you see these lower dew point numbers in pennsylvania with very dry air in place and pushing south, push out the steam a little way south into the day tomorrow but not right this moment. we are looking at a hot humid night out there in the upper 80s in terms of what it feels like but tomorrow we climb into the 80s with a noticeable drop in humidity. enjoy it. we'll get those details coming up. >>> new video out of colorado of the star of the dark knight rises leaving a colorado hospital after visiting some of the victims of the early friday morning massacre. >> he is christian bale and posed for pictures with survivors and families and if you've been on facebook you have seen these pictures, they are where. tonight we hear more from families, people are calling the miracle baby. >> katie medley was 9 months pregnant when she escaped unharmed from the shooting spree inside the theater. caleb medley was shot and remains in critical condition in the medical center just one floor above where his wife gave birth to his son hugo which some are calling a miracle baby. in another area hospital a

the air is so dry and comfortable. wind northwesterly at 5 will turn more southwesterly as we get into the evening. that wind direction change, that means we're going to take this beautiful air mass and kind of push it on out of here unfortunately. it's going to be real hot by tomorrow even. 81 by 9:00. just a biefl evening if you've -- beautiful evening if you've got outdoor plans, want to take a walk with your wife, husband, the dog, it's going to be great to be out. had some showers and storms in the carolinas this morning. they're dissipating quickly. next closest thing is way up into michigan now. we've go weather problems whatsoever today and the sign of the dry air, look at the dew points n. is a real true measure of how moist the air is opposed to humidity dependent on the temperature. we have dew points in the low 50s now. the real dry air has moved in. our dew point is 52. you see the sticky stuff. charleston, up toward lexington 60s and 70s. that's not that far away. that will be coming back late tonight into

this dry pleasant air is in place. 80s, clear and dry. we'll talk about the steam bath, how fast it returns. that's coming up. >>> we are learning more about the suspected gunman in the deadly rampage of the colorado movie theater. james holmes bought a rifle just hours after failing an exam for a doctorate program back in june. according to fox news holmes isn't a notebook that contained details on how he was going to kill people but the package remained unopen for nearly a week before it was found on monday. after the initial shock and horror of another mass shooting here, the focus turned to the nation's gun laws. neither president obama nor mitt romney have made it a focus. we look at the colorado shooting and the public's sentiment on gun control. >> reporter: americans have a historic love affair with guns and fierce keep your hands off of them attitude. in the wake of the horrific colorado shooting, some politicians, mostly democrats are demanding action. >> what freedoms do we protect when the tools of mass murder are so easily av

hey, dry air marching in behind me. there were warnings today and by the way, you really need to download our storm shield app if you get a chance to do that on the itunes store. you can get the warnings anywhere you are. we'll be back with much more of abc2 news at 6:00 coming up. h >>> the rain isn't quite falling yet but wyatt will have the details coming up in about three minutes. you know we spend a lot of time outside. all that summer sun can trigger as ma. abc2's health reporter linda so has more. >> reporter: heat, pollen and pollution can trigger asthma. >> the kids are more active, spending more time outside. they're breathing in all this but also running around a lot more. as a result, for those children who have asthma and you look at the statistics, one in 11 children have asthma, a lot more kids have asthma attacks during the summer months. >> reporter: the doctoasthma cat in younger kids. here's some things to look out for. >> if you notice them coughing when they're playing, running around the house play

because it is dry air it will start cooling quickly especially around 8:00 until then 7:00 warm inland4, 6 around the bay, 58 at the coast. here's the next three days -- poor air quality not only today but tomorrow and lesser extent thursday you can see cooling trend temperatures top out tomorrow about four to six degrees warmer than today and drop nearly 8 to 10° by friday that will continue into the weekend i'll show you that in a few minutes. here's frances. >>> traffic has been really quiet this morning. we've been off to a great start tuesday and eastbound 4 roadwork going on most commuters heading westbound which is delay-free at loveridge traffic off the freeway on the off-ramp you can get back on, on the on-ramp until 5:30 this morning. no other major trouble reported. live shot of the san mateo bridge westbound flows well and the drive time 14 minutes now from 880 to 101. south bay headlights are looking good northbound on 280 heading up towards cupertino. traffic light now out of the santa cruz mountains, 17 across your screen. as we check out the exclusive waze traffic app,

today sunshine faster because of that dry air one of reasons why we'll be warmer. 48 santa rosa, 7:00 the rest of us in the 50s mostly cloudy. lunch notice how quickly clouds are back to the coast, 50s into san francisco and san rafael, 70s inland. by 4:00, pockets of sunshine along the coast low to mid 60s there into san francisco and oakland 70s around the rest of the bay shore 80s inland. friday evening light jacket upper 50s to mid 60s around the bay mid to upper 50s at the coast, 70s inland. next three days you can see saturday, sunday and also monday, slight warming trend with near 90 inland, near 80 around the bay, coast mid 60s. >>> we are following this crash in alameda. amy hollyfield is headed to the scene. it involves six people under the age of 18 they crashed into a tree, solo car crash into a tree. all six people were taken to the hospital. right now island drive is closed south of robert davie harbor bay parkway is an alternate near the golf course in that area. freeway traffic fine at this point, no problems on 880 or 580, east bay looking good. crash in mountain view

