. >> it was a rough day for travelers here at reagan national airport. as you can see behind me there is activity and lanes are >> we are back with breaking news right now out of virginia where the northbound lanes of the g.w. parkway are closed. and this is at spout run parkway and we're told it's due to icy conditions. we'll keep you updated on the situation there at the g.w. parkway as soon as we learn more. leon? >> quite a scene at laguardia airport this morning. a delta flight coming in from atlanta skidded off the snowy runway during landing. that plane punched its way through the chain link fence and hit a berm and it barely missed the water. passengers had to slide down on inflated chute to safety. authorities say six people suffered some minor injuries. the ntsb is investigating. airlines canceled the majority of their flights out of b.w.i. marshall dulles and reagan national airports today. >> with amtrak running fewer trains in the northeast corridor, that limited at least one alternative there. chris pabst picks up the stormwatch team covera

look at the numbers now. 75 at reagan national. warmer than that

officially, 65 is the high at reagan national. fewer degrees above average. right where we should be for the final couple of days of march. temperatures are in the 50's north and west of the metro area. it's comfortable. few 60's elsewhere. 61 at lexington park. so a little pocket that you can tell by the blues and greens. a little cooler weather through the great lakes. nothing cold. cold air what it is for it is way up to the north and east of boston. that's a good sign for spring weather lovers. it's indicative of a pattern shift that's under way. when you have pattern shifts from winner weather patterns to spring weather patterns it's not like that. it takes a while but certainly you can see the signs and already look to the west st. louis, kansas city, 72 and that weather pattern is heading here for thursday and friday. this morning, the front went through. a little rain, a little sleet and a little snow. sunshine and remember whatter temperatures. don't get used to it. another pattern is coming in. upper air disturbance on the leading edge of another co

they will diminish later. 66 degrees now at reagan national. winds sustained at 17 miles an hour but higher gusts to 43. almanac page 73. beautiful spring day with the sunshine. then the clouds came in. 44 was the morning low. 61 and 42 are the average high and low for this last day in march. cold front coming through. but the really chilly air is lagging well behind to the northwest and the north. we'll see the changes in temperatures later tonight. now, we continue to see some pretty good downpours indicating yellow on the eastern shore and north and east of frederick and westminster but no lightning, just rain. but gusty winds and heavier showers especially come down and tend to bring stronger winds with them from a couple thousand feet up. strong winds and wind advisory are a good deal. drive a couple hours north into pennsylvania, you're dealing with snow now. there's that much of a difference in temperatures between pennsylvania and our area. here's the wind advisory until 9:00. everybody west of the chesapeake bay out to the appalachians

the high temperature today, 49 degrees reagan national. it felt so nice, but we were still a few degrees below average, which is 53 this time of year. 67 the high today in st. louis, 70 degrees kansas city. we are not pushing that any time soon, but we will be approaching 60 the middle of the week. satellite radar, quiet. a little weak weather front to the north bringing portions of snow to northern new york and pennsylvania. rain through parts of west virginia but a lot of that has dissipated. other than patchy clouds, it is quiet. 34 degrees the low temperature in d.c., upper 20's the far northwest suburbs. remember to turn your clock ahead one hour before going to bed as we switch to daylight it will be darker in the morning at sunrise, but the sunset will be 7:08, so extra daylight to enjoy. overall, the forecast looks nice. we start in the 30's, climbing to 47 degrees by 1:00 p.m. lower 50's. a breeze out of the northwest between 10 and 15 miles per hour. we start the work week off quiet monday, 55 degrees, 52 tuesday. the next weathe

definitely a chill in the air after the hyatt reagan national emitted to 40 degrees -- the high at reagan national only made it to 40 degrees. this is allowing this cool pool of air to sink down into atlanta and jacksonville, only 63. the region the west allowing for the nice, warm temperatures. unfortunately, the trough means much cooler than average temperatures. we were 18 degrees cooler than we should be this time of year downtown but the mild or days are on the horizon as the jet stream lifts. we'll be back into the 60's monday. we still have the cold air. earlier, flurries with snow in new england. the clouds have left in push north. he high-pressure moving and tomorrow will deliver lots of sunshine, but still cooler than average, highs in the upper 40's. we have to get through tonight downright cold. 25 in the city, but the suburbs falling into the teens. 19 degrees the forecast low at dulles. the record low as 20. i think we will be really close to that. 18 degrees is the record low in baltimore. by tomorrow afternoon with sunshine upper 40's. 60's return monday, a passing morning

if a windchill making it feel like 2 above at reagan national at the moment. but things won't be too bad today as we said good-bye to the storm yesterday. had some totals up near fort richie and camp david. had about a foot or so cascade. maryland. here in town four to six inches and even seven i believe at the arboretum. tuesday a chance of showers and it looks like better chance south of d.c.. 34 today. should be more record cold tonight. 18 in town with a few single digits in the suburbs. tomorrow, finally, the warm up begins 46. sunday even better. near 50. don't forget clocks ahead an hour saturday night. daylight saving time begins and there's that shower threat tuesday and your golfable wednesday. larry miller, man you've been just telling us all sorts of problems today. >>> yeah, and unfortunately it is not over just yet. we're still keeping the close eye on that situation on the southbound side of 95 between u.s. 1 and occoquan. sky 9 is there. we can see that emergency crews are working to get those lanes back up and open but we understand at least f

