nine degrees but now in winchester.etwork. if a degrees in a market. nine degrees in -- what you're noticing is the wind chills are about the same as the air temperature. look of these numbers. the 10k day vera, 19 in quantico 17 degrees at reagan national. the cold air is overhead all across the mid-atlantic. we have low temperatures there and in the northeast. [no audio] >> thanks. having a little trouble with the audio. we want to get lisa baden to find out what's happening with traffic. >> plenty. yellow and blue line customers delays for metro will. single-tracking between the pentagon city and l'enfant plaza due to emergency track maintenance. this is the delay leaving nasa goddard on the baltimore- washington parkway. southbound crash at 410. the b-w parkway was blocked for 30 minutes. but the reason for the traffic. northbound 395 virginia, there's an accident between edsall road and duke street and blocking the left lane. northbound between edsall road and duke street, this is after the crash, very light volume

nine degrees above in winchester. will be the coldest morning since february 2010. it is 79 now. please drop. -- is 17 right now. la plata, 18 degrees. phil braved the elements for his run. he saw a shooting star. take a peek outside and you might see a few of those. 17 degrees in washington, 14 at dulles airport, 12 in gaithersburg,9 9 in winchester. 10 in it feels like 8 degrees above at reagan national. when the wind picks up, this morning, it feels like we are in a single digits when you factor in the breeze. we start today with clear skies. clouds off to the west shown in britain. there is a weak disturbance in the midsection of the country. -- clouds shown in gray. chance of snow showers later today after sunset, kind of like the past couple days. highs today in the low to mid 30's. tonight in the '20s. we could have a few snow flurries in to the nighttime and her little morning. otherwise partly cloudy tomorrow, in the mid 40's, near where we should be. even more by friday, talking mid 50's. cooling off a littl

a police officer in winchester sent us this picture. look at all that snow. it is blanketing the ground, making for slick and dangerous driving. meantime, we are dealing with the bitter cold temperatures. sue in the weather center tonight. >> that has to be our first measurable snow. >> winchester had it early this morning. they got the most of the closer in areas. when you get toward places like that, they got 5 1/2 inches. a whopping 1 of snow. winchester had an interesting situation tonight where one snow band in particular stayed over them for four hours. they picked up 2 1/2 inches of snow and the police were having to deal with problems on the roadways as a result of that. meanwhile, we are dealing with temperatures tonight and it is mighty chilly. it's dropped another degree since we last spoke. we are down to 23 degrees here in the city. it is 18 in gaithersburg. 17 in martinsburg and winchester with your fresh snow pack, watch out for slick spots. 18 degrees. it also snowed an inch and a half in clark county and an inch and a half in fauquier county.

30, 28 out at dulles. 2 in winchester. fredericksburg is now 32 degrees. satellite-radar or just the radar, i know that looks pretty impressive. most of that is not up toking the ground. we have a system developing off to the south and west. most of the energy will be south and west of us today. but the clouds will spread across the area along with a few showers, maybe a pellet of sleet, a snowflake for one or two of you. we are talking a few 100ths of an inch of rain today. with temperature in the 40s, we are not worried about the frozing stuff sticking out there. 44 your daytime high in washington. 45 in la plata. 41 in winchester. more details in a minute. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright to get the latest on your traffic. >> good morning to you. right now, we are looking pretty good out on the roads. no incidents to report at this time as you travel to and from the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. you will find yourself at speed

in winchester, there are areas of light snow as well.it is gusty outside with 22-mile per hour gusts and 30 mile per hour gusts up in hagerstown temperatures rise. now are not all that bad. -- temperatures are not all that bad right now and temperatures are still falling. we will be back to where we should be this kind of year -- this time of year for the afternoon temperatures. 44 in the district and we will be closed to 40 this afternoon -- we will be closer to 40 this afternoon. it will feel cooler when you factor in the wind. chicago is 12 and detroit is 21. these a the kind of temperatures we will have by tomorrow morning we will be in the low to mid 20's and even the teens by tomorrow morning. there is the cold front that moved through that is now out to sea and behind that we will have gusty winds. this cold front with this newly developing system in the dakotas will cut bus late tomorrow. it could be just enough moisture along that front to give us a few snow flurries or isolated dusting of snow by tomorrow evening around dinner

nine degrees above in winchester.u factor in the little breeze that we do have, wind chills are mainly in the single digits. not much of the wind. it is mainly at about 2-8 miles per hour. it will be very call today. still showers possible this afternoon. 20 degrees tonight. how is the commute? >>> it is good in virginia. i do not have any accidents to report. there's a lot construction last night. i will show you one of the cameras so you can see for yourself what it looks like in virginia. la la la. it is very serene. ok i am going to take over to maryland where it is not so pretty. headlines have a rigid headlights coming out of virginia. here's what you can it -- headlights coming out of virginia. here is what you can expect s. a huge wreck coming out of the beltway. back to you. >>> it is 4:44 and 17 degrees. >> it is so cold. we have a story you only see here, carbon monoxide poisoning killed a man but his dog manage to survive. we have an amazing story for you. >> the latest on the search for a robber he was wr

