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news 4 at 6:00, i ll it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. live from arlington, julie carey, news4. now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a system-wide slowdown on metro. the transit agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. he s now live outside the station at reagan national. adam? reporter: metro says this is a proactive move slowing down trains so things like cracked rails don t happen. let s take a look at the reagan national station. there s a speed restriction about a mile south of here between reagan national and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. it s ....
why? we ll go below zero. that s what it will feel like temperaturewise. added to that we have a winter weather advisory and this is more centrally located area through the metro area in either side. areas shaded in the purple color and back in the higher elevations. this is because another arctic cold front is headed here this afternoon and remember the front that we had on saturday night with the heavy snow squalls? i think we can do that all over again. in fact, right now, our storm scan shows some of these snow squalls on the leading edge of the arctic cold front. right now, there s a little break here. that doesn t mean that break is going to stay. it will roll through probably through 4:00 snow heavily during that time and it could slick up and cover some roadways. here s what you need to know. as this thing moves through during the afternoon hours, watch the timing. 1:00, coming across the mountains and at 6:00 during the last, you know third of the rush hour or ....
the c.s.x. official rob doolittle. he maintains that the agency runs these tracks here that the marc train operates on. this morning, marc train riders had some issues. the reason we ll take a look along these trains here. they have switches along the tracks and feeders underneath of those switches. just within the last 10 minutes, he said they had functioning feeders under two of those switches and that s the reason why so many people were delayed this morning. come here and look with us. you can see up on this side here, those trains will be running on time. now, it is not just here on marc train where they will be watching closely because they say this deep freeze really affects the conditions. we also spoke with officials at metro. they tell us that they are going to be working throughout the night to keep the infrastructure running as well. they tell me tonight metro will turn on buses during the overnight hours to make sure they re ready for the morning. entrance ....
should prepare for delays just in case. be extra care or take a different route if you drive across the railroad tracks in rockville. the cold and ice is causing gates to stop working and that s at the intersection of the montrose crossing snopinghopping center. you can see some of the cars trove across the tracks anyway. csx says that is incredibly unsafe. you only have a few more hours to clear the sidewalk in front of your home. the district expects everyone to shovel within 24 hours after snow stops falling. that moment will hit around 6:00 a.m. this morning. the d.c. public works department says unshoveled sidewalks are dangerous for everyone especially families the elderly and disabled who can t otherwise get back on the sidewalks. 4:31. 26 degrees outside our studios here in upper northwest. want to get a look at your forecast. here is tom kierein. cold out there. really is. i just took this picture of a sidewalk here will northwest that is all snow cov ....
today s closings and delays. we are watching for black ice and other slick spots on the roads. but we begin our team coverage with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein and your what to wear forecast. we had the sun cook the pavement melted some of that snow. and then overnight, it refroze and created patchy ice like this. i took will this photo of the parking lot right here at nbc 4. we have patchy ice there. many parking lots are frozen over, so watch out for the icy untreated roads and your sidewalk and front steps, as well. our temperatures are hovering just near 10 degrees prince george s county montgomery and fair fak counties. reagan national at 17. near the bay, it s near the mid teens right now. here is your what to wear draft. warmest winter gear, heavy coats, scarf, gloves, hat and warm boots as we ll stay cold through the rest of the morning. not get above freezing until later this afternoon. headlines this morning, patchy ice and then for the afternoon ....