. >> hey, good morning we are live in winchester this morning where the 85th annual, shenandoah, apple blossom festival is under way, go ahead look at your closet, come on down to win chester for all the fun and festivities we will talk later about the history of this event and another event going on this weekend and since i love this shenandoah, university pep band i will see if i can join them in a song or two. live later fox 5 morning news stay with us. >>> first today's trivia question for you, who issued the first mail order catalogue in the unitedstates, erin montgomery ward, benjamin franklin, richard warren seres or alexandre, graham bell the abser coming up, -- the answer coming up. fox 5 morning news is back after the break q get irresistibly clean and fresh carpets in your home with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while neutralizing odors for a clean you can see, smell and really enjoy. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. >> another example of social networking, facebook kicked off a push for i

we spoke about the holes in the clouds in the shenandoah valley. here's the results. sunshine. the sons and stabilizes the atmosphere and pops up a few showers. these are pretty weak. in frederick county, virginia, south the winchester, northwest of winchester as well. and just east of dulles airport around fairfax county parkway between the toll road and rte. 50, we have one little sprinkle that popped up along the edge of dulles airport in western fairfax county. that is all we have to speak of right now. later on today i expect showers and storms to become more widespread. they are slow-moving. that's because there's not much wind in the atmosphere to push the storms along. where they pop up, they will be there for quite some time. in isolated locations it could cause usflooding concerns especially in northern virginia. the locations where we have been heaviest rain yesterday. almost four inches in manassas. 72 degrees in washington right now. 80 degrees in charlottesville with sunshine. we will climb well into the '70s. where we see the holes in the clouds it could make it

a couple of sprinkles in the southern of the shenandoah valley. it is way west of the blue ridge and that's where they will be tomorrow. another slight dhans of a shower. in and around town tomorrow, i don't think we have to worry much. our next chance of rain is part of the next system which is going to the great lakes. there's a trailing cold front across the midwest. that arrives here late in the day on tuesday and that will spark off showers with some thundershower chances as well. for now high pressure is bringing that moisture, on-shore flow. a stable air mass that comes off the ocean, as well. just sprinkle chances in the high spots. that will gradually break down as we go through the day tomorrow and become a southerly component. it will bring a break of sunshine tomorrow and warm things up as well. the surge of warmth and humidity arrives tomorrow with the rain chance. spotty showers near 81 and that's it. for tomorrow morning, cloudy and drizzle to start off temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 and tomorrow afternoon, more clouds and

may be moving into the shenandoah valley.the metro area, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, light rain gradually moving in from southwest to northeast. and then maybe some thunder and lightning, too, associated with that by late afternoon. we'll fall out of the mid 70s to near 70 when the rain commences mid to late afternoon. sunset, 8:08. my next update in ten minutes. danella, good morning. >>> good morning. heading over to i-95, if this is your commute this morning, checking things out. right now, very light volume and no accidents to report. heading from stafford northbound to the beltway, you're in the clear. here's a live look as you make your way past the rest area. northbound travel lanes light volume, southbound virtually clear at this point. travel speed from quantico to the beltway, you're at 63 miles per hour. continuing on to 395 at edsall, zooming by as you make your way to the 14th street bridge, no issues. travel speed, 62 miles per hour. 12 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. i am seeing volume on i-270. i'm b

in fact, rather dense in locations in the shenandoah valley and bridge. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s as well as into the mountains. closer to washington, near 60 in the suburbs, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. in the district, right now mid 60s, as well as near the chesapeake bay. northern neck and eastern shore. virginia beach, 70. it's going to be warming up. here's the forecast for quantico and prince william county. by mid morning, it should be in the mid 70s. by noontime, near 80. a few clouds in and out. then by late afternoon, into the mid 80s. and then into the evening hours, a small chance of a passing thundershower. by midnight, down to near 70. by this time tomorrow morning, the low 60s. we'll look at rainfall totals from yesterday and the day planner. that's coming up at 5:11. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. checking live cameras along the dulles toll road. no issues to report. travel lanes are open in this area. in fact, your travel speed from hunter mill road to the beltway, driving a

of the shenandoah valley, farther south. out of the mountains of west virginia, much of western maryland, upper 30s on this may morning. we do have a clear sky, the view from space over the last 12 hours showing the last of the cloudiness yesterday has exited the coast now. big area of high pressure moving over us will give us sunshine throughout the day. we'll have temperatures climbing quickly by noontime, 1996. be prepared for -- 60s. be prepared for a chilly morning. dress accordingly. clouds midday, temperatures reaching the low to mid 70s by mid-afternoon. quite a dramatic warmup from where we are now. sunrise at 5:59. sunset at 8:10. by then back to the 60s. the friday planner if you're heading out, i'll have that in ten minutes. danella has our friday traffic. >>> good morning. things are looking a lot better for you especially with roadwork. most of that is completely gone. first to the beltway, taking the beltway, the outer loop in montgomery county, nice and clear. your travel speed, driving at 60 miles per hour,