winchester, coldest on the board at 7. hagerstown, 13. when you fact o in the winds, even though they're not a lot. wind chills down into the single digits. mid teens in culpepper at 16. very cold morning out there. right now, reagan national, officially 17 under clear skies. dew points up to zero. relative humidity outside 45%. inside about 10%. hope you got a humidifier going. cold air in the northeast into eastern canada, milder temperatures out in the central south part of the country. in the pacific northwest, that will sort of push some of that more mild air to the east. we're going to see it returning tomorrow. other than the threat for flurries this afternoon, this evening, that's about it. so, looking at the forecast, today, 35. late flurry possible. tonight, 25 to 30. not nearly as cold. we'll be in the mid-40s on thursday. mid to upper 50s on friday. saturday we're still holding on to low 50s. sunday morning might be cold enough for a little snow. we'll watch that system and then monday and tuesday, low 40s should do it. let's

we'll zoom into winchester.r area do show another inch of snow has fallen. and it is still falling there right along route 50 and 81. and as you move through millwood into portions of southern loudoun and northern fauquier, starting to see some accumulation there. now along route 66. if you're heading out 66, and right now you're beginning to make your way toward fairfax county. you're beginning to leave prince william county and go through northern fauquier county, expect to see some snow there. i would not be surprised to see the snow make its way toward maybe warrenton and manassas. watch out for that. you could see some accumulated snowfall there. maybe a quick dusting. maybe toward half an inch. most of the snow showers though beginning to fall apart. that will be the story the rest of the night. the bigger story is the temperature. look at this. 20 degrees in washington but teens just about everywhere else. 12 in frederick, maryland. 13 in leesburg and manassas. >>> baltimore ravens in a playoff run and st

winchester, 39. on the radar, we have seen a few hits and itin winchester. we could have a few flurries off to the west. we have seen that before. that's possible, especially west of the metro. 41 in gaithersburg. 43 at dulles airport. termperatures not that bad, even combined with the wind at 22 miles per hour. the wind chill really could be a lot worse this time of year. it feels like we are in that 30's. it feels like the 20's in the shenandoah valley. that is not so bad. the wins will stay ramped up all the way through the day and diminish as we go through the nighttime hours. clear skies right now. clouds west of the blue ridge where we cannot rule out a few flurries. the wider view shows this nexus we are watching to the west. it is in the dakotas. that will pass to our north tomorrow, but could give us just enough energy to cause an isolated flurry by tomorrow night. not a big deal. 43 tomorrow. a little bit cooler into friday. >> it is good as far as the inner loop at georgia avenue where we have a crash. nothing to report at the wilson bridge. a goo

winchester at 30 degrees. chevy chase and arlington at the freezing mark. at or below freezing for the most part. reagan national is an exception 35. scattered clouds today, a lot of sunshine, highs in the mid 40's. upper 40's south of the metro. 20's to low 30's tonight. springlike tomorrow, is back in the 60's on tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you. 6:01. our top story, tensions running high at mcpherson square. just hours before a camping ban begins. park police have issued an ultimatum to occupy protesters. pack up the sleeping bags by noon or leave in handcuffs. >> john gonzalez is live in northwest d.c. with reaction to this and the weekend standoff ended with a stun gun. it's good morning. the clock is ticking for these protesters who have called mcpherson square home since october. some are up early this morning packing up. others tell us if they are not leaving. but park service has made it very clear that they can stay, they just cannot camp out. police have already had issues with some of them. >>within hours of eviction notices going up, occupy

hagerstown and winchester. winchester picked up a half an inch earlier and that is over you now. we can't ditch the cold or the wind and that is down and contributing to mighty windchills. nine degrees in martinsburg, 8 in hagerstown, lynch in gaithersburg and 14 in d.c. and dress for that windchill. these are the peak winds we have had and that is still notable. we'll look at whether or not you're going to see the snow showers and look at the five- day forecast, brian, coming up. >>> and the first family bundled up returning home from a long vacation in hawaii. they landed in andrews earlier this morning after an afternoon flight on air force one. the president spent the day catching up with biden and pee own pinet a. >>> drivers will nice a spike in traffic. the building will house 6400 employees and they were moved here as part of the base realignment commission's command. there is no metro stop so workers have to drive or take a shuttle bus from a nearby metro stop. >>> joint base andrews is more pedestrian-friendly. the military base is roe opening the first time since the 9

we'll see it right around winchester and toward white post.to find a quick little dusting of accumulation around i-81. watch out in that area. also out toward route 50. if you're around winchester toward white post, as you make your way toward loudoun county, you may see some accumulation very quickly. we'll continue to keep an eye out for you and let you know when we start to see some warmer air moving in. >> thank you. >>> the park ranger who was shot to death at mt. rainier on new years day has a special connection to our area. she moved here before moving to washington state. darcy spender spoke with some of andersen's co-workers and she is live in potomac with more. >> reporter: the national park service released this picture of the victim today in uniform. she worked here for a couple of years. i spoke to her friends and colleagues today. they describe her as a nice person. a friendly person. they also said she was tough as nails. margaret andersen is the ranger who was gunned down while on duty at the rainier national park new years day

