If it was 25 today, it could be 40 degrees colder than that or at least feel 40 degrees colder by friday morning. Thats the kind of cold air were talking about. Doug, thank you. Its hard to keep the chill from getting into the house right now. You probably needed an extra layer at work, too. Its the same at some local schools. Check out this retweet from our scott macfarlane. It shows 48 degrees inside a Montgomery County classroom today. But for another School District, the trouble started even before the bell rang. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald is in Fairfax County. Meagan, what was the issue with the buses . Reporter well, Fairfax County officials tell us the problem is the school buses have been sitting outside in the freezing cold weather like they are behind me here for the last two weeks while students were on winter break. So, this morning when they started them up, some of them didnt turnover. Others broke down later. But this is just one of several issues we saw in School District
Your commute. The ice also getting thick on the potomac tonight and in ponds and streams, too, but experts warn not thick enough. How they want you to stay safe. And all eyes on the forecast. Not only a chance for snow but even cold air coming our way. Good evening and happy new year. Im doreen gentzler. Glad to be back with you tonight, folks. Lets start with a cold blast we just cant seem to shake. We go to chief meteorologist doug kammerer. Doug, whats in store . Cold across the area the next couple days and were tracking the big storm thats making its way up the coast tomorrow and into thursday. Its already snowing into louisiana right now. Take a look at the numbers right now. This is so different, because any time you get clear skies, very easy to cool. But the city does not cool nearly as fast as the suburbs. Its 20 degrees right now in d. C. , 13 in college par dulles. It is 14 degrees right now in manassas. Incredible the difference in the cold. This is the thursday storm now.
Northern suburb and into the poconos and you want to take it easy throughout the entire day and even as youre heading into the evening plans and there is the system that will transition for us as we head into the overnight hours tonight. So by the time you wake up tomorrow morning thats when the snow starts between 9 00 a. M. And noon were tracking slushy snow and more of a snow rain mix and even as we start to see the system tapering off the temperatures will drop pretty close to freezing and even below freezing and then the concern will be icy conditions on the road. Regardless, you want to be very careful as we head into your friday. How much snow can you expect and the Lehigh Valley and the upper parts of montgomery and the upper parts of Chester County and for cities like westchester, and norristown and wilmington, and mount holly, two to four inches of snowfall expected and this extended into parts of south jersey and millville is included in the range and stretching up to Atlant
Warm one, thunderstorms that we had last night, and were dry. Today we are looking at a much nicer day, so weather by the numbers, give it a eight, still hot, but humidity is much lower. So, youll definitely notice the difference by this afternoon. Bus stop buddy showing that we do have less humid conditions, 70s, temperatures mid 70s all around, so fairly warm morning, showers are gone, drying out, the clouds will decrease through the afternoon, and 87 degrees for the high, and tonight fall to 66, about 63 in the suburbs, we get a check of the seven day coming up in a little bit. But now check to the traffic. On i95 southbound between route 1678 and route 42, freeway, currently construction in this area. Also, in depford, route 42, freeway, northbound between route 55, and i295, there is construction, there, as well. 60 00; man in Critical Condition following shooting, in philadelphia. This happened around 10 30, the 500 block of mcclellan street in the citys pens port section. Victim
That we have been hearing from the secretary of Homeland Security since this plane came down. This is the headline coming from the statement. We will see changes specifically at overseas airports with direct flights to the United States. The department of Homeland Security jeh johnson saying they are expanding the screening of items on aircraft, they plan on assessing foreign Airport Security structures, security measures, and then they go on the say that there will be other measures seen and unseen. So not a lot of detail in this statement here. Not hearing very dramatic changes, but nonetheless, they are making changes, security changes, enhancing what is already in place at overseas airports. Although they dont give a lot of detail, but what can expect most likely more random checks at those overseas airport, and also, perhaps more canines and more officers and hand swabbing, and looking for residue, and in many cases, these measures are truly intended to deter people and that is wh