parts of the shenandoah valley, all the way up toward the panhandle of west virginia. around washington, in the low to mid 70s. that includes montgomery, prince george's, arlington, and fairfax counties. right in washington, mid 70s. now the view from space showing a clear sky here now. but farther to our west, we do have a line of showers and thunderstorms that are producing some thunder and lightning now from northwestern ohio into indiana and missouri. it's part of a cold front that's going to be bringing us relief from the heat. as it does come our way later today, it will likely bring some showers and storms. hometown forecast for waldorf and charles county, by 10:00, it will be already near the 80-degree mark upon then a lot of sun this morning giving way to clouds during the afternoon. upper 80s by early afternoon. near 90 mid to late afternoon. that's when we could have storms beginning to develop. looks like they will continue off and on into tonight with some heavy downpours and frequent lightning and maybe strong, gusty winds. i'm back at 5:11. danella has t

all the way down to the upper 30s to near 40 degrees, parts of the shenandoah valley and into the mountains. closer to washington, it's only near 40 degrees now in parts of montgomery county, howard, frederick counties in maryland, much of fairfax county now just in the low to mid 40s, low 40s loudoun county, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, as well as fauquier county and culpeper. southern maryland, too, the low fourth. charles county, calvert, st. mary's, and anne arundel near the bay, a little milder. away from the waters, only in the 40s, clear by 9:00, 50s to near 60. we'll have lighter winds today, a breeze. sunrise at 5:5. maybe a few clouds around noontime. a delightful rest of the day after we warm up, into the upper 60s by noontime. we'll be hitting the 70s later this afternoon. we'll look at that and the friday evening planner coming up in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's friday? >>> good morning. we have a couple things to look out for in virginia. first we have a crash on the left side of the roadway in the inner loop. at the dulles toll road, a crash there. amb

shenandoah valley, one sprinkle as well. all very light action just east of interstate 81, pushing east. the red and yellow is not heavy rainfall, again. that is ridgetops entry lines being detected by radar. there's a cold front that moved through a few hours ago. the cold front will keep the remnants of beryl out of the washington area. tropical depression beryl is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm beryl as it skims across the north carolina coastline later today and gets swept out to sea by the cold front. temperatures right now near 70 degrees downtown. much cooler north west of town. 59 in cumberland, 62 in martinsburg. the cooler air is slowly filling in. you'll notice the humidity dropping gradually through the day, but especially tomorrow if. it will be a perfect thursday. here's today's forecast a. lingering sprinkles early this morning. and show another rise around lunchtime. in the afternoon you need the umbrella handy although you probably will not needed. 30% chance of stray showers later today with a

much of shenandoah valley getting scattered light sprinkles. the northern neck eastern shore, seeing light sprinkles. this is traveling southwest to southeast. things are going to start getting wet over the metro area the next couple of hours. it's a fairly mild morning under the cloud cover and the scattered sprinkles. low to mid 60s much of the region. 64 at reagan national. the day planner for this monday, the 14th day of may. by 9:00, some occasional showers moving in. the mid 16, upper 60s by noontime. yes, some more showers are possible moving through. have the umbrella handy. during the afternoon, maybe some thunder and lightning abelong some of those passing showers. i don't think we'll have any severe storms. we'll have highs reaching the low 70s. another update, we'll look at that radar up close in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. light volume in the area. a couple things to look out for. traveling on the outer loop, a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane there. but not bad as you make your way across. again,

in the mountains where the rain did fall, maryland into the mid 60s as well as the shenandoah valley and into west virginia. now for the rest of the day today, we will have some sunshine. this morning should be great weather for the parades. it's going to be hot and humid. definitely wear the sunblock, wear plenty of water. it's going to be a hot, humid afternoon. temperatures reaching the low 90s by mid-afternoon. there's a chance of a passing thunderstorm popping up again, looks like late afternoon, perhaps into this evening. there's a smaller chance than yesterday. sunrise at 5:46. sunset at 8:25. i'm back with an update in ten minutes. danella has a look at the holiday traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. we do seem to have a tree down. this is on river road. this is at the intersection of springfield drive. all your lanes are blocked in this area. i'm going keep watching it because i did see earlier cars were able to get by. right now looks like all of your lanes are blocked because of the downed tree. let's head to the beltway. they are not seeing any issues. here's a live

watch out for that especially around the shenandoah valley. going to be patchy, dense fog along i-81 all up through the shenandoah valley. maybe even locally in some of the rural areas of maryland and virginia. a little bit of that patchy ground fog will likely be around. temperatures now, down into the mid 60s in washington. upper 60s near the bay. farther west and north where some of the fog is forming, only near 60 to the 50s panhandle of west virginia. into western maryland and the highlands of west virginia. hometown forecast, la plata, charles county by mid morning, near 70. and some sunshine. then by noontime, near 80 degrees. then by mid-afternoon, it's going to be hitting the low 80s by mid to late afternoon. there's a small chance of an isolated thundershower late afternoon and this evening. by midnight, down to the upper 60s. we'll take a look again at the latest forecast around the region in ten minutes. danella, good morning. >>> good morning, so far it looks not so bad in our area. we have a little roadwork traveling 66 eastbound

