warrenton around 49 degrees. manassas topping out in the lower 50s. keep in mind the average high here in d.c. is 51. we'll get close to that. 50 in downtown upkeep in wind -- downtown. keep in mind for the bay we have a small craft advisory. here's the beltway highs, 50 around downtown and 49 in rockville and 50 for reston and fairfax. arlington getting up to 51 degrees. a cold start cloudy conditions but afternoon highs 45 to 50 degrees. here's how your next seven days are shaping up. hey, cooler on monday, 45 degrees. again, some snow possible overnight sunday into early monday morning. but not amounting to a whole lot. tuesday and wednesday is dry thanks to high pressure. check out wednesday and thursday, that's the mild weather back into the 60s for wednesday. i think mid 60s on thursday. then friday, mostly cloudy chance for some showers as of now looks like saturday could

still some rain falling mainly lower southern maryland and south of warrenton. this is pushing off to the east morning.s temperatures are around 60 degrees. i will put this in motion to see the direction of grain is moving. west toalmost due east. overnight rainshowers mainly area.of the metro even locally we have some of that action. on the left side of the screen back edge of the cloud. behind the clearing line we will sunshine later on today. clear conditions in the of the country. a high-pressure system will be over us later today. we will enjoy that today but especially tomorrow and thursday. it is 58 at reagan national, 61 in manassas. cumberland, 52. highs today in the mid to upper 70's. thunderstorms later this afternoon. in the fifties tonight. tomorrow, mid to upper 70 is still with total sunshine. >> we love that the rain away most of the construction crews. they are calling it a day. we are getting ready to hit the road. much to talk about. take you live through some pictures. complicated to report at glebe road. light traffic and a little wet paveme

we'll likely hit 70s around fredericksburg and warrenton. farther north, we'll hit the mid 60s for a high this afternoon and the winds gusting around 30 miles per hour, diminishing tonight. as we get toward the weekend, could get showers friday night into saturday, a nice part of the weekend and early next week, too. >>> that's "news4 midday." we thank you for joining us and invite you to tune in at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. until then, have a terrific day and we will see you in the morning. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) there's no doubt in my mind that komen's funding helped saved my life. the 3-day is my opportunity to help save others' lives. (wom

couple of showers, warrenton. heavier storms around charlottesville area. i will show you how those can impact your morning. plus something else that will impact your morning. rush hour. i will have it all for you in a few minutes. >> okay. doug. beef products sold at safeway stores, free of pink slime. that's the cheap filler made from leftover bits of meat compress compressed. treated with ammonia to kill germs. critics have raised question as but how much bacteria ends up in the meat. safe way is one of three grocery chains now phasing out beef with pink slime in it. the government is also letting schools opt out of serving pink slime in their cafeterias. >> penn state is offering help to any one who may have been sexually abused bite jerry sandusky. the university announced to day they're arranging for free counseling with a company outside the school. all victims can remain anonymous. sandusky is set to go to trial in may. he its accused of abusing ten boys, while an assistant football coach at penn state. he denied the abuse. >>> with the former gover

might even get 84 or so down toward oh culpeper, warrenton, manassas. you guys could really get warm. we'll be in the upper 70s by 3:00 and also at 6:00. showers and storms moving in for the weekend. right now beverly farmer's moving with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> howard, it's been difficult overnight crash closing the southbound lanes of connecticut avenue down near chevy chase circle. if you are south out of kensington and head past the beltway they'll force you off at bradley lane boulevard here. 410 a better option because it's a wider access highway getting over to wisconsin avenue to goout and go into the -- south and go into the district. with that crash investigation. i-295 in the district northbound, still blocked off at the suitland parkway for a few more minutes to tow away the last of the vehicles in that crash. jessica back to you. >>> thank you beverly. making news now at 35:106789 the los angeles -- 5:10. the los angeles coroner's office cites chronic cocaine use as a factor in whitney houston's death last month. she was also found

this is down towards leesburg down towards warrenton. not much in terms of rain fall. just isolated sprinkles drop the metro area. temperature-wise, we are warm. 57 in the district. at 58 in quantico. cumberland is a little bit cooler. 52 degrees in cumberland. a few brief morning sprinkles west of the metro area. some partial sunshine. a few late day showers cannot be ruled out. we cannot rule out of thundershowers. partly cloudy and some patchy fog out there. an easter the onshore flow. we will break into the sunshine by the afternoon. this is west of the metro area. a bit unsettled through the first part of the week. by wednesday and sunday, added sunshine. remaining warm. it looks like the weather pattern may change by the weekend. >> it is looking unsettled on gallows road. an accident rolled over this morning. two lanes are closed. that is the inner loop in virginia. in maryland, and old georgetown road. the rescue squad has arrived. i believe i saw a tow truck go by. we are going to take you live to some of the traffic center pictures. good through falls church,

