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the following night, gladys knight. people love to go and stands by the water and listen to the music. lynette, weather is always on everybody's mind. how is it looking? >> we are not raining. that's good news. we are very humid out there. i will show you the dew points in a second. satellite and radar, picking up on clouds. patchy fog. heading towards york, that's where you are going to encounter that. peaks of sunshine. see at is lurking towards the west , the more showers are across western maryland and western pa. as we go in to the afternoon, that's our better chance for the showers and the storms to pop up. the dew points are on the high side again. we are looking at the upper 60s. measure of the moisture in the air, in the 60s. we can feel it. when you hit the 70s. annapolis, coming 71. centerville 72. 70 perry hall and elkton. sultry and oppressive and uncomfortable. in terms of temperatures, we

are above average in a lot of spots, annapolis 74. pasadena 76. centerville the same. baltimore 78 degrees. with the sunshine we are really going to heat things up. the humidity going to make us feel hotter than what it is. thunderstorm is possible across the yeah. once again, this is what you can expect to plan your day, if you are heading out, made the tee time. after noon we will see the pop up showers and thunderstorms and the golf course is not the place you want to be in a thunderstorm. traffic alerts on route 50, contractor drop off that shutdown a westbound lane. en burnie, a car struck a yule pole ordinance. stick are route 10 or 97, your

best bet. you have to follow me on twitter. maryland traffic, the only station in baltimore to have tweeted traffic alerts like this, this morning. 97, this is route 100. no delays. you won't have problems heading up to 695. 95 downtown baltimore, also in great shape at 395, not too much traffic this morning. no problems traveling in to the city from white marsh, a look at the drive times, 8 minutes to get from the harbor thoroughway. on the east side, 11 minute trip on the outer loop, 95 up to 83. the west side nice and calm as well. 12 minutes on the outer loop from 795 to 95. washington monument got a facelift following the 2011 earthquake. >> adorning the land mark. the switch was flipped during a special ceremony last night.

relighting mark as milestone in the work to complete the restoration. money from congress and private donations is covering the cost for the repairs and lights. monument expected to re-open sometime next year. if you kid loves having the summer off, sometimes it's too hot to play outside. sometimes it's too hot. one way to beat the heat, get insides and bowl. why not? we have more on a local program to let kids bowl. it's not going to cost you a thing. to the inner harbor. the hard rock sign is up. barnes and noble at the power plant. great start to the day. lit remain this way? we will tell you when good morning maryland continues.

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2500 other institutions as well. i don't know what the heck these people are thinking in washington. >> reporter: hih supports jobs in maryland. the senator says researchers will have to look elsewhere for work. linda so, abc2 news. top egyptian officials are defending the actions of police and soldier whose clashed with protesters killing 51 people. 400 others were killed. the military and police fired when demonstrators took a break from morning prayer. interior ministry spokesperson says the forces were under

attack. there is new information on the train derailment in quebec. 13 bodies have been recovered, 50 people remain missing. authority say the death toll will rise all but one of the trains 73 cars, were carrying oil. when it came loose it sped downhill. five tankers exploded. the blast destroyed 30 buildings including a bar filled with people. great video of a large water spout in the safety harbor near tampa. no reports of damage right now. the national weather service says the conditions were favorable, and formation of the water spouts in the tampa bay area. they can come like tornados with little or no warning. let's talk about the weather. the serious situation in florida with the weather. >> yesterday we had water spouts of our own, chesapeake, active, across we had a water spout moved on land across the eastern shore and a picture on

radar we captured it. this is impressive guys, this is yesterday. around turkey point road, it moved in and it was a funnel cloud by that time. actually, i have a picture of what i looked like this was sent in by tina schuller, she took a picture. this is a beautiful shot. it's always beautiful when it stays away from everyone. you can see the people on the beach, some of the people in the water, that's not a good idea. you can see they were looking at that and took a picture of that. thank you for sending that in. as we lock at the satellite and radar, a different scenario. wouldn't be surprised if we got water spouts. we can see clouds around right now, back off towards the west, entering west virginia, also western maryland and western pennsylvania dealing with showers and storms across the area. at the surface, we are dealing with a stationary front, it

stalled out and moving slowly. we will have it move through in the next couple of days, dropping the temperatures down. dealing with the bermuda high, pumping in the steamy air and also the hot air we will be feeling. be prepared and drink plenty of fluids. temperatures now, coming in the 70s. easton 77 degrees now, these temperatures are going to jump up in to the afternoon or feel like it. feeling the tropics, that's what we will take you to. tropical storm chantal. winds 50 miles per hour, moving to the west noter west at 23, pushing and nearing barbados. the track of the storm, takes it over his hispaniola and sets its eyes on the u.s. most accurate future trend goes in to motion, picking up on the pop up showers and storms for the next several days here. here it is as we stay on