reagan national in the upper 40's at this hour winchester 41. overnight, 28 to 32 degrees below, partly cloudy not quite as breezy. waking up in the morning, you will see sunshine. i will focus on the areas to the south and west. this low pressure moves our way as we head through the overnight into the day tomorrow. it stays dry tomorrow, nothing to worry about. grab the umbrella, but a different story this time tomorrow night into the day friday. the reason why, we have a little bit of snow on the way. futurecast, detailing the cloud cover, turning from rain, sleet, snow. it is drive 3:00 in the afternoon tomorrow, no problems. afterschool activities will go on as planned. through the evening it stays dry until about 5:00 in the morning friday. in the moisture advances our way. the areas in blue, that indicates snow. out early this arrives depends on how much or how little we see. by about 10:00 in the morning, most of the area will have snow, but the pavement is still warm this time of year. most of it will melt. maybe a little accumulationn t

the high temperature made it up to 66 at reagan national early this afternoon. five degrees above average this time of year. 85 the record, 1981. the daylight hours, finally after 7:30 this evening was sunset. tree pollen, if your eyes are bothering you, scratching sneezing, that is because the tree pollen is in the high range. as the cherry blossoms come closer to peak bloom, april 11 through the 14, very high. it will be a rough pollen season this year. 48 dulles, 50 winchester, the temperature slowly falling. nighttime lows average around 39 to 45 degrees, cooler to the north and west. the wind increases slightly, five to 10 miles per hour. chicago, lower michigan, ohio, this moves our way tomorrow. we will have a little bit of thunder in the morning, clouds increase by noontime. by about 5:00 in the afternoon, widely scattered showers across the beltway and to the east of d.c. futurecast, 7:00 in the morning it is dry in d.c., but as we move through the afternoon showers along the mason-dixon line hagerstown, martinsburg frederick. into dinnertime, the rush-

germantown coming in with around six inches of snow and we broke the record at reagan national airport. 4.6 inches fell today. the old record set back in 1888 was 4.4. here's the hourly forecast moving through the overnight. it's going to get cold around here. a lot of refreezing late tonight, early tomorrow morning. more on that and what to expect for the next seven days coming up in just a few minutes. leon? >> all right, steve. we're getting school closings in for friday. >> mainly just a few of several at this hour. montgomery and prince william counties as well as alexandria city and falls church schools are all closed. stay with abc 7 and wjla.com throughout the evening for school closings and delays as they are available. >> now, the reason for closing those schools, rather obvious by now. just not safe to be out there on the roads. and it could take some time to get the roads all cleared before the deep freeze sets in tonight. very good look at the dangerous roadways and out in frederick tonight. roz, what did you find out there? >> lots of stranded cars and the roads don't loo

a little sun trying to struggle through at reagan national. north-northeasterly winds at six. 46 in gators for -- gaithersburg. 43 in annapolis. 50 at reagan national airport. all day, the rain has been slowly moving east and southeast. it is out of the metro area. still to pass across southern maryland in the next few hours. just behind, we have seen a few breaks. if you look at the top left, that is coming across lake erie. cold winds tomorrow may bring snow showers and flurries to the metro area. tonight, it will be cold with clearing skies. lows near 32 degrees. if you are looking for signs of spring, steve rudin has found another. had to go to southeast to find it. that is where he reports now with cherry blossom starting to make an appearance. steve: we are at congressional cemetery. when i first heard the assignment of going to a cemetery, i thought there was something different. it is not your typical cemetery. typical in many ways. a lot of cherry blossoms to enjoy. it is also a dog park. penny is enjoying herself. yesterday, we hit 7

actually, now at reagan national, winds are calm. 25 degrees is the current temperature. winds between five and 10. a lot of sunshine and sun this time of year will help to melt some of that snow and ice. there's a lot that needs to be melted so it's going to take a few days. at this current moment 20 degrees at dulles. 21 in lexington park and 17 degrees in hagerstown. highs in the mid to maybe upper 20's? but overall, things looking a lot better as we head into the upcoming weekend. we spring forward as well. who's ready for some more daylight? i know i am. we'll break down more of the weekend forecast and near 60 degrees, jummy in a little bit. >> see you then. right now, the truck wedged under a bridge on the inner loop of the beltway has been pulled out as you can see in this video right here. officials say the truck bed somehow got up too high when it hit the linden lane bridge around 5:30 this morning, the truck was carrying salt by the way. three lanes of the beltway at maryland route 97 in silver spring had been blocked since 5:30. crews had to cut the bed away f

reporting live at reagan national airport, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. kimberly: the investigation into the germanwings crash is renewing questions about having two pilots in the cockpit at all times. senior political reporter scott thuman spoke with a former airline captain and member of the f.a.a. about that today. he'll have that part of the story coming up at 6:00. autria: metro wants to be sure that passengers know what to do on their trains in the event of an emergency. brianne carter is covering metro now with a look at these new videos just released today. >> i'm really catching it two to four times a day. brianne: jamal relies on metro to get around town he says he has concerns about his safety on the trains. >> i'm always worried. brianne: in an effort to increase safety today metro released a set of videos showing riders what to do and what not to do if another emergency happens on the train. >> here at metro, our first priority is your safety. brianne: the video available in spanish and english. >> if you're in a station, move away from the p

