and gaithersburg, you will. and we'll break that down in a minute. and overnight, increasing clouds by dawn, lows 16-24 and winds west southwest at 10. we'll come back and tell you if it's snowing in time for the morning commute and how much will fall. >>> a ring of suspected mexican drug cartel members goes down after a joint sting operation between the feds and d.c. police. the group was reportedly looking to bring and sell large amounts of crystal meth here in the d.c. area. our ken molissina explains. >> reporter: streets like those are where drug investigators say crystal meth was headed before they busted men that are mexican nationals and claim to have ties to the mexican cartel known as la fam illia. they have crippled the country. >> we have dealt with members of that organization so we know they were trying to set up shop in d.c. >> reporter: that cartel operates out of mexico and deals mostly in the transportation of drugs. one of the men arrested lived in temple hills. >> no society should be plagued with drugs and this is just terrible.

but 14 in gaithersburg, 16 in college park and bowie. out to the west, 17 in fairfax. 15 in sterling. 14 in leesburg and manassas. these aren't windchills these are actual temperatures. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. windy. very cold. windchills 0-10. and hats aren't real fashionable but i would put a hat on. teens and 20s to start. winds north west at 15 to 25 and gusty. now by afternoon. partly cloudy. breezy and cold. notice i'm saying windy, breezy. windchills in the teens all day. temperatures will struggle to get to freezing tomorrow. at least make it into the low 30s. westerly winds at 10 to 20. and gusty. today we had wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. washington monument was closed so the wind is not nearly as big as a factor tomorrow. next three days. low 30s tomorrow. windy to breezy. little bit of light snow on thursday. again, primarily late morning and afternoon and actually a better chance south of town. fredericksburg. 34 for a high. a break on friday just chilly. partly cloudy. temperatures in the low 40s. all right, nex

four is your wind chill in gaithersburg and five in frederick. those winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour at this hour in washington, d.c. 24-mile per hour winds in annapolis. 30 in manassas. 36-mile per hour winds in hagerstown. hence their wind chill of two degrees up there. your forecast for washington for today, winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. mentioned the wind advisory in effect until 10:00 tonight. partly sunny skies, windy and cold this afternoon. could see some occasional snow flurries and snow showers. highs in the 20s to 30 degrees. winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour. tomorrow, another cold day, still breezy. # 2 degrees. thursday, chance some of snow showers. get a little clipper moving by here. could spring some snow with it, particularly to the south. friday and saturday, temperature warm up to about 40 degrees. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more for you in a little bit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have one more school delay to tell you about this morning. frederick county

it feels like 5 above in gaithersburg. feeling like 12 downtown and feeling like 5 above in cambridge and 11 below in oakland. satellite picture, radar combined. a storm pushing into the rockies as we get into tuesday and wednesday. and we'll deal with that storm on thursday. that's not going to be a big storm. we're getting rid of the big storm over the weekend that will kind of sit and still produce west northwesterly winds. that means lake effect snow will continue all the way down to the smoky mountains of tennessee. we'll zoom in and you can see snow that went in between fredericksberg this morning. that caused the problems south of d.c. for the morning commute. doesn't take much to cause problems by any means. we'll zoom in more and seeing a lot of snow showers out to the west and in fact west of the divide there is still a winter storm warning until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. let's look at live doppler 9000 and we'll pinpoint some showers. they are picking up in intensity. everything on the maryland side will go up north f

in quantico, it's 18 degrees right now, gaithersburg as well. 21 in cumberland. if temperatures are a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. windchills are still in the single digits. at dulles airport in the chantilly area as well, nine degrees for the windchill. 13 at reagan national. it's cold and gusty with high temperatures in the low 30's. light snow tomorrow at midday, a traced to an inch and a half during the midday hours after 10:00 a.m. >>> i have not much to discuss. 66, 95, 395. route 4 from upper marlboro to andrews air force base, there's a broken-down vehicle in what will be the traveling. the crash happened on 95 south, md., between 198 and 212. it's complicated because of construction. there's a crash on the right side of the road. heading from columbia, there's no navigation needed in this camera at the american legion bridge. >>> 5:42, 22 degrees. >> rock-and-roll's class of 2011. some of the new recruits to the hall of fame. >> i hit the floor. it was one of the scariest moments of my life. >> if the school board meeting had a hostage standoff

four in gaithersburg. hagerstown, two degrees there. for today, i think the coldest day so far this season. highs for man of -- for many of you in the 20s. thursday, clipper system come through and could bring some snow showers to the region. friday, saturday look to be dry at this point with temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. >> it is time now for ask weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from megan renard in dumfries, virginia. she asks, what is the largest reported tornado ever in the united states? >> how do you measure? >> okay. steve, the consummate journalist cuts right to the chase. good question. for this, we will say in terms of its width, how wide it is. the largest or biggest tornado is kind of a relative term. are you talking about the most damage. >> then you might say the most powerful tornado. >> in terms of size, the guiness book of world records has listed the tri-state

