Eastern charles, near hunting town over to Calvert Cliffs coming dow pretty hard there. Bright white. We have a Winter Weather advi kouptdities in purple. But this is a winter storm warng for calvert, st. Marys charle stafford, no neck low Eastern Shore, thats they get some he heavier snoamounts, metro area 1 to 2 inches. Of Northern Virginia. And then farther south, 2 to 3 inch lieu north centr virgin. Then 3 to 6 amounts much fartr to the south. Amelia is in the 4 x 4 trac the snow. E are you now . Rep were in stafford where the is that winter storm warnin tempere now down to 30 degrs and snow has picked up. When we first started just 4 00 a. M. Flurries in parts oe area. But right now you can see a steady snow falling outside as we take a live look with our dre cam. For the mt part the roads here remaining wet. Water not seeing snow stick to road but t necessarily wasn the case further north up around the springfield area. Visibi now i wou say about half a mile. So thebad. And of course well sin to trav aroun here in virginia th bringing you the lated conditions as we track this last or maybe last round. Well e about that. Of Winter Weather. We hope its the la round. Taking a look at 95 in virginia where are, taking a look at the northbound lanes here as you headed out of freder you can see a bit of a slowdown very like of the weather theyre seeinthere. And then it opens up a bit. Amelia is heading sou near staffo 66 east of sully road everyt moving along quite nicely. R look at things, innr loop moving pretty well. Outbou 395 a tad slow. Inner lp as youre headed annandale is a little slow, well. Back at 5 11 with a live look at 270. 5 03 is your time. This just into our you newsroom. Thiss a weather alert day. Snow will be falling as youre headg to work. Storm 4 is letting you know what to expect befo you head out the door. Megan mcgrath is live along route 1 in woodbridge and snow is picking up out there. Rep l snow is fallg here in woodbridge. And to give you an idea of what weve see here this morning, a lot of the snow that y see behi me is from snowstorms past. But look at ts c here its been here all night in th pt at the Shopping Center and you can see the accumulation we have seen here this mornin and i woul that a dusting. Now, if you look over here at route 1, though were just seei wet pavement. So while we are seeing a dusting on some of the grassy areas and cars roads are looking prey good. U can see the slight shine becae the pavement is wet. Vdot crews have been out all night long. Have seen them, they have been putting down the chemicals, the sand. D so right now roads are in good shape. So not seeing any problems of co we have very light c here in the woodbridge area but as rush hour starts to pi it could get more harry out there. Sh also men that the school here in prince w are going to be closed toda so kiddos you get to sleep in this morning. Reportg live in woodbridge men mcgrath, news 4. And we snowfl right now, we do have other delays and closur to tell you about. The fedt opening on a two hour delay today. You also have the option to take unsched telework or unscg late too. Public schools on a two hour delay. Weve learned fairfax, mont princ opening two hours late today. Same goes for schools in it are arlin county. Prince william, spots vein yarks fauqui geo a closed. Same goes for fredericksbg city schools and st. Marys, calvt county schools closed, as well. Anne arundel county schools and city and masss are all Opening Hours late. Downlo washingn app or check online for the complete list. Were keeping an eye on the airp you this morning, too. E are some cancellation so check your airline before out. Reagan National Reporting 20 cancs a two delays right how. 5 cancellatio at bwi marshall and three delays. Dulles is reporting 12 cancs and 1 delay. If you plan to use amtrak some service will be cancel bec of weather. Trains on several virginia lines includg t that stop in norfolk and richmond have been cancel. Goes for service between and savannah, ge as and north regi service will operate on a normal schedule. Vre isd schedule as well. Amtrak says check the website and social media because the weatd cause more delays or cancellatio today depending how it goes this morning. Right now you can legally smoke marijuana in d. C. Law went into effect just a few hours ago. The are a lot of rules you need to know about, though. E put them all on line for you news 4 has you covered on the roads. This is a live like in prince county. U can see snow is picking up. Th just the beginning of the tom kierein is tracking the snow. South has it bad, too. Snow and freezing cold down this. N wide power outages, as well. And metro officials ht to discuss today including maki you pony up more for a here is a llook. Tom kin say the big story toda timing of the snow not necessarily how much snow well get. Wel see his latest models in just minutes. Its now 5 10. This m metro will consider making your more expense is be looking at raisg fares by ten centr ride. How lo you have to wait during travel times. Todays meeting begins at 9 00 a. M. At metros headquarters in nortt w good morning. Im tom kierein well alert day. Well have frequent storm team 4 updates all throught morng with the snow coming down acr virginia into maryla. Now metro area f light to moderate snow from nor pri through washington and then into Arlington Alexandria Falls Church and fair fax county. Farther t the south another band in prince will. White colors is where its comi down harder. Into southern fauquier and culpeper. Anot from spotsylvania d stafford near fredericksbg that stretches in continuing to get light moderate snow. Temper a getting below freezi. The snow will be sticking. Between 7 30 to 9 30 a then by later in the aftern hovering right around degrees. A couple of inches metro area nort virginia. Just a coating farther north. Heavier a farth te south. L be tracking this hour by ho up next weather and traffi at 5 21. Up on the beltway, looking pretty good. We down where Megan Mcgrath is, all the way up to woodbrid a li snowy at this point. Beltwa new hampshi rolling along. 