You can see a good amount of snow around the immediate metro area and another batch back into the southwest of us, out toward West Virginia and kentucky. Thats really the center of the storm. Well actually take a track much different than the last few clippers. The last few clippers tracked north. This will track south off a pretty good spot, about Cape Hatteras and move northeastward. Not going to hug the coast and hammer us but give us a good, healthy snow. Well doom in a little bit more. We see a good area of snow around most of the mets toe area, metro area, up 270. Had reports of breaks near the Shenandoah Valley north of warrenton. Some good bands are setting up in the metro area. This is pretty much a pure snow event across the area. Temperatures are falling. Theyll keep falling. 25 gaithersburg. 25 in frederick. 28 in leesburg. 30 downtown officially and 30 in manassas. How much is going to fall . Mr. Bernstein . Weve been getting reports up north and west. Four inches plus, almost five if not more toward westminster. 2 plus in areas in loudoun county. Almost four in leesburg from some of the reports. South and east so far has been pretty quiet. Still sticking with the general 4 to 7 although south and east f we dont start picking it up, we may have to lower that but i do believe and topper will show you the upper level low out to the west that will fill in the radar some. I want to take you out to Fairfax County. Ox road i believe. One thing youre seeing ile theyve had preesh yabl snows, preesh yabl snows, the preesh yabl apreesh yabl snows, the roads are wet. Its one of these days while Fairfax County looks good, ive seen other pictures from frederick county, caroll county, parts of montgomery and western loudoun which are getting rough, even toward the Shenandoah Valley. Well check in with monika in just a moment. Let me show you the totals were thinking for the storm. The blue area up north is the best chance of getting 6 plus. 4 to 7 d. C. And 2 to 4 southward in reedville. Theyre well above freezing aened waiting for the snow. Light to moderate at times. Might be heavy up north in spots as temperatures continue to drop 29 by 3 00. 24 by 6 00. Still some snow at 9 00 but between 9 00 and 11 00, things start winding down big time from west to east with some problems with the slick spots and itself cold moving in. Windchills become a real factor. Topper and i will be back in a few minutes. Well have the rest of your sevenday forecast and let you know if any other changes are headed our way. Michael, back to you. Thanks a lot, howard. Even before all of the snow started to fall, there were major issues on the beltway in maryland this morning. Now add snow to the mix, Monika Samtani is watching the roads as they develop. Thank you so much. One thing ive been telling you since early this morning, know before you go. Youre watching us and can get information. You can use our ipad app and get information. See and be seen, one of the rules of the road is wipers on, lights on. It is the law. Make sure your cell phone is charged. Once youre out on the roadways f you have a hands free phone and you need information, you can dial 511 in maryland and virginia. Lets take you over to our traffic feature. Theres quite a lot of slow traffic, much more than earlier this morning. And this one right here, im going to zoom into the inner loop of the beltway, slow because of a salt truck caravan thats heading eastbound right now on the beltway into college park. Very slow traffic because of it. And behind it weve also got several accidents all over the metropolitan area right now. I would say more than because of Road Conditions its because of reduced visibility. Lets take a live look outside first of all at 270. I was on the phone with Montgomery County just a short while ago. Im grabbing my notes right now. They have about 350 trucks out right now. They treat 5,000 miles of road so theyve got a lot of work to do but theyre going to treat the primary roadways first. Emergency roadways first so that ambulances if they need to get through are able to and then they will treat the neighborhoods and they dont start plowing until they have 3 inches of snow. So right now it looks like the Road Conditions on the major thoroughfares are good in Montgomery County on the state roads as well. Lets travel to the other side of town anwell take a look at our charge camera. Heres the beltway on the north side of town. Volumes relatively light. This is heavy for midday. A lot of people out still trying to get errands done before the snow really does come in. In Prince Georges County, they will again be clearing the primary roads first and then the residential roads. One piece of advice, theyre saying please park in your driveways or on the even side of the road in your neighborhood so that once they get there, theyll be able to treat your roadways without any problem. And well be back with more information of course on the roadways later on. Back you to, mike. Thanks a lot, monika. 