chuck bell is here, melissa mollet is in for traffic and we want to begin with chuck. >> it's very cold outside this morning. erin picked aaron picked a good week to be on vacation. weather head lines today, clear, cold and very windy outside. that howling wind will make for during the daylight hours today. below freezing all day tomorrow. could start to see a little light snow late tomorrow evening into early saturday morning. it will turn into all rain by saturday afternoon but we could potentially get our first inch of snow here first thing saturday. temperatures -- hourly temperatures even after the sun comes up, temperatures will not respond pleasantly at all. so the cold forecast here for today, temperatures in the 20s. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. chills near 10 during the day today. just flatout dangerous this morning. temperatures will at or near, perhaps below zero at the time. make sure that everybody is staying safe and warm and inside. melissa, you followed the best advice. you stayed indoors last night, didn't you? >> i did, with my one piece fleece outfit on. rig

did you do that, chuck bell? >> no. >> i need a little help this morning. >> not taking the heat at all. if it was weather related, maybe. i otherwis responsibility, hopefully you got at least some of the rain fall needed in your backyard. 60s to 70s. rainfalls varied wildly. meanwhile dulles airport, almost an inch and a third. that was the daily rainfall. here's radar. north and west. the colder air is still lagging a good bit behind. the cold front itself has already gone by. the winds have turned out to the west and northwest, but the colder air itself is going to wait until we get into the daylight hours before it starts to filter in. by 10:00 this morning, skies mostly sunny around here. maybe a few extra clouds out toward frostburg and morgantown. mid-50s around the city right now. there are 40s in the shenandoah valley. afternoon temperatures even with sunshine, struggling. we won't move much. what you see is what you get out the door this morning. mostly in the 50s. our high has pretty much already happe

chuck bell looks like she's going to punch you many the face. we've been warning you all week and it is here and we can certainly feel it. >> upper cut? >> a square cut right on the button. >> yeah, it's going to leave a mark for sure. a little piece of the polar vortex. >> i love that you still have this, chuck bell. >> absolutely. this license plate was on my car in 1996. so polar vortex may be a new word to a lot but it's not to the weather folks. >> and justin finch is in northern virginia and we'll have him in just a moment. but the man of the hour is here. okay. sound the alarm, the words polar vortex have been said. >> that's right. >> and away we go. >> a little piece of it is here for sure. very windy and dangerously cold outside. not as much danger this morning but boy, it's not going to get any better with time. in fact, during the daylight to fall. we'll be below freezing for the remainder of the day today and throughout tomorrow as well. that cold air will be in place, we may still have a chance for some light snow late friday night

turn to meteorologist chuck bell. we need people to be able to access the nbc washington app on the phone. >> absolutely right. that's what i'm giving you for app. absolutely free. no charge to you. that's just the kind of guy i am. >> [ inaudible ]. >> we already have it. >> i have two of them. >> well. then i'll have to come up with something else. what did you want? i asked you this yesterday. he never told me what he wanted for christmas this year. start working on it. santa is listening. outside mostly clear sky this morning. just finished up the month of november, another month warmer than average and when you combine all of the autumn and fall months, september, october and november, it was autumn on record. and, in fact, four of the top ten warmest autumns have all happened in just the last ten years. certainly little bit of a milder weather around here that we've become accustomed to. look at the national radar here, all the unsettled weather today is literally on or over the four corners. seattle, san diego,

let us check in with chuck bell for a look at our forecast right now. what do you think, chuck? >> i think it will be a cold rainy start on your monday. there could be some pockets of freezing rain up near the maryland/pennsylvania border. not looking for a big impact, can cause an issue. so sidewalks, streets, and handrails could be glazed in northern maryland and eastern west virginia. around town, it will just be rain. temperatures are close to 40 degrees around the city. but that freezing rain advisory does go for frederick county, maryland, washington county, up into are martinsburg and frederick county, virginia, as well. not looking for a big accumulation, but even that little glaze gets it ugly. so bus stop weather upper 30s to around 40 and wet on your way out this morning. so what to wear? umbrellas, hats and warm coat for today. start looking for the industrial strength heavy coats because it will get bitter cold around here later this week. but a cold rain on a monday morning, melissa no mollet, it's an f. >> i wouldn't give 95 right now an f. we keep our fingers cro

search for chuck bell 4 and we'll do our best to keep you ahead of the storm. this is the leading edge of the cloud cover coming here. clouds that will help seal out much of a warmup during the day. it is a cold one. my buddy and colleague lauren ricketts -- i was going to say melissa and she's standing right here. lauren is out in the cold. >> reporter: it's hard because melissa is always with you. they let me come in this morning to let you know how cold it was. they said, lauren, you're going outside. it is certainly cold out here. you talk about electric socks and blankets, oh, boy, what i would give to have one right now. current temperatures, 17, pretty much wind and the good news the went is dying down. a little breeze out there. still, it makes it feel like single digits. 6 degrees is the windchill right now. of course, the winds dying down through the day and the winds bringing in again maybe a little bit of a wintery mix as we get into the morning. chuck has more on the timing. >> here you go, 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. possibility of sleet or freezi

