you heard about what's happening in frederick. what about the roads on 95 near baltimore where once again, they have tractor trailer issues. >> oh yeah, that's right. i'm on this route because it is still causing problems. they shut down this road because of this huge accident. six cars and four tractor trailers is taking crews a long time to get this through, as you heard from scott and emergency personnel having a tough time. watch out for 95. stay clear of that area. let's head out to 495, where the roads look passable, but very icy as we go into overnight. the advice is stay off the roads with the visibility problem still out there for you and switch over to 395, where we are seeing problems on the ramps and the exits. if you want to take that video. shay shut out the ramps because of this problem. a lot of cars getting stuck on there. back to you. >> lesson from the people is that firefighters are stuck in snow drift for six hours, you should not be on the roads at all. we'll take a quick break here and be back with our conti

monroe and frederick county,21 inches. 13 inches, ashburn a foot. when we had the lull in the storm, they never got hammered as it picked back up this morning and this afternoon. 6 to 12 in the metro area. 12 to 24 to the north and to the west of us, back in the mountains, and also to the north and to the east of us, even down toward the northern neck. they have 5, 6 inches. teens and 20s. windchills around 0 to start and winds northwesterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by afternoon, partly cloudy, still windy. i mean, not super windy like now, but it would be a windy day. mid 30s. northwesterly wind at 10 to 20 with higher gusts. again, it is so big and it is intensifying that it's throwing so much moisture back, that it's extending the back edge of the storm. while it's moving away. it's growing. consequently, we have these bands that are moving counterclock wise around town. they are going to move through tonight. we aren't done with all the snow just yet, but the good news is, it is on the way out. if you know someone that has no power, have them turn

fairfax counties, frederick, fredericks berg city, and orange county, page county, prince william county, shenandoah, stafford and warren county schools all closed. >>> in west virginia these school districts are closed this morning. berkeley, grant, hampshire. >> opening two hours late. hampshire county is opening two hours late. berkeley and grant are closed. >> they are closed this morning. again these school closings and delays are at the bottom of your screen and we have our special coverage until 9:30. you can always log onto w u.s.a. 9.com. >> i am going to call my neighbor and maybe i can ask if you need me to pick up gas for the snowblower i will. they took care of me last time. it will be a significant snowfall into friday night into saturday. saturday a snowy day. then by sunday, we'll make the snowman today and make his family on sunday. think we might be making the rest of the grandkids on tuesday or wednesday when that third storm is coming. let's talk totals right now. we have had a lot of snow reports coming into the weather center. thanks to you folks. he is enjoying th

that includes montgomery county and fairfax and frederick. now down to the south and to the west in virginia, they are going to expire at 7:00. that doesn't mean you can go to your favorite watering hole. i would stay home. visibility isn't going to improve greatly. snowfall amounts, 1 to 2 feet north. around a foot downtown. a little bit less to the south. 4 to 6 inches and way to the south in talking about 2 to 4 inches. out to the west, you are talking about 6 inches. that's why we had that 6-inch to 12-inch ban. we had 12 inches here in northwest. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, windy and cold. teens and 20s. winds still a factor. northwest at 15 to 25 and gusty. and by afternoon, partly cloudy, still windy and cold. high temperatures in the mid 30s. winds not quite as crazy, but still northwest at 10 to 20. all right, look at this system. see how it has grown and pushes this last area of precipitation back to the west. the storm is pulling away slowly. as it does, it will lift the bans back to the northeast. it will take a little while,

frederick county schools will close 3 1/2 hours early. st. mary's county and charles county schools are closed. >> in virginia many schools are already closed. they inallude alexandria, arlington, fairfax, prince william, loudoun county. clark, culpeper, fauquier, frederick county and king george county schools all of those closed for today. >>> manassas city, manassas park city, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania county schools are also closed as well as stafford, warren county winchester city and fredericksburg county schools. >> in west virginia berkeley, hampton shier, hardy jefferson and mineral county schools all closed along with morgan and grant county schools all closed today. >> meteorologist tom kierein joins us now in the studio. he's been tracking the storm. how is it looking now? >> this has been an unusual winter. much more snow than average has fallen. we had 27 inches so far in washington so far this winter. we may add up to 20 inches to that total making this the all time heaviest winter snows. right now, light

anne arundel county, baltimore county, north in to frederick. the metro is not included in the blizzard warning that goes in to affect at 10:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. but we are under a winter storm warning until 7:00. >> yeah, we are. it will be rough north and east. show you what is happening temperature-wise. 20s to 30s is not going to change. the winds aren't bad now. that will pick up big time and storm totals talking about six to 12 locally and 12 or more north and east. southwest and south where we have had melting. things get better after today. windy tomorrow, 35. not bad on friday, saturday and sunday but monday a clipper system could bring us more snow. hate to say it with a high of 32. >> good morning, howard. normally i'm a yes girl but this morning it is no, no, no, no bus service for metro. no above-ground service for metro, no marc service, no vre and no dash bus in alexandria. the roads out there speak for themselves, folks. anne arundel county, 424 is close at newman way in both directions because of a serious accident. we know ridell

