i was listening to amelia on my way io work. to hear about wind chill in the month of april, almost may, but that's what we've got. we've got strong to severe storms. you can see all the severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. along 50 here cambridge, in towards portions of delaware and up towards philadelphia. no longer under the tornado watch. we still have some strong rain, though, some heavy rain into portions o st. ry, down around fredericksburg, around fairfax. light rain here around manassas. his is the area i'm watchin for the rain again coming in towards st. mary. in towards eastern portions of charles county. some areasf oin into calvert county as well. this will continue. notice the tornado watch. no longer in any part of our area. the exction is the northern neck, but even there i don't think you have anything toorry about. it is however still in effect for delaware, new jersey, parts of eastern maryland. thw, the wider view showing a line. e it is right there. that line moving on through the region. if you're headin

meteorologist amelia draper standing by. >> amelia, the winds have been kicking up. >> we'll see them subside by about 8:00 p.m. as the sun goes down, but this pofrl stowerful system brought strong winds throughout therea. gusts up to 55 miles an hour at times and most of us still under a wind advisory until 8:00 p.m. tonight. gusts until 55 milesr per hou will continue until 8:00 p.m. right now. i'm tracking wind gusts at about 45 miles an hour. we see the potential for downed trees and power outages as well. currently we're at 57, so kind of cool out there. winds sustained at 24 miles an hour. now,s the winds die down, we have clear skies overnight tonight. temperatures are going to plummet by 8:00 p.m. we're around 50 degrees. 10:00 we've fallen into the 40s across most of the area. mid 40s by about ddnight. whats this mean tomorrow morning? it's going to be a cold start. i'm going to have more on what you can expect tomorrow throughout the day comingp in about 15 minutes. >> thanks, amelia. you can stay ahead of the weather withca amelia's fo on air and in our nbc washington app.

amelia: pues siempre le ha gustado cantar.protegen mutuamente. [andrea] la música, para rafa, es otra cosa. rafael: empecé a cantar cuando tenía cuatro años. cantaba bien feo, no cantaba bonito. y luego, como que se-- se me hizo la voz. [canta] [andrea] durante ocho años, rafa cantó en cumpleaños, eventos, y fue ganando popularidad. rafael: le decían a mi papá que si me podía llevar a cantar a un lugar. y entonces íbamos y cantaba. [andrea] rafa nunca había tomado clases de música y sorprendía, sobre todo en la escuela. fue así que un día un compañerito le tomó este video interpretando "la calandria" del máximo ícono de la época del cine de oro mexicano, pedro infante. rafael: [canta] [andrea] los niños le enseñaron el video a un maestro quien lo subió a internet y "pum", se hizo viral en muchas partes del mundo. rafael: lo vieron y lo pasaron en las noticias. decían que yo me-- que yo era el nieto de pedro infante y no sé qué otras mentiras. [andrea] la vida de rafa estaba a punto de dar un vuelco. [música] amelia: la producc

amelia is tracking this soakers syem. she's back with how long the rain sticks around. >> another cyclist killed in a terrible crash in the district. witnesses walk u s >>> now at 4:30, back to theor g st of the day. storm team 4 tracking two rounds of potentially severe weather. you see onef the systems high now -- right now on the radar. >> right now in the weather center here with amelia aper. you've been looking at the radar. how long are folks out there going to have to be weather ready? midnight. until that's really when we'll see the threat for heavy rain and gusty winds until after midnight. the system starts to pull out of the area. we can look forward to easter weekend. we don't have severe weather in the forecast for the weekend, but theer time to be wea ready is right now. we're at a humid 73 degrees. the second round moves in about 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. 9:00 we're at 70 degrees tracking pockets of heavy rain and potentially heavy rain and strong winds. through that 11:00 p.m. hour. as w move toward midnight, this

