right now in northern loudoun county into much of western fairfax and into loudoun county, northern fauquier, there is light snow mixing with sleet. sleet are the little tiny balls of ice that fall down and hit the ground and bounce around. the areas in the brighter white from reston to the beltway near great falls, they're getting wet snow there and light snow falling across much of montgomery county. all the areas in white from clarksburg to 70 all the way to bethesda and east to wheaton and colesville, it's all generally light snow. light snow in northwest washington too. farther east, a lot of it not reaching the ground yet. temperatures at or below freezing much of the region. we'll stay this way for several hours through 7:00, 8:00. the sleet and snow changing to light icing. continuing through 8:00 and 9:00. with temperatures at or below freezing. we'll warm up tomorrow. let's take a look at traffic. danella is here with the latest with your first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning. tom, we'll start with the rails. if you're taking metro. how about marc,

that includes loudoun county. does look like around leesburg now and west of there, up toward hillsborough, per sellville. these areas in the darker pink are getting sleet and freezing rain. these are the initial reports coming in. farther to the east of there in northern montgomery county, also there may be a few pockets of some of that light rain now just beginning to reach the surface. of course, the critical thing are the temperatures. are they at or below freezing? right now in montgomery county, right at freezing. it's also at freezing in much of fairfax, loudoun county and prince william and fauquier a little bit above freezing. it's in the mid 30s in the district and in much of prince george's oint. parts of southern maryland a little below freezing there. by 6:00 a.m., maybe a little sleet and light icing. then light icing at 7:00 and ag morning. then we'll warm up as the afternoon progresses. our temperatures will gradually climb in the freezing conditions ending by noontime. light rain during the temper

that's the latest conditions in loudoun county. pack to you. >> tony, thanks. >>> despite the mess on the roads, it appears to be business as usual at local airports right now. this is a live look at reagan national. we're not hearing any major delays there or at dulles or bwi. in fact, we checked airports in the midwest as well where the storm was. no major problems there. we're told that the airlines may decide to do de-icing this morning. you want to check for delays. of course, you can get your forecast no matter where you are and when it is by downloading the storm team 4 weather app on your smartphone. you can upload photos so other viewers can see what conditions are like in your neighborhood. >> 6:04 is your time. the senate will make a major announcement on immigration reform. members have come to a preliminary agreement on sweeping changes to america's immigration laws. the deal will address better border security and a more effective system to ensure that companies don't hire undocumented immigrants. it create a path for

back to the west, western secs of loudoun county and into frederick county, all that orange and red, some very, very heavy rain and that is going to continue on and off throughout the evening and into the overnight hours. we'll talk about this flood, flash flood watch we have in place in just a about the. >> we'll see you in a few. >>> -- in just a bit. >> we'll see you in a few. >>> a wind restriction is in effect in the bridge. meanwhile, the state highway administration is warning truck drivers to watch out for gusty wins when they're on bridges while motorists are encouraged to stay vigilante and to stay off the roads if conditions get worse. wouldn't you to keep it here on fox 5 for continuing coverage. remember, you can track the forecast 24/7 with the fox 5 weather app. download it to droid, iphone or ipad. >>> our other big story tonight, seven people, including four firefighters, all hurt when a tractor-trailer hit a fire truck on the beltway. the wreck happened in prince georges county near route 50. it created a massive backup and left commuters crawling along for hours. f

west of town, frederick, montgomery county, loudoun county. loudoun county, they had so many areas of high water, that goes all the way down the spine of the blue ridge, toward shenandoah county where they closed schools due to the high water. culpeper two-hour delay due to high water in the county. please be careful this morning. good news for you. the rains are just about done everywhere. now we're dealing with wind. temperatures are dropping. they'll drop the low to mid-40s and stay there for the afternoon. make we get to 45, 46. but it's not going to feel like it. with the winds out of the west at 20, 21 miles an hour, gusting to possibly 30, 40, 50 miles an hour. temperatures falling into the 40s and 50s in our northwestern suburbs. there goes the rain. the cold air is producing snow in central new york, western pennsylvania and even in our western mountains. around here, there's the last bit of rain now up across the eastern shore. they're also under a wind advisory like we are and areas west. gusts today could be to 50 miles an hour. we

farther west into loudoun county. east of there into the district, it's all light snow now all across washington and all across montgomery county. northern prince george's county from bowie up to laurel and around college park and paragraph they are north up toward columbia and howard county getting light snow now. it is beginning to drop temperatures down to 30 in gaithersburg. whatever is falling is freezing on untreated surfaces. lingering salt from the previous snow event we had. a lot of it is melting on roadways. be extra cautious. if it looks wet, that could be ice. we have temperatures at or below freezing much of the region now and through 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., we're going to have that sleet and snow changing to light icing by 7:30, 8:00 this morning and continued light icing through 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 this morning. we'll have a thin dplglaze of i forming through the rest of the afternoon. as we get into tomorrow, warming up into the 50s and some sun back. could get rain on wednesday into the mild 60s