frederick, howard, st. mary's county schools are on a two-hour delay. >> in virginia, arlington county and falls church are closed, irfax, prince william, manassas city and loudoun county schools all closed. alexandria schools are on a two-hour delay. also closed today, clark county, culpepper county, frederick county, orange county and page county schools, fauquier, rappahannock, shenandoah, spotsylvania closed. >> in west rginia, berkeley, grant, hardy, jefferson county schools are all closed. mineral and morgan county schools are also closed. >>> the latestn the forecast with tom kierein. a big storm in december and all these storms this month. what's going on? >> we had a bit of a lull all of january. blame it on el nino. don't blame it on the bosanova. el nino, the abnormal warming of the pacific oceans causes high upper level winds to streak across the atlantic and usually taking the storm tracks to the south, the storm this morning has exited the region. no precipitation on radar. left in its wake ar

frederick is at 28. manassas at 28. check out annapolis, # # degrees there so our temperatures right where we think they're going to be or thought they would be for this morning. they will ben to drop. here is a look at the satellite- radar. you see that band across the washington area. you can look out your window. you are not going to feel anything. that is not hitting the ground. it is hitting the ground in southwestern virginia and farther out to the south and west, let me pull it out. we'll show you the southern end of this storm. attorneys was talking about thunderstorm activity. there it is. thunderstorm activity now moving through portions of florida, alabama into join. that could rob the storm of some of its energy but by the time it moves off the coast, it will be reinforcing with some cold air and another upper level low. it will enhance that storm. forecast for today, this is what we're looking at. winter storm warning goes into effect at 10:00. snow develops. daytime accumulations as we said about three to

closed, prince william, manass, loudon county, frederick, cull per per. >> in west virginia berkeley, grant, hardy and jefferson county schools are closed. mineral and morgan county schools are also closed. time to check in with tom kierein because we need to find out if this beautiful snow is going to melt on the side streets today. >> it stuck to all the shrubbery and the trees. many of the roads and the main roads are just wet, a little slushy in some areas. radar showing a few lingering flurries in prince george's county, southeast washington. elsewhere we don't have any precipitation. the storm is over. these are some of the snow totals, generally around three, four inches around the metro area. a couple inches higher farther to our west and north. really st of a low to minimum impact storm. right now 34 in washington. so that's good news. it's melting there. many of the streets are above freezing, the road temperatures. so they're just wet. wu v but the air temperatures are in the upper 20s to 30 degrees. we'll have breaks in the clouds. actually i s a little bit of the moon com

up in frederick county t western carroll things get lighter. what we are looking for this afternoon, windy day with blowing snow. frostburgburg 28. look at 36 for crownsville. and light snow or flurries with the winds in damascus and 35. >>> we have been watching the wind shaking our cameras all morning long. update you on 270 northbound. the accident involving the overturned tractor-trailer, at the beltway. looks like it has been pushed to the left shoulder. the tractor-trailer is still there so you want to approach with caution. in bethesda, we have a downed tree at ridge drive. it has all the lanes blocked at 44th street. back to you. >>> it will be a great day if you have your mind made up to make the most of it. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolley says the choice is yours to be happy. >>> good morning. this is willie jolley. today's live better tip for success is focused on helping you overcome this challenging economy. it is taken from my new book -- all the economic calamities are not the way god wants us to live.

frederick, maryland, 30. 0 in salisbury. temperatures will hold fairly steady for the next few hours and then once it starts snowing, the temperatures will drop. here is a look at the satellite- radar. the leading edge of that precipitation down to the south and west of us, what you are seeing here is most likely investment rga n most location although ill not rule out a snowflake or two or something else falling across portions of the region but for the most part, the bulk of the precipitation is off it our south and west. here is your big storm system tracking across the southeast producingheavy rain across the southeastern states pulling in a left gulf moisture. this is all tracking to the east-northeast generally speaking. we'll see that coastal low form and then that is what brings us the really intense snow. most intensive period of snow for us will be tonight into early tomorrow morning about a 12-hour period of very, very untense snow from maybe 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., something like that. here is our futurecast. thi

it feels like it's 16 in frederick. 12 in winchester. and even across the bay, it feels like it's 13 in dover. all right. actual snowfall. we posted this on our website and updated our web totals as well. we're looking at 14-24 inches now north and west of town. even over towards parts of prince george's county. 6-14 in the metro and then 4-6 to the south and to the east down towards southern maryland and the northern neck. so for tonight, snow tapers off finally. windy and cold. wind chills five below to five above. low temperatures 15-25. i'll be back with wakeup weather shortly. >>> we can't stay on one street forever. we have to make them as passable as we can for the humvees and the ambulances to get in there if, god for bid, your mom or dad have to go to the emergency room. so stop already with the pave my street or rather scrape my street down to the pavement. that cannot happen for the next 72 hours. >> that was maryland governor martin o'malley urging everybody to be patient and realistic as crews work to clear the roads. federa

