for updates anytime, log on to wjla-dot-com. d.c.'s cherry blossoms are now expected to reach peak bloom a little later than expected. the national park service now predicts peak bloom will start march 23rd and 24th. last week, because of the warm weather, the dates were moved up to march 18th through the 23rd. but recent cooler temperatures prompt abc7 is proud to be a sponsor of this year's cherry blossom festival. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen the big story today is the metro shutdown. many people will be utilizing alternate modes of transportation, so if that means walking or biking, at least it will be mild, but you'll want to stay aware of a few things. for the morning rush, watch out for areas of patchy, dense fog, especially for areas of nw of d.c. otherwise, skies will be mainly clear, so grab the sunglasses. temperatures will be warmer today with highs climbing into the low to mid 70s. a weak front approaching from the west will trigger a few afternoon and evening t-showers, so keep the umbrella handy. also, downloa

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we will follow that and have the latest coming up later on wjla. it is expected the decision could come down in may or june. reporting live, sam sweeney, abc 7 news. jummy: switching gears to look outside. a little colder and windier. snow could be on the way. let's get to brian van de graaff with a look at the forecast. brian: say it ain't snow. get it? gusty andme really blustery wind. we are looking at the wind picking up. the at 25, at times gusting to 33 miles per hour. it feels like 32 degrees. that is pretty frigid. that is going to be the story for the next day or so. a lot of wind and cold air in place for us. the wind about 33 miles per hour in leesburg. downtown, 40 miles per hour in manassas. like 25 in gaithersburg, 22, winchester. warrenton feels-like 32. through the afternoon, temperatures in the 40's. it will feel like the upper 20's and lower 30's all afternoon. we are good tonight and tomorrow. thursday night, some snow arrives. minor accumulations. we will tell you what time it will start and two has the best chance of seeing sno

we search-we have the link at wjla. search "eagle cam." nice. maureen: i don't know if we should refer to the january storm as the blizzard of 2016. there is a lot of winter still to come in 2016. steve: you think? in december. you are always looking ahead. maureen: yes. steve: my goodness! blizzard six weeks ago and they had to stay off. prince william county today they had the day off. they called it last night at 10:30. maureen: because of the snow? steve: because of the snow. maureen: okay. steve: my theory is if my mom can drive in it, anyone can go. go figure. kids were loving it on twitter. 41 degrees at reagan national airport. we look to the white house, the snow, what little bit we had is now long, long gone. if you are in prince william county i don't think you saw a lot down there either. 39 in leesburg. 37 in winchester right now. it's 37 in hagerstown. the same over in cumberland. show you what is going on with the wind spds little bit. we don't have to worry about the extreme wind chill factors that we had earlier today when it fe

again, our thanks to wjla, abc 7, for the washington, dc area. the rules are we can listen to their reporting, their enter are you from subjects but we don't take the report from their reporters. there is a lot going on in washington right now, and there is a lot of confusion. i want to lay out what we have confirmed and that is that there's more going on now. what we know is that outside the capitol complex, near the visitor center, there were reports of shots fired. then a shooter taken into custody, after a police officer was shot. there were official reports, official reports, of shrapnel hitting this officer. we could only assume in the early going that the word might have been used a little improperly or something, but i can't really make that jump until -- unless and until we get something specific, but witnesses there on scene have toll us that they believed, quote, sounds like a clip was emptied. that's the end of the quote. but there are multiple reports of multiple shots fire at that location there oar things going on at the white hous

log on to the wjla facebook page to join the conversation. jonathan: senator bernie sanders visiting illinois, edwardsville. calling for free education. so far today hillary clinton has not had any public appearances. they are both set to meet in their next debate sunday in flint, michigan. >> not much but a pretty snowfall to wake up to this morning across the area. jonathan: a weak snow fall but it didn't go anywhere. >> it left the roadways clear. >> we are looking at good skiing. fair skiing. a lot of this is man made as they saw a little bit fall last night. the temperatures out there in the 40's. 41 degrees at reagan national airport. 41 at leesburg. we will cool down a little bit moving through the overnight if you are going out to get something to eat, bundle up. we have rain on the way. i'll time it out. temperatures in the 70's. jonathan: thank you. this morning's snow wasn't enough but it did convince prince william county to close schools. >> the only snow left is left on the bushes. not even on the grass here. it's stacked to the

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