so we'll check in with chuck bell. so you're telling me that we're cutting temperatures in half at one point? >> cut them in half? >> 40s to 20s? >> oh, i see what you mean. i guess, it's not like a cake. you can't cut it in half exactly. but i get where you're coming from though. temperatures will be taking a real drop as we get towards wednesday night on into thursday and friday. you're going to need to start the last ten months. for today, clouds continue to thicken out here early this morning. might get a little peek of sunshine early, but clouds will win by later on this afternoon. temperatures mostly in the 30s. should be up into the mid and upper 40s for a brief time this afternoon. then by 7:00 tonight mostly cloudy and we'll get any sprinkles around today it will be much later on in the afternoon into the evening. here's where the moisture is coming from. no big storm, just oozing moisture kind of coming in our general direction. so here's the way future weather tracks it on out. clouds thickening during the c

just chursearch for chuck bell . yesterday brought a 54-mile-per-hour wind gust when the cold erica racing through washington. we're still left with a mostly cloudy sky this morning. bulk of the morningerica racing washington. we're still left with a mostly cloudy sky this morning. bulk of the morning of the moisture is across tidewater. we could have freezing drizzle or spits of rain, but with temperatures below freezing, any little bits of something that falls out of the sky will be frozen this morning. clearing line is well back out to our north and west. we'll get more and more sunshine later on today. here is future weather to help you plan the day out. most of the cloud cover out of here between now and 10:00 in the morning. kind of a few extra clouds come in after is before 5:00 this time of the year. and partly cloudy overnight tonight and then dry tomorrow with the sunshine really making a big comeback tomorrow. highs in your home up to today only 34 for a high in gaithersburg, 35 today in manassas, 39 in wa

the whole ten day coming up at good morning. >> good morning chuck bell. you have a new problem, 270 south there. we will be looking into that one in the next couple minutes. 66 overall no major problems. 95 northbound and southbound rolling along okay this morning. inner loop and outer loop, no big worries there. chopper 4 showing us just a little bit of volume there and thickness near new hampshire avenue. southbound 29 at broken land parkway we still have that crash hanging around there this at old hundred getting slow there as well. guys? >> thank you. >>> 6:20 right now. a very unusual campaign to prevent drunk driving at a canadian town this morning. police in kensington say people caught driving drunk will have to listen to nickelback on the way to the police station. now they posted their threat on their facebook page. it says if you are foolish enough to be -- to get behinds the wheel after drinking, this is, quote, the perfect gift for you. let's not ruin a >> wait a minute. i got a tweet from the alexandria police department that says our friend

. >>> let's check in with chuck bell to get to the forecast. expecting some really cold weather heading our way. >> sure are. we have today and tomorrow to get ready. we have thursday and friday to bundle up and hunker down. for today though, temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 30s right now. so if you're going to go outside and do your morning jog, know it's going to be very cold. tlouds thicken up during the day today. couldn't rule out a sprinkle or two later this evening with temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40. some of those might be flurries out toward the valley. not expecting a big impact. but for the next couple of days dangerous cold comes our way thursday and friday with temperatures down below zero at times. the early lean on the weekend, not much in the way of sunshine. a whole lot of rain chances for much of the weekend but cold enough at the beginning we may have a sleet/snow rain mix to get things started on saturday morning. the whole five-day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. >> a brand new problem that j

chuck bell 4 and we'll find you on twitter. here's the satellite picture. clear skies ahead for now. there are plenty of clouds back out to our west. these are all coming in our direction. most of this moisture is going to go to our north. if this storm had more of a southern track, we'd have a chance at a white christmas. that means we stay on the warm side of things and have no chance of snow around here for christmas. that is unfortunate. here's future weather. increasing clouds by 4:00 or 5:00. dry by 10:00 or 11:00. there might be a few sprinkles as early as after 10:00 p.m. most of the rain tomorrow. light to moderate rain in the morning hours. by early morning hours things sd all of it should be done by 5:00. so your christmas eve services won't be a problem and christmas day and first day of hanukkah will be a nice dry day. clouds back on monday and a h hit-and-miss shower. i have the forecast that peaks. that's coming up at 5:51. >> we still have this problem in centreville. ordway shut down just south there of compton road for this fatal crash inv

storm team 4's chuck bell is outside at our patio cam. say it ain't so to the snow. >> not much of a chance tonight. not worried about snowflake sighting in and around the city. it sure is cold. i can see a nearly full moon. the skies are skill clear. as long as we have the skies clear temperatures will continue to fall throughout the remainder of the evening. clouds are expected to be here by the time you wake up in the morning freezing 19 in gaithersburg. 21 in culpepper. the cold is here to say. tomorrow lots of clouds, around 40 degrees. it will be warm enough so that the next chance of precipitation here in town will be rain, coming up on monday. but more significantly colder air arrives on wednesday. that brings us the first of two snow chances. one on wednesday, and one into next weekend. i'll give you the whole ten-day coming up in a bit. tomorrow we will start out in the 20s and stay only in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees tomorrow. again, more about those late-week snow chances coming. >>> alexandria police are working a death