wednesday and thursday tings cold front moves through , the showers and storms towards the weekend. now a check of the traffic with loren. if you are traveling on 95, a crash moved to the southbound shoulder at route 100. not causing significant delays but an alert if you are traveling in glen burnie. a car has struck a utility pole shutti down the northbound lanes at ordinance road. stick with 97 or route 10, your best alternate routes. we are the only station to have told you about this alert on twitter. the hands sl maryland traffic, i'm updating this, even when i'm out this all morning long. beltway looking good, now, the west side nice and high, 55 on the outer loop, you are not going to have problems down to 95. over parkville, conditions will remain nice and clear. here at harford, no problems down to 95, outer loop, normal

drive time of 11 minutes from 95, all the way up to 83. 83 is going to be clear. all in all, normal drive time of 11 minutes from here down to fayette street. that's you time save traffic. a live look at the inner harbor. a group wants to mod endize the area with packs and attractions. water front partnership is looking to build concession stands, picnic areas and create access to the water. project would start in the inner harbor. update too many on ocean cities new walk smart cam papers they started the program back in may to keep visitors safe while walking around along coastal highway. two people died, 13 others were injured while trying to cross the busy highway. the walk smart campaign looks to educate pedestrians about

using crosswalks and crossing at the signals. ip put wanted on projects happening in baltimore, harford and howard. the administration is asking for money for projects. they want to restructure the intersection at 22 and beards hill road. there is a public hearing tomorrow at 3:40 at the baltimore metropolitan council. final parts to the national aquarium exhibit are put in place. last week we showed you the video, the sea turtle introduced by the black tip reef exhibit. the last of the sharks are going to be introduced and tomorrow, around 11:30, the exhibit will open to the public. students in our area have found a fun way to beat the heat this summer. now that it's time to get out of school this is a great program, a national program

called kids bowl free, sounds good. sherrie johnson shows us how the program is making a difference for students in our area. >> meagan, yes, that's right, kids bowl free serves more than 1 million children nationwide and locally 1500 kids participate. it's a way to keep them off the streets out of trouble and having a little fun during the summer break. here at stone lanes, kids found a fun way to beat the heat. learning about duck pin bowling. kids bowl free. boys and girls enjoy two free games everyday, all summer. >> it's something to do for summer. time and resources have been cut out. parents have something to do with the kids during the day. >> the 6th year for kids bowl free. 1200 bowling centers participate from coast to coast. nationally it serves more than

1 million children and locally 1500 kids participate. >> it's a good program. even for the kids who don't have anything at home would be able to do something like bowl. >> that's awesome that if you are over 12, which is usually kids, you can still go to bowl for free. >> it is differentm some of the little ones got in on the fun, the older ones found it challenging. >> it's easier because you get to have the pins wider and the balls are lighter and smaller. >> it's more fun. i can't pick up a regular bowling ball and try to get it to knock down anything. >> students found a fun and free i way to enjoy summer break. >> the program runs until september. ages 3-15 can participate. back to you. more news ahead. let's take it outside.

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getting to show off best recipes, dining, showing off their creations during the kids steak dinner at the white house. the second year, first lady, michelle obama, hosted a steak dinner for children and families. you are looking at video from the event. she is inviting kids who won the healthy lunchtime challenge. the cookbook will be available on line next month. when you get ready to parachute. you hope nothing goes wrong. >> that was not the case for a man. he was sweating it out before the big plunge. how this guy, where is he? there he is. got himself stuck in the middle of a fast moving river and it appears he had nowhere to go.

thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. a live look at the inner harbor. things are off to a great start. >> looks like a calm morning right now. what about the rest of the day? here is lynette charles to let you know what you are in store

for. it's not going to be calm in to the afternoon. we will see showers and storms popping up across the area. mailed's most powerful radar. we can see showers in western maryland, we zoom in on areas, maybe travels are taking you this way. be prepared for rain showers now around green spring, furnace and green spring. berkley springs and duck wall and around hedgeville. make sure you give yourself enough time on the roadways, if your travels take you to york, pennsylvania, you are going to encounter fog. let's take you outside, manchester, we are seeing clouds out there, we also like it when we see the sunshine. that's going to come through as we go through the morning. more in the afternoon. that's what going to help aid with the thunderstorms that pop up throughout the day. the temperature in manchester, 71, owings mills 69. this is what we look like through the planner. by lunchtime today, around 85,

high temperature around 88. now a check of the traffic with loren. we have trouble in arundel county, a truck has struck a telephone pole, shutting down the northbound lanes of richie highway at ordinance. stick with route 10 or 97, we are the only station to tell you about this on twitter. follow me, the handle is maryland traffic, have the latest alert as they happen, sent to you feed. if you are traveling 95s a crab crash has been cleid. no delays, heading to dc this morning. northbound travel clear as you make the push downtown. no problems through the fort mc henry tunnel. despite the construction, the northbound lanes clocking in at 50 miles per hour. it's not having an impact. 695 looking good. no delays across the key bridge and the outer loop, clear as you make the push from 95 up to