a little bit of rain on storm team 4 radar as well.an see those showers mainly down to the south of washington now, but they're coming northbound to fredericksburg, culpepper and waldorf and leonardtown. have your umbrellas ready to go. southbound branch, a few lanes are blocked there. otherwise, other volume generally starting to pick one the morning commute. >>> from one meteorologist to another, let's go outside now for your back to school forecast. our storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is in front of a brand-new high school in leesburg. tom, an exciting day ahead for students at river side high school and by the way, welcome back. >> reporter: well, thank you very much, great to be back and here in loudoun county first day of school, yeah, brand-new high school. called river side high school. crisman construction built this school and i have mike stainer doing a last minute look. how is it looking? >> it looks good. we shined it up and it's been a wonderful job. and we have done the best we can. i think they'll be very pleased

but here's storm team 4 radar this morning. just light little sprinkles around northern maryland and parts of virginia as well. these are lifting generally northbound here as what was erika is providing the moisture and rain chances. here's the seven day forecast. best chances for rain this week is on friday. you may need your umbrella both today and wednesday as well. should be drying out and cooling down just in time for the holiday weekend. melissa, good morning. >> sounds good to me. looking at the montgomery county bus lot, a lot of buses headed out already. getting ready for the kiddos going back to class. no problems headed on democracy boulevard. we have a crash northbound 28 at compton road, a warning there. 66 a bit slow overall as well. big look at the beltway. overall beltway looking pretty good. top of the beltway is a tad slow. typical showdowns, 95 northbound and southbound in virginia, nice and green this morning. overall prince george's county looking quite good. and then as we head north you can see b.w. parkw

tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center. your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. >> i saw a live view from the tower camera. no storms, nowhere in the region do we have showers or thundershowers. so for the midday and the afternoon commute, we have green lights weatherwise anyway for traveling and driving in. you'll be driving into the hazy sun heading east today. we'll be in the mid 70s or so for the next couple of hours. headed to 90 by noon. definitely have the a.c. on in the afternoon, mid 90s. factor in the humidity, it will feel like 100 degrees this afternoon. a look at the storm chances for the week, that's at 6:21. breaking news with melissa. >> breaking news right now on the rails, yellow and green line, we are single-tracking between greenbelt and college park because of a disabled train this morning. also 270, looks quite slow through germantown. looking getter from above. we had an earlier crash at 118. southbound is not so bad. southbound lanes taking you only 16 minutes. that's on time. outer loop, top of t

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning. >> good morning, yeah, the cooler, drier air moving in. temperature at national airport is down four degrees in the last couple of hours, so that's nice. a light breeze will keep a beautiful day in place. temperatures will be in the mid 60s through 7:00 a.m. mid to upper 70s by lunch time. don't forget your sunglasses and your short sleeves but on the whole, a great day to be outside. more on tropical storm erica in ten minutes. for now, a new crash from first 4 traffic. >> b.w. parkway beltway at south 100. we see backups, showing a one mile backup. upper marlboro, ritchie-marlboro, lanes are blocked. as far as travel times looking good on 270 and the belt. top of the beltway, no problems. overall, prince george's looking good. 66 east, no major problems there. 95 north also rolling along. remember to listen to our fri d friends from wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >>> not ready for the in school year, why hundreds of virginia kids could get an extended summer

impacting more people than first thought and whether you're one of them. >>> take a live look at storm team 4 radar. see all that blue, that green, tom says that is headed our way. he's putting together your storm timing forecast for 6:31. >>> now at 6:30 a former fairfax county police officer is waking up behind bars charged with murder. and we're learning he could be there for quite some time. >>> it's dry right now, but that's about to change. check out storm team 4 radar and the rain headed our way. let's get straight to meteorologist tom kierein because you might want to grab that umbrella on the way out. >> it's been dry all this august here. we're more than halfway through the month. we have had only had half an inch in the metro area. right now getting showers here in west virginia and western pennsylvania. this going to stay well west of us for the morning hours. new model run coming in is going to be showing that this rain coming into the central shenandoah valley may turn into thundershowers by 1:00. near luray and winchester, then they're breaking up as they move further north a

storm team 4 will get you updated. if you hear thunder get inside and see if there are any threats in your neighborhood by later this afternoon. melissa has an update on the crash on accokeek. >> it is on the right side of the roadway, indian head. if it hangs around too longer we might see the green turn to yellow. as of now we're keeping quite good. prince george's county no major issues right now. the rest of indian head highway is fine here. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, everything rolling along quite nicely. b.w. parkway, northbound, southbound, looking good. 95 overall is okay. let's zoom in to 95 and see the problem, northbound at 100, the one lane blocked. 66 at 123, the camera is not the prettiest but nice and clear. travel times in ten minutes. >>> 5:32 right now. a 25-year-old man will survive after one of their officers shot him. police say they first went to tory loop in woodbridge last night for a domestic disturbance between a mom and her son. while an officer was speaking with the mother, police s

