Tomorrow. It will be quite a mess for the next 24 hours. Well continue to break it down for you. Im here throughout the afternoon. Well see the new models at 11 00. Thank you. Weather conditions led to a busy day on the roads for police all across virginia. They tell us they responded to more than 160 accidents today between midnight and 7 00 this morning. Folks were asked to delay their trips until roads could be cleared. By 8 00 a. M. The streets around mclean here were passable but slick. Some of those who did stay put used that time to shovel the snow before it could refreeze and turn into ice. The slick conditions didnt go away though. Police tell us by 2 00 in the afternoon, the number of accidents had jumped to, get this, more than 500. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey joins us live from south riding, virginia, where shes been checking out the Road Conditions around Loudoun County. Julie . Reporter an hour ago as i was standing here, it was freezing rain. Now its mostly just rain. You can see the road parkway. So driving conditions not too bad, but this morning conditions turned deadly for a driver in fauquier county. An suv crossed the center line and hit a snowplow head on killing the driver of that suv. That was a man from linden. So big question is right now, is this going to freeze up overnight and will Hazardous Conditions return tomorrow morning . Suv number one, and suv number two, both had to be towed away from a crash this morning in h ashburn. Its clear to see from the damage one slid into the back of the other. This is what those subdivision roads looked like midmorning. Still quite snow covered and slick. But in areas of Northern Virginia where just 3 to 4 inches of snow fell, the plows quickly started to clear it away. Even reaching into the subdivisions by early afternoon. Not too not as bad as the blizzard we had. Reporter a piece of cake compared to that. Oh, yeah. Reporter roads first turned slushy and then mainly just wet. Snow shoveling and snow blowing a much easier proposition than what folks faced last month. This man cleared his driveway in less than an hour. He hopes for the last time. Im happy with the two times it has been but no more i think. Reporter around the block these teenagers tackled the driveway and the cars. Compared to the snow a few weeks ago, what do you think of this one . This is easy, light. Nothing bad. Reporter these shovellers got so warm theyd already ditched their gloves when we came along. They too say theyre ready for spring. Im done with it. Reporter how come . Its too cold. Thats it. Reporter youre saying come on, spring. Spring and summer needs to hurry up. Reporter i think a lot of people out there agreeing with him today. When i join you on news4 at 6 00, i will i explain why they were out shoveling an entire parking lot today. Reporting live from south riding, im julie carey. Thanks, jules. The snow is something we dont see too often. The snow piling up in Southern Maryland. Some places there still under a snow emergency. Here is what the roads looked like as the storm team4 x 4 travels down route 245 in california, maryland, earlier today. Not a lot of blacktop showing. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief Tracee Wilkins has been traveling the southern part of the county checking on the conditions. Southern maryland sometimes is spared these big snow totals. How are they doing now, tracee . Reporter yeah, no, this time they were not spared. We saw plenty of people getting out there, most of them enjoying all this. We have route 5 over my shoulders. It has improved a lot. They have been able to get out and get a lot of plowing done but it really meant they had to change their initial plan. There was enough snow in parts of Southern Maryland for snowboarding and snow blowing. I do my neighbors. They dont have blowers so i figure ill do theirs as well. Reporter the snow accumulation changed up the plans for Prince Georges County road crews. We had planned to primarily have this as a salting event, but because of the continued accumulation of snow, weve had to actually do a little plowing as well. Reporter and then there were the slick roads. Coming up the road and locked the brakes in, slid into the back of a District Police officer. Reporter luckily no one was hurt in this minor fender bender involving a Pentagon Police officers cruiser. The officer was helping another vehicle when it happened. He wasnt in the car when luckily when it hit him. Hes good though. Not your average snow shovel but it will do. Reporter and in residential areas, folks were already out with the shovels. Not going t too long but just knock out enough. I used to enjoy it as a kid but now reporter how would you describe it . Is it heavy, is it light . Heavy. Reporter folks driving from Southern Maryland into Charles County say so far, so good on the primary roads. You came from solomons island. How is it looking . The roads the main roads are fine. Slushy, wet, but for the most part the crews have done a great job of keeping them shoulder to shoulder, and it really wasnt that bad of a ride. We just got done with the blizzard and now this . I know. Im over it. Reporter right now were having some rain in clinton. We did have some freezing. Now im seeing a mixture of light rain and the freezing rain coming down. So the situation is what theyre asking for folks to do in Prince Georges County is to give some time after precipitation before you come out to give the crews a chance to get out and clear the roads and make sure everything is treated. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, what you can expect happen overnight, and also how much all of this is costing Prince Georges County. You will be amazed at the numbers. Back to you in the studio. Thanks so much. To the district we go where the snowfall created a picturesque scene. Take a look at this video outside the Lincoln Memorial earlier. The snow falling as people gathered for a president s day announcement regarding a big donation from the steps of the monument and looking the other way you could barely make out the Washington Monument in the distance. Well, many people, of course, will be returning to work tomorrow after the president s day holiday, so what will all this weather mean for those who have to commute into the district . News4s Mark Segraves has been checking on this for us, the roads and with the officials too. He joins us from northeast d. C. Mark, whats the story . Reporter this intersection at kennedy and north capitol is pretty typical of the entire district. Take a look. The main streets, perfectly fine. Completely clear. But take a look at the icy mess. You werent expecting this much snow . No, not at all. Reporter although it was in the forecast, lots of people we met today were caught offguard by how much snow we got today. I wasnt really expecting it, but its beautiful. Reporter what about tomorrow when everyone has to go back to school and work . Yeah, im a little worried about that honestly. Last time when it snowed, it was kind of a catastrophe. Well see what happens. Reporter the main roads were pretty much cleared. Some side roads were zstill waiting to be plowed. District officials are hoping a rise in temperature and the rain will help keep things manageable for tomorrow mornings rush hour. One of the issues facing us tomorrow if the temperatures do rise and the rain does come will be the runoff into the rivers and the possibility of flooding in places like here at the georgetown waterfront. As for where you are park your cars tonight and tomorrow morning no snow emergency has been declared for this particular event. Have to be concerned their vehicle will be removed. Reporter metrorail was on a saturday schedule today because of the holiday. Metrobuses were on their severe snow plan which means buses are only operating along major routes and riders should expect delays through tonight. One more issue that is of concern for tomorrow morning are the sidewalks. Many of which didnt get cleared today and could be frozen over by tomorrow morning. And now many of you will recall that this was supposed to be the first winter that d. C. Issued fines to residents and businesses that didnt clear their sidewalks, but once again just like during the blizzard, mayor bowser has exempted residents from that requirement, although businesses may still get fined. Coming up at 6 00, what all this snow and ice will mean for trash collection in the district. Wendy, back to you. Thanks, mark. Lets take a live look at 270 and Montrose Road in maryland. Most of the main streets seem to be in pretty good shape at this adam tuss is monitoring things in alexandria in the comfort of the storm team4 x 4. Adam . Reporter listen, i just do the assignments that im told, wendy, okay . They ask me to go out here, im happy to do it. That being said, lets show you whats happening. This is clinton road in alexandria. You still have to use some caution. Even though were seeing really good driving conditions, you have roads like this, hills in neighborhoods with a lot of slush and slop on them. We saw a small car trying to get up this hill. He basically backed down the whole thing and reversed out of here. As the temperatures hover right around freezing tonight, this is going to be a fricafric tricky you. Just be mindful that plows have come through for the most part but not every single road is in great shape. The best thing that you can do is let the rain do its job tonight and let the temperatures do their job. Therefore, tomorrow mng is just washed away for you. But we are seeing some really good conditions on a lot of roads. So the crews did a good job and want to give them a big credit when they do a good job. Just please be mindful and use caution if you are headed out tonight. I hear that the studio is actually pretty comfy, too. It just depends what the thermostat that jim has the temperature set at. We like it a little warm in here. They dont give us pedicures in the studio like they do in the storm team4 x 4. Adam, you can get a lot of work done. Are you doing some facebook on that computer screen or twitter up . Reporter you know, we got everything here. Were doing a little facebook, a little twitter. Were tracking the conditions out here. All jokes aside, we are keeping an eye on things and well do that for the rest of the night. Follow him as he follows the weather. Yes. And speaking of following the weather, lets check in with Lauryn Ricketts who is on the weather deck right now. Whats it like in the parking lot . Reporter how did i get this and adam is in that nice comfy 4 x 4 . What is going on . Its a littlemi in fact, i can probably take this down. Its just a little on the misty side out here and thats what were seeing right now. But as we continue into the overnight, temperatures are actually going to rise. We have a lot of rain on the way for our area. In fact, beginning overnight and continuing through tomorrow. So once this gets out of here, what to expect, maybe 60s for the weekend . Doug will have that forecast coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. Plus, a local teenager is dead after an accident in a dodge viper. What one witness told us about the moments after the crash when she ran out to the car trying to help. The sudden death of justice scalia. Now the battle between president obama and the Senate Republicans is taking shape. Nbcs Pete Williams explains whats at stake. And it wouldnt be a snowy day without pat collins snow stick challenge. Hes live next as the patriotic entries are pouring in. We also have a special guest. I lead the 11 oclock news with stories of gun violence. And like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. In congress, ill fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. Lets show the nra were not afraid of them; im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. And were back now on news4 at 5 00 with our continuing coverage on this weather alert day. Doug is standing by with the latest, but, you know, it is president s day