actually gaithersburg. manassas 32. luray, 30 is your high for today. so another cold one. even colder tonight. no surprise there. lows tonight 24 at reagan. manassas 21 degrees. in the teens out to the west of sues in parts of petersburg and cumberland. so here's what we're talking about. we're talking about the possibility of snow tomorrow. by tomorrow morning we'll have have the clouds coming in. also, when you see this blue that is the light snow. by tomorrow afternoon, right around 3:00. this could probably impact your evening commute tomorrow. the roads could be slick as well. as far as the accumulations, not a whole lot. we're going to start with the southwest. culpeper, about .03 of accumulation. maybe a dusting in most areas. for d.c. metro we're talking around half an inch, at most up to an inch. by friday we should not be dealing with too much snow here. it's mostly an event for thursday. so here's your three-day forecast. windy today at times, still sunny. then thursday, cloudy conditions, increasing clouds for the morning, and snow likely, light snow, but it co

gaithersburg is a point. 19 degrees right now. when you factor in the wind it feels like it is in the single digits. for tomorrow morning scumbag it will only be colder than that. -- for tomorrow morning, it will be colder than that. >> you will want to bundle up at the bus stop. >> they winds have already caused damage. jay korff has more on the problems left behind. >> a short distance from where we are in these woods a massive tree toppled down onto beach drive in upper northwest. for now, it is shutdown. the debris is that widespread. the likely culprit is the wind. >> very, very cold. >> cold does not quite describe this night. >> it is just cold. >> howling winds wreaked havoc on the region, toppling a massive tree on both lanes of beach drive. forcing park police to shut down the road until a crew could clean this up. whipping winds also took manageable temperatures in the mid 20's and pulled them into single digits. >> it is supposedly just to cover the wind. >> it is freezing. >> this man made an error in judgment when he

mid-20s in gaithersburg and frederick and mid-20s in manassas. even fredericksberg checking in at 28. so let's talk about the satellite picture, radar combined, clouds just showing up in kentucky and in tennessee there on the left hand portion of the screen. that's the leading edge of the system tonight. the winter weather advisories are south of town. in fredericksberg and stafford. doesn't mean we won't see snow in d.c. for tonight, clear early and clouds on the increase, lows 16-24 and winds around 10. we'll tell you if the storm will be here for the evening rush. >>> and tonight in your only local news at 7:00, burgundy ablaze. a redskins hall of famer and his family are salvaging what they can after the family home catches fire. >>> but first deflated, an arlington neighborhood demands answers after waking up to find dozens of tires slashed. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox, today in arlington -- >> whoever you are, i hope they catch you. >> reporter: dozens of people have to replace tires. >> this was our kid's christmas money here. >> reporter:

hour wind gust in leesburg leesburg. 21 in manassas and leesburg. 19 in gaithersburg. feels like it is in the single dig sits. hat, gloves. whole works. feels like 7 in manassas. only 8 downtown. so for tonight no snow showers tonight. windy. very cold. windchills zero to 10 above and lows 14 to 22. we will come back and talk about not one but two chances for snow in the next five days. >>> now to the latest on an arlington man charged with making threats to blowup transit. he was arrested last week. investigators say he went on facebook and during a chat threatened to pack pipe bombs with shrapnel for maximum damage and set them off on the metro and in georgetown. that acquaintance alerted the fbi. tonight, there is closure for the family of raymond brown. 24-year-old jamal alex sister of landover has been sentenced to 140 years in jail. alex sister was convicted in october of killing raymond brown four years ago. alex sister was stealing the car when the victim confronted him and they say the suspect may have also put out a hit on two key witnesses in the case agains

plenty of teens. 14 gaithersburg. 14 in leesburg. 14 in manassas. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, windy, very col. teens and 20s. windchills in the single digits. partly cloudy. breezy and cold. windchills in the teens. next seven days. going to get a break on friday after light snow on thursday then here comes the possibility of a coastal storm saturday night into sunday. mid-30s saturday. only 30 on sunday. if it plugs the coast it will be a big storm. if it stays off the coast it will be kind of a little nuisance storm. we will keep you posted any way we cut it it will be cold in the wake of the storm monday and tuesday with highs in the mid-30s. notice we toys here. we need them. >> we need toys for the kids. toy drive 9. it continues until the 22nd of this month. drop off new unwrapped toys at your local fire department. >> so many good deals out there right now. right now is a good time to pick up that extra thing. >> something fun. >> lakers in town. > >> brett haber with tonight's wizards, lakers match up. >> went for 32 when he played the

officials declare the governor square apartments in gaithersburg unsafe. there are reports that either a ceiling collapsed or a boiler overflowed flooding the basement. more than 50 people have been displaced. >>> an arlington man is under arrest for threatening to blow up metro trains that. threat was made via facebook. according to the fbi, he told a person in new orleans he friended on the site that his targets were the sewer system that returns under georgetown and metro. we'll have more on that throughout the morning. >>> democrats are considering changes to the tax bill that has strong bipartisan support in the senate. republicans are warning any changes will scuttle that deal. the president said an agreement on the new tax law was imminent last week. the senate passed it 85-15 on monday t -- on monday. it could get a final vote today. >>> back to the weather. bob barnard has more. >> reporter: on this coldest day of the season, the nation's busiest fire engine company is on a mad dash to a report of fire at a restaurant on capitol hill. >> while res

gaithersburg is 32 degrees. cambridge, maryland is at 36 degrees. your forecast for today, morning snow, light accumulations, a dusting to maybe an inch or so. partly sunny this afternoon. cold with gusty winds. winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour right now because of the winds blowing and the wind gusts, it feels like it is 26 degrees. it is 36 degrees but the wind chill is 26. so there you go. a cold start to the day. >> thank you. >>> let's check with julie and see how the roads are this morning. >> slippery conditions. allow extra time out there on the roads this morning. already receiving word of some slippery conditions as you travel between 50 and 123 out on 66 making your way east of fair oaks and conning back in towards the capital beltway. on the other side of town, if you are traveling northbound along i-95, that is where we had problems with icy conditions reported near the prince william parkway. traveling northbound on i-95, you will find the lanes are open leaving springfield headed up towards 395. accident activity reports as you t

