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good morning. it's wednesday, february 3rd. i'm patrice harris. we're waking up to more winter weather this morning. the snow came down last night and we are talking about it all this morning. we're bringing you live triple team coverage of the snow fall. joel d smith is live in westminister. megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county, and jessica starr is here in the city all with the latest on the current conditions out there. and because of the snow we have some school closings and a few delays to pass along to you. here is a look at school closings that are closed. anne arundel county, charles, dorchester, montgomery county and queen ann's and talbot county schools closed today. opening two hours late, allegheny county, baltimore city, cecil, frederick, harford, st. mary's somerset, washington county and worcester county

schools, again two hours late today. and just remember whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have all of the latest closings delays and traffic conditions. that tricker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. if tour heading out on the roads, candace dold is here with what you can expect in the traffic edge report. good morning, candace. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. when you wake-up and open the windows, you will see the side streets. here it is in rogers forge, you can see it's a bit of a fluffy mess there. that is really what is on the roads on the side streets. as for -- with well, the sidewalk you can see the snow has fallen there and it's on those cars. so that is going to be the main annoying factor is just actually digging into your car this morning. as far as the main lines, though, let's check in on those. here is 83 moving at 695 you can see the cars are indeed moving, no snow out on the main roads.

that is at least the good news and the glimmer of hope for you as you hay out th head out the . the actual speed, from 83 up toward 795, looking at a 9 minute clip at 55 miles per hour. and 53 miles per with a 12-minute ride from 795 toward 95. once you finally do hop on 95, not too much to complain about there, either, it's just a bit slick. but hey, no snow so we will take it from the fort mchenry tunnel, 8 minutes at bief miles pe-- 55 miles per hour. we want to focus on the weather so we turn to meteorologist steve fertig and all of the answers. thank you, candace. the active weather is past us and moved early through this morning. the showers to the west in garrett county that we will continue to see it, but to the east things have dissipated quite a bit. it's time to relax, right? no, no. you heard the groundhog. that rodent or maybe we want to call him a rat.

he is bringing us more snow. it's going to move our way, it's going to resemble much like the december 19th storm that we got. if you remember that one, that brought us a foot to a foot 1/2 of snow. it looks like we will be dealing with more of the same. this one brought us 3-4 inches. when it's all said and done the surrounding areas 3-5 inches. the bigger snowstorm, this is kind of a warm up for what is to come. 39 degrees for the high with a mix of sun and clouds. watch it see some sunshine later in the afternoon. again more on that storm for the weekend in a few minutes. back to you, patrice. the same day punxsutawney phil declared six more weeks of winter we were hit with another winter blast. this morning, folks across the region are waking up to more snow. megan gilliland is live in baltimore county with a look at how things are shaping up in rogers forge. you know, megan it didn't take

me that long to shovel out my car and it wasn't as bad as i thought it could have been. >> i agree, patrice i had the same situation. it brushes off easy, it's something more you have to do at 4 or 5, or 6:00 in the morning. i have shoveled myself already. as you can see, it's very easy. it's nice and fluffy snow. it's very easy to shovel off. once you get out, take a look at the roads. the crews have done a remarkable job at getting the roads to the condition a they are this morning. very wet, so there's need to be careful. this slushy stuff, you are seeing a lot of this on the turning lanes. if you see this, you need to be careful there. we slid a little bit there. we talked to the folks at rogers forge neighborhood who are out walking on the sidewalks. hear what they have to say. >> from the look of it, it doesn't look bad. more coverage on the side right there, but we will see what it's like later on. >> reporter: and he said his next step, of course is coming to the car and brushing it off

and the same situation with brushing off your cars this morning. it comes off pretty easy. it's something else you have to do if you're heading out this morning. give yourself extra time to dig out yet again. live in rogers foreign, i'm -- m megan gilliland. >> how are things out in westminister. >> reporter: we're at westminister at route 140. as you can tell the folks are having no trouble getting out once they hit had part of their trip. folks driving easily up to the speed limit if not a little bit over. this is baltimore boulevard as it's known. we are near the wal-mart at westminister crossing. the folks once they get to the roads no problems at all. the side streets, they have a little bit of an issue. they weren't really plowed. folks got over thereabout now. we checked about an hour ago. the side streets had whatever

fell still on them. it seems that there was salt left over from the last storm that was still there. there's a couple of tracks, you can find them. this is the snow, a good 4, 5 inches. i thought it was pretty light but we were talking to a plow truck driver who disagreed. take a listen. >> it's -- it's the heaviest one yet, it's the wettest without a doubt. that's why i'm glad there wasn't a whole lot because it's heavy snow. it's hard on the equipment. it's hard on my back. it's a lot more bumpy on the ice and everything. take your time and slow down and do it a little slower. >> reporter: it makes it a little bit easier on mike knowing that he makes more money. he says this has been one of the best winters in the last three or four years. the plow drivers, they're one of the happy ones this morning. >> i do not begrudge anybody a paycheck but i can't deal with it anymore. i do agree with him, with this

being a wetter snow, because this one is better for making snow balls. the fluffy stuff from the other day wasn't so good. >> reporter: the roads had a bit of salt on it. it had consistency so as soon as it hit some the roads that have been treated melted right away, that is why these roads look real good. live in westminister, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. we like to hear what the weather looks like in your neighborhood and how it's affecting your plans for the day. that is the question of the day. we are going to take your calls in the 7:00 hour. you can go to foxbaltimore.com ask tell us what you think or sound off through face book. you can text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no, which doesn't really apply for today's question. a window washer dangling 12 stories above a busy baltimore he street irescued buy firefigh.

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's a messy morning out there after we got more snow overnight. meteorologist jessica starr is live in baltimore city with conditions out there, and my drive from the county wasn't so bad. the city looks a little iffy. >> reporter: yeah, you know what, it's a little bit of the back roads. the main roads we're right here on canton and boston street. boston looks really nice and it's a little bit wet. you can see along lakewood

avenue, it's a little bit slushy. i do live downtown and i personally did see 3 or 4 salt trucks before i wept t went to t night. all in all, not too bad for the amount of snow that we actually got. i have a ruler here so let's see how much snow we got last night in canton. i will put this in. we got right around 5, almost 5.5 inches of snow. pretty good know fall fell from the system last night. you will have to plan for the morning. you will have to clear off your car and more of your car. take it easy out on the roadways this morning. for now let's go to steve to see the snow fall totals around the region and a look at the next storm coming for the weekend. >> reporter: this is the dress rehearsal for the main event. >> hum. >> so get ready. here is what is happening out there right now. as you can see, jessica downtown, not looking like a whole lot of active weather. dry conditions in our scan.

you can see downtown also, not seeing anything actively falling from the sky. this was earlier as you look at the motion composite. you can see the last few frames indicating close to right now and that, again indicating improvement. it's moved off to the east for the most part. up slope snow showers for the north and west and you can see we even had a little bit of a changeover for the south in the east where we had the heaviest snow in salisbury. bursts of snow moving through there real quick and you see as a result, surrounding areas 3 inches of snow and surrounding points south and east. closer to the down down area of balt -- downtown area, 4 inches on average. a couple of places in bel air, 3.75 inches. 4-5 inches there on average and back to the north and west, 3.5 to 4 inches toward thurmond and taneytown. and a almost above 3.75 inches

toward the northeast and we're seeing improvement right now. that's good news. temperature wise, near the freezing mark. 33 in d.c. the same in salisbury and magers town, 33 degrees there and 28 degrees cooler in oakland. we are going to watch because as the system pulls out and the cold front moves through, we have another system coming our way. this is one that may resemble much like what happened with the december 19th storm that brought us upwards of 18 inches of snow in some places. that is what we're expecting about a foot to 18 inches, maybe if this storm follows the following scenario. one scenario would take this out to sea. if that occurs, not a big deal for us. the more likely scenario is that it moves up the coast. if that raps, we get a lot of snow through the mid-atlantic and further points east. a quieter afternoon with most low cloudy skies. the central part of the state climbing to 39 degrees with

10-mile-an-hour winds. western part of the state 39 degrees, a couple of up slope snow showers there. 26 degrees, clear skies overnight tonight and after the 39 degrees today for high with clearing skies later, we look for a prettier day later, lots of sunshine and a high of 41. in comes the late snow friday into saturday and saturday being the main day when we see the snow that could be heavy if that scenario follows. 34 on monday with mostly clear skies and then take a look, on tuesday, 35 degrees round 3 guys, coming your way. sky watch weather is at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar coming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is candace dold with an update on what is happening on the roadways. she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. it is indeed a wintery morning mess out there. we want it show you what it

looks like when you look out the window and find the secondary roadways. here it is in rogers forge and a little bit slushy there and a bit slick as well. also look at those cars. that is kind of the nuisance this morning it's brushing all of that off and warming up your car, of course. that is what it looks like in rogers forge, but let's go at what it looks like in carroll county. here is route 140 at angler road. that is not looking too bad. it's a bit slick there. crews have done an excellent job with this one. it's the back roads that you are going to have to use extra caution. the main lines so far so good. let's check in moving at liberty road and here it is outer loop direction and inner loop lanes, those cars are cruising along, just a bit slick. just use caution but no major concerns. moving on the top end of the beltway, favorable conditions, still moving from the pikesville region all the way toward the 83 and eventually toward parkville. now we do need to check in on 95, though.

