For baltimores morning pep rally and the team leaving for super bowl xlvii. We have you covered as you head out the door from the roads to the weather, we want to let you know there is are school delays, we put them at the bottom of the screen. Harford, howard, cecil, on a 2 hour delay. Keep your eye out for your kids school. Over to meteorologist, lynette charles, we were looking a at the radar, looks like a big colorful blob. All the colors mean something, but it doesnt mean that because you are in the blues, that you are seeing plain snows you could be mixing in, some sleet and also freezing rain with this, and some snow could be mixing in, with some of the greens that you are seeing here, which is indicative of the rain. Also what i want to tell you, the further to the south, not so much, the surface is so cold, once the rain comes down, thats how you get your freezing rain, rain falls and sticks and freezes on contact. Be prepared this morning, its going to be an icy mess outdoors. Now a check of what is going on because of the mess that we have, Winter Weather advisory in e fete until noon for the areas in the blue color. The Eastern Shore looking okay, that doesnt mean that everything is find, it means you are not under the Winter Weather advisory, but you are going to get Winter Weather. Annapolis 33. 28 sykesville. Now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. This freezing rain and sleet having an impact on your commute, we are dealing with a crash in harford county, thats shutdown the northbound lanes of 95s route 24, 543, everything is up to speed, the ramp to route 24 is open. Stick with route 40 or 7, as your alternate route. 695, this morning, this is in parkville, harford road, everything up to speed, you are looking at an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95, all the way up to 83. No problems on the jfx, downtown, 11 minutes, southbound from the beltway, down to fayette street. Fort mc henry, 8 minutes northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza. This freezing rain and sleet is making the roads slick, icy this morning, definitely take it easy, use caution, and be careful. Its like christmas in charm city, six days away from super bowl xlvii. Fans are gathering in the inner harbor. Sherrie johnson is live this morning with more on what to expect with the exciting pep rally. Reporter definitely exciting time. Its important to mention this is the 12th anniversary of when the ravens won the super bowl in 2001 when they beat the giants. Here we are today. The fans are going to be gathering for a big send off. The ravens are going to stop by here, a big rally planned today. Baltimore city is hosting that rally, this morning we have ravens cheerleaders that have stopped by to talk to us a little bit. They are shaking the pompons. We are excited here. We have amanda and shawn, good morning to you both. Tell us a little bit about what people can expect this morning. Its going to be a great show. We will be performing and the band from 10 30 to 11 30. Players will be here at 12. Reporter why is is this send off so important . Its good to get the motivation and city prepared and ready to go for the super bowl. Reporter i hear you are going to the super bowl, how exciting. So excited. We cant wait to get down there. We already have folks that are gathered out here. I have been talking to them. One gentlemen and his family, western maryland, 2 hours away, they have been here since 2 00 a. M. Waiting for a good spot in line. What do you think. I think they are very dedicated. They always come out and willing to cheer on the team and give support. Thank you for joining us. Can you guys get us in the spirit . Lets go ravens. Lets go ravens. Lets go ravens. Lets go. Reporter you have so much energy and you are so spirited at like 5 30 in the morning. They have got the 2000 Super Bowl Team thats also going to be here as well. This is going to be an amazing event. Kicks off at 11 30 this morning. Free breakfast for you. The players will be here at 12 15, they will stop by the rally before heading to the airport. Sherrie johnson, abc2 news. We will have to ask he about the weather. Its nasty. Its snowing. Rain or i dont know what that is. Reminder, abc is also headed to new orleans, teaming up with the st. Bernard project to rebuild home for families still struggling to recover from hurricane katrina. We need your help to make it happen. Head to abc2news. Com ravens for nola for more information. Switching gears, its going to be a difficult day for a Baltimore Cityelementary school. 