and west of the shenandoah valley. throughout the day, here's your day planner for this monday. we'll have it in the 60s through morning and noontime. occasional light rain. more moderate showers in the afternoon maybe with thunder and lightning as highs reach the low 70s. sunrise at 5:56. sunset at 8:13. another closeup look in ten minutes. danella? >>> taking the rails, things look good. no reported delays on the metro, marc, and vre. over to the roadways, traveling along route 50, volume is increasing. travel speed not bad. driving from 301 to the beltway, driving at 67 miles per hour now. looking like an eight-minute trip so far. from the beltway, making your way to 295 in d.c., seeing volume as you head inbound. your travel speed not bad just yet. you're at 60 miles per hour. a six-minute drive to get from the beltway to 295. i'm back in ten with another look at your traffic. over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:33. to a developing story in northern mexico. just about an hour's drive from the texas border, a gruesome discovery. 49 bodies with their heads, hands, and feet cut of

farther west, cool, shenandoah valley into the mountains, american people 50s. this is the live view from the city camera showing gray sky over capitol hill, and our sunrise at 5:56. occasional showers through the day. we'll have an umbrella handy. 60s through the morning and noontime. briefly low 70s mid-afternoon. passing showers moving through along with thunder and lightning. off and on tonight, a closeup look at the radar and latest trends in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> not receiving reports of accidents right now. but i'm definitely seeing delays. very slow in fact as you travel i-95 out of stafford. delays start. travel speed, looking at 23 miles per hour as you're approaching 610. delays continue straight to triangle. now i'll give you a live look at the occoquan. i am seeing volume increase in this area. continuing on i-95, making your way toward lorton, no issues to report there. travel lanes are open. you are under speed making your way to the beltway. driving at 45 miles per hour, 13-minute drive from the occoquan to the beltway. eun? >>

farther west, parts of the shenandoah valley into the mountains.own forecast, spotsylvania counties, fredericksburg, it ought to be in the upper 50s to low 60s. mid 60s by noontime. bright and sunny. winds gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. few clouds building by late afternoon and overnight tonight any cloudiness should be breaking up. it will be down to the mid-50s. by dawn tomorrow it will be down into the low 40s and afternoon highs on friday into the low 70s. a beautiful day tomorrow. lighter winds and the weekend looking delightful. chilly mornings, but afternoon highs, 70s and 80s. as we get back to school and work on monday and tuesday, showers slightly moving back in. and we have a beautiful shot of the moon in the southern sky right now. an egg-shaped moon. live picture there. quite a delightful site there predawn on this thursday morning. and does the traffic look that good, danella? >> not if your ee taking the metro and traveling the foggy bottom. the escalators are down. wear comfortable shoes just in case you get there the escalators a

near 90 degrees, parts of the central shenandoah valley. it's only going to be near 70 on the eastern side of the bay, maybe the western side. closer to washington, may make it to upper 70s to around 80 degrees by mid afternoon. a wide range, depending on where you are, it will be either near 70 or 90. going forward over the next 24 hours, these areas in green are zones of potential passing showers. maybe a little thunder and lightning. just about a 40% chance of that. later this afternoon and early this evening. and then during the day on friday, friday morning, a few clouds around. and some sun breaking out. friday afternoon we may get other showers, maybe some thunder breaking out by friday afternoon and into friday evening. then that should settle down a little bit as we get into the weekend. for the rest of this thursday, partly sunny skies, small chance of a passing thundershower. yes, it will just be in the mid 70s. in our eastern suburbs to mid 80s in our southern and western suburbs. quite a dramatic range in temperatures, around t

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lighter showers along the shenandoah valley and blue ridge. first sprinkles in far western fairfax county. that should be moving toward the metro area over the next hour or so, light showers, maybe thunder and lightning by late afternoon. then overnight tonight, any lingering showers dissipating around midnight, then tomorrow might get a shower in the morning but greater chance midday during the afternoon. then sun back thursday, friday, in the weekend, dry pattern, cool mornings, mild afternoon, monday might get rain, small chance of that the way it looks right now, barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> a first grade teacher and two young daughters are thanking the rescuers who spent hours saving them after a horrific accident. the family's car was dangling from a bridge in santa barbara, california in january after a tractor-trailer rear-ended them. the truck plummeted off the same bridge, killing the driver when rescuers first arrived they could do little without risking the lives of the woman and her children. >> did you feel the car teetering?

that includes parts of the shenandoah valley into the mountains.re going to warm up later today f here's your day planner. by 9:00, still a chill in the air with 50s but winds gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. by noontime, the mid-60s. near 70. mid afternoon. winds still a bit blustery. by sunset time at 8:10, back down into the low 60s and an even chillier start tomorrow morning. we'll look a that. the seven-day outlook, in ten minutes. how's traffic now, danella? >> earlier we had entrance escalators down again at the foggy bottom. right now the prom is resolved and your service has been restofled. over to to redline. metro says this problem should be resolved any moment but for now you're seeing delaying on the redline in both directions. over to the roadway you're seeing quite a morning raise of the sun and the glare as well. out at the beltway, you're under speed. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. 6:43 right now. two bus fires. the focus of the safety meeting today. about a hundred buses were taken out of service last month. today we m