speaking of frederick, steve bear, frederick, maryland, reporting 13 inches of new snow. same thing up nearer sermont, maryland. jim reporting 15 inches of new snow. we asked earlier to send in your ideas of what we should do with all this new snow, where to put it. from burke, virginia, dan duncan ys, with all that snow out there, those who live near railroad tracks, you might consider packing the refrigerator cars and send all that stuff to vancouver to help with the olympics, because as you know, they've got a shortage up there. miranda in fredericksburg, virginia, says the same thing, send the snow to vancouver. snowiest months after, february, 1889. and this month, right now, with so much snow across the area, 24.8, and stilled adding to that. and we've been showing you some of the scenes from back then, 1899 with more than 35 inches. can you imagine how long it must have taken them to get out, dig around, get around, well before suvs. >> those are amazing archival photos. those are scenes in washington way back from 1899. the snowiest winter ever. he locally, we hav

frederick, allegheny, howard, st. mary's and washington county schools will be delayed by two hours. check the top of your screen throughout the morning. winnipeg keel that up until 10:00 when you would have been in school anyway. on myfoxdc.com, we have everything updated there and the federal government is open today with an unscheduled leave policy in effect. contact your supervisor if you have to take unscheduled leave. if you are a d.c. city cool child, have you to go to school today. >> just go it our web site. that is the easiest thing can you do. got quite a bit of snow in some places out there. changing lanes is tricky because of all that slush. >> you will find slushy conditions across the area. julie wright will tell us more about that in just a moment. the snow is done. we are still see something snow showers in eastern portions, extreme pern portions of maryland. that is about t the accumulating snow is done. take a look at hd radar. we can show you how things are shaping up at this hour. precipitation is

eastern shore, anne arundel, howard, frederick counties and maryland. that blizzard warning stretches up into new jersey and into long island as well. all the other counties in pink under a wrinter storm warning. this storm is having enormous effects over a wide area. we've got circulation coming in off the ohio valley into the central appalachians. when that gets off the coast, it's going to develop low pressure explosively. that will increase our snow amounts, too, up to 12 inches by the time it all ends by later today around the metro area. higher amounts farther north and east. lighter amounts farther south and west. 45 might be gusts later this afternoon and this evening into tomorrow morning, causing significant drifting of the snow. sun is back thursday, friday and saturday. how is the traffic? >> we'll let the pictures tell the story. this is springfield. we're afraid of the fly-over ramps. they will ice up first. crews have been treating them as quickly as possible. we'll go to maryland along i-95, looks so desolate. this is near route 32, on 9

and then 30 in frederick, head north and west and east and getting down to the freezing mark and our winter storm warning in effect through 7 a.m. tomorrow morning for the entire baltimore area. you can see the blue shaded county, that is a lesser warning, that is a winter weather advisory for most of the eastern shore and also deep southern maryland down towards calvert county. overnight tonight, 29 degrees in the baltimore area. the snow will continue to increase and hold steady through the overnight period. we're looking at 3 to 5 inch totals by the time it blows out of here on wednesday morning. a tough commute tomorrow especially on this side of the bay bridge. more details on the storm and another one coming at us straight ahead, kelly. >>> and remember, abc2 news works for you 24/7 on line. you track this storm any time by logging on to abc2news.com/weather, or you can just click on the weather tab right there on our home page. >>> you know, last night we told you about the toll that storms have had on the county. so while county and state officials watch snow totals tonightme

also closed today clark, culpeper, fauquier, frederick and king george county schools. >>> manassas city, mns park, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania and winchester county schools are closed. >> in maryland carroll county schools will close 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> we have not heard from prince george's or anne arundel. >> by the time children are coming home from school we could have three to five inches on the brown. between now and then we'll see big changes. there's a look at the radar. good morning, i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have some snow falling. south is all rain, moderate to heavy rain. the local radar is showing, perhaps, just a few sprinkles, maybe a little bit of sleet in southern maryland. that pink zone, st. mary's county to near charlottesville. panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries at this time. the temperatures are a little bit below freezing in most areas. a little above freezing in washington and near the bay. near 30 in prince william, fairfax and arlington. all those counties in pink across pennsylvania, all of maryland. most of west

getting moderate snow across the metro area and that is from warrenton to leesburg across the river in to frederick and up in to hagerstown. points south, too are getting hammered. we will come back and talk about the prospect of mixing with sleet and rain. the full forecast is next. (announcer) school mornings are busy mornings. so i make them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky pastry with delicious, sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. that, on the list of things kids love, our party pizzas have just passed toy robots. awkward. kids love totino's party pizzas. >>> this is a live shot of northwest dc where the snow is coming down again. by now you know there's a snow emergency. you want to keep the cars off the snow emergency routes and all the jurisdictions are asking you to park in driveway and garages so they can get those plows an the area as quickly as possible. >>> now, right now we are in the mile of the storm. if you haven't already, you want to get some things ready. you want to make sure you have enough batt

