we will check in with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. we have been saying for a long time we needed rain. >> temperatures are falling fast and will be back to normal as we go through the rest of this week, with readings that were near 90 over the weekend, now back to near 60 in baltimore county. 60 degrees in downtown baltimore, and already down to 53 degrees around oakland. the rain. again, the welcome rain we had, pushing across the beaches and out to sea. as the night wears on, clearing skies will return. clearing air will filter into our region. we look into a refreshing change and back to normal conditions. wherevern track storms you are with our smartphone app. you can also find interactive radar and the most up-to-date forecast on our website. just be sure to click weather. arrested in been connection with the stabbing of two security guards at a comedy club in downtown baltimore. lease a the 21-year-old attacked the men around 8:45 last night at the baltimore comedy factory in the unit block of marketplace. investigators say the

-- chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. wbal-tv 11 news at 5 p.m. continues now. rates would continue to follow tonight's big story, a done deal. is funded through january, things are back up and running. for those who work without pay during the shutdown, they will beginning back pay in the next paychecks, likely at the end of the month. >> officials are pushing for retroactive pay as early as next week. >> rolling out the welcome our capitol hill. killion is reporting from the center of it all. >> the last two weeks here in washington have kind of felt like a ghost town, but now there is a sense that things are finally getting back to normal. signs stripped away from national parks. theng line awaited smithsonian museumpening. gridlock as thousands of furloughed workers came back to the job. >> i'm pretty happy. >> a sigh of relief after two long, agonizing weeks. >> sitting at home day after day, worrying, worrying, frightened, frightened, anxious, anxious baby >> at the white house, the chief of staff rolled out the wel

tom tasselmyer has a closer look. it was bad out there. >> wet for sure. rain gets whipped around at times. sometimes, even a raincoat does not work well. the heaviest it has pushed his to the west of baltimore now. i won the football -- foothills of the mountains down to hagerstown and continuing to push west. the storm system we are is right over two double hills in north carolina. a long way to go. the rain will be spiraling in and pushing back the mid- atlantic. that is why our forecast will continue into the weekend. there are changes that show up in the seven-day forecast. >> a free raincoat today. you can track storms with our smartphone app and use our interactive radar and use our most up-to-date forecasts. the mother of a dead baby has turned her in -- into authorities. a five-month-old died after police arrived. the cause of death is homicide by six nation. no word yet on any charges in the case. enemy number one by baltimore city police, in police custody now. christopher good was captured this morning in virginia. attempted murder and domestic

tom tasselmyer back with a look at the seven-day forecast right after this. what are you doing?we're switching car insurance. why? because these guys are the cheapest. why? good question. because a cut-rate price could mean cut-rate protection. you should listen to this guy. [ female announcer ] get great protection and a great price! plus an agent! drivers who switched saved an average of $498 a year. plus, allstate has new lower rates just for baltimore. switch and start saving today! just another way allstate is changing car insurance for good. [ female announcer ] call a baltimore area allstate agent at 866-650-7900 today. >> checking the weather. a little rain. >> the evening rush hour might be trickier than the morning and it will be cloudy and some showers pop up and it means friday is a nice-looking day. more clouds than sun on saturday. showers clear out on saturday and it will turn cooler toward the middle of next week. it is that typhoon that went through japan that will change the atmosphere a little bit and send some cold air here the middle of next week. >> that is

. >> now, your forecast with chief urologist tom tasselmyer -- chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >>i wonder what her husband thought about that. after five straight days of measurable rain, nothing in the rain gauge at bwi marshall today. some sunshine breaking through the cloud cover earlier today, a welcome change. the rain brought our october total to 7.43 inches, 34.65 inches for the year. it certainly was a saudi five days, no doubt about that. we almost hit 70 at the airport today, a little bit above normal . the low at 54 degrees is the current temperature down at the guy marshall and the skies remain clear across the central and eastern part of the state. temperatures will fall to some chilly levels by morning. its elsberry and low 50's out west where there are still some cloud cover hanging on in the mountains. isbury.own at sal there's a strong area of high pressure sitting to the north of us, but that storm off the coast never really went away. still some clouds and showers there and some of that could work back toward the coast and maybe onto the eastern shore. west of t

chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer is in the weather center with the answer. hi, tom. >> hi, kate.looks like the rain will stick around. is not the heaviest rain we saw. there is rain falling, steady rain. you can see on hd doppler -- the yellows and oranges indicate moderate to heavy rain. there is more to come because the center of the storm system is way down over eastern carolina and it's going to take a while for the system to make its way all the way up the eastern seaboard and out to sea. not sunday or more like monday before we break out from underneath this slow-moving storm. the details in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. you can track conditions were ever you are with our smartphone app. you can also get the most up-to- date conditions and radar on our website, wbaltv.com.

