New fire chief. Hes the former head of the Seattle Fire Department. And the mayor expects to make a formal announcement tomorrow. First to the Winter Weather. Freezing rain was falling for most of the day and caused plenty of accidents. Right now ice is still the main issue. Meteorologist amelia seigel shows us theres another potential threat on the way. Thats exactly right. Winds will be increasing tomorrow. If ice does not melt off of trees by the time winds start to increase, that could bring some limbs down and cause even more issues for tomorrow. Overall, three big weather concerns for tomorrow. The first, fog until 7 00 a. M. Patchy fog. Icy surfaces getting reports on social media and into the newsroom of absolutely terrible sidewalks, treacherous conditions and breezy conditions throughout the day. Heres a look at the current visibility in your neighborhood. Gaithersburg the greatest concern with visibility about a mile. The potential for fog until about 7 00 a. M. Storm team 4
Sidewalks, roads and bridges. And breaking news multiple sources tell news 4 that eugene jones has been fired. Were going to get to all of that in a second. But first were starting here in the were center with amelia. You warmed us about this ice storm. When is it going to end . Between 7 00 and 10 00 p. M. Tonight, then its all about the temperatures how much are we going to warm up and how much ice will melt overnight. A winter storm warning is in effect for areas in pink including the d. C. Metro area, a winter advisory is here in the purple. Both the warning and advisory run through 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Conditions inside the beltway tonight will slowly improve, but i think in the suburbs, if its icy now, its going to be icy tomorrow morning. Heres a check of the radar. The pink is freezing rain and the green is rain. Further back to the west over the mountain some scattered showers with warmer temperatures there. This is 7 00 p. M. On future weather, stick tracking areas of
Also approaches from the south, so the changeoffer will happen there first. Were going to see a wintry mix throughout the immediate metro area through the early afternoon hours. And then well start to change over to rain, but temperatures will still be marginal so that we will have the light coating of freezing rain, the ice that falls on top of the sleet and snow. Good news, though, we dont have nearly as much moisture in this forecast as we did with the one last saturday. So just light accumulations. Its going to be bad for the roads, but it could be much worse, just like it was, of course, last saturday. So heres the setup. Well see cold air from top to bottom from the cloud to the ground to start. Thats snow. Were going to see a little bit of a changeover by about noon. That milder air starts to wedge its way in here. Thats when we get the sleet. The rain will melt before it hits the ground. Thats when you get those ice balls that kind of pop off the windshield. Then freezing rain
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