with the dry air, i'm not convinced, maybe a couple of sprinkms out there.is all we are going to get. no type of soaking rain whatsoever. more clouds in effect as we go in to tuesday, for today, that hour by hour forecast, brings us 63 degrees by lunchtime, not the best day to eat the lunch outdoors because of windy conditions. the temperature i'm forecasting 67 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. >>> good morning, everyone. monday morning, people heading back to work. not too many folks, we are looking at light volume for the most part. we are dealing with on roads is the accident on the beltway. inner loop, catonsville, approaching i-70, blocking two right lanes with an overturned tanker. it's leaking asphalt and slow traffic approaching i-70. it appears your only area of sluggish traffic is on the approach to i-70. north view looking good for the most part. if you choose 295, it's an easy drive past maryland 175, continuing through lawless, 295, maryland 32. volume increasing, no delays so far. >>> 100th anniversary of the

right now this air is not dry, but we will have a northwesterly component and with that, that's really going to bring that air on the dry side once again. so this relative humidity will be close to 30% and the masses we're talking about some dry air and that's a why we'll have red flag warnings in effect at lunch time today. this is for all the areas here, shades in the reddish color and also some very cold air moving into the forecast as well. you can see some of those blues0 >>> a little bit heavier than usual and it's back to business as usual around the tunnels this morning with the southbound side being your slowest side as you navigate this morning. as far as our drive times go, that has increased for you. starting to clog up a little on your approach to 695 and traffic on i-95 through rose dale now below posted speed. that's an 8-minute drive to the beltway and be alert for delays that form rather quickly on the beltway both north and west side. occasional tap of the brakes in the outer loop lane. >> >>> all right. gilbert had a head injury and has to be treated for this. she wa

dealing with bone dry air, the windy conditions, the dry air, we do have a red flag warning for the state of maryland, also pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, virginia. don't do any type of burning. easton 54 degrees. ist mild right now. as we go through the day it's going be another mild warm day on tap for us. satellite and radar, is mainly clear skies, looking back across western maryland, a few showers. most is not touching the ground because the air is dry. we have to moisten up the atmosphere. future trend will go in to motion, a slight chance for a shower scattered in nature in time for rush hour. i doubt everybody is going to get wet. this trend will continue as we go through the overnight and the overnight is the best time to get the rain that really soaks in, and has a chance to soak in. it won't be a lot of rain to talk about. we don't have that chance for the soaking rain, we will have a chance on wednesday, but still, not looking at too much. tomorrow, a few clouds out this, we look back off towards the west, a little bit of snow in to west virginia and points further to the

we do have some dry air in place once again so we're looking at the dew points and with the dry air that's what's leading to a red flag warning that we had for today but we'll also throw in the winds and with that the winds are on the breezy side this morning but they are going to get blustery and gusty just like they did yesterday out of the west. so that red flag warning does go into effect at lunch time today. we can see it for all the areas here shaded in the red color. as we look back further out to the west there around allegheny county there's a freeze warning across that area at even points into south -- west virginia rather and even virginia. so some very cold hair is going to be trickling in here and that's that 55 degrees i was talking about for tomorrow. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we do have clear skies and that's going to translate into lots of sunshine when you're waking up this morning heading out the door. but we will start to see increasing clouds across the area so don't be alarmed by that. but what we won't probably see is some rain falling fr

now we'll add the dry air. looking at your relative humidity right now. this air is not so dry. it has moistened up a bit, but when we start to get that northwesterly flow we are going to begin to dry out the air and these percentages will drop near 30% and that's when we're talking about some dry air. so because of the dry air we will have a red flag warning that goes into effect at lunchtime today and it lingers until 8:00 p.m. and it's for all the areas here shaded in the red color so don't do any type of outdoor burning for today. right now you're stepping out the door. temperature a little bit on the cooler side again. 41 degrees now for this time of the year and our low temperature is at 46 degrees in baltimore. 45 in easton. 44 crows in hagerstown. right now we are under clear skies. satellite and radar picking up on that allowing for those temperatures to drop off even a little bit more before that sun begins to rise. future trend, not going to pick up on a whole lot and that is not a good thing. we need some of that rain, but there is a slight chance that we could see s

with the dry air around us and because we really are indeed getting dry air and dryer, that is why soil is so dry that i really do not think we will be seeing widespread -- our temperature 54 degrees. this is the time of the year when the atmosphere is warming up. in four weeks the average height is 75 degrees. and that is the kind of air coming our way for the weekend. cherry blossom parade on saturday. wonderful, wonderful weather. it will be a little bit cool starting off tomorrow. current temperatures only 54 degrees in washington. this is why we have a big pattern change coming up. we have had a chilly air around us. the jet stream is lifting to the north so the result will be we will get back to southwesterly winds as we head into the weekend. even next week, here is the nearest rain in kansas city. look at all of the dry air. hardly a cloud in sight. here is the futurecast. tomorrow morning there will be a few clouds around. we will be seeing a lot of sunshine. as we get on into sunday with southwesterly winds, some of the warm air will be streaming in honest. temperatures on int

