all right, v.j. thanks. >>> for more than a century, it stood higher than anything else in our city but now looks like the washington monument isn't as tall as everyone thought. the reason may not be what you think. >>> after days of bitter cold now it's time for a winter storm. so what can you do right now to make sure your home is ready? >>> folks who visited washington monument today didn't seem to be worried at all that the structure turns out to be shorter than first thought. >> who knew from this far or on this kind of day? government survey took new measurements and found the height was off nearly 10 inches compared to the original measurement 130 years ago. news4's richard jordan explains what's behind this historic discrepancy. >> reporter: mattie lord and michelle watt lined up early on presidents' day to reach the top of the epic monument dedicated to the country's first president. >> i like to go to the top and see the view you don't get to see from the bottom. >> reporter: but today the

v.j.? >> that's right. our roads are fine right now, but we are monitoring the changeover and looking well up to the nor and off to the west. snow and ice will be ending around the morning thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. for a limited time, get a fios triple play online at an amazing $79.99 a month guaranteed for two years. plus, a $400 bonus with a two-year agreement hurry, deal ends february 21st. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> welcome back to news 4 at on a soggy, chilly monday afternoon. >> yep, some of us are under a winter weather advisory. storm team 4 keeping a close eye on whoitis going to impact th

v.j.? >> that's right. you know it's going to be icy tonight.now showers tomorrow. >>> oh wintry and white. first at 4, we're already receiving our first school delays for you now, faulkier and culpepper county schools will be closed tomorrow. we'll keep you updated all evening long on air and on nbcwashington.com. >> we're not out of the woods yet. our team coverage continues now. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson and doug kammerer are tracking what's left. >> we begin with veronica. veronica, what's in store for us tonight? >> tonightitis all about the cold and, yes, the refreeze. so that means, again, a lot of delays across the area for tomorrow morning. meanwhile, this time tomorrow some more snow to the area. finally that extreme cold that's going to hit us. yes, it's going to be colder than this past weekend. take a look outdoor impact forecast for wednesday, starting out 7:00 a.m. 15 degrees. that is it. 15 degrees, folks. a lot of folk what kind of exercise? well of course shoveling. something some folks still cleaning the driv

v.j.? >> our temperatures will be getting a little better over the next 24 hour but after that another chance of sw, little system that will graze our area. some of you getting the snow. everybody got it cold this morning but look at this. dulles airport, minus 4. shattering that old record of 14 degrees. of course cold rat everywhere, even for the afternoon. we're running well above -- well below the average. the average now 49 degrees currently at 29. cold conditions, you bet. if you're going to be out walking the dog here's what you can expect. temperatures come down to about 23 degrees pi 10:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. it won't be a rapid drop. meanwhile, tomorro yes, we'll start out cold, the day milder, chance of snow for sure. in fact, this is a snapshot of early thursday morning at 6:00 a.m. this will be impacting the morning rush on thursday. isle have a time line for you coming up. >>> right now, the clock is ticking in the homeland security funding fight. the department runs out of money

v.j.? >> nearly two dozen counties with school delays this morning because because of icy conditions. i think we'll have more delays tomorrow maybe not quite as widespread. the temperatures are back down again, 31 in d.c. 33 in fredericksburg. folks south around quantico stafford 25 to the north, montgomery county around gaithersburg and sandy spring. the windchill factor though those temperatures what it feels like out there, at least 10 degrees lower than the air temperature. the winds still gusting over 20 miles per hour. look at that windchill, 16 now manassas 15 in gaithersburg. our cold run is expected to continue with our average temperature now around 49 to 50. but we're not feeling any of that. got a little bit of a break, of course second half of the weekend, but for us it's a cold week ahead. your weather headlines, more icy conditions coming your way tomorrow morning, freezing conditions tomorrow and yes, this week we could see a few flurries drift by. i'll show you when coming

v.j.? >> near-record cold for tomorrow morn still going to be windy and it's going to be all about keeping everything moving and operating properly in such low temperatures. take a look. the national weather service issuing a windchill advisory this now until noon tomorrow pretty much covers the entire area as windchills drop from 5 to 20 degrees below zero. especially early part of the day tomorrow. the records we're talking act, take a look at this. bwi marshall forecast 3 degrees. there's the record 6, reagan national airport. the record 8. we're forecasting zero degrees in dulles. we'll post those on our nbc facebook site as well as storm team 4. 17 now. the windchill 1 below. yes, we have sunshine across the area but throughout those windchills already below zero gaithersburg leesburg up through loudoun county especially north and west. so this is hypothermia-type weather coming up for tomorrow morning. frostbite within just 30 minutes. the re why we're likely to be seeing more delays

