the day at a glance. 88 now. heavy rain and 74 at noon and strong gusty thunderstorms are possible with a light chance of isolated tornadoes in eastern sections later on. highs in the upper 70s. angie, it is 4:03. i had a lot to say. >> you sure did. go take a breather. >>> hope you are off to a great thursday. leave early if you have to travel on the wet radios and give yourself extra room between the car in front of you. you will need it this morning. 95 in virginia. past 630 -- route 30 in stafford. the outer loop in virginia. the accident is cleared and looks like the inner loop is okay between 95 and 66. i want you to know in chevy chase we have a water main break. as a result of that we have willard avenue closed between river and north park road. they will be out there for quite some time. as we move it outside, 270 northbound, we have an accident at shady grove. going southbound, no problems to the split, just slick pavement. and the big thing we are watching, 70 eastbound between 29 columbia pike and the river brid

as far as the rain to the south of us. over ten inches of rain is possible. the heaviest ban right here. and generally speaking, there's a possibility of getting up to 6 inches worth of rain out of this system here before it gets out of here. the thing is, it's already in place and we're starting with the storm and we'll have more later. >> back to you guys. >>> and thank you, we'll invite you to stay with wjz-13 for the instant forecast and the look at the radar on wjz.com. >>> we have breaking news from montgomery county. a school bus crash, kai has more. >> reporter: that's right, it happened on i-270, democracy boulevard. we're going to show you this. it's a school bus off of the sky ramp and one person may be pinned and there are several injuries. this is a heavily traveled area and it's around rush hour. it's creating heavy traffic and this is a serious accident. rescue crews are there and we understand there are at least 15 injuries and one person is pinned. as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. >> the thank you, kai, from the news room. >

we need the rain. we coulde about two to three inches when it's done and it'll be done into tuesday and then by wednesday we will see more sun back in the forecast. also what we will have to deal with the rain, we have breezy conditions as well as we go in through tonight and then the breezes will be picking up into tomorrow and tuesday. look forward to that as well. then as we check out what's going on right now the temperature at 62 degrees. the humidity at 90% and the winds hollywooding steady. the seven day forecast. we will look at the tropics coming up. >> its been a long wait here in the state. we are just hours from pulling the lever on a slot machine. the casino plans to open tomorrow. days ahead of schedule. cheryl the gambler connor is here with more. >> reporter: that's right. i'm ready to go. 1500 machines are in place and ready to take our tok ens. hollywood casino invited a thousand people yesterday and the event went well enough to hand over that license. empty seats but not for long. on

you can see the heaviest rain -own here in annapolis. in act, we get closer still, and let's get even downninto annapolis itself. you can see down there we re seeing the heavieet downpours. -f fact, the area that you see indicating the red and orannes out there, s much s an inch of rain has fallen in a lot of thoss locations. we get a widerrview now and den - look at where we have other %--et's see where we caa pop tht up or you. we look to the northeest where we have the heavier falling rai3 there. -e will show you what is gging on there. around the i-95 beltway from 695 you, can you see heavv rain north of aberdeen and seeing heavy rain and a lot of this activity is going to contiiue to move north and west.3 that is the gennral patternn and heavyyrain you caa see andd3 certainly thereeare. it's just not stoom centers in terms of ells. the heavier rain is going to move in that direction. any rainfall, but will get toeng that lattr. the moisture cominn from the south. we do havv flood watches as far as the tornado watch. that's the flood

east of the rain, it's picking up and it's on the doorstep of baltimore and annapolis. and denton, already heavy rain and federals burg and heading down into salisbury and this is just the beginning. we'll switch it over and show you the latest statistics on nicole. the senor is to the south and ahead of it, that's connected with this. take a look at the track, the winds are up to 40 miles per hour and it's moving to the north east. and it will probably gain more strength at this point. and the track ends. and this is by the national hurricane center. they think it will lose its characteristics. en and don't get hung up on the name. it will have more impact throughout the next day. >>> well, the thank you, bern and good afternoon, everyone. you spoke correctly, don't get hung up on the name and the track. en we'll show you why. we know that the energy is nicole. if your house is destroyed, is it a tornado or a wind sheer, it doesn't matter, it's the same type of storm and that's what's heading our way. we'll see the coastal gusts and 35, up to 40 miles per hour here. we'

the heaviest rain will be from the d.c. area to the west. morrow we'll see a little bit of a rain and a break. tomorrow round two breaksin. another one to two inche winds 15 to 30 miles an hour with gusts of 40 miles an hour and in this scenario, i think the heaviest rain will stay to the east of washington. so that means the eastern shore. you'll also see the heaviest rain. that's why we do not have just a flash flood watch but also a coastal flood watch. that including the chesapeake bay area and the potomac. we could see moderate flooding. if you're in an aa prone to flooding, you probably know who you are, you can expect to see some above normal high tides over the next 24 to 48 hours. cloudy skies tonight. light rain continues in some areas. it will become heavier later tonight. think tomorrow morning's rush hour will be very troublesome. periods of rain. some will be heavy at times. 60, 65 degrees. then tomorrow afternoon, we see periods of rain. it will be heavy early but then becoming windy, 75 to 80 degrees. we'll see winds upwards o

