locations.ca there were more track problems over the weekend.ov the wee fox5 s melanie alnwick joinswi j us live from l enfant plaza p with more. mor mel, good morning. reporter: good morning.orni i guess it s a good morningoodor when so far we haven t had any a issues on metro for monday but sunday two incidents broughtncio fire and rescue crews to metro stations.stations the first one at l enfant enft plaza about 11 o clock in the te morning yesterday. yesterd there was a small fire thatat was caused by debris on thes on tracks, a little bit of smoke,, too. too. that fire was put out by metro t employees using a fire extinguisher.tinguish d.c. fire crews were not not needed but they were here justh in case. in and that was just the beginning. bethesda metro station on then e red line sunday night aroundro the 5 o clock hour that sr th where a suspected arcing arc insulator also caused someauseoe trouble on the tracks.oubl turns out there was no smokemoke but single tracki
through manassas and northbound 95 to head both into quantico and into woodbridge at this point. that s a look at the ride. howard has our forecast, our frigid forecast. brutally cold for this time of year. this should be cold for january. so really cold stuff. we should be in the mid-50s. we ll be lucky to get to 35 today. look at the flag standing tall on the white house and also the walk monument. just a sign of how windy things are with gusts this morning over 30. we had a gust to 40 at dulles a few hours ago. 30 at 9:00. only 33 by noon. 35 if we re lucky. wind chills won t even be that close. the latest gusts, some strong ones out there gusting to 35 in easton. 30 at joint base andrews. we ve seen gusts to 31 in cumberland as well with temperatures this morning down to the 20s. windchills routinely in the teens at the moment. ouch. officially it s still autumn but today it feels a lot like the middle of winter. if you look at howard s map, the temperature in cumbe
hasn t done much for warm things up. here s howard bernstein with the first alert forecast. we should be in the 50s. we have all sorts of problems. i want to talk about the winds first. they ve been howling. 44 mile an hour gust in gaithersburg at 10. we re gusting near 40 in hagerstown now. 35 in gaithersburg and near 30 in the metro. gusts not as strong but a very breezy day. when you factor in the arctic air mass, yeah, that s when it s tough to be outside. bright sun now. look at the temperatures. 34. we may get a couple more degrees. might get 37 but it s not going to feel like that in washington. we re still only in the mid-20s near the mason-dixon line. mid-30s south. yeah, got some low 30s in cambridge. the wind chills is what s killing us today. wind chills in the teens and 20s and they re going to stay here all day long. we may set some record lows tonight. i ll have more on that coming up. yes, it will warm up as we head toward the weekend. see you in a few minut
with layers of bags and blankets. he is sleeping on a bench in front of the world bank with lots of other homeless. i can t believe it. reporter: he has no plans to take the mayor up on had his offer of additional shelter. and i got other people s stuff in here while they are trying to find jobs or hospitals. reporter: out at washington harbor in georgetown they are opening the ice rink. and tony and joe s seafood place is hoping for a crowd. other days it s beautiful. reporter: you had to be from sweden to enjoy the wind and wipe caps out on the potomac. scandinavian, viking, it s okay. reporter: it is cold for your car, too. aaa says calls for help are up 40%. some for blown out tires and a lot for dead batties batteries. the more juice it takes for the battery to turn over. the youngest out of the group had only on a vest. reporter: prince georges county police are hoping to keep anyone from having to go out in the cold without a coat. officer jessi
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