a great looking day for an afternoon walk or a trip out to the weather terrace with topper shutt. what do you think, top? >> reporter: yeah, 57 was the high. another day, 15 degrees above average. and if you are headed out tonight, grab a light coat. temperatures are on the chillier side. in fact we'll start with the temperatures still above average though. 48 downtown, 45 at gaithersburg. mid-40s in leesburg and manassas and even 48 down in fredericksburg. 44 over in annapolis. now, satellite picture, we have had some clouds come in. you will see green on the map. that's not reaching the ground. most of the showers are still out in the ohio valley area. we've got a ways to go before the showers get in here. tonight though, clouds are on the increase, chilly. warm blanket night with the lows in the 30s. we'll come back and talk about which commute you can see and a look ahead for the weekend forecast as well. >> thank you, topper. >>> also right after the break, the brand new designs for the chuck brown memorial. i think that chuck would be proud. >>> a little later on, a look at

meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center. top, this is not just snowball- type snow? >> no, at the very end of it all. and that's how dry it was.  snowfall an inch in rockville and an inch in vienna at national officially. here is what it looked like in southern maryland earlier. this is down in the st. mary's area. pockets up to two to three inches of snow. and in terms of widespread know, an inch was it. in fact they could not plow if they had two inches. that was a part of the problem. all right, we'll talk about a live look outside. this is actually with clinton now and some rough go in the morning. although again as they mentioned this type of snow will be very easy to drive on as you will get good traction weather and sort of a similar situation setting up for tomorrow. 27 downtown, 23 in gaithersburg, 27 in manassas and leesburg. we've got winds behind this little clipper. clippers are off reenforcing that cold air, no exception. feels like 17 in gaithersburg, 24 rather in leesburg and feels like it is 22, 24 down towards manassas. another pretty darn cold ni

♪[ music ] >>> i'm wusa9 meteorologist topper shutt. a severe tornado alert until 2 a.m.ed there in red. this yellow is severe thunderstorm warnings through culpeper back up to manassas and west of fredericksburg. there's flood warnings also in effect. so do not go and try to cross the street by car or by foot. we'll see pretty heavy rainfall totals. this line hasn't moved much to the south and the east and we have some pretty heavy rains now, rainfall rates over 1 inch an hour right around leesburg down toward warrenton everything pushing slowly off to the east. we'll be back with ♪[ music ] >>> big chief. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: hi, there. we are here at snug harbor on freshman street in new orleans, louisiana, and it's about music and about food all right here a one place and the music we're listening to provided by delcio marsalis and his uptown jazz orchestra. you can't sit down when you listen to music like this. and my colleague, jc hayward, has been dancing all night long. >> reporter: honey, i've been dancing all day. i'm going to have to rub some linament tonigh

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. >>> let's go to a live look outside on the weather terrace with our friend topper shutt. >> if you're going out tonight, please dress accordingly, scarf a good idea. current temperatures are falling like a stone, 34 downtown, 28 in gaithersburg, frederick, manassas, 32 leesburg and la plata is 28 and andrews. temps falling very quickly. for tonight lows 22 to 32, clear skies becoming breezy again, winds switch and become southwest 10 to 15, wind chills in the teens after midnight. if you're planning to make a late night of it, dress for the teens and 20s. we'll come back. we're tracking some of the coldest air in two years, let you know when that rolls in. >>> still ahead on wusa9 news at 7:00 this year's flu gets even deadlier, the brand-new numbers from the cdc right after the break. >> coming up next marion barry's bizarre allegations against >>> january 18th, 1990, 23 years ago today a day that will go down in infamy here in d.c., that's for sure. then mayor marion barry was arrested that night for crack cocaine possession in a sting operation, but get this. barry tells u.s. news

let's get right to meteorologist topper shutt. top. >> we have a little bit of snow in southern st. mary's county and down towards the northern neck. let me start with the radar. the good news is, as you messengered, it is winding down. -- mentioned, it is winding down. but it is producing some snow in richmond to charlottesville. also across southern sections of st. mary's county. the white is the snow. the magenta here is kind of a mixture. and this is not reaching the ground. there's some rain, some returns up to the north, but that's not reaching the ground. we'll zoom in. here is the latest picture. a little snow in st. mary's city. not plowable, unfortunately. some snow in new land. and i say that because i got an e-mail and some snow back into richmond. temperatures wise we're still in good shape for now. 39 downtown. 37 in reston. 37 in fairfax and 38 in springfield. however, for your wake up weather, we're concerned about a few slick spots tomorrow. temperatures 29-35 by 5:00. and then 28-34 by 7:00. and by 9:00 we should be generally above freezing with lots and lots of su

