One of the problems is theres no threshold, no strict guidelines to follow when making the call. It is all a casebycase basis. Two hours back in fairfax and Loudoun County to give parents and teachers a little extra time to get to school. It doesnt look like there will be much trouble for folks getting to school today. This just in. Montgomery county schools are opening two hours later. We just heard from Montgomery County schools. Metrobus will be running on a moderate snow plan this morning. All school trips in d. C. Will operate normally. You should keep an eye on metros bus alert page. As bus routes are able to operate, they will be announced on that page 4 31 right now. I want to get you up to speed on the forecast if youre just waking up this morning. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein talking subzero temperatures. Right now look at our temperatures. Its only in the mid to upper teens Montgomery County. Near 20 in fairfax county. Upper teens in prince georges county. Low to m
Again. Again, the inner loop of the beltway now at kenilworth avenue in greenbelt is shut down. Were staying on top and will keep you posted as we learn new information. Thank you. Now to the story everyone is talking about today. Are you ready for our first real dose of winter out there . Most of us will soon be under a Winter Weather advisory. We have Live Team Coverage this afternoon to make sure you are prepared for whatever the weather brings us. Lets kick things off with storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson in the weather center. Vj . Yeah guys whether youre ready or not, here it comes. We havent seen very much snow at all so far this season. And now our biggest snowfall of the season. Winter weather advisory in all these counties shaded in purple to the south, so includes d. C. Fairfax, Prince William and fauquier county. Up to the north and west for Frederick County over in virginia too. What were going to see in these locations is snow. It could be moderate at times. An
Singledigit temperatures with subzero windchill. Were watching these snow showers, these streamsers with flurries. This is fairly light stuff. Some of these areas arent even reaching the ground. Youll notice coming out of the Shenandoah Valley down route 17, even in toward Prince William and quantico and dale city. North of town, too. We have flurries just about everywhere. You see how everything is moving showing you the strong northwesterly winds bringing in this cold, cold air. Gusting in some spots over 30 miles an hour, gusting in the mid20s martinsburg. I saw a gust in easton a moment ago at 326789 gaits erg at 32. Gaithersburg 25. 35 at Pax River Naval air station. 19 in hagerstown. 29 in fredericksburg. Weve lost a degree, now 26 at reagan national. Were probably thought going to see much more in the way of any warming today. These winds are just brutal. Right now it feels like 3 in hagerstown. Windchills get to 10 below. A windchill advisory goes in effect this evening for the
Angie. A quiet start this morning, clouds will definitely be on the increase today. If you get a little sunshine this morning, consider yourself lucky. Its on the whole going to be a very cloudy day today. Rain chances are going up later in the day, but nothing to worry about out the door this morning. A little light snow out in western maryland, morgantown, West Virginia. If you live throughout and see a snowflake or two, send it to me, 59 chuckbell4. Hourly temperatuy climbing in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees f. Youre headed to the tampawashingto game, plan on temperatures in the chilly 40s. More about that coming up. Chuck, thanks. Take a look at your screen right now if you can. Police want to talk to this man about a kidnapping at the vienna metro station in Fairfax County. A woman was in her car thursday when a man with a gun got in and forced her to drive to several atms. News 4s derrick ward has more. Reporter police want to talk to this man. Hes seen here in a surveillance
Weapon. Sue herera is off today. Simon is in at the New York Stock Exchange and we will go to him in a moment. But our top story is inz of rising above. Maybe, just maybe. John harwood at the white house as a meeting between the president and congressional leaders wrapped up within the last hour or so. John . Sum it up for us. Tyler, its a long way to the finish line but if you want to have a positive auspicious start to the negotiations, thats exactly what we got here at the white house. President obama brought the bipartisan leaders together. He spoke from a position of confidence having just won the election but he said we need to find Common Ground and when the bipartisan leadership walked out of the white house and addressed reporters in the driveway, positive notes were all they were singing. Heres a montage. The framework that ive outlined in our meeting today is consistent with the president s call for a fair and balanced approach. I feel very good about what we were able to ta