get home after this week s blizzard. welcome to news 4 today on this wednesday, december 2h. and let take a look outside right now. it s a clear morning. it s cold but not as cold as it s been th week. veronica isere to tell us just how warm it s going to get for us. i m going takeou back 24 hours. i want tohow you whathe temperare change is compared to yesterday. we re running generally 5 to 8 degrees higher than we were yesterday at t same time. that s right. let s take a look through the area la plata asand qntico. five degrees from where we were yesterday morning. springfid, 8 degrees higher. you re tempature, 34 degrees. light wind to about 15 miles pe hour through the area. windchill temperatures 20 to about 29 degrees right inside the eltway. that s givings a little bit of a chill. really not nearly aswindy. calling it breezy times for today. by noon. 46 at 3:. just high clouds toughout the day today. and a loo at your forecast there. they ll take a look at the ex
bett. the warm air making a beeline. we re excited about it. bring it on. we have mostly clear skies. n should be up 7:26. that s the official sunrise for today. and we suld expect to see just high clods coming through the area from time to time. temperatures throu your neighborhoods rightow this morning in the0s currently. a few spots down south and west. there s a pocket o 20s around la plata, fredericksburg. again, most spots in the low to mid-30s. damascus, 32. fairfax city, 34. suitland, 33 degrees. here s aook at yourday part forecast. by noon time up to 40 degrees. and 46 by 3:00. the arage high, 44. we re talking about seasonal temperatures for day. getting just a little bit above average tomorrow. locations south like frericksburg, stford, could hit 48 degrees. your four-day forecast cing up in just a little bit. let s head to t roads with jey edwards. a look look along interstate 66 where it smooth sailing predawn darkness from haymark to vienna. lanes are
chantilly. a two-story house was leveled. a natural gas leak was to blame. it was a big explosion. around 9:00 last night at fairfax county firefighters responded to call for a gas overcome your ads lees corner road. there was immediate concern for a husband and wife and two young boys not home at the time. this person lives across the street, but spent much of the night in her car after firefighters said it was the oil dangerous inside her house. there was a strong odor of gas until around 1:00 in the morning. washington gas crews immediately shut the gas off. workers found a leak outside the house as well and they are looking into it. neighbors are worried this could happen to them. i was trying to reach 911, but apparently everybody else was calling. fairfax county fire investigators are beginning a lengthy investigation. it could take until tomorrow to figure out exactly what caused the explosion. courtney robinson reporting from chantilly. police are wo
have a two-hour delay and grant county is closed. jefferson, mineral, delayed two hours. morgan and pendleton county schools as well. we will run the latest delays and closing information at the bottom of your screen all morning long. and the latest on the snow center tom. this is highly unusual to get it althe way to lake erie. that is usual. it s almost unpredictable for it to happen like that. all due to the very intense winds gusting 35 to 40 miles per hour. lake-effect snows into pennsylvania. they have made it this far south. bay effect snows, moisture evaporatingff the chesapeake bay. cold winds turning to snow showers on the eastern shore this morning. closer here, as we look at the radar, a patch of blue. a snow shower is moving out. southern ward, northern prince george s. it is frid. right now temperatures are only in the upper teens to near 20 degrees with wind gust toss 30 miles r hour. windchills are in the tee t just single digits. in fact, windchill 10 d
ah, a little bit of sunshine. we ll keep most of the clear skies around. one thing i m seeing as i look at temperatures the last 24 hours,here we were is 4 to 7 degrees lower right now throughout the area. and the temperature has just dropped a degree in manassas. 21 degrees. springfield, fairfax county at 23. frederick county, maryland at 21 degrees. lleytonsville, 25. prince george s county, 26 degrees. you have dropped a degree. cold but calm i m calling it at the bus stop between 30 and 35 degrees. the kids will definitely need a coat. but i m not sure if they will want to wear it on the way home. high today of 50 degrees. mostly sunny skies off to the west. justigh clouds first early tomorrow morning it will sill be dry. look for the rain to develop during the afternoon tomorrow. sunshine today. quite nice. gh temperaturef 50 degrees. tomorrow will be 10 degrees higher than today. again, likely to be wet. likely to be windy and much colder by mid week wednesday. vero