one. expect new eggs, new hatching process and species. >> what's in there? >> they're hatch a moles. >> preorder starts september 18th. get them october 16th. good luck. stay with us. news4 continues at 5:00 a.m. right now at 5:00, we are tracking hurricane irma's path. overnight it became the most powerful storm recorded in the atlantic as it starts to hit islands in the caribbean. >> national hurricane center is about to release its latest advisory. we have team coverage as our meteorologists breakdown the latest on the advisory. we want to check in with angie goff at the live desk for more on what happened overnight. angie? >> good morning. irma is moving west, targeting the virgin islands.

antigua. this is st. croix. you can see rain and wind whipping trees and bushes. irma the most powerful hurricane recorded in the atlantic, as you mentioned, aaron. even a short time ago saying this could be a devastating storm. not going to take much. this morning, saw video of dark clouds rolling into saint mart en. we her reports of powerful winds that sent debris all over the place, and people taking refuge in homes as well as shelters. aaron, eun. >> thank you. lauret's check local weathe and traffic. sheena parveen is outside to start us up. we need

later today? >> you will. this morning, not too much rain around. roads are very wet out here. we have a lot of puddles, it is humid, we have patchy fog. it is one of those mornings you might want rain boots before you head out. we have more showers in the forecast later today. here's the radar currently. most rain is across the bay bridge in annapolis. that's one area we're watching as we go into the rest of your morning hours. as far as radar is concerned, a lot of moisture to work with. temperatures will be staying around 70 degrees for a high. a rain drop. we still have rain trodrops falg from trees. we will update from the hurricane center. let's check the commute on this wet wednesday morning. good morning, jack. >> good morning. keep our fingers crossed how this will go. maryland 50 westbound, ramp to inner loop, a crash on the right side.

authorities remain on scene. outer loop, top side before connecticut avenue, there had been a crash on the shoulder. i think everybody left the scene. pink knee street, be aware, this is out there and in your way. hopefully cleared quickly. back to you. back to the update from national hurricane center. experts released the 5:00 a.m. advisory. >> lauren ricketts is in storm team 4 weather center. tell us what's going on. >> we have just gotten this update into the storm center. just came out a couple minutes ago, about two minutes ago. this is the latest information. it is a category five hurricane. winds at 185 miles per hour at this point. and pressure is 914. rather low. just made its way across lesser antilles earlier this morning. watch this t.

during the overnight that had it shift a bit. it's continuing to stay north of hispaniola, and north of cuba. heading through south florida. earlier updates had it curving west. latest information sheena and i got overnight, shifted this track over to the east. category four into south florida, key largo, the keys, florida strait there, that won't be until sunday. again, we are watching this. this is the cone of uncertainty. once we get four or five days out, it could move and shift anywhere from 175 miles to 225 miles. want to make that a fact. it could shift out to the atlantic. we will watch this as we get closer. again, this track of the latest coming in since 5:00. >> thank you, lauren. members of virginia taskforce one have been home less than 24 hours from saving lives in hurrican harvey, they're getting

another possible deployment to florida. cameras were there as members of the taskforce reunited with families. >> darcy spencer is live with more on the reunions and how they feel about deploying again so soon. darcy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here in chantilly. venturing to guess first good night's sleep the team members have gotten in a couple of weeks. if you look here, this is one of the boats taken to texas. part of the mission was swift water rescue. this type of equipment was very critical to the mission. let's go ahead and show you video from last night when they got back late last night. again, they had to unload all of that equipment from the two week mission there in texas. many of them seeing devastation that they say they've never seen before. these are experienced people who have gone out to many natural disasters. one thing they were saying was important to them, generosity of the