this week, the family filed a $3.2 million lawsuit against that bar in gaithersburg. and cher riley spoke with -- sherri ly has more details. >> reporter: the only crime a bar faces for serving too much alcohol is a misdemeanor. the night that michael eaton drove his suv into that 10-year- old's car, he was drinking at dogfishhead ale house and no one was charged at the bar but the family said that there has to be a price when a child dies. two years after the horrific accident that killed jasmine war, her grandfather still has flashbacks. the impact of the suv at 100 miles an hour that felt like a semi. and then the thoughts turn to the bar that served the driver alcohol in the hours before the deadly crash. >> they put the gun in his hand, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: the driver was sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison and under maryland law, it's only a misdemeanor for a bar to serve some visitibly intoxicated or a habitual drunkard. >> they didn't do anything and had that opportunity to save my granddaughter's life, to save harm from my other daughter wh

an easy commute out of gaithersburg headed for the split. top side of the beltway, your lands are open as you pass by university boulevard headed around towards colesville road. here is a live shot of beltway at eisenhower avenue. both the outer and inner loop holding steady. no problems reported between springfield and the wilson bridge. your lanes are open northbound on i-95 leaving woodbridge and the prints william parkway continuing up towards lorton. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a five-star luxury hotel may be coming to the heart of adams morgan but there is a catch. there are complaints mounting about a possible $46 million tax break for the developer. the project is slated for the corner of euclid and champlain streets. our careen gray houston went there to sort this whole thing out. >> reporter: it is a project that would change the vibe in the changing yet trendy adams morgan neighborhood. a fancy boutique hotel called the addition hotel would have 174 rooms, underground parking, a swimming pool, bars and restau

temperatures will mostly be in the 20's. 19 in gaithersburg. 17 in quantico right now. windchills make it feel like it is in the teens and single digits. we will have some sunshine and clouds, but a little bit of a break. we will have 10-20 mile per hour of winds out of the west. yesterday, we hit 28 degrees. throughout the day, we will be in pretty good shape. tomorrow, we have an opportunity for snowflakes. the weather system will pass south of the metro area. it could give us that traced to end inch -- a trace to 1 1/2 inches. back to you. >> thank you. we will check in in a bit. >>> lisa, how are the roads looking? >> this will not work for you now. there is a crash on 55 in marcum at fiery run road. bail out at glendon -- glyndon. there is a crash on 55. it is shut down. traffic on 66 out of manassas -- normal delays in centreville. we go in that -- go now to newschopper 7, looking at traffic where it merges to the beltway at falls church. the beltway is moving from left to right. it looks great. more to come. >> it is 6:41 and 21 degrees. >>> rock'n'roll's class o

it's 22 degrees right now in the district. 18 in gaithersburg, 19 in lexington park, 19 in fredericksburg. you like the single digits. high temperatures today in the low 30's. around the freezing point. a west wind at 10-20, still breezy. tomorrow, mostly cloudy. a few showers possible. a trace of snow it. partly cloudy and by friday, tower bridge is near 40 degrees friday and saturday. we are still looking at the prospect of a potential storm on sunday. something to keep an eye on. >>> there's not much to watch this morning. at gallows road for the hot lanes project, they are moving that out of the way. but expect to find construction on 66 at the glebe road. traffic is moving very slowly on the beltway to and from andrews air force base near pennsylvania avenue. no issues to report on the beltway near landover. at the wilson bridge south of town looks good. the beltway in bethesda is running quietly. back to you. >> thank you. >>> several families are temporarily homeless after another fire. this one in landover. >> on the 500 block of garrett morgan boulevard, two blocks from fedex fie

metro area. 33 for gaithersburg. mid-30s for frederick. 37 for manazas. manassas. upper 30s for culpepper. these temperatures, people will feel it's nicer and a little more comfortable out there. you're future cast, there's a storm system from the southeast, mainly impacting the gulf system for now. but right now, we don't have it going anywhere. pretty much by the south and east of us. we'll see cloudy conditions for saturday. but then again, the green, which is the rain, that stays away from us. so at this point, we're looking at this system to really just miss us. but if it tracks a little closer to us, it could bring some snow, mainly to the eastern shore area. and we're looking, if we get it, 1 to 2 inches. and most likely if we get it, late saturday night into early sunday. but for now, models are saying this is probably going to miss the d.c. metro area. your forecast next three days, sunny skies for today, high near 36. tomorrow, increasing clouds. 36 degrees. slight chance for some snow showers. here's your seven-day outlook. saturday and sunday. we're loo

