amelia segal is up in ten minutes. >> all right. thank you, chuck. start with this fatal crash down in brandywine. megan mcgrath on the scene all morning. a tow truck possibly loading up on this tow truck to get things out of the way here shortly. right now floral park road closed between dobson and south springfield. we look good. 50 before you hit 295 there top of the beltway a tiny bit slow but nothing major. 45 miles per hour headed into town on 66 as you head through fairfax. taking a look up on 270, this actually just turned red as we came out here. we'll figure out what's going on there. a little bit slow at 20 miles per hour. as you head out of frederick and down south again, crash 95 northbound at prince william parkway. going to try to get chopper 4 over that for you. back in a couple minutes. >> we are following an unfolding scene out of north jersey. these are live pictures from a chopper camera. there's a truck that's hanging over an overpass. as the camera moves in and out, you'll see the truck. there you see on your television screen e

amelia segal is in for chuck and amelia, this is the last hurrah for so many people and you're talking> yeah. unfortunately angie. but i want to stress, today is not going to be a washout. there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms especially later today, but there will be plenty of dry time as well. on storm team 4 radar, notice the rain back in west virginia. now a lot of that will fall apart this morning before it makes it into the region. however, those of you in frederick, loudoun, fauquier counties, areas to the west could be dealing with a shower around the midday hours from that activity. but most of russ dry until we get into the later afternoon and evening hours where we're tracking thunderstorms that could contain downpours and some rain. otherwise, hot and humid today because of all those factors unfortunately, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your day. right now, 77, muggy degrees. again, mainly dry especially the d.c. metro area at 10:00 a.m. but scattered thunderstorms at 3:00 and 8:00 as well. more on the timing and severe weather potential angie in

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is back with an update.tay with us. >>> now's a good time to start planning that next vacation. summer travel is coming to an end which means airlines and hotels are going to start offering better deals for the fuel. the hotter the temperature, the hotter the deal. >> especially in places that are heading into oir off-season, like here in cancun and some of the other caribbean destinations that are still in the heart of hurricane season. >> travel experts say the later into autumn that you get, the lower the price you can score. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us now. washington won't be the best place for summer weekend, will it? you won't be able to swim in pools? >> it's going to be a 50-50 split. so tomorrow we're looking at scattered showers, otherwise cloudy skies. it could be overcast for a good portion of the day tomorrow. cooler and still muggy. sunday, though, is going to be beautiful. okay, so i have my umbrella and will keep it in my hand for the rest of the afternoon. tracking

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us now with a look at the radar. >> it is always impressive how just a little bit of rain does impact traffic around the d.c. area. so later today some scattered showers are likely. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. the good news for tomorrow, at least the morning commute, even the evening commute, the weather not impacting that heading into or going home from work. temperature right now at 78 degrees. it's humid. dew point above 55. you know it is muggy outside. when it is at 67 we're definitely feeling the closeness in the air. for today, plenty of clouds around and scattered showers again this afternoon. mainly arriving by 3:00 p.m. i'll have your work week forecast in just over ten minutes. >>> we're learning new details this morning about a crash involving d.c. council member marion barry. police ticketed him for driving on the wrong side of the road and driving with expired tags. a crash happened last night along pennsylvania avenue a few blocks from minnesota avenue in southeast. d.c. police say another car was involved in the crash. that

let's go to meteorologist amelia segal. >> good morning, richard and angie. we've been talking about this all day. unfortunately scattered rain and thunderstorms in the forecast for later today and any rain we're tracking on storm team 4 radar could be heavy. some youns poudownpours are pos. in addition to that it's hot. it's humid. all of those factors means the weather is going to have a low to moderate impact on your day today. highs will be in the low 90s. the immediate area is dry. light showers mainly back over west virginia. further back this will be the rain that impacts our late afternoon and evening hours. so 11:00 a.m. an isolated shower possible in frederick, loudoun and fauquier counties but really not until 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 where we're tracking scattered thunderstorm potential in the d.c. metro area. more on the timing of the thunderstorms later today coming up in a bit, angie. >> thank you. right now, gaithersburg is shut down from brink road to goshen school road. montgomery county police say three people were in a serious car crash. two peo

