but first, chief meteorologist vytas reid has a look at where the storm is right now. hi vytas. >> well directly right over us. continue to see the heavy precipitation coming down. mainly in the form of snow. heavy wet snow. average of anywhere from one to 3 inches an hour. looking along the 95 corridor. stretching up 32 wilmington, philadelphia, north as new york city. getting heavy snowfall. points west as well, heavy amounts of snowfall. folks in pittsburg, columbus. zooming out the picture. you can see the rain/snow line around richmond where they saw more rain. in fact, the heavy snow amounts solicited to the north, where northern virginia and sterling and ruston. germantown and back through western portions of maryland, including baltimore city to d.c.. so a lot of heavy snow wrapping in with the system. and looking at the bigger picture. the storm is stretching back over the midwest. and involving folks back there in ohio. as well as indiana. double o wrap through the area bringing the moisture into cold air. and we could get rumbles of thunder tonight. do not be

chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a look at the sky watch winter blast on the way. vytas? >> looks like another one is coming. and we have to brace ourselves for another winter blast. building up out of the south. right now on hd radar. nothing going on. we should see a relatively quiet night tonight. and then tomorrow plenty of sunshine. but here is the storm that is looming, and gathering strength down over texas and new mexico. we have one area of low pressure he that will track up over the eastern seaboard. secondary track across the midwest. so not just involving us but folks over the midwest. ohio river valley where they could see snow as well. national weather service, in our area, has issued a winter storm watch, for central maryland. western maryland, northern virginia and points west, as we continue to see the potential for heavy amounts of snowfall, how much? well, right now, with the track that it is taking, if it were to snow tomorrow, it would be anywhere from 16 to 22 inches or more. across the i-95 corridor, including baltimore city. and areas west. a

>> without a doubt. >> chief meteorologist vytas reid is back to let us know when the snowfall will end. and what is headed our way tomorrow. vytas? >> only halfway, partially through the storm. first low pushing through. and then the secondary low to deal with. and it intensifies and picks up the snow more and creates gusty winds. look at the skycam. downtown. downtown inner harbour, covered with plenty of to show at all. looking at steady snow at all right now. coming down. 28 degrees. winds thousand out of the theft at 12. so see the winds slowlying up and then tomorrow, you will thousands a wig change this winds. getting gusty out of the northwest they were from teen to 20. then up to 20-to 30 . gusting to 40 to 50. so we will be running into problems again with power outages and tree limbs, with the weight on the branches. again looking at snowfall records. 1995 to 1996 season, 62.5 inches. this year, we currently have 60.4 inches. inch shy of beating the past snowfall season record which now we have already seen about 4 inches out there. passing this. the previous record. and cont

bifirst, chief meteorologist vytas reid has a look at where the storm is right now. tas. >> hi karen. talking about heavy snowfall coming down over the state. heavy wet snow that will continue to pound the state. through the overnight, into tomorrow morning. and it will take time to get out of here. we're looking at hd radar showing heavy precipitation coming down over the i-95 corridor stretching down to d.c.. i-70 westbound, up to pennsylvania. delaware. new jersey. if you don't have to be out on the road. do not go out. if you have to be on the road. don't go out. because, really, it is really bad. and it will continue to get worse and, you do not want to be caught in the situation. this is dangerous. bringing up moisture out of the south. you can see south of richmond form of rain. and areas south of richmond, they have tornado watches issued for parts of eastern portions of the carolinas, with severe weather down there. and we are seeing it in the form of snow. one area of low pressure sitting southwest of us. talking about this low wrapping in the moisture comin

chief meteorologist vytas reid is joining us with the winter blast. vytas. >> coming down good as you see on radar. around the beltway. lots of cities. folks down in riviera beach and essex. perry hall, everybody is getting the snow. and it is still decent snow. white indicates the heavier snowfall. and along i-81, west of hagerstown. a lull and dry line here. this is the end of the storm. we still have is a few more hours to go out of this. so we still have several more inches to expect to see. once again under a winter storm warning for baltimore county and surroundings counties until 7 a.m. and advisories on the eastern shore until 7 a.m. as we continue to see this snowfall come down. here is the forecast. looking at four to 6 inches along 95 corridor. and so some folks may even see maybe up to 7 inches. but 4 to 6 inches including baltimore city, dc. out of that area, 3 to 5 . an police, northern baltimore county and back west. two to four west of that hagerstown. and eastern shore, over to easton, chestertown and beyond that looking at one to thre

chief meteorologist vytas reid is tracking the storm in the sky watch weather center. and he will join us in a few minutes with exactly how much snow we will get. keith daniels, meantime is live in parkville where people want to get supplies. and first jeff abell is live in north baltimore. what are the roads like out there tonight at this hour, jeff? >> well, the roads are becoming snow covered very quickly. and appear to be worsening by the hour. i want to show you what is happening here tonight. at the city salt yard where this has been the scene since 6:00? plows rolling in filling with salt and rolling out and attacking the streets. at this had hour, crews are raising to stay ahead of the storm. >> i love the snow. >> the snow started to fall just after dark. putting the brakes on many motorists and creating business for tow he truck driver randall joseph. >> roads will be slippery. but one thing keeps me in business. >> at 6:00, city plows began to load up and heading out. preparing to attack the main roads with salt. >> we're prepared with salt on hand and good