4,000 trucks on the roads in Northern Virginia all hands on deck since early this morning for ddot. They were ready to go and they started their prepare ration as couple of preparations a couple of days ago. Delia goncalves has more. Apparently were having trouble with that report. As far as trying to fly, travelers are facing more and more disruptions as this Winter Weather starts moving more and more eastward. More than 1500 flights were canceled ahead of this weeks winter storm. Reagan national and Dulles International are open but they are under a winter storm warning. Passengers are encouraged to park in the covered garages because the snow will make it difficult for their vehicles and it will help things get cleared newspaper a timely manner once the snow stops and of course call ahead to find out if your flight is affected or not. Police say they killed two children and tried to kill two more. The suspects in a gut wrenching murder case in germantown are due in court today for the first time. All four children belonged to zakya avery and she and her friend are charged with murder and attempted murder. Now a judge will decide whether or not they should remain held without bail. The women told investigators they thought they were conducting an exorcism when they stabbed the children. Well have the latest developments during this evenings newscast starting at 5 00 and of course on wusa9. Com. The red cross is assisting people who were burned out of their home in bethesda. The flames broke out this morning in the basement of this house on mooreland lane. Everyone made it out safely. Three adults and a dog are in a temporary shelter and investigators are still looking for the cause. D. C. Police are still trying to figure out how a man and a woman were killed after they were found dead on the streets near howard university. The two were found with gunshot wounds on gerard street last night. At this point still no word on any suspects or a possible motive. Well, n. F. L. Commissioner Roger Goodell says he will be sitting outside for the super bowl at Metlife Stadium in new jersey no matter how cold it gets. But if you would like to see it inside when the bottom companies and the sea when the broncos and seahawks kick off, it will cost you dearly. The suites are hitting the 1 million mark. The frigid temperatures are driving up the price dramatically. The asking price for many of the boxes double what its been in prior super bowls. Still two weeks away but an early forecast for the 6 00 p. M. Kickoff on super bowl sunday puts the temperatures right near the freezing mark. Still ahead on wusa9, the income gap between the rich and the poor is getting some international attention. Well tell you why and where. Plus, a scary situation for a family in oklahoma. Still ahead, how they survived this welcome back. The income gap between the rich and the poor is one of the focuses of this years World Economic forum. The meggetts under way in switzerland. Visitors from about 100 countries are scheduled to attend. Aside from the usual celebrities and c. E. O. S, the attendees will hear a message from pope francis whose envoy is going to deliver an opening address there. Investigators are trying to find out what caused a deadly explosion at a plant in omaha. Two workers were killed, another ten hospitalized. They have significant injuries. Employees scrambled to get out of the plant when a key scrurkt turl support structural support collapsed after the explosion. Officials say the investigation could take weeks. Investigators are also trying to find out what caused this massive house fire in oklahoma city. The flames engulfed the 5,000 square foot home last night leaving very little behind. About five minutes after the firefighters arrived, the roof collapsed. The crews were unable to save the home but fortunately no one was there when the flames started. The house worth about 600,000. Oops, its our fault. Thats what two southwest pilots are saying now after landing at the wrong airport in missouri. The lights on the ground may have looked like the Branson Missouri airport but it was actually another one seven miles away. The ntsb says the pilots told them the on board computer was working fine. It was human error here. Both pilots suspended while the investigation continues. The snow is here. When will it start winding down . Howard, what do you think . Looks like a pretty snowy afternoon and evening across much of the region. Some will be big winners. Some will be disappointed. Look at doppler 9000 as we go to break. See the snow from d. C. North and east and another batch in West Virginia. Chief meteorologist topper shutt and i will break it down for you. Right now we have baltimore native mesa is here. She is headed to the grammys. Yes. Wow. More than two decades in the business and this is your first grammy nomination. For what song and whats the title of the cd . The title is blue velvet soul and its a remake of Nancy Wilsons big hit. You must have been over the moon when you got the phone call . The executive director of the chapter here in d. C. Called me. When i saw her name on the phone, it didnt register why she was calling me. When she said i just want to call you and let you know you were nominated for a grammy, i dont think i heard anything. I was screaming so loud. The kids came runso find out whats going on. Youre dedicated to your craft obviously because your voice is just amazing. Thank you. But did you ever think