i am meteorologist jacqui jeras. a cloudy and foggy start this morning again, but the fog advisory has been cancelled early. that's the good news. better visibility and a better commute. warm temperatures. 53 at reagan national at this hour. 49 at dulles, 50 in manassas, 48 in gaithersburg. if a cold front off to our west temperatures in the mid 40's. we will work on clearing out the skies progressively through the afternoon. we will become breezy with gusts up to 25 miles an hour. temperatures stay miles through the morning. it will get cooler weather with the clearing. we haven't even cooler seven-day forecast, minutes away. first, time for traffic and weather jamee whitten. >> good morning. it is a quiet morning on 270, no troubles between frederick and the beltway. between prince george's, anne arundel, montgomery county is, no troubles. fog could be a little bit of a factor. this is germantown. 355 through gaithersburg and heading south towards the beltway towards n.i.h, all your travel lanes are open. the beltw

i'm jacqui jeras. 34 degrees desired temperature. much colder today. 25 to 30 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. adam caskey is out in the cold weather at the national zoo. good morning. >> it energizes me being here at the national zoo. this is the sixth annual "zoolights" where the entire zoo is illuminated even on the trees. animal sculptures decorated in lights. devin murphy is with me. when does this whole process again? >> it does not happen overnight. it's a pretty long process. we start to wrap the trees during the first week of october. >> the trees are so detailed. you can see almost every branch little outup. day the monkees help out? >> just people. >> probably a union issue. i hear you have a mascot. tell me a little about the mascot? >> it is panda claus, and his tons of fun. you can meet him and take pictures with him. >> dancing with a snow globe. behind us we have a hummingbird getting nectar from the flower. we also have a butterfly in the distance. i see a lion. "zoolights" is on weekends for now. >> december

now to jacqui jeras. good morning. to find out what's happening with the forecast. >> a little patchy fog this morning. not nearly as bad as out there but it's especially west of the metro. it will shape up to be a pretty decent day overall. trying to get you into the spirit. we have been putting meteorologist adam caskey out see some holiday lights. g us from the mormon temple. >> live at the visitor center ofsecurities as christ latter-day saints. display.light and a wholerounds parking lots have been list of banned its put a big smile on my face. color of the spectrum is on the trees out here. looks like on every branch of the visitor center grounds. over 600,000 lights. of 100,000pgrade from last year. these are all l.e.d. lights, by the way. big money savings and energy savings and good for the environment. starting back on december 2, have had nightly concerts', so it's more than just the lights to see. nightly concerts'. a mild start friday in kensington. it's 47 degrees. elsewhere, we are in the 40's. 50 at rea

back to you. >> here in the jacqui jeras weather center. -- in the weather center with jacqui jeras. a nice break -- today not so bad? >> less than 24 hours to get your traveling done, so do it now. a little bit chilly -- 37 at reagan national. 34 in frederick. you can talk about five degrees -- you can take five degrees off the thermometer, that is the temperature your body will be filling with a breeze out there. a winter weather advisory is being issued ahead of the storm. it could spill into a few more counties. looking at atomic and west virginia, where four inches of snow could be expected. a good handle on the timing and precipitation with this storm -- we are looking at a mix of sunshine and cloud. temperatures rising into the lower 40's. snow arrived overnight and into tomorrow morning. south and east of the metro rain, but it will be all snow, including a good inch of snow in the district. more details coming up in a few minutes. time to check on traffic. >> we will take a look and 395 right now -- the 14th street bridge. very quiet. this is what looks like around the area.

but could do jacqui jeras to talk about the weather. it was bitter cold out there. >> it really was. what a difference a day will make. we had clear skies overnight which allowed us to cool down. a few spots going down to the teens. 21 in manassas. 25 at dulles. 29 degrees at reagan national. everybody below the freezing mark. look at the difference in the temperatures as opposed to where there were 24 hours ago. go ahead, you can complete a little bit today. the skies are going to skate -- are going to stay clear. our next weather system will come in -- we will stay dry today. or express forecast, partly cloudy, 33 at 9:00, 40 degrees at noon, 42 degrees by 5:00. more details on the wintery mix coming up. >> good morning. let's have a look at the 270. everything is moving well. frederick county, we did have a report of an accident just beyond the camera shot. 129, southbound on a 270. an early accident on shady grove road. that will not be a problem. we do have a problem in virginia. this was an accident and a car fire. it will take a

at now we have jacqui jeras talked about the weekend. we have an exciting few days. >> today is good, a great travel day, making it to low 40's today with partly sunny skies. snow overnight tonight into tomorrow. twa is expected in the metro. drying up late in the day tomorrow. improved travel conditions late in the day. the redskins game will be dry and cold, low to mid 30's. >> that does it for us "good you were born an original. there's a health company that can help you stay that way. what's healthier than that?