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking what kind of day we'll have. especially for the kids headed back to school. >> good morning. a fine looking way to get the school year started for the kids in the district and other counties today. the overall weather impact on the first day of school will be nice and low. a little hot, a little humid. there will be a chance for thunderstorms today. so as you're packing the backpack today, put the umbrella in there. nothing on storm team 4 radar yet this morning but rain chances ramp up after 3:00 or 4:00.

storm team 4 meteorologist is tracking where the storm is headed next. let's ask him.what's it going to look like around here? >> we're feeling some of the humidity from erika, the remnants of the tropical storm dumping a lot of rain in eastern north carolina, the areas in the yellows and oranges getting heavy downpours there. that's getting closer to the outer banks. that's going to be trekking right across. most of this rain is going to stay in south eastern virginia and south of the metro area. right now the storm team 4 radar, blips of green and southern maryland north and west of washington, might encounter a sprinkle between now and the afternoon, highs in the mid to upper 80s. tomorrow hazy, hot and humid. chance of a thundershower. wednesday highs in the low 90s. >> thank you, tom. >>> gas prices are falling around our area according to triple a prices are eight to nine cents cheaper this week. in d.c. you're paying $2.69 for a gallon of gas on average and maryland about 2.40. in virginia, a gallon of gas is $2.20, and pbt $2.46 in west virginia. we found gas f

storm team 4's tracy ie strahan is in flood prone areas. >> reporter: with the umbrellas closed, when they emerge, like chris said, they'll have to open them. we've been tracking yourselves the storm team 4 app, the cusp of it, hoboken getting ready for this. the mayor don zimmer is quoted saying they have a 200-year flooding problem. though he have installed flood pumps in the past, to the alleviate the problem not to eliminate flooding in the area. we'll check back with in a little bit.

." >>> storm team 4 continuing to track these intense storms, flooding streets in new jersey. union and somerset counties both under a flash flood warning. we just got this video into our newsroom here. you're looking at the parking lot of the scotch wood diner on route 22, and what a mess. meteorologist janice huff will have an update on where the storms are headed next coming up. >> looks like a river out there. >>> we have disturbing video showing an elderly woman being punched and robbed inside a church vestibule. this happened in omaha on sunday, just before mass. security cameras caught the attack on the 76-year-old, and now one of the suspects is in custody. the woman, she's doing okay, but is now asking parishioners to pray for her attackers. after all of that. >> yeah. >>> coming up next, a crying baby found locked in a hotel safe. tonight investigators are releasing new details about the child, and the brooklyn couple they're now looking for. >>> and new information in the data dump that hackers claim exposes millions of would-be cheaters. coming up, what ashley madi

what news4's adam tuss uncovered about the chiller system at certain stations. >>> take a look at storm team 4 radar. be sure to download the nbc washington app because a line of storms are headed our way. we are under a flash flood watch. tom will tell us i >>> some pretty incredible video here. you can see the moment part of a washington state motel was destroyed by a gas explosion. this happened tuesday night at a motel 6 near seattle. firefighters say the fast actions of the manager there may have saved dozens of lives. she pulled the fire alarm after a gas line might be leaking. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> it is going to be hot, steamy and uncomfortable in two metro stations for the rest of the summer. the chiller system that usually carries the farragut north station is filled with leaks. adam tuss reports it can take months to fix because it requires digging up big sections of connecticut avenue. tuss as you saw there also measured temperatures in both stations and they were hovering around a comfortable, right, not, 90 degrees. >> boy. these days, what we're doing with outside, th

. >>> and storm team 4 tracking your commute. straight ahead. you're watching "today in new york." >>> it's 4:42, your 4 things to know this morning. a commuter alert the jersey-bound lanes of the lower level of the george washingn bridge will be closed overnight all week. next week the lanes heading into the city will close. >>> new york city is studying the impacts that four high hire cars like uber. the bill will take about four months. >>> a recall that parents need to recall about precious cargo is calling onesies over a possible choking hazard. the mpany is offering refunds. >>> and the tri e crown winner american pharoah is upstate scouting out a track for a race next month. he's not saying for sure that the horse will race there. of course, american pharoah won at monmouth park earlier this month. >> it's enough that he won the triple crown, he can't have a available indication? >> you have to be car yul, you want to go out on a high note. that's a big event and a beautiful track. meantime, not a fast track, sloppy track. whether on hors