temperatures also starting to really drop off into loudoun county. we're in the mid-40s from leesburg at 46. ashburn is 47. still in the mid-50s in waldorf. close to 60 in upper marlboro at this hour. but get ready. even you folks in south prince george's county, you're going to drop off quickly between now and 6:00, 6:30. here's a look at your weather camera. great visibility. we're clearing out. cloudy skies. 53 with the west, northwesterly wind at 17, gusting to 28 at the moment. but i do expect stronger winds than that throughout the day as this powerful storm pulls away. dropped a lot of snow across wisconsin and iowa yesterday and up into canada. and the colder air, look how the surge of warmth has brought the rain all the way up to maine and to southeastern canada. now we're watching the cold. as the cold comes back in, the snow showers are flying. ski areas are going to get back to getting snow, making snow. should be a good weekend there. for us a little disturbance is going to come in the westerly flow late tonight. we'll watch it here at 6

loudoun county public schools now on a two-hour delay. stafford and king george county schools all in virginia closed today. >>> and coming up, the warning that went to redskins players about a girl with a fake identity on line. >>> and a judge banned himself from the district after this stunt -- banned another man from the district. >>> and snow-covered roads across the region. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. most of the snow is scattered in northern virginia, the district, into maryland. these are heading to the south and east. they've left in

fairfax county, arlington, loudoun, northern prince william and fauquier. in maryland now, still light snow in montgomery county, southern frederick, howard, northern prince george's county, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's. and the district of columbia is still getting a little light snow. most of it's ending. this is the last batch. it will be moving through over the next hour or so and will taper off and end. around the region, teens. in prince geor's county, upper teens. much of montgomery county, only the mid teens. upper teens arlington, fairfax county, most of northern virginia. much of southern maryland near 20 degrees. all that snow did stick to untreated surfaces where the roadways are wet. by 7:00 a.m., a break from clouds, the snow ending. we'll have it climbing to mid 20s by noontime. by then, winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. that will be blowing snow around. highs only reaching upper 20s by mid-afternoon. looks like a cold night tonight coming up. we'll be clear by midnight. back down to near 20 degrees much of the region. and could get mo

frederick county, back into loudoun county, a lot of trees down in culpeper, orange, and arrest rap -- and arrapahanna county. you don't see radars that look like this very often in january. this looks like an april radar with the red and orange. that's rainfall rates over an inch per hour. heavy rain back down to alexandria. everything pushing off to the east at 40 miles per hour. we're tracking after this some snow. >> rough out there tonight, top. but as we said it could be worse. check out this amazing cell phone video. that is a tornado that struck 60 miles northwest of atlanta a little earlier today. a 51-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on top of his home. a large manufacturing plant was also demolished. in tennessee another tornado killed at least one person and this is the same storm that's hitting us right now. >>> broke and bankrupt, a doctor targeted by the d.c. health department for prescribing painkillers tells wusa 9 tonight that he is shutting down and going out of business. the city pulled his license to write prescriptions back in april. in the months since t

a few lingering sprinkles, prince george's, the district, fairfax county and loudoun county. temperatures are dropping into the 40s now to near 50. reagan national now down to 53. just an hour ago, it was at 60. the temperatures are rapidly dropping. much of prince george's county now in the low 50s. and we're going to continue to see the temperatures dropping throughout the day. storm team 4 four-day forecast will drop to the 30s after sunset. winds will be gusting to 50 miles per hour today. we could have gusts tomorrow to around 40 miles per hour. maybe some morning snow showers on friday. we'll be down into the 20s friday morning. and into the upper 30s friday afternoon. then all of the way down to the teens on saturday morning. saturday afternoon, cloudy, highs only the mid 30s. a lighter wind. and then cloudy on saturday night, late saturday after midnight into the early morning hours on sunday. you might get flurries or some snow showers. the upper 20s then. and sunday afternoon, cloudy, highs around 40. and it's still going to be cold on monday. partly sunny, interest

nearly three inches parts of loudoun county. and across much of northern virginia, arlington, fairfax into prince william and fauquier county, anywhere from an inch and a half to 2.5 inches of rain. prince george's county, an inch and a half. about 1.2 fell in the district. all these counties in green, flood warnings for rivers and streams out of their banks, montgomery, frederick, loudoun county, fauquier, the rest of northern virginia, including rappahannock and culpeper. latest wind gusts are up around 30 miles per hour. they'll decrease in another hour or so. we'll have gusts to near 50. these areas in color, northern virginia, the district, maryland, until 6:00 p.m. we'll have gusts to near 50 miles per hour. temperatures right now dropping into the 40s. and we're going to hold steady in the 40s through the rest of the daylight hours. then plummeting to the 30s tonight. and then the 20s by dawn tomorrow. might have flurries tomorrow morning. it will feel like winter. maybe a few snow showers putting down a quick dusting and