frederick county, baltimore county, baltimore city, a two hour delay along with carroll county, cecil, caroyork. it is balancing out. that delay gives you a chance to call if we need to. howard and harford two hour delay. we will keep you posted. that can change. back to you. >> thanks. our weather coverage will continue on our website. you can access our interactive radar and post snow pictures. it is on the front page of wbal tv dot com. >> stephanie rollins blake was focusing on fire arms yesterday. she testified in favor of urging lawmakers to close a gun law loophole. >> a person should not be able to go into a convenience store with a shotgun, robbed the place and get a lesser sentence then someone who does the same thing with a handgun. it is not good policy. >> leaders are lobbying for money for fighting the appropriation in the state budget. >> when a city council president takes over the role of mayor, hersey's will become vacant. many think a person could philip which could cause a dilemma. he holds a job with the state. our reporter asked the council man about that in the

pretty good snow as you go up 270 and eventually into frederick. we also have some heavier bands down to the south. and this is where we are going to watch the transition and just see, you know, exactly how much is going to change the sleet. we talked about it mixing to sleet, which is one reason why we are giving such a wide range. wood bridge, we

and frederick county. and also in to harford county. we have win ter weather advisories across the bay, including cecil. this is the forecast of what i am expecting. about a three to 6-inch snowfall across i-95 corridor, stretching from dc, including baltimore city. northern portions of baltimore county. 3 to 5 inches. carroll county back to frederick county. 3 to 5 . and then annapolis, 3 to 5 inches. you could be on the lower end or higher end of that, depending on where the snow burst occurs. and also on the eastern shore. you folks out there in kent county, st. mary's county looking at anywhere from 2-to 4-inches stretching south and looking at one to three beyond that. now it looks like that is not the only thing we are worried about. this storm will be pushing through. but we have to keep our eye on the weekend. the next storm. another possibility. tracking our direction for late friday night to saturday. and if you think this is a big one. well do you remember before christmas? what we got? this could be a big doozy in the making

we have a quarter mile in frederick. half mile fredericksburg and half a mile across southern maryland and the temperatures are dropping. 21 dulles. winchester, shenandoah valley out to cumberland. seven-day forecast is showing the snow will be with us today with the winds. windy tomorrow and we are dry after that. as we get to monday there's a clipper system. take you to break with a look at the visibilities outside which are near zero and we will be back. there's scott broom driving in howard county temperature we will be back with more after this. >>> it is 8:44. good morning. thanks for joining us for this special edition of 9 news now. we are covering the second blow of the major storm that hit the area in past week or so. here's the latest on power outages in the washington area. dominion virginia power reports 2300 customers have no electricity. most are in fairfax air. pepco reports 5200 customers without power. most of them in montgomery county and 1700 bge customers have no electricity this morning. right now l

new snow on the ground near fredericks befrg in spotsylvania county. they have had five to six inches of new snow, five to six onew in fairfax county, prince george's and montgomery county, frederick county has had almost a foot of new snow as has washington county. winchester has just picked up about six inches of new snow. annapolis they have had six incv%( of new snow. the temperatures now down to 25 in washington and continues to dr. just 25 degrees here now. it's only near 20, areas just to our west. so it is frigid, the windchills are down into the teens and single digits with these very strong winds. so the blizzard warnings are not only here, they extend in the eastern shore up the jersey shore, southeastern pennsylvania this area is going to be getting hit with very strong winds later today and also up into long island. so as we look at the wider view, we have got this energy to swirl if you will coming into the mid levels of the sphere, just into west virginia as we have a service low here that is gradually deepening, but when that energy hit

out in frederick, howard, anne arundel , baltimore counties. the eastern shore. blizzard warnings will be issued at 10:00 a.m. this morning until 7 p.m. winds will be gusting in that 30, 40, 50-mile an hour range and it is all done and we are looking at storm totals six to 12. four to eight in southern maryland. and 12 to 20 northeastern maryland, philly to new york and also in the mountains a foot or more of snow. now, andrea, winds are coming this afternoon. this is just the snow we are dealing with right now. >> thank you. >>> here's angie with traffic. >>> andrea, you were talking with jenni mccord from vdot. we heard from officials telling us that many of the roads out there are untreated as the snow cons to fall. they have a huge task at hand. we begin with 395 northbound. this is evidence of that. a lot of snow and ice on the main interstates. going southbound issues at king street. the ramp is closed because of a downed tree. duke street exit is where we have snowplows blocking the ramp there, as well. on 66 eastbound you will lose the right side of the r