now, your forecast, with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. today, heavy downpours. we have not had measurable rain in 16 days. 0.75 21 inches of rain in most places. to 1 inch of rain in most places. fall is moving back in. it will be on the chilly side the next couple of nights, as drier canadian air filters in from the north and west. still some rain to contend with in southern delaware and the lower eastern shore of maryland. in western maryland, the skies are beginning to clear. 47 in the suburbs. 54 downtown. wind out of the northwest at five mph to 10 mph. here is the front that brought the rain today. on the gulf of mexico, the remnants of what was once tropical storm karen. he storm never really made it to the gulf coast as a tropical system. it is an area in the norse diction gold of mexico -- northeastern gulf of mexico. not a tropical system, but a lot of tropical moisture in it. that will run up the eastern seaboard or off the mid-atlantic coast wednesday night or thursday. we will keep a close eye on what was once karen, and see if it gives us another c

weatheryour 11 insta plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the normal high temperaturethe second day of october is 72. when we are talking temperatures ranging through the mid-80's, we are pushing 15 degrees above normal. it is an unseasonably warm day. we have not had a report from the oakland airport. 72 just east in frostburg and you get into the 80's. in many cases it feels even warmer because the humidity levels are coming up a little bit. a full loan summer weather pattern and you can see there's not much in the way of cloud cover or precipitation around for sure. a few scattered clouds showing up to the west and generally speaking we are in for another mild and mostly clear evening. temperatures above normal for this time of year. 56 for the coolest spots and that will be a few locations north and west of town but close to 68 for the low. the normal high is about 72. 6:47 p.m. sunset. earlyt and enjoy this fall weather pattern. maybe a few more clouds around tomorrow and the wind is turning to the southeast and making it feel more humid. there are some showers we

insta weather1 plus forecast with meteorologist tom tasselmyer. cloudy skies, and the rain is not far away, and there is some rain coming in as we speak, and that is keeping temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. we are not going to see much of a temperature drop, but we are holding steady from what we are seeing. even western maryland, not that much cooler. 56 at frostburg. the wind is starting to pick up. these are not wind gusts, but the gusts reported at some of the weather stations, and you notice some of the yellow and orange, the wind scale starts to show some higher wind speeds. this system self of the outer inks, winds gusting at 35 ocean city right now, and in georgetown, delaware, and gusting up near 20 miles per hour here in the baltimore area in response to this approaching storm. over dover,the rain annapolis, south of baltimore, over towards d.c., all of the way back into the mountains to the south and west, and this will continue to spread back across much of central -- southern maryland. some areas will be just cloudy, but t

. >> now, your insta weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> it is still summary out there. a full 10 degrees above the normal low today. the record low of 34 was set in 1974. 80 degrees at the inner harbor in downtown baltimore. hagerstown also at 80 degrees. cloud cover across the region, leading some sunshine get through. the clouds will act as a blanket over the area tonight, trapping the heat of the day. will have atimore struggle to get below 70 degrees. some of the suburbs could reach the upper 50's, quite mild for this time of year. another warm day tomorrow. it isn't this warm everywhere. there is no following in the northern rockies and a blizzard warning for south dakota tomorrow. we are on the warm side of that system and the tropical moisture to our self could play a role in our weather. a hard time having fully intensifying because the center of circulation is over here. there is we ensure cutting across the storm and improvements them from strengthening. is forecast storm to get a little stronger over the next 36 hours or so. the landfall possibilit

. >> now your 11 insta weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. early october in when average highs during the afternoon are only in the low 70s, but today, we were up in the low 80s at most locations around the area. even western maryland, mild. upper 60s to 70s from allegheny into washington counties. you can see 83 degrees in downtown baltimore. 83 around college park. a little bit cooler on eastern shore. even those locations pushing towards the 80 degree mark. a little bit of cloud cover will develop this afternoon. that will dissipate early tonight. the forecast for this evening is calling for mostly clear skies. um furtively cool, lows ranging from the 50s and the suburbs to mid-60s downtown. very pleasant, some are-like october evening for you. sunset at 6:49. 81 at bwi marshall. a big storm over the atlantic barely brushed the coast of new england and is now pushing over towards the northern atlantic rhythm high-pressure now dominates the weather pattern up and down most of the eastern seaboard and right back into the ohio valley where te

