That artic air is blasting much of the country. So far the severe cold is being blamed for nine deaths in the us. Even the south hasnt been spared with some states dealing with freez ing conditions. Lets get right to sue palka with how its affecting our region. Were going to be dealing with this a little bit longer and the next batch of artic air that a comes in it looks like its going to be colder. Look at all these purples and dark blues. Its 17 in apple ril oh, it is 39 in new orleans, even tampa. As we get in closer to our area were also not he scaimg it. The lack of wind has meant that temperatures locally have gotten really cold, d. C. Is down to 20. Did he striet is one, cincinnati 14 and boston 17. A closer look at our temperatures and weve dropped to four degrees in manassas, seven in culpeper and 14 for qu prepare for a very cold start our wednesday morning and then maybe an interesting finish. I have to tell you that while we expect a sunny and very cold start tomorrow morni
Possibility of snow to some areas. Sue palka is standing by with the latest. Reporter those are two big stories, guess which one is bigger. At this moment its the cold because look how much of the country is covered in this birth cold air and the next round will be even colder thats going to be coming in the friday , saturday timeframe. We start feeling it friday. A. M. Ril oh, 15, 26 for dallas. Its only three in cincinnati. 2 degrees in detroit. Boston, 16, d. C. At 21, but also i wanted to show you that we have a couple other spots here in the region that have dropped even colder, manassas is 5degrees right now, quul pepper nine degrees, the winds have gotten lighter and the temperatures bitter cold and theyre going to continue to remain in the teens with some areas obviously heading for the Single Digits. Lets talk about whats next because this time tomorrow night starting to come up the coast. Its a big deal. It looks like its going to get quite intense even though that intensific
More. There is a little website that they have put together for that. We have it listed on our nbc washington app, guys. You can check there. Back to you. Adam tuss. Adam, thank you. In southeast d. C. , Kramer Middle School will open this morning on time. Crews worked all day yesterday to fix a pipe that burst in the basement. That caused flooding and a big mess. School officials are asking students and parents to use the front entrance today. Archbishop Carroll High School is closed because of plumbing issues because of the cold weather. Millions of americans are dealing with this blast of arctic air. Take a look at this scene in florida. Icicles on the orange trees there. Sheena mentioned they got know in northern florida. There are winter storm warnings in effect for much of the deep south all the way up to new england. Biting in the face, just cold. Its no way around it. I dont think you can prepare. There are at least 15 deaths that are being blamed on the deep freeze across the
Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Before we get to the forecast, we have district wide delays. Page and Frederick County schools in virginia are on eye twohour delay. Berkeley and jefferson schools in virginia are on a twohour delay. Sheena, today is the best day temperature wise . You know, i think that might be a stretch but, yes. Its all relative. Yes. When you say that, you dont mean the morning temperatures, you mean the afternoon temperatures, but i want to talk about this first. We have some snow and a wintry mix in florida. Now this is a rare event, but that shows you how far south that cold air has gone and if we zoom out, this is our next weather system, our next storm is going to remain off shore. Its starting to organize off shore. Well be on the edge of it. And that could give part of the area some snow overnight. Not everybody. Look at these temperatures right now. This is not the wind the area. Dulles is 3 degrees. Manassas, 1 degree right now. Leesburg and gaithersburg c
South korean official says north korea has agreed to hold high level talks with its officials next tuesday. Its their first form l al dialogue in more than two years to find ways to Work Together on the upcoming Winter Olympics in south korea. The announcement came hours after the United States has agreed to delay joint military exercises with south korean a until after the olympics. Now, to the weather, the massive coastal storm that dumped up to a foot of snow along the eastern see beard has left out of our area but it left behind dangerously low temperatures and bone chilling cold. A number of schools have announced closings for tomorrow. Charles, fairfax county, prince william, spotsylvania and Stafford County schools all closed torp. Dislaid, anne arrundel, Prince Georges County, they will open with a twoo well keep updating the list four for you. You can check the bottom of the screen. Back to our Live Team Coverage beginning with sue palka and a first look at the forecast. Are y