now, as far as rainfall potential, computer models suggest 1.1 inches at reagan national. 10th of an inch more at b.w.i. lesser amounts south and north. i think the jackpot area will be in the higher elevations. check out the next seven days. one thing we do not see still is any signs of cold air and any arctic air. forecast for tomorrow will be for the rain coming to an end. 30% chance in the morning. 60 degree high temperatures. sunshine, 56 degrees on thursday. friday another system and this one might be a little stronger than the last. it's still going to be rain. 60% chance of rain developing friday friday night ending sometime saturday afternoon or evening. sunday looks great. partly cloudy 56. sunshine, 57 on monday. so springlike temperatures. not quite. >> 10 days. >> that's the previous spring. snow and ice. >> coming up at noon we're getting a check back in on that breaking news happening right now in prince george's county. >> if you're just joining us before "millionaire" another look at the breaking news this afternoon. an overturned tanker truck on the i-95 there south

still, not that cold right now at reagan national. 41 degrees. the wind is calm. high-level clouds are moving in, so the temperatures tonight will not be bottoming out all that much. still, it's going to be worthy of a jacket in the morning. ready to degrees in frederick, 33 dulles, 37 winchester, 40 degrees right now andrews. after a cold start tomorrow temperatures will rise nicely. the overnight will be in the upper 20's, mid 30's, that range. hour by hour monday, a lot of people back to work and school after a few days off from the weekend and the snow days, sunrise tomorrow at 7:29. you will be waking up too dark or conditions, the one flip side of daylight savings, but by 1 p.m. with sunshine, 53, highs in the upper 50's. increasing cloudiness especially through the late afternoon and evening as the next weather system approaches. the weather system is off to the south. i will take you there on the satellite radar, show you the showers that stretch from tennessee into eastern texas. the low pressure will track northward, bringing rain for the day tuesday. yo

this picture shows long lines at reagan national airport. he spent nearly an hour in line with no progress. jet blue says they check in passengers and issue handwritten boarding passes. while the problem is now fixed, jet blue says residual delays are expected up and down the east coast. the airline has not said exactly what caused that outage, though. stuck outside this morning waiting in the long lines. it wasn't too cold out there. doug: people are getting tired of it. good news, couple of mild days this week. slowly the pattern is evolving. a couple of weeks from now, we'll solidly be in the spring weather pattern and it will make a lot of people happy. we'll get a nice day today. we're looking live now. this is a view from clark county high school not that far west of the metro area. that's a good sign even though we see bands of clouds we do see lots of blue skies. the pattern will continue to move from west to east beside this morning's cold front to produce some snow. temperatures will make a nice recovery through the afternoon. righ

right now, 43, a little breeze at reagan national at 4. with the breeze it feels like 42 but the wind is nowhere near as gusty as earlier today when we had wind gusts between 45 and 50 miles per hour. still a light breeze, 50 mile-per-hour wind in frederick 12 andrews, but the calm wind is allowing the temperatures to drop. 43 andrews 44 lexington park. i want to jump backwards to talk about the hiker pictures today. reagan national 58, the average 55. 79 degrees in denver, record. 84 rapid city, 73 today in the northern plains. it was really, really warm. still cold in new england, but that air mass will be lifting and moderating a bit to the north. overall, clear skies overhead, high cloudiness to the west. the main weather feature is the high pressure. that will be funneling in southerly wind tomorrow, tapping into the warmer air mass to the south. the only thing that you will notice are the high clouds. it will be a mild day, but not fully sunny. i think we will still take 60's, especially with the temperatures only getting into the 40

let's take a look at reagan national airport 28 degrees. winds are out of the northwest at 16 miles an hour. wind chill factor of 17 so as you go out to shovel this evening, you'll want to bundle up. hat, gloves scarves the works. you'll need it as we move through the next couple of hours or so. we'll start you off with montgomery county. earlier today germantown picking up around seven inches. damascus maryland at about 6.5 inches of snow. head to fairfax county where the snow totals are pretty much the same. 6.4 in reston. and arlington county sort of a mixed bag in terms of snow totals ranging from four inches in cherrydale barcroft saw 3.2 inches of snow. we'll continue to add to this for the next half-hour to 45 minutes. we do not expect significant additional accumulations. winter storm warning does continue. however, i believe it's going to probably cancel out a little bit before the expiration time of 10:00. 9:00 it differs as you head further to the west. we're going to look for clearing skies later on tonight. here's the leading e

we actually hit 73 degrees earlier today at reagan national for the high. but now, we dropped 66 there now. 52 in gaithersburg. 54 in winchester. warmer temperatures south and east. the gusty winds will blow the colder air southeast towards the atlantic coast. winds gust out of the northwest at 36 miles per hour at gaithersburg. 38 at quantico and 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts reported at reagan national airport. we will turn colder and have that steady decline in temperatures. we'll have an average wake-up of 32 degrees. the range across our viewing area 25 to 34 degrees. on top of that we'll have a breeze out there. it will knock the wind chills a bit lower. in fact take a look at our future wind chills for 8:00 tonight, range from the 30's to low 40's and then overnight through tomorrow morning, wind chills backing into the mid 20's and downtown tomorrow morning, plan ahead. as we get through the day it will s on the chilly side. air temperatures near 50. wind chills remaining lower. it will be a chilly day. so long to the 70's for a while. 32 in the morni

