some snow on the backside of the system around here i could tell you other parts of virginia western virginia northern virginia central western parts of north carolina is set to get socked with heavy snow so it's going

you can read the western virginia water authority's water quality reports on- line for yourself. there's a link to do wdbj7-dot-com. just click on this story. our area is offering at a major discount. and natural bridge is about to welcome friends. in natural bridge, and it promises to bring in lots of tourism. stewart sat down with the man behind how he plans to make it happen. triceratops, and other jurassic creatures will call natural bridge their home. is so outrageous, it's fun. it's just fun." mark cline is their owner and will soon open an attraction called dinosaur kingdom ii. this comes four years after the first park was closed after a fire. "they enter into a train car that's been ravaged by a dinosaur. as they go through go through that they enter into a time cone and that's what takes them back to 1864 cline said people will take a self-guided tour with a spin on civil war history... while running into more than 25 motionless dinosaurs. he plans to build the park here...across from the natural bridge zoo. "it's a lot of opportunity. lower part of the county has natur

our sister station reports-- that area in western virginia could see as much as two feet of snow. winter storm warning is in effect for northampton co, nc, southampton co, co, james city co, and the peninsula to all points northward today into tomorrow. a winter weather advisory will remain in effect for bertie co, hertford co, gates co, suffolk, isle of wight co, and the peninsula. tonight: snow and a wintry mix changing to rain. light to moderate rain through saturday morning. lows: low-40s. winds: ne 20-30 mph, gusts to 40 mph. saturday: on and off rain showers changing back to light snow late. an additional 1" to 2" possible, higher amounts farther north. minor tidal flooding likely. highs: low-40s. winds: n/ne 15-25 mph, gusts to 45 mph. sunday: decreasing clouds. still windy, minor tidal flooding likely in the morning. highs: mid- 30s. winds: n 10-20 mph, gusts to 30 mph. winter storm warning is in effect for northampton co, nc, southampton co, surry co, james city co, and the peninsula to all points northward today into tomorrow. a winter weather advisory will remain in eff

heading up into roanoke and parts of western virginia and parts of west virginia, southern pennsylvania, we're looking at the possibility for 1 to 2 feet f not more snow in that location. even all the way up into new jersey and parts of new york possibility for 8 to 12 inches of snow. so this is going the to be a big blizzard. a big disruptive snowstorm. here at home, no snow but we're going to have some storms. mainly between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. the best chance for a storm will be right around lunchtime. the line of showers and storms will rumble through. there's a slight chance that one of them could be severe. of course we will be keeping an eye on a possibility for any wind damage or maybe isolated tornadoes that could develop tomorrow afternoon. overnight, quiet, 60 degrees. tomorrow, scattered showers and storms. and isolated storms not out of the question. high temperatures in the lower 70s and much cooler for the weekend. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you have seen any job openings lately, a lot of businesses are asking for applicants who are social media savvy

light accumulations in northern pa and way out into western west virginia a lot of ohio has at least snow showers now and some snow coming down. more significant up there. there will be accumulation and in some cases up here through western pa ohio and western virginia in upper elevations back out to the west and virginia too. western maryland for tat matter there will be 2 to 4" of snow coming across the we will not get that. we're talking about snow showers here west and northwestern neighborhoods snow mixing mostly with rain through the metro. here's future cast this morning 8 a.m. you see the concentration of the snow. western pa back out into ohio this is 1:00. notice it has really a hard time come ago cross the mountains. and until we get to the afternoon. so maybe a few snow showers west even as early as noontime today. but nothing that will be gnificant. and then later on this afternoon early this evening as the brunt this storm comes across you can see where we are here. kind of a mixture. rain showers. little mixture and snow showers little mixture and snow showers, too. an

the watches have now been upgraded to winter storm warnings for kentucky west virginia western virginia this winter storm watches a blizzard watch for dc. dc any little bit of snow and it shuts that place down early saturday it's going to be ms in the mid atlantic with the snow numbers here heavy snowfall from virginia they could seee 2 feet of localized snowfall into pennsylvania. maybe an inch or two of accumulation at the most other place that we can looking windy.ul we should be near saturday on friday two systems to watch we have the one monday and another slight chance of producing light accumulation. we will sendnd it back to you guys. it is 5:25 a.m. sports time bit there brooklyn nets are just wet they cavaliers need after monday night's big home loss. the wind and cold dominated the second worst team in the east the cavaliers came out with energy as they took control earlyrs kevin love had a big night to have the 17 points came on the alley up from lebron james. love also grabbed 18 rebounds they limited the next they josh football league to reinstatement to he can return to a