it's 25 degrees here in the city, gaithersburg down in the teens, hagerstown in the teens, frederick a 201 degrees. it's starting to get cold -- frederick 21 degrees. it's starting to get cold everywhere. 25 degrees now for national. that is the coldest we have been so far this season and we're probably going to get right down to about 20. now let's show you what it feels like out there when you step out. go back over, you can. oops, well, we were going to go through there. let's seattle push that button again and we'll get the wind chill values and right now it feels like 11 degrees. gaithersburg, frederick easily in the single digits and hagerstown, you're just hovering above zero with the wind chill factor. the wind gusts anywhere between 25 and 35 miles per hour and occasionally we have a gust around 40. there is a wind chill advisory to the west of us where it will feel like minus 5 to minus 10 with those winds and quickly over to radar. i just want to show you we do have some flurry activity coming down from the north and west. some of that may actually stick a little bit, no a

when gusts of 40 miles an hour. 42 in gaithersburg. this is what it feels like outside -- it feels like 8 degrees in frederick. nine degrees in manhattan -- nine degrees in manassas. any warmer temperatures anytime soon? we will investigate that in just a couple of minutes. >> thank you. the weather could be a factor in this breaking news story coming out of montgomery county. authorities say a transformer broke, sending power lines onto a school bus. all of the northbound lanes are closed. no one on the bus -- no one was on the bus at the time and police say no one was hurt. >> other than running inside where it is warm, how are people dealing with the brutal weather? let's go to dupont circle to find out. >> i'm not here -- it looks like the temperature is fluctuating between 22 degrees and 23 degrees. with the wind chill, it feels like 10 degrees. the worst part is it's not even winter yet. it is definitely called. >> it is colder than a stepmother's kiss. it's freezing. >> this note fell in western of every county. closer to the di

from gaithersburg, maryland, news 4 today. >>> the buzz has officially worn off. last night was the call for 4 loco, one of seven makers of alcoholic caffeine drinks. the drinks were ordered off the shelves until recipes were changed. the caffeine drink can mask the effects of alcohol. that comnation has led to several high-profile incidents that ended with students being hospitalized. 4 loco says it plans to make a noncaffeinated version of the drink. >>> 4:37, 21 degrees. a wild scene in northern virginia. what a shuttle driver did that stunned drivers and landed him behind bars. >>> plus, millions of people have them, but are they sa? who is examining dental fillings? >>> and surprise snow overnight. many roads are slippery. weather and traffic next. >> if you have not received updated information from us in the past six months or if you want to sign up your school, business or church, please call 202-885-4663 or e-mail closing help at nbcwashington.com. this is the sign-up for the system not to close or delay openings. >>> time for weather and traffic. snow sh

this. >> reporter: in gaithersburg, matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> and. >>> sue palka said it smelled like spring today. >> i was glad to step out without the wind in the faces and any day without wind is high up in the book and when the sun came out, we got up to 39 degrees and that their will be a refreeze tonight. >> okay. >> and wouldn'ted to you see what sky fox had today. the icy potomac river and by don't see it freezing up. and there is not a surprise. we had one day this month when the temperature was 65 degrees and that is on december 1st. the rest of the month is running 7 degrees below average and be very, very careful, it's tempting and people step out on the rocks and not safe whatsoever, although we will continue to build up the ice as we go through the next several days and let's talk weather headlines, shall we? part of the theme tonight, there will be a hard refreeze overnight and there could be icy patches. otherwise, it's not a bad weekend and it wiggled this way and that way to suggest we could see flurries here and accumulation on the eastern shore and that looks like

gaithersburg 23, manassas 16. hagerstown down to winchester temperatures right at freezing if not below. winds will continue light out of the west and northwest. by tomorrow morning a few more clouds, basically some high to midlevel clouds and not a whole lot of sunshine tomorrow. i think we'll get some. northern areas up into northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, you'll probably get more than anybody, temperature tomorrow only up to around 35 to 36 degrees for high temperatures. we'll have a little sun tomorrow morning, tween 7, so a chilly start. -- 27, so a chilly start. 35 at noon and by noon as the clouds pretty much overtake the entire area we'll be right up to about 35 for a high. it will be an early high temperature. this is futurecast tomorrow evening at 5:00. notice the snow here very close to southern maryland, okay? very close. if it does touch you, it will be very light. this storm is going to it stay offshore far enough that we don't have to deal with any snow. as a matter of fact, sunday around

feels like seven in gaithersburg. and here in washington, our wind chill is running at 13 degrees in in spite of the 26. we have a sustained wind at 17 miles an hour. it is really tough to be outside without a lot of protective gear. temperatures, the arctic stuff, here it is. you see it in canada to the gulf coast where atlanta is 27. new orleans 25. 24 in panama city beach this morning, believe it or not. raleigh 30. in the southwest not bad with phoenix in the 60s. the jet stream coming to the northwest, dipping in the middle of the country. this will take a disturbance across the south in the short term but it will also bring another storm across the region and try to lift one out of the gulf of mexico as we head in to the late saturday night, sunday time frame. and that guy has a chance to be appreciable. short time we have the mountain snows here. we will say clear to partly cloudy tonight. a cold 19 to around 20 and high pressure tomorrow builds in. winds die down and there's the system sliding south for thursd

wind gusts, 35-mile an hour in gaithersburg. 25 in washington. it was just as windy but this air has is colder. show you the titan 9000 briefly. the snow is falling on parts of the chesapeake moving to the eastern shore. do not be surprised if you encounter a burst of a snow shower or flurries that will be popping up the next 28 hours. the full forecast in a few minutes. >> we'll get back to you later. >>> a report of smoke on a metro track bed caused delays for blue and orange line riders this morning. it happened at metro center. investigators say a light fixture caught fire and that fire has been knocked down. there was no blue or orange line service between foggy bottom and federal triangle and metro brought in shuttle buses to get passengers along. >>> well, the senate is scheduled to hold a test vote on president obama's tax bill today. joel brown reports the white house remains confident that congress will pass the measure, despite continued opposition from some democrats. >> reporter: the president's tax deal with republicans faces the fi