bhfs when was the last time reagan national made 70 degrees? >> the last time. >> 70 degrees. >> 70? >> i'm going to say april. >> you adopt think we made 70 all summer last year? >> oh! >> i meant the earliest! >> no, we haven't been 70 since december 1st! crazy stuff. here is the answer to your quiz here on the screen. last time reagan national was 70 was december 1st 2014. >> april 1st! >> i meant the earliest we saw 70 last year. >> we're giving you an f. we'll have an english quiz next hour. you'll do better i'm sure. 70 or bust at reagan national is the hashtag. we're at 50. light south wind now. a gusty northwesterly wind later on this afternoon. 62 by 10:00 a.m. 67 by noon. if we have our higher in 70 today it will be between noon and 2:00 p.m. so those are the magic hours to enjoy it. your hometown forecast in stafford virginia 70 for sure. down near freezing tomorrow morning with windchills near 20 and highs in the 40s. have the storm team 4 weather app to go for the changes coming our way. there's future weather. here comes the cold

reagan national, 24 degrees. dulles, 10 degrees. up to degrees from last night. -- two degrees from last night. it is cold out there. tomorrow, a lot of sunshine and milder temperatures. daytime highs of eventually making it into the middle 40's. wait until you see the seven day outlook. >> the left overs from yesterday's winter storm are still causing problems. you can find lots of them around. more on the road conditions at this hour. tom, how does it look? >> things are a lot better than they were 24 hours ago. the bad news, a lot of streets like 36 in northwest with a lot of ice and snow on them. some of it re-froze. some of it never froze to begin with, but once it got dark, there was a lot of ice around. but things are better than thursday night. after waiting all day residents of spring land lane finally got a visit from a plow. >> it is later than normal. >> pieces overall, the district has done a good job handling the storm. >> i would give them a seven out of 10. eight out of 10. it looks pretty good. the sidewalks as well

the hotspot is reagan national at 47. if we get that, we might get up to 50 or 51, but that is well low average. it is 25 degrees cooler today than it was yesterday. jumy: german prosecutors say the copilot on that german wing plane may have hidden evidence of an illness from his employer. authorities say he run down the plane in the french outs tuesday. there is new evidence found in his home and there are new regulations being considered. reporter: was he hiding something? enforcement searched the pilots apartment in dusseldorf, germany. no suicide note was discovered. documents were found that suggest an ongoing medical illness and treatment. papers including a sick note that make clear that he was hiding his illness rum his employer. what that was is still a mystery. the ceo for the airline says he passed mental health screening tests and was 100% fit the fly. he became a pilot in 2013, but was relatively inexperienced. he had just 630 hours of flight time. investigators are piecing together what happened in the final

temperatures falling. 56 at reagan national. looking at doppler radar, the heaviest activity off of dc. heavier downpours. closer inside the beltway alexandria just a few lingering showers. we will talk about the upcoming weekend and a cold saturday in a few minutes. scott: new questions about the copilot accused of purposely crashing a german airliner with 150 people on board. it is bringing to light the issue of mental health among pilots. jay korff's live with the investigation. jay: what happened -- we spoke to investigator who said what happened is in settling -- unsettling. investigators believe the copilot locked himself while the pilot was likely in the restroom and then programmed the plane to fly into a mountainside, killing all 150 aboard. this development has authorities grambling for a motive. they are delving into his state of mind. >> he had a plan. he knew when the captain left he was going to make his move. he had to actively change the flight management system to direct the aircraft. jay: in general, the indust

at 6:45, our temperature is 57 degrees at reagan national. sunset not until 7:08. it is still 62 degrees in fredericksburg, 51 in baltimore. a little cooler further north but our average is 53. tonight with a few more clouds, lows will fall into the mid-30's in the city. in for a nice and dry start to the work and school week. you will want the umbrella by tuesday. that little hiccup i was talking about is on friday, when we may have the possibility of a light wintry mix. we will talk more in detail. scott: we will check back in soon. after weeks of horrible weather especially on the weekend today was a day to get outside and enjoy the big change underway. diane cho is live near the tidal basin with how people are out enjoying all of this. diane? diane: scott, despite warmer temperatures today, you can see the tidal basin is still frozen over right now. across the way, there are plenty of people enjoying the weather at the jefferson memorial. based on the conversations we had, many are ready to put their winter coats away for a while. while we may have lost an hour

right now we are sitting at 43 at reagan national. we have not dropped much. 36 bw, 39 gaithersburg. cloudy and cool waking up in the morning, the clouds pushing eastward. already a few showers making their way into western maryland. morgantown, west virginia, the first spot that is actually reporting light rain. it will take a while because the air is still relatively dry, but notice there is not a lot of precipitation. just a quick moving system, so it should only impact the morning commute before moving out and it should out to be a pretty nice rest of the monday. the front will be responsible for the showers early tomorrow morning. it will be very few and far between. the futurecast shows some of the light rain showers pushing in from about 5:00, 7:00, quickly exiting. midmorning, lunchtime, the sun will be shining. it will be breezy but noticeably warmer, topping out near 60 degrees. another chance of rain moves and tuesday. 39 overnight in the city, mid 30's in the suburbs. just a slight chance of rain showers early in the day.