primarily all of maryland, new jersey delaware and this is a widespread issue with the extremely dry air and humidity is only 30% now. winds are gusting from the northwest, 5, ten, 15 and this is one of those scenarios that plus very dry ground where any outdoor burning would be ill advised. 67 by tomorrow afternoon and it is a good looking start to the week but again we will have this fire risk to deal with coming up. >>> things are already taking a toll on firefighters and brush fires are popping up all over and let's check in to hear about the dangers that come with it, michelle? >> reporter: the national weather service put out that red flag warning explaining we have been dealing with extremely dry conditions. 60 homeowners had to leave when those dry conditions kicked up a fire. a sunday evening walk through the woods in this town is alarming and this is five hours after firefighters started working. >> you can smell it and sometimes it makes me tear up. >> reporter: black marks on the ground shows where the fire came through. >> black smoke is coming up everywhere and it is far ba

we have had all this dry air and dry conditions for the year now. actually four inches below normal since january 1. so now we've got the dry grounds, you have windy conditions and low relative humidity. these are ripe conditions for fires to spread so please be careful if you have any outdoor burning. we are looking athe a few showers from northern indiana through ohio getting into west virginia. not even sure how much of this is reaching the ground because the air is really, really dry. in garrett county a couple of sprinkles at least try to reach the ground. it is 39 in oakland and garrett county, they have been on the chilly side. culpepper is 52. 50 in baltimore. and salisbury at 57. the wind, a lot of people went to the coast for the holidays. water temperatures are only in the low 50s right now. it was brisk, to say the least. looking outside we have clear skies, 55 degrees with a west wind at 8 miles per hour. the dew point is down to 20. now a 35-degree spread with relative humidity only 25%. need a little hand lotion, extra drink of water,

down to 40 degrees because we have very dry air.perature -- our temperatures in town are into the mid-forties. after the weekend some general rain. parts of the eastern shore under a severe drought. a last look at our own doppler. nothing here. there may be a few showers. i will show you the details coming up with a little taste of summer time before the weekend is over. >> thank you. the final tally is in and incumbent vincent orange has won the democratic primary for the d.c. at large seat. he held a slim lead over the challenger. more than 5000 absentee ballots have not been filed yet. final numbers show him leading biddle by 2000 votes. >> i am here standing despite the opposition i had. it has been a struggle to get back to this point. we are back and we have a great agenda. >> biddle had a statement congratulating orange but showed that the close numbers indicated dissatisfaction with his service. vice president joe biden and president barack obama has -- have released their tax returns. they have asked mitt romney to do the s

again, with the dry air, these temperatures will be taking a tumble with some of the warm air out tomontana right now it is snowing. while we have a freeze warning along much of the east, there is a blizzard warning out, 6 inches to 12 inches of snow. for us, there is that blast of low pressure to the south peeping that is the same system that brought us the terrible tornadoes earlier in the week. you can see dallas-fort worth. future in a space cast. more of the scene tomorrow. 60's around destroy -- around detroit. for your saturday, temperatures in the 60's. get some of that work done outside. easter sunday, sunrise services will be on the chilly sac. -- chilly aside. none of that storm meanness coming our way from the west. the only chance -- and we do need some rain -- late monday. but a nice weekend. >> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toy noted dealers, moving you forward. >> i love when the weather guy gets a standing ovation. >> that was beautiful. >> the caps made the playoffs. they do not know what seated they will be but they do know they made the playo

that parent storm is plodding along, as is the dry air associated with it. so it's probably going to be over the next, say, two to three hours that it overspreads the metro area so we see less of a threat initially on the west side, and then towards evening, we see no threat at all as that dryer air comes in. but the threat will continue in areas farther east from oklahoma down to northeast texas and down into east texas. still certainly damaging wind and hail threat. and we may yet see some more strong tornadoes, dylan. >> last question, carl, what is your ability or anybody's ability to assess the continuation of the cell series east through -- across the path and into oklahoma? >> well, the one thing that's been happening in oklahoma today is that we've seen a lot of cloud cover today, so temperatures have been cooler. one thing storms need to feed on is very warm and very humid air. as you know, it's been very warm across most of the east for quite some time, so there was no shortage of that today in texas. but farther north, a localit ofn coming down in

that dry air will stay in place. satellite and radar picking up on some precipitation in the form of snow back across western pennsylvania as of now. that won't get into us. we will see increasing cloud cover as we go throughout the day. with the dry air, anything that tries to work et cetera way in here is going to evaporate before it hits the ground. and that is called veeringa-- virga. we look at future trend and increeding clouds throughout the day. -- increasing clouds throughout the day. this is what i am forecasting for today. 54 degrees, windy conditions, making that 54 feel likely in the 40s. let's go over to angela with a check of your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you mentioned the wendy conditions and we are getting reports of degree in the roadway on route 40 in ellicott city. be alert for that traveling this morning. and in the meantime, also you may tapet brakes traveling southbound -- tap the breaks traveling southbound 95. looking good on the baltimorebeltway on the south side at