nothing in baltimore, but you can see the line from frederick down to gaithersburg. a little bit of light snow out there are currently tonight. there is a potential for some around york and a little bit down around ocean city. so we run the risk of seeing these showers with a lake effect snow is filtering through tonight and maybe tomorrow morning into the rest of the week. let's take a look what we are eraturewise. 23 degrees downtown. 22 at the airport. the average low as 29. it is 18 and westminster. what makes it feel so bad is the wind. we are dealing with on average winds in the 20-23 miles per hour. but the cost could get up to 45 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon -- the gusts could get miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. high pressure to our west. the contrast well kick in the winds. it only feels like 2 in westminster. the coldest air so far. the official start of winter is not until next week. the deal is and we have this extreme tip and the jet stream dissecting down into florida and hitting around assault florida. the cold is filtering to the teethdeep sou

elsewhere, wind chills in the teens now. 18 is what it feels like in gaithersburg. 19 at dulles. 16 in manassas so a very cold day and these blowing winds throughout the course of the day. the snow will be a morning event. forecast for today looks like this. winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. light snow early. maybe accumulations up to an inch. maybe a little bit more than that down towards fredericksburg where they've been getting more significant snowfall. partly sunny today. cold this afternoon. 37 we think was our high a couple of hours ago. we are at 33,000. temperature are going to hold steady or drop off a bit -- we are at 33 now. on thursday and friday, temperatures back up into the upper 30s and low 40s. this is still well below normal. now, let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. you will start to find slick spots on the roads now. >> absolutely. we have the calls coming in as we speak. the inner loop as you travel south of route 4 here at allentown road, the accident activity here still in place still tying up the right side of the highway. tha

let's show you were temperatures now because it's very cold, 24, still dropping in the city, 19 for gaithersburg and wind chill values in the single digits. windy overnight, very cold, bottom out at about 20 in town, 16 for frederick, 7, wind chill 5 to 15 degrees, basically a long neck snow band. you could get as much as 1/2- inch, possibly even an inch before it begins to weaken a bit, 20 degrees for the low in the city, teens outside of the city, winds out of the west, northwest still gusting up around 30 miles per hour. windy tomorrow and cold. the wind chill values tomorrow will be still in the teens and single digits, too. you'll need to bundle up. futurecast still shows the snow band even at 7:00 tomorrow morning. it will be cold, windy. we could have some more flurries blowing through with some of these more intense bands coming down from the northwest. look at thursday. this is 1:00, snow trying to come on in. as we take it to 5:00, the snow evaporates, but that's a little close for me. so i'm leaving snow in the forecast coming up on thursday. very cold forecast coming our way. stay wa

gaithersburg, 16; winchester, 17 and that does not matter. the wind yes anymoring to be howling tonight and tomorrow and -- and that will feel like that tomorrow and going to stay in the single digits early in the teams with the windchill value through the day and the snow machine is cutting off. in thursday, another system comes in from the south and we're going have cold air in place here and that moisture overruns into the cold air. by noon, we can begin to have light snow breaking out and again, that is cold enough to steak and -- stick and looks like for a brief period of time, we might be able to get accumulation and that is thursday. and on thursday evening, looks like we'll start drying out of that and stay on the cold side. cold tomorrow, 31 for a high and windchill values, will be in the teens. and still on thursday, mostly cloudy and the snow moves in late morning, early afternoon and sunny on friday and saturday, the temperatures approaching 40 and we'll watch that weekend storm for sunday. >> and better check the tires. looks lik

look at frederick and gaithersburg in the teens and lower 20s. dulles, 23 and that is what we're worried about and where it's been untreated and that is slippery this morning. the wind is not a problem and that is what the current temperature is and they have lightened up so much and that is with a lingering flurry and that shouldn't be a big deal and temperatures in the city to 24, 25 degrees and in the suburbs, this is the clipper moving through and that may have been farther north than what we thought but not much more and that is moving on out of here and types in the suburbs and with temperatures in the 20s everyone and no concerns with the wind chills, okay? and they will be what the temperature is and that is probably cooler than that and with future cast saturday morning and this is moving to the east and through the day on saturday and. >> clouds here and this is what started happening and this is what were talking about and the thinking is still, it stays offshore and some of the model guidance is creeping us back to the west and our fu

nine downtown, three in gaithersburg. it feels like six in leesburg and eight in manassas. so overnight clear to partly cloudy. windy and very cold. wind chills primarily in the single digits. low 14-22 and winds still 15-25 and gusty. here is the deal, if you're in the district and you see someone that is outside and needs shelter, please call the hypothermia hot line at 1-800-535-7252. all right. here is your wakeup weather. teens and 20s to start. mid teens and low 20s by 7:00. and then mid teens and mid 20s even by 9:00. we'll come back, anita, and talk not for one chance but two chances for snow in the next five days. >> busy time coming up. thank you, top. >>> right now a row of town homes is literally covered in ice after crews hose them down trying to put out a fire. the flames forced family out into the frigid night air in hyattsville. brittany morehouse spoke with firefighters on the scene. she joins us live with that story. brittany. >> reporter: these town homes are just south of fedex field here and no one was hurt thankfully. amazingly firefighters escaped uni