today, 49 degrees at reagan national, tomorrow we will be in the 50's. right now, not bad. 42 at reagan national and dulles and bwi, 47 quantico and fredericksburg. look how much milder it is than just 24 hours ago. yes, these numbers are correct 32 degrees higher, the temperature is, at dulles than before hours ago. it will be nowhere near as cold as last night. last night we had record breaking lows, but not the case tonight, staying in the 30's. 7:00 a.m., partly cloudy skies still dark with sunrise at 7:08 as we spring forward for daylight savings time at 2:00 in the morning. looking really good as we spring forward into daylight savings time. seasonal highs expected the next seven days and also tracking the next chance of supplication. i will have the details coming up from the stormwatch 7 weather center coming up. kelly: looking forward to that. it has been warmer today than the past week, but still too cold to go without heat. that is what some residents in fort meade, maryland, rubbing forced to do tonight because of a gas outage in a potomac pl

already in the teens in frederick in gaithersburg, 25 reagan national. this is the store moving our way overnight. waking up tomorrow morning 7:00, 9:00 or so, light snow advancing from the west as we move through the morning. it stays dry as we head through the overnight. tomorrow morning, we are looking for snow to develop. some of the snow may be heavy especially north and west. just take a coating in the district. the wintry mix could have freezing rain and being as rain as we move through the evening. then all of this will be out of here late tomorrow night. the impact on the area, it depends on where you live. further north and west, the snow impact, but the main impact will be sleet and freezing rain, especially on untreated roadways and sidewalks and overpasses. the rain is not much of a problem tomorrow night. the timing and what to expect, how much snow will fall come all of that coming up. kimberly: let's talk about the roads, vdot and the maryland state highway administration say that crews pretreated roadways today. the trucks will be on the

the official high at reagan national, 59 degrees. off to the south, even warmer in north carolina, 71 today in raleigh and wilmington. enjoy another warm day tomorrow with highs into the upper 50's, low 60's. a little more cloud cover tonight, the temperatures falling into the middle 30's downtown. i think the 20's in the suburbs don't be full become even though it will be nice and mild tomorrow, it will be chikllylly heading out the door, so make sure the kids have their jacket". lunchtime 53, highs in the afternoon climbing into the upper 50's, lower 60's. another thing to note, sunrise tomorrow, since we switched back to daylight savings time, not until 7:29, so be especially careful by the bus stops because visibility will be reduced. we have some high clouds moving in tonight associated with the week weather system approaching from the west. the next chance of precipitation will come from the showers already moving into the deep south. the low pressure will track north and bring us the chance of rain tuesday. i will show you the

>> reporter: she will meet him for the first time at reagan national airport. and now that moment -- >> is that him in the blue sweater? >> reporter: the one she's waited two decades for is here. >> how are you? oh, my gosh. >> your moment is now a reality. >> yeah. wow. now, i get to digest it all. >> these two have a lot to digest, sharing photos. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's embarrassing. >> a beautiful car. >> and this is a beautiful moment. one they'll never forget. >> i'm a happier person. >> we're going to be up late tonight. >> definitely catching up a little bit. >> at reagan national, news 4. >> such good news. well it's been seven years since the iconic watergate hotel closed. but it's set to reopen soon. the $125 million renovation is almost complete. the watergate hotel can host guests starting late summer or early fall. the watergate complex, of course was made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to the resignation of richard nixon. the mayor says the rejuvenated hotel will be good for business generating 350 jobs in tax revenue for the district. >>

[laughter] steve: it is now 45 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the west, northwest at 16. the dew point level, not so bad. 73 degrees was the high earlier today. that is well below average this time of year. the record 81, back in 1989. are your eyes bothering you sniffly nose, coughing, hard time talking? this could be the reason, the tree pollen is in the high range. coming days, even though it will be cooler, the pollen count will continue to increase. 40 dulles, 37 winchester, the temperatures have really cool down. compared with yesterday at this time, about 20 to 25 degrees cooler. we are about eight to 10 degrees cooler in the d.c. metro area. the temperatures continuing to fall to the north and west. nighttime lows middle 20's. inside capital beltway, 32 to 34. clear skies, which means a cold start in the morning. no problems during the daytime tomorrow. high pressure overhead. clouds will increase through the day thursday. with the clouds, we may have a little bit of a winter mix. it is not going to add up to way lot. this happens early, early friday morning. most

compared with yesterday, 10 degrees colder at reagan national airport. the colder air beginning to move in from the north and west. flurries develop across central pennsylvania, west virginia. overnight, the flurries began in the next few hours. they may continue into the day tomorrow. the temperatures will have a hard time reaching the middle 40's. sunday, weekly or out. the high pressure builds bringing us warmer temperatures, especially for the upcoming week. -- sunday, we clear out. partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight, flurries, the wind out of the northwest. breezy tomorrow, flurries indicated in the shade of blue. through the day sunday, the high pressure becomes our friend. once this moves further off, we are looking for a change in wind direction, warming us up next week's stop 45 the high tomorrow, stray flurries. the windchill will make it feel about 10, 12 degrees colder. the extended outlook ugh the high 50 degrees. tuesday we are talking 60. middle 60's wednesday, chance of showers thursday and friday. pass the weekend things begin to impr