is we have temperatures in the 70s, could be thunderstorms this afternoon, and then cool and dry air works in behind our front. there's the live look at radar. the thunderstorms are just toar the north and to our west into southern pennsylvania. they have a history of producino some severe weather to the north and west this morning.morn so we'll watch this line, and this, certainly, we could seement additional line develope ahead of the frontal system. all right.gh temperature at reagan national, 9 degrees, it is going to be another warm day with highsth expected to be in the low toto mid-90s, humidity 74%.90s, winds from the south and west as 7. looks for breezes later behind the front, 15-20 miles per hour, but that's good news, that means the cool and dry air will workil in. here's the forecast for the day 93 in washington, 96, warm inin baltimore, 94 in colonial beach with scattered storms developing later. more details on the forecastfo coming up in a couple minutes.in tony and allison, pack to you. >>> the man suspected in the colorado movie massacre will bel back in court next

air day. doppler showing how dry it is this morning. k at the water vapor imagery we are looking at how much moisture is in the air the drier the air more the -- the more orange. you can see how things are rotating around us clockwise that's the high pressure sitting on top of us this morning uncut by a small sea breeze pushing clouds up against the coast and to oakland over the next couple of hours quickly back to the coast by 10, 11:00, 60s there san francisco, 70s and 80s around the bay, 80s and 90s inland by your lunch hour. 4:00 clouds breaking up along the coast, sunshine there, mid to upper 60s san francisco, 78 oakland, upper 80s to 90 around the bay, 90s and 100s's holding on at 4:00 inland. 70s and -- 70s and 80s 7:00. upper 50s to low 60s half moon bay and san francisco, cooling trend still warm inland tomorrow one whu near 90 around the bay and 62 at the coast saturday we drop to upper 80s inland, mid 70s around the bay near 60 at the coast will continue to get cooler through sunday. >>> several accidents looks like they are

it is going to change tomorrow and through the weekend with you can see orange that spot of very dry air sitting on top of us. some green to our south to our east and north the storm track still well away from us thanks to high pressure. clouds at the coast this morning, finger fog will try to roll across san francisco and head to oakland most of us 50s to near 60 through the 7:00 hour. noon temperatures rapidly warm clouds back at the coast, 60s. 70s and 80s around the bay, 80s and 90s by noon. by 4:00, still hanging out in the 90s maybe even a few 100s left in the east bay valley, 70s and 80s around the bay. by 7:00, starts to cool nicely. upper 50s to low 60s along the coast into san francisco, 70s around the bay and 70s and 80s inland. still hot inland tomorrow and temperatures drop nearly two to 12° by the time we get to saturday >>> no major accidents. we have roadwork in antioch eastbound 4 loveridge all lanes taken off at the off-ramp then back on until 5 30, no problems westbound also in milpitas the connection ramp blocked from eastbound 37 to northbound 880 as well as westboun

. -- the humidity moves in overnight and dry air returns. tomorrow we will get to near 90. the heat comes slamming back. the air temperatures will be close to 100 degrees. a lot of heat and humidity will push and quickly by thursday. the break we have will be short- lived. heat and humidity returns and as we get through thursday, friday, and even the weekend it remains hot and humid. pd late tonight. 84 degrees midday tomorrow. look at thursday. highs in the upper 90's near 100 with a chance of afternoon storms. another cold front will bring more storms on saturday. we will settle into the upper 80 pose a kind of a normal august conditions. >> it continues to be sticky. >> we have sad news to pass on tonight. tmz reports that sherman hemsley passed away at his home. he had no wife or children. it is unclear just how he died. he was 74. >> just a fixture on tv in the 70's and 80's. coming up the national zoo's new cheetah cubs debut and we were there for the action. >> security changes as a result of the colorado shooting. what changes you may notice immediately. >> a decisio

dry air has come in big time and coming in on a welcome note. that high humidity that soupy air, it's south and west of us and will move in big time. mid-morning at the latest. the pattern is quiet for the evening, dry, pleasant and that humidity is extreme to our south and west. this is what will make the difference. i know i will get laughs from the studio. in meteorology 101, when you get this big narrow surge, that's a moist tongue coming up through the nation's mid-section. it's not going to feel funny. look at the heat index values from the west, feeling like 109 in cincinnati. all right. here's the trend. hit and miss showers thursday by 4:00 and as we go into friday you can see basically a better chance for a line of showers and storms. two extreme days of heat and the storm should drop us back down for the weekend. 67, mostly clear tomorrow. we'll call it variably cloudy, hot or more humid, 97. some spots could touch a hundred. tomorrow down to 78. steam baths with lingering thunderstorms in the evening. as we look to friday a bet are ch

