we have 20s primarily, 27 in manassas, 28 in fredericksburg, 27 in la plata. we'll go by midmorning. now we're back in the 30s, right around freezing in the suburbs. by lunchtime maybe walk to lunch, not a bad day but windy by this point, 44 downtown, low 40s in leesburg and manassas. by 6:00, 5:30 going back home, winds now northwesterly and temps are beginning to fall back in the 30s in the suburbs. tomorrow night it's going to be cold if you have plans, looking at mid-20s as early as 10:00 in gaithersburg, upper 20s in leesburg, manassas and 28 in la plata. wind gusts, at 8:00 in the morning not a problem, but by 3 in the afternoon winds could gust over 26 miles per hour and by 9:00 they could still gust by about 10 to 25 miles per hour. get ready for some winds. day planner, 30 to start, 34 at 9:00, up to 41 by 11:00, 44 by 1:00 with sunshine. next three days, a bit cold

manassas and stafford both at 32 this morning. fog the other issue that andrea was talking about a second ago. visibilities down to a quarter mile in hagerstown. now up to one at annapolis. a half mile orange. luray has increased from a quarter to a half. those are the morning problems. as we go through the weekend, we'll have another system tomorrow night into saturday. it will bring a little bit of a wintry mix and rain. monday a chance for some snow. 46 this afternoon. once we clear out, 31 tonight with mid-20s north and west. tomorrow 45. clouds increase late. tomorrow night into saturday, a and rain. kind of a raw day on saturday. east of 95 more likely just rain with mixing west. upper 30s for the plunge west at sandy point state park, special olympics. sunday good. monday potentially a few inches of snow and 35. trenice bishop, we're doing all right for the 6:00 hour or we have problems? >> certainly problems on the vre line through manassas. they are reporting undetermined delay times at this time for the ems activity, a p

by 6:30 maybe 39 in gaithersburg, 41 in manassas and leesburg. even though the atmosphere may support snow late tuesday night and wednesday, these surface temperatures will make it a hard time to stick around. so tonight partly cloudy, cold, 26 to 34, winds light west, northwest at 10. by morning partly cloudy and cold. some clouds come in late, temperatures 26 to 42 and by afternoon increasing clouds, cool. this is clipper no. 1, 45 to 50 with light wind. solooks like. this oakland 34 tomorrow, near 50 in culpeper, 47 manassas, mclean and reston, downtown, 46 in gaithersburg. on the day planner these are downtown temps, starting above freezing 34 at 7:00, 37 at 9:00, in the 40s by 11:00 and 47 by 1 p.m. next three days there's your rain and snow showers on wednesday, 41 and seasonable tuesday, temperatures back in the low 40s. next several days, we'll stay cold and dry, 39, watch the storm to our south. right now it should stay to our south, temperatures in the >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> the ph

taking a look manassas line completely stopped in manassas. this is vre trains 322, 324 and 326. waiting at broad run. a person was struck by a rain earlier this morning, a freight train. so take metro. take an alternate route. >>> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. >>> good morning, inferno. a massive fire rips through a luxury apartment complex in new jersey. the flames and smoke so intense they could be seen for miles. hundreds forced to evacuate amount state of mortgages now in place. >>> major storm. nearly a foot of snow i part of texas this morning. that system moving east washington new york boston all in its path. >>> clearing the air, new england patriots coach bill belichick meets the media for the first time after his team is accused of an under-inflated football and what should happen if it's determined the patriots cheated. not

the volume light there. 66 east through manassas, the volume on dry pavement heading toward manassas, the rest area, coming toward fair oaks, vienna, the 95 corridor. culpeper where they've seen nor snow, fredricksburg, king george county. keep in mind the secondary roadways out of neighborhoods really toughest to negotiate. back to you. >>> if you live southeast of the district, then you've been seeing snow since the 4:00 a.m. hour. >> we've been tracking the snowfall all morning long. nikki burdine started her drive in prince george's county. she's moved into charles county. she's in la plata now with a look at the conditions there. nikki? >> reporter: yeah, the snow just started to pick back up again here in charles county just within the past maybe 15 minutes or so. got a big burst starting around 4:00. we took a little break. it went to rain and now we're back to snow. even though it's hard to tell right now, if you can look at the headlines -- headlights at the bottom of the car, you can see the snow starting to come down. the roads are decent right now, the main roads that is.

futurecast 10:00 tonight already 19 in gaithersburg, 21 in leesburg and manassas. single digits early morning and back up to 10 in gaithersburg, 11 in leesburg, 12 in manassas, 13 in la plata. these are not wind chills. by 1:00 tomorrow, upper teens and low 20s in full sun. winds will subside tomorrow afternoon. so while it will be very cold, it will not be windy. by 6:00 we're in the teens again in the suburbs, but low 20s in d.c. 8:00 mid-teens gaithersburg, manassas, culpeper upper teens headed for the low to mid-teens again tomorrow. futurecast, widen this out a bit. sunday at 9:30 clouds in place and temps right around the freezing mark and by 6:30 in the morning monday you see the magenta there. that is freezing rain. this is not a snowstorm, nor a classic ice storm, but that said we're still very concerned about the morning commute on monday, thus we've issued a yellow alert. not concerned about snow, just a freezing rain event. so tonight clear, breezy, very cold, late wind chills 0 to 10 above, temps themselves bottoming out 8 to 18 above. day planner 16 a

