it's near freezing farther to the west where there's a winter storm warning out far western maryland and parts of western allegheny county, garrett county, northern west virginia. they could get over a foot of snow there. here's your day planner. we'll have sunshine with clouds racing through and a bit of a blustery wind gusting to 20 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures climbing into the mid-40s by noontime and then getting colder by sunset, near 40. and this evening continuing to drop with a blustery wind out of the north and west. it will be down to near freezing by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow even colder. we'll look at that and a frigid blast coming in for tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at the end of the week and weekend at 6:51. carol parker, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning, tom. >>> on this 2nd day of 2012, traffic traveling at speeds around the area as you can see. few schools open, but the rest will not open until tomorrow. downtown, new york and bladensburg road, a lot of pavement, some cars. east-west highway, connecticut avenue, same situation. moving w

welcome to western maryland. welcome to a winter wonderland. i'm taking this with a glass half full. here is a ski industry in the state that really needs the weather help. they are getting that. i don't think it was, i may be rock, but not like there was a lot of skiing weather out in western maryland. northeast west virginia over the holidays. this is a blessing in disguise. as long as it is on their roads. (laughs). >>> we have a bit of activity, trying to meet into the area and you may see some of this on indication, but it is not a big deal. it is amazing this thing, this teen, this has blown this far south and east. the wind from the west, howling for over a day and a half. you can imagine that. a look, on the corner of the state, not a big issue in garrett county. that lake effect, a winter storm warning in effect for some more snow. right now, it is 32 and 44% humidity and west and north west wind at 20 and gusting higher. 25 to 30 miles per hour. this is rising to 30.01. here are the current temperatures, bringing in the windchills. tw

western maryland will still continue with some heavy snows of the great lakes. eastern maryland will have a clearing trend overnight, but that will keep the temperature is very cold. the coldest temperatures in quite some time coming in tonight. today it did not get above 32. the first time we did not get above freezing officially at the airport since the 10th of february last year. 32 at the airport was the official high. the low for today was zero in 1979. a few spots, like in conni, had a couple 10th of an inch of snow. -- like in carney, had a couple tenths of an inch of snow. bitter, colder air in western maryland, where the wind chill is at 10, making it feel like to debt -- like two below zero in western maryland. bridge league feels like 17. -- ridgen lee feels like 17. in garrett county, snow showers will continue to accumulate overnight. east of the month, clear to partly cloudy skies going into western maryland. -- east of the mountains, clear to partly cloudy skies going into western maryland prepare. 20 at the inner harbor. if we go below 20, it will

out in western maryland and northern west virginia, it's near freezing out there. brace yourselves for a big winter storm coming in. they're going to have upslope snows in western maryland and northern west virginia. up to six inches of snow developing there later today. sunrise at 7:27. temperatures around the metro area and much of the region, except out of the mountains, climbing into the 40s. out where the big winter storm is happening, only around freezing the rest of the day. we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic. carol parker joins us this morning. good morning, carol. >> good morning, tom. thank you. >>> keep that big winter storm away. keep it where you said it was going to be. the beltway, smooth sailing. enjoy it because tomorrow things will look entirely different. let's check the bridges. over at the sousa bridge, we're moving right along. woodrow wilson bridge, no accidents, no incidents to report. and the 14th street bridge wide open. eun, joe, back to you. >> carol, thanks very much. >>> 5:03 now. there is a lot

here is the cold front but notice the pink across western maryland. this would be a winte rstormr storm warning. we could see more than 12 inches of snow by tuesday. what can we expect besides wind chill factors in the single digits. our forecast, in a few minutes. >> the forecast was for a positive one for the redskins, but now a disappointing end ot theto the season. >> not the best way to start. rex grossman -- you never like to see this. today's game sums up the season to a team that finished last for four years, and it was mike's worst season in 18 years of coaching. they get on the board as rex grossman holds a screen. the rookie comes up with it but limps into the end zone with a 27-yard touchdown. michael vick throws a deep bomb to deshawn jackson. he coasts into the end zone. later on, eagles pouring it on. he is wide open. he gets in for the touchdown. eagles crush them, 34-10. mike shanahan's record is lwoer ower than jim horn's. >> any time you are not in the playoffs losing 11 games we feel -- we would feel better, but we will be home dur

look out in western maryland. we've already seen flakes fly, cumberland, between hagerstown and curb, a burst of snow where i-70 and i-68 split. this is the teaser to the bigger round of winter weather that we could see early saturday morning. when i say that, i'm talking more about icy conditions than accumulating snows, but we can see it, especially west of baltimore. we'll watch this tick disturbance continue to pass north of us hitting pennsylvania and new york more significantly tonight than the flurries we could see around maryland. temperatures still above freezing in the mid to upper 30s, so any flurries that fly tonight will not stick very well until we get into the overnight. by then they should be gone. those details coming up. >>> we're watching the thermometer. the temperatures are going on. the gas signs are going up. the average price sup -- is up. now mid-grade is $3.52. premium $3.65. both up 20 cents in a month. the lowest near gust ryan, $3.23. iÑi. no0 >> it used to be that, you know, you put a

