in cumberland, 40. 43 in hagerstown. the colder air is spilling into washington area. 56 at reagan national. there's the temperature timeline for the day. temperature is moving downwards. mid to upper 40's by this afternoon with a gusty northwesterly wind. slight chance of a few cold rain showers tonight especially south of town, briefly mixing with wet snowflakes. little to no accumulation expected. partly cloudy this weekend breezy, mid 40's. >>> 270 near father hurley boulevard looks good. we are in pretty good shape in germantown after that. not bad did it down to the lane divide and onto the inner loop or alberto -- outer loop or inner loop. 50 outbound at kenilworth avenue has reopened back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning surveillance cameras could be coming to one of our region's largest school districts but on the case by case basis. the effect of his school board voted to leave the decision up to each individual school. the multimillion-dollar proposal follows a series of dangerous food fights last sp

in cumberland and dagestan on at fort -- and and hagerstown -- cumberlands and hagerstown at 43. there is a blustery wind this morning. brief light rain in the south of washington later on tonight. possibly mixing with what snowflakes. little succeaccumulation. partly cloudy this weekend, mid 40's, a little busy. >>> al delaware galt 50 at kenilworth avenue has reopened. -- outbound 50. volume between college park and silver spring is not picking up yet. southbound 270 slowing down at fatherly boulevard. no reports of any accidents. palooza 04 this time of morning. now to virginia, 395 northbound at the 14th street bridge looks pretty good. -- slower for this time the morning on 270. >>> a massive spending bill will keep the government open until next september. the house and senate are expected to vote on a stopgap funding bill. federal employees are breathing a sigh of relief. >> the twist of time and money. if congress had to answer to a boss, they would have lost their jobs by now. >> the bill prevents the government from paying for abortions. a protest is expected today as a

.♪ the cumberland river winds through the western kentucky town of eddyville. looming around a bend is a virtual fortress. the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidated by this place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of stone masons from italy teamed with inmates from various prisons to construct the castle which opened in 1889. >> when they first built it, they had a sign up over the front door that said, "abandon hope all ye that enter here." they wanted this place to look pretty menacing and it still looks menacing even today. >> i think the penitentiary is unique in many respects, just because of the foreboding appearance that it has. it's a serious place where serious things happen.

and 19 there in cumberland. and 30 in washington. tomorrow, believe it or not, it's going to get milder. as high pressure moves off to our east and northeast. milder air coming in. before some clouds come in and looks like some showers but very mild temperatures here on thursday. then we'll talk about a cooldown for the weekend. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. >>> let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, a couple of accidents out there. couple of new ones, actually. 100 inbound. and northbound 95, we still have the accident on the ramp to 395. that is on the on-ramp, it is blocked off. traffic is just squeezing by on the soldier. -- shoulder. as far as delays go, 25 minutes south loop to security boulevard. and another 20 on the south side inner loop. if you're traveling on the outer loop on the north side, that delay is steady there from providence road to the harrisburg expressway. average speed, about 40 miles an hour. and back to the accidents in rosedale, eagle walk r

snow making its way eastward, snowing in cumberland, snowing in oakland, about to snow in cumberland. we'll come back and say when it will snow in the metro area. a severe weather alert continues for flooding until midnight. >>> all right. as we've been talking about, today marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. tonight the lunch menu at one local school sparked a massive debate on our wusa 9 web site and facebook page. we've gotten hundreds of comments from you debating the all asian food menu at schools. some are calling it disrespectful. others say this is a story much to do about nothing. we take a closer look. >> asian mushroom soup, oriental noodle salad. >> reporter: part of menu today. it's asian-inspired. >> this one is tofu and veggies. >> reporter: but on this day, the 70th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, some are calling the menu insensitive. spokesmanel ellis turner said the catering company that plans the menu does so randomly, adding this as was quote "unfortunate coincidence." after all kids have meals like this fairly often. but the quest

one in jan most in areas like cumberland. -- one inch at most in areas like cumberland. some of his reign could quickly change to snow. we warm up as we head east. 43 at the b.w.i. marshall. mount air in place over the eastern shore and this is pushing in from the east because of the easterly winds. tonight the winds start to shift south and then turned westerly, becoming windy into the night. clearing skies tomorrow. the winds are a big issue 15 to 25 miles per hour out of the northwest. the biggest concern is that the ground is saturated and unstable trees could be concerned for those blowing over. we warm up at the end of the week. storms state to our north. >> carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions. you have brought a beautiful cranium. >> to iranians are very cool. -- terraniums are very cold. they are impossible to grow. i had a lid on this morning. all the condensation is coming through there. there is no water sitting in here at all, but it is a great way to keep plants. >> you don't have to do much to maintain it