that will enable temps below freezing in the burbs, 34 manassas, 40 downtown. clouds race in here very quickly and notice the models are bringing the precip in quicker. i agree with that. these type of situations usually the precip breaks out faster than the models think. 36 at 6:00, 32 in gaithersburg and manassas. that kind of dries up. we turn our attention back to the mountains. snowing in petersburg and only 34. remember the blue is snow, magenta a mix and the green plain old-fashioned rain. by 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 we see a little band of snow setting up essentially north of d.c., rain, mix and snow and up toward frederick probably seeing accumulating snow, primarily still on the grassy surfaces. it's 36 in frederick and 35 in leesburg. yes, the atmosphere can president snow. surface temperatures will dictate -- can create snow. surface temperatures will dictate. so how much? rain and snow combined a trace to an inch d.c., manassas, fairfax, mclean, reston, silver spring, wheaton, gaithersburg, rockville. north of gaithersburg and north of leesburg up with t

mid-20s in gaithersburg, leesburg 27, 26 manassas, 26 la plata, 28 into fredericksburg. by midmorning back around freezing downtown, upper 20s to around 30 in the suburbs. by 1:00 walk to lunch, it will be comfortable because there won't be any wind, temperatures near 40 downtown, upper 30s in the suburbs, exactly average this time of year. by 5:00 temps start going down a little, mid-30s north and west, 39 downtown, 38 in manassas. by 9:30 temperatures fall below freezing again in the suburbs and hold in the mid-30s downtown. so for tonight clouds hang tough, mostly cloudy, cold, low temps in the 20s, upper 20s downtown, low to mid-20s in the burbs. by morning skies return partly cloudy and cold, 22 to 36, winds start to turn west, northwest at 10 and then by afternoon now the winds are west, southwest, a good sign. that will get us milder air by the end of the week. high temperature 38 to 42, average for this time of year. we really can't complain about that. 30 in oakland, finally make it out of the 20s in oakland, 37 in cumberland, upper 30s in hagerstown, martinsbur

manassas, congratulations, you are the coldest spot on the map. you are, 16 degrees for manassas and once you head off to germantown, or frederic, 32 degrees. warmer there, that's the warmest spot on the map. if the warmer spot is freezing, you know it will be a cold day. high pressure is in place, lots of sunshine, so we are going to watch that winter classic. sunshine will prevail. any clouds that do develop are high and thin and won't keep a lot of the sunshine out. by 5:30, or friday, the clouds will return. i'm ahead of our weekend rain chances. just rain, no snow. as we head overnight, rain continues to push on threw followed by cold air. wait until next week, tomorrow z/48 and by saturday, 44. here is that seven-day forecast, blustery conditions as you head back to work. let's go to beverly with traffic. >> we have a crash on the southbound lanes. anybody that will be coming down out of green belt and looking ahead toward riverdale might want to divert and get over to route 50. crash on the southbound parkway ties up the right side of the h

it's 9 in gaithersburg, that's our wind chill, 14 in fredrick, 12 in leesburg, 12 manassas, even downtown d.c. at nationalist 16. feels like 6 below in leesburg, eight below in gaithersburg so when you factor in the winds it's two above in the downtown area so dress the kids and yourself for the wind chills but not so much for the temperatures so dress them from five below to five above. by 11:00 the winds had been gusting to 25 miles per hour and we'll see gusts overnight over 30. good news is they will subside by late tomorrow morning so wake up weather bitterly cold, 6-16 at 5:00, 5-15 at 7:00, and even by 9:00, still bitterly cold, temperatures 9-16, winds though will make the wind chills 0-10 below by daybreak. >>> well thank you, topper. and it is so cold out there tonight the d.c. mayor bowser issued a cold emergency weather plan that includes opening warming facilities and then deploying mobile hypothermia crews out there for anybody who may not have a place to get warm. >> because of the freezing temperatures, montgomery county is requiring its residents to bring in the pets from

at the manassas park community center. tomorrow at the same time they'll be held at manassas park high school. the school system received a $50,000 grant to study a possible switch to year-round classes. school leaders believe it would take some stress off the students. if it is agreed upon, the change could be made for the next school year. >>> d.c. may no longer be the only city to draw tourists to its trademark smithsonian attraction. the smithsonian institution says it secured $50 million to possibly start building a museum outpost in london. the site would sit near the stadium that hosted the 2012 summer olympics. if the plans get the green light, this would be the first time in the smithsonian's 168-year history that it's had a permanent space outside the u.s. >>> coming up at 6:00 a new lawsuit filed against metro being filed by the family of the woman who died in the smoke-filled tunnel. >>> i'm julie carey in old town alexandria where this liberty gas station couldn't be at a busier spot. but it's been hit by arme

at 8:00 in gaithersburg, 33 in manassas. by 10:30 that it will be pretty much across the board for the suburbs. friday starts out nicely, but then by 6:00 the clouds roll back in. by 8:00 we have rain showing up already. 39, a cold rain, 36 in leesburg and 35 in manassas. again, this is tomorrow night at 8:00. you'll see a little bit of the mixed precipitation back in the valley. we'll advance it again by 10:00 at night where there could be mixed precipitation, maybe towards leesburg and upper montgomery county and up around i-70. the bulk of this is going to fall as rain with a pretty good soaking rain that it would be as i would make sure that you can see all the yellow here, moderate rain rolling in, just after midnight on saturday with temperatures in the 30s. we'll come back and talk about when we will dry out on saturday and look ahead to the other clipper on monday. >>> breaking news right now for prince george's county. sky 9 over a murder scene in laurel. police tell us that the n was found shot to death in the 8200