coming in out of gaithersburg and across 355, the roadway has been treated. however, we don't have enough traffic out here early enough this morning to really mix in the chemicals. so the cutty bridge, it was very icy. the ramp from westbound 370 to 270, although treated, still very icy. exiting from the beltway onto 355, connecticut avenue, georgia avenue, our secondary roads, the roads less traveled early this morning still have a lot of chemical that has yet to be mixed in to the pavement. so you are likely to encounter some icy conditions. i also noted the sidewalks to and from the parking garages. they have been just glazed over. i like to use the phrase glazed over like a krispy kreme doughnut because they are still icy. exiting from the parking lots, gas stations, that sort of thing where the slush has accumulated from overnight, it is about an inch thick ice. i think the tough task will be coming off of the neighborhood streets, our secondary roads to the major arteries. you got to proceed with caution this morning. temperatures still well below freez

there's your 19 from gaithersburg. 17 at fort belvoir. 25 the warm spot in college park. in washington right now 23 degrees but it feels like 12 with those winds out of the west at 12 miles an hour. nationally or i should say regionally, we've got the clear skies here. these clouds are going to advance our way tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon watch out for a little bit of light snow. could pick up half an inch, maybe an inch, enough with the very cold temperatures only around 30 that if anything is not treated, we will have a few slick spots. by friday sunny, 39. over the weekend that coastal storm may be sliding south and east of us. that's better news than yesterday. we'll watch it careful. here's monika. 6:46. she's watching the roads now. >>> we have the yellow height this morning. that's because we have a couple of incidents and icy conditions to tell you about. we'll start off with alexandria first. on the inner loop of the beltway the ramp to get on southbound telegraph road a disabled vehicle is blocking that ramp. over into the suitland area just got word of an accid

. >> manassas is still falling, 16 for you. 19 in gaithersburg. quantico, 14 degrees as you head out the door. and it doesn't feel that warm. 17 in fredericksberg. and nicer day than yesterday as far as sunshine. we should see more sunshine than yesterday. still breezy and windy at times with winds out of the north and west gusting to about 30. that is an improvement over yesterday when winds were gusting to about 40 and we had the wind advisory. here is a recent look at wind gusts a couple of minutes ago. 17 mile-per-hour at reagan national. 21 in gaithersburg. 30 in martinsberg. you get the idea. winds picking up off to the north and west and they'll be back this afternoon. temperatures and winds not a good combination this time of year. and here is your latest look at your windchills. 12 is what it feels like in washington. just 5 in gaithersburg. 4 in martinsberg. and 3 here in quantico. so very chilly air. bitter cold around here this morning. and then just cold this afternoon with highs in the upper 20s to about 30. good news in the forecast

nine is the wind chill in gaithersburg. tomorrow morning, he will have a cloudy, blustery day with temperatures 16-22 degrees. thursday, a chance for a few more flakes. a big-time warmup friday and saturday all the way up to 41 degrees. that is the very latest. back to you. >> thank you, doug. >> i know you watched some of that gain yesterday. you had to. that loss yesterday is still boggling my mind. the rain and cold that the next field was a harsh. the redskins kept fighting through the fourth and fifth down. they botched the extra point and it was incredible stuff. it went right through the hands of hunter smith and into the snake pit. hunter smith has a firm grasp on perspective. >> wake up today, breathe, and come to work. >> he left that high snap on the game-tying extra points the bride threw his hands. he took the blame for the loss and did so again today. >> here is how i see it. in the nfl, everyone talks about after a game about how this is catastrophic, and everyone says, "well, what about the dropped pass, the

gaithersburg is also at 37 degrees right now. you can see the colder air to the west of us. you can see 80 degrees in detroit. chicago finally -- you can see 18 degrees in detroit. chicago finally called off their weather alert. here is the spin in the atmosphere. the low pressure will move out of here. now we have a few scattered snow showers. tonight, there is not a whole lot of worry for accumulation. looking at the radar, off to the west of us, there is still a storm warning in effect for western maryland. this is for the overnight hours, tomorrow, and into tuesday. there could be 6 inches to 12 inches of snow and wind gusts up to it 12 miles per hour. for the immediate manager, there are no advisories' to worry about. we will clear out nicely on tuesday, but the wind will pick up out of the north and west. we will see wind gusts in the metro area from about 30 miles per hour to 40 m.p.h.. the highs will be in the lower- to man all -- lower-to-middle 30's. here is the extended outlook. our temperatures will rebound to near 40 degrees by the end of the coming work week. t

reagan national, 17. 20 in gaithersburg. 28 at dulles. these are better than yesterday and the winds, while not light, at least it won't be blowing at 40 miles per hour later today. it will only be closing at about 25 to 30. gradually improving conditions here. still going to be very unpleasant with wind chill values hanging out in the teens and low 20s during the course of our day today. satellite-radar, much quieter weather. before a nice tranquil weather pattern as far as expecting sunshine. you can see the clear skies that you will be waking up to. our next weather maker, a little clipper system now rearing its ugly head here out to the west into western portions of minnesota and iowa. it will take a very quick track to our south, race through the area during the afternoon tomorrow and out to sea. but with some very cold temperatures forecasted not only tomorrow but for the last couple of days, we are likely to get snow here and what falls will likely stick on area roadways during the course of the day tomorrow. the timing on this, no

