chuck bell is here with your weather and traffic on the 1s. i know you're just the messenger, but it's hard to take. >> exactly right. i have cowering inging inging inging cocuses. right now temperatures in the upper 20s to low and mid-30s. so the next couple hour, it will be a slow but steady warm-up. temperature today up near 50 and tomorrow up near 53. "7-day forecast" coming up in ten minutes. for now metro delays. >>> blue and yellow lines single tracking right now between arlington and pentagon city. just tweeted that out. outer loop at arena drive, getting report of a crash blocking two right lanes. not seeing it right here but we did just see a fire truck pass by. so perhaps headed to the scene there. taking a wide look at things no major problems inner loop or outer loop. arena drive still looking for that issue there. and beltway at river road moving along nicely. >>> whether a colorado woman told a phone scammer that ended in a sudden change of heart and an apology from the person on the other line. >> if you like wine and not havin

chuck bell, you're making me nervous. oh, thank you. thank you. so if i start crying too early, i can start wiping the tears. he's coming over this way, didn't know what he was doing. eastbound montgomery village avenue still construction still approaching 355. wide look at things no major problems. 66 a little slow inbound here as you're headed through manassas. after that you actually open up here quite nicely. no major issues there. 95 here, headed in to town a little slow after triangle. fine headed southbound. up to the beltway, nice and green, as well. taking a look at prince george's county, over all pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue, indian head highway, everything looks nice and green. moving along just fine for us this morning. and then chopper 4 over bw parkway all these folks headed inbound. >>> 5:55 now. fast food giants pass on the beef. and target customers are getting ready to receive a huge payout. landon dowdy has more on these stories "4 your money". >> reporter: good morning. target will reportedly pay $10 million to settle a

chuck bell is timing out the forecast for us. >> meanwhile, u.s. relations with venezuela are falling ap past. the president there says he's now banning some american politicians and accusing the u.s. of espionage. nicholas maduro said they would be barred from entering the country. he detained a pilot he said was spying for the united states. the pilot has since been release. >>> no doubt a wild week from a political standpoint. it came down to the wire to avoid a shutdown of the department of homeland security. >> a brand new straw poll about who the republican nominee for president could be in 2016 that was done. joining us to talk about all of it is moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. >> thanks for bringing great weather. well done mr. bell well done mr. bell. >> as you know my daughter wants it on weekdays. we can't have weekend weather alert problem. >> it's not right. she can deal with chuck on that. >>> let's talk about rand paul. there's two things that came out of cpac rand paul walks away a winner again. former governor jeb bush wh

chuck bell is watching it closely. he'll let you know what to expect for the rest of today. >>> new this morning, an australia cafe the site of a deadly siege is back open. the lindt chocolate cafe reopening comes three months after a gunman took 18 people inside the cafe hostage. two hostages and the gun men were killed. plaques honoring the victims are now displayed on a wall inside. the terror group loyal to isis claimed responsibility. >>> the official start of spring just a fewuew hours away but this wintry weather is making a mess of our warm weather plans. the high temperatures we'll see in the day ahead. >>> plus putting an end to the misery we deal with when we get behind the wheel about when. when you'll see the roads be repaired. >>> this just in. fauquier county schools are now closed. fauquier county schools now closed. take a live look at this picture here. there is rain in the area but but there are spots seeing snow. >> let's check in with chuck bell and see what exactly we're in for today. >> it's a ra

. >> chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center". >> good morning. yeah off to a cold start this morning after such a nice day yesterday. 73 degrees yesterday afternoon, that was our warmest day in 3 1/2 months. december 1. i can do math at 4:00 a.m. i promise. 34frederick, maryland. manassas one of our usual cold spots down to 27 this morning. 35 in annapolis. when you factor in what is still a fairly substantial breeze out will windchills are back into the 20s in many neighborhoods. feels like 27 in manassas. again, don't forget your warm coat and sunglasses. at least the sun will be shining. 37 right now at national airport. if you're going out this afternoon, mild by staying on the breezy side. temperatures today barely making it up to right around 50 glees. we'll talk about tomorrow and weekend when i see you in a few minutes. >>> 270 south at father murderly, lanes now open. megan mcgrath on the way to that scene. this shall a pedestrian fatality. road was shut down for some time but lanes we're being told are open. meg apwill be on the scene i

