Were getting the worst it was right now. We told you this storm would peak midday today and thats what were seeing. It might have started a little bit late but that main window between 11 00 and 4 00 is what weve been focusing in on. Well show you who is getting the snow as we speak and i zoomed in here across the d. C. Area. Its coming down in some of those heavier be spots around be bethesda towards fairfax, reston and ashburn. Its start to go enter into places like largo, upper marb marlboro and into bowie. Some have a good coating on the roadway here to damascus and were getting reports now in sterling that you have 1 2 inch of snow on the ground. Heres a look at a time lapse from Oakdale High School and it shows the snow showers moving in. Look at how quickly it started accumulating on the grassy areas while the parking lot is still looking wet. Thats one of the main reports ive been hearing over and over is that its thick on the grass but most of the streets are doing fine. Well have to watch those side streets, though, especially north and west of town. Heres a live picture for you from Montgomery College inrockville. Big, fat flakes. I can see them coating the cars but again, that looks like wet pavement in that region. So heres what were expecting for the rest of the afternoon. Snow will continue with some rain mixing in at times. Mainly south of d. C. This will last until about 4 00 or 5 00 this afternoon and well be exiting the region. I think this will impact our evening commute with mainly wet roads but we will see slick spots where snow accumulations will be reaching one to three inches. By late this evening, the clouds will hold on but the moisture pulls out. By the time we wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures will be back below freezing. Widespread across the region. So a refreeze is a good possibility and i want to show you the snow band map because everybody wants to know since its just getting started, how much are we going to get . We havent changed that. So look were still thinking a trace to an inch around the metro area with one to two inches from frederick to martinsburg. Hagerstown to aberdeen has a better chance of getting those two to three inch numbers. Not a very strong event overall. Nice morning commute. Evening one will be the one to watch. We have a bigger storm that could potentially hit us this weekend. Ill have more details on that from the furniture Weather Center coming up in 15 minutes from now. Back to you. Thank you. Happening right now, crews are working to repair a water main break in falls church. The 12 inch main gushed water on route 7 this morning and part of the roads is still closed at this hour. Brianne carter is live with how many people are impacted and when it is finally expected to be fixed. Brie . Autria a lot of changes since we first told you about this right here on good morning washington. These crews have been very busy. Walk you through whats happening in the last hour. Take a live look here and you can see a section of that old pipe within the last 10 minutes, they pulled that section of the old pipe out of the ground. Take a look in front of that. Thats the new pipe that they are quickly going to work to get installed. As you can see that major hole that is in the ground here along route 7 this morning, they are work ing working diligently to try to get that section of the pipe repaired. Take a live look on the opposite side of the roadway. You can see whats happening here. They are paving the roads. That side of the road buckled after this water main happened this morning, the goal, according to fairfax water officials is to get those two lanes of traffic open as soon as possible. Now, fairfax water officials tell us this all happened very early this morning. Again, they tell us it is a 12inch main that ruptured. No age on that pipe just yet. Eight customers impacted by this. And the good news is that its just on one side of the road. And two of those customers are businesses, we understand, so thats the good news. Its about six residences without water for the time being. Now, we do understand that at one point, this road was flooded with water. Quickly receded. They used the pumps to get the water up out of the ground. Meanwhile, though this section of route 7 remains closed. Its been that way since the morning rush hour and ispected to last throughout the day. From route 29 to Cherry Street this section is closed. Now, what we are following right now is this process thats happening on the opposite side of the road. Continue to follow those developments and when they could possibly get two lanes of traffic back open. Reporting live Brianne Carter abc 7 news. All right brianne, thank you. And new this noon christopher barry, the son of the late marion barry is in police custody. Barry turned himself in to face charges for threatening a bank teller in china town as well as destroying a surveillance camera. This morning on facebook, barry wrote i apologize to my ward eight community and my supporters for the incident that took place last week. I know that i have a great responsibility as a leader in ward eight. I am committed to rise up and carry the torch in my fathers legacy. Barry is expected to have an arraignment hearing later on this afternoon. The investigation continuesis noon into that massive mansion fire in annapolis. Six people who are believed to be inside the home when the fire started are still unaccounted for. As Jeanette Reyes reports, crews are just starting to sort through the rubble. Its hard to imagine a 16,000 square foot mansion reduced to this. More disturbing is the likely possibility that the remains of six family members are among the ruins. It leaves a big hole. Not just in the scenery but knowing that somebody belongs up the street. Tech executive don pyle his wife and their six grandchildren are feared dead after a massive fire broke out at the waterfront mansion monday morning. Dozens of Anne Arundel