here's jamie costello. >> reporter: a corner picture is worth 150 pounds. >> yes. >> reporter: no way, it's the same lady. her daughter lost. >> actually 83 1/2 pounds as of today. >> 75 pounds as of today. >> reporter: and now it's time to make room for daddy. >> what's the first thing you want to do? >> i think i'm going to have a beer with my buddy bill. [ laughter ] >> reporter: laughs from a love seat in japa town,. >> january of 1972 i had just moved to overly from dun back. >> reporter: the day william med eldridge at overland high school. voted most likely never to be out of shape, they were football stars for the falcons. >> there'sal and there's me. >> i was 78, he was 89. >> reporter: nearly 40 years later, they grew up and they grew out. >> i always struggled with weight and then it's always, you know, haunted me. >> reporter: three weddings and a whopping weight gain. the father of the bride needed help. >> there was an intervention about two years ago, i guess, we were all at hershey park in october. >> reporter: so a man who starred at double rock park and rosedale park

. >>> good morning i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle.joining us before we get to anything, a special good morning to sheila from franklin square hospital. >> lovely lady. have a wonderful day, happy easter. >>> good morning to justin berk.

jamie costello, your words alone are inspiration. that's worth watching again. good job, man.d job for those people working hard to drop the pounds. >>> we got a good job on our storm center weathernet. two cameras, these are interesting. with the sound of my voice, i know you're busy doing your morning routine, it'll be a slow commute, come to the tv and check this out. we have a view from the street lights, it's really foggy, you can barely see across the parking lot at veterans elementary. is this an idea of what we're talking about. trying to drive at highway speeds which may not be possible this morning. you won't be able to slow down in time when you see break lights. ease off the throttle, you may not be able to see some of the overhead street signs. in spots it is cut down to less than 100 feet. check this view out. that's an ominous cloud. fog hanging just about 50 to 100 feet above the field at sparrows point high school. 52. they're just below the fog affecting put rest of us. that is just a neat shot this morning. wanted to share that imagery with you. sometimes yo

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. >> i'm jamie costello. >> what a great weekend it was. >> we haven't pooed mike gonzales in the last boos may have settled down because the allergies but you are feeling it you are not alone. we have pillet up the pollen across the area, part of it has to do with the dry weather put we have a system that will hopefully drop rain tomorrow which will take some pollen out of the air and give you some relief. today will be bad off the allergy friend, and in glen burnie, we have a dry set up here, we did have a cool front blow through and in maryland's most powerful doppler, five sweeps and we are sounding the all clear. it will probably drop a few more notching this morning. an exphowr a half away from sunrise, when the sun comes up and mostly sunny although a cool, sunny breeze, baltimore gets to 70 with 60s outside the beltway, the sun will up until 7:41. just one tick before 5:00. >>> the first look at traffic on a monday morning as you get ready to start your day, 695 and hartford, we look at the cameras

i'm jamie costello. megan will be on the clock tomorrow. the nfl draft is today. ravens will be picking late tonight, late tonight. this is the first time we've done this on a week night. she's sharing draft secrets right now with mel kuiper. orioles lost yesterday 4-1. >>> here is justin berk. >> megan does know her stuff. it's time someone finally utilized her talents. >>> we have a talent, showing you the most extensive look the area uh, vantage points. we have more views than anybody else. this takes us back overnight. watch the building fog getting pretty darn thick this morning. street lights are off. it's just barely visible across the parking lot and across the street. that's glen oak and baltimore. 48 degrees, 100% humidity. let's take you to baltimore county. this is stevenson university. we can barely see across that parking lot as well. 47, tucked in the valley off green tree valley road. original stevenson campus. 47 degrees. their fog is matched in other spots. ellicot city, veterans elementary. they're at 43. we should be able to see it again in the

. >>> good morning, maryland, i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us.ather. >> i almost had more people in my backyard than there yesterday. temperatures well below normal. it will feel chilly. you'll need a light jacket purely for the fact we're not accustomed to cool temperatures that will be stuck in the 50s. about a half-inch below normal of rain for the month. the first time this year. even though theground water is high we have the reservoir systems at full capacity. we could actually use the rain. and the pollen levels will be dropping, that's good news. even though the rainfall is not expected to be that heavy, just enough to clean things up. 48 westminster. 49 owings mills. 52 edgemere. and the rain in western pennsylvania there, we're expecting some of that moisture to try to get here maybe by lunchtime. more on that coming up. here's traffic are -- with troy. >>

>>> good morning, i'm jamie costello >> reporter: hang in there, i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. on this tuesday. did you know that there, mr. fault line? here's justin. >> all science is out the window. >> some people say there's something to be said about the full moon influencing seismic activity and there is one coming up toow

good friday morning i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle.ing us it's going to be a fabulous day. >> great weekend i think. let's find out right now. justin berk. >>> if you loved yesterday and the day before, love keeps spreading. a fantastic set up as we are heading through the holiday weekend. headlines for today, stayed warm for a while, sunny and dry. we may not be as warm as we hoped at least for the official reporting station. southeast wind yesterday, dragged cooler weather off of the chesapeake bay held news the lower 70s. chance of hitting 80s was there there. if z it's not happening until tuesdayment may not happen today or tomorrow. we got fantastic weather here. clear skies. 45 frederick. 50 across the bay. low 40s to 50s this morning the. jumping to 77 with sunshine this afternoon. let's go to the roads. >>> good morning. traffic really quiet and very light volume as we peek around the area. in baltimore there is a structure fire and on gillford between or liens and center in the process of getting the equipment off the roads. t