up in frederick, the cameras are too dark. 29 in bowie. some of the impressive numbers. 6.in damascus. you can see there right now. right now we will look for temperatures to continue to b mild. here comes the next system. it will bring the potential for some snow. let's get to the maps. outside, we will save lots of sunshine. melting begins. into the 20's tonight with scattered clouds. friday to saturday could be a major system which will shut down travel from friday evening all the way through saturday night. >> more than once by a first stories about folks who, to an intersection and when they press the brakes his slide into the middle of the intersection. do not let that happen to you. you're wise. may sure you leave extra space to stop. what may be good right now on the highway, it takes a turn for the worse. we do have a very conditions. they will stay on standby and work on the roads as needed. north capitol street is closed between military road and rhode island avenue. beach drive is closed between military road and cheryl drive b

frederick counties schools or a two-hour delay. berkeley, granted, hardy, jefferson, mineral and morgan county schools are closed in west virginia. everything is at the top of your screen as well on myfoxdc.com. check there for continuous updates of closings and delays. and also tony, the federal government open today with unscheduled leave in effect. so if you can't make it in, call your supervisor. can you take the unscheduled leave. kids in fairfax kind of get a little bit of a raw deal today. no school today but because of everything so far, you lose your long weekend coming up next week. >> can i add one more? >> district students, you are going to be going to school today. >> and in maryland, prince george's and montgomery county will be closed. >> the only things open are home schools, a couple of 7- elevens and a iowa in annapolis. >> if i were home schooled, i would be lobbying for the day off. >> that is not good. they get a raw deal. >> i have a friend would does home school her children over in culpeper. so you folks ca

frederick county, 3.5 hours early. alexandria,rlington, clark county, culpeper, fairfax, spotsylvania county schools all closed. warren county, king george, loudoun county, page county, madison county, and manassa park also closed. winchester city, shenandoah county round out the list in virginia, and finally in west virginia we have morgan county, jefferson county, and berkeley county schools closed on this friday mning. so do not forget, the full list will be scrolling at the top and bottom of your screen all morning. you can also go online anytime at wjla.com. >>> to it has announced that dealers have received nationwide the parts needed to fix recalled automobiles. 270,000 prius highbridge in the u.s. and japan will be recalled because of brake problems -- hybrids in the u.s. and japan will be recalled because of brake problems. it could be up to three months before he makes a final decision on 10 americans now charged with child kidnapping. the missionaries tried to take 33 undocumented children across the border

. >>> a frederick man in baltimore celebrating a friend's birthday was found dead this morning. police aren't sure of the circumstances. it happened around 3:15 this morning in an ally of the 300 block of grove street downtown. authorities say trash collectors found the victim and two friends who were intoxicated trying to give him first aid. track collectors called police. >>> a developing story. head of toyota is trying to steer the automaker back on track. he is on capitol hill answering questions from u.s. lawmakers about the problems that lead to the recall of eight and a half million cars. toyota's u.s. chief has acknowledged the company has not fully resolved acceleration problems blamed for 34 deaths. >> it seems as if there is no end to this series of promises and then promises that seem to come short of reaching the goal of safety. >> now toyota's chief executive says he's sorry for any accident toyota's drivers experienced. he says toyota managers will drive cars under investigation to experience the problems first-hand. >>> we have another recall tonight. there one i

that's the same for frederick. let me show you the winter weather advisory, not out west. virginia you are not in it but areas to the north and east some warnings. on the eastern shore they have been lowered to winter weather advisories from warnings. winds, temperatures first, upper 20s to low 30s out there with the wind chills now mid teens to mid-20s. a very cold day. looking at 31 now. wind chill 18 and a sustained wind out of the west at national at 22. look at that pressure. 29.4. here's the seven-day forecast. no time for national, sorry, folks. we have wind and the snow this morning north and east. wind will be through today. weekend looks better. next week while we will warm up we have a coastal storm we will watch closely for next wednesday. if that happen it will be more trouble and highs in the 30s. it is friday. hope you have -- hope you are off to a great start. brewing that coffee. make it a great day. 270, northbound is closed between the beltway and old georgetown road because of crash activity. we are noticing that out in kensington, the kensington parkwa

that spot to be right now is route 15 in frederick county here closed in all directions here. south of jefferson street. detours for you. you can take 355 to 40 to get back to i-270. let's get you back. we see one lonely car going past this stretch here. the warning is out from d dot to stay off the roadways both on cars and on foot. pedestrians are avoiding, as you can see, the sidewalks that are not plowed here, being on the roadways, a very dangerous mix. we have a warning if you are going to be on the bay bridge, watch out for snow removal blocking some of the lanes and fog and wind warnings also in effect. guys, back to you. >> snow is slowly coming to an end, those winds are picking up. here's the latest storm safety alert. >> today's storm makes this the snowiest winter ever on record in washington, d.c. and the hazardous weather counties force many jurisdictions in maryland and virginia to pull their plows off the road, many of them are back on the streets now. >> both virginia governor, and martin o'malley are urging people to stay inside and off the roads because of

