look at winchester around 81.nk this is the line between rain to the east and snow right now to the west. you can see what i'm talking about right there. there's winchester and the rain/snow line making its way toward the east. here is the thunderstorm activity that will, i think, make its way toward the north and east toward fredericksburg, the northern neck. southern portions of maryland, get ready. i expect thunder in your area over the next couple hours and a severe thunderstorm watch for areas like richmond and norfolk, and virginia. this is a very dynamic situation. an incredibly powerful storm. you can see the rotation of the storm here. here it comes, right in here. here is the thunderstorm activity and the snow behind it. where do we stand now? flood warnings in effect across much of the area including the eastern shore. that's the newest flood warning. along the i-95 corridor, this went through 8:00. i expect it to be increased through the night and the west. culpeper, fredericksburg, all under flood war

the colder air is moving in here. 43 in winchester. i think you could see the rain/snow line in your area over the next couple hours. this is what we are talking about through 9:00. heavy rain throughout the d.c. area. notice to the west, winchester, front royal, along 81, that's where we expect to see the rain change to snow. snow near i-81. that snow will be heavy at times. a burst of heavy know for two hours there. as we move to the east, we move this to 11:00 around i-95. to the west, the rain will be changing to snow in the area. west of i-95, it could be a burst of heavy snow. one to two hours around gaithersburg, germantown, herndon or reston. it will be gone by 1:00 in the afternoon. three to six inches well to the west. two to three from i-81 to the west. most of frederick county. one to two inches to the south or around the district. only a dusting there. no snow at all in southern maryland. don't expect to see anything to the east of i-95. this is going to be a fast mover. it will be out of here by 1:00. here comes the colde

winchester at 53. manassas will be in the mere mid-50s. it will be feeling nice to end your workweek here. downtown, we should be in the mid-40s at this time of the year. so enjoy the mild weather. now, here is how your friday will break down a cool start as we get taken on here. only a slight chance for the isolated showers. here is a next look at your seven days. new year's eve looking pretty nice. new year's day in the upper 50s. then a blast of arctic air comes in, affecting our temperatures on monday. and boy, look at tuesday and wednesday. and low to mid-30s. those are our highs with this air mass coming on in. i got a couple snowflakes for monday and tuesday and not a big storm at all. maybe just a couple flurries for you are possible. and i would say a good weekend to do some, you know, holiday decoration clean up. it will be mild for you. but also, they dust out the humidifiers. i think next week you'll want to use them. >> i see a lot of freezing temperatures. >> yeah, it's that time of the year. >> thank you. >>> when a man aske

gusting up to 29 miles per hour for winchester this hour.as picked up there. 0 at manassas. 18-mile per hour wind gives at d.c. and 21 at dulles. -- 18-mile per hour wind gusts at d.c. and 21 at dulles. we'll do very well in the sunshine department. we've got a frontal system that moved out. that ridge of high pressure that is building in but once again,ments the wind that will be the factor. your five-day forecast showing you we start to get a few clouds on thursday. we are warming up into the low 50s as we move through into the weekend and we pick up a little more cloud coverage. so far, it looks pretty nice for new year's eve. temperatures will be into the mid-30s. before a couple of weak disturbances to watch as we move through into the weekend t did you understand look like they will bring us any precipitation but they will bear watching. let's check in with lauren demarco to see how the commute is going. >> with the high winds and damp trees, you want to watch for branches down as you head out this morning and continuing into the day.

ricky, thanks for sending this great picture a bomb winchester. -- from winchester. >>> it's beautifulthe highway this morning. we are seeing a lot of headlights and taillights. no accidents reported. no flashing lights. be careful with zero lights on top of school buses. they will be hitting the highway soon. no major accidents on the beltway. more of our neighbors on the road, but everybody is behaving. colesville road in this picture. one picture in virginia, 66 or good in and out of the beltway. to and from the roosevelt bridge looks good. fabulous inland bar, virginia. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a developing story from washington state, joint base lewis-mcchord. as for our soldiers killed and two others injured if when two helicopters crashed in the aviation training area. the cause is under investigation. >>> the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. former assistant coach jerry sandusky in a few of us from now will appear in court on more than 50 counts of child sex abuse. some of his accusers plan to attend the hearing. brianne carter is in the newsroom and with more. >> f

right now, sustained winds from three to 26 miles per hour. 26-mile per hour wind at winchester now. 20-mile an hour wind gust at national airport right now. the wind could get stronger. we have the potential of seeing wind gusting up to 40 miles per hour today. so be aware of that. you are probably going to feel that as you are driving on the highways and as i always say, this is the kind of weather you want to hang onto your hat because the wind are definitely very strong. our high today, about 45 degrees. by about midday, we'll be about 44. skies will be bright. we don't have any clouds to talk about aso it is a perfect day to get out an enjoy. >>> let's check in lauren and see how it is out on the roads this morning. >> ier deal wig bit lighter volume than usual. -- we are dealing with a bit lighter volume than usual. we do haven't accident clara barton parkway at cabin john. it is closed so you want to avoid that route. suitland parkway westbound at silver hill road. the on-ramp is block wade disabled vehicle. let's take a live look from trafficland. nice light volume at pruett