. >> jacqui jeras will be back with a look at the full forecast. >> as it should be the case, we help out those in need. >> we are able to help save way help the capital area food bank. meteorologist adam caskey joins us live from the safeway store on north harrison streets in arlington. >> we are here at the north harrison safely in arlington. and this is my home neighborhood safeway so i feel at home. we joined up with safeway and the capital area food bank to join the help us end hundred food drive. it is part of our great grocery giveaway. for every 10 shares on facebook we were able to donate a bag worth $10 of food to the capital area food bank. here is proof that we are following through on our commitment where we have 50 bags full of food. we can take apart one of the bags in the second but i have marked mccaffrey of the capital food bank, >> there is 50 backs from channel 7 and that will make a difference. this time of year especially, there are a lot of neighbors really struggling out there to put food on the table. it is a time where we don't just think about families but w

let's check in with jacqui jeras. for our >> 60 degrees at reagan national at this hour. mild. we started a dreary. we have a few sprinkles to the north and west of d.c. we're seeing that in frederick county and washington county. most of these are dying out as they cross over the mountains into the metro. a couple clouds, 61 degrees. wind becoming blustery out of the west. if you are traveling today the been may cause you travel delays. notice the storm in the southwest. that will impact our weather later this week. more on that in a minute. looking for a windy afternoon with sunshine and a few sprinkles early to our north and west. we will go back to the news desk. >> thank you. two weeks until the country goes over the fiscal cliff. house speaker john boehner is working up a backup plan in case a deal cannot be reached. he is proposing a new piece of legislation that would lead to an increase in tax breaks for people making more than $1 million and cancel an increase for those making less than that. he's holding out hope broader deal can be reached batista's when it comes to

let's go straight to jacqui jeras. start. chilly definitely better than good 5-10by a theees, the good news, but clouds have returned so it will of mourning.ind have a spotty showers north and west. front royal, drying out just a little bit now. ben and little movement toward the eastern shore. in thet seen anything metro accept drizzle on occasion reported at dulles. up and down temperatures will be the rule. a cloudy, persistent weekend, the showers will be on and off over the next four days. express forecast for today -- 40 by 9:00, by noon, 47, by 51 and mostly cloudy 5:00. the warm-up inu seven-day forecast. go back and forth. from the belfort furniture center, we attack on traffic now. quiet, no major problems crossing the legion wilson bridge. activity but this incident in montgomery county. me walk you through. is the intersection of d montrose, watch through.e to get you block in each direction at seven locks and montrose can get by. no problems around the beltway. good in virginia, getting up to the beltway, 95, wit

we begin with jacqui jeras with the weather. everybody wants to know the football forecast. >> no problem. today will be great. sunday will be pretty good. it is tomorrow to worry about if you are trying to travel. snow will be moving in, but it will not be a major storm. 37 degrees this morning in d.c., 34 at dulles, 36 in manassas 30 and in fredericksburg. there is a winter weather advisory issued ahead of the storm in the highlands, northern ireland, west virginia. 4 + inches could be expected especially along the ridgetops. -- winter weather advisory issued ahead of the storm in northern maryland, west virginia, in the highlands. highs today around 40 degrees. now, steve >> . there's a problem in bethesda. this is southbound at 355 /wisconsin avenue, cedar lane. you have to squeeze by to the right to get through. you can get by the water main break. it's not a heavy volume. when rush-hour starts to build this could be a major slow start. they will be there a couple hours. 355 at cedar lane that work continues. the springfiel

let's begin with jacqui jeras right away. the fog is burning off a little bit and some wonderful temperatures. >> it feels a great just as not look all that great this morning. we are dealing with a little bit of fog again. much past year and lighter but the one problem spot is the panhandle of west virginia and northern maryland. half a mile and cumberland. even down culpeper evenorange, some issues. in the metro area, temperatures are feeling fine. 48 in gaithersburg and 55 in fredericksburg -- good morning to you. it will be a great day temperature wise. mid to upper 50 pocket as afternoon and we will see some clearing this -- throughout the day but a much cooler seven-day forecast down the line. first from the belfort if weather furniture center with head over to jamie. >> maryland, coming from college park toward 270 -- dealing with a crash or least the past 20 minutes. only the right lane gets by. west of connecticut ave. if traffic just coming to a crawl through the stretch. it will impact 95 and the feeder roads as we

let's check in with jacqui jeras. should be.y we >> this is typical early december whether, that is for sure. closer to the averages than what have been seeing. was a chilly start one-year are 25 degrees than the day before. -- when your temperatures are 25 the daycolder than before. 33 in arlington and washington, d.c. it feels more like the upper 20's because of the brisk wind it. 44 at noon and the high about 46. cold, we not like the a warm up coming later week. >> before we get to jamie, we about what is happening on the beltway. we have a tractor trailer turned over. >> we were just able to talk to a supervisor here on the scene morton's tracking. they are in the process of cleaning 70,000 pounds of blueberries that were inside of the 18 wheeler that is now on its side. -270 spur.d the i there are about one dozen with a bobcat. they have a pallet on the right lane and they are moving box by box. we are told it will take six hours to clean this up. the other 18 wheeler has now arrived. once they unload all of the

