as we head to the west, west of hagerstown. there's a little bit more in ohio, we still have a risk of light flurries till about 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. the moderate stuff will be done about 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. let's take a look at the snowfall amounts once again. we've seen two to three inches in the building. we may pick up another inch or so. a few spots already have three or four may get up to five or six. it's a very wet snow as you probably see. you can make a snow man with, snowball fight, yes. three to four generally. temps well above freezing, speaking temps, let's take a look at some of them. 31 now, it's come up with degree. humidity at 96%. the dewpoint is at 30. which means it can't drop much more than that. the barometer is falling just a little bit right now. 31 here, 32 in eastton. above freezing down to our south. a lot of it is melting down 33. this is nothing like we saw on saturday where we had that very light powdery snow. we still have the warnings in effect. i think we may drop these in the next half hour. f

two to four west of that hagerstown. and eastern shore, over to easton, chestertown and beyond that looking at one to three. that's not all. this storm will leave us. we have another big storm in the making. down south. this could be a really big storm potentially saturday. we have to watch this one closely. because that could be a much more go effective storm. watch it closely. nonetheless what we are dealing with now. snow overnight. tapering off. and then clouds breaking later in the day. detailed forecast for you and talk more about the next storm coming up in the seven day. >> all right. as the snow flies get your own personalized forecast. i-radar available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> we're keeping track of school delays and any candlelations for you at this hour. right now, only, the u.s. naval academy will have a two-hour delay tomorrow. update school closing through the newscast. until 11:30. you can see more closing

as you look to the west in hagerstown a more moderate snow band. south of us here pretty intense precipitation coming down moving into prince george's county. that's coming in the baltimore area in the next two hours. getting heavier tonight. winter storm warning up through tomorrow evening. just settle in. get some beverages and hang out. >> hot cocoa. >> that's right. don't be on the roads later. >>> that's it for abc 2 news at 6:00. thank you for joining us. we'll be back tonight at 11:00. stay safe and stay inside if you can. [tv set] hey! i've been paused for 20 minutes. the wasted energy isn't pausing. hit "save" and save as much as $200 a year by turning me off. [announcer] learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody says "thank you". tell him "he's welcome", but it's still stan

right now 15 miles an hour in baltimore. 18 in hagerstown and 16 in oakland. look at the gusts. 23 in baltimore and hagerstown and 29 in oakland and 31 in winchester gusting today almost close to 50. they reported at the airport.i'll tell you when the system officially pushes out and temperatures close to 50 coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks so much. >> it was supposed to be one of the best example pel of successful stimulus funding. so far maryland and many other states have spent only a infrastructure of funds to weatherize homes. jeff joins us with the watch. >>reporter: year ago the federal government called this a shovel ready project. began doling out 5 billion dollars in stimulus funds so state can hire work investigators weatherize low income homes. now with winter just about over a new inspector general report lays out what it calls an alarming lack of progress. 6 states have yet to weatherize any homes. state of maryland weatherized 5 34 or about 8% of its total goal. state officials say it has taken month to ramp and the red tape that comes with

and temperatures on the cold. 29 baltimore. 29 dc. 29 hagerstown. with the windshield factors in the teens. frigid out there. so the storm tracks off to the east. making way for breaks in the clouds getting into thursday, friday, saturday, and then even sunday. so that's good news, that we will see breaks from the precipitation for the next few days. give us a moment to dig out. looking at the next watches and warnings lining up. thank goodness this is not a few hundred miles north. another storm that we're watching that folks were concerned about. but the next storm tracks south. and it will miss us. affects folks in the deep south. getting snow. rain, thunderstorm activity. and our next chance for next snow is monday, tuesday. clipper system dropping down out of alberta. and usually we don't see a ton of moisture with this. but a chance to get snow around the dc, baltimore area. stretching up to boston and maine. and watch it closely. that will be monday, tuesday. so westerly days until then. so your forecast for tonight. looking at 18 degrees. co