the six-inch probability is very high in western virginia and virginia, up to southern pa, and as you advance the threshold to a put, that really narrows it down quite a bit. and by the end of the week, we're looking at the highest probabilities there, concentrated here up in northern virginia, northern west virginia and south-central pennsylvania. obviously a lot can change is that gradient shift just a little bit. areas that don't look like they are in trouble now could be later in the week. stay tuned. 49, clear, a bit breezy and very cold, 16. tomorrow, despite a full commitment of sunshine, only three -- 33. we moderate wednesday and saturday. right now barela, it looks like primarily a cold rain with highs in the 30s. but, the trouble spots probably won't be too far to the north and west. that always makes you nervous, because things are very mild south and east, all of a sudden, you are under the wheel. >> no kidding. >>> fayetteville city leaders are talking about changing the still ead, these littleey rod afirregular ayoufis rioo rm brwhitod a cau y tt'noy va evrio edg eskst

northern and western virginia, west virginia, and also high pressure back to the west helping to bring in that strong pressure gradient. stronger northwest and westerly wind, as we're clearing seeing now. cold front is essentially east of the florida peninsula, but we are picking up a few light showers that you see on doppler radar. maybe even a little more substantial rain mixed in here. not a big deal. these are not thunderstorms, just passing light showers. rpm forecast model in the early morning hours keeps up that trend. these blobs are exaggerated because of the grid here. you get the idea. you saw the radar. they will continue to move quickly from west to east. notice these lines close together, tightly packed, isobars indicating a strong -- when they are tighter together, a stronger wind and wind direction from the north. that's a northerly flow to the south. clearing skies in the afternoon. very windy. same for sunday. lots of sunshine, but still windy certainly on sunday with very dense air. 50 degrees to start the day. partly to mostly cloudy, maybe a few sprinkles in the af

talking live with the western virginia water authority about how it tests for potential dangers in our drinking water. good morning, it's just about 6 o'clock on wednesday, january 27. a few stray showers early followed by a slow increase in sunshine it's a unanimous vote from the botetourt county board supervisors to move forward with the next planning steps for a proposed wind energy farm. several expressed their concerns from wind experts to county leaders at a public hearing last night. even neighboring rockbridge county had some questions. the developer, apex clean energy spoke on the project it's calling the rocky forge windfarm. the company says it's going through all the necessary steps and rules in order to build it. "the botetourt ordinance was very thorough on what studies was required of us and we also have alot more studies to do down the road whether that's the state or federal agencies" apex clean energy will now start going through a state process. we have new details in a hammer attack in amherst county that we told you about yesterday. the sheriff says it child care i

and little white stuff coming of our viewing area but it's not until you get out in western virginia that we are seeing any of the reporting stations actually reporting snow down at the surface in either western north carolina or into virginia. meanwhile temperatures are up a little bit compared to yesterday but all that means is we're up in the mid thirties still plenty cold for snow you don't need to have a thirty two is need of a thirty two up a few thousand or so feet from there on up because then anything that falls doesn't really have too much of the time to change over and melt so right now we are running warmer than we were yesterday. let's take a look through this evening official forecasts in terms of our ecm ws no potential as the euro model year so much about around half an inch and i think that's a pretty good starting point this is the later stormed the one that is coming on friday into saturday. i'll tell you what i think of these numbers and i come back in just a little while right track again a journey to the part about around krispy kreme any price i only appear on

the national weather service says eastern kentucky, western virginia and southeast pennsylvania could get town 2 feet of snow. that's 20u 2000. the heaviest hit area is baltimore and washington, d.c. >>> grief counselors are at two county schools. >> they returned for the first time since two teenagers were killed in a hit and run crash. tara lynn is live in wilmington this morning. tara? >> these students were just 13 and 16 years old. they're still looking for the driver that killed them. a group of fourteens were walking home from a convenience store on highway 421 around 11:00 saturday night. that's when a driver hit them from behind. 13-year-old jennifer shark and shark went to a middle school. steven daniels was treated and release from the hospital. wral say investigator -- may be belong to a late 1980s or early 1990s chevy -- try to see if they can use that piece of the headlight to match it up with some of the cars they can find in that video. ultimately they can find the driver responsible. >>> all right. i know that investigation continues and we'll continue following it. >

saturday morning, the system heads north. 6 to 12 inches of snow fall possible in tennessee and western virginia. but here's where they're going to see the bullseye, one to two the feet of snow in eastern virginia and right around washington, d.c. so when they're deal thing with that, we will have gusty cool conditions through weekend. leslee, how about traffic on >>> well, flowing at decent speeds on the bay area interstates. no delays on the bridges. st. pete, we have an accident. injuries involved in the crash. and it's right on martin luther king also known as 9th street right at 116th avenue. be aware of that. and also moving over here to state road 54, not seeing anymore delays. and we have a collision reportedly tying up lanes there. and we have a good drive on the sun coast parkway and connecting to the veterans expressway, up to speed as well. and we have issues on 50th street at 17th avenue where you might see lanes blocked from an earlier accident. and a great drive in downtown tampa. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene. >> all right. thank you. >>> well the g