66 a little bit slow here headed into oakton. E fine. Top of 95 no major problems. Southb. Beltway at st. Barnabas rolling along. Mu more on 95 coming up. Its 5 12. Yo home might not be as safe as you think for your children. A new study Shows Parents get g abo the risks in their home. Rep were starting to see so consistent snowfall out prince geor county. Wet off branch go morning. Tracki the snow falling across virgin and eastern west and maryland. Bright white bands is where its coming down harder in far Fairfax County across the line in to stretches in to southern fauqui Southern Country pepper. Another band in southern prince across Charles County. West of will this frederickbu across the rest of spot and farther to the south. Its a weather alert day. Well fre updates throug day. Tom, thanks. It is n 5 16. Were keeping a ce conditn maryland right how. Zachars alo branch aven in waldorf with more on e conditions there. Looks lik the snow is coming down. The snow is here. Ther been a litt bit of doubt when we got to the shop. 3 00, flurries, looked beauti but the sno is here. This is branch avenue. Folks getting ready to start their workday. Road conditions were pretty good on the way down here. Lots of salt trucks out and about. Tr to proactively prepare for snowstorm. This is the scene over here at e 7eleven. A lot of folks trying to prep get ready for this snow storm. Wee getting ready to talk to folks and a them how theyre going to prepa get on the front end of this snowstorm. T as i mentioned, it is g and we are seeiy of snowflakes in waldorf. Zacharkiesch news 4. And check out this video. This is in northern georgia e theyre dealing with snow and slt today. Quite a scene for the south. Snow started falling yesterday afternoo centr regions may get as 6 inches of snow. Fligs a delayed in that area and the roads are slick. We just have more school clos coming in. Just int the newsroom fredk maryland, alexandria falls churc schools all opening two hours late. Loudou culpeper, wa and s county schools all theyr scrolling on the bottom of your screen. 5 17. And right now small amounts of marie legal in the of columbia. E mayor decided to go ahead with law despite some threats of jail time from congree a four words that you need to know. Grow and home use. The d. C. Government and d. C. Say these are the keys to the law here. And heres what that means for you. Yo allowed to have up to 2 ounc of it, but you can only smoke home. You ca also grow up to 6 plants at home, but only 3 can be fully grown at a time. You can also share up to 1 ounce with other people but selling or buying pot is not allowed. You al cannot smoke it in publ in public housing. That includes parks, bars, your car and you shot the drug is stil totally illegal on fede land. Cannot smoke it while youre driving. D the drug is also banned for use for anybody under the age of s a lot of infon now so weve put l the rules for you on nbcwas this just in. Howard county schools on a two hour delay this mornin Howard County on a two hour delay. 5 19 now. In virginia, go mcauliffe will sn a law allowing medical marijua ie common wealth. Its oc f marijuana f very spec patients. You may r when david culv intervieweds young girl and her family she has epilc seizures. And sometim hundreds a day. And the only treatmt is a spec type of Marijuana Oil extrt that doesnt give that high. And th what is being legad today. We now know what caused this frigg explosion at a new neighborhood. Invests believe gas leaked from a cracked steel pipe overt collecting in the base and appliance in the house then ignited the gas. 15 people were injured and the home was leveled. Gas service was shut off around 300 homes. It is now back on. Im Richard Jordan at the desk following a developing story. The securit team for the turkh ambassador in afghn came under attac by a you suicide bomber. All happening in cairo. Suicide bomber packing a vehie with explosives rammin to it a turkish embay vehicle. There two turkish soldiers in. One died, the other was seriouhurt. Happening just outside the gates of e Iranian Embassy which is next to the turkish misse taliban has claimed for the attack. The ambassador was not in that vehid w not injured. E last time there was an at like this in kabul was at the airport and that was just month. Again, taliban claiming for this one. Thats the latest from the live desk. Just in, Stafford County publ schools are closed today. Ste Department Spent the night in jail after being charged with soliciting sex a minor. Daniel rosen was denied bond. Arrested after online exchs with a detective who posed a minor. Hes cha with one count of using a communicati to solicit a juvenile. Kyrgios lane is suspen students in maryland will hear more about a big possible chanyear. State leaders want the school year to start after labor day. Suppor say the extra week of summer means more revenue for busi and the state. Opponey it gives everyone less time to prepare for stan tests. Suppor will rally at 12 15. The hearing follows at 1 00 p. M. 5 21. U can see weve put the radar the picture behind us and all that white and gray in there, that all snow. And you k seee why their and he seeing more snow falling down the at this hour. Yeah heaviest snow will be for e morning com and then taperi off later this aftern can keep up with this youre away from your tv with the storm team 4 app. Where has the radar right now. An we look at ra re we have these brighter white colors where its coming in bands of heavy snow thatm Fairfax County from right around baileys cross roads to burke and then near manass across rinse into southern fauquier co far southeastern culpep. Of moderate too heavy snow from right near waldf acrs Charles County into across the Potomac River westn king george southern staffo across most of spot count now. Theyre getting the moderate to heavy snow be coming in bands from time to time. Any untreated surfaces going to be slick here through the morn temper hovering in the upper 20s. During the afternoon, a little sun coming out and some roads will be drying out. So many roads have been treated with salt. But any untreated surface will get coated with a couple inches of snow. And it this oned around the metro area coating to an inch fartnorth. But most of Northern Virginia, metro are nearby suburb will t up to a couple inches. Southe maryland wi get up to 3 inches many places. Much f south, they could get over that, to as much as 6 inches in some spots. Neck and lower eastern shor overnit tonight, we stay below freezing. 