it feels like 3 below in gaithersburg, 4 below in patuxent river. being a friday night, there will be a lot more people out and about tonight. make sure you're ready for through noon tomorrow. that tells you we're going to have wind chills between 0 and 15 below at times. winds 25 to 35 for those higher gusts, that's what they'll be. there is some relief coming on sunday so we will not have any kind of wind chill advisory on sunday. there is definitely some relief there of, but this is what you can expect tonight. going out to dinner, getting down around 11:00, we're in 0 or below 0 to the north and west. close to it, though, in the single digits the rest of the area. tomorrow morning waking up, i think the winds pickup again and we're close to 10 below in many areas. with the wind chill or the wind gusts, rather, it will feel even colder than that. be ready. bundle up if you're heading out on saturday morning as well, going to be quite cold through the afternoon. here's saturday tomorrow afternoon around 1:00 and we're still below 0. 5 below gaithe

it is 1 degree in manassas, 7 gaithersburg, 16 degrees in washington. the good news is no snow for your commute. that is tonight. back in the 30s, melissa. not too bad today. >> the cold weather is affecting water main breaks. take a look at marc. we had cancellations because of the mechanical problems caused by this. on marc, penn line train 408 and 413 canceled. 406 delayed until 7:20 this morning. as far as the water main break, we have the right lane getting by the water main break. and in hyattsville, route 1 southbound near crittendon getting by there. northwest, woodley road between 32nd and blocked. >>> one minute he was having a good time at a party, the next he was paralyzed. >> it's not the news you want to hear when even colder weather is on the way. how your electric bill may be going up. >>> don't be surprised if your son or daughter is seeing extra before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so gre

as you try to get through gaithersburg and rockville. back to you. >> erin, thank you 8:30 is the time. kicking wasteful expenses to the curb s your resolution to save more money in 2,008. we've got helpful tips to help you along. >> la to vegas returning for all new adventure tomorrow night. star ed weeks will join us live on good day today with a sneak peek. you're doing great. [laugher] you look amazing. the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day. i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. and i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. first place. both events? booyah! we're an awards family. you'll like them both but love our price. award-winning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. simply smarter shopping. mommy you're strong! aw, you bet i am! the egg white grill. so you can bring on the day. ♪ >>> 8:30. lots of clouds out there the big question what will happen later this afternoon? check in with tucker in a few minutes chance of precipitation, big concern it's just so cold on the ground it could

i mean we're in washington, 25 gaithersburg and 3 mannasas and here's that fog erin was telling you b look down to a quarter mile visibility in some neighborhoods around d.c.. take it easy as you hit the roads. erin como is telling you about that fog. erin. >> 4:47 we have fog and water main break. i want to start with this if you head to reagan national. gw parkway southbound the off ramp to ronald airport is closed with a water main break. details around that. if you head to the airport in that direction watch for icy, slick conditions. and take a bottom look at the beltway. heavier, dense fog there as mike mentioned watch for slick spots, bridges, overpasses, on and off ramps. "fox5" melanie alnwick is out in great falls and you said the sidewalks there you see a heavy sheen there. it does vary neighborhood to neighborhood. we're in the great falls rest inarea. and on the sidewalks this is why i understand schools will delay. this is what you come across and very, very slick and shiny sidewalks here and that's untreated area and perhaps i know in my neighborhood we treated our side

it's 11 degrees in gaithersburg, 12 in manassas and 14 in leesburg. these feels like temperature are 4 degrees below zero in fredericksburg, 10 degrees below zero in hagerstown and in western maryland in oakland it feels like 25 degrees below zero. there's some school districts that have closed for good reason. we are under a wind chill advisory until 12:00 for those dangerous wind chills feel like we are at sub zero temperatures. that's the big take away. >>> right now over to traffic where ellen is covering some breaking news. traffic is being diverted i'm hearing. >> right. traffic is being diverted near rock creek parkway because of a water maine break. larry shot this video on his way to the station. good job, larry. it's virginia avenue and rock creek parkway. u.s. park police tell us that the break happened at 27th and i and the water from that break ran down and froze over. now the water has been shut off so we are not seeing that flowing anymore. salt crews are on their way. they are hoping to treat this area. total traffic actually stopped o

leesburg, gaithersburg. clinton is 3 degrees below zero. manassas feels like 4 this is brutal this morning. the good news, we're nice and dry. any commuting, a lot of people back to work and school. or maybe holiday travel. heaters on if you have them on your seats. tomorrow afternoon, increasing clouds. but we stay dry. one thing we're watching as we go into wednesday night. big area of low pressure. it will be staying out to sea. staying far offshore to early thursday. that's snowfall that the models are forecasting. closer to the coastline. if the storm track shifts farther east, the chances will be lower. if it shifts farther west, the chances would be higher. the best chance is south and east of the district. pretty far south and east. look at friday and saturday, that is brutal air moving in and the wind makes it feel colder. a look at the ten-day in a bit. let's check out the roads, melissa. >> southbound new hamps one southbound lane is open. two northbound lanes open because of the water main break. that slush, that isiah cross the