amelia segal joins us with her first midday forecast for this thursday. good morning. >> well, barbara, summer has returned to the area. temperatures already very warm. 80 degrees is the temperature right now in washington, 79 in college park. we're going to continue to climb as we get on into the afternoon hours. not only is it hot today but humid as well. you could be dealing with an afternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm. because of that, the weather having a low to maybe moderate impact on your day, especially if you're really looking to get something done outside later today. you do need to keep the umbrella handy because of that threat of rain for the afternoon and evening hours. really not looking at anything too crazy. it's going to be that hit or miss activity that could potentially last for 30 to 45 minutes. this is the activity, barbara, that we're tracking that will be moving in later this afternoon. i'll have the latest timing coming up with future weather in just a bit. >> okay, we'll see you in here in just a few minutes. >>> new this

meteorologist amelia segal is joining us outside from the storm team 4 weather deck with the first forecast. amelia. >> good morning, aaron. unfortunately, there are some rain chances in the labor day weekend forecast. not today, though. beautiful sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. the humidity remains low. great travel weather today. weather not having any negative impact on your day. now, as we look to tomorrow, it will be the most comfortable of the three-day holiday weekend. the humidity not too bad and we're keeping it dry. sunday, the best chance of rain. not only that, but it will be hot and muggy. labor day still hot and muggy with one or two thunderstorms potentially in the forecast. coming up, aaron, i'll have the timing on the rain chances, taking you through the forecast, especially looking at sunday when that rain is most likely. >> all right, amelia, we'll see you in a couple of minutes. thank you. >>> i want to check in with richard jordan. he has some breaking news from the live desk. >> reporter: the u.k. has increased that country's terror threat level to severe, whic

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has the forecast. >> good morning. we could be dealing with a shower or two today, but all in all we're looking at a mainly dry day. as we look at storm team 4 radar right now, you can see some light sprinkles leaving fredericksburg. steady rain saw in the area overnight. it's pushing out of the area. only about a 40% chance that you're dealing with rain today. and if you are, it's going to be light in nature. no thunderstorms in the forecast for your saturday. and you can see we're not really looking at anything on the map to be moving into our area. what we are having plenty of this morning, cloudy skies. and a high temperature of 69 degrees. maybe some drizzle around or an isolated shower, but plenty of time. i'll be walking you through coming up showing you just how dry your day will be. >>> breaking news right now from metro. transit officials saying a train hit a man in virginia. this happened around 3:30 this morning. it was between the franconiya station. we're told this should not impact trains running in the

we'll get the forecast with amelia segal. she's in for chuck and that heat and humidity making a comeback, amelia. >> yeah. exactly, angie. not necessarily today. it's really going to be tomorrow when we're noticing the heat and humidity and it remains hot and muggy for labor day. today would be just a touch warmer than it was yesterday. but we're noticing more clouds throughout the day and increasing humidity throughout the day as well. because of that, the weather having a low impact on your saturday. little bit more sunshine for the afternoon hours. again as we see increased sunshine we're also noticing more muggy conditions. but out of the three days this holiday weekend, today will be the most comfortable. for tomorrow not only hot and humid, but some thunderstorms and rain likely later in the day. for labor day, a few more thunderstorms are in the forecast. coming up i'm going to have the word on the rain potential. >> thanks. >>> and right now we are learning a family of six escaped a house fire in silver spring. crews

amelia segal is tracking our fourth heat wave of the year. >>> right now a dozen students at montgomery county schools have whooping cough. doctors believe they contracted the disease at summer camp. >>> d.c. police are reversing course and will exempt some detectives from street duty. but others investigating financial crimes, missing persons, internal affairs, and other issue wills still be pulled from their cases monthly to be assigned to street duty. >>> metro's busiest line will be slower today. the bethesda and medical stations are closed. if you're planning to make metro monday, the system will be on a sunday schedule. >>> good morning. welcome back here to news4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. >> meteorologist amelia segal is here with what we can expect. there's a heat wave coming. >> you're right. good morning to you. i hope so far your labor day weekend has started off great. for today we're not talking about any rain really in the forecast, but we are going to notice the heat and humidity increasing throughout the day today. temperature right now in washing

