Could approach 20 below zero. And because of all this cold weather, a lot of kids will be out of school once again tomorrow. And we can expect even more closings and delays as the night goes on. And if all that wasnt bad enough the snow is falling again, as the temperatures struggle to stay above zero. Also developing right now, a woman was hit and killed at an intersection in Fairfax County. Police are looking for the person who hit her. Were going to get to that developing story in a minute. First up we begin with the cold. Really cold. Shomari stone will join us in a bit. We report on how people are dealing with all of this. But first, Doug Kammerer this arctic blast is something we dont normally see this late in the season right, doug . No as a matter of fact doreen if we do set a record today, it will be a record in the metro d. C. Area. The old record 8. I think well get down to 6. Thats the first time we have set a cold record in the month of february in a hundred years 1970 rat
And 302, 10 to 15 minutes behind. 95 in maryland bw parkway in and out of town looking good. Outbound past 322 looking a little slow. Im not seeing anything happening there, but for some reason were a little slow there. Perhaps a little icy or something and people are just slowing down. Prince georges county overall looking good. 66 here and 95 getting that normal 6 00 a. M. Slowdown here through dale city headed north. Otherwise in general not much happening right now. Just very very cold. Well keep our fingers crossed. Montgomery county schools opening two hours late this morning. Bus drivers across the district are going to need that time to the buses going. Megan mcgrath live at the shady grove bus depot in rockville with a look at what is being done to make sure your kids arent left in the colds. Reporter i checked the temperature just a little while ago, it is bitterly cold here. Just 3 yees. Degrees. And this can cause real problems for cars and buses. You look behind me here yo
The cold feel even colder. Current windchills. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal . The Weather Center with how much longer well have to deal with this bitter cold. Good morning again to you. Good morning, barbara. Well be dealing with these frigid temperatures the remainder of the day. The wind will die down but temperatures by themselves will be cold. We did set record lows today in washington as well as bwi marshall. Not a record low temperature here in february since 1970. Windchill advisory remains in effect for just about everybody. For about another hour a look at the current feelslike temperature in your neighborhood when you factor in breezy conditions. Feeling 8 below in gaithersburg. 5 below in the pa tuxant river and heading into the evening hours, 6 00 feeling like its 18 degrees. 9 00 p. M. Feeling like its about 7. Heading out tonightance bundle up but dry and then our focus, barbara, switches from the extreme cold to snow and ice. A winter storm watch for the areas
Of people werent out. Very tragic event. So we are trying to piece everything together were looking for witnesses folks that may have seen or heard something. Police are still working to put together a description of the car involved in this accident. 4 31. Want to go back to tom to tell you about this brutal cold weather and wind that were dealing with. Thats a good word for it brutally cold windchills right now. Temperatures are hovering right in the low Single Digits. And it will be staying just in the low Single Digits over the next couple hours. Feels like 8 below in washington windchill gaithersburg 16 below, manassas 11 below windchill. Subzo windchills near the bay, hagerstown nearly 20 below zero windchill. Winds are gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour. So we have all of these counties in blue still under the windchill advisory. Its in effect until noon for windchills minus 5 to minus 20 including all of virginia including the metro area and most of maryland and the eastern shore.
Temperatures right now low to mid Single Digits just about everywhere. Cambridge is the only one at 10. Oakland, maryland this is not the windchill the temperature there is 8 below zero. Shenandoah valley temperatures there are in the low to mid Single Digits. And winds are still blustery. Current kchs are minus 5 to minus 15. And these are gradually going to be improving as we get into the rest of the day. So headlines this morning, frigid still very cold this afternoon. And then saturday snow, sleet and icing. A look at when these winds will be diminishing, thats at 5 11. Want to mention this once more clara barton parkway is now open once again. Megan mcgrath on the scene. She was shut down overnight because of icing from a nearby water main break. Taking a wide look at things overall beltway in and out of top looking quite good. No major problems. Same thing looking at Prince Georges County this morning. Br avenue, pennsylvania avenue indian head highway all rolling along quite nic