The minority. Every other School District in the area is closed. Full for a full list, logon or watch the bottom of your screen. Lets get you over to the dynamic duo this morning in the weather center. Eileen how many more hours to we have . Veronica i dont know. [laughter] veronica a lot. [laughter] veronica making sure you stay safe, but now it is about the ice, the wind, and some of the trees that are down across the area with Power Outages that are yet to come our way. Eileen getting to the point rampingings are really up. Follow me, guys, we will take it over, i think. Areant to show you where we dealing with that area of low pressure, but again we are still dealing with lots of different types of precipitation. That has we are seeing those higher snowfall totals in the areas north and west, as we anticipated, which is where the colder air has been. Slightly through d. C. , that makes has slightly limited the titles, or rather the totals. Area of low pressure off the delmarva coast, wind increasing as well as. Zooming into your neighborhood, as we havent talking about highereally seeing snowfall accumulation in northern parts of Loudoun County through Frederick County, maryland, hagerstown as well. Moving farther to the east, within the capital beltway we have the sleet, the freezing into and a lot of mice Southern Maryland. With the wind that is starting Miles Per Hour, as roddick it was mentioning, we could have those Power Outages. Lets get the latest with her on just how much more precipitation we could expect before this is out of fear. Out of here. Veronica winter storm warnings are. Frederick, loudoun, clark, berkeley, jefferson, that is where we can see the higher amounts already. Four inches in frederick, maryland. Lighter snowfall amounts to the south and east, like calvert and st. Marys county. Even though the lighter amounts are down here, that is where the wind could be highest later today, gusting up to 40, the top out at 50. The wind advisory, continuing their throughout the afternoon. Slick spots for the afternoon hours, best driving window is between noon, 5 00, and 6 00 today, but then it is back to and icy conditions for early wednesday morning. We will do it all again on friday morning with a weekend warmup in the forecast and we will talk more about that in just 10 minutes area julie . Julie on the highways right now, checking for a new problem, southbound 95 we have reports of an accident possibly involving a truck on the southbound side of 95. , we do know that there are a number of plows out there treating the highways, but you have got to give them space in order to spread the chemical out. Traffic is moving at a well reduced speed, which you should at this hour, because of the conditions. Downed tree at five on bryantown road. Southbound bw parkway, a tree down near 32 on the right side of the highway. Again, the metro green line, the greenbelt dealing with the train malfunction outside hyattsville. Under the treee number, expect some additional stops this morning. That is our traffic watch. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride. Autria . Flakes are falling fast across the dmz, some areas might see an inch, others could see more. Larry the governor has issued a state of emergency in maryland. Whats the latest . John here there are over 100 trucks working aroundtheclock, last night and into the overnight hours, now this morning, trying to stay on top of what is not only a lot of snow, but that freezing rain, sleet, and the wind is really howling, making it even more difficult. Snow drifts could be a concern this morning. Take a look, this is what we have got in frederick, maryland. Several images of snow mixed in with that freezing rain, it is creating a problem. Once the roads are plowed, you are not seeing the asphalt, or the road, because of that sheet of ice, if you will, underneath the blanket of snow. That, right there, is buckeystown road like, route 85. A busy third affair. No vehicles at all. The only be a are really seeing are the plows and those salt trucks perspective in the parking lot, where we are set up, look at those snow mountains. I would say that that is create was created at 5 00 this morning, that was not really there. It gives you an idea of how much snow is being cloud by the hour here in frederick, maryland. This is the parking lot that was just plowed i would say less than an hour ago. I was say that it is already blanketed and with the lights you can see how the wind is moving thes morning, snow around as it continues to fall here in frederick, maryland. Over 2000 trucks throughout the state, with 100 here in frederick. Im going to send it over to my buddy, horace, are you staying warm in leesburg . Absolutely not. You have a snow mound . I have one, too. They have been very busy out here. Drag through the Business District of leesburg. As you can see, the roadway looks pretty good. As john was saying, the problem here is the snow and the ice, the sleet is still coming down, the wind has really picked up. As we flip around and take a look at the american flag, you can see how windy it is out here. To be done. Of work this storm, at least in leesburg, is far from over. Suzanne kennedy, i want to know when the sun comes up, because im freezing out here. Live. E kennedy joins us suzanne its no better here. Secret have some pathway. Its just awful out here. This is not a cute snowstorm at all. If you are waking up just now, inwill have a lot of sleet the area. If you are thinking that youre going to get outside and do some shoveling, this is this stuff is chunky, frozen, and difficult to pick up. Here, butsing one arm this stuff is heavy and in big chunks. Its not the fluffy, light snow from last years blizzard. Although that was difficult enough to deal with. We are talking about stuff that is crusty and will be hard to get up. Thinking you are making quick work of it . Think twice. We are at the metro station here in hanley town. They have got some pathways cut here, surfaces in front of the elevator and escalator are cleared out. There are many people who will be coming to work in school, d. C. Public starting to hours late today. Are right near an Elementary School in high school, a lot of kids will be heading to school there. Take your time. If you have a walkway in front of your house, or in the case of these business t bit further down here they still have a lot of snow on the ground. That is where the people will be to the metro into school. If you have a space where people will be walking this morning, get outside, do your part, shovel the snow out of the way. Back to you. On autria we are staying on top of the storms are morning long. Larry thinking of the beach, this is not what you expect, coming up. Autria from the shore to the sky, impacting thousands as th from news channel 8, you are watching good morning washington. Larry i see morning in some places as we cover this winter storm watch covering the dmz , began at about 6 30 last night. Still thats right, its going to keep coming down for the next couple of hours. Kristin that is right. Is right. A that past lunchtime today we will likely be seeing snow and sleet axing in with this system because of all of the icy conditions and the sleep we have gotten out, getting reports of a 10th of an inch in some areas, it will take a while for it to freeze. Its not until lunchtime, 1 00 today, when the temperature will get above freezing. We will have to deal with this for a while. More moderate impact. Thats not the only thing. The other part of the system is the wind, the wind will start to ramp up. We have artie seen about 40 Miles Per Hour, getting just over 40 near lunchtime, the midday hour, and then we will break it down to about 30 Miles Per Hour during the later part of the day. Watch the