amelia is back with the timing, amelia is back with the timing, the risk,nd h aow z35k8z z16fz y35k8y y16fy >> announcer: joourback to the mastory, the release of the mueller report. >> this is the report right here. it's nearly 450 pages. this is the kul mi nculmination robert mueller's ininstigation. his we have learned that president trump cursed when he learned about the appointment of the special counsel and tried to snatch control of the russian mobe. >> news 4 scottfarlane has been going through this report and joins us now with more revelations. scott. > after robert mueller's appointment, the president asked attorney general jeff sessions to resign. sessionsis submitted h resignation letter the very next day but president trump decided keep himn. the special counsel report also makes clear the president directed white house counsel don mcgahn to have attorney general rod rosenstein get rid of mueller. when mcgahn refused, the trump campaign did noth conspire wit the russian government, but the president's team did think the campaign would benefit from russia's attempts to pub

meteorologist amelia draper is with us tonight. amelia, are we goi to need the winter coats tomorrow morning? > it's going to be a cold start tomorrow morning,jim. we'll have temperatures from the low 20s to low 30s in washington. right now we're at 43 degrees. our day will warm up pretty quickly with that april sunshine. at11:00 a.m., we're alrea 50 but we're tracking cloudy skies, and as the day wears on, the chances for rain increase. with this coastal storm system, i'll have more on the timing fo, rain tomorr but not only do you need a jacket as you step out the or, probably want to have the umbrella as well. i'll time it out right around 11:20. >>> working for your health alert tonight and it's all because of this. i water main break, a big one in prince georges county. drers here o indian head highway saw this on sunday in fort washington. because of this break, thousands of you need to boil your water before you use it. take look at this map. if you live in the red shaded rea, you are under this health warning. we'll let you

we're working for you, amelia draper and myself and somara theodore. laes holding it down in the weather k nter. thanyou for thanking us. we love what we do and this is our job and we want to keep you safer and kind of in the know what's going o f out thereor this weekend. let me tell you, not a washout. we are going to be dry through much of the weekend. in fact, getting some sunshine throughout this easter weekend. main story today is the winds. winds are gusting up to about 20, 30 miles an hour. as we go through this weekend, no severe weather. not going to ha to worry about that. a few isolated showers rolling through the area. all of the heavy rain. nven seeing heavy rain earlier this morning whe i came in in southern maryland, up through thlaware. moved off eastern shore and pushing out of here now. what's happening is an area of low pressure. upper level low hanging out. you see the rotation around the upper level low. parked there. it will start t meander up to the north and east as we go through the day tomorrow. we have to keep a chance for s

tracy smith sat down with the dragon queen herself, amelia clark. >> shall we begin?o we have a plan? >> i shall crucify the masters. return their cities to the dirt. >> reporter: spent time with amelia clark and it's easy to see she is not like the character she plays on tv. what's the biggest difference between you and dany? >> my sense of humor. >> you stand in the presence of daenerys stornborn. >> reporter: daenerys targaryen, khaleesi, walks through fire, and is a contender to win the "game of thrones." >> they didn't communicate clearly. we had to discuss your surrender, not mine. >> reporter: "game of tlohrones is the biggest tv show on earth. it's famous for killing off its lead characters. but so far, clark has survived. even though you are one of the most powerful characters in the show, i don't think audiences would be surprised if they kill you. >> this is the incredible writing and storiry tey storyt show. the way thehat life can be confusing, it doesn't shy away from that in storytelling. it embraces that. >> reporter: without giving anything away, when

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hi, amelia. >> good even, jim and doreen. the national weather service has already issued a flash flood watch for most of the area. this is going to start tomorrow ndat noon a run through 5:00 a.m. on your saturday. on storm team 4 radar behind me, it's that system that's headed our way. check it out. all of e areas heren solid green are going to be under that flash flood watch. this is the entire d.c. metro area. wn through charles county, up through frederick county and maryland and even back into parts of the panhandle of west virginia. as we track waves of heavy rain moving through the area tomorrow, mainly later in the day. in totale'll see about 1 to 2 inches, up to 3 inches if possible in some locations. and i can't say this enough, if you have a flooded road tomorrow, especially during the overnight hours, turn around, don't drown. flooding is going to be the biggest concern i'm tracking. but also the potential for some damaging winds. i'm going to have much more on that and the timing coming up at 6:25. >> all right,