v.j.? >> tright. unfortun it's going to be through the morni rush. starting ear tomorrow morning. one reason why this weather system will have a moderate to major impact on our area for tomorrow s take a look at the adviso all in purple here from frederick county maryland h leesburg. down to madison county and a winter storm warning for the northe neck. cambridg that includes ev salisby this time and ocean city. arriving ad 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. many areas around the adviso locations. several inches between 1 and 3. an eight-hour event. when it start, it's s for some time right through the morning rush. here's tm that we've been tracking since early this morning. it's snowing right now in areas of northern alabama and mississi there's the snapshot. 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. right on our back door. that snow coming up later. meteorol doug kammerer will have more on what to expect and we're also monitoring cancella i'm in the newsroom at the assignme desk. througho this evening, this is where word will come in about potentl sch closures or delays. pass those along to you as soon a the

v.j. >> that's right. we talk about the readings and how you have to bundle up this evening and tomorrow morning, too. back to hat and gloves and scarf if you're going out. and temperatures to teens and single digits. at 40 degrees miles an hour right now and winds sustained at 10 to 20 degrees by 8 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. 5 to 15 and by early tomorrow morning, 10 to 15 degrees, what it will feel like out there. we are not the only ones having to deal with the cold. a lot of folks having to deal with cold and snow. nbc's windy is in chicago with more. wendy wendy. >> hi v.j. how are you doing? the sun is absolutely deceiving out here. it's brutally cold. the groundhog day. it didn't bring us very good news. >> yes. a shadow i see. you can start this winter. hashtag, six more weeks of winter. >> not the prediction much of a frozen nation wants to hear. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow which means more winter weather. this as chicago residents dig out of more than 19 inches of snow. the fifth heaviest on record

how coal v.j.? >> the coldest air of the season progressively colder startingo head into the end of week. 40 deegts right now, winds gusting 22. that sounds like 40 degrees, not bad, when you factor in that wind with a gust over 20 miles pehour most neighborhoods, and it's bringing down the windchil town to into the freezing mark from burtonsville to wheaton, folks around franconia, very cold one involved this evening. it will only get progressively colder. r temperas dropped to around freezing by 11:00 so, if you're going to be out walking e dog, it will feel like it's in the mid-20s. time to layer up. indeed big time to layer up because starting on thursday again, some very cold air is going to start making its way into our area and by the end of the weekend, wait till you see how low these windchill temperatur a going to drop. coldest air of the season we'll take you through it and get that forecast to you in a couple minutes. >> thanks veronica. >>> a lot of folks we late for work this morning a

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v.j. this is exactly where that air is coming from. >> exactly. no joke for sure. we might as well be living in northern russia because that's where the air is originating from. let's look at the animation here. that air from northern russia the siberian region some of the coldest readings in the world have been recorded there. this area's been traversing the north pole headed right down boo the eastern part of the u.s. giving temperatures that have been below freezing even around atlanta, georgia. today, 27 degrees there. for us we're talking about record readings tomorrow morning in d.c. forecasting 6 for b.w. marshall 3, and for dulles zero. again, temperatures just part of the story because those windchills 15 to 20 degrees below zero by tomorrow morning. so i think it's like maybe two, three long johns perhaps? >> i've got too many on right now. look what we've got coming snow and ice for the weekend. i'll break it down show you when it moves in and what to expect. >>> tom sherwood is out in the cold tonight speaking with people who have to s their entire day

. >> v.j. thanks. the forecast of snow and potential for freezing rain means roads could be slippery this weekend. maryland highway crews will be ready with snowplows and salt too. if you have to drive saturday afternoon through sunday highway officials ask you to drive slowly very cautiously tomorrow. also leave plenty of room between you and the car in front of you, icy roads could make it tougher for you to stop out there. you know this very time last year i was in russia covering the winter olympic games. just checked my weather app, sochi is a good 22 degrees warmer than we are right now, so just putting it in perspective. who would have thought that for us here? we are even colder today than in m places in alaska too. despite our frigid temperatures life must go on. we have to get out and about, take care of things that means walking the dog, a fast walk in many cases and shopping still has to be done too. >> it's freezing. i can't get him to go out here quick enough. >> i'm surprised at how many

