Going to continue with the frozen sleet mostly mixed with rain west of the metro area. This is Doppler Radar and everything we project, that holds this pattern through the night through early tomorrow morning. Good news is it should mostly be out of here by early tomorrow morning by 7 00 or 8 00. Temperatures are key. In the areas that sleet is ing heavily, look at how low the temperatures get. Areas of sleet are a concern on roadway surfaces. But in general, south and east of the city mostly rain and the farther north and west you get, the more slippery potential that you have. As far as how mn south and east of the city. Accumulations of a slushy sleet and snow mixed in up to an inch just north and west. And then the farther north and west you go the higher the amount. Well keep a close eye on this and remind you theres an Alberta Clipper to bring snow to the area late sunday night into monday morning. Lot to share with you in a few minutes. Leon . You got it. It will be a busy night
Northern virginia. In the district they have about 200 snow trucks in place by 8 00 tonight and in maryland about 2400 pieces of snow equipment across the state. Now, major thoroughfares have all been pretreated pretty much vdot tells us but it is a gamble, you know, no one knows exactly how much will fall or where. It is a very inexact science. We take the worst scenario and mobilize to that level and prestage our equipment. That way we can be ready for the worst part of it. This is the 10th weather event weve had this season so far. Last year, if you may recall we had 19 by this time of year. Take a look down at the roadway. You can see how they pretreated it and its just kind of wet right now. Nothing really sticking. But as doug hill mentioned, the big challenge for all these folks, transportation folks will be not only were having a storm tonight but also sunday night as well. A twofer. Live in leesburg richard reid, abc 7 news. Thanks rich. Count on the storm watch 7 team to trac