as we go to warrenton, virginia. cloud cover across the area. a few showers, these are only spotty showers and mainly to the north. noon time today, 67 the temperature. warrenton, virginia. partly sunny skews. a lot of sunshine by 3:00. sunshine hangs on. 74. and 70 degrees by 7:00. around 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, isolated showers back to the area and maybe even thunder. gaithersburg, 61. 55 in manassas. showers to the knonorth, slidino the east. moving toward ashton, toward savage, moving toward laurel. a little thunder there. by noontime, 68 degrees. again, need the sunglasses for today. 73 by 5:00 and we should max out. let's get a look at traffic again. >>> the rails, open with no reported delays at all on the metro, the marc or the boe. outer loop at central yaef, a report of the accident. traveling along route 50, travel speeds, westbound at 68 miles per hour as you make your way toward dayton vilville road. 70 miles per hour in the bowie area and no issues connecting to the beltway. kennel worth avenue, 56 miles per hour. and you are issue free

believe it or not there is a dump-sum thundershower aroun warrenton heading to culpeper. it will not interfere with the cherry blossoms. we will be seeing a little bit more fog. a little bit more tomorrow. one more warm day. blossoms because there some coming this way for the weekend. >> the dreaded blossom killers. join you again. was the perfect day to visit the cherry blossoms. this year's five weeklong centennial celebration is inected to be a boost the city.r reports show hotel bookings are 24%. 55 hotels are participating in special packages. and 2010, they drew an 24 who spent $92rs -- $792 million throughout the city. are having a photo contest. and click on the for instructions on how to submit your photos. the winner will win a cherry blossom festival package. the attorney general wants to be next governor. he filed paper work to establish a campaign committee. he is running to strengthen the to promote a smaller, more efficient state government. only challenger is terry mccollough. how education and politics does not always mex. this happened and an eighth at l

most areas in 70's right now. 70 in leesburg's. 73 in warrenton. comes to kill little longer to retreat. a few pop up thunderstorms possible. a garden variety, random, not a big deal. >> in this mini heat wave, it may be any surprise but some people are ready to ditch the jackets for good. >> some are setting aside. some are in the shade, as in the sun. many locals we talk to say they refuse to eat lunch and doors. tourists visiting the area are here and were packed for cold weather. the sun is out and it is not taking long as clear singles -- signals of winter are gone. this is one of the warmest winters on record for the metro reason. daffodils are now more than 1 foot tall. >> this is amazing. i love it. >> schneider's hardware has also replaced shovels with sprinkles and plans. >> we do not usually do this until april 1st. >> this is a danger for flowers and bugs come out early. sniffling and sneezing are also more common with allergy season out of hibernation. >> my nose is itchy, reni. >> getting ready for a very busy day outdoors. everyone i

so a quarter mile in warrenton headed up toward marshal and the plains. loudoun county not bad at the moment but headed your way, too. baltimore down to one eighth of a mile right now. southern maryland you're socked in. northern neck, fredericksburg, the fog is here and will be here for several more hours. our bus stop forecast, low clouds, fog this morning. slight, slight chance you'll see a shower in one or two spots. low 50s to low 60s with sunrise at 8 after 7:00. sunshine by the middle of the day. temperatures approaching 70 if we can poke into that sunshine. this afternoon mid- to upper 70s. might get to 80 in places like culpeper before the day is out. this morning in the mid-50s in leesburg 55. sterling 58. it's 60 in springfield. 60 in bethesda. bwi with the dense fog, 57. 57 also at andrews. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're seeing the capitol get dimmer and dimmer. temperature 61 at reagan national with cloudy skies and fog. south, southeast winds at 5 miles an hour. only a 2 degree spread between the dew point and the

leesburg not only an advisory but you have dense fog quarter mile, half mile in warrenton. quarter mile at andrews as well. we're looking at frederick not bad but northern frederick county, that's where we could have some problems. partly because it's a lot colder. some areas still 61 in fredricksburg. >>> overall we don't have any construction to worry about. things are looking pretty good. volumes are generally light around town. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head in on the gw parkway, you're going to be fine leaving the legion bridge into downtown. no problems on the dulles toll road out of leesburg or 66 out of manassas and insides the beltway to the roosevelt bridge. a live look at 270 on the southbound side coming in from the north. there are some patchy -- there is some patchy dense fog. here's what it looks like on the roosevelt bridge on the inbound side of 66. back over to the map. this time we'll head over to downtown area. no problems across the 14th street bridge, along 395 across the potomac river. you're going to be okay. we'll take a live lo

warrenton, elizabeth sent this. looks like about a quarter of an inch preliminarily.potsylvania, these accumulation on the chair and on the deck. that's her son. you little guy. king george, virginia, extra points for making a snowman. this is her deck ledge and to make that would baby carrots and raisins. this says it all for the bull's eye of the storm, just outside our viewing area in orange county. and inches of snow. all we could get in the metro area were a few snow flurries. king george, 1 inch. spotsylvania, 1.5 inches. a gust of picked up 3.1. and stanton, 6 inches -- staunton. 10 inches in orange. it is coming to an end especially in central virginia. approaching the w the nine the 95 corridor right now. will be moving across the potomac into st. mary's county and that will continue to move out of here. otherwise a few flurries possible north and west of the metro area, if not amounting to anything. this is a situation where they snow is farther south of the metro area opposed to what we are used to. typically we get more snow north and west. it's the opposi