chuck bell is watching this very closely. he'll tell you where you'll feel the impact where you live. stay with us on this weather alert day. "news 4 today" will be right back. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. there's a possibility of ice accumulating on top of this coating of snow we're getting first thing this morning, the potential for up to .10 inch of freezing rain from the d.c. metro area arlington, parts of fairfax county much of prince george's county all the way south into parts of southern maryland. we'll be watching this very carefully and give you the latest check of the radar, your snow forecast and your seven-day forecast. all that coming up in a few minutes. stay with us. >>> disney land is working to install the it's a small world ride. firefighters in anaheim say one of the park's many fireworks shows may have sparked this. flames engulfed what looks like scaffolding near the ride. disney expects to get the ride back open soon. >>> the venezuelan president is issuing sanctions afte

chuck bell is here with another check of the forecast. chuck, i hope you

chuck bell is here with another check of the forecast. chuck, i hope you can push it away. use your metrological powers. >> i'm doing it now. thinking. no snow! no snow! doing the best i can but that's not going to change what mother nature has in store for us which is a big plunge in temperatures coming. it starts to happen later this afternoon. by tomorrow morning temperatures will be about 20 to 30 degrees colder than we are now. for today the weather impact on tuesday not too bad. off to a great start. becoming a bit blustery this afternoon as the cold front goes by. almost 70 of the mountains of west virginia. now it's in the mid 40s in southern maryland. a huge range of temperatures. already a blustery wind out there. the winds will increase later on. sun up at 7:17. temperatures mostly in the 40s this morning. into the low 50s by 8:00. later on this afternoon easily in the mid 60s between 3:00 and 4:00. back into the 50s by 5:00 today. a chilly evening coming up as well. we'll talk about tomorrow's chilly weather next time i see you. >>> overall looking good. take a

let's get straight to chuck bell. good morning. >> good friday morning, everybody. as advertised rain is quickly changing over to snow. winter weather advisories posted for everywhere north and west of the metro area. it does include loudoun and montgomery counties but it does not include fairfax arlington, the strict or prince george's county. rain quickly changing over to snow though. and as a result slushy snowy commute in the morning and western suburbs. roads could be quite slushy at

we want to check in with chuck bell. he says there is a reprieve on the way. >> i'm your buddy today. now we are talking about the warm up and not the deep freeze. in all fairness, we are in the deep freeze 50 thing this morning. another record low at dulles airport. at least a dozen cold records in a month. looking down over washington. the washington monument proudly illuminated. nothing on storm team 4 radar will be 100% dry. it is 5 in leesburg and 20 downtown and 9 in gaithersburg. there is a lot of cold stuff this morning. hourly temperatures on the way up. most neighborhoods freezing by lunchtime. you will need your slush boots out there. there is sloppiness out there. plenty of sunshine and temperatures into the low and mid 40s. how long can it last in that part of the forecast minutes away. >> hopefully forever. >> let's hope. >> a live look at the roads in virginia. it being looks like everything is clear. we don't have many cars on the roadways. things have been pushed off to the shoulder of the road but they

>>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist meteorologist chuck bell. winter weather advisories posted for parts of our viewing area. i'll let you know who should be expecting snow and when coming up. >>> i'm barbara harrison. we're following a developing story out of springfield. one person is dead in a house fire. why firefighters are calling it a difficult scene. >>> i'm richard jordan at the live desk. police make a gruesome delivery a short time ago at a scene of a car fire. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist. an arrest at uva, and this huge protest. >>> you're watching "news4 midday." >>> good morning, everybody. cloudy skies are starting to move in, and underneath the clouds soon we'll deal with rain drops and eventually yes, even snowflakes. so keep in mind everybody, this is going to turn into a bit of a winter weather threat as we get into the pre-dawn hours of tomorrow morning. lots of rain just down to our south. these purple shaded counties are where we already have a winter weather advisory posted. the advisory starts at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow and goes u

chuck bell is tracking your hour by hour conditions. and when we could see some rain in our area. >>> good morning. temperatures outside as you mentioned are chilly, they're in the 30s. here is the view from the tower looking in to downtown. metro temperature 39 downtown 30 in ft. belvoir, 31 joint base andrews, manassas 30 warrington at 32. gaithersburgt 30. so most neighborhoods aret or above the freezing mark. overall weatr impact it will have nice and low. far less wind than yesterday. and much warmer as well. 10 to as much as 15 degrees warmer this afternoon than we were yesterday. chilly now. hour by hour into the 40s by 9:00, 50s befor lunchtime. and into the 60s before 3:00 this afternoon. so plan on a great day to be outside today. forecasting a high of 68 in washington, 67 degrees in southern prince george's county. 65 in old town and gaithersburg. when i see you next we'll be talking abt t return of rain chances coming in. best chance for rain a little later on in the week. now a check on traffic. >>> and we still have this p

