i'm aaron gilchrist. we are working for you on this meliss mollet is standing by >> there is it is. the low c temperature eese sun is no up for another five this next hour will be the get o and enjoy it as much as skiesre kind of hazy outside. not a lot of clouds just yet. we are in weather alert mode. heat index values will be above0 degrees. tropic levels of humidity as a r we also are weather the heat advisory includes all bad air quality. mid to upper70s. the commute for today, we'll show youur fute weather misera meliss >> can sound so fun. taka look. we have an update on the northbto ramp eastbound 50, that right lane ramp bloe early morning crash took down an overhesign. the repairs could take four more hou. we'll keep an eye on it and let up. burton still have that accide centre near 66, all lanes you have no t access the hov ramp. innernd loop a outer lok just fine. >> thank you. as chuck mentioned, heat today. news 4's justin finch has what 81 degrees here and it's already humid out here. we hav

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. >> let's start with storm team 4 4. >> we are lingering showers moving from the south to the north across our area and not causi any rumbles thunder but we have shower and some fog and a broader view showing that acrosshe eastern saesheaboard, rather delightful. how about 77 degrees in our nation's capital? still in the 70s for anchors town and paxnriver, i the 80s. not as hot as yesterday but close to 90 degrees. we will talk more about the weekend in a moment. for traffic, we go to jack. >> clay, we start on the beltway prince george's county before 202 accident activity has blocked two left lanes. you' find we have activity closing powder mill road. damascus a vehicle involved in a crash single vehicle. tow truck on the scene and traffic is alternating.n radolph drive remains closed because of an accident. back in to you. >> jack, thank you. >>> breaking news off the coast of south florida. >> seven americans, including west virginia billionaire, were killed in a helicopter crash i

aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the day off. >> i'm adam tuss. >> let's start off with chuck ll with the weather. >> we had dangerously high heat indexes over the weekend. rain to deal with this morning. another little batch of showers here coming into the southern parts of the shenandoah valley that will graze through here during the morning commute. off to a wet start on your tuesday. but the severe weather threat is arne. the flood watches over with. the heaviest of the rains are behind us now. nothin more than occasional showers coming on in. grab the reumba. showers could linger through the afternoon. temperatures rain-cooled this 72 in prince george's county. these temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than we were at the same time yesterday. this afternoon's high tomorrow almost 20 degrees cooler! yesterday, d.c. topped out at 96. today's high temperature, 77. melissa mollet, that is employee of the month stuff for me. >> definitely it is right now. take a look at this. first 4 traffic alert this morning. different issues around town. mu

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. have a lot of information fromhe horrific shooting out west. >>> first, we want to get you ready for your monday morning. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell this moing with a look at the day ahead. >> the day ahead not lao too a shy. if you like yesterday, you'll like today. similar conditions to yesterday. maybe a little bit more humidity and yore feeling that if you step outside right now. 76 is our temperature right now. stay in the 70 as we continue through morning. toping out in the 90s today. even by 9:00 a.m., that temperature already in the low 80s. we are dry out there this moroung. there c be patchy fog in some spots. we are heading into about 93 degrees today. listen. very similar to yesterday. it will be a little muggy. isolated chance of a shower and thunderstorm later on this afternoon. nothing out there right now.  to see this pattern change especially as we head into the middle part of this wllk. we wialk mor

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. you could use dangerous and why we are in weather alert mode this morning. our melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. anotheweather alert day. >> it gets much worse forour friday and your saturday plns. plan to stay out of the extreme heat as much as. we have a heat index already and how indicative how humid it is. upper 70s from the d.c. metro area, eastbound to the bay. not much of a rain chance the first part of the day b heat index is over 100 degrees as early as noon time p.m. high in the 90s. 60% chance of more thunderstorms later today. possible storms for today and sweltering saturday on the way and deep fried friday here today. complete check of then- teday forecast, which has the cooldow at thed of it, melissa. >> i like hat. a cooldown somewhere in the future sound pretty good tome northbound 95 before orcentrep parkway road work so a delay there. after you take a look after fredericksburg you can