loop. Over the last couple of mixing in with the system. The last frame there, starting to make its way to the south with a bit more snow coming into areas of frederick, maryland. Future see on the weather, the blue is the snow and what happens after 10 00 is the storm moves of the clip up the coast, gets closer to it with a chance for more snow. Maybe some areas a few inches north and west of d. C. With more snow showers, very light coming our way for the afternoon hours. Cold, theinitely range of temperatures will be in the lower 30s across the area and around freezing tomorrow. We will talk about the weekend. Armup a lot of folks are going to like that with just six days left until spring officially rolls in. Eggs onm marking the my calendar day after day with a black marker. I keep marking them down. On the roads right now we have got a handful, new crash at the dulles multivehicle wreck on the southbound side making your way past the toll road. The toll road itself, the lanes are open, meaning no incidents, but it is very slick out there and crews are working to treat the highway. Stay behind it, because its of that. We had a wreck near dumfries, it was causing slowdowns for those traveling southbound. By comparison, a little bit better now, pavement on the southbound side compared to the northbound side, these crews are working against the weather and as soon as they get some pavement showing, the sleet comes down to cover it up. Bryantown road, a tree is down on 301 and on the left side of the highway. That is our traffic watch, but back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride out to the west. Autria . Autria komen tim barber still took a trip to a wintry ocean city. How is it looking there . Is soaking wet and the surf is rough out here. Coming up after what if we could bring you better value by having better values . At blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. So instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most making farmland healthier. Cutting down on food waste. And bringing you higher quality, fresher ingredients for less than you pay at the store. Because food is better when you start from scratch. Autria the winter storm, causing inconvenience or the area, but it is worse than all us. Worst of the north of philadelphia, calling the storm lifethreatening. Schools from philadelphia to closed today. New york city is under a state of emergency. Major airlines canceling all flights headed there. Larry winter with flash, causing trouble on the Eastern Shore, where tim barber is this morning. Spring may be less than one week away, but you sure cant tell there. Absolutely not, and i got the beach to myself. Take a look, can you see how we have got the beach all to ourselves out here. We are going to be monitoring three main things down here. Beach erosion, a little bit of minor flooding out on the shore here, specifically the bayside, with heavy winds. The wind gusts could be up to 55 Miles Per Hour. Not so bad right now, you can see some of the trees and the stuff behind me blowing around a little bit. Now, it hadight been raining earlier this morning, but we will monitor those conditions and if anything changes, we will let you know right away. This storm is making for a travel nightmare. Thousands of flights are canceled across the country right now. Brianne carter is live at Reagan National airport with what you need to know if you are trying to hop a flight today. Brianne check your airline if you have a flight anywhere. Its not just the northeast, its having a Ripple Effect across the country because of the impacted cities. Take a look at Reagan National airport, it looks like a ghost town. The good news is that reagan officials tell us that they are working to get some departing flights off the ground later this morning and we have seen a few folks who have gone to the ticket counter, check to their bags, and are headed to the terminal to try to board those flhts. We can see the ground crews working fervently this morning to try to get the snow and the ice off the ground, but if they have an incoming flight or an outbound flight, they can get there safely in and out at , on the board lots of lots of cancellations. 5000 flights across the country have been canceled and we know that there have been operations in terms of flights in areas like Philadelphia Airport and in new york, where there are no flights going in and out. If you are traveling to one of those check with your airline. Its not just the weather here in the d. C. Area that can impact you are seeing. Its whats happening to the north of us as well. Airports, itjor could have an impact on a flight flying south or even west of here as well. We know that American Airlines have hit a number of airlines in the northeast, check with them as well. Backof those flights are up and running with Service Starting to resume at 8 00 this morning. We have seen the crews working around the clock since we have been here this morning and they continue to do so to try to get those departing flights, taking off. For now, back to you guys. Metro, rail is open now, but running on a saturday schedule. Typically it takes more than eight inches to suspend aboveground rail service. Metro bus seic sign up and we will let you know when there are scheduled problems or changes on metro. Afternoon, clearing up, warming up a little bit, it could freeze overnight. It will. It is not a matter of if, but its definitely a hard freeze coming our way tonight and it will take time yet again tomorrow. Before the sun comes up, going back to daylight savings time, the sunrise coming later, taking us a while to warm up. Autria you are talking seriously cold weather. Exactly. Delays tomorrow would be a good idea. There may be slippery roads, that really is the big story for this morning along with the cold. Additional snowfall, as mentioned, until noon or 1 00. The weather for the afternoon hours, still moderate, closing a on highimpact throughout. A lot of folks sending us photos around the area of snowfall already. If you have photos, send them into us. We will try to get them on air. Heres a look at the latest radar. County,oss frederick four to five inches, winchester still seeing the snow, still a lot of warm air pulling into the system, we will get a chance to push over with cold air near the area of low pressure coming closer to it, the wind starting to ramp up. Ocean city, temperature 51 degrees. Feels like 44. Julie, the highest wind is around the midday today. Readings for tomorrow with a high of 31 degrees, so only a throught hours, thursday, where the temperatures will be above freezing and we could see a bit of melting. Now we are seeing icy conditions because of the sleet coming down on a little bit of snow that we got in some areas, and some areas seeing a lot of sleet coming down, this is where we have the crash with police on the scene of a multivehicle incident. Follow their direction to get by. ,he toll road has been treated but im telling you that these crews are working against Mother Nature, if you will, and as soon as a lot of the roads are cleared, it gets quickly covered up with more sleep. Proceed with caution. Heavy tree limbs, meaning we have downed trees on ryan town and on 301. A lot of trees reported down in this area along 301. Keep that in mind towards greenbelt, still dealing with rest of dealing with delays there look for the are under the tree number. That is the traffic watch. Back in the next 10 minutes. Stay with us, folks. From news channel 8, you are watching good morning washington. House on this tuesday morning, as from a come mentioned, because of daylight savings time this weekend, sunrise coming a bit later than usual. Getting ready for this storm. And its here. Some are not too happy, but others are embracing