if you're in far western maryland, west virginia, you're having a white christmas. we may see a passing flurry, snow showers in a couple spots tonight, but the chance for a windy christmas is much higher than a white christmas. >> there's no song about that. >> get writing. we'll show you what's happening because we're watching a clipper system and this guy passing to our north, you can see that spin up toward cleveland and buffalo and when we have clippers that move to our north, down here, like here's the spin, we don't get a lot of snow. yes, the snow is in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland, but locally we had a couple sprinkles and snow showers earlier. all this really has lifted quickly to the east. there may be some wet flakes mixed in north of baltimore, so we're watching that and also a few flakes are trying to fall just east of hagerstown racing in toward western frederick county and in western maryland throughout areas from hancock west in toward allegheny and garrett county to 4 inches by morning. we've got winter weather advisories ther

this is interstate 68 in western maryland. snowing and the big question now, will it be heading our way? >> let's check back in with sue palka and find out what we can expect. sue? >> you know what shawn and marina, it's easier on forecaster when we can see it coming on radar and it is out there, we've been tracking what is a clipper system and it is going to produce evening snow showers and by evening, i mean within western suburbs. let me show you radar, we have seen this crossing interstate 81 darker purple indicates some light to moderate snow. this is not going to be as much as we saw on saturday but the change is it's a whole lot colder and this snow is going to stick to untreated surfaces. we're watching this approach places likes jefferson county gainsville you may get in on this in the next 45 minutes and a question look at the entire system, this clipper will mainly pass to the north but far enough south that we'll see it even in dc, winter weather advisory is not in effect for our area but may get two to four inches

at the freezing mark in western maryland. temperature change between 12 and 16 degrees. this is ahead of the cold front yesterday at this time. temperatures, the core of cold air to the north and west of us. 30's in chicago. we are in the 40's. at hatteras, lower 60's. clouds are beginning to break apart a little bit. we are going to see sunshine moving through the afternoon. grab the sunglasses as you head outdoors at home. out for lunch, temperatures in the upper 40's. breezy and cooler than yesterday. 35 degrees. overnight lows will be on the cool side. tomorrow, more sunshine, but still cold temperatures, at least for this time of year. sun will keep us a little

they were instrumental in moving troops and supplies to and from washington and in western maryland and then, of course, maintaining the main line of the b & o throughout the war. one of the aspects that made the civil war the first modern war without question was the railroad and its application to moving of supplies and troops. the united states army did not have a component until the civil war when it created the united states military railroad. part of that united states military railroad was the construction corps., commanded by general herman houk. as the war progressed, houk was given regiments of white troops to work as construction crew. these troops were basically whatever was handy. they weren't interested in doing the work, and they were short anyway, so they never learned the job very well and weren't very interested. at this time, the ex-slaves began to pass through the union lines as the army went deeper into the confederacy. known as contraband, they were allowed to go to work for the union army. houk seized on this ability of the men used to hard labor, willing to work,

five to six degrees cooler than that in western maryland. can you guess where the cold front is located and has already passed? 54 enteral stent, 36 in cargo.polis, 32 inch a a good indicator of what is up indianapolis, 32 in chicago. of what iscator coming. we will look for the coldest air by early tomorrow morning. looking at the radar, closer to home, nothing around the capital beltway. hagerstown along the mason-dixon line, towards the afternoon. temperatures for us in the lower 60's. the clouds will win out. a good time to download your stormwatch 7 weather app. we are not anticipating anything severe, but it is a good tool to have on your phone. northern montgomery county, frederick county. then for the rush-hour commute the wet weather moves in and it could be a slow go. the best news is most of the rain will get out of here by midnight. then the clouds clear and the colder air will funnel in from the north and west. 36-42 is the overnight range. tomorrow, highs in the middle to upper 40's. this weekend, we are talking about flurries.

well to the north and west of us around oakland and western maryland.a break from the clouds, a little sun coming in and returning by 6:00 this evening. by that time shouldn't have to worry about any flurries on that drive home. 43 days, breezy, winds switch in from the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. a stray flurry possible this morning. breezy by noon down to 38 degrees. >> we have construction on 66 at least at 4:30 in the morning it's not slowing you down. i'm seeing delays because construction heading westbound on 66 right at the beltway so quickly the outer loop through that stretch or heading northbound the inner loop you'll see a slight back up here with those crews out there blocking a couple lanes. we are seeing delays on the beltway. also 355 a pretty serious crash overnight they have just now cleared northbound and southbound lanes on rockville

there's snow already happening in western maryland and west virginia. it's light and then we can see the scattered showers just around the winchester area and also some along the eastern shore and around baltimore. we'll continue to see this type of activity until that front pushes into the area. we know that it's getting close because we can see the winds are coming from the west- northwest around western maryland. so once we see that wind shift change, we know that that colder air has arrived. so far winds are still coming in from the south and so we've seen the temperatures holding off in the mid 40s. but by 2:00 p.m., the temperatures will begin to drop. so this is what's on the way for us. this cold front packing some really cold air behind it. and it will become breezy and that's the key to getting the windchills going. so by tomorrow, expect it to so as you wake up early tomorrow morning and step out, it will feel like it's about 10 degrees in d.c. and feeling like 4 degrees out in the suburbs and throughout the day just really chilly. heavy jack