ice melted off or dissolved out of the picture in manassas. listen it will take a good this hours to get us above freezing our numbers and that makes this morning the coldest morning since last january 24th when it's 11 degrees well below ourerage of 43 and 29. numbers are tumbling down post sunset now. 16th in gate gaithersburg. winds diminished and just a breeze to drop it a bit. 8 around andrews air force base and these are very cold temperatures. 12 to 18 degrees by morning with partly cloudy skies but they're somewhat warmer than they were yesterday morning as we get through late tomorrow and saturday, though temperatures will take another nose dive after this slight improvement. the reason for it is the area of high pressure the arctic air mass that's settled in has moved to the south. shifting away so plenty of cold air, teens, even colder, 7 in detroit right now. and 15 degrees in sioux st. marie but shift to the southeast, get more of a westerly wind. even though we have a cold start in the morning, we'll warm up in the afternoon to t

i think gaithersburg will be more like 16, leesburg more like 15 and 17 in manassas. by 6 a.m. clouds start to roll over i-81, no precipitation. by 9 a.m. 20s across the board. now by lunchtime just see the leading edge of the cold front. some rain initially rolls into western maryland, temperatures in the 30s. 1:00 it's in western maryland across the divide. by 5:00 it's almost across 95. you see the magenta here. a little mixture of rain and snow possible but primarily just light rain showers south of i-66 south of the district and route 50. by 7:00 boom, that's gone. that's across the bay in a matter of an hour and a half. tonight clear early, very cold again, a few clouds by dawn, lows 14 to 24, wind northeast at 10 by dawn. 18 tonight for a low in rockville, 17 in fairfax. these aren't wind chills. 15 in leesburg, laytonsville, olney, 19 in college park, better by the bay, temperatures there in the mid-20s. day planner, 20s to start downtown temps, 28 by 9:00, clouds start coming in at 11:00, temperatures in the upper 30s. blustery friday. temperatures fall, 30s to start,

manassas city, two hours late. manassas park, two hours late, as we. falls church is on a one hour delay. now, if you work for the federal government agencies are open. but you do have the option to take unscheduled telework or unscheduled leave. we have all the closings and delays dela scrolling at the bottom of your screen and we put the list on the news 4 app and nbcwashington.com. >>> melissa mollet and darcy spencer are tracking the impact of the system on the roads. >> but we begin with tom kierein with more. >> it will be a pretty big impact as we hava l of snow but enough for every flake that falls to stick. as the road temperatures and any untreated surface well below freezing and the snow has been falling for the last couple of hour very lightly in the metro area. heaviest shows in the bright white areas we see here on the radar. right around washington montgomery and fairfax counties very light snow right now. temporarily tapering off to just a few flurries in prince william county county. a batch of more moderate know here in the brighter c

37 in -- 39 miles per hour in manassas and 37 miles an hour in andrew. it's now down to 25 in gaithersburg. we talked about temps falling to the 20s by evening. it people like 11 in frederick, people like it's 14 in leesburg and manassas. lows tonight teens across the board, 18 at woodbridge, 16 in sterling, 15 in leesburg, 18 in bethesda and college park. we'll come back, talk about our storm sunday and tell you if the track has changed. >>> those wind gusts are already causing problems on streets. peggy fox is live from boston with more on that. >> reporter: i tell you what. i just got off the phone with dominion virginia power and this wind has been kicking up all day. i called earlier. there were some outages in woodbridge, but late this afternoon a tree has fallen on some lines in springfield taking out power to 500 customers there. look at some of the video we shot out and about today. a lot of people very surprised that these high winds, 35 mile- per-hour sustained winds up at the washington monument and the flags just flying stiff and the people

at 8:00 tonight 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in leesburg, 33 in manassas. by 10:00 we're in the upper 20s northern sections and by late tonight, midnight in the 20s just about everywhere, 25 in gaithersburg, 27 in leesburg, 28 in manassas. we'll come back. we have a front on the map for sunday. we'll tell you what that means and we have a couple snowflakes on our seven-day. >>> coming up an app that lets you know when it's a good time for a bathroom break at the movies. >> reporter: are tiny mussels that are common in the chesapeake bay killing dogs that come in contact with them? i'm scott broom in anne arundel county, maryland. coming up what >>> maryland's department of health is joining into the investigation into mysterious dog deaths along the waterfront on anne arundel county. >> authorities want to hear from you if you suspect your dog is showing symptoms. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in anne arundel county, maryland, where billions of tiny mussels attach themselves to about every surface under water and environmentalists are looking into the possib

mid- to low 20s in leesburg, manassas, downtown around 30. by 9:00 20s northern burbs, right around 30 manassas, down toward fredericksburg and over toward la plata. by 1:00 pretty good, temperatures either side of 40 which is average this time of year. they'll fall off tomorrow but not dramatically. upper 30s south and west of town, mid-30s north and west by 6:30 or 7:00. tone again clouds hang tough, mostly cloudy, low temps in the 20s and winds out of the northwest at 10. break it down. on the day planner remember downtown temps, 29 at 5:00, 31 at 7:00, 32 at 9:00, back in the mid-30s at 11:00, near 40 by 1:00 with sunshine. next three days nice finish to the week, breezy, 44. i don't know what temperature to go on saturday, 46, but maybe cooler. saturday will be the better day of the weekend. cold front sunday, showers maybe in the afternoon, maybe snow showers after midnight, >>> they call it el capitan. it is part of yosemite national park and two climber today became the first ever to climb up there. i think they call it free climbing