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin with the closures associated with this in your traffic. >> we have closure in the area because of this fire. here is what we know. here 23rd and hayes street at 23rd street. we have crews on the scene and falls church at inner loop near i-5 i-5 i-5 i-56. good morning, lauryn. >> good morning, melissa. yeah, a lot going on out there rightw.no quiet in the weather department and cool when you walk outside but that humidity is increasing with each pasng minute right now. not too bad out there. we do have some clearing sky. maybe a few high cloud. for the most part looking good and sun is coming up at about 15 minutes to 6:00. 71 degree is our temperature right now and mostly clear skies. e 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. hour the temperatures in the low 80s but when we po low 70s and into the now 80s be the tiy the time we 9:00. rain out there right now. we have chance of rain as we continue through the day. better chances wednesdy, thursday, and friday and watch come fourth of july. thur

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.py handependence day.e are working for you this morning to get ready for a busy holiday. somara theodore is inr fo chuck dell for this day. o you think fireworks could be delayed by storm tonight? >> i think a few of us will definitely see delays. if yn' do you'll luck out because the storms will be everywhere but where they hit, they will be packing a punch. anperature is 79 degrees and awfully warm start to our thursday. we are headed to the low 90s anr tempures around 92 degrees this afternoon, heating up very quickly and add fuel to these storms we are expecting.

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we are in for another round of stifling hot temperatures today. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at our first 4 traffic. but let's set totorm team 4 chuck bell and look at the forecast. another weather alert. >> sure is. even aaron and i didn't bother to put a tie on this morning because it's too hot for neck wear today! honestly, it's hawaiian shirt at the sation but was he dent want to go all in with the hawaii shirt. if you got one, today is a great day to wear it. loose fitting and light colored clothing is in fashion today and the weekend.ur temperates in the 70s in the suburbs but 80 downtown and 82 in marynd in annapolis. a hot one today. heat index up near 105. dog walking weather? look at cute little apache only 5month-old and would be a great addition to your family and apache would appreciate-c airnditioning this morning. go to humane dog rescue alliance for adoption of apache. it wouldn'ecommend dog walking today. it's just going to be too hot. >> we can't hear melissa but we will get back to her on your first 4 traffic. >>> b

i'm eun yang ot i'm aaron gilchrist. more on the shog investigation in a moment. we are in weather alert mode again this monday morning. melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we start with storm team 4 chuck bell. heavy have had period of rain overnight and areas of high water across the region this morning.ss so the poility still exists for there to be additional flash flooding here during the course of the morning and into the afternoon. most of the heavier part of the rain will come here before lunch time today. right now, we are in the 70sro acss the area. temperate wise it is a humid start to the day. with all of the cloud and the i pretty hgh rain chances around, afterno high today will be comfortably lower an average the upper 70s to around 80. take your umbrella. it's the humidity and raince chans today. complete updated forecast zone-by-zone in our nbc washington app and i will post more on my social media pages. rain across thesearea. also rain right here across part of calvert and st. mary's county. let's go over to traffic. >> goo

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. our melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. we will start with you. e she may be having technical difficulty with the equipment but we will keep talking until she is ready to rock 'n' roll. >> my feet got caught in the chair. >> sounds like your microphone is out too. >> it is.

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.e in for another round of stifling hot temperatures today. melissa mollet is standing by with a look at our first 4 traffic. but let's set totorm team 4 chuck bell and look at the forecast. another weather alert. >> sure is. even aaron and i didn't bother to put a tie on this morning because it's too hot for neck wear today! honestly, it's hawaiian shirt at the sation but was he dent want to go all in with the hawaii shirt. if you got one, today is a great day to wear it. loose fitting and light colored clothing is in fashion today and the weekend.ur temperates in the 70s in the suburbs but 80 downtown and 82 in marynd in annapolis. ot

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.py handependence day. we are working for you this morning to get ready for a busy holiday. somara theodore is inr fo chuck dell for this day. o you think fireworks could be delayed by storm tonight? >> i think a few of us will definitely see delays. if yn' do you'll luck out because the storms will be everywhere but where they hit, they will be packing a punch. anperature is 79 degrees and awfully warm start to our thursday. we are headed to the low 90s anr tempures around 92 degrees this afternoon, heating up very quickly and add fuel to these storms we are expecting. lots of lightning with these and very heavy rain and downpour. what you need to know heading to the fireworks. bring a tarp. where umbrellas are allowed, i would do that. download the nbc washington app ecause there will be alerted if we wilhave severe thunderstorms in the area and have a place ready to o. soon as you hear that thunder, head indoors. while you're setting up your chair, getting ready to pull out the food, go ahead and keep ey

aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. are working for you this morning. melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic. >> b let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who says you can do pretty much what you want outside today. >> pretty much. i think today will be cooperative with your outdoor plans. little chance for a pop-up shower or two. that chance was there yesterday and i mentioned it and i'm glad i did because it popp up right on top of my house yesterday around 6:30 in the evening. yame story again for today. most of the da will be dry, comfortable, low humidity, plenty of sunshine.lo at these numbers this morning. all of the shenandoah valley in the mido upper 50s. the western suburb in the low to mid six. even national airport a relative cool 67 degree. yo planneror today, plenty of sunshine. there will be a bubbling up of cloud later in the day and rain chances are not all the way down to zero today but rain chances, just lik yesterday, are under 20%. it's not likely that you'll get rained on

that brings us back to a moment of extreme and hard won national pride as news 4's aaron gilchrist reports it all started with a simple decree. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to chieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> president john f. kennedy in 1961 setting this country off on a very clear, very bold mission, and launching the apollo program. more than a decade of lunar exploration, a $20 billion, 400,000 person investment in winning the space race. the center piece of the program, apollo 11. on july 16th 1969 nasa astronauts neil armstrong, michael collins auzz aldrin made their way to launch pad 39 a at the kennedy space center, destined for greatness. >> three, two, one. >> crowds in awe, force in rumble of a rocket carrying apollo 11 took their breaths away. four days later a manmade history on the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> rocket tranilitish we copy you on thero gd. you've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again. >> reporter: it was a sunday afternoon. etting

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>i'm eun yang. our melissa mollet is standing by with your fst 4 traffic. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. >> you'll notice humidity out there. it's a warm day out there. the sun coming up before 6:00 a.m. this morning. as we go through onthe y, temperatures in the upper seventh and flip through 6:00, 7:00. but still warm and by 10:00 a.m. the temperatures in the mid-80sl and feelske the low 90s and looks like this will be the coolest day we will have comin , because we got a big heat dome headed our way.cl a few d out there right now moving into the area. we also have the circulation you can see still from remnants o barry. it is now post-tropical barry so we continue to tr k this moisture because it is headed our way and we will talk about when you can see some rain coming up. first, let's talk about the road with melissa. >> good morning. right now silver spring southbou georgia avenue at the beltway, police investigation on the right so see slightest dlely on the ride southbound. thr

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are working for you on a tuesday to help you t ready and start the day on the right foot. >> melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic and we start with meteorologist chuck bell and look to a calm start to the day. >> wow. what a rain event yesterday! 3.3 inch of rain at national airport in one hour between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterdaand a historic flash flooding event in the washington area. four thing you need to know today.the weather for a nice, dry morning. humidity levels in check for the next day or two as average weather, how nice is it going to be to feel average? not too hot, notoo humid and no chance of rain and i'm optimistic about the weekend. radar wise, i know a lot of people are rain traumatized from yesterday. not a drop in the washington, d.c. area and we will be drip a dry today. 61 in columbia, maryland, this morning. there is your planner for today. there are area of fog around this morning and be on lookout for that from the read

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.s begin with the closures associated with this in your traffic. >> we have closure in the area because of this fire. here is what we know. here 23rd and hayes street at 23rd street. we have crews on the scene and falls church at inner loop near i-5

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. a lot to catch you up over the holiday week. on top of that breaking news, it is a weher alert day. >> we start with meteorogist uck bell, whose name i have forgotten. t'es been five of us are back together again. the four of us. >> it's the togetherness! it's not how !ny there are >> exactly. >>> unfortunately, a lot of us have to deal with rain on a mondayea period of hvy rain overnight have left area of high water and standing water across nohern maryland. flood watch continues here until 6:00 in the morning with localized warnings up here ar across p of northern loudoun county and maryland and cal vert county lightning h the lastr or so. no severe storms to deal with this morning but i can't give you the all dry fr a forecast perspective. in the 70s. 78 in washington now. 74 manassas. 72 martinsburg and 74 in prince george's county. it is warm and humid this morning. your four thing to know a storm team 4 weather alert day and front pushing the rain chances. some spotters could get a quick inch of rain or more and localized