[laughter] >> your 11 insta weather forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> here's a look at the rainfall totals. most significant we have had in over two weeks. 1.5 inches. forced hill, almost one point 25 inches. -- forest hill, almost 1.25 inches. those numbers put a dent into the dry spell. since september 1, to inches -- two inches of rain. that is below the normal. the deficit is significant. a little over 28 inches for the year. six inches below normal. it was soaking rain but what we needed. 75 for the high today. five above normal. current temperature. it is getting cooler through the area with the passage of the front. 54 in hagerstown. still 64 and solace bury. chile to the west of us. -- still 64 in dallas very. lisbury. -- chilly to the west of us. tomorrow, enjoying the sunshine. a totally different today. lower humidity. much cooler. of 10-15 milesnd per hour. in a visor he for gusts tomorrow. -- an advisory for gusts tomorrow. that?out it is feeling like i'm again. some sunshine in the western maryland mountains. -- it is feeling like autumn again. the humidity levels will be dow

. >> now, insta weather plus forecast with meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the high was nine degrees below normal, just 60, but the morning low was warmer than normal, which is what happens when you get cloud blanketing the area, also preventing us from cooling-off too much at night. 50's, the lows, and we will be trapped underneath the clouds probably until right through the upcoming weekend, given how it looks right now. we will keep an eye on it is the changes, but right now, not much change expected. below normal rainfall for the year, so a little more rain is not terrible, but i am sure we will hear some more complaints. gets tough to take after a while. 62 at ocean city right now, and the wind is picking up at the coast. we have a storm cranking up in the outer banks of north carolina, and the wind is unobstructed right off the ocean, which means along the coast, some high winds, gusts of 32 miles per hour, and at the mouth of the delaware bay, 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts. this is getting up to near tropical force winds. the rain that has been down there is also moving in this

. >> now, your forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. the update from the hurricane center has given us lately better news with karen. a weaker forecast as it moves to the north. we will detail that in a second. check out the numbers on bwi marshall today. 12 degrees warmer than normal. our high has looked back to 71. we hit 83 degrees at the airport. unseasonably warm october day. 77 degrees in downtown baltimore right now. still in the upper 60's to low 70's in baltimore. cloud coverage will keep the temperature, -- up. during the day tomorrow, we may see a few of the spotty, isolated showers tracking through parts of central eastern maryland. the weather pattern against a subtle change tomorrow and throughout the weekend. one thing that will not change our the warm temperatures eared 60's for lows tonight. nearly calm winds and a few clouds in the area. a slight risk of an isolated shower. monkey and high. -- muggy and high. waves around one foot. 629 -- 6:29 in the morning, high tide. friday and the weekend, scattered showers. just a

. >> now your 11 insta weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. to 80 degrees officially added bwi marshall, not since the 13th of september or so, but today, we warmed up to 83 degrees. the morning low, 51, right on target for typical lows this time of year. that 83 degree reading is certainly more summer-like than what you would expect in october. the record high, anyone -- 91. we see temperatures that are still close to the 80 degree mark and places like hagerstown, westminster, frederick. 79 degrees in cambridge. that is pretty warm for the late afternoon. so in the mid-70s across the west virginia panhandle and down into parts of northern virginia around charlottesville. signs ofshowing dissipating to the south and east. more clouds anticipated as the evening rolls along. 55 in the suburbs. 65 in downtown baltimore. light winds and a sunset coming up at 6:49. high-pressure south of us will continue to pump in the summer- like air for a couple more days. there is a front west of chicago, but this high is strong. it will keep it to the west of

. >> now, your weather forecast tom tasselmyer. october underway, warm temperatures in most of the nation. the only spots in the country that had october weather, rain and snow out that way. highs only in the low 50's in montana. if the eight in seattle. everybody else in the nation, quite mild. chicago, 78. boston, ebony five. in baltimore, 11 degrees warmer than normal in october. average high, 72. today, 83 degrees. we will stay at those levels most of the week. still mild. holding in the 60's. unseasonably mild weather. naval kata may end up in chestertown. skies are mainly clear. this is the way it stays for the rest of the night. calm. ms. 50's. we probably will not get much below 65 degrees in downtown baltimore tonight. high-pressure in the south. warm air will hang around and you more days. the chilly weather in the pacific northwest may eventually ring us a chance for rain, but probably not into late in the weekend at best. tomorrow, honey to partly cloudy skies eerie feeling like summer. more humid. friday, a week weathe