if it is 41 in winchester 37 in cumberland, 39 in quantico, if 33.l be sunshine especially by the late morning and midday. dropping into the twenties tonight, widespread 20 tomorrow morning. it's going to be a cold night, but not windy. upper 40's tomorrow. in the 50's on the weekend. the coldest air so far this season hitting us by tuesday and wednesday of next week. let's go to steve for traffic. >>> a look at the beltway at the american legion bridge, traffic is a little heavier, but moving at speed. that is the case all around the region on most portions of the interstates. to the 14th street bridge, 95 northbound crossing from arlington into the district looks pretty good, no delays. the clara barton parkway is closed southbound towards macarthur boulevard. this is live video of the accident activity. we still have the closure. use river road instead of the clara barton parkway and to get down to an inside the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the world got a rare glimpse inside a reclusive north korea overnight. during a choreographed fun

it will be moderate to heavy and taper off after the evening rush hour. 42. 36 in winchester. quantico is 44. often on showers. up to an inch of rain. maybe even more than an inch. high temperatures in the 40's. windy tomorrow. wins tomorrow and cooler. let's go to steve for the commute. >>> we're going to look at a problem on the beltway. this is doctor randy road where the taxi trailer accident happened at 2:00 this morning. they have a right finding by. it will continue on the interloop heading south them. after the parkway, right now it is ok. we could see some delays on the interloop from prince george's county to college park. keep that in mind. now the fuel spill cleanup on the left side of the road. there is progress. we're not completely open yet. springfield, things are moving smoothly on 95 and 395. >>> fragile county fire fighters are looking to accost a separate brushfires. the first demand just before 11:00 on singleton terrace. they responded to a second fire one block away. no one was hurt. investigators are looking as to whether they are linked. >>> a marine w

even out toward winchester, again, it is scattered. we'll see some lulls in the rain activity today. should be fairly light. day planner for the rest of today, low 60s to mid-60s for your highs. here's andrea. >> the capitals showed some fight last night but in the end, same old result. >> yes, another one goal loss for washington. caps were visiting the division-leading panthers last night. florida scored early and often. taking a 3-0 lead 16 minutes into the game. the caps fought back. from a four goal deficit with less than 2:00 remaining. jason scored but that's as close as it would get. caps have lost five of their last six. >>> nhl, the realignment would put the capitals in the same group with the hurricanes, the devils, the islanders, the flyers and the penguins. the new set-up should begin next fall. >> the 'skins lorenzo alexander may have said it best. the suspected suspension of two players for drug use adds to the redskins drama. the league is expected to -- expected to suspend tight end davis and williams for the remainder

there could be sunshine at this hour. 37 at dulles, 34 at winchester. at the freezing mark in martinsburg. not a tremendous amount of cold air, but there is some well to the north of us. that will arrive next week. the temperature change compared with yesterday we are eight degrees colder at reagan national. off to the west, 16 degrees warmer in chicago. if a trend of what is on the way for the next couple days. a big warmup across our area with temperatures tomorrow? well into the fifties. the mild air will stick around for the upcoming holiday weekend. a few snow showers out there across western maryland and west virginia, really not going to amount to much. a few snow flurries reported in hagerstown but no accumulation expected. not expecting to see anything across the immediate metro. if anything, skies will begin to clear a little during the late evening into the overnight. then the clouds will arrive for tomorrow again. here's the futurecast. some filtered sunshine on the way. temperatures will stay mild for the weekend. behind the mild air is a s

to the west, winchester and petersburg are now at 39 degrees. our forecast shows 40 fourto 49 for afternoon highs. take a look at the forecast tomorrow. we have a funnel system on the way, then it colder weekend. details from abc belfort furniture weather center in a few moments. >>> up and down the eastern seaboard, some places saw plenty of snow. committees north of scranton had several districts for school clothes. i scouted power lines led to thousands -- power lines down when to thousands of outages. if you have taken any weather pictures, we love to see them. >>> a montgomery county community is in shock after a reported sexual assault. someone attacked a cleaning worker at the potomac oaks condominium complex on quince orchard boulevard. police are looking for a suspect. >> this is just terrible let something like that what happened around here, especially in the middle of the day. >> john gray is stunned to hear about this sexual assault in a typically quiet gaithersburg committee. >> pretty nice ladies work around here. they speak to ev