we don't have concern for the roads except for far western maryland and west virginia west of the divide 42. we hit 46 today just after midnight. we were around 43, 44 this afternoon and now 42 with light drizzle and mist. 38 is what it feels like with east winds at 7 miles an hour. tomorrow will be a windy day, a cold day. we'll be near 40 for a while overnight before we drop to the mid-30s, recover to near 40 in the afternoon, but with west winds at 20 gusting again 40 plus our wind chills will hold in the 20s. this is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. international falls is 11 below, but there's 20 to 30 below readings in canada source of it and that continues to feed the cold that we'll have for a week at least! here's the clipper tonight behind it. it will open the door for the cold and brick windy conditions overnight -- bring windy conditions overnight into monday the first half of the day with a few snow showers still possible overnight tonight, windy conditions tomorrow. the winds will slacken some overnight into tuesday. tuesday may have early clouds and be a decent day. the w

back into western maryland. and it may be cold enough with the elevation, just west of the divide that we will be seeing some we like oakland. good news for skiers. ski season has opened. this will pass. and then by monday, monday starts out nice. temperatures in the 30s in the morning and with a little bit more sunshine, we should be in the 50s monday, and debra, we have 60 for tuesday. i will come back in a few minutes and let you know how long that will last, though, because we have ups and downs as you would expect in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you so much, howard. >>> a man was struck and killed by a car overnight in silver spring. but tonight, police are trying to piece together exactly what happened. police do say 30-year-old escobar was already lying in the roadway at piney branch road, near garland avenue, when he was struck and killed by a gray toyota corolla. the driver and passenger in the car did remain at the scene. and police are trying to determine why the victim was lying in the road befor

there was very little support for the confederates, especially in western maryland. if they had been in eastern maryland, they might have gotten more popular support. but when they went to the town of frederick, maryland, it was silent. no flags, no cheering. one of the comments from someone who watched the confederates marched through town, i have never seen such a mass of filthy, strong smelling men. they were the roughest set of creatures i ever saw. her features, close and hair was matted with dirt. it is kind of funny to hear that, but it is a reminder that lee's troops were very tough soldiers, but they were not all that healthy all the time. many of them had no shoes, and when they got marching on hard surfaces, it was really hard for them to keep up. a lot of them had dirty clothing. they suffered from not having enough food. one of the things they hoped to do was seize food while there were moving through maryland and pennsylvania. a lot of them started eating corn that was not quite ripe, but gave them diarrhea. a lot of straggled behind. an unknown number o

autria: tracking a little bit of snow in the western parts of maryland? veronica: western and northern parts of maryland. northernmost portions of loudoun county, washington county, all those locations there, snow showers falling. this is garrett county, extreme western maryland and allegheny county getting some snow like this, an inch and a half to two inches and it is blowing. the wind will pick up again locally. as far as conditions this morning, we are seeing a few icy patches on area roads. 40, 29, howard county, montgomery. by late morning, temperatures will start warming and the roads will be much improved. we are tracking the meteor showers, the way tonight. we are seeing more snow pulling into areas like eldersburg, cockeysville, gaithersburg. watch the icy spots this morning. give yourself a little extra time getting out the door. this afternoon, 41, 42, breezy with sunshine. tomorrow, more sunshine early and clouds build late. this is the location i'm looking at, this white around leonardtown and st. mary's, that is tomorrow. if you are going ou

it is starting to hit the ground in western maryland. this part of it is not. these little fingers of moisture, that's just the beginning. again again, we are not really calling it a storm. look at what we have here. a little low pressure here. that's about it. it will zip on out of here. if it wasn't so cold it wouldn't be a big deal at all. here we are at 11:00 a.m. futurecast. you can see the computer models showing the snow advancing as we go into early afternoon. so it's just starting at 1:00 or 2:00 but it's quickly getting heavier. you combine it with lower temperatures and areas in dlaarr blues you have accumulating snow. you mixture towards cape may beaches. eventually the colder air will come back and they will get more snow and accumulate by 6:00 it is all over with for all of the western suburbs. how much snow? the latest models showing average of 1 to 3 inches. it will be inland from the shore between there and the philadelphia area. we are not talking about anybody getting pounded with heavy snow. not expecting precipitation. it is into the mid-30