last report, cumberland at 31. 57, 61. southern delaware and salisbury, now coming in at 70 degrees. i am not kidding. a 40-degree spread across the region. westminster, 49. 54 bel air. 56, kent island. you can see how varied the air is this afternoon. oakland with a 5-mile-an-hour wind. but it's a cold breeze. northeast winds, northeast winds, continue to bring chilly air in. and eventually, later tonight, it will probably get cold enough for a changeover to rain, to wet snow. obviously far western maryland, that will happen first. and it slowly but surely will slide across the state. it will stop right around the baltimore region. that's why we're not expecting too much out of this. but it will certainly turn cooler, tonight, tomorrow. even colder as we take another front coming through the weekend. keeps us pretty chilly. but how much should we expect across the baltimore, d.c. area? a trace to an inch. and frostburg, western allegheny county, garrett, 4 to 8 inches of snow. there will be issues out there for sure. west

from cumberland was, you could see some snow into the morning. most of the accumulation will be in garrett county. that should not add up to more than four inches. chilly conditions tomorrow. 50 degrees on friday. the next star system, light showers on friday. mostly dry for new year's eve. >> we do have some problems. we start in manchester. route 30, watch for delays. in the city, fire activity. 25th street is closed at charles street. the j.f.x. looking good into town. 53 on the west side. looking at a smooth start on 95 coming down from white marsh just past the beltway. harbor tunnel traffic looking pretty good at this hour. we will check the west side at liberty. of the traffic is starting to build. not the type of delays we normally see -- outer loop traffic is starting to build. the east side of the beltway looks very smooth. the rest of the area bridges so far so good. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. crews in anne arundel county on the scene of a house fire. the flames broke out this morning on main street. it is 8

normal high now is only 47. 37 in cumberland. and down to the south, temperatures holding there in the mid-40s. now, take it back to last night. this is around 9:00, 10:00, when all of this rain is moving through. now, right there at that point, the rain moved out. the cold air moved in just about an hour later. that's when it gets cold enough. so we just missed -- we had some flakes here. that's about it. but it started around 9:30 or 10:00. now, as far as the rain and snow totals, we had some very impressive. in fact, even flooding rains in? areas. generally 2 to 3 inches annapolis. waldorf came in over 5. to the west, 2, 3, as much as 7 inches of snow, over portions of garrett county. it's one of those very, very difficult forecasts. just not quite enough cold air. and it wasn't raining heavily enough to change that rain to snow to drag down some of the cold air. maybe have to wait another week or two before another chance of wintry precip. >>> let's check in on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy.

elkton 37. 28 degrees cumberland. cumberland was 19 degrees this morning. 35 westminster. 37 bel air, rock hall and columbia 41. annapolis and kent island 43. mild flow and continues through midweek, but i'm going to whip the graphic on you again, through the week's ends. there are the high clouds that slipped in. it wasn't a big deal, managed to keep temperatures down through the late morning and early midday. 48 today. 29 overnight. couple of degrees above normal. tomorrow 52 degrees. again, jet stream stays north of the area. we are going to stay mild all things considered. >> how is it we don't work together for two weeks, come back and wearing the same outfit. >>> still to come on eye witness news at noon, they save lives every year but negative side effects of cancer last longer than you think, details are coming up. here are the stories we are following on the website at this hour. for updates of the news and forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,, >>> in health watch report, breast cancer patients can suffer from mem

temperature now at 49 downtown. 37 in hagerstown but 28 in oakland and 37 in cumberland. we'll come back and show you be the winter weather advisories -- show you the winter weather advisories and show you where the changes will occur. >>> if you have any flooding or significant snowfall in your neighborhood tonight, jump on the web and click on weather. submit to us your storm report. >>> former

it is on the chilly side for sure up to our north cumberland is at 37. hagerstown is at 40. frederick not reporting at the moment but they're likely in the low to mid-40s there with 48 from andrews and also across the bay. in washington at this hour, we've got 48 officially at reagan national. mostly sunny skies. a little bit of a breeze out of the north-northwest at 15. if you're right over there, wind chills are running in the low 40s right now. the barometer has been fairly steady all day sitting at 30.45. high pressure is in control here. in contrast to the southwest and central part of the country, quite a dip in the jet stream. you can see the spin around san diego, rain, mountain snows here. jet stream coming across texas and mexico. this storm is producing rain in arizona, new mexico and colorado and utah. rain for the central part of the country. extending in toward the ohio and tennessee valley. looks like this stuff is making a beeline toward us. the conditions aren't favorable for this to continue to move in our direction. west of us in the shenandoah valley and

cumberland, martinsburg, winchester, one to two. might see an isolated amount higher than that. doesn't look like a big storm except for main the mountains in far western maryland. today, in the 50s and dropping with the rain. the flood potential real this afternoon and this evening. tonight, we're in the 30s and upper 20s far north and west. still a breezy day. friday, 47. a cold saturday. army navy game, 39. main 40. mid-40s on sunday and decent monday and tuesday. well, we've got a nice, warm chocolate treat for you coming up when 9news now at noon rurns. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> go to jchayward.com. i'm one on one with one of my favorite people. he's chef jacques and he's with