20s to morning. Might get a few flurries early on friday morning. Highs w to mid30s. Cold day saturday teens in the mornin high 30. Sunday sunny, up near 40. Mig get a mix of snow and sleet early monday morning and then k in the aftern may a mix will of snow sleed maybe a little free rain on tuesday. And then rain on wednesday with temp in the 50s. Werek here in ten minutes tracki this minute by mi. Were having volume 95 north at mine road. This ie volume than we typically see this time of t morning. And south of this, were seeing w really falling. 66 headed in to town, youre abt 2 Miles Per Hour as you passing oakton. 270 at Montrose Road you can see everything moving along pret welle this is a salt truck, theye sitting there on the side of the road when i came into work as well. Widen inner and loop moving nicely. 95 at cherr hill road no major issues. Its 5 24. News 4 your health, a study sugg people with adhd are twice as likely to die premat a study, danish researchers d that incidents were the mostn cause of premature death. Risk was significant high for women and those diagno adulthood. Resears want to stress the actu 1 2 up premature deaths among wit adhd was small. Out of more than 32,000 people disorder 107 died early. They s t big takeaway is that this is a clear indication that adhd is a serious problem. 5 25 is your problem. Degrees outside of our studio your home may not be as safe as you think for your children. A new study by safe kids worle highlights what pares get wrong about the risks in their homes. Poison Centers Across the couny answer more than 1 milln calls a year about a child under the age of five being poisoned yet a recent repo says only 4 of parents asked a home safety cons this a concern. 1 brs of those asked say drowning is a big worry, a leading cause death of those between 1 and e things that you dont think of. Its 5 26. A homeless man caught on c hip drivers is getting good fortun this video started goi viral after Shelby Hutchens was se helping strangers push r cars out of the snow in springs. Since then, he wae news and that started a go fund me page thats raised more th 4,000. Hutche says he cant believe the generosity he showin him. Definitely going to be trying find my own apartment to stay in. I real cannot words cannot s the thanks that i really have f everything everyones done for me. His house burned down in and since then hes been living in his car with his dog and a few belongings. Hes hoping to use the money to help him find a job. And he says hes surprised. Im not surprised. When you helping other people, you automatical want to do something to help him. Good for him. Good example to set. Thk a in custody aft allegedly tryio go be abroad t isis. How tht is putting pres on con fund the depart of homeland security. Were on th roads so you don to be. These live pictures from fred now in the storm team 4 x 4. All morni long well be drivin aro virginia and mary checking on conditions be you head out. And is there an end in sigh at 5 30 tom kierein is putting e final touches on his you when. Tradingin or selling your car truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com 5 30 on a weather alert day. Storm team 4 radar tracking sn just about everywhere in our ar now. The timing of this will thing is the import becau snow b in th of morning commute. We have you covered on the roads in maryland and virginia. We started seeing snow in the distri right before 4 00 in the morning. Storm team 4 meteorologi tom n is tracking what is in storr us next. Be looks like snow is picking up around the region. It. L be heaviest between arou 7 30 to 9 0. You can see the brighter whe bands, thats where its coming down harder. We have several of those across virgin a in around the metro area. One in Montgomery Countyr t potomac and south of there into southern loudoun county. Anotr brigh band here of some light to moderate snow right in nortt wn and then acro the potomac into arlingn a falls church and acro fair fax county. That band extends down into prinamcounty stafford spotslr band across charles coun across the potomac to fred staffo spotsylvanid culpepe bands of snow will be comi and going. May let up a bit from time to time and then it actually may be coming down a little harder,s a well from to time. E timing for the heaviest snow is between 7 30 and 9 30. After that the snow will quicy taper off by noontime as lingeringly pulls off to the east leaving in its wake a coup inches. 2 to 3 inches fartr south. Highest amounts far southern maryla Eastern Shore could get 3 to 6 inches. Ok hour r cold temperaturer the day d next weather and traffic s. Its sticking in the 95 area. E areas are see something good snow falling now and obvie roads will start to get a bit sticky and slick. Beltway at kenilworth avenue, that is looking quite good here in prince hard to see any precipitati on my camer when its dark but we know it is falling. Beltway at connecticut avenue lookine good. 270 in to and out of town nice and n right now. Not seeing any falling here and 95 looking good overal 95 north bound, thorn partf 95 here we are seei slowdowns there. Thats typical for 5 30 in the morning her on a weekday. 95 in maryland, in town who issues. Times coming up. Right n the snow is also causg a lot of closi