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with the weather headlines. chuck? >> that's right. all the good news in the forecast is that temperatures will be at or below average for this afternoon. and more importantly, the rain chances are gone. and the humidity is leaving as well. last of the drops out to atlantic city. couldn't rule out a few stray sprinkles across southern most st. mary's county. but by and large, 99% of us will be rain free for today. temperatures 71 in washington. 63 in manassas and ashburn. 61 in front royal and martinsburg. a nice start this morning. here's the way your day breaks out hour by hour. temperatures staying in the mid to upper 60s through 7:00. mid to upper 70s by 11:00 and then full sunshine, low humidity. temperatures mid 80s and a perfect night for doing everything from backyard barbecuing. how is the ride on 270? >> it is good this morning. no problems here, all the way from frederick down to the spur. you can see nice and clear, no issues at all. we had some earlier road work in the northern part of 270 that's out of th

now, storm team 4 radar not showing any storms nearby us getting downpours in the midwest. that will be arriving tomorrow. off to a dry start for now. here are the rainfall totals. thundershowers and showers this afternoon, not going to give us much rain. it's after that, if we get into the daylight hours on thursday, by 4:00 p.m., we begin to see showers and thundershowers popping up. the rainfall totals, there's the gauge there that shows you the amounts. over an inch, much of northern virginia. the metro area and in maryland by 10:00 p.m. on thursday. so most of the rain tomorrow could be heavy and could have some localized flooding. much of it is going to be between 6:00 p.m. to midnight. after that, lower humidity moves in. a beautiful weather pattern for friday into the weekend. just in time for the weekend, comfortable humidity. highs in the 80s. great beach and pool weather on friday, saturday, and sunday. no storms around either, does look like, first part of next week, more humid. highs in the 80s on monday and tuesday. new model run on the hour-by-hour shower and

we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. he's also tracking some storm chances. >> yeah. for later this afternoon. they increase tomorrow. right now, don't have storms around, but we have humidity in place. you can tell that from the camera view. this view overlooking washington off in the distance. we can see the monument, but the city lights illuminating the humidity hanging in the air over the metro area, temperatures right now are generally in the 70s. still be in the mid 70s through 8:00 a.m. then by noontime, low 80s. ought to be hitting upper 80s by 3:00 this afternoon. then it's after that that some showers and maybe some thundershowers coming through the metro area. sort of similar to yesterday. right now, don't have anything locally going. on a few showers in the carolinas, southwestern virginia, stronger storms rolling across illinois, breaking down a bit. that's part of a cool front that will be arriving tomorrow. storm team 4 radar showing a couple of sprinkles that may be trying to reach the ground in frederick,

here's storm team 4 radar. last of the showers out to atlantic city, new jersey.ome in southern new jersey, but most aren't reaching the ground. this is just ground clutter in washington right now. it's cooled dramatically into the 60s in the shenandoah valley. 59 in luray. still 70s or higher from washington eastbound in the bay and into southern maryland. high temperatures for today with the return of the sunshine, it will be up into the low and mid 80s. if you think today is nice, that means you'll love tomorrow as well. highs only around 81 out to martinsburg and hagerstown. then for tomorrow, temperatures again upper 70s to low and mid 80s. seven day forecast in ten minutes. >> a brand-new problem in prince george's county. technically they're telling us this is a water main break but water is not flowing right now. still have some closures ritchie-marlboro road and eastbound lanes are blocked right now. westbound, the lane is blocked. trying to get some more information about that one for you. inner loop at georgetown pike because of road work. seminary road

>>> coming up on 4:51, i want to turn to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. yesterday, standing still, i started sweating. >> everything everybody was talking about, no matter where you went. >> it peaked around 1:00 and then it got cooler in the afternoon. then we have clouds pushing in, that should keep the heat back in the box. >> maybe some rain. >> maybe some rain in the afternoon. there's the haze. humidity didn't go away that's for sure. still hanging in the air that's the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. the dark area in the middle of the screen, that's rock creek park. off in the distance is northeast washington. you can see the city lights illuminating the haze. temperatures downtown, 74. low to mid 70s, near the bay waters. eastern shore right around 70 degrees. starting off this morning in the upper 60s, near 70. most of northern virginia including fairfax, loudoun, montgomery and frederick counties. panhandle of west virginia, the mountains, upper 60s to around 70 most locations. we are getting some rain around pittsburgh, northern w

here is the latest on storm team 4 lradar. steady rain, prince george's county moving on into anna rurul county. we will continue to update you z thanks amelia. >>> here at nbc 4, we are sending kids from all across the area back to school with the supplies they need. it is a very big day for us here at nbc 4. we are asking you to help contribute to our backpacks 4 kids campaign. our phone bank is standing by. you see pat lawson muse. if you haven't donated yet, give them a call at 202-885-4949. your can head to nbcwashington.com. maybe you feel more comfortable doing it that way. you can make a secure donation with your credit card. you can make the checks out to pack backs 4 kids. you can send it here to our studios and address on the screen. joining me from our parent company, comcast, stacy burnett. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. we are excited to have you guys here. we know every year, it takes that much more to get kids engaged an make sure they stay engaged in the classroom. t

right now storm team 4 radar locally showing one shower south of fredericksburg. that may get closer to the northern neck. king george county over the next hour. dry through much of the afternoon. temperatures to near 80 degrees. reagan national at 82. at the bay mid 80s. a 30% chance of a passing shower between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. >> thank you, tom. how would you honor the late former d.c. mayor? today a commission put together to honor the former mayor and councilmember. they want to hear from you. they'll hold a public forum today to gather ideas. the forum starts at 7 this evening at the executive office of the mayor in northwest. he's been fondly to bed as the district's mayor for life. >> the hackers say time the up. what they claim to have posted from a controversial website that could affect a lot of that could affect a lot of people's personal lives. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was