so take it slow and take your we'll be >>> crews in western virginia are ready for the massive snowfall. and the crews are treating roads with a salt and grandfather develop mixture. >>> families are getting much needed help in durham in time for the winter weather. we told you a couple weeks ago about a mom that launched a coat drive after seeing kids at the bus stop without a coat on a freezing morning and she gathered about a hundred new coats. jackie love has set up this room at wg pearson center. coat, gloves and hats for kids. the need increased 70%. >> this reminds me how great people are and a great city that we live in that people do care about human needs. >> love hopes to have all the coats distributed in the next two weeks and there's a need for new shoes and high green -- high hygiene products as well. >>> in minnesota, people are freezing their clothes in the yard as ice sculptures. one man laughed at the trend said that he saw some froze den pants and the animal got scared and tried to run away. they're frozen. >> someone literally froze their pants off. >>> from the tria

bulls eye, eastern, west virginia, but a little bit of a mean $20 to $30 inch -- 30 inches from western virginia to dc. that's why people are so on guard, the track has been consistent, not much room for what could be a few inch to a few feet. >> and it crippled them. >> yeah, for us and not to mention severe thunderstorms. >> that's right, we tracked about four thunderstorm warnings in our area, a tornado warning on the east side of the state, coming up i'll take you through that line that went through. and on the horizon, another round of storms in our forecast, tell you when. >> and we were tracking those thunderstorms earlier today, some proved to be dangerous in certain areas, in south tampa on west street, a huge tree came crashing through and -- an engaged couple's house, tammie fields shows you the damage and how to prevent it from happening to you. >> reporter: this is a massive clean up effort, really amazing no one was seriously hurt here. that's because this tree weighs some seven tons! >> that's astonishing, really crazy. share with his fiancee is a mess. >> i'm also a little afraid

you can still see some winter portions out in western virginia, maryland, and they are still getting pounded with a lot of snow, and i wanted to things into perspective as we see a little bit of snow, but we have not nearly as much as you can see here. in perspective, take a look at what we have in an average winter, 35 point three inches, and you can see up to 40 inches is what has fallen on portions of the east coast, so they have seen way more than we see in an average winter season. we have a little bit going on out there, not much, and we see the clouds on the increase and some breaks out to the east, but largely, just a dreary, cloudy day. hang tight with the mild trend. 24 degrees, and we are on track for the mid-30's this weekend, and i will go over that coming up shortly. todd: helping to find an inmate who escaped from the newton correctional release center. officials say edward shorter was not present during a routine count this afternoon. he is 28 years old with tattoos on his upper right and upper left arm, serving a 20-your sins for possession of a controlled substance.

but this one's all the way out through western virginia north carolina west virginia and points to the west of that this eerie shade of blue a winter weather advisory and that includes the rest of the peninsula around newport news york opera co said hampton and then south of that isle of wight in something down in the north carolina gates and thirty county along with her for county so we're watching this storm system is coming in no doubt about the precipitation is going start later this morning and then in the early afternoon or to see persistent mix precipitation changing over to rain later this afternoon and tonight i want to talk about the snowfall projections said we've been very steady state no trace to three inches areas around the metro with the heavier amounts out to the last it's been a consistent message and what's going to be a little deceiving as it were to get those types of amounts but the rain is going to knock it down to watch some of the way that this is the latest from the g f s model one of our two models in the one the euro shapes up like this also calling for the

in fact, in parts of the northern areas, of western virginia and western maryland between 36 and 40 inches of snow, with this snowstorm. they took biggest hit and even here we are seeing areas over 2 feet, far to the north and west of philadelphia. as we look closer on double scan live radar we are seeing that band of purple, pink, moves to the south of glassboro, elmer, salem where it was really light through most of the afternoon. that is that intense ban moving from the north to the south. you can see dryer air functioning in and bringing it in from trenton and that i-95 corridor. off to the north and west in the the lehigh valley, it is starting to break up, as well, in allentown and we will start to see this trend as we will get these holes in the radar as this storm is weakening and really exhaust continuing itself and beginning to push off to the east. so we will take a look at the totals. in philadelphia 17.7 inches so far with this storm. allentown over 20 inches of snow. phoenixville 2 feet. mount holly, 17 inches. newark right around a foot of snow. the as we time this as it exi

cold air i talked about look at west virginia twenties thirty in charleston thirties here in western virginia in richmond is still well down in the mid forties degree range so here with a northwest wind comes our air a little bit later tonight why will it be turning colder well high pressure is moving and forcing that from now and that northerly wind again is going to bring air straight from canada so one of the colder days we've seen so far this winter we haven't had a lot of those that this will be one of the chapters then as we go through the overnight hours dropping back down through the thirty degree mark and in many areas when she get in and it'll be more like the twenties and that's the air temperature will feel quite a bit colder than that teens for most areas in terms of the wind chill tomorrow by afternoon to actual temperatures rising up in the upper thirties but it will feel like the twenties much of the day tomorrow night a very weak system comes through you can see sort of a hint of that right in here with some of these clouds as that comes through ten percent chance if that of

