Into the early evening a machine the future cast here just a moment things very quiet right now it is chilly out there in the skies would increase with clouds and when to track the moisture across the region a little bit later through the day you can see right now things very quiet here. We do have a lovely bit of snow a lot starting to push through south boston i want to keep this in mind is one of the reasons why the snow forecasting a little bit tricky today that that the low levels of the atmosphere are bone dry right now so its gonna take awhile for those levels to moisten up but i do believe by late morning into the afternoon and that snow will overcome the dryness will start to see the snow showers developing so temperatures right now in the teens for it when there is like wakefield petersburg its the low twenties for newport news and something that hit close to the coast here we find mid to upper twenties one to talk about the snow and its timing this is what you want to know so lets talk about it with our future cast you can see the clouds on the increases the snow off to the southwest but coming in pretty quickly and i suspect as we go through the early to middle part of the afternoon the snow will begin initially some flurries and then the snow intensity picks up heavier amounts down to the south lighter amounts to the north but in general were looking at maybe one two inches across southside Hampton Roads one of three from North Carolina maybe two to four down around the Albemarle Sound. There could also be a little bit of sleet in the next knock down some of those totals down to the south of the bottom line is travel across the region is going to become messy this afternoon this evening and thats why we have some of the early releases from the schools and some of the other cancellations to the north lighter amounts of one am a full forecast map showing you exactly what to expect in terms of the amounts right now though in the early look at the ride into work and heres asher with a look at the midtown tunnel at rates starting there because we did have a little that rock in trouble at the midtown tunnel and traffic is moving now this is if dats bout making its way into norfolk and the slain here is headed in to port with intractable stopped totally at the midtown tunnel just a few minutes ago due to a breakdown a breakdown has cleared as you can see traffic is now moving well expect a few delays out there who had between norfolk and portsmouth waiting to see traffic making its way into port this morning im hoping that we had two alternating lane closures right now. No were not all kids want to make sure the traffic was moving there on both sides of hunger to be ok so keep an eye on this much of anything pasta the midtown tunnel could live with her thirteen years now Traffic Network to newport news. I am watching some roadwork sixty four westbound at fort eustis right now the left lane is blocked as you head for yorktown and williamsburg bridges that humans will have to fix sixty four traffic south to newport news at the monitor merrimack i actually think you are storm of coverage continues with a look at the preparations that have already started ahead of the snow. Oh yes the doctors spent much of yesterday prepping sand and chemicals frost patrols are hitting the streets to start reading them i lisa brown is in Virginia Beach with much more on the preparations elise chilly morning with the actors are right but i mean you see a big giant glowing cited that igloo is a sand salt mixture with thousands of times in that mixture year of operation site for us patrol the crew out of the crew responsible for spreading this mixture is now in full force this morning they left here around two thirty ready to go theres a lot of area covering the city public works divide in Virginia Beach into three zones for each other three drivers cover ramps bridges and overpasses now once the snow starts to fall. Were told that when crews will hit those primary roads Lakeshore DriveVirginia Beach boulevard again throughout the morning we are keeping in touch and public works to find out if their plan of action changes we will keep the morning live in Virginia Beach. Elise brown thirteen years now are readily stay warm out there think you ve done crews will also be pre treating the roads on the peninsula i have the forecasted snow where it all the crews will hit the road again starting at seven oclock this morning and then hampton city officials tell us that they have staff and resources ready to go and that they will just adjust to the staffing according to the need. Were told the police will be prepared for snow related staffing as well in newport news crews will work twelve hour shifts make sure that there are always trucks on roads the forecasts can change over the next few hours to stay up to date on when youll see snow in your area download the thirty news now whether caster app for your phone contract the system using live radar to get weather alerts as soon as they happen. Good news for farmers in suffolk and surrounding areas. 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Suffolk disaster area several areas surrounding some pic are also eligible for some assistance from the Farm Service Agency including chesapeake Hampton Newport news in portsmouth also isle of wight and southampton counties all diving deeper into the issues Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton squared off at last nights democratic debate will tell you Hillary Clinton said that put Bernie Sanders on the defense just ahead and daybreak continues in a storm mode crack is in the weather all right well take a look theres the next three days in a snap shot you see highs today in the low thirties were going to be even chilly as we get in the sunday temperatures expected to be in the upper twenties and starting off of the teams are now is going to be cold sunny but very windy as well plenty to talk about with snow showers showing up on the radar but this is our own south boston and you can see south of lynchburg a lot of that stuff falling but not make it down to the ground yet because again the low levels of the atmosphere very very dry but thats gonna change