Loop we saw this morning. The snow making its way in and filling in very quickly. We saw some of the snow coming down pretty fast upwards of a half inch to an inch per hour between 6 00 and 9 00. That was it. But that was enough to cause a lot of problems as it occurred just during the rush hour. Now no more snow no nothing on the radar as far as that is concerned. But this is how much snow we saw, ashburn over 4 inches. 4 inches in rockville. 3. 5 in reston. Reagan national 2. 4 inches of snow. So yes, a little more than expected and colder temperatures helped it to stick on the roadways very quickly. Now, talk about those temperatures. This is where well be tomorrow morning. In the low 20s. But wind chills in the teens. Watch out, everything will freeze very quickly as we move through the rest of the overnight hours. Temperatures are already below freezing right now. I do expect a lot of ice on those roadways both tonight and tomorrow morning. Tomorrow mornings rush could be another problem, so once again, give yourself a lot of extra time. Ill update you on the forecasts and wind chills guys. Wait until you see these numbers. Ive got those for you in just a minute. Thanks doug. Team coverage continues now with transportation reporter adam tuss. Hes in vienna with a look at the conditions there right now. Adam . Reporter yeah jim. Were driving around here. Take a look out our live drive cam here. Whats going on. Weve got ice on the roads here and its going to be a battle to get rid of this stuff tonight. Vdot putting more crews out on the streets tonight to try to deal with this. But we want to show what we saw from around the whole area today. Only could get up to about 5 miles an hour on the gw parkway as cars were left stranded on the side of the parkway. A tough go there. In downtown leesburg today, frozen sidewalks and walking with care was a must. The shovels also out as people cleared their path. And then take a look at this picture sent into us from a viewer. 16th street in south arlington. Cars yeah kind of like bumper cars as they headed down the icy hill. Now i want to take you back out here to our live shot in vienna. The roads, some of the main roads in decent shape but side roads in slick conditions and for the morning, a challenge. Well send it back to you guys. All right. Thank you, adam. From the parking garage at the grovener metro, the scene was actually kind of picturesque this morning. But it wasnt pleasant for drivers who started the day cleaning off their cars or trying to push their way out of ditches on the side of the road. Road crews are now out making sure streets are passable for the evening rush. Metro buses are now operating under a moderate snow plan they call it. That Means Service along most of the routes will be okay. But some of the routes might be detoured to keep the buses off streets that are hilly and streets that are really narrow. Metro Officials Say you can also expect some bus delays. So they suggest riding the rails when possible. And heres a live look at the runway at Reagan National airport, where there are delays averaging 45 minutes tonight. Here a look from flightaware. Com. All the planes in the air coming into and out of national. Earlier today, some arriving planes got caught on the tarmac as they waited for gates to open and planes to be deiced. We spoke to a passenger on one of those planes. She says the pilot immediately informed them about the situation, but she said they waited an hour and a half after landing before getting to a gate. Of course you know everybody had their Business Plans or family plans they had to go to. So of course you hear mumbling and grumbling. But at the same time its better to be safe than sorry. Reporter airport officials tell us Reagan National is running at alltime record levels. All 44 gates are assigned to airlines. So when there are delays some planes have to wait. Apologies are pouring in and Officials Say they have learned some lessons after causing kids to go to school in what some people consider dangerous conditions. Schools in fairfax, loudoun, Prince William and arlington all made decisions to open today on time. Alexandria schools opened two hours late. And now the focus is turning toward tomorrow. Our Mark Segraves is in Fairfax County now with more on that. Mark . Reporter well vance, as you said the School Districts had decided to open today and are regretting it somewhat. Many districts are now reporting multiple School Bus Accidents that occurred today. And those same School Officials are now apologizing for that decision to open. Unfortunately, we got it wrong today. We did. Reporter getting to school this morning proved dangerous for school buses. This parent had to walk his son to school because his school bus never showed up. In the morning, they couldnt make it. It was really bad for them i guess. I dont know. We just wait 30 minutes, and didnt show up. Reporter while no students were reported injured, 12 school buses were in accidents in this Prince William county. Another six School Bus Accidents were reported in arlington and Fairfax County reported its share of bus accidents, as well. Almost twohour delays getting students to school. But, you know thankfully most circumstances, what i understand several fenderbenders. Weve had one accident none of our students were injured thankfully. Reporter while Public Schools were open many private School Students spent the day shoveling snow with temperatures expected to dip below freezing tonight, the concern for tomorrow will be icecovered roads. Assessed conditions overnight into the Early Morning hours, make the best decision we can with the information we have at the time. Reporter jim, we just got this information in. Fairfax county Public Schools have Just