the beauty. Larry melanie has a live look at some of the pictures coming in. Melanie we want to show you the pictures from our viewers, starting with the Cherry Blossoms. Everyone wants to know how they are doing with the snow and they look beautiful with the snow on them but the big concern is with the cold nights this week, will they last . They are not even in their peak stage yet. This picture came in from our reporter, brad bell. Theres a picture from an arlington neighborhood. Covered in snow. Very pretty. We have some pets, too, a couple of them here, checking out the snow on the back curious, we havent had much of it this season. Here we are looking at another neighborhood covered in snow. It has of course packed down quite a bit with the sleet that came on top of it. Another pet picture, looks like quite a bit of snow out here. This one from natasha, in the d. C. Area area. This parking lot, cumbered covered in snow. Some people will have to get their scrapers out and get those windshields cleaned off to for they start their cars today. If you have any pictures you would like to share with us, send them into wjla. Com votenow send them into burst. Com wjla. Place still falling as the dmz is under a Winter Weather advisory until 2 00 this afternoon. Sam sweeney is live in the mobile track this morning. Sam . Sam we have been monitoring the roads all day. What is going on in Prince Georges County . For the most part, the roads are clear. That is from news channel 8, you are watching good morning washington. Larry a Winter Weather storm hitting right now, the entir northeast is bracing for a blizzard. The d. C. Area has been hounded with rain on one side, snow on the other. Im larry smith. Autria godfrey. We have got a team of meteorologists covering the story for you. Veronica Eileen Whelan is here. So is alex liggitt and josh knight right now. The camera view from on top of storm trak 7. Front of the businesses, shoveling the sidewalks this morning, trying to clean up. Mainly snow here around hagerstown. The big winner in terms of snowfall, yes, it has been a heavy, weighted type of snow. They havent seen much wind in the area, probably not going to see much in terms of wind that will go much higher than 30 Miles Per Hour or so, but take a look at the wider view of the system w quite a bit of freezing rain coming into the southern part of the system. 17,000 Power Outages between stafford, king george county, and Southern Maryland, because of all the ice down there. We havent even gotten to the higher wind coming in today. Reporting a bit of a mix with freezing rain, sleet as well, power outage chance right here to the east of interstate 95 with higher spots well off to the west, in western virginia, for later today. Snowfall amounts, hagerstown, up tog winner, just going eight inches. Manassas, closer to four inches. We could have an additional trace later today with trace amounts that could continue at 8 00 to 9 00 this evening. Most of it will fall prior to noon today. Temperatures icy through noon and 1 00. , droppinge refreeze under the freezing mark at 6 p. M. To 7 p. M. This evening. Lunchtime today, just after that is really the best time to head out. 10 daylook at the forecast as we make our way to spring in just a few. Just six days. Ive got to hang on. We have got a couple of problems. Are out with a crash year. Heads up on the southbound side of 28. It is very cold out there. You dont want to drive in these conditions. You are waking up to those snow totals and the ice that you were not expecting. Give it some time out there, clear out the car before you. Ead out one car off the road here, along 301, which was tying up this one on the left side of the highway. Orange and red lines, facing delays towards new carrollton, a disabled train on the orange the redd because of line a train malfunctioned outside rhode island avenue. The next 10 minutes with an update on the roads and rails. Speaking of the roads, good morning once again to sam sweeney, how you holding up . Ok hey, julie, we are doing on route for approaching the beltway just past our house road. On, butld wipers are for the for the most part the roads are mainly clear. Slush on the surface streets, the temperatures above freezing. What we have noticed is that a lot of the snow crews are off to the side of the road, sitting in parking lots, not salting or plowing because in Prince Georges County this is primarily a rain event. Wo out . If you dont have to, stay home, but if you do, not that bad here in Prince Georges County. As we have been saying all morning long, depending on where you go, which side of the city, it is different. If you dont have to be out, best bet, set stay inside. Stay safe out there. Transportation crews are busy trying to keep the roads safe. Joining us from the phone we have the director of transportation. Good to have you on the phone. Tell us about the streets right now, what are the conditions . We have got some slippery conditions out there. Crews have been working for the past 12 hours and we are trying to keep up with the storm. A lot of wintry mix here. So, some of the salt treatment has been running off the roads a little bit, so it is important to keep treating the roads. There has been a little bit of plowing, but we didnt see as much accumulation as the forecast had predicted. It has been moderate. We will see more before noon time. People really just have to be defensive when they are driving. There is no reason to be out there too early. Most of the schools have closed or announced delays. We are really encouraging people to stay off the roads for the next few hours, let the ground temperature warm up a bit. Let the crew keep working. In the afternoon things might open up a little bit. Larry have you determined any emergency routes or close any streets while working through all this . No, there are no snow emergency restrictions right now. People need to Pay Attention to see if there are any during the course of the day and evening, but i dont anticipate that there will be parking restrictions, anything along those lines. For the most part the crews have been able to do their work overnight. We are looking at pretty light commuting volumes right now. They are going to continue to work through the day and hopefully we will keep everybody safe out there. Ok. Y appreciate your time this warning. Thank you ray much. Autria . Some areas the snow is piling up fast this morning and its rough for those on the roads. Josh knight and storm trak 7 in hagerstown. What are you finding as you head out . Josh this is one of the areas that has seen more snow come down with a mix of sleet and everything else. I want to start off the with a nice view at the front of the windshield. They have been doing a great job even coming through regularly there is still a lot of slush and wet snow left on the ground. What i want to show you is the actual temperature outside right around 28 degrees according to the equipment. But it also just feels like 28. This is one of the rare places in the area this morning where we are not looking at a lot of wind. You can see the anemometer on the roof, not fitting at all. Once you get downtown and away from the buildings, that is where we run through the breeze and we will feel those wind chills. Watch as it starts to push through the area, still looking for light snow with minor accumulations throughout the morning. Folks getting around pretty well. Shoveling sidewalks out here, hagerstown is getting the snow, but everything seems to be waking up and coming back to life for the morning. Storm trak 7 in hagerstown, i will send it back inside white, wintry, wicked out there today, lets take a live look outside right now. Larry only seeing a coding in some spots, but veronica it is cold, the wind will be increasing throughout the day. Some folks already trying to get out there and clean things up the day breaking. 