manassas, on 16 degrees. leesburg and dulles 19. low 20s nearby suburbs alexandri arlingt in the low 20s. the skyline of washington under a clear sky. lots of sunshine through the morning. by 8:00 can, jumping into the 20s. by noon near 40. by 5:00 p.m., back down to 40 degrees. into the evening hours, the next 24 hours by 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and >>> i feel a connection because aoeufp also had -- while in the program we haad a couple of members who have also lost their lives to homicide. >>> one police official that was at the vigil stressed that the department continues to investigate the past year's murders pointing out that 15 homicides from2013 were closed this year. >>> december was a tough month for firefights maryland. 11 people killed in fires. they were kied a plane crashed into their gaithersburg home. the sta frss remdi everyone to install smoke detectors in their homes. >>> new changes to the law go into effect today, the first day of january. maryland's mim wage is set to increase to $8 per hour tomorrow. that 75 c

it was 27 in manassas earlier on and still 27 degrees now. it's 28 right now in la plata and at andrews where temperatures were in the low 20s as that snow was falling. this is what it feels like when you combine the winds with these really cold temperatures. it feels like 18 at andrews and annapolis. 18 in manassas as well. it feels like 23 in downtown washington. so a satellite and radar, we're pretty much done with the system and now it heads you north to new england. on 9 futurecast with the cold rush on the back side of this weak area of low pressure, we're going to continue to bring in that really cold air and it will be seasonably cold on thursday, but notice the clouds break out. we'll see a return of some sunshine and that of course will help to make things feel more pleasant as we head through the day on thursday. then friday, the milder trend begins and by the time we get to the weekend, folks, we're going to see temperatures near 50 degrees. so a nice contrast toe what we've got out there right now. we'll only get up to 32 in lees

one of the stores set to close is in northern virginia at the manassas mall. after these newest rounds of closures the retailer will have about 1,000 stores remaining. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> we crack the freezing mark tomorrow? >> i think so. >> yea! >> the a least d.c. south. gaithersburg -- at least d.c. south. gaithersburg and fredericksburg might not. it will be the first time in four days. >> you mean 34, 35 when you say crack? >> then we'll have fresh arctic air saturday night. it's reloaded. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. the temperature now is 26 and that was the high today, dew point still 2 above, dry air mass, but because of the clouds and these winds south, southwest at 22 temps were not allowed to fall. in fact, they've been steady or rising over the past five hours. here's radar over the past couple of hour. now it appears that it is snowing inning atown, winchester along 81 -- hagerstown, winchester along 81. the atmosphere is too dry. i think tomorrow mornin

again 33 in gaithersburg, 34 in leesburg, 35 in manassas by this time tomorrow. then by 9:00 we're back in the 20s in the suburbs north and west and around 30 down as far south as la plata. wind gust tracker, 8:00 tomorrow, this may be overdone, but you get the idea. these are winds out of the south and west, 26 mile-per- hour wind gust is possible. by 1:00 winds could still gust 20 to 25 and by 6:00 winds from the northwest gusting over 20 miles an hour. they will subside tomorrow night. for tonight clear skies to partly cloudy skies and cold, low temperatures 24 to 30, winds southwest at 10. by morning mostly sunny and cold, 24 to 42, winds picking up after about 9:00 or 10:00 southwest 10 to 15. by afternoon it will be breezy but not as cold, high temperatures 40 to 45, southwest winds become northwest winds 10 to 15 behind the front. the front goes through dry. oakland will have flurries, only 29. jump the divide, 37 in cumberland, 40 in hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester, mid-40s for culpeper, low to mid-40s for warrenton, manassas, 43 in leesburg, bluem

a person was struck and killed by a train near manassas. as delia goncalves reports, that led to a three-hour delay for some commuters this morning. >> reporter: hours before daylight, david jacob knew it was going to be a long day. >> yeah, just part of the commute. >> reporter: his delay heading to work started long before he arrived at the manassas park station. 3:00 a.m. a nok rfolsouthern freight train struck and killed a person who was lying on the tracks. police began an investigation. folks of virginia railroad express passed down the information to passengers more than two hours later. >> we get text messages sent to our phones. the first one i got was at 5:37 saying there was going to abdelay. >> reporter: do you think vre did a good job in communicating be getting the word out to folks? >> not at the start but the gentleman that takes the train here that works for str re, he -- for vre, he happened to be in the r50eu9 place at the right -- in the right place at the right time. >> almost a three-hour delay. >> actually i was very

by 1:00 we're still in the teens in the suburbs, some 20s showing up, 22 in manassas, 26 culpeper. in the shenandoah you'll make it into the upper 20s saturday. then temps fall quickly once again tomorrow night, back in the teens, clear skies again. we get into saturday night, 17, leesburg at about 7:00. let's jump ahead now to sunday night into monday on our futurecast. clouds in place 9:30 on sunday. we'll put this into motion. here comes the motion. yes, the arctic air is leaving, but at the surface is where the problem is going to be. the magenta is freezing rain. falls as liquid and freezes on contact. probably won't see a flake, could be icing in the morning monday, thus the yellow alert for the morning commute. tonight clear, breezy, very cold, late wind chill 0 to 10 above and low temperatures 8 to 18. those are actual temperatures. on the day planner temps don't go up much, 19 at 11:00. this is full sun and 22 with sunshine at 1:00. the next three days, we're looking at some afternoon high clouds on sunday, 38, but a pretty nice day sunday and morning freezing rain on mond

