P. M. And 8 00 p. M. This evening. Let me show you whats going on first with storm team 4 radar. This is live. The moisture still moving through. Moisture training in fact extending to the south. Bright white, charlottesville, fredericksburg waldorf, leonardtown. It took a while for the snow to get to you, but once it did, its been snowing and snowing hard right down i95 Quantico Fredericksburg getting the snowfall rates there at about an inch an hour so, the visibility there very very low and its going to stay that way for at least another hour to two hours. The back edge here just around that area west and southwest of luray. So another three hours or so thats when the back edge should start coming through your area. Areas like d. C. , too, you can see the snowfall amounts up here 5 inches nbc 4, 9 inches in hagerstown 7 around leesburg. I know a lot of snow but thats just half the story. Whats next for us folks, you have to get ready, lets go to storm team 4 meteorologist Doug Kammerer out on the storm team 4 weather deck with more. You mentioned the snow band coming through. I just put my hood up about five minutes ago. You can see whats happening with that. The heavy snow coming through the d. C. Metro area. Well show you the temperatures. Earlier this morning 43 degrees around 4 00 a. M. But notice the numbers now, down to 30 in d. C. 25 in gaithersburg 21 over toward the hagerstown area. And this is what we have. The problem tonight the windchill advisory. Veronica if you could please make that move for you id appreciate it. That windchill advisory in effect for Montgomery CountyLoudoun County faulkier everyone to west. Windchills 5 to 15 degrees below zero. Well be talking much more about this. This may be the last of the frigid weather. Guys . And dont forget the snow emergency is still in effect in the district right now. For drivers that means you cant park along snow emergency routes which include many main roads throughout the city. If you do your car will be towed. The parking ban lets crews clear streets curb to curb. Well let you know when its lifted. Youll find a map of the snow routes on nbcwashington. Com. Just search emergency routes. You can always take a taxi in this weather but it will cost you more or uber in the district today. The snow emergency fare is in effect. A flat 15 fee will be added to any fare. The extra charge applies through 7 00 tonight. The fee is designed to encourage taxi drivers to get out there and keep on driving during this storm. Right now im on route 1 near the beltway. Take a look at this suv. Nasty. Check this out. Shomari stone captured twitter video of an overturned car along route 1 in college park. This is near the beltway. Its just one of the accidents across our area this afternoon. Heres another one. An armored truck skids off the Fairfax County parkway in burke, virginia. This video was just fed into our newsroom. No one was hurt. Lets check out the situation in Arlington County now. News4s Mark Segraves joins us live with our Team Coverage from clarendon. Whats it like where you are . You can tell the snow just keeps on pounding down. It is not letting up. Take a look at wilson boulevard. This street has been plowed and treated, but the snow continues to pile up. Its passable but it is really slushy and slippery. While its a snow day for many people there are those who have to go to work. Those are the people we depend upon to get us through this snowstorm. Carriers were out today keep trug to the neither snow nor rain tradition. And there are also those kwhoz job it is to keep the sidewalks clear. Going to try to keep the sidewalks clean so everything will be okay tomorrow. Reporter the mixture theyre spreading is so tough on their hands so, this crew has fashioned their own tools to help. Taking out the batteries in these flashlights. You got to use what you got. Reporter metro also has crews out taking care of its sidewalks. I just wish it was powder snow. It would be much better. But, you know, were going to deal with it. And just cant wait till next week when its 40 50 60 degrees. Reporter this crew will work about 15 hours today and be back at it tomorrow morning. Another day in paradise. I love it. Reporter take a look at the sidewalks in arlington. This is causing a lot of problems and forcing a lot of people to actually walk in the streets because while municipalities are out there, a lot of businesses and residents havent gotten to their sidewalks yet. Coming up at 5 00 well introduce you to a guy who didnt have such a good snow day. Back to you in the studio jim. All right. Thanks mark. We are following a developing story in new york where a Delta Air Lines jet from atlanta skidded off a runway while landing at laguardia just a couple of hours ago during heavy snow. It stopped just a few feet from an icy bay. Six people were hurt. Theres also a minor fuel spill. For now only one runway is operating. Well have a full report on that coming up in the next half hour including reaction from passengers who had to slide down an inflated chute to get to safety. Its been a challenging day for air travelers because of the storm. There are thousands of Flight Cancellations nationwide and delays here in the Washington Area 430 Flights Canceled in into and out of Reagan National so far today. Thats according to flightaware. Com. 200 flights are canceled at Dulles International and bwi marshall is reporting 170 cancellations. There