we ll check in with tom, winter is not done with us yet. it does not want to give it up quite yet. this is march, after all, and still early march. on march the 7th we are starting off with a clear sky, but look at the overnight snow totals to our west and north. and now that is all ended and we have temperatures near the freezing mark. watch out, we have had accidents no doubt due to patchy ice on the roads that did not dry out that are now freezing up. and temperatures will stay right near the freezing mark here for the next couple of hours. and the windchills are down to just near 20 degrees in a few locations because of winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. storm system exiting now over new england clearing our sky out now. we ll have lots of sunshine today. there s the predawn glow over the potomac river. a live view from the city camera. at 9:00 a.m., 35 degrees with bright sunshine. a blustery wind to settle down by mid-afternoon. then we ll be in the upper 40s and ge
veronica johnson has our windy forecast. hold on to the hats today, huh? that s right. if you re inside, you probably hear your windows rattling, or out on the highway cars getting pushed around. winds from 20 to 25 miles an hour. we had gusts to the north and west of d.c. around sterling over 40 miles per hour. and falling temperatures today, with our weather system that came through very, very early this morning. take a look at some of the wind gusts throughout the area now at 35 miles per hour in sterling. 33 in quantico. and still holding also at 35 miles per hour in clinton. winds will gradually be easing up as we go through the evening hours. still think overnight we could see gusts around 25 miles per hour. temperatures here now at 35 degrees. 38 and holding at quantico. we ve had falling temperatures with the winds. so we ve got to talk about windchill readings. and we will for tomorrow morning, too. tacoma park feeling like 26. in brandy wine, your windchill temper
reporter: it seems the only guaranteed form of transportation right now in the plains states is by snowplow. there are warnings not to even try getting around by car. i can t urge enough for people to stay home and stay off the roads. reporter: for those who do venture out, man and machine are no match for mother nature. two people here are stuck. it s a mess. reporter: in oklahoma city, the will rogers airport looks like a ghost town. and throughout the city, the only thing missing are the tumble weeds. the weather channel s jeff morrow found out sometimes there are similarities between covering a blizzard and a hurricane. it s really the blowing and drifting. i d say windchills right now are probably about 10 to 15 below. reporter: it s a good thing cowboy city near dallas is closing the roof for the super bowl. the snowfall there was light, but it s the ice that has made traffic slow going, or no going. as the storm marches east in places like st. louis, resi
there. live pictures this afternn from rdenna high school in los angeles. now backo our icy nditions today. we woke upith some snow, freezing rain overnight. so wt can we eect for tonight. meteorologist veronica johnson takes a look at that. thanks a lot, jim and pat. we won t see the b and wispread problems as we had thisorning with ice. but i do think thaty tomorrow morning, we re still going to have some trouble around area roadways, espially just north and west. district. as you take a lookt radar, we don t have a precipitation falling right now. and temperatures, most locations above freezi. a couple of degrees,n fact, above freezing. but again, icy spots i think we ll have. alexandria picked up a quarter of an inch of snow. carrl county picked up nearly three inches there. you folks in howard county picked up nearly an inch of snow and ice. damascusan inch and a half. here s what s going on across the area, as we advance on through. we ve got some, a lite bit in t
priority will continue to go to hospitals, nursing homes, public safety and neighborhoods. after that, those who live farthest from the grid. if there s a line that goes to the house and we have to send a crew to the house, then those are the people who are going to take a little longer. we should note that barry did get his power turned back on late tuesday. not the folks who live in this bethesda neighborhood. our time is now 4:31. let s find out about our weather today. any storms in the forecast? unfortunately tomorrow there could be. before we return, it s going to be a hot, humid day. t it s 78 in washington. we re in the mid 70s in the suburbs and many of the rural areas. it s just in the 70s. south and east, it s in the mid and upper 70s. we have considerable cloudiness. upper 60s to around 70s. eastern shore now, the mid 70s, the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. at many locations, they have dipped into the upper 50s and it s not very humid the