warrenton and manassas around 60 degrees. in downtown we're going with low 60s. that's seasonable. around annapolis 64 degrees. here's a look at your next seven days. a little cooler on saturday in the lower 60s. again cloudy and a slight chance for some isolated storms. morning drizzle possible. sunday is the day you really want to be outside of the weekend. lower 70s and dry, partly cloudy conditions. we'll be right back with jc cooking in the kitchen. i smell mexican. toothpaste is not formulated for cleaning dentures, the abrasives in the toothpaste actually create those micro fine scratches in the denture, and that's where bacteria can grow and thrive. these are the very bacteria that can cause bad breath. dentists do recommend that you soak your denture in polident. polident doesn't scratch the denture surface, and it kills 99.9% of bacteria that are responsible for causing bad breath. by using polident and soaking your denture every day you can feel confident your dentures fresh and clean. >>> i am one on one with chef ismar. when i go to a mexican restaurant, i always fill

sunshine from the mountain to the coast. 60 in winchester. 61 in warrenton and 60 also in leesburg. downtown, low 60s. 62. 63 at andrews. 63 for annapolis. for some reason, there's not a small crave craft advisory tomorrow. don't understand that. it's going to be windy wednesday night and thursday. if you're on the water, be advised. your break down, 30s to start. kind of cold and mild by noon. 55 to 60 and 59 to 64, even milder still by evening. all right, next seven days. almost 70 on thursday. 68. showers thursday night and also in through parts of friday. may clear out early on friday morning. bright, but brisk again on saturday. kind of like today. highs around 50. weekend is 47 hours long. have to get over it. move your clocks ahead one hour as we go today light saving time. showers possible on sunday. we're back up to 60. >> we're staying in the 60s. are you seeing this? >> trying to act like he's excited. you can call it bounty or bonus, but more players are coming out to speak about this. >> current and former players. joe gibbs saying he did pay players for big hits, but i

warrenton is at 46 degrees. then tuesday is looking to be chilly as well. here is a look at your seven- day forecast. tuesday is dry with lots of sunshine. upper 40s. then on wednesday and thursday looking at mild conditions into the 60s. so bruce if you want to go out and ride your bike, do it on wednesday or thursday, it will be pretty nice. chance for some showers. a little cooler in the mid-50s. >> let's be clear. that's a roadblock. >> yes, good to know. >> is he still the man? >> he is looking pretty good. they will get the arm warmed up again, but he made his spring debut today. lots of people are excited about that. was he looking like that view there? and plus a jam-packed day of college hoops. sports is next. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> the man of few words has made it clear that he was

low 60s in warrenton. maybe 60 or 61 in leesburg. downtown, low 60s. low 60s into southern maryland. low to mid 60s by the bay and right now there's not a small craft advisory. not quite sure why, because it's going to stay breezy to windy. we'll break it down. 30s to start. 55 to 60 by noon with sunshine and 59 to 64 evening. pretty nice evening. now the next three days, gets warmer. upper 60s on thursday. cooler temperatures into the upper 50s. not exactly a power packed system. next seven days, it will usher in colder air on saturday. saturday will be like today, temperatures will struggle to get to 50. bright, but brisk, but sunny. on sunday, milder, but showers possible late. highs around 60 and 60 on monday with a better chance of rain. you turn your clocks ahead one hour. >> feeling very springtimey out there. we'll be right back. >>> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! e

fredericksburg to warrenton, manassas, culpeper.to washington, mid 16 in montgomery county, fairfax county, upper 60s, upper 60s arlington, the district, and in prince george's county. cooler, though, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland. highs only in the 50s to near 60. then a clear and chilly evening. by midnight, it will be down to the low 40s. then by this time tomorrow morning, all these counties in blue, freezing temperatures. that's most of west virginia, panhandle of west virginia, and most of northern maryland, northern virginia, the district and nearby suburbs in maryland. all around the region, near freezing or below freezing tomorrow morning. sunny tomorrow, upper 50s. then warmer on wednesday. could get showers late afternoon and evening. sun back thursday and friday. a bit cooler. over the weekend, partly cloudy, might get a shower saturday night. danella? >>> slow start this morning. traveling 295 southbound, slow from the beltway to landover road. checking travel speeds on route 50 westbound, your delays sta

fredericksburg, warrenton, culpeper to manassas. low 80s farther to the north.und the region we'll have plenty of sunshine. a clear night tonight, mild through the evening. cool tomorrow. afternoon highs thursday, the low 80s with increasing clouds ahead of a fronts coming in thursday night. maybe rain and thunder late thursday as well as off and on on friday. highs friday to the 70s. then over the weekend we dry out, high 70s on saturday and sunday. near 70 on monday/tuesday. danella? >>> good morning. traveling along i-95 in virginia, you're going to hit a couple of slow patches. your first patch, right around triangle. slow as you head northbound. 45 miles per hour. not so bad. pretty slow. you'll get a break and then closer to dale city, slowing again at 30 miles per hour. continuing northbound, looks good. not so bad making your way to the beltway. i can tell you around fairfax county parkway, are you seeing volume increase in this area, your travel lanes are open. and you're clear as you connect to 395. no issues in this area. in fact, on 395 northbound, t