shower possibilities starting to sneak in in the shenandoah valley.00 or 10:00 tonight, the first wave of rain drops in the shenandoah valley. it will be rainier on the way home tomorrow afternoon and evening, and then the heavy rains move to the front half of tuesday. for today, nice and warm. the clouds will be on the increase. i can't rule out one or two showers later today. i don't want to give you the 100% clear and be burned by that. tuesday, cloudy skies and rain showers in the mid-70s. we clear it out and dry it out and warm it up on into next wabgd. we have no 6:00 news tonight, so it's @chuckbell on twitter. >>> it was a lot of money. about $1,000. >> the small part of your registration that could big problems. >>> tune in on monday morning, and we will have the traffic ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. wan

not much, though, fell in the shenandoah valley and much of west virginia and western maryland. locally, this was certainly welcome. our deficit for the year until yesterday was about five inches. we knocked a good inch or so off that deficit for the year. that certainly did help. and the grass will be growing rapidly. we'll be hearing the roar of lawnmowers today. temperatures near 60 in much of the region. virginia and maryland, 50s areas to the west. and we have some patchy, dense fog forming, too. many of the rural areas. watch out for that. a lot of the fog should be gone by mid morning. quite a bit of sunshine. temperatures into the mid 17. then by noontime, for your lunch hour, ought to be up around 80 degrees. a touch of summer in the air during the afternoon. in fact we ought to be peaking in the mid 80s by mid-afternoon. then dropping to near 80 by late afternoon. by then, there is a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up. we'll be back here in just ten minutes with another look at your day planners and your current conditions. danella has a look at traffi

the shenandoah valley and in the higher terrain there maybe a stray thunderstorm. hot and humid and low 90's on the weekend. >> a live picture of traffic on route 50 coming out of annapolis towards the eastern shore. here we are at sandy point state park. no delays or problems to pay the toll. other side of town looks good on the greenway and the dulles toll road. heading south toward richmond, all clear. north into baltimore looks good on 95. more to come. >> so far so good. the national motorists association has a list of the places you are most likely to get a speeding ticket. >> nv is the state where you are most likely to be ticketed followed by georgia alabama florida, and maryland. as far as the cities, atlanta is number one, followed by los angeles, dallas, miami, and new york city. washington is no. 7 on the list. >> virginia did not get in the top 10. >> interesting if. >> 5:10 is the time, 69 degrees. another change for facebook. a new way that you can share your photographs. >> first lady michelle obama, if she could be anyone else, who that would be. w

it's now dipping down into the 50s around the shenandoah valley and into west virginia and western maryland. closer to washington now, temperatures are bottoming out near 60 degrees. yet arlington, fairfax, montgomery and prince georges. reagan national is at 69. we will have our temperatures warming up again today, but not as kwarm as yesterday. here is your planner. by by 9:00, upper 60s. then the clouds will be breaking up. temperatures by noontime should make it into the low 70s. mid-70s by mid afternoon. then late afternoon before sunset back down to the low 70s. sunrise this morning. 5 clrch 54. sunset at 8:16. i'm back with another update coming up at 4:41. danella is here with traffic. good morning. >> checking out things on i-66. eastbound and fairfax county parkway. had constructionful it was in the roadway. travel lanes are open in this area. now, westbound at 50. traveling on 66 west, have roadwork set up and it is still -- the cones are still blocking that right lane in this area. be aware of that. your volume is light westbound but just watch out for that work zone there. trav

flush -- in the shenandoah valley. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera.d visibility this morning at the capitol dome. dew point 62 and we get the muggies out there this morning. when the dew point above 60 it's kind of muggy. 65 to 70 or greater it gets sort of sticky and uncomfortable. winds south-southwest at 8 and our humidity at 87%. what we're watching is a front coming across the midwest and the center part of the country. the storms are lining up from kansas all the way here. this front goes all the way in toward the northeastern new england. ahead of it some showers and storms and we're in a very warm air mass and yeah thedy tame heating with -- daytime heating with the low level humidity. on top of us. main threat is going to be damaging wind gusts and large hail and this threat area is issued by the storm prediction center out of norman, oklahoma. you saw where that was mainly east of the blue ridge. but some of the storms west could fire up here. by evening time scattered showers and storms. that's 5:45. some of those are going to be strong to

that's part of the shenandoah valley and into the mountains right now. closer to washington and just south of us, that's where we have those areas in orange and yellow. those are zones getting heavier downpours. that includes central fairfax county to mt. vernon to quantico, across the potomac to charles county. this is the heaviest rain right now, and a lot of lightning associated with this one. it's right along the tidal potomac from near cobb island and that area, port tobacco, that is drifting to the east. passing just south of la plata and waldorf. that's going to be moving into st. mary's county the next, oh, perhaps ten minutes or so. now we do have a large area that could have some severe weather later this afternoon, includes about all of virginia, maryland, west virginia, the district, there could be storms producing damaging winds and hail between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. if you hear thunder, get inside, turn on nbc 4, we'll let you know what's going on. the time frame, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. and what a warm afternoon, too. we ought to be making it well

and shenandoah valley, not a lot of rain and not enough to interfere with your day. then sunshine getting through an ever increasing amount of cloud cover this morning. mid and high level clouds for now but will lower and thicken up this afternoon and evening. for now, more than enough sunshine to cast shadows in washington. no sun on the monument. 63 at national airport. winds out of the south averaging 7 miles per hour. generally, a south wind, 5 to 15 miles per hour expected for most of the afternoon. winds bringing more moisture in the area and as a result rain chances will sneak up late tonight and into tomorrow morning. get over into carroll county this morning, and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. in northern virginia, mid to upper 50s this morning. 58 in manassas this morning, and then clouds start to increase by mid to late afternoon, 3:30, and 79 degrees for a temperature in manassas at 3:30 this afternoon. partly tonight, cloudy and rain free. rain drops move in shortly after midnight and a chance for a wet morning commute for back to work and school.

