And right now, back to work with metro back on track. The metrorail system is up and running again today after that complete shutdown for emergency safety inspections. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live at the shady grove metro station, talking to riders out there. I guess theyre pretty happy its open again. Reporter well, yeah, weve talked to a lot of riders this morning during rush hour, and they say that, yeah, no question about it, yesterdays shutdown was certainly an inconvenience, but they all pretty much agreed that it needed to happen in the interest of safety. A return to normal service for metro this morning. Emergency inspections and repairs were finished overnight, all in time for a 5 00 a. M. Opening. How do you feel about coming back today . Oh, im very confident that it worked. Im glad they did what they did. I wished they would have done it on a saturday or a sunday, but i think it was worth it. Reporter smoke at the mcpherson station uncovered a larger problem with fraying e
Eagles looks like on saint on sa patricks day. So, heres what i say. S we need to double box it whenoue theyre standing up looking at those eggs because i dont want to miss the moment. I agree with you. But thats just me. B m well do our best to get itot to you. In the meantime were goingre n our best to get you all the to l information you need aboution metro. Looks like all things are back l to normal for the commute thisf morning. Th we know the doors are opened. Do train started runningor at 5 oclock this morning. Crews worked to make those to repairs late into the night to make sure all five lines wereinw up and running. Ng. Foggy bottom metro station wastn one of the last to see thoseaste repairs and thats where wes wre find our Melanie Alnwick this morning. Morn good morning. Go reporter good morning,r guys. Guys and i think overall a lot of people saying this morning say that general manager paul Paul Wiedefeld made the right callall despite the inconveniencenconni knowing now
Weekend forecast at 6 21. Out the door you go, temperatures mostly in the 40s this morning. There are a few cool spots down in the 30s, but mostly 40s on your way out. Cool and dry at 7 00 a. M. Upper 40s. 5 00, breezy but mild, 67 with a slight chance for a shower or two. And by the time we start off tomorrow morning, a little cooler than today, upper 30s to low and mid40s. So chilly start on your brinfri. Colder weather will weekend. That part coming up. Happy saint pt. Patricks day, a mollett. Well take it, chuck. Were watching the rails as metro resumes service after the unprecedentscedencescedented da. Crews worked through the night to make sure the trains could run on time. And we have Team Coverage including crews out on the metro system, but we begin with Melissa Mollett and your first 4 traffic. Good morning. So this is the problem we were talking abous minutes ago another roads. Chopper 4 over the inner loop of the beltway. The crash off to the left side as youre nearing conn
Shower or two this afternoon. Rain chances generally 0 or less. Much better chances for rain which could come with some, yes, he said it, wet snow flakes saturday night into sunday. Keep that in mind. Temperatures out the door this morning, mostly in the 40s, but there are some cool spots. Manassas and culpeper at 39 and false church at 50. The next 24 hours, 40s now, upper 60s to near 07 later today and mid40s by tomorrow morning. How are the road roads . Roads not so bad and metrorail back to normal service. Just reopened and were live on a red line train for you this morning. No issues there. We will keep our fingers crossed. So many of you i know were affected yesterday. 66 inbound after 245, left lane getting by that accident involving a tractor trailer. So a little slow there. Westbound 395 south at duke street, work zone blocking the left lane still hanging around this morning. Big look at the beltway, no worries there. Everything rolling along just fine. Beltway at ritchiemarlb
Stfs jampacked and there was a very long line outside. Uber said that it saw a big increase in people using the pool service which is similar to car pooling rides. Capital bike share also reported a big increase in the number of bike rentals. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. After a beautiful day, another cooldown . A little cooler for today. No major drop in temperatures this afternoon. The big changes start to arrive tomorrow. So be ready for a much cooler stretch of weather as we go into the weekend. On the cool side this morning, most of the suburbs are in the 40s. There is a chance just like yesterday, did have one or two lonesome showers yesterday afternoon, that pattern could be repeated today as the colder air starts to settle on in. It could be rain drops today, but a chance for a rain snow mix coming up saturday night late into the day on sunday. A little too early to start promising amounts of snow, but just know that that is out there in the forecast. What about toda