we will have a fair amount of sunshine today. 35 degrees in winchester.ven with year tomorrow with cold air in place. notice the cloud cover shot and gray. -- even windier tomorrow. you can see it snow developing in the great lakes. just a few snow flurries possible around here with the exception of the western facing slopes far out west in western maryland and west virginia. it will get a good amount of western facing slopes, the higher elevations. cold air moving into town. breezy today but blustery tomorrow. the wind will be even higher. 44 today, sunshine. breezy and colder tonight increasing clouds, low to mid- 20s by this time tomorrow morning with wind chills from the single digits west of the glorious -- west of the blue ridge to teens in town. the coldest days of our this winter is tomorrow, wind out of the northwest, costing in excess of 25 miles an hour, will make it feel like the teen's all day long tomorrow. -- gusting in excess of 25 miles an hour. you need to wear layers tomorrow. real winter weather in place. warming up the rest of the wee

it 15 in martinsburg. 18 in winchester. 19 in gaithersburg. a little warmer closer to the waterways. 27 at reagan national. we will have a lot of sunshine to the first half of the day, then increasing clouds. we may have a brief dusting of snow. we have been talking about that. it is possible. it will not be very widespread. high temperatures right around 40 degrees. tomorrow a little cooler. upper 30's 4 highs. saturday at its like a cold rain. that said, depending on the amount of cold air available, we could be running into some sleet and or freezing rain saturday morning. it is a possibility. we will have to find to the forecast as we go through tomorrow. let's go to lisa. >> not much to say. overnight construction barrels have been put to bed. the belt way looked good. nothing through springfield virginia. a wide angle with assurance that i 70 is in good shape. no complications coming out of southern maryland this morning. route 5, route 4 228. more to come on the traffic side. the latest from metro rail at 5:00. >> for caught 32 right no

so again, much of the area at or below freezing. 30 out at dulles. 32 in winchester. and a little better there south and east of the city. here is your forecast for today. cloudy skies, freezing rain will give way to afternoon showers with the high temperature of 45 degrees f you want to time out when temperatures should generally area-wide be above freezing, i would say 10:00, 11:00 this morning. we'll have a nice push of air out of the south and southwest. we will guarantee a warm-up here but it will take several more hours. >>> time now to check in with julie wright to see what is going on on the roads. >> we have report of a wire blocking the inner loop of the beltway. this will take you inside the beltway. the ramp is closed because of downed power wires. outer loop, your lanes are open. fog definitely a problem. here we are live coming in out of gaithersburg. visibility down in some places to just a car length and that is it. it will be very difficult for you to see people in front of you much less to spot any icy conditions that may occur out on the roads this

winchester, 37. around downtown, upper 30s. around 40 degrees in annapolis. here's your next seven days. that wintry mix is going to be overnight tonight. and early in the morning, so get off the roads late tonight and by tomorrow morning. just sleep in if you can. then wet through the weekend. milder for monday. mike, over to you. >> all right, thanks, anny. we have a special treat this morning. the hit movie "dreamgirls," jennifer hudson won the oscar for it. it is on stage at dominion. we have this morning ania neville with us and john michael de havilland. i practiced it in the break. i still messed it up. >> thanks for having us. >> this is a big challenge. this is a very well-known musical. were there things you had to worry about as you prepared? >> finding the people, the talent. >> because it was a really strong performance by jennifer hudson. >> absolutely. >> we have song, dance, music. when people start to try to sample it, what are they saying so far? >> they love it. >> yeah, it is a story that i think people can relate to because it has heroes

winchester, nine degrees. patuxent naval air station, 20 degrees. it is the coldest air we've had so far this season. here is a look at the radar. yesterday, we had the streamers coming down which actually put some snow on the ground in places like hagerstown, warrenton, places like that. our skies are partially clear this morning so don't expect much in the way of any snow flurry activity and you can see there is not much happening around the great lakes either. so your day planner for today, it will be a cold one. not as breezy. mix of clouds and sun once again. highs again into the low or mid- 30s depending on where you are. some of our views are might not get out of the upper 20s today. so a cold one today. there are changes coming. i will tell you about that. >> bundle up out there. >> thank you, tony. >> better news out on the roads right now. if you are traveling the inner loop of the beltway headed for river road, there has been a change in our traffic pattern. most of the accident activity now confined to the left shoulder. some unusual vol

dulles airport, 29. 28 in gaithersburg. 28 in winchester.chester was in the single digits at this time yesterday. not bad this morning pretty close to average. it is 19 degrees warmer now in winchester than 24 hours ago. 17 degrees warmer in the district. we are on the upswing in terms of temptress. we will continue to be rising all the way through friday and into the weekend we will start to see them drop a little. they will not plummet again a time soon. no big arctic outbreaks in the forecast. maybe by next weekend, not this coming weekend. we have some clouds is shown in white moving overhead. upper level disturbance helping to cause the clouds and maybe a few isolated snow flurries here and there. we cannot rule out that possibility early this morning a brief gusting here and there. warmer air off to the west will continue moving our way. the core of the warm air will be in place by tomorrow and into saturday. and the cooler air moves back in town before the end of the week and -- for the end of the weekend and into early next week. mid

