fox 5 morning news starts right now. starting you off with a nice view from sky fox looking out over the horizon. on this thursday morning we do expect freezing rain, snow and slush in the forecast but not during the day today. but that mix of winter weather may hit tonight and it was the storm that caused problems on the west coast. good morning, i m steve chenevey. i m allison seymour. not a great way to start off the headlines. wll get the details from tucker barnes. not a major storm but winter weather in wash you in washington you have to be ready for it. it s possible we could see sleet, snow and freezing rain across the washington area. i ll show you the satellite radar and again at this hour no problems. increasing clouds. showing you the clouds on the southern and southwestern horizon. increasing throughout the day and eventually the clouds will win out and the rain will start to move in. it moves in after 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. so the commute this morning a
just moments away, a d.c. teacher accused of sex abuse. a local campus is buzzing. health-care overhaul is on wife support. democrats are starting to scale back. we are on storm watch. willoughby rain, snow, ice packs we will find out. will it be rain, snow, ice packs captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. good morning, washington. i m doug mcelway. and i m alison starling. happy thursday. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. let s start with adam caskey and find out what will be hitting us, the dreaded wintry mix. the dreaded next later on this evening and into the morning. it may gently affect the evening commute tonight. let s get to the maps. there is a winter storm which out west in parts of the shenandoah valley. it does include madison and points west word. that is where we could see real accumulations. that is on the order of four or 5 inches of sle
throughout the morning. i m gurvir dhindsa. i m steve chenevey. let s check in with tucker barnes for the forecast. we have the quiet before we have wintry weather j why are you looking at me that way? oh, you know. yeah, you got it. here in washington, no problems at this hour. but off to the south and west, we have our developing storm system. it will be making a trek generally towards the mid- atlantic. it will kind of brush us and our temperatures will be kind of marginal to support a lot of renter weather. but nevertheless, we have a winter storm watch that will go into effect tonight nto tomorrow for areas off to the north and west of the city. we are expecting accumulating snow and some freezing rain. the counties in white, a winter storm warning, that includes places like charlottesville that. goes into effect tonight into the daytime hours tomorrow. currently, our temperatures are getting chilly. 4 here in washington. winds are out out out of the northeast
winter weather. in just a matter of hours you ll see big changes outside. we re expecting a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. don t look for too much on your ride home tonight, but the morning rush is going to be messy. veronica johnson is on post. she s tracking the forecast from the storm center. hey, veronica. thanks, pat and jim. not too much for our evening rush. just some rain showers at the end of the evening rush. light rain showers just south of fredericksburg, virginia. i-95. comingp now approaching the front royal area, i-81 just off to our west. that s where the wet weather has been down south. we re seeing this developing storm system in western tennessee. now, let me get you updated on theed advisorieadvisories. the pink is a winter storm warning. that s where there could be anywhere up to a quarter inch of ice by, i think, tomorrow afternoon, early evening. meanwhile, the areas in blue, that s a winter weather advisory. loudoun county, frederic
ever and ever. i don t knowen i don t hear nothing. heart ache in haiti. a local family mourns after their children are killed in haiti. hello, everybody. i m denise. fear spread across haiti. eight days after that quake hit, you can see that camera slip out of view after it hit. a seven-year-old boy and his sister were both pulled from the rubble early this morning. and despite today s amazing rescues, a maryland family is mourning their loss children. mike hellgren has their story. reporter: this is a father who has lost so much. and he s staying strong for his surviving children. they are among the tens of thousands who died in haiti. the children are from arundel county. five of their siblings survived. i keep calling, deborah, deborah. i don t hear nothing. the ground is gone and wile we re digging, we saw bodies. and i had to call the rescuers. reporter: their father tells wjz the family was in haiti for a funeral, now he is struggling with the tragedy. how