amelia? >>> here's an overview of the forecast. high temperature of 67 with a mix of clouds and sun. less wind than yesterday. rain is in t forecast tomorrow. i'm going to be breaking down what to expect today and tomorrow hour by hour coming up. >>> welcome back. the district is part of a new legal challenge accusing thent departme of agriculture of significantly weakening school lunch standards. six states and d.c. say thes standa were weakened for breakfasts and lunches when it relaxed requirements on salt and refined grains. allows for more sodium and fewer whole grains in school meals. the lawsuit alleges the government made the changes without giving the public a opportunity comment and an opposition to requirements set by congress. when it made the change, the agricultural department said it wanted to reduce bureaucracy to re schools to get special waivs. the lawsui asked the judge to withdraw the changes. >>> in "news 4 your health," food causeses more problems than smoking or any other health risk. poor diets were responsi

amelia, what are you seeing? >> well, leon, we could seeia potenty a new definition of what we think of as tornado alley, the middle part of the country where you get cold airo coming d from canada, warm air coming up from mexico and moist airn mixing i from the gulf. that is tornado alley. fit on the tornadoes so far this year. we've already had more than 200 tornadoes so far this year in 2019. now, what isn't clear to scientists right now is how climate change is impacting wind shear in the atmosphere. this is what we look for and i was looking at today to etermine if conditions are right for tornadic development. with cmate change, the number of tornadoes and large outbreaks is increasing, so when you have outbreaks of tornadoes, we're seeing more tornadoes developing than years past. this is the interesting part when i talk about potentially redefining tornado alley. more tornadoes are now happening east of the mississippi. so to talk a little bit about this, g we'reng to give a quick history lesson here on t

amelia is here to talk about tind chill. don't wan to talk about it, so she gets to. >> it's going to be a chilly start out thereor tomw morning. feels like in the 30s and 40s. yes, 30s in parts of the area. check it out as we take a look at your hourly temperatures right now. this is 6:00 a.m. on saturday. washington ll in about 46 degrees. that's not that bad. then you look to areas like hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester. as we move towards 8:00, we'll have wind chills in washington, low 40s inaithersburg and na mass sas. frederick 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. if you're getting up ear going for a run, we have a lot of kids events going on, make sure they're prepadod. , not puffy coat, but at least a sweatshirt. >> i'm going to send the team an email. >> there you go. as we look to noon on saturday, we'll still have wind chill temperatures starting to improve, but certainly chilling feeling like we're in the 40s and 50s. high temperature of 69. feels more like 61. it's windy during the morning hours. breezy for the afterno

let get right to amelia andra soma >> that's right. under the tornado watch through midnight. that's not the only issue we're concerned about. the damagingwinds, flooding is a major potential. we're already in the beginning of round two. >> we've already seen a few earlier ports from today as well down towards culpep and back into grant. here's the latest charm of storm team 4 radar. a few showers developing out ahead of this line. you need to be weather ready now through midnight. as samaura

let get right to amelia andra soma >> that's right. the entire area under the tornado watch through midnight. that's not the only issue we're concerned about. the damagingwinds, flooding is a major potential. we're already in the beginning of round two. >> we've already seen a few earlier ports from today as well down towards culpep and back into grant. here's the latest charm of storm team 4 radar. a few showers developing out ahead of this line. you need to be weather ready now through midnight. as samaura was saying, there is a threat for tornado. you can sea very h rainfall in this line. this is all moving toward us. wat tornado, we already have a tornadoning now just south of the charlottesville area. this is moving in our direction. here's what you expect for tonight. round one is over. round two is going to be impacting us now through midnight. we see about 1 to 3 inches of rain. gusts up to 50, maybe 60 miles an hour and maybe a weak tnado out there. if you do come across a flooded road, turn around, don't drown. you never know

good morning, t amelia. how rain looking? >> we'll have enough rain throughout the daynd -- we'll have on and off rain throughout the day and into the evening hours. you see this is a big system. i'm not tracking any heavy rain. just aht steady, lain. throughout the day when it's not raining, we'll have plenty o clouds. 52 now. we'll hang out in the low to mid 50s throughout your entire friday. here's the latest on storm team 4 rad -- i'm seeing rain mainly in fairfax, loudoun heunties, back into panhandle of west virginia. a lot of rain not hitting the ground. it's evaporating before it does so. as we head throughout the morning hours, we are going to see rain hitting t ground. grab the umbrella as you step out. deeming with light showers for the morning and potentially evening commute for the kids. recess today likelydoors. make sure they have the raincoat heading out. at the bus stop,emperature around 52. showers likely. recess, we're tracking rain in spots with the temperature around a high today of 55 compared to the hig