in virginia, frederick county and winchester city schools are closed.also in virginia, clark county schools will open two hours late. >> in maryland, allegheny and garrett county, schools are on a two-hour delay and in west virginia, these schools will open two hours late. grant, hampshire, hardy and mineral counties. again, opening two hours late. >>> monika will have a check on traffic in a moment. right now, howard bernstein has our weather first. >> some areas out west, even in northern virginia had an inch or two in the snow squalls. had a quarter inch drop where i live in upper montgomery county then the sun came out and it was gone. it did cause problems on the roads. we'll talk more about that in a moment. we're down in the teens in

winchester is 50. so again way too warm. a lot of snow back in the cold air and again, a brief potential changeover to some snow tomorrow morning. i'll show you when and where we might get a little accumulation, full forecast coming up. >>> local and federal leaders want the occupy d.c. camp shut down. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> this follows reports of rats at the camp at mcpherson square and obviously health concerns. mayor gray and the national park service suggests mcpherson protesters move to freedom plaza till the rat problem can be cleaned up. occupy d.c. has been at mcpherson square since october. both sides are on park service land. >>> the head of a nonprofit in d.c. that deals with kids and sports is charged in connection with former d.c. councilman's harry thomas, jr.'s money scheme. court documents say marshall banks knew thomas was taking grant money and didn't report it. banks is due in court tomorrow morning. the felony charge carries a maximum of three years in prison. >>> a suspect arrested in a

south of winchester. clark county, huron county, and getting some of that. tomorrow we will have reduced no worries, as well, like yesterday, off and on throughout the day. 29 right now in washington, 30 in quantico and lexington park. the cold start today. the been increasing. between 10 and 15 miles an hour with gusts up to 20. the wind will continue to increase. the wind chills now near 20 and in the teens right now. feels like 14 in gaithersburg. the feels like 12 in hagerstown. this afternoon as temperatures climb into the low 30's, wind chills will be in the teens. the northwesterly flow coming off a leg, still have lake- effect snow showers and mountain snow showers to the west. my colleague has a great blog about mountain snowfall and ski resorts. if you will scan the qr code, it will take you there. clouds will be increasing on wednesday with another chance of a few snow flurries tomorrow. highs today in the low '30's, partly cloudy. snow in the mountains to the west. 22 and frostburg -- in frostburg. coldest nights of far this winter is on the way.

frederick county, virginia, north a winchester, a few isolated snow flurries.potomac between the panhandle of west virginia and washington county, maryland, a few snow flurries. even into tomorrow we will have isolated snow flurries. temperatures in the '20s, but it feels like the teens. highs in the low 30's today. mid 30's tomorrow. >>> looking at quiet traffic right now. in maryland, virginia, and the district all quiet. mass-transit reporting normal service. i will give you the green light right now not only as far as interstate travel but around the beltway, no accidents to report. most of the construction crews have the holiday off. at will increase later this morning beginning at 9:00. it is quiet at the wilson bridge and to and from virginia and the american legion bridge. newschopper 7 will join us in a little while. stick around. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:29 28 degrees right now. people are bundling up before going outside this morning. imagine camping out in these temperatures. >> that is what the occupy d.c. protesters are doing and it is a r

in the teens especially along the i-81 cordon from hagerstown to -- corridor from hagerstown to winchester. if you've been out this evening, it's cold. 37 for a high tomorrow, mix of clouds and sun, wind chill in the 20s with the breezy conditions. on sunday still a mix of clouds and sun, temperatures colder but it will probably feel warmer because the winds won't be blowing so much. we'll still be on the cold side and it wouldn't surprise me to see some snowflakes coming through the air sunday and sunday afternoon, few and far between. most of the snow tonight is confined well up to the northwest coming off the lakes here. pittsburgh is getting a little snow down into west virginia. they're picking up some snow, too. the jet stream dipped and that's allowed the cold air to come in. lakes are unfrozen. all that cold air come over that moisture and it picks it up and deposits it in the form of lake effect snow. 26 tonight in town, germantown 18 degrees, gaithersburg probably right around 16 to 17 degrees, winchester 17, centreville 21, fredericksville 24. temperatures tonight dropping into

this picture snapped in winchester, virginia, tonight. snow is being hit with some of the coldest temperatures of the season. sue, it looks like winter finally arrived. >> i'm sure with gusty winds, a lot of us saw snow showers. in fact, we could describe them as snow bursts. we had one that was persistent that hung out for a long time. i'll show it to you on radar. it is the coldest day we've had here in d.c. since last february. this should be the coldest night we've had since last february. so on to the temperatures to show you where those highs were today and give you an idea of snow showers. this is a big picture. we'll take you back a few hours. a lot of you did see some of these. look toward the end of this. you can see there's one snow shower in particular. it sets up near winchester. we noticed it at 5:00 tonight and it was still there until about 9:00. it was a light and skinny band, but it produced 2 1/2 inches of snow in winchester. there were also snow reports in clark county and fauquier. heads up to you folks. winchester po