. >>> and good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a lot of clouds outside this morning and rain chances will be creeping upwards over the next 24 hours, i'll let you know when you're most likely to need umbrellas, coming up. >>> first comes shopping, then comes exchange, a look at the next wave of the holiday shopping season and how you can be sure you're finding the best sales. >>> good morning on this december 26, 2016. i'm heroin aaron. >> and i'm kristen wright. we hope you're enjoying your day off during the holidays. it's not too cold if you plan to head out today. >> let's head out to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> no sunshine for people across the mid-atlantic for today. for tomorrow we'll get sun back for the second half of the day. not much rain today. here's the next chance for rain, the showers near cincinnati, chicago and detroit, most of it will bypass us to the north. the trailing edge of rain will come through here late tonight, early parts of the day tomorrow. right now it's really just mist and drizzle ou

we do want to bring in storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. he has a look at what to expect in the forecast. i guess it's time to pay the piper. >> well, we got away with one yesterday. it was really nice outside. i hope everyone got a chance to outdoors. 68 degrees yesterday. far and away our mildest day of the month. it was really nice yesterday. we'll call it back to average. 45 is the high temperature for today. sunny and mild, a bit of a breeze there. a couple plans for friday, saturday, sunday and monday. here's where to expect flight delays on friday, los angeles, cleveland and san antonio. saturday troubles move into the middle of the country, houston, memphis, detroit, all baa curekey on saturday. most of these are down in the seattle. portland, and seattle. maybe we'll close eye on that for new year's day. we'll be drying now the morning commute will see ice. >>> and we have a live look at the beltway. this is the epitome of everything you're seeing. georgia avenue, headlights are headed toward you. the inner loop of the beltway just

. >> melissa mollett is in your traffic center, but we want to start things off with chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. it's a cold and wet start here early on a monday morning. unfortunately, it could have a little bit of iciness across parts of northern maryland and the panhandle of west virginia this morning. here is a look at temperatures. i'm not worried about the i-95 corridor are at all. it's raining, but temperatures are way above freezing. only spots where we could see a light glazing of ice is thurmont to hagerstown, this being pocket will temperatures are just at the freezing mark. so if you're traveling 68, 70, 81 in these highlighted areas between now and 10:00 this morning, just be really careful. elevated or untreated surfaces could have a little glaze of ice on them here first thing this morning. around the city, it's just a cold nasty rain outside early on. temperatures will eventually rise into the upper 40s, sometimes maybe even into the low 50s later on today. so the ice issue is really only going to last about the next two or three hours. i'll

look up chuck bell as i can provide it to you. the cold front had a little ring out of some flurries late last night. that's all gone now. maybe a few flurries south of the bay bridge. this brown shading here, that's a wind advisory and the blue shading, that is a windchill advisory so it's going to be dangerously windy and cold. how much of each? well, at the high spots along the blue ridgel va, elevations e 2,000 feet, you could see windchills -- and this is in the high spots at 10 to 20 below zero. in and around the city i think the windchills will be in the single numbers for most of the day. these are wind gusts. 35 to nearly 40 miles per hour already. this is what it's going to feel like. temperatures are feeling like they're in the teens and 20s. this is proof that it'soi get worse with time. windchills in the single numbers by 9:00 this morning at or near zero by 5:00 this afternoon. so it is not going to be an improving weather picture at all today. staying freezing cold, but not as windy tomorrow. still about a 50/50 cha

he's going to -- you know what, chuck bell is about to come into the studio right now, aaron. you better run. >> here's the good news. santa just saved a couple of bucks on aaron. nothiut cheap. if you're planning to get outside, work on some of your holiday pounds, temperatures near 40 degrees in the morning. upper 40s and low 50s by later on this afternoon. no big concerns for working out for today. a little concern for some shopping on saturday. have some rain showers around. nothing all that major. sunday though, christmas day, looking fairly nice. if you're going out to dinner, no worries there either. checking that whole weekend forecast in the five day coming up. here's melissa mollet. maybe you'll get the bonus gift. >> i did get the bonus gift. i already tweeted, facebooked. it's lovely. chopper 4 westbound on 66 at nutley, do have a tractor-trailer incident here on the right side of the screen. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. in bound traffic, thank you, chopper 4, you can see looking quite warm. braddock road at wakefield. trying to find out more. as far

bell who is in the warm weather center, chuck. >> you say that, eun, it's chilly here. ask melissa mollet. she she's over here wrapped in her blanky. it's warmer than outside. we're watching for a chance early tomorrow. nothing to worry about today. it's all focused on the first part of your saturday morning. a winter weather advisory that includes arlington, virginia, loudoun, fairfax, prince william toward the blue ridge. a winter storm watch closer to the pennsylvania boarder. the advisory goes until 9:00. any small amounts of freezing rain or sleet could cause some very slippery roads. this is first thing tomorrow morning. ahead of it, we know it's cold. anything that comes down tomorrow morning will have no trouble sticking at all. lauren ricketts is outside. >> everybody in the control room is getting a kick. i usually come out here for about 30 seconds to air. i've had to stand out here for the last five minutes. it's cold. that much. temperatures right now 18 degrees. outside the beltway, still seeing teens across the board. we don't have much of a wind. that fe