we will go to frederick county with the light stuff. howard county in to northern prince georges, northern anne arundel this stuff has been fairly moderate piling up a little bit and blowing around, too. watch out north of 32 especially to around route 100 back to 29. in parts of howard county a little misscy right now. we will come back and talk about the weekend and the winds and maybe another storm in the seven day. right now step out of the way and toss it to my colleague, angie goff. >>> hello, everybody. a few traffic alerts to kick off the 9:00 a.m. hour. be-- begin with 270. taking away left lane for drivers. slow to from the scene to the split. to the map in frederick maryland, route 15 is closed between ingel burger road and 806. we have an overturned tractor- trailer and i want to remind you they are checking the weight of the trucks and the buses and because of the high wind advisory out if you don't meet the requirement you are not going to be able to travel that way. moving to virginia. good morning. 66 eastbound the trip

here's the highest gusts. 52 at national and 59 in frederick. these are incredible. 60 in leaseburg and 71 miles per hour wind gust in martinsburg, west virginia. that is within 3 miles of a hurricane force wind. that's unbelievable. they're going to be slow to diminish and gust at least until midnight. snow showers tonight. breezy and chilly tomorrow and on sunday. a quick peek at doppler shows snow showers from frederick to 270. we'll talk about where those are headed and the potential of another storm next week. back to you. >>> you just talked about the high-wind warnings and advisories posted around the region. many have been lifted broom's assignment was to get blown around. he joins us live via a skype. >> reporter: live via skype from behind the wheel on the outer loop of the beltway, two on the wheels a definite. it came with significant hazards and interesting sites to see. in the interesting sights category check this carpet of ice that forms on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay bridge. it came from automaker the spray that gopt

eastern loudn in to montgomery and parts of frederick and carroll. this is the heaviest snow we are seeing. go to the computer and talk about what we are expecting. we are looking at the moisture that's been coming in. the coastal snowstorm will develop, and is deepening here. but the upper level storm is here and that's why our storm is increasing. it has increased in pennsylvania also where they are getting moderate to heavy storm, as well. the storm is coming in to ohio, virginia and eastern kentucky. outside my buddy devon lucie is enjoying the next round of winter. >> enjoying it right now because it is a little fine snow here in the the northwest. if anything a little freezing drizzle mixing in but mostly fine-grain snow falling now. but not much throw. as we saw on doppler radar we have more snow behind us. we have had blizzard warnings go up in the higher elevations of the appalachians for virginia and western maryland and most of maryland wrapping around the metro. right now no blizzard warnings for the metro, montgomery county in to the dis

we already have. 30-mile an hour wind gusts downtown. 38 in frederick. and a 40-mile an hour wind gust last hour up at bwi. what does that do to the temperatures? it feels like it's in the teens. it feels like it's 14 in frederick. here is the deal. intense winds on friday. check your flashlight and your batteries. and when you drive into work now, watch for down trees and power lines and potholes and you name it. we'll show you live doppler 9000. snow showers are picking up in intensity. >>> as topper just mentioned, it is the winds that will cause us the most trouble overnight. and 9news now surae chinn continues our team coverage from manassas where she is experiencing the wind firsthand. surae. >> reporter: oh, yes. i really want to pick it up. i want to show you the anamo anamometer. you can see it's reading at ten miles an hour. it doesn't seem like a whole lot. it's feeling like it's 16 degrees out here. and it just feels like it's blowing a lot more. you can just see the side flags right here whipping in the wind and it's expected, as topper said

up in frederick, maryland, with a windchill of 3. so obviously all of you folks that have this powdery snow around, the blowing and drifting continues. and over the weekend, some mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures above freezing. still in the 20s at nighttime. no rapid melting for sure. this will be one of those starms as we so often see with these huge storms that doesn't want to release its grip. still several hours of these bands of snow coming through. 10:00, 11:00. that should be really finally all out to the east and the eastern shore. back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> sometimes a man needs to get to the post office. no matter the weather conditions outside. this guy did so today. he got on his skis. you'll see him in a minute. there he goes. he got on his skis, went to the post office, found that the post office was closed, so he made his way over to the mailboxes, took care of the business that he needed to take, and then went on about his business. >> why not? >> why not? >>> there was another snowball fight in w

there was a heavier ban on the washington, frederick, and loudoun county, triangle area. that has since moved off northwest. this is the area of concern, we are watching closely. see that very big bright batch of radar return off to the east in the right hand side of your picture there? that is coming in as sleet. i have towards leanardtown, sleet falling there. even toward laplata, we have a sleet, rain mix. as you go towards charles county, it turns to snow. as you head further south, that's where you see it turn to sleet. in northern virginia towards fredericksburg, that is also sleet going on there, too. we expect will probably see some of this sleet making its way further north. we'll have a huge impact on who gets more sleet and who gets more snow. for more on that, we'll send that to topper. >> that's why we have such a wide range of totals. overnight tonight, 2 to 6 inches. 2 inches down to the south. 6 inches to the north. and tomorrow morning, that's going to be our bulls eye. 3 to 6. if you are getting sleet tonight, tomorrow night, you will get the snow. that