amelia? >>> rain in the region, around the i-81 corridor. wet roads right now, most of us g with showers by 7:00 a.m. wet roads likely for that evening commutro by tom morning, most of us will be dry. i'll have a closer look at the hourly planner for today a the weekenndd >>> welcome back at 4:12. in montgomery county police have investigating four bank robberies. >> they believe the crimes w committed by the same suspect. take a look at these surveillance pictures.ay authoritieshe suspect robbed suntrust banks inside safe way groce stores they say he hit the same bank in rockville three times between january and march. just yesterday officials say he rubbed a suntrustn cloverly. in all cases, the suspect gave notee teller ddemanding money a -- the teller demanding mope and ran away. >>> all patient and visitors at the national institutes of health are required to state their citizenship beforeaing entry. nih officials say it's not new, bu s some they just recently seen the enforcement of it. it's srking concerns about profiling. an iranian

amelia, it too cold to be spring. >> definitely. then we had a bit of a breeze throughout the day, so we were dealing with a windchill factor at times feeling lik we were in the 30s out there on thisay mo far cry from that beautiful weather we had out there on satuelay. unfortun guys, we're going to be chilly again tomorrow. temperatures in the low 50 in addition to that, maybe a few spotty showers out there for the late afternoonnd evening hours. getting ready for your tuesday, etting the kids ready for school, you'll still want a jacket again tomorrow. grab that small umbrella as well just in case you need to use it. m going to show you future weather here in just a moment. warmer temperatures do move in for the remainder of the workweek. the weekend right now not looking bad, but i amraing some additional rain chances out there on your friday. currently aur temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s. 49 into washi 47 in gaithersburg. this is what greets us tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. yeah, it' i chill a lot of the suburbs. at and b

amelia. so somebody will be here and check our social media and we'll be on air if we need to if any warnings warrant that. so we'll talk about the ten-day forecast in a little bit. >> all right. thanks, lauryn. >>> is my food safe? ele results of a new study on food ld gluten free that may have you asking that question. >>> plus see something, say sothing. it is helping animal control officers save animals in need. how people acrosour areaan s >>> cases of animalruelty and neglect are common in rural and urban areas and there are signs to be on the lookout for and should. >> our melissa mollet spoke about a recent rescue of dogs because somebody spoke up. >> reporter: these were rescued from a home in northeast suspected animal cruelty. the rescue was part of a rescue alliance investigation that started with anonymous tip. dan from the human roouk alliance is here with more on what you could do if you witalss anim cruelty. so good morning. thank you for being here. before we get into the ser

amelia will be joining me to take a little bit of a look. friday could be a washout. upwards of an inch of rain expected.t what does thaean for the rest of the weekend? showing you saturday, 69 and sunny. not bad. we'll show you the rest of that 10-day forecast. see you back here a 4:45. >> thanks, doug. >>> news 4's molette green is for on her cueto get fquest tof spring. >> cryo for spring. highly recommended by my trainer. what's it all about? check it out. >> how long did she last in sub zero temps? find out tomorrow on news 4 today. >>> but first i'm susan hogan with a working 4 you consumer alert. the action taken today against a local company accused of >>> now to a consumer alert. the local company that was upposed to help make families dreams come true has been ordered to stop doing business. >> the maryland attorney general's office says the company took thousands of dollars from people who wanted to have a baby and never deliver the services promised. consumer reporter susan han rking for you with the details. >> heartbreaking story. i'll tell yo the consum

amelia knows that for sure. she had to come isu on ay, friday. remember, i was on spring break. >> good timing. >> that's what i do. i forecast what' happening. 82 on tuesday. 74 wednessdy. thuray is still clouds but still not bad. 72 on friday. maybe a chance ofhunderstorm. that one will be a good day for rain. saturday and sunday not bad. a chance of showers on sunday, but not af washout o a day, so i'm not too worried about games right now for the kids. next week not bad. next week we get into the mid to upper 80s.be coul some of the warmest weather we've seen so far this year. couple s chances ofrms in then of the 10-day forecast. >> if you're taking vacation, we should all get out of fdge. >> i i'm on vacation, something bad is about to happen. it's going to be great where i >> thank you, doug. >>> now to an amazing picture that you just have to see. a park ranger took a selfie with not one, but two gorillas. >> this is crazy. this ranger was working at a national park i d theocratic republic of the congo when these two gorillas apparently d

