Region, surveying the conditions and the cleanup. Alison first, we have School Closings once again. The majority closed for a second day in a row. We have a complete list scrolling on the screen and at wjla. Com. We are still waiting on a call from the federal government. Leon steve rudin is here to tell us what we need to know for the morning. Steve the snow is gone and we are dealing with cold temperatures, and the wind chill on top of that. Outside the belfort furniture weather center, 21 dulles, 19 gaithersburg, 21 winchester, just part of the story. It feels like the Single Digits in gaithersburg, feels like 11 Lexington Park, maryland, seven degrees in cumberland, maryland. The wind speed and direction and of the north, northwest, the wind increasing. The National Weather service has posted a windchill advisory north and west of the district until 10 00 in the morning. It will be a cold start friday, the temperatures in the singledigits, lower teens. Noon time only about 22 degre
Weather words here in the next few days is drip drip drip. That refers to the melting snow, the rain thats coming and possibly your chief meteorologist is a drip. You never know. Thats the story. Rain is not on the horizon yet. Melting is. Look at the potomac. Right before your eyes, the ice is melting. There will be a whole lot more of that around the area. Temperatures like this. 62 degrees at Reagan National now. 59 at washington dulles. 54 in frederick and nighttime temperatures will stay well above freezing. In fact were going to run probably a good five Straight Days and nights at least if not longer with temperatures above freezing. So everything is gone and melt off. In fact, coming up at 4 20 steve rudin will join me to talk more about the melting and if the rain might cause some problems here. This is the area of rain developing, low pressure pulling moisture right out of the gulf of mexico moving along the Conveyor Belt and its headed here and we will have rain and that is d
Diane cho picks up the story after speaking with a lot of those people in those cars. As you can see behind me two lanes in this southbound direction are getting by here on 95. As you can see, traffic is slow getting around this area where the tanker overturned on 95 near 198. Earlier this morning, we were told the backup in this southbound direction is backed up for miles because of the accident. Of course, we are going into rush hour now so it may not get too much better out here. When the lanes were shut down earlier southbound traffic was being detoured on to contera drive and back on to 95. A few people were stuck in traffic today trying to head north which was reopened by the early afternoon. Were coming up from florida after a wonderful, wonderful vacation heading to home to new jersey. And all the backups, got on our iphones modern technology my husband said we go here, here and there. And hour later were back on 95. And once again, two lanes are now getting by in the southboun
The difference is its much more stable. Its a combustible liquid instead of flammable and that doesnt cause some of the volatility issues that we would have with gasoline. Slippery . Yes it is. Is that big concern out here . Well, it certainly can burn. The temperatures are out today and it makes it more difficult to ignite. So its a very slim possibility if you have an ips dent like that. Well its not something they want people driving over. Thats why the cleanup, most of the spill was in the area where you see the work crews right now. What theyve been doing is putting down absorbent and trying to stop up as much of it as they can. That process will wrap up at some point fairly soon and theyre going to get all four lanes open. But at this point, this is still an area to avoid. In Laurel Brad Bell abc 7 news. All right. Thanks. And as you know this mornings accident really made trips around town a lot longer for many drivers who were stuck in that miles long backup. Our diane cho spok
Primarily on the shoulder of the highway. Thats where most of this biodiesel fuel very much like diesel fuel youd use in a Motor Vehicle or home heating oil, thats where it was spilled and it appears as though finally that cleanup is starting to wrap up. Near laurel brad bell, abc 7 news. Thank you, brad. Crews are also cleaning up a hazmat spill in manassas. Petroleum was found this morning in a tributary of lake linden near copper mine road. Environment Officials Say the leak causes no threat to the public and an investigation is under way into the source of the spill. Route 1 is open in college park after a water main break snarled this mornings rush. It put out service to two dozen customers. All lanes reopened at 3 00 this afternoon. The big challenge for drivers tonight is wet roads. The rain moved in just before lunchtime and its been constant ever since. Chief meteorologist doug hill joins us with how much longer the rain will last. I think were going to have periods of rain st