hagerstown to western maryland, low 20s now.last 12 hours, we've had a few high clouds drifting in from the north. we'll have these breaking up and sunshine breaking out throughout the day today. there is a winter storm watch that is in effect here. all these counties in color, does include the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, and western maryland for some accumulating snow, sleet, and icing beginning later this evening. perhaps after 9:00 or so and into saturday morning. here's the day planner. no travel problems through the daylight hours. we'll have increasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s this afternoon. sun set's at 5:15. it's tonight when there could be problems especially areas far north and west. around the metro area, maybe a little light snow on some grassy areas beginning around 9:00, 10:00. after midnight, may change to a period of some sleet as well as some snow. and then some icing on top of that. and there could be enough icing maybe to cause some accumulation on tree limbs and power lines. area

load 20's in western maryland, down around freezing air baltimore. everybody is going to get quite cold, the coldest air we have seen since last winter. the chills will not bottom out until sometime tomorrow. more details in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> winter has definitely a arrived in western maryland. here is a picture from the creek where there is plenty of snow on the second day of 2012. -- a picture from deep creek. we invite you to share your winter weather photos on our website, wbaltv.com. you can track cold temperatures plus follow winter weather alerts on facebook. >> now to our big story tonight, baltimore city reported 196 homicides last year, the lowest murder rate in more than three decades. >> last year's number is a major step in the right direction. does that number need to be put into context with the city's shrinking population? david collins joins us live with a look at the numbers. >> we crunched census data and 11 historically high crime neighborhoods and discovered a 42% drop in population. the easiest to be so

in baltimore, not really a big deal, but western maryland has been getting hit hard. a lot of the ski resorts have not been able to open up. as for us, the flurries will taper off this evening. most accumulation outside baltimore city. take it easy through the afternoon. we drop down into the teens tonight. it will be so cold tomorrow morning. >> thanks for joining us. watch tonight with stan stovall and me. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.

. >>> we will deal with this lake effect, particularly in western maryland.ore on that in a moment. >>> in the forecast, tonight, maybe a flurry or two. look to my west, we have a winter storm warning in effect for the high elevations of southwest pennsylvania and western maryland and northeast west virginia. great news for the ski resorts that could not get a break over the holidays, but there could be snow in western maryland. it will be cold and windy and the winds not going down until tonight and today the 4eu will probably feel like 32 and overnight, the normal is 32 and 45. will feel ten colder. that 31 will feel like 21 and we will shut the door to the west and it will be moderate on thursday, friday and saturday. don? >>> it is a holiday hurry up and it is a windy one. here is more from traffic control. >> we have the wind warnings and the fire activity to tell you about, that could be a problem on the north side of the road. otherwise, as i said, we have the wind warnings on the area bridges and the key bridge and these are looking good on the main r

although way out in western maryland, there are. right now, we have some delays out in some of the schools in garrett county. that area may get heavier amounts of snow tonight. they had those last evening. and now it's down near the freezing mark in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county. upper 20s, near 30 degrees. virginia, maryland, near or below freezing. reagan national at 38. around the bay waters, it's in the mid to upper 30s. we've had a few clouds coming through with a few flurries overnight. we are getting a light snow coming into western maryland and garrett county. that region, though, could get some more significant accumulations of snow, sleet, and ice. that would be later tonight into saturday morning. and there is a winner storm watch out. all the counties in blue, including the northern shenandoah valley. panhandle of west virginia, for all of our viewers there, as well as washington and allegheny countys and points west. there could be some significant icing tonight into tomorrow morning. for metro

snow advisories from western maryland, pennsylvania, into the midwest. if your drunk driving plans, he might run into a decent snow shower. -- if you have driving plans, you might buy into a decent snow shower. 36 to 42 is the temperature range. oftentimes this will feel more like 10, 15 degrees, depending on the wind gusts. blue areas on the map, northern and western maryland, wind advisories until about 6:00 this evening. here is the stormy weather but there will be several impulses coming our way. here is a clipper in iowa saturday evening. this will just pass to our south over the weekend. the forecast for sunday, during the game, at or if larry perhaps. -- chance for a flurry perhaps. high today is 47. that was earlier. much chillier now. 20s for the lows. generally dry, maybe a flurry. many folks have off because it is martin luther king de. -- martin luther king day. >> do you have middle-aged pauses or senior moments where your brain does not work as quickly as it used to? uh, yeah. one of the countries top member experts has tips to stay sharp a

highs only in the low 20's on friday with snow accumulating in western maryland. if they can just get past the 24 hours of mild temperatures. cambridge with snow showers and when the end up turning cold. eastern shore will hit 60 as the skies clear tomorrow and gusty winds said it temperatures downward. on friday a 50 degree high will occur below noon and will turn much colder during the afternoon hours. a big football game on sunday, it will be a bundle up date for sure. we go to the 30's 4 highs over the weekend. a little clipper system coming through with light snow showers on sunday. high temperatures only around 35. bundle up for football in baltimore on sunday. >> in tonight's consumer lawyer, ford motor co. announces two recalls. 2004 and 2005 models of the ford for a start could suddenly lose power if the torque converter -- convert shaft fails. ford will alert owners and dealers and replace the part for free. 2001 and 2000 to 40 scapes are equipped with a brake master cylinder reservoir cap. they can leak brake fluid and that could cause a fire. those own