. >>> plus, storm team 4's chuck bell with a hour-by-hour forecast. >> a few scattered clouds in the eastern skies. waiting on sunrise. it's not up for another 31 minutes. but it's a comfortable start this morning. mid to upper 50s through shenandoah valley. 58 in martinsburg. 59 near montgomery county. near 70 degrees in annapolis. just those scattered clouds around. becoming mostly sunny. hour-by-hour, low to mid-80s. >>> breaking news on the roads, southbound, bw parkway. right now a crash off to the right side of the roadway. chopper 4 over the scene. we have a four-mile backup. it's on the washington, d.c. app right now. right now, it's a pretty good option, 95. two lanes blocked ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge that is shut down starting today through friday. take the roosevelt bridge instead. 100 eastbound at route 1, a crash there as well. see slowdowns there. innerloop and outer loop, no major problems. more on this problem on the beltway coming up, eun. >> thank you, melissa. developing this morning. you won't be able to go to the washington monument wh

stay with storm team 4 as well as our nbc washington app. we'll keep you updated with frequent updates. likely an afternoon and evening weather alert day. what's going on now? >> right now, take a look at 66 and 95. 95 virginia northbound there you can see a little slow, a little yellow there in dale city as you head around the bend. 66 inbound looking quite good. 295 north at malcolm x, that left lane is blocked. that crash is there for over an hour. the beltway through st. barnabas, wet roadways there. whitewater drive at longford way, that water main break is confined to the neighborhood so you don't have to worry about that one too much. coming up in ten minutes we'll have a look at some travel times. see you then. >>> the killing of a young american university graduate near the shaw metro stop ig nietded -- ignited a lot of frustration. matt shlonsky was apparently caught in the cross fire of a shooting and he was not the target. tonight, you can take your questions and concerns to a public meeting about crime in the area. police do hav

but there's nothing on storm team 4 radar so we're dry this morning. current temperatures mid to upper 60s in the twes earn suburbs. near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. sunny and plenty warm from 8:00 to 10:00 this morning. nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3:00 or 4:00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. today's high up near 90 degrees. back to you. >>> all right, chuck, thank you. 6:01 now and today it's back to school for thousands of students in the district. as you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about some changes. >> molette green is outside the newly renovated school. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brand spanking new, 540 at this school. the first thing that the kids will see when they arrive is this art structure behind me. the lights look like rain drops and etched at the top are weather or climate

there's that hazy pink sky, live view from the storm team 4 tower camera at dawn. a warm morning followed by a hot and humid afternoon and our storm chances will be getting higher as the week goes on. we have a pretty good chance of some storms moving on in. right now, all settled. hazy sky, in the low 70s nearby suburbs, inside the beltway. in prince george's county, upper 60s. upper 60s, montgomery county. and the rest of northern virginia one of the cooler spots. warrenton is at 63 degrees. coming up next, your drive time forecast. we have delays on metro. >> delays on metro. yellow and green line delays between greenbelt and college park. right now, just got word that we are single-tracking there. that's going to of course cause some issues this morning. chopper 4 over 270 southbound at germantown road, 118, looks like the crash is out of the way. that we had earlier this morning. still though a lot of volume headed southbound there as you can see from above. 66 west at the toll road, still have that crash on the shoulder. 95, b.w. parkway, 29 here, everything h

and the storm team 4 radar showing us a line of rain showers. no lightning with this. now coming into the pands of west virginia. it's holding together and looks like it's moving into the northern shenandoah valley over the next hour or so, maybe near winchester, steven city, martin'sberg and a little bit later near frederick. a lot of this north of the metro area, maybe close to la ray as well. that's going to be about another half hour there. there's a live tower camera showing the haze in the air. right now 80 around the bay. reagan national now is up to 84 degrees. >>> a developing story out of bangkok. officials have released images of a suspect. take a look at these pictures from cc tv footage. thai police are looking for this man. he's wearing a backpack and a yellow shirt. the explosion on monday evening killed 22 people. 123 others with injured. in a separate incident today, thai officials say a man flu a small explosive from a bridge into the water. it landed in the river and no one was injured. police say the explosion at the shrine was caused by a pipe bomb

markets are faring and how they can recovery today. >>> good morning, storm team 4 tracking the weather. another winner of a day coming your way. humidity remains on vacation for another few days. we'll talk about humidity and rain chances for the weekend. and tropical storm erika another concern for the week. >>> we also have another concern, gw parkway. the ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge closed through friday. your alternate is through roosevelt bridge. at this point, we know traffic is starting to build. of course, commuters in the area just really have it kind of rough. there's a new study out this morning that actually says commuters around here, we waste more fuel, we waste more time, we waste more energy perhaps yelling at cars. >> and all that equals wasted money. >> meagan fitzgerald driving for us to give us a front row seat to this problem. meagen. >> reporter: that's right. now now, we all know that commuting in our metro area is pretty bad. it really comes down to timing. you have to hit the road at exactly the right time so you don't have to worry ab