it is 9 in gaithersburg. 13 manassas. 14 here in washington. the feels-like factor, it is still windy. windchills below zero across the region. a windchill advisory continues through noon. the advisory criteria, whi minus 15 degrees. the wind is here, not just for today and tonight. it will stay windy through the day tomorrow as well. no real relief from the bitter cold wind until sunday. i'll show you the forecast and highs and lows for the weekend coming up. for now -- >> almost killed myself on that chair right now. it's time for traffic, good morning, melissa. >> glad you're okay. little trip there. taking a look at one problem in northwest, we're going to have a live report in a second. rock creek parkway in front of the kennedy center. that area, a lot of different closures this that made the area very sliek and icy. >> inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking today. on the bay bridge, wind warnings in effect for the pro high-profile vehicles. west of 95, still have t downed wires with leans. >> weigh want to take you live to the

look at the temperatures here. 57 degrees in gaithersburg. 57 in d.c., 62 degrees in fredericksburg and 59 in leesburg. the average high for this time of year is in the low 40s. so this is quite incredible to be this warm in late in the day. we do have shower activity, but not a lot. this will increase as we move on through the night. you can see what's happening. notice all the rain down to the south. this is one storm here that's going to move up. we've got another storm that's down around the memphis area. that will ride right up this frontal boury our area during the evening tomorrow night. so once again, not a complete washout of a day, but keep the um brel ha handy. most of the showers back to the west. overnight we'll see showers move in, but notice this right here is 7:00 a.m. on future weather and we're expecting a rather wet rush hour. you might need to give yourself a little extra time. and there will be a few slick spots out there. temperatures still around the 60-degree mark. as we move on through the day at noon, 1:00, the rain moves back in. earlier the computer model had

right now in gaithersburg, 28 at schiffele square road. they fell overnight. pepco trying to get this out of the way for the morning commute. i know how important that sp for people. >>> in frederick, 355 at the monocacy river bridge, that repair is complete. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. it's 5:02. now to the explosive comments out of the white house this morning. it's the top trending topic on twitter and you'll hear about it all day. >> the president is accused of making controversial and derogatory comments during an oval office meeting. this happened while talking about immigrants from african countries and some other nations. a democratic aide confirms the president said "why are we having all these people from expletive countries here." he also added, why do we need more haitians. take them out. someone responded, because if you do, it will be obvious why. it's not clear who made that comment. >> this marks eight years since that devastating earthquake. a 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of haitians and much of that island is still

the mastermind in the killing of a gaithersburg teen pleads guilty to first-degree murder. damaras reyes-rivas was tortured before she was stabbed to death last january at l she was 15-year-old. 18-year-old venus iraheta, faces up to life in prison when she's sentenced in may. authorities say iraheta stabbed the 15-year-old just authorities say iraheta stabbed the 15-year-old just after vowing to see her in hell. iraheta is one of 10 accused ms-13 members charged in the case. less than a month after pbs dropped tavis smiley's talk show after reported inappropriate relationships with subordinates, smiley is going back to work. he announced a deal for a new series about inspirational stories titled, "the upside with tavis smiley." it will be distributed digitally and also will be shown on the word network, a cable and satellite network with religious programming aimed at an african-american audience. back now to our breaking news-- high-level talks between north and south korea regarding plans to bring north korea to the olympics this coming after the warring nations began th

clinton, gaithersburg, down to 0 in fredericksburg. that will create issues this morning too. your commute this morning, areas of ice, patchy fog by this afternoon. we're in the mid-40s. look what will happen in the end of the week. >> it's going to come with rain and that's going to be around to start your weekend. big improvements temperaturewise. probably not that great, melissa. >> not that great. a couple of patchy spots here and there that are sort of dealing with the icy areas. it's going to be a mess this morning. my car was encased in ice as well. taking a look at marc trains. 407 is canceled because of southbound gw parkway, the ramp to reagan national. the main ramped blocked by the water main break. inbound 5 after 231, just a warning. had earlier icy conditions and spinouts in that area this morning. beltway over all, no major problems. >> melissa, thank you. >>> we have school closings and delays into the newsroom. this just in. culpepper county schools. -- >> the only district closed today. as these things develop and change, we'll update you thanks for coming!

nine in hagerstown, air temperature, nine in winchester, the same in gaithersburg. 12 at manassas and winds are still gusting in some areas. some 16 up to 23 miles per hour. not quite as strong as they were earlier but they're still there. take a look at the wind chill values, minus five in gaithersburg, wind chill advisory in effect tonight through sunday and very dangerous conditioning as a result of this. it only takes 30 minutes for exposed skin to freeze so you have to be very aware of this, frost bite hypothermia very real possibilities if you're in this weather and not taking care of yourself. don't leave your pets outside. it's just as dangerous for them. temperatures will be on the rise, yes, i'm happy to say we do have warmer weather coming your way back to you. >> we aren't the only on dealing with all this cold weather. record low temperatures are in store for parts of the northeast and the great lakes this weekend. >> fox's bryan llenas fills us in on this frigid air across the u.s. >> reporter: an arctic blast freezing much of the northeast and the great lakes area. some