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>m molette green. i'm in for eun yang this morning. welcomeback. >> thank you. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and the sun is coming up 47 minutes from right now. 71 degrees is our temperature and northeasterly wind at 9 miles an hour. not much of a breeze compared to yesterday. f your monday outlook and a.m. commute if you're biking or driving or tag the metro or walking, you could have sunshine delays out there but about it. m outdoor lunchke your plans to do it. it will be perfect out there. not feeling too hot. yesterday we were in the low 90s.da i think to in the upper 80s. as far as exercise is concerned, fairly comfortable out there today. high pressure parke over us. so we are dry with no cloud in place. no rain in place. if youvee trang, looking good up and down the eastern seaboard as we

i'm aaron gilchrist. . >> i'm eun ya it's monday, july 15th, 2019. first 4 traffic melissa mollet is standing by with a look at the road. >> i'm not anti--panda, just f the record. put that out there. >> i'm just a little over the top! >> that is a whole other story. chuck bell is off today and lauryn ricketts is in to look at the forecast for you. >> we were talking about the panda over the weekend and we willing covering this night and day. breaking news. her mike is ff! let's go. we are still talking abut the panda!sh kingly. >>> listen. it is a beautiful morning out there. temperatures not that bad. 60s and 70s. humidy is low when you walk ngtside. sun comip just about 55 minutes from now. 75 degrees. it is very niceut there. we will stay in the mid-70s as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. plenty of sunshine once that sun comes up and that will take our temperature into the upper 80s today. now yesterday weere about 94 degrees where we topped out. looking a lot better out there today. not a lot going on in radar. high pressure over us and give us

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at our trafc. we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >>> we would have 8 billion gallons of water dropping in ono r just on the district of columbia. that is how much water that was in the morning in a one-hour time . span >>> this morning, all that water yesterday and a clear sky overnight is leading to fog early today. some areas dow to visibility under a mile. front royal down to a visibility of zero now. becareful with the fog early. 61 winchester and leesburg 59 and commuter forecast for today. the only impact on your commutee weather witoday is a little fog around early this morning. sun up at 5:51 and put off the fog relatively quickly and a beautiful day with temperatures in the mid topper 80s and nice weather tomorrow. more about that coming up. thursday chance of rain coming up in a few. >>> taking a look at the road here in virginia. as we take a look at 66 here this morning. rkying in. fairfax county pay to the beltway we don't have anything in your way. 66 miles per hour.

now, good n morni everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." we want to check in on your llrecast now before we check in with melissa mo. e> more storms. that's why we'r weather alert because of those storms winre go to see as we continue into the afternoon and ening. now, those stormse ysterday just kind of organized,ook vantage of all the instability that we had out there and then just kind of blew up as they moved through the area. i know there's a lot p ofer outages out still 74 degrees is your temperature. the mugginess is out there as well, so it is going to continue to be a hot and humid day. temperatures rising intohe 80s awe go 9, 10:00 a.m. teeratures back tolow to mid 90s. heat index once again right around 100 degrees. othing happening as you walk out the door. there's a little fog this wednesday morning, but for the most part we're just looking at dry conditions. we will connue to watch those chances of rain. let's time them out for you and talkbout tonight and as well as tomorrow that's al

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.bell, will we start drying out >>oday? yes, indeed. storm team 4 radarcanning the skies and no raindrops to worry about. ch >>> now on "news4 today," cleaning up the destruction. flash flooding washed away road and invaded houses and fears are growing this extreme weather will happen again? >> can gun violence be stopd? one of the most issues facing our country. >> how a wallet lost during world war ii found its way back to its rightful owner. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are working for you on a tuesday to help you t ready and start the day on the right foot. >> melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic and we start with meteorologist chuck bell and look to a calm start to the day. >> wow. what a rain event yesterday! 3.3 inch of rain at national airport in one hour between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterdaand a historic flash flooding event in the washington area. four thing you need to know today.the weather for

good morning, i'm eun yg. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.t is standing by with our first 4 traffic but let's go to uck four with the excessive heat warning. >> the highest category of heat i havery thereis. excessive heat warning. heat index could be as high as 105 today and some could have heat indices up to 115 degrees tomorrow. that is danger zone material.so if you're one of the many folks that has a diabetes and other blood sugar issues, this can actually affect yourd bloo sugar control. go to my twitter handle at chuck bell 4 and i hiretweeted somet out from the cleveland clinic so you can help maintain good control of your blood sugar in these extreme temperatures. we are in the mid to upper 70s so a muggy start to the day. most of the afternoon with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and heat indexes today, melissa, up close to 105 degrees. >> it is going to be a hot. one a definite way to cool off. >>> top of the beltway bw paray, 95, route 129, everything there looks on good northbound and southbound right now. i-66 at stringfell