the skies beginning to clear off across western maryland. this line will slowly advance our way as we move through the afternoon hours. that is why we will see brighter skies. going out to lunch, temperatures around the 50-degree mark. we will not see a huge fluctuation in temperatures this afternoon, even though the sunshine will be out. as we go through futurecast, notice how the skies begin to clear up all been an clear skies later this evening and into the overnight hours. the rush hour commute, no problems at all, in terms of the weather. temp just fall into the middle 40's by 6:00 p.m.. lower-40's by 32, the overnight lows. it'll be on a cool site. -- it will be on the cool side. it intomorrow only make the lower-40's. let's fast-forward and talk about christmas weekend. 50 degrees on saturday. upper-40's on christmas eve. -- day,christmas it around 46 degrees. here is your outlook. temperatures on the chilly side moving into next week. we will trend much colder by the end of next week. adrianna: not to harvey weinstein's former assist

added clouds for western maryland. even brighter skies as you head of the southern maryland. highs make digital 50's -- mid 50's. we track the cold front for you that arrives late tomorrow night and then christmas weekend, it's a long holiday weekend. at a fewbe looking showers. jacqui: a fast -- adrianna: a fast-moving fire ripping through a john gonzalez has more on the investigation into what started the fire. fire inis was a violent burke, virginia. the single-family home had significant damage. take a look at the sight of the home. is destroyed. this neighbor checking her own home to see if there's any damage to her home. the roof of the home is exposed with a gaping hole. fire investigators tell us the fire started just below that area around the front porch. take a look at some of the video . as fire crews arrived families this around this area with a lot of equipment and trucks on this roadway. this is burnside landing drive. when they arrived from the noticed flames shooting of the front porch. inside andwere flames spread very quickly. in about 30, 35 minutes. can s

clouds and radar for you ohio, west virginia, and western maryland. county,es in garrett allegheny county, and washington county. heading closer to the d.c. metro, not looking at any snow, but light rain showers mixing in with flakes later tonight. not looking for any accumulations early in the morning. the wind advisory will go into effect 3 a.m. through the day tomorrow, wind gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour. more on the rest of the week coming up. kellye: remember that you can download the free stormwatch 7 app to keep track of your forecast whenever you want. ♪ celebrated pope christmas mass at st. peter's basilica at the vatican, telling the faithful that the story of forever. everything after that became a story of hope. midnight mass has also been held at saint cap catherine church in bethlehem. >> your families have been tremendous. kellye: president trump speaking via videoconference with members of all five military branches. they helped norad field calls as the agency tracks santa. they are spending the holidays at mar-a-lago in florida.

but western maryland, you're going to be looking for a white christmas. adrianna: oh. not around here. you'll have to drive. get in a car. super cold out there. adrianna: driving. [laughter] thanks, steel. growing backlash over the golden globe nominations. five men are up for best director and not one women even though several are behind critically-acclaimed films. >> the most challenging thing that did in this entire movie was tone. the fantasy world to a period piece to a historical war context which was surprising reality with a little bit of pop. >> patty jenkins for "wonder woman." sofia coppola and kathryn bigelow. d. reese for mud bound. >> directors should take on material because they have tell a particular story. >> angelina joel and directors for "lady bird." women director who began with a ig no after the golden globe nominations were announced. they picked an all-male quinn telt. not a single woman nominated for best director. not a good look, golden globes. where is patty jenkins? where is dee reese? where is greta? asked melissa silver steen. calls for

windchill in the teens, cases lower single digits, extreme western maryland and along the ridge tops we got a windchill advisory out through wednesday morning, where windchill values could even be in the negative territory. by 8:00 a.m. as you get the kids ready for the bus stop, cold as you head out to work. single digits windchills. and it won't get much better in the afternoon. as we see windchill values remain below 30 degrees. at cold one tomorrow, high temperatures in the mid 30's. a warmup on the way in our seven-day forecast i'll have that still ahead. shawn and tony? >> thank you, caitlin. the forecast always to at your fingerprints at fox5dc.com and get breaking weather alerts on the fox 5 mobile ap. > >>>. >>> dc police confirm the body found this morning in northeast is a dc woman missing since the day after thanksgiving. joan me rockingham's body was found in a trash can in the driveway of a vacant 34th street northeast. she was scene november 22'nd in the same area. she died of multiple stab wounds, they have not released information on a suspect or a motor vehicle in h

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however, parts of our area if you get well out to western maryland alleghany county and into grant countyendleton and mineral country west virginia it mounts a couple inches of snow and it's a white christmas for some if you get far outside viewing area. but for us in d.c. no snow this year there's always next year. we certainly have the cold. winds brought that in earlier this morning and will diminish overnight and chilly. and the same can be satisfied for tuesday. mix of sun and clouds and not a bad day especially if you have to get back to work. cold air reinforced by wednesday. looking at cold and colder and coldest as you get to new year's weekend. snow in the 7 day forecast. first to recap christmas day. 41 reagan and 39 dulles and 38 bwi. this was all earlier in the day. we saw the temperatures steadily fall throughout the afternoon and right now, 20s are showing up pretty widespread across the area. 29 baltimore and 27 gaithersburg and 27 dulles and upper 20s along mountains 3 2 at the freezing mark in d.c.. look at cold air across the north east, 32 boston ux new york, and wides

