and i'm joined by patrice. very special, where is it going? >> all of the money stays here in baltimore the at the john hopkins children's center. it helps us do programs and buy toys and equipment that we can't normally do without this support. >> reporter: you can purchase a tie of your own at jos bank. people across america will bb wearing the tie today. you can go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. a ood day to do shopping. the temperatures will be in the low 60s here this morning. we will have mostly sunny skies and just a light wind. i'm joined here also by leei, the art ist of the tie that patrice is wearing it, you're wearing, it and steve is weariig this tie. steve do you like the tie. >> reporter: i love it. i'm going to ask her for more all new colors. >> good idea. >> reporter: i'm going to have to buy a few and go and support the cause. what a greattcause it is. a greet day to go out there as emily was indicating. a dry one with temperatures that will be a joy. 61 degrees for the high. by degrees where w

i'm p patrice harris.s the final day before the 135th preakness stakes. >>> joel d smith is going overall the events that are taking place out there and the last minute preparations and meteorologist steve fertig is taking a look at how the forecast is shaping up for the big day. we want to check in with steve first before we get to joel. and steve, everybody associates preakness and the days before with bad, bad weather. not so much this year, at least right now. >> reporter: not too bad. i have actually had time to sit back and get some betting tips. let me give you a hint. as far as, horses, if it you choose horses by the way you choose your football teams by the color in uniform, not that you do. the color horses win 7 out of 835, but guess who super saver and lookin at lucky. and the grayish colored force. that's my tip for the day. weather wise a little bit hopefully more youthful. take a look at that is happening out there right now. as far as the weather conditions we have temperatures that are goi

i'm patrice harris. we're waking up to more winter weather this morning. the snow came down last night and we are talking about it all this morning. we're bringing you live triple team coverage of the snow fall. joel d smith is live in westminister. megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county, and jessica starr is here in the city all with the latest on the current conditions out there. and because of the snow we have some school closings and a few delays to pass along to you. here is a look at school closings that are closed. anne arundel county, charles, dorchester, montgomery county and queen ann's and talbot county schools closed today. opening two hours late, allegheny county, baltimore city, cecil, frederick, harford, st. mary's somerset, washington county and worcester county schools, again two hours late today. and just remember whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have all of the latest closings delays and traffic conditions. that tric

i'm patrice harris.rt the weekend wwth a contest like that. because it's friday, it's your turn to talk on our facebook page about anything you wann. let us know what is on your min3 and your rrspoose could air in our facebook feedback segment. we want you to start the weekend right. the first two fans to post the code wwrd on our wall will win a great prize just in time for father's day. go to foxbaltimore.com/baltimore to becomeea fan and join the conversation. >>> now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig andú sse if we have a nice day for father's day and hopefully you have gottennyour gift and sent it off. >> taking care of business, absolutelyy it's going to be humid for this that looks nice from an air-conddtioning envirrnment. ittwill be sunny. >> my dad will be at a national's game. ww got him a nationaa's packet. >> ittwill be a nice day to be.ú if you're not on the golf course, this would be a nice3 %-wind at -11 miles per hour. a as we look at temperatures around the aree, hagerstown

>> yes, patrice. you should see my house, patrice.mess of a mountain of snow which is hanging down which is going to cause the drains to fall eventually. >> yeah. >> it's like a shade of ice and icicle hanging from the roof, just hanging dow down to my win. >> ramona, let me tell you like i told the last caller. you need to be careful that that doesn't fall on your head. be careful out there. we're going to be dealing with this for a while. thank you for calling this morning. >>> we have another joyce on the line also in baltimore. good morning, joyce? >> good morning. >> so what is the problem in your neighborhood? we're hearing so many different issues this morning? >> the problem in my neighborhood at the beginning of the blizzard is a watermain break. and maybe two blocks over there's another watermain break. there's potholes. they haven't come out and plowed my street yet. >> oh, good grief. >> there's problems, i'm so sick of the snow. >> i'm with you about being sick of the snow. i'm so sorry for having to deal with that. hang

i'm patrice harris. >>> let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and make sure this we don't have any bad weather to spoil our fireworks. >>> a lot of people looking forward to the fireworks. you know what? >> what. >> i forgot to wish you a happy birthday. >> i was going to say that's some celebration they're putting on for you. >> i always say that. >> i won't ask you. >> no you, won't ask me. >> they got temperatures and you know what that question was. 65 degrees in baltimore, and 64 in salisbury, and 66 in hagerstown. and let's look for the numbers to get into the 80s, but just barely. it's going to be cooler today. as we check the sky emissions, sky weather and looking the at showers. the upper level low is going to continue to bring us an isolated chance for a shower, holiday weekend and warmer holiday weekend as well. if you happen to be heading to the beach this weekending, not bad, 82. with partly cloudy skies. we are going to check with lauren for on the roadways. >> reporter: thanks ste

