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that includes frederick, carroll, northern baltimore, hartford, montgomery and howard and that s because you may have a little bit more ice than the rest of us, enough that maybe .2 to .3-inch of ice would accumulate. everyone else in blue is a winter weather advisory for a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain, but we ll pretty much all transition in the next hour or so into a freezing rain scenario, which is liquid rain that freezes on contact. it s pushing in from the south as you can see there. the pink is sleet. the freezing rain is beginning as well and that snow is going to push to the far north and west. we have a number of hours to go as you can see. let s cap you with the headlines here. it is a mixed mess we are talking about and we expect to see that transition from snow and sleet in the next hour or so, but the freezing rain will really be the problem. that will go through the morning rush hour and then end pretty quickly, but it will take probably t ....
hour. you were right on. most schools have decided we don t want to take any chances. you don t mess with ice. it is very unpleasant out there. the sidewalks everwrrks a thin layer of very slippery ice. you didn t have to do a whole lot last winter. it was all snow. the sidewalks everywhere, a thin layer of very slippery ice. did you come in with a little bit of mist falling out there. not really mist but the roads were still at that point where they are slushy and icy. much as anticipated, started to snow across portions of carroll county and up towards westminster. you can see the snow transition to sleet. the orange is freezing rain. still falling across central and northern sections of montgomery county and howard county. still getting a little light mist and a little light drizzle and with much of the area still below 32, even if areas have been cleaned off in the past couple of hours, the drizzle and mist will refreeze on surfaces. it will take a few m ....
the east. we saw shower activity near baltimore, near severna park into eastern maryland but again that has pushed out to delaware, new jersey and pennsylvania. right now 65 degrees, relative humidity 73%. the barometric pressure has been steady this morning. your day planner for today, partly sunny, a few more clouds will be added in this afternoon and this afternoon and evening will bring the chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms, officially a 40% chance of that. high of 81 degrees, don t know if i said that. now let s get an update on weather with julie wright. hot spot has to be virginia this morning. crew in sky fox checking out the commute toward the main toll plaza where we had the crash squeezing the right lane. delays beginning back at 7100 out of reston this morning toward the toll plaza. so again crash right now inbound after the main toll plaza. traffic being stopped in the two three right lanes being stopped or held up at the scene with onl ....
66 heading eastbound. we are picking up a little volume around the fairfax county parkway lasts until 123. okay approaching the beltway. 395 from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, tracking the taillights. they are at speed and looking good. in the district, inbound new york avenue is where we will wrap it up that s where i wanted to wrap it up but i will let you know there are no delays to report at this time to the third street tunnel. back to you. at the top of the hour, here s a look at the stories happening today. president obama hits the campaign trail for democrats. he heads to south florida to headline a fund-raiser there. it will be held at the home of former nba star alonzo mourning. the candidates for governor in more meet for the first televised debate of the campaign. they square off in baltimore. you can see it tonight at 7:00 on our digital channel 9.2. the national parks service will hold a columbus day wreath laying. this almost happen at 11 ....
this is the one-hour storm total and some of those numbers have been in the inch-plus category to give you an idea. two inches even in the heaviest downpours in the last hour alone. back on the weather computer. we will hoe you the system that s coming in. it has been pouring a lot of moisture from the atlantic to the carolinas and through the mid-atlantic. we have several inches of rain, upwards of four or five in the northern neck in some areas and with the rain coming in we have a flood warning, bright green until 10:45. the entire metro from loudoun county down to southern maryland and fredericksburg including the dc metro until 10:45. flood watch until 5:00 and a tornado watch for think dc metro points east and southeast until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. we have had doppler indicated warnings earlier. many to southeastern virginia and eastern north carolina. i think we will see more tornado warnings as we go in to mid to late morning ands for a the rain potential, st ....