the air will start to dry out. >> i like the dry air. give me the heat.'ll take the dry air. >> it will be sunny and 90s. might as well not be humid. >> exactly. i'll take that. >> unlike yesterday which was cloudy and 90 and extremely humid. 75 in washington. 75 in baltimore. 75 is officially the lucky number of the morning. there is your radar. shower and thunderstorm activity had a few pop up late yesterday. those have dissipated overnight. now we are waking up generally with sunshine here. we will be waking up with sunshine shortly t should be a mostly sunny start to your day. clouds will move in later this afternoon with a cold front and you will feel the winds pick up. there could somebody scattered thunderstorms moving in. just be ready for, once again, that possibility later today. maybe a 30 or 40% chance you will see a storm later today. 95 in waldorf. tomorrow looks fantastic. thursday looks hot. friday and saturday, more of the same. i'll show you more in a second. >> you don't want to give us too much. >> just small pieces at a time. >> julie

. >> it'll be a dry air day. >> we will talk about that coming up. >> thanks. still ahead, penn state football fans gathered around the statue of joe paterno. a jet causes quite a scare as a >> crowds of people have been going to penn state's stadium to visit a statue of joe paterno as they tried to decide whether it will be taken down appeared they .ay ar they say are showing up support. officials say a decision will be made within a few days. in san antonio, an air force instructor has been sentenced to 20 years for rape and sexual assault. a military jury found louis r. walker guilty yesterday. they decided to punish him today. he is among 12 inspectors investigated for sexual misconduct. six have been charged. a massive air jet landed at the wrong florida airport. it was all caught on camera. it is supposed to land at the air force base. instead it came to a screeching halt 4 miles away. a commercial pilot captured the moment on his iphone. >> is 11,000 ft. long. it it is almost triple the link over there. they would not confirm if it was a pilot or not. it

finally some dry air begins coming in. by sunday some refreshing year. next couple of hours especially those across northern maryland. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> can you imagine how hot it is out there for the redskins today? >> you are not wearing pads. >> you know, i almost got hit. ready or not, here we go. the first day of camps -- camp is in the history book. they went inside in the air conditioning bubble this morning and outdoors this afternoon. they were just and shoulder pads and shorts. this is one of the days where the fans would go through a crescendo when he completed a pass. i had a chance to talk to hightower about the heat in practice. >> it is training. it is football. you can play in the heat and enjoy playing football. >> you cannot get through an interview these days without mentioning rgiii. how much pressure does that put into a young guy when he comes into camp with all these veterans? >> how much more pressure do you want? the most pressure you can have, that guy

the dew point temperature is in the 40's and 50, that is dry air for this time of year and it makes it quite comfortable. changes move in tonight. the clouds that we see here is scattered, partly cloudy skies heading toward thursday morning. those clouds are developing ahead of a warm front. the heat and humidity will rise. up toward philadelphia including the d.c. area under a heat advisory or excessive heat warning for the day tomorrow. there is a pretty dramatic temperature rise as this front goes by. '88 to cleveland, 98 chicago, 105 in kansas city. the heat comes in on the west to southwest breeze and maybe hot enough to trigger thunderstorms. the next front approaching, a cool front. it will be hot on friday. a thunderstorm may pop up. we start clear and pick up a few clouds. not too bad temperature wise. a light southwest breeze at 5 miles per hour. haitians -- hazy sunshine kicks in. 101 is possible. southwest wind at 10 to 20 miles per hour. on the bay, the wind will be increasing behind the warm front. of small craft advisory is out. 3 foot waves casting up to 20 knots. a bea

it's not going it bring cool air per say but it will usher in dry air. it's more of a dry front than a cool cold front. it's rotating around a high pressure cell and keeping thing as bit unsettled, but, again, the good news is that boundary edges in. the storm threat diminishes. we're dry tomorrow, sunshine on tap, a good looking day. the storm threat after tonight will not come back until thursday and friday. so overnight 67, early thunderstorms this evening. we stay tropical in the upper 60s. look at this, 88 tomorrow and two words we love to see this time of the year -- less humid. less humid weather tomorrow and tomorrow night down to 68 with a lingering thunderstorm in the mix. the extended forecast, relatively unchanged as we look to the weekend. temperatures will bounce back a bit, low 90s. humidity comes back as well. this is what you wanted to see, kelly. we get the dry day between the steam and the humidity. won't have the thick haze. we get one day of border line relief. >> one day of good hair and -- >> back to extra hairspray. >>> now to dem

us and lots of sun with dry air today but then the humidity and heat return quickly. tomorrow and friday highs near 100 both afternoons and might get scattered storms and over the weekend cooling down a bit. lower humidity sunday and monday. have a great afternoon. we'll tsee you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, tom. >>> that's news 4 midday, 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 at 11:00 a.m. plan to join us for that. we plan to see you then. have a great day. see you in the morning. homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief, i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. if you want to make a difference, you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i am committed to making a difference, and i am a phoenix. find the program that's right for you at phoenix.edu/beltway