does include loudoun county and fauquier county back from the south to the west. this is sort of your second line of showers and storms. just to the west of leesburg and north of warrenton these will put down about an inch of rain, about 1/2-inch to 3/4- inch per hour. around town pretty quiet, a couple light showers, most heavy activity from frederick across the river back into loudoun county and leesburg and back into northern fauquier county. everything is hauling off north and east about 50 miles per hour. around the belt waits pretty quiet. hopefully -- the beltway it's pretty quiet. hopefully everybody will get home uneventfully. the flood watch covers most of the metro area prince george's county north, the district north and fairfax north. it does not include southern maryland. you will see heavy rain, just less flooding threat. 25 mile-per-hour wind gusts in manassas and the same downtown. by the time we get to midnight, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning winds will gust over 50 miles per hour. a wind advisory covers the entire metro area until 6 a.m. we'll come b

in extreme western montgomery county and through loudoun county in particular, right around the leesberg area about an inch and a half of rain has fallen and you're going to get more and watch the flash flooding potential especially -- and parts of the area, i know, we have been warm the last few days and the ground is hard a few inches below from being frozen last week and there is a lot of runoff with these. giving you the bigger picture, more to come. the frontal boundary is well to the west and we're going to stay in the tropical air and have waves of heavy rain and some isolated thunderstorms moving up from the south. i wanted to give you an idea of how extensive this is with the wind advisories all the way from new york state and to the gulf coast. we'll watch for the heavy rain and maybe some potentially strong winds a little bit later tonight. i think the heaviest of it is probably still a few hours away, but we're seeing a bit of action. we'll talk about the seven-day forecast when i join you in a few minutes. >> could be worse. could be snow. >> that is it. that's for sure. >>

as you come in from loudoun county and loudoun we're told there may be some flooding problems on the lesser traveled roadways. the major thoroughfares look okay. a live look at the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open heading into the downtown area. also i want to let you know in downtown d.c. police, the department of transportation, and d.c.'s taxicab inspectors are teaming up to stop illegal u-turns on pennsylvania avenue in northwest. u-turns are illegal on pennsylvania from 3rd to 15th streets because of the bike lanes which run down the center of the road. 11 out of the 14 bicycle crashes in 2010 and 2011 along the pennsylvania avenue corridor involve illegal u- turns. so yesterday officers spent some time handing out flyers to educate drivers about the laws and also cited drivers who made illegal turns. back to you, mike and jess. >> thanks, monika. >>> 4:50. a look at health news. we begin with new information about the 2010 meningitis outbreak. maryland health officials say when they learned of a potential link between a spinal steroid injection in cases of fungal meningit

flooding in portions of loudoun county and there are flood watches and wind advisories in effect. the heaviest rain and strongest winds will come for about 1030 or 11:00. a lot more information or you just ahead. >> ahead of that second wave of potentially damaging wind and rain, we continue our stormwater coverage tonight from leesburg, virginia. >> the situation here is certainly an interesting one. moments ago no rain, and now it is pounding on us. the problem here in leesburg this is a very busy traffic time and there are a lot of cars on the road right now. conditions are gradually getting worse. this system coming up from the south was devastating in parts of tennessee and in northwestern georgia. tornadoes unleased a tremendous amount of damage. the situation here in northern virginia will be monitoring throughout the evening. we expect heavy rain off and on with the potential for flash flooding and high wind. we will stay here in the area and monitor the situation. >> remember when severe weather threatens, you can stay up-to- date with the abc 7 storm watch whethereather

montgomery, fairfax and loudoun counties have a two-hour delay. monika will have traffic in just a moment but wow, howard, this is actually pretty. >> we want to remind you the federal government is open but you have the right to exercise telework or liberal leave. >> you get charles county on that? i just heard charles county is closed as well. >> that's in maryland. >> southern counties seem to be closed. we have delays locally. i'm hearing two hours in charles. excuse me. we'll get to the bottom of that. weather wise, we've had totals in the 3-inch, even more than that category in southern maryland. an inch or so give or take here in the immediate metro. here's a look at your day planner this morning. it is -- it's a pretty morning with a little bit of snow. that will be ending in the next couple of hours. we get up to 30 degrees as we turn partly sunny. windchills staying in the 20s. check out this. this is a picture from brian white out of lusby. 3 inches of snow down there. had unconfirmed reports of even four inches toward point lookout in

in fact, we had freezing rain this morning and here's video from loudoun county. some of the neighborhood streets were a sheet of ice. it coated the cars and of course delayed schools. now tonight we're in good shape. here's a live look outside from our michael and son weather cam. the temperatures are 42. they are above freezing and they'll stay above freezing tonight. they'll remain steady or go up overnight. winds now out of the south at 5. that's a good direction. it's a warm direction. so 37 in germantown. still 30s north and west of town. 39 bethesda. but notice low 40s in fairfax and springfield. and notice 47 in duple fridays and in the 50s. warmer air will move in as we go through the nighttime hours and tomorrow. a couple showers are possible. not looking for a lot of activity, but a couple showers pushing between frederick and leesburg. they'll cross over the river and 270 in the next half an hour. unfortunately, a wet commute between the left over moisture this morning and a couple showers into fairfax and loudoun. you will have a wet commute going hom