you got to see the sun, whereas along the bay and parts of shenandoah valley, thick fog and clouds. and as little picture of the sunrise. look at the visibility in the shenandoah valley, thick fog -- winchester under a quarter of a mile. 0.3 of a mile in martinsburg. and limited visibility in the district and around the beltway. 67 in washington. temperatures not so bad. you feel the humidity. you will notice it especially into the open the -- upcoming weekend, not just the humidity but he does what. martinsburg, 59, 61 and culpeper. there is the sprinkle their. mixture of sun and clouds in the morning and then more thundershowers this afternoon and evening. the sunshine will only further destabilize the atmosphere and add to the heavy rainfall potential. we do have some concerns for highly localized flash flooding later on today. a few storm chance of the next few days and also into the weekend, coming with the territory, highs in the lower 90's by sunday and monday. >> it seems like every memorial day is like that. looking forward to a. >> you are watching "good morning washington

out toward i-81, shenandoah valley much quieter to the west.f us just west of 95, you can see the heavy rains coming up toward the metro here on the west side of the metro, eastern loudoun, western fairfax, coming through much of prince william, southern fauquier coming out of stafford and fred rigsburg to mount airy -- fredricksburg to mount airy. there may be a flash of lightning. i saw one driving in a few hours ago. low 60s here in the shenandoah valley to the mid-60s in town. later this afternoon with a mix of clouds and sunshine and scattered showers and storms, we'll see high upper 70s. maybe 80 toward man fan sas. -- manassas. monika is back with time saver traffic. >>> good morning. this is one of those mornings where i think you might want to give yourself a few extra minutes to head out the door. obviously at this time we don't have any volume but the rain was coming down heavy at least for my commute this morning and slowed me down a few minutes. down south 95 northbound no problems to report dale city into woodbridge and springfiel

shenandoah valley, west virginia and maryland.rfax, prince george's county, in the tidal basin in the potomac, we have a few clouds. by 9:00 we'll still be in the 60s and partly cloudy. by noontime lots of sun. if you spend much time outside you'll need your sunscreen. as we get into the afternoon hours, it will be mid-70s. around 70s noontime. by late afternoon, near 70 degrees and it will be mostly sunny. a clear evening and by dawn tomorrow, a chilly start to friday. temperatures may be near 50 degrees but with bright sun on friday afternoon into the upper 70s. saturday should be sunny, near 80 degrees. but then there is a question about whether we might get a shower on sunday. there's some uncertainty with that. stay tuned. looks like a greater chance of light rain moving in as we do get into next week. heading into the air force base this weekend. hud crowds. free admission. especially with the sunshine around 80. again, sunday, there is a chance of a passing shower. however it may be dry there. stay tuned we'll have an updat

shenandoah valley, much of maryland, reagan national at 69 degrees.is your day planner for this thursday. we'll have a lot of sunshine today. it will be a sunscreen day. afternoon highs reaching low to mid 80s. a delayful day. then those storming rolling in torp. i'm back with another update in ten minutes. danella is here now with another look at traffic. >> good morning. tom. if you're traveling in forestville, maryland, it's shut down here. chopper 5 is live over the scene. you can see we have a flatbed looking to toll the vehicle out of the area. the ultimate route is to take route 4. back over to 66 eastbound at gallows, good news here. accident at gallows now just blocks the left shoulder lane. the travel lanes are open but the damage has been done. very slow, 13 miles an hour. over to the rails, a very long hour delay on the fredericksburg line. train number 302. this is due to equipment problems but metro and marc aren't reporting delays at thiechlt back over to you. >> deer are a major problem in rock creek park and now the national park serv

it is in the 60s, western maryland, much of west virginia, southern central shenandoah valley.arther east, it is in the 70s. low to mid 70s around washington, most of virginia, maryland, around the bay, and the eastern shore. reagan national at 77. we do have a front in the midwest, it's triggering showers and thunderstorms in ohio,ined, back to the missouri area. it will be approaching later today. with your day planner, have the umbrella handy for when you come home from work and school by late afternoon. that's when we could have storms developing. before then, we ought to get up to around 90. not quite as hot as yesterday. a look at a cool change for the rest of the week, your seven-day outlook at 4:51. a look at traffic. danella? >>> good morning. facing a nice commute if you're traveling along i-95 now. ready to leave out of the house heading from stafford to the beltway. in fact, things look really good. i'll give you a live look traveling in the dumfries area. making your way southbound as well as as you travel northbound, no issues to report. i'll give you a live look

