a couple of graphics for you, number 1 unseasonably warm air moving our way. i don't think we will see the 70s tomorrow but the 60s like this afternoon and if we get some early sunshine even milder than this day certainly not impossible. the air is coming from where they are starting to think about exhibition baseball. almost 60 in memphis, 60 in atlanta, 70 dallas, 73 new orleans, that is where your air is coming from, the south- southwest. we are in for a couple of really fine days. but then we are going to go back to normal, which is going to be quite a jolt given how warm it is going to be tomorrow and friday. meteorologist bernadette woods takes a look at a normal february weekend coming up in our first warning weather segment. now back in side. >> mardi gras has been in full swing in new orleans but the party is over. [ sirens ] >> not long after midnight police began shutting down the party on burbon street. the celebrations proceed ash wednesday, the start of the christian holy season of lint. i bet you could hear a pin drop there today. >> still to co

enjoy the unseasonably warm air this afternoon. 68degrees. to be honest with you, if you are watching in virginia, central virginia, you will be in the low 70s. fredericks best of your recollection, down towards culpeper. winds out of west here five to 10, gusting to about 25 as that front approaches later this afternoon and tonight. we will cloud up with a couple of showers, 50 your overnight low and then temperatures early tomorrow will be in the 60s but they will start to fall during the course of the afternoon as that front work in and then notice the cooler temperatures for the weekend. saturday's daytime high only in the upper 40s and that is where he should be for this time of year. >> let's do some traffic and julie wright has got your latest. >> all right, tucker, on the roads right now, you will find that your lanes are open as you continue to work your way around from 650 headed around to new hampshire avenue. lanes are open as you travel southbound along i-59 coming in out of maryland headed down towards the beltway. southbound 95

all through the unseasonably warm air and the colder sweeping behind it ...king at regional temperatures: the humidity is 44% to point is at 36. meteorological spring begins tomorrow with a fast warming month of march here is where the rain is now: watching the squall line going through harrisburg illinois strong when producers ... moving east into kentucky ... the three-dimensional radar shows a vertical building on these storms 40,000 ft. into the atmosphere. looking at the late afternoon weather in chicago we have rainshowers for tonight it will still be snowing vigorously in the upper midwest some areas up there have had 18 in. of snow ... tornadoes on one side and big snow on the other ... snow showers will take hold by evening after the rain. we will see a gusting southwesterly wind green temperatures down to the low 30's. another half-inch of rain could be on the way ... winter is leaving with a bang and the midwest. the wind will be custom this afternoon we have a wind advisory 3:06 p.m. 50 mi. per hour at times tonight we will look for cloudy and win

the only system computer models are the ones coming up this one temperature boundary between unseasonably warm airtures texas mid-70s oklahoma city today and near 80 degrees and doubtless the warm air moisture is funneling it to the storm wind picking up. cold stuff still up in canada. northwest wind blowing at 882% chance the storm and why are we concerned? track and south dakota down to ottawa across central illinois during the day classic pattern heavy snow fall into northwest northeast ohio tomorrow night lake snow moisture axis of the heaviest snowfall right across chicago metropolitan area. look at the wind back side wind cold air down the backside of the system over 60 mi. per hour tomorrow wind in this area not anything quite like that. accumulation numbers on the uptake in a few minutes looking like 4-9 in.. heart attacks no makeup down tapering off heading south. for the lead on this thing coming with numbers in a moment the map is starting cloudy tonight light snowfall makes rain or snow showers at times. low temperature 33 degrees and variable wind light wind during the day tomorrow du

let's talk temperatures, enjoying unseasonably warm air ahead of the front. mid-70s here in washington. afternoon highs, 80. currently 52 in wash 48 in annapolis. these temperatures well above normal. 43 in martinsburg. 57 today. chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. some of the storms could be strong. yes. windy later. very windy later. tomorrow, 50, sunshine. sunday looks great. monday and tuesday, back into the 50s. feels like march. >> it's not. >> i know. >> hi. >> hello. >> how are you? >> i was out like everybody yesterday, no coat on. this is so weird. it's february. >>> i went outside with shorts and a tank top. >> did you really? >> really. >> some viewers might want to know where you did that. >> we'll talk about that off- camera. >> time now for ask the weather guy. >> yes, it is. >> ask the weather guy. all right. because it's friday, we're going to bring you a special lightning round edition today. >> oh, that's why we're seeing that. >> that's why we answer many questions as fast as we can. four minutes to answer four questions. >> oka

