Right now at 4 00, snow is on the way. I have to go out to go to work. I have to leave earlier. Millions of americans bracing for a fierce winter snowstorm. My fear is we are going to have a foot of snow. 1400 flights have been canceled nationwide. Hopefully this is the only one for 2014. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Erika Gonzalez in for pat lawson muse. Im jim handly. Hold on. Winds are picking up, the cold air is blowing. In a mammoth winter storm is moving from the midwest to the northeast. This is a look of i270, north of gaithersburg. A wind advisory is in effect. We could see gusts up to 55 miles an hour. How much cold, snowy weather are we in for . We begin with Veronica Johnson and chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer are tracking the situation. We have been looking at the latest guidance over the last couple days. It is playing out, just earlier than we anticipated and the amounts may be higher in some locations. Snow is accumulating to the west. Tomorrow is when the cold air mo
Morning. Down to 49 now at dulles. That is a record low there. The old errorecord was 51. Jacket in july. Incredible. July 30th starting off, it is down to 63 at reagan national. Most of Prince Georges County county in the mid and upper 50s. Most of Montgomery County, only low 50s there. Low to mid50s in fairfax county. Near 60 right by the way baers. Your headlines, jacket in july morning. Then a short sleeve afternoon. Low humidity in place throughout the day. This time of year we usually have oppressive humidity. Todays dew point again just low and mid50s. So pleasant and invigorating dry air will be with us. A look at your hour by hour changes on the way coming up at 6 11. We are staying on top of breaking news in the district. An officer shot a man overnight in southeast washington. Police are narrowing the crime scene. Right now fairlawn avenue from burns street to m street is closed and thats where we find derrick ward with more. Reporter 2500 block of fairlawn avenue southeast,
Wet roads. In the low 60s. Next weather and traffic on the roads as the storm team 4 x 4. Melissa checking with breaking news. Breaking news, Prince Georges County. Martin luther king blocked. Two lanes inbound. Just tweeted pictures of this motorcycle crash fro from first4traffic. No major problems. Wider look at things. Inner and outer loop moving along. You can see 395, just a little bit slow as i was mentioning there. No major problems otherwise looking pretty good. Trying the get chopper over this crash. More on that coming up. Holy oh, my god. People watching a rocket launch in virginia got a terrifying surprise when that rocket suddenly exploded just after launch. This morning, crews back out to get a closer look at the debris field. Nasa is warning it could wash up on beaches in the coming days and weeks. It was operated by Orbital Sciences company in dulles. The rocket began to slow down and break apart. An official at Orbital Sciences says he believes the the command staff se
We approach dawn for the bus stop this morning. Youll need a light jacket. Its rather cool in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Well stay this way through 8 00. Then between 8 00 and 9 00, have an umbrella ready with a few sprinkles right into the metro area. By then, into the upper 60s. A look at the hourbyhour warm up for the next day ahead with weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Melissa has an accident to talk about, whats happening with that . This is in the North Kensington area at new port mill road. You can see the accident on the right with one Police Vehicle now leaving. This should be wrapping up in the next 15 minutes or so. Take a look at 66 at sudley road picking up in the last 20 minutes. We are expecting volume there. A wide look at things, we look gate good inner loop or outer loop. No problems right now. In dale city, you are slow on 95 northbound in virginia there. Remember to follow us on twitter first4traffic. Aaron . All right, melissa, thank you for that. Today we a
A fledgling music festival that got its start on a rural tract northwest of Greeley has found a new home just south of the Wyoming border in Larimer County.