Fresh air. Did not do that this morning. Did not do it. When i pulled out of the garage this morning, it was 16 degrees in northwest washington. That is roof closed kind of weather even for me who prefers cold to warm. Outside right now, four things you need to know about the weather. Number one, shiver me fingers. Thats cold outside. Yes, indeed. Windchills down close to 0 this morning. Cold air in place. Moisture coming. A bit of a snow chance coming up on saturday. Well be watching that. It doesnt look like more than a inch at the moment, but well keep it closely watched. Remember this term from last winter. The polar vortex. Yes, indeed. The polar vortex returns which could make next weekend colder than this one. Right now, we got to get through this one. Thursday morning starting off, windchill minus 1 in gaithersburg and minus 3 in martinsburg. It will be a breezy d morning. Temperatures teens now, low to mid20s by noontime. Highs today only in the mid20s. More about that weekend
Know all about insurance, what their options are, or even that theyre eligible. Reporter in some cases, speciallytrained navigators are helping through the open enrollment. Shown here, to basically get my mindset right, to tell them exactly what they might need to do to qualify. Reporter but marylands own website has dealt with its share of glitches as well. Were on day 29. Ive had 18 attempts to get on the website and get good information. And i have yet to be successful. Reporter perry hall delegate, kathy shilegga praises outreach effort efforts like this. But agrees the deadline should be delayed. We need to do more to help people. Because this website is not working and people are not signing up. Reporter some in congress have already called for the resignation of health and Human Services secretary kathleen sebelius. Shell take the hot seat on capitol hill tomorrow, answering yet more questions about the troubled healthcare rollout. Reporter derek, thank you. You can get unbiased
Church groups. The qualifications. What they need from us is some skill and a willing heart. The volunteers are the effort. Were able to build a new home for about 50,000. Reporter longterm recovery report in chrisfield is being driven by a coalition of supporter, aiding a town that is often overlooked. It was all about new jersey. Never a mention of what is happening in chrisfield. Theres still significant recovery that needs to happen here. Reporter the Recovery Group is building 3500 new homes and hoping to build far more. This is riewlgtd fountains ruth fountains new house. Its been a struggle. But thank god. Were as far as we are today. Reporter well, the red cross also remains active in chrisfield just today. The organization brought in a grant worth more than 1 million to aid with repairs. Kai . Alex, thank you. Our complete coverage continues with meteorologist Chelsea Ingram, live in the inner harbor, with the wjz mobile weather lab. She has a look back at the storms ilpact. H
It is the top of the hour. Our bottom line this morning is it is milder and cloudier than this time yesterday. Sharon is watching the roads, of course. Marty is over at first warning weather. In some cases its a little bit wetter. Heres first warning doppler weather radar. What were seeing is very light shower activity. Its going to be pressing through the area for the next few hours. By the afternoon variably cloudy and mild. We have rain right now but its mild. That 47 degrees is 6 warmer than this time yesterday. By lunch 62 on its way to a high of 63. 63 was our temperature yesterday. 63 is normal for this date. Whats wrong on your way to work . Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. Were seeing some of that rain n one of or traffic cameras. Were start together see more accidents. One of them on 32 eastbound at 108. That one temporarily blocking two lanes. A pedestrian involved report at patacso avenue. We still have that accident on eastbound cold spring lane