Around the region. Going to take a while for temperatures to cool down. Once that snow starts, we are going to see the temperatures really begin to drop once that snow begins. Look hour by hour into the evening hours. By 8 00 light snow starts to fall into the metro area. Well be into the upper 30s by then. Thats when were going to start seeing the snow pick up in intensity, 11 00. By dawn tomorrow well have a mix of rain and sleet in the metro area. Temperatures hovering right near the freezing mark. By 11 00 a. M. On tuesday were going to see the snow showers just coming and going and tapering off. That rain snow line so critical. Im going to have an updated forecast for you including a new map to show you. The parking restrictions and the closures are starting to take effect now just ahead of the storm. News4 is watching those roads for you in maryland. Mark segraves has been hes live in frederick this evening to tell you how people are preparing. Reporter if youre with us here at 4 00, it was sunny and clear here in frederick. Just within the last hour it has changed dramatically to cold and cloudy both in Montgomery County and here in frederick county. Officials we talked to said theyre not taking any chances with winter storm stella. At this lowes in frederick they had everything ready for spring. While inside staff hustled to restock the snow supplies as residents were getting ready for what could be the biggest storm of the winter. What happened to your shovel from last year . It was broken. I realized that this morning, both of them zwlnch. Im hoping we dont get much but got to be prepared. Reporter at gas stations people were filling up. This woman came for more than juas the kerosene heater. Reporter in Montgomery County, crews that thought they had dodged a major storm were gearing up for a long couple of days. What do you do to get ready for a shift that may last 2472 hours . Bring a big bag of food and extra clothing. Reporter the Montgomery CountyStorm Operations Center went live at 7 00 this morning where staff will work around the clock, as well as crews on the roads, throwing everything they have at winter storm stella. Right now were at capacity. Were at 110,000 tons of salt. We have well enough materials to address this storm. Approximately 230 contracts. We have 175 internal trucks. Were somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 pieces that will be on the road for this event. Reporter now, local fire officials also want to remind use a portable heater or a generator if power goes out, follow the manufacturers instructions and never fire up one of those generators inside, even inside a garage. Those are meant to be used outside only. Frederick city has declared a snow emergency that goes into effect at 9 00 tonight that restricts where you can park your cars in the city. Maryland state police have declared snow emergencies in frederick, Prince Georges County, Montgomery County and anne arundel counties. That also affects your ability to park on major state roads. Coming up, were hear more from officials. Wendy and i didnt know this thing had a name. Thank you for telling us about stella. A number of schools in our area have already closed for tomorrow including the university of maryland in college park, a, towson and alexandria. They have all cancelled their evening activities. Right now the trucks are loaded. The road crews are in place in virginia. We were in chantilly earlier today as the salt was being loaded. They say they will be able to adapt for whatever comes our way. Coming up, news4s justin finch reports on their strategy for beating the storm. Here in the district the snow preps have been underway since yesterday. The crews have been treating the streets and sidewalks downtown. City Officials Say theyll be ready regardless of how much or how little snowfalls on the district. Our Team Coverage continues. Tom sherwood is in southeast. Reporter now, i wanted to show you i think of myself as a fairly tall person. Look at this. This equipment makes me look really small. Its a front end loader, just one of many here at this facility. Domes in the city. This is the newest one in the city. Later tonight the district says it will have 200 plows out on the street stationed all around town. Workers will be on 12hour shifts. The mayor called it a full deployment regardless of what snow we actually get. And we dont really snow at this point how much will affect the district proper. So we are hoping for the best, but as you can see with all the people behind me are planning for whatever Mother Nature sends our way. Reporter now, the mayor came back from austin, texas, just to be sure to be here for the snow. She says the city is ready. Live in southeast, tom sherwood, news4. There is a scramble tonight at our local airports as folks before the storm hits. The airline tracking site flight aware says nationwide more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled for tomorrow. Thats on top of the 1400 cancelled today. Our Team Coverage continues with Meagan Fitzgerald out at reagan national. Reporter you could kaucall the calm before the storm. Cost me to have to schedule for today. I was supposed to leave tomorrow. Reporter passengers at national are leaving down before theyre stuck in what will likely be a travel nightmare. We decided to change and try to beat the storm, get out a little sooner than later. Reporter yep. Trying to travel during a storm can be horrible, though airport officials are trying to get their stress relieving advice out now. Contact your airline today with the possibility of rebooking your flight for today or a date that you know is going to be working better after the storm. Reporter he says by tonight hi clear of aircraft until crews are able to safely plow the snow tomorrow morning. That means cancellations are coming. Some