snow showers from winchester to barryville and hagerstown to near point of rock.thing is moving southeast. through 9:00, better chance of snow showers north and west of town. some of them coming through fauquier county this morning. they could be scattered through frederick and montgomery county. temperatures not moving much. upper 20s to low 30s. that's all we're going to get for the afternoon with the flurries and snow showers. bundle up. wind chills only in the teens and 20s. andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. each friday, students in montgomery county are able to get food to take home for the weekend. >> it is all part of a program that fights childhood hunger. in this week's hero central, skwrárbg hayward features ministries. >> the backpack program has been in existence. 600 middle and elementary school youngsters are provided two breakfasts, two lunches and two dinners along with snacks. >> malnutrition affects the cognitive growth of a child which means that if a child is not fed with the proper nutrition in their formative years but then later on the

winchester, martinsburg, mid- 50s. manassas also in the mid-30s. around d.c., upper 30s and gaithersburg, 37 degrees with increasing clouds today. here's your seven-day outlook. there's the wintry mix late tonight. get the teens off the roads earlier tonight. tell them curfew is 9:00 p.m. saturday, lower 40s with wintry mix changing to showers in the afternoon. sunday, some light rain possible. better chances to the south of us, still cool. temperatures in the upper 30s close to 40 and milder for monday and tuesday. here is monika with your traffic. >> boy, we're lucky that this is not hitting any sort of rush hour. it will be on a saturday morning where you've got lighter volume. that's good news. the good news right now is things are looking fine all around town with the exception of one spot on the beltway south of town, we'll take a live look on the inner loop of the beltway. you'll hit the brakes right around van dorn street trying to get on to southbound 95. a disabled vehicle on that ramp. we'll take a look live in springfield on the northbo

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winchester itself up to 34 now.e panhandle of west virginia, from near martinsburg, charlestown, that area, lights freezing drizzle or rain. farther south and west, light rain coming toward warrenton and fauquier county and rappahannock county. that's coming into colder air. there may be a little light freezing rain here over the next hour or so. in addition to the fog. right now, in montgomery county, it is still a little below freezing in the upper 20s as also is fairfax county and prince george's county. right now just near 30 degrees in all those locations. then in southern maryland, it's still near or a little below freezing away from the waters. right near the waters, it's in the mid to upper 30s. that's the bay water temperatures, only in the upper 30s now. and as we look at what's been happening the last 12 hours, a general westerly flow in the atmosphere bringing in those rain showers and the clouds. and they'll be with us throughout the day. the showers may get heavier this afternoon as we climb to into th

this kind of keeps reenforcing itself as it goes through winchester.ualls and snow showers will diminish. have a chance of flurries out time. 34 and 29, 29 was early this morning. look at the averages, 43 and 29. eight years ago, 68 degrees. a nice thought. in gaithersburg, 27 in washington. when you factor and these lands, chills are running between 10 and 15 degrees. are air temperatures across the northeast. lots of areas well below 20 degrees. the land is driving home the cold blast. -- wind is driving home the coldness. we have seen the snow showers, have been diminishing. diminishing as the wind diminish. cloudy during the night. temperatures are going to plummet. we head. tomorrow, we will start morning with 13 to 23. afternoon, 32 to 37. for are the next seven days you. skies, mid-30's tomorrow. low 50's friday and saturday. next front will bring rain showers to the area. things should settle down next week. of interesting weather at wjla.com.e we have another great blog all from the michigan area. accumulation totals. of winter and it is an in

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it includes hagerstown, winchester, martinsburg. lots of advisories. winter weather advisories off it our north. winter storm warning now north and west out towards pittsburgh and western maryland. you get the idea here. it looks like we'll have a spell of winter weather here starting later tonight. it will transition to that dreaded freezing rain during the overnight hours before changing to all rain during the day on saturday. 38 today. a.m. sun, p.m. clouds. then the main event arrives tonight. not a lot of prosip with it but just enough to cause problems. 30 your euro night low. we will be below freezing here in the city or right around freezing. tomorrow, it should transition to rain with temperatures near 40 t should be an early shower sunday. back into the 50s by monday and tuesday. old man winter will be in retreat by the end of the weekend. let's doing traffic and julie wright has your latest. >> you are talking about a little wintry mix and all of that, you got to keep in mind that bridges, ramps an overpasses freeze before anything else. do

west of the blue ridge, a little cooler, 39 in winchester and martinsburg.adar frederick county still has rain hanging on, light rain. the back edge of it moving out of town. moderate showers around annapolis moving out. prince george's county seeing the last little bit and the same in montgomery county. it's moving into harford county and carroll county. moving through northeast washington. virginia is still damp with no rain falling. we will see the back edge of the clouds moving in later on today becoming partly cloudy after the morning. here's a wider view. an area of low pressure causing rainshowers yesterday and early this morning moving out of town. that will be replaced by the cold front right ear off to the northwest. much colder air behind this front. that will sweep into town later tonight. as it does, we could have a brief wintry mix later tonight and early tomorrow morning and maybe even isolated light coating of snow here and there. keep that in mind the early tomorrow. of the 50's today. low 60's south of the metro. a wide-ranging temperatures