gaithersburg is 18. quantico, 18. hagerstown, 20. it doesn't feel this warm because the winds are out of the north and west so we have wind chill values in the dingle digits and low teens right now. last look here at the wind gust at reagan national, about 16. winchester, still blowing out there at 29. winds will be out of the north and west today and it will be breezy if not downright windy at times during the course of our afternoon. all right. satellite-radar. brighter looking day today. we'll have more sunshine in the forecast as the streamers here will kind of let up from the great lakes. off to the north and west we go, well to the north and west across the northern plains, see that little band of snow now stretching into western portions of iowa and minnesota. that is our next weather maker. clipper system going to very quickly run down in that northern stream. look like it takes a route just to our south. it will give us just enough moisture during the afternoon tomorrow that we'll squeeze out light assume layings across the

wind chills of 3 above in gaithersburg. 2 above in winchester. wind advisories until tonight. highs today are near 30. >> it is quiet in virginia as far as the roads. 29 northbound after 17 we have a tractor-trailer broken down. we're in pretty good shape now. it is maryland that we are concerned with because they got hit with this snow that leaves us one lane passable. this is interstate 270. very dangerous. you know how when you take an exit and the sign says 20 miles an hour? today is that day where you have to slow down and be careful. this is georgia avenue traffic. you can see aspen hills. highway crews are out throughout maryland spreading down the chemical. be very, very careful. it is not a lot of snow but just enough to make it so slippery and dangerous for us this morning. >> thank you much. doesn't look like much. >> coming up, the end of an era for pro football. brett favre sitting on the >> 4:h 4. d.c. area is once again under a winter weather advisory this morning. some snow fell overnight and forecasters say more could fall this morning. you will also definitel

gaithersburg 18. in reedville, jan was 23 and pax river 21. wind chills look i will step out of the way. single digits to ten in town and 15 below in garrett county where they have the snow flying winter storm warnings were up there. some areas could get two feet of snow by the time the snow winds down. feels like ten with a temperature of 23. while we have the storm in the east bringing us snow showers the general flow is northwest and the next system taking shape here will slide to our south on thursday. beyond that, you are going to have to wait until saturday night for the next chance of snow. 30 degrees today. a couple of flurry and snow showers. tomorrow 32. breezy. by thursday, lighter winds with a slight chance of a flurry or light snow, well south of washington. the storm will miss us. on friday and saturday, not bad. by saturday night, this one and i'm going to borrow a phrase somebody said. it will either skip us or slip us. maybe i said that wrong. i will have to read that. hit or miss us. there was something better than that. i ca

it feels like 7 degrees in gaithersburg. hour wind advisory has been canceled, but the wind chill advisory is still in effect until 9:00 tomorrow morning. cold air and snow as part of the forecast coming up. >> thank you. people trying to cope with the biting cold -- let's go to dupont circle. >> we're not seeing too many faces here. people are either entirely bundled up or running past us, very impatient at the lights. it is extremely uncomfortable. a different story this morning. downright treacherous in some places. here is some video where the snow did stick around for awhile. even after the sun came out, it was incredibly cold and many of us were incredibly unprepared. >> i'm not properly dressed. i need some gloves. i have to get a have. -- i have to get essentials. >> she was just saying she had not heard -- she was not wearing anything she was -- a lot of people are not wearing what they should be tonight. you can't officially consider yourself warned of your going out tonight. >> and the wind was a factor in a deadl

gaithersburg is down to 16 and manassas, d.c. 25 degrees. everybody will be experiencing a real cold night and real hard refreeze. you can see what the lows are, single digits to the west and mid-teens in the suburbs, about 22 degrees in the district. want to talk about the weekend quickly because this will be an important forecast. let's see if we can't jump right through this and get to the weekend. the track will be key to what happens sunday. if the storm is closer to the coast, that will be a big snow, maybe not for us, but for someone, especially long island, philadelphia, will have to watch that. if this track changes, maybe it starts to slide farther out to sea, that's going to mean no snow. we think it's close enough now that we could get a little bit of snow. coming up the coast it would take you out and watch what happens. i'll pause it at sunday at 8:00 in the morning. that's snow for southern maryland and the eastern shore. it continues out to sea, but some of that would be very heavy snow for philadelphia and manhattan. you can

lows tonight, plenty of teens. 16 in gaithersburg, 24 downtown, 18 in bowie, 18 in college park and the upper teens in rest on and sterling, leesberg mid teens. middleberg mid teens. advisories south ever town. doesn't mean we won't see snow in montgomery county or fairfax, we will. snow developing late in the morning. snowing in culpeper before alexandria snowing in old town before rockville. and light snow around an inch midday. and here is our 9 future cast. and we'll -- we'll put this in motion. fredericksberg has an inch already on the ground. put it in motion. we go to 5:00 in the evening, an. >> of snow -- an inch of snow down, an 8th of an inch in gaithersburg and more snow to the south and that does match the advisories well. so again, high impact and a small event. next seven days. 29 tomorrow, 38 on friday. we get a break. 36 on saturday. still watching the possibility of a snow on the weekend. more light snow possible next tuesday and then a break on wednesday. but those temperatures hold in the 30s or 20s for the next seven days. >> a little messy. >> a little bit. >>> good