they expand from iowa all the way towards ohio, west virginia, western maryland garrett county. notice we do not have any winter weather advisory in our area. it does not meet the criteria and it is happening saturday morning so we're not dealing with an early morning rush. we could be dealing with some problems. i'll show you who will get the most snow and when the cold will move back in. as cold as it has been, it gets even colder for the new year. >> thanks, doug. >> this evening we're getting a better sense of the human loss from that deadly fire in new york. 12 people, five of them children, killed when flames tore through an apartment building overnight in the erica bayfield from our sister station in new york has the latest. >> reporter: the frances family devastated by the fire, 27-year-old karen along with her precious children, 2-year-old kylie and 7-year-old gone. her husband holt in the hospital, brain dead, and it gets worse. their 19-year-old cousin shan tway young also perished from the flames flooded this five story building. >> this fire is, i said last night, h

look at that, snow showers begin in the western maryland. they will continue through the weekend.news for the ski resorts. 30s to start. could be a few clouds early. sunshine. 49, almost 50 by 1:00. so friday, there are your rain and snow showers south and east. cold on saturday. dry, 43. maybe a snow shower or flurry saturday night. maybe a flurry on sunday. arctic air only 36 back to 50 on monday. then mid-30s on tuesday. maybe a flurry. look at only in the mid-20s next wednesday. >> bradley was working on the blazers last night. >> unbelievable. >> 51 points. we will take a deeper look what happened during the game, hey! yeah!? i switched to geico and got more! they helped with homeowners, too! ok! plus motorcycle, boat and rv insurance! geico's got you covered! like a blanket! houston? you seeing this? geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >> now wusa 9 sports with darren hanes, brought to you by xfinity. >> all right. let me start off with this really cool it to a 7-year-old during the skins-saints game a few weeks ago. that kid wrote a letter

the story for this afternoon will be breezy colder conditions at 6:30 temperatures northern to western marylandpper 30s in town and by the bay. tomorrow morning we start out with 20s. clouds primarily morning through mid day scoot out of here in the afternoon but we are not getting out of the 30s tomorrow. warmer temperatures this weekend and we may have rain to deal with. you can check the forecast right now on the app. andrea. >> thanks howard. police need your help to track down a couple of bad guy. suspects wanted in connection of five robberies and two burglaries in less than two weeks. now we are speaking to victims of their crime. here's wusa 9's evan. >> these are the guys police are looking for and they have been very busy. this started december 1 just after 9:00 a.m. just take a look at the video two suspects entering the cell phone store and running off with dozens of phones. a few days later a similar robbery at another cell phone store this time on pennsylvania avenue and this time in broad daylight just before noon. two suspects forced people to the ground and made off with some.

in western maryland you might see the showers late afternoon. as far as the weekend. saturday will be yellow weather alert day. some of the friday night showers will be around through the day on saturday. look at the temperature. 62. then sunday cold air returns. back close to average. 46. we have more cold air coming next week. i want to show you the difference. the european model keep all the snow in the ski areas. this is going through tuesday night. however, we look at at the gfs, i am noticing snow in the northern shenandoah valley and frederick and mountain county. sometimes you can look for clues. sometimes it is obvious. sometimes it is not. this is the atsmospheric span at 20,000 feet. it is showing a low dropping down over us sunday night into early monday morning. this is when we could squeeze out snow showers before the vorticity pulls away monday late in the morning into the afternoon. that's the clue we may see snow. we are in the 30s. winchester 36. 36 cambridge. you can sort of see with the reflection the potomac the light winds on washington right now

chills as cold as 16 in gaithersburg, 24 in waldorf, subzero in the high country and mountains of western marylandrginia. but it looks nicer than it feels. 32 feeling like 24. still gusting to 20 miles an hour but another thing i want to point out, how dry it is. 35%, you heat it up to 70, indoor humidity is like five or 6%. that's why folks are running the humidifiers. tomorrow, more sun as the day wears on, a little bit of breeze. eight, nine, 11 miles an a little bit of a breeze with highs in the upper 30s. 38 tomorrow. look at this cold. six below in bismarck, 17 below in international falls, 20 and 30 below in canada. that air mass is moving off to the southeast. that is going to fuel our cold stretch for the next 10 days or so. that long. lake effect snow tomorrow morning, cleveland and also north of rochester. the plateau, new york state is going to continue. sunny and cold, high pressure will help lighter winds tomorrow night but a reinforcing shot means colder temperatures as we head into wednesday. wind chills are going to be a problem. tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., back to work or up ear