19 is the windchill temperature in d. C. , teens around the other parts of our area. Int under the freezing mark most neighborhoods across the area. Neighborhoods around here, we will only have about 16 hours or so where the temperatures will be above freezing. Where we will see some melting taking place. This weekend, higher temperatures, including the morning hours. Windchill temperatures today will be in the 20 plus. Tomorrow, teens, Single Digits to start out. Really revving up around midday, just over 30 Miles Per Hour. We are likely to see, just posting a story on wjla. Com, some of the Power Outages were already seeing in Southern Maryland that had more ice that we could see later today, so check that out. We are not pulling your leg when we talk about how slick these conditions are. In the through lanes, this is , one we have the crash vehicle overturned on its side, all for facing you at this point, this is the inner loop of the capital beltway, trying to make and way past telegraph road continuing back towards the springfield interchange. This fellow flipped over. Only the right lane is able to get by. Keep this in mind. Their y slippery of slippery out there, no matter where you are. One car slid off the road, 95 in maryland, virginia 198. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on your ride. Live in faiax ride in a convertible. Although that is a cool looking corvair. You would not think it would be a day for a barbecue either, but john would here, living up to his name, going to a hundred cords of wood per year. What are you doing for the plow Truck Drivers and Police Officers today . We are taking care of them. We know that they have been working hard all night. We are inviting them for free coffee, tea, and soda, for a little bit of a break. We are feeding them to make sure that they get their breaks. We will be going inside the restaurant right now. We want to show you that our colleagues are out, suffering and the cold, snow, ice and rain. We found this awesome warm spot. Watch your step. Take a look at this breakfast that has been prepared for us. You get to work today, stacy . John picked me up, saying, to work today . She called the back and was like john is calling to pick us up. Hes a good boss, making sure that we get here safe. Nobody minds a day off. Who makes sure that you get there safe is what you want. Most of your customers have been out there serving the Community Today . Yes, dominion workers, fire and rescue, im sure there will be more. Taking a quick look, they have got the best television station on in this diner and fairfax. Reporting live, sending a back to you in the studio, kimberly suiters. Im going to be eating a bit of that breakfast. Were veronica taking a look at whats happening on the roads julie we are taking a look at whats happening on the roads, especially the latest year. Crews have been busy plowing and treating the roads. Joining is now by phone, the on the road right now . Pretty unsatisfactory for people to be driving on. We are asking people to stay home. Im in leesburg. The wind is picking up. The snow is coming down. You have i see, slippery, slushy conditions of their. Please stay home as long as you possibly can. To get snow,g another to get a bunch of sleet and freezing rain, like we have right now. Its pretty unpleasant. Julie how hard has it been to keep up with Mother Nature . There were a number of plows out there treating the roads a number of hours ago. It seems like its continuing to fall. 4500 pieces of equipment across the county. The crews are dedicated and continuing on. It with 18,000 lane miles the plow, including ramps and bridges, mainlines on the street and everything. Did ask for some more time, stay off the roads for your safety, for our safety. You definitely dont want to meet us on the roads. Julie the crash on the beltway on telegraph road, this one is overturned on its side. We have another one on the dulles toll road. I know that you guys are out there working hard, but there are still accidents coming in. What would you advise people, right now, if they have to be there on the roads . Reduce your speeds greatly. Greatly, greatly. Both hands on the wheel. Expect to be hitting patches of ice and . Are out there. Stay warm. This is that crash we were talking about. I will be back with more details on that, shortly. That was allen from vdot, speaking with us this morning. Autria we have got plenty more tips on how to drive safely in the Winter Weather, if you have to go out this morning. Things to list of keep in your car. Just search drive safely on wjla. Com. And julio shea Jummy Olabanji are having some fun out there. Autria tell everyone about the cafe. Have you gotten any grub yet . Kidd thats what we need. Jummy i was up behind me to see if the lights were on at panera, but i cant see just yet. And news at abc 7 channel 8 are not the only ones working our building today. I dont know contractors, but the work is on. When they say snow day, thats really just for the students and teachers. People are coming to work right now. Kidd like half a snow day. Jummy not a full snow day, just a sn day. Its different from last year, when we have already cleaned the sidewalk. The crew has come through and they are kind of chopping away at some of the snow that they shoveled earlier to break it apart. Jummy so many people are coming into work. Vanessa, i dont know if you can well, thats tony, from the newsroom, with an umbrella. Theres a guy getting ready to cross the street. There are a lot of people out and about, going to work tuesday with briefcases in their hand, its a normal day. Kidd traffic is moving in the background here on wilson boulevard. You know, people are taking it slow, obviously, but they are getting by. Yes, they are. If you do have the day off, go to brunch, hit up a museum. Those open at around noon, for the most part. Go to see the infinity mirror meet exhibit. And it isst week great, probably there will be no line. Jummy or just sit outside with a nice cup of coffee. Watch those spring flowers bloom. Kidd eileen, sending it into you. Eileen you two are having too much fun out there. Looking at the window, i could see the wind starting to blow. It is starting to increase. Alle have been telling morning long, we have been dealing with lots of different types of precipitation and one of the areas that has seen the most ice is Southern Maryland. Charlotte hall, maryland, we got this photo, you can see all of the tree limbs here e the treetrunk, essentially, just snapped, broke in half. Blog thattt posted a has more on the Power Outages that the ice is leading to. We wanted to thank our viewers for sending these in. Look at this puppy, shaking it off. We got this from north potomac. Percival, five to six inches of snow. We will continue to see more snow over the next several hours as we start to transition from the ice and the sleet. Submit your photos to burst. Com wjla and i will show you the foot futurecast. We still have several more hours, not really tapering off until lunchtime today. Here is a look at lunchtime. We have these heavier bands of snow on the backsides as it ramps up to the north and east. We could still see an additional halfinch three inches on these heftier squall lines coming through. Later on this evening, 5 30, could have a few more of these showers with temperatures above freezing this afternoon. Clear att will be first, mostly cloudy, but then very cold with overnight lows for the next several days, well above freezing. The High Temperature doesnt get to freezing, but we will start to see some melting. Julie, the luck of the irish is on our side into the weekend, 50s by saturday. [laughter] julie