>> it was exactly like you saw on tv. biggest thing was the amount of water in neighborhoods. and to relate to katrina where you're shuttling people, we brought swift water boats, there was swift water in apartment complexes. >> reporter: so you can imagine when he talks about swift water, comparing it to great falls, many of us have been there before, we know what that looks like, just absolute devastation there. many of them happy to be back home. again, there's a chance they could be deployed to florida. we will wait and let you know. >> darcy spencer, thank you. >> we will be following the hurricane every step of the way as it moves through the caribbean and heads to florida. you can see the latest track any time on the nbc washington app. 5:06. rise and shine. it is back to

less local school districts in the area. >> we are helping you get ready for school. justin finch is live in landover as prince george's county kids prepare to go back to class. exciting morning. justin, good morning to you. >> reporter: exciting morning indeed, right now, i hear a bus going by us right now. drivers are showing up. the buses are gassing up. they'll soon be on the roads to pick up students for the first day back to school. more than 200 schools are opening today. more than 130,000 students will be heading to class this morning, a very exciting day. i am joined by john white from the school system. john, the buses here, you have to wonder, are there enough buses to serve students going back? >> we have all groups covered, do what it takes to make sure every child is picked up. we serve 85,000 students on

them back and forth safely. we have more than 32,000 students coming to school. >> there's a scramble for bus drivers almost every year. >> there's big competition for people with cdl licenses to drive buses in all industries across the region. we all compete for drivers. we have enough drivers to cover routes but we need more drivers so we have substitutes and so we can have drivers cover individual routes, not have to share routes. we are still recruiting. if you want a great job, like kids, are a great driver, please apply. >> john, thanks so much. you heard bus routes today should be covered. if looking for a job as driver, reach out to the county. we are covering back to school in prince george's county all morning. we will see you at 6:00 for another update. back to you in the studio. >> justin finch live in landover. thank

two for thousands of kids in the area. most maryland school districts and several in virginia returned to class yesterday. >> montgomery county public schools was one of the districts. superintendent jack smith welcomed students as they opened their doors. the superintendent also stopped by paint branch high school, one of the 205 schools. and all of that space is needed, enrollment is up by more than 2,000 students. here's some of the other top stories at 5:09. president trump pushing congress to act on deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program. this comes hours after the attorney general announced the end of that program with six month delay. the president took his message to twitter, saying if congress doesn't legalize it, he will revisit the issue. it is unclear what that means. >> meanwhile, the outrage over the president's decision on

across the country. hundreds chanted yes we can outside the white house and marched down pennsylvania avenue in protest of the decision. daca protects some 800,000 young undocument immigrants from deportation while they work or go to school. he pled guilty for killing his estranged wife before going on a shooting spree. he will be sentenced in prince george's county today. he already received four consecutive life terms for the deaths of two people in montgomery county. today he faces life without parole again. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins will be inside the courtroom. today we may learn what happens next to a popular trail closed for purple line construction. nobody able to use the georgetown branch trail or will be able to for the next five years. opponents filed for a temporary restraining order to lift that closure. folks that use the trail say they weren't given enough notice ou

keep an eye out for updates this afternoon. danger on the roads. something 70% of us do behind the wheel, and you may not even realize it. still ahead, the habit we should all try to break as our roads get busier. one minute in handcuffs, the next she's behind the wheel. how this suspected criminal managed to sneak away in a cop car. crazy video just ahead. if you're about to step outside, we have patchy fog, it is wet out there. more showers on the way going through the afternoon. temperatures aren't warming up, around 70 degrees. make sure kids have the umbrella or rain coat before the bus sto

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as you head out the door this morning, know we're dealing with rain showers all the way through your wakeup. as you make your way into work, temperatures around 70. watch out for fog. we will have on and off rain showers throughout the day today. do we have thunderstorms, maybe repeat of yesterday afternoon. sheena has the forecast on that. i have the latest updates on irma in a few minutes. trouble in

near pinckney street. we have a new potential crash on the beltway, outer loop by connecticut avenue, past the temple, may have an incident on the left side. live look on 270 southbound, coming out of frederick. roadways are wet. volumes are light. so far so good for now. see how things go. keep your fingers crossed. back to you. we have breaking news out of charlottesville. another confederate statue coming down following last month's violent rally. the city council voting before midnight to remove the statue of confederate general stonewall jackson which remained covered in a local park since a woman was killed in that deadly demonstration. the decision follows heated public hearing and protests. the vote expedites relocation of robert e. lee statue which was the center of that white nationalist rally in august. the council is looking at redesignin