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm molette green. eun yang has the day off. fireworks frustration.housands on the mall only saw smoke last . night >> and your forecast. >> we have lingering rain showers across our area. i'll give you the details in a moment. >>> now on" "news4 today, overnight firefighters rush to put o flame at a home in northwest d.c. wewill tell you what crews on the scene say about the people who live there. >>> there is new reaction this morning to video that appears to show a police officer slamming a man's head into the pavement. what the county ex promising the people of montgomery county. >>> and new health warning. what the mber of cigarettes you smoke in a day mean for your chance of developing heart disease. >>> good morning, everybody. it is 4:00a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green in for eun yang. >> let's start with storm team 4 4. >> we are lingering showers moving from the south to the n

. >>> it is 4:00 a.m., good er morning, evybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's wednesday, july 10th, 19. let's get a look at your weather off.traffic to start things >> melissa mollet is standing by in first 4 traffic. we begin with meteorologist chuck bell a not a whole lot to talk about for you, right? >> on to you, melissa. >> that's at good ng. >> relatively quiet weather day today, much like yesterday. plenty of sunshine, skies are clear here this morning. temperatures not too terribly bad. 69 at dulles airport. 73 washington now. 75 in annapolis. not quite as cool and comfortable as yesterday morning, but thekies are clear and there's a littl t less fog contend with. your hour by hour planner sunsu before 6:00 a.m. this morning and it will be bright and sunny start to fnish today no chance for rain today. afternoon high temperature expected to reach 89 degrees. now rain chances go w up we get into your thursday afternoon and evening. we'll time out that and talk about your severe weatherre ths for your thursday and a look at the weekend, too. melissa,

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> >> eun yang.cre under find we will expln why the #dump starbucks was trending over the holiy weekend. >> pockets of heavy rain and thunderstorms this morning. promises to be a rainy monday for >>> breaking news. five people shot overnight in washington, d.c. police are investigating attack in two different parts of the city. >> one person was shot in northwest. four people shot in southeast. we have a crew headed to that scene and we will bring you more details in a few minutes. it is 4:00. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. a lot to catch you up over the holiday week. on top of that breaking news, it is a weher alert day. >> we start with meteorogist uck bell, whose name i have forgotten. t'es been five of us are back together again. the four of us. >> it's the togetherness! it's not how !ny there are >> exactly. >>> unfortunately, a lot of us have to deal with rain on a mondayea period of hvy rain overnight have left area of high water and standing water across nohern

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 5 0 rightnow. we are monitoring a major weather event in the gulf of mexico as well. seriously flooding in new orleans yesterday. the city and millions of people in louisiana and texas are e keeping anye on a majortorm at could become a hurricane. we will ve a lot moreon that in a bit for you. >>> right now, we want to check on our local forecast and the commute. >> jack taylor is inr melissa mollet this morning. let's first get to chuck bellh wit look at the weather today. >> the humidity has returned overnight. that humidity will be used by the atmosphere as fuel for thunderstorms this afternoon and because we had so much rain on monday, the ground is quite d saturated really can't handle a lot more additional heavy rain. our flash flood threat remains very high this afternoon and this evening. storm team 4 weather alert, have your nbc washington app ready to go and we will send you push alerts and timing 2:00 this afternoon to 11:00 tonight. flash flood watches are posted so we will be watching

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good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> 'm eun yang. we're working for you ahead of tomorrow's july 4th holiday. our melissa moet is keeping an eye on any issues on the roads and the rails with your first 4 traffic. >>a we'll st with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts in for chuck bell. it's a weather alert day, full umbrel umbrella. >> full umbrella. >> do what you can, protect the hair, earring. >> listen, yesterday those storms took advantise of all the re we had out there, guys. they blew up acrs the region. same deal today. rinse and repeat. today, tomorrow, wre going to continue to see scattered showts and sorms and some will be strong.'t absoluget caught off guard. 60% chance you may see it where you are. no storms out there right now. in fact,we have dry conditions. temperatures are in the 70s. you walk outside, heading into that mugginess, you're headed into that wetness, some ponding on the roadways. visibility down a little bit as well. specially in the usual parts, manassas down through culpepper down 28 going out to

now, good n morni everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. for "news 4 today." we want to check in on your llrecast now before we check in with melissa mo. e> more storms. that's why we'r weather alert because of those storms winre go to see as we continue into the afternoon and ening. now, those stormse ysterday just kind of