we had gusts, peak gusts in gaithersburg to 55. great falls 46. reagan national 49. they were certainly over 50 out at ocean city. but listen, gainsville, virginia had a gust of 51. calvert cliffs, this is close to annapolis, it's also in bowie a little bit off shore, a 56 miles an hour gust and dulles had a gust to 48 miles an hour. so, where are those gusts right now? they're down from the peak earlier today but this is not fun up in baltimore with a 41 miles per hour gust at this hour. 33 at d.c. dulles and manassas getting gusts to 37. so, that takes that temperature and drops it down into the single digits and that is all as a result of our deepening nor'easter that's going to continue to tap that polar vortex air and pull it right back on down warned you yesterday the extreme cold would be the worst part of it in our area. look at these wind chill advisories and wind chill warnings, widespread up and down the midatlantic and the northeast and they're probably going to replace their winter storm warnings with wind chill advisories when you get up to the north an

tomorrow 11 in gaithersburg, 13 in bowie, clear. by 9:00 it's 20 downtown, 15 in manassas. some high clouds begin to roll in. this is the model that has zero snow for us. by 6:00 some high clouds to the south, 31 downtown, 20s elsewhere and by early in the morning on thursday after midnight most of the snow along the delmarva, but i think that model is too far to the east, more of a compromise i think is in order. on the day planner 16 to start, 28 by 11:00, high clouds increasing, 33 by 1:00. thursday morning snow or flurry, 30 and look at this, 24 on friday, wind chills below 0 on friday. next seven days only 15 saturday, low 30s on sunday. all the cold air we suffer through, it warms up and rains on monday. that is not fair. it may end as quick rain or snow tuesday morning as cold air rushes back in. >> nothing this week is fair at all. thanks. >>> now that he's thawed out from hosting new year's eve on times square on cnn anderson cooper is sitting down with stephen colbert tonight for an all new late show. here's a preview. >> hey, everybody, join me on the late show.

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temperatures right now 13 degrees in the district, 8 degrees in gaithersburg, 14 in leesburg. all morning i've been showing the feels-like temperatures. what does it feel like now? still feeling below zero up in montgomery county, folks, single digits in the district down towards manassas, bumping up a little bit in leesburg. we've got calmer winds today, so the windchill will not be as much of a factor as it was yesterday. your sunday outlook, headed to church, layer up. brunch, like i said, indoors, running the errands, calmer winds, so the sting will be out. and if you're going to get the car washed because it has all of the salt on it, wait until tuesday. check this out. monday we have -- identify kind of zoom through here, but around noon, we're looking for a chance for mixed precip. in fact, we could see freezing rain the farther north and west we're looking more like just rain down into southern maryland. this could make for an icy-dicey situation on the roads tomorrow evening. here's a look at your evening commute for monday. coming home from work, you can see temperat

around the region, 20 in gaithersburg. luray is 28 degrees. cumberland is 23. feeling like the teens in many spots. 15 in hagerstown. same in leonardtown. andrews at 23. within the beltway, 16 degrees. biting cold night. no way around it. we have colder air heading this way. you look at the numbers. we keep the mid-20's. not the wind chill factor in the next couple of hours. later in the seven-day forecast we have some days that will struggle to get to 20. we are talking about the high temperature. so this relentless pattern of the really cold temperatures the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time to continue. we will talk more about that. specifics and break down the timing hour-by-hour of the snow in a few minutes. larry: the cold weather prompted two-hour delay for schools in berkeley county in virginia mo

we got 50 degrees back toward in gaithersburg. well above average and so fara above where we've been. we had a couple of days in this stretch that were twice -- two times less than this. so, again, very nice. pretty good sunset, sun went down 5:04 this afternoon. wind 5 miles per hour, so not much wind, but any wind is going to add a little about the of a wind chill. temperatures will cool fairly quickly. we're starting to see clearing skies. 38 in culpepper, 37 out towards luray. 41 in gaithersburg. so, a cool night tonight, but not all that cold. our average low is 29 in the city. i don't think we'll even get that low so we'll be a little bit above average for low temperatures. no rain to speak about, but look at the wide pattern here. nothing going on in the middle part of the country. this has been the pattern here. very dry across -- really the entire country except for the northwest. look at the southwest. these are the mudslides towards california and that moisture is coming our way. it has been cold on the east, it has bee

look at suburbs, much colder, 4 gaithersburg and 24 dullesen 17 mannasas. we did do melting yesterday and watch for refreeze in some spots early this morning. but, again, all should be above freezing later today. and we'll melt once again. satellite and radar showing high, thin clouds especially south of town this morning. and high pressure in control as it moves east ward. we'll get a little on shore flow and that will filter in the clouds in the afternoon. high today, 45. 34eu678 of clouds and sun. tomorrow the big warm-up begins. it comes with showers as well. we have future cast coming up and we'll time it out for you. checking the weather and over to erin for traffic. >> 5:36 now and we have new crashes and delays you need to be a ware of. gw parkway southbound and there's a crash at the sce overlook blocking left lane. feeds dipping down to 26 leading to the crash scene. keep in mind once you get inside the beltway on gw parkway southbound you get it heading down to the key bridge. again a five minute delay right. there and now as you make your way 29

here are the current temperatures. 22 in gaithersburg, 21 culpepper, 26 honeytown. you add in the wind. you look at 27 in leesburg, that's the actual temperature. we're not seeing much in the way of wind. what we do have, even a 5 to 10 mile an hour wind, 13 in baltimore, 16 in d.c., 11 current wind chill towards patuxent river. i don't think wind chill will be a huge factor. the storm coming up, this is the winter storm watch. you notice the thursday storm, nothing in our area. if you heard on twitter or you heard on your app, or you heard from a friend, hey, this is going to be a monster storm, it is, but not for us. even down toward the coast where we do have a winter storm watch in effect towards rehoboth beach, cambridge, salisbury, i'm not expecting much. 3 or 4 inches here. this is something we're going to be watching closely as we move through the next couple of days. we have winter storm warnings. eastern karolina, all the way towards tallahassee, university, one of the best weather schools in the country, they are closed tomorrow for the potential for wint

