Snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then it will change over to a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and some snow before changing to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in Hampton Roads with more north of the metro. Then a thin layer of ice will form on top of that. Please try to stay home this morning as roads will be difficult to drive on. Things will improve later today as warmer air moves in from the southeast. The precip will turn into all rain by the early afternoon. Then melting will occur. A warm front will lift into the region and warm things up. So well see rain tonight into tomorrow. A cold front will move through tomorrow night. Then well be cooler and dry for wednesday. We will have quieter milder weather for the rest fo the week. Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check our Live Team Coverage of the Winter Weather continues now with rico bush, live in newport news. Rico, you and your photojournalist, lavoy harrell, have been out all night, monitoring the conditions and posting realtime and twitter. How are things looking now . Tips for driving in the snow from aaa accelerate and decelerate slowly. Applying the gas slowly to accelerate is the best method for regaining traction and avoiding skids. Take time to slow down for a stoplight. Drive slowly. Everything takes longer on snow covered roads. Accelerating, stopping, turning nothing happens as quickly as on dry pavement. Give yourself time to maneuver by driving slowly. The normal dry pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to ten seconds. This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop. Know the pedalits normal for the pedal to vibrate a bit when the abs is activated. In cars without abs, use threshold breaking, keeping your heel on the floorboard and using th ball of your foot to apply firm, steady pressure on the brake pedal. Dont stop if you can avoid it. If you can slow down enough to keep light changes, do it. Dont power up hills. Snowcovered roads just spinning. Stay home. If you really you dont have somewhere you have to be, watch the snow from indoors. Several 10 on your side viewers sent us pictures of the snow during the overnight hours. Here are just some of them, and wed be happy to show yours. Reportitatwavy dotcom. Be sure to include your name and where you took the picture or video. Youll also find a slideshow of winter photos on wavydotcom. While youre on our website, be sure to download the wavydotcom weather app. Stayupto date with hourbyhour forecasts and radar images. Sign up for our alerts and notifications so youll be the first to know of any updates. Youll also have access to our weather blogs. The app is free for android an iphone users. The popes visit. Well show you the pontiffs message as he meets with people in mexico. Means thieves will be trying to get your refund. A little later, were on your side with ways the irs says you should protect yourself. Plus Winter Weather covered roads in our area. Youre looking live at the snow falling in newport news. Up next meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler tracks when the snow will change over to freezing rain and the dangers that poses. And coming up at 6 15 the highways from vdot. And coming up at 6 15 well get an update on the highways from vdot. jeremy ad libs wx headlines Winter Weather advisories are up for all our virginia cities and counties until the mid afternoon. Today snow showers becoming a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Then it will turn to all rain through the midday and early afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 40s. Winds var. 510mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers. Temps will hold steady or rise from the mid 40s. Winds sw 515mph. Tuesday scattered to occasional rain showers. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 10 20mph. Warm moist air is running overtop of the colder air at the surface this morning. This is creating snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then it will change over to a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and some snow before changing to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in hampton the metro. Then a thin layer of ice will form on top of that. Please try to stay home this morning as roads will be difficult to drive on. Things will improve later today as warmer air moves in from the southeast. The precip will turn into all rain by the early afternoon. Then melting will occur. A warm front will lift into the region and warm things up. So well see rain tonight into dry for wednesday. We will have quieter milder weather for the rest fo the week. Good morning, hampton new this morning, new York Firefighters raced to put out this fire. Well take you to the scene. And thats one cup of costly coffee find out why people are happy to shell out 15 bucks for their morning joe. And heres another look at the snow. Our producer, Meagan Williams shot street in downtown norfolk. Up next well talk live with a spokeswoman with vdot about what crews are up next well talk live with a spokeswoman with vdot about what crews are doing to keep the hig the new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. Ohoh, ohoh ohoh, ohoh, ohohohooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. Spread some sweetness with Dunkin Donuts cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. Heartshaped happiness too sweet not to share. Our Winter Weather coverage continues this morning with a focus on the roads. Jennifer gwaltney with vdot joins us now on the phone. Jennifer, meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler is predicting the snow will turn into ice this new this morning, more than 140 firefighters in new york city battled this house fire overnight. Take a look at these flames from an amateur videographer at the scene. It started around 11 00 last