oakland winchester 36 york 37. colder to the west but that colder air sinking in to central maryland and we're going to drop quickly temperature wise. few clouds on the satellite room nothing on the radar but there is big rain to the south and west and this headed our way by tomorrow afternoon. climbing to the 40s tomorrow near 50. rain a good bet by the afternoon commute. we'll talk much more about when this gets out of here and how things shape up into your new year's eve weekend coming up. >> got plans head out for some after christmas shopping or maybe dinner with friends this week or new year's eve wondering how many layers you're going to need to wear. check out the a cornerback 2 weather app. that way you can have the hourly forecast weekend outlook 7-day forecast live interactive radar any time you want it in the palm your head. go to abc2news.com/weather. >>> we have a 35-year-old man ended up spending christmas in jail after anne arundel county police found him stuck. they found two people breaking into f

they aren't as bad, but breezy at this hour. 23 of the northwest in downtown. 21 in winchester. out toward the bay, the wind gusts are at 28 for pax river. and 29 in cambridge. all right, here's a look at your windchill. temperatures feeling like they are in the low 30s in downtown. 26 in gaithersburg. 27 in winchester and 30 in leesburg. so it is feeling cold out there. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture where thanks to high proximate we'll see high skies. friday, a little chance for a light passing shower. milder, than much coarld as we look at the new year. breezy and colder tonight. pleasant and chilly. friday is mild with clouds and new year's weekend looking to be mild before the arctic air takes control. here's a look at your future cast. again, by thursday, we'll see a few clouds move in. we aren't going to see any showers. on friday, a chance for a shower because of this system here, generally north of town. the better chance you'll see a shower. again on friday, most of it staying to the north and west of us. so tonight, what can you expect? clear skies,

winchester 33 degrees. a cold start for tomorrow morning, we'll see partly to mostly cloudy conditions. showers are possible far west of town and will slowly come through the dc metro area. winds southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. the afternoon we are talking cloudy and mild conditions with the rain developing. it will be heavy at times. highs will be 46 to 51 degrees with southeast winds at 5 to 10. highs for your tuesday afternoon, it is going to be a mild but a wet one. 50 around downtown, 49 in bowie. springfield 50. fairfax and the upper 40s close to 50 degrees. here's how tuesday breaks down. a cold tart, rain will be chilly and milder by 5:00. the rain again getting heavy at times, especially late in the afternoon for that evening commute. the next three days, rain tomorrow, cooler on wednesday, breezy, thursday chilly, partly cloudy conditions. here's your 7-day outlook. we are finishing off the year really quiet. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. a couple more mild days in there. new year's eve lo

winchester, frederick, maryland, could be seeing some showers. this will come through middle of the day. scattered showers at 3:00, some going across southern maryland a little bit later. doesn't look like a tremendous amount of rain but we will have nuisance showers from midmorning through mid afternoon. this front is going to come through tomorrow night. i don't think there is going to be much weather with it. it will cool us down for friday. then a little wave on the front. likely staying to our south. that will allow colder air to move back in for saturday and sunday. so, today, 50, 52 with the isolated sprinkle west. lots of clouds. tonight, we're back in the 40 degree range in town. 30s in the burbs. scattered showers. friday, though, a little bit cooler down to 50 degrees. the weekend, that looks good. little chilly but good. temps in the mid-40s. we warm up with rain returning late monday into tuesday. don't go anywhere. 9news now at noon, we'll be right back. >>> if you have too many desserts and you want to get in shape, get off the cou

look at this 24-mile per hour wind gusts national airport, 25 at dulles, 30 winchester if you are especially flying any where today you might want to call ahead and check out to make sure you don't have any delays, sunny day, gusty winds, winds will start today min niche later on into the early -- diminish later on into the early evening hours. >> thanks. >>> new this morning, north koreans cry for their dear leader, tens of thousands of weeping mourners lined the snowy streets of the capital for the state funeral for kim jong il. most cried and clutched their chest as a hear made its way through the capital, they are adhering to two days of mourning for the leader who died more than a week ago. >>> also funeral services will be held for u.s. park police officer who died responding to a call earlier this month sergeant bane was trying to help a man who had fallen or jumped from the key bridge when he collapsed. he later died at the hospital. the procession will head to u.s. park police headquarters downtown dc then back to virginia to the fairfax memorial park cemetery. traffic will be great

in sandtown-winchester, wjz, eyewitness news. >>> baltimore's habitat for humanity received financial balking from t. rowe price and municipal employee credit union. >> the holidays are coming and maybe you can use something special. it's time for the holiday gift basket give away. >> i feel like i have to do mine here. you go to wjz.com, enter for your assistance to win a holiday -- enter for your chance to win a holiday gift basket. two tickets for a new year's eve fireworks crews. and $75 gift card furnished by our sponsor. >> you can go to wjz.com and see official rules for details. >> that's good stuff. >> it is a lot of good stuff. it's never a bad holiday gift is there? you talking about ugly sweaters and stuff. >> you're right, a gift is a gift. >> if this is enough, we have white marsh mall in house today. they're talking about all the gift ideas. >> that would be nice. >> we get to keep all the stuff mary. >> there's a necklace over there that i think might go with my outfit. just to look, a hint for the husband. >> very good, stay tuned white marsh in here about 7 minutes o