Announced that they will be opening two hours late tomorrow morning. Now, if there are anymore delays or closings tomorrow you can get them first by signing up for the nbc washington app. That way, when you wake up and pick up your phone, youll be first to know. I have to tell you, as a parent i have it on my phone. Were live in Fairfax County mark news4. Thanks mark. Our survey question of the day, which schools do you think got it right today . More than three quarters of those who responded said the schools who got it right were those who did not open today. Now that the snow is over the extreme cold is settling in. News4s tom sherwood in downtown d. C. With a look at the new concerns coming our way. Tom . Reporter first, doreen let me show you the traffic on 14th street headed to the 14th street bridge into virginia moving very well now, and people are Walking Around and the conditions around town are pretty good. But after a tough commute day, the city is turning its attention to the cold and to the homeless. Whether it was a single homeowner in northwest, or a southeast city crew clearing the 11th Street Bridge sidewalks, the district slowed it to a near stop for the first snowstorm of the season. Is your license up to date . It absolutely thank you, guys. Reporter in her first as mayor, Muriel Bowser drove around town visited several neighborhoods. Many citizens liked that. We need to make sure that everything is being done properly and correctly if were going to start off the new year right. Reporter at one point the mayor passed a homeless person and instructed an aide to check on her. Officials said a cold weather emergency begins tomorrow in a city that has struggled to find enough winter shelter. I was briefed yesterday, and i know that we currently have shelter capacity at our family shelters our overflow capacity and our singles shelters. Reporter but all around town the morning commute was bad for those driving and for many of those waiting longer than normal for the buses. We would have liked a smoother commute. So we made the best decisions with the information that we had. Reporter officials are worried a refreeze could make things tough again tomorrow morning. The temperatures are not going to warm up and what were afraid of is that the roads are not going to dry out, either. And we want to prevent any refreeze thats going on. Reporter so the city Officials Say theyll be treating the roads all through the night. You should just be careful in the morning. Downtown washington tom sherwood news4. Thanks tom. If you can put the traffic troubles aside, the blanket of snow covering the Nations Capital today really was quite attractive. Hopefully you were able to stop and notice that. Wendy rieger here now with some of the best images from today. Wendy . You know those northerners like to make fun of us when it snows. We may not be the best drivers, but you wont find a more beautiful city. There is a kind of hush that falls over our town this dusting of snow adds to or creates a peaceful ambience. White house photographer pete sousa took these photographs. The white house never takes a bad picture, but in the snow it is wondrous. And every dog, even the first familys loves the snow. So that is bo standing out in the rose garden a black speck in the white landscape. But the handsdown favorite in the newsroom is from the national zoo, and bao bao. Enjoying her first snow. And instinctively knowing to just tumble head over heels in it like any normal kid. Even her mom couldnt resist. They were like two little kids in the snow this afternoon. Bao bao is 16 months old, just a couple weeks ago she spent the day up in a tree after touching a hot wire and getting spooked. I bet the Fairfax CountyPublic School official would like hiding in a tree right now. Clearly, she is not bearing any lingering traumas from that adventure. You can watch the entire video of bao bao playing on nbcwashington. Com. And we want to see your snow pics. Post them to facebook, twitter and instagram using the hash tag nbc4dc. Back to you. Thank you, wendy. Other thousandnews now. A fallen human being. Thats how Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell described himself this afternoon after a judge sentenced him to two years in prison for public corruption. Tonight an appeal is already in the works. I want to thank the court and judge spencer for the mercy he dispensed to me today. I also want to thank my family who have been unbelievably resolute. This has been an extraordinarily difficult time and they have been beyond loving and forgiving and uplifting in their support for me. The testimony from another former governor may have helped lessen mcdonnells sentence which could have been up to eight years. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey will join us with more details in about ten minutes. A manhole cat knocking out power to thousands across d. C. Tonight, a look at what it will take to get things up and running again. Reporter is this traffic in mondaytana monday minnesota or Montgomery County . If you guessed Montgomery County you win. This is chris gordon monitoring the evening rush hour for you ahead. A new year. A new snow stick challenge. You could end up with one of these. Im pat collins. The story, coming up. News4. And our web team has been busy posting pictures of the snow. We invite you to sent us an email or check these pictures out during the break at nbcwashington. Com. Huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know you that former pro Football Player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything . Unhuh. Number 44. Whoooo fortyfour, thats me get some cold cuts. Get some cold cuts. Get some cold cuts whooo gimme some geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Whoo