let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff with the latest update on erika's path. >> not yet, chuck, for south florida, but probably in the next 24 hours, there will be some watches and/or warnings issued for the state of florida. right now the main concern is this corridor from the turks and caicos through eastern cuba into the bahamas. this entire area under either watches or warnings for the storm as it heads in that direction tonight and tomorrow. right now, it is producing some heavy rain bands over the eastern dominican republic, headed towards haiti. well. so these areas have bright white clouds and even off shore, there is a lot of rain here. ropical done. and it's not even a hurricane. carefully. per hour. it will encounter some -- the land mass here, and so it will tropical depression later tonight. still heavy rain, still over cuba sunday and then moves back out over the water south of the afternoon. heavy rain, as well. and then it may make a second landfall if it stays on this florida. of but you know how quickly these things can change. this is totally different

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking what kind of day we'll have. especially for the kids headed back to school. >> good morning. a fine looking way to get the school year started for the kids in the district and other counties today. the overall weather impact on the first day of school will be nice and low. a little hot, a little humid. there will be a chance for thunderstorms today. so as you're packing the backpack today, put the umbrella in there. nothing on storm team 4 radar yet this morning but rain chances ramp up after 3:00 or 4:00. low 70s in and around washington. timing out the rain chances, 2:00 to 5:00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. in the metro, between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. rain chances later than that as you get into southern maryland and out to the eastern shore. do have your umbrella ready to go. still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. >> yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. it's not slowing anything down so you don't have to worry about that too much. just l

the new storm brewing in the atlantic right now and where it could be heading. >>> right now storm team 4 tracking tropical storm era. the storm has sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. it's currently about 800 miles east of the leeward islands. the current forecast shows erika approaching the bahamas by the weekend. >> i think the storm is going to have tob to be watched carefully. it's not on a rapid intensification path at this point in time. there you can see the latest on the plotting positions. 15 .2 north, 52 west. sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. the storm is going west at a good forward speed. it should trek north of san juan late thursday night into friday and toward 8:00 sunday morning, forecast to be a category 1 hurricane. the south eastern u.s. is going to have to keep an eye on it. they have it turning away from the coast but until it makes the turn, our eyes are on it. >> we'll stick with mother nature here. take a look at this. that's a tornado that made a huge mess. this is in southern australia, south eastern australia. the firefighter who filmed the storm said

storm team four radar is dry. you might want to water the lawn a little bit because we really do not expect to see any rain until next week and this is the wider view showing that cold front that passed on by. look at this, a big storm up towards the north and you only see clouds like this. watch the clouds develop. they are moving our way but they won't get here. these are cold clouds. as we take on the padres. and the first time all of our starters are on the program. getting a little cool. many of you will be in the upper 60s so it will be a cool one. show you hour by hour. most of you into the 50s. this is inside the city. 78 degrees by noon. 85 by four. it's a great evening no matter what you will be doing. looking very, very nice, too. that's the great stretch. then we start what could be a potential heat wave. >>> are your chances of landing a job if you interview first or last? a new >>> new information from the national zoo this afternoon ability the two panda cubs, mei xiang is not cooperated. she is onl

board narrow. >>> right now, storm team 4 tracking downpours that could turn your morning commute into a wet mess. >>> plus, dramatic video where strong storms swept away cars and created a whirlpool in the middle of the street. >>> and a commuter alert for anyone who passes through the port authority bus terminal. big changes are coming. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everyone, tuesday morning, it is august 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm kerry barret in for michael this morning. >> chris cimino has the forecast that will be a wet forecast. >> it will be in some cases and other cases. it's not too soggy in the east, just lighter rain. a soggy morning out there, big puddles forming in somerset county, sussex, and western half of monmouth county, too. this is all flooding north and northeast. you have flood vice others in place for a good portion, sussex count to mercer county and middlesex county as well. long island, fairfield county, and west chester also the flash flood watch in effect for most of the afternoon, really. because there could be a couple rounds of he

maybe a little more humid on monday, but still very pleasant and look what's missing on the storm team 4 seven day outlook, no storms or rain. looks dry for the next seven days. we have light volume, right, melissa? >> light volume. i can't promise good traffic. good weather, but not good traffic. 66 west at the toll road that right lane is still blocked. that should be cleared up out of the way here in a little bit. 95 northbound, you're fine. southbound, right around 234 there, we have a little bit of a slowdown because of road work hanging around. prince george's county overall looking quite good. 95 in maryland at powder mill road, northbound and southbound. everything rolling along just fine. remember in prince william we have this downed tree. aidan road at keenan ridge court. weather and traffic on the 1s, see you back here at 5:01. >>> well, because of increasing fears of injuries which extracurricular activities parents are trying to pull their children out of there. >> he was resisting at first, but he had given up. >> that makes me chuckle. i'm sorry. a thief walks into the

. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff is tracking that heat moving in. we'll get the latest from here in a few minutes. and remember to download our news 4 new york app for the latest temperatures and weather alerts. it's in the apple app store right now. >>> tonight police need your help finding three people accused of sneaking into a brooklyn hospital to take a picture with a newborn baby. police say two women and a man got past security in the maternity ward at nyu leeth ran medical center sunday. we're told the three then asked a woman if they could take a photo with her newborn baby. when the woman refused the request, they took off. the three are wanted on trespassing charges. >>> in other news, history is made in havana. for the first time in more than 50 years, the american flag is flying at the u.s. embassy there. this is the latest symbol of the renewed relations between the u.s. and cuba. news 4's shiba russell is here with the ceremony watched around the world, shiba. >> no longer enemies or rivals but neighbors. those words from secretary of

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is there this morning. look for his live forecast in the next hour. >>> students in prince william county are headed back to school this morning. one new school will welcome students in for the very first time. chris yung elementary opens for the first time this year. it's named for chris yung with the prince william county police. he died while on duty nearly three years ago. >> he cared about people. he cared about children. he had a passion for helping others and when you have that kind of passion for helping others and helping children and just helping people in general, that's what we are all about. >> the school will run a new program called s.t.e.a.m. it is focused on science, technology, engineering, math. it's a way to begin teaching elementary school students real world subject applications. >>> the 95 catholic elementary and middle schools in the archdiocese of washington will open in a few hours. principals and teachers gathered yesterday to open the year with a celebratory mass. the schools ser

tom kierein is in the storm team 4 weather center to tell us how hot get. >> you can see the hot and the humid. there's haze hanging in the air over northwest washington. there's tenleytown and bethesda. and we have a mostly clear sky, but it's hazy this morning. a warm morning, your headlines, hot afternoon. then our storm chances will be increasing over the next several days, beginning tomorrow. right now it's warm and muggy. in the upper 60s

. >> the storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in for us. >> good morning. friday is finally here. look at all the 50s on the map. don't get used to it, everybody. this is coming to an end and soon. 55 now, gaithersburg. 54 in new market, maryland. 55 now in winchester. 63 in fredericksburg. bus stop weather then, sun is up at 66:33. coming home later on this afternoon, nice and warm, a mix of clouds and sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid 80s today. today's high temperatures by about 79 in gaithersburg. 84 in washington and in fredericksburg. dry weather for today. and tomorrow we'll start looking into the weekend a little further when i see you next. for now though, have they picked up the pylons yet? >> they have not yet. southbound connecticut avenue at franklin street outside of the beltway, still have some road work happening there in the southbound lanes only. that one right lane is getting by at this point this morning. 66, west of ox road, no problems there. everything looks quite good along 66. again, we have this crash, southbound backlick th

right now storm team 4 radar showing don't have any showers around here locally. although there might be a little sprinkle in southern frederick county. the blips on the radar. hour by hour, look at our forecast for the rest of the morning. looks like we'll stay dry here through noontime. these areas, patches of green, maybe a few showers on the eastern shore by 1:00 punishment as well as shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia. by 3:00 p.m., we may see thundershowers popping up especially in the mountains and shenandoah valley. there's only a small chance locally for the afternoon hours. maybe an isolated thundershower northern virginia, nearby suburbs, maryland, late afternoon. then the evening hours, things should settle down. humid overnight, temperatures right now in the low to mid 70s. most of the region, reagan national at 78. then it stays humid tomorrow. a likelihood of mainly afternoon storms tomorrow. some with heavy downpours, maybe flooding. we'll have highs in the upper 80s. and finally after the front goes by, beautiful weather. low humidity,

let's send it on over to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. there is the capitol glowing under a mostly clear sky on this friday morning. we're starting off with a clearing sky, lower humidity moving in. western northern suburbs in the 60s now. afternoon highs in the metro area, should be mid to upper 80s. farther north and west, in the 80s. panhandle of west virginia, washington county into allegany. only near 80 right in central west virginia. and much of northern virginia will be in the mid 80s. right near the chesapeake bay, low 80s. lots of sunshine throughout the day. as the lower humidity does move in. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, we'll have your bus stop forecast as we have students back to school feeling finally like back to school weather. not hot and humid this morning. a little touch of fall in the air. what's going on on the roads? >> we have a problem in warrenton. this is outbound lee highway at vint hill road. we have the left lane blocked because of a crash. probably won't cause too much of an issue, but again

we have a clearing sky, all dry now on the storm team 4 radar on this friday morning. and the temperatures right now around the region are hovering in the 60s. low to mid 60s with the lower humidity. near 70 in washington. low humidity now pushing into prince george's county and around the chesapeake bay. that's capitol hill now under this partly cloudy sky and temperatures will stay mild through the morning. turning less humid even during the afternoon. even lower humidity moving in and then the dry pattern is setting up here. it will be in place for the next seven days. a look at your drive time forecast at 6:11. melissa, chopper 4 up over the beltway. >> up over the top of the beltway. right there at university boulevard you can see the inner and outer loop, moving fine for us. don't have any real volume at least at this point to complain about like we like to do. inner and outer loop, rest looks good. 66, 95 into and out of town, looking good as well. 270 at old hundred road, with etimcally -- we typically see volume at this point, but it looks good. travel times i