humidity moderate not exactly extremely dry air. tomorrow, we are right back in the mid-80s. 86 cockeysville. dundalk looking for 87. a warm day under the sunshine once again. dress light, dress for a summer day as you head out to work in or school and to the north and west, here's a frontal boundary that will begin to change the temperatures. change the wind as we go towards tuesday and wednesday. at this point, it would appear as if it's going to bring much needed rain. problem is it's going to encounter very dry air and looks like it's going to fizzle out. subtropical high offshore. a summer like pattern here. warm air continuing to surge to the south ahead of the front. going forward in time, you can see the boundary pushing in from west to east. stop it here tomorrow evening and still an impressive line of rain. and watch as it encounters that dry air over the mid-atlantic. at most a. hit or miss light sprinkling or shower. not enough to change drought conditions but it's large storm. circulation at one point producing the unbe

the dry air, we have the red flag warning in effect until 8:00 p.m. we are looking a at wind advisory in effect at 8:00 to 6:00 p.m. for the eastern shore. i will tuck about when we get rain in here. now talking to angela, she has a check of the traffic. you are dealing with the tanker that's turned over. >> more people are out there right now, we are seeing major back ups all of a sudden. not just on the inner loop put outer loop as well. a live look at 695, liberty road. that's the outer loop on the left side of the screen. volume, not bad. the folks are moving slowly because of rubber necking as they approach i-70, they can look at the accident on the other side. speak of the other side, that's where we got bottlenecking going on as well, pretty much stop and go as you approach baltimore national pike, we continue to have one lane open, your left lane is open with the overturned tanker. hazmat is there theys with are leaking asphalt materi >>> baltimore county firefighters are helping harford county firefighters with a blaze. it started around 5:00

the air was dry. one thing about dry air is it heats up pretty quickly. we're already up 20 here in town, up to 62. manassas and fredrick have raised 31 degrees from the morning low. we could go another 10 in those areas. martinsburg, winchester, the pax air navel station 57. looking outside at our michael and son weather camera, lots of sunshine out there. a beautiful, beautiful tuesday afternoon. just a couple of high clouds here and there with calm winds reported at reagan national. see our flags flopping a little bit out there, but winds are nice and light and the air very dry humidity, only 25%. this is some sweet stuff we've got going on. unfortunately tomorrow is going to change a little bit. we are looking at a storm system across the rockies, heavy snow here, one to two neat in the mountains and higher elevations, colorado down into new mexico. storms to severe storms across parts of texas, oklahoma, back into parts of the midwest here. but for us high pressure is in control today. gotta worry about whether or not any of this stuff is going to ho

dry air out there. we need the rain. >> so windy yesterday. >> it was. >> ridiculous >> and we'll do it all over again for today. we're going to get blustery just like we did yesterday. we do have lots of -- well, let me rephrase that. we don't have a lot of moisture out there. that's why we're looking at these dew points that are dry right now. dup points in the 30s. this is dry air that we're contending with and it's going to go down. these dew points will be in the 20s before the day is over with. we will have that northwesterly breeze in here once again and speaking of that breeze, while we're seeing it right now we do have a 5 miles per hour sustained wind now in baltimore. 8 in new york. 7 in hagerstown right now and these sustained winds will jump up to about 10 to 15 miles per hour and we will be seeing those gusts up again until 30, 35 miles per hour as we go throughout the day. so with that we do have a red flag warning and that goes in effect at lunchtime today and it lingers until 8:00 this

reaching up near 70 but the humidity has been the big player am this enhanced fire risk, extremely dry air and fuel moisture at the surface. across the region, the nearest rain in pennsylvania. breezy conditions, dry conditions beyond this frontal boundary. perhaps the disturbance bring as brief shower. as we go into the day wednesday it looks limited. it will encounter the extremely dry air from north carolina to new england. the trend shows maybe some clouds, a hit or miss shower possible tomorrow. not looking for much, maybe a snow shower in the mountains of west virginia but very limited precipitation, not enough to break the dry pattern. we like the sunshine and will warm up. again, the fire risk will be there. overnight 38, cloudy, colder. 55, clouds mixed with sun but breezy and much cooler. tomorrow night actually quite a bit cooler, down to 36 degrees overnight. your seven-day forecast looking ahead. there it is, the story continuing to be cooler weather through thursday. we begin to warm up friday and pushing 80 sunday no monday. rosie? >> new names top the dance dance leader boa

extremely dry air with humid south of 20%. right you up through the western part of pennsylvania including garrett county. i see that more into central maryland tomorrow night as colder air really begins to settle in. to the south, we still see some active weather, stall front just south of us and keeping showers at bay. that's where the active weather and rainfall pattern has been all day. south of us we stay dry and mild. cooler air trying to wrap around this double air of low pressure to the west and that's continue to generate rain. at one point the trailing front was generating tornadic thunderstorm in texas. there's that colder air that will march in briefly tomorrow night. wouldn't you know the coolest day of the next 4 or 5 will come on our friday. it still looks nice and sunny. there are those showers remaining south and that boundary really pushes south on friday and that's going to allow colder air to spill in and create breezier conditions. we're watching for that. we will warm up through the weekend and easter sun