between baltimore, washington, and the mines in western maryland and west virginia. martinsburgew of west virginia, when it was still virginia. the south was greatly at a disadvantage in terms of number of railroads, rail miles of the 30,000 miles of track in the united states at the beginning of the civil war, one third were in the confederacy. some states had barely a few hundred miles of track. with different gauges, it made intermodal transportation -- instead state transportation a challenge. where we are standing now, on the other side of the john hancock. this is a very small locomotive. situated in the yard with our yard man. the railroad was one of the most efficient industries. it was one of the first two address recycling. nothing was thrown away. everything was recycled. at one time, this locomotive what have been the largest in service. as the decades past, it became too small for the loads to carry. it was relegated to yard work. after they became too small for yard work, the power system would be transferred to run a sawmill or water pump, or everythin

if you are traveling, especially in the western maryland, west virginia to eastern part of that. ern virginia or even beyond that. you will encounter the snow. we have light showers to d.c. and the south. that is not the big story for us. 21 in pittsburgh. 25 around columbus. charleston at 28 but it feels like the single digits. detroit right now, 5:00, feels like 4 degrees. that is way down there. future cast, there are snowshowers continuing tonight. over the higher terrain. we are not expecting that tomorrow. a beautiful day from the inside looking out. a lot of sunshine. crowds on the increase tomorrow. tomorrow evening, a couple of slight snowshowers around the area. bulk of what you are seeing here tomorrow at 11:00. stay north and back to keep a close eye on it. the temperatures and the big winds. 17 to 23. but those numbers are warm when you look at the big picture. 32, 33 at 4:00. somewhere in there but feels like 20's. 40 degrees on thursday. chance of the snowshowers on friday. does not look like a big deal at this point but we are keeping a close eye on it. notice 40's

travelout to the west you'll still notice the clouds over western maryland.00 thisafternoon you notice that the clouds push their way back in. at times you'll get a break other times they'll push back into the forecast. coming up we'll talk about our rain chances increasing over the weekend. most of the week willbe quiet and dry. by theweekend looking at shower chances once again and we'll track that for you coming up. >>> we have a water main break impacting you by route 410 both the east and westbound lanes being impacted. moresignificant eastbound lanes. if you're heading westbound slight delays only one lane closed. they know aboutthis water main break. they'retrying to fix it. as of knowprobably going to be an issue

still 50 here in washington. 45, leesburg. 37, winchester. 23 in western maryland. that's the colder air coming in here as the day goes along. there's your day planner, starting off relatively miner and not much of a rise. temperatures will start trailing off around 3:00, 4:00. colder weekend. more about the weekend forecast coming up in a few, with a chance for snowflakes. >>> 4:29. an 11-year-old boy is in critical condition after what investigators say was an accidental shooting. prince goernl's county police say the boy was shot in the upper body and taken to the hospital in critical condition. police say the 33-year-old babysitter was the one who shot the boy and was the person who took him to the hospital. police first got to the home on bellamy way around 6:40 last night. the boy is still in the hospital. >>> we're learning new information about the crash that led to this major backup on the beltway. montgomery county fire says someone crashed at the 270 spur in bethesda. that person left his car to check out the damage and then hit by a car. both drivers wer

and you can see already the panhandle of west virginia through hagerstown, heading west into western maryland we've got some scattered showers around. the general motion of these is going to be up towards the northeast. so this shower right over martinsburg right now, it's not heading south towards brunswick, it's heading up towards hagerstown. so martinsburg, hagerstown, over into west virginia you got some showers around. eventually the entire batch of showers tracks east as our cold front inches closer. mild right now, other side of this front it's going to be turning a lot colder as we look towards the rest of the week. here's futurecast today. metro area right now after lunch hour we're dry, but by 4:00, start of the evening commute we got scattered showers around. we've got a yellow weather alert because of the impact this will play for your evening commute. we'll go into 7:00 this evening. still scattered showers around the metro. they're passing through overnight as you're sleeping. first thing tomorrow morning the showers may be lingering in southern maryland for 6:00 a.m., then ey c

all of aher cloudy back into areas of western and northwestern maryland. 48 degrees by 4:00, stayinghe temperature mark with breezy conditions. it's going to allow you to feel the chill. lighting, youhe will have to bundle up, have a scarf and a hat ready to go. we are counting down the days, just 19 days left until christmas. even colder conditions expected by the end of the month on friday with a cold front moving through. flurries, look at this, shopping on sunday, the highs are 36 degrees. readings, we will talk more about what that will feel like in 10 minutes. talkinge are still about the deadly crash that occurred back in the 2:00 hour, shut down between aspen hill and verona drive, shut down until further notice. connecticut avenue is a good option for you as a workaround. john gonzalez is at the scene gathering more details. 15 just north of the bridge for the crash, follow police direction in order to get by each way. 66, 31 minutes from manassas to the capital beltway. from the beltway, that nine mile stretch headed into d.c. is going to cost you seven dollars and $.50 rig

and then later on tonight, we can see it around west virginia and western maryland, we are looking atsome snow showers popping in and then just south of hagerstown, just outside of frederick, by midnight we could see another flurry make its way in. that's why we have the small chance for a flurry if the forecast. the rest of your wednesday looks pretty good with plenty of sunshine. ellen? >>> you would not be okay with chinese food. for christmas. >> look girl. >> you got nothing else going? egg roll will do. >> hello. >> that's what you bring leftovers today miri? >> i didn't. i was hoping there was some left up stairs from yesterday. >> that was lasagna. not very good christmas meal. it was good though. nice to have a warm meal. i shouldn't complain should i? 95 northbound passing by route 100 before i-895. an accident is blocking at least one lane and already have delays so unusual at this time of this morning. ou