we're in the mid-40s in our closer-end suburbs and cumberland, 37 degrees. yeah, can you get some no at 40 and 41 degrees. we know that and it takes a real burst to get it to accumulate. it's still doable and we'll show you where we think that is going to be. we're not going to be able to skip out on the cold air. it's going to seep in tonight and tomorrow. the blustery, bundle up kind of day and the winds are picking up in intensity later tonight, too. the low 30s to the west. richmond at 62 degrees and we do have some winter weather advisories. they did get extendedbo loudoun and montgomery county and we think that will be the western portions of the counties that might get an each or two on grassy surfaces. we're going to talk about that -- about that accumulation. once the low gets to the north and west, we're going to give you in the light blue here, a brought brush coating to three. who gets the coat something western montgomery, western loudoun. farther enough, you might get an inch on that and then the two and three and to the light blue. we're think

well, temperatures are adjusted now, 38 downtown, 36 in gathers burg, 36 in fredrick, 36 in cumberland, you have to jump the divide to find temperatures below freezing. check out the northwest winds. augusta 39 miles per hour at 9:00 at national, still gusting to 25, still gusting to 23 in leesburg, and still gusting to 22 in manassas so the kids at the bus stop tomorrow will have wind chills in the 20s and 30s, hopefully laid out hat and gloves by now. morning commute will be fine at least weather wise, can't say much about the traffic. breezy and cold, grab a coat. you'll also need your sunglasses as well and we're looking at a cool friday and a cold weekend. in fact in some respects, perhaps the coldest air of the season coming in as we get into saturday and saturday night. overnight cloudy, breezy and colder, rain and snow ending by about 1:00. it's already ended to the west of town. low temperatures 30-35 and winds still northwest at 10-20 and kind of gusting. now for your thursday morning partly cloudy and breezy and cold and you need the coat and sunglasses, 30s and 40s. winds s

kaiser and cumberland moving up toward the northeast. couple of sprinkles there as well. but still, relatively quiet. 50 degrees in washington with 41 in winchester. 39 hagerstown and 54 in tappahannock. 55 in fredericksburg. you guys could be 65 this afternoon. that is going to be close to 15, 20 degrees above average. documents in the 40s. a little damp this morning with a south wind at 5 and the barometer going south, going down at 30.04. the big blizzard that hit the southwest, what's left of it is spinning across northwestern areas of missouri. chilly air in the northern plains. mild air across the southeast with showers and storms. look at the storms moving through western florida up through atlanta approaching columbia and south carolina. all of this is moving up toward the washington area and that's why we've got rain in the forecast. there could be a couple of heavier downpours and maybe, maybe even a rumble of thunder today wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility. show you the future cast, showers moving in. here we are at

popped up the camera from cumberland. my trip in headed down the beltway between college park and bethesda, mainly dealing with dry pavement. hardly any precipitation left on the roads on that particular side of town. here we are live out in cumberland. look pretty good here as well. no incidents to report off of i- 70 or 15 or 26 this morning. no other problems reported at this time. on the other side of town, we do have that issue it with the standing water. that will affect your commute along route 1. it is blocked off between powder mill road and ritz way because of that standing water. >>> we did not get any snow in last night's storm here in the immediate area but we did get plenty of rain. some roads like water street in upper marlboro got flooded. that part of water street is closed due to high water. we'll get a live update coming up in about 30 minutes from now. >>> making headline this morning, more than 70 people were arrested during the protests targeting k street yesterday which is the symbolic hub of the co

cumberland that the freezing point. 39 in lexington park. temperatures will drop a few more degrees before sunrise at 7:00. a pleasant afternoon. average for this time of year. highs in the lower 50's. sunny tomorrow and we start our days in the 30's. a sunny stretch of whether all through the weekend. by next week, we will have a chance of rain. that is the forecast. about the commute? >> pretty good so far. 270 slow is you go past montgomery county. west of town, we take a look at the dulles toll road where withs look good right now and moving smoothly. onto heavy as you move 395. back to you. >> 37 degrees on this thursday morning. obama iswhat president doing to mark world aids day. >> what is in your child's apple juice? many people say >>> said woman suspected in a spree is behind bars. stephanie of manassas was arrested after a chase that beltway and ended in bethesda. they believe she is responsible for three bank robberies as well as a carjacking. authorities also caught the man suspected of carjacking three men. isy believe henry s