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i'm patrice harris. welcome to the middle of the week adds we head toward the weekend. maybe a little too earlier to talk start thinking about that. meteorologist steve fertig is here. is it ever to early to get to the weekend. once you get to the weekend. although it's 6:00 in the morning. >> tuesday about 9:00 p.m., i start weeking about the weekend. >> i think when we get to work on monday, is when we start planning. >> that's true. as we head toward the weekend, more comfortable for the time being. as we get toward the weekend, more humid again, but the temperatures don't stay humid as they did. it's rather mild, take a look at our temperature, at 76 degrees at baltimore and the surrounding area and the low to mid-70s and sky watch hd radar indicating some showers that moved through yesterday and even thunderstorms in spots. they were isolated. that will be the story for each and every day, the chance of an isolated shower and thunderstorm. back to the south and west, a little more activity there. 82

i'm patrice harris.you're taking a live look right there was jessica starr and a whole bunch of other dancers trying to learn the michael thriller dance. we will explain why they're doing that. [ laughter ] >> we're going to get it together. we will explain in a pew minutes. first he we need to explain today's forecast. meteorologist steve -- let me just give it over to you. >> it looked like she was bent over and having a lost pain. >> she is learning to dance [ laughter ] >> she has to learn the thriller dance. >> okay. >> we will see how far she progresses throughout the morning. >> you can only go up from there. >> she is going to hurt he me [ laughter ] >> me looked good. >>> she is a great sport. let's take a look. 66 degrees, 66 is the temperature outside of the bus stop, and we have clear skies. west wind at 5 miles per hour so a comfortable start and a pretty start. look for more clouds later in the day. 67 degrees is the current temperature in baltimore. 67 in salisbury so uniform temperatures.

i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve and see what we can except for the weekend weather. sounds like it will not be the greatest. 6:30. >> it will not be the greatest n. fact today will be a day that may involve strong to severe storms in the afternoon. we're talking chef heavy downpours and hail and damaging winds. not pretty later in the day. right now seeing showers for the west part of area. as you look siewl see gan a whole line of showers moving. heavy showers in through the ohio valley down through the tennessee valley area and we'll keep an eye on this closely. a flash flood watch is in effect for seafood county now. we may see more in the area. we may see rain. take a look at how much as we move through the day. could be as much as 2-inches of rain in hager's town. an inch and a third in hogan and down in salz berry an inch and a quart threr. hail possible with damaging winds as well. keep an eye on the system as it moves through the day. we hit a high of 87 degrees. and n

i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist jessica starr and see if more of the hot temperatures we have been dealing in the past few days will stick around for yet another day. >> reporter: hi, patrice. we have temperatures in the low 90s and then we get a treat, cooler and drier air is moving in. >> just in time for the weekend. >> yeah, for the later part of the weekend. another repeat of yesterday. we're still under a mugg muggy r mass, a tropical air mass. off to west there's a cold front that is allowing for showers and severe weather to fire up in the ohio valley. that cold front will be pushing into our area but not until late friday evening and early saturday morning. temperatures warm and muggy. 77 degrees in baltimore, 74 degrees in d.c. and 74 degrees in hagerstown. on the future scan model to plan out your day, we can plan out your model. cockeysville and westminister a line of storms and another pop up thunderstorm right around 5:00 could be severe as well. we will see the thunde

good morning patrice. it has got me out here looking at these cars and wonder if that could be trade in or not. other numbers to tell you w. the senate approved this yesterday. 60 to 37 a proving it million billion more collars tort cash for clunkers program. and gas prices are going up. it makes getting the cars more appealing to the folks with the older models. the older car has to be able to run and get 18 miles per hour or less when it's on the road. if it is does that you can get a rebate for $3500. if it gets 10 miles per hour to the gallon or better, that's a 4500-dollar deal. so far 775 million bucks v- has been poured out. that means $225 million to go. the senate wants you to get out and go. >> we know this will be a good weekend to go out and buy an american automobile. >> the children have to pay for it ten to 15 years from now. as you heard opponent think the new money will only increase the federal deficite but majority of politicians calling th the most successful bill yet. it has been so po

i'm patrice harris. a chilly start to the morning. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look at the forecast, and steve, i feel like we've turned the corner. like there's only going forward into cold and no looking back. >> yesterday it felt like we turned the corner because the wind was blowing so strongly in the afternoon. >> it was different than anything. and waking up this morning, i got out of bed and i felt -- this is the first time i came out from under the covers and felt the cold air and wanted to back in. >> you ain't felt anything yet. we will see the temperatures dropping into the overnight low 40s. >> steve, i'm going to stop talking to you. i'm going to toss to traffic. >> as you head in the bus stop, 56 degrees, that is not bad. that is where we should be for this time of year. it could be worse, and it will be in fact as you get into the next couple of mornings. it's going to get rather chilly, but it will be mostly cloudy skies we will be looking attall day today, and then we will