there's an accident on the southbound lanes that is right near the beltway. we want to show you that vicinity there. here it is, you can see the flashing lights on the side, not causing significant delays. we will keep our fingers crossed on that one and hope that does continue there. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. the search for the next american idol is on in denver. remember bikini girl? meet bikini boy. >> you can tell my abs to go ♪ >> yeah. >> the judges didn't even stick around long enough to weigh in on his performance. >> bikini boy -- >> don't move your head like that, it's not a good luck. >> no. >> i want to finish. >> that's kind of rude. i think you like stay. can i get a hug? ♪

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highway admnistration joins us on the phone with what you can expect as you hit the roads this morning. good morning, david. >> david? >> yes, i am here. >> hi, good morning, how are you? >> good morning, how are you. >> i am great and thankfully my drive in from baltimore county this morning was pretty easy thanks to the road conditions. >> it's a good testament to the men and women that worked overnight. the snow -- the temperatures are in the upper 20s and even as the sun comes up in a little bit it's going to get better. the main roads are going to be in sle excellent shape. the side roadways a little slick, but it's been good conditions. >> how have you managed to keep up. this has been a heck of a winter. >> it's been difficult from the manpower, and women power, this weekend storms have been relentless. and there's a significant storm

predicted for this weekend. it's been tough in terms of keeping the crews going, because they got a regular job to do monday through friday and working overnight and also on weekends. it comes with the territory but it's been a trying winter so far. >> i can't imagine what it's like for them out there day after day. we thank them for keeping the roads clear. david, thank you very much. okay, patrice. positive signs have economists thinking the recession could be close to over but the bad news for job seekers. that is coming up next. and later the fbi and cia expect another attack on the u.s. soon where they expect that threat to come @

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welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:29 is the time. i'm patrice harris. we're waking up to more winter weather this morning. we're bringing you live team coverage of all of that snow. joel d smith is live in westminister. megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county and jessica starr is here in the city with latest on the current conditions. before we get to them we need to tell you about school closings and delays. here is a look at the school districts that are closed this morning. op arundel county schools. carroll county, charles, dorchester montgomery county, queen ann and ta talbot county

schools closed. baltimore county, cecil, frederick harford county, st. mary's, somerset, washington county and worcester county schools opening two hours late. whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news our morning news ticker will have all the latest delays and traffic conditions. that ticker updates automatically and runs during commercials so you always have the information at your finger tips. for the people who are heading out on the roads, here is a look at the track edge record. >> reporter: your finger tips might be frozen this morning because you do unfortunately have to dig out. we want it show you what it looks like out there. here it is at rogers forge. you can see the snow is covering those cars, that is unfortunate reality of thisment as for the . as for the roads they're a little bit slick. you can see the car coming down the pike. it doesn't look like they have

any problems. it's a slick go. the crews have done an excellent job. the cars are indeed moving at 83, no problems none of that snow on the main lines much that's the good news for you. traveling from 83 all the way up toward 795, so far pretty normal there. 8 minutes at 52 miles per hour. and the same with a 12-minute ride from 795 all the way down toward 95. now we do want to get a check of the weather, to do so we turn to meteorologist steve fertig and company. that's right, candace. we brought in help now. when he we are talking team coverage. this is daniel and he is from towson you go to school where, daniel. >> elementary. >> you're 11 years old and you're in the 5th grade. >> uh-huh. >> you're going to do a full weather report with me but right now we have things to talk about. we have snow out there. let's see what it looks like

right now. you can see the snow moving through the area, moving off to the east and out of our way. we have more on the way. that a could be bringing us a lot of snow and daniel is going to be telling you all about that in a few minutes. what we're looking for is 3-4 inches in the surrounding area. here is what we're looking for a high. 35 degrees, partly sunny skies by this afternoon, we will be shaping up nicely. right now what do you want to do? >> back to you, patrice. >> uh-huh. very good, daniel. i wish i could say the same about the snow. it's not so good, though. you saw it falling when you went to bed and this morning the snow is making for a slippery commute especially if you're heading out on the roads. megan gilliland is live at baltimore county with a look at how things are shaping up out there. i see you have the shovel on hand. you're always hard at work on snow days. >> reporter: i have everything i can possibly need and i will tell you, patrice, these are definitely needed. we have 3 of 4 inches here in

baltimore county. the good news is they're not that hard to get off. on the sidewalk it's coming off very fluffy, fluffy snow that we're dealing with here. it's not sticking too hard. what we're noticing on the car itself is that what was brushing off easily before, there's now some ice sticking to the car windows that you want to keep an eye on out here this morning. we will keep an eye on the conditions and we will check with you this morning. live in rogers forge, megan gilliland, fox 45 morning. carroll county got its share of snow. joel d smith is live at westminister to show us what it looks like out there. that street behind you looks like nothing ever happened. >> reporter: i know, folks take advantage when the roads look so good. it's been so bad so many times this winter. this is route 140, you can call it baltimore boulevard it you like. yep, people are going around, just like there's a bill li a lt

of rain on the ground. that's because that is how good the road is. he we had 3-4 and 5 inches but you can't tell on the main street. that is how the main streets look like. they were treated and treated well and this snow is conducive to the snow. it's kind of wet snow and it melted as soon as it hit the roadways. no troubles from baltimore city. the side streets, you have stuff on this ask this is a significant snow fall. you get out there, get out of the neighborhood where it night be a little tricky but not too bad. as for pushing the snow around, it's going to be heavy on your back, and it's going to be heavy for the snowplow drivers, too. >> it's the heaviest one yet. it's the wettest without a doubt. so i'm glad there wasn't a whole lot, because it'll s it' -- it's really heavy snow. it's harder on the equipment and hard on my back. a lot more bumpy and ice and

everything. you got to take your time and do is a little slower. >> reporter: he says he does big parking lots that take him an hour, hour and 15, an hour and 45. it's been a long night for guys like mike. they is have a smile on their face and they make more money. i guess, have more money coming their way for the forecast for later this week. >> that's right, and as much as i complain about the snow, i will take this snowstorm versus what we're going to get in a couple of days. all right, thank you, joel. well, sheila dixon will step down as mayor of baltimore tomorrow. and not a moment too soon it seems for the state prosecutor. robert warbow had harsh words for the outgoing mayor calling her arrogant and shameful. dixon was convicted for stealing gift cards for the needy. statements she made since her plea deal are unacceptable. misdixon has insisted on not only bringing further disgrace to herself but to the city by

outrageously explaining the gifts she received didn't amount to much. such an arrogant attitude can only be described as shameful. after tomorrow the city can move on and dixon will, quote, become yesterday's news. coming up the fbi and cia say another terrorism attack is coming. where they expect that threat to come from. you're waking up to a bit of a wintery mess. check out the neighborhoods in rogers forge, but it's passable. i will show you what others coming up in the traffic edge. >> reporter: . >> reporter: i

the groundhog said yesterday that winter wasn't over and there's proof outside this morning. meteorologist jessica starr is live in baltimore city with the latest conditions on the snowy streets. and jess, as much as i don't want to deal with snow, i will take this versus what is coming this weekend. >> reporter: i agree. we were talking about how much we didn't like winter yesterday instudio. but know, this is a really pretty snow. it was a wet snow and it makes scenary look very nice, winter-like but the roads are decent in baltimore and canton,

it's a little wet out there. they did an amazing job with the salt trucks, although the back roads and the neighborhoods are a little bit slushier, but not too bad from the amount of snow that we got yesterday. i do have a yardstick to see how much snow we got. i think on average everybody got 4-5 inches. putting it on the ground and seeing how much snow fell in canton, almost 5.5 inches in canton of snow. just enough to cancel some schools, but some schools in delay and cause a little trouble on the roads this morning. all in all, not too bad. with a more in-depth look at the totals let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> reporter: i brought in some help. instudio we have an additional team coverage. we brought daniel and it's our weather kid wednesday segment. tell us about your age. you're 11 years old. >> yes, i'm 11. >> and you're in what grade. >> 5th grade.

>> you are going to do the weather. before we get started you want to say hi to anybody out there? >> would i like to say hi to everybody at cromwell valley elementary and my family. >> you have quite an entourage over there in the corner watching. are you ready? >> yes. >> take it away, daniel, what is happening at the inner harbor right now? >> right now at the inner harbor it's 32 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. the winds are calm with the humidity of 88%, pressure 30-point -- 30.06 and rising. and we have a dew point of 29 degrees fahrenheit. >> excellent. slow the temperatures out there. nice toss, there they go. right now what is the temperature? right now it's 30 degrees and in baltimore, it's 32. >> right. >> and in salisbury we have a temperature of 34 degrees. >> that's right.

and what is our sky watch hd radar showing us? >> the snow we saw last night is moving off to the east, a few. >> to the west. >> coming from the west. >> what about how much we picked up last night on snanch. -- average. >> that leaves us an average of 3-4 inches. >> once the snow moves out of our way what is coming our way. let's talk about this the low pressure. >> yes, another he low pressure system is. >> coming from the south and west, first a high pressure system builds tomorrow and that is going to bring us? >> good weather. >> there's the nasty low. that could bring us how much snow did you say? >> a foot. >> maybe more than a foot. you will let me know. you will call me as it gets closer to weekend. you will let me know what you think. what about for today. what are we looking at for the forecast?