. >>> meteorologist topper shutt. fog and showers possible at 9:00. 40s at 7:00. 44 to 53 by 9:00. 53 down in fredericksburg. a shower still possible. we'll come back. we are tracking some high winds for wednesday. thunderstorms and maybe some more snow. >> have you checked out vine yet? this would be the newest iphone app from twitter and it lets you share six seconds clips of video. if you've been on it you may have come across some stuff that made you blush. the site is already overwhelmed with pornography. bruce leshan took a closer look at it. >> reporter: the app itself, pretty cool. you can share little video clips, either one six-second stream or even shorter little clips. >> i wish i had some friends over. >> reporter: edited together just by tapping the start and stop. >> 360 here. >> reporter: but no sooner had it appeared in apple's app store than people started posting crude pornography, pictures of and by men, pictures of women in various stages of undress. all quickly found by searching porn or sex or s

. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. temperature 40 today.0. 22-32. 9:00, 32-40. and by 11:00, pretty nice. mostly sunny. 38-44. cool, yes, but nice. we'll come back and talk about the rest of the weekend, a few changes in the forecast, and we'll also track the coldest >>> well, the thermometer, she is a falling. >> she is. like a rock. [ laughing ] >> you have no idea what awaits you, my friend. >> oh, my goodness. >> pretty cold out there right now. but just kind of a taste of what is headed our way next week. let's start with a live look outside. it's clear as a bell. that's the silver lining, i think. it's our live michael and son weather camera looking at the kennedy center. again, high of 40. the average high is 42. so in the ballpark. 34 downtown right now. dew points coming up a little bit in the upper teens. they were in the single digits earlier. just wait until next week, the dew points are going to be below 0, and that's going to mean your skin is going to start to crack and you need to add moisture to your house. winds right now

. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. 57 was the high. another day in paradise.r wake-up weather chilly to start. temperatures 32 to 40 by 5:00 and clouds. 7:00 30s. by 9:00, 38 to 46. now, just cloudy in the morning with a little bit of sun. we'll come back and let you know if you need to take your >>> ladies, i've got a health alert for all of us tonight. there could be a new way to detect two dangerous forms of cancer before it is too late. there's a good chance you've already had this test. i'm talking about a pap smear. it is used to detect cervical cancer but it may also find cervical cancers as well. doctors are using a genome sequencing with this. it's super early in the research. they're going into the next phase. right now there's no reliable way to pick up ovarian cancer early, so this could be great news. >>> more news specific to women. if you take ambien to help you sleep your dosage will be cut in half. the fda is ordering drug companies to make the change saying the drug causes morning after drowsiness and can lead to car accidents. that's what ha

. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. high temperatures 50 today. another day above average. here is your wake up weather. a light jacket required even though it's going to be a mild start. 34-44 at 5:00. low 30s to low 40s at 7:00 and mid 30s to mid 40s at 9:00 with sunshine returning. we'll come back. we're tracking a big >>> lance armstrong, the disgraced former cycling champ met with the ceo of the doping agency to talk about the possibility of some kind of grand public confession. usa today sports writer and wusa9 kristine brennan says sources are saying that armstrong is seriously talking about coming clean about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. but tonight, brennan told me it's likely too little too late. >> it was two months after he was basically kicked out of the sport and he's already trying to angle his way back in. >> usa today sports reporter kristine brennan on why she thinks lance armstrong met with the u.s. doping agency last month to hint at a possible confession after having his seven tour de france wins snapped away and a ban for competition

. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt. high temperatures 50 today. another day above average. now, here is your wake up weather. a light jacket required even though it's going to be a mild start. 34-44 at 5:00. low 30s to low 40s at 7:00 and mid 30s to mid 40s at 9:00 with sunshine returning. we'll come back. we're tracking a big storm in the lower mississippi valley. we'll tell you what that means for the weekend. turkey sausage. turkey what? amazing. right? yeah. next one's on you. yeah, okay. introducing dunkin's new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich. the surprisingly great taste of turkey sausage on a pepper-fried egg with under 400 calories. try it, you'll like it. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in for dunkin's new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich today! >>> lance armstrong, the disgraced former cycling champ met with the ceo of the doping agency to talk about the possibility of some kind of grand public confession. usa today sports writer and wusa9 kristine brennan says sources are saying that armstrong is seriously talking about coming clean about his alleged use of pe

topper shutt is on the weather terrace. >> it's a good thing those folks did go home early.rry or snow shower, that's about it. we have half an inch here in the weather terrace, dry snow. let me show you radar. this tells the story. accumulating snow raced across the bay. over into

