Areas in north in inches. But the big story now is the Road Conditions. What those are like. Combine the friday evening commute and it can cause a mess. With that said go to josh knight. What is going on . What are you seeing . We are traveling east. We are on 50. We just went over 301. You can see close to the outlet shopping center. What is going on for us . Roads have been wet. We are still getting light snow coming down, a little sleet mixing in at times as well. But a lot of traffic. I dont know if its weather related or just friday getaway and people trying to bet the weather. In general, the Road Conditions on if main roads have been relatively quiet and dealing with the road spray when you get to go fast. I want to show you the temperature out here from the storm track. We have instruments on the roof. Around 28 d so my concern is the roads with the less travel and the less traffic. Those places have a chance of icy and more slick and more quickly. So keep that in mind. It can
The Road Conditions, speaking of that. Check in with meteorologist josh knight in stormwatch7. Good evening. It has been quiet and congested. We want to stay around anne arundel. We are in the area. We are east of bowie. Traffic is moving slowly. I dont know how much out has to do with the Road Conditions because of the weather. Predominantly they are just wet. But i want to point out the current temperature harringing around 28 degrees. So once we get less traffic out there. The water on the road might have a better chance to freeze up. Really want to be careful as you are out and you dont have the choice but to move slowly. But if you get the opportunity to go quickly its still take your time. Heading east. Send it outside. Thank you. Take your time. Sam sweeney is patrolling the roadways in mobiletrak7. We keep an eye on his feet and josh as well. We will alert you to the problem spot. Keep tabs anytime you want. You can download it. Radar is nice. Check it at any time. Thank you. W
Firefighters went to the offensive fire tack and the rescue. The rescues included pulling two people to safety by ladder from balconies. Favor victims treated for smoke inhalation. 30 people displaced heading to the holiday. That building was very pretty. They had the lights all around it. You know, so im sure everybody is devastated. I hope christmas comes for them. Many people are stoic now. But it will hit them. The red cross says replacing the lost gifts for displaced children will be a priority. We are going to provide assistance today to meet those immediate things folks have clothes, food, replacement of medical items. We will also have conversations with them about where they plan to go. The red cross is working with the families tonight. There were a number of children displaced. Local churches have been gathering goods, clothing, that sort of the Management Company looking for the vacancies within the complex to put families up tonight so they can try to rebuild the lives. Fo
Midtoupper 30s. 36 by 11 00. That is close to where we end up at. We will get down less than that before temperatures are back up by the morning. There is a little bit of change coming in tomorrow night. We have sent sam sweeney to the airport to see how everyone is dealing with the busy time. Sam . Sam a good day here. Its a smooth day. All the flights have gone out. No cancellations on the american airlines. This is one of the busiest travel days of the season. But you wouldnt know it looking around. Reagan National Airport its smooth sailing. American the airport largest carrier here plans to move 20,000 people today. Planes are more than 90 full. You might not think that if you look around. Its fantastic. I have plans, extra time today. I walk in to check my im through security. Across the country more than 6. 2 Million People expect to fly between now and new years. 97 million expected to drive. In total, 107 million americans will leave home for the holidays. I dont think its sno
Bill no. That is good. Even if you look across the country there is nothing major. Not a huge storm. We have a few clouds in cumberland but our region, that is what i look for, within a four or five or sixhour drive. We are good to go. Its great. I love to deliver that to you. Good evening. In our area i want to widen this out to show the midatlantic. The only exception is up to the north. Tomorrow we expect snow in new york. If you have plans tomorrow, Late Afternoon and evening. That is an area to watch. Break it down for you in a little bit. In terms of right now, look at the radar. Look at rain, blue, snow. You go to new england and none of it is showing up. We are in the mid30s in the beltway tomorrow. Then we go up a little bit by tomorrow morning. The colder spot is shenandoah valley. The outlying areas below freezing tonight. There are some areas that wont get to freezing. We talk about the forecast looking to friday. In the weekend. The christmas forecast swinging back and for