Rain. And you notice, no more yellows. We had lightning and thunder earlier this morning. That rain is gone, just the shower activity. Heres whats happening right now, through loudoun, fauquier. We had a break through parts of northern virginia, but the rain continues to fill in here and it is making its way down to the south and east. But this is all part of a storm system and a boundary thats across our region. You can see the edge, up through pennsylvania, back to the west. We continue to see shower activity moving through. And this will continue for the next few hours. Kinda tough to get the nationals game in, but maybe. Continued cool, yesterday we were 76. Today right now, 55. Mothers day forecast, it does get a little bit better. And the 80s, they do return. Even a 90 in there as far as the forecast is concerned too. Much more on t look ahead to the weekend, remember, you can get the latest on storm team4 on the nbc washington app, set weather as your home screen. Just open sett
You can see a bit of a spin. Another round to the west, bringing heavy rain and another round early tomorrow morning. Well take you hour by hour for your saturday. If you have plans tonight or your saturday, as well as mothers day, well be back here in about 15 minutes and amelia will have another check of the radar in about ten minutes. Now is the perfect time to make sure you have the nbc washington app. Get the power of storm team4 right on your smartphone with hour by hour forecasts all weekend. There are still more questions than answers this afternoon about a townhouse fire in fairfax county. The home was gutted and it spread to its next door neighbor and the homeowner is nowhere to be found. Meagan fitzgerald is on the scene. What have you learned . Reporter well, we know this morning. Neighbors say they heard a loud boom and their house shook. When they looked outside, what they saw was this town home e. Deuced to charred wood and rubble. Saw the flames. It was horrible. They w
Blanket of a deadly weather these days. A deadly pileup and a dozen injured in michigan. It happened near whiteout conditions, dangerous travel, a polar vortex and much, much more. All of that is really on the way. Heres nbcs kristen dolgren. Reporter another multivehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania shut down parts of interstate 90 and in upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with proceeding snow and slippery roads. We had to drive really slow. Reporter even the professionals had trouble. Some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. Out west, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice, schools and city offices closed and flights cancelled. An arctic plast hitting hard wallia wallia washington 16 degrees, boulder dropped to 3. And casper, wyoming, a bone chiming 30 below, 44 degrees lower than normal. And its far from over t. Polar vortex could plunge temperatures even lower next week. Our meteorologist bill karens is going to joi
Exit ramps near mgm as backups flooded the bridge. They opened their garages an hour ahead of schedule, but some drivers fear the added traffic will bring to their route home now that the casino is open for good. I come this route and i was trying to assess the traffic and its definitely going to be crazy. Monitoring traffic patterns and our chopper will be back in the air to bring you live coverage from the road. Even if. Youre not a gambler, you will still be entertained. It prides itself on making m fwrks m as much of a resort as a casino. Including sara Jessica Parkers boutique and the restaurant that brought in high profile chefs. This is the way i would do seafood my way. Thats what youre going to be getting. American seafood. The resort features 308 rooms and a full service spa too. Our coverage continues online. We posted a guide to getting to the highway was totally shut down. It only reopened a few hours ago. The cold here is nothing compared to casper, wyoming. They are waki
Door, it feels like were in the teens and 20s. So a morning you want to have because bundled at the bus stop, give them a ride or let them sit in the car until the bus comes. Look at how cold it is in the suburbs especially. Feeling 15 in winchester. Thats one of the coolest locations. Probably even gloves. The sunglasses as well. Coming up in ten minutes, im going to be walking you through your hour by hour and letting you know you can expect toward lunchtime. For now, you have the new accident on this morning. A brand new problem just before branch avenue. 95 is starting to see slowdowns. 270 at falls road, no worries. Beltway rolling along just fine. National harbor casino and resort is officially open now and now making the best chance youll have to get in. Grand Opening Event has been such a hu entrances for the casinos specifically. It had been at capacity for several hours. And people were being turned away within an hour of the doors opening. It is still crowded this morning at