dry air coming in. thunderstorm activity, particularly in virginia and the carolinas. as you see. now we're clearing out. looks like a nice night. west winds on the bay. bay temp around 80 degrees. yes. we just saw that, didn't we? okay. tonight, then, 67. any activity south and east. partly cloudy. tomorrow, less humid, a lot of sunshine. back up to 88. but it will not be that humid tomorrow. so a nice summer day tomorrow. it will be hot. but it won't be that humid. >> okay. look forward to it. >> thank you, bob. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >>> dur atio, powerful enough to topple this tree. i'm tim williams with more on this story coming up. >>> it was a crime that sthoked the community. three people found dead inside a home after it was set on fire. one year later, this case remains unsolved. i'm moneek grieg -- griego coming up. we'll hear from the victims' families and why they're angry at police. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, remembering sally ride and what lives on after her. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> it is just before 6:30. 86 degrees a

orange on too much us is the dry air that heats up an faster than humid air. everything rotating in a counterclockwise fashion that's high pressure sinking air putting a lid on us keeping us so warm during the afternoons especially the farther you are from the coast. clouds around the bay, 9:00, 10:00 back to the coast, pockets of sun will develop. 50s for lunchtime, 69 in oakland, 70s and 80s for everybody else. 80s and 90s around the bay and inland at 4:00, 7 in oakland, mid to upper 60s half moon bay and san francisco. 7:00, 58 at half moon bay, 62 at san francisco, 70 at oakland, a lot of 80s inland. today is the beginning of the heatwave tomorrow will be hotter. let's talk to frances about your traffic. >>> whew, things are going to heat up! bart, caltrain, ace, muni no delays. great way to go. if you are driving thick fog across the golden gate bridge. yesterday there was a fog advisory for highway 1 pacifica we might see that was issued by the chp. live shot this is westbound 24 for headlights out of lafayette heading through orinda and the caldecott tu

i am back of it as we get into wednesday, dry air -- in back of it as we get into wednesday, drier airs, they get a break. in the mid-part of the country, no break. warm and muggy when you get up tomorrow. remember that rain we had over the weekend? that moisture coming back into the atmosphere. temperatures in the low- to the mid-90's. arrest of afternoon thunderstorms chars -- thundershower is preparedrs. lower humidity before the soup comes back. temperatures into the mid-90's again. >> more summer headed our way. >> it is july. >> the penn state fallout continues. >> the sanctions levied on penn state have some of the biggest names in college football telling us what it means for them and theirs. i am harping on harper. i will update you on the pennant sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd chring d i found myself in the middle of this parade noring arica's troops. ich h is actually quit

tomorrow, dry air west of us. weak front kind of drying out. again, pop-up thunderstorm activity. all because of one low pressure. kind of a weak frontal boundary, with chilly air coming in aloft. and that's what develops these winds. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp around 82 degrees. tonight, scattered showers and storms. pretty good downpours. 70s by morning. and patchy fog. tomorrow, back up into the upper 80s with again, scattered shower and thunderstorm activity. some folks will get some downpours. others won't see anything at all. >> okay. thanks a lot, bob. >>> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >>> baltimore bullet michael phelps becomes the most decorated olympian ever. we're live as his friends and fans cheer him [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt or add egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt, perfect for breakfast or any time of day. subway. eat fresh. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that i

when we see numbers in the 50s, that's the dry air still coming toward us. sticky in norfolk and kentucky but we have changed air masses completely. temperatures by the way up in pennsylvania this morning 50s to around 60 in williamsport. we've got the 70s to our south and even in town we've got 70s. but many areas now in the 60s like in laytonsville 64. 68 in columbia. it is 63 in northern loudoun county and lovettsville. even fairfax county lots of mid- 60s from vienna, reston and great falls. in prince george's county, don't want to forget our friends to the east. bowie 65. andrews, baden and crofton 68 degrees. a gorgeous morning. you can see that on our michael & son weather camera. look at that beautiful shot of the nation's capitol there or the u.s. capitol with the sun off to the left this morning. we've got temperatures at 73. dew points down to 60. humidity at 64%. a very comfortable north, northwesterly wind at 7 miles an hour. folks in the middle of the country wish they were here. high pressure sitting right here bringing more heat, more high he

a trough of low pressure swings some dry air in here.ll allow the heat and humidity to ramgp up for monday, tuesday and wednesday. rainshowers slowly coming to an end. otherwise warm and humid in the morning. your sunday, a little bit more sunshine than we had today. higher temperatures, fewer storms, but still don't stray too far tomorrow. if you're driving down to the beach tomorrow, the beach weather gets better as our weather gets warmer. 90s are back tomorrow. mid-90s monday. upper 90s tuesday and wednesday. be ready. >> we will be. still ahead at 11:00, the nats go fishing in miami. and a sweet ending to ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> how was that fishing trip for the nats? >> not particularly a good one. >> no? >> we need a bigger boat. most nationals fans probably zboichbtd disappointed when mark buehrle signed elsewhere from died. . geo in his first start since the all-star game looked