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. >> all right, amelia. thank you. >>> we are news 4, working for your health now. maryla health it officials just confirmed a second case of measles in the state. the departmentf health it says both cases involve people who traveled to an area with an ongoing outbreak of the virus. there is no evidence that measles is spreading in maryland or anywhere else in our while the virus is highly contagious, it is also highly preventable. two doses of the mmr vaccine are 97% effective at preventing it. just yesterday the centers for disease control and prevention announced that measles had spread to 20 states now because of small outbreaks involving people who have not been vaccinated. measles was thought to have been eradicated in the u.s. in the year 2000, but already more than 550 new cases have been reported this year. >>> the man who nearly unseated ixas republican senator teds iz aigning for the white house. democrat beto o'rourke told supporters today at a rally at virginia why of he thinks he can do a better job than president trump. news 4's leon hris is at our li

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. >> let's go to amelia draper for what to expect. tonight is this blowing going to step down? >> it is as the sun goes down between 7:00 and 8:00 the winds will sub vieside. we've got potentially up to 55 miles an hour. again, for tbout more hours we could see some additional downed trees and some spotty power outages out there. more concerned about downedn trees tha power outages based on the latest wind gusts. last hour we had a wind gust up to 50 miles an hour. you can see the highest wind gust coming in out of annapolis about 45 miles anour. again, the winds subside this evening, but when we transitioned, we had dry air in place and clear skies. it means a chilly start tomorrow morning on your tuesday. right now wooe'redet 54 ees. i'm going to let you know what you can expect stepping out the door tomorrow and throughout the day coming up at about 6:15. >>> new information tonight about when we'll finally see special counsel robert mueller's report. the justice department announced today the redacted version will lic and toto the p congress on thursday. tonight the trump a

we'll tak aloser look at the case. >>> amelia? >> we're try today, but here's r snapshot tw at 8:00 a.m. grab the umbrella.e i'll hre on friday's rain and how it impacts the weekend coming up. for now, over to molette who's getting us ready for prom. >> reporter: yeah, i vz a small sampling of some of the dresses. and menswear have been donated that youil w see at the prom popup. here's pat lawson muse's dress that she donated. we'll talk t the organization behinds this special uvent comingnext on "news4 today." you can make roomancial cfor everyone. get rewards and more with suntrust advantage banking. we need a solution.ut their phones down. introducing... smartgs. the first dogs trained to train humans. stopping drivers from: liking. lfie-ing. and whatever this is. p available to tlic... never. smartdogs are not the answer. but geico has a simple tip. turn on "do not disturb while driving" mode. brought to you by ico. >>> 6:15. we have breaking ne. we've received theficial announcement from the vatican. pope francis is appointi

storm teams amelia draper has her voice back. you lost it for just an afternoon and then you got to it. >> all three of us are allergy sufferers. if you're watching, you know the trees have been running high. that has been the main culprit. with the rain on and off, we've also seen the mold spores pike. he jim, you were on camera for a second. jim's getting ready for the next story. that always happens when we do this weot. hould just expect it. again, trees runng hi. grasses res, weeds and all running low out there. now i reached out to our microbiologist. she prodes us with the daily pollen report. here's what she said. n the have some rain forecast, so i asked her about that. but i also asked her the time of day. eallydo we see the pollen spiking and she said that generally right around sunrise we see a burst of polle out ere. if you are thinking about that outdoor run, you might want to wait until after work rather than tryin to get it in before work. she also said rain does tend to have a washing effect, but you can't always