. >> reporter: the storm system was created when a mass of cold air from the rockies crashed into unseasonably warm and wet air over the eastern part of the nation. harrisburg's tornado tore a 200-yard-wide path across the former coal mining town. >> devastating. you can imagine what it was like. >> reporter: now, 15,000 people are still without power, scott, and a dust-to-dawn curfew is being imposed to discourage looting. >> pelley: dean thanks very much. it will be another week or so until tourist season in branson, missouri and that's a good thing. the strip of hotels and music vep use was hit by a twister and many homes are in ruins. anna werner is there. anna. >> reporter: scott, i'm standing in what's left of the nature sunshine health food store. the roof's been taken off. the store is destroyed. in fact, the only way that you'd know that this used to be a health food store is by a few books and other items the tornado left behind. the tornado skipped down main street, tearing at the businesses and theaters in the heart of this country music resort town. >> the whole house shook, and i was,

new york state down to carolinas this is just going to be a rain event unseasonably warm air here, 70 new orleans colder weather off to the west, denver 20 degrees look at l.a. 48 nice and cool there. want to show you a couple features look at the rain headed in our direction steady showers this afternoon, heaviest period of shower activity will be between about 1:00 p.m. and 6 or 7 tonight, also, notice the feature out near las vegas, los angeles see that twist in the atmosphere that will travel along the border with mexico, northern gulf, it looks innocent at the moment but later this weekend, that will develop into a weekend storm event. it is looking more likely we will have some kind of storm system around here during the day sunday with cold temperatures. there is your 5 day 51 showers developing, looks like we have another storm to deal with, highs only 40s. >> we ain't scared of another rain snow mix. >> okay. >> we will say that too. >> here is julie with an update on traffic. >> well, speak for yourself allison. [ laughter ] >> all right, i went out and got the milk bread, t

map, high pressure we call it bermuda high pressure in the summer time offshore pumping in unseasonably warm airthe battle yes, the highest battle we will have a cold front come through tonight and be replaced with that area of high pressure less temperature friendly. in other words cooler starting tomorrow. >> thanks. >> yeah. >> there is your five day forecast, 68 today, still above normal for the weekend. >> still. >> nothing extreme. >>> it is february. >> i know. >> all right. let's check with julie wright get the latest on traffic julie. >>> well, we've got problems out there, ramp on the inner loop of the belt way, 214, central avenue where we had reports of a vehicle fire, tieing up part of that ramp. route 4, another crash reported southbound 270, out of rockville heavy, slow and steady working your way out, mva to the lane divide southbound stretch, great seneca highway, southbound lanes are closed off with accident activity northbound lanes are open you will find coming on the inner loop delays brad dock road, 66 southbound stretch of the stretch of great seneca highway, and traffic h

. >>> after weeks of unseasonably warm weather, bitter cold air in north carolina over the weekend, look at that, up to 4 inches of snow fell in the mountains. areas around ashville reported wind gusts up to 36 miles per hour. northeast ohio was hit with plenty of snow, look at the video from saturday, the weather prompted officials to temporarily shut down parts of multiple highways that led to dozens of crashes. wind nearing up to 40 miles per hour, blue water for lake erie, causing one accident there. here we did see snow, it looked pretty, it didn't feel pretty if you went outside. >>> it was blustery. i love the snow globe reference all morning long. >> it looked nice from inside. i was peering out the window, i was like i'm not going out. there lucky, it is done for today. more snow back in the forecast. let me show you what is going on, where the snow is. satellite and radar, not picking up on a lot as we move towards us. back in to missouri, right now, oklahoma, getting in on snow as well and all this is poised to move off towards the east. ohio, you are going to get in on the ac

a round the region, temperatures are still unseasonably mild. 48 in hancock, even western maryland in warm air with temperatures well into the 40's. some snow near the pennsylvania and new york state border. there are winter weather advisory for several inches of snow, cold side of this front. thunderstorms developing to the west of us will be rolling our way. mostly in the 50's to start the day. this front that is stationary pushes up toward new england tomorrow. right now it's 70 degrees in atlanta. that storm passing by will drag in the warm air and then look at the chilled setting up to the north and west of us. that will come rushing in for the upcoming weekend. big temperature changes over the next few days. shares and storms arrive in the afternoon tomorrow. strong winds behind bring some cold air and snow to the mountains and maybe a few flurries of around central and eastern maryland by saturday afternoon. looks like a sunny day on sunday with temperatures quite chilly to wrap up the weekend. winds gusting to 35 miles an hour with a shower or thunderstorm possible as the front of bike

the high temperatures today arctic air bottled up their unseasonably mild air 40's to yellowknife yukon territory of canada look at the flow of warm hour of the night pretty amazing. even adding to the wind chill how warm it is across united states tonight 2 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. and a big chunk of real-estate warmer than 24 hours ago indicating no massive arctic outbreaks on the way at least at this point storm spinning up later in the week low of colder air down a friday- saturday telling you about that in the second. temperature 33 degrees feeling cooler across the metropolitan area. wind chills the way it feels air temperatures still hover around 40 degrees with all of the wind west-southwest wind sustained by the mob or velocity. he admitted the 73%. kind of neat the snowfall this morning out of fox badly snow cover melting and that was the scene of repeated at harvard northwest suburbs. also near detroit michigan snowfall melting warm temperatures does not stick around. tonight temperatures still close to 40 degrees in places the been discussed during the afternoon and evening still near 40 degrees at o'hare. oth