late saturday, i think some dry air moves many. even though there's a risk of some shower on sad, most of it will be done by the afternoon on saturday. that's the bay temp now, stuck at 80 degrees. pretty warm. for tonight, shower and thorms ending eventually, 74, maybe a morning shower and then an afternoon threat for thunderstorm, which could be strong. temperatures in the mid-90s. just about where they were today. 92 and a few showers left on saturday beginning to dry up. 90, 90, and 90 for sunday, monday, and tuesday, but not all that humid. >>> coming up, the rains are faced with an early crisis in training camp in the. >> a starting player mysteriously absent and there are questions about his future. mark ,,,, [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt or add egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt, perfect for breakfast or any time of day. subway. eat fresh. wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeeeheeee! heads up. everythin

that's the dry air, allowing to punch through the state that gets us to sunshine and lower humidity. around 70 for the low, up in to the 80s tomorrow. we will watch the progress of the front, popping a shower or thunderstorm. it looks to be towards the south of town. the forecast, the rest of tonight, temperatures between 67- 69 degrees cloudy, spotty showers for the rest of the evening. starting on a cloudier note. breaking in with sunshine. showers could hold tough over the eastern shore. your seven-day forecast, a nice day on sunday. sunday is going to be the pick of the next two. 86. back in to the 90s with the human that could trigger a scattered shower and thunderstorm. wham in to next week. i will take 90 over 104 any day. >> it's a walk in the park. >> a night and day difference. >> on the go, a wild ride. wyatt everhart is live at the hershey park where they are showing off the new roller coaster sky rush. hopefully the weather is allowing people to get on that thing. >> it's interesting. they are on it right now. it's been a little drizzly here in hershey. showers we had ea

at least we have relatively dry air. we are dealing with a lot humidity. clouds have thinned out.hey are not gone, but enough to let the sun tried to eat us up a little bit. clouds are heavier out in west virginia. these clouds are producing rain showers. quite a few echoes and some moderate to heavy rain shower activity. a little weather disturbance moving through, and that may help to increase our range chances a bit this afternoon, but i think a lot of this rain will be up to the west of us. still, that stalled front to the south. a cool front of to the west. the most significant chance of rain is not coming until next week, but we will be bothered by a few little weak disturbances coming off the bottom of this area of high pressure. this is where our high works against us. a couple of these little waves will come through over the weekend. each brings a slight range of shower. mostly cloudy today. a chance for a shower, but it is small. in many cases, it may only be a sprinkle. less than 1-foot shop on the open waters of the bay. our futurecast shows the range up to the west. i

the reason being we have low dew points and relative humidity, very, very dry air.although we are heating up into the 90s, the temperatures we see here, 91, feels like 91, and 88 for culpepper, feels exactly like 88 degrees. we will see the forecast be fairly warm, into the afternoon, we'll definitely see the opportunity if an extended forecast to build in more of the heat as we get into the fourth of july. 9news now will be back in a moment. >>> don't forget to go to j.c. hayward.com if you have a pampered pet that you would like to send in. last night there was a storm in my area, it wasn't throughout the metropolitan area, but my goodness, the rain, the lightning the thunder. >> we had scattered storms and we could actually see a little bit more of that later on tonight. evan today getting that heat. we are seeing temperatures today, highs making it into the middle range 90s. it is going to feel very reasonable with the lower humidity rates. lows tonight comfortable, 60s and 70s. the storm chance each evening sort of the summertime pattern for us at the end of th

to our north, the dew points are back in the 50s, we're still at 70, so there's a lot of dry air beginningo head into our regions. tomorrow, is going to be a very nice summer day. very comfortable compared to this afternoon. 76, 77, 79. a few spots reporting some low 70s. particularly, where it rained up in the northern sections of baltimore county. the showers really came down hard for a few minutes. northwest winds now beginning to turn, that's going to drive a drier air into the region, but it looks like it's only going to last maybe one day. on thursday things begin to turn around again. the average, now 87. 67 the record. 2010, 101. and in 1985, 55 degrees. to the southwest, hot, humid weather sits right down here. the front that came through the area will come back as a warm front on thursday. so enjoy tomorrow. less humid air, stays with us for the day tomorrow. but late tomorrow night, the front begins to move to our region. we get to the heat and humidity. scattered thunderstorm possible later thursday, temperatures mid- to upper 90s. friday, a little cooler, but a risk of scatter