airlines will have limited operations in the morning. Others are going to wait until wednesday to resume flightins i the d. C. Area. Reporter metro says rail and bus service could be impacted as well. If the aboveground rails see eight inches or more, they might have to suspend service. Officials say it all depends on how much snow we get and how fast it comes. Bottom line is Mother Nature is reminding us that despite the nice weather we once had, its not spring just yet. Wint ser still heer is still another week. Reporter check with your airlines and make accommodations before coming to the airport. Travel is expected to be impacted until wednesday. Metro is telling riders to expect some changes to the bus service tomorrow because of this expected snow. Some of the routes may be delayed. They might be detoured. It does depend on the conditions. In the past hour metro gm announced they are planning to open the above and below ground rail service at 5 00 in the morning. Trains are going to be running tomorrow on a saturday schedule. And if you rely on metro access, service has been suspended for the rest of today and it is suspended for all of tomorrow. Remember, you will have to shovel your sidewalks. If youre young and healthy, consider helping your neighbors who are Senior Citizens or other folks in need. The district requires sidewalks to be shovelled within 24 hours or homeowners can get hit with a 25 fine. Businesses have eight hours to avoid a 150 dollar fin live. We are following a number of other stories for you this evening. Still ahead, a surprise for the family of the former fairfax city mayor after his. Appearance in court in a drugs for sex case. We just got some new details in the battle over health care. Were learning more about the cost of a republican plan and how many people may lose insurance because of it. Reporter faced two counts of Second Degree assault, one count of obstructing and hindering. These are just some of the charges in a Long Police Chase case that landed a man in jail for ten years. When you see the video, youll understand why. We have the pictures. We hav the ec pretty [doorbell rings] hey. Umm. Sign here . Sure, you got a pen . I do thanks, sweetie. The savings in bloom event is going on now at havertys. Life looks good. Doug is now back to tell you how this dynamic shifting scene is playing out at this hour. This is a really tough storm to forecast. But this is where we live. We live along the i95 kcorrido. Its one of the hardest places the ocean, the mountains back to the west. The advisories are put out the way they are, the winter storm warnings include everybody west of i95 underneath a warning. Everybody east under an advisory or nothing at all. To the north and west we are expecting an all snow event for the most part. It is snowing. Just got some observations. Fredericksburg, around Stafford County is snowing. Saint marys now. Also seeing that snow. We are seeing some snow. It will start as snow here. The heavier snow moves down. This is what were waiting for to come into our region right on down to the south. Were waiting for this storm back to the west and right on through here. Cincinnati is about to pick up the snow. That all moves our way and we start to see the snow here around 8 00. 43 degrees right now. 39 in gaithersb fredericksbu fredericksburg. Road temperatures are well above freezing. They will eventually cool. But at the onset, the snow will most likely be melting on the roads until about 10 00. Then it starts to come down fast enough to over come the melting. Look at this. The rain snow line come right close to i95. There it is. I95 south and east its all rain. North and west, a little bit of sleet mixing in. Could have a lot of sleet. We could have a couple of hours of sleet at the airport and downtown, maybe parts of fairfax county, maybe back to the west. Then the rain snow line moves back to the east tomorrow. Anything from d. C. South really takes the snowfall totals and makes them way lower. Down to the south and east, mostly rain. Again, tonight you may see a quick inch of snow. Then when the rain comes in, it wipes it out. By tomorrow morning, mostly rain down to the south. 13 inches in through Prince William county, fairfax county, around the d. C. Metro area. Six inches right across the line over towards bethesda. Mount vernon may be close to nothing. Herndon could be 610 inches back here. Just in one county alone, Montgomery County one of those too. You could see three in bethesda and maybe ten or more around e damascus or clarksburg. Through tomorrow afternoon well see snow. Heaviest overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. Snow covered roads to the north and west. The rain snow line still a very big issue. Its not set in stone just yet. Could move a little farther to the west, a little bit closer to the east. Thats what well be watching. But south and east this is just a rain event. Tomorrow, 38 degrees, light snow early. Tt the rest of the day. Your next ten days, the big deal here after tomorrows snow is wednesday, a high of only 30 degrees, windchills in the teens all day, 40 miles an hour winds on wednesday. Wednesday is going to be brutal. Same deal on thursday. Then we try to warm as we head toward the weekend. Anyone who is not talking about the storm is talking about health care. Its causing a buzz from capitol hill to the white house especially with these new numbers coming out. At the white house President Trump had his first confirmed meeting with his cabinet members. They are still waiting on the confirmation of four members, agriculture, labor, National Intelligence and trade. With his confirmed cabinet members, the president signed some new executive action aimed at executive branch. The president says they will be trying to identify areas that have duplication and redundancy. The congressional