where that jackson statue now stands. aaron, eun? thank you. it is 5:16. demonstrators march to confront white supremacy set to arrive in d.c. >> they have been on the road about a week. they began the 118 mile trek from charlottesville back on august 28th, few weeks after the deadly protests there. 800 people are expected to make the ten mile journey from fairfax into the district, set to rally at the mlk memorial at 4:00 this afternoon. someone being handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police cruiser usually means they're staying put. not this time. you can see from video in texas this shoplifting suspect took off her seat belt, slipped out of her handcuffs. she climbed in the front seat and took off in this pole

an officer going through her bag as she started to drive away. she led police on a 20 minute chase before she lost control of the cruiser. now faces a half dozen charges. a highway in california will be named after the former president, barack obama. you'll have to fly out of california to ride on the stretch of the 134 freeway that will soon be known as the president barack h. obama highway. it will be north of los angeles. california senate voted 38-0 to approve the plan. it is the first highway to be named after president obama. supporters now have to raise private funds for new signs. time is running out. if you want to vote for one of our favorites on "america's got talent." >> prince george's county danel daymon and greater works choir knocked another performance out of the park last night. ♪

>> he and the choir one of 11 acts left in the competition. only five will vanadd vance. >> we wanted the audience to feel the emotion, hear the musicality. we were able to the presentation, best thing about it, they felt us. >> everyone was feeling them for sure. this is aerosmith i don't want to miss a thing. their own rendition. they take popular songs and bring them -- i love it. you can vote until 7:00 a.m. watch who makes it through tonight at 8:00 here on nbc 4. >> fun to watch them. it is a workout, too. >> not just singing. >> you have to

big changes from yesterday. we had storms yesterday afternoon. today we're rainy and cool. stays like this through the day. tomorrow, nice changes. i think you're going to like the weekend, too. here are headlines for today. cloudy, showers, fog around. tomorrow, big improvement through next monday. then irma, if everything stays on track like many models are showing, we could have potential impacts here as we go into next week. it would be what's left over from irma. 64 in leesburg, 72 in annapolis. quantico, 69. patchy fog this morning, low clouds, few showers by winchester. light rain there. even near hagerstown. rain near the bay bridge has already moved out. we have moisture south of us, that will continue to move in through the day today. if exercising, we have wet roads this morning, patchy fog. by

better inside later this afternoon. temperatures are not getting too far out of the 70 degree mark. by 1:00 p.m., scattered showers around. 6:00 p.m. looking at the lighter rain across the area. big improvements tomorrow. it will be nice all the way through the weekend. now talking about hurricane irma, the eye of this is bigger than antigua, the island it passed over. the eye is 25 to 30 miles wide, category five. on a track near puerto rico. we'll see what happens there. there you see it is far from the u.s. the updated track keeps it as a major storm as it nears florida. at this point computer models shifted east. you could say closer to the bahamas and miami. we are quite a ways away. wouldn't be until late sunday and monday, we will be watching that closely. today rainy, tomorrow through the weekend, beautiful weather, sunshine, mid 70s. extended forecast is coming up. let's check the

hey, jack. >> we have accident activity on outer loop toward connecticut avenue on the left side of the roadway. be careful heading out, don't overdrive conditions this morning. virginia inner loop, ramp to 66 west, there's a crash on the ramp. cars spun out on the right side. left side needs to get by. be careful. sounds like we have activity in the triangle, 95 southbound. keep everything on the shoulder. potential for flashing lights, delay free. take it easy out there. it is putting drivers in danger, chances are you're guilty of it, too. >> you may not know you're doing it. we'll fill you in on what it is. and boston sports caught up in another scandal. this time the red sox under scrutiny. the cheating they're accused

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way home, george mason university finds you tend to day dream a lot while driving. a person's mind wanders 70% of the time when driving. that's a lot. researchers also notice a specific change in brain pattern. >> people day dream more on the afternoon drive home. paying attention to more traffic in the afternoon. >> i have a lot going on up in here. from distractions to deliveries, one woman wanted to have her baby in the hospital. that precious face, he was born on a maryland highway. coming up, we talk to the officer sent to the unusual roadside call. good morning. we have fog out there as you wake up and head out. dense fog advisory in culpepper county until shortly after sunrise. showers in the f or