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the types of precipitation we're going to get could be hard to deal with. one to perhaps three inches of snow possible in northern maryland. a coating to maybe an inch in the metro area before everything switches over to sleet and freezing rain. temperatures are cold enough for any of this reaching the ground is still in the form of snow. that change over to sleet and freezing rain this afternoon could be quite impactful. show you more on that and the impact on your monday morning coming up. >> the venezuelan president is now issuing sanctions after he says american were spying on his country. nicolas maduro says he will ban u.s. officials from entering venezuela. >> he didn't say who the americans were or what they were doing. nbc news confirmed four missionaries were detained in venezuela but are in another country as of today. >>> one of our country's most wanted fugitives now in custody. police in business sal awe rested victor bernard in northeast brazil. bernard is accused of ra

stay with us. >>> yeah and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. filtered sunshine coming through. as result, another nice mild day for the meltdown of the snow. how long can we >>> iran says it's willing to give international nuclear inspectors access to a site where purported experiments on high explosives may have taken place. this offer comes as team from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog committee arrived in tehran. the site in question is near iran's border with iraq. >>> meanwhile, iraq troops and shiite militia are marching to retake towns captured by isis. this offensive is near fallujah. isis took control of the city last january. isis currently holds about one-third of iraq and one-third of syria as well. >>> right now the fbi is investigating the hacking of several u.s. websites by someone claiming to be affiliated with isis. this is the home page of a bank in montana. it looked like this over the weekend. the bank is just one of the handfuls of businesses across the u.s. that was hacked. at this point, security analysts say they haven't foun

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chuck bell making a quick appearance on the tonight show with jimmy fallon. you nailed wet and slushy. i never heard it delivered quite that way before chuck. >> my 15 seconds of fame was trimmed down to about 3 seconds. >> that's all right. you've got 12 seconds left. >> he's not on tonight. what a nice day today turned into for sure. as advertised today was the complete opposite of yesterday. i hope you had a chance to get outside and enjoy it. sunshine out there right now over washington. a blue sky has replaced the gray skies of yesterday. and milder weather for sure. we spent most of the day yesterday with temperatures in the 30s. a nice big improvement. how about 60 degrees right now in reagan national airport, courtesy of a south breeze. a couple of clouds out there, but that's about it. 63 leesberg and manassas. shenandoah valley flirting with 70 degrees today. the western shore communities are saying what warm-up? temperatures barely made 50s because of the nice cold bay water temperatures. dinnertime temperatures mid-50s. coming home from the movies

chuck bell is live in the 4 x 4. >> reporter: good morning. we are in the new carrollton neighborhoods of prince george's county and the story has been repeated everywhere we've been from northwest through so you were montgomery and out through the heart of prince george's county as well. main roads into the problem. neighborhood streets, extra slippery first thing this morning. temperature here with the 4 x 4 still only 31.5 degrees. so we have a little bit more warming to go before we can really built theegin the meltdown. but we've seen a lot of folks trying to navigate the slippery side streets and with or marginal levels of success. so prepare for a slippery go. if you have an icy report send to me @chuckbell4. you can expect roads essentially slippery banana peel kind of stuff. >>> 18 after 6:00. you might want to double check your flight status. right now more than 500 flights have been canceled across the country today. 25 are out of reagan national. 12 are out of bwi marshall. and new in the past hour, dulles is seeing seven canceled

let's get right to chuck bell and a look at the forecast. >> it's been a very well advertised event and it's behaving itself so far. so that's what we like from mother nature. just play by the rules. rain is quickly changing over to snow. temperatures remain at or above freezing everywhere. mid-30s northern montgomery county out to leesburg 34 in frederick and martinsburg. manassas closer to 39, 40. winter weather advisories posted points north and west. report from warren county, they say it's already slush covered roads in warren county virginia this morning. snowy and slushy roads out west and north of the metro. that will continue. use extra caution today. the timing of the slushy snow accumulation is from now up to about lunchtime. storm team 4 radar showing the snow. as we zoom in, you can see the

again storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. prince charles looking at the magna carta turning 800 this year. hard to believe. u.s. of a. not here 250. that document is 800 years old. the view over washington. the national shrine of immaculate conception. beautiful day. as long as you're happy to see cold weather. for now only 37 in gaithersburg and rockville, 39 leesburg. 37 manassas and 39 in huntingtown and the naval academy, annapolis. windchills in the 20s in many neighborhoods. what to wear today? melissa mollet a warm coat and sunglasses. >> all right. always have to have the shades. >>> parents, are you ready for your kids to kick some butt? today is national kick butts day, all about preventing tobacco use by teens. more than 2,000 veents held across the country today to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco. here in our area alexandria mayor bill yule kicks off an event at t.c. williams high school. several students help emcee that program. >>> in kickin' butt to comfort food. this story is lighting up facebook

chuck bell is seeing some on the 1st at 5:11. chuck bell is seeing some of ton the 1st at 5:11. ch >> reporter: we're on i-70 going west. the temperature in the last five minutes has gone from 34 down to 31 degrees and we have absolutely seen the change over from what was just light rain to a very heavy mix of wet snow and sleet pellets. so now here we are at interstate 70 west of frederick and the snow is starting to stick on the sides of the roads. the main travel lanes remain clear. they put plenty of chemical down. we went over the flyover there from 270 on to 70 near frederick and that was very well treated with road chemical. out here on 70 westbound, there is chemical down on the road, but you can definitely start to see the snowflakes. this will only continue to get worse. as i mentioned our temperature drop from 34 down to 31 degrees. so we are at the transition point here from frederick county maryland and it will eventually work its way all the way into the metro area. we have our pat collins snow stick ready to go. no accumulations just yet. but we have it ready to g

chuck bell in storm team 4 x 4 driving around. we'll get an idea of where the how can i avoid maintenance fees? why would you want to avoid them? because i don't want to... you know what? i'm gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. roddy! so, uh, without your fee your checking chamber can't run smoothly. every time you put money in it causes, uh...deposit friction. gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] it's time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just $100. td bank. america's most convenient bank. >>> i grew up in northern maine, but even for me, this is much. >> it's march, it should be over. >> i'm tired of it. the snow is fine, but the ice not so much. >> all you true. march is here. >> done. >> it seems many of us are pretty fed up with this winter wth and the road conditions out there. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 this morning keeping an eye on the roads for us. how are things

our real scientist here now. >> chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center". what do you have for us this morning? >> good news for us we will have plenty of sunshine and dry stretch of weather. but there has been a complete change of air masses since you went to bed last night. live picture over national harbor looking out towards the woodrow wilson bridge no real weather problems outside of the fact that it's noticeably colder. this cold pattern is back and it's here to stay for quite some time. breezy and sunny today. still tracking a chance for some friday morning snowflakes. wednesday morning temperatures 30 leesburg, 30 gaithersburg 27 at dulles 33 at joint base andrews. over the next couple of hours, we'll stay mostly in the mid to upper 30s. touching around 40 by 11:00. future weather, sunshine and stiff northwesterly breeze today. feels like factors will stay in the 30s and 40s all day. so it will feel cold and be even colder i think tomorrow morning than this morning. the wind will lay down a bit and skies clear, so a good setup for a pretty cold sta

chuck bell what do you say? >> i have nothing but good news in the forecast for today, everybody! temperatures in the 30s and 40s around the metro area already. temperatures in the low to mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. the warmer air will be moving to the metro. it's going to be a beautiful day to be outside today. bus stop weather this morning in the metro area upper 40s to near 50s early on. low 50s by near 9:00. highs today upper 60 to near 70.

. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his forecast. temperatures warming up an melting out there, chuck. >> you bet. now that sunshine's out temperatures confrontly above the freezing mark the meltdown has truly begun. you may need the umbrella even hope to the sun is out with all the frozen water dripping and melting off treeps, branching, power lines. outside national harbor fairly chilly. a lot of ice across the potomac shoreline starting to break up a bit. at 43 already at reagan national. 41 degrees at restin town center. gaithersburg 40 degrees in parts of southern prince george's county. nothing on storm team 4 radar for now. dry for tonight and into tomorrow but this wave of moisture is coming out of way and could spell at least at the onset a little hint of a wintry mix, second part of the day tomorrow. talk more about that in a few minutes. for the rest of today hour by hour low 40s. mid-40s later this afternoon. mid-30s by 9:00 tonight. tomorrow a little chance of an afternoon start which would be a wintry mix at beginning b

