maryland, at or above freezing except the bay waters and tidal potomac. we did have flurries passing north of washington. those have dissipated. now a few clouds are coming through. we ll have sunshine this morning. but this evening a winter storm watch for tonight into saturday. all the counties in color including northern shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland could get snow, sleet, and icing that could cause travel problems out there this evening. but locally the impacts will be minimal. sunrise at 7:23. here s your day planner sunshine, then cloudy this afternoon with highs reaching upper 30s. tonight is when the wintry mix may impact the metro area. we ll look at the planner in ten minutes. danally has traffic for friday morning. good morning, have an early morning crash, southbound route 5 as you approach allentown road. police are on the scene as well as the fire department. use caution. taking the beltway in prince george s county, looks r
southern maryland, northern neck eastern shore, low to mid 30s. shenandoah valley, points west, most locations at or below freezing. and in the upper 20s in some of the mountain regions. and over the last 12 hours, they ve had a few clouds coming through, producing a few flurries. that was a few hours ago. now, just partly cloudy around the region. we do have a winter storm watch out for late tonight into saturday. all these counties in color. for a combination of snow, sleet, and ice. it includes the northern shenandoah valley as well as the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland, from hagerstown to cumberland to frostburg and points west. for your dayplanner for this friday, sunrise at 7:23. sunshine, clouds in and out this morning. during the afternoon, clouding up with highs reaching the upper 30s. a look at your evening planner. this wintry mix could affect your friday plans. vile that coming at 5 i ll have that coming at 5:11. danella? we re looking good. a
like? pretty normal temperature-wise until the end of the week and weekend. then we have changes to talk about. first right now we have the monday morning kicking off huntingtown 29. cumberland 23, stafford 27 and pretty much everywhere we are in the 20 s. fredericksburg 29. district 27. rockville 26. today mostly sunny. highs lower 40 s. that is average. average high is 43. partly cloudy tomorrow. a few degrees warmer, mid 40 s. things start to change and temperatures will drop toward the end of the week. a few flurries maybe friday and saturday with a high moving through. cooling down in the weekend. look who we have back. lisa baden. great to be here. happy new year. we will start on a happy note for virginia commuters. you look beautiful. 66, 95, 395, no worries on 81, route 11. nice trip on greenway, toll road. good on 7. prince george s county, however, minor wreck inner loop before the exit for 450 on the left side of the road. no delay. and on central avenue at 49
pennsylvania. we don t have that right now but we will tell you that things are looking good throughout the district. no accidents reported. it is 5:01. over to you. this morning the race for governor in maryland is heating up with less than a month until election day, president obama heads to boy we state university to stump for incumbent martin o malley. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is there with the latest. good morning, kristin. good morning, an you. president obama will begin to speak here at the university at 3:00 this afternoon. and he s going to be focusing on a lot of democrats that are running for re-election and running for election this november. he s really going to zero in on martin o malley. the maryland governor who s running against former maryland governor bob ehrlich. i want to show you this new poll that is just out from rasmussen. take a look at this right now. it shows that o malley is leading ehrlich 49% to 48%. that s eight points. last month
it is 6:01. back to you. at the top of the hour, here s a look at the stories happening today. it is back to school today in northern virginia. a dozen districts return including fairfax, arlington, louden and prince william counties. we will have a live report from vienna in four minutes. the former jetblue flight attendant who made national headlines last month heads to court. steven slater told off passengers, grabbed a beer and went down the emergency chute. he is charged with criminal mischief. the u.s. is bidding to host the 2018 to 2022 event and washington could host some of the games. rfk stadium held games in 1894. also today employees at discovery communications head back to work. their offices are back open for the first time since the standoff. lindsey mastis live in downtown silver spring with more on the story. good morning, lindsey. reporter: good morning. discovery s 1900 employees were granted what is called liberal leave. that means they didn t ha