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breaking news at 5:30. hurricane irma is hitting the caribbean and hitting it hard. >> we are waiting for damage reports as a category five storm hit antigua and bermuda overnight. the storm has its sights set for south florida.

good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> we want to get you to what you need to know at home. we're seeing storms of our own now. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is outside with a look at the forecast. >> we have rain around as you wake up and start to head out. roads are wet from the storms yesterday afternoon and evening. you'll also be encountering fog. dense fog advisory until about 10:00 a.m. could see visibility down to a quarter mile in some areas. you see low clouds across the area. as we go through the afternoon, clouds stay around, scattered showers in the forecast. as the kids head to the bus stop, have a rain coat or rain boots, definitely an umbrella later today. expect recess should be indoors, too. temperatures won't be getting much higher than around that 70 degree mark. coming up in a bit, talk about what to expect the rest of t

out. weekend forecast and updates on irma. let's check the roads with jack taylor. >> hey, sheena, good morning. unfortunately starting with wet roadways, always cause havoc. virginia, 95 southbound in the triangle, accident activity on both shoulders. maryland, 301 northbound, ramp inbound on route 4, sounds like broken down vehicle center of the roadway. authorities are on scene, trying to clear it as quickly as possible. trying to clear the inner loop, ramp to 66 westbound, tow truck and virginia state police on the scene. may have blocked that ramp to remove the vehicle facing the wrong way. inner loom ramp to 66 west. back to you. 5:32. back to our top story. we are tracking irma as it makes it across the caribbean islands. >> angie gof

impact. first, check with storm team meteorologist lauren ricketts. >> good morning. this is a monster of a hurricane. we had the latest updates came in. skirting across the lesser antilles, virgin islands, north of puerto rico, hispaniola, dominican republic. this is going to continue to move north. let me show you what's happening. winds are still about 185 miles per hour. on the heels of it, we have tropical storm jose. going to talk about that in a bit. let's get to irma's track, winds at 185 miles per hour. it continues to move north. going through friday morning, again just looking at not even the florida strait. after this weekend, sunday morning, that's where we look at it moving to south florida. this track shifted to the east with the 5:00 a.m. update that came in 33 minutes ago. category three as it moves into southern florida. a lot of this area southf

miami, just everglades. this would be a best case scenario. however, given this kind of uncertainty, it could move either direction. again as you get closer to the event and it makes landfall in the u.s., you have to watch that. for right now, that shifted to the east. >> thank you. that storm is having a big impact as people try to get ready. >> angie goff is at the live desk with what we are seeing in puerto rico and florida. you have new video. >> new footage into the newsroom, brand new video of irma swirling in the caribbean. this as we learn a 75-year-old man died preparing for irma in puerto rico. you can see just from this video that dangerous mix of strong waves and ferocious winds. this is packing winds of 185 miles per hour. could possibly hit florida as you mention this weekend, saturday. all eyes on puerto rico where a category five hurricane is

damage. officials are warning this damage could leave some without power, not only for weeks but in some cases for months. back to you. 5:35. a big exciting day in prince george's county, first day of school for students and teachers. >> we're helping you get ready for school this morning, of course. if you're just waking up, justin finch working for you in prince george's county. we're told there are enough school busses this morning, but there's a scramble to hire more drivers. >> there's a new app that makes it easier to know where your child's bus is. download the bb district by blackboard to your smart phone, if you have the nbc washington app, we posted information about it there. we'll check back with justin at 6:00. great tool to have to keep track of your kids after school. >> thanks to so many of you for sharing back to school photos with us.

few on your phone. not too late to send them. tag nbc washington with hash tag ready for school. we are showing pictures all morning. >> most kids are happy. parents in shock after a stabbing at a prestigious private school in d.c., but the 12-year-old that stabbed a fellow student may not face charges for the stabbing. that's because she's the daughter of a diplomat which may make her eligible for diplomatic immunity. the girl apparently stabbed a 13-year-old boy twice in the shoulder with scissors yesterday afternoon at the british international school of washington. police will now consult with the attorney general and state department about potential criminal charges. the boy is expected to be okay. bad news for boston fans, another of the city's teams accused of cheating. >> coming up,

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a group of residents in stafford county wants the county to remove

flag. poenl opponents say it may be seen as racist and give the wrong impression of stafford. >> welcoming everybody to stafford county, embracing a message of inclusion and diversity in our county. >> this confederate flag was installed as part of a statewide campaign from the virginia flaggers three years ago. property owner says the flag represents heritage, not hate. well, the red sox are being accused of stealing signs. talking about signs for baseball. new york yankees say the sox used an apple watch to capture signs from catchers.

