I was driving over the Woodrow Wilson bridge. You want to step on it. Its not that deep. Its been a long week, sarah and jim. Unfortunately we got a long weekend in store when it comes to the brutal cold. It is in the forecast about all weekend. Unfortunately even the smallests trips require immense around of sweaters. Theres windchill warning along the ridge top of the mountains where it will feel like its on the order of ten below here and a possible 20 below as you get out to extreme western maryland, portions of West Virginia where youre in the mountains there. Temperatures right now as we begin our friday night, 18 in washington, 12 in gaithersburg, 15 out of dulles, 14 in winchester, and weve had the to be breezy through tonight. Wind gusts exceed 20 miles an hour here in washington. 30 miles an hour in annapolis, we started the day with some incredible windchill values, going to go show you them later on, on the order of 25 to 30 degrees below what it felt like five below in hag
The good news is all that comes to an end at midnight. Well be dry by tomorrow morning. Temperatures may be below freegz. Well have slick spots to worry about then. Well be near 60 by later in the week. The Winter Weather advisory continues. Your hourly planner on temperatures, we may barely get above the freezing marks but the ground is frozen. Any raindrops, they will glaze them over almost instantaneously. Be real careful later on this afternoon and this evening for that. The trend is finally our friend yet again. Temperatures will be in the 50s by thursday. But that afternoon, evening commute tonight could be a little icy and dicey, melissa. I dont love that. Its going to be a rough one coming home tonight for a lot of folks. Taking a look at the breaking news. Chopper 4 headed to that water main break, eastwest highway takoma park for us. Eastbound lanes are shut down. One westbound lane. The only thing open for us this morning, a little bit of an improvement. We were totally clos
Were going to get to mike and erin in just a moment. First we have a Couple School closings and delays. Well start in maryland. Marlton Elementary School in Upper Marlboro is closed today due to heating problems. All other Prince Georges County schools though are open on time. Elsewhere in maryland, Dorchester County schools are closed. Queen annes County Schools on a 90 minute delay and Talbot County schools you are on a twohour delay. Lets take you to virginia. Shenandoah County Schools closed today. King george, page and Spotsylvania County schools are also closed today while Stafford County and frederick city schools are on a twohour delay. And in West Virginia, Jefferson County schools you are closed today. All right. Erin como is talking about traffic. A lot of red behind you. Im afraid to ask what thats all about. Mike thomas talking about weather. No delay. You guys hit it. All right guys well its the cold ground temperatures were worried about today. Actually most most of the
Here. Look for a wintry mix early this afternoon and then perhaps changing to rain but again the rain, the wintry mix everything will get a chance to stick on roads and sidewalks as ground temperatures right now are in the teens. We are under a Winter Weather advisory. Ill show you that coming up but again the timing on this ill say between about 1 00 and 7, 8 oclock tonight look for a wintry mix across the area and icing will be an issue. Guys ill have more on this in a minute. Back to you. Tuck thanks. School closings and delays. A lot might come as a surprise as we thaw out from the weekend deep freeze. Its the threat of a wintry mix this afternoon thats leading many systems to close early. Fairfax, loud couldnt loudon and what are havent. Fauquier king george page county schools. In virginia john adams elementary in alexandria is closed because theres no heat. All other alexandria city schools though will open on time. Stafford county schools and fredericksburg okay. Lets head over
Freezing, now 34, 35 degrees, that has helped us. Parts of northern virginia, we are getting reports of icy conditions out there. Looking at the roads in northern virginia, right around freezing in many spots. And temperatures may go down over the next couple of hours. Thats what were fairly concerned about from d. C. South ward. Not a big issue, most of this falling as plain r rain. If it is falling and bouncing, it is sleet. Rain is moving in as freezing rain. Yes, we are seeing some icy spots to the north and west. Heres the system itself. You can see it has snow, sleet, freezing rain and just plain rain with it. In a little bit of a lull in parts of the area, well get back as we move through the region. Look at the numbers and you can tell what im talking about. North and west, we are below freezing now. South and east we are right at or above freezing. So, this is good news in our south and east zones. North and west, however, this is where we have issues. Everybody still under a