Lauren ricketts. M we want to eat outside today at lunch, can we . You may want to. I dont know if theres going to be a lot of opportunities to do that in the coming days. We haveil da rain chances headed our way. H wee a chance of rain out there today. Nothing out there right now, we have blue skies. A lot of that humidity building in. Temperatures out there right now, 85 degrees. That southerly breeze is kicking up. Were seeing increasing humidity, its going to increase throughout the day. Were going to have lenty of sunshine throughout the day today. As we continue through the Late Afternoon and into the evening. Showers. A chance for theyre mainly going to be west of the region, were talking right along the i81 rrcoor. As you travel closer to the i95 corridor, the chance lessens a little bit. Well hve some stormsut there, were going to time those out for you coming up. Hats the frontal system headed our way, passing through as we get into your mid week and thursday. Well talk about
Right off the top this morning if youre just waking up at 5 00 a. M. No surprise it is cold outside and were talking frigid conditions. But the bone chilling temperatures werent enough to keep many people from ringing in 2018 out of town. Fox5s kristyn leon live from Dupont Circle with more. Happy new year to you, kristen. Reporter hey, happy new year, maureen and wisdom. Let me tell you something first and foremost, im a california girl and this california girl does not do cold very well and believe me, you guys, its cold outside. Can you see that . Yeah, thats my breath. Thats how cold it is. I want to show you how cold. Right behind me, you could see that sign on Sun Trust Bank, 13 degrees, you guys. We are in the latents but it feels like subzero temperatures here so way below zero. If you dont have to be out and about this morning, dont. Believe me. I would love to be in bed where you are cause it is so cold and im told you guys that this new years, this new years day, 2018, this
Drive. Ems evaluated the driver. The driver will make a full recovery. Also this morning, crisis averted at least for now after a budget showdown on capitol hill. Congress agreed to a funding bill last night. It is a. M. Trillion dollar compromise and a vote could come as early as midweek but did President Trump get what he wanted . Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on the hill with the details now. Mel. Reporter well, steve anda allison its been a busy weekend. They passed a one week extension of sorts and then last night came to an agreement, a framework of a deal that must still be voted on. Must be enacted by the end of the week. It is really just kind of kicks the can down the road for another five months but at least it is something that is said to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. A compromise. Something we havent heard a lot of these days t. And it does that fund some of President Trumps Budget Priorities though perhaps not in the way in he may have envisioned. Lets talk first
Upper 20s in the surrounding areas. Frederick at 27. For the afternoon, the evening rush, maybe not so great on area roads. Eileen has that coming up in a few minutes. Look at the temperature 35 degrees at 1 00. We are forecasting a high of 36. You can see some of the snow showers here coming right across d. C. , prince william, far cure county. That a better chance after about 10 00 this evening. That is the batch that runs through us, mainly north of the sea that is what mainly north of d. C. With more on what it is going to be like on area roads tonight and tomorrow morning, lets go to eileen whelan. Eileen taking a live look at the capital, it is dry, it is cold, your morning commute is going to be aok. Be a little bit slick. As veronica was showing you, maybe a few flurries around 3 00, but after 7 00 through 11 00 there will be some slick spots as the snow starts to fall and stick. Overnight we will have some snow showers. Totomorrow morning, 5 00 9 00 a. M. , the snow is out of
Worried it was going to be snow snow at all. Maybe she brought it down from philadelphia. Clouds are moving in this morning. Might get a sliver or two of sunshine early. Temperatures just barely above freezing during the afternoon. It could start out as a flurry or a sprinkle. By tonight, light snow very, very likely. Might get as much as an inch. Planning it out today, temperatures below freezing this morning. Staying cold and cloudy. Any sliver the sunshine will be early on in the day, but temperatures will be back below freezing by this evening. Exactly how much snow . Lets find out from sheena. Were looking at not much. But the problem here is going to be the timing of it allege. So as we go through the hours early tomorrow morning, we are looking at the snow falling right around the overnight hours. So before the morning rush, temperatures will be at or below freezing. That will be the Biggest Issue here. Take a look at the snowfall totals north of the off to the west. B less than