i'm patrice harris. >>> you're waking up to a messy morning and because of it, we have a school delay to pass along to you this morning. garrett county public schools are on a two-hour delay and we need to get a check of the roadway now for everyone else that is heading out at this hour. candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge and it's messy. >> reporter: it really is, patrice. thankfully, it didn't freeze but it's going to be a messy ride out there. we already have flooding to talk about at patapsco avenue. that water is about wast waist p and there's three vehicles that are stranded there. the good news is there's no drivers that were in that vehicle. this could be in your neighborhood. just use caution. we want to check on at 9 895 ate same vicinity. can you see it's running reasonably well in both directions. it's slick roadways that we have to deal with. on the southbound 895, from the harbor tunnel toward 895, running normal 895, 52 miles per hour. and from the fort mchenry tunnel down

i'm patrice harris. >>> we want to start this morning by telling you again that all public schools are closed today. if you need the complete list go to foxbaltimore.com or keep an eye on our morning news ticker because that has all the latest closings and traffic conditions. the ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. a lot of people excited about the weekend. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look a the weekend forecast. >>> it feels for a while since we have had a weekend. >> for us, but for a lot of people who have been home, a weekend is no different than the week. >> a weekend to get out of the house and do some other things. >> absolutely. >> this weekend you will be able to do that. it will be cold deduct definitely drier and that is good news. take a look at what we have in sky watch hd radar. you will sunshine like you did yesterday. we are looking forward to the high pressure overhead to bring us the sun but with it cold air. 29 in washington d.c. 26 in sal sa

i'm patrice harris.son in idol is back to season premier last night are, and we are showing you the good, the bad and whatever else you want to call it all morning long. we will leave it to your own imagination and your own description. first we will get a check of our weather, meteorologist steve fertig is here. what is that which we can expect. >> the american idol is a little bit of everything. >> and you're not lying, because it's like american idol, it's a warm up and then snow again. >> we will trend toward better weather coming your way as we will on american idol. we is you somewhat o some of tht was not pretty. dry conditions, with snow showers to the north. we will see mixed clouds but we should see plenty of sunshine as the high pressure begins to build in. it's still chilly even though the temperatures are not going to be made to feel a whole lot chilly because of the wind. still even a 5-10-mile-an-hour wind is going to make it feel cooler than that. we will get up to 55 degrees by noon, wit

i'm patrice harris. we need to get to meteorologist steve fertig for a look at our week forecast. it was gorgeous n yesterday it was gorgeous . >> today it begins, it will get up to like yesterday when it got to 73 degrees. up in westminister, 50 degrees, wooler in bel air, 40 degrees, and jft clouds. at the bus stop, 40 degrees. mainly clear skies, and look for more in the way of sunshine later this morning, we will get to 76 by noon. more clouds making the way by 6:00 p.m. we will see what is happening on the roadways as always. candace dold is standing by with a look at the traffic. good morning, candace. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we are checking on the main lines for you. so far you're going to like the monday morning commute. so far to the liberty road, the cars are cruising along on the outer loop lanes and the inner loop direction. overall the trip on the inner loop lanes, taking it from 795, heading toward 795, running pretty normal. that will take 11 minutes. right now we are looking at

i'm patrice harris. we need to get a check of our december first forecast with meteorologist steve fertig and there's a chill in the air. welcome to winter. >> not quite yet technically but it's feeling that way. we are closing in that way, we're closing into december. >> the holidays ha are here. did i just say that, i like cold weather. >> we have that recorded. let's see what is happening on the sky watch regional radar. you can see there are showers move off from the east yesterday and making room for clear skies. it's going to be a pretty day today, and more sunshine, 38 in salisbury and it should get up to 38 degrees at noon after starting off at 36. we will make our high temperature of 45 and 47 of about 52 degrees as some of the snow showers up in the north stay north for now. let's talk about what is ahead a little bit later, but right now let's turn to lauren cooke who is no for candace dold to see what is happening on the roadways. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have an accident on the sout

i'm patrice harris.t's time to get a check of our forecast with meteorologist steve fertig who has company on this wednesday. >>> yes, patrice, i sure do. this is rasheed brown and you're a 5th grader. >> yes. >> at what school. >> washington elementary. >> and that is in baltimore. >> yes. >> and you're going to do the weather today, are you excited? >> you want to tell people how hold it was this morning. >> yes. >> come back this way and we're going to show them a couple of things. we know that there's a frost advisory looking at earlier in allegheny county and there's a freeze warning. you're going to have to take our word for it, back toward garrett county. that is something also that is very chilly air there. as far as temperatures go, we will show you how chilly it is. 44 degrees at rasheed points. as you look at frederick, further out, 37 degrees, good job, rasheed and down gaithersberg, look at 39 degrees. and annapolis, better, about 50 degrees right now and that is what we're looking at. tempe