. >> now, your insta weather plus forecast tom tasselmyer. >> a warm summerlike day in baltimore area. warmer than what you would expect in october. 86 degrees. what ises warmer than average the state. we did not even get to the record high of 89. the chilly record low was 35. 1997. we will not see temperatures like that for some -- quite some time. 68 in columbia. the normal high of 72. here we are, past 11:00 in the evening, temperatures are still in the upper 60's and 75 degrees and downtown baltimore. a little cooler in frostburg. the skies are clear and the winds are calm. we will see a continuation of the cooling trend overnight. the baltimore area, many of the farther outlying suburbs will probably reach the mid to upper 50's for most. just barely getting below 70 in downtown baltimore overnight tonight. high pressure to the south will keep temperatures mild. into the upcoming weekend. the front should cross through the area. that brings us a decent rain chance sunday night and monday of next week. eventually, some of the cooler air behind the front will start to get back our w

your 11 insta weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. unseasonably warm pattern is about to end with a front moving through as we speak knocking temperatures back to normal and we will go back alone normal so get set to see a bit of a transition in the weather pattern. 75 that the wia and that was almost 10 degrees warmer than normal. 58 but continuing to get cool before morning. almost 1/10 of an inch of rain was showers moving throughout the year work bringing us to seven and a half inches total for october, five .6 inches above normal rainfall. showers just about over on the western shore of the day. they will clear the eastern shore and northern delaware in about an hour or two. in oakland, to 43 prosper. 50's as close as hagerstown. lowerkind of mild on the eastern shore with the front moving through and when shifting by morning, ranging from 46-54. this is the first in a series of fronts that will change the weather pattern a bit. the next one coming through saturday evening drops us even further on the thermometer and 70 chilly ai

. >> now, your 11 insta weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the warm pattern continues in the middle of the country but it is cool in the pacific northwest and the mid-atlantic northeast. rather mild day up in minneapolis today. hot stuff in the deserts. warm and muggy across much of florida in the mid to upper 80's. cool fall weather in the northwest and northeast. here, a degree below normal with a high of 68 degrees. 47, the low this morning. probably not quite as cool in most areas tomorrow morning because of the cloud clever blanketing the region, trapping the heat of the day. it is getting: westminster -- cool in westminster. les cloud cover out here. that is where the coolest temperatures will be. you can see the thick overcast now from baltimore south and east. no rain under these clouds yet. by this time tomorrow night, that may change. 46 in the coolest suburbs by morning. 56 downtown. wind out of the northeast at 5- 10 miles per hour. that east northeast breeze will be critical for our forecast the next few days. high pressure moving into new englan

. >> now your 11 instaweather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> temperatures are holding in the 50s in most areas and near 60 in downtown baltimore. temperatures are not going to change a lot for the next few days. we will stay relatively mild at night and cooler than normal during the day because of cloud and the rain. oakland, maryland dipped into the 40s. to the south and east where the clouds are thickest and the rain has been steady, still in the low 60s. today, thehall official high was 60 degrees. that is nine degrees cooler than average for this time of year. the low so far, 53 degrees. the normals, upper 40s for lowe's, upper 60s for normal highs. wendy eight degrees on this day in 2001 -- 28 degrees on this day in 2001. five hundredths of one inch at bwi marshall. the rain is beginning to move in. we are below normal for the month and almost four and three- quarter inches below normal for the year. it will be kind of pesky with clouds and showers and cold temperatures the next few days. it is rainfall that we need. winds are gusting. the storm system

. >> now, your forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. theet's move right into weather. another warm and muggy, summerlike day. 80 degrees in pikesville at this hour. these temperatures are little bit cooler than yesterday. upper 80's in some locations. we have been dealing with a little more cloud cover. clouds from the coastal area back into the mountains. don't think we are in for any rain in here around tonight. will act like a blanket tonight, trapping the heat of the day tomorrow. a mild night ahead of us, just barely below 60 in the cooler suburbs. baltimorein downtown or a low tonight. the normal high is only about 72 degrees, so it is a really mild night ahead of us. pressure to the warm air. we are on the warm side of the system. on the cold side, it is cold. a winter storm warning in parts of idaho and montana. snow of over a foot in some of the higher elevations out there. possible power outage in some of those high mountain regions in the northern rockies. tropical storm karen we will be looking at. the tropical season is still hanging on and karen is crossi

let's start off with meteorologist tom tasselmyer.re since the remnants of ontario moved through in june area we have had marshall.nches at bwi the cold temperatures -- look at this. the normal high is 69, but we

with stan stovall and donna hamilton and your forecast with tom tasselmyer and sky team 11 covering breaking news relive. wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. continues now. >> flood watches and warnings still in effect throughout the baltimore region as we deal with relentless rain and a lot of traffic troubles. soakedastal storm has the region, prompting aaa to warn motorists of hazardous driving conditions into the evening commute. >> let's get it right check on the forecast. it is one of those days where people drive with the flashers on and on the highway. >> we have anywhere from two to six inches of rain. let's break it down. there is some flooding possible in any neighborhood tonight. if you live near a creek or stay stream, they are all running high. drizzle will be with us off and on through the night and there's a chance for a few showers on saturday and sunday. the steady, heavy rain has moved into the mountains and their are a few showers popping up here but not like it was earlier in the day. i will come back and we will take a closer look at the radar. the forecast for the running fes

