i'm tucker perkins with your halfpipe preview >> todd: 21-year-old tucker perkins is used to these conditions. this is what it's like to be on a superpipe >> luke: a great angle of it indeed. look at that cork right there. that's him going inverted. spinning a 900 right there. just to see it from up high, get to check out this pipe in a little bit better light as it was when this was filmed, a beautiful thing. he's way up there, look for big stuff from him throughout the day. tucker perkins, looks like he qualified in second -- not in second place, right around fifth place mark. >> todd: our thanks to tucker perkins, giving us a beautiful shot of the 22-foot superpipe here at killington, vermont. well, the women's competition took place earlier with heavy hearts. as all of our six finalists remembering sarah burke and what she means and what she meant to sports. but in the end it was maddy bowman, south lake tahoe, came away with top honors. >> luke: the big 900 up top. speaking of up top, all these girls have had those memories of being up at the top of the superpipe with sarah, getting all

tucker barnes, a producer and meteorologist, and tony perkins, a morning weather personality and forecaster5! >> you are the best. >> we talked to the students at cleveland elementary school yesterday in d.c. we talked about what it takes to be a meteorologist, or weather person, how we got into television. we do this on occasion. it was wonderful. we said this earlier, beautiful school. >> great school. >> and the children just wonderful. inquisitive. they've been studying weather. they knew their stuff. it was fantastic. >> i love seeing you guys out there doing that. >> had a fun time. >> we did. had a really good time. >> kids are little sponges. >> i will say this, every time we mentioned we do one of these, we get a lot of new inquiries. we do it as often as we can. we can't do every school. but we do as much as we can. >> try to make the rounds. we loved it and thank you for the opportunity. we'd love to come back. >> it is like when you think about would you come out here and come out there, the day starts so early. by 4:00, you're like mentally exhausted. kids looked great. >> so s

i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. >> i'm audrey barnes. tucker barnes is here with weather. wind, rain, we've got it all. >> we don't often get barnes and barnes. >> pretty cool. >> you mentioned wind, rain, a little bit of snow off to the north and west. generally the theme will be cold and blustery. our winds will gust 50 miles per hour north and west of the city where we have a wind advisory. that will be the big story today. let's look at vipor. we're looking at the leftover rain showers. this was the cold front that came through during the overnight hours and i promise you will notice a change in weather conditions as our temperatures are tumbling and the winds have really picked up. generally the rain showers and the light snow that broke out across parts of the area now off to the fort and we will be looking at a dry day today. partly sunny officially expected this afternoon. temperatures have been falling. 39 in washington. 39 in baltimore. freezing mark in winchester and hagerstown. patuxent naval air station is 38 but you too will be cooling down shortly as the coo

i'm sarah simmons i'm tony perkins in this morning for steve chenevey. we are joined by tucker barnes as always to let us know what is going on out on the road -- not the roadways, but across the area and indeed the roadways are wet. >> we'll just throw that on you too. >> in addition to my tweeting duties at fox 5. >> yes. >> very important. >> more and more. >> julie is on top of t we have to catch up with her. let's get right to it. i want to show you the radar. the showers continue across the area. most of the showers overnight here and for the past couple of hours have been south and south and east of the city. you can see those falling at the moment there into southern maryland and down across the bay out towards cambridge and easton. still get something showers. for the rest of us, we have had some rain overnight. most the area roadways are indeed wet and we have more rain on the way out to the west. a wet morning commute. kids headed to the bus stop. probably need a jacket. it is not terribly cold out there but it will be wet here for the next couple of hours. 43 the wi

perkins. >> i'm allison seymour. it is friday morning, but it is a rough one out there weather wise. tucker crazy rain we've been having. >> yeah, it's not winter weather, but it's showers and thunderstorms. hard to believe that in january. >> spring. >> yeah, spring-like weather. it's something that's going to cause some problems, likely ponding on the roadways, we've had reports of winds gusting to 50 or 60 miles per hour. so it'll be with us here for a few more hours, not quite done with it yet. let's kick off hd radar, we've been talking it all morning, i'm just getting further updates and let you know that line of showers and thunderstorms now on the east side of the beltway and will be rolling out to route 50 here shortly. crofton you're next, annapolis i think in the next half hour, 45 minutes, you'll be getting some heavier rain, mitchellville and now back into the city, we're watching the redevelopment of more showers and some more downpours there on the western side of washington. so we're not done with this yet. let's open it up. we mentioned the other line of showers and thunder

perkins is here. >> he's back. >> welcome. >> it is time for ask the weather guys! >> thank you. >> this is the segment where tuckero answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. those pictures are from about 10 years ago, i think. >> haven't changeed a bit. >> today's question comes from judy green in arlington, virginia. judy writes why does a fire truck always accompany an ambulance? good question. >> when we thought about it, we agree. >> not only do we agree, but there was big discussion there b. this. >> you were in the meeting. none of us really -- we thought we knew the answer and we weren't sure and wear debating it. so clearly, we say this is a good question because we don't know. so we're calling an expert since we didn't know and since judy is from arlington, we've gone to the arlington county fire department. we have on the phone with us this morning lieutenant greg carl with arlington county fire. are you there? >> yes, i am. good morning. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> no problem. it is a pleasure. >> you heard the question which was centrally when you call 911 and