only 45 in downtown. 40 in winchester. easten, cambridge, mid 40s.o tomorrow morning, dress in layers as we'll warm up once again into the 50s. early shower possible. southwest winds at 5 to 10. afternoon, the gusts will be kicking up to 25 miles per hour. brisk, but mild day. 55 to 60 degrees. cumberland in the upper 40s. winchester mid 50s. hagerstown mid 50s. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. mild and brisk through sunday for your new year's day. good weekend to do some of the outdoor holiday cleanup. it will be mild. do it before the cold air comes in, especially by monday. low 40s and look at tuesday and wednesday. those are our afternoon highs. only around freezing for tuesday. a little snow flake on there because a slight chance for some flurries. so, it's going to get cold. get the sweaters out this weekend. >> all right, it's also the time of year when the redskins have a lot of decisions to make. >> at quarterback in particular. decisions of plenty, i like to call it. the hot name out there. we saw him last night. hear what the shan

winchester is 54. 57 downtown. camp springs is 59. mile day, despite a few hit or miss showers. notice the wider view. does the show all that much of that organized down to the southwest. i will widen the view. we have a big trough that will develop an area of low pressure on the carolinas. it will enhance our rainfall throughout the day tomorrow. with cooler air is blowing in from the north throughout the day, i do think there's rain will change over into snow by tomorrow evening. mostly cloudy today, spotty showers, low to mid 60's. a little bit of snow possible on the backside of the system come tomorrow evening. minor accumulation is possible. >>> we will take a look at that map again. we still have the closure of route 3. still closing route 3 in the lead-crofton area. you will be directed northbound at route 50 to get around it. 270. father hurley boulevard looks good. no delays. we are looking pretty good in springfield with no delays. continuing on to 395 up to the 14th street bridge. >>> 4:55 now. 7 is on your side with new c

mary's county, and a mixture towards winchester. zoom in to this activity and it's the same area of low pressure that is grazing us. it will end shortly. colonial beach, a little bit of sleet. even up toward lusby. even though temperatures are not below freezing, they are in fact well above freezing. this area of heavy precipitation will drag colder air down and you get some sleet. temperatures, well 43 downtown. 37 in frederick. it's not crazy cold, but compared to this time yesterday, we were still in the low 60s. 41 in fredericksburg and 37 out toward winchester. here's the deal. we are looking at a chilly weekend, but a nice weekend. it's mid december. more sunshine saturday, i think than sunday. a little upper area disturbance comes saturday night and sunday. maybe some flurries late saturday night and early on sunday. no not a storm, but conversational flurries. in the mountains, there will be snow showers. and milder next week. we can't lock into a winter pattern and wow, temperatures go back in the 50s next week. all right,

. >> for the 300th time, a home in baltimore is renovated in the winchester area, thanks to habitat for humanity. their story when eyewitness news continues. >> a clear night, a full moon and another chilly day in store for the rest of the weekend. i'm tim williams and i'll have the forecast coming up in just a few moments. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's cold out there tonight! 30 degrees in central maryland, and clear. tim will have the complete forecast coming up in just a moment. >>> a plane crashes right into a school in the philippines. no classes why in session when the plane hit, but investigators say at least 13 people were killed including two children. 10 others are in the hospital, five with major burns. a radio report shows the pilot requested an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, but then crashed before he was able to return to the airport. >>> it's an emotional day in georgia as hundreds gathered to mourn the death of a 7-year- old. the body was found early this week, authorities believer the little girl was raped, stabbed and then beaten to death. she was last seen wal

winchester is 39. pax river in the lower 40s.ould be getting down into the mid-30s around downtown. in the suburbs, low 30s around freezing. cold start to your saturday. cold and dry overnight. then for your saturday, redskins game, it will be chilly. christmas day, dry and a little milder. monday, sunny and dry. all right, here is a look at your forecast overnight. as you're sleeping. partly cloudy and cold. may need a couple of blankets to keep you warm. the winds will be light. tomorrow morning as you're getting up, ready to do more christmas shopping, maybe. partly cloudy and cold. temperatures will be in the 30s. i don't think tomorrow will be as breezy compared to today. afternoon, lots of sunshine. it will look pretty. just may not feel pretty. chilly conditions. highs will be around 45 degrees. here is your zone forecast. we start out to the knot and west of us, cumberland, 40. lots of sunshine. winchester, 44. culpepper, around 47 degrees. now, the average high for this time of year around d.c. is mid- 40s. we'll be righ

out there right now 34 in gaitersberg, fairly mild here but cooler to the west, 32 in winchester. some more snow showers in through montgomery county and howard county making their way toward baltimore. we saw snow shower activity earlier in ulna and you may see a few more flakes coming down. that's about it for the snow. no snow in the forecast over the next couple days but trust me, winter is going to make its presence felt. >> people in northern virginia still shaken up tonight after they felt their houses shake this afternoon. the rumbling came from explosives training at the marine corps base in quantico. that training has been going on for a whole month but today was a little different. people heard a loud boom. for a lot of folks it brought back memories of that 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the whole region four months ago. >> all of a sudden it was a huge like rumble. it was so loud and i just remember getting up off the couch. >> experts think the explosion was felt today because of the overcast conditions. the last earthquake recorded in virginia was very early on