leesburg, manassas, culpeper all in upper 30s when. factor the winds, this is what you have to dress fork the 20s and 30s -- dress for, the 20s and 30s on president the -- on the windchills. the gusts at times will be flirting with the 30 mile an hour range. so problems tomorrow. today the problem is the cold. tomorrow the problem will be some snow. ye a while but wew in the forecast. cold today. again the 30s to around 40. tonight the clouds thicken up. by tomorrow morning, late tonight, early tomorrow morning before daybreak, areas across partnorthwestern virginia, the shenandoah valley, the mountains out west into west virginia, western maryland looking at snow breaking out. i think in d.c. 5:00, 6:00 we'll be seeing snow. that means the morning commute is going to have some snow falling. with temps in the 20s, anything that's not treated will be slick. i envision some delays, closings perhaps tomorrow, a day perhaps teleworking. the snow will be with us through the morning. look south. south of town, south of stafford, call pep --

ksburg to clarkbsurg and fairfax to manassas probably just a trace to an inch. heavy precipitation will occur overnight. some of the rain will be heavy. some of the snow will be heavy north and west of town and i'm not concerned about freezing rain. this is a snow versus rain type of storm. >>> we are keeping a close eye on this storm as it moves into our region. this is a live picture from charlottesville where you can see not much is happening yet. >> debra alfarone joins us from the weather terrace with more on what this storm has done so far. >> snow as we all know can do a heck of a lot of damage around here. so imagine what it can do to a place like texas. we start tonight in lubbock, texas, where icy roads cause multiple car crashes and even had tow truck driver planning to stay away. >> just a regular tow going here to there, we wouldn't go do it. it's not safe enough. >> reporter: 120 miles up i-27 is amarillo. folks there received up to a foot of snow, but you know that famous line about neither snow nor rain? >> this is what we do. this is our job. >>

upper 20s by midnight at manassas, la plata, waldorf and andrews. let's look ahead. seasonable finish to the week, time to wash the car or truck. milder over the weekend, tracking another front sunday night which could change showers to snow showers. we'll come back and tell you about that. >> and remember for up to the second weather information and details on closing and delays, turn to the wusa9 news app. >>> only on 9 tonight a montgomery county come says it is surreal they're being -- couple says it is surreal they're being investigated for child abuse. andrea mccarren is live in silver spring to tell us what this is all about. >> reporter: in many ways the macy family is very traditional. they eat dinner together every night. their kids do chores. they have limited sweets and screen times, but tonight the parents are under investigation because they let their kids walk around the neighbor together but unaccompanied by an adult. >> i grew up in new york city in the '70s and no one hesitated to let their kids walk around. the only thing that's changed now is the

it is bur, maryland, 30 degrees in manassas -- gaithersburg maryland, 30 degrees and also 32 in manassas. bridges, overpasses, even just walking on the sidewalk or the steps, be careful, it may be slick. otherwise, the cold front has moved through, a late brees out of the west. the wind will be picking up tomorrow. even though it is going to be a pretty looking day, you'll notice the wind. we will eventually get into the mid 40's. the weather system that brought all of the rain earlier is lifting quickly into northern new england. on the backside of the system, a few snow showers in ohio and pennsylvania. some snow showers reported earlier in elkins, west virginia, but for the most part we are done with precipitation and a dryer couple days ahead. clearing skies continue through the remainder of the overnight. sunshine tomorrow morning. maybe if you slick spots on the highways, bridges, overpasses. not that cold, i don't think we will be dropping into the 20's, most of us staying in the 30's for the low temperatures tonight. the holiday tomorrow, temperatures in the middle 30's. with the

alexandria, manassas and manassas park delayed two hours. >> hampshire county is schools closed. hardy and morgan jefferson two hour delay. >> you can use the app to get the updated conditions from storm team 4. >>> breaking news. a police officer shot in a paris suburb this morning has died. the other person who was shot is a street sweeper. no update on that person's condition. the female officer stopped to investigate a traffic accident when somebody started shooting. it has not been linked to yesterday's mass shooting at the magazine charlie hebdo. french police issued an arrest warrant for two brothers following the terror attack at the satirical magazine. police are searching for cehir and said kouachi. one of the brothers was linked to a terror enterprise. he tried to leave france from iraq to join islamist militants. 12 people were killed yesterday at that shooting at the magazine in paris. . >>> and keeping your kids safe while they're away at college. the governor task force will have a second meeting. the group has been meeting in subcommittees for a few months. today

we've risen to 45 degrees in manassas. it feels a lot colder and feels like 29 degrees right now in gaithersburg so the winds will begin to subside a little bit later on this evening as that cold front slides through and then temperatures in the overnight hours fall into the 20's. take a look ahead to the upcoming weekend and when you may need the umbrella in the full forecast. autria? >> thank you. new this noon, we have learned that marilyn kavner is stepping down as the administrator for medicaid and medicare services next month. she has been with the administration since 2010 and if helped oversee the rollout of the president's health care law. principal deputy administrator will take over as acting administrator. also new at noon, firefighters responded to reports of light smoke in the ballston metro station around 10:00 this morning. the smoke was traced to a piece of trash which caught fire after coming in contact with an insulator on the third rail. orange and silver line trains single tracks between ballston and c