low 50s in the shenandoah valley to mid-40s cumberland and 30s in cumberland. 59, there are your winds in the north-northwest. the moisture continues to stream up. upper level energy coming across tennessee with snow in and around memphis right now. that will catch up to the storm a little bit. we'll have a little window of opportunity tonight with the storm still around, the moisture and the cold still around that will switch to snow during the evening hours out west and a little bit here late tonight and during the early overnight before the storm pulls away. we've got winter weather advisories, i want to show you quickly the snow totals here before i run. thinking about a trace to main an inch as you get into the higher elevations in upper dream county and the highest areas in blue here between winchester and leesburg, two, three, main four but that really would be -- maybe four but that would be pushing it. today we're into the 60s dropping into the 50s and 40s. 45 tomorrow. 47 friday. saturday, the army navy game. 39. better for the 'skins in the 40s. you that rain this morning re

it will still be on the chilly side. 19 in cumberland. 33 in washington. williams sport in the lower 20s. there is milder air not that far away. not here with 28 in columbia. 30 in springfield. 22 in reston. manassas, 21. rockville is 29. off to the east, crofton, 26. millersville at 24 degrees. winds are calm. dew points in the upper 20s. barometer is fairly steady at 30.46. southwestern u.s., we'll show you the video of the rain in los angeles and you can see the big dip in the jet out here. more rain from san diego up to l.a. then a mix of rain and snow in the southwestern u.s. heavy snow in the mountains. some areas will pick up a couple of feet in the higher elevations and then some rain moves into missouri trying to come into the tennessee valley. for us though with high pressure in control, that rain will have a tough time moving toward the east. we'll have a pretty good day around. some of the clouds will spill in here this afternoon in the form of the high, thin ones hopefully giving us not overcast but a pretty sunset. some of the rain will try t

, 36 cumberland, oakland, downtown, 35 hague,s town, elkton, 40 dc, almost 40 pax river, 34 easton, 33 degrees on the poureds in ocean city. westminster and columbia 36, 34 belaire, 37 rock hall, kent island and annapolis, that slug of moisture will pass south and east offshore through the day, cloud shield is already here, i think it keeps us cloudy through the day, showers tomorrow night with a cold front moving threw through the area. that means clearing through the weekend. way above seasonal today. nine degrees above normal, tonight 36, 10 degrees above normal, mostly cloudy, tomorrow a couple of afternoon showers, that front passing through, 59 and breezy, slow clearing. we start friday, mostly cloudy. we end it sunny, 53 degrees the high. it is going to be a beautiful weekend. you got to say chilly after almost 60 on thursday but those temperatures would be normal for this next weekend, beautiful, beautiful weather leading into the week leading up to christmas, monday sunny and 53, and getting indications at least the first half of the week is mild in the mid- atlantic, don take

we do have some scenes out there to start the workweek. 19 in cumberland. -- some teens out there. 30 at reagan national, 32 in annapolis. warmer along the waterways as usual. mostly clear skies to start the day. clouds streaming from the south. areas of rain especially in florida and georgia. sama that will trouble north and dissipates throughout the day. i don't expect any showers here. thursday is the next chance of rain for us. -- some of the rain showers will travel north and will dissipate allow today. -- throughout the day. mid 40's today 50 tomorrow some rain throughout the day on thursday. we will have more pictures from the festival of lights, coming up. >>> we will show you some pictures of the highway. white volume of traffic and everything working in our favor in virginia across the potomac river and 43 british. looks good on memorial bridge, roosevelt bridge and the bridge. things moving well in maryland in and out of baltimore and 270 and belle glade to and from tysons and bethesda -- and the beltway to and from tysons and bethesda. >>> in the big apple santa claus look

it's 34 degrees in cumberland, 41 and at dulles. thick fog in lexington park. here's a look of the satellite and radar. high, thin clouds over parts of the viewing area right malcnow. areas of rain in the ohio valley stretching into texas. outside dallas, texas, there's a light snowfall at this moment. even in northwest texas. there's a cold front that will be dropping in with light rain tonight and especially tomorrow. i expect scattered showers off and on throughout the day tomorrow for us. it's not going to be raining everywhere all the time. the enormouhit or miss joblesshowers. cooling down by the end of the week especially into saturday. a mixture of sun and clouds today. lights out wind. some rainfall tonight mainly west of the blue ridge. showers off and on tomorrow mainly nlight in nature. the bulk of the moisture will be tomorrow. we could see the three-quarters of an inch of rain by thursday morning. temperatures will plummet despite sunshine on saturday, 43 degrees. moving down. >>> a very good commute still this morning. 270 add fatherly p hurley m