mid to upper 40s in hagerstown, martinsburg, 46 in winchester.peper i think you're going to make 50. no problem. upper 40s in warrenton, manassas, leesburg about 48. fairfax 49. downtown we'll say 49. you go up 270, still in the upper 40s in gaithersburg and frederick. you go into southern maryland, maybe around 50 down towards la plata, 50 over towards the bay. winds well below small craft advisory criteria. that will change, i think, on saturday. probably have to issue one on saturday. 26-36 to start tomorrow morning and then 45-49 by noon. clouds come in by evening. 47-52 but still all and all a pretty average decent december day. in the next three days, in the wake of the cold front, it's going to be cold on saturday. only 43 on the army-navy game. on sunday the skins game temperatures in the 40s. by monday sunshine and 50. low 50s on tuesday. even wednesday we're in pretty good shape with temperatures around 50. and then thursday some showers. this is not a big rain maker. and temperatures even with the clouds and showers at 49. >> we'll tak

it is 61 in fredericksburg at this hour. 54 in winchester. culpepper, 57. in pax river, you're also in the lower 60s. it is mild. balmy. 578 right now at the airport -- 57 right now at the airport. winds out of the south at around 10 miles per hour. we're going to see another band of moisture come through tomorrow. so, not only unsettled today. we'll see more rain tomorrow and it will become a little more heavy and widespread. here's a look at your future cast. some scattered showers for the rest of the day. make sure you have the umbrellas handy. then you can see tomorrow early morning, we've got more moderate to heavy rain coming through. and then also cold front coming through which you can see the rain/snow line setting up wednesday night where i think it points west and north of town, could get a little bit of snow wednesday into early thursday morning. i think generally, one inch or less as far as accumulations are concerned. in the immediate d.c. metro area, not too concerned about that wintry mix. highs today though, check these out. 63 in downtown.

afternoon as the clouds moved in. 55 in annapolis and 48 in gaithersburg; 47 in hagerstown; 48, winchester. heads up if you're in the mountains to the north and west, you will have a lot of wind here starting tomorrow night and you will have a possibility of some lake-affect snows in the mountains to the west starting sunday night and into the day on monday and tuesday. it's possible that some flurries could get into the washington area as we get into the day on tuesday and this is your wind speed, nothing to worry about here. six in washington -- washington, 7 in gaithersburg. the winds will pick up and as you're headed out, we're looking at fine conditions with some skies breaking up and seasonably cool temperatures again. we're not going to be too cold. the satellite radar, can you see the clouds rolling in during the course of the afternoon. they're starting to break up in north-central virginia. i think you will see them and, again, we should be just fine as far as expecting wet conditions and we're going to be dry later this evening and during the day tomorrow. we open up for tout we

this is upperville over toward steven city approaching winchester. this stuff lifts northeast. we have the very light showers and also out into west virginia, we'll take you south of cumberland between kaiser and cumberland moving up toward the northeast. couple of sprinkles there as well. but still, relatively quiet. 50 degrees in washington with 41 in winchester. 39 hagerstown and 54 in tappahannock. 55 in fredericksburg. you guys could be 65 this afternoon. that is going to be close to 15, 20 degrees above average. documents in the 40s. a little damp this morning with a south wind at 5 and the barometer going south, going down at 30.04. the big blizzard that hit the southwest, what's left of it is spinning across northwestern areas of missouri. chilly air in the northern plains. mild air across the southeast with showers and storms. look at the storms moving through western florida up through atlanta approaching columbia and south carolina. all of this is moving up toward the washington area and that's why we've got rain in the forecast. there could be a couple of heavier do

winchester 32. i don't think most places will cool down that much more. in fact, most of us should be in the 30s. we won't be seeing 20s like early this morning. the national picture, here is our next system in the plains dropping in some snow in north dakota and then also south and then parts of the upper midwest we're looking at the showers. this will eventually make its way over, maybe giving us some showers on friday night. late friday night. we're talking light stuff. here is a look at the satellite radar for our area where we just see some scattered flurries go through the area earlier this evening. now, we're expecting mild conditions with some clouds friday. hard to believe after these chilly temperatures. new year's eve forecast, it is looking mild. i think some places could get to even 60 over the weekend. then after that, arctic cold air arrives. a big change in the temperature. i would say get out the humidifiers this weekend, because you may want to be using them next week with that cold air coming in. here is a look at the future cast. no pr

