Cold air is moving in on us and we have complete Team Coverage here. We are blanketing the region, and much like the white stuff is out there, and so how much snow on the ground, v. J. . Well, quite a bit. Ok at the amounts. Westminster is 7 inches, and fredrick, maryland, 7 inches, and columbia and howard also 3 inches, and so it the pocket north and west of d. C. Where we are really seeing the snow coming down hard. Talking about it outside now, and the temperatures of the conditions out there, and of course, the visibilities are reduced across the area, and the winter storm warning continues through 11 00 p. M. This evening, and through the area, and it is around 10 00 or 11 00 p. M. When i expect the sfoe to make its way out of here, but look at the coverage on storm team 4 radar here, and look at that covering the beltway there. Even some of the main roads are slippery today, and not just the secondary roads, but bethesda and kettering and bowie, and the snow covered roads, but th
Be be you icy potdomac is evidence of frigid weather that just wont go away, it seems. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in for tom kierein is joins us with his first midday forecast. Hi. Barbara, good afternoon to you and good morning, everybody. Sunshine trying to get through. Its a hazy, gray sky outside. Temperatures, as you mentioned, have plummeted since yesterday. 24hour temperature change, how about minus 40 degrees in culpepper, 36 degrees colder here in washington. A huge polar plunge. Current windchills are at or below zero. Wi temperatures are inching their way into teens right now and well struggle to make it to a high of 20 today. Check on the infirmed and elderly neighbors to make sure theyre doing okay. Outdoor pets need extra shelter or warmth and pipes, cut off the outdoor water supply or keep your cabinets open, as this bitter cold will freeze them up. Little bit of light snow inching toward Southern Maryland. This is the leading edge of what could be a more s
4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. We start with the u. S. Impeachment into the u. S. President. Momentum is building with the second report now of a whistleblower. A u. S. Intelligence officer with firsthand knowledge of the president s actions on ukraine may file a formal complaint. Meantime, the white house has been subpoenaed for documents after ignoring a request to produce documents voluntarily. Mike pence is being asked to turn over information about his meeting in poland with ukraines new leader. What were seeing is House Democrats escalate this impeachment request by sending out these subpoenas. They call for documents related to what is at the heart of what they say is this impeachment inquiry into President Trump and that is his phone call that he had over the summer with ukrainian president zelensky. The question will be whether or not the white house is going to comply with the subpoena. If youve been paying attention, it doesnt appear that they are. The what you say knew