that opened its doors more than 90 years ago in new york will expand its operations here in western virginia. we beat out texas, south carolina, north carolina and georgia. we wanted it here in the commonwealth of virginia in botetourt county. arkay says it was running out of room at the location on eastpark drive. so it's moving warehouse operations to another buillding. and preparing to install new machinery. mitchell kaneff/arkay ceo: at this point in time we're bringing in state of the art brand new pieces of printing equipment, gluing equipment. and ceo mitchell kaneff says arkay will need 50 additional employees to run all of that equipment. and local leaders say the announcement will help spread the word that botetourt county takes care of business. jack leffel: it makes a statement that if we get folks here, we try to treat 'em well and they're going to be here a long time. and this is a perfect example of that. ceo mitchell kaneff says arkay is looking for experienced equipment operators, but he also said the compnay will consider others with passion, energy and a strong work ethic

west virginia, western virginia, northern maryland and and some area could get one to feet of snow. so prepare for the potential winter weather that we could see early tomorrow morning. and local plumbers said they've dealt with several busted pipes and expect more as the temperatures continue to dip. you can prevent frozen pipes by letting cold water drip from your fought set and insulating pipes. and duke energy said that down trees and limbs are the leading cause of outages during the storm. >> winter weather can be unpredictable. so we're having all of our crews on hand and where had to respond. -- and ready to respond. >> you're asked to prepare. you can put together an emergency supply kid that includes flashlights, batteries, water and nonperishable food items. operating on a two-hour delay today. you can find the latest on wncn.com wet. and you'll need the wncn.com address because tomorrow i expect the number of schools closing or on that hour delay to continue. >> yes. i certainly look for school schedules to be interrupted tomorrow. and we're tracking cold temperatures, ju

the heaviest concentration of snow showers coming in through western virginia. the alleghanies will block this but there will be snow showers this afternoon. futurecast shows the timing at about 6:00 p.m. this evening. rain shower south and east of the metro area, snow showers to the north. much drier air moves in with a strong gusty wind and rapidly falling temperatures. here's the deal for areas north and west of the metro area. show so -- snow should start around 3:00. best chance will be in our western zones. western and northern suburbs, that will start around 5:00. wayne at first changing over to snow for areas just south and east of the district, closer to six. rain showers and the farther south you are i think it will be all rain. we do not expect any acute relation. a big change is coming. 45 for a high today. only 32 at best tomorrow. it will not be as windy it will still be breezy enough to drive wind chill's lower. we turn around and quickly warm back up. 43 on friday. 49 -- 43 on thursday, 49 on friday. we will go into the holiday weekend and things

now most of those are in western virginia and that includes a fatal crash in bedford county closer to home troopers responded to three crashes in hampton roads. state police are asking drivers to avoid unnecessary travel. if you have to drive on the slick roads experts say do not use cruise control increase the distance between you in the car in front of you gives you more time in room to stop don't make sudden moves accelerate and brake slowly and if you don't slide steer into the direction of the scare and be prepared if you get stuck in your car during a winter storm aaa recommends you pack a car kit that includes bottled water food and ice scraper gloves boots and a phone charger also make sure you have a flashlight with extra the resources you need for the weather storm track of the winter weather guide under the weather tab on thirteen years now dot com we have a full list of useful tips and information to keep you and your family safe during this bitter winter blahs and now is the time to download our free weather caster at the hampton roads most accurate forecasts and straight

some of the mountains of west virginia and western virginia. around here we just barely get brushed in southern new hampshire later tomorrow. weekend in a few minutes. tom: the winter storm is slowing down travelers, here's a live look at the flight board of the airport's website, several flights delayed or canceled. stephanie woods live now with how travelers are scrambling to get to their destinations. reporter: well, although we're spared from all that snow slamming the mid atlantic here in new england, we're not spared from the travel woes, a lot of people feeling the headaches here at manchester airport. so far moving forward tonight there are six flight that have been canceled, and now five flights going out are shut down. two flights are running late. each delayed at least an hour. all the flights to and from baltimore, washington d.c. and charlotte have been canceled, with many out of newark and philadelphia also affected. naomi of york, maine is flying to chicago to visit her son and was relieved to fine her flight is on time. keeping

>> mount crawford, virginia, yes, in western virginia.i-81 for a long time now. it's been a slow go. but we have been driving into some lighter batches of snow. we are kind of driving out of the heart of the meat of the storm and driving into where the storm is headed so we are certainly going to see everything that we already passed and drove through head now towards washington, d.c. right along with us. you can see on the front camera, we are in the blue-mobile. very heavy truck, it handles very well in these types of conditions. you can see that the road was recently plowed. because temperatures are so cold, it's been this light fluffy snow that's been blowing around. you should see the snow dust, i guess, tossing back behind us. you can actually see this vehicle that's about to go. does reduce visibility. that's going to be the main concern when this storm makes its way to washington, d.c. because it's going to be this light fluffy snow at first, and we are also going to see winds gust up near 60 miles per hour. that explains the bliz