i fight [laughter] youre going to dance a jig for us. [laughter] julie on the roads this morning, the roads are slick. Ther loop of the beltway, through lane is here working your way past telegraph road towards springdale. We have a crush with what turned here, this how you get by toward springfield. We just heard from the vdot. Pokesperson they are treating the roads, but we do have slick spots out there as we keep up with Mother Nature , who dumps a little bit of sleet on us in different areas. Keep this in mind if you dont have to be on the area roads, sandors. North of the beltway here, another crash tying up the right side of the highway. We have a wreck on the dulles toll road with police on the scene area back in the next 10 minutes with an update on your ride on the south side. Autria . Countdown to spring. Everything we build makes a difference. Autria six days away his spring, but it doesnt feel like that. A big snowball fight planned for 10 00 this morning. Last heres video from years event. Todays is supposed to be at the same location, but t may not be enough snow. D. C. Snowball, fight association is organizing the event and is supposed to choose a location here in a few minutes, 8 00 this morning is the time they are expected, but we have yet to hear anything. One possibility is that the washington monument. 1000 people have indicated that there will be a snowball fight wherever it is held. Autria our storm watch coverage cont this is a stormwatch 7 Winter Weather alert. Autria they with her whiplash in full force as residents wake up to rain, sleet, snow, ice. Larry our team is in the hardest hit areas and staying very busy. Autria good morning, washington. I am autria godfrey. Arry i am larry smith the federal government on a threehour delay. And Calvert County schools on a twohour delay and everyone else is closed. Sam sweeney is on the roads and has the latest in his location. Southe are on 95 approaching look at what we are dealing with , an overturned truck on its side. I just talked to Virginia State police and they are working to get it up right and towed. The tow truck not here and traffic slow, one lane squeezing by in the through lane. And Prince Georges County i have hour ago, the roads in that ,rea were pretty clear especially the main roads but in alexandria, a different situation. A lot of slick spots and ice with a number of 10 vendors, especially on 95. If you live in virginia, stay home, the roads are icy and it is wet in the rain the icy rain continues. The tow truck just pulling up. They will have to get this on its side and out of here. It will be quite some time before this is cleaned up and traffic is moving again. South approaching telegraph in alexandria. That is the latest, i am sam sweeney. Autria if you want to pull your picture back up. In front of the truck where the trip crash occurred, all the ice, are you finding a lot of that on the left and right sides of the roads during your travels . In virginia but not in Prince Georges County, Prince Georges County, mainly rain and temperatures above freezing but once we get into virginia, temperature drops to 32 degrees weather a lot of . Slush. No plowing in Prince Georges County because they do not need to. E a they do not need we have fourwheel drive and we were sliding over the roads and sunspots. If you are out, allow a lot of extra room for you and the car in front of you. Julie sam sweeney on the truck, in front of this overturned, inner loop of the beltway southbound 95, before you reach telegraph road, head in the direction of the springfield interchange. It could be a possibility of overdrive and the conditions that caused the crash but we do not know for sure. Coming up Prince Georges County, Southern Maryland, a rain event, but as to cross over the bridge into virginia, more snow and more ice. 395 north ofons on edsall road on the main light an accident blocking the right side of the highway. We spoke to a vdot spokesperson and says plow trucks are out. Much improved from one hour ago. Front of you was all you could see it while ago. If you have to be out, you have to slow down, give yourself plenty of braking distance and clear off the car. We have tape, the cars witnessed with a little bit of viewing on the windshield. Another crash 28. That is our traffic watch. I will be back in 10 minutes to update the beltway south of down. Is it going to be sunny and 85 degrees . Veronica in a couple of weeks. [laughter] spring is six days away and now you want 80. You i will dance for veronica that is not working. Tent to aw of a qute some sleet and freezing rain mixing which will accumulate. We could see more issues with scattered Power Outages. From green to yellow and red to pink, darker blue across areas of eastern Frederick County and west Carroll County. The mixture of what we are seeing right now. Stevensburg, urbana, getting snow. Eastern Frederick County and western Carroll County and enhance snow. Of low pressure, the coastal storm is south of ocean city. It is racing up the coast. By 10 00 a. M. This morning, a lot of this will taper off quickly. Reports of enhanced sleet coming down now in Montgomery County and Fairfax County. You will get more ice on top of what is already on the ground. The area of low pressure making its way quickly up the coast. By 11 00 a. M. , lunchtime, is to be north and east of our area and is it gets closer to us, wins will get ramped up. 3040 mile per hour gusts expected midday. Temperatures climb into the upper30s later. Tomorrow, not freezing. It will be one cold day. The snow, four inches in frederick, maryland, two inches and fairfax, a lot of that on the ground north and west of d. C for a while. We will talking about melting and refreeze and a bit. Julie i have money. Veronica i dollar one dollar could work. Give me your wallet autria i want to know whose money is who knew she had all that cashola. You could be waking up two very different circumstances this morning. Larry some areas with barely one inch and other areas with a lot more. One area is north in frederick, maryland where John Gonzalez continues our coverage. The Maryland Governor issuing a state of emergency. Does not look like it is letting up. Up andt is not letting we are experiencing the biggest white out conditions we have seen all morning long in frederick, maryland. The wind howling. Making my photographer have a tough time staying levels. This is the snow in frederick, maryland, several inches. The headline is not just the snow but the sleet and freezing rain coming with it, flipping around because of the wind bhakti stop i am sharply drive, a major thoroughfare. We have not seen a lot of traffic. The traffic we have seen is very slow and the plow trucks have been coming through. Not salting any longer, a plow operation now. This gives you an idea of how much snow in frederick, maryland. This is one of the shopping centers. This created in about three hours. It,parking lot, this is once it gets plowed, it is blanketed by snow. I will walk to show you this is an area that just got plowed. Underneath, the problem is, you have slush created by the freezing rain and sleet which is quickly freezing. At last check, 28 degrees in frederick, maryland sideways. That is the latest from frederick, maryland. This is a stormwatch 7 Winter Weather alert. Larry Virginia Governor term mcauliffe decl emergency monday which it helped local governments respond to the winter reflash and he joins us now live on the phone. Thank you for your time. We never know how these things will develop once you make the call, what is the state of things now on the roads . Gov. Mcauliffe a mixture of snow and sleet in Northern Virginia, one inch to four inch in Northern Virginia still falling. We have 4500 trucks in the region. Plowing the snow