we're at 31 degrees gaithersburg, 42 fort belvoir and reston. we are seeing some issues with ice in these locations, but the main roads have been okay. we're going to talk more about that in a sec still in effect until 9:00. it includes just about our entire area. the only exception towards our extreme southeastern zones and back towards parts of the shenandoah valley. temperatures are well into the 40s back here now. yeah, the 40s. they're trying to move in here, but they just can't do it. can't make its way over the mountain. until 9:00 for that evening commute, wintry mix and freezing rain will most likely be in the offing. you can see that right here. we've got that freezing rain and sleet around the area. down to the south, it is just rain. even d.c. is falling as just rain, but it is still freezing on some of the roads. you see more moisture back to the west. we're not done with this just yet. as i mentioned, road temperatures, they may actually fall tonight. actual temperatures may fall tonight and that could lead to more freezing into to

gaithersburg checking in at seven, baltimore at eight. annapolis is the warm spot, there you go, 17 degrees this morning. leonardtown is up to tenement fredericksburg is at eight. culpeper, congrats you came up a degree from two to 3 degrees early this morning. wind chills out there right now, they're -- they're down i mean, it feels like 1 degree but winds aren't that strong so there's some good news. negative one for winchester. feels like three at culpeper which is the same as the air temperature there. just in case winds do kick up from time to time wind advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. today. we'll feel between zero and negative 10 degrees. satellite and radar quiet. we're expecting a good amount of sun today. here's your two-day forecast. it's a cold one. 25 today. only up to 28 degrees tomorrow. so, the arctic cold is kind of in and guys, bad news, it's going to get even colder late this week so details on that coming up later. >> okay. thanks mike. >> coming up on fox5 news morning we're in for a bad flu season this year and one

gaithersburg is 1. here's wind chill factor so you breeze because the wind chill is same as actual temperature. one good thing about today. we'll have sunshine. and finally, the wind is going to back off a little bit. it's not going to be quite so chilly. yesterday we stayed in single digits with wind chill factor if not below all day long. woo-hoo up to 5. yesterday you were 21. fredericksburg 7. a lot to talk about tomorrow and what may happen. again chance of a wintery precip. and then we warm up. and then we warm up. >> that sound excellent. >> thank you so much, gary. >> students at howard university were supposed to be heading back to class tom tomorrow. this frigid weather put the semester on hold. >> deep freeze caused a number of problems as we've been telling you quite sometime especially on the howard campus. officials having to push back the spring semester, tisha lewis live this morni campus with the latest, good morning, tisha. >> good morning, tom, annie, what we can say is classes here a

downed wires in gaithersburg. utility problem with downed wires blown transform. metro rail lines on time. back to you. >> all right, erin thank you. time right now is 6:24. facebook changing our news feeds again. but first wal-mart making big changes to paychecks and even closing some stores and laying off people. joining us now from the fox business network studios tracee carrasco. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday. >> happy friday indeed. yes, oh, my goodness, t.g.i.f. let's get started. wal-mart closing sams clubs. you know, i don't think a lot of people are shopping -- well, lot of people are shopping there but i guess they're closing more of them. >> reporter: well, we had two big announcements from wal-mart. in one breath we had the announcement that they were going to be increasing the hourly wage because of the tax reform bill and also giving out some bonuses. and then just a little while later we heard that they were closing 63 sams club locations across the country, laying off thousands of employees, many of whom say they didn

these temperatures are in the mid to upper 20's in gaithersburg and martinsburg. the clouds are here and they are here to stay for the remainder of the afternoon. no problems with the rush-hour commute. widen the view out. this is the storm we are talking about. i suspect we may see this winter weather advisory. dewey and bethany, now expanding withd atlantic city specific amounts of snow possible. we will have the cold air and the windchill factors that will be below zero. >> we have all been experiencing weather overnight in the teens, and we crank up the heat to stay warm, but that can create a massive heating bill. we can doplest thing that most homeowners do is replace the existing incandescent bulbs with led retrofit kits. >> the kit will cost you $15. you can consider weatherproofing your doors and windows. schools in our area are dealing with the effect of this deep freeze f school bus is not starting. the school has had some delays or even closed this morning. a look at the issues that school districts are facing. >> temperatures in the teens are lower ma

eighth in gaithersburg. mix in winds out of the northth west feels like wolf this is dangerous cold. please make sure you're dressed appropriately. gaithersburg zero. minus five to minus ten along 81. hagerstown feels like minus six right now. minus eight in winchester. >> satellite/radar, nice and quiet again nice looking day was just looking at the great lakes starting to freeze up pretty quick with this extreme cold, and we'll start to see that lake effect snow start to shut off over the next couple of days. otherwise we're nice and quiet. wednesday nice, thursday time frame area of low pressure off the coast. this is really going t we call it bombo genesis deepen rapidly it looks like it wants to throw moisture back along the eastern seaboard. generally washington and points east we're looking at the possibility of a little bit of light snow around here. overnight nearly thursday. whatever falls will stick. it's going to be plenty cold 40 but it doesn't look like we have a lot of moisture to work with be