authorities in western maryland or involving a deadly crash in hagerstown involving a tractor- trailer. happen this afternoon around 3:00 on i was 81. the driver of a truck was killed. the truck driver and passenger for taken to a nearby hospital. the accident shut down the interstate in both directions for several hours. repeople recovering tonight after crash forced the car to overturn in east baltimore. we are told two cars collided around 5:45 this evening near 21st and remount avenue. all three victims were taken to area hospitals. no word on their condition or the cause of the crash. prices at the pump could be going up a lot more if the governor gets his way. the governor outlined his proposal to that that would apply to the senate rejected the state's 6% sales tax for gas. that means gas prices would increase over the next three years. the tax on gas has remained the same since 1992 and is a separate tax that does not include sales tax. >> without a consensus to raise the sales tax by a penny and dedicate that, the next best available option, it seems to me, would be to repeal

all these counties in color, northern sthan dough a valley, west virginia, into western maryland, there could be an accumulation of snow, sleet and ice there. maybe even closer to washington. i will show you my forecast map for our local area. we could get some right here in the metro area this evening. a combination of that snow, sleet and freezing rain. we will look at that. look at the weekend forecast and into next week coming up. >> looking forward to it. thank you, tom. >>> let's check on the midday traffic now. danella sealock joins with us the latest on the roads. hi, danella. >> so far it looks really good in our area. check in travel speeds. great for friday. on route 50, 301 to the beltway, 61 miles per hour. this time on the beltway, from route 50 on the outer loop to i-95, you are at 61 miles per hour. i-66 looks really good as well. from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 61 miles per hour. traveling i-95 in virginia, this is a look at the occoquan, northbound looks great. southbound, i will give you travel speed. making your way out of town heading from the beltway to

garrett county, western maryland, you will have problems.ight, we'll have some areas of heavy rain. we could pick up an inch rain from this system by the time it gets out of here. through the nighttime hours it goes, tomorrow morning, we are still okay. still? rain in western maryland and then for thursday, check it out, more rain, thursday night into early friday morning and still some snow and icing going on in western maryland. so i think they will have some problems out there during the next couple of days with this system that comes through. for us here in washington, it will be rain. today, becoming cloudy. rain likely this afternoon. 46degrees for your high. tonight, rain continues, it will be cool overnight. about 42 degrees in town in the 30s outside of town. your five-day forecast, tomorrow, a mild day before a cold front gets here. the cold front comes through, temperatures bottom out tomorrow night into the 30s. it is blustery on friday, cold, starts with some rain and maybe snow out in western maryland and then the weekend is co

that is the energy that will bring the snow to western maryland and will bring us very windy conditions over the next couple of days or so. in terms of wind chill factors already out west of us it feels like three degrees in minneapolis, 18 in chicago. this is the cold wind chills that are on the way for us the next couple of days. we should note we have a winter storm warning in effect garrett county and western allegany county until tuesday afternoon. they could pick up 12 or more inches of snow the next 24 to 48 hours. no snow in our forecast but it is going to get very cold. but if you like warmer weather it is on the way in the extended outlook. >> now to the deadly crash in bethesda in which two young people lost their lives. it was just before 3:00 this morning in the 4400 black of jones bridge road. police say five people between 18 and 25 were inside the s.u.v. when the driver last control and slammed into a tree. tonight friends held a vigil. we have a live report from rockville with more. >> it is a who are risk crash that took the lives of these people. people have not confi

they're up mainly in pennsylvania, west virginia, getting into western maryland as well. we've got some winter storm warnings as you get into western allegheny and garrett counties. four inches of snow in garrett county through 4:00 from this storm. 29 in washington. with 25 in gaithersburg. it is 27 for fredericksburg. luray down at 24. cumberland is 25. off to the east around the bay, temperatures only in the low 30s. that's the warm stuff. when you factor in the wind, wind chills this morning, lots and lots of mid to upper teens. bundle up for that. actual high temperatures only in the upper 20s in the shenandoah valley to low 30s here in washington. don't be surprised if you see a few flurries. monika samtani, it is 5:00 a.m. how is it looking so far? >> it is looking very good. all around town, you got the volume building. you're going to see more traffic than last week. everyone is headed back to work and school. not a bad ride around town. 95 to bw parkway out of baltimore. a live look. if you're planning to head on the beltway here at the wilson bridge on the south

counties here in dark blue including northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, hagerstown to frostburg and cumberland, those areas could get some accumulations of snow, sleet, and ice. i'll give you a better look in a few seconds. sunrise at 7:23. throughout the day, we'll be in the 30s to maybe upper 30s during the afternoon with increasing clouds. sunset at 5:15. then it's after sunset that perhaps by around 9:00, 10:00 this evening we could get a little light snow falling. again, a lot of that's going to melt on roadways. maybe just a very light dusting on some of the grassy areas, especially areas west and north. it does look like we could get a couple of inches of snow changing to ice way out in the dark blue zone, in western maryland and the far northern part of west virginia. closer to washington, out in northern montgomery county and along the blue ridge from loudoun county down through fauquier and the shenandoah valley, could get .1 inch to.25 inch of ice accumulating from freezing rain. maybe a very light coating of ice close in to washington. this w