of these at temperatures right now reflecting the very cold conditions but viewpoints very very very low so as the motion comes itll take a little while but once at lower atmosphere moistened that were going to see the snow developing through the afternoon of energy right around the trough here that weve had cut out over the eastern us in order to see some moisture streaming up from the south and the potential for snow this is the g f s model you can see not a tremendous amount by the g f s heavy dusting to maybe an inch or so across parts of the year this one likely under playing it a bit take a look at the euro and here again you see that half inch to an inch or so and theres the belief that could be a little bit more say in stiches two inch and half or snow burst across the south sides of this is what worm bait bracing for some of the snow lovers that were really hoping for a super heavy snow may be disappointed. I think the bottom line is were looking for messy travel conditions Late Afternoon evening so well be watching that down around the Albemarle Sound it could be two to four inches of snow some sleet mix down that way so thats the area that could really be heavily impacted with the heavier amounts but it looks like for most of us its a manageable amount that you want to be very very cautious on the road this afternoon as we take a look at temperatures across the area to stay close to thirty to maybe thirty three at the airport downtown maybe a little bit warmer but not much in these temperatures again really just showing a very cold conditions that the chances for snow showers probably lighter activity to the north heavier stuff certainly down to the south this is the way it looked right down as i mentioned its going to get even colder over the weekend. Lets check in right now the monitor merrimack ashley roads are fine right now weather wise but the set in a different this afternoon ill be back for thirteen years now and four and threw six thirty just to make sure youre getting home and wherever youre headed safely right now have a little into the camera here at the monitor merrimack you can see there will be back and forth at this point but well have a whole lot of traffic on the subject cited the eminem there is the northbound lane theyre headed toward on the northbound lanes i should say make its way toward the bridge or tunnel. So were fine were in very nice sheep are headed to the peninsula just wanted to give you that live look coming up just a few minutes an update on the road work and were checking traffic in Virginia Beach bash thank you all right theres no denying it relationships and marriages take work as love week wraps up on daybreak. Thirteen years now daybreak is in store mode heres a live picture of Virginia Beach. 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Yes something that we dont often get enough of here on daybreak how precipice at teaching your kids how to sleep telling ourselves how to sleep better but youre not gonna get any sleep in her role as leader today with no action is in move out later this evening so we are looking at improvements coming up but you know what the problem is going to be were going to have the slasher what every they treated the road and a good job and this is not going to not looking at feet of snow or anything like that but maybe a heavy dusting to an inch in some areas others wanted two or three intangible possibly down into North Carolina but you get the roads slushy and with the cold air coming up i expect icy conditions later this evening even with the reds been treating get slushy cold enough overnight tonight and later the weekend that were going to have some potential travel issues yesterdays high was thirty five we normally are fifty so we were well below average and will continue to be below average take a look here at the forecast through the morning sky as very bleak cloudy increasing clouds becoming cloudy by mid day and then the snow develops this afternoon and continued winding down during the early evening. Right now are dry across syria out to wes is were starting to pick up some patches of snow but were going to find is actually going to be a weak area of low pressure is going right up along the coast use of energy kind of wrapping around the base of this trough that has been carved the country and the combination of the bush kind of coming into this cold air is going to set up the potential snow and we are looking for that snow to develop so reading it in to that with our future cash you can see the north winds again soon this moisture coming in the moisture riding up from the coast. The combination through the afternoon likely to produce a snow now well take a little while for the lower atmosphere to allow to moisten up and allow this to reach the ground so the onset of this is a little tricky but i think the best chances will come during the afternoon through the very early evening hours and youll notice down to the saddle to get some of this mixing batter on the Albemarle Sound this is eerie that has the potential to see the heaviest amounts of snow here were looking at maybe two to four inches of snow potentially somewhere down around here but theres also going to be the potential for some sleet or rain to knock down what you see on the ground so it looks like we could see some heavier bursts of snow down there but that mixing or sleep will make it kind of then again with the very cold temps are so worried about the freezing on the road so this is going to be a real mess down in this area for most winter roads probably ranging say i heavy dusting a half inch to one or two inches thats a potential with the heavier amounts towards the state won eighty seven parts of Virginia Beach and a downer on hickory maybe in chesapeake we can see a couple inches down that way as you go farther north. Its more like say abt half an inch to an engine should a half and then up on the pencil probably lighter amounts but still enough to create travel trouble so well be watching this show knows how it moves out and things quiet down overnight and tomorrow were looking at mostly sunny skies see saturday with really good sundays going to be bitterly cold it is going to be