cumberland, 34. i-44 in hagerstown. highs in the upper 50's later on today. tomorrow, 40's. >>> if the camera woman here is that you are reporting snowfall you are in trouble. we can control what's happening to your tv set. a broken-down vehicles. toward washington parkway southbound after 123. minor distraction of the roadways. headlights are around the mormon temple on the outlooer loop. >>> a survey has landed the university of vermont in big trouble. >> more fallout from the suspen -- hazing >>> two d.c. council members are dealing with money issues. councilman harry thomas jr. has reached a settlement to pay back student loan debt. he took out $16,000 in loans in the 1980's. the terms of the deal were not disclosed. he is under investigation for allegedly taking a thousands of dollars in city money for his own use. fellow councilman marion barry is facing more tax troubles. there's a report the irs filed a tax lien against him for $3,200 in unpaid taxes in 2010. the agency also filed a lien against hime for more than $1,500 in taxes between 2005 and 2008

let's look at temperatures first. 39 in cumberland, 44 in the district, 39 in quantico. the wind is gusting approved 20 miles an hour. later on today, gusting up to 40. it will feel like the 30's even this afternoon due to the gusty wind. tonight, cold, low 20s northwest of town, mid to upper twenties around the beltway. temperatures will slowly climb the next few days. by sunday, mid 50's. the computer model is hinting at some of the coldest air of the season by the early to middle part of next week. >>> a couple problems in maryland. still dealing with a vehicle fire on the eastbound route 50 in annapolis near route 2 with one left lane and getting by. that is headed outbound. westbound everything is open. on the b-w parkway near 895 on the way it towards bwi marshall airport, there was an accident, only the left lane and getting by. you may want to consider using 95. 395 looks good towards shirlington and a light volume of traffic to the 14th street bridge. no problems. 270 near 121 in montgomery county, looks good and it looks nice towards the lane divide. moving nic

closer to martinsburg and hagerstown and cumberland, elevations is everything. locally, a little bit of slush on the grass. 1-2 inches. 4 plush along ridge tops. lis,a, tomorrow cooler and a lot of sunshine. >>> here we are with a crash on 395 at washington boulevard southbound coming from the district toward the pentagon. look how hard it is raining. how the water is collecting on the highway. we have had several wrecks. let's go to another one that happened at 395 north at duke street. >>> 5:33 now. now to the winter mess making it a rough week for drivers and parts of the southwest. parts of the east coast are feeling the rain and the freeze from that system as well. we are live outside our studios in arlington. >> it is coming down out here. 60 degree temperatures that you are talking about, it is hard to imagine that the official first day of winter is two weeks away. even though we are dealing with the rain today, a lot of other people around the country have it worse. the same storm system that slammed the southwest is now headed our way. in roswell, new

this time yesterday morning at 24. 24 hagerstown. 30 dc. 35 ocean city. 27 packs river. 19 degrees in cumberland. annapolis and kent island at 32 degrees. there is the dome of high pressure. it's kind of swinging our winds, if you look to the southwest, around from the south and southwest, that means mild flee many days this week. highs 46. yesterday we barely got in to the 40s. we may get close to 50. 29 the normal 26 clear skies. tomorrow, moving it up to 52 degrees. mid-50s wednesday, thursday, and friday. cold front through the area friday, late with clouds clearing, breezy, 44 degrees saturday. take it away. >>> what awaits you on the way to work or school, here is sharon gibala at traffic control. >>> busier out. there a problem on the jfx in the northbound direction, we understand there could be debris blocking the right lane. accident on 70 in the westbound lanes past route 3 32. white marsh and the beltway, 5 minutes, average speed of 46 miles per hour. if you are headed out on the beltway, speeds to 39 on the west side outer loop, 16 minute drive between 795 and 95, a live look at that

cumberland a cool spot at 36 degrees. in the 40's.are tamara temperatures drop back upper-40's. a little breezy at times. confidence is low. >>> they have overnight construction. pulling ready to the site.to speaking of the beltway. likenner loop side looks all of themmost talked away. not too many worries right now traffic heading on to beltway over here near the pike. pretty picture for right now on the beltway. this is live on the beltway. very serene at the wilson bridge. more. >> thank you. >>> six people were taken to the when a crash involving a metro bus and a taxicab. this happened after 1030 last night at 12th street on washington. what led to saying the crash. the injuries are not life- threatening >>> authorities atnched a campaign aimed mostng one of the reasons - one of the most criminals. he is suspected of killing a scientist back in 1998. this is modeled on the publicity that led to the arrest. >>> a former national zoo received a one-year suspension for trying to poison feral cats. prosecutors say she was caught adding poison to food left for the animals. she w

the river is the warm spot on the map at 41. 28 in cumberland. around central maryland 29, 30 and 37 down toward d.c. we have 30 in westminster and bel- air. the water temperature on the bay is still around 50 degrees. moderating the temperatures right on the edges of the water there. as far as the winds are concerned, calm, we'll see a north winds early on and a shift to the west and southwest over the next day or so. that will help usher in milder air. this development out toward the west is actually kind of all encompassing thing. it all blends together when it starts to get closer to us. there is a front that's going to bring some rain to us by tuesday into wednesday. the clouds will start to show up here on monday afternoon. the high that's in place right now will ease off and will allow that. in the meantime, mild air will come in from the south. as that high continues to push off, this front moves on in. on the west and north western edge of that there will be more cool air filling in the blank. the rain and the warm air ahead of it takes