doug and amelia are tracking rain and the storms across ourr on.hey'll join us with the timing and what you should expect in just a couple minutes. >>> we're also watching another team. the virginia cavaliers one win away from winning the first men's basketball title in the school's history. after winning nilail biter in the fsemifinal, theace texas tech with a championship on thebo line. schools looking for their first title. >>> each year dozens of children are hurt or killed in vehicle ovback accidents. >> in an effort to protect our children, federal law now requires all new vehicles titbe equipped backup cameras. what have you have an oer car? consumer reporter susan hogan is orking with you for some after-market devices you can install yourself to give you added peace of mind. >> rearview cameras are critical safety tools. they help avoid accidents that involve backing into an object or worse a child you can't see from the driver's seat. research has shown cameras to be more effective than censors, but what if your car doesn't have one? >> th

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. pretty gloomy. >> absolutely. not just rainhis morning but throughout the day. when it's not raining, it's going to be clou, chimicum and damp. here's the latest on radar. it tells the picture. this system moving through the area throughout the day us rain at times, a closer look and you see light showers pushing in. raetty much all of the beltway seeing light . grab the umbrella as you step out. the kids will want the rain jacket at the bus stop. seeing steadier rain in parts of loudou icounty, backo west virginia. sprinkles even falling in most of northern virginia. that said, with our teperatures ain going to keep us on the cool side today. 51. cloudy skies, light rain. not just ts morning but throughout the entire day. by 9:00 a.m. we'll cool a dree or two down to around 50 degrees. , as a.m., a chilly well. the high today of only 55. so today the perfect day to be indoors. and that'shere we find chuck bell out at the auto show at the convention center. >> no reason to -- >> i know that you love heading down e

follow melf at somara theodore and amelia draper.she's coming in to help me out tonight, and we're going to be tag-teaming tps system to k you guys safe. storm team 4 ten-day forecast does show someelief in sight tomorrow, but we just have to get through tonight. >> thank you so very much. it's on! get to the ross spring shoe event to score the latest styles for the whole family... ...and something for you. oh yeah. that's yes for less. you heard me - 20 to 60 percent off department store prices! at the ross spring shoe event. on now! in my johnsonville commercial,e weup in the forest. i'm out in the wild eating my breakfast. and all of a sudden, raccoon comep and asked me, "are those bigger patties?" i said, "yep." wolf comes in and says, "wow, that's a lot of sausage." and we had a good laugh about that.g) (laugh johnsonville breakfast sausage has 15% larger patties.a fits oscuit. great minds shop alike? yes. that's yes for less. yep! yes, yes, yes ,yes, yes... yes. seriously, 20 to 60 percent off department store prices every day.

. >> thanks, amelia. > news4 is taking an in-depth look at our changing climate. >> see how it's affecting your money, health and commute. april 22nd, 7:30 on news4. >>>now, let's turn to a consumer alert. the food & drug administration is warning you to be carefulhe about t sushi you eat. there's been an outbreak of salmonella infections linked to frozen tuna. it was sourced in victim and distributed by louisiana-based jensen tuna. it was probably not sold in grocery stores so they recommend you ask restaurants where the tuna comes from. if you're not sure about the so ce, be wise and don't eat it. >>> speaking of things you shouldn't be eating, if you have nut allergies and ben & jerry's is in your freezer, you mig want to check it. the ice cream mayontain tree nuts not listed on the label. good news, no one has had adverse reactions. they said one of their nut suppliers made the error. open up the app for information on this product. >>> preparing for the easter weekend, working with details on the good friday free market. >> reporter: ready to feed those in need? okay. we are ready. we

we invite you to stay with us with lester holt right this broadcast. >>> amelia is here to talk about change in the temperatures coming up. some rain, does that help us in terms of the pollen and maybe getting some of this stuff? >> that's not aoo good >> i always find the pollen fascinating.ta since ied working here, about six years, jim knows, we get a daily pollen report. i learned a lot getting this pollent. rep the rain can temporarily take down the pollen count. if it is warm, depending on the wind direction that pollen is going right back up. the tree pollen is high right now. l three of us are noticing our seasonal allergies and sure you are as well. tomorrow, cooler by 5 degrees. that said, temperatures on track for normal this time of the tyear. lo mid 60s for highs, looking to friday for the weekend. there is rain around, not a washout but rain at times, in addition to rain over the g some , i'm track humility as well. a little humid out there on saturd. right now, based on sunday's forecast, it is looking to be humid this time of year. temper 6ures in low and low 70s. 70 d