winchester and frederick county schools are closed.g two hours late. >> in maryland garrett county schools are also opening two hours late. in west virginia, hampshire, hardy, pendleton, and mineral county schools opening two hours late today. you can find all the closings and delays on our website, nbcwashington.com. >> some of the closings and delays due to the cold weather. other places they had snow and still cleaning up after thachlt >> it didn't melt, that's for sure, with temperatures down to the single digits this morning. there's the clear sky over washington. the predawn glow beginning to show up over the potomac river. it's only 17 degrees in washington. elsewhere, prince george's county down into the mid teens, low teens in montgomery county, howard county, points north and west. in fairfax county, arlington county, just in the low to mid teens right now. it's going to stay cold here through the morning. shenandoah valley around the blue ridge. many locations in the upper single digits. it is a frigid morning. we've got a m

slowdown and avoid distractions crossing the chesapeake bay bridge. 81 southbound after a winchester two tractor-trailer involved in accident at mile marker 206. nothing on 270 to report. that's the picture at father hurley boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a cold weather seems to be one of many problems facing the occupy dc protesters at. mcpherson at d.c. mayor vincent gray is asking park police to remove the protesters. john gonzalez is in northwest to tell us why. >> good morning. we were the first report last week about a woman camping gear and forced to sleep outside of dissent because -- outside of the tent because of a rat infestation. mayor vincent gray has called on the national park service to take action and removed occupy dc protesters from mcpherson square citing health issues and rats. he suggested relocating those protesters to freedom plaza. both of them are on park service land. >> we did not bring the rats with us. >> vincent gray claims that the people are risking hypothermia. >> it's almost like they want the racts here. >> some say the park service is on

winchester school is on a two- hour delay as well.or more information, you can check the bottom of our screen. >>> still plenty ahead. stacy cohan is following our big story this morning. >> reporter: there was a lot of concern about ice and sleet and bad road conditions. the salt and sand trucks are out and about. i'll tell you what you can expect for your morning commute coming up on fox morning news. stay with us.  >>> live look outside. still a little foggy. still i'm sure cold because that is the what it does this time of the year. always urging people to slow down when they are out there on those roads and be careful. leave a little early to get to your destination because of the weather conditions. since we are atalking about the roads and those weather conditions, worried about icy roads this morning have led to a lot of preemptive decisions about governments and schools. all of this information we have is constantly being updated along the bottom of your screen. >> federal government offices will not open un

winchester still 32. gaithersburg 29. manassas at 30. live doppler 9000 hd, a little drizzle around the i-95 corridor being picked up. other areas might see a little drizzle or mist. and fog before i go. check the visibilities. westminster down to zero. quarter mile gaithersburg and half-mile in manassas, gaithersburg and hagerstown. for an update on traffic, here's monika samtani. >> well, again, the big story of the morning will be the patchy dense fog and also icy conditions, especially on the lesser-traveled roadways. give yourself the extra time you may need to deal with that. downed wires blocking the ramp from the inner loop of the beltway to get on to northbound route 202. crews are on the scene there. they've told us they're working on the problem. go ahead and use route 50 inbound as your alternate route. the loop is blocked off right now. we'll take you out live right now. if you're planning to head on 270, the big story has definitely been fog right down the line from frederick to falls road and the point where the lanes divi

frederick, 18 in winchester, 16 in cumberland. 25 reagan national. the '20s. -- 29 inington par quantico, 26 in lexington park. here's a wider view of temperatures. south, 55 andur jackson, 59 in dallas. will push our way tomorrow the gulf of mexico. we will be warming up on tuesday. areas ofl be some rain. is the satellite and radar composite. start the day locally. in quietg clouds shown to our southwest will be closer and to us. added cloud cover later today, a beautiful day, temperatures in 40's for the afternoon. our rainmaker will be coming the west. the warmer air along with it on tomorrow. currently in the midsection of country, still developing. it will not be very strong. think we are looking at much rainfall with this system in general. here's one of our computer .odels it indicates up to zero. in some locations. overall, this is not going to be biggest rainmaker that we seen lately. 41 degrees today for the high temperature, amount of sunshine with increasing clouds. tomorrow after the rain, some sunshine. ot a total washout, not a , 57.