and i appreciate everybodys thing off the road. The federal government has a threehour delay so we have armored trucks and we pretreated roads beginning sunday at noon. E have a great handle on this if you do not have to go out, let the 4500 pieces of equipment get these roads clean as it will warm up tomorrow. I feel very good, we pretreated and the plows are out now doing their job. One inch to four inches, we are on top of the storm and will get everybody moving. We have a goal to have every road in the state within 48 hours will be possible and you can move about. I will feel confident that will not be an issue from the storm. Larry a couple of issues but the plan has worked well. It will freeze later. Vernight tonight how important is it to stay ahead of this and what is the plan for 6 00, 7 00, 8 00 tonight to make sure the roads remain safe . Gov. Mcauliffe we will be out with the salt and brine this afternoon. Freezing temperatures meaning black ice everywhere, especially on bridges, folks not used to driving on black ice. It will be treacherous, icy conditions. We will have the equipment out, salt, we will do the afternoon once the plowing finishes and we encourage everybody to stay off the roads. Sidewalks and roads will be treacherous as we get below freezing tonight in most parts of virginia that have been impacted by the snow. We have plenty of salt which will begin once the plowing is over. Larry we can say, Lessons Learned from last year because the plant you put in place seems to have worked. Gov. Mcauliffe we prepare for this and have a great group, 6800 personnel on 4500 pieces of equipment in the Northern Virginia region. We prepare for this. Everybodyppreciate working with us and staying off the roads. If you do not have to get out, we cannot this thing out, nothing is worse than a snow plow coming on eight disabled vehicle. You have to go around it. Let us do our job. I tomorrow, everyt glad you are with us as the storm watch weather continues. The coverage of this winter storm. Veronica johnson with an update of what we can expect. Veronica an enhanced era coming to areas of Montgomery County, even Frederick County, maryland and down through fairfax. A little bit of convergence on the radar and reports of sleep coming down sleet coming down. Once temperatures warm up, lots of ice on area roads left, especially roads shaded and secondary roads. Watch your speed. Water breaking and distance between you and watch your breaking and distance between you and the car in front of you. 33 and windy throughout the day today. Our highest wind around the mid day time to a quarter tenth of an inch. I95 and west, we could see scattered Power Outages. That through gaithersburg and fairfax, look well and you can see a little bit of darkness. I checked observations, snow fall rates with a little bit of sleet coming down at about an inch per hour. The area of low pressure getting closer and closer to us over the thattwo to four hours and with the precipitation, the rain mainly in delaware. Timeframe, up until lunchtime where we could pick up additional snowfall totals. A trace to an inch right now. He refreeze is the story friday morning at 10 22 degrees with no substantial melt wind chill temperatures today in the 20s. Early tomorrow morning, not just one or two locations running around the Single Digits throughout the entire area. Here is a snapshot of 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, feeling like eight degrees in d. C. We will talk about the weekend warmup. Wait until you see temperatures for next week, that may have a lot of you smiling. Larry just the thought of it gets me excited. Coming up, a live update on Road Conditions from josh knight live in storm trak 7. He will give us his perspective as we continue to complete Team Coverage on abc seven and news channel 8. Larry we continue the coverage of this winter whiplash. An overnight storm. The weather walked all over the place. Area ande harder it leesburg, va. Things better . The snow and sleet has slowed. It has gotten cold. Look at the roadway. It looks a number of cars trying to make it it is icy underneath. We will show you a little bit of root 7 route 7. The wind is still lets see if we can get out of here. Here we go. Route 7 is very slick. The governor say get out of the roadways and people are not taking that advice. Driving and this is a look at what it is looking like an feeling like. A very slippery on route 7. Plows have been out here and we have been out here for three or four hours and they have been busy doing what they can. The snow has really come down and it is cold, freezing. It looks good but very slick. A taste of what things look like in leesburg on this very wintery morning. Larry thank you. We will check back in with you. The slick roads, give the road crews a chance to clear them. People are not the only ones feeling the impact of the winter whiplash. Suzanne kennedy at the national zoo with the latest from there. Suzanne they have closed the zoo because of the weather. In. They will still take care of the animals but asking patrons tuesday home. An etiquette avenue, the condition connecticut avenue, conditions better than wisconsin avenue, just a little bit of slush. See this on the side of the road left by the plows, some cars are parking. What we came upon from wisconsin avenue two connecticut avenue, iuscame upon a man whose pru got stuck. The front start is taught stuck in his room window pat about four inches had about four inches of sleet and snow stuck on it. We help them out and dug out the front tire and pushed him. Another man came and i pushed one guy out. Confused about how to get himself out of that situation. It was tricky but he got out and on his way. How the backte window of his car was completely iced over which limited visibility as he went southbound on connecticut avenue. Time and dig out the front wheels of your tire and clear off your front and back windshields. And her headlights. And your headlights. That will help you with the winter mess. Autria thank you. Lets go to josh knight in storm trak 7. Quickly, i do not want to spend too much time on me because we are seeing change conditions on the roads. We were closer to hagerstown and now closer to frederick, running into some deteriorating conditions. We are Facebook Live our track and people are commenting and somebody said the roads do not look treated and somebody else says i 70 looks shady and i agree, the plows have not gotten out recently in this area to take care of things. The interstate is not great and a lot of places, especially farther north and west of town. An area we got more snow to come down, more accumulation. Things are still covered. We have done a little bit of slipping and sliding. Most people taking their times but sometimes somebody races past is too fast. Really take your time. We are Live Streaming this on facebook. Check it out to see how our journey is going. Working away from 70 and then back to washington, d. C. I will send it back inside. Autria problems along the east coast. The National Weather service calling the storm lifethreatening and warning people to shelter in place. Winters from watches and warnings in effect from North Carolina to northern maine. A distance of more than 1000 miles. I am declaring a state of emergency in new york city. A good we are declaring a state of emergency. Every report is it will snow long and fast for a long time. Autria many areas could have a foot of snow, the companies have strong winds and heavy snow with a risk of Power Outages and Airlines Canceling Flights along these coast and many schools closed. The east coast and many schools closed. Larry an inconvenience for us but up north truly bad. Veronica boston, areas of new york city, maine, very high wind and it will be there all day today city until 4 00, 5 00 to the. Autria hour should wrap up before that . Veronica 11 00 a. M. To noon today. A refreeze each and every night. Likely to see two hour delays, threehour delays tomorrow and thursday and maybe friday morning. Right there, i circled where the system is now, im area of low ssure racing up the coast an area of low pressure racing up the coast. We will talk about enhanced areas with higher snowfall rates coming into Fairfax County as the system gets closer to us. Fairfax and montgomery all seeing that. Pink, the temperature profile of the air over us. , that getting colder air before long. There it is, the area of low pressure south of ocean city right now. As a gets towards northern delaware, wind will ramp up on the backside of the system. The forecast winds for today, 30 mileperhour gusts in d. C. Cap perhaps over 40 in annapolis and close to 50 in dover and towards ocean city. In ocean city, gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour already. Less wind in the afternoon and evening. 