. >> now your storm team 4 forecast. >> once again, good morning to you. i'm taking a check of storm team 4 radar. nothing to worry about just yet. still watching our western parts of maryland into the mountains of west virginia. that's where the first chances of showers and storms will develop into the late afternoon and early evening hours. it will be an improving weather picture for the next hour or to. we will continue to see a chance of some rain showers to come in here as we get into the 5:00 to 7:00 hour time frame. not expecting anything severe. could have a gusty wind. that's about it. after today, sunny and nice and cooler than average. >> a big effort underway in florida to fill a massive sink hole. take a look at this video. this is outside of orlando. that sink hole, 45 by 65 feet wide. no one was hurt when it opened up yesterday, but it did swallow part of someone's driveway and opened a water main. people are asked to boil their water just in case. >> a lot of noise this morning that's not going to end until friday. drills run from 6:00 in t

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here to tell us what we can expect for the day. >> hey, adam. love the silver lining, kristin. low humidity levels once again today, but highs in the low to mid 90s. right now, 60s in ft. belvoir. gaithersburg and baltimore and washington now sitting at 75 degrees. here's your afternoon planner. notice mostly sunny skies across the area throughout the day today, by noon we're at 88 degrees. 2:00 p.m., temperatures in the low 90s. that's where the suburbs will stay as we continue to work our way towards the late afternoon and early evening hours. by 4:00 in washington, we'll hit 94 degrees. a great pool day today, just an isolated chance of a late day thunderstorm. west of here, over the mountains and tuesday, looking like great pool days as it looks hot outside. the hmm makes a -- the humidity makes a return. i'll let you know how hot it will be in about ten minutes. >> thank you, amelia. >>> developing in prince george's county, we are working to learn the name of the person who died in a crash on suitland parkway overnight. park police say th

storm team 4 will show us how the heavy rains will impact the morning commute. >>> plus, why the topless women in times square can agree to an -- in packed pedestrian plazas. "today in new york" starts now. good morning everyone. good morning everybody. it's 4:30 a.m. on this friday, august 21st. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> i'm pat battle in for darlene this morning. hello kitty like somewhere with an umbrella. >> let's check in with chris cimino with an update on the storms that happened to our area overnight. >> there were heavy downpours. the good news about this line of showers and thunder showers. aggressive. it's moving west to east a little faster than we thought. heaviest rain across monmouth, ocean county. moving into staten island and queens. the next half hour to one hour at least. then the storms will go further east to long island and connecticut as well. officially i flash flood warning in effect for mercer county. it looks like that will be dropped shortly. that expires at 4:45. northwestern suburbs into orange county, western putnam county and sussex county. this may be dro

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is on the storm team 4 weather deck to us about the beautiful weather. how is it out there? >> it's mainly clear sky, comfortably cool. if you're in the suburbs grab a light jacket and layer because by the afternoon it's in the low 70s. 63 out here in washington right now. escaping to the beach this weekend, water temperature at 79. highs friday through sunday, low 80s's. more clouds on sunday. back here at home, saturday and sunday we'll have high temperatures around 90 degrees. but what about any storm chances? chuck will have that forecast in ten minutes, but for now, over to melissa with breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news on 95 in virginia. northbound at franconia springfield parkway is where the crash is. chopper 4 over the scene showing us six miles worth of backups. you want to take route 1 if you're leaving any time soon. avoid this if you can. this is nasty. take a look northbound there, this morning. inner loop at route 1 is blocked. 15 at lovettsville road is shut down. 270 southbound, no major problems. 66 inbound okay. 95

she is outside, storm team 4 weather deck. how does it feel out there? >> it's like a morning at the beach, higher humidity levels today than yesterday. tracking mostly cloudy skies as we work into the afternoon hours. the clouds should break up somewhat. partly sunny today, but not as much sunshine as we had yesterday. temperatures right now are going to be in the low 70s across the area as we head to graphics on max 1. we're looking at 73 degrees in washington. 71 in reston and 70 for those of you in dulles. here's how we'll warm up throughout the day today. by noon, in the low 80s. as we get into the afternoon hours we're warming into the upper 80s. i think reagan national will hit 89. 90 degrees around 4:00, 5:00 today. similar to yesterday as far as our highs are concerned. weather outlook for today, out exercising hot and humid this afternoon. great pool day. during the nationals game, hot later today. we'll keep it dry for most of us today. there's a chance of showers in the forecast tomorrow. i'll have more coming up in ten minutes. >> amelia, th