>> it is not against the rules, what is against the rules is using anything other than your eyes to steal signs. >> red sox respond by accusing the yankees of using broadcast cameras to steal their signs. >> red sox are in first place now, the yankees are a few games behind them in second place. a lot on the line. the commissioner said he wants to get to the bottom, figure out what penalty, if anything, there might be. >> storied rivalry. she wanted to have her baby in a hospital, her newborn had other plans. >> still ahead, we talk to the officer forced to play doctor on the side of a maryland highway. this morning is going to be wet as you hit the roads. currently cloudy, patchy fog out there. 70 degrees is the temperature. it is not goi

cloudy, foggy and raining through the afternoon. show you the timing of that, and a check of irma coming up. couple problems on george washington parkway, activity northbound ramp to inner loop. car went off into the trees, southbound after the key bridge, activity there blocks the left lane. i am darcy spencer in chantilly, a taskforce returned from hurricane d

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5:45. hurricane irma is moving through the caribbean with winds of 185 miles per hour. its path is hitting puerto rico and dominican republic, haiti, cuba before possibly heading for floridave

members of a virginia taskforce could be heading that way any day. >> they got home last night from the disaster zone left behind in hurricane harvey. darcy spencer is live with more on how they feel about the possibility of deploying again so soon. darcy? >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you from covering these type of stories, these folks are ready to go at any time. i'm sure if they get the call to go to florida, they're willing to answer. we're here at the toss being force one headquarters in chantilly. this is just one of the boats they took to texas to help with the flooding. these type of boats are important in these missions. they need to rescue people from flood water. we're starting to see more activity at the headquarters. you can see this truck here, we're starting to see people show up. they have a lot of things they have to get done, put away, to prepare for the potential of going out once again for another mission. let's go ahead and show you some video from the team returning

again, they have been away for a couple of weeks. some of the team members telling us that they've never seen devastation quite like this before. they have been deployed to many other natural disasters in the past. but this was definitely unique. one of the things they commented about was all of the people there, many of them having their own boats, going out on the streets or where the streets used to be and is now flood waters and doing some of their own rescuing. they say they were impressed by the people of texas. >> the biggest thing for us was the generosity and compassion from my officers, both to us and to each other. it was universal. i didn't see a harsh language, people had no reason to be angry. >> reporter: that's a good feeling, you go to an area hit by natural disaster and the people are welcoming and they're very grateful that you're there. it's a good feeling for them to come ho

getting ready potentially for another mission in florida. back to you. >> all right, darcy spencer, thank you. we will be following this hurricane every step of the way as it moves through the caribbean and heads for florida. you can see the latest track any time on the nbc washington app. it is 5:48. the deadlines are piling up for congress. >> lawmakers are facing deadlines on critical issues that need to be addressed by end of this month. now there's a new one, six months to act on deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program. tracie potts live on capitol hill with how congress is reacting to the president's controversial decision on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. do they want to get it done, democrats and republicans say yes, they want to find a way for young people brought here illegally to stay in this country. they were brought here as children. but can they get it done. we've seen them try a

before, over and over, to do something on immigration. part of the key seems to be can they stick to just this one issue or will they try to pull in other things like funding for the border wall that could bring things to a screeching halt with a limited amount of time. also important to note, one of the rules is that people were coming under daca, have one month now to apply to extend their status two years, it is a rolling phase out. it means they're going to try to squeeze 800,000 potential recipients, immigrants into this system in the course of a month. it could be a big crunch, trying to get statuses updated. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill. thank you. 11 before the hour. those that are protected by daca are waking up this morning unsure what the future holds for them. they're getting ready to go to work or school, worrying whether they face deportation in six months. news4 spoke with a daca