since the beginning of the year three inches and dry air in place and here's the wind. we felt these for several days. they're helping to dry things out. any fires that do start get fueled. there's the bottom line. a fire weather watch for the rest of the evening as well as red flag warning. the wind is there along with the dry conditions. this may well get extended into the day tomorrow. there is that possibility of a few showers making their way into the west. it's much need rain. right now it does not look like much. windy, 60s and dry. we'll talk more about how things develop coming up. >>> thanks a lot. today's brushfire comes on the heels of a seminole fire where firefighters worked frantically to keep it from reaching dozens of homes. they are there today to make sure the fire doesn't reignite. >> firefighters called out four alarms to contain that fire in jupe ma. forest rangers are still not sure what caused it. in a matter of hours fueled by winds it spread across 18 acres, forcing families from 16 homes to evacuate. much like today harford county issued red fl

with that excellent visibility, it is also very dry air. even now, you can see we're in the 60's around the area. that dry air means the temperatures will take a tumble later on tonight. that is the reason all over now, especially in baltimore there is a freeze morning out. it is that time of year when we do have freezes. it has been an unusually warm march. everything is really ahead of itself. spots like leesburg up toward damascus. we do have a beautiful full moon out there. temperatures will tumble into the 30's -- and sunrise services by the way for easter sunday, temperatures mid to high-60's. but a nice weekend coming up. i will tell you more of the details. >> ok, sounds good. the new jobs report indicates more jobs were added in march before the economy slowed down. when hundred 20,000 jobs were added next -- last month. the hardest hit sector, retail, lost 30,000 jobs. >> tonight, everyone from the aclu to members of congress are fighting over the future of a u.s. marine. he is in danger of her controversial comments he made about

slowly but surely some moisture is going to punch into this dry air and we will have showers. you need to carry an umbrella. we will see enough rain to knock this poll especially out pollen out of the sky and water down this dry ground. the question is when is more rain coming? that shortly. take it away. >> here is sharon at traffic control. >> it was a tough commute on monday morning when the construction project began to rush hour, again the project is on the jfx blocking a left lane in each direction, caused huge delays on mon, today it doesn't seem to be causing major issues at least yet. take a look there. then our speed sensors showing speeds in the 50s in the southbound direction so no major issues there. we do have an accident on the inner loop of the beltway at camp meade road on the right shoulder not causing delays right now. no delays to report either on the beltway the moment. 56 and 57 miles per hour are your averages. everything still running smoothly on 95 southbound between white marsh boulevard and the beltway. there is the west side. it is wide open and look

winds from the north and west helping to bring in that cold dry air and dry air under a clear sky willf rapidly. the winds letting up. winds actually can keep the overnight lows up, but the winds continue to diminish. once we get past midnight, the profit will happen. you seat current temperatures, no concern for frost. pleasant at 60 degrees with some sunshine. now the entire region continues to sit clear. again, when we talk about this in context of a frost probability, crystal clear skies. there's nothing to insulate the ground. and the chance for rain is nil. there's a weather maker impacting the southern states. what we're watching is this, that mild air. that's going to make its push to the north as we go through the day tomorrow. so the cool air that's in place will get replaced by more humid air that's south and west. should allow us up in the mid-commit commit and a warm night tomorrow night. here we go with the chance of rain. it's very slight. it will come in as we move into your wednesday morning time frame and we'll be playing slowly, but thralls the area of rain that coul

dry. we are feeling the chill in the air. speaking of dry, we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar as of now, we have all five sweeps on and we are going to stay dry through today. there is a slight chance for showers in the forecast. but with all the dry air, it's going to evaporate before it reaches the ground. so check out the winds right now. they are out of the northwest at about 5 to 15 miles an hour now. 8 in baltimore and 10234 easton. and -- 10 in easton and with this, we are chilly. check out temperatures. 44 at the inner harbor but it's feeling more like mid to low 40s. you can see the blues on the map. i will tell you how cold it will get and how long. let's go over to angela with a check of your traffic right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and from what we have been seeing, if there's any indication of what your wednesday morning drive is going to be like, it should be a smooth commute. we have gotten rid of the work zones and moving along fine on most of the key routes. a live look at the

we have dry air in place and we are looking at temperatures right now, not cold, perry hall, around 50 degrees, 49 cockeysville, good morning to you. manchester 46. eastern shore, 50 degrees in chestertown and rock hall 51 degrees. the winds right now are light. they will be picking up as we go through the day. with the windy conditions, with that relative human on the dry side, perry hall, 34%, and looking at 32 in laurel, that's dry air on tap for us, we have the red flag warnings for the state of maryland, if your travels are taking you in to pennsylvania ring del aware and virginia and new york this morning, this afternoon, you are going to deal with the red flag warning in effect. the future trend not picking up on a lot of rain. that's what we need, a soaking rain, a chance for scattered showers later this evening in to tonight. again, i don't think that will be much of anything, it won't amount to much. clouds across the area, next chance for rain will come in here on wednesday, for today, 67 degrees, it's going be on the mild side, dry and windy, there is the red flag warning,

