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Winter’s first blast: What Saturday’s storm has in store for the DC area – WTOP News
Winter is taking its first shot at the D.C. area on Saturday. It’s expected to be a mixed bag that will bring messy weather around sunrise. Here’s everything you need to know.
Winter is taking its first shot at the D.C. area on Saturday. It’s expected to be a mixed bag that will bring messy weather around sunrise.
Here’s what you need to know.
WTOP meteorologist Mike Stinneford said to expect a little snow and a lot of rain.
He said a new computer model is bringing a whole lot of warm air and a whole lot of moisture “at the upper levels.”
“That’s going to change over any snow or sleet that moves in to rain fairly quickly,” Stinneford said.
A Winter Storm Warning remains for Washington, Frederick and Carroll counties from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. And there is also a Winter Weather Advisory along and west of Interstate 95 — but it does not include D.C.
Stinneford said those could change overnight and into the morning “as some of the new guidance is really knocking down the snow levels across the region.”
But, he cautioned, it’s possible the region will see some snow and sleet Saturday morning, with mainly rain across southern Maryland. Either way, it will change over to rain “fairly quickly” from south to north.
“Any chances of any accumulation of snow, which will only be about one to two inches, will be near the Blue Ridge and also near the Pennsylvania border,” Stinneford said.
He said to be on the lookout for slick spots on the roads in the morning and afternoon.
Tonight’s forecast features seasonably cool temperatures and increasing clouds. A wintry mix will overspread the area from south to north. The main impacts should focus well to the north and west of the I-95 corridor where the subfreezing air will linger. #MDwx #VAwx #DCwx #WVwx pic.twitter.com/MxRreemSGU
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) January 6, 2024
Road crews prepare
Despite the increased chance of rain by the middle of Saturday, a couple of state agencies were out since early Friday morning, pretreating the roads to prevent the precipitation from bonding with the road.
“We have our team in place, we’re ready to roll and we’ll be in there tomorrow morning before any precipitation even starts,” Charlie Gischlar, from the Maryland State Highway Administration, told WTOP.
Gischlar also recommends doing your best to stay home if possible because more people on the roads could hinder the road crews’ ability to clear the asphalt.
“The more traffic we’re in with our crews and our contracting partners, the less efficient we can be. So if we’re out there unencumbered, we can get more pavement clear in a more timely manner,” he said.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has been out on the roads as well.
“Our crews have been out brining since midnight this morning,” department representative Ellen Kamilakis said.
She told WTOP that the department plans to have 780 trucks out in the region, “but obviously based on the forecast, we’re heavily focused on Loudoun County.”
D.C. is also preparing for the storm.
At 9 a.m. on Saturday, the District Snow Team — including nearly 150 heavy plows to treat highways, streets, bridges and other elevated structures and 87 light plows for smaller streets — will deploy, according to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office.
Other impacts
Fairfax County Public Schools has canceled all of its Saturday activities ahead of the expected storm. That includes:
- Extracurricular activities
- Interscholastic contests
- Team practices
- Field trips
- Professional learning and training courses
- In-person Adult and Community Education (ACE) classes, recreation programs and community use by outside groups not affiliated with FCPS.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
FULL FORECAST
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON, FREDERICK, AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN MARYLAND FROM 10 a.m. TO 10 p.m. SATURDAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALONG AND WEST OF I-95. DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DISTRICT. ADVISORY RUNS FROM 7 a.m. TO 10 p.m.
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 20s suburbs, 30 near the District.
LATER SATURDAY: Snow and sleet developing from southwest to northeast. Mainly rain over southern Maryland. Snow and sleet will change over to rain along and east of I-95 by mid- to late morning, with only minor accumulations. Snow over the far northern and western suburbs may accumulate 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts near the Pennsylvania border and the Blue Ridge. Snow will change over to sleet/rain far northern and western suburbs in the afternoon. Highs in the 30s
SUNDAY: Partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 40s.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs mid 40s
TUESDAY: Rain and a risk of thunderstorms. Damaging wind gusts are possible. Highs in the mid-50s.
WTOP’s Christopher Thomas and Kate Corliss contributed to this report.
