North and west, anybody in the pink color, you are under a winter storm warning tonight through the morning. East of the city, in the purple area, you are under a Winter Weather advisory. The reason of the difference between a minor advisory and a major advisory, we expect warm air to push in the system once it gets going. Rain over southeast section of virginia now. Some not reaching the ground. The air is dry. That will rapidly change tonight. What we have an area of low pressure that caused the snow out west. That is here. That is diving to the east. Then the storm comes together with the energy transferring to the coast. That storm will be the major storm that will cause the blizzard in the northeast and the storm that will cause us all kind of headaches. What is interesting to realize the storm is so big the Ocean Temperatures here in the mid70s. The water temperatures. Warmth and moisture will be pulled in. We ne the farthest north you go from washington the more cold air you wil
Live. Heres a live look at clinton, maryland. Its snowing now but all of that is about to change. The rain snow line is creeping up from the south. Where it lands is going to have a big impact on how much snow you get. Were covering it all for you tonight. Good evening, im chris lawrence. Im wendy rieger. Jim and doreen are off tonight. If you work for the government, you have to wait until the morning to know if you work. It will decide by 4 00 a. M. Whether the federal offices will be open. Some School Districts are waiting but a lot have closed. The list will be scrolling on your screen. We start the coverage in storm center 4. Starting to see the snow around the area become heavier now and a lot of locations seeing accumulation on many of the grassy surfaces. Temperatures get down thats why we have the winter storm warning in effect. Again, thats in effect through 2 00 tomorrow. D. C. And areas to the west, Winter Weather advisories for fredericksburg. This is why. Weve got the sno
Coming up thin a couple minutes. A live look at Reagan National as folks get ready to head out of town. But the big question on many folks minds are the tsa lines. Derrick ward is live there morning with a look at how things are going so far. Reporter good morning. Early morning here at Reagan National, take a look at the lines. They are a little longer than usual. We dont see the long lines that we maybe see at other airports, but of course lately weve had issues with staffing at tsa. Now, what we are expecting is a higher than normal number of travelers this Holiday Season and this comes at the same time that the tsa is having staffing issues. They have a cap on fulltime employees and theyre losing the folks that are there because of the pay rate and at worse people have been missing their delights. Some airlines have stepped in to gap. That will remain to be seen as we get into this. Expected to be a higher than normal travel season. Coming up, well talk to some folks about the wait
Coming out of that building. Obama says is this a chance to reaffirm a world where Nuclear Weapons are no longer mess. I know the president before actually visiting the site, he was at a nearby air station where he met with japanese and u. S. Troops there. This historic moment is also the final set of events for the president as he was there for the g7 economic summit. Well come back with more live pictures as soon as we see the president. Gesellschaesellscha. That is correct. 7 d 25 that is the youngest ever champion of the National Spelling bee. Hes only 11 years old. Hes not alone at the top, though. The bee ended in a tie will this year for the third year in a actually. A 13yearold was the other winner. The two will each take home 45,000 in cash and prizes and a trophy of course. And the title. I love their reaction. And the folks behind the bee made it more difficult so that ties would not happen and yet again we have another tie. They will get another shot next year. 4 32. Lets c
About it. Metros safetrack planla officially starts in virginia vi tomorrow. Happening between East Falls Church and ballston. Bal fox5s annie yu is live fromive East Falls Church metro withetrh what you need to know. Yee first of all, patience andtience look at the big picture,the bipt right, annie . Annie reporter yes, absolutely, allison and make a plan so that you dont get get yourself in a nightmare situation. Tu local leaders urging everybodyvy to consider car sharing, uber, lyft, biking and that sort oft thing but thats not possibles e for all of us. This is going to affecto fe everyone. Ev not just metro riders because bu more cars are going to begoi to hitting the roadways and asad an you mentioned it does kick offk tomorrow but starting tonight,og metro is going to be closingo be at midnight, so be prepared ppae for that. R t now, this is the year long rebuilding program. Pgr it includes 15 safety surges sur and the first one is kicking kki off at this station here, theher Ea