. >> you had to be in far western maryland for that. >> we did walk out to colder temperatures. >> the winds were howling, a little breeze but significantly less than what they were. today was the tip of the proverbial iceberg, you will, for the cold. it was 41 this morning at 5:30 and as i said to adam, that's the warmest temperature we're likely to see in the next week to 10 days. tonight we still have the lake effect streamers coming in. so folks in western new york and in the western adirondacks will be having blowing snow for days here. this is some impressive arctic outbreak. a few clouds around tonight, another arctic front to the west. we're getting reinforcing shots of cold. while we sit at freezing in the mountains itot teens. it's 12 in oakland and teens in pittsburg and cleveland, plenty of cold air coming our way. 2 below wind chill. our wind chill is 26. futurecast shows the clouds we have tonight will thin a little overnight, still a few clouds early. we'll call it partly sunny in the morning. look at these temperatures, only in the low to maybe mid- 30s by lunchtime tue

a trip to western maryland, if you got stuck in the mountains with heavy snow, that road to be closed for weeks. -- could be closed for weeks. a much different experience in terms of how we travel today. the conestoga wagon is an original, and the stagecoach is a reproduction that we had made in 2007. me is onetive behind of my favorite pieces in the collection. the reason for it is because it is unique. it has a little bit of a history in terms of reinvesting and reinvestigated in the kind of history that is associated with one of the pieces. this particular piece was damaged in the roundhouse roof collapse in 2003. presidents' day weekend in 2003 the maryland area got 28 inches of snow. the building we are in dates from 1884. from a variety of factors, the design of the building, a structural design flaw, the second was the amount of snow that came down, the third was the wind direction. literally blowing from east to west and depositing drifts on the roof of the white house -- roundhouse up to six or eight feet. the roof has two levels. what precipitated the collapse was, one of th

, sunny and pretty okay for travel just about every wrxt and some areas if you get up to far western marylandxtreme western virginia they saw a little bit of festive snow. right now, 33 in washington. 28 gaithersburg and frederick and 8 martinsburg and a lot of us below freezing and wind continue to gust out of the west and we're seeing gusts over 20 miles an hour washington and points north washed and we did have gusts as hour plus in the d.c. area and the highest one i saw was frederick countsy 6 mile an hour wind gusts earlier this morning. amazing, wind chills with the winds in the teens and low 2 20s. 22 washington and 19 dulles and 17 winchester and get used to this. and all week long and radar, pretty much clear skies and this were no showers and people woke up to christmas morning from pennsylvania and new jersey, new york, new england and ton of pictures are beautiful and extreme forth west of our areas saw a coating mostly snow stayed norm of us late last morning. no issues on the roads. it's cold, temperatures here in the district falling below freezing after 7 . it will be 30 ther

western maryland, garrett, allegany and southern maryland seeing sunshine for 20 minutes or so. around the beltway, there are no problems for the rush hour commute. the temperatures fall through the upper 40's to the middle 40's by 7:00. the night time lows range from 25 to 32 degrees. and waking up tomorrow morning a definite chill in the air with the temperatures in the upper 20s to 30's. in 20 minutes we will head back to bill kelly. michelle: thank you. now a developing story out of washington state where the ntsb trying to figure out if there were any distractions for the train edge near when the am -- train engineer when the amtrak derailed to the highway. we have the latest from dupont, washington. >> this finally hauls away to a secure location where it and the cars that careened off the track in dupont, washington, are analyzed by the investigators. they are still waiting to question the train engineer in the hospital about why the train was going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit when it derailed. the ntsb revealing the engineer was not alone in the cab of the loc

at the freezing mark in western maryland. temperature change between 12 and 16 degrees. this is ahead of the cold front yesterday at this time. temperatures, the core of cold air to the north and west of us. 30's in chicago. we are in the 40's. at hatteras, lower 60's. clouds are beginning to break apart a little bit. we are going to see sunshine moving through the afternoon. grab the sunglasses as you head outdoors at home. out for lunch, temperatures in the upper 40's. breezy and cooler than yesterday. 35 degrees. overnight lows will be on the cool side. tomorrow, more sunshine, but still cold temperatures, at least for this time of year. sun will keep us a little warmer in the upper 40's just around 50 degrees. the weekend, a coastal storm might bring a few wet snowflakes to maryland. it is worth watching. we will keep you updated on abc abc7.com.nnel 8 and 41 degrees on saturday. it will be colder into next week with daytime highs only in melanie: you have no doubt heard about the fire danger of a dry christmas tree, but there is a hidden danger. a baltimore family r