County firefighters and a. T. F. Special agents have assembled heavy equipment including a massive crane to begin digging. Its a difficult balance between being efficient but careful. Its meticulous. Thats why it takes such a long period of time. Investigators have looked to relatives for guidance on where to begin excavating. We have some ideas from the family about where people in the house may have been located at that time of the day. That will be one of the focuses of the searches. I ask if the rain showers would affect the search for the day. Absolutely not. This is considered an Emergency Operation and investigators will move forward regardless of what the weather brings. Reporting annapolis, Jeanette Reyes, abc 7 news. A two alarm house fire in arlington sent two people to the hospital this morning. The fire started just before. On the 4500 block of 40th street. Firefighters say a smoke alarm alerted the residents to the fire but they couldnt get out through the front door and had to be rescued from the roof of the home. Those residents were taken to the hospital and they are expected to be ok. Still no word of what caused the fire. A smoke scare at the Union Station at metro station this morning. Had passengers oge. Riders reported smoking conditions around 8 30 this morning. Metro says the smoke was caused by a train that had some brake problems when it left the station. The passengers were left off and the train was taken out of service. A similar problem was reported at the rosalynn station yesterday. And tonight, we are expected to learn more about the investigation into last weeks metro smoke incident. The ntsb will be meeting with the representatives of congress that represent the metro area to discuss the investigation. After, the delegation and the ntsb will brief us in separate news conferences. One woman was killed and dozens of others injured when a train filled with smoke near lenfant plaza. Right now, larry hogan is being sworn in as marylands next governor. The ceremony is still under way at the maryland statehouse in annapolis. Hogan is only the second republican to hold this title in more than 40 years. And our John Gonzalez is live there this noon with details on this historic event. John . Jummy, good afternoon. Outside of the statehouse just moments ago we heard from the voices of dematha, larry hogans alma mater inside the chamber moments ago, larry hogan became marylands 62nd governor and in just minute hes going to come out here and speak to the crowd. You can take a look at that climate controlled tent. Thats where the new governor of maryland will be standing there on the steps of the state capitol. All of the 1,000 seats here have been taken here in annapolis. The day started for the 58yearold and his wife jummy with a Prayer Service at st. Marys Catholic Church and then a preinaugural Service Inside the statehouse. And we can tell you that hogan, a Real Estate Agent from Anne Arundel County was the cabinet secretary for Robert Erlich and now as governor himself, he has promised fiscal responsibility and lower taxes. He said waking up this morning for the first time seeing the capitol dome outside of his window was truly amazing. He says hes ready to lead maryland but he cant do it alone. We need all the help that we can get and well work as closely as we can with everybody. Its going to be a team effort and we need the prayers and we need the support. You know i slept pretty well last night. Its funny. Hadnt slept in a long time. Last night, actually got a nice sleep. Slept in the house for the first time last night. His father 86yearold former congressman larry hogan sr. Who lost in a run for governor back in 1974 is also here in attendance. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will introduce hogan out here in just minutes. And, of course tonight, the inaugural ball will take place at the Baltimore Convention center and the weather, while its very cold but the snow hasnt made an appearance yet here in annapolis. Reporting live John Gonzalez, abc 7 news. Hasnt made an appearance yet, john. Thank you so much for the update. Coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, the most talked about moment from last nights state of the Union Address and what president obama is doing today to support his proposals. Plus investigators reveal new findings on the final moments of airasia flight 8501. And the Major Development into whats being called deflate gate. What investigators found when they examined the new England Patriots football and what it means for the upcoming super bowl. Keep the shovels and the salt out. Jacqui tracking another storm. Well tell all right. Well, we saw some of the live shots from around the area. Really coming down in certain parts. It is. And there are a couple of those heavier bands which have set up so visibility has come down. And everybody all morning long were like wheres the snow . And, you know, got pushed back a little bit but here it is. And were definitely in the thick of things. So look at that live shot of i270 in maryland and the streets, the interstate looks just wet. Hopefully, that will be the case through the rest of the day as temperatures are still kind of marginal but as we get in some of these heavier bands even with warmer ground temperatures, that could start to collect a little bit especially on secondary streets. So thats going to be my main concern Going Forward now after the rest of the afternoon. So this is the live doppler 7. We have the only radar in that has live doppler radar. You take a look here across the region. Thats where im seeing this heavier banding across montgomery county. Just outside of the beltway here and along interstate 66 just shy of the blue ridge. Zoom into one location and show you what were seeing downtown. This has really filled in and pushing into montgomery county. Were watching things in annapolis as well and notice some of that snow just beginning to move in. Youll start to see some flurries and then increasing in intensity overall. So here you can see as we evolve with the system from the morning hours, things were quiet and we had nothing other than a couple of flurries out west. This all kind of dried up. So it took a while for the atmosphere to moisten up and we started to fill in here across the southwest and now we have widespread precipitation but do notice already, this is the backside of the system. So were just looking at a couple of hours where we will be dealing with some of these moderate to heavier snow bands and by the evening rush, a lot of this will start to move out. So an inch of snow has been recorded already in frostburg, maryland. 