winds gust 33 miles per hour at the top of the hour at reagan national. it's gusty but mild at the moment. later tonight as skies clear and the showers move out, temperatures will get colder with a northerly wind down to 37 by morning and anymore 70 degree days in our forecast? we'll let you know in a few minutes. alison? alison: we hope so. see you then. developing now, a recently fired firefighter is in police custody accused of holding his former co-workers hostage. it happened this morning in elkins park outside of philadelphia. police say the suspect held four firefighters at gun point and at one point actually shot into a wall. and negotiators convinced the gunman to surrender. police say that suspect was fired yesterday. leon: a music producer is heading to prison because he executed a man in front a young child. he has the story you'll see only on 7. reporter: it was november 2002. wesley king and his then 11-year-old daughter were walking to their silver spring apartment. clement reynolds upset over a recent drug deal ambushed the duo at gun poin

rich edson at reagan national in d.c.. just tell us how bad is it? >> how bad is the weather or the delay is? stuart: that is pathetic. >> you are inside too. stuart: that is my job. >> you want to deal with this story of will to a weather story. stuart: get along with it. stuart: >> it is knowing three feet from me, very treacherous. not even sticking yet been has canceled everything. has 4 flights, nationwide 3300 flights already cancelled today. would get the big spot dallas, fort worth, philly and $2.56 national airport, la guardia, newark and dulles coming in at 116 flights canceled. already major delays throughout the country or just canceled flights to get ready for major delays the rest of the week. stuart: not funny. i have breaking news on this story. of plane has slid off the it runway at la guardia airport. it is at delta of plane, you are looking at a static shot at la guardia, smelling very hard there. in new york, you see in the background plane skidded off the runway. monica was hoping to fly from la guardia to miami this afternoon. >

numbers right now, still holding in the 50's. 58 at reagan national. through the evening, we'll hang on to the clear skies and the gusty winds will diminish. people have a wake-up temperature averaging 34 degrees. sunny in the morning but then the clouds roll in. look at minneapolis, 60 degrees and 72 in kansas city. warm air won't make it north because the cloud and change in the wind direction will keep it in the lower 50's. we'll start with the sun and see the clouds roll in from this developing storm complex. it's a low pressure area with the warm front extending to the east. what the warm front will do is push us to 60 degrees saturday. it's all about the rain. rain will move in probably 6:00 7:00 tomorrow evening. may be steady at times and may be heavy at times tomorrow night, saturday morning. periods of rain saturday. warm front will come through. when the cold front following the storm crosses the area late in the afternoon, rain will end and skies will clear. check it out the next seven days. 53 tomorrow with a 30% chance of rain by evening,

as far as the numbers go, 38 degrees right now at reagan national. north-northeasterly winds at 13 miles an hour. definitely chilly and damp. numbers wise, well below average temperatures. no surprise there. 45 is the high. that was right after midnight. 36 is the morning low. 57 and 39d are the averages for this time of year and we're holding right where we've been for the past several hours. 38 at reagan national. 36 in frederick. temperatures may drop a couple of degrees but probably not that much. temperatures to our east couple of degrees warmer, couple of degrees warmer and we're focused on areas from st. louis to nashville. that leading edge is coming our way tomorrow thanks to increasing southwesterly winds. after the storm continues to exit the coast, we'll see some clearing and those winds will literally transport in warmer temperatures. expecting highs approaching 60 degrees in spots tomorrow. cold front will come through the region saturday night and change things a bit. it's demonstrated nicely on our futurecast. some breaks in the cloud

struggle at the 50 degree mark. 45 at reagan national. north-northwesterly winds at 21 miles an hour. the air is very dry. twenl there's definitely a chill in the air. 42 degrees in quantico. well, through the afternoon hours, we'll see a lot of sunshine. temperatures again below average. high at best 52. breezes will make it feel a bit colder. outside the belfort furniture weather center, in the upper 40's and then all the conversations turn about what's going to come our way the next couple of days. tomorrow, we'll see increasing cloudiness. through the day, you'll see the clouds on the futurecast move in. winds generally out of the southeast. as we get through the day on friday, here's what's approaching. rain, rain could be mixed with snow early in the morning. areas north and west could get some grassy accumulations. we'll break down the timing and possible impacts and a lot more when i join you in the studio in just a few minutes. jummy? jummy: see you then. we are awaiting word from the secret service on new lab results that will c

