Here is the latest radar over the past hour. It is already showing up in clarksburg. You folks down south dont have much to worry about, most of this will pull out to the north of you over the next 6 hours. This is mainly an ice event not a snow event. A wintry mask risk is high but accumulations are low. It will slow your evening commute so you will need extra time and slow down. We will come back and talk about when temperatures get above freezing. You can always download our weather app for the latest watches and warnings. A dramatic fire this morning in the wagt boats, firefighters prevented the flames from spreading further but both of those boats sink. Luckily there were no injuries but investigators are still trying to determine the cause. Flooding on the top two floors has closed ross elementary school. Officials from the school say engineers have diagnosed the problem and are working to resolve them. Once the building is evacuated and cleared the school anticipates classes wil
They will run into wet conditions. I dont see this really delayed, just outside the beltway, that was an hour ago and everyone is trying to get an early start getting home. The only accident right now out of cherrywood lane, only delays westbound going east bound on green belt. Just about every School District in the viewing area canceled classes or closed up shop early today. Not always a popular decision with parents questioning the process. Fairfax county, for example, explained on the Facebook Page why they canceled school, writing even with early closures, Elementary School buses would still be on the road during the forecast period of hazardous Road Conditions and the number one comment comes from matt who writes, the county used so much salt on the roads last week that not enough left for the romans to put in the fields of carthage. Somehow, the freezing drizzle wont stand a chance. Many parents seem to understand. To any rights, the same people criticizing are the ones that wou
The 5 30 news begins right now. It begins with the weather alert, again, and a wintry mix for driving home. Topper has the details. Im looking to see if it is sleet or plain old rain. It is plain old rain in the metronorth west and we have a Winter Weather advisory until about 9 00. Most of the metro area was covered. Temperatures right now are above freezing and the spots south of town, for waldorf, you can see that even if it is hovering around 33, you would still get some icing on the trees because it has been so cold the last few days. Some of the birds have not been freezing in 12 consecutive days. Another mixed bag of precip and from rockville toward germantown, you will see that Howard Bernstein is on 270. Reporter lake annsville to manassas. We have generally wet roads with some glaze and some of the places have slick sidewalks. Earlier in frederick and meyersdale, there were reports that there were areas that were around the 2 30 frame, with some sleet. Thankfully, most of the
Storm team tracker nine to give you an idea of the storm conditions. When you get out of your neighborhood in upper montgomery, there are places hit hard. When you get out of your neighborhood, the road crews have been out with mainly wet conditions. Extra caution, it should be okay. Light freezing rain and from stormtracker 9, im meteorologist howard bernstein. Back to you. Most area schools let students out early in anticipation of the wintry weather and many are headed home earlier. That impacted traffic. Ellen bryan is keeping her eyes open to monitor conditions on the roads. How are things now . If you are going out about 4 00, the entire beltway was jammed and now, it looks great. The rush hour was much earlier. The only areas with trouble is 95 in bw parkway is a better option better option. There was an accident near route 100 with a vehicle fire on the righthand side. You will have to slow down before you hit route 32. Going northbound on 95, the other area where you see volum
Us now live from Childrens National Medical Center where the boy is treated tonight. Reporter when that boy arrived here late tuesday night in grave condition, the result police say of a brutal beating received at the hand of his mothers boyfriend, all of it over a piece of cake. With his mother at work on tuesday, the boy was left at this apartment in the care of his uncle and his mothers boyfriend robert leroy wilson. According to court documents, when wilson caught the boy stealing cake, he cuffed his hands and beat the defenseless child until he was unresponsive and stiff. The boys uncle took the cuffs off and called 911. To have a 9yearold in the condition hes in now because an adult literally beat him into that condition is traumatic. Its marched on all of us to hard on all of us to deal with those things. Reporter a neighbor said nothing about wilson stood out when they chatted about motorcycles in the parking lot. Seemed like a normal everyday guy, didnt seem like the person th