7 family members made it out of a fire saturday night. The young girl did not. Flowers are placed on the fence as a makeshift memorial to raven. She was a nice girl. I misher. Im scared. I still want her here. The cause of fire remains under investigation. Firefighters say they will be in the neighborhood this week, handing out free smoke detectors. A small plane crashed in to the hudson and both people survived. Police say they were rescued from a single engine plane that crashed and sank in to the frozen river. They were plucked from the waters 30 minutes after the crash. Arm yourself, thats the rally from a wisconsin sheriff, the lawman says calling 911 and waiting for help from police is no longer the best option for people in a dangerous situation. The sheriff is talking to people about this, taking to the radio air waves, questioning Police Responses and advocating for gun ownership. You can beg for mercy, hide under the bed or fight back. Are you prepared . Take a certified safety course to defends yourself until we get there. Are you ready . With you are officers laid off, calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. 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Ice across most of the area, the only place you wont be dealing with ice is in Southern Maryland for today. Everything will switch over to rain more in to the afternoon. This is what it looks like on the most powerful radar. A big mess across the area. Take it easy as you step out and about. Kids have school today. They are on a delay, expecting icing across the area. Temperature 29 degrees, by this afternoon, just showers and the High Temperature at 38 degrees, much better than what we had, these temperatures below average. Now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. Good morning, we are dealing with a very serious crash this morning in harford county, on 95, it shutdown the northbound lanes at route 24, you will want to use route 40 or 7 as your alternate route. We are dealing with snow and sleet, freezing rain across the region. The roads will be slick, though they might appear to be nice and clear, you will want to be extra careful. We are dealing with icy conditions. 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We have cold air already at the surface, we have warm air thats going to ride on top of that, and with that, thats why we are dealing with the icy scenario this morning. Sleet, that is just a form of ice, its rain, freezing in midair, and before it reaches the ground, thats what we are dealing with. Cockeysville, temperature wise, coming in 30 degrees, temperatures are a big story this morning, no matter where you are, this is depending on what type of precipitation you are getting. 29 in northeast, goldsboro, 31 degrees, 32 easton, we are going to be dealing with 31 degrees now in mardela springs. The future trend, not picking up on a lot after today, the big thing is, we do have to get through today. We need to do it slowly and carefully. At 6 00 tonight, this is your commute home, we deal with rain showers across the area, still dealing with a slick commute nonetheless. Future trend brings High Pressure in here through the next several days, we will have to wait to see the abundant sunshine. Tomorrow, partly sunny to partly cloudy. Today, we have the wintery mix early, its not as cold. Thats one thing that is good. 35 degrees by tonight, another thing thats good, not going to get below freezing in a lot of spots, the wet roadway, is not going to refreeze. 53 degrees by tomorrow. Partly sunny, mild across the area. Thunderstorms in the forecast as we head in to wednesday, 63 degrees, and we drop the bottom out as we go back in to the weekend. Now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. A serious crash in har fords, shutdown the northbound lanes of 95, route 24, stick with route 40 or 7 as your alternate route. Expect delays in the area. If you are traveling downtown, this is 95, at 395, everything moving along, no problems getting through the fort mc henry tunnel. The normal 8 minute ride, northbound, from the beltway to the toll plaza. Harbor clear. Traffic is starting to pick up as we look at the other abc 2 time saver traffic drive times. 695 free, 11 minutes 95 up to 83. Over on the west side, traffic is starting to congest on the outer loop of Baltimore National pike, an 11 minute ride, traveling from 795, down to 95, if you are in arundel, watchout for a crash in hanover on arundel mills at summerton court. All closures and delays are running at the bottom of the screen. Among them, Baltimore City schools on a 2hour delay. Check this out, a video, parity of the song fighter. Three little girls and dad shows pride for their team. They posted the video on youtube with the lyrics, it has close to 20,000 views. Closures and delays, you will see the ticker throughout the course of the day on good morning maryland. You have been hearing the term cat fishing. Its what manti teo claims what happened to him and it could happen to you. What do we do when something thats hard to paint, really wants to be painted . 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