this probably is not going to be for me and my career . Its 22 years and now you get your first one. Did you think this was going to happen . I just hoped and dreamed and prayed that it would happen. Every year that it didnt, it kind of hurt a little bit, you know, every year it didnt but all the hurt went away when it did. What about the combination you think of this song was able to sort of get you over the hump . Its amazing to me. I want to thank nancy wilson so much for it. I was so inspired to do this song on this album. Im just so glad i was. I heard it on the radio one day and thought i have to remake that. I love this song. Thats how it happened. She was instrumental, a jazz singer who i love with all my heart, all my life, helps me get a grammy nomination. It means a lot to me. How do you go about Something Like that . Do you call them or your representatives call them and say you would like to do this song . You can go ahead and do it and give them the right credit. The grammys are coming up this sunday. Who are you taking as your guest . Im taking my son and im taking my best friend one of my best friends choi who has been with me since the early days and we were struggling students. Hes my best friend and lego with me. You said there are a few more people. My whole family. How many people . About 12. People are coming from baltimore just to hang around l. A. And the who process. Great to you have back here. Congratulations. Good luck this sunday, right here on wusa9 the grammys at 8 00 on our station right here it is a red aletter tuesday with the snow thats alert tuesday with the snow thats been falling. Winter storm warning in effect till 11 00 this evening across the entire metro. Some of you down south i know you havent seen the snow yet. Hang on. Its coming. I want to take you out to Fairfax County near fair lakes mall. Were showing you the roads are mainly wet but these are some good conditions. There are other areas in western loudoun out toward winchester, martinsburg, fretd rick and caroll county frederick and caroll counties, some of those roads are in bad shape. Its a really have and have not event. Chief meteorologist topper shutt joins me. Howard, well take you all the way through the day n. Is a live look outside, just a gorgeous shot, snow on the white house. It doesnt get much better than that. Temperatures will keep falling. 25 at 5 00, 23 at 7 00. These are city temperatures. And 20 by 9 00 p. M. We still think the heaviest snow will be between about 1 00 p. M. And 7 00 p. M. Probably light snow and flurries almost till midnight. Well have arctic cold also with the snow. The pure snow for the entire metro area is dry. Its fluffy. Well see blowing and drifting snow. Well have lulls at times. Heavier burst this afternoon and then temperatures continue to drop and on top of this, we have windchill advisories late tonight. Windchills will be 5 to 10 below zero. Heres the latest radar. Theres the snow. We still have a lull back into western virginia. We also have the surface low and upper level low still back to the south and west. That had to swing through later this afternoon and also tonight. Well zoom in a little bit. Good snow in Montgomery County, northern Prince Georges County around bowie, downtown, out fairfax as well. Even down toward wall door. Waldorf. You folks in the southeast havent seen anything. We have agent bit of a lull toward moorefield and essentially west of i81. We dont have a start just yet in extreme Southern Maryland but you folks will get some snow, even toward the Northern Neck before its all said and down. Youll get the snow last but youll hang on to the snow longer as well. How much is going to fall, howard . Some fourinch plus total in some areas in martinsburg, westminster. Anywhere from four and a half to six unofficially. Frederick getting a lot. Upper montgomery has 2 to 3 it looks like, also parts of loudoun county, berryville as well and the panhandle of West Virginia. 4 to maybe 7 in the metro. Going to be a little bit tougher call as the temperatures still a little milder. Down south i still think were going to get 2 to 4, potentially a little more than that on the delmarva at coastal starts to crank later this afternoon and this evening. With the temperatures where theyve been coldest, thats where weve were seeing the worst Road Conditions. Frederick 25. Notice down south still the low 30s in fredericksburg and the Patuxent Naval air station. Got an opportunity to get some melting in and the wind chills are starting to really drop off. Look at the low teens, mid teens in gaithersburg and feels like 15 in d. C. One more look outside on the michael complain son wet michael son weather camera. A northeast wind at 20. This piece of energy here, this is going to come through and this is going to continue to have the snows on and off probably through about 9 00, 10 00, 11 00 and then were going to clear out overnight. Looking at the forecast, the red alert for the snow and the wind, 29. But temperatures are going to be dropping. 10 tonight in town. Low to midsingle digits north and west with the windchills. 5 to 10, could even be 20 below zero with the wind advisory and till 6 00 tomorrow. Well keep the yellow alert for the cold windchills. 