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v.j.ven though they're warm now, they're going to come down in a hurry. > take a look at this map we put together for you. the roads impacted. the greatest from 270 down i-95 includg the loop 495 and 66. on the northern fringe of this area that's where i think condit could improve by 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. southern areas down i-95. quantico reduced visibility. slow travel for sure. that's why we think storm team 4, the schools, activities will impacted the greatest. through st. mary's calvert countyy and staffo and spotsylvania county with moderate impacts around the sweet spot, d.c. up to the s anne arundel and fauquier counties. moderate impact there. that area could see delays whereby 9:00 10:00 a.m. >> doug? >> we fully expect delays and closures. tune in tonight. we'll be here at 11:00 and tom kierein is in tomorrow morning starting at 4:26. >> there are n details in the murder of a 95-year-old retired navy offic in maryland. a man who lived in that same senior apartment complex says -- h

everybody saw blue v.j. >> lots of blue skies. on the radar we might see pockets of pink showing up on sunday which is indication we could have some freezing rain around the area. that's something we'll be watching very closely as we get into the weekend. for your evening planner, we put it up right here for you. calm conditions at 7:00. we're at 34 degrees now so, i do think we are going to see the temperature start falling off pretty rapidly once we get on the other side of the sunset. cold at 9:00 25 and then 24 with a mostly clear sky at 11:00 p.m. in fact by morning these are the readings that actually will be down into the teens by morning. that was from the other day. high temperatures tomorrow right around the freezing mark. and here's a look at sunday. so we can get right into that. this is at noontime on sunday. you're looking at the chances of seeing freezing rain. we've got the time line on the bottom the percentages here on the side so i think early in the day around lunchtime just around the 30% chance of freezing ra

>> v.j. thanks. you're rocking the red. are you showing off your red? the first friday in february is national wear red to work day to help raise awareness about women's heart health. 1 in 3 women dies from heart disease and stroke every year yet it is 80% preventable. many of any news4 colleagues are wearing red today. you can see photos on our facebook page. send us your pictures too. >>> you can help your heart with a walk through old town fairfax and satisfy your craving for chocolate as well. the annual chocolate lover's festival returns this weekend. the chocolate chip pancake breakfast is back. so is the chocolate challenge. many downtown businesses are taking part and offering special deals. >> this is an excellent opportunity to tempt all your five senses because not only can you taste the chocolate, there's also other activities so you don't just have to eat chocolate. >> activities take place in several locations by the chocolate express bus running between the sites both days. many events are free but some charge a slight fee. >>> well it's

v.j., that's what we've been talking about all day. >> that's right. exactly it pap lot of salt down on area roads, probably on your patios and sidewalks too. one thing we'll see with the storm system, the warmer air coming in and that may wash the salt away. the other thing lit do is provide the area with freezing rain stleet first, freezing rain and icy conditions. snow starts around 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. freezing rain by 2:00 to 3:00 then late afternoon, evening that ice could accumulate. i think after midnight all rain across the area. dry kwns for the morning, slick for the afternoon, especially after 2:00. areas to focus on shaded in red. beltway, 270, 81 western maryland 68 where there could be quite a bit of snow out there. >> saturday not the best day to get things done. sunday not looking like a bad day, may be one of the warmest days we've seen in quite some time. much more in just a bit. >>> thanks to the bitter cold we are seeing an awful lot of these arnold our region broken water mains. this one is in prince george's county. where the

as you mentioned, v.j. there's still hope. >> you're right. still hope. here we go for the weekend, you folks who are looking for a little dry weather, again, mild. look at the temperatures. we may start out below freezing in the 20s, but at least we're not talking teens. 52 your high on saturday 55 the high on sunday getting that rain not till late around 10:00, 11:00 or so and even then the chances are low. so monday tuesday right now, best chance of wet weather and we've got a lot more on that the latest data coming up on news4 at 5:00. stick around. >>> veronica thanks. a new partnership's in place this afternoon between the virginia hospital center and the mayo clinic. the move gives local doctors and staff access to the knowledge and expertise of the mayo clinic care network. officials believe collaboration will lead to better treatment. doctors will be able to consult professionals and have access to the latest educational tools. patients won't have to travel to get the care they need as well. >>> gas is cheaper than it's been in year but how far a