we're already below freezing in gaithersburg and manassas. we'll come back and talk more about black ice and not one, but two more storms headed our way. >>> the maryland state highway are expecting the snow to put a dent in this evening's commute. our stephanie ramirez is in frederick. how are the roads looking out there where you are, steph? >> reporter: the area right now we're done with the heavy snowflakes, but look at this view that you have behind us downtown. if we move over to the roadway, they are wet. and that's what you want for the commute home, was it the biggest snowfall that we have seen in that area, but enough to get people talking. on a snowy day like this, what else do you do, but pose for a photo? >> what we don't have is weird for me. >> reporter: at least for some it was enough to have fun. the snow blanketing a little bit more than expected today on the beltway by tyson's corner on 270 headed north. no plows or caution signs would slow down. while the gas station, drivers would brush off windows. if you are from somewh

manassas and manassas park delayed two hours. maryland anne arundel and washington counties, two-hours delays. >> headlamp shire is closed. hardy, morgan jefferson county schools opening two hours late. watch the bottom of your screen and download the full list of school closings and delays. >>> developing out of france this morning, we're learning new information about a paris suburb. the two people shot are a police officer and street sweeper. boat have serious injuries. after 8:00 a.m. local time, the officers stopped to investigate a traffic accident. >>> for more on the investigation into the mass shooting, let's go todan at the live desk. >>> an all out manhunt for the two brothers. it is prompting concern because as the two men remain at large, who knows what they can be up to. photos have been circulated across france and the world. two of the three men who attacked the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. an 18-year-old man turned himself in in northeastern france. the three men accused of attacking the magazine known for s

tomorrow morning teens to start. 19 in leesburg, 20 in manassas and 22 downtown. a cold night. by 9:00 primarily in the 20s. we are not exactly pounding upward fast. the temperatures will slowly go up tomorrow. by 1:00 lunchtime maybe 33 downtown. around 30 in frederick and leesburg. ginsburg around 32. 20s in hagerstown. tomorrow evening in 24 hours from now we do it over again. temperature tomorrow night the same as tonight. 25 at 6:00. 27 in leesburg and 32 downtown as we get into the 8:30 hour. temperatures already in the low 20s in gaithersburg and mid 20s in manassas and culpepper and 26 in la play ta, another cold night tomorrow. tonight clear to partly cloudy. windy and very cold. yes, more slick spots. low temperatures 18 to 24. winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20. 24 tonight downtown. 19 in fairfax and sterling. 21 in college park and bowie. plenty of sunshine tomorrow morning and peasy and cold. temperatures -- morning and breezy and cold. temperatures 18 to 30. by afternoon mostly sunny, breezy and still cold. high temperatures 34 to 38. winds out of the northwes

and manassas park schools are on a two hour delay. get the information on the bottom of the screen and also right on your phone. you can download the news 4 app for free. we'll send you any alerts coming on to your > coming up in ten minutes more on that. richard skror danjord is trekking through northern virginia. >>> work could literally be leading you to drink. >> how the number of hours you work can lead to risky drinking habits. >>> and congress is calling for answers. what they're preparing to do in the wake of the tragedy on metro. >>> right now it is 5:09. and just 28 degrees outside of our studios in northwest washington. we are starting to see light snow and flurries fall around the area right now. you see it in our live pekts from our reporters out in the field. items not the not the amount causing the proble weather and traffic on the 1s is just minutes away. >>> police do not open theplease did not open the doors. >> is this cell phone video of the underground emergency on metro. this was taken by one of our viewers. he s

temperatures, 32 in leesburg, 36 in manassas and downtown and 35 in la plata. fortunately temperatures at or a bit above freezing. looking ahead it's going to get busy. wind chills tomorrow night 5 below to 10 above, very cold and dry saturday. we said this yesterday. plan for some snow or a mix for super bowl sunday and super bowl night will be slippery as you try to get home. we'll come back and talk about how the models have now gone one side as opposed to what they were showing yesterday. >>> let's check in now with mola lenghi who is live in frederick. [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: d.o.t. crews in maryland and virginia have been pretreating roads all day. between the two they have 1,000 pieces of equipment out and about on the road. i'm told they'll keep a few hundred out well after the storm has past to monitor typical trouble spots. still d.o.t. officials stress they cannot be everywhere. they do expect patches of black ice here and there. if you have to be out on the roadways, you still want to be careful. live in frederick county i'm mola lenghi

manassas past the visitors center, fair lakes and fair oaks toward vienna. beltway passing route 4 andrews, they went to check for a crash on the outer loop near route 4. northbound on 4 suitland parkway, word of a crash. outer loop of the beltway, right side of the local lanes north of 210, the right side blocked and cleanup from the earlier vehicle fire. yes, the hov gates are open on 95. the express lanes now heading up to the beltway and edsall road. thanks for joining us this friday evening morning. wusa9 news, weather and traffic all continue here you go. wow! thanks! get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. join today for a free beverage on us. america runs on dunkin'. you wouldn't do half of your daily routine. so why treat your mouth any differently. brushing alone does less than half the job leaving behind millions of germs. complete the job with listerine®. kill up to 99 percent of germs. and prevent plaque, early gum disease and bad breath. complete the job with

manassas 19. mainly clear skies. lots of sunshine waking up early tomorrow morning, a 7:27 sunrise. look at the morning temperatures, in the teens in the suburbs to around 25 degrees inside the beltway. coming up in a few minutes, we will talk about what to expect the rest of the week and into the upcoming weekend. you may need your umbrella sooner rather than later. more on that in a few minutes. >> folks, we want to remind you there are lots of safe ways to get home this new year's eve. metro will be up and running until 2:00 a.m. to help folks return from celebrations. tomorrow buses and trains will be operating on a sunday schedule. uber is expecting this night to be its busiest ever. because of the high demand, surge pricing is in effect. you can expect fares to be highest between 12:30 and 2:30. sober rights is offering free rides home tonight between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. get home safely. if you are staying in, you can watch the ball drop in times square live right here on abc 7. dick clark's new year's rocking eve will coming up here. >> a new year here means a whole new