. >> as for the schools, fairfax, loudoun, alexandria city, manassas park city, and arlington counties in virginia are all on a two-hour delay now as are anne arundel, prince george's, montgomery, frederick, and carroll county schools in maryland. >> these county school system are closed today -- charles, calvert, st. mary's counties in maryland, winchester city, culpeper, stafford, orange, spotsylvania, prince william, fauquier, rappahannock and king george counties in virginia, all of the school closings and delays are scrolling on the bottom of your screen. we'll bring you the latest as it comes into the newsroom. >>> the cold could impact your commute on the metro. yesterday a rail cracked near the naylor road station. metro says something similar could happen again as cracked rail are fairly common with temperatures so low, especial oh above-ground portions of the track. unfortunately, they say there is no way to avoid that problem. >>> take a peek outside. you might see snow-covered roads this morning. this was the scene in charles county as crews made their way into work. let's

just a couple of sprinkles and showers in loudoun county and fairfax county. north of fairfax and toward gainesville and that is about it. so nothing heavy tonight, certainly, but we have to keep the chance for showers in. no icy problems tonight. keep your umbrella handy. milder tomorrow. like april on wednesday, then we get a reality check. back to winter on thursday. temperatures tonight steady, mostly cloudy, breezy, milder. got to keep a few showers in the forecast. winds will pick up southwest 10 to 15 and that will get temperatures up. mostly cloudy and mild. could see a shower or fog early. temperatures in the 40s to around 50. and then by afternoon, skies should return partly sunny, milder, keep the chance of a shower in, but highs 54 to 58 and winds pick up south, southeast at about 10 to 15. now the next three days, our 9 weather alerts will be green tomorrow, early morning showers. we go yellow. gusty wind, even without the thunderstorms. we could see winds of 30 miles per hour wednesday evening. maybe a morning shower on thursday. a big temperatur

clarkbsurg has had a lot of heavy rain, a lot of problems with roads in loudoun county and even northern montgomery county. i'm sure quo year has had issues tonight because -- fauquier has had a lot of issues tonight because you are an area that's had repeat heavy rain. we have not seen any lightning bolts. if thunderstorms had developed, they may have been able to tap some of those strong winds that condition a loft. tomorrow night into friday we'll get another round of pretty significant colder air. i'll show you some of the rain totals from the last few hours, heaviest rain in loudoun county and montgomery county, although western fairfax is closing in on some of that heavy rain, in the leesburg area we think maybe as much as 2 1/2 inches of rain has fallen. just south of 662 1/2 inches, a couple -- 66 2 1/2 inches, a couple isolated spots in prince william finding up to 4 inches. in the district about .7-inch and up toward howard county 2 inches. so you can see why if we get another round of rain that produces an inch or 2, we'll have problems. all these green areas are flash flood w

parts of fairfax and loudoun county into montgomery, howard and northern anne arundel. the areas in pink indicating flurries reaching the ground in southern maryland, eastern charles county, all across st. mary's, southern calvert, northern neck and the lower eastern shore getting sprinkles there and some flurries. we're above freezing most areas except farther north and west at or below freezing. a cold pattern. la plata in charles county above freezing. sun breaking out in the upper 30s. hour by hour, here's the regional forecast. highs only reaching upper 30s. not much of a warmup today. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. a look at traffic. mike kra immediate as in for danella. >>> let's take a look at 95 in virginia heading north. no serious backups right now. a live look north of the occoquan, things are moving smoothly. same at the springfield interchange. about a ten-minute ride from the occoquan to the beltway at 56 miles an hour. aaron, eun? >> mike, thank you. >> 4:42 is the time right now. still ahead, the end is near. when metro riders can expect lucky charms

northwestern portions of loudoun county, also over towards montgomery county action and yes, more is on the way overnight tonight. it could affect our morning commute. that's coming up. >> thank you, doug. worries about high water have not gone away in northern virginia, either. tonight the area is under flood warnings. chris gordon reports on high water rescues. >> reporter: this suv got stranded. the driver climbed out the window, was rescued. some of these leesburg residents waited more than six hour for the waters to recede numb for them to try to pass. >> yeah, got to be to work. >> be careful. >> i will. >> reporter: overnight the fire rescue and management department answered five calls, rescuing six people. the most dangerous rescue occurred just before 10:00 p.m. at snickersville turn pike. >> the rescueser had a stranded vehicle. before they could get boats in, the vehicle was swept into the stream, ultimately downstreamed 300, 400 yards where the rescue was affected. >> reporter: it was a life-threatening situation. >> very dangerous. you can take someone in their car, in