i want to show you this hagerstown to charlestown in to northwestern loudoun county. can't rule out a couple of flurries or light snow shower and one toward hagerstown will head to thurmont and emmittsburg may see it toward frederick and meyersville, as well. devon lucie has been with me and we have been talking about the potential for the upcoming snow and this one, as well. devon, i'm thinking about the know ratios. why don't you explain that to people and why this is a heavier snow. >> great point. this is a much heavier snow because our air temperature was closer to freezing. many areas above freezing overnight and below. if you don't get everything plowed or scooped out you get it to pack down and that's the hardest part to remove. turns to ice. i just rolled a ball of snow around for a while and this is what i came up with the beginnings of a snowman out there. you have so much more better water that has gone to making the snow. it is a heavier packing snow. you have the fluffy snow. mid-20s to the teens like in the previous snowstorms. looks like the next syste

from us but on the backside we have a northwest flow so lake-effect snows will be continuing so in hagerstown you guys could see a little bit of snow still today but for the most part is up shine. a lot of this i think will melt off this afternoon. so we'll call ate mix of snow and sun. highs in the 30's. tonight mostly clear and cold. low temperatures dropped back into the 20's so anything that melts off will refreeze tonight. tomorrow high prerk and sunshine on thursday then we'll watch this storm coming out of the gulf of mexico. the time frame late friday into saturday. i think it will start as a mix of sleet, snow and rain on friday afternoon then change over to all snow during the day on saturday. but you heard us talk about this a lot this winter and if you've lived around hereer you've heard it dozens of times. the track is important. if it shifts to the north that changes to precip. if it changes to the south that, means we miss most of us. so now all we can say is there's a possibility of a big storm on the horizon. 41 on thursday and then the time frame lade late friday into saturd

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 batteries for flash lights a

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

west chester and hagerstown. dry line working in. but several miles of snow to deal with through the overnight. so it looks like several inches continue to come down. that's why westbound under a winter storm warning four central maryland. including baltimore city. stretching down to 95 corridor to d.c.. counties west of the baltimore county area. 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 lik

if you look across the state. 42 baltimore. 39 easton. 39 hagerstown. all across the state the snow that fell quickly converting over into liquid. melting off nicely through the day today. i want to give you a few more local high temperatures. you can see, for the most part, around baltimore we were in the 40s. 45 germantown. millersville 4 degrees. a lot 48 degrees. temperatures now fallen off. we are vndown into the upper 30s. still above freezing. still melting even now past sunset. now it is time to turn our attention to the next winter storm. all of these counties shaded in blue under a winter storm watch. this kicks in midday friday. early friday into midday. that's when our first chance for snow begins to come in out of the west. looks like a long event. a few fair weather clouds across the state. no immediate weather concerns tonight or tomorrowor tomorrow night. enjoy the clear weather tonight into tomorrow. big area of high pressure keeps it nice and holds that bad weather at bay for another day or so. it is as we get into friday things change

much right on schedule moving across the region and looking at some of the heavier bands moving across hagerstown and all the way through the panhandle and chester town seeing rain and sleet mixed in here. towson seeing heavier bands and what we watch that didn't make it to the ground earlier is now making it to the ground. there's a winter storm warning in effect and playing out until 10:00 tonight and blizzard warning in effect for the delaware beaches up towards atlantic city and the jersey beaches and the winds will be sustained or frequently gusting over 35 miles per hour. we won have blizzard conditions in our region but we will see heavy snow and there's a distinct difference. 35degrees and the winds are at 3 miles an hour and 30.27 is your barometer reading with temperatures from 28 in oakland to 38 on the shore where everything coming down is of the melted winter type. temperatures above freezing on the shore and rock hall and annapolis and 36 and bellaire at 37. the temperatures are dropping. that's why we are getting a bit of a mix. we are seeing the temperatures starting to drop here