we had icy mix to our west and that started to hammer cumberland, garrett county. a rain event everywhere else. the rain and the snow line started to make its way across hagerstown. the temperature leveled out and with that temperature stayed around or above freezing. that's why we're dealing with a rain event this morning with winds kicking up. temperatures are above freezing. we're looking at gusts up to 25 miles an hour up across most of the state and the temperature will start with 32 degrees and that's around the metro area, warmer west, i'm sorry south and west of the metro. you'll be dealing with slick spots but no accumulating snow. you won't see that in the immediate area. we'll talk about how it plays out. >> here's what people were worried about yesterday and talking about today. the winter storm that moved up the east coast bringing our area heavy rain and colder temperature and strong winds. live along the beltway, good morning. >> reporter: good morning don and everyone. the weather seems to have cleaned up. there's the possibility of slick roads in b

frederick and cumberland. 50 degrees in lexington park. 42 in the district. manassas. high temperature of around 60 degrees today. kind of a mixture of sun and clouds. it may appear mostly cloudy at times. some rain showers will develop tonight. high temperatures on tuesday time of year,this near 60. will dropnt temperatures on wednesday weekend.he sliding into the low 40's by saturday despite sunshine. thus the forecast. >>> the commute is pretty good so far. southbound at old road, there is a war side, but noeft delays. springfield interchange, everything moving nicely. northbound and southbound on 95 springfieldty to street bridge14th looking good. 28 has light volume. heading into the greenway and goodo little or that looks also. parkway, lookson nice. nicely in both directions. back to you. >> thank you. we have a couple school closures. darke county school officials higdon elementary piccowaxen school closed for a power outage. >>> several occupy d.c. protesters are waking up in jail standoff with u.s. park police. arrested yesterday refusing to take down the woo

nearly half an inch in cumberland. >> cool. prepare for a wet commute. thank you for watching. of course, we will see you

look at this, haggerstown 37, 37 oakland, 34 degrees in cumberland, 40 westminster, the low 40s around belaire, columbia, and rock hall 43, 46 annapolis, and on kent island. and again, as this weather system ramps itself up right long the 95 corridor and southeast we will see the bulk of the rain. look at this frozen precip north of the laurel highlands toward the southwest finger lakes region of new york state. yeah, that is kind of zesty for some folks, again that low gets out of here, tomorrow only about 43 degrees but that is normal for this time of the year, the normals are 43 and 26. so today we will say rain, 52. okay. you know, gets here good luck. 37 degrees tonight. rain ending, getting breezy, windy tomorrow. partly sunny with high temperatures of about 43 degrees. i think that wind is cooking along, 15 to 20 miles an hour steady tomorrow before diminish irking tomorrow night. >> marty, thank you. >>> it is almost time to ring in the new year, be sure to watch the wjz new year's eve spectacular with complete coverage of the fireworks live. you can see all of the festivities

. >> and canceled for 37 cumberland. and here at dc. >> and warmer on the shore. in the 40s. and locally get reports as low as 34 across the tier. and that's about t and temperatures can trop to 31, 32 degrees. they can be easy spots. and and drying things out. anything left north and west it could freeze up. up the east coast. rain there. western pa. and cooler temperatures. >> and another fun coming through. and chilly and the weekend. and 15 to 20. and rain and wet snow and 32. look for a lot of sunshine. a cold weekend but dry and sunny. and 44 on sunday down to 26. and sunshine 48 on monday. and sunshine 48 on monday. >>> life without ray so, if the mint makes this hot chocolate cool, does the mint hot chocolate make me cool? not really. the new mint hot chocolate from dunkin' donuts. grab the cool sensation of mint today. on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. ♪ oh, what fun it is to... get in the spirit with dunkin's holiday coffees and

that's going to be for points west of cumberland, windy, colder weather overnight into the day tomorrow, again, struggling to get out of the 30s. that will feel much colder. there are snow showers in western maryland overnight into western virginia. that's a little bit of moisture and by tomorrow all sunshine a clear day. looks good weather wise, but as we go into the latter part of the week, temperatures warming back up. chilly tonight 36, showers and windier. tomorrow a colder and blustery day, 43 but again with the wind it will feel cold are and tomorrow night getting frigid as temperatures fall to the low 20s as we're talking about a hard freeze. it just doesn't hold. that's been the story all winter so far. even in late fall we get a cold shot. then it moderates, moderating on friday and into the weekend low 50s. chilly on new year's eve night. with air temps in the 50s by day, it's tough to complain. looks like we'll get a colder shot. >> all right. >>> let's take a look at democracy 2012. we're one week away from the kickoff of the election year. now that christmas is over, the c