up to 3 inches north and west of town, frederick, loudoun counties. we have road closures due to high water. the good news is the rains are pulling away. still have problems in the forms of high winds today with a high wind advisory in effect till 6:00. you will see the sun but the winds are going to howl. temperatures will drop in the low to mid-40s and stay there all day long. west winds 20, 30 miles per hour could gust to 50 at times. yes, it's going to have a windchill factor. look at all the flood warnings. a lot of these for streams and creeks from montgomery and loudoun and frederick counties. dawson creek, the occoquan, the usual suspects when you get 1 to 3 inches of rain. south and east of town, thankfully we don't have the warnings and flash flood warnings have pretty much expired just a few minutes ago. there go the heavy rains pulling along and away from the coast. behind it the cold air. look at all the snow showers we're dealing with. goodbye to the heavy rains. again 1 to 3 inches fell across the area. one last little line of showers f

loudoun county schools or a two- hour delay. of course, you can get the latest on any delays and closings on the bottom of your screen. >> let's check in with tucker barnes with more on this morning's snowy weather. >> still snowing out there. it will be with us for a couple more hours. i'll vie the details on when the sun will come out. julie wright will have a look at the roadways too coming up after the break. -- i'll have the details on when the sun will come out. with this flu seasason being the most severe in years, it's important to follow cdc guidelines to help protect your family. wash your hands often. and clean your surfaces using a disinfectant to prevent the spread of cold and flu viruses. you can trust lysol because lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill twice as many germs than any other disinfectant spray. and with lysol no-touch hand soap, you have 10 times more protection with each wash. helping protect your family with lysol... that's our mission for health. >>> welcome back. live look outside from above

northern montgomery county, northern loudoun into parts of shenandoah valley north and west. it's still mostly cloudy but all clear south and east of there. where the sky has cleared out, the temperatures plummeted. it's only near 20 degrees now. parts of prince william county and parts of stafford and spotvania, fauquier, culpeper, only around 20. closer to washington, near 30 degrees in the nearby suburbs and southern maryland around the bay, eastern shore, only in the 20s right now. we'll be holding steady below freezing for the next couple of hours. then warming up later today. here's the hour-by-hour forecast. by mid afternoon into the low 40s. bit of a blustery wind. lots of sunshine. i'm back in ten minutes. mike cremedas with traffic. >> still looking great on the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. let's look at the interstates in maryland. no serious problems on o the bw parkway heading south. things are moving at 55 miles per hour. looking good. here we are at 216, it's about a ten-minute ride from here to the beltway at speed. aaron? >>> thank you, mike. tod

in loudoun county, one feline regularly swims. >> it is part of her weight-loss plan. it is something you'll have to see to believe. with her life best secured and her honor at her side, 13-year- old holly enters the water. putting a new spin on the term doggie paddle. she needs to lose some weight. although it is odd to see a cat swimming. it is the only exercise that she will agree to. >> she will not do anything else. i tried to take her side, she does not like the outdoors. she will not play with cat toys. she does not like catnap. once a week she suits a + up at the zero + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +-her weight loss goal is six or 7 pounds. according to the association for pet obesity prevention, 53% of dogs and 55% of cats are overweight or obese. the effect can be life- threatening. increasing the risk of arthritis, diabetes, and even cancer. >> i do not think people appreciate the seriousness of long-term body condition. we want to address that as quickly as possible. talk

loudoun county schools are open --rather , on a two hour delay. fairfax county, two hours arlington, two hour delay. federal agencies are open. montgomery county school ands are closed. >> now, jacqui jeras with the weather. >> mainly it has been in southern maryland and towards fredericksburg and stafford county where the schools are closed today. that's where we have picked up two inches or 3 inches. the metro, a quarter inch to an act -- to a half-inch. it is phasing out already along interstate 81. this will phase out within the next few hours. winter weather and advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. if we will still have maybe just a few snow flurries by 9:00. it's clearing out. snow coming down south of vienna towards falls church, and mclean has a little light snow coming down. bethesda towards college park, where it's more moderate at this time. a second batch of snow to the south, along 95 and east word. toward southern maryland, lexington park, visibility reduced a little.they picked up a good two inches of snow. temperatures in th

the warning remains in place in montgomery county towards loudoun andd stretching through culpeper and madison. the immediate metro area is not advisories.the but the streets are wet, so you need to be cautious. here is the front as it pushed through. the rain is well-off to the east. the severe weather threat is over. are falling class out of the is coming northwest at 17 miles an hour. 53 degrees at this hour. it was 60 degrees a half-hour ago. changes are on the way. and 46 in at dulles frederick at this time. 40ds gusting between 20 and miles an hour. could come down heading into the afternoon. wind advisory is in effect through 6:00 tonight. is nec system have to watch overnight into early tomorrow. very weak disturbance showersl bring snow tonight. that's the latest. a check on traffic and weather .teve >> northbound on the baltimore- parkway, k street came down on the road. afterough laurel 1974198, you have to stay to the right. able to get by. -- and 197. -- after 197. american legion bridge looking good. 95springfield, northbound moving pretty well. towards thee volume interc

right now, 48 at loudoun county high school. the winds are out of the northwest at 4 miles an hour. 46 at gaithersburg. 52 at reagan national. not quite as warm in the southern areas especially lexington park. they have a little bay breeze working. this time yesterday they were in the lower 60's. it is well above average, our average high is only 43. temperatures chilly to the north and west. but these numbers are all above average and that trend is going to continue for a few more days. it will intensify over the weekend where it really gets warm. then next week and we'll get back on track for more january-like temperatures. the clouds are increasing. the showers are off to the west and farther to the south. the system will pass mainly to the north and the west. but it will bring in thicker clouds tomorrow and give us a chance for showers but the center will remain north and west of town. the cold air is still locked up in the canadian border the high pressure will back build in the area for the weekend. that is how we'll get t