that would be perhaps around fredericksburg to culpepper, warrenton, toward that region. mid and upper 60s, winds out of the south around 5 to 15. we'll look at the weekend in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, tom. >>> police are looking for a driver responsible for a hit and run crash involving several cars on the baltimore washington parkway in landover. the crash happened this morning on the northbound lanes of the parkway at route 450. park police are looking for the driver of a dark colored honda odyssey minivan with heavy front-ent damage. no serious injuries were reported. >>> tonight you can share your opinions about a potential plan to widen the baltimore washington parkway. the beltway city council meeting will discuss the new study on the parkway by the federal highway administration. it says even if a third lane was added in each direction, it would not improve the traffic situation. estimated cost of the project range anywhere from $340 million to $565 million. the meeting starts at 8:00 tonight at greenbelt city municipal building. >>> let's check our midda

we have a quarter mile in stafford, half mile culpeper, warrenton. manassas.ndrews a quarter mile. zero if annapolis. this is headed into central prince george's county. bowie just got a report not so bad yet but in prince frederick we're a quarter of a mile. pax river, you get the idea. it's bad down to the south right now with the fog. had the showers down there yesterday. midday in the afternoon. tonight doesn't appear to be that much going on. we have partly cloudy skies upstairs but the low clouds downstairs. our temperatures still very, very mild. some of the lows we've been having have been setting records for low temperatures. this morning here in the low 60s to 61 here in d.c. >>> south and east of town those corridors that you want to be most careful driving in this morning. the north side of town you're okay from college park to bethesda. let's take a look at the camera we promised to show you. this is coming in from annapolis annapolis. here's what it looks like if you're planning to come in from the west side. no problems on 66. a bit of construct

in warrenton had dense fog. and southern maryland to the eastern show.kets of dense fog the next few hours of your temperatures the mid-50s to the low 60s which is above average. our average high is 57. unbelievable. yesterday we got to 76. >>> good morning. everybody. in case you heard about it, there was a serious and fatal accident in frederick early this morning on the westbound side of i-70 before main street. we just got word it's been cleared up and you should be okay through that area newspaper frederick. in virginia, first of all on the inner loop of the beltway right here in springfield, you can go no further than 95. you'll have to go northbound on 395 to edsall road. turn around and turn back to the inner loop of the beltway or if you're going southbound you should be okay. there's construction right through this area to route 50. outer loop to route 50 and 236 and the dulles toll road as you travel inbound to the beltway. a few construction spots this morning but it clears up by about 5:00. we'll go over live northbound on 95 here in springf

if you're out past warrenton, you're in pretty good shape. you're actually -- oh, good.ck to the computer, if we could. that's why i was so confused. i thought wow, didn't load my show, what a bone head. here's the deal. most of the showers and thunderstorms pushing through eastern kentucky, so they're through louisville and southern sections of indiana. look in their wake what was left. these are tornado reports. they're unconfirmed. maybe they're doubled up, but still look at all the severe weather. we have hail reported in most of the storms, tornadoes, flooding, hail down south, another tornado just north of port smith and another tornado just off winchester in ohio. so a tremendous severe weather outbreak. good news for us. we are looking at the activity pushing east. we'll have a break the next several hours, nothing heavy getting into the evening hours, but we're not done yet because the frontal system itself is still out to the west. in the meantime we're actually in pretty good shape over the course of the next few hours. that said the watch has been expanded fo

the last sprinkles are coming through south of warrenton and culpeper 29.rthwestern fairfax county coming out of ashburn and sterling, over through chantilly, points north to great falls but the heavy stuff down st. mary's county, calvert county and the eastern shore. that is quickly scooting off to the east. temperatures very mild overnight. 60 at this hour in hagerstown. 63 in culpeper. it's 55 in easton. this afternoon we're looking at temperatures which will make it 75 to possibly even 80 in places like culpeper and manassas. monika santami is out in the field somewhere. what are you doing? >> reporter: hey, howard. i'm going to be doing traffic reports out on the beltway so you'll have real live sound effects of traffic this morning. in the meantime let's just tell you first how it's going. the beltway is looking great. no problems to report all around town with the exception of the outer loop at arena drive. construction from overnight. stay to the right to get by. 95 on the northbound side. take a live look in springfield. you're doing well to that p

warrenton also getting up to 66 degrees. around downtown, a little warmer at 68. gaithersburg 67. annapolis 69. pax river getting close to 70 degrees. so it's going to be a pretty warm day. now, close around town and in the beltway, upper 60s in downtown, 70 in arlington and springfield 69 degrees. just a chilly start, not even. highs popping up 65 to 70 degrees. next seven days, the warmth tuesday, mid-70s, but afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible. look at wednesday, thursday, still in the mid to upper 70s. thursday some places getting close to 80 degrees, bruce. we should be in the mid-50s. looks like for st. patrick's day it's looking for unsettled for the weekend but still on the mild side in the lower 70s. so you allergy suffererrers this is not good news, including myself. >> same here. >> but enjoy. >> 80 degrees. 80 is 80. i like it. >>> about 90 people auditioned to sing the national anthem during the upcoming nationals hope games. these are the hopefuls who had 90 seconds to wow the judges. ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed