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good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's wednesday, july 10th, 2019. half way there. let's get a lookat your weather and traffic right now. >> melissa mollet of course standing by for us. we'll begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck and what we need to know about today's weather. >> all right, aaron. you need to know that it's going to be sunny and it's going to be hot. typical for july in washington. nice, quiet weather for today. back up close to s90 degreehis afternoon. not all that unusually hot. our average high is 89. still watching for a very high chancof thunderstorms coming our way tomorrow. it will be a storm team 4 weather alert in addition to a thunderstorm chance. there's also ing to be a pretty high chance for some localized flash flooding tomorrow. viously the ground is saturated because of what happened around here on monday. but for now, your wednesday morning getting off to a beautiful start acss the region. visibility not as much of an issue today as it was yesterday. there are a few pockets of foggine fogginess. your planner fo

i'm aaron gilchrist. we are working for you on a wednes it is a storm team 4 weather storm team 4 melissa mollet is h we begin with -- yeah, it's already hot. f bigg today. you're going to have to dohis temper going to be add in the humidity and heat index, will be above 100 degree 80 at national airport. 78dulles. 79 in gaithersburg 78 in prince george's county. there no improvement cing foreca today, by 9 a.m. mid 90s by lunchtime. the only way don't get to there' a likelihood of some so eather alert for dangerously high heat indexes andh, >> ye that's a little bit w m. thank chuck. capito heights, right lane and outer loop of the beltway, we one of them falls church inner eft side blocked by the work zone. 66 headed in bound, fairfax m 64es going to get you there temper feel like it's pretty warm out policen richmond say someone aftern because they saw a the mo10-h-old girl was hospit baby'sdeath. pr le are the most at risk on extrem hot, humid days like this. that's why it's a good idea to rememb to s

. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.will check on the forecast and the commute for you.a melissmollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. we will start with storm team 4 chuck bell and temperatures. >> they are rather high at 4:30 this morning. below 80 degrees. 79 in arlington county at national airport. 75 in gaithersburg and 74 dulles heairport. t are plenty of upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. mugginess and steamy today' turn into a hot handumid day. 94 was the high yesterday and i'm forecasting 95 today. there will also still be a slight chance for a shower or ceunderstorm. highest rain chan west of the shenandoah valley and west of the blue ridge. around town, can't guarantee there won't ab stray shower or two but rain showers are low. if you're heading to the nats taking on the braves, they won flist a st night.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. for joining us this morning.here is something that could ruin the plan for everyone this evening. >> heavy rainy may roll through the area later on today. >> news4 somara theodo is tracking the rain chances for us. >> if you get hit by one of thesestorms, it's strong to severe and why we are weather y.ert to allow gorgeous is that sunrise in the background there? plenty of sunshine to start you off. it is a warm start. we are heading to the low 80s very quickly. we have a chance for fog this morning so keep that in mind. it is going to be humid and sticky out there as we get our fourth of july under way. highsoday 92 degrees so it's going to be a hot and humid day. storms are in store with these storms. lots of lightning. heavy rain even the potential for damaging and gusty wind out there. so you're going to want to have that backup plan ready to go into action once those firew ks start off in case a storm rolls through. stick around. i'll walk you through hour-by-hour when the storms are likely tohit. >>> rain c

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>m molette green. i'm in for eun yang this morning. welcomeback. >> thank you. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> we are working for to you get you started with a much calmer today. >> you bet. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at our traffic. we begin with teorm team 4 ologist chuck bell. he has a look outside for us. >> i din deed. yesterday a saturated grouncr as the area. clear skies and some of the moisture has formed into fog and lifting back up off the ground. you can see her from our tower camera. there is the spire at georgetown university there and the united states air force memorial in arlington county. fog hanging right over the potomac. f f you're doing some oe river crossings, especially the american legion bridge this morning or driving in the rural are, pockets of fog to be dealt with. the sun is up on a tuesday and it is going to be a good day to be outside today. not too hot and not too humid and not much of a breeze either. thickest of the fog towards fauquier county and prince william county. upper 60s and a few spots in the 50s this morning. tuesday planner nothing but sunshine all day long afternoon highs mid to upper 80s.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have breaking news from arlington. one person has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries following an ernight house fire. >> this is playing out on south hayes street. we are told the fire started in a detached garage within an apartment. >> molette green is on the scene getting an update from first responder. we will hear from her in a moment. first l's check yourcommute and your forecast. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a first 4 traffic but let's start with lauryn ricketts who is in foruc >> beautiful out there right now. 17 minutes until the sun comes up. it's a beautiful start to this morniun. plenty ofine out there today and a little bit of humidity and plenty of go around as well. temperatures right now, 70 degrees. we continue through the rest of the half hour, 71. by 7:00 a.m., low 70s. more muggy at 7:00 a.m. definitely feel the heat by about 9:00, 10:00 as the i temperatures the low 80s at that point. we are heading into the low to mid-90s today with the