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this starts early this morning in loudoun county. throughout the day, check this out. a couple of spreckels here and there, and late this afternoon just before sunset, the sky really started to clear, making for another beautiful sunset. 46 degrees right now in gaithersburg with a high of 49. in northern troilus -- -- >> county, 58 for i've weekend no. charles county. 58 for the high. other areas getting cold quickly. 38 degrees at washington dulles, still 54 in winchester. a huge range of temperatures across the region. everything will level out tonight when the skies clear. tonight we will be mainly clear, and by morning 31-38 degrees. current temperatures across new england are very mild for this time of year. yesterday, caribou maine was something like 15 degrees. today it is 32. the uconn, the arctic, and until we get a change in the upper level went to deliver that cold air south of the border, to approve will continue above average. here is the way the computer simulates the atmosphere for the next few days, with high pressure in charge. late friday we will get

tomorrow morning, loudoun county. this is the area, shaded in pink that will look for the best at the light glaze. everything eventually changes two range. temperatures pick out just freezing. through the -45 degrees.round 40 this is what we have all been waiting for. tuesday afternoon, projected mid-to highs well to the upper 50's. the father south and west, mid 60's possible in culpepper. another mild day on wednesday. potential for some stronger storms. an overnightfor .ow look for improving rain and to all rainnge over tomorrow. 40-45 by afternoon tomorrow. the extended outlook shows , followed byatures a nice cooldown. made 30's by the upcoming weekend. we will keep you updated on the the system. like it will be out of here by midday. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt. we've perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and melted cheese. all piled-high on freshly baked bread. taste e one at your local suby today! subway. eat fre

loudoun, you are in this advisory. frederick county, maryland, in this as well. northern prince william county is in this. it goes until 10:00 tomorrow. for ayris being of sleet and mostly freezing rain that we're worried about. the storm affecting us, all this pink is the freezing type of precipitation and freezing rain is the worst. ohio -- excuse me. o'hare airport at chicago, 150-plus cancellations. having to do with what's going on there now. minneapolis up to 70-plus. this is going to be a big problem for people flying any time this afternoon to those locations. around here, not a problem. today is a breather day. want to get you ready for the possibility of icing in the morning. this is warm air overriding cold air at the surface. that's why we get the freezing rain. eventually the warm air will scour it out and then it will change to plain rain showers as we hit highs in the milder 40s. that's just the beginning. wait until you see the highs in my seven-day. you don't have to wait long. they're here on tuesday and he's calling it terrific tuesday. 60. on

loudoun county schools were also closed. on the facebook page, plenty of complaints about the decision to shut down, one comment reads -- what am i missing here? another says -- completely do not understand the decision. one more says -- what a waste of a day off. arlington county refused an on-camera interview but sent a statement -- we were being told that forecasters were predicting freezing roads. . so we erred on the sign of, easy to see the roads were pretty clear. the family wants just more communication from the county so they know how the decision was made. >> you know, when there's a foot of snow outside, everyone is happy and sledding, so today is a day on computers for the kids while we work. arlington county did -- that kids within a certain distance of schools have to walk to those schools, but the county tells us that did not play a role in the decision to close schools today. reporting live in arlington. adam tuss, news4. >>> tonight alexandria residents have an easy way to report problems, make complaints or

fairfax county, loudoun county, still reporting wet road conditions but, as julie has been reporting, in the southern parts of the county, southern and western stafford, fauquier and spotsylvania, they are seeing icy patches at this point. maryland is also letting people know on md 511. org. check the road conditions. that is what everybody is saying before you head out. >>> remember, you can track the weather where you live. share your photos, your weather photos and more with the fox 5 weather app. download it on your droid, ipad or iphone. search for d.c. weather in the app store. >>> and now to a developing story out of brazil this morning. officials continue to investigate the cause of a deadly nightclub fire. at least 230 people were killed and hundreds more hurt. winnipegs say the fire was spark bud a flare or a firework set off by a band member inside the club. officials say one of the exits was locked trapping the victims inside. most of them died from smoke inhalation. many university students were signed the club for a fundraiser to help with graduation expenses. expenses.

