definitely not vanessa gordon watson's first rodeo. she has done this for 34 years. >> this gets us prepared for when it does snow. john: she was the $4.40 an hour when she started. does it ever get any easier? >> no. john: it is a lot of driving. how many hours have you put in? jummy: a live look outside right now, down pennsylvania avenue at the capital. a little bit of a breeze. i was out at the british and busy. a little breezy. at noon. we will have a warm up for the weekend. the good news a not be for everybody competing in the marine corps marathon. temperatures will climb. jummy: lots of water. doug: from champ high school in all the, virginia, a beautiful sunrise across all the -- across out this is kind of the way the sky will look mostly today. partly to mostly sunny, and the breezes will continue. temperatures will climb up probably to about the 60-degree mark. kelly from virginia sent this picture to us. she is the winner of week three with a beautiful image she took of pastors, horses -- of in the back. send your pictures

>> reporter: oh, my goodness, i'm i my photographer irene and vanessa gordon watson who has been driving these things in the county for 28 years. in fact, was one of the first or is the first woman in the county to be able to do this. we're going on a dry run, leaving the command center now at the department of public works and transportation hub here and we're going to just take a -- >> so, technology being what it >> she is in a moving truck. we lost the signal. we'll try to get her back a bit later. let's turn to chuck bell. >> this is way advanced preparation. way advanced. >> last year, we didn't get our first inch of snow until the blizzard started. the third week of january before we had any snow last year. >> let's do that again. >> i don't want a blizzard. >> i'm okay as long as it is another 20 and 30 inches, i'm okay with waiting. >> i was going to say, you meteorologists! >> if it is only going to snow two or three times a winter, let's make them count for something. >> oh, chuck! >> oh, eun. i gave you a ride home last year. >> i know. you and aaron. >> we did everything we