Cold, snow showers linger in Northeast

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AccuWeather's Ali Reid is in Washington, D.C., this morning where snow and cold can make for tricky travel Tuesday.

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00:00beautiful sunrise behind you Ali but you know what with that Sun out I think

00:04we're gonna see a lot of glare on the roads which means we have some icy spots

00:08here this morning that'll be a big thing to talk about as we get into the morning

00:16commute today last night we saw that there was some additional snowfall that

00:21came in in the evening and officials here were worried about the freezing the

00:26refreezing of the roads overnight into this morning there's going to be slick

00:30icy conditions across the DMV really the metro area here it is 18 degrees in

00:37Washington DC and the wind to go along with it it is cold this morning but you

00:43mentioned the capital the beautiful sunrise that we're seeing behind me oh

00:46my gosh it is absolutely gorgeous here this morning and to see it coming up

00:51over the city after a day of snow which is still very picturesque here it is

00:57gorgeous to see that today something like that you certainly didn't see

01:01yesterday that snow was coming down and it had kind of like a blanketed gray

01:05type feel to the sky yesterday so it was very difficult to see something like the

01:10Capitol or the Washington Monument yesterday all right let's talk about

01:13those road conditions we were talking about that it could be treacherous for

01:17those hitting the roads this morning I'm actually surprised to see as many

01:21cars as we are right now this early in the morning but I wonder if there are a

01:25number of people that are trying to get ahead of the morning rush as we know

01:29that the city is going to be in a gridlock later on today I'll get into

01:33that in just a second here but before I mention that again the roads a very slick

01:37slushy at times the main road that you're seeing there better than some of

01:41the side roads the one that we're on right now Pennsylvania Avenue as you can

01:45see at least the road that we're standing on very different than that

01:49main road very difficult to navigate and for some smaller cars they're having a

01:53very hard time even being able to drive on one of the roads that were on like

01:58this morning so if you're not in a higher up vehicle like an SUV or

02:02something that has an all-wheel or four-wheel drive it's gonna be very hard

02:06for you to to navigate these roads this car right here that's the type of car

02:10that I'm talking about they're having a harder time being able to travel on

02:14roads this morning let's also mention the wind again that was going to be a

02:17concern today too if we can show the flag up across the street there at half

02:21mass mass today and that is because former president Jimmy Carter his

02:28remains are going to be coming into Washington DC in the next few hours here

02:33for the start of funeral services with funeral services excuse me which will go

02:37through Thursday of this week here in the city coming in from Atlanta Georgia

02:42coming into the base shortly here the other thing to note is because of that

02:47if we can go down the street you'll see those red and blue flashing lights those

02:51are police and Secret Service that are going to be throughout the city they

02:54have already shut down geez you could tell here multiple streets on end going

03:01all the way down Pennsylvania Avenue and all the way leading up to the Capitol

03:04Building as well there is no way that you can get up and down these streets

03:08we're lucky we're on this one this morning again they're going to be

03:12shutting down a lot of this area and so with already travel conditions going to

03:17be tough this morning then you add in all of the road closures that are going

03:22to happen over the next couple of hours as the city welcomes in former Jimmy

03:26Carter former president Jimmy Carter one final time this is going to be I don't

03:32like to use the word nightmare if I don't have to but I have a feeling that

03:35this is going to be a big headache over the next couple of hours for those in

03:39the city so if you can avoid being on the road in the DC metro area today

03:43that's going to be your best bet cold cold cold yeah Ali a read here this

03:48morning in our nation's capital a lot going on here and take Ali's warnings

03:55here seriously

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