the day. more periods of heavy rain throughout the day. blinding rains, if you will. east wins 20 to 25 miles per hour sustained. here's a look at the surface feature. these white top clouds are associated with the storm- producing clouds john was mentioning heavy downpours. this is the area of low pressure to it right along the i-95 corridor, which is causing all the problems so far. the remnants of tropical storm nicole are still off the coast of south florida. it will likely not be here until some point tomorrow morning. we have a lot more to cover, and it is only getting worse as the rain continues to pound it. >> all of this rain is wreaking havoc throughout the area. school closing the traffic delays and flooding. live a double-team the storm petrel coverage with rob roblin, but first let's go to jennifer franciotti who was at the inner harbor. it will be awhile until you try out, huh -- dry out, huh? >> we are a cross from the national aquarium, where we have been steadily watching the water rise. officials are monitoring the situation and they are well aware of

the radar. tracking heavy to moderate rain in the southern portion of the state. more heavy rain starting to move in but most down at the south eastern tip of the state. let's show you the current flood watch and advisory. these are in effect to start at midnight and lasting through thursday evening. you see most of the state will be in a flood watch situation. you can see why, lot of rain brewing down there in virginia and north carolina. this storm really getting its act together and on its way in here tomorrow. clear in the city now but that heavy rain set to start falling in the next couple hours. more on this and a detailed look on when the rain gets out of here. >> thank you. bge expects power outages from the storm to number though the thousands. preparations are being made. we are live with that part of the story. >> reporter: the state taking seriously. the state emergency operations center will be activated tomorrow morning. we did see some rain but nothing like what we are expecting tomorrow. bge is calling this a system wide event which means they are e

some people are enjoying the rain. ck to you. >> i know you are not so get back in a dry space. >>> in virginia it could be a rough high tide along the potomac. jessica doyle is watching things along king street. still rain showers there? >> i would call it moderate rainfall at this point. we are on king street where it terminates by the potomac. if you look back you can see we have signs of life here in old townen alexandria, people stopping by starbucks and getting coffee. if you are interested in getting sandbags you can do that today on king and lee street. at that intersection. they are handing out sandbags. proof of residencecy required. i will take you 0 to my thai, a restaurant here in old town alexandria. no sandbags characteristic of what we are seeing on king street this morning. none of the businesses have so far been sandbagged but we have concerns. there is a lot of standing water on the street and a lot of rainfall. the potomac we see high tide around 1:25. in terms of rainfall we are getting obviously a

the rain continues with the tropical rains. e, this plume of water coming in from north of the bahamas now through east of north carolina. some areas have had over 2' of rain in the last couple of days. we have 6" and growing. we have moderate-to-heavy rain in areas. the heavy rain from warrenton to culpeper. to our east, this is where they have been hit the hardest. annapolis up to baltimore. you see the heavy rain along the bay. across the eastern shore in tillman and st. michael. it comes back to st. mary's county. you are seeing the torrential rain tropical downpours. that extends to the northern neck as well. this is all lifting off to the north. some of the cells are moving 40 miles an hour or more. if anything spins up, it will happen quickly. let's go back to the weather computer. we will talk about the weather. all of the counties in light green are flash flood warnings. be careful. stay home if you can. it is that simple. everybody else, flash flood watch until 9:00 p.m. tonight. right now, we do not have any warnings.

that's where some of the rain is. back to the west back toward martinsburg, west virginia, bruns wick, berriesville and winchester. 66 toward front royal seeing the rain as well. more shower activity down toward richmond. this continues to move to north tonight. we'll see rain overnight tonight into torrow morning. that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow morning for just about the entire area. watch out out there, especially after the midnig hour. i expect to see some of the heaviest rain overnight tonight. 75 in sterling. 73 in quantico. fed ricksburg around 74 degrees. right toward florida inundated with heavy rainfall all because of this area of low pressure. that area of low pressure will make it to the north and east away from us. again, heavy rain tonight but by tomorrow afteron that will ush out of here for a good portion of the day. more rain on wednesday into thursday. that's the pattern setting up a deep eastern trough setting up here. that will bring in more rain. wet for days here.

heavy rain across the chesapeake bay and heavy rain on the way. along at these rain totals. almost three inches in hunting town and almost two inches in chevy chase. the district well over an inch on the way to approximately two to five inches. here's a look at our rain total map what we expect. heavier amounts toward the east. we have a tornado watch in effect for the metro area. montgomery county, fairfax county, points east including the district and prince george's until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. wind advisory for calvert, st. mary's until 6:00 p.m. this evening. here's our forecast. we will call for conditions to slowly improve. i stress slowly. daytime temperatures 72-78 degrees. heavy rain will come to an end by the rush hour commute this evening. traffic after this. >> it's tough in the rain with the crash in the beltway at telegraph road. at 450 and carrollton. we started this morning with a jackknifed truck accident still there on the inner loop after the exit for 270 north but before old georgetown road and two separate wrecks at falls road that should be on the sh

