Minutes. It takes about half an hour to get frostbite when its 20 below. Its still pretty serious. Wind will gust late tomorrow night into early sunday morning. We have a high wind watch that covers the entire metro area wind 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. On our win gust tracker by 6 p. M. Tomorrow evening wind gust tracker by 6 p. M. Tomorrow evening winds are gusting jc9to 30s. 36 mileperhour wind gust possible tomorrow at gaithersburg. Well let you know if we could have a bigger snow next week. Its already downright chilly out there. Our mola lenghi is on the streets tonight where i think every time we see him hes got on yet another layer because its very much need. Reporter the wind has definitely picked up the last couple hours, not nearly as pad as last night but still its bad as last night, but still its windy and getting worse and will continue to get worse tonight, overnight into tomorrow. Those out here working in it and walking in it really echo that thought, that the wind amplif
Around here. Im definitely cold. Its freezing. I have on about seven layers right now. Reporter seven layers . It doesnt look like it, but i have on so many layers right now. Reporter does it work . It works for my body. For hands and feet, toe warmers and hand warpers. I say the wind is the real killer. As long as its not windy, youre all right. Reporter you hate to see this, but a lot of folks we spoke to are really dreading the weekend. Its supposed to be colder, windier and might even see some snow. Yeah. Thanks. You can keep up with the weather 24 hours a day with our wusa9 mobile app. Make this your go to app for all your news needs. It was a wild scene, a shootout between an Armed Robbery suspect and police in the u street area overnight. When it was done, police found that suspect shot to death, but they say it is likely the suspect killed himself. Debra alfarone joins us live from where the man was found shot dead at Caroline Street and 15th street in northwest. How do police
20s. In the morning for the commute youll probably need your shades going to work, but by 1 00 we see showers, snow showers now just like summertime. Theyll march west to east. By 4 00 theyre along the i81 corridor. By 6 00 or 7 00 they move right through the metro area. These will be kind of intense just like saturday. Remember saturday we had that little burst of snow . Same deal. In addition to that, if you see something wet either driving or walking, its more than likely frozen. Thats black ice. Slow down and be careful walking. A lot of people fall this time of year. Arctic blast looking ahead, snow showers time frame 5 p. M. To 9 p. M. We could see a trace to 2 inches. It doesnt take long. Five minutes will give you a coating on the roads. Thats going to be dangerous late tomorrow night. Another arctic blast thursday and friday, perhaps the coldest in two decades maybe since 1994 when many areas went below 0 and yet another wintery mix saturday and saturday night. Well tell you i
Youve got on traffic this morning. Looks like we have a little bit of ugly this morning. Good morning to all of you. Hope your day is getting off to a good start this morning. Want to let you know about a situation going on on 95 in virginia this morning. Were talking about two lanes closed as a result of a vehicle fire taking place between 610 and the Marine Corps Base causing some slowdowns. They were a little bit more significant earlier but it looks like people are starting to get past which is certainly good news there. In the district traffic looking nicely as well. No issues or accidents to report in that area. If youre going to be driving on the outer loop of the beltway, youre looking at a 16 minute commute from 95 north all the way to pennsylvania avenue. Back to mike and andrea. Weve been saying for most of the morning the main roads are pretty clear. The issue today is still the side roads. The neighborhoods could be a challenge depending on where you live. The snow combine
Ill have the latest impacts coming up in about 10 minutes, pat, but again, this evening were not looking at the worst conditions. Again, talking act windchill temperatures on into the evening, 2 00 a. M. Temperature around 12 degrees. But saturday night, sunday morning windchills in spots could be as bad as 20 to 30 degrees below zero. So thats going to be dangerous windchills. Now, windchills that low are only going to be for someus. Ill let you know if thats for you coming up in about ten minutes. Thanks amelia. Not everyone gets to stay indoors during this frigid friday. We found people who are braving the arctic blast to help make your drive a little easier. David culvert picks up our Team Coverage in arlington. Reporter this is one of those days folks are hiding their faces, trying to wear as many layers as they can to fight off this brutal cold. Work crews facing some tough Office Conditions houtout here for hours today, dragging heavy equipment, layered up but still taking break