we don't know how the latest announcement will affect jobs here in western virginia. the stock closed higher today. right now police are searching for a - missing girl in blacksburg. take a look. this is nichole lovell who is 13 years old. she was last seen early this morning on fairfax road. police say she is without her daily medication needed after having a liver transplant. nichole has a tracheotomy scar on her throat and was last seen wearing pink and brown cowboy boots. if you have any information, call the blacksburg police department. the president of a university in our region made national headlines yesterday when he endorsed a presidential candidate. today, jerry falwell junior is explaining why he wants donald trump to be the next commander in chief. falwell sat down with wdbj7's tim saunders for his only local t-v interview on backing trump? chris, falwell sees a lot of parallels between trump and his late father, the televangelist jerry falwell senior. in our talk this afternoon, falwell wanted to clear up some misconceptions about his endorsement. in th

our sister station reports-- that area in western virginia could see as much as two feet of snow. (anchors ad lib toss to winter storm warning is in effect for northampton co, nc, southampton co, surry co, james city co, and the peninsula to all points northward today into tomorrow. a winter weather advisory will remain in effect for bertie co, hertford co, gates co, suffolk, isle of wight co, and the peninsula. tonight: snow and a wintry mix changing to rain. light to moderate rain through saturday morning. lows: low-40s. winds: ne 20-30 mph, gusts to 40 mph. saturday: on and off rain showers changing back to light snow late. an additional 1" to 2" possible, higher amounts farther north. minor tidal flooding likely. highs: low-40s. winds: 45 mph. sunday: decreasing minor tidal flooding likely in the morning. highs: mid- 30s. winds: n 10-20 mph, gusts to 30 mph. winter storm warning is in effect for northampton co, nc, southampton co, surry co, james city co, and the peninsula to all points northward today into weather advisory will remain in effect for bertie co, hertford co, gat

at this point, we don't know how many positions will be eliminated in western virginia. joe, is the decline of coal to blame for the company's disappointing results? jean, it's certainly a factor. the company says a weak global export market, record high temperatures in the east and low natural gas prices cut coal revenues by 20 percent in the 4th quarter. and the plan to downsize the railroad includes cutitng employees in areas affected by lower coal traffic. the bad news hasn't spooked investors, though. norfolk southern closed higher today on the new york stock exchange. police are searching blacksburg. nichole lovell, who is 13, was last seen early this morning on fairfax road. police say she is without her daily medication needed after having a liver transplant. nichole has a tracheotomy scar on her throat and was last seen in pink and brown cowboy boots. if you have any information, call the blacksburg police department. warm-upwe are looking at a refreeze overnight it's can be a cold night the skies are clear just a little bit were expecting some more clout cover

notice we have a pretty significant area of snow out some moderate snow in central and western virginia later tomorrow is that comes toward us it's going to tend to dry out the air mass is very dry so it's not a certainty that this will make it down the ground but in a few spots i think it probably will. and there's even a slight chance of a heavier snow shower that can give us a coating and then look at that northerly wind keeping us not quite as cold is still way below normal during the afternoon on thursday and then getting into friday is when we have to look at the next system but as you can see it's clear up and down the eastern seaboard lows tonight than mere twenty mid to upper twenties in the teens for in one area mid to upper teens excuse me and him in areas that are in line tomorrow thirty four sunshine giving wby to clouds and flurries possible late in the day quite a few flurries him a little bit of light snow or snow shower north especially low of twenty six and then changing to rain for most of our immediate area high of forty eight when the friday night very windy high ti

western virginia eastern west virginia and extreme western maryland and up to western pa that's where there's a winter weather advice any place maybe good 2 to 4" of snow higher elevation and western facing mountains get the most. next couple days 45 today. showers. whether snow showers or rain showers or combination of both. okay that's a real possibility. look at tomorrow. super cold. 33 degrees. most places will stay in the upper 20s. and wind will blow tomorrow 10 to 20. maybe a few gusts 25. we'll never feel like we're in the 20s or 30s. we'll be in the teens and feels like or 20s and feels like. 31 in town binghamton 16. >>> not super cold northwest because clipper is m coming through. there's snow flying out here with clouds too. that's keeping temperatures up a little bit. i know looking at this it looks ominous but a lot of snow is not touching the ground and it's very, very weak the heaviest of the snow is through central sections and western parts of ohio and as the clipper comes across of course we'll have a better chance for a little bit of snow shower activity again west

this blue line represents for the air is cold enough aloft to support snow cc that snow over western virginia early on friday as we look ahead during the day on friday mainly rain when the warm sand that lyme is the system pulls through. saturday was his and that colder air aloft working in the back side and there could be a little bit of snow to the north and west or to be watching that we will keep you updated temperatures today tapping around twenty nine will see upper thirties tomorrow forty on thursday and then the interesting weather setting up friday to saturday >>> grab a blanket and get cozy, y'all, because we're bringing you "the chew's" essential comfort food. i'm baking up a sweet and chocolatey brownie that'll make you want to have dessert first. plus, mario's in the kitchen with the ultimate culinary superstar wolfgang puck. that'll keep you warm all winter long. then, we're going from wolfgang to the wolfpack. this group of gals are bffs in >> we call ourselves, the >> grr. >> so sit back, relax, and get