winchester, you're 32. 33 in hagerstown. will be a few slick spots as we'll get a chance to freeze whatever precip is on the roadways during the early- morning hours here. sunshine, breezy at times. 46 the daytime high. there are your wind out of west at 10 to 15. it will be breezy. ignore the winter weather advisory. i'll dump that. here is your five-day forecast. tomorrow, 49. we'll get a brief warm and hundred, a little clipper system cools us down late friday and early saturday. right now, the weekend looks sunny and dry but on the chilly side. overnight lows in the 20s by zipped morning. and a slow warm-up here into early next week. it will start to feel like december starting right now through the weekend. all right. that is a look at weather. let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright has the latest. what's up? >> does that say 27 from sunday into monday? >> yes, it does. something to look forward to. >> that is my age, tucker. that is not a temperature. >> julie, i'm not going to touch that one but i'm so tempted

temps down to 36 in washington. 32 for winchester, hagerstown.l in the mid-30s, tappahannock, la plata. cambridge has dipped into the 30s as well. with the winds this morning, gusting 21 in town and 29 at andrews air force base, we have wind chills down in the 20s and low 30s with high temperatures today in the 40s. normal high is about 49. a little bit below normal at 45. let's go to monika, timesaver traffic, talking about some road closures and new incidents developing. >> there are new incidents developing. in the meantime, let's go to some video from overnight. this road closure down in upper

just north of winchester between winchester and the state line up 81, we've got showers and also west of hancock there approaching interstate 68. that's it. pretty quiet. pretty mild as well. some cold in new england. look at the mild temperatures raleigh at 56. charleston, west virginia at 59. all of this is moving northeast. that's why we're going to have a warm day for december. right now, some chill in the air. at least in lovettsville at haymarket. it is 44 for laytonsville and columbia. 50 over at andrews, alexandria this morning. 47. and here in washington, we're at an even 50 with cloudy skies. winds south at 5 miles per hour. the dew points have risen into the 40s. lots of cold out west but in the east and southeast, look at the warmth. nashville, 61. atlanta, 58. here is all of the rain. we're going to have several waves of low pressure over the next few days. not only rain chances today but again tomorrow night and looks like again christmas day, there could be some cold showers. 61, breetzy, periods of rain and showers. we start dry tomorrow. clouds increase. tomorrow nigh

we're already seeing temperatures in places like cross junction north of winchester down to the 50 degree mark as the front is pushing through. here comes the rain which is coming on top of us right now in buckets and buckets of it at times. we'll go over to live doppler 9000 hd because we have buckets into charles county and prince george's county. you can see alexandria south on route 1, yellow areas. these are some moderate to heavy rain up toward forestville and out toward prince george's county and anne arundel counties. heavy rain out there as well. that will be the case all day long. the front is now past d.c. winds have shifted to the north- northwest. still in the 50s to low 60s. we're dropping into the mid-50s in loudoun county and leesburg and lovettsville. the wind now north-northwest at 17 with the rain, humidity 100% this morning. and the moisture flowing from the gulf coast around mobile and pensacola coming in our direction. it continued to be with us all day long and then finally, this evening, we'll start to get a switch over from rain to snow. winter weather advisories,

winchester, 32 degrees. our friends in cambridge, maryland are at 37 and salisbury, it is 40 degrees right now. wind are gusting this morning. they're blowing, sustained winds around 10, 15 miles per hour. 23 mild per hour in manassas for the wind. 2the combination of those wind and the cold temperatures are giving us wmps in the 20s for much of the area. take a look at the satellite- radar composite. -- giving you us wind chills in the 20s for much of the area. this morning, cheer skies here. some clouds out to the west. but the most interesting thing is the storm system is virtually exiting the united states already. it is moving across eastern portions of maine. this was a fast-moving storm which make it more remarkable that that much rain was dumped on us in one day. here is your forecast for washington for today. kind after different forecast than what we've been used to. mostly sunny skies, breezy at times. winds will diminish at times as the day progresses. highs today only about 46 degrees. that is t

the same at winchester and petersburg. closer toward d.c., head to reagan national airport now at 36 degrees. the temperature change, 24-hour temperature change, yesterday at this time it was 23 degrees warmer than it is right now. all the nasty weather moves off toward the north and east. bright sunshine in the forecast for this morning and this afternoon. high temperatures around 44 to 49 degrees. another frontal system on the way for the day tomorrow, and a cooldown for the upcoming weekend. the full forecast in more detail in just a few minutes but first, over to lisa baden. >> i'm just now getting word from our producer that massachusetts avenue northeast near union station is closed between second and columbus circle. apparently there's a water main break. so massachusetts avenue commuters beware near union station. beware around the roads. you're going to get knocked around with pretty intense wind gusts. no accidents reported right now as far as beltway travel. see if i can pull up one of the pictures for you here,