through southern maryland, lower eastern shore then snow showers towards basically garrett county west of cumberland, so two different batches of precipitation. winds have turned north. temperatures dropping. you felt that if you've been outside. 41 at the top of the hour tomorrow overnight we'll climb through the 40s, mid-40s by late in the afternoon. we'll talk about how the second half of your weekend shapes up and into next week coming up. >>> the holiday season is here. it looks like more and more of us will get out to celebrate. aaa expect more people to travel this year than last year and estimate a third of marylanders will leave. people have more money or are willing to spend more after a tough year. >> really, a third of residents will be traveling, so expect the roads and airports to be busy. 91% will travel by car. it seems automobile travel is more affordable despite higher gas prices and more convenient, especially for those traveling with families, kids in toe and lots of holiday gifts. >> gas prices have been dropping lately but aaa said they're at the highest prices ever leading up

way to the west, 39-degree at cumberland and we've got 41 at manassas. -- 39 degrees at cumberland. 51degrees at boston. 45 at new york and this is a telling tale here over areas of the great lakes because this is where we've seen some cool are air that has shifted in down across areas close to our mountains and a lot ofmen has pushed in from the great lakes. interaction of those two have produced some snow showers. we are seeing some snow showers and they will end this morning but at least 2 to 4 inches is anticipated and as a result of that and the wind that we have that are fairly gusty, there is a winter advisory that has been issued for extreme western allegheny, mineral county, pendleton as well. this is in effect right through until 6:00 a.m. this morning. wind will be gusty today. right now, they've already picked up. 18-mile per hour gusts at national. the same at gaithersburg. 20 at manassas. 29-mile per hour wind gusts already. 22 at martinsburg. we anticipate the winds could gust up to at least 40 miles per hour into the course of today before it is all said and done. departing lo

so i think we're looking fine in that sense except for maybe garrett county, a county the cumberland plateau there could be wintry weather in the mix. and really as it pulls out tomorrow night. this is 6:00 tomorrow you can see some fairly heavy and steady rain across the state. we'll still have some showers wrapping around the backside of this later tomorrow night. snow for ohio. some of that snow shower action could get into extreme western maryland maybe a fresh inch or two places like wisp, maybe you go out there tomorrow afternoon or wednesday and get a little powder there on the backside of that storm. but get none of that for the baltimore region or the eastern shore. 32, clear and cold and less breezy. the overall pattern as we go through tuesday 48 degrees as conditions cloud up for us with some developing rain. then we check you out on tuesday night, 36 degrees with some early showers. want to show you that 7-day forecast as we look ahead here. and again, looking for basically all rain tomorrow with exception of far western maryland tomorrow night. and into the middle part

anywhere west of cumberland could see it throughout the evening hours. we will track that changeover in carroll county. for baltimore, this is mostly and 11:00 p.m., until 1:00 a.m. event. we will steel -- see it on the ground tomorrow. how much are we talking? it least one or two inches. higher amounts near the western mountains. if you get anywhere south of baltimore, annapolis, this is mostly just a rain event. temperatures drop down to near freezing in baltimore. much colder conditions tomorrow. maybe a little snow on the ground. mostly not effecting the roads. we are only in the mid-40. with gusting conditions late tonight into tomorrow. maybe a shower early saturday, but mostly dry weather after we get through today. >> in our medical alert, women who have had at least three screening mammograms may cut their risk of dying of breast cancer in half. researchers studied 1800 patients that died from the disease, and found more than one-third of them had never been screened. women who never had one were more likely to be diagnosed at stage four cancer.

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normally where we get some colder air stuck out towards cumberland and haguerstown. mid 50s in fredericksburg. 43 to our west on this said morning. here's what you should be expecting. no problems today. a nice warm up into the 50s. even some 60s this weekend. no problems for new year's eve. so take that concern and just push it aside. it is a cold blast that's my concern for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. and with that cold blast we're going to come some gusty winds as well. be on the lookout. be changes as we head into monday and tuesday next week. today's highs up into the middle and upper 50s. after high temperature is 45. yes, this is seasonally mild for us. we had a handful of sprinkles come through this morning off to the west it looks like it wants to rain a little more. most of that activity has been drying up. if you're going to be taking in some of the fire works celebrations tonight, we found a few for your. over to annapolis 44 and partly cloud you. to the south our friends in fredericksburg, we love you down there. your fire works celebration is going