. >> you are taking a long commute from hagerstown or southern maryland, is really atrocious. >> 250 trucks have been busy plowing and salting the secondary and main roads since last night. neighborhood roads were dicey for some commuters. >> my road was not clear at all, but it was just a little bit of snow so did not matter. >> conditions significantly improve and drivers to notice. with snow piled up on type of snow from the weekend, it measured six inches in parts. >> more snow this winter than the last three combined. we just having a snowy winter. >> more of the six expected in the next two days. -- more of the same is expected in theext two days. prince george's county transportation official asks residents to pack their patients. >> if it is a little bit of snow, a texas lawyer to get the residential -- it takes us longer to get to the residentials. >> the hope is that the snow will not for the next big wave on friday. pamela brown, abc 7 news. >> a tanker crashed in rocks last had happened around 10:30 to it was carrying diesel when the driver lost control and the vehicle ov

i will have to bring this back to hagerstown now. looking at the heaviest totals in carroll county, baltimore, north ann east. philly could see two feet. for us six to 12 and bemay have to get that higher. all right. seven-day forecast, got the snow and the wind today. the sun and wind tomorrow. we are good on friday, saturday and sunday an monday here's a clipper system we will have to watch with potentially more snow and tuesday dry and 32. got all sorts of problems on the roads as well this morning. here's angie. >> did you say more snow? is that possible? >> it is mid february. >>> 18 minutes after the 6:00 a.m. hour. if you have to drive early i suggest using low beams. you want others to see you. start with the road closures. anne arundel county, 424 is closed at newman way. drivers are using ridell road to get around that. we are hearing from howard, blizzard warning in anne arundel county by 10:00 a.m. by no means good driving conditions. report of three accidents to tell you about. one on the inner loop at central and anothe

kick up a little bit now. 71% humidity, barometer is 30.28, ocean city 330 in elk ton and easton. 33 hagerstown, 34dc, 32 pax river, elk ton upper 20s, 30 bel air, 29 westminster, 31 columbia, 32 rock hall, kent island 33, annapolis 34. before the break we covered the advancing storm. this is going to be a pretty big one, however, you know, it's not like we haven't done this twice before this season. i think the temperatures over the next couple days are kind of critical to the story as the low gets out of here and high pressure builds in. sun comes out, it stays cold, we will not have to deal with a melt and refreeze, we move the snow before it tries to turn to ice. 37 will be the high early on, heavy snow tonight, snow in the afternoon, tonight 25. heavy snow early on tomorrow, by lunch it's over. cloudy, windy, colder, 30 in the afternoon. quickly, can we bring in first warning doppler weather radar? you see this band of heavy rain down over the south florida panhandle, portions of sought east alabama, northwest georgia that's what's coming in tonight. that's going to be the heavy snowfall a

hagerstown might see a little snow flake into western parts of montgomery county. the larger view shows a bit of snow out in the mountains of western virginia, much of eastern ohio. this is all going to be wheeling around. most will dry out as it comes over the mountains. for folks up in the mountains of west virginia, you will get snow showers overnight tonight. plenty of cold air across parts of the ohio valley. that will keep the snow showers going across ohio and west virginia. the main player is that huge area of low pressure across new york. believe it or not, that same storm has been there all week. it's going to do one final insulting lap through parts of the keystone state before it heads out to sea. the results here will be breezy and cold night. improving weather on the way for late tomorrow afternoon into the day on monday. that area of low pressure moves away. you see the continuation of mountain snows on the western side of the appalachian mountains. for us, just partly cloudy skies for tonight and tomorrow. breezy and chilly. temperatures dropping ba

we have snow in frederick and heavy snow reported back toward hagerstown. this will intensify as it moves west to east. again, all though i done see any surface reports at the top of the hour for sleet on delmarva we think the eastern shore may be getting pelted by light sleet. this is impressive. we were just looking at this. you can see the storm west from east. we bring in the snow. it continues overnight tonight mixing in with snow. winter mix toward the delmarva area. through the day tomorrow we all pick up snow. then the wind intensifies. as the low moves offshore if you look to the right of the screen you can see a donut hole. that's an indication of a powerful low pressure area. then you can see a secondary center of that low back forming a little closer to new jersey. that will mean a tremendous amount of wind. tomorrow night that's even as the snow wraps up. this is going to be a monster storm that we have to deal with. you don't see that show up on the model like that all the time. >> not often. you defendantly occasionally see it. we had a coupl