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chuck bell where are you now? >> reporter: good morning. we are just getting on to interstate 70 eastbound. we were on 81 north. and now we're on 70 eastbound out here this washington county maryland maryland. current temperature is at 29 degrees. so the snow is starting to stick to the sides of the roads. i just tweeted out a picture of that tractor trailer that was off the side of the interstate on i-81. so remember you have to reduce your speeds. snow will be able to stick and accumulate fairly quickly. we're ready for a long morning ride back into we have our pat collins snow stick, and of course more importantly, a big bottle of water and a big bag of m and ms. that's how you get through the storms. >> you might want to eliminate the water unless you also have a poti in thepotty. just saying. i've been in a live truck for a very long time. beltway at connecticut, looking good. 14th street southeast closed at cedar because of police investigation. aaron can't stop laughing. 95 in and out of town bw parkway, looking pretty good. 66 at 50

chuck bell is here to detail it all. >>> good morning. i got my green tie here but the problem is this is why -- there you go. you you can see through most of me of the time. we can't wear green because of the green screen. that's the reason why. i'm irish where it counts on the inside. temperatures outside this morning are mostly in the 40s and 50s already. highs today will be near 70 degrees. enjoy it! we'll be near 50 by tomorrow morning. seven-day forecast in ten minutes. a check on traffic now. >>> breaking news now we have a problem, again, outer loop at the woodrow wilson bridge. we have debris a drive shaft. a truck lost the drive shaft. lots of people hit some of the debris. a warning. we've seen a lot of people pulled over on the bridge. bw parkway and 410 the folks heading southbound pass the crash. drive time eastbound to the beltway 11 minutes. and in maryland no major problems. 270 to the germantown to the beltway 17 minutes. >>> sure. we're proud, but chances are we're sharing maybe a little bit too much about our kids onli

chuck bell has your commuter forecast at 6:41. >>> plus paying more for your home. the property tax hike facing homeowners in one virginia county and >>> get ready for a wild weather ride. you can see storm team 4 radar working hard right now. you're waking up to rain and temperatures are on the rise for now. but by this time tomorrow major snowstorm is expected to be here. we're dreading it but this is reality. before we begin worrying about tomorrow let's try to get through today. >> chuck bell is with the storm team 4 by 4 in herndon, virginia this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the march madness snowstorm is just around the corner. and there is a whole lot of madness about it that's for sure. storm team 4 radar tracking the raindrops for today. temperatures are in the upper 30s and low 40s right now. we'll be soaring well up into the upper 40s, even near 50 across parts of southern maryland. as of now though temperatures out here in herndon still in the upper 30s, a lot of crowd cover overhead. roads are wet. not much in the way of ray around the area just

and chuck bell is joining us here. we're again talking about snow. again? >> yes. >> talking about snow. not officially spring yet. >> so what? >> meteorological spring started march 1, but the vern alal equinox doesn't come until 6:30 this morning. spring literally according to this picture is just around the corner. >> just go around already, though. >> well,s's bending around. that's what's important. the spring has sprung. so to speak. and we'll keep on waiting on spring around here until it actually springs all the way out of the ground. i saw a few crocuses trying to sneak above ground. so spring is coming. we just have to get through tomorrow and i think that will be it for organized snow chances. 40 right how in washington. beautiful sunrise taking place in our eastern sky right now. a pretty day coming. temperatures in the 30s to near 40. mid-40s at lunchtime and upper 40s and low 50s for high temperatures today. so you don't have anything to worry about today. frederick maryland you're the ones that are most likely to see the most impactful amount

let's get straight to chuck bell. good morning. >> good friday morning, everybody. as advertised rain is quickly changing over to snow. winter weather advisories posted for everywhere north and west of the metro area. it does include loudoun and montgomery counties but it does not include fairfax arlington, the strict or prince george's county. rain quickly changing over to snow though. and as a result slushy snowy commute in the morning and western suburbs. roads could be quite slushy at times up towards hagerstown and along 270. most impactful time is between now and about noontime today. storm team 4 radar, all rain south along i-95 toward fredericksburg and along 295 down into part of prince george's county. but there is the changeover right there. here is the top part of the capital beltway. raindrops and snowflakes mixing now into far northwest washington. also across much of fairfax county now. still rain in fairfax, but snowflakes mixing in as you get out toward reston town center. snow quickly changing over across the blue ridge, as well. so highest impact