the rain will be heaviest between 9:00 and midnight tonight. w morning, and that is when we will pick up the bulk of the precipitation. an enormous slug of moisture from the caribbean straight up the east coast. most of the country is virtually cloud-free. all this moisture we have to deal with, and deal with it we will with amounts of two the 5 inches. a quick look at the seven-day. sunshine returns on friday. cooler over the weekend. brief shower on sunday, but generally, cooler weather pattern of cool, on whether as we head into the weekend and beyond. -- cool, autumn weather. >> mr. portis ok? >> he was not after the game. that certainly was obvious. the redskins went back to work today after a much-needed day off to purge and get rid of that loss to the rams. clinton portis is still listed as the first-string running back. there were a lot of questions after he went down without being touched last week on that run, and everyone was wondering if he would still have his spot. appears he has some weakness in his wrist that was visible today. m

he haa the hands on the powerful ann heavy rain is making the mess on rains across the area.eve fertig with a look at what you're facing out ttere? -henever you get a lot of tropical moisture like ttis. -ou get a lot of instability. ú% we hhve tornado warring for kenkenttcounty. a tornado watch in place for most of the central counties ad eastern shore but as we get to3 thingssof now, as we look at our there's no lightning strikes around kent county. still a slight cautioo because everybodyyis around that tornado watch. it definitely bears watching. you expect to see lightning take a look at the sky hd radar and asswe get closer to hat area, here is what we will find especially toward tte northeast part anddup around aberdeen, we get closer because we're going to keep an eyeeon this system. it's going to bring us heavy amounts of rain, that's why we have a flash-flood watth for the entire rest of the area and even a warning for the entire east of the state. there's a flash-flood warning. heavy rain as much aa 3-5 inches, maybe more and a -hance of thunderssorms that could be

this is where the heaviest rain is. these are actually downpours that continue to make their way toward the east. right around herndon, centerville, manassas, making their way down to oaktn. and the heaviest rain just crossing over 270, woodfield, we'll continue to watch this as it makes its way to the north and piste. nothing severe right now. but this will bring you a very, very quick 20-minute downpour that will bring you an inch to a half inch. as we widen out here, the wider view shows more rain downtoward the south. we're going to continue to s this moisture plume moving up. right now just to the north of richmond. it will be in the washington, d.c. area in about the next two hours. and again that is some very heavy rain. and down to the south even further. this is the remnant of tropical storm nicole down here towards north carolina, coming on shore rig now. but look at that moisture feed right along our area. that's the area that's going to see the most rain tonight from i-95 to the east. siilar to what we saw la

we'll get start wade look at all the heavy rain across the area. there are pockets of extremely heavy rain. can you see the dark yellows and reds. the worst it was at this moment appears to be just to the south and east of the district. here in washington, we have seen some steady rain. can you seat worst it was down towards waldorf, la plata, some intense yellows and reds and this area to the east, i'll focus on that for just a minute. out towards annapolis, harwood, mitchellville, crofton, bowie. these are erstorms and they are addition to producing very heavy rain, wind gusts associated with the storms have been pushing 40 to 45 miles per hour. so extremely heavy rains just to the east of the district as well. there is a lot of heavy rain to our south down towards fredericksburg as well. all of that this has to push through the area. we are not done with this yet. the heaviest rain will be with us through about 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. starting to pick up some thunderstorm activity as well. that will only enhance rain totals which are expecte

there are some breaks in the rain showers. overall, we've seen rain everywhere and we will continue to. north along 95 and it's pushing west to east. pushing through charlestown and almost in the springfield mixing bowl. another round of rain moving into the immediate metro. showers off and on expected through the day, high temperatures around 70 degrees in the shenandoah valley and westward. severe thunderstorms possible locally and east of the 95 corridor and along the 95 corridor. over by tomorrow afternoon. >>> it has been a struggle out of bowie before 197 with a crash. baltimore and washington parkway northbound, first exit after the beltway is closed because of a crash on the ramp. 270, showing you the pace of traffic. the sums it up. plenty of road spray. next we go to virginia in the geico camera. 395 north bound, picking up some of your neighbors on the right side near duke street. alison starling? >> makes me want to go back to sleep. good news for drivers using the capital beltway. the weekend vdot opened two new ra

we are not done with the rain yet. the tropical connection going to the atlantic and looks like another wave may be forming so that more rain could be tonight in to tomorrow. and with all of the rain we have had, the light greene county, the entire metro region, southern maryland, culpeper, up to pennsylvania, the northern neck, all under flood warnings at this hour. many of these go through mid afternoon and may be extended beyond that because there's more rain out there. tracking live doppler 9000 hd in is chief meteorologist topper shutt. >> thank you, hb. we are not done yet. you have to go back to floyd to see the totals east of town and some of us that remember agnes in ' 72 where we had a foot of rain across the area. start with live doppler and talk about the totals. the bull's eye has been east of town. eight inches to the south. ten inches, unbelievable totals even inland a little bit we are talking five and three inches. everyone has received at least two or three inches of rain with this system. and as howar