you need dry air to get a deep freeze.nce we get that slight increase in humidity tomorrow evening, this will be a done deal. take a look at the trend here. it is clear after a frosty start a rapid warmup. then from tuesday night into wednesday chances for showers go up. this is 10 a.m. so we could get a brief chance of showers, but it looks like this will be one of those you blink and you miss it. temperatures, well, running in the 60s and 70s. frost overnight. none of that warm stuff. 35 in the city but north and west we look for frost, even a deeper freeze toward carroll county. tomorrow 67 for your election day tuesday. hope you're headed to the polls after a frosty start. and down to 45 with clouds on the increase. overall, no trouble with your boating weather. all eyes on our opening day friday. 63 degrees with a lot of sunshine around. and so it looks like right now we're set for a good day. we'll try to warm it up more into the mid-60s on friday but that's how things shape up right now. >> thanks a lot. >>> let's t

we have dry air in place as well. morning, so we are bone dry. 24 baltimore. 22 dc. with the dry air , the windy conditions, we have a red flag warning in effect for today. goes in effect at 9:00 until 8:00 p.m. this evening, don't do outdoor burning. the temperature in baltimore, 51 degrees. 50 easton, 53 dc. 46 york. the temperatures are above average this morning and this afternoon. satellite and radar not a lot. lots of sunshine as we go throughout the day. we need the rain, though. it doesn't look like we will see rain. future trend tries to bring scattered showers b possible in to 5:00, and 11:00 this evening with the dry air in place, i think that for the most part we will stay dry. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. >>> good morning, everyone. if you are waking up, we are dealing with an on going hazmat situation on 695, overturned tanker truck on the inner loop, it is spilling out some hazardous material. we are told it's asphalt material as a matter of fact. this is the outer loop del

you had the dry air in place, dry air, cools down quicker and also heats up quicker.we are cold this morning, wither have the frost and freeze advisorys in effect. we will warm up nicely as we go in to the afternoon. i'm forecasting 67. good morning to you cockeysville, 44. 34 bell a. 31 woodbine. more of the same in laurel. the eastern shore, chestertown, 33 degrees. we have a frosty start this morning, make sure you bundle up as you head out and about. now a check of the traffic with angela. . the roads are in great shape for your start of the tuesday morning commute. no accidents or incidents to slow you down. you will see some construction crews overnight, as a matter of fact, a couple on i-95 at the 395 merge, if you are traveling northbound. just south of this shot,, i-95 in the northbound side of i-95, two left lanes are shut down before you reach the beltway. if your drive is on northbound jones falls expressway, looking good at northern parkway, you will have one far right lane approaching ruxton as the road crews are blocking two lanes for you. follow us all

tonight, we will set up a good radiational cooling with clear sky, calm wind, dry air. e air is dry, so we will get dry after sunset. relative humidity at 20%, the northwind at 14 gusting to 22 which should settle down. in the northern suburbs 56. 55 in parkton. but neither the pennsylvania line, there's a pretty good chance if the wind dies down enough that you will drop down to near freezing by tomorrow morning. keep that in mind. temperatures ranging to about 40-41 downtown. sun said at 7:36 p.m. tomorrow, the area of high pressure will mean we wind up with a warmer day. coming across the midwest, this will mean there is enough left. mostly sunny is the forecast for tomorrow. high temperature range between 65 and 65. it weighs tight two-3 feet. -- the waves at 2-3 feet. easter sunday, if you're going to sunrise services, it will be chilly. we will make it up to 66 in the afternoon. we will be below large most of next week. -- we will be below range. >> from the susquehanna banks fort sumter, this is 11 sports. >> coming to live from camden yards where happy fans are f

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dry air. so with that, we need the rain. but with all that dry air, it's pretty much going evaporate before the rain even moves in here across the area. right now, it's not picking up on anything. mainly clear skies. we will get more clouds moving in here as we go throughout the day. but we will pretty much stay dry. you've slight chance of rain -- you have a slight chance for rain in the forecast. plenty of sunshine moving into your friday. and your hour by hour forecast looks like this for today. look at the cool whred. it's going -- weather. it's going to be windy. 54 degrees and those winds, it's going to feel cooler than that. and we are dealing with the freeze watch going in effect tonight until thursday for carroll and frederick counties. points off to the west and south as well. let's check the traffic with angela. you don't want to do the weather do you? >> reporter: no i will leave it up to you. but i will take care of the traffic. we are dealing with quite a few road maintenance operations on most of our key inter

extremely dry air and winds have gone calm. we have a clear sky. there is a freeze concern especially north of baltimore. first, speaking of frost interesting skies over frost bug as we put the weatherbug camera into motion and you can see pretty nice finish to the day in the mountains, further east on the chesapeake it was another great sunset here. the view from the bay bridge marina. look at that sunset. good as it gets. maryland's most powerful radar crystal clear as we speak and that will be the case for the next several days, next chance for rain monday into tuesday and rain we could use dry for this part of early april. haven't seen much april showers and we could use some. in the meantime dry and cool will be the theme next several days, winds have let up. here is the freeze warning, northern maryland, not including the city our howard county, pg or across through the lower eastern shore but we have the concerns going west. dry air in place. set up for a rapid cool up. the closest cloud cover down toward richmond. the bottom line is we cont

the air is very dry, with relative humidity, at 21%. winds are currently from the west. d this is the shift we have been talking about. we've had north winds coming in, bringing cooler air in. shift to the west. and eventually, southwest. it's going to start ushering in very, very warm air over the next few days. right now, temperatures are at 58 degrees in oakland. 60 on the shore. 61 in patuxent river. around the immediate metro area, we have 61. we have anap will onis at -- annapolis at 60. and kent island. winds out of the west sustained around 10 miles per hour, right around that for much of the area, at bwi marshall. a bit of a northwest wind toward easton. and a light breeze around much of the region, bringing in very dry air. hardly any clouds out there. much fewer cloud cover -- or much less cloud cover, i should say, than yesterday, around this time. so we have no real problems with the sun heating us up. nothing is blocking it out. with the wind chipping to the west and southwest, going to start tapping into warmer air that is going to be out ahead of a front.

