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>>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. some of the showers are still out to the west in the mountains, but i think they will stay to the west. that's about it. we'll come back and talk about the tense fallings and tell you how fast they will fall and what that means for your weekend forecast. >>> but first it may have happened four months ago, but one of the biggest local stories in the year. what joins the earthquake and some of the most searched stories in 2011 next. >>> the end of the year comes with the best list. the best popular, the most searched. tonight at 5:00, we told you about the most searched terms on google. now we'll look at the word that had people reaching for the dictionary most often this year. well, at least logging on to the dictionary. according to the folks, problematic was the most searched word this year. the adjective means practical and logical. well i guess it makes it that choice. over at wusa9.com, we kept track of our own list of the most searched local stories. flooding from tropical storm

. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. our 60s are gone. temperatures 20 degrees colder today.s your wakeup weather. skies returning partly cloudy, but a cold start. 30s at 6:00 in the morning. 30s at 8:00. and 36 to 42 at 10:00. it will be bright though in the morning. we'll come back. we'll track some sleet and some light snow tonight. let you know if more flakes may fall over the weekend. >>> santa is getting a surprise visit, but it might not be what you have in mind. i'll tell you all about it. >>> hi, we're from republic of korea and we want to wish our friends and family back in woodbridge, virginia, and randy and marine a merry christmas and ha >>> melwood and wusa9 serve all those who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hi, calling from germany. to my mom and my cousins living in the washington, d.c. area, happy holidays and know that i would much rather be there than here, but know that i love you. six months and counting. i'll see you soon. >>> back now with an update on a nativity scene robbed of a key figure. we told you that the baby jesus was stolen

topper shutt you did a great job out there. >> see the little trees that line up the pathway. >> beautiful. >> if they light them up every night from dusk until 11:00 p.m.. >> very nice. >> through the first of the year, very cool. >> and you don't need tickets. >> no. >> you just go down. >> it's not even that cold yet. >> yet. >> as past lightings have gone, we give today about an a minus. >> we sat out there many times. >>> we're looking at a very nice finish to the week. a very cold start to the morning. let's talk about the santa ana winds. i got a text from my sister. some gusts were over 120 miles an hour. let's tell you what they are. they're a warm wind and dry wind. and usually you have a high pressure in the rockies and with the clockwise circulation that just funnels winds down the rockies. the air compresses so it heats up. much like a bicycle pump and you pump the air up in the tire and you feel the air and it's hot. usually it funnels down this way. but this time we also had a low pressure over california which is counterclockwise flows. so these winds were funneled into sou

topper shutt here now with the latest on this storm which is moving faster than we thought. >> it is. which means is going to move out faster than we thought, which is a good thing. let me start with the winter watches and warnings. we'll come back and give you the other watches because we're now under a flood wash. we're looking at -- watch. we're looking at heavy rain too. we're looking at winter storm watches essentially west of i81. that is for late tomorrow night. the winter storm warning denoted in white. and that is across the divide for our friends out in oakland. and then for early afternoon through tomorrow night. so here is the deal. we timed it a little bit. it's going to move a little faster. so we kind of changed some of the exits and entrances in terms of the cold air. temps are going to fall all day. it will be a significant snow in the mountain. rain to snow mainly northwest of town. the time frame now 10:00 p.m. tomorrow until 3:00 a.m. on thursday. it is 63 in leesburg and 61 in gaithersburg but temps will fall all day tomorrow. here is your wake up weather. please

. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. our 60s are gone. temperatures 20 degrees colder today. here's your wakeup weather. skies returning partly cloudy, but a cold start. 30s at 6:00 in the morning. 30s at 8:00. and 36 to 42 at 10:00. it will be bright though in the morning. we'll come back. we'll track some sleet and some light snow tonight. let you know if more flakes may fall over the weekend. >>> santa is getting a surprise visit, but it might not be what you have in mind. i'll tell you all about it. >>> hi, we're from republic of korea and we want to wish our friends and family back in woodbridge, virginia, and randy and marine a merry christmas and happy new year. happy holidays. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means

. >>> plus topper shutt will have your full 9news now forecast. stay with us. state farm.is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. a o >>> tonight former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is out of jail. he spent the night there, but then today he posted the bail of $250,000 by putting up his property and he had a certified check from his wife. next tuesday sandusky will have an initial hearing in court where he faces more than 50 charges of child sex abuse. we're told that some of his alleged accusers plan to be there. while out on bail, he will be confined to his home and he'll have to wea

. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. high temperature 63 today.till in the low 60s right now. here is your wakeup weather. we're looking at 40s to even 50s in the morning. partly cloudy skies at 5:00 and 7:00 and 9:00. you're still going to need a light coat. temps will fall in the afternoon. we'll talk about that and talk about another storm that might affect us tomorrow night. >>> melwood and wusa nine salute all that serve. >> we would like to say happy holidays to my families in >>> the washington dc veterans affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all that serve at home and abroad. >> i'm specialist in kuwait. i want to give a shout out to my mom, my dad, my son jayden and all my sisters and nephews and nieces in virginia and happy thanksgiving to you guys. love you guys. >>> republican presidential hopefuls gathered in sioux city, iowa tonight for the final major debate before the iowa caucuses. now while many were waiting for mitt romney, michelle bachmann stepped up first attacking gingrich for backing the finance company known as freddie