even warrenton a quarter mile.he dense fogry is north but we have patchy dense fog in some other spots thanks to the record breaking rainfall yesterday. not at national but dulles and bwi had their wettest leap day on record. some areas had an inch and a half or even more than that. 40 in hagerstown this morning. where the cool air is, that's where we really have the fog. 50 in winchester. culpeper 55. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, no fog in the nation's capital. good visibility under mostly cloudy skies. 59 degrees this morning. that barometer is bouncing around so if you're sensitive to pressure changes, this has been a rough week for you. we have a storm, the high pressure. this storm is producing a bunch of snow. they're expecting locally a foot of snow in southern new hampshire from this. boston is going to see 4 to 6 inches of snow, sleet, freezing rain. a real wintry mess for them. for us we'll get high pressure to build in behind the storm. the storm is going to drive the wind. hig

even warrenton and central fauquier county reporting quarter mile visibility.th and west of d.c. visibility wise. the rest of us, probably leave the umbrellas at home. look at the temps. upper 50s in many areas. fredricksburg 51 at this hour. hagerstown upper 30s to around 40. again we're going well up in the 60s. might even touch 70 south of town today, monika. amazing. >> amazing. sounds good to me. if you're planning to head around town, this is going to sound good to you. there are no problems to report close into d.c. there are problems as howard was talking about with the fog north of frederick and the northern areas as cow in on i-7 -- as you come in on i-70 and 270. i hit a few patches as well closer in on river road heading into work toward d.c. we'll show you what it looks like live at route 121 and 270. patchy fog as well as you travel through clarksburg and down to the point where the lanes divide. on the northbound side of i-95 in virginia, still looking great coming up from the occoquan river into springfield. we'll take a live look at 395 at duke

leesburg and warrenton around 46 degrees. around downtown, average high is lower 50s.n the quite there. 47 in downtown. also 47 andrews air force base in southern in southern maryland, pax river 47 degrees. college park looking at 47 degrees as well. gaithersburg la. here's the monday breaking down. snow showers are possible around the noon hour as well. 39 to 44 the highs topping at 42 to 47 degrees. here's your next seven days. dry but chilly on tuesday. check out wednesday and thursday, those there days to -- are the days to look forward to. in the mid 60s for wednesday and thursday, bruce and get out your big bike event. friday a little cooler and mid 50s. snub a chance for some -- partly sunny a chance for some showers. >> the snow showers nothing serious, nothing to worry about? >> i mean it's going to be -- mean it's going to be brief if we get it. >> thanks anny. >>> the verizon center today the fourth annual congressional hockey challenge got underway. the game pits members of congress against registered lobbyists. the chc partnered with the national hockey le

50s, but upper 50s to around 60 degrees. 60 in d.c., 54 in leesburg. 57 degrees in manassas and warrenton. once again, a few showers down to the south. fredericksburg and around leonardtown, those are moving away. those are the only showers around. but still could see some some popping up today i think late this afternoon and evening. the high, we'll get up to a high of 75 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. i think you're going to remember today, danella, as a mostly cloudy day. >> sounds good. veronica, we're going to show you the fog in a second. i got to talk about construction. making your way around the beltway, first outer loop at landover road, two of the left lanes are blocked now because of roadwork. and as veronica mentioned, we are seeing fog. you need to definitely slow down as you're making your commute this morning. heading to the beltway in virginia, this time the outer loop approaching the dulles toll road. at last check only the left lane was getting by. i did see delays making your way toward the construction zone. but it looks like they're picking that up no

that's fredericksburg to warrenton, culpeper to manassas.nd much of northern virginia, the low 80s around the district and in the suburbs in maryland, low 80s. right near the bay, in the 70s. 70s out in the mountains. sunrise at 7:20. a sunny, warm day, into the -- well into the 60s by 9:00. 70s by noon. yes, low and maybe mid 80s mid-afternoon. remember the 80s -- and we'll have our temperatures overnight tonight getting a little cooler. a mild evening coming up. it will be clear, down into the mid 60s by midnight. and then during the day tomorrow, on thursday, we'll be warm again. probably not quite as warm as today. the record high today is 86. we'll be near that this afternoon. we may break the record tomorrow. then on friday, could get showers, maybe some thunder and lightning, too, during the afternoon. highs in the 70s, to be followed by a drying trend for the weekend. mild but not hot as we get into saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. danella? >>> good morning, i'm feeling overjoyed seeing 80s in our forecast. all right. let's go over

had reports earlier of the fog in warrenton quarter to half mile. so we know there's some patchy dense fog here. we've seen it in martinsburg also a quarter mile. in and around the winchester area where we've had the rain. south and east from leonardtown, prince frederick reporting a quarter mile there. cambridge half-mile visibility. this goes down to the pax river naval air station where they're also reporting a quarter mile visibility. in washington on our michael & son weather cam remark not too bad with the visibilities with 63 degrees and cloudy skies. an east, northeast wind at 6. look at the dew point. up to 59. getting kind of muggy out there this morning. the heavy showers and storms, you see it over the dallas metroplex. they've had over five inches of rain yesterday. the rains continue this morning extending into a severe thunderstorm watch in parts of southeast texas. the rain goes all the way up to missouri and iowa. around here the cluster of storms we've been watching across northern maryland, the maryland-pennsylvania border during