not only is the ground dry, the air is dry, and there is no real rain coming our way. so when we get out of this mess, a good question. that discussion coming up. >> for the first time we are hearing from a florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed trayvon martin. george zimmerman releases a statement on a website that also asked for help with his legal defense. martin's family continues to push for an immediate arrest, but the prosecutor is taking more time. >> reporter: at george zimmerman speaking out for the first time. the man who says he shot and killed trayvon martin in self-defense has created a website called the real george zimmerman. in it he describes the shooting as a life altering event and says, i have been forced to leave my home, my employer, my family, and ultimately my entire life. the man says he cannot work and is asking supporters to donate to his legal fund and living expenses. >> he said that he experienced a life altering event area well, trayvon martin experienced a life ending even. >> the family and demonstrators nationwide on

still very dry air. winds northwest, 15. the barometer rising. come back and take a look at the weekend with changes after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a dry, sunny end to the week. but once again, we've got another system headed in for at least part of your weekend. it won't be so pretty. won't rain all weekend. maybe 10, 12 hours, before we see some shower activity. late saturday afternoon and evening into early sunday morning. by sunday afternoon, i expect to see the sun back out. but it's going to be a chilly weekend. take a look at temps right now. bright sunshine. we're at 60. warmer in d.c. 64 and 66 in pax river. cool spot, oakland coming in at 49. locally, mid- to upper 50s to 60 degrees. anywhere from 6, 7, 8, 9 degrees cooler than average for this time of year. and the breeze, anywhere from as you see, 10 to 20 miles per hour. 21 in hagerstown. we're at 15 now. late tonight, winds have died down. and when the winds die down, temperatures are going to tumble overnight. frost and freeze advisories from the city, north and west. not in t

you have dry air, dry ground and gusty wind. with a big drop in our atmosphere, cooler air is pulled down from the north, keeping temperatures in the 40's. look at the radar screen. we might see some light sprinkles up and down the interstate 81. i am waiting for the first report of a wet snow flight. -- snow sleet. 49 in washington. 48 in leesburg. it is a little warmer south of the metro. overall, cool, breezy, and in the low-to-mid-50's, but a warming trend is on the way. i will let you know how warm. >> something to look forward to. the race for the white house is a two-man race. rick santorum suspended his campaign, so what is next for the battle in the white house -- for the white house? all arabs point to the economy. >> we will have a choice -- all arrows point to the economy. >> will have a choice between a path where government calls the shots. >> everybody has a fair shot, and everyone is playing by the same rules. >> rick santorum will still play a role. it is not clear how his supporters will vote. prince william cou

dew point shows us how dry the air is. 63 degrees in waldorf, is a very dry air with a concern. this is the board. 68 and 45 the actual high and low at reagan national. very close to typical average temperatures for this time in april. still in the 60's and starting to drop slowly. 71 in a quantico and 70 degrees in fredericksburg. pittsburgh at 42 same as the tree. some of this air will come in tonight and temporarily displace the mild air. tomorrow will be a cool day then war clouds which will lift out of fear by tomorrow and we will begin a long-term noticeable warmup. in fact, you will see close to 80 degrees in parts of the area by sunday. this will move out tomorrow and maybe give us a sprinkle, may be snow showers or calories. then we will clear out tomorrow night. we will be good to go after that. we will wind up in joining that, but we desperately need rain. for tomorrow, 49 for an average temperature -- 39 for an average temperature. mostly cloudy and breezy. the next seven days, a slim 20% chance of a sprinkle or shower and then dry weather and a warming trend through

this is dry air we are working with. one dry, you do not want to do any type of open burning for today. the winds now, they are sustained now at 9 miles an hour, from the west, in baltimore,8 dc, eastern shore, easton, looking at 12 miles an hour sustained wind. the winds pick up through the day and gusts up to 35 miles an hour, along the eastern shore, though, a wind advisory, those gusts could get up to 45 miles an hour as we go in to the afternoon. right now, temperature wise, heading out the door , we are feeling cool , the temperature at 50 degrees right now in baltimore, dc coming in at 55, easton 54. 42 new york, 48 frederick. the satellite and radar, not picking up on a lot. we see showers now starting to fizzle out, like i said, really not reaching the ground because the air is so dry this morning and won't reach us whatsoever. we are under clear skies, that will persist as we go more in to the afternoon. there is a slight chance for maybe a scattered somehow tore pop up. we need the rain, i don't think it's goin