the north. so here in washington, while we may just have moderate rain just to the south, heavy rain is about toove in. an the torrential rains have been really coming down. now moving

the rain has been coming down all day. have a lot of water on the roadway but it's unclear whether or not that played a ctor. there was a lot of traffic in the area at the time. we're going to have to wait and see and make that determination later. barbara, back to you. thank you, megan. and we're going to check onhe midday traffic right now. jerry edwards joins us with the latest. >>> good morning. good morning, everyone as we check things out around the capal beltway. looks lick around connecticut avenue, what was there is no more, it appears nevertheless looat all the road spray. keep your speeds down. you can see by that branch smacking the camera the winds are beginning to pick up. let's update you making the trip to northeast. we did have the high water reported as you make the drive in through parts of northeast washington along rhode island avenue and over the american legion bridge. bevery, very cautious. we're seeing some ponding of water now in both the inner and outer loop particularly in the far right d far le

the rain can taper off and end by midnight tonight. blustery winds tomorrow with partly cloudy skies, highs reaching the mid 70s. then as we get into tomorrow afternoon and evening, we'll see they're getting quite chilly. only in the 40s on saturday morning. saturday and sunday afternoon, we'll have it into the mid 60s to upper 60s andt will be partly cloudy. another chilly start on sunday morning, and as we get into next week there could be some more unsettled weather moving our way with highs in the 6s to 70s by midweek. but again we do have a tornado warning in effect for southern maryland, it includes eastern st.ary's county, and southern calvert county. this is a particular storm here that shows sme circulation on the radar that i now heading off to the rth and a bit to the north and west and will be affecting southern calvert county. you do see storm coming your way. take cover, move to an interior room of your hou or to the lowest floor of a security building and aid the windows. that's for sure in this area of southern maryland

the wave of heaviest rain just moved through. he weather terrace we are looking at steadier rain that moved through. heading out to school or at home you can help us big time. set up your rain gauge. usually sammy snow stick is checking out the snow but if you have a high vase or something like that it will tell you how much rain is falling at your place. speak of that, you can log on to wusa9.com and that's the main page. that's our interactive radar. one tool to help you check that out and also you can check on the storm reports. it's under the web tab go. and send in and tell us how much rain has come at your house by using one of these. going to school today, science clasp one of the fun things you can do to help track the rain throughout the day. >> looking at interesting things when we look back -- nice to see sammy snow stick -- front is back here. the 70s in the south and east. and winds are northernly but the southeast winds will kick and the warm air will surge toward us. 70 degrees. 68 on the dew. humidity 94% and the n

you will see the heaviest rain to the south. re getting closer now and show you exactly where we're seeing theeheaviest rain. you can see toward annapolis ii fact ann we will gettcloserú still, you will see the heavvest rain, and that indicated by the annapoois area as well, and those arees will continue to the areas that you see here in we will ccntinue to see heavy ddwnpours throughout he area through the morning ann throogh the day. we will get a wide ssreen3 picture and show you other areas %-you caany pleety of up toward ú%e northeast part of the state. up ii cecil county,,seeing heavy rain and where it's heavy next we will see the showers mmving toward the north and west. while we are not seeing any cities in the hhavy downpours, we willldefinitely see that movement to the north and west throughout the morning and we will continue to watch that through the afternoon. -s mucas far as how much rain we -icking uppann somm areas seeing we pick up an nch, and down in baltimore as a half an inch you3 ú%e to the ssuth areas moving

the rain tries to end by daybreak. let's see what's happening on the roads right now, those are busy in and of itself. >> they certainly are busy. another road closure due to flooding. westbound route 450, closed at hunt wood drive because of high water. don't drive through the high water if you happen to see it. just be aware of puddling and ponding on the roadways. hydroplaning a big possibility this morning. we had an earlier accident on the outer loop, wilkins avenue. all lanes reopened. these are the residual back-ups from that. traffic pretty much at a crawl as you make your way down towards i-70 and further on towards 95. folks, before you head out the door, allot yourself lots of extra time, still working a crash in ellicot city, what that means is you have no access to the beltway from the point of the accident. all the traffic is being detoured right now onto southbound route 29 so expect to see some increased volume on 129 and route 40 as folks are trying to get onto the beltway. 70 is closed right now. aroun

and the rain was not draining off. at added to the roof load, as it were, and ultimately helped cause the collapse. >> you had your work cut out for you today. thank you, chief dennis rubin, d.c. fire and rescue. >> and it could be ju beginning. they may have a veryusy night ahead. four car res kus there in the northeast. our coverage of the flooding continues. still ahead, weather may have caused a metro bus crash this morning sending peopleo the hospital. >>> plus all eyes are on the skies. meteorologist veronica johnson will tell us how much more rai we're going to get. [ male announcer ] you can't un-smoke a cigarette. and you can't go back and un-do the times you tried quitting... ♪ ...then started again. but every smoker was a non-smoker once. and you could be again. for many, smoking is a treatable medical condition. so talk to your doctor about prescription treatment options and support. and make this time, your time. > you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >>> check out these goliath groupers weighing 400 pounds. som