dulles, 5 gaithersburg in leonardtown. we have lots going on. we're wake up with quiet conditions. look at that now in florida mixed precip. we're getting winter weather in florida at this hour. t and there's 7 day forecast. again, 33 today. with snow tomorrow morning. hang in here and i'll give you the details tomorrow morning. >> a fees for warmer temperatures. >> let's check in with caitlin. >> good morning. >> thit do flask jacksonville florida this morning. snow in northern florida. outside now you can tell yesterday lot of people took off. we're back on wednesday morning we have accidents to report. 95 northbound prince william parkway disabled vehicle there it is there blocks right most line and left lanes squeezing by ramp to 14 street bridge disabled vehicle that's going to cause bad-up there. water main break the begsh uthis morning hung for drive. and that us west lane. and annapolis, bay bridge at cypress a water main break. one lane open in each direction bay bridge road. be careful. icy conditions not just there and that section of annapolis and pretty much anywhere w

just now above the 20 degree mark down near gaithersburg. but down below zero in many neighborhoods. that's what you need to know about the weather. crazy cold continues into the first half of the weekend. very windy tomorrow as well. next storm chance on monday. maybe a little mix of some wintry weather. we'll take a closer look at that. >> thaungs, chuck. >>> and extreme cold wrecks havoc. road closures continue. megan mcgraph joins us live hey, megan. >> reporter: yeah, wicked cold oud here and causing problems and still seeing some of the issues happening. water main that broke on 27th street and water came gushing out on surrounding street so i street, rock creek park, all of that just frost. we had actually inches accumulated ice on the roadways, so everything had to be shut down. take look at the video from early this morning. and you can see just how dangerous the situation was. there were was like a skating rink in this entire area. tricky thing is there are access points to major commuter routes all around this intersection. and so

it's minus 3 in gaithersburg. the winds blowing between 15 to 25 with the gusts of wind up to 30 miles per hour still. the good news we are not dealing with the snow on top of it. the skies were clear. a lot of sunshine out there today as you know if you were out and about. the temperatures will tank.

we have teens in the suburbs. 17 in gaithersburg, 18 at dulles, 15 manassas. it's not the single digits in negatives we had yesterday but still cold enough that it's not going to warm the ground all that much. we're not going to have a whole lot of sun to warm the ground. winter weather advisory start at 3 o'clock locally earlier than that north and west. there's your forecast. 34 today. watch the mix this afternoon. more sun tomorrow. all right, that's weather. over to erin for traffic. >>:3 because of water main breaks as melanie alnwick has been offering with team coverage in northwest. porter street closed between 34th and 35th. please use caution at that intersection because the traffic that is moving by on the other streets moving slowly because of the potential for slick spots. they've salted things out there. takoma park this is where our photographer mike rickert is. you can see one lane of traffic is getting through this water main break scene. doesn't appear to be as slick but please use caution. you never know you could hit icy spots. east-west hig

around the region, 20 in gaithersburg. luray is 28 degrees. cumberland is 23. feeling like the teens in many spots. 15 in hagerstown. same in leonardtown. andrews at 23. within the beltway, 16 degrees. biting cold night. no way around it. we have colder air heading this way. you look at the numbers. we keep the mid-20's. not the wind chill factor in the next couple of hours. later in the seven-day forecast we have some days that will struggle to get to 20. we are talking about the high temperature. so this relentless pattern of the really cold temperatures the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time to continue. we will talk more about that. specifics and break down the timing hour-by-hour of the snow in a few minutes. larry: the cold weather prompted two-hour delay for schools in berkeley county in virginia mo area. we feel it here at this stage. we are stuck in a deep freeze. alison: abc7's tom roussey joins us from siller is spring where crews are work -- silver spring where the crews are working on a water main break. this is just part of the problem

feels like 5 degrees gaithersburg and clinton, 2 below zero in manassas and warrenton. they'll continue to fluctuate until the sun finally comes up and tries to warm the temperatures up. it's not going to be warm today by any means. feels like 1 degree below zero in martinsburg. there's the windchill advisory until 9:00 a.m. looking at potentially dangerous windchills. don't want to be exposed too long this morning outside. 30 minutes can cause frostbite. we're nice and dry. that's the good news. we'll stay dry for the first day of 2018. this morning, right around the mid to low teens. blustery through the afternoon. highs only in the mid-20s. only feeling like the middle teens. look how far away it is. this is thursday morning. we're going to watch the track carefully. right now, it looks like the best chance of snow south and east of d.c. if the track of the system forecast. but we are watching it closely for thursday. then by friday, we're back nero owe ten-day coming up. >> new rules. it was trash in 2017. not anymore. >> still ahead, new regulations on what you can