carol county into frederick county, there are a few light showers and a few clouds out there towards hagerstown. nonetheless we're really concerned about the next storm. winter storm watch already in place for friday night in through ska morning -- saturday morning into saturday evening. we're looking at several inches of snow possible. how much are we talking about? early it's saying this is going to bring complete of moisture, and it's going to run over cold air sitting over our portion of the state and that potential is to see maybe 14 to 18 inches of snowfall around the baltimore area down through d.c., north virginia. this is possible totals now. we could see a little bit more, anywhere from 20 to 22 inches if the storm hangs around a little longer. across the bay about five to ten inches stretching up to cecil county. this is the potential totals as this storm moves our direction. i'm going it take another closer look at this storm in detail coming up. >>> michael jackson's doctor could be heading to prison. the possible charges conrad murray faces in connection with the king of pop's dea

the latest winds 44 hagerstown, 43 winchester. we had gusts last night in kaiser, west virginia to 57 and few spots 52. philly gusting to 43. martinsburg, 51-mile an hour wind gust right now. it is blowing fierce out there and they will be with us the entire day. the storm itself is spinning not far from new york. maybe in to hartford with heavy snow to our south. to the south and west and some of that snow is getting closer to us. see the heavier snow in to pennsylvania. go to doppler hd and show you the snow north and east. moderate across baltimore county. tough ride up 83 and northeastern car carroll county. a couple of spots where we have advisories like anne arundel county. see the snow on 97 and 32. going through the bw parkway over to 95 and jessup, ellicott city over to columbia, as well. this is more so baltimore than us but the belief is some of the snow will rotate through. as you head to clarksburg, we have lighter flurries and snow showers there and those counties, by the way are under winter weather advisories. we c

we're at freezing in pax river. 33, hagerstown on the fence with freezing. that's the problem with the first part of this storm. there's not a tremendous amount of arctic air. the satellite radar looks impressive. i want to show what you this is doing to show up precipitation falling from the clouds about you the not reaching into the ground. it's drying up. call that sublimation. this is virga. it's not here yet, so we expect to get between 10:00 and 2:00. once it gets here it will pick up in a hurry. we mix in a few hours of sleet and that will eat into the snowfall totals. there is a wide range of expectations available. the main batch reporting light snow right now. again, it's going to look more impressive on the radars all morning then midday and the afternoon, this storm will pick up. we're talking about the tropical feed coming out of the gulf coast. georgia, the second feed will come out with the jet stream right on top of us. here's what we expect. the forecast model lagging behind a few models. it comes in here and within the first couple of hours

with an exception in salse as yo--salisbury as you saw there. 30 in hagerstown, 30 in oakland. the question is what is next as the system pulls out and the following cold front moves toward the east. we see drier air moving in. what is behind this low pressure center, this nasty low down in the gulf coast. i say nasty because this one looks coming up the coast and heading in our general direction. this low can take two different paths, one it will take it out to sea in which case we won't see a whole lot of it. the second scenario which is more likely is that it comes out, and we get one of those snow storms that affects the northeast from boston, through philadelphia and affecting us as well as d.c. by the way, totals on that right, hard to say, but it's looking like it could be over a foot or more. 41 degrees in the eastern shore, most low cloudy skies 5-15-mile-an-hour winds. for the central part of the state look for temperatures to get to a high of 45 degrees at 1:00 this afternoon. mostly cloudy skies and a couple of up slope showers, and 35 degrees for the high. mainly c

