Our Winter Weather alert. The wind is dying down this noon. Boy, the brutally cold weather is here to stay this weekend. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at the subfreezing temperatures and just how long theyre going to last. Doug . Yeah quite a while, it looks. We may warm up a tiny bit briefly tomorrow autria but then get bitterly cold and windy again and kind of rinse and repeat, do the whole process again next week. These are the numbers right now. Air temperatures 19 in gaithersburg. 19 at andrews. 18 at dulles. 22 degrees at Reagan National airport. The strong northwesterly winds these are sustained winds not the gusts. Sustained at 14 17 Miles Per Hour and that is producing wind chills that are pretty impressive. Single number wind chills. 8 above. Right now at Reagan National airport. And again, were looking forward to early sunday morning when all of these values will be much, much lower. And colder. Our story today is we have plenty of sunshine out there. Wel
Well with temperatures as they are right now. 12 in gaithersburg. 13 at washington dulles. 17 at reagan national, every flake is going to stick. Youre not going to lose any to melting on your sidewalks or lawns so i think by morning, these are pretty good estimates. Five to eight inches across the greater metro area. Seven to 10 and, perhaps, more across Southern Maryland close to her the storm track. On the other side of the equation, the farther north you go away from the storm, it will be more like three to five. But it will be cold. And it looks like its going to stay around for quite a while. Well talk more about the implications, the type of snow and what you should expect in just a few minutes. Back to you. Ok. Lots to cover, doug. Thank you very much. The snow started moving into virginia about noon today. We have video there on your screen from our sister station in lynchberg. Governor mcauliffe declared a snow emergency in the commonwealth at 3 00. Jeff goldberg starts our co
Good morning. Good morning. Breezy conditions outside, producing a brutal windchill. Right now looking at winds at about 10 to 15 miles an hour and gusts anywhere from about 20 to 30 miles an hour. When you factor in the winds, this is how cold it feels outside. Windchills in the Single Digits feeling about 8 in washington. 2 degrees in gaithersburg and 4 in hagerstown. 8 in fredericksburg. 13 now down in fredericksburg. It continues to feel cold throughout the day today with high temperatures only in the 20s and breezy conditions continuing on into the afternoon hours. So 3 00 p. M. A temperature, windchill temperature, around 18. 5 00 p. M. A windchill temperatures around 20. 7 00 dinner plans, only feeling about 24 degrees. Looking at colder air to move in over the weekend, and with that the winds also increase. A windchill watch beginning valentines day evening. Saturday at 6 00 p. M. That returns through sunday add noon. Windchills in certain areas, about 30 to 20 degrees below ze
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
And all around the region right now, we have temperatures that are right down into the teens to mid teens around the bay to near 10 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our hour by hour windchill changes for the day ahead. The cold weather is already you cause something changes thorn. Anne arundel county schools are on a two hour delay. D. C. Has as activated its cold emergency plan. Additional warming shelters will be set up for homeless people. And strict animal cruelty laws are in effect. Youre reeminded not to leave your dog outside on a leash or you could face a 5 500 fine. Youll need the full gear today. Megan mcgrath is live in woodbridge with some chilly commuters. I know you told your kids hats glove scarves. Shes so cold shes blue. Reporter im blue . Oh no. That would probably be a white balance issue, not the cold here. A technical glitch. But we live in Anne Arundel County so my kids have a two hour delay. So they were all snug and lisa sleeping in when i l