i'm patrice harris. weere in the final hours of summer. meteorologist steve feetig isú here to fill us in. >> ou llke fall, i'm sad to see %-i'm ready. >> it's one the hottest. >> for some people it's going to be welcomed relief. it's going to be a warmer day todayythan it was yesterday. we're going in the opposite diiection, pptrice. look at the temperature riggt now. we saw yesterday, talkinn bout temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s in many locations. we were in the low 60s downtown. now we're in the low to mid-60s throughout state. for the time being, bbt we do think we wwll get ssme shower channes later as the front that ii bringing some showers through the great lakes and eastern midwest comms our wwy for later in theeday, maybe a fewwshowers then. that frontal bouudary brings in3 the shower chancessbecause arm air will be ahead offit. it will be providinggus a little bit of lift, and with it shower chances for later afternoon and sunny start to the day, and clouds llter, thundeestorms, near 90 not just today but through tomorro

i'm patrice harris. a lot of happy ravensans this morning. a big win on monday night football, the curse iser. ov meteorologist steve fertig is herepy ab it as well. >> absolutely. >> that is a good thing. we kind of expect it but it's ood to have it in the bank. >>n't think of other games. >> you don't take any field goals for granted. >> he don't want to talk about field geelz. goals. >> we're getting ready for the skins. nice weather to the north it's keeping us nice and dry. as you look at the sky dar you see a few clouds, and the showers staying out ofr way as high pressure continues to influence our weather, 50 degreerfo hagerstown, 40 at salisbury, at the bus stop, 45 degrees. a light jacket would keep you on the good siofde things. toppingout around 60 degrees around 2:00 d 52 and partly s happening on the roadways as you head out this morning, candace dold is re th your traffice. cda rninpoter: ank yo steve of toh ri if yore bea bit heading out oe x is morning. it's becau of a accident that take

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i'm patrice harris.>> last night the judges were looking for the next american idol deep in the heart of texas. >> didn't hear so lonely ♪ ♪ so lonely i could cry ♪ >> i meet you halfway. >> look at that smile on simon's face, kind of looked like he liked it, and kind of looked a little strange. we want to know what you thought about last night's show, the most memorable auditions and who made it through that shouldn't have. just go to facebook.com or send us a tweet at fox baltimore. >>> and let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. i only saw bits and pieces of american idol last night. >> there were good ones. >> there were and then there was that one. >>> there's always bad weather somewhere in country. the question is it's coming our way. it looks like the answer is somewhat. in other words, we're going to get some snow this weekend, but maybe not as as much as we were once thinking. take a look at sky watch hd radar. what you're seeing light precipitation to the east a lot of it not reaching

i'm patrice harris. >>> another cold start to this day. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on the details. i guess it's not another cold start to this day, this is the first day we have seen this day. >> but it's dry. >> you know what i mean. >> we have the dry conditions. that is improved but the temperatures are not improving. the temperatures are dropping. we start at 42 degrees, not bad. 42 down at d.c. 45 in salisbury. 37 in hagerstown and 23 only in oakland. but here with the winds, now 1 15-13 miles per hour through the renal yogee, and ta will make it feel like the temperatures are closer to 25, and 9 degrees in oakland and 35 in washington d.c. these winds are going to make for a chilly day even though the temperatures are in the low 40s. 23 at the bus stop. and the trajectory of the snow showers to the north will stay out of our way as they move from west to east into pennsylvania and new york. more on what you can expect for the rest of the week and weekend in a few minutes. righ

i'm patrice harris. as you can imagine all public schools are closed again today and then there are some that are closed tomorrow as well. and for that complete list go to foxbaltimore.com or you can just keep an eye on our morning news ticker as well, because it has all of the latest closings, the delays and the traffic conditions and everything you need to know. the good thing is that ticker updates automatically, because we know the information is ever changing and it also runs during commercials. now we want to check in with meteorologist steve fertig who has been tracking the first storm and now tracking this storm. >> and the next one. >> i didn't want to hear that. >> no, no. >> you are talking about something coming through on monday but minor compared to what we have seen. >> a different kind of system. patrice, a clipper that will move typically faster and leave minor amounts. >> on top of what we already have, people are mentally worn out from the snow. >> anything we get on top of what we hav

i'm patrice harris. >>> the baltimore ravens win their home opener which is a good way to start the season. hopefully it's a good way to start the week when it comes to weather. meteorologist steve fertig is here to let us know, steve, friday and saturday, terrible days in terms of weather. it was horrible. sunday, beautiful. >> beautiful. actually saturday, where i was it was very cloudy, but it wasn't as -- no rain. so was friday. it got better each day. >> it was drizzly where i was saturday. >> a nice sunday and nice monday to follow as you head back to work, of course. take a look, 84 degrees, but we start at 64 at the bus stop. clear skies, and winds at 5 miles per hour. 68 degrees in baltimore as we speak. 62 in hagerstown and 60 in salisbury. temperatures will climb with clear skies, not seeing anything on hd radar, and ninet 80 degret 6:00 p.m. and we will hit the high temperature of 84 degrees. you can see nothing on the future can model indicating rain coming newer way at least not today or to