to the west, 28 degrees in hagerstown, only 10 in oakland. and now for a look as the updates keep changing with regard to blizzard concerns, here is jessica starr in the sky watch weather center. jessica. >> reporter: thanks, steve. let's get to the watches and warnings because we're not the only ones that are dealing with the snow this morning. look at the watches and the warnings stemming from the midwest toward the northeast. the areas that are pink under the winter storm warning which is what we're under. you can see some red. we will get to that in just a minute. right now we're under the winter storm warning which is in effect until 10:00 a.m. at 10:00 a.m. the winds have started to pick up. at 10:00 a.m. the blizzard warning is going to kickoff so the northern portions of maryland and along the new jersey coast they're going to deal with blizzard conditions because of the limited visibility and the strong, gusty winds are going to allow for snow up there. winds greater than 35 miles an hour and lasting for three hours and longer. that

temperature-wise we're at or below freezing. 28 baltimore, 30 hagerstown, 37 up in yorkton. ocean city the one place where we have seen some rain back through the ocean city area into salisbury, there they have temperatures warm enough to support the wintery mix. you see how large the storm is right now. first low really situated down here in south carolina. our second low actually spinning out of the chicago area centered over ohio t problem is the current storm track, this low tracks southeastern monroe and northern east, offshore maryland, meets up with this low that's going to swing up the coast. they basically both bomb out here off the atlantic coast, the meteorological terms really get large and it's also going to create a tremendous amount of wind tomorrow into tomorrow night and below around all the snowy get over the next 24 hours. show you the computer model in detail. here is how it works out timing wise. that snow will continue, you can see that dry spot but it doesn't last long. we may get more sleet mixing in from the chesapeake east. probably not this side of

hagerstown only two inches, but romney, man you guys get hammered, 10 inches in romney, west virginia. dangerous super storm. six to 12 between now and midnight. six to eight between midnight and 6:00 a.m., then it starts to pull away from the coast. so in the morning, maybe two to four, in the afternoon, maybe one to two. but near blizzard conditions tonight, and that is a huge deal for us. it doesn't happen too often. the criteria is the 12 to 18- hour period where you need visibility one quarter of a mile or less for three hours or longer, and sustained winds at 35 miles per hour or frequent gusts to 35 miles per hour. so doesn't technically have to be snow. it's just visibility and also wind, and i think we're going to satisfy those criteria as we get into the late hours tonight. the late hours tonight. especially in southern maryland. we may see this actually push further north. we said that earlier. may see it push a little further north. we haven't had time to talk about it but we're going to see some tremendous beach erosion with this store. satellite picture radar combined, h

the snow showers coming out of hagerstown in to middletown and north and west of westminster. on the weather computer top temperature the other concern other than the flurries are the visibilities which are really low. especially to the west. here in town, we are not too bad. lookok at dulles. that is below leesburg. dulles is at zero. three quarters at manassas and culpeper. talking about visible let's go outside to devon lucie. what's it looking like. >> i can see a little blue sky. a thin layer of fog and you get above that and we have a couple of clouds beyond that. later today we will have to get through a bright day and a lot of reflecting sun light coming off the snow. speaking of the bright snow it has a lot of heft it to, too. take break and maybe smaller shovel fulls and maybe not the typical snow shovel i have here. make an smaller shovel will make it easier for you. this is such a high water con tonight snow we will have temperatures in the upper 30s to 40s make sure you keep the windshield wiper fluid on the full levels out there. >> good advice. stock up. we have

this stuff is reaching south of hagerstown and maryland, and we put the regular radars in picture, it looks like it is coming through here. highlight where it is. and back to the southwest and mixing in warmer air and we begin to get flurries. and few at lunchtime and picks up in a hurry and mixes in with sleet. and it could be a big ice problem and in terms of snowfall and dropped to 32 and even lower as we all turn back to snow and will be heavy tonight and tomorrow morning. break down the details in just a bit. back to you. >> we want to remind you. schools are closing early. we will keep you constantly updated throughout the show. >> with the big storm coming. it is time to be prepared. and time to run for ççthe hil or at least the supermarket am and folks are not taking any chances from the mother with the kids and county snow crew and he tells us the storm is snow joke. >> at hopkins university, they could write a good these sis about this type of behavior. why do they rush to buy up all the toilet paper. really, how long do you expect to be trapped inside the show that you