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chuck bell is here now with a first check of your forecast. >> good morning. after a blustery wind driven day yesterday, today promises to be a whole lot more user friendly to be in the great outdoors. it's 34 in rockville, so a morning chill first thing. 30 at dulles 32 leesburg 28 manassas. 31 at joint base andrews, all the way up to 40 now in downtown washington. so your weather headlines for today, nice mild start to the week. cooler weather is on our way back in for wednesday, thursday fr and a chance for rain showers se half of the week,well. but

storm team meteorologist chuck bell is with the storm team 4 x 4. do you remember when the blossoms peaked last year? >> i do. it was fairly late because march was so cold. and march temperatures are typically the ones that matter the most. so keep that in mind. it's been really cold here for the month of february. in fact this february was colder than last year. as a result it could get things off to a slow start. last week the peak occurred between april 10th and april 14th. and during that five-day stretch, we were 80 degrees or higher three out of those five days and that cooked the blossoms off the trees or they may have lasted longer. last march the reason the blossoms were so late last year because march was a cold one. we were four degrees colder than average last march and we had 12 inches of snow in the month of march last year! things have took off to a slow start. a colder february this year. look at the tidal basin. the nasty brown snow. the basin is frozen out. on the whole it's march that matters the most when peaking -- picking the p

chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 this morning in dale city. what are you up to now, chuck? >> reporter: nothing major going on here. i've been interrogating the radar to see how far the rain drops are. leading edge of the rain drops about 165 miles away. what does that mean to you? it means you should be planning on needing this between about 12:00 and 2:00 t and thereon after. rain drops coming our way. for now temperatures 37 here in dale city virginia this morning at the commuter lot. light winds, again, the rain coming our way for late morning, if you live down to the south and west of the metro up until about 12:00 to 2:00 around the immediate d.c. metro area. temperatures 30s on the way out the door. you'll need a little extra layer of warmth first thing this morning. coming back home this afternoon temperatures in the low to perhaps mid 50s. with rain drops coming down it's not going feel as nice as that. 62 degrees, sunshine yesterday! took my first run of the year outside yesterday. it was hard to believe 62 degrees, full sunshine in march! even the tidal basin com

we're using #umbrelladay. >> chuck bell drovex 4 out to herndon. and i saw you had your umbrella earlier just in case. >> reporter: absolutely right. not the big umbrella. just light rain today. so really all you need is one of these little fold up pocket style umbrellas. still waiting on the raindrops hire. folks over here good morning, every body waiting on their ride to work or school. temperatures are just below the freezing mark here in northern virginia and radar shows drops coming in our direction. so there could be a brief period of light freezing rain or very light sleet here over the next couple of hours. it shouldn't have much if any impact on the roads. road temperatures are generally above freeze. but you could hear the rat-a-tat-tat of sleet on your windshields or you could have a glazing of ice on the handrails and staircases this morning. that could make a tricky walking commute into walk and school. another new crash promise as tricky drive, too. >>> outer loop at connecticut avenue looks like it is off to the shoulder at this poin

chuck bell joins us live. >> good morning, tom. want to update you on the crash outer loop just before coalsville road it's cleared out of the way. no more lanes blocked. no more problems there. rock creek parkway southbound getting reports that some of the lanes there are reopening after that earlier crash at pennsylvania avenue. so sounds like that should be out of the way in a little bit. northbound wisconsin here bethesda at we have the two lanes blocked. 95 and maryland and bw parkway into and out of town everything looking good. north and south 270 at old hundred road moving quite nicely. >>> today your safety on metro will be discussed in montgomery county. leaders there are sitting down with the county council this afternoon. they'll talk about the changes that have been put in place since the underground emergency two months ago in d.c. the tunnel near the l'enfant plaza filled with smoke. more than 80 people had to be treated. one woman died. >>> also today arlington county police are cracking down on drivers, bikers and

chuck bell is timing out the change for the second half of the weekend. plus the very >>> firefighters will be going door to door today in fairfax county. on the list checking and installing smoke alarms as well as providing seasonal fire and safety tips and offering escape plans for families. >> today you can pitch in and help clean up. this is part of the spring into action initiative. go to oub nbc washington app to search there. chuck? >> if you are ready to spring into action for the weekend the weather promises to cooperate after a cloudy and cold start this morning. i think you will appreciate the saturday and sunday afternoon coming. all the details coming up. >> all right. also coming up have you ever gotten copied on an e-mail that wasn't intended for you? >> it can be dangerous. >> can be. >> for one guy it meant a party invite and a few thousand >> announcer: you're watching news 4 today. >> the jingles that open the news. we recognize them after just a few notes. new a now news jingle airs in fairfax county. >> this is thanks to an energetic