clair under the gun with very heavy rain. they just keep getting the heavy rain. n consistent there. other parts of the area, you have heavy rain and lighter amounts of rainfall. most of the washington area is getting heavy rain. all of the areas in yellow and orange that you see, getting heavy rain. bethesda, mclean, vienna, arlington. that is what we're watching this morning. right now, current conditions being reported at reagan national airport, heavy rainfall. 69degrees. we are looking for a high today in the mid-70s. humidity, 93%. the wind are out of the north at eight but they will pick up during the course of the day today. they could gust up to 50 miles per hour. they could be up to 70 miles per hour in some severe thunderstorm situations. so you want to be aware of that too. we'll get you the latest. tucker is taking in all the latest data as we speak. we'll get that to you in just a few minutes. >> i guess if there is any good news, this won't be a all-day event. >> we think primary irely in the morning hours. we do think later on in the afternoon, it w

approaching to the south, thursdays, rounds of heavy rain and wind. this could be tropical storm nicole. it stays inland and we'll keep you upped on it. we have the chance for a shower and thunderstorm and otherwise, muggy and warm. 83 for the high and patchys dense fog possible and mixed clouds and sunshine for most of the day. the thing is, tomorrow night, the rain could move in and thursday, it will be a stormny day. and a lot of wind and rain. if it moves further inland, we'll get the rain. stays out to see and we could have a tropical depression. we'll keep updated on that. >>> thank you. >> and still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon. the caffeine fix. which professions rely the most on coffee to get throughout the day. . >> and wjz is always on. for more information; go to wjz.com. ,,,,,, i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a yea

then the rain picks up later tomorrow into monday. in the southern part of the state, the rain could move in by the end of the day, but for us in the city for the game and for the prostate cancer walk, it looks like the rain will hold off until after those events. the rain will be heavy at times monday and tuesday. tropical storm matthew is out there, moving off to the west, it keeps skirting land. it will move into the yucatan peninsula. lisa is up to a hurricane. we've been tracking it for a while. we'll keep you updated on that. small craft advisory in effect for our waters as we head through the day with winds picking up. 73 for our bay temperature. forecasted to hanging on to one last warm day of this stretch, 86 degrees outside. then tonight we go into the 50s. we start to cool it down. tomorrow chance for a couple showers. more clouds than showers. then on monday that rain is picking up in intensity. heavy rain monday and tuesday. and we had an amazing stretch of weather this september, because of that we're over two and a half

look at all the rain. it's a ton of rain across the carolinas, even thunderstorms embedded from norfolk to raleigh. it goes all the way down to the florida keys. all this rain continues to keep moving in our general direction. that means heavy rain is expected later tonight and during the day tomorrow. because of that, they've already issued flash flood watches and for the southern bay and coastal areas a high wind watch with winds as high as 40, maybe 45 miles an hour. meteorologist bernadette woods as more on this massive system and how much rain we're going to get. bernadette? >> it has lost its name. the hurricane center has decided it doesn't have the tropical character rest ticks. the storm is still there and already affecting us and will continue through tomorrow. all of the rain getting funneled in our direction. it will be round after round of heavy rain. also some wind gusts interior areas up to 30 miles an hour. as far as rain goes, this is our biggest concern. we're thinking in this swath right

with the light rain out there and the dew.at 63. i want to show you, this low pressure, this is coming up. that's why rain will be off and on through at least tomorrow morning and should be better in the afternoon. 80 tomorrow. afternoon looks better. wednesday 79 and more rain possible on thursday with highs in the 70s. patranya bhoolsuwan, i give you wet streets and that means? >> it's going to be wet and rainy. >> way to take it and run. >> way to take it. thank you, howard. >> it will be wet to start off the week. use extra caution wherever you go. a live picture on 95 northbound from lorton to the beltway. right now we are seeing volume pick up as we speak but no incidents or accidents to report. that's good news. move over to a realtime maps. we are checking out traffic between springfield and tysons corner in the green. everything is move at speed. watch for wet roads out. there a live picture of the beltway in montgomery county. the traffic is picking up. people are starting the day early just to beat the rush and get out of

rain, the green, not so bad, the lighter rain coming in around the eastern shore once again. but as we look to the south here, that's what we're going to start to get the heavier rain moving in once again. as we get into those reds, that's when we're talking about 1 to 2 1/2" rates, rainfall rates, an hour. if we get that again we're definitely going to be in some more trouble. so with what we've gotten already we do have some flood warnings in effect across the area, basically everywhere, what we're also concerned with is the high tide factor, we're looking at fell's point, 12:53:00 a.m. is the next high tide. then annapolis 11:14:00 p.m. this evening, so we're looking at more rain moving in as we look at the satellite and radar, i'm gonna zoom out for you, you can kind of see where we're going to finally get a break in the action. we can sigh and wait for that. but in the meantime we still have that rain going to be working its way into the area as we go in the time. as i was telling kelly, this is what i was saying, the problem is we have all that moisture from nicole, the