air will be warmer. later on today, we're expecting these unseasonably warm temperatures. highs in washington, 68 degrees. fredericksburg, 71 degrees. it will be cooler up towards pennsylvania. hagerstown, your high is 63 degrees. we'll take a sneak peak at the weekend in -- a sneak peek at the weekend in a few minutes. >>> making the trip around the capital beltway, the lanes are open. traffic is slow going traveling in virginia heading north near the beltway. now, moving over to the shoulder. accident number two occurred near seminary road. traffic will slow as you travel towards north east washington the commute southbound, south of 50 heading towards pennsylvania avenue, about a nine minute drive. all of the lanes are open. that's a check of the fox5 on time traffic. >>> all right, thank you. the big story, a guilty verdict in the george huguely murder trial. the jury is recommending 26 years for him. >> he could have gotten life behind bars. we're in the news room with more details on the verdict. >> well, allison, in returning a verdict, the jury found that yeardley

air, nothing but blue skies over the heart of harford county. in frostburg just pointing out there is not a flake of snow on the ground here. it is dry and unseasonably warmut in the maryland high country. let's show you maryland's most powerful radar. temperature wise comfortable 50s, hagerstown, winchester, low 50s. easton 45 at the beach with a bit of an ocean breeze. low 40s in the immediate coastal areas. winds are light and variable. they did go northwest on us last night. that allowed the cool hair to funnel. the highs were a solid 10 to 12 degrees warmer. our next storm system arrives by mid-morning. no sign of that tonight. you think the clear stuff is going to last and last but we see that out to the west in southern minnesota, iowa. that rain overspreading the great lakes overnight. that system will track across the area replacing our my pressure bubble replacing abun dpant sunshine. dry weather will hold into early tomorrow morning. you she it over the northeast with dew points around 19 in roanoke. as we work into the day, the first clouds increase. as that column of the atmosphere begins to moisten up, it could bring in the winds. rain showe

unseasonably warm weather in maryland. temperatures made it into the 70's. the front never got here. it is in the warm air were the severe weather has been throughout the afternoon. the warmer temperatures, the more unstable the atmosphere. strong thunderstorms are lingering down in st. mary's county. the activity has been tracking east. it looks like it will continue in that direction moving off the coast. closer to ocean city, there is a line of thunderstorms that prompted a tornado warning. there was a tractor-trailer overturned by gusty wind. it may have been associated with the line of thunderstorms. on the back side of this comes the cold and wind. not a lot of rain in baltimore. if you check temperatures, you will see 60 at ocean city right now. temperatures drop into the 40's toward oakland. the cold front is getting into western maryland. where the warm air has been lingering, a tornado watch remains in effect until a rackauckas evening. there are severe thunderstorm warnings in effect along the coast. the western part of the tornado watch will be dropped shortly as the front moves off the coast.

unseasonably warm weather will continue for your friday with a big plunge in time for the weekend, giving you a look at what is happening outside our door. take a look at all that blue sky, air quality remains good. the winds have died down quite a bit. that offshore breeze really kicking up yesterday, even into the overnight hours. take a look right now. 66 degrees at sfo. 72 already reported in san jose. areas right around menlo park, mountainview feeling the same, 68 redwood city, inland east bay, 70 livermore, 66 concord, north bay, 68 right now in napa, 69 in santa rosa. napa a few degrees cooler than just 24 hours ago. i showed you earlier in the forecast napa now reporting a southwesterly breeze. we know what that means right? coming from the sea. 65 in oakland, 86 as we reported over sfo. the winds are calm in san francisco. a west southwesterly in oakland. still east northeasterly meaning going this direction so the offshore breeze is still with us but we are beginning to see that transition, wind future of thes still at 31 at mt. diablo but it was 65 earlier so an improvement. 11 at atlas peak, good news because that is near where the fire is burning over areas nor

gives you an idea how muchh cooler the air will be. 68 degrees, we should see 70se here, south of the city. west winds gusting to 25, partlr sunny, that's unseasonably warm the end of february february, couple showersower developing, i showed the showers on future, i think there's are's good chance to see the showerses overnight. winds ovsouth and east 5-10. they will pick up during thehe early morning hours tomorrow.w. that 65 you see will get thatt early in the morning, temperatures will be falling f during the course of the day, saturday and sunday's highs,ghs that's where we should be, lotso of sunshine.hi that's a look at the weather. now let's do some, no, we're doing tony. and this weekend, is not the end of february. >> not yet, not yet. >>> the impact of gay bullying is effect in a new jerseyjers courtroom. jury selection continues in thes trial of in a former rutgers university student accused ofof using a web cam to spy on andan broadcast his roommate'smate encounter with another man, thah roommate committed suicide a few days after learning the intimate moments had been seen by others. it's that case that played aat role in helping the local