temperatures are cold. 28 degrees. 27 in d.c. 28 in hagerstown. what we will see happen, the storm will continue to roll off to the east. breaks in the clouds through the day tomorrow. and it looks like a relatively quiet first part of the weekend. good news. high pressure comes in and keeps moisture off to the west and south of us. there is a weak clipper over chicago, they may get snow. but it looks like right now watching the next storm to the south. good news is that it is tracking south. and affecting folks in the south. getting snow potentially. and next storm we will see is coming down out of the canada. alberta clipper. looks like monday, tuesday for the next chance for snow showers across the eastern seaboard. so tonight looking at 18 degrees. cold. few snow showers coming to an en. blustery at 15 to 25 out of the northwest. and then tomorrow. mixture of sun and clouds. but windy. winds out of the northwest at 15 to 20. five-day forecast shows friday, saturday, sunday sunshine. and monday chance for a few scattered snow showers working in

not so bad south fredericksburg to richmond but winchester, hagerstown, oakland 40 plus. and 40 here in town with, zooming in 46 at dulles. 55 on the wind gusts in the martinsburg area and andrews air force base is gusting to 44 miles an hour. beside the winds a little wintry weather and snow in the northern and eastern suburbs. the winter weather advisory until the noon hour. as we look at the bigger picture you can see the snow rotating around the low pressure here. coming in to pennsylvania. johnstown is reporting heavy snow. and getting close to us. show you what is happening. see the dark blue area around the baltimore region extending in to carroll and howard county. this is moderate snow band down there. this is in anne arundel county through annapolis and davidsonville over to bowie and prince georges county, as well. upper montgomery county to frederick county, parts of carroll and western howard we are looking at lighter flurries but eastern carroll and howard county mild snow going on. upper 20s and low 30s. 32 manassas. 29 martinsburg. 32 dulles. 28 in gaither

look at the visibility in hag s hagersto hagerstown, one mile. folks up across northern maryland really hard-hit. by the way, you can always send us your pictures. we'll show them. veronica will be here while i'm taking a little break. we'll share your pictures with everybody else out there and around the country and the world for that matter. there's that area that's still getting hit so, so hard. there's the storm beginning to pull away but in back of it and because of the upper-level wave coming through and still coming through us, it's really squeezing out the last of the moisture. overnight tonight, temperatures dip into the teens. the winds will diminish a bit. tomorrow it will just be breezy. 15-mile-an-hour winds. there will still be blowing around. but it will be sunny. we'll see sunshine into the weekend. there will be high clouds coming in. temperatures into the 20s. daytime into the mid to high 30s. and for tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. very cold, still breezy. temperatures 20 to 25 degrees early tomorrow morning into the teens. ag

north, northwest of the district first of all, up around martinsburg and hagerstown, that's where we seen some heavy snow bands for the last couple of hours. we are getting snow reports of up around 2 1/2 inches of snow. towards washington county, where we are getting 3 1/2 to 4 in snow reports in parts of west virginia, where that steadier snow has been going on. south of us, this is where we are looking at the possibility of heavy snow, changing over to areas of sleet. just called my brother down in woodbridge, and he says it is heavier snow. south of that, it is turning into sleet and that is making progress off to the north. that is going to be a big trick. we'll be following that very closely. we expect a mix in of sleet south and east of 95 through periods through tonight, where we get that sleet. we'll have a lot lesser snow amount. by the time we transition to all snow for everyone, as we bring a much colder air, that's where the heaviest snow is going to go. top. >> let's break down the timetable. for the next couple of minutes, 1 to 2 inches. overnight, 2 to 6 inches. the b