1 2 inch on the ground at the National Weather service in sterling, virginia. This is a picture for you from one of the meteorologists who forecast out there. Great meteorologist, by the way, thanks greg. This is a live picture, im hearing reports of a good coating on the ground in that area as well. And jim wilkenshaw. This is a big one. Take a look at this picture. Notice the streets starting to get a little covered. Especially on the edges. So there are going to be slick spots this afternoon. Were at 37 degrees downtown. Right at the freezing mark at dulles. Gaithersburg at 30 degrees. Bridges and overpasses are always going to be icy first. Our Winter Weather advisory will stay in effect across the region until 6 00 this evening. Thats when most of the moisture will be edging out of here and i think areas to the west wil that first already and that will spread off towards the east and were keeping an eye on you in Southern Maryland for a slight potential of a little burst on the late end of all this. As you look across the region as a whole our main system is still way up here. This low will be feeding and pushing this energy off the shore to help pull this out of here this evening. And watch for improving conditions but as we move forward now, one of our biggest concerns is once we get rid of this snow, we are expecting the cloud cover to stick around. But any kind of clearing we get tonight will help those temperatures drop on down which means were going to be dealing with a refreeze. So even the snow is going to pull out of here for tonight, we do expect that there are going to be some slick spots for tomorrow morning. So heres a look at our talley map. This didnt change since last night. Thats good news. Our confidence continues to be high. Trace to an inch across most of thmetro. One to two inches to the north in frederick. Up towards gaithersburg and two to three a little closer to the marylandpennsylvania state line. When were all said and done with this. Rain and snow will continue. Most of that mixing say, south of d. C. Temperatures are going to be pretty steady through the rest of the afternoon into the 30s. Tonight, then, well see mostly cloudy skies. A little patchy fog could develop but the refreeze, temperatures are going to be in the 20s to lower 30s. Now, tomorrow once we get through a few icy spots early, im expecting partly sunny skies with temperatures in the 40s and the big thing i want to point out as we head, oops back to our weather bug network. As we head into the weekend is weve got some big changes ahead. A coastal storm, i think its going to be developing late on on friday and into saturday. This is a good looking shot at the storm for this evening. It depends where that rain snow line is. Its something were watching closely. Chief meteorologist doug hill and eileen is here. Were getting our Heads Together to wrap them around this storm because it could be quite one to keep you indoors, well say on saturday. Saturday. Hopefully nobody has to go to work except for me. Ill be here. All right. Thanks jacqui. All righty. Fresh off his state of the Union Address, president obama heading to idaho. And hes expected to speak about the really ambitious agenda he laid out in last nights speech. Abcs susan solney takes a closer look at some of the president s proposals and the criticism theyre facing. After pitching an ambitious set of proposals in his state of the Union Address, president obama hit the road this morning taking his message from washington to the heartland. In the speech the president took credit for a host of achievements claiming a vindication of democratic policies. The shadow of crisis has passed. Since 2010 america has put more people back to work than europe japan and all advance economies combined. President s priorities include paid sick leave, Free CommunityCollege Education and childcare help for the middle class. All paid for by tax increases on the wealthiest americans. He also called for a resolution from congress to authorize the use of force against isis. Perhaps, the president s feistiest moment of the night was an unscripted all right. Thats susan solney reporting. Coming up on abc 7 news at noon deflate gate. The new developments in the in the new England Patriots footbal indonesias top accident investigator says theres no signs of foul play in last months plane. Officials are analyzing data from the planes black boxes. A preliminary report is expected next week. The plane was climbing abnormally fast before plunging and suddenly disappearing from radar with 162 people on board. Survey ships have located at least nine big objects from the plane in the java sea. The new England Patriots could face new questions this afternoon in the socalled deflate gate incident. This as espn reports nfl sources say 11 out of 12 of the footballs in sundays win against the colts were underinflated. They reportedly came in at two pounds less per square inch. Not everyone thinks it had pose much of a problem. This is one of those dumb things that really doesnt matter, it will mean more to the legacy of what the patriots are trying to do than in the actual infraction. The colts grew suspicious after dequel jackson intercepted tom brady. Jackson gave the ball to team leaders that notified the nfl of direct operations