this is the first batch of rain moving north. check out the almanac and you will see a new record for the day, three and a half inches. this matched the old record which was only 1.6 inches on the last day of september, 1920. sunspots have had twice this amount right along the western shore of the bay. two points have come up to tropical levels. it looks like being down in the tropics, that is why we have had so much rain. the higher the two. , the more moisture in the atmosphere. when the temperature gets lower, we could have some fog in the area. this purple stripes mostly over the bay of sometimes clipping the western shores are where the heaviest rain has fallen. in the purple area, that could be very heavy rainfall. most of it fell out of the waters of the day the many land areas did get soaked and there is more on the way. the forecast shows a very heavy strip of rain on the eastern shore. some of that will also clipped the western shore. for our region, the dark green shaded counties where flooding is ongoing. flood warning

the day part. it will be potentially soaking rain. the mid-60s now. 73 at lunch and on the way to 75 and 73 this evening. now throughout tonight, we're close to a band of two to four inches of rain. that would be like midnight through bedtime tonight. and we won't clear the rain out of the neighborhood. still in the morning, the details coming up shortly. >>> we know about standing water and here's sharon from traffic control. >> we're getting reports of two more accidents. meantime, we have this one on the westside at reisterstown road. and single vehicle off of the road, that's at the outer lupe at 795. the car is facing the wrong direction on the left shoulder and the accident on 70 is in the clearing stages and the same for 295. we have this one on 50 westbound at route 3. that's causing two right lanes to be blocked there and that's in an area where there's flooding. there's a live look outside. that's close to an area where there's an accident reported and there's a live look at the westside at old fort road. wjz-13 is always on,

the rains are moving to the north.here is an area of low pressure that's pushing through the north. notice the clearing on the southwestern side of this. that clearing line will continue to push through the metro area later this morning. we anticipate some sunshine at midday and especially in the afternoon. temperature is right now are near 70 and upper 50's in outlying areas. low 80's this afternoon with sunshine. the humidity will drop. you'll notice that as the temperatures go up. partly cloudy tonight with temperatures in the 50's. more comfortable tomorrow morning. we will have a fair amount of sunshine tomorrow, but the clouds will increase later in the day. slight chance of a few showers later tomorrow with most of the rain holding off for thursday. this weekend will be like autumn, looks good. >>> it has been busy this morning. eastbound 66, started with an accident that will be gone shortly. this is before the exit for haymarket. there's a crash on the shoulder on the hov lane is in lorton. ,here's a crash in

the rain continues to fall. people sent once a stocking up on sandbags to stop the rise in potomac river. >> we see the rain coming down there. >> it is certainly picking up. it is coming down pretty hard. we are done at the end of king street. they have the sign of, do not drive. the and not seen it pressed over. we are expecting it. we know they have the sand bags ready to go. it is 2 inches or 4 inches. it is something we are not add due till it in quite at a time. they are driving around old-time alexander. side streets are seeing standing water. there is some high water that has come in. you want to be on the lookout for that. it is going to affect the way your car is driving in hydroplaning. off his line to affect your -- it is going to affect your visibility. not many are able to fix a bed this morning. >> thank you. we should tell you that people are taking precautions against flooding. residents are each allowed to take home five sandbags. i would like to have eight or tim. we are trying to ward it off.

the rain is not letting up. in the pouring rain, pepco and d.c. firefighters responded to a problem with an electrical feet. >> there was a smoldering wire. there was smoke coming from manholes. >> the smoke poured out from under ground. the street were shut down. buildings were evacuated. >> a lot of smoke. they had to evacuate. >> in silver spring, 26 passengers were injured when a metro bus rear end another bus. several of the injured were high school students. >> staff and myself came to the same. we realized it of our students suffered minor injuries -- non- life-threatening injuries. >> a tree came crashing down on the school bus. childrenementary school were on board. >> of the glass came to me. >> fortunately, the driver was not hurt, and the children were transported in another bust. you are asked to leave extra travel time today. it might not look that bad now, but every 20 minutes or so that can change with downpours. >> thank you, mike. >>> two virginia, we are keeping an eye armed other areas -- keeping an eye on other areas known to f

the rain can be heavy at times monday and tuesday. we're in the 70s during that time so not the 90s. but believe it or not these are closer to our averages. we've been lulled into the sense of it being warm lately. now we're back to the full week of fall weather. >>> what do you get a couple that you want to say -- let's try enthusiasm again. take two. what do you get when you have a couple that wants to say i do? >> these are some of your ideas. >> we'll have the wedding gifts for the fall when we come back in a moment. >> reporter: and the great prostate challenge is underway. more than 3,000 runners have [ female announcer ] remember this promise? [ man ] martin o'malley -- taking on bg&e to stop the rate hikes. [ female announcer ] never happened -- your bill went up 72%. and o'malley gave the bureaucrat who approved the rate hike a huge raise. now martin o'malley promises we're moving forward. the fact of the matter is our economy is doing much better now. [ female announcer ] really? nearly 7,000 marylanders lost their jobs last