perkins. steve has the day off. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> let's get the latest on the weather with it tucker barnes. >> temperatures in the teens and low 20s to start your morning. it feels cold too. let's get started. let's kick it off with a look at our satellite picture. generally speaking, going to be a decent holiday for us. our wind will lighten up for us a little bit. we will warm up into the low 40s. hang in there. a little later today, things should get more comfortable. right now, we're cold. lots of clear skies, we do have high clouds off to the south and west. those will move in later this afternoon. we'll start the day sunny and we'll see clouds move in later today. let's do these temperatures. 26 now at reagan national. check out your teens. dulles is 17 and bwi marshall 1. most of the area here in the teens and low 20s. again, it will take several hours to get the temperatures above freezing but once we do, we'll have highs a little warmer than yesterday. 42 your daytime high in washington. 39 in frederick. if you like 50s, you'll like tomorrow. that being said, we've got more rain in the forecast. i

perkins. welcome to fox 5 morning news. straight up 5:00. here he is to tell us more about what is happening with all that weather out there. here is tucker barnes. >> nice introduction. it is going to be cold today, highs only in the mid-30s. that will set the stage for the possibility of a the winter weather around here tonight. >> a little goes a long way when you're talking about ice. >> you got to kind of be ready for it just in case. parts of the area will just get rain. we'll talk mother about that. kids going to school, you going to work, no problems this morning. we've got clear skies and we're clearing out and temperatures in the 30s. 34 at dulles and winchester. 36 at reagan national. some 20s breaking out in hagerstown. 28degrees. there is your sentinel radar. a couple of sprinkles, couple of showers moving through with the clipper system. a nice sunrise at about 7:22 this morning. >> precisely? >> i think it is 7:22. i'm not sure you will see the sun set as we'll cloud up later today. the main event will be 10:00, 11:00, after midnight. generally increasing clouds this afternoon. >> let's go to julie wright and find out what

perkins is the only person who would wonder about that question. it is make believe. does it matter? >> they're walking around in t- shirts and no special gear. >> that is you and tuckerset. southbound rock creek parkway at p street, got an accident for you. right side is tied up. inner loop to exit onto westbound 202 for the crash, this one involving wires down across the highway. quick peek at the beltway top side outer loop trying to get past colesville road. no incidents to report headed for 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> no for a look at today's my fox half off deal. $10 gets you $20 off of food and drain from ultimate chicken bistro in falls church. urch. get in on this, go to myfoxdc.com and look for my fox half off on the right side of the opinion. >>> now, is it the key to the fountain of youth. >> researchers injected stem cells into mice that would normally live no longer than one month but when injected, they lived an additional five to six months. >>> january is national skating month. ice rivers are offering good deals this movement we are live in fort washington, maryland with that story. -- ice rinks are offering g

perkins in for steve chenevey this morning. >> and am alison seymour. cold start to our thursday. let's get the latest from tucker barnes who is over there. good morning. >> good morning. cold outside. temperatures in the teens and 20s. bundle up as you head out. decent day today with clouds moving in this afternoon. 26 now at reagan national. 18 the temperature at dulles. winchester, hagerstown and little warmer south and east. the entire area below freezing. very cold start. 27 now in ocean city. looking at the satellite radar, starting the day with sunshine. clouds to the north and west. clouds in eastern ohio, they'll move in here shortly. by mid-morning we'll get cloud cover and mostly cloudy this afternoon as our next storm system approaches from the north and west. in this storm, a clipper could bring us flurry activity, maybe snow showers later this evening. early sunshine, afternoon clouds. temperatures where they should be. 43degrees. more details in a minute. traffic and julie wright has your latest. good morning. >>> good morning to you, tucker. it's kind of busy. had problems with a water main break

perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. before we get a check on the weather, we don't want to mention that garrett county schools are on a two-hour delay. so that's garrett county, maryland. >>> tucker can expect for today and tomorrow. >> temperatures will only be in the mid-30s. that's going to be on the chilly side. and that's setting the stage for the wintry event tonight. let's take a look at the temperatures and reagan national, 36 degrees. 36 at reagan national. haggerstown, when i got here early, haggerstown was 34 degrees. temperatures are now falling off. ocean city, 36 geez. colder air working in. we will have some breezy conditions with winds out the north. clouds will move in. the bottom line is that bay later tonight, we're going to have a wintry mix, starting with a quick burst of snow and then transition over to sleet and freezing rain and that's the real concern, gutting ice accumulations, particularly north and west of the city. we have not had a lot of winter weather to talk about so far this season but looks like we have a potential for one tonight. there is the advisories. up in pennsylvania, that's a winter weather vice rhythm i want you to focus off to our nor