we'll start with amelia draper and the forecast. >> good morning. happy thursday. we're almost at the end of the workweek, and another fairly nice day in the forecast. we're starting off at 46 degrees right now. a few clouds out there, and overall we are going to see more clouds today compared to yesterday. 7:00 a.m., temperatures generally around 40. grab the light jacket this morning. by 9:a.m., low 50s. 11:00 a.m., around 60 degrees. we see the temperares today running above normal. normal n 63. yesterday we hit 72. today we'll warm into the mid to upper 60s. unfriday, temperaturesng below normal on friday. saturday, sunday, into monday, temperatures running above normal especially on monday. before we toss it to traffic, i want to give you the pollen aren't. mold and grasses

let's find out with amelia draper. she's in the storm center help how low do we have to go befnge these t finish up fast sner. >> well,jim, the temperature we do not want to hit is 27 degrees. thankfully we're not getting anywhere close to 27 degrees. if you'ren the rural areas north and west of washington, you're likely going close tos 2 degror a temperature overnight tonight. it is going to be a cold night out there. first a little bit more on the cher bssom. peak bloom is when 70% of the cherry blossoms are out which as you heard mark say the national park service declared that todou lunchtime. what we want to preserve the blooms are temperatures ave 27 and we don't want any wins out there. windsacking some stronger on wednesday and potentially on friday as well. that being said, i do thinkbl pk m is likely through saturday. right now 51 degrees. the winds diminishing. a cold start tomorrow morning. i'm going to have more on that plus rain chances later in the day coming up at about5:20. >> we' see you then. >>> we

go have fun, amelia. thanks for your help. 44 degrees. that's your wind chill early tomorrow morning. 34 in martinsburg. my daughter has a soccer game tomorrow. i've told the team, hey, we've got to make sure we put on an extra layer. look around noon. if you've got plans around noon, we're talking 39 hagerstown, 51 d.c. by the heafternoon, tind starts to calm a little bit and we're back into the 60. a nice afternoon tomorrow, but remember, you're going to need the coat early tomorrow morning. 69 on your saturday. 73 on sunday. 66 on monday. 83. look at that on tuesday before t temperatures go back to around average. a little bit unsettled but not too bad. >> all right, doug. thank you. >>> coming up,nl it's o been in theaters for about 24 hours, but the new "avengers" movie is already setting s.record >> fans are stoked frmg. >>> plus we'll have a heads up about a major road closure over the weekend. >>> the man accused of killing his wife and trying to make it look like a suicide. look like a suicide. itlie carey w i must admit. i had a

amelia draper joins us with detas with the wet weather. we'll get right into it. >> let's start off with radar. what is hpening right now. we are tracking -- i am tracking a few showers out there. nothing too heavy just yet. an we still have a few more heurs until we see heavy rain moving on into t area. here is a look at bigger picture. we'll continue torack showers until 1:0 2:00 p.m. once we hit 2:00 p.m. this line of very heavy rainfall will make its way through the area from west to east. it will be out of he by about 5:00, 6:00. now the storm prediction center has put most of the area in a slight risk for severe weather today. this includes the entire d.c.tr me area and then down toward the south and east and into parts of frederick county and maryland. around the corridor the threat for severe weather is for you is wer. here is a look at the impact and the biggest concerns today are very heavy rainfall that could lead to isolated flooding issues and some strong, gusty winds. here is a look at the impact. so we could s around annch o