winchester and freezing mark. stafford around 31. some locations a degree or two below freezing.tions this morning, under 1 mile. that will run away and we will have a lot of sunshine later this midday. almost 10 degrees above average for the high temperature. partly cloudy tonight, near freezing again. there's a rain system moving our way to moscow from the deep south. possibly a few wet snowflakes at the onset, but it's going to bring warmer air. we will be in the 40's and low 50's on thursday. friday into the weekend, much cooler. a shot of cold air. not as bad as last time, but you'll notice the change. >>> foggy around the region but no accidents to report. the dulles toll road authorities say eastbound traffic must exit onto the beltway. you cannot continue past the beltway towards mclean. no accidents in and all of baltimore or richmond. i 95in good shape is 95. here's a picture of the beltway and college park. headlights are the outer loop. >>> good news for entertainer in the canon. >> he is out of the hospital after battling mild kidney failure. a few days ago he posted

winchester, 28. 31 for la plata. andrews air force base. mid-30s across the bay. right now, weatherwise, quiet trafficwise. i throw it to monika for the answers. >> you just got your normal volume building for a monday morning, really not too bad. here is the beltway in the tysons area near route 7. not bad at all. as you head southbound to i-66. then on 66, we'll take a live look on the inbound side as well. inbound, you've got delays basically in the centreville area, the nutley street to the beltway. let's go to the maps. this time, we'll take a look inside the beltway. 66 is fine. no problems to report on 395 as you head past duke street to the 14th street bridge or 295 to the 11th street bridge. we'll go back outside live. 66 is slowing down at nutley street. we'll go over to 395 northbound in shirlington, a little bit slow coming up from duke street. then you're fine as you head for the 14th street bridge. we'll go into maryland at 6:11. back to you guys. >>> we're just one day away from the republican presidential primary in new hampshire. and it is going t

winchester 32 pillich 30 in gaithersburg. 28 in winchester. there are low clouds.ice the sallisaw and storms coming together in the deep south. there is an area of low pressure that will make a beeline for washington and be our next big storm system around here in the form of rain. that will be our next rainmaker late tomorrow. i also want to point out, we have colder air that is brewing in canada. that looks like it will drop into the northern plains and then into washington by the end of the weekend towards the weekend. first there's the rainmaker moving in from the gulf tomorrow pulling molester and walk along with it. then the colder air behind that with the secondary system. 52 and sunny today. to will 30's tonight. -- upper 20s to low 30 tonight. back down to 40 degrees by a few morning snow flurries. >>> no accidents as far as the beltway. in good shape right now on interstate 70, 270, 95 in virginia and in baltimore. let's look at the picture of outbound 14th street bridge in hov lanes they are writing the vehicle. allen of virginia into the district looks

otherwise, below freezing just about every where else. 25 degrees in winchester. clouds shown in white, coming from the northwest. we are getting a few radar echoes in ohio. we could pick up a few brief snow showers or some snow flurries in random locations across the viewing area later this evening and tonight. you could wake up to a, a light dusting of snow by tomorrow morning. temperatures, low 30 this afternoon. tonight around the time, it is not plummet because we have warm air moving into town and we have cloud cover acting as a blanket to the atmosphere. there's a little chance of snow late tonight and into early tomorrow morning. if we could see a few snowflakes or brief snow showers. if in the 20s to start the day tomorrow, mid to upper twenties. in the 40 tomorrow afternoon average for this time of year. back in the mid 50's on friday. on the weekend but a little above average. sunday we could have a system bringing us precipitation and maybe even areas of snow. early to tell. >> we will keep an eye on it. thank you. >>> coming up reality star kim kardas

winchester is at a cold nine degrees.ulpeper, 14 degrees and off to the east, we've got 19 in cambridge, 1 in stevensville. let's take a look -- 19 in stevensville. let's take a look -- sorry my coat is getting caught up on my equipment, my gear. we have agot cold air in place for this morning. but a warm front is going to be coming through and for the latter part of the week, we'll get mild are air in here. friday and saturday, temperatures will be in the 50s. showers will arrive on sunday. here is the forecast for today. a mix of clouds and sun. another cold day. not as breezy and i don't think we'll see the snow flurries that we saw yesterday. high about 34 degrees. then for tonight, we will see postally cloudy skies. not quite as cold. a few flurries are possible tonight. 29-degree, those wind couldic up a little bit. they will gust at about 15 miles per hour. five-day forecast, check it out. tomorrow, 45 degrees, so that is a nice improvement. then a better improvement on friday and saturday, highs in the mid-50s. su

if from winchester to front royal cooler day. mainly this is mid-level clouds. i would not be surprised if there could be agreed snow flurries or two west of the blue ridge early this morning. something to keep an eye on. i will update accordingly. if that should not get in the way today. 35 now in washington, 25 in frederick, 28 in winchester, 27 in manassas, 38 at quantico. mid 40's this afternoon, a few areas of light rain man is out of the metro. not much stimulation. i would not be surprised for a few wet snowflakes. 44 degrees for the high temperature. upper 20s tonight clearing. tomorrow, 52 skies. >>> 29 has an accident before anybody wanting to get up to 66. on 66 eastbound near nutley street in this picture, a pretty heavy volume. slowing in centreville, at 50, and then from nutley street to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a trip to africa and the global lifetime quickly turned into a nightmare for an australian tourist. take a look. >> [crowd gasps] >> that was a 22-year-old bungee jumping in zimbabwe on new year's eve. she plummeted 365 f

no travel troubles. 35 in washington, 27 at dulles airport, 28 in winchester, 30 in cumberland. 37 inttle cooler inland. notice the cloud cover shown in a great. that has been increasing through the night. if you can still see the full moon beautiful. snapping pictures and i love sharing photographs. a few areas of rain locally and especially south of the metro area later on today. midday into the afternoon and early evening. in terms of the amounts, maybe fractions of an inch around town. not all that much rain. 44 degrees today, 52 degrees and sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. most of the rain leaving by the military -- will be by the middle of the week. >>> no problems out of fredericksburg this morning getting up to quantico marine base. moving nicely inside the beltway on 395. normal travel times between rich and and baltimore. looks good on the b-w parkway. no problems to report between dale city and the beltway. in a pretty good run as far as 270 traffic, where we take you live. that is at democracy boulevard. headlights are their way to the american legion bridge. back to news.