we're at 52 at reagan national with cloudy skies. it's a cool day. we had a few showers in the eastern part of the viewing area this afternoon. few more tomorrow morning and then the thunderstorms tomorrow evening. in between those two times, we'll enjoy sunshine and warm weather. here's the batch of rain that we had earlier. now a bit stronger as it heads to the eastern shore. later tonight, some fog around the area maybe some rain early tomorrow morning. temperatures, cool definitely below our average high of 59 degrees. 52 at reagan national and 48 at gaithersburg and 49 in quantico. there's plenty of warm air to go around to the south and west. kind of a wedge of cooler air now but these warmer temperatures will make inroads tonight and tomorrow so as the warmer air moves in overhead it we'll get some fog tonight and may get sprinkle or shower in the morning. in the afternoon, break out into sunshine. and then have to deal with showers and thunderstorms developing along the trailing cold front and that's really an issue here that we have to keep

pentagon city crystal city reagan national airport. way off in the distant horizon because the skies have cleared. you can see all of that. we couldn't see more than 1500 feet this morning but it's cleared out nicely. 65 with the breeze out of the northwest right now at reagan national airport. so temperatures they're comfortable now after rising through the 60's during the day. turn around but won't get terribly cold overnight. you won't find any terribly cold weather in the seven-day outlook. things are looking up. 52 in new york city and laguardia. 65 in comparison here and temperatures 70 or higher through parts of the midwest central and southern plains. that's the weather pattern that will shift in our direction late on friday and into saturday. in between teams, we'll take a look at this and enjoy it. all these numbers show how much warmer it is now than it was last year. folks getting a tease of spring weather. tomorrow, we'll have sunshine and then the next storm system shots on its way to chicago land. that likely will bring

and 29 at reagan national airport. and we'll continue to see the wind gusts for a while. the strongest winds are at higher elevations. in fact, the wind advisory has been extended until midnight at elevations above 1500 feet. if you live in those areas you know it already. you got the big wind. things will clear out tonight as the front and system move out of here. clear skies by morning and plenty of sunshine tomorrow. look for a couple of clouds at times passing by but generally very pleasant weather. next area of rain not affecting us until sometime on friday. overnight, clearing skies. as the rain ends northerly winds and lows of 37 degrees by morning. lots of sunshine by tomorrow will be cooler than today. highs of 58. as we get through thursday and friday, look at those temperatures. sunshine and clouds move through with another cold front. rain at times through the afternoon and evening. rain should end by the midday. highs of 56. easter sunday looks pleasant for the easter bonnet. are you going to wear an easter bonnet, leon? 63. and the nats play ball, 64 with pa

>> reporter: she'll meet him for first time at reagan national airport. and now that moment -- >> is that him in the blue sweater. >> reporter: the one she's waited two decades for is here. >> how are you? my god. >> reporter: your moment is now a reality. >> yeah. wow. now i get to digest it all. >> reporter: these two have a lot to digest. sharing photos. >> oh my god. >> that's embarrassing. >> that's hilarious. that's a beautiful car. >> reporter: and this is a beautiful moment one they'll never forget. >> i'm happier person. >> i think we'll be up late tonight. >> definitely catching up a little bit. >> reporter: at reagan national shomari stone, news 4. >>> and i'm tracking the latest on the rain and the snow it will affect your morning commute. when it moves in and when it moves out. >> our infrastructure wasn't able to handle the frigid temperatures. >> and the i-team investigates the heavy toll the long winter took on maryland schools. >>> one local team battles to overtime. >>> we continue to follow breaking news. and we're going to take you out

the official high at reagan national will be 10 degrees below our record high for the day. these wild turn arounds in temperatures very indicative of early spring patterns. not only here but around the country. 49 the morning low. don't get used to the 70's. it will be a while before they come back here. 76 in reagan national still. 73 at dulles. 72 degrees in gaithersburg and cooler air to the other side of those mountains there. the cold air is headed to town and we'll see the numbers drop only about 52 for a high and then falling late afternoon but late afternoon will see a little glimpse of sunshine developing and after that get ready for some late winltter feel to the air. look at this on saturday. partly to cloudy and breezy. maybe a few passing snow flurries. sunday, up to 50 with the sun. breezy again but warmer on monday. tuesday, wednesday and thursday nice average spring temperatures in the lower 60's with the next chance of rain by thursday. scott and tim? scott: all right. something to look forward to. tim: hockey tonight, brother. that weather now, getting int

they're at reagan national airport. big hugs tears, too. and they have a lot of years to catch up on. >> and the fact that they found each other. it's amazing with the internet searching, social media. just connecting people. >> and you saw the kids in video. she has kids, husband, and a whole new family for him to get to know. >>> all right, mr. chuck bell. >> i didn't. >> good morning. >> it's raining outside at our studios here. but snowflakes are all over the place this morning. all you have to do is just go a little farther up to the north and wednesday, and wham it changes right over to snow. if you've got snowflakes flying in your yard send me a picture, picture, @chuckbell4. or look us up on the storm team 4 facebook page or instragram, as well. but winter hanging on tough around here. snow in march, not all that unusual. latest snow on record in washington april the 12th. 1918. almost 100 years ago. had 2 inches of snow in the month of april. for us road impacts for today, biggest impacts will be on i-70 68 270, and i-81. red light