and were feeling a little patriotic so we thought we needed to begin with pat collins in northwest d. C. And a reporter wendy, im pat. Thats george. This is the official pat collins snow stick, and the special president s day snow stick challenge is now under way. The challenge on this president s day, go out and do something patriotic in the snow. Or do something patriotic with the snow. Best patriotic snow picture gets an official pat collins snow stick. We got all sorts of entries. A snow sculpture of george washington. A snow sculpture of abe lincoln. I think this was done before he took office or before he went on atkins. And then we got flags. Flags and more flags. This flag plowed out in a parking lot. How did they do that . We have people marching with flags and saluting flags. Little salutes and big salutes. Look, shes balancing on a snowball. And check out these soldiers in the snow reenacting the iconic iwo jima scene. Now, that is pretty impressive. Now, coming up at 6 00, george, i have a picture of you crossing the delaware that you wont believe. A picture that you havent even seen before. Bet youd like to have that, wouldnt you . Well, you cant. Be honest, george. Thats better. Oh he hasnt done anything patriotic, has he . You can hold it. Yeah. You got a lot to choose from. Some great stuff, pat. Reporter wait un y crossing the delaware. I never saw him do it quite like that before. I cant imagine. Cant even. Thank you, patrick. Reporter now, let me have it back. No fighting. No fighting. Its not exactly a trend but there is something about president s day and snow in our area. This was the scene on president s day weekend in 2003. A crippling storm depleted the snow budgets of every county in the surrounding area paralyzing much of the east coast as well. More than 16 inches falling at reagan national. More than 21 inches recorded at dulles. That was 2003. Thats the time period, guys. President s day, this is typically the time where we see the most snow cli toelogicaclim speaking. Show you what were dealing with across the region. Just some drizzle right now coming through but it will be freezing drizzle around the d. C. Area. Why . Freezing. 29 degrees. Not much of a wind. Down to 23 though the windchill, so we are going to continue to see wind chills in the low 20s. Here is the radar. Again, notice not a lot going on. Weve got areas of drizzle. It is freezing drizzle, some snow around haguers town, martinsburg, back to winchester but even here we will start to see the freezing rain move ai dont say the area. Could mix with some sleet at times. Sleet will bounce when it falls. Freezing rain is rain that will freeze on contact. If its bouncing, its sleet. Remember that. Notice down to the south now what we have going on. A little bit of a drying trend. Thats very good news. Splotchy freezing rain. This is not going to be a major freezing rain event. Im very happy about that, but we still will see upwards of a tenth to a quarter of an inch of freezing rain overnight tonight. This is the big system. This thing is a monster down here. Lshd a couple tornadoes reported in mississippi. Tornado warning in florida into alabama. That system will move our way, and when it does, watch what it does to the cold things have been. Well, temperatures right now 24 in hagerstown, 23 in martinsburg, 29 in d. C. Thats why were going to be dealing with the freezing rain. Here comes the freezing rain tonight. Now, 9 00, 10 00, 11 00, i think thats when we could see the most of the freezing rain in here, but my midnight, notice that now its just all rain around d. C. Back to the west still dealing with the freezing rain here. The rain moves back to the west by 7 00 a. M. 7 00 a. M. Starting off okay in parts of the region. Still could be dealing with some ice but here comes the rain. 9 00 in the morning, look how heavy this rain is here. Could even see some thunderstorms with this. I would not be surprised to see a rumble of thunder. Very, very heavy rain coming through, upwards of threequarters to an inch and a half of rain tomorrow and then its out of here by tuesday. So again, lets look at the temperatures. Overnight tonight, the temperatures will rise overnight tonight. 33 by around midnight. 33 gaithersburg. Could still see freezing rain at this point, but starting to get above freezing. Look at 7 00 a. M. 53 in d. C. So everybody well above freezing, and look where we go tomorrow. Close to 60 degrees in parts of the area tomorrow, and then we get into the next couple days. We will cool a bit. Temperatures around 48 degrees on wednesday. 39 on thursday. This is the coldest day, and then we get to 44 degrees coming up on friday. I got to show it to you, guys. Normally i dont show the sevenday forecast at this time but i just got to show it to you. You got to. Hello there you go. It lifts our spirits. Just want to make sure. We got it. Thats all were thinking of. Thank you, doug. Developing story tonight, we are learning more about the Health Issues of Supreme Court issue antonin scalia. He died this weekend, as you know, after suffering a heart attack. A texas judge who spoke with his physician says he had a history of heart trouble, high blood pressure, and other chronic illnesses. Meanwhile, there is a fight shaping up over the vacancy created by his sudden death. As nbc news explains, it seems to have caught the white house offgu d offguard. Reporter it seems like the white house was most likely prepared for not prepared for this vacancy. They probably had other contingency plans. Theyre now trying to figure out a way, were told, to find a consensus nominee that would be acceptable to many republicans, certainly not all, but there seem to be some entreaties by the white house to members of the senate to say who could we send up there that would have a chance . There are lots of names being washington, d. C. , Merrick Garland who is well liked, former Justice Department official. All these folks have been confirmed once before. Patricia millett. There are lots of names but th