>> today 39 degrees, winds coming from the west northwest at 5-10 miles per hour. >> yep and maybe even some sun for the afternoon, right? >> what about tonight. >> tonight it's 26 degrees with clear skies, winds coming from the west northwest at 5-10 inches. >> yep. >> 5-10. >> miles per hour, you got it. doing a fine job. what about the seven-day forecast? >> today it's 39 degrees. >> with clearing skies. >> yeah, clearing skies. >> tomorrow? >> tomorrow is 41 degrees, sunny skies. >> uh-huh. >> on friday it's 37 degrees with. >> late day -- >> snow late in the day. >> and then? >> on saturday it's 33 degrees with lots of snow. >> yep that, is possible. >> sunday it's mostly cloudy with 31 degrees. monday it's mostly sunny.

>> 34. >> a temperature of 34. >> what about tuesday? >> and tuesday we might get a little bit more snow. >> great job ask now? >> back to you patrice. daniel despite the fact that you were talking about all of that snow, you did a good job. did you have fun? >> yeah. >> what do you think you want to do when you're all grown up out of school and ready to get a job, what do you want to do? >> a want to be a scientist that studies how global warming affectsaffects, ecology. >> what do you think of all the snow? >> i like snow. >> i guess some people out there do. i'm going to stop complaining about it. enjoy. are you going to school today. is your school open today? >> two-hour delay. >> you're not missing anything. just be prepared to sign autographs because you're going to be a star now. if you want your kid to be a

part of weather kid wednesday. just have your principal or counselor drop him a note at 2,000 west 41st streeft street baltimore, 21211 or log on to foxbaltimore.com. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. the interactive tools let you see exact lee exactly when the r snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now let's get a look at roadways. candace has the traffic edge report. good morning, candace. >> reporter: it's going to be waking up and getting into your car that you're going to have to deal with this morning. we want to show you exactly what it looks like out there. here it is at rogers forge, a lot of snow is packed to the cars. that's kind of neusance, but as far as the actual road, a little bit slick. you will find slick patches. it's indeed passable, so the crews done a very good job with this one. as far as the commute in carroll

county, we do want to check in the westminister area. here you can see the cars are moving through the intersection just fine, no problems to report on route 140 at angler road. pretty much the deal is you're going to find a slick road wherever you're traveling this morning. that's the case on the main lines. here it is at liberty road, again it's going to be a bit of a wet ride. but hey, the volume just starting to increase there. we don't have any incidents to talk about, so we will keep our fingers crossed. that's the same deal for the entire west side stretch making the travel toward the will tenss avenue. you can see a little bit of a slow down near route 32. and by the way on 32, there's a disabled vehicle. this is actually route 32. that car is on eastbound route 32 right at 95. just be aware you will find that activity. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. thank you, candace.

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the parents called police. he will be sentenced in may. another attempted terror attack in the united states is certain and coming soon according to top u.s. intelligence officials. officials from the cia and fbi told that to a senate committee yesterday. they say the next attempted attack could come in just a few months. >> samantha hayes joins us from washington with more on that scary report. good morning, samantha. >> reporter: it's troubling information coming out of a senate intelligence committee yesterday a meeting with top intelligence officials and members of congress. senator feinstein asked the officials a direct question and here is what she heard. >> what is the likelihood of a terrorist attack on the homeland in the next 3-6 months, high or low, director blair. >> an attempted attack the priority is certain, i would say. >> i would agree with that.

>> tuesday's hearing covered a range of security issues. al-qaeda remains the top security threat but a growing cyber security threat was also discussed. leon paneta says that the greatest concern is al-qaeda and the way that the terror alert is adapting to make the plots more difficult to detect. and it was a surge of contentin between the republican and democratics on how the obama admnistration handled terror threats. some kind of strategy needs to be developed because sensitive information from the government and the private sector is leaking out. in washington i'm samantha hayes, patrice, back to you. samantha, you mentioned the christmas day bomber. i understand that he is cooperating with authorities. if so, what are they getting from him.

>> that information came out from the obama admnistration saying that he is talking to officials. this is important because intelligence officials want to know more with how al-qaeda is operating. he has ties to a cell in yemen. the fbi officials went to the home country of his parents and talked to them and talked to associates o and even flew them here to the united states to encourage him to talk more. they are cooperating with the u.s. government. >> samantha something else that has been talked about lately is charging or trying the terror suspects in criminal court versus a millitary add moss fier. -- atmosphere. did the heads of the agencies that spoke at the hearing yesterday have anything to day y about that. >> reporter: dennis player felt that it needs to be done on a case by case basis. sometimes he believes you can get more information out of a suspect after miranda rights are

given than you can with techniques used by the millitary, and at perhaps, guantanamo bay or other facilities. >> interesting. samantha hayes reporting live in washington. thank you. coming up in our 7:00 hour, we're baking up biggest cupcake you have ever seen. it looks like it would be fun to eat. >> fun to eat, but we're going to find out how it works. and the snow just keeps coming for us this winter. an update on what to expect with

another day and more snow. that is going to make for a hectic commute into work this morning. adrian barns with the baltimore city department of transportation joins us on the phone with what you can expect as you hit the city roads this

morning. hi adrian. >> good morning, patrice, how are you? >> i feel we're going to be bff as much as we talked this winter. >> well, patrice, i have to tell you our roads really good. our primary roads look good this morning. we have done an extremely well coordinated jobs in clearing our roads throughout the night which we have been working on. we are moving into our secondaries and we will be working on our secondaries throughout the morning. >> we have reporters on the field that they're telling us that even the secondary roads aren't as bad as we have seen them in past storms. >> yes, that is correct. we had enough manpower and labor to go into our secondaries early. we still encourage motorists to travel with caution, proceed with caution. do not with in a hurry because there's may be slippery conditions or spots throughout the road. overall we're pleased with our

efforts and we feel that our roadways are in excellent condition for a morning commute. >> so people will be okay getting around today. what are you doing to get ready for this next storm that we're already hearing is coming. i mean there's no rest for weary here? >> yes, we're making preparations for our weekend storm that we're expecting. we're always prepared. we are replenishing our salt supply, getting our crews geared up. that is why we're so pleased this morning. we want everybody to get rest to prepare for the weekend event. that's a great question. you're right, there's never any rest for the weary. >> adriane, you're doing a good job out there. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. coming up in our 7:00 hour, american idol saw a whole lot last night. >> and i'm the only one ♪ ♪ to walk across the fire ♪ for you. >> but who really wowed the judges. and digging out of a winter blast. i'm megan gilliland.

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business. how another winter morning blast will affect your commute. do your kids have school today. the closings and delays. cross across the fire for you ♪ >> could the mile high city hit some high notes. the most memorable denver american idol audition. good morning. it's wednesday, february 3rd. i'm patrice harris. you're waking up to more winter weather this morning. we're bringing you live triple team coverage of the snow fall. joel d smith is live at westminister. megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county and jessica starr is here in the city all with the latest on the current conditions out there. and of course, as you can imagine, we do have school closings and a few delays to

pass along to you this morning. here is a look at the school districts that are closed today. anne arundel county, calvert, carrcaroline, queen ann and talt county schools closed today. opening two hours late, allegheny county, baltimore city, baltimore county, cecil, frederick, harford county, st. mary's somerset and washington and worcester schools two hours late this morning. and whenever severe weather hits. tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have all the latest closings, delays and traffic conditions. that ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. all morning long we're asking you to tell us what it looks like in your neighborhoods. julie says i'm glad i got new tires on monday and candace is here with the track edge report. candace, i'm guessing she might need those new tires today. >> reporter: that is for sure, patrice. we're taking live look out there for you.

we want to show you what it looks like moving on the secondary roadways is even the main lines. let's check in westminister, here it is on route 140 at listeningler road. listening -- at angler road. it doesn't look like much on the road it looks just slick. parts of the main lines on 95 moving through howard county. we can check in for you and show you the northbound and southbound lanes. well, again no snow, and hey, it looks like not a big deal, right? well, that is not the case. you don't want to get overconfident out there, because now, i will tell you why. we do have an accident, a car is actually into a ditch. it's on the northbound lanes of 95. that is moving right at 175, so again, don't get overconfident. definitely take it slow, even if they do look as clear as the shot does. now the entire stretch of 95 from the fort mchen retunnelhenl

toward the beltway, 8 minutes at 55 miles per hour. speaking of the beltway the outer loop lanes moving toward 83, 11 minutes at 55 miles per hour. again, keep in mind you don't necessarily have to he go this fast, just use caution as you head out the door. that's a look at the morning travels. we do want to get a check of the weather with meteorologist steve fertig. >> reporter: thank you, candace. trouble on the roads in some places. at least we don't have a lot of active weather. you see it earlier pushing west to east taking a bit of a break. back to the west, higher elevations seeing a couple of snow showers, but hey, that is just the preview. the main event comes on friday night into saturday from this system right here down in the southern part of the texas off the coast and moving around the gulf coast area. this one could resemble very much the december 19th blizzard that we talked about not too long ago, right. it's definitely fresh in my memory. this may be real fresh in our immediate future as we move into

friday night and saturday. as much as 3-5 inches of snow fell last night into the area, but we're looking at, could be a foot or foot 1/2 of snow possible if that low pressure center comes up the coast as nor'easter typically do bringing us all of that snow. enjoy the respite in the middle with dry conditions, and tonight 35 degrees the overnight low. we will send it back to you, patrice. well, yesterday punxsutawney filphil declared six more weeksf winter and sure enough we got hit with another winter blast. this morning people across the region are waking up with more snow. megan with a look at how things are waking up in rogers forge. looking at you shovel that, it makes it look like there's a ton of snow but it's really not that bad. >> reporter: there's a lot of