notice the yellow and the orange, pretty heavy rainfall down 286 south of manassas. everything pushing off to the east. temperature-wise we're in pretty good shape though a miserably cold day but above freezing. 39 downtown. 37 in gaithersburg and frederick and manassas. it looks wet but it's actually frozen. that's black ice. slow down. be careful walking and driving. here's the futurecast. 8:00 tonight we still have showers across the metro area. by 10:00 showers now in to southern maryland. temperatures beginning to fall. we'll talk about how cold it's going to get tonight and if we're going to make it above freezing tomorrow. >> let's look ahead to the prospects for schools running on schedule tomorrow morning. we're keeping an eye on how we're recovering from this nasty start to the work week. how's it going, scott? >> it's just a miserable afternoon out there but where i am in mt. erie, maryland, it's miserable outside but at least the ice that was on some of the side streets has melted away and folks are getting around okay. if it does not refreeze tonight and

manassas. a standout offensive tackle for ten seasons. >>> the washington nationals have signed reliever casey jansen to a one-year contract. what do we know about jansen? the right-hander spent the last three seasons as toronto's closer, he was efficient, converting 81 of 91 save opportunities. the nats will be his first new team. jansen played the first eight seasons of his career with toronto. now they just need to get some bats. some offensive firepower. >> that would help. can you imagine you're a high school kid and samuels is your coach? oh my gosh. >> i think i'd do what he told me to. >> yes, sir, coach. how quickly? " "nightly news" is coming up next. >> we'll see you for >>> on our broadcast here tonight, deep impact. flooded and then frozen under six feet of water. entire communities cut off. we'll take you there tonight as another storm spools up across the country. >>> also, a mystery's been solved. who was that lone man shoveling the finish line in boston? >>> the measles alert g

by 10:00 walking the dog still not bad. 33 in gaithersburg, 32 manassas, 34 in la plata, 39 downtown. i think downtown area will not make it below freezing tonight, which is kind of unusual for january. 6:00 in the morning we're right around freezing. there could actually be upper 20s by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. 9:00 a few clouds roll in, not a big deal, 36 in manassas and leesburg, 37 downtown, still need your shades tomorrow. nice day to walk to lunch, mid- to upper 40s and no wind. by 5:00 a few clouds begin to roll in, especially frederick, gaithersburg, leesburg and points north ahead of the clipper, but temperatures in the mid-40s pretty much across the board. tonight again partly cloudy, cold, 26 to 34 but really not that bad in the scheme of things, winds west, northwest at 10. by morning partly cloudy and cold. some clouds come in late, 26 to 42 and by afternoon pretty nice, increasing clouds, just cool, high temperatures 45 to 50 with light winds. that's a victory for january, believe me. break it down. again city temps, so above freezing to start, 37 at 9:00, 43 at 11:00

we're tracking a lot of school closings in the area. >> manassas city and manassas park just told us they are starting two hours late today. montgomery and howard counties are opening late. two hours late for them. in maryland prince george's county schools delayed. virginia fairfax, loudoun, arlington, prince william all starting late. >> and so are fauquier and culpepper. falls church opening one hour late. winchester city schools are closed today.he nbc washington app for the latest closings or watch the back of your screen. >> chuck bell is keeping an eye on on the roads. hey, chuck. >>> hey, good morning, eun. we sent out a little asked if you had an icy street in your neighborhood. if you could tell us where that . one of my twitter followers mary ann said her neighborhood was particularly bad. so we are here on her street. blackhawk square in sterling virginia. she's right. look at all the icy and slippery conditions we have here. the first pass of a salt truck went by 30 minutes ago. they should have the first plow within the first six hours after the snow finishes falling. i

tomorrow they drop subzero. 30 miles an hour gusting. 36 in manassas. a lot of neighborhoods ready in that pocket with winds, you're probably hearing it in your window the wind advisory is through the overnight period and goes through overnight tomorrow morning as this chills drop to 10 below. we are not the oshl one ss calling it that cold. with the school closings coming in reminder good time to download download storm team 4 with the weather app and let you know when this pattern is going to break in a couple minutes. stick around. >>> we showed you the backlash on social media yesterday when fairfax county decided to keep the schools open. now they're clarifying teachers. the teachers who could not make it in will be charged a day of administrative leave, not a 6 orr sick day or vacation day and those who did will get an extra day this year. >> some people are planning to spend the night outside on purpose. david culver working on that story now. >> i'm david culver along with olivia and susie lee. they invited me into their tent where they're stayi

by 5:00, 6:00, 37 down town, 36 in manassas. if you go out tomorrow nighttime, it will be cold, just not as cold as tonight. by late tomorrow night dipping down to 29 in gaithersburg, 35 downtown, 31 in la plata. we'll watch these temperatures east of 95 as precip begins to move in sunday morning, but it does appear it's going to be a ran and shower event. tonight clear, cold, winds diminish, low temperatures 18 to 28, winds west, northwest at 10. with the dry air mass and diminishing wind temps will really fall. on your day planner, city temps, 27 at 7:00, up to freezing by 11:00 and 37 by 1 p.m. the next three days showers possible on sunday, don't think it's going to be a washout. ahead of the front upper 40s. even behind the front monday we're in pretty good shame for -- shape for martin luther king day, breezy and chilly, 45. next seven days, a clipper tuesday, rain or snow showers possible, maybe rain or leftover flurries on wednesday, kind of cold on thursday and seasonable and dry friday. >>> has the market shattered for