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that includes shenandoah valley and the mountains.e's the hometown forecast for damascus, northern montgomery county. by 10:00 or so, it's going to be sunny, near 80. by noontime, into the mid 80s. by early afternoon, clouds building, and then by around 4:00 or so, they'll their will be some thunderstorms likely moving through. and as they do move through, could have some heavy downpours. frequent lightning, maybe some strong, gusty winds and hail. that's going to continue until late this evening. we'll look at a big change on the way here for the rest of the week. your seven-day outlook at 6:21. danella? >>> traveling along i-270, let's head up together. you are going to experience some delays if you're traveling from fredericksburg. in fact, i'll give you a travel speed southbound. you're at 27 miles per hour as you approach 80. continuing toward clarksburg, a little better. you're at 33 miles per hour. once you pass clarksburg road, 121, the lanes open up for you. it's not so bad. here's a live look at shady grove. and you're nice

it's not going to be arriving into the shenandoah valley until about maybe noon or 1:00.n later, into the metro area, there's a lot of rain, though, in the area along the ohio valley into western west virginia. the closest of any rain now, there's a few sprinkles just east of hagerstown, about to move toward catoctin mountain heading to pennsylvania. some other sprinkles, those areas in green you see in the upper left of the screen. that's out in far western maryland, parts of western allegheny county, into garrett county. some of the highlands in west virginia. and out that way, in the upper 50s, closer to washington, in the upper 50s to near 60. reagan national now at 61. much of the region, quite a bit of cloudiness. sunshine in and out. during the afternoon, cloudy. that's when around the metro area we'll likely begin to see the rain moving in. small chance by 3:00. a likelihood around 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 this evening when we could get showers, accompanied by thunder and lightning. i don't think we're going to have any severe weather. we'll take a look at improving news

much of the region, from the shenandoah valley east and western maryland, panhandle of west virginia to the atlantic beaches, in the 60s. 66 at reagan national right now. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties in the low 60s most of those locations. and that includes hollywood in southern maryland, 64. bristow, virginia, now at 65. germantown, 64. reston also is at 64. and throughout the rest of the day today, your day planner for this monday, a wet day with occasional showers. highs reaching low to mid 70s by mid-afternoon. maybe some thunder and lightning as you're heading back home. another closeup look at radar, that's in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. starting with the rails, we have good news at foggy bottom metro station. entrance jeescalators back working. marc a ten-minute delay. and a 13-minute delay on penn south train 505. over to the roadways, i-95 southbound at 175, you're seeing a crash there. please be careful, and on i-270 southbound, just past falls road in the right shoulder lane, police are on the scen

in fact, by noontime, may be moving into the shenandoah valley.ures are in the 60s all around the region. 66 now at reagan national. hometown forecast, poolesville, northern montgomery county, by noontime near 80, partly cloudy. after that, we could get the thunderstorms moving in. hitting the mid 80s before that. occasional thunderstorms from the afternoon all the way into this evening, some of them could produce damaging winds and hail. and then tomorrow, partly cloudy, near 80 during the afternoon. small chance of a late afternoon or evening thundershower. partly cloudy sunday, mid 70s. and we'll be in the 70s each day. afternoons, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, maybe rain tuesday, wednesday of next week. danella? >>> right now, still watching the crash. this is kenilworth avenue at cherrywood lane, in the intersection. the fire department still there. best to avoid the area if you can this morning. now heading over to muncaster mill road at bowie mill road. we had traffic lights out in this area. they're back on. and no issues to report

. >> clouds, maybe a little drizzle perhaps around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley this morning. right now don't have any of that. a few breaks in the clouds. there's the view from space. we could see a little of the big moon in the western sky through breaks in the clouds. all these areas in green, 50s to near 60 degrees. that includes just about all of virginia, maryland, and west virginia. however, eastern shore, many locations dipped into the 40s. ocean city, 45. easton to cambridge, mid 40s there, as well around kent island. the western side of the bay, 50s. that includes montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. by 9:00, still a few breaks in the clouds, and temperatures climbing to the low 60s. and we'll have still a few breaks in the clouds perhaps around noontime for your lunch hour. by then should be in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. and then a lot of clouds around, does look like, for the rest of the afternoon. we'll be cloudy and boy late afternoon we'll fall from the low 70s, mid-afternoon back to the 60s. and it is going to be fairly mild thro

widespread rain is, and down 81 in the shenandoah valley expand moving east across the blue ridge.y and paige county, moderate rain now moving into western fauquier county, county, and another around thein beltway. showers in prince , pushing easty towards clinton and brandywine get aper marlborough will showers as crossing over the potomac into a national harbour right now. keep pushing towards in virginia and alexandria. you will get a break shortly, rather. is beltway in virginia beginning to dry out. plenty of road spray if region especially across the beltway. just crossing 95 is a heavy line of rain. the bull'snty is heavy downpour with moving toand thunder 235 as we speak. 64 degrees in the district, 61 in frederick. we will break into sunshine once the morning rain comes to an end. that will destabilize the atmosphere. there's a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening, possibly strong to severe thunderstorms. muggy.d 84 again for the high. near 90 by friday if. cooling off sunday into monday, in the '70s. wednesday through saturday, a chance of storms. what about the road s