harrisonburg, fredericksburg, salmons, up into aberdeen, hagerstown and cumberland. meanwhile when i take our winter mosaic off, you can see the banding of moderate snows that have been making their way through the area over the last hour to two hours here. so as far as amounts, what we've gotten from our weather watchers, haywood down south and west at 2 1/2 inches of snowfall now. waldorf has picked up an inch. right now, college park at a half inch. same thing around d.c. and dulles reporting 1.7, almost two inches up north and west. frostburg, maryland, three inches now. winchester, four inches of snowfall so far. again, we're working with a tremendous amount of moiure from down south. with that 10 to 1 ratio, this would translate to 30 inches. that moisture continues all the way down to florida, folks. over three inches, Ñitwo, in rockingham, north carolina. their temperatures are in the 40s. here, we'll be fluctuating around 32, 33 degrees over the next couple of hours. so there will be a whole lot more snow coming in. a lot more moisture coming in to real col

ocean city is at 30 and if hagerstown, it is 33 degrees. forecast for today, winter storm warning. later on, snow developing we think late this morning or around the noon our. daytime accumulations three to six inches. that is during the day. high, 35 degrees. intense snow comes tonight and tomorrow with blowing winds, drifting snownd like. we are looking for accumulation saturday evening of 16 to 24 inches and more in some locations. we'll have professor details on that coming up in just a ittle bit. >> thank you. >>> talk about the calm before the storm. it might be the calm right now on the roads because we know we'll have an early rush hour home today. >> the maryland commuter buses, they have notified us they will be working three hours ahead of schedule. so normally they start around #:00. they will bum than up to noon today which works hand in hand with what is going on with schools being let out early, maybe some folks leaving the office earlier. that will work out hand in hand. i think that will be a delightful treat for you guys trying to get home midday. top side of the

a few more up towards hagerstown. temperatures above the freezing mark around town. any snow that does fall will not really have much of a chance to accumulate before it melts away. cloudy and cold today. passing snow showers and snow flurries this morning. highs today, upper 30s and low 40s. more sunshine and less wind tomorrow. another chance of wintry weather by tuesday night and wednesday. kimberly? >>> coming up on "news4 today" at nine, a live report an an abduction in arlington. we will see you at 9:00. >>> we are back on this saturday morning, february 27th, 2010. thank you for coming out on this cold winter day. i'm amy robach. lester is in vancouver the last full weekend of the 21st winter olympic games. coming up, we will have the latest from chile and the 8.8 magnitude earthquake. it caused a lot of damage and cost quite a few lives as well. >> i think one of the most horrible things is the tsunami warnings that went as far as ant artica and hawaii and we are continuing to get more information. we will talk about american flyers as we shift our attention

todd in hagerstown, 11 inches of new snow in hagerstown, maryland. sue and bill have eight inches of new snow at their place. northwest berkeley county in west virginia. tim reports 12 inches of new snow up in the panhandle of west virginia. he also reports near whiteout conditions, also as you get towards ridge, west virginia nine inches of snow. winds are gusting between 32 and 35 miles an hour. that is creating near whiteout conditions and only 25 feet of visibility there. also in williamsport, maryland, 10.5 inches of new snow there. this is going to continue to people up. before the snow started, we already had 21 inches of snow in the washington area, picked up another four inches last night. so where is this stacking up on our snowiest months ever? february of 1899 when we had 35 inches of snow just in the month of february. now in 2010, 24.8 inches, so anything we get is going to continue to add up on to there. this is an important month here, february of 1899, the 1898nd 1899 winters were the all-time snowiest winters. our winter now is in s

we've had some foot plus totals coming out of hagerstown and a part of west virginia. charleston right now to the west of leesberg, the snow is really coming down. want to go back to the weather commuter and -- computer and talk about the warnings. all of the counties in white are winter storm warnings and then the pink counties, from new york to long island, delaware back to our neck of the woods, blizzard warning going into affect at 10:00. that means winds sustained above 35 mile-per-hour for many hours and visibility a quarter mile or less. again, we just had a gust to 44 mile-per-hour in the winchester area. temperatures 20s and 30s. still expecting 6-12 inches of snow here in washington metro. by the time the storm is done a foot plus in the mountains, northern maryland and to the north and east as well. angie goff stepping in at 7:04 and she has you covered. >>> our eyes on the capital beltway, the snow is coming down it needs to be treated again. dealing with big issues at central and darcy road. that area on the outer loop right now only one lane of traffic ge