vytas reid will join us in just a few minutes with snow totals and details on that possible big storm coming this weekend. >> we look forward to that. >>> how are the roads looking at this hour. lauren cook has our traffic report. >> we are dealing with slick roadways but fortunately our speeds are holding their own. we're looking at 55 miles per hour on the west side of the belt way, 58 on the jfqx. do expect delays on the south side of 95 all due to an earlier crash on the southbound lanes just as you pass the harvard tunnel through-way. this is going to be deputy at martin luther king boulevard. if you're traveling on interstate 70 tonight, no accidents to tell you about but we're dealing with some congesting. here's a live look here at the belt way. you will see a little bit of buildup along those inner loop lanes. as you make the push to pikesville, watch out for disabled cars. fortunately it's confined to the shoulder at this time so it shouldn't cause too much trouble for you tonight. we do have an accident in towson involving a pedestrian at fair mount avenue that you do want

chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a closer look at the winter blast. vytas? >> lots of snowfall coming downtown dealing with winds. and that will happen overnight. right now looking at baltimore city. arlington, snowfall for you. 28.9. gwynn oak 13. pimlico 13. heeldersburg 24. line ofboro 23. queen ann's county, almost 11 inches. harford county, fallston, 19.5. edgewood, 15. belair 11.3. and we get to baltimore county. glyndon 22 inches. free land 21. parkton. parkville at 18.8. and bwi official number. from the airport. looking at 19.5. green haven at 17.5. southgate 16.2. crofton at 12.8. and howard county. which was the hardest hit from the last storm. jared gaither 20. savage 18. elkridge, 38.8. previous storm. 16.5. so a lot of snow but mother nature gave you a break. we are looking at the snow leaving. we will continue to see the snow breaking up. light snow showers and winds a factor out of the northwest. blowing from 20 to 25. gusting to 40 at times. and still looks like remaining blizzard warning at this time is out in garrett county. western portio

chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a look at the winter blast on the way. vytas? >> jennifer and jeff, this could make pretty big mess around the area. this is a big storm in the brewing, down south. we have been watching it for a few days here. this storm pushing out of texas, and parts after of new mexico. two areas of low pressure, that will be tracking across the mid section of the country. so we have a lot of areas that will be involved with this potential snowfall a. as it pushes in. the teenage of the storm is on friday, mid afternoon. mid-morning, to afternoon. into the evening. so it looks like it will come down good friday rush hour on the commute home. friday night. and then through saturday morning. saturday afternoon. and tapers off saturday evening. but national weather service has issue a winter storm watch, for all of central maryland, including baltimore city. down toward dc and western maryland. northern virginia are. and this watch stretches all the way back over parts of west virginia, hoe he hoe, into indiana. so a lot of folks will be affecte

chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a closer look at this winter blast. vytas? >> we had the blizzard warning until 10:00. and winds gusting. but good news, as we look at radar, storm is starting to wrap out. light snow showers kind of remaining over toward an police, snow shower activity there. easton and chestertown, and it looks like we will continue to see the storm push off to the east. now, talking about the totals. seasonal snowfall of 1995 to 1996, 62.5 inches was the previous record. look what we have currently. 83.9 inches of snowfall. that is a lot of snow. we are totally not done with the winter season either. look at the numbers around the area. arundel, bwi thurgood marshall airport got 19.5. green haven, 17 1/2. south gate 16.2. crofton 12.8. baltimore county, 22 inches in glyndon. free land at 21. parkland 21. parkville 18.8. baltimore city, arlington reporting 20.9. glen oak -- gwynn oak pimlico 13. and eldersburg and >>ther areas, anywhere from about 14 to 20 inches across the area. i will have a closer look at the storm and what's next in the

chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a closer look at the winter blast. vytas? >> round three here we go. heavy snowfall is coming down across pretty much most of the state right now. eastern shore though, southeast of salisbury, ocean city. looking a at a mixing in taking place down this. put it in motion. bright white shows the heavy snow going along the 95 corridor. signing out. we see that we have one area of low pressure south. and that will continue to track up and wrap in the moisture. but then we have the second low that will continue to head our direction. by tomorrow morning, that will intensify out over the atlantic. and that will be actually picking up the winds creating blizzard like conditions. and also bringing more snowfall. so this is not a good situation. winter storm warnings from new york city, all the way down the eastern seaboard. stretching back through the midwest. over pittsburg, back to mick michigan and this is a major storm that is affecting a lot of people. once again, we're included in this. until 7 p.m. wednesday. as we have the po