i'm patrice harris. we are finally at the -- we are at the weekend finally. meteorologist steve fertig is going to tell us if we're going to enjoy the weather. >>> a little cloud cover, it should get better as the day moves along. a little sunshine peaking through and the weather will get nicer as the weekend goes by. today we will see the temperatures climb a little bit more. start at 61 degrees at the bus stop. cloud cover and could be a little bit of fog, be careful in case you're in the valley areas where there could be more of that. south wind at 5 miles per hour. temperatures not bad. 64 degrees in baltimore, 63 in hagerstown, cooler in salisbury at 54 degrees and as i said, temperatures will be climbing today as the skies begin to clear. look for temperatures to climb to about 70 at noon, and then getting up to a high temperature of 78 degrees, not bad at all at about 3 or 4:00 this afternoon and 75 degrees at 6:00 p.m. the temperatures begin to decline then. a nice weekend coming up. i will tell you more about that in a few minutes. right now let's se

patrice? >> so sandra, if the thinking here is to kind of bolster the afghan troops, what is the admnistration hoping for in terms of getting the security up there? >> reporter: well, they want to take this time to bolster the training programs there, to make sure the afghan security forces are up to speed that they can maintain their level of responsibility to make sure that region is secure and void of terrorism and the taliban insurgents. they're trying to focus on getting that country stronger and strengthen the forces there. it's interesting to note that they're anticipating 134,000 afghan forces to be on the go and ready by december next year and that will bulk you have to 170,000 by the target date july 2011. >> all right, sandra endo reporting live from washington, thank you so much. >>> coming up in our 7:00 hour, another juror in the mayor dixon trial speaks out, what she says slowed deliberations down. >>> and should mayor dixon resign since she was found guilty? we ask former polic

boy, i tell you, patrice, 2 1/2 wings, not bad patrice.m the eastern shore. 10-20-mile-an-hour winds. the showers out there. the central part of the state climbing to 71 degrees. the western part of maryland, 68 degrees for the high with, again a few showers. east winds at 5-10. tonight we see a couple of scattered showers of the evening and it's cloudy overnight. 69 degrees with an east wind at 5-10 miles per hour. as we look to the east look for tomorrow to be warmer. high temperatures and part leady cloudy skies. 73 on sunday and partly cloudy skies and mid-70s with a chance of showers returning. could be heavy downpours as we get into the middle part of next week. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now candace dold is back with a final look at the traffic edge this morning. >> reporter: steve,

i'm patrice harris.eorologist steve fertig is off today. tony pagnotti is in for him and he has a look at the cooler temperatures. i think this weather is making people sick. think it has a couple of people around here. >> including steve who has a sore throat. it was chillier over the weekend and we are 10 degrees cooler than we should be for may 10th. a last look at the temperature, at bwi, it finally hit the big 40. we were stuck in the 30s all morning. we are moving in the right direction. humidity is at 70%, dew point is at 31. it's dry and yet the pollen is high, too. all the allergy sufferers, i'm sure you're loving it out there. the clear sky scan on the radar picture. no rain this morning. you will need sunglasses. we will have high pressure. and breezy conditions at the bus stop. take a coat, sweater or jacket, 45 degrees. our day planner looks like this. by lunchtime we will be at the 60-degree mark. topping out at 62, we're cooling down at 60 degrees with the breeze out there. is it a monday

i'm patrice harris. we need to turn now and get a check of the forecast for the day from meteorologist steve fertig and i a little rain in the weather. >>> the good part is we have cloud cover that means that the temperatures are milder than they they shoul should be. but the bad news is there will be a little bit of rain. >> good bad? as you head out 54 degrees in baltimore. 46 degrees in salisbury and 49 in hagerstown. as i said a pretty mild start for this time of year at this hour because of the clouds, but you do see what is on the way, a lot of shower activity is beginning to hit on the western part of state. the heaviest rain to the south and east. you can see the showers uncan go throug-- continuing through they before the high pressure pushes through. that will be bringing us some showers but even thunder for it looks like for saturday and sunday. and cooler today than with some showers, dry tomorrow, and friday, but filedde filedder an, but rain possible. we will talk about that in a few minute

i'm patrice harris. it's a busy travel day for a lot of people today heading somewhere for a good thanksgiving meal. we are going to check in on the roads and in the air in just a few minutes but we're going to check on the weather. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a messy commute for anybody who is out there today. >>> gray, dreary, a chance of some fog and drizzle. sounds good, doesn't it? >> if there's a good thanksgiving meal at the end of it, it's worth going through the rain. >> that is motivation, but you do want to take it slow, that is the good thing to approach it. >> and it's bad if the people you're going to doesn't know how to cook. it's a bad thing. >> give them time to. radar is indicating we have plenty of clouds out there, and light drizzle and showers to spot, but more pervasive later this afternoon with the showers. the fog that is not just this morning but could be an issue for the afternoon drive, too. it's not going to be the best time today unfortunately, but maybe earlier o