still in parts of fairfax county, prince william and into the northern shenandoah valley, temperatures where the sun has broken out, near 80 degrees, charlottesville to near friend riksberg, under the clouds, we're in the 60s, i think we'll be able to break up around the metro area. around the hometown weather network, reston in the upper 60s, near 70, as well as andrews air force base, as far as leesburg, 72, germantown, northern montgomery county, a little sun breaking out and it's around 70 degrees. this whole zone in yellow is a potential severe weather zone later this afternoon, covers most of virginia, west virginia, maryland, the district, between 3:00, 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. when an isolated thunderstorm could pop up and might produce damaging winds and maybe some hail. if you hear thunder, get inside, turn on news4, we'll let you know if any storms are threatening your neighborhood. >>> well for the rest of the afternoon, yes, some breaks in the clouds, some sunshine, maybe making the low 80s around the metro area, but upper 80s to near 90 degrees across parts of virginia for our

that includes much of the shenandoah valley. above freezing, though.virginia, western maryland, though, only just a couple of degrees above the freezing mark. closer to washington, areas in light blue, only the low 40s. that is most of southern maryland, the rest of maryland, north and west of washington, and across most of virginia, in the 40s. these areas in green, near the bay, tidewater, generally in the low 50s. reagan national at 53. a bright and sunny morning, the strong may sun will work its magic. and by mid morning, upper 50s, near 60. and then by noontime, we should be climbing into the 60s. mostly sunny, just a few clouds coming through. and not as much wind today, either. then middle of the afternoon we ought to be peaking in the low 70s. by late afternoon, by 5:00, the sunshine, near 70. then by sunset at 8:10, back into the 60s. looks like a cool evening coming up. i'll have your friday evening planner coming up in a minute. danella, any traffic trouble? >>> yeah. because of your friend, the sun. driving slow on 66 as you make your way e

parts of the shenandoah valley nearly half an inch. and you can see all those areas of moving color, the green, that's light rain. look at the area of red and orange down 0 in southern virginia, north carolina. that is some very heavy rain. a pretty large area of it, too. that's advancing to the north-northeast and taking a bead along the i-95 corridor that may be into the metro area. out ahead of that temperatures are beginning to warm up now. it's near 70 in richmond. 73 around havevirginia beach an norfolk. closer to washington. we've been holding steady in the low to mid-60s through much of the morning and we will until around noontime but we should be warming up during the afternoon hours into the upper 60s to low 70s with occasional showers and maybe a little bit of thunder and lightning, but i don't think we're going to have any severe weather but some much-needed rain off 0 and on that will probably continue into tonight. we'll look at big changes on the way here for the rest of the week and a new app pour your phone. all the l

much of the shenandoah valley, low 60s, but we've got lots of sunshine pouring down. a few wispy high clouds may drift in late they are afternoon as temperatures climb to the mid 70s, overnight tonight, looking like it's going to be mostly clear. but a chill in the air on friday morning. in fact, it may get down to the 40s in much of the region. as we start off friday morning, low 50s around the cities. afternoon highs tomorrow, should make it into the upper 70s. lots ever sun. and starting off saturday for the first part of the weekend, looking great. 50s in the morning, afternoon highs near 80. some indication we might get a passing shower. some uncertainty about that on sunday. it looks like a greater chance of that happening monday, tuesday, wednesday, it will help out our abnormally dry conditions, highs in the 70s each day. have a great afternoon, see you tomorrow morning. >>> and that's new"news4 midday for today. we thank you for joining us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00, we'll be back tomorrow morning at "news4 midday." we'll

little warmer in the shenandoah valley. stephens city, 51. 51 degrees in triangle and bowie.igh temperature of 71 this afternoon. cloudy tonight in the mid to upper 50's. more tomorrow with a little scattered late-day and thunderstorms. good chance of rain tomorrow and again on wednesday. that's it for the weather. everything in pretty good shape from metro rail. rail, can the mine train 841 is stuck behind a freight train. berdi 30 minutes late. hitting the road, you'll find normal travel times this morning 355 at cedar lane where they have been doing long-term construction. beltway,d on the 270, and this is 95 in virginia approaching the beltway, headlights on the left side. >> breaking news in northeast washington. a 10-year-old girl shot in the leg overnight in the 100 block of 42nd street northeast. we still don't know what led to shooting or if anybody has been arrested. headed there and details as wee get them. >> it's 5:30. a humanitarian aid worker from rockville is being held hostage qaeda. >> warren weinstein warns that he killed if president obama does not meet th

to 7 in the shenandoah valley. -- 67 in the shenandoah valley. 69 at reagan national. 83 degrees for the high temperature. the bright sunshine and low humidity. it will be possible at 83 with a north wind and 5-10. we will talk storm chances for tomorrow, coming up. back to you. >> thank you. flags in the district will fly at half staff today in honor of local music icon chuck brown. thousands expected to attend a public memorial at the washington convention center later this morning. >> several dignitaries expected to attend. john gonzalez is outside the convention center with everything we need to know. >> ddot crews have started closing off some of the streets surrounding this convention center. laws and will begin to line the sidewalks in a few hours as people get ready to pay their final respects. inside they will pray celebrate, and jam to some of his greatest hits, including "bustin' loose." there will be a lot of speeches including a speech from the mayor and even from comedian/actor mike epps. and there will be in the music, from gospel music to go-go music, which chuck brow

