It goes as far west of Prince Williams county, Fauquier County as well. Then you get to the southeast. Westmoreland county, a warning but the shade of red, ocean city and Rehoboth Beach is included. There is a blizzard warning in effect. Look at all the red that runs up through parts of maine. A pretty widespread area that has a blizzard warning in effect. Here is the storm right now. You mentioned down in the deep south. Its snowing throughout South Carolina. It snowed earlier in georgia and florida. Its working its way up to North Carolina. Now if you look outside the clouds we have out there that werent there a couple of hours ago are the leading edge clouds that are working on in. The system that will be affecting us tonight. With the temperatures, we went up to the mid30s and we are above freezing for the moment. Warmest temperatures weve had in a while. But the roads are you dont have to worry about it for the next couple of hours but by tomorrow morning the commute will be very,
That will be changing as we go to the night tonight where we are expecting snow around midnight. Then into the morning commute. In terms to how much up to two inches of snow around the d. C. Metro. We break down the timing to talk about more specifics. Coming up later in the show, stick around, i will break down what the term is. The bomb cyclone specifically. We will have that in a little bit. Larry all right. We will talk to you soon. The 7 on your side team can alert you the moment the child school cancels or delays. Go to wjla. Com text to sign up. Alison i want to hear more about the bomb cyclone coming up. Schools across the area have been scrambling to cope with the bitter cold. Its taxing buses, Heating Systems and pipe as we soldier through another day where the temperatures hit zero in some part of the area. Stephen tschida is following a growing list of problems. Stephen the list continues the grow. You see this heap of you can see the moisture. Im telling you, it is very, v
Higher amounts to the east, as we expected. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] it is chilly out there, and the wind will become the big story over the next 24 hours. Here is what it looks like. Snow from georgia to north florida. This is the storm that almost looks like a hurricane as it rapidly moves on off to the northeast. This storm will eventually move on out of here rather quickly. Look at the snow totals national zoo a little over half inch of us know. In mount vernon. Temperatures outside right now, if you are going to be out and about for the lunch hour, it is cold. 22 degrees in burke. Newington at 24 degrees. Clouds and radar does show most of the activity moving out for the east. What you see around the d. C. Metro area is not going to expected. This will continue a little bit longer until 6 00 p. M. Windchill factors as the winds begins to pick up will take a dive later t
Bombagenesis . Bill bomb cyclone. I retreated stuff from the satellite that showed it wound up and lookedded like a hurricane out there. That is the deep drop of pressure we talked about last night. Its pushing up to new england. For the most part out of our area in terms of what is going on with the snowfall. Now we have driving winds out of the northwest. That moves us forward to the next story. Its a big story. Wind chill advisory posted for the entire region. Of course, it includes d. C. Metro. That goes all the way up out of our region as well. The wind gusts right now, if youve been outside you know this and you might hear this. The tree flowing around. We have a wind gust of 40 in winchester. 36 Miles Per Hour is the wind gust around d. C. 38 in gaithersburg, frederick, the same thing. If you look at the temperatures now the big chill begins. 26 in d. C. 22 in gaithersburg. The feels like temperature is what you need to prepare for if you are going outside now is in the Single D
Parts of maryland and virginia are slammed by the snow. But some parts have as much as 14 inches of snow, the highest total in our area are a little more than two inches. The majority of the area saw less than an inch. Why were the schools closed today . Stephen tschida is live in northwest asking parents if they thought Closing School was a good idea. Stephen . Stephen strong reaction to the question. Seton Elementary School is closed up tighter than a drum like a lot of schools in the region. But check out what is on the ground. Its not knee deep. So that is why a lot of parents are not thrilled with the rationale to close schools. The weather outside isnt frightful. Still inside the Trampoline Park its unusually business for a thursday. Virginia now, this is we get an inch and they cancel school. The kids springing in action instead of studying. Some parents scrammable to find ways to occupy the children. Others took them along with them. Improvising on unexpected day off. A lot of