snow out here, but it's easy to shovel up. a lot of snow that we are seeing on the cars and sidewalks is starting to ice over. you can see on the sidewalk here where we have shoveled off, this is getting a little bit icy. that is where you're going to be concerned here. a lot of folks in the rogers forge community waking up and walking out to her car. we were talking to laura and she has a winter weather trick she learned. we will tell you what you are doing with this credit card. >> when i have a little bit of ice on the windshield. i take a credit card that i leave in the car and scrape it off and i don't have to get out my big scraper. i learned the trick a couple of yearsinyears ago. >> reporter: it works well. >> a little bit of ice now. >> there's a little bit of ice, i take the credit card out and scrape it off. >> reporter: wow, check that out. >> and there it is. it's all done. >> reporter: so far tell us about the swawkdz an sidewalks s like that as you are heading

out. >> the back of my house, the snow ground is dry but in the front it's slushy and slick underneath. i didn't clear it all off. i will let it melt off for this afternoon. >> reporter: with 40-degree temperatures this afternoon, it will help. you can see what we're dealing with the side roads. even the side roads are looking much better than they were this morning. even the ice is what we're looking at this morning and the morning commute that could cause you some trouble. give yourself extra time as always and take it slow out there. live in rogers forge, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. the ice is going to be the problem now. joel d smith is keeping an eye on the conditions in westminister. how are things out in carroll county, not so bad on our end. >> reporter: yeah. the main roads are looking real good. we have been talking about that most the morning. the side streets is what is really the concern. the parking lots are being cleaned up by folks like dale who is getting the mail from steve as well.

good morning, dale. >> good morning. >> reporter: it's been a long night for you. >> it's been a real long night. >> reporter: tell us what it goes like for you and when you started? >> we started at 7:00 last night and we are still going. it's been tough, yeah. >> reporter: you are one of the plow drivers. do they call you or you watch the forecast and know where to go. >> i watch the forecast and when it hits i go out and do my thing. >> reporter: how many places did you hit? >> i cannot even count. we have been from baltimore to here and howard county and been all over. >> reporter: because it's done and you can get catch up. do you get to go to a regular job today? >> no, i'm done. i get to go home and jump in bed. >> reporter: you have another storm coming in weekend. >> we are ready for it. >> reporter: it's been a good year this year. >> compared to other years, how is it? >> it's been a good year for snow. the last few years we didn't get nothing. we were due for it.

>> reporter: folks like him, are happy about the snow and happy about getting more as well. and folks on the road not too bad either, because it's been a clear run here in carroll county. joel d smith, back to you. we want to know what the weather looks like in your neighborhood and if it's going to affect your plans for the day. it's our question of the day. he we are going to take your calls later this hour, but of course, you can always go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. a lot of you have already sound off on facebook this morning. donna says my roads have been not plowed. i'm surprised that schools are only late this morning. things must be messy in her neighborhood. just send us your thoughts at facebook or you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. coming up two baltimore county delegates are asking the state for more funding, just how much money they need. and as you heard from quasi meteorologist joel d smith, this one may be over, but there's more on the way thanks to a low pressure center and a lot of moisture. how much we will get next.

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we are continuing our snow coverage with meteorologist jessica starr. she is in baltimore city with the current conditions there. and jess, we have been asking people on facebook to talk about what it looks like. and herman said i worked downtown in canton and boston street looks great. that is what you have been saying. >> reporter: that's the great news now. baltimore city is going to lift phase one at 8:00 a.m. this morning. that doesn't mean that there's not going to be slick spots or slushy areas, but they did such a fabulous job overnight last night of clearing the roads and getting the salt out there on time that they're going to be able to lift that 8:00 a.m.

you will need to take sometime to clear off your car this morning. snow fall totals, everybody got 4 to 4.5 inches but it depended on where you live. but here in canton, i have a ruler so let's see how much snow we got here around the canton area. well, right around 5 inches here in canton but some areas got more. whartoward whitemarsh we saw the inches of snow. there's a bigger storm that is headed our way this weekend. for the snow totals around the region, let's head to steve in the sky watch center. >> reporter: the ground was warmer when it started so some of that snow total may not really be indicative of how much snow fell. we may have had more than what we're measuring in places. here is what we're looking at, jessica, take a look. sky watch hd radar dry scan right now, looking pretty good as we check out the image and get closer looking downtown. earlier we saw our share of snow and you can see as it has moved out of here and only what is left a couple of snow flakes in

spots to the east if at all and the highest elevations to the west. we're looking a whole lot better than earlier when we saw 6.25 inches at salisbury, indicating that it could be very varied in a small area, 3.5 inches in delaware, and 3 inches toward cambridge and toward pocomoke city. an average of 6.50 inches. up to the north and west 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches there. and as we head toward the north central part of the state jarrettsville, 3 inches there. 2.5 inches northeast and port deposit, 2 and over 3.25 inches there. this is pretty much on target with what chief meteorologist vytis reed s saying last night.

-- was saying last night. there could be icing over some the surfaces out there. be careful. 33 in d.c., 34 in salisbury. the is this is just the preview of what is to come. this system months ou -- moves t of here. look at what is bind that. the low pressure center moving out of the gulf coast area and that low pressure center could take one of two paths. you have heard us say this before. that low pressure center could be moving off to the east as it moves north. however, month computer models indicating that it's coming off the coast. this whole area the mid-atlantic and also for the northeast gets all of this snow right in the i-95 corridor region and again, we got a lot of moisture coming your way this time around it looks like. for friday night into saturday, this could be an event more like december 19th when we had the bri blizzard of '09 not long

ago. improving conditions with mostly cloudy skies. 41 degrees for the high in the eastern shore. the central part of the state not quite as warm but 39 degrees should do it with a northwest wind at 5-10. temperatures there closer to the same, cooler, perhaps, 35 degrees generally with a chance of an up slope shower in spots only in the higher elevations. 26 for the overnight low and we will get to the 39-degree high today getting rid of the snow this morning and seeing partly cloudy skies by noon with a temperature of 35. getting to the 35-degree high around 2 or 3:00 this afternoon and then 35 degrees as the temperatures back off at 6:00 p.m. with partly cloudy skies. tomorrow sunny and in comes the snow later on friday. the chance for heavier snow would be on saturday with a high of 33. 31 on sunday, and 34 on monday, and 35 with a round 3 of the winter weather coming your way then. by the way, this one friday night into saturday, as i said, it's very much like the other

one, december 99th, you know what -- 19th, you know what that means, we would b could beg up to a foot of snow. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the ente interactive tools willt you know when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now here is candace dold with the track edge, candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are checking on the side streets what you will find in your neighborhood. we want to show you what it looks like in rogers forge. here it is, well the cars are covered with that snow, so you're unfortunately going to have to dig into your car before you can warm it up. as far as the road, it's just a bit slushy, but keep in mind as megan said, it's starting to ice over a bit. and that is what is going to cause the slick conditions out there. we do want to show you what it looks like in carroll county this morning, traveling through westminister. here it is on route 140 near the wal-mart at westminister

crossing and it looks to be clear, just a bit wet there pretty normal conditions. now if you are heading out on the main lines, though, okay, so 95 moving right at 100, we will show you what that looks like. it looks like the coast is clear, northbound and southbound lanes, but all of this looks like it's okay. unfortunately we have a true testament to tell you that isn't the case. in fact, there's a car that slid off the road and is now into a ditch. it's on the northbound lanes of 95. that is moving right at route 175. so again, just be careful, don't get overconfident when you do travel out there this morning. 95 moving right through baltimore right now traveling farther up, we don't have any problems to talk about, just the volume that is starting to funnel in. remember the bridges are the

new this morning, a man accused of fondling a young girl at a baltimore church is scheduled to be in court. rodney king section gally sexuaa young girl. the 46-year-old who is listed on the national sex offender registry is facing charges including child abuse. a city councilman pulls out of the race for council president. william cole has withdrawn his bid for the position. he says he made the decision

because it's clear to him that jack young has enough support to win the job. the new president will start work after current city council president stephanie rawlings-blake becomes mayor. she will take over tomorrow when sheila dixon steps down. the state comptroller will tour two baltimore county schools today that are hoping to get funding for new construction. the county school board is asking the state for more than $144 million for various projects and if it's approved, much of that money will go to dundalk high and wellwood international el me elementary . the comptroller is on the board of public works which decides and he is making visits to the schools to assess their needs. another day and more snow. that is going to make for a hectic commute into work. adrian barns with baltimore city department of transportation joins us on the phone with more on what you can expect on the city roads. good morning, adrian. >> good morning, patrice. >> your crews started early yesterday and continued to work through the night?