these guys around warren top, this is all moving -- warrenton, this is all moving towards the east. just a little sprinkle over potomac and great falls. temperatures, mike was talking about how mild it is. still 60 in hagerstown. 63 culpeper and fredricksburg. we're sitting at 58 degrees while easton with the rain at 55. when you start from a jumping point here, you know we're going to be very warm this afternoon. here you go. look at the michael & son weather camera. we've got some clouds with good visibility. 58 at reagan national. winds are south at 7. your dew points in the low 50s. so feeling a lot more like -- we talked about it yesterday -- may than march. except on the west coast where this storm system is coming -- this is a powerful one -- coming on shore with even some snow in the central oregon coast this morning. that's some heavy rain and high wind. it's a big storm here. then the other storm system we're watching really is not pulling up through the great lakes. we're just feeling like the tail end of this. notice this line of showers and storms in northeastern ohio.

on the radar you see showers leesburg to warrenton. those likely not reaching the grounds. the line from frostburg to petersburg it is. showers through the day, a few. we'll hit 66 by noontime. 5:00, 74 degrees. into the low 60s by 11:00 p.m. let's look at traffic now. danella? >>> thanks. if you're taking the beltway, the inner loop at gallows road, have a crash involving an overturned vehicle blocking two of your right lanes. stick to the left and use caution as you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway in the area. traveling along bw parkway, no issues as you make your way from the baltimore beltway down to the capital beltway. in fact, 68 miles per hour as you pass 32. over to i-95, you're clear, as well, with a nice travel speed. 63 miles per hour as you pass 100. i'll give you a live look now as you make your way past 198. you can see traveling northbound and southbound, no issues to report at this time. southbound travel speeds, 65 miles per hour. only taking nine minutes to get from 216 to the beltway. i'm pack in ten minutes with another look at the traffic. b

mid-40s for winchester, martinsburg. 47 in leesburg and warrenton. probably 37 in fairfax as well. downtown in the upper 40s. upper 40s to the near 50s in southern maryland. you had snow. southern st. mary's county had an inch of snow. 49 for annapolis. and there is a small craft advisory on the bay and title potomac until 10:00 in the morning. your day planner is 24 to 34 to start and clear skies. by noon, just chilly. temperatures in the 40s with lots of sunshine. mostly sunny by the evening. 47 to about 52. now the next three days. look what happens. milder on wednesday. we're in the lower 60s with the sunshine. and then on thursday, warmer temperatures in the upper 60s. if might be low. again, it might flirt with the 70s. to get through on friday, they will approach. and the the lower temperatures here are happening. and the clouds will be coming in with a couple late showers, but not a big deal. they will clear out nicely on saturday and sunday and in fact we're looking at temperatures back in the 50s on sunday. 50s on saturday, 60s on sunday. we are looking at the 47-hour wee

some other showers around fredericksburg and warrenton this afternoon and those are gone.ll because of a little frontal boundary, very warm air ahead of the front. very warm air behind that front, too, as we see plenty of sunshine foam. then on thursday we watch another frontal boundaries. could be showers along the higher elevations here on thursday afternoon, but most should stay dry on thursday. it's friday that we have a pretty good chance of seeing scattered thunderstorm activity, maybe even a couple of strong storms. still don't anticipate anything severe, but we watch the chance for rain coming in on friday. i think this is a little bit overdone here, but i expect to see some shower activity on friday and probably into saturday, too. just about all days are on the warm side, but not just warm but abnormally warm. 47 to 55 degrees tomorrow as you stet out the door. temperatures tomorrow afternoon just about where they were today, 73 to 80 degrees and sunny and nice and warm and pleasant once again tomorrow and into the weekend. 80 on thursday, 77 on friday. there's t

near 70 from fredericksburg to near culpeper and warrenton, manassas.ngton, after highs in the mid to upper 60s. near the bay, mid 60s. 50s for highs in the mountains. this evening under a clear sky, we'll be getting cold. by midnight, it will be down into the low 40s. sunset today at 7:26. then by this time tomorrow morning, all these counties in blue under a freeze watch and warning. the areas in light blue, a freeze warning meaning freezing temperatures will be likely. shenandoah valley, the mountains, north central maryland near the pennsylvania border. all these areas in darker blue. a freeze watch. there's a smaller chance of freezing temperatures. but maybe near freezing in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, as well as the district of columbia. this time tomorrow morning. and the rest of the week, we'll have high pressure in place here tomorrow. we'll have lots of sunshine after the cold start climbing into the upper 50s. wednesday, increasing clouds. around 70. could get showers during the afternoon and evening. thursday, su