very windy saturday with gusts thirty to forty mph its comin so just be prepared for that i didnt take a look at conditions out there and as far as the snowfall potential of shoe you thats the euro not cfs also looking at half an inch to an inch across much of the area there is the potential for heavier amounts but what actually sticks around. Thats going to be debatable as well so were looking at this again the heaviest amounts tenor of the Albemarle Sound temperatures this morning in the twenties as you can see and the temperatures will be in the team so were looking at this as far as of the cold conditions no getting around that winds are calm twenty six right now at the airport but those winds are going to pick up so today temperatures are going to top out will say pretty close to thirty to maybe thirty three degrees i have to move the heart of rio been doing all of this graphic stuff that the snow on Everything Else i read move the heart so last sunday valentines day. If you think its in monday. Youre in big trouble. I just wanna say that right now hes a big effect flurries on valentines day sunday and monday another system was some snow or mix changing over to rain rain showers tuesday we did a nice a warm i dont like write much here on the Traffic Network maps were still pretty calm and quiet across the area but i do want to give you a looking your commute ahead of the dorchester you can see how things look where you might be headed to look at the lab in Virginia Beach will start their two sixty four around which the crowd really old to sixty four looks like this at this point we dont have any major issues. Eastbound traffic headed toward the oceanfront and westbound making its way in the direction of norfolk again were in very nicely with no big issues to report so lets head back to the maps now and head up to newport news we had one overnight construction project sixty four westbound it for you says right here as you head toward yorktown and eventually up to williamsburg that roadwork has cleared and traffic also moving very nicely sixty four east and west on the peninsula so no big issues here in just a few minutes were headed to five sixty four right now i am tracking a lot of green making its way into the base but we know that can change at the drop of the dive we are coming up on by the clocks like expecting to pick up between five and five bit again the rest of the area moving pretty well but if we need at any issues to the list will do that in eight minutes. Taryn ashby q is for fifty one is still to come on daybreak after a tragic incident parents are pushing for tighter Home Day Care regulations right here in the commonwealth ahead the issue that may lead to the trails debt and the changes that could prevent it from happening again. And while some hotels are scrambling to add new amenities. Others are attempting to restrict some things like that keds will. For her before her time a stranger danger warning in Norfolk Police say a man pulled over to talk to several kids monday night on carrillo avenue in larkspur the children said they did not know the man told extra officers are patrolling the area just in case this happens again. New this morning the parents of a one year old who died in his home daycare in Chesterfield County last year speaking out now. Jc and max allen joined a number of families yesterday in richmond to fight for tighter regulations the allen say that their daycare provider had more and was highly recommended they say it wasnt until after their sons death that they learned the provider had way too many kids under virginia law and should have had a license is important for many families especially for working parents to have a safe reliable place to send their children while there were the allens provider was charged with a misdemeanor theyre now pushing a measure that would make it a felony if a provider operates illegally and it leads to the death or serious injury of a child a group in Central Virginia fighting for more for Parental Controls on the messaging app kick that made headlines recently when blacks were teen use it to me her keys killer members of stand for the solid what lawmakers to make it comply with the childrens Online Privacy protection act that includes adding age verification of the app and more parental consent. This morning saying no to take heads usa today report an increasing amount of Hotels European countries that are going child free. Theyre banning those under the ages of fourteen sixteen in some cases and even under twenty one are very few adult only hotels in the us most of them are spas in california so far no Domestic Hotel chain has placed an all out ban on children and our tms for fifty six we would tell you all morning about the possibility of snow to me are just regular will break down the chances of snow in your neck of the witches the head yes and the bitterly cold temperatures can be dangerous to your health ahead where you can go to avoid the chilly temperatures and our store mode continues with wintry weather in the forecast for how to look alright it is five am here on daybreak you have Team Coverage of the winter storm thats headed right for the rose for slick spots while craig is updating its forecast right now said reporter standing by with props in North Carolina to know we already have School Closures and early dismissals swelling at the bottom of your screen if you havent gotten that phone call from your School System yet we want to go right over to craig for the certified most accurate forecast in Hampton Roads cracked our guys going to take a look first of all i use all right piers we were starting off the show theres a graphic up we always cry while im updating this stuff constantly in order to shake em latest thinking on the potential snowfall it really kind of tricky because the models e g fs in the euro and they both come back down a little bit on the total amounts but the bottom line the impacts are not changing in that the roads are going to become messy later this afternoon in this evening whether you get half an inch or inch and half that the roads become snow covered and slushy and then with the cold temperatures coming in tonight is going to be icy