. >> people in gaithersburg found themselves without heat after an electrical problem. buses were kept in to keep the residents warm. -- brought in to keep the residence warm. there is just under a week until the official starter this season. many are afraid of what old man winter has in store for the new year. >> i am worried after last year's winter. if we get snow like that again -- >> there is that possibility of seeing snow in our area tomorrow. many people that we talked to are anxiously awaiting the forecasted warmup did this week. in rockville, brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> the bitter cold is causing a problem for commuters on white fairy. -- who use white ferry. the ferry has been cancelled. >>> some drivers were stuck on the highway for more than 24 hours. officials turn to military helicopters, snowplows, and snowmobiles to rescue nearly 300 people yesterday. before their rescue, some drivers saw refuge in makeshift shelters including a golf course, churches, and restaurants. >> you see people in the aisle or at tables, hunched over. it is pretty bad. >> wit

it feels like 25 in washington, just 18 in gaithersburg. 20 now in quantico. so you get the idea. it is a chilly day with a little bit of afternoon sunshine. there is your forecast. snow showers this morning, partly sunny and cold this afternoon. 37 is wishful thinking. i think we'll be in the low 30s. we were 37 at 4:00 a.m. this morning. a cold workweek and i'll have that for you in a couple of minutes. gurvir? >> tucker, thanks. >>> and we'll continue our winter weather coverage this morning with stacy cohan. >> she's in springfield talking to some commuters and it looks like it hasn't been too bad down there? >> reporter: no, it wasn't too bad. it was actually just sort of pretty i think most people said. some people were asking for more snow, if you can believe that. i never thought anybody would want more snow after last year but they did. take a look at wood bridge this morning. it is early morning in woodbridge. so we went farther south where the snow was a tad more aggressive, if you will. and there was some snow-covered windshields and the grass was lightly covered and t

gaithersburg 23. hagerstown 22. and the winds are blowing so hard. this is how it feels out there. 15-degrees in the city. it feels like single digits from gaithersburg to dulles and this is a variable number. it goes up and down with the wind and the winds are gusty out there. we could be gusting over 30 miles an hour for the next 36 to 48 hours because this is a very, very windy system. trough of low pressure not unlike what we had just last week. very cold air coming down. this is the coldest air we have been seen in a while. we have to go back a couple of years since we seen cold air coming over relatively nonsnow- panged area. a lot of snow in the lakes here. that will be piling up two to four -- even some areas five feet of snow before this is said and done and the lake effect snows continue to calm down. even colder temperatures will be arriving overnight as we drop down to the teens. there may still be a couple of slippery spots out there tomorrow morning. the winds will pick up tomorrow morning. and we will have gusts 40 to 45 miles an hour.

winds are northwesterly at 32 degrees. 30 gaithersburg, 30 andrews. factor in the winds and feels like 18 already. 16 manassas. we have a couple of days of this. the forecast is winds are picking up today. partly sunny and the big story, the advisory this morning for the roadways. overnight lows in the mid teens in locations near 20 at reagan national. if you are flying today. we aren't the only ones looking at problems. rain in manhattan will give way to new england. the lake effect snow machine is in full force. if you have to fly to chicago call ahead. 1,000 flights were cancelled yesterday. here's the real mccoy. a plunge of cold arctic air that will surge south ward. we will hear about the stories in florida with the crops down there in the days ahead. we will have gusts 30 to 35 and the ridges out west, we put the future cast in to motion here, not just looking a wind gusts at 50 at times be but accumulations of snow today, tonight, in to tomorrow. winter storm warnings are in affect for our neighbors to the west. here's the next three days. big

locally gaithersburg, laurel are at 18. columbia 19. reston, centreville, sterling, leesburg, you check in with 21 degrees. alexandria and fort fort belvoir at 19. andrews is 21 and crofton right now 20 degrees. so a very cold morning once again. it's been the case all month. 22. you remember, december 1 we had 65 early in the morning. that's been the high so far for the month. 22 right now. feeling like 13 with a west wind at 7:00 and some very dry air for now. however, jet stream comes on shore. comes across the west. dives here to the southeast. you can see the clouds going southeast here. this is going to carry a storm across the southern u.s. and just clip us tomorrow. but enough now where yesterday we were saying it was going it stay mainly south. now i think we'll get a little light snow in the afternoon on thursday. we'll put our future cast in motion. sunny and breezy this afternoon. still a few mountain flurries and snow showers that will go on in our western mountains. charles, west virginia light show. by nid day, 12:00 -- m

it feels like it's 15 downtown and 9 in gaithersburg. 11 in leesberg and feeling like 9 in manassas and we'll jump the divide and feeling like 11 below in oakland. that will make us feel better, maybe a little warmer. maybe not? winds through wednesday. tonight windchills are 0-10 and that's in the metro area. tomorrow, blustery and cold. wednesday still cold. and thursday still on the maps, it's a weak little system, could be a light wintry mix, light snow or a mix. we have a windchill advisory to the west of us, west of culpeper along i-81 and into the mountains of the potomac highlands. this is for windchills of 5 below. even though we're not in an advisory of the metro area we're still looking at windchills of 0-10. so we're splitting hairs here. for tonight, mostly cloudy, windy and cold and a flurry or snow shower possible. winds 16-24 and winds gusty. let me show you live doppler. you can access this on our web at wusa9.com. area of snow showers down 95 and sort of right along the river on the west side of the river. again, nothing heavy but they can look pretty intense for four