those locations are the loudoun county landfill in leesburg. if you live in prince william cow, tain your greenery anytime to the com pot facility or landfill in manassas. novec in gainesville, and also -- if you receive trash collection services from the city of alexandria, trees will be collected curbside from january 7th through the 18th. if you use a private mahler, contact that company directly for more information. in prince georges cows, residents should place your trees at curbside before 6:30 a.m. by friday february 1st. you can also bring your tree to the county yard waste composting facility or to the brown station road public convenience center. you request get all this information on our website. search "tree recycle" no excuses anymore. >> exactly. thanks, liz. >>> you're welcome. >>> a parking lot showdown between a member of the school board and a high school student is caught on camera in georgia. as a result, the school board member resigned. take a look. watch the teenager in the black pants. she said she was trying to save a

loudoun county schools will get students out one hour early. we will sure to bring the update as we continue. for now we continue our storm watch coverage with adam caskey in the western center talking about when we can expect the snow to arrive. >> just a couple of hours away. probably three or four hours away. we are starting to see some flurries across the town. temperature wise, it is cold enough for snow. 22 in arlington. 17 in west virginia. 22 in remington, virginia. you see a lot of white on the screen but not a lot of that is hitting the ground. a lot of that is just clouds. snow in the clouds evaporate before it hits the ground. -- snow in those clouds evaporate before it hits the ground. we are getting a course of light flurries. more snow and more moisture as we continue to push -- will continue to push through the washington area. here is your travel forecast around the washington area. boston should be ok. 23 degrees and partly cloudy. a little bit of precipitation in the upper one midwest, a minneapolis. -- upper midwest minneapo

watch through tonight, so for prince george's county, for anne arundel county, fairfax, montgomery, loudoun, up to the north, areas right along and west of i-81, again, a lieutenant of rain in a short period of time, we could be looking at rain rates of over a half inch per hour. let's talk about what is going on right now on storm team 4 radar. everywhere you see the shading of yellow and orange is where there's currently moderate rains coming down. sliding over some of the same air. bl bluemont, leesburg, up to howard county, that's where most of our heavy rain is right now. look at what's off to the west. more heavy rain, not too far from that pocket in southwest virginia, there is a severe thunderstorm watch that's gone up, just south of stanton. all right they're looking at this cluster of thunderstorms. all part of that same system that delivered that violent weather, down article adaresville. so that's where the bulk of the severe weather has been down to the south, just on the fringes. look at our wind speeds. they're sustained, 20-mile-per-hour sustained winds speeds with gusts up

this morning as we doom in, you're -- zoom in, you're going to see just sneaking into southern loudoun and now western fairfax. this will be going this way. the area is weakening, lessening but still a couple of sprinkles likely now in southern prince george's county and charles county. you can see it comes across the river here from dale city and lorton, chantilly south to manassas and into northern fauquier county, toward the plains, haymarket, gainesville seeing just a couple of raindrops on the windshield. temperatures much warmer west of the mountains. we've got 40s and 50s there. look at this. in new england, 20s and 30s. new york now up to 40. locally we've got a big range. it's 33 in millersville. 36 bowie. you head out east to north, we have low 40s. in germantown 31 but we go from 37 in leesburg to 49 in round hill. and it's 39 this morning in springfield. a gorgeous sky once again. we'll show that you on our michael & son weather camera. 42 national. feeling like 39 with a south wind at 5 miles an hour and the humidity is up. so we'll see a couple of sprinkles this morning,

in virginia we have alexanderia arlington county, fairfax county, loudoun county, two- hour delay. our friends in west virginia, berkley, grant, jefferson and mineral all on two-hour delays. >> those are just added recently. the closure list right now we'll keep updating it but right now three in maryland. calvert, charles and st. mary's county, maryland all closed. here's the long list in virginia. these are all closed. king george's, stafford county, culpeper, frederick all closed. fauquier county, city of winchester, prince william county all closed. clark county, orange county, page county, rapahannock county all closed in virginia. federal government optional, telework. we're updating on wusa9.com so you can look there, too. >> monika will have traffic complications. it may be better since fewer people will be out early for schools. >> hov lanes are closed on 95. i'll have details on that. >> not good. >> howard, when will it end? >> next couple of hours. doesn't look like a bad day. it's the timing that hampered a lot of things. i think by mid-morning most of the roads due to

it's already coming through loudoun county. there's a little bit more up north and west for frederick county, northern loudoun county. we'll watch that but typically that will break up as well as it moves on. you saw from our live picture there along the beltway, western beltway, tysons corner, real light. a couple big flakes too. here of our temperatures. this is what we're concerned about. gaithersburg 18. salt begins to lose some of its effectiveness below 20 degrees so if it's not chemically treated as well, maybe a few slippery spots out there. be careful, especially once itself sun sets. 22 -- the sun sets. 22 degrees at 7:00. light snow only. at 9:00 22 or so. just a few flurries. and those may be mainly just east of town. mostly cloud by 11:00. cold overnight tonight. dare i say, shawn, there is a warm-up coming. there is a warm-up coming. join us for the full forecast. i'll show you when. >> i like the sound of that. thanks, gary. >>> just a reminder you can track the forecast 24/7 with the fox 5 weather app. you can d

loudoun county, the same. king george and stafford county, those are closed. in the meantime, a man is fighting for is life after he was struck by a car in arlington. >> this happened wednesday night near the middle school. he was hit by car when he walked into the street. he was taken to a hospital in critical condition. the driver of the car was taken to hospital to remove glass from his eyes. it's a man has been indicted on manslaughter charges in connection with a deadly crash in charles county. he was driving southbound on route 2 21010 was doing when his vehicle drifted into the north bound lanes, hit an suv which then hit another car. the woman and child in that car died. he turned himself into police on wednesday and is being held without bail until his first court appearance. >> metro will unveil an an ambitious plan to help the transit system keep up with growth in the d.c. region. a $26 billion plan includes two rail tunnels. one of them would run under intense st. thomas circle. the other wewould run between rosslyn and georgetown to thomas circle.