those are your temperatures there. 21 cumberland valley, westminster 27, belaire 23, 25 columbia, 34 annapolis and kent island, 32 rock hall. 33 in dc, so this big dome of high pressure, there it is 30- 45, continues to move mild air our way, thursday a cold front dives into the region but even with that we will keep this cold if you will central canadian arctic air above the great lakes and stay mild through the 5 day. 52 is the high temperature this date. 30s your overnight low. the normals mid-40s, mid-20s, tomorrow move it up to 54 degrees. on thursday 61. here is some showers with that frontal passage. then we 7th sift down to 53. saturday and sunday back to normal with sunshine, temperatures mid-50s but as far as an arctic blast not coming our way over the 5 day and indications are maybe not even next week, great holiday running around weather right there. don, take it away. >> thank you very much. if you heard earlier pratt street was closed it was but it is now back open, here is christie bresland at wjz traffic control. >> reporter: we have three new accidents. one there rou

they'll get down in the upper teens. 34 in cumberland. and 37 in the south and east. pax river at 40. patuxent, if you've ever had a wind gust of 51 miles an hour, last evening, as all of that rain was happening. 38 here. 39. 37, westminster. north of the city tonight, it will get down to the mid- to upper 20s. downtown may actually get to freezing. they have yet to have a 32- degree day downtown. 45, 34 today. that was at the airport. and that occurred while it started snowing and then quick le, the snow and the precip left. and the temperatures have kind of really not moved a whole lot. 47, 30 is the average today. and the record, 74. and 10 degrees back in 1882. right now, very light winds in the region. still a bit of a northerly component. but they'll start shifting tomorrow. more out of the south. and that's going to bring in slightly milder air for one day monday. because there is a front out to the west. that front has a few clouds with it. front will go through sometime in the evening. and that will be replaced by another chilly, dry air mass for the weekend.

lower 30s from luray to cumberland, even winchester at 34. southern maryland in the upper 30s. it is a cold morning areawide, locally, we're down to 32 in gaithersburg. out to the west, we've got 35 in fairfax. 36 leesburg. and 37 in haymarket. fort belvoir at 38 degrees. clear skies, 38. fees like 30 though with the wind chill thanks to a north wind at 12. some areas west of town, the wind chills are down in the 20s this morning. we'll stay with the clear skies today. system is going to pass to our north as we go through friday here. that will continue to move east. so, up through new york state, main dipping into northern pennsylvania but by late friday, little weak front on the tail end of this will come through. won't really see it because we'll have clear skies for the most part but we'll feel it on saturday as temperatures drop off slightly. and on sunday, they'll warm back up again into the upper 50s. by the way if you're traveling out to the midwest this weekend, looks like they'll have a chance for snow north as we head into saturday. for us, we're looking good to star

snow is a lock for cumberland and hagerstown. how far south it gets, we will keep you posted. temperatures will remain above freezing. 54 right now. 55 in gaithersburg. 55 in leesburg. it's 54 out in oakland. 55 in comperland. now satellite picture radar combined, not much happens tonight. swre unsettled weather coming our way. we'll talk about when we will need the umbrella and the heavy coat. back to you guys. >> you know that letter from no mom, the netflix movie, they could take longer to get there. plans to slash hundreds of processing plants and cut delivery standards for first class mail. bruce leshan was at the postal service headquarters for the announcement. >> these cuts unprecedented. the postal service is struggling to deal with a $14 billion loss this year. the postmaster general says the service can save billions by cutting the number of mail processing centers nearly in half from 487 to 252. and by cutting about 28,000 jobs. those cuts mean that virtually all letters that used to arrive in one day will now take two and most letters that used to take two days wi

out to the west, cumberland and winchester is 32 degrees. compared to yesterday it is 21 degrees colder. you will notice a difference as you walk out the door. it is reporting all the nasty weather. it is moving to the north and east. it will clear out nicely today. temperatures are well below average for this time of year. 44 degrees-49 degrees. it will fall into the mid-20's. the mother dimeters are toward the difference. a lot of sunshine. a quick look at the extended outlook. something is missing from the picture. that is rain. roadways are drying out nicely. >>> i like that is missing from our picture. what is also missing is road construction. it scared a lot of those people a way. they got the night out. we are great here on the highway. beltway travel is nice and chris. a pretty good run on the george washington parkway. clear sailing on 95. we are finding travel times in our favor on 95 between fredericksburg and the beltway. we will go back inside. >>> we are on your side with important news from the fight against breast cancer. ne

cumberland, sneaking through. holds up through hagerstown. that would be it for us and take a look tomorrow. 52 degrees so, bouncing back. the temperatures like a roller coaster this month. >> how about that. >> it lasts through nua new year's day. >> imagine that. 2012. >> sounds like a --. >> news tonight -- we will see you tonight at 11:00. have a safe night.

latest on the weather at 11 and the radar continuing to show that snow band edging closer now, past cumberland headed toward hagerstown. >> all right. wyatt will have the latest. we will see you then. world news is neck. have a great night.