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e question, amelia,il we stay rain-free today. >> we will stay rain-freet oday. and nice out there. a crispness in the air. beautiful sunshine rightnow. we have temperatures currently in the low to mid-50s. 55 inashington. 54 in frederick. a 55 in manassa quantico coming in at 58 degrees. so for your afternoon hours, we'll have mostl sunny skies. it is seasonable today with a degrees.erature of 66 our average high this time of the year is 65. and it is just really pleasant overall. now if you get cool easily, which i do, i would light jacket as you head out this afternoon. i definitely brought one heading into work thi morni and i'm glad that i did. tomorrow, probably want to grab the umbrella as we track sctered showers moving in during the afternoon hours and continuing into the evening hours with the chance of a few thunderstorms later in the day as well. otrwise breezy with overall mostly cloudy skies. but look at our high tomorrow. 72 degrees. rika, i'll time out tomorrow's rain hour by hour coming up at 11:20. >> thank you. we'll see you then. >>> meanwhile, two developing sto

. >>> amelia is here. brht pop of color on a gray, in dreary day behd us. but still getting up into the 70s. but we have to worry about rainb >> a littleit of rain today.st more subtial rain tomorrow and i'm seeing thehr teat for some stronger thunderstorms out there tomorrow during the afternoon and evening hours, the biggest concern strong gusty winds that leads to wind damage out there. here is what it is looking like outside with our city camera. plenty of clouds. we're sitting at 66 and we'll keep a chance for a few light showers throughout the day today. but the best chance is going to be during the eveniou h. once we hit about 7:00 p.m. as erika was saying, look at our temperatures. not all that bad. ourverage high is now about 70 degrees so we're even going to run a few degrees above normal today. 1:00 we're around 74 and arod 7:00 down to 70 degrees. so as we look to tomorrow, we're still in the 70s. 73 for a high. but windsncrease throughout the day. we'll havecattered showers out there and then once we hit the afternoon and evening hours we add i

amelia draper has more. >> light showers, just a light rain. anything too heavy. grab the umbrella as you step out this morning. the system will be pushing through out-the-day toda so dealing -- throughout the day today. so dealing with that for the evening commute. right now, de51 ees. we'll say in the low 50s for the morning and midday hours. not only is it rainy but chilly. around 51 degrees. you cod see us cooling as we might have toward 9:00, 11:00 a.m. make sure the kids have the raia jacketthe bus stop today. you'll want the jacket and the umbrella as you step out the door with rain again out there for the evening commute, as well as some patchy fog and drizzle potentially durnig the e and overnight hours. coming up, i'll let you know how today's rain impacts your weekend forecast. >> thank you. look at our chuck bell out at the auto show. >> reporter: we're having fun. in is the new designed jeep wrangler, the top of the line for them. thta putard equipment, new, bigger tires on it. it's guy at winch you can put on the front. the doors come off, goes down.

amelia draper is with us now with more on what we can expect to see this summe. amelia >> well, pat and leon, what i'm showing you right now are the tornadoes by month ranging between 2008,7. and 201 you can see we haven't had any tornadoes during that time period in january. then we see that number really spike up in april. he've had 10 tornadoes in may. june t highest month with tornadoes and i'm going to show you why in just and seco then july has had 13 tornadoes between '08 and '17. tornadoes since 2008 have overall probly been most often in june because we had a tornado e saw ak in 2011 where over 30 tornadoes happen. if i take out that outlier uher, can see the month that features the most tornadoes for the most part in our area is going to be the month of june. we've had them every month on record. as we get into severe weatheron seas, and like i was saying, we've already had handful of tornado warnings and a confirmed tornado, have that plan in place mp kn . ething i want you to pay attention to. a severe thunderstorm warningde can inclu a weak toioado.

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amelia's coming in at noon.eep hand off in thef middle o the overnight at 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. i will be back. somebody will beg here workin for you and making sure you know what's going on in your communities. lit us up on social dia. sfwharz you're looking at tside now, we've got the clouds moving in. and as adamas talkiabout. here's the first part of the cloud deck, a few peeks of su hine. we were quickly going to have clouds overtake any sunshine. this system is pushing our way. flash flood watch starting at noon, going into 5:00 a.m. for most area with the exception of northern neck and extreme southern maryland. one to three inches total of rainfall across the area. and i do believe there could be locally higher amounts. heu're walking out, mild, humid. temperatures in t 60s. topping out in the low to mid 70s today. a few isolate aittle showers before. then the storms move in after it:. multiple -- after 2:00. multiple rounds, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. an area of storms. not raining the whole time. later after 7:00 o

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