>> reporter: good morning, patrice. 22-year-old alexander scolin the man you are seeing beside me, is the man police across the country are searching for this morning. they believe he murdered his girlfriend. while the body was found in massachusetts where they went to college, both the suspect and the victim are from pasadena, maryland. they still have family in the area. he is the suspect of jacelle rodriguez, his girlfriend. police found rodriguez measure . they say she was murdered but are not releasing how at this point. the two attended pittsburgh state college. police are trying to piece together a time line to find out what happened to rodriguez. >> she hadn't been seen over a period of a couple days. it's a tragic case of domestic violence. >> reporter: police say he is driving a 2003 black honda civic with a maryland license plate the number is 8dxx66. he is originally from pass teen a. they are asking anyone who comes in contact with him toe call tol police right away. >>> megan what does police know about th

i'm patrice harris. we're just 10 days away from the christmas holiday. it's hard to believe time is flying but the temperatures will soon make you feel like it's winter out there. meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us in on the cold coming details. >> it doesn't feel like it, yet the last couple of days. >> no. >> very mild, at the bus stop, patrice, don't need the heavy, heavy coat. just a coat. >> i started out happy about that and you shot me down, and said don't get used to it. >> that's what i'm here to do it. not to make you unhappy but to at thtell you. 42 is not too bad for this time of day at this time of year. bus stop, still cool enough to need a jacket or a coat. south wind at 5 miles an hour. the winds will pick up and the temperatures will drop later in the day. right now as you can see throughout the area, low to upper 40s throughout. the noontime temperature will be well above the average for this time of year which is 46 degrees. it will remain above average and then temperature

that will be good, patrice.here next year as long as we get the final details done. 95% there. if you want to call it that. how many fans do you really think would be here. >> over 100,000 over the course of the weekend. >> reporter: and that is just here. you look around and you don't have to come down to be able to see necessarily and pay to get in? >> i think it's a very unique environment. the fact that we will have close to 100,000 people throughout the streets of baltimore watching the event, but then the corporate community around the city, obviously with the skyline looking down on the course. you will see people out of the office building looking down at their windows. just the environment, we're talking about another 25 to 30,000 people might be able to see it from an elevated view. >> reporter: you look around here, there's windows everywhere. what are they going to see right here on pratt street? >> you will see the fastest straight away in the entire race. coming down pratt street, they will hit spe

i'm patrice harris. >>> another good morning especially if you're a raven fan, another good night for them. or a raisin. >> purple. >> i'm patrice harris. meteorologist steve fertig. >> they're both purple. >> in the commercial i said i'm hungry. i don't know if all of this is coming together in my head. >> it's a new trend. >> the ravens had a good night. they started the game off strong and kept up. that is what we like to see n it could be a very up season. it's like the last season. >> maybe they will start selling raisins at m&t. >> there you go with patrice's name on it. let's see what is happening out there, as far as the temperatures go on this tuesday, we start off with a comfortable start, low humidity, 71 degrees starting out in baltimore. 63 degrees in harrisburg. generally we're in the mid-to upper 60s throughout the area here. clear skies and high pressure is allowing for the dry start. we're going to have plenty of sunshine. i can't find whole lot of rain. it stays offshore, only a little

patrice.there will be at least one empty seat at franklin middle school. a 7th grader who says she was bullied every single day. now ii escalated on a stairwell ú%e day when she ssys she was pushhd own and aa a resull broke her foot. the 13-year-old's mother administrators ignored her daughter's plea for help. ben bow said they should havv >> they weee surrounded her and they were poking her. she was scared, embarrassed,ú tired of all the anxiety and he fame calling. it's suuposed to be a safe environment for your child, yyu know, they don't need to be called names. >> reeorter: ben bow has now filed a $600,000 lawsuit against the county board of education and also sue school administrators here.ú they are not commenting at this point. the ben bow's attorney says they ú%pe this lawsuit ppompts in change here. ben bow is keeping her daughter at home in search of a new school she says she hopes will be safer. live in baltimore county, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. >>> stay tuned to f

i'm patrice harris.gist steve fertig is here and he is giving high 5s, that must mean weather kid wednesday. >> it does. and steve is here from cockeysville. tell us about yourself. you go to school where. >> at war knell elementary. >> and you're in what grade. >> i'm in 5th grade. >> you are going to do the weather with me, and you are ready, i can tell. rete now right now i want to tel everybody, that the showers are moving through the eastern shore. to the north up toward new jersey, where we are right now, not too bad, just cloudy skies and you will be telling them all about that later. shower chances later in the day as well. 71 degrees in baltimore, as well. cockeysville, 68 degrees, up in bel air 68 degrees as well. down in annapolis, we got temperature up 71. generally upper 60s and low 70s, 77 degrees by noon, 77 degrees by 6:00 p.m. after getting to the high temperature of 82 degrees with a chance of a thunderstorm that you're going to tell them all about it later on, are you? and the rest of