dulles 23, 26-mile per hour wind gusts winchester, martins burg, 21 winchester, 23 cumberland we could see winds pick up to 40 miles per hour before the afternoon is over so that is pretty strong wind. >> gesturing to the south of us, influx of cooler air northwesterly wind flow now, temperatures into the 40s we will hold that steady see the course of the next couple days or so. today our high expected to be 45 degrees all the sunshine tonight things are really going to cool down mostly clear skies, winds will start today min niche move in from -- today min niche, move in from the west. in the burbs at least mid-20s that is pretty cold bundle up if you are heading out. >>> a look at the five day forecast. we hold steady in terms of dry conditions, by friday a few more clouds start to move in same story new years eve and new years day partly cloudy skies, sunshine temperatures creeping up low 50s by the time we hit friday as well. a couple weak disturbances expected to move through over the course of the weekend right now it doesn't look like there will be any precipitation with it but

culpeper is 45 and winchester 46 degrees.not extremely cold this time of the year back up to the northere is the setup. all the rain has kind of moved out of here quickly. on the backside of this system we still have precipitation because we're looking at some rain here, a little mixture of rain and snow coming through west virginia there and occasionally we see a little i co coming across -- echo coming across the mountains very light and i think probably at the surface fairly dry now. so whatever is trying to fall from that is probably evaporating before it hits the ground. from time to time tonight we'll have some clouds moving through. the winds are still going to kick up a little bit overnight tonight. that will keep the temperatures nearly steady primarily mid- to upper 30s or so. so anything that does come across and perhaps if we get a sprinkle or two overnight, don't worry about it freezing because i don't think most of the locations will be down around freezing, but pretty good snow on the backside of that storm sys

winchester, 36 at this hour.se temperatures will likely fall back and remember, our coldest part of the early- morning hours here right before sunrise. it will likely fall back for another hour or two but then we'll get a nice rebound. combination of a warm front and then a cold front a little further out to the west is going to come through here. the warmer air will start to move in today. even with the cloud cover expected, we should be experiencing temperatures above normal as mentioned. you can seat clouds starting to move in. it will be a mostly cloudy day. i think there will be periods of sunshine as well. the good news is the rain should hold off until tomorrow. best chance of rain will be tomorrow afternoon as high pressure will keep us dry for one more day. we'll get a little bit of rain shower activity in here thursday, thursday night and then we'll quiet things down for the weekend. this forecast, not a bad looking one for the middle of december. more clouds than sun. mild afternoon, 52 our daytime hig

winchester, 37. the coming rainy today after the rush hour. between 10:00 a.m. and noon we will see the rain showers. around 1 inch of accumulation. we will wrap up around dinner time tonight. >> what is the latest on the roads? >> we will take a look at interstate 270. everything looks good as you go down from frederick county through montgomery county. a little more volume on the belt where -- beltway between college park and silver spring. not a delay but a little lighter than usual. springfield up to the interchange, looking good. if you're going north on 495 there was an accident. watch for police headed there. then good of to the american legion bridge. back to you. >>> moving and to our big story of votes 2012. presidential candidates are running out of time to sway voters. >> the caucuses are one week away. ben eisler is live tracking the latest. >> polls show the top three candidates are neck-and-neck. for the victories like this one could be pivotal. among the leaders are wrong paul but he is facing questions about a newsletter which contained the anti

winchester, 32 degrees. might be a few slick spots off to the north and east, of course, we had some snow mix in during the overnight hours. check out the wind chills, winds out of the north and west gusting to 28. feels like 28 in washington, 28 in baltimore and 22 in the mountains out to the west. winchester feels like 22. it will be a chilly day. and, again, with bright sunshine, we're only expecting highs to be in the mid-40s, actually a few degrees below normal. haven't done that much this month. storminess now north and east of boston, really raced out of here overnight and we should be in for a couple of quiet this afternoons, although chilly this afternoon and chilly into the weekend. details on that in just a minute. 46 the daytime high, breezy conditions expected with winds out of the west 10 to 15 miles per hour. allison, tony, i'll toss it back to you guys. more details coming up. >> thank you, sir. >>> while we did not get a lot of snow in our immediate region last night, the heavy rain we got i

warmer within the city. 27 in winchester. i do anticipate these the temperatures to drop a few more degrees before sunrise which is at 7:26. 46 is the high temperature this afternoon. a little added cloud cover today. nothing to worry about other than the cold temperatures. tomorrow we will warm up a bit. the afternoon high temperatures in the mid 50's. the weekend low to mid 50's 4 highs. now let's go back to steve with traffic. >>> it is starting out busy. will have more details about the accident in a couple of minutes but university boulevard is closed this out of the beltway with the fatal accident that happened this morning. nobody is getting by a university boulevard south of the beltway. your alternate is new hampshire avenue. interstate 270, everything is open. just to the volume is lighter than usual. it continues to be the case. a little more company but then that accident just after the interchange was cleared away open and moving smoothly. >>> we want to update breaking news we have been following. people killed