just want to show you all the heavy rain through the carolinas. wilmington picked up 20 inches of rain in the past week. that slug of moisture continues to roll around a very active jetstream. we have heavy rain expected to continue here throughout the entirety of the day. watch low pressure to our south. few waves of low pressure will keep the heavy rain, especially around the bay and eastern shore overnight. we'll be on the back edge. by tomorrow, should be out of here. we'll watch the high tides, near noon today and also after midnight tonight. for possible bay surge flooding. right now, the busy traffic, here's kim brown with that. >> some incidents, like as i mentioned earlier, have been cleared away. 95 southbound, caton avenue, an accident reported there. another accident at white marsh boulevard, 95 southbound has been cleared as well. harford road, oh man, if it's shiny, then it is slick. take it easy. traffic moving pretty well on the northeast side, although the speeds are down all around the area because of the wet conditions. as we loo

overall not a bad start to our tuesday morning commute but as howard has mentioned the rain rain is not going away through the rush. may want to leave a couple of minutes early. look at the outer loop outside. looks like everything is moving fine between 95 to 270. seeing a good amount of head lights near the colesville road exit. we are all clear as we switch the cameras over. dc 295 you are looking good. 395, you are moving at speed. good morning, virginia. here's the lanes wide open. making your way to the 14th street bridge. and finally let's call it a wrap with 95 northbound from dale city up to the mixing bowl. andrea, we remain delay free. now, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> well, with the area under a flood watch, and more rain pushing in to parts of our area this morning, the commute could get messy as more people hit the roads. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is keeping a watch on things in leesburg, virginia. good morning, kristin. >> hey, andrea, the rain is just now starting to come down. we were driving out here and had no problems. just a little mi

the rains taper off and end this evening. ck with a blustery northwest wind. then cooler for saturday and sunday. partly cloudy each day. morning lows 40s. afternoon his in the 60s. into next week, could be a bit unsettled. highs in the 60s to near 70s by midweek. how is the traffic now? >> tom, trouble in montgomery county. more breaking news that is definitely going to be affecting your commute. the inner loop of the capital beltway is now virtually blocked. it's a jackkfed tractor trailer. the accident we told you about earlier. inner loop of the capital beltway. after the exit to the i-270 spur. that would put it between river road and old georgetown road. the inner loop. now the shoulder may be getting by under police direction. but as you can see, that's not the way to o. stay away from the inner loop. again, tractor trailer jackknifed after the exit to the 270 spur. the left si of the screen, those folks headed north onthe spur. that's where you want to go, you can circumvent the delays cutting over to old georgetown ro

here comes the rain again. we had enough of break this morning the waterseceded a little on this road. you can see the water line. it came up another two feet when we got the period of heavy rain. that's what we're worried about. when these periods of heavy rain come in, will they produced flooding. schools are closed and eve though this is the remnant of nicole, it is worse here than yesterday in south florida. winds gusting at 50 milesn hour or so wl absolutely have potential to take down trees and power lines, especially giving the saturated soil. this situation will not end t next 12 hours and all of it through the district and up north as you well know. we'll keep you posted when it gets bad and will get worse up north. >> jim cantore, for the weather channel. thank you very much. >> al is outside. go ahead. >> good morning. we have a tent for jeremy and melissa's wedding because the rain will keep coming down. we have remnants of nicole. ex-nicole but a secondary low pressure system has developed in north

the rain will pick up intensity tonight and during the daytime hours tomorrow. 'll have a lot of rain, potentially, two, three, four, maybe five inches of rain in some places. we have a flash flood watch not today. this goes into effect later tonight and tomorrow. we're concerned we'll have some intense bands of rain as this system slowly pushes off to the north and east. good news is it will be oust here by friday and right now the weekend looks great. it will be cool but at least it will be nice and dry. 7 # today. increasing clouds. chaps for late-day rain. -- 73 today. the worst of of the rain will hold off until the nighttime hours and particularly during the day tomorrow. overnight low, 65 degrees. rain heavy at times overnight. as we get into the daytime hours tomorrow, forget about it. heavy rain, could be thunderstorms too. the good news is it gets out of here by friday. friday being we sunny by late morning. saturday an sunday, kind of fall-like. highs in the 60s by sunday and monday. more details on the forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. >

for tonight, we have had some light rain but the real activity is going after midnight. flash flood watch in effect. heavy after midnight. and we're looking more at rain. you might hear the rumble of thunder. we're not concerned about thunderstorms tonight. a little bit more so tomorrow morning. low temperatures between 60 and 65 and winds increase east southeast at about 10-15. now tomorrow morning, heavy rain and thunderstorms. flooding is likely two to four inches of rain. just in the morning. temperatures 60s and 70s. winds east southeast at 15-25 and gusty. by afternoon i think we'll see the rain and thunderstorms tapering off. we could still see 1-2 inches. still warm, 75-80. and winds will become northwesterly at 10-15. when they shift and become north westerly that will dry us out and the worst will be in the rearview mirror, so to speak. let's break down tomorrow for you. again, in the morning, the heaviest activity is between 6:00 a.m. and noon. the morning commute will be a mess. especially on top of the accident. so 65 to start, temperatures pretty uniform bot