at culpeper, leesburg, montgomery county at the air park, frederick is a half mile, manassas a mile and a quarter and orange, virginia a half mile visibility. west and northwest of town, very dense fog. keep that in mind. temperatures up to 21 in culpeper. they were 19. 32 in town. at the naval academy and low 30s from saint indigos this morning with winds our of the, well, no direction. calm winds and with the high humidity we have the fog. i want to show you this moisture down here. this is the developing storm and looks like it may clobber us late friday in to saturday. here's the seven-day forecast, 42 degrees tomorrow. 40 tomorrow. friday in to saturday, significant snow is possible. likely. sunday and monday we are drying out and tuesday maybe another storm and 33. it is 6:18. here's angie. >>> a couple of traffic alerts to kick things off with. we begin with the capital beltway. on the outer loop in maryland, watching an accident near the university exit. we are also seeing drivers are jammed from 95 to georgia. as we take it to realtime graphics. show you the inner loop. this is

in virginia, cross junction in frederick five inches of snow. front royal, five inches of snow. and lorton, 5.3. if i can, if we can come outside quickly to the weather tear remarks we've talked about how wet of a snow this is. if you can come out to me, i know this -- move on out to our oftenbacher's, we appear fresh 80 it. it just sticks to anything. very high water content. >> good job. and you do wear it well. it's actually going to be a dryer snow tomorrow. winter storm juaning in effect for everybody, but prince george's county and the district will go into a blizzard warning between 10:00 p.m. tonight and 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. heavy snow tonight, 12 to 20 inches. near blizzard conditions, low temperatures 28 to 3 2. winds northeasterly 15 to 25, and they will be cranking after midnight. good time to go to pepco.com. you get your exclusive outage map and your seven-day outlook. we hope there are no outages, but you can get them there. tomorrow, upper 20s, low 30s. by afternoon, windy and cold, snow tapers off. highs only around 30. winds out of the north at 15 to 25 and rat

blizzard warnings now, including frederick county, virginia. south and west, culpeper you go south and west of there, shenandoah county virginia you are in a winter storm warning until afternoon. and 4:00 here and 7:00. the storm had alulas night. drizzle complete and freezing rain. i want you to follow this piece of energy. like a bowling ball across southern virginia. it is cranking past richmond over to williamsburg, norfolk and this piece of energy stretches out right here. this gave us the wind and the heavy snow we have been dealing with the last half hour or so. it is coming down in parts with live doppler hd i will throe throw it over to top. >> we are looking at blizzard conditions and warnings through 7. you might think the snow will taper off this evening but it is not a question of whether snow is falling but visibility and wind and howard has been talking about that all morning. look at doppler. we had this looping. and notice how the bands of snow are moving east to west. counterintuitive but we get the low pressure off the coast

inspired by his brother frederick who has serebral palsy, he soared to victory with frederick cheering him all the way. petra midich led the games in grit. she crashed during a training run falling 10 feet on the rocks below. >> i thought this is it, it's over. >> reporter: with excrutiating pain she competed in the cross country sprint. she later discovered she suffered five broken ribs and a collapsed lung. u.s. cross country skier chris freeman also refused to give up. a diabetic, he suffered a blood sugar crash in the midst of his 30 kilometer race and collapsed. a german coach rushed over with an energy drink. freeman would get back on the course determined to compete the race. he finished last, but finished. a different spirit led canada's golden girls in hot water. the women's hockey team beat team usa and was criticized for this post game celebration, drinking and smoking cigars. they later apologized. this was perfection. korea's yu-na kim was flawless. perhaps the moment of the games was joanie rochette who overcame enormous grief just to compete. her mother died sunday morni

and over towards frederick county, meyersville an inch of snow there. and also parts of charles county, down to waldorf is two inches of snow. northern virginia checking in with the highest total so far, frederick county, central virginia seven inches of snow. little closer to home, alexandria and fairfax county, this is one of the higher totals so far, five inches of snow already measured there. as we go 0 the higher elevations in west virginia, nine inches are reported out that way. that's the latest from out here. topper, tell us what to expect. >> here we go. tonight is when it will get crazy. the things you can do. mark your down spouts, where things drain and that means the gutters, the down spouts off of the house. you need to be able to dig it out quickly and it has to melt sometime. mark the fire dry hydrant. and mark the storm drain and keep your heat pump free of snow snow. heavy snow tonight, 12 to 20 inches. near blizzard conditions. low temperatures 28 to 32. winds northeasterly at 15 to 25 and gusty. by morning more snow, windy and additi