22 on thursday with some flurries. As we head toward friday, still cold, 23. Saturday a cold day but certainly going to feel better at 35. Then look, flurries and or snow showers sunday and monday. Temps rather cold, mid20s to low 30s. Weve got something good after all this snow news to whip up in the kitchen. Well see you in just a my dad has aor afib. Brillation, he has the most common kind. Its not caused by a heart valve problem. Dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. Thats why i take my warfarin every day. But it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. In a clinical trial, pradaxa® Dabigatran Etexilate mesylate . Was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. And unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. Hey thanks for calling my doctor. Sure. Pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. Dont stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. Stopping increases your risk of stroke. Ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before surgery or a medical or dental procedure. Pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. Dont take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding or have had a heart valve replaced. Seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if youre 75 or older, have a bleeding condition or stomach ulcer, take aspirin, nsaids, or blood thinners. Or if you have kidney problems, especially if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctors about all medicines you take. Pradaxa side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. If you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem. Ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. Youre stuck inside the house with your kids. Theyre driving you crazy. One of the things you can do with them is bake. They love working on fun stuff, even on a snow day. Its a lot of fun. Thats why this lady is here, francine, one of the finalists on the baking competition. Thank you so much for coming out. Very nice to meet you. Look at the gorgeous creation she has. Shell tell us a little bit about her pies and the American Pie Council, right . Im gravitating towards the one with bacon on it but well get to that in a minute. So youre going to show us how to dress up one of these things . This is actually one of my american pie winner, a chocolate key lime. Well finish dressing it up. We have two others that ive put in. This is actually a National Winner there. So lets start. What is the National Winner . That was that is a White Chocolate raisin nut cream. Wow. Its really good. So by the way at home, if your mouth is watering during this segment, well have all the recipes on the brand new wusa9. Com. Theyre phenomenal. What is this one . Tell us how youll doctor it up. A chocolate key lime. We have the key lime moose in the middle and were just going to cover it with the chocolate sauce. One of the other reasons why we have you here, is because National Pie Day is this week coming up on thursday. Its an excuse to celebrate some sugary treats. Were excited about having you here for that, too. You can always go to the American Pie Council. Org website and get recipes from fellow competitors like myself. How has your life changed since you were on the big National Show . You said youre friends with jeff foxworthy. Thats fine. Im working on my book. Doing promotions for the American Pie Council and were actually working with Paramount Pictures right now for the movie labor day with kate winslet in it. She make as pie makes a pie. Are you a consultant . No. I work closely with the pie council. What are you putting on after this . Were going to put some whipped cream on the top of it, some razzle dazzle, make some dabs all across the top. While youre finishing that, ill pull this pie over. Whats the last one im getting ready to taste with bacon on it . This is the chocolate bacon Peanut Butter pie. Its going to change my life in a minute. Well go on tv at 4 00 p. M. Today and well be with you early at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow so we want to make sure youre safe and this is ridiculously good. Well toss it over to topper and howard to finish up the show. Guys . Well be over there in just a minute, mike. Slow down. Heres the radar. A good band of snow across most of the area. Yes, a little bit of a lull back into parts of virginia. It will fill up as the area of low pressure tracks down to the south and east. No doubt about that were looking at snowfall accumulations 4 to 7 downtown and higher amounts 6 to 9 inches from frederick up toward the marylandpa border. Dont forget to log victor thank you for your diligence. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Victor i just want to make sure that none of this happens again. Itll be dealt with. Dont worry, mr. Newman. Nick what was that about . Victor jack abbott. Jack thank you for the update. Im on my way there now. Kyle hows summer . Jack i just spoke to her nurse. Shes doing better today. Kyle oh, thank god. Jack gave us all a bit of a scare. Doctors say shes gonna be all right, though. Kyle did they figure out what was in those pills she was taking . Jack no, not yet. Theyre expecting a lab report later today