live in leesburg, jeff goldberg abc 7 news. >> thanks jeff. you can get up-to-the-minute information about the weather on our website at wjla.com. you can also see what the weather looks like in your neighborhood on the abc 7 stormwatch weather app on your smartphone. a news conference begins in just a few minutes with new information about the investigation into the metro smoke incident at the l'enfant plaza station. we expect to hear from lawmakers and the ntsb. roz slater is live at the capitol tonight with more. >> we expect that briefing to start in a couple of minutes or so after a closed door meeting between the ntsb and 12 members of the national capital delegation. that's all our lawmakers. what they've been talking about, of course is that deadly metro incident last week where smoke filled the tunnel at the l'enfant plaza station. it trapped some 200 passengers on that yellow line train. one passenger died. as a result it was, and dozens of others were hospitalized. now, these investigations usually take time. but -- and they are in

we love you. >> this evening, a prayer vigil will be held at the yoga studio in leesburg where simran worked. that's tonight at 7:00 and richard reid will have the latest on that tonight at 11:00. cloudy skies this evening could give way to wintry weather by the morning. meteorologist steve rudin is in the weather center to tell us which areas will be affected. steve? >> all right maureen, it looks like it will be mainly north and west of us here in d.c. and some changes are on the way as we move towards the latter part of the upcoming weekend. look at satellite and radar not a whole lot going on out there right now other than the cloud cover. it stays dry for this evening and at least until about midnight or so but we do have a winter weather advisory that will go into effect. areas shaded in purple. those are the areas under the winter weather advisory starting at 4:00 morning and it includes frederick and washington counties. the panhandle of west virginia and the i-81 corridor where you may see a little bit of a wintry mix, even some freezing rain. not looking for anything like th

our team coverage continues now in leesburg rich how does it look out there? >> leon the snow definitely picking up now. we just want to show you we're right off edward's ferry road off route 50. i want to show you some of the grass to give you an idea not too bad. it's sticking on grass. when we look over the road over here edward's ferry road not a big deal yet. wet surfaces but vdot says it is ready. now, today we did visit a vdot facility off of route 7. they say they have between 650 and 700 trucks with salt and sand. add midnight they'll have about 1,000 trucks ready to go. and the district says it has about 200 snow plows that will be in service by 8:00 p.m. and in maryland about 2400 pieces of snow equipment statewide. most of the major thoroughfares around this area at least have been pretreated to deal with anything hopefully to keep this snow from sticking. loudoun, though expected to be one those hard hit areas especially when you get into those higher elevations towards the blue ridge. >> it's kind of a crap chute for us. at the same time we'll be

tonight, nothing will melt. 27 degrees right now in leesburg. the network members you see a live numbers. so, they should change. 30 degrees right now. chevy chase, 28. morningside, 29 degrees. those values will all drop. their temperature, 28 in gaithersburg. 34 in fredericksburg. the wind played a key role and they will knock the temperatures down. 37-30, the high low officially at reagan national. i will point out that our average high 44-29 tells us statistically, climatological he we are past the coldest part of the winter. guess what happened? we will have the coldest weather pattern we have had all winter. so, we will drop down the thermometer tonight, 14-23 degrees. this is a satellite and radar. we've had some heavier snow bounds moving in. notice the pattern is slowly shifting out. the strong winds come down the backside of the system. we will continue to enjoy sunshine and breezy weather tomorrow. the next system, a cold front. and wintry mix thursday evening and thursday night clear out on friday and have a potentially more subst sys

seven degrees leesburg, nine degrees gaithersburg, eight manassas, 16 arlington, 11 bowie. it will be a very cold start. plenty of sunshine in the futurecast. we are under the influence of high pressure. gusty breezes through the day. temperatures only in the lower to middle 20's. lower tony'sr 20's tomorrow. sunday we start with bright sunshine through the morning. clouds move in from the south and west. we will hit the mid to upper 30's. in the news gets more testing. several computer models are suggesting a storm system will move across moisture from the gulf coast and intensify the storm system of the carolina coast. depending on the computer model, some of the precipitation is further north, some is further south and east. the potential is there for this precipitation to begin as sleet or freezing rain monday morning. that could eventually change terrain is the system moves out in the temperatures warm. there is a window during the morning rush-hour i could be an issue. stay up-to-date date all weekend. eileen whelan will have the computer updates. tomorrow we know wil

for the overnight lows and then tomorrow morning, just a map form with temperatures to look at. 25 in leesburg when you wake up and manassas. 28 in bowie. 30 in arlington, a little heavier jacket than normal for these temperatures. yesterday, sunshine and a few clouds and this cold front, no weather expected with it. sunny day with the high pressure system moves through the day on saturday. another one comes to the south and those two will combine more likely to get in some sunday showers. wake up on a friday 32 degrees with westerly wind. 10 to 15-mile-per-hour winds. upper 40's tomorrow afternoon. the dr. martin luther king jr. holiday weekend. enjoy the numbers. 39 on saturday. and a 30% chance of showers that will hit the area. looks good partly cloudy 43. 43 on tuesday and rain showers of anything next wednesday with highs continuing near average numbers in the low to middle 40's. maureen and tim? >> thank you. so much, doug. >> it looks like the wizards are celebrating christmas every day of the year. >> it's fun. this is really fun. i've got the very latest on the red hot wizards. aaron

only 6 in leesburg. 8 in gaithersburg. lots of sunshine. that will make it look pretty out there. as you wake up tomorrow morning, this is what it's going to feel like. zero, below zero. not out of the question. but at least the winds will diminish just a little bit as they move through the midday hours, we'll crank those wind chills up into the lower teens in d.c. but it still stays cold out there. we have a bit of a warming trend or a warmup i should say as we move into the end of the work and school week. so for tonight, temperatures, actual air temperatures around 4 to 12 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 with higher gusts. that will make it feel so much colder out there, below zero for feels right temperatures. sunny, breezy and cold tomorrow to start your day as you head off to work or school. 20 to 26 definitely need an extra layer out there. the scarf, the gloves, the hat the works. winds on of the west. here's the extended outlook as we move through the next seven. 37 on friday. 28 on saturday. good deal of sunshine saturday and a few added clouds on sunday