look at this cooler dry air to the north of us. temperatures in the 60's in upstate new york. the heat is beginning to build in the mid part of the country and it will arrive in our area by the end of the upcoming week. mainly clear skies for us right now. we had a few pop up showers across southern maryland roy this evening. these guys -- earlier this evening. tomorrow afternoon, it will lined up from west to east. we will look for the chance of some showers and stronger storms late tomorrow evening. by tuesday, i hate to say this but it looks like it will be almost a washout with a lot of clouds and temperatures slightly below average for this time of year. highs tomorrow well into the upper 80's, around 90 degrees. then there will be some clearing and some warm-up by thursday and friday. temperatures will be back in the lower-to-middle-90's. here is our forecast for tonight, mainly clear was 65 degrees to 73 degrees. tomorrow 87 degrees to about 92 degrees. we will look for the showers to coolest down. a gloomy day on tuesday and then, by wednesday and thursday, we will inc

a bit of dry air on the way. a full look at the forecast is coming up in a few minutes. >> now to a developing story. an employer of an arlington -- employee of an arlington to restore is dead. the body of the employee was found inside the columbia pike store before midnight. arlington police say the suspects were caught here on a surveillance camera and walked into the store at 4:00 yesterday afternoon. they want to find out who he is. he is in his 50's and is around 5 feet 7 inches tall. he is wearing a bright colored traffic mess. if you could help investigators identify this man you are asked to give a arlington police a call. >> we have new developments in the case of a maryland man who was allegedly planning and auror-a- style massacre. >> the suspect, neil prescott, is now in the medical center. he has undergone psychiatric investigation. no charges as of yet, but we are learning more about his background including his involvement with guns. it looks like any other suburban d.c. apartment complex. >> it we

but we have a dry and lovely canadian high air pressure system we are one degrees cooler than we were yesterday thanks to that it is cooler downstate but don't expect this to last. the jet stream has turned northwest in time the heat will be building up again we remain on the southern flank of this jet stream we could reach 100 degrees by monday and well into the '90s over the weekend. we may get some respectable rain totals next week because of all of this heat ... we offered compare this heat wave back to the one in 1998 88 ... this year we are running at 32 consecutive days of 90 degree weather the heat is canceling out the fact that we have more rain this year that we did in 1988 ... and there are more states in the united states and the lower 48 under drought conditions than ever ... currently where it's 79 degrees 77 degrees in green bay wisconsin many locations are still in triple digits right now we are experiencing natures air-conditioning. that's holding down the heat index making it comfortable out there ... the humidity is only 50% ... moderate mold spores and the grass an

it's dry air despite the east, southeast winds and pressure is steady, 30.18 inches of mercury. a little bit of light activity toward front royal and winchester. notice it's all light green. a couple sprinkles north of frederick and up into fullton and franklin county. and that's about it. that said, we'll keep the chance of an isolated shower in tonight, but not a big deal. 81 bethesda. 81 also in great falls. 79 in vienna and reston. 83 in springfield. 86 in college park and 83 toward laurel. the heat is going to return over the weekend. a few showers tonight. almost hot tomorrow with some storms. it will be hot on sunday with strong storms and some storms could become severe. and very hot next week. we're talking about near triple digits. all right, tonight, partly cloudy and mild. isolated showers and storms. 66 to 74. winds out of the south at 10. do not change your plans tonight. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, warm, a shower possible even in the morning. i would keep the tee times. by afternoon, partly sunny, almost hot. scattered showers and storms. much more numerous. w

these weaken a little bit and run into dry air. still, i would get ready for gusty winds and rains from frederick. but winchester, you need to get ready. that storm holds together and moves southeastward. just in the next hour. 45 minutes away. a little bit of time to get inside. heat continues all week, not as comfortable tonight. a thunderstorm possible tonight and some could be heavy. more storms possible tomorrow. unfortunately, during the fireworks. we will keep you posted. for tonight, partly cloudy and warm. thunderstorm possible. those that develop could be heavy. lows in the 70s. winds southwest at 10. we're keeping the storm in all night. not just through the evening hours. by morning, partly cloudy and hot. late storm possible. 75 to 94 and then by afternoon, same old deal. partly cloudy, very hot. thunderstorms, some could be heavy, some could be severe. highs 94 to 98. winds south, southwest at 10. we'll keep the code yellow alerts for wednesday, thursday, friday. 100 on thursday. 99 on friday. all with a chance of a t

the high pressure means relatively dry air. ir has been pushed to the south and will be down there for a few days. by the weekend, it will start creeping farther north. today, a mixture of sun and clouds. isolated chance for an shower to our south today. a one-foot chop on the bay. look at the temperatures on the water. 83, 82, 83 at baltimore harbor. the futurecast. the farther south you go, the higher the chance for rain. maybe some isolated showers in the mountains. a little area to the north tonight may produce some isolated showers. that happened last night around york. tomorrow, the could be some showers or thunderstorm in the mountains. that does not look like a big issue. by the end of the week, we pick up the rain chance in the seven- day forecast. basically the humidity stays low. highs in the 80's. lows in the 60's. generally dry weather until we get to friday. >> it has been 30 years since the teenagers came to age in " american pie." >> now it is time for their reunion. >> old friends get together for a slice of pie