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4 things to know about the weather:
- Abundant sunshine
- Temps slightly cooler than average
- No rain in sight — again
- Mid-week warmup
May is drawing to a dry, comfortable close, in stunning contrast to the very soggy Memorial Day weather we saw last weekend.
That 10-day stretch of rain put a definite dent in our drought, according to the weekly national drought monitor, but it seems that was the end of the improvement for a while: There’s almost no clouds in sight for the DMV for several days.
Enjoy the many hours of sunshine on Saturday. The high pressure coming in from the Hudson Bay brings a stiff north wind, but the day will also be sunny and comfortable, with highs in the mid 70s.
Download the NBC Washington app on iOS and Android to check the weather radar on the go.
The wind will die down after dark, and Sunday morning will be bordering on chilly. Expect widespread mid/upper 40s in most of the D.C. area, with urban centers and bayside communities staying just above 50°. Sunday afternoon will be just a bit warmer, in the mid 70s, but with far less of a breeze.
Highs will be back around 80° for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with overnight lows in the comfy 50s. It’ll be a perfect start to meteorological summer (June/July/August).
QuickCast
TODAY:
Sunshine Abounds, Breezy
Wind: North 10-15mph, Gust to 25 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 70° to 75°
TONIGHT:
Clear Skies
Winds Diminish
Wind: Northwest 10-15 mph
Chance Of Rain: 0%
LOWS: 46° to 54°
SUNDAY:
Mostly Sunny Skies
Pleasant Conditions
Light Breeze
Wind: NW 5 – 10 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 70° to 76°
MONDAY:
Partly Cloudy
Seasonable
Light Breeze
Wind: West/Northwest 10 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
HIGHS: 76° to 82°
Sunrise: 5:45 Sunset: 8:26
Average High: 80° Average Low: 63°
Stay with Storm Team4 for the latest forecast. Download the NBC Washington app on iOS and Android to get severe weather alerts on your phone.
WASHINGTON – A man is in critical condition after falling into the Anacostia River in Southwestern Washington, D.C., Friday night.
What we know:
D.C. Fire and EMS reported the rescue effort shortly after 10 p.m. at James Creek Marina in Buzzard Point.
Crews believe a man fell from the dock into the water.
By 10:30 p.m., crews were able to pull the man out of the water.
Paramedics took him to the hospital in critical condition.
What we don’t know:
Officials did not identify the man who was rescued. No other information was immediately available.
The Source: Information in this story is from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.
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DC’s baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination
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FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.’s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investigate alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital.
The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion.
He cited the player’s public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging the Department of Justice to investigate alleged religious discrimination within the Washington Nationals organization and across Major League Baseball. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination,” Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. “I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action.”
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said they received Boebert’s letter.
“The Department is reviewing the matter and will evaluate all appropriate next steps. As always, we remain committed to enforcing federal law and protecting civil rights,” they told Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 “Pride Night.
The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as “blasphemous.”
Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals sits in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on May 28, 2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be “deeply offensive,” in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out even though it would put “a target on our back.”
“Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%,” Williams said in the interview. “We should all feel welcomed there. But that was clearly against one certain religion. If you don’t draw the line in the sand, who’s gonna do it?”
According to Hudson, that public criticism of the drag group’s performance later affected Williams’ opportunities at the Nationals franchise.
“Because of that we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson told an undercover journalist in the video. “When they’re like ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ and the players come up, we don’t ask him.”
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Boebert said she is concerned that Hudson’s admission could mean the franchise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on religion and other protected classes.
“Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions,” the Colorado Republican said in the letter. “MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices.”
“Sister Unity” and “Sister Dominia” of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were honored on Pride Night before the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16, 2023. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
Hudson, in the video, described himself as “far-left leaning” and nonreligious. Meanwhile, he called Williams “super Catholic.”
The Washington Nationals executive also boasted about a Communist Party poster in his office and mused about pushing redistribution of wealth and other leftist agendas during baseball games at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C.
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“What a cool opportunity for us [Nationals] to also, be a little bit of like, the voice of reason,” Hudson said. “And a lot of people will tell you when I come to a baseball game, I don’t want to think about that s–t.”
“If you’re a sports fan and we piss you off, where else are you gonna go,” he went on. “I don’t give a sh–t.”
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