. -- record high concord -- 62. north chai chester, we are expecting minor flooding along those rivers. smaller rivers and streams responding to the 1.5 inch to two inches of rain. area of low pressure west of the great lakes continues to inch closer. overnight. heaviest of the rainfall continuing to shove away, but again more showers. you will notice on the backside of that system, it is cold enough that we are seeing is a petition in the form of snow. we are in the lower range of the 60' s from manchester to the shoreline right now. there is a certain dip in temperature as we get into some of the central valleys -- sheltered valleys in central new of these sheltered valleys, lower lighting valleys and central parts of the state from fra

don't forget to download the free abc 7 stormwatch app for weather alerts on the go. we are following some breaking news in arizona or two teenagers have been shot at a high school in glendale. police confirms they are investigating the shooting. it happened at independence high school. they say it was an isolated incident and the school and never that are safe. one person died but police have not confirmed that yet. stay with us here on abc 7 as we follow the latest developments on this story. also breaking, a jury has returned a verdict in the sexual assault case against a traveling nurse in prince george's county. they found jerry klein not guilty. -- klein wascused accused of assaulting the patient back in 2014. he still faces charges in the district for a legit incidents at three different hospitals. as the cold weather gets here we get more water main breaks. wssc is on the scene of a break in wheaton. it's been almost 24 hours since it first opened up and it caused icy conditions on the roads this morning. john gonzalez is live in wheaton this name of the lates

download the free stormwatch app for your phone or tablet and to get updates and alerts on the go. in other news, at least three people are in custody after a police chase on the beltway overnight. fairfax county police say it started with a traffic violation in springfield around 1:00 this morning. the suspects led officers through fairfax county onto the beltway across the wilson bridge and into the district. the chase ended near 34th in be streets and southeast anacostia thanks to the help of u.s. park police. the d.c. council has given preliminary approval to a bill that would effectively pay people not to commit crime. the bill is based on a program near san francisco that leaders say has reduced -- that leaders say has reduced crime dramatically. participate in a series of programs each would receive a stipend. under the california program people get about $9,000 a year. crews are working to repair a water main break in arlington. a section of wilson boulevard is closed at quinn street after an eight inch pipe ruptured yesterday afternoon. water crews are on the scene right n

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announcer: now, meteorologist hayley lapoint and your stormwatch 9 forecast. hayley: a good night for chicken wings. we have clear skies in portsmouth. a few fairweather clouds across the sky. temperatures are starting to get cool. look at where we reached today. 44, manchester. compare that to the average high of 33. everywhere, we were above that today. it was another mild one. the way down overnight as usual. but even tomorrow, high temperatures will struggle to get into the mid-20' s. with the storm coming up and cold air in place, it is going to be all snow. no threat for mixing even with temperatures as mild as they are at the moment. 40 in concord. 39 in nashua. 31 in plymouth. below freezing in laconia. as you would expect with any melting throughout the day, there could be black ice in spotty areas. it could be slipped in parking lots and walkways this evening so be careful that. we have completely clear skies. temperatures are going to get cold. a lot of places up north in the teens. 20' s across the rest of the state. all eyes are on this. look at i

pannouncer: meteorologist hayley plapoint and your stormwatch nine pforecast. phayley: this looks very cold. plook at this video from the enguin plunge, the eighth pannual high school plunge that pbenefits the special olympics in pnew hampshire. pthat guy looks familiar. pand here he goes. pthere goes kevin skarupa into pthe freezing atlantic ocean. pi know mike haddad has been pdoing this. pthat looks so cold. pthey did this for a great cause. pit looks like they' ve raised pover $150,000 for the special polympics new hampshire. pi don' t know. pi don' t know if that fully pcounts. phere is a look at what is going pon across the state. pit was not a bad day to take a pdebt. ptemperatures got into the 40' s pat the seacoast earlier today. pit could be worse at this time pin february. pthe skies are not clear, pespecially north of manchester. pthere are even a few snow pshowers we have been tracking pnorth of concord. psome of this not hitting the red pground -- the ground, but i pwould not surprised if you are pseeing flurries from maryland -- pmeredith to conw

new information to share with you from the stormwatch seven weather center.winter weather advisory in win warning for immediate dc metro area, since the ice threat is over. and it is all just heavy rain falling. however, further toward the west. frederick, northern, loudon, western loudon and fauquier and points west dealing with some of the icy weather. you can see that on our live doppler radar through eastern a panel of west virginia. earn snow reported from winchester to front royal. and rest of the area heavy rain. and that heavy rain could definitely cause some flooding for us over the course of the next several hours. so we have a flood watch in effect through late tonight. and otherwise, temperatures quite warm, low 50s. tonight. 48 tomorrow. nice and dry for the rest of the work week. it will be chilly. but seasonal. and wow! 60 degrees come this weekend. let's get a check of the roads. with angelia. what is going on on? >> reporter: try to get to flask a bit. just in now. from montgomery county. we have a first look at the scene on western avenue. a

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our complete stormwatch coverage continues coming up. town and the story has gone viral online. and hayden godfrey made sure that didn't happen. he ordered hundreds of flowers himself, recruited some friends, and just before school ended for the long weekened, he passed them out to every girl in his school. godfrey... who works as a bagger at a local grocery store, saved up all his money to spend 500 dollars.. on 800 flowers. here's the real kicker -- that girl from-- thats godfrey's girlfriend. no word on if he saved enough money to give her more than one rose on valentine's day. it's xx and xx degrees... if you have the day off this presidents' day-- then your in luck becuase the roads are not very friendly right now. snow is falling right now.. and it's really starting to accumalate across the region... complete storm watch coverage continues all morning. an updated weather and traffic reports coming right up. thats fortunate, because a winter storm warning is in effect for parts of virginia as snow falls across the region. good morning washington. toss to eileen