36 at 1 00 in d. C. 40 degrees by 2 00. Things wind down at noon to 1 00 and our next system is late friday, bringing a few rain showers. We will have to watch timing because if it comes in early enough, maybe a little bit of mixing in with the onset of this system. Next tuesday, mild with showers throughout the area, rain st. Patricks day, 44. Temperatures much higher and a very nice weekend, considering what we are dealing with right now. You need to bring a mix, only in the club and that is a remix. Icy conditions, the beltway at telegraph road, the inner loop, a crash, the vehicle overturned and now back up on its wheels. Only the right lane able to get by, southbound 95 at 495 from the wilson bridge headed to the springfield interchange. Some traffic can squeeze by using the right lane only. Sam sweeney has been all over Southern Maryland where he says. He events have been rain slick conditions once he crossed into virginia and icy conditions as well. Only a little bit of ice to send you into a spin so be careful. Trees reported down near a new problem on 95. 95 in the area of triangle, traffic moving but we may have an accident and i will be back in 10 minutes to update the ride. Back to you. Larry thank you. Stretching whiplash all across maryland and causing trouble on the Eastern Shore where tim barber is. Autria we can forget spring comes to winter at the beach we can forget spring, still winter at the beach . Not that, a little chilly, not as much rain or wind as expected. We have a boardwalk and beach to ourselves. One woman was walking her dog and she will meet it was not as bad as they expected. She said to me, it was not as bad as she expected. Up. P waves are huge. The waves are huge. We will monitor conditions. If it gets i am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If youre totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. This is a stormwatch 7 Winter Weather alert. Hitnica areas east of d. C. With high wind causing Power Outages. Larry more on this. Prince georges county dealing with a few how are outages. Pepco reporting more than 3800 customers without electricity in Prince Georges County. I handful in that a handful in d. C. And marilyn, worsen charles county, smeco reporting nearly 8000 without power. 2500 in st. Marys county. East of 95, a lot icing on the trees and power lines. Outages in Prince Georges County and fewer than 100 in calvert. In virginia, dominion power reporting several thousand outages. Almost all south of here in king george county. That is the autria lets get another check of the forecast. Fromica all the colors white to pink to green to yellow and red. The yellow and red, the actual rain and some freezing rain coming down fairly hard, pretty icy conditions in eastern maryland. Towardsd baltimore, d. C. And mainly snow from Frederick County in maryland to Frederick County, virginia. Like snow in western maryland. Light snow in western maryland. Eight inches in frederick, maryland. That area has gotten the most snow. It has been about the ice lately. We had a switchover hours ago with the sleet and freezing rain which has led to a quarter inch of ice on top of the snow. Secondary roads, icy conditions for several hours before we warm up. National zoo with a trace of ice. I quarter inch of a quarter inch at bwi. The government on a threehour delay. Ice accumulating on trees and power lines. When the winds ramp up, we could have more Power Outages with king george, stafford, so the maryland, 17,000 people without power or homes without power and we could see more, especially east toward the eastern maryland and delaware and up the coast. This is a big storm system for new york and new england. We will talk about more impact to the northeast and win some flights could get back on schedule in a few minutes. Right now, snow back into the d. C. Area before long and we will talk about how much more we can get. Julie up a crash on the inner loop of the beltway traveling from maryland into virginia, making her way past telegraph road. The vehicle being hooked up to a tow truck but traffic still squeezing by single fire to the right southbound towards the springfield interchange. This is in germantown as he traveled 270 at 118. We had a combination of freezing rain and sleet well north and west of town and that is what it looks like. Crews trying to treat the ramps, bridges come over prices. Ridges, overpasses. Kenilworth avenues armor. Avenue is our next camera. Pull up the Traffic Camera and you can see more pavement than anything else traveling southbound and lanes open. Back in 10 minutes with another look at your ride headed into d. C. Chances, Major Airlines grounded all flights into new york city airports and thousands more canceled across the country. Lets go to our transportation reporter at Reagan National airport with the latest. It looks very empty behind you. It is but good news, we just checked this board, the departure board at Reagan National airport and we are seeing a few more delays added rather than cancellations. Early this morning, only three or four flights either onsite or delayed and now about one dozen saying they will be taking off later this morning. And the last half hour, we talked to people at the airport, airport officials and runways here at Reagan National and also open and are operating, it is just very Little Service because of what the airlines are doing in terms of the canceled like. Canceled flights. Here all night and quite a few employees milling about with not a lot of people checking in and checking their bags. Look further down at where the backcheck is, some people driving their bags which means they checked in and that will drop off their luggage. That means they are bound for a flight to take off. This is what we anticipated, after a 00, maybe a little 8 00, service picking up. They were working to clear the runways all morning here and at dulles and they may have to here because of the limited space at Reagan National is shut down the runway for a little bit if we get the second round, snow mixing in. They will have to close the runway for a little bit and clear it out again and get service back up and running. You want to look at what airline are you flying. Southwest and american had canceled a number of morning flights already. Those flights not going anywhere. What is another key factor, someplace moved out so they do not have to remove the ice. This is having a Ripple Effect all across the country. We are watching things in fairfax. How are things looking . Not that bad. Rain, sleet mix. Lighter than 4 00 in the morning and here the road look pretty good. If we are talking about a tonight, it will be a problem. Traffic traveling normal here and a fair amount of traffic. Side roads and