>> yes, that is correct. we activated our storm center at 6:00 and we worked through the night. i must say that we are pleased with our efforts. our primary roadways are cleared now some the secondary roadways look good, toorks? too. >> what is your focus today. >> our focus is that we address the icy spots. we have a couple of requested systems from the 311 system. we want to address those. we want to refill our salt and get prepared for the pend winter storm that we are expecting in our area later on this week. and we are just going to make sure that we have our equipment and tools and salt replinnished -- replenished for the next storm. >> words of caution and your crews are still out there. people need to be on the look out for them as well? >> yes, absolutely. thank you for mentioning that. we ask that they please maintain a safe danc distance.

we are still working. don't try to pass. and please don't be deceived by the dry roadways. there may be icy spots in conditions in some areas. we still encourage motorists to drive with caution. >> good advice. >> adrian barns, thank you so much. thank you. coming up on fox 45 morning news, how high does the talent run in the mile high city. >> i'm the only one ♪ >> what the american idol judges were met with in denver. coming up next the company that claims to provide insurance for watermain breaks, the complaints that th

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watermain breaks. it's happened a few times this winter and there's been pretty bad flooding. when you hear someone tell you that you're responsible for the pipes that leave from your home out to the street and you might want to get insurance to cover it, it sowfnedz lik sound like d idea, but maybe not really. we are here to tell you why that may not be the best move. >> a company located out of miami florida that is sending malars all over maryland. every friday we get a borage of calls. what it is, it's offering homeowners, it's offering insurance, $4.99 a month and it's not insurance, but that is the way they sell it. what they're saying is for $4.99 a month they will protect your pipes from your house out to the curve. so if anything happens, they will send a contractor and

repair those. so it's in essence buying insurance coverage. >> what is the problem with that? >> well, there's two. one not everybody needs it, some people need to check, because their homeowner's policy may already cover it. we had one consumer call us this week. the homeowner's policy would cost $40 to have this particular claus put oclause which is lessg $5 a month. >> is this a reputable company or is there more to be on the look out? >> it is. it's a real company. there's two problems, one is the way they are advertising. that is what has given us a lot of pause. we do know into the municipalities, they send out notices that they do a seal on the top of the invoice where it looks like it's really coming from the city or the county. so we're concerned about what we call deceptive advertising practices. it's creating a sense of urgency that some people because of as

you mentioned the broken water mains in the past, they're thinking, oh, we need to do this. >> i would think that, so what do you encourage people to do if they are thinking to do something about the pipes, to be proactive, how should they proceed? >> i would contact first of all your homeowners, whoever carries your policy currently. see if you're covered, if not what it would cost to have the additional cost. know the age of your pipes, that is important. you need to shop and compare. if you're going to consider doing business with them, check that contract before you start paying the monthly fees. >> good advice, angry, thank you so much -- angie, thank you so much. if you would like more information on the better business bureau, go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. next big flavor or big mess. we put the big cupcake to the will it work test? and you can fight it all you want, but you're still going to

have to shovel it. i'm megan gilliland. we're live at baltimore county with a look at what you're waking up to here. >> reporter: and we had five inches of snow hit ground overnight in westminister, but

welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 7:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. you're waking up to more winter weather this morning. we're bringing you live triple team coverage of the snowstorm that came in overnight. joel d smith is in westminister. megan gilliland is reporting

from baltimore county and jessica starr is here in the city. all of them have the current conditions out there. have the current conditions when it comes to school closings and delays. anne arundel county schools, calvert county, caroline, charles, dorchester, montgomery county, queen ann, and talbot county schools all closed today. opening two hours late this morning. allegheny county, baltimore city, baltimore county, cecil, frederick, harford, st. mary's somerset, washington and worcester county schools are opening two hours late. and you can always get that information on your ticker at the bottom of the screen so you can make sure you check there as well. if you need to know how the roads are looking this morning before you head out, candace dold has that information. she is her with the track edge report, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. another morning to wake-up with the win terr wintery mess out t.

the slushy icy mess that is going to be a bit annoying this morning. that car passed by so it's at least passable. as far as the main lines, here it is at 83, it doesn't look like we have any, no snow on the roads so they are looking much better this morning. taking the outer loop lanes of the beltway, so far no incidents to report from 83 up toward 795, an 8 minute clip at 54 miles per hour. just 53 miles per hour with a 12-minute ride on the usually heavy west side of the beltway from 795 down toward 95. traveling through baltimore right now nothing to complain about, 895 on the harbor tunnel, all the way down toward 95, looking at a 9-minute ride and nice and calm, 55 miles per hour, but again, don't need to be overconfident, just take it slow this morning as you hit the roadways. it's a look at the morning travels. we do need to get a check of the weather with meteorologist steve fertig. thank you, candace.

we're looking at the system, this one moving out of the east. the up slope mountains picking up a couple of snow showers, but that is about it. this is the moisture coming from the gulf that is going to bring us a repeat of what we saw on december 19th. i don't think you forgot that one yet. that could bring us significant snow. it could come off the east and could come up the coast a more likely scenario, according to the computer models it comes up the coast. 3-5 inches of snow. upwards of 6 from baltimore and washington d.c. the one that is next, that is the real one that could be bringing us a heavy snow fall friday night into saturday. i will spell it all for you. today we should see skies clearing by the afternoon. enjoy it while it lasts. patrice, back to you. you saw it when falling when you went to bed and this morning all of that snow is making for a slip arey commute if you're

heading out. megan gilliland is at baltimore county with a look at how things are shaping up in rogers forge. this is nothing compared to what is coming in a couple of days. >> reporter: i don't want more snow. my toes are soaking wet. what we're dealing with this morning is neusance. when you get to your car he we have snow al-- we get to your cs know all over it. brushing it off the snow comes off very, very easily. the problem is there's ice that is going to take time to make sure that all of that is off. a lot of these windows are starting to ice over, much different than what we saw earlier this morning. as far as the roads are concerned, take a look at what we're dealing with here. not bad at all. what a difference a few hours could make. at 5:00 this morning these side roads had a lot of snow all loafer. as you take a look down the street in rogers forge, not too bad, pretty clear. a lot of slush. you want to wear your boots as

you are getting into your car this morning. neusance to deal with here this morning but prepare us for what is head. give yourself extra time, you should be okay. rogers forge, megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. carroll county got its share of snow as well. joel d smith is at westminister. and all morning long the roads behind you haven't seem so bad. that is the good news out of all of this. >> reporter: that's the good news if you're going to work, you're going to make it most likely. the only problem and this is across the board we talked to a lot of people, in their own neighborhood getting out there a little tricky. the streets have been treated or left over from the last storm over the weekend. that is even melting a little bit. once you get to the main roads it's looking fine. out on the roads here like this through 140, a popular road getting to west minter and baltimore boulevard. it's raining, when you get to the neighborhood if it's untreated a good couple of

inches on the ground. you have to drive through this, it could be a little slick if it packs town down a bit but not o bad. this could freeze if if debts colder. -- if it gets colder. we have been talking to a lot of people what do you think about this snow. here is a sampling. >> last night they were calling for a dusting and we got 2-3 inches. it works for me. >> just go home and put the shovels away. it's really good money, you know. i stick with it. >> reporter: so while we're trying to get to work, those folks are working before we get in, because they are clearing off areas like this, parking lots for schools for garages, for shopping malls like this. they're the busy folks that are going to be busy in another couple of days. the one guy said his back hurts from pushing the snow out of the way. i thought he was sitting on his

wallet because they are making so much money. those are the happy ones today. >> good for them that they can make some money, joel. thank you so much. we want to know what the weather likes like in your neighborhood and if it's affecting your lanes today. -- plans today. that is the question of the day. our phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. you can he go to foxbaltimore.com ask tell us what you -- and tell us what you think. you can go to our facebook page. is baltimore county going to clear the sidewalks for the kids. a lot of people are soun

the groundhog said yesterday that winter wasn't over and there's proof outside this morning. meteorologist jessica starr is live in baltimore city with the latest on conditions down there. and jess, you and i talked bad about the groundhog yesterday. we were not feeling his prediction but he was right. >> reporter:right. >> reporter: i know, ground hog. but here in canton things are looking a-okay. boston streets are looking great right now. they did a great job getting the salt trucks on time a little bit on the back roads, a little bit

slushy. you will have to take your time on the back roads, but not too bad. the most time-consuming aspect is going to be cleaning off your car. baltimore city within city limits is lifting the phase 1 because they did such a great time that most of the streets are cleared. that doesn't mean that there won't be a few slick spots here and there. you need to take it easy. here in canton we got 5 inches. i will measure quickly to show you on the yardstick. look at that, five inches of snow here in downtown baltimore from last night's snow fall. there's going to be more snow this weekend. let's head to steve in the sky watch center. i would like to see everybody's faces in maryland because you will have some people saying, more know, bring it -- more snow bring it on and some others, make it stop.

all i can do is tell you what is coming your way. dry conditions right now downtown, not looking bad at all. we will put things into motion and not looking so bad over the last several hours. there was plenty of activity earlier in the day. this morning we had plenty moving through. you see the last remnants of it moving toward the east. there's know showers in the highest elevations to the west. the highest snow fall total we have seen in any one location that i found was in salisbury to the west of it at 6.25 itches. in the surrounding areas, 3.5 inches. and an inch to an 1.50-inch. and downtown 4 1/2 inch to the 5-inch, and down toward d.c. more 5-inch totals there. but 4 1/2 to 5 inches in general around laurel, too. toward thurmond and taneytown