fortyfour ladies, thats me whoo. Gonna get some cold cuts today a bit of snow created quite a nightmare commute this morning, and now the big concern is ice. Well tell you about any problems out there through our nbc washington app. And weve got reporters monitoring the conditions in your neighborhood right now. Our coverage continues with chris gordon along river road in bethesda. How does it look chris . Reporter well the main roadways are moving well. Theyre clear of snow. But here is the problem. I want you to visualize it. Glare ice. Look at the pieces. Look at the sizes. Im standing by a stop sign. Imagine hitting that going too quickly and putting on your brakes too sharply. And with the temperatures dropping tonight, it can only get worse. Jessica louie says driving tonight is more treacherous than it looks, because of icing. I just got myself unstuck from a driveway. So it was a pretty precarious situation. Because my dad had just got out of the hospital had to help me. I was pushing and he was behind the wheel. Reporter this morning, the snow was heavier than predicted. It may look like the midwest, but its Montgomery County. Snow took the rush out of the morning rush hour which was so slow that one commuter driving from lorden to rockville thought she would never get there. It was rough. There was a lot of snow on the roads so i was stuck in traffic for about threeandahalf hours coming from virginia. It was pretty rough. Reporter Montgomery CountyPolice Report more than 100 accidents due to the snowy weather. I probably saw about eight wrecks cars turned around. A lot of people going fast. And tons of people going slow. Reporter this is what i270 south through gaithersburg looked like. Cars driving at 12 Miles Per Hour. A lot of people chose metro rail but driving here to the grovener Strathmore Metro station was a challenge. Pretty sloppy. It looked like a lot of the roads hadnt really been plowed as well as maybe they should have or could have been. Reporter but for some like this family visiting from columbia with their 3yearold the snow is a welcome adventure. Have you ever seen snow before . No. Reporter what do you think of it . Good. Reporter well we all think its good. The first day of snow. On the first day. But tonight, on the side streets, the ice not so much. Thats the latest live in Montgomery County. Chris gordon, news4. Its hazardous out there. And we actually got more snow than we expected. Yeah we did. We got about 2 inches and thats just straight across the board. When we said 1 to 2, it was really 3 to 4, and that happened in many areas. And thats one reason we saw problems this morning. I think the bigger issue, though was the Simple Impact it had on those roads, being so cold. Temperatures around 20 degrees this morning. Very hard for the salt very hard for the brine to work with temperatures at 20 degrees or below. Thats why we saw so many problems out there this morning. Once again, it did pose a lot of problems for some of the area schools, for a love lot of us making our way into work and meteorologists as well. 31 degrees, the current temperature. Look at the wind chill, now starting to see a wind chill. Down to 26 as the winds are starting to pick up. Weve got winds gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour right now. And look at the current temperature, down to 19 in gaithersburg. 25 in martinsburg. 25 in manassas. So everybody, just about everybody below freezing. So ice is going to be the big concern. Its no longer the snow. That is now out of here. It is going to be the driving impact and this is going to be another factor tomorrow morning. Watch for the ice. Temperatures will be around 22 degrees. You cant plow that ice off of there anymore. So those side streets are going to be a mess i think, early tomorrow morning. Give yourself extra time. Tomorrow afternoon, between 5 00 and 7 00 its still going to be the icy situation, but its more of a wind situation, too. 24 degrees. But i think the wind chill around that time will be between 5 and 10. 18 leesburg. 16 towards frederick. A very cold start. Starting off with wind chills most everybody around 8 00 a. M. In the 20s for the most part. Maybe the teens. By around noon were talking between 10 and 18 degrees. By 4 00 in the afternoon, the wind chill between 0 and 10. So they actually go down as we move through the rest of the afternoon. Tomorrow its going to be one brutally cold day. More of the same during the day on thursday. So that arctic air after the snow is now here. So your impact forecast for tomorrow moderate if not on the high note as we will see those falling temperatures and those increasing winds. Winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour as we move through the day tomorrow. Now, your outlook as far as the impact travel impact watch for the ice. Weve got that at a moderate level. Exercise impact probably an indoor exercise day. Unless you want to do some skiing. Maybe some tele marking. Out and about, a day to stay in for sure. Its on the red side. Your outside is going to be on the cold side. High temperature of 28 tomorrow. 24 on thursday. Thursday morning, i think many areas could see wind chills below zero to step out and start the day. So heads up for that and that comes even with sunshine. We get to 37 on friday. So were moving in the right direction. But we go right back down on saturday. A high saturday of only 29 degrees. 37 degrees on sunday. So were talking a very cold weekend. And then we look towards monday and tuesday. High temperatures in the upper 30s, but there will be another storm system to watch. That storm system passing to our south and east. If its able toe up further, we could be talking more snow. Well talk more about that in the next coup