that's when we will have perhaps some of the wet snow especially in this dark blue zone here in western marylandnorthern west virginia by dawn on friday. they could have up to four inches there. then the lighter blue zone, shenandoah valley, eastern west virginia, panhandle of west virginia, frederick, washington counties and maryland, there could be maybe an inch, perhaps up to two inches some of the higher ridges from the passing snow showers. and mainly on grassy areas, especially closer to washington, road temperatures above freezing. any of the snow that would fall would be melting on roadways. just a very light coating on our northern western suburbs in the grassy areas of northern montgomery county, western howard and maryland. and southern loudoun county and northern fauquier county in virginia. that system quickly moving away. again, it is about a 40% to 50% chance. windy and cold tomorrow. highs only around 40. then plummeting to the low 20s by dawn on saturday. lot of sun on saturday. but cold. highs in the mid 30s. teens on sunday morning. sunday afternoon partly cloudy, mid 30s and

it's clouding up now farther to our west where they're getting snow showers coming into western maryland. few snow showers the panhandle of west virginia, into washington and northern frederick counties in maryland. sunrise at 7:27. we'll have those clouds in and out this morning, then cloudy this amp. winds gusting 30 to 35 miles an hour. there's a possibility of a passing snow shower in the metro area later this afternoon. we'll just briefly get near the freezing mark by noontime, and then down into the upper 20s throughout the rest of the afternoon. then this evening. the winds will settle down a bit, and the temperatures will plummet under a clearing sky. it will be down to the low 20s by midnight and even colder by dawn tomorrow. we'll look at that, the rest of the week and weekend at 4:51. carol parker, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning, tom. >>> things haven't heated up outside yet. they're moving very well around the area. 66 is looking fine with no incidents or obstacles in your way outside the beltway at 28 or inside at glebe. so far so good at this hour. back to you

steadily track to the north and probably catch a few showers on the south side, especially for western maryland tonight. and again around central maryland, maybe a few stray flakes fly. the big news will be that drop in temperatures, and you could see through the day tomorrow, there will be some more wintery weather in the mountains. the high terrain west will feel that drop in temperature, and of course, what you can't see here is that increasing wind field, winds will get gusty and frigid going into the day on tuesday, you'll really want to bundle up tuesday. some improvement wednesday. better temperatures into next weekend. so overnight, 35. cloudy, windy, a stray shower possible. not much, though. and much more likely as you go west of frederick. monday 43. gusty winds, and definitely colder by a good 15 degrees. then tomorrow night, that second shot of cold air arrives, drop us down into the mid 20s, and then on tuesday, we have a tough time getting out of the 20s. i think we do, but even if we get to 32, that's just the freezing mark. all right. so the cold blast will begin to abate a lit

heavier snow showers in western maryland and farther west virginia.e's the day planner for this tuesday. temperatures by 9:00 still below freezing. only briefly a little above freezing by noontime. quite a bit of cloudiness around. then by mid to late afternoon we could have a few passing snow showers. a 30% chance of that. here's your evening planner. does look like much colder air moving in with a blustery wind diminishing tonight under a clear sky. low 20s by midnight. here's a look at traffic. good morning, carol parker. >> good morning, tom. thank you so much. >>> if you're heading off to the rails, yes, you want to bundle up. you'll be happy to know that metro, marc, vre all running on time. all around the area, more of your friends and neighbors will be hitting the road. nothing yet to avoid this morning. looking at our cameras at 50 in maryland at 301, you are doing very well. as you head over to route 1, nothing in your way, a little bit of volume. back to you, joe, eun. >> thanks very much, carol. >> 5:13, 28 degrees. >>> ahead on "news 4 to

maybe a little bit of sleet out in western maryland, much of northern west virginia. closer to washington, there are a few flurries in washington county, maryland, and closer to washington. there may be a little flurry or sleet activity mixing with some light rain in calvert county, southern prince george's, northern charles. it's rapidly heading east across the bay now. temperatures around the region are in the 20s to near 30 degrees. so it is below freezing much of the area except right near the bay waters. in the mid to upper 30s as well as near the tidal president obama. that's where reagan national is. and the sunrise will be at 7:27. here's your day planner -- 9:00 in the 30s, but above freezing. maybe a few flurries, perhaps a little sleet around this morning. but there's a greater chance of precipitation this afternoon in the form of some light rain from time to time from noontime through the afternoon. mainly areas south of washington have a greater chance of that light rain. highs in the low 40s. we'll look at your evening planner. that will be coming up in t

