Was measurable, and measuring snow is what were all about. Two inches. Two inches here in maryland. Thats right. Reporter thats sam buckmaster. He lives in the bowens section of calvert county. Whats the most youve seen . 50 inches. Reporter oh, my goods in. You like the snow . Used to when i was younger. Now that im a little older, it can go away. Reporter reporter im here with sherrill kelly. Ive got the snow stick, shes got the shovel, thiis her driveway. This could take all day. Reporter you want more . Lots more. Reporter keep it coming . Thats right. Reporter because of the snow, schools were closed in calvert county. School closed its just hard to imagine what kind of excitement that brings to a kids face. No school, no school, no school. Snow as magical powers. It closes schools and transforms ordinary fields and backyards into wonderlands of play. That ride on that saucer, even down the smallest of hills is that fun, alexis . Yeah, its fun. Reporter its a smile maker. Coming u
System unfolds, as we go through the afternoon rush, there will probably be around an inch of snow on the ground, could be accumulating on area roads, light, powdery, possibly slippery. Well have around 2 inch, maybe slightly more in certain areas. Look at the rare dare. Storm team 4 radar, theres nothing going on. The next system still getting its act together way, way out. The temperatures in between the cold air, the icy conditions, as the winds turn light as they temperatures will start dropping off. You folks up to the north, your temperature heading on down to from 21 degrees down into the low teens by later tonight, were at 23 degrees in manassas, so it really gets cold, 12 by morning there, 15 in fredericksburg. Cold and icy for the morning. More details, what your neighborhood could get, coming up. Thanks veronica. As we wait for the next round, many people in the virginia suburbs are wondering where are the snowplows . Vdot says unless side streets get 2 or more irges, none o
Barbara harrison. Right now there is light snow in chicago. This is Michigan Avenue a few hours ago. The snow is coming from the same storm system that could bring us snow later this afternoon. The windy city already has a layer of snow on the ground and has been dealing with extremely cold temperatures this week, just like us. And this is what the snow did to neighborhoods in one Fairfax County naked overnight. The snow turned to ice. This is a side street off annandale road. Vdot doesnt plow the roads unless they get over two inches. Some of the schools already decided to close early. Fairfax county closing 2 hours early. Montgomery county 2 1 2 hours early. Fauquier closing at noon. Charles county closing 2 hours ear early. Loudoun county closing 1 hour early. Calvert county and frederick county, maryland, closeding 2 hours early. Continue to watch the bottom of your screen for more updates and tune into nbcwashington. Com. Storm Team Meteorologist tom kieran. Folks are getting read
Up. Thank you, doug. We have Live Team Coverage across the area. Julie careys in Northern Virginia, adam tuss in Montgomery County. Tracee wilkins in Montgomery County. Hi, julie. Reporter well, here in western Fairfax County, seems the snowfall has tapered off. Even seen much for the last 30 minutes. In fact, look up behind me in the sky. The moon is glowing through the clouds and just a while ago, as the sun was going down, we saw the sun coming through, even the snow falling, Strange Weather sights out here today. Take a look down on the sidewalk here. You get a pretty good idea of the little bit of powdery snow out here in Fairfax County. But, vdot still took this seriously. And they wanted to stay ahead of this snow that came down this afternoon. Take a look at these trucks. They were cruising primarily up and down the interstates and the primary roads like this one here on lee highway. Putting down a mixture of salt and sand. But again, there has been so little accumulation out h
Them went to the hospital. Police say a man went to the club and just opened fire. Three men and two women were shot. They were all alive when rescuers took them to the hospital. Its expected to be another chilly day in our area. Our most recent inch or so of snow came through very quickly, and the Winter Weather came right as many of you tried to make that evening drive home. Plow trucks stayed busy trying to get the salt down. This morning youll find roads passable and the snow mainly on the gross. A live look right now at the roads. Crews are working around the clock to make sure state roads state clear. State troopers say they responded to nearly 250 traffic crashes statewide friday evening. They also helped out about 175 drivers stranded on the side of the road. We have meteorologist kim standing in for chuck this morning. Looks like the cold is sticking with us. It is. We even have a few leftover flurries. Good morning, everybody. Its a cold one. Check out the numbers. We have so