the storm system is well to our southwest, the snow now moving into the carolinas and western virginia. that's the beginning of the snow. it's reached the colder air, look at all of the moisture moving through eastern alabama and into georgia. that is coming our way later today. the futurecast shows that through the day today you'll be able to get out and about, get things done. but late this afternoon and this evening the snow will be falling, you can see the snow right over delaware and south jersey at 9:00 this evening and light snow just beginning at 9:00 this evening in philadelphia. during the day today, plenty of time to get out and make preparations for later on. we'll start with clear skies. you'll see sunshine, don't let that fool you. clouds will be increasing this morning, 27 degrees at 9:00 and up to 30 degrees it's going to be a chillier day today than it was yesterday at noon time, increasing clouds with a little breeze at 8 miles an hour. much stronger winds will accompany the storms, we're going to take a closer look at that and the impact at the shore when i come back

that breaking news out of western virginia blacksburg police confirm that missing thirteen year old nicole madison labelle is dead and that of virginia tech freshman is charged with her murder tuesday police found the girl's body in surry county north carolina that's just over the virginia border. troopers put out an alert that she was missing and in danger on wednesday the day she was reported eisenhower who is accused of abducting and killing a thirteen year old investigator still trying to determine the nature of the relationship between the two of them just want you to know we appreciate everything that screwed on and said on behalf of the church and just want you all know that on this family was active and very faithful to the ministries the church thanks and remembrance tonight in deep creek for hundreds of people honored the dooley family. it was just a few days ago the chesapeake police a camera and only kill his parents siblings and grandmother then killed himself. the family was a fixture in the community the community continues to show just how important the lees were and how gr

look at this we're not going to get this know that they're going to see northern virginia and western virginia it's going to be a crippling storm for central western and northern parts of the commonwealth as well as many parts of north carolina they're already being impacted heavily as well for us though we're looking at winds could gust forty five to fifty mph to fifty miles for that tropical storm force winds and that's going to pick up later tonight riding the tides up so it's going to be when you're here and we're going to have those title issues as well heavy rain is water could be some flooding the runoff combined with those tides kind of complicating things. so a very nasty stretch of weather coming up of the next couple days and we have a couple periods of snow here as well one of the beginning of them transition to rain we've been talking about some snow on the backside of the system as well take a look at some of the hot conditions and i think you'll generally find across regional focus on hand to read that this outlook here temperatures low thirties this morning i expect snow shower

the better business bureau serving western virginia says a person going by "kenneth mcfarlane" offers large donations to charities. he then sends fake targeted, but asks for part of the donations back. so far, three groups in richmond received and deposited fraudulent checks for nearly 40-thousand dollars. the b-b-b is asking that charities watch out for offers that seem "too good to be true." new at 11, a local non-profit is losing money and is now seeking new ways of revenue. w-d-b-j-7's khiree stewart spoke to the owner and tells us why they're facing these challenges and what they plan to do about it. management at the rockbridge area occupational center says they've been feeling some of the worst effects of the economy since they've been in business. now, they have a new strategy. nats - cutting plastic ((b-roll over sot)) 11:30:23 - 11:30:34 "we're a small little organization in rockbridge couny but we provide an impact to a much bigger area." roy funkhouse is the executive director of the rockbridge area occupational center in buena vista. it's a non-profit that provides

carolina and north we're looking at the possibility for up to 30 inches parts of west virginia and western virginia. even new jersey and parts of new york city are going to see quite a bit of snow, all the overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies and low of 50 degrees. tomorrow high only 55 degrees, 15 degrees below our average temperatures. heading out to the gasparilla children's extravaganza, know that it will be cool tomorrow and windy as well. keep that in mind. if you're taking the boat out, please be careful. keep the small boats docked tomorrow. better weather on sunday, then good looking by monday and tuesday. back to you. >>> thank you. you may have noticed love bugs are in the air and a lot earlier than normal. >> reporter: several of you even sent us pictures of these love bugs you spotted in your yard. >> have something crawling and flying on you and doing other things they do. go do that somewhere. get a room. >> reporter: tina was not pleased to see them showing up in her yard much earlier this year. this is file video of high season and scott tells us it wasn't quite this bad. >> all

look at this snow dark purple over portions of western virginia. it the is just thumping snow there at moment. band of heavy snow in eastern virginia as well, that band could lift up into maryland and perhaps, portions of delaware within the next couple of hours. you can see things are starting to saturate here in the philadelphia area once the snow gets underway it will be with us for quite sometime. right through tomorrow night even into early sunday morning. that one band set up over montgomery county, hearing reports around montgomeryville of steady snow there snow begins between now and 8:00 for everyone. saturday, heavy snow all day, strong wind, and then sunday morning we will clear it out. windy day. we will deal with blowing and drifting snow and low visability even on sunday. it is not a tech person we broke it down. in the poconos all snow six to 12 inches expected. twelve to 16 in the lehigh valley. in the city and suburbs, mainly snow, could be a sleet layer if you are somewhere 16 to 20 inches of snow for us. delaware and interior sou