some heavy snow showers and western maryland. we are going to be in for a cold weekend it including a kickoff on sunday. more details coming up in a few minutes. >> we celebrated many fridays, but none of them quite like today. flags are flying. you can feel the excitement in the air for this weekend's home playoff game against the houston texans. rob roblin is hanging out with baltimore ravens fans and anee arundel county but we are going to begin with pete gilbert. >> i tell you, after having a by tweet you have two which of built up coming into this game. everybody is excited. only two quest -- players are questionable. the to doubt -- the two linebackers, i still believe they will play, but that is it for the ravens. everything else is in their favor. the experience, home field, the fact the belt -- the fact that they beat the texas earlier this year. flacco as your quarterback verse is a fifth round of third stringer for houston. there is no reason for the baltimore ravens to lose except that it is the nfl and anything can h

western michigan. blizzard warnings near traverse city, michigan. in with respect maryland we have a winter storm warning until tuesday afternoon. it may have up to 12 if not more inches of snow. garrett, western allegany. but nothing for the immediate metro area. we may see a few flurries but strong northwesterly winds will keep the temperature down for tuesday, around freezing for daytime highs. here is the doppler radar, quiet and dry around the beltway. off to western maryland a few snow showers are beginning to develop but this is nothing compared to what is to come the next couple of days. here is the future cast. next 48 hours a mix of sun and clouds for tomorrow. temperatures a lot colder than we had today. off to the west notice where the blue is shaded in. that is where the heaviest snow will fall across western maryland. partly cloudy, flurries, temps around 28 to 38 for overnight. winds will increase out of the northwest 10 to 2. tomorrow 15 to 25-mile-per-hour winds with higher gusts. highs around 40 to 45 degrees. the extended outlook the coldest of the air ar

there winter led by three out in western maryland. -- there are windchill advisory's out in western marylandepare for winter conditions night. it is for below zero with the wind chill factor in -- four below zero with the wind chill factor in in right now. winter storm warnings remained in effect for four western maryland through the night. east of the mountains, the if it goes below 20, it will be the first time since february 23. if it goes below 15 tonight, the first time since february 11. if it gets into the single digits, i do not think that is possible, but that will be the first time since last january. one more shot of cold, snowy weather. it will die south and east and cut through tomorrow night. there will be another chance for snow flurry or shower. temperatures have been in the 50's across much of the planes. we will get into that before the week is over. not tonight, though. the seven-day forecast, you see a warming trend. 33, 44, 55. we're jumping by 11 degrees each day. another coating of snow could occur in the afternoon or evening tomorrow before a warmup begins. >> in toni

western maryland does get into some of the colder air.tern shore locations where it felt like spring today, 54 degrees tomorrow. maybe a sprinkle or shower on the evening on sunday. we will look for temperatures of enter the 50's cooling on sunday. here is the key for the plungers -- water temperatures are in the low 50's. 44 at 11:00 a.m. for the first plunge to mar. a little bit of a breeze creating a wind chill. there is your key, the water temperature hovering above the 40 degree mark. insta-weather futurecast shows clearing skies. watch on sunday as a burst of energy cuts across the area. 53 degrees tomorrow, mid-30s with their sprinkles or showers in the snow. only around 40 on monday but then you warming right back up. highs are up in the 50's by next week. >> it is making waves all of the internet. >> the first lady calling opponents of gay marriage legislation cowards. >> she is backpedaling a little bit at a confe are you crazy? i would never go out without my covergirl. i want to look natural, not naked! but look! with covergir

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some could get into western maryland. we'll continue to sit dry. and colder, still windy and blustery tomorrow, 32. coldest day of the week, especially when you flow that wind chill factor. gnome tight our coldest night of both the week and our winter season. it will get down to 17. let's check out the extended seven-day forecast, a couple of cold days mid-week but the temperatures begin to bounce back friday into saturday and sunday. so, again a warmer bounce back after a cold blast today and tomorrow. we'll be back in just a minute. stay right here. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ah. [ female announcer ] using less never felt so good. we all go... why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> in tonight's health alert, a powerful new pain ki

notice the dark red in western maryland. that is the actual front and we're thinking as that crosses into this very warm air, particularly south of the area in the 60s, currently, we can spark up around a thunderstorm and heavy rain. we'll have some good soaking rain in the morning forecast. this afternoon, getting colder and windy. in fact, winds gust 30 to 40 miles an hour later today. temperature right now, 53 degrees at reagan national. the humidity up, 96%. the winds out of the south at 14 and the front hasn't gotten through yet. the forecast today, windy out there, particularly this afternoon and gusting to 35. the rain showers in the forecast for the first half of the day and there you go, sunshine, the temperatures falling in the low 60s early, fallling into the 50s by 4:00 p.m. all right, guying, more details on the forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, tucker. >>> and some of our top stories this morning. a homicide investigation is underway right now after a teenager is stabbed to death. the police

up in the mounds that western maryland, 52 degrees. -- up in the mountains of western maryland. you can see elkins, west virginia, 56 degrees this afternoon. all that will be coming our way. first, the warm air spread over the top of this cold air locked near the bottom. that will produce some fog and drizzle for the good part of the night. an indication that you will see some patchy areas of fog overnight tonight. patchy areas of drizzle and fog developing as we head toward the morning, but after that, the skies should try to clear up a little. it will scour out some of the low clouds and fog and we will get some sun back in here tomorrow. for tonight, areas of dense fog, visibility less than a quarter mile in spots. it will stay above freezing or get warmer tonight on the southwest winds, then turn partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon, getting into the 50's with westerly winds at 5-10 miles an hour. western maryland, 36 tomorrow as the clouds break up. maybe some evening rained or snow late on wednesday evening. the fog burns off to 53 degrees on the eastern shore, 47 on wednesday