but the air is so dry a lot of this is not reaching the ground. part of the dry innocence is contributing to the high fire danger through new york state and parts of southern new hampshire. we have red flag warnings that include the entire washington baltimore metro, out into the mountains. really everybody. the fire danger is high. don't burn today. easily you can have a problem if these things get out of control. we don't need any more. winds, along with the dry air a problem. gusts to 40 right now. the latest report at reagan national 36, in leesburg, 36 also in petersburg, looks like the next few hours will have the windiest conditions and things will start to get maybe not as windy late this afternoon and this evening. temperatures they are running in the upper 50s to even upper 60s. fredericksburg, 67. our weather watch 64 and 65 for readville. and here in washington it is not just the temperatures but the dryness. the relative humidity which adds to that fire danger. relative humidity 22% 29% in hagerstown. in oakland it is colder, warmer a

the dry air also heated up pretty quickly. to the north and west, howard, montgomery, baltimore, prince william and fauquier, frost advisories until 9:00. and martinsburg and west freeze warnings until 9:00 a.m. 33 frederick right now but where the winds are up in spots lows right here. manassas is at freezing and bwi is at freezing. 35 in la plata. likely some frost pockets soft frost even to the south but a beautiful afternoon. sunshine, upper 60s to here's the 71 for manassas and fredericksburg. let's go to monika samtani here at 5:00 a.m. straight up with a look at timesaver traffic. >>> thank you so much howard. good morning everybody, it's 5:00 and that means most of your overnight construction has been cleared up. planning to head around the beltway you should be fine on the northbound side of 95 also looking good out of dale city into woodbridge and springfield. a live look in the springfield area and again franconia springfield parkway looking great and traffic moving at speeds heading up to 395 and the 14th street br

dry air relatively calm air that schools down significantly but warms up quickly that's with why we'llke a run into the 70s north bay valleys, fairfield, east bay valleys and santa clara valleys mid to upper 60s elsewhere upper 50s to low 60s with brisk breezes at the coast. breeze will keep monterey 60, santa cruz and watsonville upper 60s with salinas, low 70s morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. giants back in town to play the padres clear cool, breezes taper during the game as temperatures drop from 61 to 55. keep dropping into the 40s tonight a few 50s around san francisco, oakland, san mateo, vallejo, concord and antioch. next seven days i don't see rain. with the high to our north to northeast from time to time this weekend, that clockwise flow means an offshore breeze that's why temperatures are warping above average over the weekend with hid up to -- warming above average over the weekend with mid to upperd here's frances. >>> back to the san mateo bridge a stall has been reported westbound doesn't look like it is causing big trouble. live shot from the toll plaza let's hope it

look how dry the air is. 22%. that's why we have a red flag warning until 8:00 a.m. i'm concerned about the fire danger for the next several days because of dry air and winds. we do find sprinkles, but not much. essentially confined to the panhandle of maryland and a little bit of the panhandle of west virginia. the dividing line seems to be the maryland, pa border. and we are looking at a fire danger, a red flag warning for a good chunk of the mid atlantic and into the southeast. i mentioned this on radio a minute ago. we tend to have dry summers. we don't want to go into the summer dry and we are having a dry spring. we can turn it around, but right now we don't see any significant rain for the next six or seven days. 61 in bethesda. 61 in reston. 63 in manassas and 66 down towards fort belvoir. more like march tomorrow. high fire danger continues. windy and cooler on wednesday and breezy and cool on thursday. but a pretty nice day on thursday. for tonight, early sprinkle possible. and partly cloudy, breezy, and cold. and no frost or freeze in the metro area. even

this is really dry air. 60 -- 60 degrees the high so far. very dry air and a breeze out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour. 56 degrees reported -- 58 in martinsburg. temperatures fairly mild compared to what we will have later tonight. later tonight they will drop off with clear skies and mild winds even in the city we will be about 39 degrees. in suburban areas we will be briefly near freezing. all of these jurisdictions north and west of the city are under frost advisory. temperatures to the mid-atlantic pretty steady into the 50's right now. you go farther southwest the start to pick up temperatures in the 60's. that is where you will start heading in our direction tomorrow. right now temperatures are not hot, they are warm enough and the central and southern plains. all of this warm air will start moving in our direction. we will have a progression in temperatures as the center moves out over the next 72 hours will pick up when some of the southwest. that will draw and warm temperatures. we will eventually get into the 80's by sunday,

air as you head to the polls this morning. a freeze warning, a frost advisory in effect and it's going be dry, so that's good news to deliver to you. the drier air is going to heat up through the day. let's talk about the cold first. the frost advisory until 9:00. see the areas shaded in the lighter blue. we have the freeze warning in effect for carroll county, also, frederick county as we go in to 9:00 as well. it's going to be a coal cold start to the morning. temperatures in centerville, 42 degrees, 41 sykesville. we are not dealing with the windy conditions for today. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> good morning. it is all good on the roadways. we love delivering good news. tuesday in a great way for you, just checked on i-95 at the fort mc henry, all lanes open on the northbound and southbound side. traveling around the beltway, a live look at 695 and green spring avenue on the north side, very light of course for you and if you are traveling around on the west side of 695, looking good here as well with no delays for your tuesday morning drive. back over to you. >>> primary day in maryland, polls open in