you can the heaviest of the snow right now over portions of virginia, we got heavy snow in western virginia as well. the dark purple shading where the heaviest is at the moment. as we zoom toward our region. you can see the steadiest in this little band right here over montgomery county down through philadelphia just heard from steve on twitter who says roads on the mainline starting to get a little bit hair ri. use extra caution there. if you're to the south, we've had significant snow at least over an inch in portions of delaware. things are starting to slow down there as well. in fact, take a look at these snow totals. the started only a couple hour ago and we're up to an inch and a half or more. 1.4, fen wick at .5 right now and this is just the first couple of hours of this extended duration storm that's going to be with us right through possibly early sunday morning. hopefully it will get out faster since it came if faster. that's only fair i think. future weather by 11:00 we got snowfall everywhere from the poconos all the way to the shore. it's going to be snowing. here are a few th

the snow already moving into parts of central and western virginia. >> abc 7 and news cham 8 are your blizzard 2016 headquarters. we have the washington area's largest team here to get you through this. glad you are here with us. i am larry. >> i am autria. starting right now, we're wall to wall, 24-7 beginning now. let's get to it. let's start off our coverage with jacqui in the weather center. jacqui. jacqui: here it is go time! it is 12:00. this is the time we set in place. the first flakes are flying across the region. here is the "storm watch 7" radar showing you the snow showers be gupping to push in. we got confirmation now with snow coming down in places like fredericksburg, stretching to charlottesville. this is part of our massive storm system. the big bomb of a storm that is going to be bringing epic amounts of snowfall the region, so you, if you are not in place just right now, you need to get there as quickly as you can because even the snow beginning now is relatively light. that is going to chng over to more be in tense snow fairly quickly. the snowfall reports we are g

we )ve got folks mobilized out in the area out in the area areas like western virginia or d-c are getting hit harder than we are. secretary yourself a lot of time if you really have to travel. they )re working to keep all rest areas open. live in virginia beach, brendan ponton newschannel 3. thanks brendan. taking a live look over the chesapeake bay ---- newschannel 3 will have a complete update of the snow fall in your area in just a few minutes. folks have been preparing for the snow all day. folks have been preparing for the snow all day. here is a man in virginia beach salting the sidewalks. here is a picture from the hilltop section of virginia beach. newschannel 3 viewer jim sent this in of the snow around noon today. and take a look at these kids trampoline. this is in kempsville in virginia beach. they are really enjoying it! tracking rain, snow, wind and flooding....the newschannel 3 storm team continues to track a major winter storm through our area, with impacts tonight through part of the weekend. as we move through our early friday evening, snow will continue to fall across p

alot about no doubt this is the big ones going to come in and really pretty heavy snow over western virginia north carolina up to northern virginia and the northeast this is a significant system coming through our local impacts its gonna be a wide range will see a mix to rain and maybe back to snow on the end of the saying on saturday. today a great day to get things >> and coming up on "gma," robin >> hey, george, going one-on-one with will smith. so many thought he would get a nomination for his role in "concussion" this year. what he is saying about the oscars controversy and what he really thinks needs to change in hollywood. that and a whole lot more coming up. so come on back.. and now i have a choice. for her. for them. and him. a choice to take brilinta. a prescription for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin ...no more than 100 mg. as it affects how well it works. it's such an important thing to do to help protect against another heart attack. brilinta worked better than plavix. and even reduced the chances of dying from another one

and the eastern panhandle of western virginia and maryland.he leading edge of this snow trying to reach the ground. much of it still aloft. that's about to come into fredericksburg. southern calvert county, st. mary's, to spotsylvania, west of there and west of shenandoah valley. initially a lot of it is not quite reaching the ground but you may be seeing a few flurries. it's going to be advancing north. by 8:00 this morning the area in the lavender, that's the leading edge of it getting closer in the fauquier, prince william, and perhaps coming into fairfax county. then throughout 9:00, 10:00, it will be coming right into the area. again, some flurries as well as the shenandoah valley and out of the mountains. then maybe some light accumulations of snow farther south from richmond, the northern neck, st. mary's county, northern part of the eastern shore. this band going to be around between 11:00 to 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. that all moving out. most of the activity ends in the metro area by 3:00 this afternoon. then we clear out. then som