you can see advisories up for western maryland.ht now on tv hill there are your currents, essentially temperatures in the how to mid- 30s. low number 1 pass by last night with clouds. i didn't see any flurries. i am calling it low number 1 because this storm has to be low number 2, kind of like bang bang back-to-back lows, this is coming much closer to us and dragging its problems into the mid-atlantic, the general thinking is it gets out of here and gets mild. can we back in our total graphic? as it moves across the area overnight mixed precip happens but 3:30 or 4:00 it may go to a bit of a glaze, tomorrow morning could be problematic and eventually we get to 40 and if there are frozen issues they will release their grip but maybe not until 930 9 the 9:30 or 10:00. we will be on the air tomorrow morning, we will be all over the story. 28 tomorrow morning, that wintry mix possible,then rain with a high of 40, then mild, almost 60 monday, almost 50 tuesday and wednesday, don take it away. >> thank you any problems on the pavement?

western maryland not as cold as it was this time yesterday. snow showers passing baltimore tonight m. tomorrow we should get a little sunshine back in the area tomorrow, which will begin the warming trend. loews instead of going into the upper single digits, we will stay in the 20's for lows tonight with light southwest wind. back to normal for temperatures tomorrow. highs in the low 40's. snow showers may be eager for an additional day in the mountains tomorrow. then it will clear out on friday, and the temperatures will start to warm a little bit. balmy by our standards f january. 54 on friday. partly cloudy skies, temperatures rising from the 40's tomorrow into the fifties on friday. there is the weather disturbance triggering the snow showers tonight. he did in the upper level atmosphere. it will appear in the next few hours. behind it skies clear and temperatures warm up dramatically. kansas city is 51. montana at 59 degrees 59 in bismarck. minneapolis at 35. that is the weather that will slow the march east over the course of the next co

western maryland mountains will be around 50 degrees. the eastern shore will be in the low 60's on tuesday and wednesday. it may stay in the 50's on the shore of the day. 61 tomorrow at ocean city. if you are on the day tomorrow, the wind will be out of the southwest. those are the milder water temperatures. enjoy it while it lasts. we begin feb. the way january ends. groundhog day is on thursday. around here, we will have clouds in the morning. the sunshine will return for friday. clouds will move in for the weekend. there will be a chance of rain on sunday and monday. >> from the susquehanna bay sports center, this is 11 sports. >> the head coach continues to reshape his staff. he added jim caldwell as the new quarterback coach. he brings plenty of credibility to the job. he served as peyton manning's coach for seven seasons before going to the colts. that will give them another resource as joe flacco's makes a change. cameron returns next season as a coordinator and play caller. jim caldwell should fit right in with the ravens organiz

western maryland. digging out. and good skiing out there right now.peratures again statewide at or below freezing, in the to's in hagerstown. again no wind chill factor to deal with. in some respects a little less brutal and again the high temperatures never getting much past freezing if at all. tomorrow we will improve that. a good eight to ten degree warm up with sunshine and a bit of a change in wind direction. pikesville to dundock. we could hit the low, push toward the mid40s from shady side. overall pattern, fairly quiet but a few passing snow showers possible over the next few hours, from there is that cluster of more significant snow into northern virginia and skirt south of us. behind that disturbance just a cold night on the way and a good warm up tomorrow in to the low 40s. we should get past 50 but talking about the deep freeze and how it's affecting our citrus florida low temperatures below freezing, just north of orlando and tampa. last night 31 jacksonville and teens in the panhandle. that's where we could have seen more significant cro

is left of the lake effect streamers, briefly moved out of pennsylvania and reached down into western maryland including clipping carroll county. those are a done deal now. zoom in, look at the wind from the northwest. five to 15, gusty, the 30s feeling like 20s with the wind chill factor. how about farm? temperatures climbing through the 30s. up to 41, less wind so i think  tomorrow will seem mildler to you but by tomorrow night things start to cloud up again, chances for snow flurries, we have all that in the weekend coming up. >> it seems ravens fans just can't get enough, showing off their purple passion. now a brand new t-shirt fans can get. look at this. it's ray lentless. it went on sail here. they are made by nightmare graphics and you can find them at many sport stores, ray lentless. >>> and you have until midnight tonight to try to win tickets to the game. the ravens are giving out a golden ticket to a lucky fan tomorrow morning but you have to show your team pride to get it. >> reporter: it has folks run around four counties and baltimore city. we will tell you where one of the spo