3.25 inches. and further points east lesser amounts 2 1/2 to 3 inches there. a variety of snow fall totals, but generally the 3-5-inch range we can say. the temperatures not helpful in that the temperatures are dropped below freezing in some spots. in baltimore 31 degrees as megan was saying causing it to freeze over in some spots. be careful about that. up in hagerstown 30 degrees and in oakland 28 degrees there. as far as what is next, that is what jessica was alluding to. this system moves off to the east. the frontal boundary pushing it further in that direction. high pressure builds in. that brings us a nice night with clear skies. a nice day tomorrow with plenty of sunshine, but there, remember this one. this low pressure center is coming our way and maybe bringing us significant snow fall for friday night into your saturday. this one could resemble very much like the december 19th storm with the blizzard of '09. one scenario takes it out to sea

which would not bring us as much snow. the other one brings it up the coast. when we get that nor'easter coming up the coast, we get the whole snow in the north atlantic region and the heavy snow could bring us potentially a foot to a foot 1/2, meaning 12 to 18 inches, do the math. you can see a lot of moisture coming our way and with the cold air in place, that is why we think we could see a significant event for friday night into your saturday, especially. for today the rest of the day we start to clear out. turning partly cloudy later. central part of the state climbing to 39 degrees, with mostly cloudy skies turning partly cloudy in afternoon and then for the western part of the state, about 39 as well. higher elevations cooler, but mostly cloudy skies and don't be surprised a snow hour with the help of the mountains could be in play for the afternoon. clear skies with a northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. we get to the 39 today by seeing the temperatures climb to about, well, 35 degrees by noon and

partly cloudy skies then. clearing out by 6:00 p.m., 35 degrees then, after hitting the high of 39 at around 1 or 2:00 this afternoon and maybe even as late as 3. tomorrow 45 degrees for the high. a lot of sunshine, we rest up and we get ready and then we all get our loaves of bread at the store. 37 degrees on friday with the snow coming on the way. it could be heavy, 12 to 18 inches is not impossible if it comes up the coast as we think it can. most helmostly cloudy. and on tuesday maybe round 3. sky watch weather is at your finger tips. you can track these stores by going to foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you know when the rain or snow will be over your house. go to we foxbaltimore.com and ck oirki radar. >> reporter: it's a mixed storm that the wintery mess has

left us on the roadways. we want to show you what it looks like out there. here it is at engler road at wal-mart, you can see it off to the side. not a lot of problems there, it seems like the roads are wet. there's a lot of side roads. a lot of people have been telling us on facebook as well that it's going to be slushy. just take it careful, just take it extra slow and be careful if you're heading out there this morning. the main lines checking in on 95 moving through howard county at route 100. favorable conditions on the northbound and southbound lanes, but don't let all of this fool you. in fact, we just cleared out an accident on the northbound lanes of 95. a car actually went off the road and was into a ditch that was right near route 175, so you could have come across a slick spot. just take it extra slow this morning. as for the beltway, well, it's problem-free moving on that west side stretch. we can show you liberty road

area much better than it usually is. you can see the school delays not as many people heading out there this morning. speaking of delays, we need to tell you about the rails, the marx train camden line, there's a delay, a 25 minute one. be aware of that and bring your patience when yo if you're headg out on the rails. that's a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. american idol is searching for the next big star, but could the judges head to the roc rocks for some talent. >> i am the one who walks across the fire for you ♪ ♪ >> danielle is a corporate singer -- a singer for corporate parties, but simon believes she is destined for bigger things. >> i don't know what is going on in your life. you are broken where you may have come in here just in time

to rescue you from corporate hell. >> i couldn't have said it better myself. >> you have not been allowed to be who you should be. >> wow, life coach simon. let us know what you thought about last night's show. you can post your reaction at facebook or twitter. just go to foxbaltimore.com or send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can follow candace on her idol blog as she takes us behind the scenes all season long. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on american idol under the entertainment section. you can watch american idol again tonight at 9:00 here on fox 45. still ahead another round of snow fall blanket maryland and that brings us to our question of the day. how is the weather affecting your plans today? the phone lines are open now at

people all across maryland are waking up to a winter blast this morning. conditions are causing plenty of delays and school closings. and they are reminding anybody who has to get out on the roads to drive cautiously and take their time. that brings us to our question of the day. how is the weather affecting your plans today. we have miranda on the phone. what do you think about all the snow. >> i can't stand it. >> i'm so with you. i'm not a snow person. so does this change how you go about your day? >> yes. 'cause i got to get out and shovel the whole block out because the plows don't come down our street. >> i thought i had it bad shoveling our area. the whole block could be tricker. good look with that. >> hopefully the plows will come so you don't have to break your back all day. >> we will think about miranda. let's go to tula in westminister.

good morning. >> hi, how are you. >> i'm great. how are you? >> good, thank you. >> what do you think about the snow? >> the snow is actually beautiful and the snow trucks are doing a great job. >> we have been looking at pictures. our joel d smith is at west westminister and if what we have seen it looks like the roads are clear. that is the good news. >> my daughter was so excited about going to preschool. >> that is so cute. i do have to agree with you when you say that the snow is pretty. if you can look at it from indoors and not have to be out in it and drive in it, then it's very pretty. it's driving in it which a lot of people have to do. thank you for calling in this morning. let's take a look at what people are saying on facebook. juljulie wrote on pace facebook. the snow won't affect my day at all. people have to take it easy out to the roads this morning.

that's great advice. >> tiffany said she is at home enjoying a much-needed snow day. schools are closed and she is going to venture out for a walk in the snow maybe later. that sounds like a lot of fun if we could all be home for snow days. coming up later on fox 45 morning news. pink puts on a performance to remember on the grammys, what she is twitting now that it's all over. between a and 2. >> but next, it's a cupcake you should be able to share no problem. the bake ware that promises to

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american idol auditions. good morning. it's wednesday, february 3rd. i'm patrice harris. i don't know what was worse his singing or the all the snow that we got. man, we're going to get to more snow coverage in a few minutes. first we have talk to about love being in the air, not snow, but here at fox 45, it's time for our wedding in a week contest brought to you by fox 45, wedding wire.com and the baltimore bridal show. all last week we asked to you send us your entry about why you should win this wedding. this week we are meeting four finalist couples. one of those couples will win an entire wedding on us. now here is what our 3rd finalist couple wrote in. this is kenya and andrea. andre. it says we met at in november of 2005.

i was working at the juvenile justice center where he is employed. since then our relationship has grown to something special. in august of 2008 i suffered a seizure while being at home he continued to take care of my every need. one day i asked him if my condition worsened would he still want to be with me. he said i'm not going anywhere. that brought tears to my eyes and that's when i knew he would be my husband. you will get to meet kenya and andre in our studio and hear why they think you should vote for them to get married next week live on our show. we are waking up to more winter weather this morning and we're bringing you team coverage of the snow fall. joel d smith is at westminister. megan is at baltimore county and jessica starr is here in the city. we are going to bring you the report to see what the conditions are out there this

morning. we need to give you the school closings and delays. anne arundel county school, calvert county, caroline, charles, dorchester, kent, montgomery county, prince george's county, queen ann, talbot and wacomico county schools all closed. that list has changed throughout the morning. allegheny county, baltimore city, baltimore county, carroll, cecil, frederick, harford, howard st. mary's, somerset, washington county as and worcesr county schools opening two hours late. our morning news ticker will have all of the latest closings, delays and traffic conditions. that ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. when snow falls in your neighborhood. we within the to see it shoot it send it. up load your phots photos. you can send the photos from

your cell to pics at baltimore.com. we have a picture, stephanie from baltimore sent us this shot of her dog playing out on the snow. he looks quite happy. my dogs don't like happy in the snow. not a lot of people are happy about getting out this morning mplet there wa.there was a teace and said i thought schools would be canceled today. now she is up and scrambling to get out of the road. she is running late, so hopefully, candace she won't have any problems. >> reporter: that's true and this weather will play a role in the morning routine. as soon as you get out and get out the door this is the scene at rogers forge. you can see a bit of a slushy mess, especially where that car left the parking spot. look at a few cars back, there's somebody who is trying to dust

off their car. it looks like it's coming off pretty easy, but nonetheless it definitely cost you sometime this morning. again, of course, just use caution. it's going to be slick out there. as for the main lines, they're looking pretty good inner and outer loop lanes are very calm. light activity moving on the beltway right at harford road. farther up, we want to talk about the actual time, from 95 to 83, pretty normal. and just 54 miles per hour with an 8 minute clip from he 83 making the push up toward 795. now as for the west side, from 795 down toward 95, just 12 minutes at 53 miles per hour. so all in all, not looking too bad, but again just use caution. you don't need to travel that fast. take it a little slow. that's a look at the morning travels. we do need to get a check of the weather with meteorologist steve fertig. thank you, candace and the active part of that overnight snow is off to the east and our future scan model shows you that

we dry out behind it. clearing skies that will certainly help, however we can't rest quite yet because there's something behind this. let's take a it at the gulf coast area. this one comes up of the coast and brings us a storm that we had on december 19th. as much as how much we picked up from last night into the morning, just 3-5 inches of snow with some areas as much as 6 inches in some locations. it was a preview of what is to come even though it was a healthy dose, it wasn't as bad as what we think we're going to get on friday night into saturday. we're focused on that one. meanwhile today the rest of the day, 39 degrees should do it for the high at 1:00. we are talking about a mix of sun and clouds. again, there will be improving weather to come for today, but don't get too comfortable, because as you see, there's more snow on the way. we want to see what is on the way on fox 45 morning news.