chuck bell is here now with us to tell us how to get ready for tomorrow. today is one thing. >> typical cold outside for today, but you will really need the wool hats and the insulated jackets and all the things that you need to try to stay at your warmest. because the bottom is going to fall out of the temperatures overnight tonight. so your cold forecast, today, bundle up. typically chilly this afternoon. nothing too ma we could have a couple flurries around this evening. then tomorrow, strong winds move in overnight. we'll be below freezing all day tomorrow. in fact, tomorrow's high is 28 or 29 degrees. likely to happen at 1:00 a.m. we may not get back up about 25 or 26 during the daylight hours. then thursday evening going into friday morning, with windchills down near zero, that's the most dangerous time to be outside. make sure to check on your elderly neighbors and bring in some of the outdoor pets that may need to come inside to keep them safe from the cold. and make sure your pipes are ready to go for the chill. have your nbc washington app ready

i'm chuck bell. we're watching for a lot of clouds today. nothing all that serious. not going to have a big impact on your planning. temperatures near freezing here early this morning. we should easily be able to make it up into the mid to upper 40s later on today but under increasing numbers of clouds. can probably get away without the umbrella today but i'd have your hat and scarf and warm jacket on. start looking now for whatever the warmest thing to have to wear, start looking for it now. forecast coming up. but today's daily grade is below average. melissa you're always above average. >> at least it's not the f that we had. was that yesterday? >> yeah, that was not pretty. >> still have some road work hanging around. this is the only piece of road work right now, right lane getting by that work zone in each direction this morning. overall the beltway looking good. we don't have any big worries there on the beltway. inner and outer loop looking fine. northbound, southbound on 95, no worries. flying on into town. fairfax county to the beltway going to take you abo

chuck bell is here to help you get out the door this morning. >> a lot of people went outside today. what do they want to do today? >> yan it's a free country. and the sun will be shining. if you want to spend the afternoon outside, do that. just know it will be 20 to 25 degrees colder than yesterday afternoon. won't feel quite so balmy as it did. around the country, no big winter storms out there. snow across the northern plains and upstate new york. places where they are used to dealing with it. any possibility for flight delays? the big travel delays are friday, saturday, sunday and monday. l.a., cleveland and san antonio tomorrow. getting into the weekend, houston, memphis, detroit. on saturday they could see delays. and atlanta, miami, raleigh and salt lake city on monday. our new year's eve forecast is looking rain-free. we'll have more coming up in a few more minutes. now to jack taylor of wtop. >>> chuck, good morning. we had an issue on 95 northbound in the express lanes up n fairfax county parkway. everything was over on the shoulder. just minor delays but still very light

all the roads are back to normal. >>> and let's turn to meteorologist chuck bell now. folks will be for? >> really not a whole lot to worry about for today. that's the good news. it will be a little warmer than yesterday because it was a chilly day to be outside yesterday. dog walking yesterday afternoon was only in the mid to upper 30s. it will be about a 10-degree improvement today. the fitness forecast, how to keep the holiday pounds at a minimum. the mid-20s at lunchtime. back into the 30s by early this evening. a lot of people are getting on planes and flying around the country. flight delays are possible for tomorrow. seattle, l.a. and phoenix. friday, a little more impactful around the country. portland, san francisco, st. louis and dallas/ft. worth. saturday, out west in the inner mountain regions, l.a., salt lake city, atlanta and boston could have delays. and on christmas day itself, the upper midwest will be the hardest hit with a chance for rain and snow showers. what about our holiday weekend? saturday and sunday? what was a for rain is now a legitimate ch

chuck bell. do you? >> i do. have ready for you. four things to know about the weather for today, chilly breezes continues, the northwest wind that set up shop will be with us today and tomorrow as well. northwest wind 15 to 25 miles per hour. keeping things a little stirred up and chilly. good news it will be dry today and through the weekend. set up a few sprinkles on monday but our next chance for needed rainfall on tuesday of next week and by late next week, next friday, that gets here for the first time this season. parts of alaska, 47 below zero yesterday. coldest they've been in two years. >> that makes my bones hurt. i can't begin to imagine that. 66 here at the beltway eastbound and westbound looking good. this is the only piece of construction we have hanging around westbound 7 diverted at lexington drive because of roadwork at ashburn village boulevard. get back on to 7. the beltway all of these routes rolling nicely. see you back here with a look at 270 coming up. >> thank you. it's 4:33 right now. fairfax police are put

but first, we begin with our team of meteorologists, chuck bell to start with. chuck, good morning. >> good morning. it is indeed a cold sta lauryn is outside dealing with the temperatures. i wanted to bring you up to date on what we're really focused oven, is tomorrow. future weather model at 3:00 a.m. these areas of pink, could be a pocket of sleet or freezing rain. that continues until about 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow morning. northern maryland is the likely place to get a small accumulation of sleet or freezing rain. even the tiniest glaze of rain in the washington area could be problematic. if you have plans to drive tomorrow, if you can wait until past 10:00 or 11:00, things will dramatically improve. the ten day forecast in a few more minutes. let's go outside in the cold. good morning, lauryn. >> reporter: good morning. it is a very cold morning out here. the thing is, we do not have hee winds as powerful as yesterday. you won't be dealing with the wind factor, just the chilly temperatures. chilly it is. certainly cold out here this 18 degrees is the temper