chuck bell drives in the 4 byx 4. we'll check in with him later. >>> and crews are working to clear away a tree and dangerous fallen canal road northwest. the road is closed. shear a machtp of the affected location. richard jordan has been on the creep scene for us. so how are you expecting this to affect traffic this morning? >> reporter: it's going to be definitely a problem at least for a couple of hours. maybe even throughout the entire morning rush because right now there is a tree that is down on canal road. pepco crews are chopping it up breaking it down dry to gotrying to get it out. for the time people, police blocking the street. these are the cars heading southbound trying to get toward tox hall. so this is traffic from chain bridge being detoured now on to reservoir and that will be the cut through taking reservoir down either all the way down to foxhall or possibly you can even perhaps cut off on mcarthur and then take to the end there. but coming from the key bridge side you will see the same situation d

chuck bell is here now with a first check of your forecast. >> good morning. after a blustery wind driven day yesterday, today promises to be a whole lot more user friendly to be in the great outdoors. it's 34 in rockville, so a morning chill first thing. 30 at dulles 32 leesburg 28 manassas. 31 at joint base andrews, all the way up to 40 now in downtown washington. so your weather headlines for today, nice mild start to the week. cooler weather is on our way back in for wednesday, thursday fr and a chance for rain showers se half of the week,well. but don't need to worry about the umbrellas for today or much of tomorrow. bus stop weather this morning, temperatures around the freezing mark. so seasonably chilly out there. climbing into the mid-30s ben 8:00 and 9:00. then coming home later on this afternoon, isn't that going to feel nice. 52 yesterday with the wind. how about 68 with just a few passing clouds away. you can leave umbrellas at home. but probably have to pack your patience for the monday morning commute. >>> this morning we do have road work still

chuck bell is in there. you can tell it's just raining right now but we know the snow will be coming and the roads covered later today. tom will tell us when the temperatures will drop. >> do you ever feel like you want to build a snowman and then just go in on -- that's where i am with the snow right now. there is a snowball fight that will be happening in the district today. take a look at some video from -- >> we've reached that point in our lives. >> just grab hands full of it and go this. the event started here five years ago. the organizers say it's growing every year. there will be a prize for the best dressed snowballer. is this happen th happening at the 5:30 at due you upon thepont circle. so have at it. >> better a snowman than an actual man. >>> grant county west virginia schools are now closed as well. is is this snow the kind that you can have a snow ball fight? >> yeah it should be good packing. they are getting snow north and west of us in the gray zone. the green zone is rain. and just to ou

. >> chuck bell live along the tidal basin now to tell us when it will arrive. we're getting so close. >> reporter: we are getting closer. and our director and produce he were teasing me they're like you're still in a heavy coat you're supposed to be talking about spring. here is the key. this is not the puffy down parka that i've been wearing for the last two month. just back to the wool top coat. no hat, no gloves, no t-shirt. only two layers, not four or five. may not look too much different to you, but there is a real difference and as a result as you're planning to get outside and enjoy the day today, you didn't need quite so much layers. high temperatures later on today, a big jump in temperatures from the 30s now up into the upper 50s and low 60s. fredericksburg about 63 today. 59 here in washington. the lone exception that won't get much of a warm-up, we were shore communities along the chesapeake bay. any hint of a bay breeze will keep those temperatures low because bay water temperatures are only in the 30s. aaron, back in to you. i'm sure you're still

let's check with chuck bell in dale city with the storm team 4 x 4. good morning. when is the rain coming? >> well, the rain is coming later on this afternoon. i have my umbrella ready to go. i want to show you something. we brought the 4 x 4 down here this morning. there's no reason in having it if you're not planning on using it! we're going to scale this huge mountain of what at one time is snow is nothing but a block of ice. the boss told me he wants to show people what it can do. we're going see if he wants to try to drive over the huge snow pile. i suspect the answer may already be no. nonetheless it gives you an idea how big the piles are. i may or may not be a big person that's a suburban and that's huge. this pile is probably the better part of 8 or 9 feet high. a lot of melting going on today and rain drops coming our way later on this afternoon will put a dent in the pile. temperatures 36 here in dale city right now. mid to upper 30s across much of the area. later on today it will be rain raining and in the low 50s. you'll need the raincoat and umbrella.

chuck bell is out in the storm team 4 x 4. we'll check in with chuck in a few minutes. >>> metro will be coming under screwed any today. the scrutiny. there will be a full safety in-special. richard jordan is live to tell us what this means. >> reporter: first off you should know if you plan on taking metro, whether trains or buses, this should not affect you. the morning commute should continue as planned. the federal trafrns it administration is looking at the safety management system basically how metro makes sure that it is following safety procedures. this is only the second time the fta has done this they did it in chicago. thousand doing it here in washington. and it all comes just a couple weeks after that smoke emergency, deadly smoke emergency on the yellow line train near l'enfant plaza back in january where one woman died because of all that smoke. now, after that we learned that there was an issue with the radio communications that affected emergency responders getting to that metro do to make sure its communicati