let's send it back to you, patrice. yesterday punxsutawney phil declared six more weeks of winter and sure enough we were hit with a winter blast. this morning folks all across our region are waking up to more snow. megan gill lan is live in baltimore county with a look at how things are shaping up in rogers forge. megan, when you go out cover these snow stories, you scrape everybody's sidewalk and shovel the sidewalk have you finished for the morning. >> reporter: i have done a great job at the sidewalk. this car has come out this morning and they're off and out to work. you can see coming out of your spot, that is usually where the cars have the most difficulty is getting over the snow mound. no trouble there, probably an inch to get out not a big issue. red is scraping the car. this is what people are dealing with the ice under the snow. >> the layer is okay, but

there's chunky ice underneath. that the most annoying thing. >> reporter: how about around the sidewalks. >> it's seems to be light and fluffy. it's wet, so i think my shoes are going to be wet. that is the most annoying thing. i talked to some friends who are at work and they said the roads aren't too bad. that is the good news. >> reporter: just to show you what the roads look like. this is the side road here, once you make it out of your parking spot you should be okay. take it low and be prepared for what is to come this weekend. rogers forge, meg no megan gill, fox 45 morning news. joel d smith is keeping an eye on the conditions at westminister. and joel, not everybody dreads the snow the way we do here. david says love me more snow. get ready for the next one, blizzard of '10. >> reporter: he is excited. not the only one. i got somebody else excited here. this is bobbie red man.

you love this snow? >> yes. >> reporter: what is the reason for that. >> phs going tif it's going to , then i like it. >> reporter: you're off of work. >> hopefully. >> reporter: the roads look great. >> yes, they were on top of it last night. i saw them putting the salt down. the roads are actually great coming down. >> reporter: no complaints on the road, it just looks like winter. >> yes, it does. >> reporter: she is looking guard to the next one. i'm kind of with you. if we have to be out here to cover the winter, but folks like bobbie are laughing and smiling at me. >> joel, we are going to get you back here to the studio in a little bit. coming up on your wedding day, you want to look great from top to bottom. the hair stoilz style styles thp off how beautiful you look. >> reporter: the snow has moved off to the east. what is next?

here this storm coming for friday night and saturday, details coming up. >> reporter: i'm meteorologist

it is a messy morning out there after he w we got yet more snow. jessica starr is out there with the weather conditions out

there. people tend to blame meteorologist but you don't like snow. >> this morning when i looked out. i thought to myself, you know, it's a really, really pretty snow. it's that wet kind of snow and it's on the trees. with regard to the roads, they did a great job last night. a little bit of wet roads. the back roads in the neighborhood areas are a little more slushier, but the salt trucks have been out all night long and all morning long. the good news is they have lifted phase one within the city limits of baltimore. with regard to snow in canton we got 5 and 5 1/2 inches. some areas got more snow and some got less. with another look at another storm that could possibly be headed our way on friday night into saturday. let's head to steve in the sky watch center. i think what patrice says is right. a lot of people blame the

meteorologist. it's not my fault. it's your fault. i'm teasing. let's take a look at what is happening out there sky watch radar. we tell it like it is. you can see the clearing skies with less activity out there. temperature wise, well, we're in the low 30s right now. and we are going to be watching because this low pressure center that has brought us the snow is going to be moving off into the atlantic ocean out of our way. the cold front to follow continues to push it off in that direction. we picked up as much as 3-5 inches of snow. a couple of places six inches like salisbury with one isolated location, but most of it from d.c. up to baltimore and some points north and west of there. high pressure builds in today. that is what helps clear out the skies. the low pressure to follow, that is the one that we're following and jessica was just alluding to, that may be coming up the coast and bringing us the chance of another significant winter event, much more significant than last night into this morning. this is what we're looking at

for friday night into saturday. the low pressure center could actually move off to the north and east and move out to sea in which case we would not be as concerned. it could bring a little he snow still but not as much. other concern is that the low pressure center comes up the coast. you have been through this before. we get the nor'easter in our direction. the result is heavy snow from new england and down through the mimid-atlantic where we are. we see as a result a foot to 18 inches of snow possible for friday night into saturday especially for your saturday. here is what we're looking at a lot of moisture coming up. we say that the gulf is open for business when the low pressure center is off to the west and we have no blocking of moisture up from the gulf. the result is a possibility of heavy snow. what we're looking for today. drier conditions for the noon. mostly cloudy skies, north west at 5-10 or 15 miles per hour.

back through the central part of the state, 45 degrees for the high. and a 10-15-mile-an-hour wind. a couple up slope showers there, but roadways cloudy and 35 degrees for the high temperature. 26 degrees clear skies tonight. a pretty night and a very pretty day tomorrow. but before we get tomorrow, today we will see the temperatures climb to 35 degrees by noon. getting to the 39 by 1 or 2:00 this afternoon and backing off to 35 degrees by 6:00 p.m. as the skies continue to clear. 45 degrees for the high. rest up, relax, get ready because here comes the next snow. 35 degrees for the high on saturday. the snow overnight friday into saturday that could be significant as i said. the skies clear how the and the clouds return with it and the possibility of round 3 on tuesday with a high of 35 degrees. that means more snow, guys. fox 45 sky watch weather is at available at your finger tips.

you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now for a look at what is happening on the roads. candace dold is here with the traffic edge. how is it out there, candace. >> reporter: it's interesting. it's a mixed bag. right moving through the rogers forge area, and here you can see not really accumulation on that road, but it's going to be a bit slushy and of course, check out the cars. they are the big time annoying factor, because you do have to dig in a little bit. but residents say that it's kind of developing, because there's an icy layer on the bottom of all of this. we will continue to keep you up-to-date on that. we haven't had any accidents in the area. na is at least good news. we do have an accident involving an overturned car. it's the new one on route 100 moving right at ritchie highway. we will continue to keep you

up-to-date but there's no lane closures as a result of that just a true testament to the fact that you need to slow down this morning if you are heading out there. on 97, moving right through the area, it's going to be problem-free on both the southbound lanes and the northbound stretch all the way up toward the beltway. and the beltway has been a lot lighter than it usually is. let's show you liberty road on the west side and so far so good. inner and outer loop lanes, they look pretty clear but just use the extra caution and slow down a little bit. we do want to tell you about at slow down. unfortunately you will have face on the marx train camden train. we have delays amounting to 20 minutes. just bring your patience and extra time if you're heading out the door. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. taylor swift is on the top of the awards this week. >> i'm sorry ♪ ♪ that they believe. >> what she is twitting after her huge grammys win. >> and next up or down?

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it is time. it's tinsel town on twitter. of course, we're tracking twitter to bring the hottest tweets here to baltimore. >> this week has to be all about the grammys, i would think. >> the award season is in full swing and the celebrities are twitting about it. let's move on to taylor swift.

she was one of the big winners at the grammys. she is talking. rightfully so. she became the youngest artist ever to win at bum of th album . she picked you up foi 4 awards. at 1:19 in the morning. i will remember this night, this celebration, the screaming and hugging of people i love. the words on cards of hotel room, good luck roses. she is -- she is just adorable. >> she is having a great year. ever since she hit the scene, all i have heard is taylor swift. >> exactly and every time she accepts an award. this is why i love her, because she is so genuine about her. i really believe na sh that shes really living her dream. more power to her. well, pink, she didn't win

big, but she definitely made a big impression with her performance. she left us pretty much speechless when she performed her song glitter in the air. she was wrapped in a sheet, you see it right there while wearing a nude colored body suit with a path of glitter. she was dunk in a tub of water and sprinkled the audience with that water as you can see right there. she is talking about it. she said, i have had so much fun. this year has been a homecoming. thank you everybody, i got a standing o, happy tonight. >> that is because people were trying to dry off. >> they wanted to break. >>right, trying to fix their hair. >> we're talking about it, so i guess it worked. we always want to keep you up-to-date on the latest news whether it's from hollywood or here in baltimore. make sure to follow-up on twitter, just log on to

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welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 8:29 is the time. i'm patrice harris. we're starting it morning talking about winter weather and whenever we have winter weather is usually means school closings and delays. and here is the list. anna run deal county, cat vert county, charles, dorchester, kent, prince george's, queen ann, and talbot county schools all closed this morning. that list has changed throughout the day so make sure you check our ticker for the complete list. allegheny county, baltimore city, baltimore county, carroll, cecil, frederick, howard, st. mary's somerset county, howard and worcester county schools opening two hours late. whenever we have severe weather tune to our ticker.

it updates automatic hecally and it -- automatically and it even runs during commercials. candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge report. >> reporter: it's difficult to get out from underneath those sheets, but if you do get out, we want to show you what it looks like in baltimore county around rogers forge. right around that turn it's going to be slushy. this is pretty much the case for most of the secondary roadways. it's the little patches and that's the reason to use caution this morning. we can see the cars are traveling and no problems to report. as for the main line, well, we do want to check in on 95 moving right through the baltimore region. here it is at the 895 merge. the cars are coming do you want pike and it looks to be incident free. just favorable conditions. the main lines, checking on the southbound side from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, volume just increasing,

but not bad. once you approach the beltway on the top end from 95 toward 83, a 12 minute at 48 miles per hour. from 83, making that push all the way toward 795, so far so good, 8 minutes, 54 miles per hour, but of course, these are the posted speeds, but you do not need to travel that fast. just be sure to use extra caution. that's a look at the morning travels. now we do need to get a check of the weather with meteorologist steve fertig. candace, that was the first of three weather events in one week we expect to see move through here. there it is moving off the atlantic ocean. that is what we had yesterday. accord to the future scan, we will see drier conditions by this afternoon and peaks of sun shiek. sunshine. after that what is coming our way. we get a bit of a break tomorrow and then the onset of more snow coming up the coast. this one could resemble the one of december 19th, what we called the blizzard of '09.