frederick county is on a two- hour delay. >>> the midweek a storm has moved on now. the late week's storm is the big question. >> it is gathering steam in texas. the storm is coming across the south. the model in its at a lot of moisture coming our way. it could be snow and may be a mixed down to the south and east. this could be a storm that will provide us with snow on friday evening into saturday. >> this could rival the december 19 blizzard. >> let's take a look at the shop from frederick. this is over the last couple of hours. it is hard to get the cameras to work this early in the morning. 28 in chantilly. watch those temperatures that are just below freezing. here is your forecast. the sun will break through. we are shooting for low 40's this morning. the roadways will warm of. cold air will move back in. there is another system for next tuesday. -- the roadways will warm up. >> south of the best buy, river road gates our stock down. police on route 5 will help you to get through. over on 17th near 651, a tractor-trailer flipped over. traffic is now able to ge

light snow from dunkirk to prince frederick. also down to st. mary's county. it will cross into t northern neck. there are a few flurries to the north and west. look at that, over to ocean city, rehoboth. they are getting hit with snow. the winter of advisory for montgomery, fairfax, and points till the east until 9:00 a.m. we will see some clearing. then the wind will pick up. gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. that will be the big story. we could see more snow later tonight. >> the eastbound span of the chesapeake bridge was closed. the accident has been cleared off the bridge. the reconstruction crew is now leaving. traffic has been in a backup and it will have to go through and wake people up. 50 east down trying to get to the bay bridge are stuck in this volume but now moving. northbound 95 on the north side of baltimore has been closed for a couple of hours because of a serious accident. mile-marker 75 north side of baltimore remains closed because of an accident involving a tractor-trailer. now to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> 5:03. the high wind or

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most area school systems, include city, county frederick and harford counties are operating two hours late. remember. wjz is always on for you. go to wjz.com when severe weather threatens for your on look at first warning doppler radar. >>> there is other news this morning. last session state lawmakers passed a new law banning us from texting while driving. and now some are looking to take the ban one step further. kai jackson has more on a new proposal to stop drivers from reading text as well. >> reporter: what do you behind the wheel these days has come under a big legal microscope a range of behaviors that experts call distracted drivings, actions that can have fatal consequences. >> i drive a tow truck. i use my blue tooth for the most part. >> reporter: it's illegal to write or send a text message. and now a lawmaker wants to ban reading the messages while driving in an effort to curve distracted driving. >> nothing is so critical that involves placing yourself at risk or the others oned radio. >> i think that is smart. if you're going to stop them from writing it, why not stop

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

baltimore, ocean city, all the way west past hagerstown, frederick and beyond. it will be a snowy situation. we think we'll now push to the number one winter of all time for snow here since records have been kept in the baltimore area. unbelievable stuff. we only need another half-inch. looks like we're probably going to get well beyond that, we're talking a foot or more likely. >> it's in spots already. it was coming down fast and furious. >> westminster -- >> ralph in westminster called in, says there's two inches of snow coming down so far. he said it was coming down so hard and furious it was like confection sugar. a quick two inches in westminster and that's what happens with snowstorms my friends. they dump more in one spot versus the other. go back to that. 29 degrees and winds only pushed 12 miles per hour the real wind with the storm is going to actually pick up, tomorrow. when the real heavy snow is tomorrow morning. let's give you an idea of how the clouds progressed in nearby mount airy. you can see it got dark and the snow actually built in over the

arundel county, baltimore city schools and frederick county. >> and howard county, montgomery, prince george's county, again those public schools will be closed all week. >> and we want i to know that we have extended live coverage of the storm throughout the day tomorrow. fox 45 morning news will object from 5 a.m. to noon. bringing you the latest on school closing, and road conditions, and weather updates. and fox 45 will be back on the air, starting at 4:00, tomorrow afternoon, giving you all the information you need to know about the storm. >> in other news tonight. toyota announces recall plans for its 2010 prius and other hybrid models. almost half a million toyota prius and lexis, hs 250 h cars affected. the problem, faulty brakes. toyota executives say the focus is to fix the cars, and regain the public's trust. >> >> and toyota's problems don't end there. the national highway transportation safety administration, is now reviewing steering complaints connected to the 2009 and 2010 corolla. >> i am keith daniels, coming up. another winter >> with yet another winter blast blowin

look at the wind gusts spurted 62 miles per hour in frederick. it is blustery and barefoot -- bitterly cold. the winter weather re-advisory east of town until 6:00. >>> hard to believe 50-60 miles per hour per it will be back with another news update at 8:25. here is a list of some school closings and delays. for continous news >>> this hour on "good morning america," a trainer killed by a whale in front of children at a family marine park. should the whale live? how do you talk to your kids about it? we tackle that and more in our "morning mix." >>> plus, should this father go to jail for taking his child to church? the wife in the battle that she says is not about religion. >>> and it was a right for the record books. michelle kwan is here with her take on last night's emotional win in figure skating showdown. >>> plus, we're calling it project red carpet. young designers compete to create robin's oscar gown. ♪ suddenly i see >>> good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos in washington. robin, it looked like you had one of those books t