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm molette green. i'm in for eun yang this morning.nday, though. >> it's true. got toshake thatoff. >> we have to start things off forecast ck of your and the commute. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at our first 4 traffic. lauryn ricketts is in fod chuck belly with a look at our forecast. > temperatures is 72 but the shenandoah valley, the temperatures are in the 50s right now.l coart to your first of july. we do have clear skies out there. we head through theing the temperatures will slip a little bit. we will end up in the pper six by the time we head to 7:00 a.m. but nothing to worry out there today if you're heading out early on than monday orning. no fog. dry condition and it's just a nice morning out there. as we get to about 9:00 a.m.,os th temperatures are in the mid-70s. yesterday, we topped out in the low 90s. i don't think we will get to 90t ay. if you're traveling you can see we are dry throughout the mid-atlantic. high pressure in charge kicking out all of the cloud and the rain but that is not the case as we

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i'm aaron gilchrist >> i'm eun yang. it's monday, july 15th, 2019. first 4 traffic melissa mollet is standing by with a look at your traffic. >> chuck bell is off today by l laur ricketts is here with your weather. >>> you'll walk outside today and feel a little less humidity out there today. the sun just came up fiveut min ago. it will be be a beautiful day. you can see it right there. yeah, it's going to be a beautiful day out there. plenty of sunshine. blue skies all day long. 73 degrees is our temperature right now. we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour we tve back into mid-70s and then upper 80s for day time highs today which is about normal for this time of year. dry out there. low humidity. also patchy fog in some spots but we are dry and quiet out there this morning not quiet everywhere. we continue to track this moisture and it's a lot of moisture moving in from barry. take a look at the rain moving into louisiana and jackson, pp mississi we will continue to see heavy rain push into the mid-atlantic. we will talk about that and talk about the hea

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.et's begin with a check on your forecast and commute on this wednesday. our melissa mollet is standing by with a check on your first 4 traffic. but we begin with the illustrious strm team 4 merologist chuck bell. >> who is suddenly ready. >> yes, hi, chuck. >> suddenly. >> i don't have people prepare all my stuff like iyou. called you illustrious, chuck, did you miss that? >> computer generates the data. >> there's an app for me alreadyu so i'm j here for personality. clear skies this morning, little early morning color as well. hetemperatures are in t 60s and 70s to get your wednesday going. hump day is here. 72 now in ngarticlip. 73 in quantico. 74 in annapolis.pe temtures in the mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. nice and mild this morning. ayre than enough sun. temperatures todill be in the upper 80s to almost 90 degrees. not worried about rain chances for today. tomorrow, that is a different issue. today will be sunny and dry. tomorrow hot, humid and an increasing chance for storms

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. our melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. we will start with you. e she may be having technical difficulty with the equipment but we will keep talking until she is ready to rock 'n' roll. >> my feet got caught in the chair. >> sounds like your microphone is out too. >> it is. >> on there we go. >> can anybody hear me? happening?g happy 5:00 on a tuesday morning, everybody. starting off on a great note. a little warm out there. we have got temperat es that are on their way up along with the humiatty. is the main thing you'll notice out there today. the heat and o humidity isut there. not the bl skies we had yesterday. 77 degrees is our temperature ttght now. we will slip a bit as we continue through the 6:00 a.m. hour and start moving back in the right direction. 8by 10:00 a.m. it's going to feel like 90 degrees by that time. mix of sun andl cd out there. more humid today. afternoon, we could have a chance for storms and s