spin hello this is simon winchester.ering around the united states at the moment researching a new book and as i go i will be recording a number of what i'm calling audio postcards. well i am sitting in the middle of the missouri river, and western montana, one of the most remarkable pieces of geography and history in the entire united states. well, this is simon winchester and an extremely remote part of northwestern colorado, and looking northwards i can see what looks just like the badlands of south dakota, arid, mountainous, very eroded. c-span: now, that is all we found. did you do more than that? >> guest: i did and in fact another one on the lonely is wrote in america, route 57 in nevada and a couple more. i realize there are only two on the web site at the moment. c-span: why did you even do that and obviously in obviously what is it leading to? >> guest: well, this goes partly back to my publicist who said if you -- the thing about web sites for people like me forget about them unless you have someone and i i do

west of the area, outside of hagerstown, maryland and winchester, virginia, another area of enhancedl all be moving eastward. we could get another half inch to inch out of this. the snow, of course, in west virginia. here is a look at where we are going to be at 9:00. here is a look at the rain. the rain is the snow. the cold air rushing in giving us the changeover. areas mainly just along and west of e-82. heavy rain east, snow near i-81 and heavy snow at that. it's going to pile up fast. we are talking a couple hours here where the burst of snow is going to hit us for 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 until maybe 2:00 a.m. the cold makes its way eastward. snow into westminster, around gaithersburg, prince william county, front royal. what we are going to find then is the rain switching to snow west of i-95 and making its way around northwest d.c. and heavy snow there as well. that's around 11:00. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, areas west of the blue ridge, three to six inches there. here's a look at it. for us in d.c., a dusting. manassas, let's zoom in. gaithersburg in rockville, leesburg, one to tw

dulles airport at 34, winchester is at 34.an city at 36 degrees, and we will continue to see cooler temperatures through the course of the day today and for the next several days temperatures more seasonable. now, it is windy out there. it's breezy is what i'll say. those winds are blowing about 10 miles an hour. so gotta factor that in. it gives us wind chills this morning, a wind chill of 29 right now in d.c. is what it feels like to your skin, 29 at dulles, 25 in winchester, feels like 30 right now take a look at the satellite and radar composite. really nothing to see here, very quiet conditions, as we continue to see mostly clear skies. that's the way it will be during the course of the day today. there are some clouds off to the north and west. that takes a while to get here. in fact, not all that cloud cover will get here, but a frontal boundary will and it'll drop our temperatures briefly for a day or so. so the forecast for today looks like this, lots of sunshine, seasonal temps. our averagify for this date will be at

it feels like 27 in winchester factor that in. not that much of cloud cover. still some showers going on in some areas. moving out of new england and canada, it is a wound up system. that puts us in the transition zone. with stretch -- with such a low, and a big difference in air pressure causing those up.s up to really pick be 20 come tomorrow morning. will have a big wind chill to talk about tomorrow. into the weekend, yes, we will warm up. fairly comfortable for new year's. go, it tuesday into wednesday. it could be the coldest air so far of the year. enjoy. >> thank you very much. >>> mothers and babies are statement -- making a statement at target stores in our area today. they are nursing in public and for better treatment of nursing mothers. it is part of a protest in response to one woman's situation in a store in texas. hickman says she was harassed when she tried to breast feed her baby. >> they all started walking by shaking their heads. rolling their eyes and shaking heads. i'm so horrible, i am feeding my baby here. >> targets as guess who choose

mid-30s to the north in hagerstown. 36 in winchester. the wind gusts and it feels like the 30s. 26 miles per hour at d.c. and we have 32 miles per hour toward baltimore, 21-mile-an-hour to the west virginia panhandle. middle 30s. by tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures around the freezing mark warming up to mid-40s tomorrow afternoon. we'll watch a system skirt by to the north. this warm front, this is going to be the main story for the new year's weekend. usher in the 50s right here. hard to believe it. mostly clear, a chilly start tomorrow morning with lows into the middle 20s west to 31 here. tomorrow afternoon, 46 for the high, mostly sunny, a nice day. as we look ahead, we take that 50 degree weather, take it into the new year's weekend. monday is our transition day. just when you get used to the 50s, please don't. our highs on tuesday and wednesday will only be in the 30s. it's going to be a windy, windy day, again, as we think about next week. highs in the 30s with windchills into the 20s. some spots in the teens. a warm ro

a random drop or two up toward winchester. we are not going to have to worry about rain drops. if you are going outside this evening, walk the dog or go to a restaurant. that being said, don't put the umbrellas away and forget where they are. clouds thickening overnight. chilly after 8:00 or 9:00 with evening temperatures dropping from near 50 to the low 40s. mostly in the 30s. notice we are above freezing. northern virginia, way down into the teens. tomorrow, with full cloud cover in place, highs hold in the mid to upper 40s tomorrow. not a lot of rain tomorrow. almost nothing in the way of sunshine, unfortunately. rainfall amounts tomorrow will be light, if anything. wednesday we guest most of the rain. thsday morning a break in sun. as the rain ends saturday night going into christmas morning, some snow flakes christmas morning. this is not -- i'm talking snow flakes. just throwing it out there. don't expect much from santa. >> you threw it out there, we caught it. thank you. 5 million people expected to take to the skies during the year end holiday season. >> if you are one