Im eun yang. Were going to get to more about the golden globes. Well talk more about the crazy weather. Because of a system headed our way, it could cause problems tonight. Well get to that in a second, as well as water main breaks. The temperatures causing School Delays and closings. Marlton Elementary School will be closed because the heating isnt working. In virginia, spotsylvania, page and Shenandoah County schools closed. Jefferson county schools in West Virginia are also closed. As for the delays, fredericksburg city and Stafford County schools will open two hours late. Right now, lets turn to meteorologist chuck bell for a look at the forecast this morning. 20 degrees right now outside the studios. It feels nowhere near as cold as it was. Dulles and bwi set record low temperatures. Bwi marshall fell to plus one yesterday morning. National airport, the record was 5 and we only made it to 8 degrees. So with the cold air in place, the ground is frozen solid. Have a Winter Weather a
Were going to get to mike and erin in just a moment. First we have a Couple School closings and delays. Well start in maryland. Marlton Elementary School in Upper Marlboro is closed today due to heating problems. All other Prince Georges County schools though are open on time. Elsewhere in maryland, Dorchester County schools are closed. Queen annes County Schools on a 90 minute delay and Talbot County schools you are on a twohour delay. Lets take you to virginia. Shenandoah County Schools closed today. King george, page and Spotsylvania County schools are also closed today while Stafford County and frederick city schools are on a twohour delay. And in West Virginia, Jefferson County schools you are closed today. All right. Erin como is talking about traffic. A lot of red behind you. Im afraid to ask what thats all about. Mike thomas talking about weather. No delay. You guys hit it. All right guys well its the cold ground temperatures were worried about today. Actually most most of the
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Stricter fight against synthetic drugs, next. Now abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Jonathan first, a storm watch weather alert, several counties under a Flash Flood Watch for rain that is moving in overnight. Rain and possible thunderstorms this weekend. Which day is better for outdoor plans . Steve rudin has the timeline on the showers. Steve we will get all of this out of the way by late tomorrow afternoon, improving conditions. Between now and then, we could be looking at flash flooding. The stormscan, most of the metro to the west, west virginia, all of this moves are way overnight. We have the potential of areas of heavy rain. The latest on the Flash Flood Watch has expanded to include the district, alexandria fairfax, Prince William and prince georges county, in addition to shenandoah county. That is overnight into the day tomorrow. We could pick up anywhere from one to two inches, depending how quickly they move. 83 degrees right now at Dulles International airport and we will
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re