As winter weather is expected to hit the DMV Sunday, officials announced that the northern section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway will close Sunday morning. The closure, which will take effect at 6 a.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials said Thursday.

Since the start of the water year on Oct. 1, the southern Utah county has received .34 inches of rain, making this water year the third-driest on record thus far, according to Hayden Mahan, meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake Office.

Washington County commissioners are asking residents to fast and pray for rain to ease the severe drought gripping the area.

The nation's capital is expected to see mostly sunny skies with increasing winds over the next few days; gusts may hit 47 mph on January 29.

The worst of winter has probably already passed, based on history and the signals computer models are sending about the coming weeks.

The National Weather Service has simplified some of its winter weather alerts for Wind Chill and Extreme Cold Warnings.

In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” in reference to the passenger aircraft.

Areas well to the west and northwest of D.C. — including Winchester in Virginia, Martinsburg in West Virginia and Hagerstown in Maryland — are under a more severe high wind warning from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today due to the potential for damaging wind gusts near 60 mph.

Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists … Happening now: Winds of the day die off after sunset. Tranquil and mainly clear tonight with lows mainly 30 to 35.

Forecasts indicate that an atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and snowfall to much of the Pacific Northwest starting late this week and lasting through the weekend. With persistent heavy rainfall, flash flooding could become a concern for residents across the region.

SEATTLE — Confidence of there being lowland snow this weekend is growing, and although there doesn’t seem to be any significant accumulations on the way, there will some spots which will see a quick inch or two as colder air settles in starting Saturday.