Will see initially a little bit of this melting sit begins but the heaviest coming overnight and thats the thing thats convenient about this storm. Most of us will be home when it gets going and the plows will have a chance to first of all use their plows and second of all to get a lot out of the way. Hopefully before the morning commute. I do expect many cancelations. This is going to be a heavy wet snow and it will be disruptive. In the pink other purple color if it shows up as that on yoursy thats where the heaviest snow will be in the winter storm warning, but is it a challenge with the rain snow line because all for last several days, the rain snow line has been getting closer and closer to dc. Now we even see it potentially pushing into Montgomery County, which would mean less snow for these areas where youre seeing it change over to rain or sleet. Lets run you through the headlines. Snow will develop 9 00. Give or take half hour or you may see a little rain. The rain snow line w
To dig or three and a lot of rain and sleet mixed in. I think you should be okay. All right. Youve got this covered all the way and we will check in with you more for sure. Lets get to the headlines. Metrorail will or will open tomorrow at 5 00 with service at above and the ground above and below station. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency and the university of maryland will be closed at 9 00 tonight and closed all day tomorrow. More closings will be coming in and we will scroll them on the bottom of the screen. City leaders are making big plans. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the city will have 200 plows out by 7 00 with drivers working 12 hour shifts to keep the roads clear and for the dc schools, the mayor said the city still has yet to come to a decision on whether ey and she said they want to see more forecast before they make that call. We have information that may need us to close the school by tonight, we will announce that if that happens. Is a good
Chance to see snow if you are south and east in town and south and east of 95 and into la plata and Southern Maryland. After that, we are left with snow showers. I will. A city with the impact, light snow arriving with thundersnow possible and dangerous conditions, especially in the wee hours of the morning. 1012 inches is possible and we will come back to highlight other cities and talk about the wind behind the storm. Good evening. Im lesli foster. Im bruce johnson. You and the kids might look forward to snow days. Snow can be difficult. Heres your chance to help. Dc asks for snow heroes and female heroes to help. Heres what you need to know. Reporter with the afternoon sun and the forsythia and bloom you may be tempted to move forward with spring plans but put your potting soil away and break out the ice melt. Volunteers are on standby to its a painful reminder. This is where we were last year and the same volunteers who dug you out then are on the list and getting connected with se
Live. Heres a live look at clinton, maryland. Its snowing now but all of that is about to change. The rain snow line is creeping up from the south. Where it lands is going to have a big impact on how much snow you get. Were covering it all for you tonight. Good evening, im chris lawrence. Im wendy rieger. Jim and doreen are off tonight. If you work for the government, you have to wait until the morning to know if you work. It will decide by 4 00 a. M. Whether the federal offices will be open. Some School Districts are waiting but a lot have closed. The list will be scrolling on your screen. We start the coverage in storm center 4. Starting to see the snow around the area become heavier now and a lot of locations seeing accumulation on many of the grassy surfaces. Temperatures get down thats why we have the winter storm warning in effect. Again, thats in effect through 2 00 tomorrow. D. C. And areas to the west, Winter Weather advisories for fredericksburg. This is why. Weve got the sno
Temperatures only in the upper 20s and low 30s. Pretty much area wide. The only place that has escaped has been far southern maryland. Calvert and st. Marys county have had almost nothing in the way of accumulating snow. All the accumulating snow, ive had reports now 5 inches up in Loudoun County. If you have a snow picture send it to me on my twitter handle. Find us on facebook as well. Well be sharing those pictures over the course of the morning. The d. C. Metro has been lowered down to a Winter Weather advisory. Temperatures arent going to budge a whole lot. Mid to upper 30s today. Whats a rain, sleet, snow combination now will be mostly light snow by later this afternoon. Snow flurries and snow showers likely through much of the day and turning ferociously windy late this morning and the winds will stay up all day tomorrow as well. Through most of our wednesday as well. Not much in the way of accumulations past noontime today. Good morning. Were watching the radar closely because