we want to get a look at our forecast would jacqui jeras. cooling off. >> definitely have to change what you are wearing today because temperatures are much colder. we are talking 36 at reagan national, 30 at dulles, 28 in winchester and gaithersburg, 25 degrees in frederick. how much colder than yesterday want --- between 25 and 30 degrees colder. 29 degrees colder in quantico. that is a shock to the system. mostly sunny skies today. 36 degrees at 9:00, 44 at noon, high temperature in the mid to upper 40's. now, traffic would jamee whitten. >> good morning. it was a busy overnight. things are calming down. beltway in bethesda, looking okay. incidents involving a tractor- trailer with the far right lane blocked before the exit for 270. the beltway 201, in the loop construction has been wrapped up leaving college park. outer loop still has some construction. the cautious approach in any construction site. virginia beltway on schedule. northbound 95 out of newington, quiet. back to you. >> thank you. let's turn to the developing story on the o

we want to get right to jacqui jeras. >> we did make it to friday finally. the clouds are back. we have even a little bit of moisture out there. some sprinkles can be expected this morning. we will be and this on and off pattern all the way through the weekend into early next week. our temperatures -- some day was the coldest one of the bunch. today will be a little bit warmer. 39 degrees at reagan national. your forecast for today, cloudy with a straight shower, four degrees, cloudy skies and 47 at noon. 51 and mostly cloudy at 5:00. we will show you the weekend forecast. it probably will not be your favorite. that is coming up in just a few minutes. >> it will not be our favorite forecast? as we get up and adam -- at em, the overnight construction has been wrapped up. the beltway passing 650 that is the zone where they had the construction, i am not seeing anything there. they have picked everything up. kenilworth avenue, i had the overnight construction -- it looks like everything is quiet. here is the beltway to 02, and in virginia, we looked good. 395, through the beltway l

let's check in with jacqui jeras for the forecast. >> if you missed the sunrise, we caught it on our time lapse and will show it to you shortly. right now, the clouds have arrived. it still seems kind of bright, 38 degrees being the temperature in washington, d.c. our satellite picture shows the clouds will continue moving in. we could see a few sprinkles or snow flurries this evening. the main event really happens tomorrow. this is a weak system bringing snow across the central plains and mississippi river valley today. things are looking good up and down the eastern seaboard. today, partly sunny skies 45 x 3:00 claudia 6:00 and 39 degrees at the midnight hour. we will have more details on the timing of that system, in a little while. first, back to the news desk with scott. >> montgomery county fire fighters or call to rescue some duck hunters in great falls. there were on the water this morning near katie island. after they got out of the boats it drifted away and they were stuck. firefighters eventually reached the hunters, secure their boats and no one was hurt. d.c. police look

i am meteorologist jacqui jeras. we have a couple of light showers out there. check out our radar. most of them are in west virginia. we have a little bit of what weather. martin's work is getting a little bit what. -- martinsburg is getting a little bit wet. our temperatures are better this morning. 40 degrees at reagan national. 39 at dulles. our forecast for today expect cloudy skies and a few showers and in this morning. a high temperature between 48-52 degrees. let's check on traffic. >> happy friday. nothing too crazy. interstate 95 in virginia, in fact out of fredericksburg up to the beltway, nothing reported. 39 -- 395 also checks out. if you travel across the wilson bridge, everybody on the map, the beltway lanes are currently open. that is running well. no problems to report as you come up towards the beltway. the bw parkway in maryland, that looks good. back to you. >> thank you so much. it is 5:12. coming up, -- >> why a man is get his blimp to haunt the mythical sasquatch. >> to follow up on a story we talked about yesterday. we're getting a look at a person who tried

let's get to jacqui jeras. cold temperatures to finish off 2012. >> it is. it still feels warm and fuzzy after the redskins victory. you're supporting that nice victory tied there, scott. our weather had line for today a pretty decent day overall. the crowds will be on the increase slowly throughout the day. temperatures, we will be at or just above the seasonal averages mid 40's. we have changes on the way, with a light rain and snow max expected for your new year's day. nothing should impact your troubles. our temperatures this morning in the '20s and a few 30's. we have 30 at reagan national. 24 at dulles. 21 in culpeper. our express forecast, looking for the clout to move in. that is the latest on your forecast. we will head over to traffic with steve. >> thank you. let's take a look at 270. checking to see if there are any delays building to get past the accident. it looks like it has moved over to the shoulder. no back up at all. we are looking good there. we'll head back over to show you where the accident cleanup and investigation continues in northe

jacqui jeras. one of the most beautiful sunrise is i have seen. at 48 degrees.es patchy fog north and west of the metro. 46 in manassas, kitty in quantico. warm into the upper 50's this afternoon. morning clouds and a few be clearing this afternoon. breezy.be a much bigger cooldown in the forecast approaching the >> if i had to pick atlanta, all the way to orlando. 60 to 80 degrees today. >> that's pretty nice. >> like the southeast, right, sam? >>> coming up on "good morning america," we'll have new details in the sandy hook investigation. now, adam lanza's babysitter describes what could have been wrong with him from a very young age. >>> then, a big shift in gears. we're going to tell you about the new star of the beckham family. 10-year-old romeo is the new face of a modeling campaign. >>> plus, what happens when two icons reunite. john travolta, olivia newton-john. behind the scenes of the classic musical, "grease." come on back. introducing nook hd - the world's best 7" tablet made for reading and entertainment. your favorite magazines and c