look at the flood alerts, we also have flood warnings in effect for loudoun county, frederick county, parts of montgomery county and also up into frederick and toward westminster. that means flooding is occurring. do not cross the street with a car or by foot. the watch covers prince george's county, fairfax county and the district north. it does not include southern maryland, doesn't mean you all are not going to get heavy rain and strong winds. in fact, everybody will see strong winds. this is why i'm more concerned about this advisory than the tornado watch because this is going to be widespread winds over 50 miles per hour tonight. we think the window will be between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. we'll keep you posted, again a severe alert, tornado watch until 2:00, wind advisory through the night and a flash flood watch also through the night. >> nasty stuff to the way. >>> that very same system was the source of serious chaos in parts of the south and southwest. deadly storms killed at least one person. a giant funnel cloud caught on camera in a place call ed adairsville georgia. the highwa

accidents, scattered power outages, and road closures especially in frederick county, maryland and loudoun county, va. fast-moving water swallowed up some roads. it was moving too fast and was too high in leesburg for our comfort level. >> it is a little cold and we're ready to roll. >> this pizza delivery driver was on high alert. >> that is all we have to do. get there on time and we make the people happy. >> at reagan national, just about every arriving flight had been on a delayed or was canceled. there are also multiple reports of high water rescues in frederick county, maryland and in the northern section of montgomery county. also, he report of a funnel cloud in virginia, not far from here in fairfax county. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, at least two people are dead after a large storm system struck the southeast today. a news crew shot this video. it turned vehicles over on 75 including one tractor-trailer. you can step to date at any time. >> in other news tonight, the man is in the hospital after he was stabbed on in metrobus. according to police, it happened earlier this ev

this area in lighter gray, we have a few flurries in fairfax county, southern loudoun and northern prince william. southern montgomery, the district and northern prince george's county anne arundel county. this is drifting off to the south and east and behind that drier, colder air is beginning to push in. in fact, we may have the cold weather with us. watch out for students at the bus stops. if you're waiting for very long, you definitely need your winter coat. down to 30 degrees at gaithersburg. at or below freezing to hagerstown and cumberland. the panhandle of west virginia and the shenandoah valley near the freezing mark. most locations under the thicker clouds are above freezing from manassas to culpeper, fredericksburg and la plata. it's generally in the mid 30s, as well as on the eastern shore, mid 30s. that's where they're getting a few scattered sprinkles and flurries begin to dry out as they head off to the east. here's the four-day forecast. some sunshine breaking out later this morning, after the morning sprinkles and flurries. n.ghs only reaching upper 30s not much of a warm

loudoun county in the upper 30s. fauquier county, temperatures around 40 degrees and farther south, stafford and spotsylvania, with a lot of cloudiness. fredericksburg at 47. other areas on the fringes of the viewing area, shenandoah valley near 50 degrees. some locations will likely get into the low 60s this afternoon. just a few sprinkles in the shenandoah valley. about to move into fauquier county and culpeper. patchy fog in the rural areas through 8:00 a.m. in the low 40s by then. by 10:00, in the mid-40s. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. a look at traffic with danella, good morning. >> good morning. if you're taking the rails, have a delay. it's minor. brunswick east train 890, a six-minute delay. metro,vre, no delays. eastbound at the rest area on 66, your volume is increasing in this area. continuing towards 28, not so bad as you continue to make your way to the beltway. travel lanes this time westbound between heymarket and the beltway, no issues. on 66 in both directions, you are clear. i-270, as

much of fairfax county, loudoun county, prince william, only low and mid 40s. and it is just in the mid 40s or so in prince george's county. much of southern maryland right near the bay, upper 40s to near 50. all these areas in the green, like i showed you earlier, still have creeks and streams out of their banks. the river will be cresting near or above flood stage the rest of the day. patuxent river near flood stage. dhoun, montgomery county, nearby counties west of washington and south and west will have that diminishing, receding during the afternoon. latest wind gusts are around 25, 30 miles an hour locally. just had gusts farther north and west to 40. winds may increase a bit this afternoon. all these areas in the beige color, that's all the northern virginia and the district and maryland, gusts of 50 miles an hour during the afternoon hours. going forward, into tonight, by 9:00 p.m., might have snow showers in the mountains. some coming in off the great lakes. may give as you quick dusting of snow tomorrow morning. as of 7:30 provide morning. fast-moving