there are a few flurries toward elkin and western maryland and pennsylvania. don't think we will get anything to hit the ground. what you will find is a few more clouds will move in later on. 6:00, working down to the low 40's by 9:00. coming up shortly, we will check in with bill kelly who will be out doing weather on the go. look at a chance to see how things are looking this year. 26 to 34 overnight tonight. it will be called. most of us tomorrow waking up near the freezing mark. it feels like 32 at 9:00 and by lunchtime it feels like we are in the 30's and it will stay that way through friday evening. we are not drastically below average but it is a bit cooler .han would be normal what a stunning to happen as more and more of these versions are starting to indicated different -- similar sort of thing. saturday, watch this shift. is he the blue color that looks like we will get a bunch of snow come a but this is really going to run into some dry air. it will eat away at those snowflakes. that stops us from getting too much. a lot of areas around the metro m

if you have travel plans taking you to western maryland, it is more than likely going to feel like christmas. the ski resorts are opening up tomorrow because they are making their own snow, too. adrianna: a makeshift white christmas. steve: i would rather it be warm outside. adrianna: with palm trees. coming up on abc seven news, raw emotion on live tv, meghan mccain adrianna: back now, a powerful moment on "the view." cohost meghann m mccain, emotional while talking to vice president joe biden about her father's cancer diagnosis. senator john mccain is taking -- facing the same kind of brain tumor that took the life of the former vice presidents son beau. here is abc's robin roberts. >> your son have the same cancer that my father was diagnosed with six months ago. >> this is the moment, the emotional moment, that touched so many. >> it's not about me. cohost meghan mccain consoled by former vice president joe biden on air, biden moving seats to sit next to mccain, taking her hand in his as mccain's tears well up with tears. >> your dad took care of my beau . your dad became friends with be

veronica: we are on a weather and afor the unusual cold winter weather advisory being issued in western maryland. af ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart. (vo) going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen million dollars to those in need. veronica: colbert is a blast of cold arctic air coming in that might have you adding extra time to your prep work this morning. 32 to 33 during her 2:00 to 3:00 hour, with sunshine and it will still be windy, the windchill temperatures will be low. not only here but here through north carolina and virginia, hovering around freezing and we stay there for the week with wind chills around 30 degrees or lower on your thursday and friday. we will be tracking more weather tonight around howard county, frederick county, northern montgomery as early as 8:30 to 10:00 this evening when there could be more in the way of snow throughpassing right the area. could be impa

see snow, like doug was showing you on storm team 4 radar also in our mountain cumberland, far western maryland dusting that is close to an inch and this is frederick, loudoun and culpeper and orange counties. this includes leesburg and frederick and snow showers begin in the western zone around 7:00 p.m. and wind down around 11:00 or earlier. we're talking about under an inch. this looks like you're in a snow globe and it's beautiful and you wake up tomorrow morning and ask yourself, was it even snowing yesterday evening? it's looking just fine for the morning commute. we head to our d.c. metro zone, where most of you live. this includes prince georges and fairfax county as well as arlington and alexandria. snow showers between 7:00 and 11:00 it's a minor impact. temperatures are not as frigid as it was out there this morning. >> it's even a little warmer now even though the sun is going down than earlier with the winds. the winds no longer a really big factor. windchills, 27 in d.c. 25 in manassas. as we move tomorrow morning, and nothing like what we saw out there but notice 1:00 the winds p

those in far western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, out around the best chance for mean nor accumulationo be saturday night into sunday morning and a dusting to two inches. speaking of more snow chances, there are some on the ten-day forecast. >> there are. the pennsylvania ski resorts, liberty, places like that, they really try to get their snow going over the next couple of days. yeah, for sure. cross those fingers. 42 on friday and 43 on saturday. 39 on sunday. areawide, the best chance to see flakes would be on sunday but it would just be snow showers or flurries. breezy with the windchills, as ameli another chance on friday. we're not sure how strong the storms are going to be but we're watching that. most of you in the upper 20s and temperatures in the upper 20s and even teens in some locations early next week in the morning hours. cold air, coldest air of the season in the next few days. >> thank you, doug. >>> prince george has a new center going up to be part of the children national health system and will provide, in addition to emergency services and outpatient surgery, it wil