chuck bell, not as much rain. >> no. no rain at all today. just a lot of wet and slippery leaves on the ground and sidewalks. so use caution this morning. i'll tell you, those things are forecast. everything is wet. lots of puddles around this morning. be careful for that. we'll get everything blown dry. it will be chilly by tree lighting time. temperatures will be back down in the 40s and then a colder pattern is starting to move in for the weekend. does that mean any increased chance for -- does he dare say it -- snow? i'll get the whole ten-day forecast coming up at 4:51. >>> i'm erika gonzalez at the in the line of duty. a community in mourning. this all started to unravel yesterday afternoon with police responding to shots fired in the neighborhood. a call of domestic violence. we understand one officer entered a home in question and was shot multiple times. people and other officers lining the hospital and waiting for good news for a sigh of relief, but that did not come. >>> meanwhile that neighborhood reports of a suspect in custody,

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a cloudy start out here this morning. what about rain chances? you going to need that umbrella at all today? a complete check of the forecast coming right up. >>> and two sheriff's deputies are on leave after a man was killed in florida following a standoff. clay county deputies say the man was holding a gun when he was shot. he called 911 and threatened to shoot himself, others and deputies. >> i feel bad for the families of everyone involved. i feel bad for the officers who were put in this position, but unfortunately, if you point a gun at a police officer, you are going to get shot. >> deputies say he down. the officers will remain on leave until an internal investigation is complete. >>> a man is in custody this morning accused of a deadly shooting inside of a nightclub. there were as many as 200 people inside the mansion club just outside of new york city when a man just opened fire. this happened very early yesterday morning. the club's owner was killed. five other people were hurt. police believe the suspect wante

we want to turn to chuck bell. he is keeping an eye on the forecast. starting off pretty warm. >> temperatures have been climbing overnight. mid-50s across the area now. prince george's county out toward the chesapeake bay, these rain drops in town now are headed eastbound. rain drops out of here in west virginia may graze through here between now and noontime so you'll need the umbrella. some showers around, but mild. mid to upper 50s now. mid-60s for highs today. all you'll really need is your windbreaker and your umbrella. no heavy gear required of the outside. it's mild and wet. we'll be very good later this afternooit temperatures in the 60s. 10-day forecast coming right up. let's go over to jack taylor at wtop. >> we had some activity trying to move in the stretch between braddock heights. an early morning accident going eastbound. a vehicle behind the guardrail. authorities remain on scene and only the left lane is getting by. plan for it if you're headed from hagerstown into the fred ra rick area. this is in laurel. route 1, both directions clo

we also have with us and chuck bell. >>> we are in full weather alert mode for thursday, friday and on into the weekend as well. dangerously low windchills down near zero for most of the day tomorrow. and before the cold air gets out saturday afternoon, we could have sleet, snow or ice early saturday morning. just know the weekend will start off on a slippery note. right now temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 30s around the area. 40 at national airport. as you're planning out the day hour by hour, nothing to complain about today. seasonably chilly with temperatures in the low to mid-40s. we'll have the flurries tonight as the arctic air rushes in. we'll talk about that and help you plan out the weekend coming up. >>> sounds like a plan to me. taking a look at 66 east of 28 here -- melissa, we'll get back to you in a minute. we want to check in more on the cold weather because it's going to be really cold out there as chuck mentioned. and there are some ways you can get ready for this weather. >> kristin wright is live in dupont circle with some tips for this cold weather blast

good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa. it's a breezy start to the day, but we're back to dry weather this is our tower camera looking eastbound to what will eventually be sunrise at about ten minutes. last of the clouds out there on the eastern horizon moving away. we'll get plenty of sunshine. it's anything but cold out there. it's december 1st. it should be in the 30s. your fitness forecast then, temperatures in the 50s this morning. lunchtime workout still in the 50s. keep that in mind as we're going to be outside. morning run, watch out for the puddles and slippery leaves. it will be chilly for a tree lighting time. temperatures when they turn the lights on around 47 degrees and a bit of a windchill out there. a peak of the forecast coming up in ten minutes. see you then. >> chuck, thank you. we're tracking a developing story out of washington state. a police officer has been shot to death in tacoma. officers went to a domestic violence call that included we understand one officer entered the home and was shot several

. >> and i'm eun yang with melissa mollet and chuck bell. we're just excited for the holidays. >> i know. i want to hang from the ceiling. everything is so shiny and festive. >> do i look like an ornament? >> hang from a t ceiling? yikes. >> chuck, we have to walk away from this one. it's going to get away. >> she said it lovingly. >> yeah, because she's festive and cute. >> thank you, melissa. >>> we'll get plenty of sunshine we'll have plenty of rain clouds. rain moves in late tonight, likely to be raining unless you're up at 3:00 in the morning like we are. most of the rain tomorrow will be coming to an end by about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. by 5:00 or 6:00, most areas should be rain-free and your saturday night plan will not be affected. current temperatures, back in the upper 20s. even some 20s along the i-95 corridor. want co-and fredericksburg. afternoon highs today in your hometown if you live in leesburg, it will be 48. 51 in washington and arlington. 46 down in beautiful settlement mair's city, maryland. let's go over to melis

melissa mollet with traffic but we'll begin with chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning.