storm team 4's chris cimino is here with the forecast and to answer to the major question, will there be relief from the heat? >> yes, there will. >> all right. >> in terms of the humidity. temperatures similar but the humidity is down. yesterday's storms swept out that air mass. it's a much quieter morning. in the mid-70s in the borough. morristown 57. 59 in sussex. mostly in the 60s across long island. a little more refreshing to start the day. the commute forecast, this morning's commute, nice. partly cloudy skies, 75 degrees. heading back home this afternoon and this evening, look for temperatures again in the middle 80s with a mix of sun and clouds. no rain or storms to worry about today. yesterday was just a disaster, lauren. hopefully today is much better. how is it looking so far? >> it really was. so far a big change from yesterday. right now, downtown 1 trains, they're runs express from 96th to 72nd. we also have fastrack maintenance on the r trains. no service in brooklyn between 95th and 36th. take the d and/or the free shuttle buses to get around. more weather and traffic

right now, showers and thunderstorms on storm team 4 radar. it would mostly stay in northern virginia and that's exactly what we had. shower activity in fairfax. the only exception frederick county. they've seen quite a bit in the way of showers today. right along 66 and then back towar towar towards culpepper county, all this continues to move up north. >>> brace yourselves, folks. it's going to be hot, steamy, and uncomfortable in two metro stations for the rest of the summer. the chiller system that usually cools farragut north and dupont circle stations is filled with leaks. adam tuss found temperatures in both stations hovering around 90 degrees. get this. to fix the problem, metro will have to disrupt the commutes of thousands of you. >> connecticut avenue is going to have to be dug out in each direction. >> metro hopes to have a fix in place by next spring just in time for temperatures to rise again. >>> we are working to find out if a man who was taken into custody after a carjacking and a chase is going to face charges. news 4 has exc

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storm team 4 meteorologist nice huff is tracking erika for us. what's the latest? >> right now, shiba, it's threatening the dominican republic and haiti. heavy rain bands move over the dominican republic now and the storm will continue moving west at 20 miles per hour. top winds at 50 miles per hour. we know it has a history of producing flooding rains and power outages because of the wisnds. now it will move towards cuba later tonight and tomorrow. and as it enters cuba, it moves over cuba, it will weaken to a tropical depression. ill waiting to produce a lot of rain and possibly power outages with the winds. winds will be down to 35 miles per hour. this is saturday afternoon. sunday morning, it's still over cuba so will be there for 36 hours. and then it moves into the florida straits. it may regain strength as a tropical storm headed toward the florida keyy on sunday afternoon and then could possibly make a second landfall south of tampa, florida, monday afternoon. the question is where it's going to move over florida. still a lot of uncertainty here. these are t

chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center. >> that's right. all the money you're saving on the air conditioning, you can send that directly to me. outside a clear sky over washington. we are going to be enjoying dry weather here for today. tomorrow and on into sunday. next week looks mostly dry as well, but it does depend next week's forecast does, a lot more on what erika decides to do. tropical storm erika is still a tropical storm and the new forecast keeps it over land, and as a result, the new forecast does not have erika reaching hurricane strength. that's the good news. also the good news for south florida that's been in a terrible drought, this forecast will bring a tremendous amount of rain into south florida. the rest of florida though is not in a drought and they don't need the rain. so this is problematic for tampa bay, up into parts of north florida. but the new forecast track is farther to the west and brings the center of the storm much more over the land mass area of florida by tuesday of next week. there is still a great deal

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to find out what kind of day we'll have today. so far, so good. >> a-plus weather coming from the weather department today. overall weather impact on your thursday will be nice and low. sunshine and mild temperatures this afternoon. we're in the 50s and 60s morning 62 now at joint base andrews. hourly temperatures for the next little bit, climbing out of the 50s up to mid 70s. a-plus outdoor recess weather. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. dismissal part, the final bell of course, the temperatures in the low 80s. good stuff indeed. >> good stuff for after school. go to the park or something. this not so hot here. take a look, a brand-new crash at 15 at lub bottsville road. 270 it got slow here in the past couple of minutes in hyattsville. inner and outer loop, actually looking quite good right now. we do have this issue in prince george's, branch avenue with two left lanes blocked. see you back here in ten minutes with travel times. >>> right now the community in roanoke, virginia, is reeling from a tragic shooter. ali

storm team 4's chris cimino here with the forecast. really felt great this morning. >> very comfortable. low humidity, nice little breeze. but chilly in northwest sections of new jersey. 49 degrees in walpack. 56 in franklin. 56 blairstown. 55 in califon. you get closer to the city and the coast, more realistic for this time of the year. 70 in the park. 63 in long branch. mainly 60s in long island. skies are generally clear to start. high clouds that will increase as we go through the day today. that chilly start we had in the suburbs, sunshine fades to shy clouds. low and middle 80s today. could see a few showers pop up south of the city overnight. we'll talk about how close we come with the rain in a little bit. let's get a check of the thursday morning commute with lauren scala. >> good morning, chris, good morning everyone. we have roadwork shut down in both directions between tonnelle circle and jersey avenue. something to keep in mind if you're heading to the holland tunnel. might want to take the turnpike extension. car lanes ar