farther west and south, mid 50s from fredericksburg, culpeper, warrenton to manassas, shenandoah valley in the low to mid 50s as well as much of west virginia and western maryland. now over the last 12 hours, we've had a few sprinkles last night around midnight. now all that rain has ended. we have just clouds hanging in. right now the radar where we see patches of green showing a little light shower activity now coming into the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. that may be moving right in toward winchester perhaps in another half-hour or so. here's the day planner. sunrise 7:17. cloudy. by 9:00, might have a little sun. around 60 by then. noontime, partly sunny and into the 16, maybe around 7 -- the 60s, maybe around 70. by afternoon there might be a passing shower. low to mid 70s. then maybe more coming in tonight. we'll have the latest on that coming up in ten minutes. your evening planner for this friday will be at 4:41. matt tack has traffic. good morning. >>> not too much to worry about heading out at this point. no major problems coming from the southwest no

down toward the south, falk ear county just to the north of warrenton. no lightning or thunder with this just yet. i wouldn't be surprised to see a rumble of thunder or two. nothing severe however. we'll zoom on into this area, this is the same area right on in here. southern frederick and northern portions of montgomery that have been hit with upwards of one and a half to two inches rain, we could see flooding problems here, and down to the south. right along 50 and 66. that's where the other batch of heavy rain is, that's not it. we still have the frontal boundary to the west. this cluster of strong storms that's going to continue to make its way east, i do think they'll start to die out, we will still see another round of heavy rain. it's not just the rain, it's the severe weather down to the south where they're still looking at the possibility of storms overnight. everyone the snow and potentially the biggest snowfall of this winter up toward parts of new england including the boston area. up toward portland maine where they're expecting 8 to 14 inch

in warrenton this morning, warrenton, virginia, actually, starting off in the mid-20s.unshine today should put us up near 63 degrees for a high in warrenton. nothing showing up on radar. nearest rain drops to us are still a long, long ways away, down across parts of the southern plain states. that moisture will inch its way in our direction. i think our next chance at seeing rain drops here comes on in here late monday night into the overnight hours into tuesday morning. that's when i think we'll have our best chance. high pressure in charge for today, so let the warming begin. low to mid-60s today, and i think each and every day this week we've got a shot at 70 degrees or better around here. most of this rain and moisture is going to be bypassing us to the north, but i do think late monday night we might get a couple of showers. could even see a rumble or two of thunder, but no severe weather expected. so, today, mostly sunny, warmer, a little breezy at times. but with a south breeze, upper 50s to low and mid-60s for highs today. back to work and school tomorrow. morni

a cold start to the day, 22 degrees in warrenton.r day but this afternoon we will warn to near 50 with sunshine and back down near 30 tonight and tomorrow we kickstart the warming trend whispering the next couple of days. >>the polls are open in virginia. millions of voters will get their chance to pick their favorite republican. you only have two choices, mitt romney and ron paul. they are the only two republicans registered in virginia. the rest of the country as the big contest as rex santorum and mitt romney. >> this is the battleground state of ohio that could end up the most watched. our political reporter is joining us now with a preview. speaking about ohio, mitt romney has invested a lot of time in that state. he and rick santorum are pretty much tighter? >> remember how this race started a few weeks ago with a wreck santorum in the lead. mitt romney was behind in florida and michigan. money matters and that is why mitt romney is back in this race and he talked to most people on the ground and ohio and they think they can pu

it is 57 and morningside along with college park. 59 in warrenton. on our way to the upper 70's. if the clouds rolled on a little longer, it will be cooler. partly cloudy after lunchtime and with an isolated thundershowers far west of washington. we are talking shenandoah valley and blue ridge. tomorrow mostly sunny, low to mid '80s on friday. >> we will start with a developing story from france. police are still locked in a standoff with a suspect in a series of deadly attacks. the standoff began yesterday in the town of toulouse. were sporadic explosions and gunfire near the building with a suspect mohammed merah is holed up. authorities and not heard from him since last night. he boasted about killing three soldiers and four people at a jewish school. president obama is defending its energy policy in the midst of a two-day trip out west. he will announce plans to speed up construction on a pipeline from oklahoma to texas after he delayed the largest keystone xl pipeline earlier this year. critics have accused him of ignoring domestic energy production and for the soaring gas p

we are in the 40's around metro area. 46 in bethesda d.c., and alexandria. 43 in warrenton. 35 in leesburg. it is going to be a warm afternoon. plan for the upper 60's later on this afternoon with increasing clouds and a chance of light rain if around and after bedtime tonight. we will have a few showers while we are sleeping, near 50. in the '70s tomorrow. it will be that way all week. >> we will get used to it. thanks so much. a university of maryland student is being held for a psychiatric evaluation if after a threatening a shooting rampage on the college park campus. >> authorities broke up a potential plot after the 19-0 alexander song posted details on line. john gonzalez is on campus this morning with reaction from students. >> a sophomore was detained and arrested inside his dorm on campus that at the university of maryland. he is undergoing the mental evaluation. police cannot find any weapons on him or in his room, but they do believe this was a serious threat. university of maryland department of public works safety officials say 19-year- old student alexander song, of scott ol

