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As we get back below freezing for the refreeze. Temperatures will be in the 20s. Thats why the yellow alert stays up. It stopped snowing 10 00, 10 30 in a few spots. This is some of our highest snow totals down there. 6inch plus totals from Colonial Beach toward reedville. So a general 4 to 8 here. We had a general 2 to 3, closer to 4 when you get down toward the blue line. And 1 to 2 in many areas in the Shenandoah Valley, upper Montgomery County, out toward western loudoun. About 2 inches in p...

Possibly longer for areas off to the east. Take a look at the white house from our michael son weather camera. Looking a little snowy out there. Kind after snow globe. We are going to see the visibilities drop. So a lot of people not on the roads. Thats good. Were getting the roads cleaned up for you. And within the next couple of hours, if you head out for work or your commute, we are going to see some slick spots, especially on the side roads. The treated roads seem to be doing okay. 31 degree...

Thats till 6 30. From fairfax, that one goes until 6 15. Our biggest concern with these are the potential for winds. They could gust over 60 miles an hour. You can see this whole thing moving off toward the east right now. Montgomery county getting hit hard, but up to fairfax, things are winding down. West of the blue ridge, leesburg, things are winding down. I think we got about an hours worth of trouble well be tracking. This one is tracking east towards college park, coming your way. Heavy th...

Dealing with mounds of snow and just going from the main lanes to the ramps. Its a real danger. It is. I did a little bit of slipping and sliding as well as i got into the district on river road this morning and made a phone kahl about that. So what were concerned about is that volumes are a little lighter this morning. You may be thinking you can travel at speed but i would advise you take it nice and slow still. Vre by the way is on an s schedule. Metro bus should begin. They were suspended ti...

The clouds thicken up tonight. I think the temps right now, you see down to 36 here in washington. Baltimore 32. It was 29 hagerstown. 30 for winchester and manassas. And even you dont have to be at freezing to get slick spots. The surface temperature can be a little colder than the air temperature and even Southern Maryland with andrews and pax river at 33 we have to be concerned. The wind chills are not that great so the wind chills are down into the 20degree range up north. 30 in manassas. Fe...

Partially shut down after midnight monday. And some 800,000 federal workers could be told to stay home next week. President obama put out an e mail this morning, blaming, quote, far right republicans, of pushing us closer to the brink. Senator john mccain says compromise is in the countrys best interest. The american people, by 80 to 20, do not want the government shut down. Reporter the budget battle looks far from over with another one around the corner with the congress having to decide wheth...

App. Theyre in alphabetical order, easy to find. Now i understand why she was making all those gestures. I want to tell you about this. Sunshine today but very cold. Temps in the teens, upper teens for highs, maybe 20 but windchills brutally cold this morning. Theyre running in that 5 below to even 20 below and even colder than that as you head toward the high country in West Virginia and western maryland. Seeing wind chills there 25 below. Sunshine today after the storm is departing to the east...

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