is the way now. we have been out here for several hours. be snow continues to fall at a pretty good clip. here we are on i-83. on the left of your screen, i-83 north, and you can see that traffic is moving, but not very quickly. that is the combination of the snow and the friday afternoon commute. the state highway patrol is salting the roads as we speak. it is a rainy day. /on the shoulders. the state has about 1800 pieces of equipment on the road. slush on the shoulders. 1 driver had this to say a little bit ago about his experience on the roads. some of the drivers are they are driving like it is not so on the road, like they are speeding and being idiots. they should not be idiots. no, they should not be idiots. good advice right now. i can say that. is the salting operation in the baltimore area. it is more of a plowing operation in western maryland. i am told the frederick area. carol, frederick, garrett, a washington counties carroll. wherever you are, th
stan? we had some flurries driving in but not going to be anything but flurries. one benefit. because we have this include deck overhead, it s held the temperatures up a little bit. so it s not as bitterly cold this morning. our readings are mostly in the low to mid temperatures. i ve got the satellite in hear. you see a lot of overcast. gray shading over the mid-atlantic reading. this is a little second impulse. it s not lake-effect snow. it s just a second impulse coming along the flow in the upper atmosphere. it s coming out of the great lakes. so we may see a little bit of this off and on but it s not accumulating-type snow. we ll see breaks in the clouds. the trend temperature-wise over the next few days is up, up, up. we ll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. we ll take that, john. well, mother nature wants to make sure we don t forget what season we re in. news reporter george is telling us how people are coping. the snow couldn t have come at a worse t
the sups. diving into icy water. polar bear plunge weekend is here. the super plungers including our very own jennifer franciotti, have been plunging on the hour every hour for 24 hours, doing it to raise money for special olympics athletes. hello, everybody. welcome to 11 news saturday morning. i m kate amara with john collins. this is one of our favorite saturdays of the year. yes. lots of activity going on. cold at the beach. comfortable here at the studio, and you can take the plunge, too. using a digit on the telephone pad. we ll explain in a minute. the wind chill out there is 14 degrees. i said if you re wet, is it colder? if your skin is wet, it is going to be colder than if your skin were dry. patapsco at the bay. the air temperature at the beach is 26. but with that north wind at 13, when you get away from obstructions and everything else, you have an effective wind chill of 14. for those of you going to the public plunges, they start at 10:00, some flur
to tell summit to go jump in the water and they will do it. we take you to the polar bear leininger. plunge. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news, live, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. good evening, everybody. the ravens compared to head to new orleans. fans are heading to the stores and looking for gear to support them. sarah is reporting live with more. people keep going in and out of this place. the owner is says it has been like that since 9 a.m. on monday morning. people cannot get enough of ravens gear. the owner says he expects things will be even busier as we approach next weekend. people are looking for things further super bowl parties. they have championship shirts, jerseys, hats, and other things. the locker room t-shirts, anything with the super bowl on it, the flags, other things like that. i have to. they will win. we have to support them. some items have started to run out, especially the ones made overseas and need to be s
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a saturday morning. i m lester holt. i m erica hill. even if lebron is not his new best friend, i m sure there are plenty of people after learning about that $75,000 payout who would love to be his friend. i love this. he didn t take a traditional shot. he wound up making the hook shot. which you have to do if you have that opportunity. there s no way you re making it with a traditional shot. you have to go all in. then he got lebron james hanging out with you. great shot. not bad. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll show you more of that. including, we ll talk about the cold snap that won t go away. but there is something heating up the markets. that s a good thing. making a lot of people happy. yeah. the dow getting close to a record high. the nasdaq and the s&p are soaring, as well. this amid positive signs about the economy, housing rebounding, and companies hiring. so is it