will likely be more. Back on the ground. What a day out there. Whether youre trying to make your way along sidewalks or walk to the nearest store, it is wet and cold and sloppy. Many people are having trouble trying to get around in Montgomery County. News4s chris gordon is live there off of Rockville Pike near nicholson lane with a the latest on the scene there. Still coming down where you are, chris. Reporter its coming down. In fact it was almost horizontal with the wind pushing it just a few minutes ago behind me. You see very light traffic moving slowly along Rockville Pike. Im wearing our protective vest our reflective vest because i saw a car slide out of control earlier and we are not on the roadway but we dont want to be part of the statistics of the day either. Lets show you river road an accident that occurred just a couple of hours ago. Montgomery county police tell us that they have had 38 accidents with Property Damage eight accidents with personal injury nine other miscellaneous traffic calls, all since midnight. They say thats lower than normal. Now, the best way to get around today was probably metro rail. Metro rail had no problems no delays even on the stations where the tracks are above ground. There was very few people riding metro today, and almost no complaints. So mark the date down to in your calendar for history. Also buses, they had some problems especially with hills. They had problems getting around and then there is the story of a young fellow rewe ran into at the grovenor strathmore station who says he was stranded by a bus. Basically standing at the bus stop right here. I saw my bus. And it basically just went right past me and i started jogging after it noticed it wasnt going to stop for me and i dont know why he wouldnt stop for me but, it seemed like the buses were fully operating and everything was good to go. Reporter i called the Montgomery County department of transportation which operates the rideon buses. I left a message with them. I have not heard back. Coming up at 5 00 on this snowy day, well see how taxicabs fared. Thats right. How taxicabs fared. Pun intended. Despite efforts to make it happen sledding is still banned on capitol hill. That didnt stop some folks, but Police Stepped in and stopped them. And its where you dont want to be this afternoon, driving in the snow is not a good idea. This is a live look at i66. Were tracking when this Winter Weather will finally move on out. [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. A fight on capitol hill but not between political parties. Between police and kids with sleds and the kids with sleds run. About 50 people hit the hill despite the threats that sledding isnt allowed there. Eleanor Holmes Norton stepped in but Capitol Police said because of security concerns and sledding isnt safe anyway. But in the end police on the hill went about their business and the shredders did too. If all the snow is giving you a case of cabin fever, why not have a little fun with it. A little over an hour from now, people will head to Dupont Circle for another giant snowball fight. Its become a tradition when snow moves in. The first one was five years ago and its grown in size every year. Starts at 5 30 this evening and the best dressed snowballer wins a prize. Bring it. Once the storm is over youll probably want some help digging out, right . But there are some things you should know before you agree to have someone clear your driveway and sidewalk. Erika gonzalez reports it could save you some money. And a live look outside. Hours of snowfall will finally come to an end soon. Thats not the only wintry blast were tracki. A winter storm warning in effect for l all of us across this region. The snowflakes are still coming down hard. So how much will we see before its all said and done . And could this be winters last gasp . Veronica joins us with an update on that in just a moment. First, wendy rieger has some breaking news from the live desk. Well we have some video we want to show you. It is fire and ice. Fire in hyattsville this afternoon. Take a look. This neighbor shot this on his cell phone. This is the firefighters just arriving and you can see the house is consumed right there on jefferson street in a neighborhood off Queens Chapel road. Again, this is in hyattsville. Several people were in the house. They all got out safely. And the crew says that despite the snowfall that has been falling all day and continues to fall the crew was able to get to this fire without any problems. No word on the cause. Im wendy rieger at the live desk. Back to you. A look at the lighter side of this snowstorm. And a bit of competition now that we have measureable snow out there. Pat collins is live at his snow post along connecticut avenue in d. C. With details act his latest snow stick challenge. Reporter this is the official pat collins snow stick, the only way to measure snow in the city of washington. Now, the last time i made a measurement out here was about 1 00 this afternoon of about 3 inches. So lets go over now and see what we have. Were going to find some untouched snow and now at around 4 00 it is very close to 6 inches. That comes down to about an inch an hour. Were doing the snow stick challenge. We call it march snow mania. At stake, the pat collins snow stick. Lets get on with it. We asked to see you best snowman and you came through. An army of entries. Best snowman maker gets