. >> now, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. , and angrees today seasonably mild october day. in 1938.d high was set the normal high is continuing to slide down. today's 75 degree reading was quite above that. we go throughs the next seven days around baltimore. right now we are on the warm side of an approaching front. .id 70's around college park some showers moving into deep over into and frostburg in allegheny county. a line of showers will move through there and temperatures will start to cool. we have to rate for -- wait for that line of showers to reach us before we can give the all clear. the wind will shift to the wt overnight and by morning, some 40's in the northwest suburbs and 50's in downtown baltimore. right now, 52roit in cleveland. temperatures are dropping to the north and west. pushing this milder weather off the coast. a front goes through saturday andt, cool air behind this a gradual trend toward normal and then below normal temperatures as we go through the next several days. the second one, probably just a widely scattered shower or a sprinkle as it move

our chief urologist tom tasselmyer gets his family together in a collect the seeds and count them.gigantic pumpkin here. i made a guess for how many seeds, and i think i went way over. a crazy amount of pumpkins right behind me. coming up, scotty here is per pairing -- is preparing a pumpkin. i swear every year they're coming out with something new. that is coming up in just a few minutes. i want to get a check of the seven-day forecast. we are talking about rain in the forecast today. we are seeing light fog developing as well. watch out for that out on the roads. the rain will increase as we go throughout the day, so especially focus on the afternoon. loweratures today are in a 70's appeared we started cooler trend tomorrow. high temperatures in the 60's, and they slowly dropping to 50's all the way into next week. we track another chance for rain this weekend along the same front. it looks like it may actually push into saturday rather than sunday. we will keep an i on that, but get ready for a cooler trend. it will feel a lot more like halloween in the coming week. when we come

tom tasselmyer is back to let you know how >> we are following breaking news involving the mother of cal ripken, junior. of --ken was the holdup victim of a holdup. she was not injured and a suspect is in custody. we will have many more details on that story and much more >> mild temperatures, 73 tomorrow, 74 thursday. that front will get temperatures back to normal as we head into the weekend. >> enjoy. thanks for joining us. >> nbc nightly news and brian williams coming next. >> see you back here at 11. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> on our broadcast tonight, danger zone for the u.s. economy as this dead lock in washington now threatens to pull it down. there are questions about the u.s. credit rating with just over a day to go now until the deadline. >>> outrage over the events that led a young girl to take her own life. and who the local sheriff is blaming for her suicide. tonight, a wake-up call for all parents. >>> acts of bravery, caught in an ambush, caught on camera, an american h

. >> now, your 11 insta weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> afternoon temperatures close to normal. morning lows quite mild. the temperatures will not be able to cool much. the low is 58 degrees. that is 13 degrees warmer than a normal low this time of year. check out the record highs. both set in the 19th century. 90 the record high in 1897. 30 81876. in 1876.cord high you can get some chilly air toward the end of next week. patterns will change and bri us a shot of the wintry cold air. mild around the beltway. if you like this warmer weather pattern, enjoy it while it lasts. 70 down at crisfield. the clouds are not producing rain here but you watch the showers on the pennsylvania turnpike tracking northeast create in the mountains there is a chance of a light shower or sprinkle and they will have the best chance for rain in the region over the course of the next 36 hours. baltimore tonight just cloudy. atdowntown and the sunset 6:26 p.m. there is that line of showers along the cold front which will make its way through baltimore tomorrow. our best chance for rain

your insta weather plus forecast tom chief meteorologist tasselmyer and sky team 11 covering breaking news where you wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. continues now. a second, ok? for it is my job to talk. your job to listen right now. recorded cringe worthy exchange that was the baltimore county executive facing a flurry a new test opposed to the elementary school. >> the building is going up and parents are finding out if their children will have a seat in that school. utan has more. toward is the first step ending parents the idea that there -- their children will have a seat. this park is being transformed into a new 700 seat elementary school. wishes of residents who tried to put the brakes on the project. the new principal is part of a new committee helping to draw the boundary lines. >> you want to make this a community oriented school. >> there are those in the mays chapel community that are part of the fight to save the park and the face-off with the county executive. >> open your ears and close your mouth. >> this what -- was one of the people standing up to the county executive.