Falls Church Opening one hour late. Were working for you this morning. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking subfreezing temperatures. Chuck bell is on the main roads with your commute. Melissa mollet is tracking slowdowns. Lets start with tom. Good morning. Good morning. Temperatures in the midteens around the region. I just took this picture of a side street in northwest washington. It is all snow covered. Any street or sidewalk not treated since yesterdays dusting and light snow and a couple of inches in northwest. Thats all it took to cover that street completely. Watch out for icy spots. Temperatures around 20 degrees for the morning commute. In the afternoon, still below freezing. Many main roads should be drying out. Mid20s. They will be blow dried by gusty winds this afternoon. Watch out for slick side streets, sidewalks. Windy afternoon. The winds keep up tonight as temperatures album et. We will have frigid windchills overnight tonight. A look at when that wind gets
Loop we saw this morning. The snow making its way in and filling in very quickly. We saw some of the snow coming down pretty fast upwards of a half inch to an inch per hour between 6 00 and 9 00. That was it. But that was enough to cause a lot of problems as it occurred just during the rush hour. Now no more snow no nothing on the radar as far as that is concerned. But this is how much snow we saw, ashburn over 4 inches. 4 inches in rockville. 3. 5 in reston. Reagan national 2. 4 inches of snow. So yes, a little more than expected and colder temperatures helped it to stick on the roadways very quickly. Now, talk about those temperatures. This is where well be tomorrow morning. In the low 20s. But wind chills in the teens. Watch out, everything will freeze very quickly as we move through the rest of the overnight hours. Temperatures are already below freezing right now. I do expect a lot of ice on those roadways both tonight and tomorrow morning. Tomorrow mornings rush could be another
So everything will freeze tonight. We are talking about the problems with ice. I do think the roads will be a problem once again tonight and then again tomorrow morning. But guys these temperatures they dont even tell the whole story. The wind chill is the big deal. Well talk about that coming up in a minute. Todays winter blast created some tricky situations for School Bus Drivers across our region. Our storm team 4 by 4 00 found buses struggling on the slick roads. In Prince William county. And a frightening ride for those students. A frustrating one for hundreds of thousands of others in fairfax, arlington and other Virginia School districts. The twitter hash tag, closefcps or close Fairfax County public schools, is still trending in our area right now. It was actually trending worldwide this morning. We gathered some of the post on the nbc washington Facebook Page and they were shared hundreds of times. News4s Mark Segraves is live in falls church with more on the frustration and s
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
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