topper shutt is in the weather center. what are we expecting around here?w, but the timing is the problem. consequently we've made tomorrow a yellow alert day. our michael and son weather cam, looking at some clouds around, temperatures in the 30s. the high was 66 occurring just after midnight. winds are out of the west, northwest at 22 and pressure falling at 29.88 inches of mercury. temperature-wise in the mid-30s in bethesda, 34 rockville, 35 reston, 38 in springfield, 35 in fairfax and 37 in college park. if you head out and factor

let's get over to topper shutt in the weather center for the very latest on that. >> we're looking at a red alert, severe alert. we were at a yellow stage. now it's a full blown red because we have a tornado watch covering the entire metro area. it goes up into the pennsylvania/maryland border through the immediate metro area back into fredericksburg. this area here is severe thunderstorm warnings covering parts of fauquier county back into culpeper and fredericksburg near stafford county, but the watch in effect until 2 a.m. i'm not altogether sure we're going to see tornadoes, but i'm pretty sure we'll

metro and i'm here in the weather center with topper shutt., we want to know where it's going to start to pile up because wen the ground is warm. >> yes, it is. that's one of the keys to this forecast, a, where it's going to snow, which is south of town and b, it can snow with temperatures in the upper 30s and that's what it's doing south of town. let's start with the snowfall accumulation map. we've been showing you this for a while. again, this

. >> we want to get over to topper shutt. what can we expect? >> good news, bad news.the snow just about tapered off in northwest. the snow is going to end in the next hour. the bad news is, temperatures in the teens and twenties. it's going to remain slick tonight.

one of them is not topper shutt. >> let's hope not. we have a cold front pushing through. we'll tell you what that does to temperatures. you need a jacket if you are headed out. temperatures in the 40s. 48 downtown, 45 in gaithersburg. we'll come back, i'll show you a picture that i shouldn't be showing you for two months. i'll explain. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. coming up, the vice president calls on victims groups to help craft a plan to curb gun violence. >>> the judge is now considering whether that case against the accused colorado theater shooter should go forward. the prosecution wrapped up its case today against james holme showing pictures that he took inside and outside the theater weeks and days before the massacre. there was always photo of guns, armor, and a gas mask neatly laid out on holmes' bed. his lawyers wouldn't talk about it, or declined to call any witnesses, i should say. the judge is expected to rule on friday whether the case is strong enough to go to trial. >>> vice president joe biden says the president is determined

. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. winds are increasing. we'll talk about low wind chills. me show you temperatures now. bundle up if you're headed out. layering is a great idea if you make it a late night. it's still 44 downtown, but in the 30s in gaithersburg, frederick and leesburg. guess what? we're tracking a little snow over the weekend. we'll explain. >> but first following the least productive congress of all time what are some of the biggest challenges facing the new group, the 113th congress? we'll be joined live by cbs news' bob schieffer when we come back. >>> the proverbial fiscal cliff has been averted sort of. there are still some major issues totally unresolved like sequestration. there is still a very real chance hundreds of thousands of federal workers could face furloughs or job cutbacks due to sequestration. so when does that crisis come to a head? well, soon like only a couple of months from now. fiscal cliff notes, how much? learn more any time at www.wusa9.com. >>> a national day of service will be part of president obama's second inauguration. organi

. >> topper shutt says it all the time. that overnight rainfall caused flooding throughout our area. this is sky 9 out over maryland city in anne arundel county, found two cars stranded on the very same stretch of road, didn't follow topper's advice. >>> it was a downed tree, not the rain that caused a problem on the train tracks in gaithersburg this morning still affecting marc service tonight. more than 300 people were stranded. they were taken by bus to the shady grove station. that downed tree was removed, but the three evening trains that normally make the return trip to frederick in west virginia can't do that because they were unable to reach union station. >>> the storm caused big headaches for drivers in upper northwest this morning. a downed tree and power lines blocked porter street between beach drive and connecticut avenue. that's just blocks from the national zoo. clean-up caused traffic problems overnight into the morning, but there were no reports of any injuries. >>> we're tracking a developing story out of

. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt, still some snow possibly south of town. we'll show you radar it. looks like it's raining or snowing everywhere. it is not. it's dry here in northwest and dry up 270. we'll come back and tell you where the snow is accumulating and the rain is starting to turn. >> reporter: which schools in the district are getting the axe and some reaction to >>> we've got new information on the number of d.c. public schools due to be shut down. >> that number is down from 20 to 15, but not everyone is happy about the consolidations. we have the report from ko im in front of the home of kaya henderson. >> reporter: the protest is scheduled an hour away in front of this home. some people think they don't want any of the schools to close even if the numbers are down. the signs at this northwest d.c. elementary school can come down now. kye rson is not closing. >> okay, good. so everything worked, little signs and everything save our school. that's awesome. >> we're paying too much and offering too little. >> reporter: today d.c. schools chance