near freezing dulles manassas 30, upper 30's in washington. the ay forecast, at the bus stop in the morning, bundle up. the wind will not be that strong. it will be a cold morning, just a cool afternoon. the bigger picture, this is what we are tracking. it is over texas right now, the rain ahead of it, heading our way. i will let you know when it arrives in what we will get in the complete forecast coming up. >> is a man charged with murdering three people in alexandria fit to stand trial? a judge ordered a competency evaluation today for charles severance to find that answer. in the courtroom severance interrupted proceedings two times, one time saying that his defense attorney does not represent him. severance is a kill -- is accused of killing nancy dunning and two others. this is the second psychological evaluation ordered for severance full he refuse the interview in the first one. in montgomery county the driver who hit and killed a 13-year-old girl near a soccer field will spend 60 days in jail. vazquez was behind the wheel when she was

same goes for schools in shenandoah, city of alexandria falls church, manassas and manassas park. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with your bus stop forecast. tom? >> students will board buses a couple hours later. watch out for slick sidewalks. ice covered in many cases. slip and fall and break your elbow kind of conditions on the sidewalks. hovering 20 degrees at 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. 10:00 in the low 20s. the winds will begin to pick up. so layer up this morning as temperatures are hovering in the teens to 20. dress accordingly. warm coat, hats, gloves, scarf. quite a bit of cloudiness in the afternoon. icy spots. 20 degrees. driving on the roads. most of them going to be blow dried with the strong gusty winds. temperatures into the mid-20s. a look at our frigid windchills tonight next weather and traffic at 6:41. . >>> tom, thank you. roads could be ice where this morning, as we have been talking about. so give yourself plenty of extra travel time today. we saw drivers struggling to get up hills in arlington. vdot says trucks have been deployed all night. take it slowly out

so 44 in d.c. 43 manassas. 39, mart best of in the low to mid 30s. if you're going to the went classic, make sure you bundle up. temperat arod 39. it will feel like the low to mid 30s here. same thing around 3:00. if you have seats looking down toward the stadium, the only place that will have the sun is out toward right field seats. so i don't think there will be a lot of you that will be out there in th sunshine. you'll be in the shade. your travel tomorrow no problem. out and about you'll need the coats and the hats. in the next couple days, you the umbrellas until saturday. so 60% chance of rain. some of that could be heavy overnight saturday night into early sunday morning. sunday's temperatures 60. then right back down. we're only in the mid 30s next tuy and wednesday. and yeah a slight chance of snow. and i mean slight. slight. >> we'll take that. >>> coming up the caps hope for a change the sun doesn't affect their face-off against the blackhaw in the winter classic. and the redskins already made one big change today. >>> this is about the on

winds could gust miles per hour. 38 mile-per-hour wind gust at leesburg at 7:00, 37 in manassas and a 41 mile-per-hour wind gust at national. so far we've had a 43 mile-per- hour wind gust at dulles today. temperatures in the 20s across the board falling like a stone. 22 in hagerstown, 21 in cumberland, 27 leesburg and manassas. factor in the winds it feel like 10 in gaithersburg -- feels like 10 in gaithersburg, leesburg and 11 in frederick. by 11:00 tonight it's going to feel like 0 or below. the lows tonight will be in the teens across the entire metro area. 19 downtown, 16 in sterling, 15 in leesburg, 17 in rockville. we'll come back, look ahead to our sunday, monday storm. >>> tonight some firefighters are questioning the first response to that deadly mansion fire in annapolis. the fire alarms rang in the basement, first and second floors and anne arundel county initially sent one fire engine to check out the fire. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in annapolis. the anne arundel county fire department now engaged in an after action investigation trying to determine if it could have r

temperatures starting to fall. 32 in gaithersburg. 32 at manassas and culpepper. 35 at the mid shore and east end. we'll see the numbers slowly drop off during the evening hours and area of low pressure in the south taken a lot of cloudiness and it's a fast mover. it will move out to shore and allow the approach of another cold front. partly cloudy tonight. as this moves out we'll get a bit breezy tomorrow but we'll have a fair amount of sun with the clouds. a pleasant day. we'll be into the 40's. that will be nice. it will turn colder tomorrow night and for the day saturday when this high pressure center moves overhead and give you a look at how the temperatures will respond. first tonight, we're headed down. 24 to 30 degrees 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 move

east through manassas to get into centreville you're still slow. beyond that pace good getting into tbair oaks, vienna, heading on toward falls church. checking out the ride on virginia 95, that's been volume delays. [ no audio ] getting past the prince william parkway and more volume building out of lorton into newington with all lanes open. concern route 1 college park in hyattsville for the water main repairs. northbound only one lane gets through close to van buren street. >>> we continue to follow breaking news from overnight in new york city. firefighters are still on the scene of a three-alarm blaze at penn station. when the call went out before 2:30 this morning, more than 100 firefighters responded. >> no injuries reported. fdny, though, says the fire is under control. the fire is not expected to impact amtrak service along northeast corridor. there is word that the impact will be limited to local subway lines in new york. >>> the national transportation safety board is working to figure out why smoke filled the metro tunnel killing one pe