budget office, a Nonpartisan Group that provides analysis of economic and budget decisions for Congress Just came out with a welcome look at the gops replacement plan. In 2018 14 million could lose coverage. By 2026, that number could jump to 24 million. The cbo is also projecting a twoyear spike in premiums. But it finds when you compare this plan to the current law or obamacare, the premiums overall would be lower. Those costs, however, would be higher for older individuals. Bottom line, in the ends the cbo says by 2026, the gop plan will reduce the federal deficit by 337 billion. The cbo says the largest savings would come from reductions in medicaid, which is aide to the poor. President trump has accused the Obama Administration of wire trapping the trump tower during the campaign. Today is the deadline for the Justice Department and the fbi to provide evidence to congress if that evidence exists. White house Spokesman Sean Spicer says he expects the Justice Department to meet that request. The president and his advisors have provided no evidence to support the claim but asked congressional committees to investigate. A maryland man sentenced for leading police on a high speed chase, he learned his fate to case are coming to light. News4s pat collins live with more on the suspects criminal past and the crash that sent him back to jail. Reporter Brandon Malone was convicted of burglary. He was sentenced to jail for ten years. He did three years and was released on probation. But 18 days after he was released on probation, this happened. Cue the dash cam. What youre watching is a high speed chase. 80 in a 35. Reporter it started along i270 and ended in a townhouse community. Brandon malone behind the wheel. Police in hot pursuit. At speeds of up to 80 miles an hour he goes down montgomery streets where he gets to a dead end here. Bo boom, over the curb, over the crash, crashing into a police car. He continues his get away on foot. Cue the body camera. Stop reporter Brandon Malone, who police say was high on pcp, charged with a number of assaults and a page full of traffic violations. Brandon malone forfeits his freedom 18 days after hes released from jail. Whats the lesson to be learned here . Likely a good lesson to be learned here is once youve served enough time to get on probation, get yourself on the straight and thnarrow and dont lead police on a high speed chase. Reporter at 6 00 we have videos of malones interrogation. Its something to see. Ill see you at 6 00. A teacher at Georgetown Day School is facing sexual abuse charges tonight. What Court Documents reveal about his relationship with a 14yearold girl. Reporter the former mayor of fairfax pleading guilty in a meth for sex case. Just ahead, were going to tell you about the surprising move made by the judge inside the courtroom and whats next for Scott Silverthorn. And a deadly accident. Coworkers are remembering the woman who was killed several states including maryland have joined in a complaint to push for a hearing tomorrow in Washington State over President Trumps travel ban. The states claim the ban targeting people from six predominantly muslim nations is unconstitutional and harms state residents, universities and businesses. The government says the allegations about the negative impacts for tourism and universities are purely speculation. This bad weather forced virginia congressman don buyer to cancel his know your rights Forum Tonight in alexandria. Attendance registrations had put the town hall at capacity but there were plans to stream it on facebook and twitter. Buyer says tonights event will be rescheduled. Another town hall is planned for next monday morn zblo f accused of having inappropriate contact with a 14yearold girl. She told police she had a relationship with mark alan gifford. He teaches middle school at Georgetown Day School. At the High School Police say the girl met with him outside the school on multiple occasions. According to Court Documents he admitted to kissing her. A guilty plea in the murder of an alexandria resident found dead in beverly park. Investigators say portillo attacked a man with a machete and a knife. Both killers were members of ms13. He will be sentenced in april. The former mayor of fairfax city goes before a judge in a there was a twist. What happened in court that left his family in shock also, the new hope for a number of families who are facing eviction because of a faulty sewage line thats near their homes. And our continuing coverage of the storm headed our way. How crews in Northern Virginia are getting ready. Im tom kierein. Were tracking a winter storm getting closer to us now. We are getting reports of snowflakes now reaching the ground stafford and spotsylvania counties, the Northern Neck of virginia. Saint marys county, coming into Charles County as well. This is all advancing from the south to the knonorth. The main center of circulation is way off in the central mississippi valley. Its going to track right along the east coast. As it does, it will get off new york city and really deepen rapidly. Well take a look at the hour by hour changes on the way and new storm totals in just a few minutes. Snow emergency plans are in effect for our area. Justin finch has been in ch chantilly as some of the plow drivers get ready to hit the road. Reporter as the clock ticks closer to snowfall, truck checks are underway at the chantilly salt yards. Since the weekend, vdot crews have been working to get ahead of this storm, roading sa iload mixing and spreading salt brine on the roadways. Since last month left us with those springlike days many thought we would buy paybypass snowfall. All credit goes to our maintenance crews. They do the snowplowing, patch the potholes, trim the trees and do the drainage projects. Reporter operations are ramping up in maryland and the district as thi