. >> it is 46 degrees in warrenton. >> still ahead a science fiction story that inspired "star wars is screen. arch campbell has a preview. >> marking 35 years since the terror attacks in the nation's capital. >> and what's happening right now with traffic and weather every ten minutes. a lot of folks headed in on the 14th street bridge. a little light >> welcome back. it's friday morning. we've had a tough spot, the dulles connector road. we will go live to newschopper 7. they are holding steady over an accident eastbound connector road, all lanes blocked at 66 as they tried to maneuver accident vehicles off of the roadway. inside the beltway to get past the dulles rail project and through mclean, not a good idea this morning. we will leave newschopper 7 and go back to the newsroom. i will take it from here. not a bad day in store. it will not be as warm as yesterday. their returns will be on the downswing today and tomorrow and will rebound sunday into next week. let's look at live super doppler 7. a few lingering showers. there is the back edge of the rain stretching from dover dela

pretty sunrise sky. 29 in manassas. 26 in warrenton. it's a cold start to our monday morning. a new lower 30's here. brief little brush with winter today. meaning a few flurries locally and accumulating snow farther south of the metro area. winter weather advisory, orange, spotsylvania fredericksburg, and that's until noon. we'll have a moderate to heavy snow setup later this morning. and that's why we're expecting that accumulating snow to be farther south of washington. here's the situation. you can see the precip snow, a little bit of rain. from west virginia into south central virginia. it's a weak little clipper system but it will strengthen a little bit as it passes south of washington, along the virginia and north carolina border. and that could mean a few flurries for us. a light dusting to possibly up to three quarters of an inch in this bright color blue here you see on the center pat of your screen. that's south of 50 and south of 66. fredericksburg spotsylvania, orange county, points southward one to three inches expected from this system by about 2:00 p.m. today.

big thunderstorm now north of warrenton headed toward aldie and another storm headed towards damascushat as we go through the evening, a few storms, nothing severe but brief heavy rain is possible. the next seven days, we'll cool off and be in the 70s. >> oh, look at that, only 76. >> only 76 tomorrow, scattered showers and thunderstorms, might want to keep your umbrella. i think for the marathon it will be fine, primarily in the 60s. i have a shower forpet 8th's day but not a big -- for saint patty's day as well. >> that is a good looking forecast. >>> we've got history, a history our country's government as told by students all through the lens of a camera. we're going on a nationwide tour next in cool school. >>> cool schools is sponsored by capital one bank. >>> on monday february 28 local and national leaders joined together in the studios of 9 news now and they vowed change because when our community has a problem, 9 wants you to know. >>> we go on a nationwide tour in this week's cool schools. it starts in montgomery county where students teach us how our nation's government wa

warrenton at 59. at 57 degrees this this afternoon rising high to about 70 to 75 degrees. we have again a few passing light showers come our way. and could have more showers passing through tomorrow with a high of 73.>> thank you, al. >> i'm trying to help the whole state. >> thank you, al. >> when we come back, is bobbi kristina, whitney houston's daughter, actually engaged to her adopted brother? we're going to talk more about that. and in our studio right now, the cast and creator of "mad men" as they get set to bring us new episodes, after 17 months. we'll talk to them after these messages. r a day. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] don't just moisturize. improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula goes beyond 24-hour moisture. it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that lasts. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] dai

warrenton and manassas in the lower 60s. in downtown 62 degrees. 62 also andrews air force base. pax river 60. annapolis around 64 degrees. your next seven days the weekend looks milder. saturday upper 60s, chance for some unsented weather, mostly -- unsented weather, most -- uneitherred weather, mostly cloudy. >>> on the outer loop close to connecticut avenue, by the time police and sky 9 had gotten there, the accident had already moved on. new hampshire avenue, right side of the screen is outer loop where the pace is still good. slowdowns off and on from university boulevard around toward colesville and georgia. just volume delays. no issues 95 into laurel. heading toward the beltway, bwi parkway and 50 incident free. east on 66 virginia drivers finding a little slowdown 29 to 28 centreville. getting in past 50 fair oaks to get to 123 just a slow merge. then inside the beltway a little more crowded as we break the falls church barrier before the hov rules kick in. north on 95 and 395 slowest drive is from the prince william parkway across the okay quan. slow and go there. then

leesburg and dulles, out toward warrenton, most of southern maryland. two and a half the latest reported at reagan national. gaithersburg one half mile. the national weather service has issue add dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. for everybody east of the blue ridge till you head up toward baltimore. but even up to carroll county we have dense fog. your bus stop forecast the low clouds, the fog. not any rain thankfully unlike yesterday where we had temps in the low 50s and 60s. our day planner, we are going to have the low clouds and fog around. 60 degrees at 9:00. 11:00 64. winds will turn more east and southeast this afternoon. as the sunshine returns, we'll see highs in the low to maybe even mid-70s if we get the sun earlier enough and maybe a 10%, 20% chance of a shower. not thinking we'll see much in the way of showers this afternoon. had a few overnight and early this morning well to the south there, isolated across southern maryland now with temperatures with the fog 57 at the pax river naval air station. foggy and 57 also in gaithersburg. fredr