Warm. Thats pretty much been the goal for anyone venturing outdoors today, we saw a lot of winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves as people stood in the including line in woodbridge, virginia this morning. Lets get to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer, its hard to believe its april 5th. Exactly right, pat. The reason is the temperatures now, 45 degrees, thats the average temperature for february 5th, not april 5th. Look at the numbers across the midatlantic. 45 d. C. , 42 hagerstown, 39 to the north and wind chills are even lower, look at the wind chills around our region. 33 camp springs and 38 around leesburg. A very cold afternoon, leading to a cold night tonight. Freeze warning in effect for the entire area as temperatures will get below freezing. Make sure you bring any sensitive plants in and cover those with sheets, not because it is going to be a very cold night tonight. Now next couple of days, take a look at the headlines, continued cold. Yeah, thats right, right
Timeline. Was he killed before the fire or die from it . Im sorry he has passed away. But now he is no longer in pain. On the other side when we die we are called home to god. He had such severe burns to his body they had to use his fingerprints to identify him. Alison the mercury will be tumbling tonight below freezing. Leon its april, right . Alison yeah. Reminder. Leon it didnt get super warm before. But we saw the people bundle up pulling the winter coats out of the cloet the horizon . Doug comparative its warmer but not that much. Back to average monday and tuesday of next week in the mid60s. Bright sunshine out there. The wind will diminish tonight. But with that, a very noticeable drop in temperatures. Live temperature data in. 45 at reagan national. Andrew at 43. 43 in annapolis. Then late tonight with the winds camming down and the clear skies the temperatures will drop like a walk. Freeze warning in effect for the viewing area. Early tomorrow morning the temperatures will ran
Region. Very heavy rain there. This is all part of a front thats swinging on through the region. Take a look at the temperatures. Ahead of the front were still in the 70s down around the norfolk area, 79 degrees. Only 35 in pittsburgh. Once again incredibly cold air. So cold we have a freeze warning in effect. Well talk much more about this and much more about the cold not just today but for seven days, at least parts of the sevenday forecast coming up in just a minute. Okay. Thanks, doug. And welcome back. Tomorrows wisconsin primary could be critical in both president ial races. There are 42 republican delegates and a total of 96 democratic delegates at stake. The winners will claim two weeks worth of momentum because the next big primary is not until april 26 in new york. Steve handelsman is tracking the prays from capitol hill. Hi, steve. Hi, doreen. Some of these candidates have already moved on to new york, but wisconsin matters when it comes to what george bush 41 famously calle
The latest on that in just a moment but first, lets get a check of weather and traffic on the 1s. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, spring is not coming back anytime soon . New york the spring flowers are being frozen. Low to mid30s in the nearby suburbs look at manassas, 21 degrees this morning. The one upside is, compared to yesterday morning, theres nowhere near a windchill to contend with. Its just flat out cold. 28 at 7 00 a. M. This morning. 55 at 5 00 this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine today. A little breezy this afternoon but by tomorrow morning, rain back in on it. And rainfall amounts tomorrow likely to add up between a half and three quarters inch of rain across the area, most of that coming before lunch. Ill let you know whether or not its going to impact the nationals home opener later on in the show. Melissa mollet. Have this problem still hacking around in gainesville, not seeing any slow downyet but not sure if the map hasnt caught up because it should be slow. In
Opponents have argued some of the sites violate zoning laws and are in unsafe areas. Tonights meeting takes place at ward 6 at the metro police ahead quarters at 6 30. University of colorado fans are going wild again, the womens team just won another ncaa championship in basketball. It capped off a perfect season. No losses. In fact, the team has won 75 games in a row at this point. Uconn now has 11 championship wins, the most of any College Coach of all time. We also have to give props to syracuse, both the men and women did well getting to the final four. Thats right, but that connecticut team, amazing, four championships in a row. Unstoppable. Theyve been good for a long time. Its time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Lets check in meteorologist chuck bell. You need to layer up before you dare to step over the threshold. It is in the upper 20s in some of the nearby suburbs. Mid20s in the panhandle. 25 in martinsburg. 25 in luree. Four things you need to know, baby its cold outside