Well with temperatures as they are right now. 12 in gaithersburg. 13 at washington dulles. 17 at reagan national, every flake is going to stick. Youre not going to lose any to melting on your sidewalks or lawns so i think by morning, these are pretty good estimates. Five to eight inches across the greater metro area. Seven to 10 and, perhaps, more across Southern Maryland close to her the storm track. On the other side of the equation, the farther north you go away from the storm, it will be more like three to five. But it will be cold. And it looks like its going to stay around for quite a while. Well talk more about the implications, the type of snow and what you should expect in just a few minutes. Back to you. Ok. Lots to cover, doug. Thank you very much. The snow started moving into virginia about noon today. We have video there on your screen from our sister station in lynchberg. Governor mcauliffe declared a snow emergency in the commonwealth at 3 00. Jeff goldberg starts our co
Because of this weather. We are following a number of school delays. Spotsylvania county is on twohour delayed. Jefferson, hampshire, and Morris County are on twohour delays as well. We have the information scrolling on your screen. First things first. We need to know what this storm is doing right now and what it will do next. New information. The National Weather service has upgraded the winter storm watch to a winter storm warning. That includes the entire d. C. Metro area. Montgomeryincreasing clouds through monday. Snow showers arriving after 4 00. I think we will see some high impacts through tuesday morning. Speaking of those impacts back to our breaking news. The George Washington birthday parade is canceled. The alexandria tradition and the biggest president s day parade in the country is telling people to stay home. Jay korff was the first to break this story. Thousands of people attend this annual beloved event. Organizers regrettably had to say no because participants were
Shenandoah valley and the mountains. Mid to upper 50s to near 60 in the immediate metro area. Right near 60 near the Chesapeake Bay waters. Rainy and cool morning. Damp. Wet afternoon. And then a warmer pattern begins to move in just in time for the memorial day weekend. Next weather and traffic on the 1s, amelia has your drive time forecast. Now a look at the commute. Melissa, everything going okay so far . Everything going okay so far. We have a little bit of volume building here on 95. This is because of some road work. We got a report that its 95 northbound here at dumfries road, one lane getting by. But the map looks like its southbound, so were having the first 4 traffic tracker head out and see what exactly is happening. Beltway at the branch avenue, not having any issues there. Top of the beltway, looking nice and clear this morning. 29 95 b. W. Parkway, into and out of up to everything rolling along just fine. 270 at clarksburg road, no problems there. Overall, looking pretty
On 95 south of washington and seeing the road getting a bit of a sheen, getting a bit wet there. As the light rain is beginning to down a little bit heavier. In the mid to upper 50s most of the metro area Fairfax County right near of 60 in the district of columbia. A cool damp morning, then a warmer pattern moving in for the memorial weekend. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6 11. A look at your try time forecast. Amelia segal will join us live. Now melissa has chopper up over an accident. Wheres this . This is b. W. Parkway, look at chopper 4 over this crash. B. W. Parkway southbound here at 32. You can see its actually still in the left lane. That explains why we have that onemile backup this morning. And chopper sort of pans back, you can see that volume. You can take 95 i hope this is out of the way shortly here. Check back with us once more on first 4 traffic on twitter to see if cleared out of the way. Another Traffic Camera shot southbound at 32. 270 at montrose,
Insertion and extraction missions. That means bringing teams in by helicopter, lowering them into small boats trying to get them into target areas. Thats the latest live in navarro beach, florida. Just in from ferguson, missouri. The citys Police Department announcing the chief has resigned. After that Justice Department investigation found widespread racial bias in his department, chief Thomas Jackson submitted his Resignation Letter this afternoon. Hes expected to speak any minute. These are live pictures. Jackson says it was a mutual decision between him and the City Administration and he told nbc news, quote im confident the city will pull through these trying times. The people are committed to ferguson. The chief will receive a severance payment and Health Insurance for one year. Tonight we have not heard much from the d. C. Fire department about two firefighters accused of breaking the law. Mark segraves broke the story just a short time ago. Hes in the newsroom with more. Jim, o