4 31 on this thursday morning. Another chilly start to the day to deal with. Thats right. Lets check in with tom kierein to find out how cold it is and when we will get some relief. Im not used to it. This is unseasonably cold. Temperatur right now are generally, though, a little above freezing. Well take that. Yesterday morning we were down in the mid and upper teens. Now it is hovering 30 degrees across Northern Virginia. In the district, upper 30s. Low 30s montgomery. Much of fairfax, loudoun, Prince William, fauquier hovering right here freezing. Wind gusting to 20 miles per throughout the day. Low 40s by 2 00 to 3 00. Ought to be hitting the upper 40s. Around 5 00 p. M. , still breezy. Back down to the mid50s. A look at the county by county highs coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 41. Melissa, whats going on . We still have the water main break. It is going to be a problem for a lot of people. Northbound silver hill road shut down at brooks drive. Megan mcgrath is o
Leaving over the next hour or so. Much of the morning rain will be exiting. For the morning commute, watch out for the damp roads. Well be in the low 60s. Then sun for the afternoon commute. Dry roads. Should be nice in the upper 70s later this afternoon. The next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Storm team 4 by 4 is hitting the road. Thank you. Right now a water main break in beltsville could affect your morning commute. This is happening on route 1 near montgomery road. Megan mcgrath is live there with whats going on. Reporter a lot of people take route 1 in the southbound direction from beltsville to hop on the beltway, but theres a problem this morning. Take a look at the hole in the righthand lane right at montgomery road by the shell station. We had a water main break overnight that created this huge hole. And were also now smelling natural gas in the area. In fact, theres now a Washington Gas truck on the scene as well. This is going to take some time to repair. So what we
270 southbound, still has this problem. A report of a road rage incident into you ban that. It opens back down to the spur. Trying to get chopper for you. 95 in maryland, bw parkway, into and out of town, both completely fine. Branch avenue moving along. Big picture here, no issues into or out of town. Inner and outer loop, both looking good. No major problems. Again, trying to get the chopper over that situation on 270 for you. At 6 11, we will have travel times as well. Melissa, thank you. Following a number of developments involving the ebola outbreak. 100 American Marines are headed to liberia to help with the containment effort there. They will bring helicopters to get troops and supplies to locations. In the next hour a major discussion about this outbreak. Leaders of guinea, lie beer wra and sierra leone will meet with the united nations. A deputy who responded to the ebola patient is now in the hospital but Officials Say he does not have the virus. Thomas duncan is the first pe
Next weather and traffic on the 1s, a meal gentleman a meal wramelia segal will join us live. Crews are starting to wrap up repairs on a broken water main break. D. C. Water has been out all night fixing the broken main. It shut down several the water main broke at connecticut and a streets. Some roads are still shut down. We want to go to Megan Mcgrath with how this could affect your commute. Reporter well, r is still shut down at connecticut avenue. But i dont think that that will be the case much longer. If you take a look behind me you can see that theyre putting the final touches on the repair work here. They put down a steel plate over the hole on r street. And theyre just salting the area getting rid of some of the ice that formed overnight when the water main broke. They have also patched up the hole that is in the sidewalk and were told that they have restored water and completely fixed this pipe. So while they do there work, r will remain closed but they have been making a lo
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