Year in the mid 40s. Yes, we get into the 20s, but normally for a couple of days. Not for numerous days in a row. We have a lot more coming. Frigid weather continues. Tracking the storm for thursday, continuing to get more information and just got another computer model that just came in. Were going to talk about that in just a second. And coldest air yet moves in. One thing for sure about this system, its the cold air, the coldest by far, we will be well, well below 0 by the time you go to sleep thursday night and wake up friday morning. All right. Doug, thanks for the warning. Well, you bundled up your kids so tightly for the bus stop you could hardly see their faces. And as students get back into the swing of school this week, some are poking fun at that bone chilling weather out there. The richer Montgomery High School is tweeting 500 below 0. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald live in Fairfax County where it is so cold, some of the buses wont work. Reporter wendy, thats exactly right. Up to
If it was 25 today, it could be 40 degrees colder than that or at least feel 40 degrees colder by friday morning. Thats the kind of cold air were talking about. Doug, thank you. Its hard to keep the chill from getting into the house right now. You probably needed an extra layer at work, too. Its the same at some local schools. Check out this retweet from our scott macfarlane. It shows 48 degrees inside a Montgomery County classroom today. But for another School District, the trouble started even before the bell rang. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald is in Fairfax County. Meagan, what was the issue with the buses . Reporter well, Fairfax County officials tell us the problem is the school buses have been sitting outside in the freezing cold weather like they are behind me here for the last two weeks while students were on winter break. So, this morning when they started them up, some of them didnt turnover. Others broke down later. But this is just one of several issues we saw in School District
Delayed two hours. Frederick county, virginia, will be closed, too. We are running the other closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. Lets get over now to the storm center. Doug and amelia, when is this ending . Well, guys, you mentioned the schools. A lot more are going to continue to close. I just got word of a couple others im sure well be putting screen. Were tracking the storm. The snow is gone and into the cold and that will be here a couple days. I think it is a good idea for the schools to close based on how cold its going to feel. You look at this storm, how expansive it is, look at the snow shield. From Virginia Beach all the way into canada. For us the snow has now ended. It is moving out, but it is the cold that the now racing in behind it. You can see lake effect snow. Lake effect streamers coming all the way down towards portions of our northwestern zones tonight. The wind advisory still in effect until 7 00. We are looking at the wind Northern Virginia, almost a
Tracking dangerously cold temperatures across the area. Were talking below 0 once again. Those numbers going to continue to go down as we move through the night tonight. Winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. Leesburg up to 37 miles an hour, 33 d. C. , 29 in gaithersburg. And it is all about the wind. We have plenty of sun today. Just walking outside into 18 degree temperatures wasnt horrible if youre all covered up. Once the wind blows thats when things really kim down, and you feel temperatures like this, 5 below. The current wind chill in martinsburg 5 below, 4 below in d. C. , 6 below in annapolis. We expect to be between 5 and 15 below 0, maybe as low as 20 below in some sportts. Thats why we have the wind chill advisory between 6 00 and noon saturday. Saturday another very frigid day. Slight relief on sunday, and then were tracking a storm system that could even bring so, i am saying there is some relief, but its not coming very quickly. But youre saying theres a chance. All right.
Reporter yes, thats right. I have his gloves on. And doug said it. Even if youre bundled up the way i am, it still goes right through you. Were by the clarenden metro station. When people get off they are moving quickly because it is dangerously cold. Im the one going to freeds out here. They told me it was going to be below 10 tonight. How am i going to survive out here . Reporter kevin waters said he might sleep on the street in arlington tonight. He told us nearby shelters were full. We called and they said theyd look for kevin because they never turn people away. The lady brought me two blankets, small blankets right here. Its hard, you know what i mean . It is real hard out here. Reporter wind chills are near 0 and falling dangerously. Im really from up north, boston, and this feels like boston. This feels like boston, yeah, its that cold. Yeah, this is boston cold. Reporter deborah greenfield positive this is just too cold for arlington. Because its just to the bone. It cuts thro