winchester and 37 degrees right now. here's a look at some cloud cover i just showed you.this morning. central virginia, no. maryland d.c., mid-level and high-level clouds rolling over a period of no big weather makers across the nation to speak of, just warm air. that will be in place around washington today and tomorrow. then the cold front tomorrow afternoon will move aside the warm air. i want to stress this is just cooler air, not cold air. no records will be broken around here today. the record high of 73 in the district. we will be near 60. near 60 south of town. 61 in bowie. upper 50's tomorrow. a mixture of sun and clouds through the weekend. 40's on sunday. and extensive brain on monday. >>> traffic seems to be moving better. 90195 near 205 has an accident. moving nicely on the beltway in laurel. looks good in college park and silver spring, normal. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the new hampshire primary could be do-or-die for jon huntsman. he has is cheerleaders working overtime. with more ana palmer is here. his daughters are basically campaigning for him in t

in winchester 26. fredericksburg it feels like 30 degrees some for a lot of us does feel like it's still below the freezing mark. our big weather maker in the country is still in the northwest. we're still some snow falling and now loot of rain, flooding is a problem in parts of oregon and washington. freezing rain a problem in seattle. and in our area we could see this system here impacting us. generally scooting to the north of us, so places north of d.c. has a better chance for some snowshowers and some flurries. right there you see in the blue late tonight, after midnight. by tomorrow morning we should be okay. then another round of wintry weather could be impacting us friday into saturday. look at the purple, a wintry mix, and the blue is the light snow. so your highs for today, temperatures right around seasonable, 43 degrees. and looks like we'll see temperatures more chilly on friday, 41 degrees. here's your 7-day outlook. a wintry mix again early saturday, with some freezing rain. but milder o

winchester yesterday was 7 degrees. that was 24 hours ago. 28. 34 in the district, 30 in hagerstown, if 33 in quantico, but for the most part it's around freezing. clouds will clear away shortly after sunrise. until then we could see an isolated snow flurry or briefs dusting of snow in one or two random locations. mid 40's this afternoon 45 the high temperature. maybe even 60 degrees farther south of the metro area tomorrow. >>> the commute looks ok. there was a crash on the district side, to 95 northbound at first sterling avenue. now they're checking for one on the suitland parkway. we are checking in centerville virginia for newschopper 7. headlights are eastbound out of manassas to centreville. that's the normal volume. everyone is coming through the battlefield on 29 and that is increasing volume. 395 north bounds at duke street no worries, no delays up to the pentagon. winding down with a look at maryland, outer loop at new hampshire avenue in pretty good shape out of laurel the beltsville and to holy cross hospital. back to you. >> tha

down in winchester, this is a beautiful shot as well, gorgeous. it is just before sunrise and here is one more -- from damascus, this is a great picture. 52 degrees in washington which is one of the cool areas. fredericksburg is 61 degrees this hour and 55 in winchester and cumberland is up to 57 degrees. we are seeing those temperatures climbing south of the metro in the mid 60's today from culpeper down toward fredericksburg and southern maryland at locally right around 60. it will be warm but the record is 73 so we will be far from that. here is the warm air that is in place with no big weather makers in place. this indicates the warm air that is going across the midsection of the country. yesterday they had a record high temperatures in the midwest. it was for a monthly record. this is the warmest it has ever been in aberdeen, s.d. had a month of january yesterday, 63. cool there will come into town and shoved a warm air out of the way for the end of the week. 35-40 degrees to night and about as warm tomorrow and we cool down a little bit in t

in fact, a couple of showers showing up on live doppler 9,000 hd, winchester, parts of southern maryland as well. we'll take a closer look and detail that seven-day forecast. it's going to get colder. 9 news now at noon returns in just a moment. >>> hostess brands, the maker of twinkies and wonder bread is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. the company says troubles with its pension and medical benefits obligations and increased competition, they were just too much. hostess will continue to run bakeries, outlet stores and distribution centers and deliver its goods during the restructuring period. >>> two texas pastors are taking a radical approach to encourage more intimacy in marriage. tracy cormet has more on bheas being called the sex therapist. >> far too long that the church has kicked the bed out and god out of the bed. reporter: but at this church in grapevine, a bed is front and center and the subject will be sex within marriage. >> it's all about recognizing the importance of sex. >> we're trying to put the bed back in church and god back in the bed. i was thinking abo