an official pat collins snow stick. Now, you just cant have a snowman unless you have some kids around to help you make it. Look at these girls. Look at their snowman. This took some time. Good thing there was no school today. Even the little ones. They got the job done. Olaf, the snowman from the movie frozen. Factory made. Olaf manmade out of real snow. Not bad, huh . Theres some art there. Now, there was a group of news4 snowmen. A replica of our very own meteorologist and marathoner chuck bell. It even has a marine corps finish medal. But how did they get chucks running outfit and his shoes . Now, this wanted to channel his inner pat collins. He made his own snow stick. He made his own snow stick can you say trademark . He made his own microphone and look on the table theres eve an little snowman there. I dont know what the judges will think, but i love this one. Hey, you know, it resembles me. Theyre looking for the best snowman maker. If you get it i will come and ill bring one of these with me. Coming up coming up at 5 00 we have entries from the wide wide world of sports. Pat and jim, ill see you then. You build it and pat collins will find you. Were going to be able if we havent done it yet, theres still going to be plenty of time to do this. Even if you dont want to participate, right . The kids will have a chance i think tomorrow a lot of them because probably more cancellations tomorrow. We just had one coming in. Manassas city schools and Manassas Park along with Prince William county. Just have to let the clothes get a chance to dry out, right . I know what thats like. Pile up in the laundry room. Lets take a look and see what our forecast was. Calling for 6 to 9. Really nailed it in that northern section. Still waiting for some of the snowfall amounts to pile up and come on in. Of course the area that had that sleet most of the Early Morning before changing over the snow. Now what were seeing again on our time line for the snow is that it all should be pulling out of here between 5 00 p. M. And 7 00 p. M. The southern county blast, probably youll see around 2 to 3 inches more down there. The roads slick for sure overnight. Thats what were seeing the cancellations starting to come in. A lot of secondary roads. Lit take a while to get them cleared off. Heres the back edge of the snow line right now coming into areas like hagerstown and down around charlottesville, that line. Thats whats going to be making its way through here over the next three hours or so. From luray, it will hit d. C. Start to clear and make its way out of annapolis and spots like leonardtown where still that heavy snow is coming right down areas of i95. Were at 30 degrees now. We drop to 23 by 11 00. It is the clearing skies that will allow our temperatures to plummet pip think if there were a lot less wind overnight wed be talking about even lower readings. As it is right now, were talking about record cold and, yes, wind with the winds picking up around 20 to 25 miles per hour. Factor in that wind and its dangerous cold by tomorrow morning. 5 to 15 degrees below zero. Your windchill readings. So a bundleup kind of morning. Here it is at 5 00 a. M. The actual air temperature, 7 gaithersburg 2, frederick, maryland 3 degrees in hagerstown. And by lunchtime around 15 to 16 degrees across the area. Just going from a High Temperature tomorrow between 24 and 29 degrees. This yes, looks like the last of the real potent extreme cold for our area. Youre really going to like the forecast coming up here. The weekend, at least looking dry. Dont forget we spring forward. You need to change your clocks let them change them an hour forward. We go from 42 to 47 degrees saturday to sunday. Also a cold morning coming up on saturday. But take a look at this. Monday, the High Temperature 50. Then were at close to 60 on tuesday and over 60 degrees thursday. That of course means a lot of melting of all of this snow. Its been quite some time since weve had temperatures backtoback at around 50 degrees. We took a look at that earlier with the morning crew last. Last time we had that was around christmas, believe it or not. We didnt gee why is xhat but we got the warm christmas. The snow moves out. More coming up on the record cold for tomorrow morning in a few minutes. V. J. Thanks. This winter storm is still gripping much of our area right now. We are fanned out all across the region this afternoon. Were keeping a close eye on the big trouble spots for you and were already keeping an eye on whether schools and the government could change their plans for tomorrow. Can you say fourday weekend . Can you say that. And the first to know our nbc washington app will send you a push alert if you dont already have it. Its free. Download that during the break. Thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability 8 years running. Plus, fios has the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. See the difference for yourself. 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If they say theyre with a legitimate company, take a few second excuse me can you give me a minute be right back call the Corporate Office make sure theyre legit. Last get a quote in prit writhing and if it sounds too good to be true like the old adage goes it probably is. We want to move on to your pets now with this deep snow. Friendship Animal Hospital in d. C. Warns that pets can easily injure themselves. For starters you want to pro