back into west virginia, even parts of far western maryland.ve towards the lunchtime hour here with future weather, still tracking rain in p.a. snow is mixing in even around areas around pittsburgh. we're still dry in washington. 55 degrees at that point. but d.c. starts to see rain during the afternoon and evening hours and notice up in pittsburgh, philly, new york, boston, still dealing with rain. as we move towards the late evening hours, 9:00 p.m., doug, the radar starts to pull out and then temperatures cool. 60 on saturday and then much cooler for the rest of the holiday weekend. >> that's right. our temperatures down tomorrow to 46 and then right back up. 54 on friday. 62 is what we're going for on saturday with a chance of rain. breezy, too. and then it starts to cool. christm christmas eve, 48. look what happens on christmas day. we're going 39 but it may start rain and snow mix early. a better chance for some snow wednesday night into thursday and then all eyes on the later portion of the ten-day forecast. there's a storm out there an

higher snow amounts further west along cumberland and western maryland. here is the countdown to the new year and to the cold. sunday a high of 26 degrees on new year's eve. new year's day 24 degrees. that cold stretch sticks with us the next several days. on the seven day, 27 degrees. 32 by wednesday. that the point we are looking at snow. more news and weather when we return. stay with us. >>> rosemarie, sally rogers of the dick van dyke show passed away. she was a child star of the 1920s and 30s. she was in many sitcoms that featured van dyke and mary tyler moore. she received a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 2001. she was 94 -- she was 94 when she passed away. she was one of many stars that passed away this year. ♪ you belong among the white flowers. you belong in a boat out at sea. sail away to kill off the hours, you belong where you are free ♪ run away, find you a lover, go somewhere bright and new. i have seen no other who compares with you. you belong among the wild flowers, you belong in a boat out at sea. you belong with your love. you b

western maryland, that type of thing. tonight in the form of rain. i wouldn't expect snowshowers moving through. this is dry. we don't have much going on. we have clouds. the bulk of the rain is well south. 7:00 in the a mix of sun and clouds. the rain should stay south of the area. i don't expect rain. the weather story tomorrow is how much cooler than it is today. above normal but it's cooler now. so the hour-by-hour, the temperatures will drop throughout the overnight hours. we are well north of the freezing mark. we are down to 46 by 7:00 in the morning. mix of sun and clouds throughout the day but i don't expect rainfall. thursday when the winter officially begins we should have the sunshine. the temperature is around 45 degrees. then we start to bounce back up. by saturday, 62 before we go back down. we continue to watch the christmas forecast. temperatures in the 40's. going beyond the seven-day the cold air that is going to affect us on tuesday, that is going to work on in. it's trending much colder. the highs beyond the seven day to th maybe

we head to the next 48 hours, notice the mild by 3:00, the cold front beginning to move into western maryland. garrett and allegheny county, you will be the first to see it. once we get this out of here, it will take about 24-48 hours to get the core of much colder air around the area, and you will feel it. 56 for a high today. 60 degrees tomorrow. once the cold front moves through, showers come to an end early wednesday. upper 40's for highs. we will be in the middle 40's on wednesday, lower 40's on friday. look at the weekend. have not had a cold weekend like this in a long time. temperatures to start the day will be in the upper 20's. we will see highs in the upper 30's to around 40 degrees. we will keep the chill in the air for next week. this will go on once we get through tomorrow. temperatures in the 30's and 40's, the longest prolonged. prolonged period of temperatures below average we have seen months. adrianna: just get ready. that is all you can do. get everyone ready. steve: we will survive. a major medical breakthrough, the first american baby born from a uterus transplant. the s

temperature knew 12 in fair month, 19 in martinsburg. 7 way out west in western maryland. 23 along therridor and fredericksburg. windy and cold. the operative word all the way through the lunch hour. the wind will ease up a little bit after the sun goes down just before 5:00 but wind chills, plan on wind chills in the teens all through the afternoon. heaviest winter coat, earmuffs, sunglasses, there will be a fair amount of sunshine. dowd custom tailored storm team 4 forecast. now we do have a little chance of a few flurries coming in. al berth at th alberta clipper coming in. should take most of the energy and snow chance across central pennsylvania northbound into new york and new england. for us, i think we're going to be too far south of that. could get a few flurries especially up across northern maryland. there's a passing snowflake or two here this morning as well. windy and cold today. few flurries tonight. nothing to worry about. tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy. rain chance late sunday night into early monday. nowhere near as cold next week. let's go over to melissa mollet an

. >>> western maryland is now open thanks to the winter reweather, they had to close because of the lackow but it says it will reopen at least four trails from snow tubing to snow boarding, wisp of course offering a lot of options >> it's that time of year. >> they've got it's been cold >> it's like they're watching, they spun it around for us. >> they want to give us a view, look at all that wisp has to offer. >> they had a lot of snow, thankfully we didn't have -- enough to make a ski trail >> enough to as always around here >> what we got was about .2 of an inch. here's a live look outside at the white house, all the snow ended a couple of hours ago in washington as well as me baltimore, we're seeing the last of the snow flurries push east off the shore, so that's it for the snow today. it was very light, but of course, it was cold outside, so it did accumulate on the untreated surfaces and make it a very cold and winter re looking friday afternoon, watch for icy spots especially north and east where they got accumulation anything that's wet or untreated left over will quickly freeze