metro area, rockville, gaithersburg, frederick, hagerstown getting in on the action also. we see widespread showe rush-hour commute tomorrow. extra time this evening, extra time tomorrow morning, and again tomorrow evening hours as the showers continue. we did the heavy showers by the noontime our tomorrow. we look for the heaviest of the action to arrive late, late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. that is when the cold front moves on through, and the temperatures are going to plummet. highs tomorrow -- we make it into the middle 60's, even warmer than that south of d.c. take a look at our temperature trend. as we move through the next 24 hours, temperatures in the 60's by the noon time hours tomorrow. heavier rain begins to move on through. once it moves on through, we do stay on the mild side. a cold front, 12:00 a.m. saturday. here it is, a cold front moving through the area. this is early saturday morning into the morning hours. only in the 30's. let me take a quick look at our 10-day temperature trend. easy come, easy go, a big warm up on friday. much colde

just saying that feels warm. 45 in gaithersburg. 48 in leesburg. when we compare temperatures to same time yesterday when we met here last night at this time we are up 10 to 20 degrees. there is a noticeable difference. we talked about it this morning. you went outside. even though there was a coating of ice it was 35 degrees. over the weekend at dulles we had a we had a huge, huge temperature difference between this morning and today and the last couple of days. you have to go back 17 days, before christmas to find a day warmer than today. just a few clouds passing by so your evening forecast looking very nice. temperatures in the mid-to-the upper 40's in the next few hours. no weather related problems for you. in fact, i encourage you to get out. for the first time in several days it's not bad to get out and go for a walk. warmer temperatures bringing people out. amy aubert in georgetown, are you finding a bigger crowd out there today? amy: amy: absolutely. this feels like springtime out here. look at the crowds. there is a ton of people out here

three boys playing on a retention pond plunged through the ice in gaithersburg. one of those boys, 10-year-old d.j. mcmullen drowned in the icy water. firefighters rescued the other two boys. larry: it has been nearly a week since a woman's body was found in the trunk of a burning car. tonight we are learning more about the woman who lost her life. sam ford has her story. sam: the video recalls happier times earlier last year with lewis, her ex-girlfriend. not last thursday when k, as she called her, of kay's car set on fire in an alley. >> i kept calling her. why aren't you answering? pick up. >> neighboring heard multiple shot in the alley behind adrian street southeast and saw a raging fire that claimed the life of a woman who was reared by her grandparents. both of her parents were dead. >> why would they want to do this to her? looking for answers. >> she had a criminal record. arrest on gun charges and had been to prison. her grandfather said she was tough but never saw an end like this. >> she was free spirit. you know, full of life. full of fun. >> lewis

gaithersburg. everybody cold, dulles 23 as well. again cold enough even here in washington where 33 cold enough we see the ice redevelop this morning. ground is so cold. fog developed as well. allison mentioned it. visibility in many spots eighth of mile or less. you have to deal with that as well. good news ice and fog will both burn off once we get magical sun up and. >> sun is so magical. >> 8:30, 9, certainly by 10. temperatures will be in the 40s. look at that 47. >> thanks, tuck. >> heat wave. >> it is a heat wave. >> hey, erin. >> i've been requesting beach party friday. it may be too extreme. >> i heard it will be 60 friday. >> and pouring rain. >> like the beach sometimes. >> we'll think about it unfortunately with bad weather comes bad traffic we have a traffic alert fairfax country water main break shutting down road near you can see the water billowing on to the road. and now as you move things over another water main break slowing you on way of reagan national and off ramle right now is closed. watch for slis spot. any

jackie of asthma care and gaithersburg is joining us to help us avoid some of the problems. and i thought it was interesting that frostbite is one of the things that you were talking about. >> what you need to know is that it comes in stages. it's called frost nip and if it gets too white, that's the deeper layers. what you've got to be careful about is the spend damages that stick out. that would be fingers and mit tens. >> all he see are the bicycle cops and eyes are an issue when it gets this cold. >> yes. a lot of people don't think about it. your eyes can be easily damaged from high wind and lots of cold. wearç goggles. don't forget, if we get snow tomorrow, it's going to really bother the uva rays. have sunglasses on as well. >> someone told me that their contact lens froze to their eye. >> it can be happen. be careful. >> that's crazy. >> people with asthma, i'm assuming anything with lungs, has got to be an issue. even just your sinuses get inflamed from this cold, dry weather. >> yes. the problem is, you already have the inflammation from asthma and then it makes

single digits in hagerstown, frederick, gaithersburg, baltimore, annapolis, andrews -- bundle up outdoors. we will have to keep the sweater, hats, gloves handy. stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, love it -- clear skies. at least we have sunshine to enjoy. maybe you are going out to lunch in the next couple of hours or so -- temperatures within the lower to middle 20's with sunshine. forecast tonight, cold, clear. temperatures, single digits, middle teens, with winds out of the miles per hour. if you are waking up tomorrow atning, temperatures only 15, 16 degrees in downtown d.c.. here is the latest on the winter storm watch that includes ocean --dew --both, do we, ey bethany. this is where we are likely to see measurable amounts of snow tomorrow night into early thursday morning. many of these areas will likely be updated into winter storm warnings. this is the freshly updated futurecast. it shows the storm pulling together, but noticed the edge of the storm -- the western edge just to the east of the d.c. metro area. heaviest amounts, delmarva peninsula toward new york city, toward boston