parking lots a different story, have not been plowed. E and a a slush pil parking lot, five inches, serious if you have old tires. Take a look at these vintage cars. I hope v. J. Can look at this 1965 corvair convertible with the top down because it is broken. Students will fix it. Behind it, a beautiful bentley. We will go around come back to this slush pile. This is ice. It is cold. We have been talking to the owner of the diner all morning. He has his logo to. He has his slow cooker. Inside, they are giving free copy to first responders, firefighters, police, anyone driving a plow truck free coffee to first responders, firefighters, police, anyone driving a plow truck. We have questions about the cars, why are their top downs and why is their ability . Handling these no. Larry barack the johnson teaming up and talking up slow t it welcome back. I have the pictures you have been sending on this snowy winter day. I look at the Cherry Blossoms which are lovely with snow on them. A lot of concern will they survive the snow . If they get past today, some nights in the low20s. This year. 90 may be wiped out before their peak. Some bloom two weeks later, not along the tidal basin but at haines point and other areas. We may get some cherry trees after all. Here is a shot from arlington. Her snowy neighborhood. Natasha took pictures of her dog. Here is one and another one with a third one here. All of her dogs and doing the snowy weather enjoying the snowy weather. This is from jim in frederick, maryland. He took it before the cars traveled because of no snow tracks. They put their windshield wipers up before they went to bed so they did not get stuck on the windshield in on in of east of 95. This came in from tony remington. Look at the ice on the power lines. The blossoms on the street covered in ice. That one from brian in waldorf, maryland. Thank you for the great pictures. Keep them coming. We will try to get them on the air. Lets get a look at the weather. Wind. , cold, i want to stay inside. Me too. We cannot stress driving conditions, a lot of folks having to navigate carefully. Not only will it be a problem this morning but tonight, night and temperatures well below freezing, upperteens to low20s. Dayelow freezing all tomorrow, 1015 hours with temperatures above freezing between now and thursday. It will be quite cold. The current storm, the area of low pressure right up the coast of ocean city. Starting to see a little bit of drier air working into western sections of the areas. Nowve not looked outside but not sure if we are having a transition to snow which is the case as the low getting farther north, pulling in colder air. How much more snow . Not all that much. To the north and we will start to see the steady precipitation taper off at 10 00, 11 00, maybe lunchtime we will have a few light snow showers. Downright cold and blustery. Breaks. Make sure your bundled up because not only is extremely cold but very windy. Through the overnight, temperatures will plummet. , aitional snowfall totals trace to possibly two inches. We will see the additional snowfall amounts lessen later into the afternoon and evening. Refreeze cycle over the next few days. I am sure we will have numerous School Delays tomorrow morning and the following morning and on and on. Veronica this being a weather system that did not deliver in any way any huge snowfall totals but a little bit of snow and a full lot of ice. Whole lot of ice. The cold following the system, it is very disruptive, not a big system, on the tail end of the mess of it. Today and each day with the weekend with better warming. The teens each morning this week. Saturday sunday, High Temperatures of 56, 46, we ride the roller coaster. Temperatures should stay up for the mid part of march, upper50s and close to 60 degrees next to the. The storm system later today, areas of new york city seen last of the snow this afternoon and evening with the wind and maybe a little bit of sunshine. At times it will break through the clouds. More clouds rotating back. Areas of West Virginia with a wraparound snow showers and gusty and cold with wind up to 30 Miles Per Hour. We safety isnt a list of boxes to check. Its taking the best technologies out there and adapting them to work for you. 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Just three hours but it seemed like eight hours of television. We had to wait three hours. They were on jimmy kimmel last night. Thanksgiving. They had to keep it quiet until last night. Only nick told his parents and vanessa told her mom and her dad and brother and sister. Only happy family. Half the family. They seem in love, the question was whether she would move from treal, give them to l. A. Montreal, canada, to l. A. On the show and nick said she would try to spend as in l. A. Ass she can possible because he starts dancing with the stars on monday. Larry could not find anybody else to take the slot . Kidd transition right into dancing with the stars. They do look happy. National tv and he proposed and she said yes. I truly think if he was in it not just to be on television for the show, i do not think he would have proposed. You dont buy it . Autria no. I dont know he will walk down the isle with her. He wanted to walk on the ballroom dance floor and that is what he got. Kidd we will have to see what he does. Lets take bets. Man, withwly married 30 single woman. He knows what he is doing. They said because of the bachelor rules, they have had to stay apart and stay hidden, even though they are technically engaged with a romantic dinner. Like a normal date. Kidd they asked about a wedding date and he said we have not made a dinner reservation. Veronica we are tracking the storm, getting closer to us. The area of low pressure, this nothing on the radar, the center part of the system, very close to winds increasing with the snowfall rate and some rainfall rates increasing. You will notice more of a mix over the next two hours and maybe an additional inch and possibly two inches of snow. To another halfinch from noon to 3 00 but hardpressed with warmer air coming into the storm system afternoon today. Then trace amounts after 3 00 until 9 00 this evening. Most of the system tapering we have the low cloud deck with us and snow and rain and ice across the area, 32 in gale city and just above freezing in d. C. From now until 11 00 a. M. To noon, stay off roads if you can. They will be icing. We are getting these note during march, how many days until spring . Six more days until spring and i will be back to tell you when we will see a warm up across the area. Julie counting down the six days. Around the capital beltway, issues, traveling up in gaithersburg, this is where we had a poll that came down and what is tying up eastbound clopper road as you make your way to 270. for those traveling in virginia better news on the beltway at telegraph road, accident now gone on the inner loop in the through lanes. A crew working now, snow removal on the gw parkway which explains the unusual backup southbound from 123. Orange line in each direction a train malfunction outside of minnesota avenue. The red line single tracking between wheaton and forest glen. We will be back. Honey bunches of oats. Its crispy sweetened flakes, plus crunchy granola clusters, plus a touch of honey. Its like adding up awesome, plus aweyeah. Its the sum of the best of the best in a cereal. Honey bunches of oats. Announcer its live with kelly today, from the new movie power rangers, elizabeth banks. And start from the series elementary and the film t2 trainspotting, jonny lee miller. And, the bachelor and his lady, nick viall and vanessa. And from beauty and the beast, josh gad joins kelly at the cohost desk. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and josh gad [cheers and applause]