environmental concerns which is the reason maryland hasn't permitted similar drilling.now leaders in two western marylandey to quickly approve safe drilling. it could be two years before maryland makes a final decision. 3 the big ravens playoff game may be sunday but fans were already out in full force thanks to the ravens caravan. janice park is streaming live at power plant live downtown where the caravan just wrapped up. this ravens caravan went on 18 stops..cheerleaders..ooffcc staff... getting everyone even more pumped for sundays a game. they finally ended here at luckie s tavern. at bill batemans in glen burnie the ravens caravan meant great business and barely any room to stand. cheeeleaders began signing autographs tt dedicated fans starting at 7 am and didn t stop until well past 10 o clock tonight "i'm just so excited, i'm ready, i want them to do it, they're going to do for me, ray rice rry lewis yes. yes!" janice: that fan pretty much summed up how excited fans are for sunday s divisional playoff game. we re told if there is a win sunday next weeks party will be even bigger than today seems

some frozen precipitation out of this i think friday morning we will talk about problems in western marylandme western portions of virginia as well the question is how close does that get to us. we will wait and see. your five day forecast, today your high 46 degrees rain develops tomorrow mild, 55 degrees bottom drops out tomorrow night as the cold front comes through friday blustery, cold, saturday and sunday quite cool temperatures only upper 30s to near 40 there you go. some changing weather conditions. unsettled weather enters this afternoon. >> nice use of future cast. midnight then 1:00 a.m. >> mm-hmm. >> that is what we do. >> right it will be cold for the weekend julie wright start bundling up now >> i know right i am not looking forward to that. the weekend not the cold. >> you will be fine. >> thanks tony. tony is like here is some hot chocolate, button up you will be fine. we had a crash on the ramp 450, sky fox through over that found nothing our lanes are now open once again. trouble along kennel worth avenue, north of 50 before the parkway, i do have a crash northbound side of

most of the snow will be in western maryland. when we come back, we'll check the forecast. >> tony, see new bit. investigators may have a glimpse of an arsonist in southern california. investigators have released the security camera video pointing to a person of interest in nearly 40 fishese set in and around los angeles in the past few days. you'll see the man in black coming up from the underground parking garage. you see him there on the right-hand side, right behind the woman there. investigators say this person of interest was also spotted at the scene of another fire. the arsonist is mainly targeting vehicles. meanwhile, a manhunt is underway for a gunman at mount rainier national park in washington after a park ranger was shot and killed. police have identified 24 benjamin barnes as a person of interest. police say barnes was a survivalist and iraq war veteran, is also the suspect of four people at a house party south of seattle. a bit of deja vu as for the second straight year, another mass death of birds has plagued a to

you have to get out into far western maryland. most of us sitting well into the 50s, near 60 now. ocean city and patuxent river. winds from the south, southwest. that's a warming breeze. gusting to more than 30 in oakland, more than 25 in dulles. you got idea it's a breezy night. we did top out at 60, 20 degrees above average. will it hold up all week, the answer is no. we'll see a sea saw -- see saw ride. i think most of this rain will miss us to the south, an issue for virginia, not so much for maryland. across the east coast, we can see an unsettled pattern but one that's beginning to calm down at least across the baltimore area. there are snows well north of us where the cold air is available. that will not get into maryland until the morning hours, early morning hours. in the meantime we're in that mild hair flow and still the chance -- air flow and still the chance for hit and miss snow. as we take a look at the trend, you can see things clearing out tonight. as we go forward into the day tomorrow, into the day on thursday, increased clouds and maybe some wintry type showers

western maryland on the icy side this morning. we are not on the icy side. winds this morning, not bad. not dealing with any type of tornadic winds or straight line winds, nice and calm for the most part. throughout the day, we are going to warm things up. we love the temperature at the inner harbor, 47, cambridge, 50 degrees, i'm forecasting around 53 for the high today. it is going to be a nice and mild day for us, we will get sunshine as well. as we look at the most powerful radar, nothing to be had in the form of precipitation, no rainfall, no snow, and that will be the scenario throughout the day. get out and enjoy it. you don't need the rain gear or real heavy coat. over to angela with traffic. >>> we are still dealing with the fog. that dense fog advisory, extra caution on the bridges and we are also dealing with a light fair as far as traffic volume is concerned. police are on the scene of a one crash at hilton and leaf. it's not blocking the roadway. you should be able to get around it with a brief slowdown. as far as volume we mentioned light fair

western maryland, past the ohio river valley. snow into chicago now.own in indiana, even parts of kentucky. there is some cold eric held in the west. that is headed our way. we will see what happens here. right now, things look fine. let's look current temperatures to 53, annapolis. 56, salisbury. 46, westminster. only in the 30's and 40's in far western maryland. here is the satellite picture. significant precipitation in parts of new england. our clouds are beginning to break up, at least temporarily. heavier clouds to the west with that rain/snow makes. here is the system pulling away. another one out over the great lakes. one developing near st. louis. there is snow back here, where the air is really cold behind this cold front. that cold front will be coming through later tonight. so we will see some changes with colder temperatures. maybe even a touch of that snow. not the kind they will get in the midwest today. a mix of clouds and son. unseasonably mild because of was reared as a 5 to 10 miles per hour. in the bay, southwest wind said 10 knots.