none of that crazy stuff. 62 at reagan national andrews. 48 in quantico. there's a good example of the wind blowing on the tidal basin. it's cooler there as well. here's a look at what's happening with the satellite and radar together. there's a break to the southwest. but the main body of cloudiness moving through the ohio valley ahead of the storm system that will be more fully developing across sections of arkansas western tennessee tomorrow. as it makes a bead on our area guaranteed to bring us rain. a question of how much. maybe enough maybe enough to give us close to an inch of rain by the time it tapers off later wednesday. futurecast giving us time and location of the area of showers. this is centered on noon tomorrow when the rain will be overspreading the area from the south and west. more rain at times during the day into the day on tuesday and probably through tuesday evening and wednesday as well. another system will kind of reinforce this with the warm front moving through. a lot of rain. that's the concern. as part of the potential, by early

officially 71 today at reagan national the high. average is 56 degrees. we're on our way down right now. 13 degree drop since midday. 52 in gaithersburg and already in the 40's. the higher elevations in the mountains. it will be the process through the night of the gusty winds bringing in the colder air. winds gusting within the hour at 36 miles an hour at reagan national. 31-mile-per-hour gusts at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and gusty winds will d bit. it will remain rather breezy throughout the overnight hours. forecasting morning temperatures between 25 and 34 degrees and put on top of that bit of a breeze. 10 to 15 miles per hour could knock the chills briefly down a bit more. a dramatic change over the past 48 hours. plan ahead for tomorrow morning. it will feel a whole lot different than it did. 31 in burlington. all this cold air is being driven in by the persistent northwesterly winds. so not only colder air but wind chills to deal with as well. our futurecast paints a pretty nice picture around the area with high pressure building in and lots of sun

that's it right now at reagan national airport. winds are out of the south around five miles per hour. wind chill factor at 23 degrees. so there's definitely a chill in the air. and it's going to stay chilly at least as we move through the overnight hours into early tomorrow. look at the high. only made it up to 29 degrees. our average for this time of year is 52. record+n[f 81 set back in 1961. 23 at dulles. 25 at winchester. 21 at b.w.i. marshall. any way you look at, it it's cold out there. it stays cold overnight and we're going to see temperatures once again not record breaking temperatures, but still, very cold for this time of year. warmer air off to the west of us. look at kansas city. they're at 58 degrees. once we get our winds to change direction, more out of the south-southwest. that warmer and milder air will overspread the mid atlantic. not going to happen tonight. 15 degrees inside the capital beltway. single digits to the north and west of us for morning temperatures come tomorrow. satellite and radar not a lot goin

it's 48 degrees at reagan national airport. at least we don't have to deal with a wind chill factor because the wind pretty much nonexistent right now. earlier today, we did make it up to 51 degrees. one degree below average for this time of the year. that record sounds fantastic. 82 set back in 1983. not happening any time soon because we have a big snowstorm on the way. show you temperatures you can see springtime temperatures just to the south of us. this warmer air wants to lift itself northward. it's having a hard time. reason why a very strong cold front just off to the west of us. updated numbers now. 28 degrees in detroit. 19 in chicago. single digits in minneapolis and duluth and we'll be waking up to single digits and lower teens come early, early friday morning. temperatures closer in. you can see 48 at reagan national. 43 dulles. same in gaithersburg. so everything that's falling right now falls in the form of rain. it will stay like that for at least the next six to eight hours or so looking at live doppler radar,

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 before changing all toway rain. talk more about that in a couple of minutes and more on the second day. ready to spring into spring. >> we are ready for that. right now we are thawing the case but it wasn't the case this morning. many saw it soon as you walked out of the door. ice everywhere. news 4 is in clarendon, many began chip ago way at the ice. bet had you do that too. didn't you, richard? >> reporter: absolutely barbara. who didn't? starting off the day with the ice scr

wear sitting at 47 at reagan national. that's as warm as we've been all day. 32 pittsburgh. 20s in cleveland. tomorrow even colder with a threat for some flurries. yeah, that's how the weekend starts. i'm give you the whole seven day in a few minutes. >> thanks, howard. >>> investigators in germany and france are digging into the backgrounds of the copilot accused of flying a commercial jet into a mountainside. all 150 people on the flight were killed, including 58-year- old yvonne selke and her 23- year-old daughter emily from nokesville, virginia. as kris van cleave reports, police are starting to uncover evidence that andreas lubitz may have had serious psychological problems. >> reporter: german prosecutors found medical documents in andreas lubitz' dusseldorf apartment that indicate he hid an existing illness and medical treatment doctors prescribed. they also discovered a sick notice excusing him from a day of work the day of the crash. in some german authorities are finding he was treated for severe depression years

it's 47 at reagan national. the wind is a little strong out of the north, northwest at 12 miles per hour. we are still dealing with breezy conditions but nowhere near the incredibly gusting winds we had today gusting nearly 40 miles per hour. overnight tonight winds continue to diminish. we are relaxing those winds and that's going to allow temperatures to dip overnight. so we'll get into the 30s in pay lot of our outlying -- a lot of our outlying suburbs, but we will not dip below freezing. monday a fair amount of sunshine mixing with the cloud cover. tuesday a weak frontal boundary moves through bringing a quick spotty shower. on satellite and radar it's nice and clear. we had clouds early in the day. because of that gusty wind pulling down moisture from the north. 9 futurecast nice weather returns on monday, high temperatures back into the 60s. here comes that very weak disturbance. it will bring a few sprinkles and showers primarily north of the mason-dixon line. they get close to maryland and there is the p

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