it could be similar to that. it's setting up similarly. we are watching closely. otherwise, we are looking at what we had last night. 3-5 inches of snow. some areas picking up six inches of snow overnight and into this morning. we are drying outlooking to partly sunny skies, 39 degrees for the high today but we're keeping our eye on the system off the texas gulf coast area. let's send it back to you, patrice. you saw it falling last night when you went to bed and this morning all of that snow is making for a slippery commute if you have to head out. megan gilliland is live in baltimore county with a look at how things are shaping newspaper rogers forge. you are so productive, you cleared the whole street. look at that, it's clean. >> reporter: it's very good out here patrice. what a difference since earlier this morning. take a look at the side roads. this is amazing from 5:00 with all the slush and snow all over the place. very different story right now.

very clear coming out of your driveway. some ice is starting to. some of this is easy to come off, but it's the ice starting to develop underneath the sidewalk. they are okay. we tried to do our part and shovel a little bit. you can still there's areas where we have seen a lot of folks walking on the roadways instead of the sidewalks, but not too bad this morning. maybe this weekend, this is prepping us and patrice, i think it's time to call it a day and just enjoy the weather that we have been dealt. what do you think, patrice, how did i do? >> you know, megan, you are an absolute angel, that is what i think. carroll county got its fair share of snow. joel d smith has been live in westminister all morning. and megan is making snow a ang, what do you have for me. >> reporter: she cleaned off a side street. how difficult is that. look at this, it's like there's snow out there untouched. this is the main route.

baltimore boulevard known as route 140. it helped that this snow was very wet and there was an armad of snow plows. i will not take responsibility if megan gets credit for that. before this was light but now this could be the head of the snow man. we're going to get creative late in the show. we will putta on top. we need acorn cobb pipe and maybe carrots. it's been good out here. people have been in a food mood. they get slowed down in their neighborhood, but with friends like megan helping out, a good trip out here to get to work in westminister. we are liv a live at corroll co. incoming mayor picks her stop assistant. she has picked baltimore attorney sophie dejena.

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the groundhog said yesterday that winter was not over and there's proof outside this morning. meteorologist jessica starr is live in baltimore city with the conditions out there and not so bad. so maybe the groundhog was wrong. this will be the last week of winter and then spring is coming, 80s next week. >> reporter: get the sunscreen ready. get the bathing suit out. no, i don't think so. unfortunately we're still dealing with the snow showers this morning, but the good news is the roadways look really really good this morning. they did a great job this morning. there's a salt truck there for you. they have been out all morning and night. just a couple of slick spots in

the back roads and the neighborhoods here in downtown canton. you can see someone waiving here this morning. that is the good news, they're getting out and shoveling out the snow and getting out and about. that's a look at from canton, back to you in the studio. thank you, jessica. we're not seeing a whole lot of activity out there right now. it was different earlier this morning when we had the snow moving through. right now we are seeing light snow here and there. that's about it. otherwise we have an activity this morning. that has moved off to the east with a couple of snow showers. as far as the heaviest snow there's one spot that saw 6 and a quarter inches to the south of salisbury. otherwise, an inch .33 downtown and the area 4 to 5 inches which is what chief meteorologist vytis reed was calling for last

night. up toward the northwest part of the state around taneytown, 3.75 there and 4.25 in thurmond as we travel around the quarter of periphery of the state. and 2-3 inches up their way. here is what we're looking at right now. as i saidism improvement with temperatures that are -- as i saidism improvement with temperatures that are near freezing. this system has moved off to the east. we're looking forward to high pressure building in. what that will do is clear the skies out later today all looking just fine, for now. here is what is coming our way for friday night into saturday. that is the low pressure center as it moves along the coast and may very well be one that looks very much like the one that brought us all of that snow back on december 19th for the blizzard of '09. we are going to watch in the low pulls up in the atlantic. if it comes up the coast, it brings us significant snow fall. lots of moisture coming our way

it looks like with the cold air in place. we are talking about the gulf being for business, the weather business. that means that there's significant snow possibility for friday night into your saturday especially. for today, a northwest wind at 5-15 miles per hour. the skies should clear this afternoon, should turn part partly cloudy to partly sunny. back to the west, about the same 39 unless you're looking into the higher elevation areas in which it could be cooler and could be a couple of up slope showers there. tonight clear skies, 26 degrees for the overnight with a northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. 39 degrees for the high today which will come sometime between 12 and 2:00, 35 degrees for the noontime temperature and the temperatures back up to 35 at 6:00 as the skies continue to clear. 37 on your friday with some snow moving in friday night and into your saturday. then again the heavy snow for saturday and then 31 degrees

mostly cloudy for sunday, mostly clear on monday with a high of 34 and then the next chance of snow again, round 3 could be tuesday with a high of 35. for now a look at what is happening on the roadways. candace dold is back with the track edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have been focusing on the secondaries because that seems to be the area of concern this morning just a bit of slushy patches as you head out there. as far as the main lines, not doing too bad. as far as the volume, hey, check it out 48 miles per hour on 95 in the whitemarsh area. at 57 right now traveling on the jfx. all in all those speeds reveal a comfortable ride. we do have some incident to talk about. in fact an accident involving an overturned car completely shutting down eastbound route 100 at ritchie highway. you will want to use eastbound dorothy road at an alternate

there. you don't want to be overconfident on the roads even though they look to be pretty clear. 97 moving on the northbound and southbound lanes. we can show you the scene moving at route hundred and here it is just a few cars traveling. nothing to annoy you on 97 through catonsville. and checking on the liberty road area building volume that is starting to increase, but no brake lights as of yet on the inner and outer loop lanes toward 70. patrice, back over to you. coming up american idol heads for the mile high city. >> call the radio ♪ ♪ if you can't be without me baby ♪ >> what simon had to say about that guy. coming up next the super bowl is just days away. great sn

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this sunday the indianapolis colts and the new orleans saints go head-to-head in the super bowl. no matter which team you want come out on top, you will want to be munching on the food of champions. we have snack ideas that will score points with your stater taste buds and also with your health. and michelle joins us with more. >> hi, steve. >> this is the time that people load up with junk and get in front of the t.v. how will we change na. >> a lot of that decisionnal dishes are chili, buffalo wings, chips and salsa, creamy dip. >> that sounds that great. >> it tastes good. >> it tastes good but a lot of fat and a lot of calories. >> yeah. so what i have done are some traditional super bowl recipe

makeovers. >> so what have you done. how did you make it over? >> i got chili which people love to make this because it's a big crowd pleaser. it feeds a lot of people and it is easy to make. a lot of people use fatty ground beef which is high in saturated fat. >> you have used? >> i have used ground chicken breast or you can use turkey breast or sirloin. i have included a lot of fresh vegetables. >> you made this yourself. >> i did. a little spicy. i have included fresh table vegs and beef stock which is high in sodium and i have used wine instead. this is blue cheese or blue cheese dressing. i used 1/3 less fast cream cheese and fat free. >> i noticed you are using the celery, but i'm going to use

this, oh good. >> okay. >> and then the last one is a substitute for creamy dips. instead i have used fresh beans and corn and avocado which is a healthy fat and beans are high in fiber. >> a great way to do it and have a healthier super bowl. not only wh are you a good dietician but a good chef. he we will show you more of american idol as it works its

denver the home of the rockies and maybe the next american idol. >> on the radio ♪ ♪ you can't be without me baby ♪ haa, ♪ yeah. >> he seemed better with the shirt off. >> but the judges couldn't tell

what kenny was auditioning for. >> it sounded like you were being punched and you were just screaming, kenny. i mean i it it was literally screaming. >> he is one of the ones that thought he sounded good. >> he did and right before he walked into that audition, he said i'm your next american idol. >> there's others who go on there and go to be silly, but i think he thought he thought he was the bomb. >> hard to believe. >> there were a lot of good ones last night. let us know what you think about last night show. you can post your reaction at facebook or you can follow candace with her idol blog as she takes us behind the scenes all season long. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on american idol on the entertain section. if you dare catch american idol here and pretty soon it's going

to be hollywood next week. >> hollywood next week. they gave up 26 tickets. they got a lot of people to filter through. >> i would rather be in hollywood than here, this snow, and more snow. >> we have more on the way. as you were saying pix pi punxsy phil is smiling right now. drier conditions for the rest of the day and 39 for the high temperature tomorrow and 35 tomorrow. the snow comes in later on friday especially into saturday. saturday we expect to the see heaviest snow. this could be a repeat of what we had on december 19th which we refer to as the blizzard of '09. we will try to recover then, mostly cloudy skies, 34 and mostly clear on sunday and 35 for a high temperature on tuesday. incidentally, tuesday maybe

round 3. >> but we don't know how much yet? we don't know how much on that tuesday? >> let's just take one day at a time. >> that's a little far out to say. it looks like on the one. i may have to pull one of the weather kids for team coverage on saturday. >> i think we will be seeing you on saturday. >> and this weather kid by the way who could be called on saturday to do weather. >> 30-poin30.06 and rising. >> and daniel is 10. he is a 5th grade. he did a great job. i'm sure they're all proud right there. >> we will see you back here tomorrow. get ready for the he snow.