a few locations in western maryland, near freezing. could be slick spots there. there were some overnight from sleet and freezing rain that fell earlier. most locations are warming above freezing there. and later today, we will climb into the 50s by noontime and then, yes, near 60 degrees for a brief time by mid-afternoon. periods of rain through that time. then late afternoon, we'll begin to dry out. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, breaking news if you're traveling out in davidsonville now. westbound route 50, lanes are blocked at route 424. traveling eastbound at 50, emergency workers are blocking two of your left lanes. it's slowing you down as you make your way past this accident. crews are hoping to clear it by 6:00 a.m. for now, take route 450 defense highway to route 3. traveling in maryland, i-270 at falls road, getting a little action making your way southbound toward the spur. lanes are open. no lanes to report at this time. northbound, you're in the clear, as well. back to you

the final stop, western maryland hancock 35 degrees high of 50. the satellite radar cooler. sburg in the 40's closer towards the chesapeake bay. 45 lexington park, maryland. the colder air not tremendously cold go to the great lakes. the wind chill factor in the teens. this is what it looks like on the future-cast tomorrow, bright sunshine. the clouds approached midday, partly cloudy in the afternoon. the wind will pick up, wind gusts of up to 25-30 m.p.h., a wind advisory issued for the western part of the area, especially across the shenandoah valley the potomac highlands western maryland. keep updated at wjla.com and on abc 7. the skies cleared out monday moderate temperatures tuesday and wednesday. daytime highs well into the 60's, evening lows in the 40's. the unsettled weather after that. atmainly clear cold and breezy, 28-33 overnight. plenty of sunshine in the morning. afternoon clouds, they have a struggle or to west of d.c., 45- 50 the daytime high. the extended outlook temperatures tuesday and wednesday, 61-64 degrees. the onset of the weather showers by the end of

single-digit although it down into western maryland. cool down in charlotte, north carolina. 22 all the way down to atlanta, georgia. here in maryland temperatures were a little bit milder. still the temperatures up a little bit right on the shore of the bay. the warming effect of the bay water can be seen in cambridge. then you get in the colder areas of the north and west of baltimore come in single digits were pretty common in the colder areas. -- and single digits were pretty common in the northern areas. the coldest morning we had around here since last winter. 13 at b.w.i. marshall appeared in the temperature did not get above freezing this afternoon. the first time we have been below 20 since the 23rd of february. if you really want to talk about cold, it has not been below 0 cents 1996. it is cold out there now. in the snow showers will quickly give you a dusting of snow- -- any showers will quickly give you a dusting of snow. around here the skies will clear. snow showers may linger in the mountains tomorrow. tomorrow of worry o

some of those higher mountain areas far western maryland. cumberland, probably just a few flurries. 45 hagerstown, 53 patuxent, 53 in ocean city. do not expect to see any frozen precip in the baltimore metro. north and west of us, maybe 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning could be some snowflakes briefly. 47 in westminster, 54 down in annapolis. 57 and 44 today. the average is 41 and 24, and the record 70 and 1. right now we still have that southwest wind late tonight after 2:00 in the morning. it will go back to the west. that's when that front comes through and temperatures will start heading down. it's been snowing over the chicago area, milwaukee, much of southern and central illinois as well. further east, a little warmer, some rain shower activity. that's what's moving up in our direction so we'll see some rain showers later on this evening as the front comes through, most of the rain, the precip will cut out expect for far western maryland, where we'll start seeing that lake effect kick in as the colder air comes across the lake, that's w

the western maryland down see a little snow turning to rain on thursday. eastern shore locations, spotty showers tomorrow and about 63. 52 on thursday as the reign ends in the morning. the lower eastern shore, 60% -- 60% chance of rain on thursday. the waves are running right around 1 foot. low 60's tomorrow, low 50's thursday, and then back in the 40's friday and saturday with a chance for a chilly rain on sunday. >> the goal is 9000. >> that is how many families officials hope to help this year with their taxes. how you can take advantage of a program that is really making a difference. >> coming up, working with high school students to help them for the wave of the future. the wave of the future. s for the 11th year, the cash campaign is offering free tax service to people in baltimore who qualify. >> they will operate at 20 sites in the city and two in baltimore county. >> last year, the baltimore cash campaign prepared over 8000 tax returns free for baltimore city residents. this year they hope to do even more. stephen bought or was that one of the ca

so there's winter out there in far western maryland.und here it's a lot warmer but still chilly at 37. yesterday afternoon at this exact time, we were around 54 degrees. west southwest winds 17, the barometer going back up 29.74- inches. right now 12, 12 degrees in oakland. they'll get down to five or six above zero tonight. 27 cumberland. locally 41 in the area. it does keep it warmer this time of year than areas around the bay. 53, 32 today. now the 53 was little after midnight today. but that front that just came through around 2:00, temperatures dropped to 32. the average record 76 and nothing back in 1981. that big low pressure is still tracking to our north. lake effect snow continues to our north as you can see. pennsylvania, western maryland, west virginia a lot of our state as well. it's a cold cold breeze. cold front yes and a secondary front comes through. saturday, dry. it'll be cold for the ravens game. west winds in the bay at 12 to 15. the bay temp around 41 degrees. so tonight it'll be generally clear. still breezy and c