go to twitter or facebook feed @chuck bell. i posted a link so you can type it in there and check out how long hours of daylight are at any given point around entire world. yes, indeed, 12 hours of daylight year-round down at the equator. meanwhile at home still waiting for sun to come up, 27 degrees, light north wind in washington. temperatures drop mid and teens out lying rural areas, frederick maryland 14, front royal luray 18 degrees. when you're starting off that cold and these are the lowest sun angles of the year, weakest sunshine we get all year long. weak sunshine and cool north breeze we'll struggle today. upper 30s to low 40s. nbc washington app. my twitter handle and facebook page. look up there and see a link to help prove that answer to be correct for you. >> unsettled weather in the northwest. that may bring slight chance of shower or two, late saturday night into sunday. by and large next couple of days are going to be cry. near 40 today. tomorrow morning we will be gradually trying to come south. it will be col

chuck bell has the what to wear forecast coming up. >>> still ahead. bus blast. what caused a man's hand to go up in fles on a public bus.am >>> well, he will be loading up the sleigh this weekend but yesterday santa spent some time going for a swim in a giant fish tank. that santa gets around. santa delivered food to fish at the national aquarium in baltimore. >> he does it all. >> he really does it all, but he's not calling melissa mollet's house, you know what i mean? >> he's a rene as soon as man. >> watched "the god fa he's going to be swimming with the fishes if he's not careful. >> good, chuck. >> not very good deniro, but i digress. temperatures not that chilly, but fair wind chill. feels like 33 in washington, 36 in winchester. you'll need your wind breaker for sure early this morning. bus stop temperatures in the 30s and 40s. the breeze will chill you down. afternoon highs near 50 degrees. what to wear? warm coat, won't need the gloves, scarf and need your hat as well. daily grade for today. evaluate today, call it very good. afternoon high around 52 de

chuck bell bac >>> good morning, everybody. it is 6:30 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kristen wright. we are working to get you out the door. >> wpot's jack taylor is in for melissa getting ready to give us an update on the road but right now chuck bell is all smiles because? >> well, it was a nice christmas weekend. i hope everybody at home had a nice christmas weekend. >> did i catch you offguard? >> no, i was smiling. i had a nice weekend. i hope everybody else enjoyed their christmas weekend as well. lots and lots of clouds today, but not much of a rain throat threat. so if you don't know where the umbrella is you can probably get away with it for today's rain chance. a little better chance there's no bitter cold coming and it will be typically chilly as we finish out the week and i'm worried that 2017 may be starting a little on the wet side. for now it is time to check on traffic. jack taylor, no smiling allowed. >> nope. all right. we're done with it? all right. >> no, no. you can smile, jack. it's okay. >> the beltway itself is s

follow me on twitter @chuckbell4 and find me on facebook under chuck bell 4, as well. give me a following and alike and we'll keep you ahead of the weather. the cold front that brought you r us from the 60s and 30s is to the south and east. clouds left over, but any bits for rain chances are well down to our south. coul or two down towards fredericksburg. but the fact that it's all below freezing and the ground is cold, be careful there early this morning. i just had a drip of water fall on me here. can you believe that? maybe i should be a little worried about this forecast. here is your ten day forecast. 30s and 40s, low 40s today and tomorrow. next little chance for a few showers comes up on thursday. most of the travel days on friday and saturday look nice. and cloudy for christmas before some after christmas rain showers return. >>> i have an umbrella in here if you need it. >> i may need one. >> inner loop at rockville pike, have a crash on ther sare seein slowdown. water street southeast between 12th and m, fire activity. all lanes blocked. being pushed on to sh

chuck bell, how you doing in that department? >> i'm a little worried melissa mollett says she has something she wants to talk to me about, about so i'm concerned and in. >> never. you're a match made in heaven. >> just teasing of course. of course that means she want as diamond for christmas. two, why not. it's going to be diamonds for everybody i guess. outside this morning, no crystal clear skies for you early this morning. clouds have been in place for the last 24 hours or so and rain coming down much of the overnight hours. just rain here in the city. south winds have temperatures up at 42 degrees at national airport. we did have a little freezing rain advisory right along the pennsylvania border, it was dropped about 35 minutes or so ago because the rain has come to an end, that will allow temperatures in northern maryland to inch their way farther above the freezing mark. still another chance for moisture coming in here and light rain between now and about lunchtime. after lunchtime, things will start to improve just a bit

meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, un and aaron. no chance for rain today. dry day. cloudy, yes, rain, no. because of the clouds and a little south breeze, nowhere near as cold this morning. next couple of days, today and tomorrow, staying on the dry side. that'so for a pretty good chance of rain showers. no heavy rain but showers on saturday. should be drying out just in time for late night services on christmas eve night. christmas day and the beginning of hanukkah, right now it's a chilly one. southerly winds with wind chills in the 30s and 40s. plan out the day hour which hour, clearing out late morning and breezy, not too cold. afternoon highs near 50 degrees. for tomorrow, little chance for some cooler weather as a cold front goes by. let's take a look at what melissa mollet has in traffic. >> good morning. nice and light right now. southbound bw parkway nasa goddard, bit of a work zone still there. bottom of the beltway, all of these dropping into town and out of town, looking quite well. no major problems. everything rolling along well. 95 at lorton northboun