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with when we can expect that all to happen. >> good morning, everybody. yeah. march madness snowstorm on the way for tomorrow and it appears in all likelihood. we'll have to deal with rain for today, but already winter storm warnings are posted for the entire day on thursday for the entire immediate d.c. metro area and everywhere north and west. winter weather advisories down to the south for only st. mary's county down towards spotsylvania. the only places that might not be able to get more than four inches of snow. so what to expect for tomorrow? rain changing to snow between about 5:00 and 8:00 in the morning. steady snow all day and widespread amounts between four and eight inches here in the metro. for now though right now temperatures in the upper 40s. dealing with rain showers from washington southbound down into southern maryland into the lower parts the bay. there's the big load of cold air toward st. louis, missouri, now. the cold air eventually changing our rain to snow late tonight, into pre-dawn hours of tomorrow morning. coming h

send it to me on instagram at chuck bell. plenty of sunshine and the warm up begins. 24 degrees and a bit of a wind chill into the teen but the warm up is under way. 16 at dulles after starting out at 2. 23 in gaithersburg. what to wear. you will still need the winter jacket and the hat and sun glasses and the slushy boots for being outside as the sidewalks are wet and slushy. everyone gets above freezing into the 40s for most of us. 43 in frederick and the high is 45 in menassis. lows tonight most of the suburbs will be down below freezing. can you wash the car? yes! you can wash it. dry for the next couple of days and expect long lines at the local car wash. not much going on. lake effect snow showers in ohio and they won't bother us at all. we have sunshine for the remainder of the day. overnight maybe a few fair weather clouds and that's about it. what to expect temperatures back near average tomorrow rngs but with the change of the clocks tonight, ready for darkness in the early morning commutes. better than that still i

meteorologist chuck bell joins us with how long the rain is going to last. >> good morning, barbara and good morning, everyone. the cloudy skies have moved in over the last couple hours and rain drops have reached many neighborhoods here as of the 11:00 hour. this trend will continue through the lunch hour is and into this afternoon. a big area of rain just out to the west and southwest is pushing ever north and eastward. so rain drops just coming inside the capital beltway. light rain along i-95 fromwood bridge to fredericksburg. still on the dry side but not for long. have your umbrellas ready to go. temperatures made it into the upper 40s in most neighborhoods to 50 in washington right now. and your hour by hour planner for the remainder ofs 50s. showers off to the south for the next hour or so. showers for everybody before turning to rain by 6:00. moderate rain coming our way for this evening and into the overnight hours tonight. a steady rain is moving in. still no cold air in sight. we'll have your forecast in a few minutes to talk about a limited amount of weekend sunshine. see y

chuck bell is covering your commute this morning in montgomery county. chuck, good morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: we're on 270 southbound just past the exit for montrose road getting in closer to the capital beltway. and the fog which was a little bit thicker during the early hours of the morning is now not quite as much of a problem so that's good news. 48 degrees here. the roads are wet due to light rain overnight. so take a little bit easy on the drive in first thing this morning. our current speed here on 270 southbound is right at about 35 to 40 miles per hour. pretty typical for a wednesday morning commute. back into you, aaron, on this beautiful hump day. >> i did post the camel video. i was in the mood for that. 6:55. today we'll learn whether costco can build what would be the busiest gas station in montgomery county. several groups have proestested. >>> this afternoon maryland comptroller will push for law make toers start school after labor day. those in favor of the plan say a later start would result in a $74.3 million economic boost. a recent survey

chuck bell is out at shady grove metro this morning. hello, chuck. >> good morning to both of you. you forget a year ago today we were talking about a chance for snow. a year ago tomorrow on the 25th we had anywhere between 2 and 6 inches of snow around here. it's not all that unusual. we're looking for snow flakes this morning. haven't found any here. one of my weather watchers said they had a half inch of fresh snow in garrett county. we're not facing anything in the way of accumulating snow around here. it is going to be cold on the drive to work and school early this morning. plan on temperatures in the 30s. and not much of an improvement later on today. highs in the upper 40s to near 50. a lot of clouds. one or two slivers of sunshine or a possibility. i couldn't rule out a stray sprinkle or two, either. have your storm team 4 weather app any time you need it. in the palm of your hand. you also need a live updated radar in the palm of your hand don't you. you have yours. >> i do! i have mine in my hand except when i'm working. i need my radar. >>> 16th street and oak road open