recipient in montgomery county, she broke down when asked what she would say to the president if he was sitting in front of her. >> just please have a heart. be compassionate. there's people out here who want to make a good living and better themselves and this is the place to do it. >> her mother flew her family to the u.s. from guatemala in 2001. she was just four years old. her mother got a tourist visa that expired six months later. she works at ben and jerry's, attend montgomery college and avoid deportation. self driving cars may be put on a fast track. the u.s. house is set to vote on a bill that could put the futuristic cars into gear next to you on the roads. the proposal would also allow automakers to deploy up to 25,000 of the self driving cars without meeting existing auto safety standards in the first year. some consumer groups

without a driver, you want safety on it. road emergency quickly turned into a miracle. >> prince george's county police officer went to help a couple stopped on the east west highway, when he realized the mother was sitting in the back seat. the couple had already been to the hospital for contractions but they were sent back home. everything seemed calm, they seemed calm. they were headed back to providence hospital they said. the sergeant let them go, but a few miles later, the dad pulled over. the sergeant went to help that time, he had to jump into action. >> it was game time, her child was coming out. i literally caught the baby as he came. i was just praying for him to cry. >> my goodness, can you imagine that situation. apparently this officer has never done it, he kept saying to himself don't mess it up. when the baby's cries came, he couldn't hold back the tears. how cute is

>> you watch movies, you learn about the whole smack the baby and the crying thing. >> don't smack the baby. the baby will cry anyway. >> one would hope. but i don't know. probably think he was in the same situation. >> she told me not to smack any babies. >> good for him. today a little foggy, little cloudy, rain. it is not that great. but it will be nicer tomorrow, i promise. there's always good news when you have one day like this. for kids heading back to school in prince george's county and everybody in general going back to school today, you may not want to wear white shoes. we had rain around throughout today. a lot of puddles from yesterday, bus stop, you may want the rain coat or umbrella. a few light showers are around. more this afternoon. showers around, fog this

lunch, you probably want to sit inside. not that great of a day. bus stop, 69 degrees, fog around. 8:00 a.m., barely reaching 70 in many areas. by 3:00 p.m., umbrella, scattered showers through the afternoon. we're not warming up today. temperatures that you see are not budging too much through the afternoon. 66 dulles, 68 in clinton. 70 in washington. we have a few sprinkles to the west near winchester across 81. in the district, mostly seeing the clouds. we have dense fog expected in culpepper. we'll see patchy fog the rest of today. rain stays in the forecast. this is future weather by lunchtime. cloudy, showers around. 6:00 p.m., expect scattered showers for the evening commute. then we really clear out as we go to thursday. thursday is going to look nice through the weekend. here's irma. a powerful category five hurricane, nearing the virgin islands and puerto rico. we'll be updating the track on this at

local weather, dry tomorrow through the weekend. any impact from irma would be middle of next week. going to talk more about that in a bit. let's check the wet wednesday commute with jack taylor, wtop. hey, jack. >> good morning, sheena, everybody is back. making for quite a drive in. gaithersburg, we have an incident there, that had been closed through the overnight. being turned around at scene. crash on 270 southbound at 85 on the shoulder. should have lanes open. george washington parkway, two trouble spots. first one northbound ramp to inner loop. vehicle off the roadway in the trees. southbound after the key bridge, vehicle spun out. authorities there waiting on tow truck to clear it as quick as they can. back to

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that breaking news overnight, hurricane irma hit the caribbean. >> as you can see from behind us, that eye there over my shoulder is heading toward puerto ricnd

monster category five storm passing over the island while you were sleeping, now has sights on saint maarten. hurricane hunters are flying into the storm, incredible and dangerous. irma, the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricane in history, sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. >> we have team coverage on irma and your local forecast. let's begin with storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen. >> good morning. i'm outside now. i will tell you, it is a very wet start to this wednesday. as the kids are heading out for the commute, we have wet roads already from yesterday's rain and overnight. this morning, we are even dealing with fog. dense fog advisory in culpepper county, as we go through the afternoon today, we will be seeing scattered showers for your evening commute. only around 70 for a high today. we're notoi