gaithersburg is at 31. manassas is 32. chantilly at 32. martinsburg is 33. most of the area north is where it's cooler. you will drop south and it will warm. considerably warmer than it has been. lynchburg at 37. raleigh is 33. 35 in d.c. we have a wave that came through. brought sleet. talk about the freezing rain specifically, the sleet and rain and snow. but when you go out and you hear through the trees, that is the ice pellet coming down. that is not the freezing rain. we had sleet today. still dealing with some of that up north. green on the map to the wist. much warmer at today. breaking it down, you may want your umbrella handy. rain showers continue through the evening hours. once we get to midnight it's gone. the way i see it. we are dry tomorrow with the sunshine throughout the day. looking mild around the area. we will stop this at 11:00. we are at 35 degrees. we pause this around the morning and we are around freezing mark. dulles broke a weather yesterday morning down to 1 degree below zero. nowhere near that. tomorrow. by lunch we are in the 4

it's minus 3 in gaithersburg. the winds blowing between 15 to 25 with the gusts of wind up to 30 miles per hour still. the good news we are not dealing with the snow on top of it. the skies were clear. a lot of sunshine out there today as you know if you were out and about. the temperatures will tank. minus 4 by midnight. dropping down to a minus 7 reading by tomorrow morning. some of the outlying spots or the colder spots could see that 10 below to 15 degrees below zero. there is warmup in sight. the bad news is if you have any pipes that are burst, right now the freeze is holding things in there. come the warmup, you will see a lot of plumbers busy. we will talk about when it will be and how long it will last. of course we break down the weekend forecast in a few minutes. jonathan: all right. we will look forward to it. thank you. show you something. two dozen planes. all the planes that are taking up an entire runway at the dulles international airport. while inside more than a thousand people spent the night s

gaithersburg, georgetown is 42. it's warmer at martinsburg. that is 48. look at the numbers to the west. 62 in louisville. 66 in charleston. the overall big picture. the set-up. our own weather. tomorrow and friday. the overall set up now things are quiet. i want to advance to sy tomorrow night. i wouldn't cancel plans. get to overnight to friday morning and there is a wave of moisture. friday morning commute. morning hours on friday. that could be if not likely wet. maybe a lull here and there. but at nan we'll watch more rain move in for the evening. notice back in part of ohio, kentucky, moving to western section of p.a. ice storm potentially. or sleet. and freezing rain followed by a fair amount of snowfall back there. temperatures, man, that is a big story, too. here we are back to tonight. 37 degrees at 11:00. out the door tomorrow. many of you will not be below freezing. 37. then we rebound. by 12:00 noon, we are at 47. i'll stop this tomorrow afternoon. we are in the mid-60's. but the mid-60 to the west before it dramatically cool down. check out

many 25ts still gusting up to miles per hour, creating a windchill factor, the feels like ,actor, -5 gaithersburg, 3 d.c. fred right, hagerstown -5. the winter weather advisory extends all the way into new england, until noon tomorrow. from west to east, same thing, a huge area dealing with the bitter cold air mass. we will coming up. nancy: to the north, millions digging out from the record-breaking cold temperatures and the snow. beathan: people had to evacuated, flooding, all kinds of trouble. lindsey: incredible video. almost looks like from a hollywood movie. at least eight people are dead tonight from weather-related incidents. people all over were trying to do doubt. for others, flooding is an issue and some had to be rescued. >> there were cars outside almost completely underwater. there was water from the back door. lindsey: even the national guard is rescuing people. in boston, they recorded the highest tide ever. jonathan: tough to look at those pictures. for us it was not that bad, but what was bad was what happened at dulles airport. back where they belong but they were stranded from

the fierce blizzard in ocean city to the glaze we're seeing and i understand you're on your way to gaithersburg and i bet that's one of the places starting to get slipperiness even though it's a small amount it doesn't take much at all, korey. >> and to see. especially as you get into the night with the dark roads. you know? and we're starting to see the rain and precipitation come down as we drove up river road and up 270 we hit traffic and bumper to bumper traffic we've seen earlier and things started to clear up. and on the actual highway things looked good as we saw the rain coming down and we didn't feel any freezing rain yet. which is some good news. but, of course, as things dip down tonight it will be likely that everything will kind of fwlaiz over and so that's why we're checking the neighborhood roads right now. as you mentioned they're more likely to freeze over quickly, easier, that's sort of thing. so the sidewalks and these neighborhood streets we're checking. and with all these checks happening we also want to warn you about the water main breaks that officials have been covering

and the good news is, most folks above freezing. 33 in gaithersburg and 31 in fredericksburg. we come back and talk about when the 50s role in and the 30s roll back. >>> i'm sure before you left the house, you watched our newest show, get up to see, -- get up dc. the hostess comedian, reese waters and he brings comic relief and i got a chance to sit up with his mama was there, too. had a lot to say. >> i have a question for you. how broke do i look? [laughter] >> who is reese waters, who are you? >> that's a good question. i'm an acid. i'm from prince george's county. i always was a bit of a class clown, had a sense of humor. who thinks they are that funny, other than the drunk people at the comedy club, that sounds better. >> reese didn't have to look far for his funnybone. he discovered it earlier, and he learned at his grandmother's knee. >> she was the funniest person. she didn't need any material. >> i showed my grandmother a picture of my girl. you by a wallet, you are supposed to take the wife with you. [laughter] do you see my girlfriend in the picture? i didn't get yo