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officials are encouraging drivers in western virginia and maryland to watch out for slick roads today. tom, the question, of course, what time could we see some of this snow? >> this will be a dry run for them. put it that way. a few scattered flurries. what to wear? warm coat, scarf, gloves, have an umbrella handy. a few sprinkles of light rain by mid to late afternoon. after that, a few flurries coming through. getting some exercise in, now is a good time. low to mid 40s, 3:00, 4:00 as we'll have a cloudy sky. then the flurries likely into the metro area between 4:00 p.m. to maybe around 6:00, 7:00 p.m. storm team 4 radar which you can track when away from your tv on the nbc washington app, showing just a few flurries, sprinkles of light rain in northeastern maryland. the area of light snow may be affecting us and flurries now coming into west virginia and the ohio valley. >> thanks, tom. >>> we're back in 60 seconds >>> right now a new book is available online and in book stores giving fresh insight into the thoughts and opinions of pope francis. it is the first time the pope put h

of the cumberland mountains mark the point of western virginia that splits kentucky andr of appalachia, a land rich in soft coal and hard times.folks are welcomed by storefronts to remember what life was like before unemployment hit 9%.a gardner: the roads are narrow and windy curves, so it's not easy to drive the bus. >> pelley: this is teresa but she muscles the bus through the hollers, deaf to thea 13-year-old winnebago that's left its best miles behind it. >> gardner: having problems seeing here. >> pelley: you really can't see.y shot and the defroster's out cold. there you go, you can see a little better now. ( laughs )here's a hole in the floorboard here somewhere? >> gardner: yes, it's right over there, so don't get in that area. ( laughs )ay be a ruin, but like most rvs, it's pretty good at discovering america. la meade, are nurse practitioners aboard the health wagon, a charity that puts free healthcare on the road.tients do we have on the schedule today? >> he was going to see what he can free up for us. six counties in southwestern virginia. >> y'all come on in out of the ra

. >> pelley: the tight folds of the cumberland mountains mark the point of western virginia that splits kentucky and tennessee-- the very center of appalachia, a land rich in soft coal and hard times. around wise county, folks are welcomed by storefronts to remember what life was like before unemployment hit 9%. >> teresa gardner: the roads are not easy to drive the bus.

i back to the maps with the radar we go you could see again series of heavy snow now across western virginia beach norfolk and portsmouth northern suffolk up in the peninsula it's really starting to come down now and heavy snow continues at toward i ninety five basically as we go through the day were set this up last evening were mainly clear this morning we saw the increasing clouds and the snow will begin here's a chair for the rest the afternoon. that makes pre sip and snow intensify its gonna pick up we're going to see some accumulation the grounds that it scored a changeover to rain that's going to wash away some of it near the coast but the inland areas will continue to stack up. then later tonight as warmer air mixes in much of the precipitation will change to rain still snow for places like the northern neck areas between williamsburg and richmond continues and the winds will pick up that's going to push the tides higher heavy rain tomorrow morning and as we go through the overnight and early flooding expected so this is a look ahead and look for the rain to potentially change back t

the light blue towards the west, surrounding the area, already a winter storm warning in western virginia, those watches will be upgraded soon. here's what we expect snow begins to move in. and then it will just increase in coverage and intensity throughout friday night into saturday. i think right now saturday morning could be when we see the highest amount of snow per hour. it's just the way it looks, although it will be snowing. we'll have blizzard conditions all day saturday. this looks like it will wind down after midnight saturday into early sunday morning. so weekend snow impact is definitely high. this is a blizzard with some historic amounts of snowfall that will we'll be measuring in feet. again snow arrives friday evening, heaviest saturday morning, widespread major travel impacts. we have tweaked the snowfall map from yesterday we're comfortable with these amounts in the order of 1 to 2 feet for most of the area. the pink shading is where bee think the highest amounts will total up but this is paralyzing for everyone. this will favor the high elevations just west of washington

how virginia and north carolina are joining others in getting ready for the storm. and here's a live look in the western part of virginia. snow has already covered parts of blackburg. this is a live look over today. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") winter storm warning for northampton county nc, southampton, surry, james city counties, and the peninsula to all points northward today into tomorrow. winter weather advisory up for bertie county, hertford and gates counties, suffolk, isle of wight county, and the peninsula. more could be added later this morning or around midday. today: mostly cloudy. wintry mix forming by later this morning and really kicking in by midday. this will be snow, sleet, and some rain at first. through the day it will gradually change over to rain in the metro area, but not before accumulating on the ground. highs will be in the 30s with near 40 degree temps by the evening. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: wintry in the region except the northern fringe of the viewing area. lows near 40. winds ne 15-25mph with gusts to 45mph. saturday: rain becoming scattered snow showers later in the

carolina and then out to the west around south boston and lynchburg a winter storm warning western parts of virginia northern virginia bracing for a tremendous amount of snow maybe a couple of feet in some areas fourteen to twenty inches expected for several locations out there that storm system coming together over taxes will continue to watch is the work he's put in and through our area through the day into saturday and then exits late saturday temperatures are currently in the upper twenty s to low and mid thirties so it's not too terribly cold out there relative to what we've seen the past few mornings but with the winds still feeling my teens and twenties you definitely want to bundle up temperatures today topping out in the mid thirties and we will enjoy a lot of sunshine so hang in there today's your day to get your props for this next storm system coming in to break down the timing will talk about the impacts and snowfall amounts with my next update. check the date right now here's ashley. all right craig very very busy this morning on the roads hadn't been able station norfolk western avenu