a little further south and west the boundary on the edge of the dry air and more humid we have storms flairing up still tonight. that is the set up, stationary front that will drift into maryland. especially in to the 4th of july, we could see temperatures start the to go up in the humidity will start to go up toward midweek as well. highs today toward 100 toward st. louis. it goes further east. still in the low 90's but then into wednesday the heat really over spreading from west to east and that will mean more heat. we hope most power can be restored because wednesday is when it'll get to be worse, cabs for storm just a few storm. better chances into wednesday afternoon, although by fireworks time wednesday night optimistic it'll clear out. here is a look over night. temperatures falling to the 07's or so. tomorrow the two degree guarantee. 93, hot, more humid, tomorrow night a little stickier with a late thunderstorm possible. the real heat pours on. later there to the week here, thursday, friday, saturday, look like particularly hot days, again, best wishes for those power crews a

weather cam brought to you by michael and son, 86 now, 59 dew point, again very comfortable, pretty dry aireven though winds are easterly at 7, fur falling at 29.9 -- pressure falling at 29.93 inches of mercury. there's a frontal boundary to our south extending back into arkansas. this is the focus primarily where the storms will be, but for the most part they'll be south of us tonight, a couple showers in west virginia. they'll probably duck south of us as well. we'll keep a chance of a shower in tonight but primarily south of town. want to walk the dog, i think your odds are pretty good. let's talk temperatures because these are nice. i'm throw being out 91 in rockville, 81 bethesda, 83 great falls, 84 arlington. it's a little warmer out toward college park and laurel in the upper 80s, 80 vienna. an isolated thunderstorm tonight, comfortable in the burbs, maybe you turn off the ac, lots of clouds tuesday and more sun wednesday. so for tonight mostly cloudy, shower or storm possible south of town, partly cloudy skies early tonight, 60 since to 72, clouds coming back in late. by morning mos

we are not going to get big time dry air until maybe sunday. i expect to see the threat for storms, again tomorrow and even into our saturday. look at the steamy conditions, heat index values around 100 in norfolk and still a fairly unsettled pattern. this frontal boundary coming down will not clear the area. it'll stall out, as a stationary front. shift around and as it hangs around we will have the chance for storms to glare up. a focusing thing. the humidity across the east coast unbearable. the dew point numbers are surging and so it'll feel sticky tomorrow through the day with a chance for afternoon storms, both friday and saturday. overnight tonight down to 78, storms, late clearing and tomorrow, 95, more heat, more humidity, chance for more afternoon storms tomorrow night. maybe lingering storms, clearing late, seven day forecast, you know saturday looking like a day that could feature a few more storms, sunday looks dry and maybe a two day period sunday, monday where it gets less humid so that will be nice and then the chance for storms

here in chicago an average of four more days of dangerous heat and seven fewer summer days of cool, dry air. forecasters say the midwest heat is about to dip, but it's hard to call it relief. >> temperatures come down from the triple digits to the mid-90s. that only lasts a couple of days, then it warms back up. >> reporter: as the long hot summer broils on. john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> up next here tonight. how it is an 11-year-old managed to fly from england to rome with no boarding pass. more than that, without anyone realizing he had boarded the plane to begin with. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> if you live in north korea, the big news you would have learned today is you have a ne

we still have that warm, dry air inland. look at livermore. 12% humidity.hat's high fire danger when the winds pick up in the afternoon. the satellite view shows you the reason why most of the inner bay and the coast cooled down. the marine layer thickening up. it's all through the monterrey bay around santa cruz. meanwhile to the east, big time thunder around lake tahoe towards yosemite as a trough moves across california. it's ushering in a sea breeze. the hottest place is starting to look cooler tomorrow. liver more, 92. that's better than the near 100 degree temperatures. coming up, we'll let you know about a bigger cooldown coming up in the seven day forecast. >> thanks, rob. >>> and coming up next, we are going to have a couple different stories. coming up next at 5:00, on the eve of the penn state learns its fate. the statue of the greatest ambassador came down. we'll show you what happened there. >>> also, it was a collapse of epic proportions for one golfer today at the british open. we'll show you how that happened. [ female announcer ] with swiff

we took a chance of a thunderstorm out in part because of the dry air. all right.here is the deal. once again in the 90s tomorrow. that really isn't going to change for a while. afternoon thunderstorm is possible tomorrow. we're looking at probably a better chance for storms on the 4th. it's going to be hot for the 4th. no doubt about that. and big storms are possible as well. which is really not that uncommon if you go back in history in the last 12 years. a lot of big storms have occurred on the 4th of july. clear to partly cloudy overnight. almost comfortable. 65-75. winds out of the northeast by 10. and they by morning, partly cloudy and very warm. temperatures 70-90. by afternoon, partly cloudy. hot again. a chance for a thunderstorm. high temperatures near 95 and winds southwesterly at about 10. now, the next three days, we're going to keep our 9 weather alert code yellow for heat and for storms. 95 tomorrow. 97 on wednesday for the 4th. and 96 on thursday. in fact, this is unfortunately the best chance for thunderstorms on the 4th of july. and thursday could