by friday it will come in the form of rain. 13 in gaithersburg. bel aire not quite 17, look winchester and martinsburg. we have radio occasional -- radiation of cooling. it feels like -4 in leesburg and 25 below is the windchill in davison. just about everyone is under a wind chill advisory until 6 am on sunday morning. the winds make a lighter by then. right now it is 17. a dewpoint of a below. when you heat it up it is 33 percent. at 74 percent is the indoor relative humidity. we have winds gusting over 20 miles per hour. tomorrow expect a sunny day. temperatures will be milder. by 2:00 or 3:00 we will probably be in the 26 or 27 degrees range. a few clouds late. a sunny day, the trend is our friend. we will say goodbye to the arctic air. you can see all that arctic air down toward auto west. out to the west it is in the 60s in la and phoenix is in the 70s. the milder air is starting to flood into the country. one stream of moisture toward the south. another one toward the northwest in british columbia. the storms are now coming on shore. we hav

we have a really nice evening. 58 degrees for you in d.c. 55 for gaithersburg. the rain is still a few hours off for most of us. sprinkles trying to move in. the district staying dry until closer to 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. a few more hours and the rain stretching here, that is moving our way tomorrow morning. red trip for the bus stop for kids and a drive to work tomorrow. get rain gear ready. we stay mild tonight and we are mild tomorrow. there is a big drop in the temperature. >> show you a chance for snow next week. we will time that out coming up. nancy: developing now, terrifying images of the mud slides in ca look at this. that is a car. there is a desperate search for survivors. the human toll is the devastating damage. 59 homes destroyed and 400 more homes seriously damaged. >> i'm here. >> adding to the danger of the mud scenes like this one destroy the gas line exploding to flames. >> we didn't even, we thought it was the fire. >> the family ended up trapped and had to be airlifted out with nothing more than the lives and their pets. michelle: two teenag

are mainly in the 20's. 23 gaithersburg, 27 frederick and leesburg. andrews,ver to leonardtown, 23 degrees. 20, 30sts upwards of miles an hour in leesburg. 32 mile-per-hour gusts in winchester. that will give us windchill factors in the signal digits to just run 10, 11, 12 degrees -- and it will feel colder coming into the evening hours, this evening, overnight, and by early tomorrow morning, it will be downright cold out there. satellite and radar from stormwatch 7, what you see over the metro, most if not all is not reaching the ground. however, head over to ocean city , they are looking at winter weather that will continue for another several hours. through the morning, it has been extended through 6:00 p.m., a ridge of high pressure will expire at 1:00. georgetown i , calvert is a very is county, your warning will expire in about 40 minutes or so. the d.c. metro area, winter weather advisory into 1:00 p.m., and the wind-chill advisory will kick in at 10:00 tonight, extending into the overnight hours come into tomorrow morning. it will expire at th

gaithersbu gaithersburg, 9 degrees in clinton. as we go through your wednesday, look at that, we'll be breaking the 30 degree mark. that will be a nice little change and then it will quickly go back to what we've been used to. very frigid weather about to move in here soon. here is that storm system i was talking about. it is organizing right now over florida. then it will head out into the atlantic. look what's happening in north florida. we have a wintry mix across the state. that is very rare. right now your future weather for us, we stay dry today. clouds increase this afternoon. that is snow by the overnight period approaching south and east of the district. mostly east of d.c. by early tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m.nd that storm stays off shore but any shift in the track could mean higher or lower snow chances. we will be watching that closely. around the district, this is what we're thinking. less than an inch. as we get closer to areas like annapolis, one to two, but either way we are expecting snow. driving issues south and

leesburg, 5 degrees, gaithersbu gaithersburg, 8 and quantico. we're breaking 30 degrees. barely above freezing but it is a little bit of an improvement. clouds do increase later on today. that's all ahead of a storm off shore. the storm is organizing over florida. look at this, we have snow near tall la tallahassee. it is happening and it can happen and that storm system is going to get closer to us later tonight. 11:00 p.m., snow still south of us. best chance is south and east of the district. if we see a shift in this storm that could still be changing the forecast. we're expecting less than an inch around d.c., higher amounts around the coast line. friday and saturday, that's cold. it's going to come with a lot of wind so prepare for that, melissa. good morning. >> good morning. take a look at chopper 4 here this morning, sheena. bw parkway, 197 northbound and southbound. a chopper showing you how slow it is on bw parkway. 95 through that same stretch has looked a lot better. northbound vandoorne, right side is blocked there. william parkway, that is cleared out of th

temperatures right now as we begin our friday night, 18 in washington, 12 in gaithersburg, 15 out of dulles, 14 in winchester, and we've had the to be breezy through tonight. wind gusts exceed 20 miles an hour here in washington. 30 miles an hour in annapolis, we started the day with some incredible windchill values, going to go show you them later on, on the order of 25 to 30 degrees below what it felt like >> five below in hagerstown, 4 in washington and seven in cambridge. stepping out? if you dare, layerses are needed. ? s are in the teens now, they will continue to fall off under clear skies. it will remain windy tonight. however, temperatures i do believe will be a little bit colder than they were this morning, you got the battle with the wind and the cold air, the windier, harder it is, but the windchills are so high, so it's a lose, lose situation and for tomorrow, lit mainly be in the single digits, washington the exception. just due to the it will be right around 11:00. i will show you the weekend forecast and also a look at the week ahead. that proves to be much warmer com