night in brooklyn. Firefighters tweeted around 1 30, they finally had the fire under control. No one was hurt. Investigators havent not figured out how the fire started. Hundreds of thousands of people in mexico came to see pope francis. During sunday services, the pontiff condemned the drug trade and violence that comes with it. For the children who were too sick to see pope francis, he made a housecall. Here i bless you, the doctors bless you, every time someone takes care of you, everyone, the nurses, the staff, everyone who works here blesses you children. The pope will visit the Us Mexico Border later this week to bring attention to the issue of immigration. Police near richmond are calling a man a hero after he jumped into a flaming car to save a complete stranger. Meredith conyers pulled the driver from the vehicle just before it exploded. Take a look at this picture of the fire. Henrico county police say the driver ran off the road and slammed into a sign post. Conyers says he was driving by and heard the man screaming for help. 23 40 runs 17 conyers says so i pulled him through the drivers side window and got him out that way and then pulled him maybe ten feet from the car and by that time, the car was engulfed in flames and he was just moaning and was in pain. Firefighters showed up seconds later and got the flames under control. Paramedics say the driver has significant injuries, but conyers likely saved his life. This is why you need to slow down on the icy roads this morning. Police in indiana say the weather contributed to this 60car crash over the weekend. At least a dozen people were hurt along interstate65 near lebanon. First responders cut one person with a broken leg out of their car. Paramedics took 12 other people to the hopsital. The road finally reopened last night after crews took four hours to sort out the mess. Weather advisories are up for all our virginia cities and counties until the mid afternoon. Today snow showers becoming a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Then it will turn to all rain through the midday and early afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 40s. Winds var. 510mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers. Temps will hold mid 40s. Winds sw 515mph. Tuesday scattered to occasional rain showers. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 10 20mph. Warm moist air is running overtop of the colder air at the surface this morning. This is creating snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in Hampton Roads with more north of the metro. Then a thin layer of ice will form on top of that. Please try to stay home this morning as roads will be difficult to drive on. Things will improve later today as warmer air moves in from the southeast. The precip will turn into all rain by the early afternoon. Then melting will occur. A warm front will lift into the region and warm things up. So well see rain tonight into tomorrow. A cold front will move through tomorrow night. Then well be cooler and will have quieter milder weather for the rest fo good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check would you pay 15 bucks for a cup of coffee . Apparently people in san franciso cant get enough of it. Thats because the beans take 8years to grow they come from the mountains of panama. People say it tastes like a fine glass of wine or a top shelf liquor. Protecting your refund. What the irs is warning everyone this tax season. Plus, dozens of people are out of their homes after saturday nights massive fire in ocean can help the victims. This morning, were on your side with a warning about tax return fraud. Each year, we show you how crooks try to get to your refund. Last year, there was a massive data breach where millions of Social Security numbers ended up in the hands of thieves. The thieves then used that information to get peoples refunds. sot kelli grant cnbc 33 43 in most bulk. Massive amounts of returns and they know a lot of these are going to get rejected, theyre going to be caught by the irs the irs says it has more security measures in place this year to cut down is to file as early as you can before any wouldbe thief does. We start with an update on breaking overnight news out of virginia beach. Take a look at this brand new video of a twoalarm Apartment Fire on treetop drive. This is in the linkhorn bay area off birdneck road. The fire started around 3 00 this morning. Crews got the flames out about an hourandahalf later. Paramedics took one person to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation. Crews say the fire affected 6 of the 12 units in the apartment. We talked to a resident who says he helped people get out of the building. Fire, my place is on fire. So immediately made sure we got all our nieghbors out. The woman next to me her boyfriend is on deployment and their two kids were inside so i and she grabbed her infant and we ran out. Then i looked up and the whole roof was engulfed in flames the red cross is on the scene, helping the victims. Investigators are still working to find out what started the fire. Were on your side this morning with Team Coverage to help guide you through the Winter Weather. 10 on your sides rico bush traveled all over our area and has an update from the peninsula. Jen lewis will show you the slippery spots on the roads. But first well start with meteoroloigst Jeremy Wheeler. Jeremy where are folks seeing the snow fall . jeremy ad libs wx headlines Winter Weather advisories are up for all our virginia cities and counties until the mid afternoon. Today snow showers becoming a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Then it will turn to all rain through the midday and early afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 40s. With scattered rain showers. Temps will hold steady or rise from the mid 40s. Winds sw 515mph. Tuesday scattered to occasional rain showers. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 10 20mph. Warm moist air is running overtop of the colder air at the surface this morning. This is creating snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then it will change over to a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and some snow before changing to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in Hampton Roads with more north of the metro. Then a thin layer of ice will form on top of that. Please try to stay home this morning as roads will be difficult to drive on. Things will improve later today as warmer air moves in from the southeast. The precip will turn into all rain by the early afternoon. Then melting will occur. A warm front will lift into the region and warm things up. So well see rain tonight into tomorrow. A cold front will move through tomorrow night. Dry for wednesday. We will have quieter milder weather for the rest fo the week. Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check traffic now. Our Team Coverage on the on the peninsula. 10 on your sides rico bush is in newport news. Rico, the roads and sidewalks there look covered. Tips for driving in the snow from aaa accelerate and decelerate slowly. Applying the gas slowly to accelerate is the best method for regaining traction and avoiding skids. Take time to slow down for a stoplight. Drive slowly. Everything takes longer on snow covered roads. Accelerating, stopping, turning nothing happens as quickly as on dry pavement. Give yourself time to maneuver by driving slowly. The normal dry pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to ten seconds. This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop. Know your brakes. If you have antilock brakes abs and need to slow down quickly, press hard on the pedalits normal for the pedal to vibrate a bit when the abs is activated. In cars without abs, use threshold breaking, keeping your heel on the ball of your foot to apply firm, steady pressure on the brake pedal. Dont stop if you can avoid it. If you can slow down enough to keep rolling until a traffic light changes, do it. Dont power up hills. Applying extra gas on snowcovered roads just you can drive well in the snow, not everyone else can. If you dont have somewhere you have to be, watch the snow from indoors. 10 on your side is also on top of several delays and closings. You see those scrolling right now at the bottom of our screen or you can find them along with our popular weather blogs on wavydot com. Developing this morning, Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalias body is in virginia. A county judge in texas said he died of natural causes. The judge went on to say an autopsy would not be necessary. Someone found Justice Scalia dead inside his room at a west texas resort early saturday morning. Early this morning his from el paso to dulles. A private plane took off for virginia last night. President Barack Obama Says hell appoint a new Supreme Court justice, in due time. Looking at his previous appointments to the high court, it took the president about a month to nominate justices elena kagen and sonia sotomayor. Heres a look at some of the potential nominees mentioned in legal circles. Sri srinivasan is an indianamerican on the washington, dc court of appeals. Patricia millett is another possibility. She is also on the dc court of appeals. And paul watford is an africanamerican on the ninth Circuit Court of appeals in california. Still ahead this morning, our biggest story trending on wavy dot com. Well tell you how you can help dozens of families affected by a fire. And Winter Weather covered our area overnight. Youre looking live at the snow falling in newport news. Up next meteorologist when the snow will change over to dangers that poses. jeremy ad libs wx headlines Winter Weather advisories are up cities and counties until the mid afternoon. Today snow showers becoming a mix of rain, sleet, and snow. Then it will turn to all rain through the midday and early afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 40s. Winds var. 510mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers. Temps will hold steady or rise from the mid 40s. Winds sw 515mph. Tuesday scattered to occasional rain showers. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 10 20mph. Warm moist air is running overtop of the colder air at the surface this morning. This is creating snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then mix of sleet, freezing rain, and some snow before changing to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in Hampton Roads with more north of the metro. Then a thin layer of ice will good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check only chopper 10 can show you the damage a fire caused to several buildings. Ahead youll see the scene and hear from a man who ran towards the fire. That wasnt the only fire in our area this past weekend. New this morning, find out what forced a family new place to a fire that spanned four buildings destroyed homes and affected 30 families this holiday weekend. 60 firefighters in norfolk fought freezing conditions to battle the flames in ocean view. Investigators say it could be weeks or months before they determine how it started. Only chopper 10 was above the charred remains, still smoking early sunday morning. The red cross helped more than two dozen families find another place to live and new clothes to wear. 10 on your side spoke to a man who ran towards the fire, as crews went door to door. Nathaniel raider says he saw the smoke billowing out of a condo. He ran to the building and told people to leave. Then he went next door to another structure as the fire spread to another tried to make sure everyone got out safely. Nathaniel raider helped evacuate condos c0001 3 47 my whole first thought was make sure actual aprtment comlex at this point and time i was just thinking help somebody. 3 58 rt 11 oc help somebody raid