here in cheyenne average of four more days of dangerous heat and seven fewer summer days of cool, dry air. forecasters say the midwest heat is about to dip, but it's hard to call it relief. >> kts come down from the triple digits to the mid-90s. that last as couple of days then warms back up. >> reporter: as the long hot summer broils on. john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> up next here tonight. how it is an 11-year-old managed to fly from england to rome with no boarding pass. more than that, without anyone realizing he had boarded the plane to begin with. [ female announcer ] women have made it the number one selling anti-aging cream undeniably. it creamed unbelievably a $500 cream and now women have made regenerist microsculpting cream also unscented. women love it. in original and also fragrance-free. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doe

temperatures have been so high and rainfall so low, dry air is pulling moisture out of the soil. 90% of the topped soil in eight states across the country's midsection is short or very short of moisture. more than 1300 counties and 31 states are drought disaster areas. >> what we need to eradicate this drought or at least loosen its grip is a very large pattern change, and that's not likely to occur in the summer months. so we're going to have to wait until the fall and maybe even into the winter before some substantial precipitation starts falling in these drought areas. >> reporter: it will be an you'reating wait for david eby. he expects to lose half his crop dusting business this year. they got a half inch of rain right here today but farmers say it's too late for this season's corp. but, scott, they say the soybeans might still have a chance. >> pelley: hoping for better weather, sharyl. thank you very much. dangerous weather hit the northeast late this afternoon. a line of storms brought rain, lightning, and hail to pennsylvania and new york state. there are reports of a tornad

it's a dry air on top us. we will call it a dry heat today. 94 degrees. but the heat and humidity are on its way starting tonight around 86 degrees. there could be a popup shower or thunderstorm and then there's a better more widespread showers and storms heading into tomorrow. the 4th of july. we will talk about that in the 7-day forecast coming up in a little bit. let's check the timesaver traffic this morning. again, several traffic lights still flashing or completely out. we will take you towards 175 at telegraph road. that's a very busy intersection. and we have the traffic light out. so be aware of that outage and try to use an alternative informyou can. several traffic lights out at route 29 heading into that area and let's look outside again a beautiful shot. 695 at harford road. take advantage of this if you can smooth sailing lots of green on the screen. we will talk about your weather and traffic in less than 10. now onto you. >>> as we continue to clean up from the storm, abc2 news is working to make sure you don't get scamed. coming up, what

pressure in the plants hoping that would develop to move along to the southbound front northeast wind dry airter the front passes late tomorrow night many flair to the south and west bad news drought relief high pressure pushing heat and humidity south current temperatures northern minnesota and wisconsin you can get an idea of the air mass extorts erupting wind turns north to the city. increasing during the day. temperatures will fall to the '70s laid in the day seven days at the lake shore same thing on monday could be in nighttime thundershower monday night could multi day rainfall. help the front yards just be careful with the barbeques this weekend we will keep looking for the rainfall this week have a great weekend. >> while tonight on the south side with kevin youkilis and the sox are the bad luck toronto blue jays. table sat before finals to remember at wimbledon sports next. ♪ ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these

we did get some dry air coming in today which will help us cool off tonight. we're not talking dramatic, but may be low 70 pop today to the drier air. we will probably stay close to 80 degrees downtown. 91 in new york city. 79 in boston. the ring granada stifling as we are. but that the heat over the ohio river valley. chicago, another triple digit dates. st. louis at 105. cincinnati is 101. this will continue to move eastbound for us tomorrow. one more day to get through for extreme heat and maybe even a little more human tomorrow. this front out of pennsylvania and, queen anne's county, this is the front-runner during the storm of all of the atlantic. with the passage of that front, at the lab the drier air, less humid air to filter in for today. tomorrow, back into the triple digits. sunday into monday, the front over the upper midwest will reach us and finally cooled things off, but tomorrow, and sunny skies, hot, and humid. topping 100 most areas tomorrow. this will punters had been denied into sunday. scattered storms still hot, but we're talking mid 90's

we will not see a completely dry air just yet. although it is cooler today, highs will be in the 90's by the afternoon. even tonight, we are humid in toward the mid 70's. mostly cloudy skies. are high today is around 92. variable wind, waves about 1 foot. current weather pattern is showing the front trying to make its way here. it is basically selling out across the ohio river valley. it is going to take a couple of days until it pushes past the area in which case we have a major cool down. ocean city, at 87 tomorrow. 81 on saturday. storms possible into saturday. sunday we start to dry down. we dry out into sunday. 8040 -- 84 degrees. >> the new web site is designed to take complaints from people who are unhappy with their credit cards. >> and give you an idea of how many people are having the same problems. what it is all about. >> when it comes to credit cards, we are often slow to change. >> i stick to one credit card. >> once every 20 years. i have had the same card for many years. >> that does not mean we are always happy. t