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>'m eun yang. we have a lot of information from the horrific shooting out west. >>> first, we want to get you ready for your monday morning. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryns rickettn for chuck bell hot day. >> it will be warm out there. you can feel the humidity starting toilbc bu out there compared to yesterday morning. sunrise we beautiful are getting ready to see and witness. sun coming up seven minutes from now. pure sky and now shade of pink and beautiful loing sunrise there. 75 out there right now. southwest winds will bump up that humidity a little bit and we will continue to see an increase in that humidity througut the day. if you're heading to the city open, one of the big things in d.c. during the summer, we will have plenty of sunshine.ld there coube a spotty shower but i think for the most part we will stay dry. we will have a 10% chance o seeing spotty showers out there oop we will let you know who they by will see them and when the heat and humidity w

aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the morning off.we want to begin with your forecastn this monday morning. melissa mollet is standing by wi4 your first traffic. but chuck bell has a look at the weather. >> our risk for severe weather is going up as our heat wave prepares to come to an end. we will not be in the 90s tomorrow. thatwill bring an official end to it. hot and humid today and likely to have severe weather in time perhaps inime for the evening commute so keep that in mind. tomorrow cool' showery. beautiful weather and scrumptious sunshine returns for wednesday and thursday but have to get through the severe weather today. severe heat weather for t lower parts of the eastern shore. heat index could be over 100 degrees today. heavy rain ldovernight cou leave as much as 2 or 3 inches of rain. temperatures mid-70s for most of you this morning. above 90 later today. but low o 90s instead upper 90s to near 100 degrees and storms likely later today. car washing forecast, probably not today but sunshine back on wednesday. >>> a coup

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.another word you can use is weather and we are in alert mode this morning and melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >>> let's start with storm team 4 chuck bell and a look at the forecast. >> more heat and humidity today. an opportunity to cool off by n in r nature this aftern the storm of afternoon storms. just like yesterday,th some of se storms could pose a risk in the way of severe wind weather with gusty wind. yesterday the temperaturepp dro 15 degrees in just five minutes when those storms rolled into my house in northwest washington. this morning little early caller out there now. 79 degrees right now in the washington area. weather alecontinues. highs in the 90s. today will be day eight in a row. heat intersects coul be over a hundred today and there is an opportunity for severe weather afternoon.n the stay weather alert with us here at news4 and have our app and download it and ready to go. high today 93 and the coolest day the next couple. thunderstorms are

i'm aaron gilchrist. as i'm molette green here for eun yang who hthe day off 37 hard to believe it's the 1st of july. >> i's not crazy hot so that is the upside. >> i like that. melissa mollet is standing by th your first 4 traffic. >>> lauryn ricketts is in for chuck to tell us how hot it's not. >> you're right about tha the humidity is not that bad out there at all either. beautiful sunrise. you can see the reectionff the potomac right now. came up at 5:47, the official sunrise this morning. 70 loudoun county and shenandoah valley in the 50s. 56.quier county at maybe grab that jacket as you head out the door. you won't need it all day. temperatures back in the 80s for day time highs today. as i said the humidity on the irly comfortable and warm out there but fairly comfortable. the humidity and heat come back. wednesday feeling more like 100 degrees out there and that will lead right into your fourth of july. so let's talk about the recast r that. we have got rain chances so i'll show thaw coming up. >>

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>'m eun yang.ot of information from the horrific shooting out west. >>> first, we want to get you ready for your monday morning. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryns rickettn for chuck bell hot day. >> it will be warm out there. you can feel the humidity starting toilbc bu out there compared to yesterday morning. sunrise we beautiful are getting ready to see and witness. sun coming up seven minutes from now. pure sky and now shade of pink and beautiful loing sunrise there. 75 out there right now. southwest winds will bump up that humidity a little bit and we will continue to see an increase in that humidity througut the day. if you're heading to the city open, one of the big things in d.c. during the summer, we will have plenty of sunshine.ld there coube a spotty shower but i think for the most part we

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us on this friday. t to the end of the workweek. we have been tracking the breaking news all night and have an update moment. >>> remember also tracking another day of dangerous heat in our region. a live look outside for you right now. the sun is already up and at 80 degrees already at 6:00 a.m. >> our melissa mollet has a eye on the roads for you in your first 4 traffic but storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at the forecast. >> our mid summer misery continues. skies will be hazy today for sure. not anything in the way of a rain chance. sun just coming up. the first little peek of sun hitting one of the buildings on our easte facings. temperatures this morning still 80 degrees. our official low, 79 for one hour at national rport. w back up to 80 degrees. 81 in anne arundel county and in prince george's county and high temperature today, no nice way to sayit. 98 degrees. heat index today up around 105 degrees and hotter over the weekend. temperature trend is not your friend. near