dry side. you can see most of the air is under still very, very dry conditions. in fact, tomorrow, another dry day. that's going to make the conditions even dryer than they have been. and speaking of dryer. tim has a look at just how dry it has been. tim? >> reporter: well, this prolonged period of time without rainfall has prompted the u.s. geological survey to upgrade maryland's drought conditions. and they did that as of today. now, what you're watching here, from left to right. abnormal conditions. as you get into the western portion of the metro area. and we're in moderate drought for much of the central portion of the state, on down to the eastern shore. severe drought on the lower eastern shore and down toward period right before you get to the edge of virginia. so we are in a stretch, where we have not had any appreciable rain. we're a little more than one and a quarter inches down for the month of april. and just a little less than 4 1/2 inches down for the year so far. and not only do we not have any rain in sight. but we have temperatures soaring in ou

dry air one of the reasons it'll dry off. the active weather has stayed confined to the south.ven south of virginia, heavy rain over the carolina's, two centers of storm circulation, one over western tennessee, one over eastern tennessee. wrap in or pull in cooler air out of canada and that's why we have the frost potential tonight. rain continues to stay to the south. it's a dry situation for the good friday time period and as we go through easter weekend very latel change other than we warm up. 36 overnight. as we go to the orioles opener tomorrow up to 60 but most the day in the 50's. 34 tomorrow night and the seven day forecast showing, a bit of a warm up here toward easter sunday. our pink rabbit very excited as you would be too if you were out in 70 degrees and next week a chance for rain around here. holding off nicely until after the weekend. >> what do you think of the rooftop deck? ? >> i can't wait to check it out. i say go before it's 105. >> that's good. she has been out spoken in her support of the space exploration, so today the senator was honored for her work.

very dry air, very clear skies. winds diminishing it. sets us up for a rapid cooloff as skies are clear across the u.s. coastline. the only rain we had in the carolinas are moving offshore. this is a big dome of clear weather. that's what's over the midwest, this bubble of clear weather will slide slowly eastward. that will mean more sunshine and less breezy conditions as that high pressure settles in tomorrow and early sunday. let's take a look at the overnight period, clear, frosty by daybreak. saturday we will be running clear. into your easter sunday perhaps some clouds as the new boundary pushes. ahead of that boundary we may get close to 70, close to 70 on sunday. as we go into your often day cooling off. overnight down to 35, clear, cold. this is after 2 a.m. where we could see the frost or freeze. 64 tomorrow, sunny skies. without the breeze this will probably feel milder than that number would otherwise indicate. into tomorrow night not as cold. i don't think we'll see as much of a freeze concern. all right. let's look at that s

you see dry air in place and so it's going to take awhile for the humidity to come up enough to support rain tomorrow during the day. also, there's that very warm air that will come in briefly behind the warm front and make things feel milder despite rain showers on and off through the day. there's a chance for a hit or miss shower through the day tomorrow from early on to the evening. looks like we may get a good round 2, 3, 4:00, tomorrow. overnight 50 with cloud on the increase. your two-degree guarantee we'll say 70. some spots could get warmer south of the city. tomorrow night down to 45 with lingering rain showers. your seven-day forecast, as we look ahead, you can see here the trend remaining one that could be showers for the weekend. right now indications are that saturday will feature a better chance for showers than sunday. so it his going to push this more toward the saturday time frame. >>> 50/50. not like last weekend. >> we don't see a power house storm. so showers saturday, yes, but not that cepped of a day. >> thanks a lot. >>> st. francis academy is a long standing succ

dry air light winds, boy it heats up well. already to 65 in town and annapolis. it's 66 and the tappahannock airport. 64 reedville. 67 fredericksburg and even the shenandoah valley enjoying the sunshine and lower 60s. and you can see on the michael & son weather camera just the fair weather cumulus clouds are popping in the sky. we'll call it mostly sunny and 65 at reagan national with a west wind at 11. it will be 10 to 15 for the afternoon and the air is dry. look at the dew point 30. you got a 35-degree spread between the temp and the dew point. that's giving us a relative humidity of only 27%. but there is some warmer temperatures off to our south and west in the middle of the country. in fact west texas could be near 100 today. and some of that heat is just a little bit is going to inch our way tomorrow so i'm expecting our temperatures to get into the mid 70s but it's going to be a price to pay. we've been watching this northwesterly flow. the big storm for monday is in canada. behind it still bringing in the northwesterly jet stream and you can see the dis

new jersey red flag warning, so very dry air but pleasantly warm and comfortable. i want to show you the high temperatures on the day. downtown flirting with 80, getting to 77. we hit 74 in annapolis. 75 in cambridge. more active weather south and us. the showers and storms overspreading west virginia, parts of virginia. shout is where we have a severe thunderstorm watch through coastal north carolina. so this is an hear we could see severe storms tonight. unless you're traveling well south you're looking good because most of this weather will remain confined south of us. you can see the stalled out frontal boundary south of baltimore. that's holding the showers to date. much more active weather to the west and particularly southwest where that same storm system that rips through texas will continue to impact places like louisiana. by the way, we're blogging about that, some wild video at abc2news.com. just check out the weather blog. in any case showers continuing this evening and some storms and severe weather as close as norfolk, virginia. then through thursday