the shenandoah valley could pick up two inches or more of rain by the time the system moves out of herelower-60's tomorrow. on monday and tuesday, it will rain credit will clear by wednesday and thursday. and then temperatures in the upper-70's for the weekend and near 80 degrees. >> memorial day is right around the corner. >> less than two weeks away. we will look at a photo gallery. >> a lot of people are still feeling the pain. >> but two stars are already doing their country for world. cleanout the lockers tomorrow. it is the end of the road as we note for the 2012 stanley cup. a recap of the capitals. today is gonna be important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go 'ad and bring it online. attention on site, atntntion on site. now starting unit ni.. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. >> it has been quite a world when for the nationals this weekend. bryce harper injured himself and needed 10 stitches t

a little bit cooler in the shenandoah valley. 81 degrees reagan national. in the district, we could make it to 85 degrees. here is the key today. the north wind, the refreshened north wind dropping the humidity. when the dewpoint is in the 50's, it is feeling good at this time of year. 70 degree dewpoints like earlier in the week is when the humidity is repressive. it will drop again for the upcoming weekend. we have this area of low pressure in the center of the country. that is going to track to the west. this air right here is going to get pulled into washington tonight and especially throughout the day tomorrow. a lot of instability in our atmosphere which means a good potential for thunderstorms tomorrow. i think there is a pretty good chance of some strong and severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. look how active is tomorrow. our futurecast usually is not that aggressive with thunderstorms. i think it adds to the potential and reasoning for some strong storms tomorrow. a lot of wind shear tomorrow which m

much into the shenandoah valley and into the mountains and west virginia.r to washington, we're in the low 60s. prince george's, arlington, much of southern maryland too. throw mid-60s. father south from prince william into stafford, spots vain yarks culpeper, rappahannock, it's down in the low 60s there as well. a lot of sun today. by noontime, mid-80s. a lot of sun. you'll need sunblock. then this evening under a clear sky, down to the 60s by late evening. by this time tomorrow morning we'll have increasing clouds ahead of a front that will likely trigger strong thunderstorms late afternoon into friday night. some of those storms could produce damaging windings and hail and very heavy rain. that would be late friday afternoon into friday evening is the way it looks right now. might have a lingering shower, then drying out saturday afternoon. looks delightful for sunday. keep that in your weekend recreational plans. afternoon highs near 80. back to work and school on monday, tuesday, wednesday. similar each day. i'm back in ten minutes. danella is here now

sprinkles along 81 in the shenandoah valley. moving into st. mary's county. here is the forecast.nd 70 degrees. a few lingering sprinkles this morning. another straight shower later on today. it is a transition day. not all that active in terms of rainfall. about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. the next few days is around 84 thursday and friday. nothing but sunshine. late friday into saturday we could have another round of storms. temperatures will take a dive into the mid-70's. looking good temperature wise. we are near 90. we will be much cooler back into the 70's by saturday. >> of looks pretty good right now. a lot of overnight construction has been canceled because of the weather. i have a couple of cameras waiting for you. we will take you north on 395. a beautiful ride. everything is open near the pentagon and across the 14th street bridge. looks like more of our neighbors are hitting the roads. we are still even in steady. back to steve and pamela. >> sounds good. pepsico is offering to pay customers for saving energy through the appliance recycling program. it allows cu

shenandoah valley, the blue ridge.a good part of the overnight hours moves through the early morning. that's when we look for heavier showers across western maryland and the district. by tomorrow afternoon, we'll need your umbrella. greens and yellow, monday night to tuesday. we'll keep up the most rain. we're five inches below average since january 1. 58 to 64, the daytime low. upper 60s to lower 70s. the extended outlook shows the sunshine making a come back on thursday and friday. daytime highs in the upper 70s. the 50s to lower 60s. once again, wjla.com. lots of interesting photo galleries. and interesting stuff 24 hours a day. >> that's a lot to figure out. >> did you figure it out. >> cool. >>> coming up next, the boom rang generation. >> i love my family. it's like -- it's not where i want to be. back home with mom and dad, a look at w does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it

that includes the shenandoah valley. washington, montgomery, frederick, and maryland, also in the 50s. all these areas are generally around the 60s. and in arlingtoarlington, fairf the eastern shore. as we look forward to the day, beautiful morning. we'll have the temperatures by 9:00 in the mid to upper 60s. then by noontime near 70. mid-70s mid afternoon with lots of sunshine. clear tonight. then by dawn, many areas near 50 degrees, but another gorgeous day on friday and a bit warmer in the 70s. over the weekend, saturday, sunday, up around 80. sunday, there's some uncertainty about whether or not we may get some showers. greater chance of rain moving in monday, tuesday, and wednesday as we get into next week with highs in the 70s. going to the andrews air show this weekend, looks like great weather for that. we're going to have sunshine on saturday, up around 80 degrees. you'll need the sunblock. then on sunday, a chance for showers, highs in the 70s. danella, how's traffic? >> just as you approach 295, we have a cras