North and west, anybody in the pink color, you are under a winter storm warning tonight through the morning. East of the city, in the purple area, you are under a Winter Weather advisory. The reason of the difference between a minor advisory and a major advisory, we expect warm air to push in the system once it gets going. Rain over southeast section of virginia now. Some not reaching the ground. The air is dry. That will rapidly change tonight. What we have an area of low pressure that caused the snow out west. That is here. That is diving to the east. Then the storm comes together with the energy transferring to the coast. That storm will be the major storm that will cause the blizzard in the northeast and the storm that will cause us all kind of headaches. What is interesting to realize the storm is so big the Ocean Temperatures here in the mid70s. The water temperatures. Warmth and moisture will be pulled in. We ne the farthest north you go from washington the more cold air you wil
And a lot more. Larry . I guess we have to stay in the airport or find a hotel. Well see. Larry that is at b. W. I. , where a quarter of the flights coming in today were canceled. This flight aware misery map right now. You can see here, things are the worst in chicago today. Once the storm hits. The airports from our area to boston could see more problems. The transportation reporter Brianne Carter is live at Reagan National airport surveying the situation for us. Brianne well, right now, larry, we have a number of delays. The name of the game is trying to get out ahead of whatever Mother Nature brings in here. The good news, in the last hour, the security lines decreasing. So folks are coming here to try to get on one of the last minute flights this is looking good. That is the key. Time is running out. We are getting out of here. At Reagan National airport. Folks lined up to try to beat Mother Nature. A number of people flying tonight or tomorrowtr flight. The baxters booked on a no
Snowfall totals. This is computerized. By the time its tomorrow afternoon and close to four inches in the district and andrews. Three at annapolis. Seven at baltimore. 11 at frederick. 16 in westminster. The farther north you go, the big deal. The farther west not so much of a big deal. We will report back in about 14 minutes. Michelle thank you. The storm is taking shape but the effects are being felt. Thousands of flights are already canceled throughout the northeast. Abc7 transportation reporter Brianne Carter is live at the Reagan National airport with a growing fallout from this. Brianne we are seeing this increase. We have seen more cancellations come up. If you are traveling to boston, newark or new york, they a any flights after 6 30 or 7 00 on the board, those are now canceled. It has been a game all day trying to beat mother nature. We saw people coming here to get on a flight earlier in the afternoon. Some were lucky and some were not. Many said they didnt want to get stuck
With the latest. John jummy, there is a budget meeting going on as we speak inside of metro headquarters in northwest d. C. Transit officials figuring out how to deal with an operating deficit next year of close to 300 million. If you ask general manager paul whitfield, he will tell you he wants to cut 1000 jobs and raise fares once again. He wants to make more changes to rail service. Chairman, jack evans, threw a wrench into the plants, recommending the federal government should take over. About a mile from here, earlier today, we were over at Mount Lebanon baptist church, where metros Largest Union gathered with spiritual leaders to oppose the chairmans idea, and discuss what they call a death spiral budget. Paul whitfields plan includes bus routes, and a five cent to . 25 rate increase. The riders that ride in the system are part of the community, and the workers that live in the jurisdictions that is too responsible who is responsible for the system, not the federal government. It
Northern fauquier county, 66 toward the front royal area, la ray seeing thunderstorm activity. Lets zoom on into this area. What you see there is that rain, heavy rain moving toward leeburg. Loudoun county, frederick county, youre going to be zealing with the rain. The wider view talking about the line of storms making its way in toward the southeast. All with a frontal boundary thats coming in. This is the same storm system that the southeast and is now bringing Severe Weather toward parts of georgia and parts of south carolina. Nothing severe for us, but we could see some lightning and a little bit of thunder out of this, not to mention that heavy rain. Much more on this. Amelia draper a and i in all afternoon. Remember, download the nbc washington app now, if youre ever away from your phone or television, great way to take a look at the latest forecast and the radar. All right. Thank you, doug. Community and continue to cause a big threat. Today, we learned one more person has died