patrice, back over to you. >>> candace, thank you. coming up should the 9/11 terrorists be tried in court in new york insurin city? >> we ask our inñw >>> concerns about the strength of the economic recovery pushed stocks lower in thursday trading. the dow slid to close at 1,033,244. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 also finished sharply lower. >>> aol is cutting a 3rd of its workforce. it plans to layoff 2300 people. aol will seek volunteers for layoffs before cutting jobs involuntarily. the move is for the spin-off of december 9th, time-warner. in doing so the ceo said he would forgo his annual mortgage. >>> despite governmentests to help the mortgage's bankers association, points that 9.3% of loans were delinquent. that does not include homes that were in for enclos foreclosure. when we look at it, it's almost six homes out of 10. $4.8 trillion will be to pay the interest on that debt. for business news, i'm stan case. >>> coming up a verdict in mayor dixon's corruption trial could come today. what that verdict could mean to her politica

good morning, joee. >> reporter: good morning, patrice.se are just a part oo what we will see on the field. we'rr talking about the wounded underarmorrand the terps. a couple of teams have done this across the college football specttum. names, the real things will beú courage. these will be aucttoned off too3 raise mmney for the wounded soldier. tell us your story. serving in iraq. in 2005 while we weee 20 daas on way from coming home. by an iud. i returned back to the states. you know, feeling -- >> all right, we're going to geú %-bit because it's a great stor. we wishhmaryland all the best. hopefully the jerseys go for a lot in that auction. p>> well, coming up, one of the maryland's speed camerr operators caughh speeding himself. what happened to the driver since first being caught. >>> as severe weather movee through last night leaving is left in its wake as low pressure continues o these sausage pancake bites are an amazing combination. combine that with the taste, and it's a combo combo. huh? dunkin's new sausage pancake bites. sausa

good morning, i'm patrice harris. we are checking in with meteorologist steve fertig. and see what he is planning for today. did you send joel out there with a list. >> everything is burnt. we got all of these -- >> oh, steve. >> that would be my dinner if i was cooking. that is why i would go somewhere else. >> technically. >> you know the real reason. >> it has to do with being in the black financially. >> right. >>> let's see what is happening out there, a lot of green. let's talk about another color on our map. that is showers pushing through to the east. on the west side of the state, we are seeing a little blue. that means some snow showers that are coming your way and that means as well an accumulating snow that warrants a winter weather advisory for the western most part of allegheny county and garrett county through 1:00 a.m. in the overnight. so it is going to be a -- we see winter weather to the west. otherwise win he deconditions -y conditions and chilly conditions for the rest of us. 33 in oakland out to

i'm patrice harris.o meteorologist tony pagnoti who is in for steve fertig, because he has weekend weather to fill us in on. >> absolutely. we are going to stay with the same hhh stuff, hot, humid, you know it folks. if you wait until sunday we do have relief in sight. that well defined frontal boundary is going to be the weather maker. cooler drier air is behind it, that will be getting in here late sunday into monday. until then, here are the current temperatures, indexes. and the receive storm possibilities thunderstorm but that wouldn't happen until 5 or 6:00. let's get the latest on the friday morning commute with candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, stone . things are starting to pick up on the roadways. the good news is there's no incidents to talk about, but there's the friday morning volume that we have to deal with. headed to 695, a lot of cars that we have to contend with, we are look at a 14-minute commute. on 95 through the city in the fort mchenry tunnel, it eases up bit a so that's relief

i'm patrice harris. >>> let's get a check of the our forecast, because hopefully a new month brings new weather patterns. out with the snow and in with the sunshine. >> actually we still have a similar pattern, the southern stream that has been taking our coastal low, that is still in place, but the next one is going to be disconnected to the other piece ich was the low pressure center to the north and west of . >> it ems not as big. >> , it still seems not to be as big of a deal. and we expect to see a snow. >> when is the snow that will bring the sunshine. >> that would be a high. more on meteorologist 101 a little bit later. taking a look at the temperatures out there, 39 in hagerstown and it will feel chill we are lighter wind and you will see that we have part lead cloudy to mostly clear skies. it will look with more of the same for the afternoon but the activity as far as the winter weather stays up central new england. keeping an eye and moving in our general direction and see if that is going to