melissa mollet with traffic but we'll begin with chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. that's the case for much of the day. if you plan to be outside, we'll have a fair amount of sunshine, that won't be a warm up but a fair challenge. sunny and chilly, bordering on cold depending how cold ol tolerant you are. rain chances fortunately low thursday, friday, saturday. outside it is a cold one. 18 in martinsburg, 18 fairmont merrill maryland, 27 national airport, 25 quantico. to plan out your day, don't need the umbrella but you will need winter coat. temperatures will struggle mightily. tomorrow looks a little better. highs tomorrow mid to upper 40s. still plenty of sunshine. coming up in 10 minutes i'll give you a look at that travel forecast and a peek at the weekend, a holiday weekend. good morning, melissa. >> beltway right loop, everything rolling along pretty well. 295 northbound before benning, still have that work zone blocking right lane there. it should be out of the way in 45 minutes. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, everywhere else live picture robinso

. >>> and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a mild late december day. temperatures are at 60 degrees or higher in many neighborhoods. it won't last for long. a complete check of the cooler forecast coming up. >>> we currently have a suspect we need the public's help. >> everything you can provide us in fleshing out this story would be helpful. >>> a woman is dead, now d.c. police are asking for your help to solve her murder. trisha mccauley's body with you found inside her car this morning. >> justin finch has the latest. >> reporter: angie, aaron, mccauley had not been heard from since christmas afternoon. from there the trail ran cold, that is until today. police releasing new details in the investigation. among them they say it does not appear she knew the suspect, also, too, that suspect was tracked down thanks to an alert to a northwest cvs store. he stopped inside, asked for car keys, inside that car, mccauley was found. tuesday morning came sad closure for loved ones of trisha mc excruciatingly painful for family and friends. >> our deepest condo

after the break chuck bell lets us know when we need to be on the alert for snow. >>> whatever you did this weekend it probably wasn't as cool as what bill murray had a chance to do. >> generally i don't let cubs fans into the oval office. >> i would just stick i would just -- >> that's not going to happen. >> murray and president obama traded trash talk over golf in the oval office. murray you probably know is a big chicago cubs fan while the president is a white sox fan. the two went to talk about the purpose of the video which is to encourage people to buy health insurance through the affordable care act. >> looks like murray outdid the president. >> the cup is giving him luck. >> you think the president would have the home rug advantage. this can't be the first time he putted on that rug. >> exactly. >>> are we going to get more rain today? >> the real issue going forward is the return of very cold air as we get into the second half of the week. more cold is coming. the last time we had a subfreezing high temperature at national airport was back on february 15 we had a high of only

we'll start with "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the day ahead. >> all right. skies will remain mostly clear outside and it's going to be an easy travel day, whether

. >>> chuck bell is in tracking this big dip we saw overnight and what is to come. >> that's right, big change in temperatures once again. it has really been quite the up and down roller coaster right for temperatures around here after a record low friday morning of 9 at dulles. frzing rain early saturday changed into 67 degrees yesterday afternoon. aprig rig and right now we're mostly cloudy. fortunately all the rain is out of the area, but there could still be patches of ice around. so use exsfreem caution here this morning. frozen puddles and maybe a slippery handrail or two could not be ruled out. we'll be above freezing water doesn't care. above or below freezing thashs is the only line of distinguishing differentiation. what word am i trying to -- >> i don't know. >> water doesn't care. it's either above freezing or below. that is my whole point. as long as you get to 33, it will melt. temperatures eventually mid to upper 30s later today. maybe a little bit of frozen mist or drizzle across far southern maryland, lower bay down into lower parts of the eastern shore. nothing around

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in with our with weather headlines. >> good morning. outside, feeling more like december for a change after another mild month goes into the books. breezy and dry on the cool side as we go through the weekend and as we get towards next week, much more needed rainfall before some really cold air arrives here not this weekend, next weekend. promises to be considerably colder. give you the whole ten-day forecast at 4:51. on your way out the door, mostly in the 30s to low and mid 40s. co you. >> overall looking good this morning. a little road work westbound 7 right now, being shut down diverted there at lexington drive. no huge deal but this is because of road work at ashburn village boulevard. get back on 7 once you pass the detour this morning. inner and outer loop no roadwork here, lovely for a friday, 95 just fine. >> thank you. >>> 4:28. developing right now, the outer loop of the beltway back open after a crash. virginia state police had lanes near exit 57 in springfield shut down for several hours. this crash happened last night on

