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
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In dulles. These are some of the areas we have had issues with around the south, ashburn, sterling, ive seen a lot of reports about herndon. Ive seen ice and spots over towards gaithersburg. Up towards frederick county. Once again, ice is going to be a big issue especially on the secondary roads, sidewalks and on the driveways. Remember that, guys. Much more on this. Ill see you back here in about ten minutes. Okay, doug, thank you. Our Team Coverage continues with the difficult decision for School Superintendents today. Many made the move to close school early before the weather moved in. That means parents had to make an unexpected trip to gather up their children. News4s amee cho is in aspen hill tonight. Amee, most parents taking it all in stride . Reporter hi, doreen. Yeah, they are. As you take a look behind me, you can see the roads arent that bad right now. That is some good news. And the parents we talked to said they didnt mind the early release. They just want their kids to
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