where the steadier rain is beginning to move in towards the district. vier rain over to the eastern shore and you start to see moving in towards the northern neck. that is the real effective beginning of this next round of rain. top. >> here's the computer model. notice the sharp, you know, line. you go east of town, prince georges county, anne arundel county, 3, 4, 5 inches additional. time frame, 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., we moved it up. bulls eye is east and south of town. i don't think it will be quite as bad. stay home and telecommute if you can. get on twitter and remember to hash tag it with dc flood. 28-mile per hour wind gusts downtown and winds almost 40 miles per hour over on the del marva. decreasing clouds. by afternoon, actually not a bad afternoon. partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. not that bad at all once we get through the afternoon. we take an umbrella in the morning and shade in the afternoon. all right, next seven days, low to mid 70s tomorrow. nice on saturday for the terps game. between noon and 3:00 and a bit

the rain's still falling. you can see the winds by how it's knocking our camera around at this point. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk closely tracking the system. so how much rain has fallen and what's still to come? let's start with bob. >> take a look at radar. we're not done with this by any means. even though it's been quiet the last few hours in central maryland, look what's coming down to the south. a huge plume of moisture once again showing you how much rain has foulen. let's take a look at the current situation. very light rate around the baltimore area. heavier batches west of us. take a look at the rainfall totals. some of these are really impressive. look at this 6 inches, 6 inches, 8 to 10 in some. 8 inches, west of the city, 3, 3 on the eastern shore a lot less. you are getting heavy rain now. basically, that corridor across the bay anywhere from 6 to 8. some areas up to 10 inches of rain. of course they keep changing all afternoon. >> t

people who tried to rave the rising water. >> more than a foot of rain in someplaces. neighborhood is one of the worst hit and the area most llkely to see flooding in the sky waach forecast. >> and 10 miilion baby products recalled. what is on the list. why the toys are ss dangerous to children. >> drenching rain. flood streets and swallow up cars. some businesses destroyed. >> oh, my ggsh. >> that's my mom's business. % -úwho knows what thee are oing to do. >> tonight who about saw 15 inches oo rain. how much more úe will get and he damp being left behind. >> good evening. >> the remnant of tropical storm nicole hit us very hard and more rain ahead. >> we have team coverage of the wickkd weather. keith live in baltimore county with the flooding situation in rose dale and karen parks is live in mount washington where all the waterris causing trouble ffr some businesses. >> first let's now go to vytas with the rain total so ffr tooay. >> we have seen a lot of rainfall coming out of this storm. 2 storm system because whether he an aree of low pressure that

live digital doppler showg the rain across the area. heavier rain off toward the eastern shore.s. so we're going to watch out for that. this is a line right here that's formed down to the south and west and made its way out towards the east. frederick county, montgomery seeing rain. down towards prince william county. these will make your way towards fairfax county. then lht to moderate rain down toward calvert couny. just to the south of calverton and manassas, you'll see heavy rain. this line did have a severe thunderstorm warning with it earlier. how much rain have we seen? over 4 1/2 inks in frederick. nearly 2 1/2 in clinton, maryland. 9 inches of rain there. annapolis over 7 inches. this is the sme area ta i think could see heaviest rain overnight tonight as well. flash flood watch in effect until 10:30 for the areas you see he highlighted, also a flash flood watch in effect for the entire area as we could see yet more rain. a tornado watch in effect until 7:00. i will not be surprised to see this extended and maybe even widened a little bit as the remnants of nicole do fina

watching the heavier rain to the west and slide to the south and there is more rain out of north carolinaeast of 95, that is where you're going to get the heaviest rain and there could be thunderstorms in there and as that area of low pressure is in tennessee and this is loaded. there is a tropical connection as well and not only to this one but what we will see later this week and a flash flood watch, most of the rain is going to be tomorrow morning and billion line, more showers and storms overnight, especially east of 95 and mostly rain on tuesday morning and may be a hit or miss shower in the afternoon and that is going to clear out. could there be another tropical storm rainstorm? it's starting to look like that and that has been predicted awhile and looks like the heaviest of that rain is on thursday and it's going to effect temperatures, mostly in the 70s this week and that is not going to be that cold tonight, dropping to 70 because of the rain that it's about around and the flash flood watch up overnight, the thunderstorms likely for us and we'll be busy watching that and hope yo

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evokes a traffic has more of the rain. the camera will show what it looks like a maryland for the. >> thank you so much. it is 4:42. we at 66 degrees on this rainy tuesday. >> a very late night for lawmakers to run down some the last minute measures coming from the capital. >> he did not deserve to die. >> a creepy twist in a local murder. >> welcome back. investigators are trying to figure what caused a tour bus from pennsylvania to plunge off of a sky way. the bus driver was killed. 12 people including several children were hurt. they are expected to survive. and massive traffic in the area for several hours. investigators are searching for the gunmen responded for -- responsible for a double shooting in d.c. one of the victims died. victims -- police have arrested a suspect in response of will to -- a murder of a 21-your old. investigators are now searching for a second suspect. >> congress finished a last- minute business last night. lawmakers passed a bill allowing the u.s. to oppose sanctions on countries that manipul