It is snowing moderately in spots. This goes into effect tonight and stays until 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. We will talk about the temperatures. In man, it is going to get chilly. In just a few minutes. Stormwatch 7 Team Coverage begins with Maryland Bureau chief brad bell in District Heights in front of something very important for this snowstorm. Rad this is salt, road salt. Dome. S inside the salt it looks like a snowcovered mountain range. There are questions about whether or not they are going to need it for this event because the pavement is so warm. Its one of the reasons why people think this people seem to be taking this in stride a. His camera was there as t loader dumped this onto a salt truck. You know what a . This first storm of the winter approaches, we dont hear much of the usual dmv dread because it is part of the story. We stopped by a grocery store. No panic here. I love snow. I am a skier. Im used to the snow. Get out my shovel. Brad even at the Prince Georges County department of public works yard in District Heights. Heights, the same prevails. We will be mobilizing at 12 00 midnight, and we will be working a couple of 12hour shifts. May be about 13 inches. We are ready. They are ready. Theyve got plenty of salt, and iny will bring those trucks and load them up if they need to, but again, those pavement temperatures are so high. It doesnt look like it is going to be that big of a problem on the roadways. Brad bell with the storm prep story, thank you. Here is something you dont see often, snow in the south. In suburban scene atlanta shot from a drone. It looks like a snow dome. Closed early,e making for an early rush hour. The area remains under a winter storm warning. Get all of your stormwatch 7 updates right on your phone by downloading our weather app. We will be updating snow totals. 1 breaking news to tell you about in the search for pamela butlers remains, butler s brother telling us that dogs were used in a search along i95 in stafford, and they got a hit for human remains. However, Police Believe it would be too difficult to recover the remains because of the nearby highway. Butlers murderer promised to lead police to her body in exchange for a lighter sentence. He says it started after he stopped a driver. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis explains why the harassment case is being taken seriously. Kevin in a legal right turn an illegal right turn landed a 34yearold th ket, prompting in a fit of fury. What followed for days were insulting Text Messages to the traffic cop, with words like ld, and worthless. Another pointedly suggesting, just kill yourself, bro. It didnt end there. 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[laughter] im sure it would be delicious. That is a work of art. Get your shovels. You may want to sprinkle some salt on the drive. Bill i dont think there are going to be a ton of people busting out the big snow blower i take that back, some guys might bust out the snowblower. It is warm. Surface temperatures are in the mid 40s. Bill we are expecting some snow. The capital well there, 39 is the temperature. We are pretty far north of freezing. We have some wins at nine miles per hour, and we are seeing some snow tomorrow, possibly a record. Tomorrow,r your day the most snow weve ever had on the day was 1. 6 inches. Had four years total, going back to the 1800s, 1871, only four years have we had an inch of snow or greater, and snow of 1 10 of an inch or greater has only happened eight times. Inchif we get 1 10 of an of snow or more, we are going to rarity. Ere as a how much snow are we expecting . This is ma that two to fourinch range around the d. C. Metro. ,here should be some spots especially in st. Marys county, where we see half an inch of snow, not on the road necessarily, but into some of the officially measured areas. Feedeted out a live video down around leonardtown. You can see the snow is accumulating in that area. Theres a lot more to come down to our south and west, widespread areas where we have Winter Weather advisories. That extends way down to the south, places that normally dont see it. Tonight, we should be fine around the metro area. Most of that snow should stay well to the south. Overnight, that is when the snow starts to creep up. There is your winter scene. Of thee early part afternoon, that is where the bulk of this should push through our area. Its not a long snow event or event, generally speaking, but it is the first one, and any bit of snow could cause you problems. Within the beltway, i think we are going to stay above freezing. Its going to be a chilly week. Take the snow aside. 37, 39 when our normal highs were 39, 49. Bit likeeel every midwinter, midjanuary, and another front coming through tuesday. A little rebound later in the forecast. We will watch tonight and tomorrow. If you see snow in your area, we want to see it, too. Send it. Can upload a picture of the snow in your neighborhood. Scott the washington capitals, getting healthy with the rangers in town. Snow, wreaking havoc on the toyota dealers. Scott it was supposed to be a big day for High School Football in norfolk. Mother nature had other ideas. The virginia High School Football state championships have been postponed to sunday, the norfolk area expecting 46 inches of snow. Name betweene tuscarora and Highland Springs will kickoff sunday at noon. West field will play oscar smith in the championship game that will start sunday at 4 30. The cats return to the new york ice tonight. The boys in red will be getting a little boost. Andre burakovsky is back in the lineup after missing 20 games with a broken thumb. His teammates are excited to have him back on the ice. Hes got great speed and has shown how dynamic he can be. Hes fun to have around. Hes like a little brother. It will be good to see him back out there. Scott Jamison Crowder has seen better days. The wide receiver not have a dallas. E in dropped passes, fumbles, struggling on punt returns, but head coach jay gruden, maintaining his faith in crowder who will return punts sunday against the chargers. Maryland will host george washington. Tipoff is set for 7 00. The lady terps are looking for their seventh straight win. First snow on the way . Bill late tonight for the d. C. Metro, already snowing to the southeast. Once you hit this time tomorrow night, a great majority of that should be welloff to our northeast. We are looking at 24 around the d. C. Metro, less to the west. You can always download the weather app. The weather team is world news tonight with tonight the massive winter storm hitting right now. 20 states from texas eventually all the way up to maine. Dangers you driving. News coming in of a Chain Reaction pileup. Thousands without power. The raging wildfires in california. Six major fires out of control. The states of emergency around los angeles, now san diego and the animals, the horses trying to escape. The deadly School Shooting. Inside the school the shooters alleged hope of killing an entire class. Breaking news involving President Trump and one of his