>> good morning. 8:25. 28 easton, 29 in baltimore, 31 hagerstown. i point that out because that's also a location where another band of some light snowshowers has come through. we're expecting some slightly warmer air to build in behind this storm. one more little push, we've got a band of flurries or brief snowshower that will pass. there's also some pretty thick fog, the further west you go into the higher terrain. all that in mind we've got to deal with that this morning, early snowshower, and some leftover fog, but trying to turn partly sunny this afternoon, 39 would help with some snow melt if we don't get that sun, we'll stay in the 34- 36 range and drop below freezing, it will ice up overnight at 24. tomorrow a dry day, a prep day. there's a major storm on the way. second half of friday, by friday evening, snow moves in. the big question, do we actually get ice out of that? that would cut into the snowfall expectations but plan for a major event to lock in for saturday, a high of 30, 27 on sunday. kim? >> around the beltway, 95, bw parkway ac

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,

will be a factor as we get cold air into all of the layers of the atmosphere. 30 in salisbury, 33 in hagerstown, temperatures don't budge a whole lot today. 36 to the eastern shore. but the story is the snow on the way. an inch of snow for the daytime hours in the eastern shore. central part of the state, about 2-4 inches during the daytime hours and then we're going to talk about the increasing intensity for tonight that will add to the totals. back to the west, daytime totals only 3-6 inches with 30 degrees for the high temperature and tonight, 27 degrees, that is when we tack on the 8-12 inches additional snow and then probably another 4-8 inches beyond that for tomorrow morning before it tapers off into the afternoon. 30 degrees for tomorrow's high compared to today's 34. colder on sunday but a whole lot drier, partly cloudy. we have a couple of days to recuperate, and tuesday and wednesday and 37 degrees on your thursday with mostly cloudy skies. now, let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has your traffic edge. >>i went to the grocery store yesterday and what a

host: hagerstown, maryland. rich on the republican line. caller: you are all right. democrats, republicans. i am a real american. it has to come from leadership. we had a bush, now we have president obama. the thing is, everyone is blaming bush. you have to understand, my opinion, when bush took office, clinton was in charge, right? i indicated now because my kids are going to college. thank god for that. obama's said he inherited all this. he inherited the united states of america. isn't that wonderful? that is what he inherited. when clinton was in office, he balanced the budget, but he took all the money out of the military. there was no war. i am a senior citizen and i am really getting educated now. i have all lot of time to read. i do not want to say too much, but obama needs to lead. guest: this is my opinion, not the of the government, but i think is important for the president to get out there and keep stating the reason we are fighting in afghanistan. we saw that in december. but i think more of that would be helpful to keep the people aware of why we are f

host: hagerstown, maryland. rich on the republican line. caller: you are all right. democrats, republicans. i am a real american. it has to come from leadership. we had a bush, now we have president obama. the thing is, everyone is blaming bush. you have to understand, my opinion, when bush took office, clinton was in charge, right? i indicated now because my kids are going to college. thank god for that. obama's said he inherited all this. he inherited the united states of america. isn't that wonderful? that is what he inherited. when clinton was in office, he balanced the budget, but he took all the money out of the military. there was no war. i am a senior citizen and i am really getting educated now. i have all lot of time to read. i do not want to say too much, but obama needs to lead. guest: this is my opinion, not the of the government, but i think is important for the president to get out there and keep stating the reason we are fighting in afghanistan. we saw that in december. but i think more of that would be helpful to keep the people aware of why we are f