. >> chuck bell says bust out the shorts. >> yeah, honestly it is really nice out there and enjoy it because this will be our one-day warm spell around here. skies are mostly cloudy out to the west of the city and there are rain drops here in the mountains of west virginia. have the umbrella ready to go here but it's breezy. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour around parts of the d.c. metro area and so southerly winds have temperatures quite mild indeed. we'll be near 58 degrees at 7:00 in the morning. mid-60s by mid afternoon and then finally cooling back down to the low you won't need your gloves or hat or scarf. may want to have your umbrella to go as well. satisfactory this morning because there's a rain chance but we'll move it up to very good for later on this afternoon. about 64 degrees today. the chance for showers stands at 40%. a look at new year's eve coming up. but now a look at traffic. >> we do have the breaking news that is in laurel along route 1. it's north of the icc but south near academy lane. northbound lanes blocked at the icc southbound. you'll be diverted. pl

chuck bell is here. did we really hit 68? >> 68 degrees yesterday. the warmest day of the month. for the whole month of december. it was really nice outside yesterday afternoon. hopefully you had a chance to get outside and enjoy it. because that won't happen again today. it is turning breezy out there. winds will settle down a little bit, but a gusty northwest wind was in my face this morning on my walk across the parking lot. much colder today than yesterday. only going to stay in the mid-40s today. so 20 to 25 degrees colder than yesterday. clouds come back tonight. and i'm keeping a very close eye out for early tomorrow morning, about this time tomorrow morning, cold air in place, rain moving in. there will be a few risks for icing. there are no advisories, but we may have ice to deal with shenandoah valley. and now jack taylor is here. >>> sorry, i'm going to be bug-eyed as you said icing. okay, we'll start things off on 66 eastbound inside the beltway. there is a work zone on 495 heading to route 7. everything else is still pretty quiet. take a look at the beltway, it's all

. >> amelia draper is in for chuck bell. red graphics means weather alert for us. >> here's why. take a look at the winter weather advisory. all of the counties in purple,

good morning i'm erin gill here joining us in for chuck bell because some of our viewers may be seeing some snow this morning. >> the good news, most of us including the d.c. metro area, we're only talking about rain. but we're under a storm team 4 weather alert. take a look at the winter weather advisory. if you're in purple you could be dealing with a wintry mix until 9:00 a.m. at the at the least. a little snow is on parts of the radar up in hagerstown and fred rick and the i-81 corridor. but again most of us just wet roads. you can see what i'm talking about, snow in parts of washington, frederic, carol counties, up around baltimore. we're going to send it over to jack. is this weather impacting >> we have a live shot of 270. when i drove through earlier it wasn't like this. we've got a nice sheen on the roadway. hopefully folks are not overdriving these conditions was we've got potential for freezing temperatures. there's work done in the northbound that has been blocking the lane. but here we're dealing with precipitation around the area. for the most part it has been very very q

. >> because we are going to need it with everything that's going chuck bell. some important information for today. >> yeah, you really need to -- it's not just the usual, you know, oh, it's a little chilly outside. with winds blowing this hard it is going to penetrate the extra layer of clothing so layer up on your way out the door. that is the number one thing that i can give you for good advice is extra layers are a great idea. actually a requirement for today. skies remain mostly clear out there, but the winds are a howling out there. it will stay dangerously cold all through the daylight hours today. stay below frozing tomorrow and we're still watching for that chance of snow, icing on saturday morning. the winds are gusting to almost 40 miles per hour. these are wind gusts here. 35, 36 miles per hour. that means that the feels like temperatures have dropped back into the teens now through the valley and subfreezing windchills and there will be no recovery, ch recovery, temperature wise today. we'll help you plan out the rest of the day coming up in a few

chuck bell. when will it arrive? >>> this time tomorrow morning, the winds will be howling and temperatures will struggle just to hang on to the upper 20s. temperatures today are average in the low to mid-40s. a lot of sunshine, not a bad day today. thursday and friday, weather alert mode for dangerously low windchills thursday and thursday evening. then a chance, before we get the cold air out of here, it looks like we could be dealing with a breeze around saturday morning. just know, this is the last easy peasy day for us. we are mostly in the 30s and will be in the 40s coming up in a little bit. >>> thank you, chuck. 4:28 this morning and a woman is in custody after stealing a d.c. housing authority cruiser and leading police on a chase. she did this all while still handcuffed. this started just after 5:00 p.m. yesterday. the woman was cuffed and placed in the cruiser after trespassing at a housing complex. she somehow climbed through a small partition window and took off in the ford explorer. she sideswiped nine

chuck bell and melissa mollett are here to help you get you ready for your mop. >> it's a rested face. cold start today. then warm, humid, rain, windy and now back down below freezing. didn't have much in the way of rain overnight, but any water that was reftd standing out there, be on the lookout, there could be black ice here early this morning. dry the nix couple of days. feels like it's in the teens and 20s, so you will need to layer up for sure here early this morning. not much of a recovery. we'll stay in the mid-30s all afternoon. let's go over to melissa mollett in first 4 traffic. >>> good morning. so taking a look right now at the roads, overall no major issues. but a couple of things happening i do want to mention. inbound suitland parkway right now being pushed off on to sheridan road because of a police investigation and water street activity with lanes blocked. northbound 295 before benning, work zone blocking the right lane. and overall the beltway looking pretty good. >>> we have breaking news in the district. that coming to us out of southeast d.c. check out this vide