%-i'm patrice harris.er 7th. a lot of people getting back to the weather, a little cool right now but getting better. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look aa hat we can expect. >> we can't stop talking about -he ravens. >> we have been talking about >> with the terps aad the maryland winning. >> i tell yyu what, weather wise we're going to make the moves up the ladderrin terms of the temperatures getting into the upper 80s. it will be a sunny day, a pretty day, though. although the humidity will star3 to climb, too. 599in hagerstown andd62 in salisbury. sky hd radar and high pressure is shifting off to the east a little bet mor bit more and briu the southerly flow. we see the showers to the west that dissipates as the front pushes through. you could get to the west by late tonight passing through in those areas much generrlly friday night and cooler,,3 breezier conditions mmve in behind that front foo thursday and friday. mostly sunny and cooler, thursday throughhsaaurday even. showers and a thunnerstor

i'm patrice harris. we start this morning with a school closing. garrett county schools are closed today and it might be easy to understand why. so far that county has recorded more than 260 inches of snow this winter. a lot of it came last week. and remember whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 morning news, because our morning news ticker will have all the latest closings, delays and traffic conditions. the ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. >>> let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig. they got hit hard again last week so they're still recovering from that. >> they got a lot of cold air in place, you get the help of the great lakes for the lake-effect snows plus the coastal systems. >> last week on top of the all of the snow they got when we got the blizzard, they're never go to thaw out up there? >> slowly, ghat i and that willd if it's slow. in fact, we will get into the 50s by the weekend around here in the central part of the state. right now we're at 39 degrees. that is mild throughout the are

i'm patrice harris. and because it's friday, that means it's your turn to talk with us on our facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in our facebook feedback segment. we want to help you start your weekend right. the first two fox 45 fans to post the code word on you on facebook wall will win a grand prize. you can go to facebook.com/baltimore to become a fan. and meteorologist steve fertig is here with a great lack at our forecast. >>> warming temperatures into the 80s, well into the 80s by tomorrow. take a look at where we start. clear skies and cold temperatures, that is because it's blowing out of the north. today we're talking about temperatures that will be warming up because the flow will be out of the southwest as the winds shift. two mid 40s out there, and the southwesterly flow going to warm us up. it will provide the ingredients for the thunderstorm chances as we get toward the weekend as the frontal boundary approaches. thunderstorm

i'm patrice harris. >>> we have snow already coming down in some areas, more on the way to start off our weekend and to start off the morning we have school closings to tell you about. cecil, garrett, harford and somerset county schools are all closed this morning. allegheny and baltimore schools are operating on a two-hour delay and queen ann county schools are 90 minutes late and just remember whenever severe weather hits tune in to fox 45 morning news, our morning news tickers will have all the latest delays, closings and traffic conditions. that ticker update automatically and even runs during commercials. >>> now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig to see what we examin can expect, t rages from one area on the too. garrett county expected to get hit hard. >>> garrett county as much as a foot of snow so far, patrice, and we're going to see more there well additional inch. over the mountains the highest amounts will be toward cecil county where we have school situations with closings there

>> reporter: it appears he does, patrice. several days have gone by since the first town hall meeting of the weekend and this one coming up in montana. there's been a lot of talk, about potential death panels that may be in place to talk about, you know, end of life type of care for older individuals and even republicans have come out and said this is being misinterpreted and we need to be clear about this. it appears that the president is going to address that head on today in montana. >> all right, samantha hayes reporting live from washington. thank you. >>> coming up in our 7:00 hour, the ravens win the battle of the belt ways, game highlights are coming up in sports. >>> i never wanted anything in my life that i couldn't stand losing. >> it's a love story that our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. gate agent: this is your final boarding call... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour, almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bw

patrice?andra, since the retailers are going to be tougher this holiday season, what should the legitimate consumers before they go out shopping this year? >> reporter: some good tips to think about when you're out shopping or when you get an item as well. make sure you have your receipts and if you're giving a gift include the gift receipt as well. make sure you keep the itestimony with all the tags on and its original wrapping and be mindful of the return policy for each individual store, it varies, as you know. if you decide you don't want it and you don't like it, you want to return it, make sure you do it quickly. time is of the essence as well. >> sandra, great advise, thank k you so much. >>> sure. >>> if you were planning to getting the h1n1 vaccine, you will may have to wait longer. the vaccine shortage hitting baltimore. >>> plus michael jackson fans he go nuts for the film "this is it." >> what they're s - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now i

i'm patrice harris. let's cheek in with steve and see if the storms are out of the way for now or just wet after this weekend. >> yeah, and it is out of the way for now. it looks like it won't be 'til wednesday or thursday that we see strong storms again. those storms we'll wait to see. a possible tornado. we know we had tornadoes touch down on friday and n- frederick county. very active weekend. we hope we don't see anything like that again any time soon. again, the next best chance of storms that could be strong are wednesday and thursday. until then let's enjoy today. take a look at a where we start o.72 degrees, a little bit of cloud cover in spots. a little fog left over from where there was rain yesterday. be aware of that 82 degrees by the noon hour. more sunshine as we get to the latter part of morning and afternoon. 84 degrees at 6:00 p.m. after high temperatures today right around 88 degrees. 73 in baltimore as we speak an surrounding areas in the low 70's. sky watch hd rar dar not indicating a