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us for the look ahead. >> reporter: we looked out todayisolated showers mainly during the evening showers. there's a better chance that you're dealing with a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. but i do want to stress, tomorrow is not looking like a washout. there will be plenty of dry time. right now on storm team 4, this will fall apart before it makes it into our area. those of you in southern maryland and the northern neck, you will have some showers at times overnight tonight. that will continue into the early morning hours. 5:00, 6:00 a.m. isolated cells are dying as they continue to move towards the east in prince william, fairfax, and loudoun counties. a better chance you're dealing with a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. i'll have the timing coming up. >>> a young man died after he apparently overdosed on drugs at a maryland music festival. more than a dozen others had to be hospitalized. paramedics rushed 20 people to the hospital for possible overdoses, including a 17-year-old from woodbridge who remains in critical condition. this

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is here with a weather alert. hi. >> good morning, angie. that weather alert because we're expecting thunderstorms and rain later today. especially during the late afternoon and evening hours. because of this scattered activity later today, and the heat and humidity, the weather having a low to moderate impact on your sunday. walking the dog forecast not a great afternoon to walk your dog. it's going to be hot and humid. plan on a short walk for today. 1:00 you can see it's already hot. at 91 degrees. temperatures remain in the low 90s. through 3:00 even 4:00 we're still sitting around 90. seeing some sunshine now and the sun we're seeing now will only help to allow any thunderstorms later today to bubble up. as we get into the afternoon hours, the clouds will start to increase as the scattered thunderstorms move in. the biggest concern with any storms later today, will be some heavy rain that could lead to isolated flash flooding, but more than that, it could just dampen your holiday plans on this three-day weeke

. >> amelia segal is on the weather deck roo noit. what are they dealing with there?gh in richmond around 80 degrees. cloudy skies in richmond throughout the day. we can't rule out a passing shower in richmond, but most of fan appreciation day is looking mainly dry. so some good news there. some good news here in our forecast as well. we're looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day today. so i'm being a little bit more optimistic on how much sunshine we're going see. as we get into the afternoon hours until about 7:00, 8:00 p.m. there will be scattered light showers likely showing up on storm team 4 radar. if you have plans outdoors, download the storm app. keep the umbrella handy. know you only have a 30% chance of dealing with rain today. and if you are, it would be light. we're not talking about thunderstorms or heavy rain in the forecast for today. high temperatures today will be near 80 degrees. now, tomorrow, a bit of a better chance dealing with rain. more details on sunday coming up in a bit. >> thanks. >>> well, right now if you are headed t

amelia segal, joining us with the forecast. >> showers mainly later today. and as far as the rain is concerned, most of the day will be dry. it's that summer activity where you see the thunderstorms bubble up, it moves through and then you might even see the sun peeking out. it's the hot and humid again. temperatures right now in the upper 60s. low 70s across the area. manassas and leesburg coming in at 70. 74 is the temperature in washington. 64 in gaithersburg. a check of the satellite and radar, this as the clouds and rain across the area as the sun continues to come up on your friday. i've been keeping a close eye on this rain in west virginia all morning. you can see it continues to advance toward the east. the reds, yellows and ors faora falling out of it, so it's weakening. but i think it will bring light showers the midday hours and all of the moisture back in ohio extending further back to the west will continue to try to work either way into our area during the afternoon hours. and that is where we get the scattered showers and thunderstorms. so as

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has more. >> good morning, guys.e daytime hours yesterday. some isolated showers around mainly during the evening hours. today just a slightly better chance that are you dealing with a shower or thunderstorm. once again we are going to feature plenty of dry time. depending on where are you, looking at variably cloudy skies across the area. the sun trying to break out. temperature right now at 75 degrees. the dew point indicates the humidity. above 65 we say it is humid. it says 67%. notice it will be muggy and humid throughout the day today. the clouds will win out. we are dry for the rest of the morning hours but getting into the afternoon hours, especially the later afternoon hours, some scattered showers. more on your forecast in ten minutes. >>> we're learning new details about a crash involving d.c. council member marion barry. since we brought you this breakings

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is outside with a big pink vehicle behind her. >> absolutely. love it out here. what you're looking at, one of the newest additions to the rescue fleet of prince george's county fire and ems. i am joined this morning with benjamin barksdale. why did you want to paint the vehicle pink? >> as you know, part of our responsibility is saving lives. we also have a duty to prevent as far as life saving and making people aware of different things. so we thought what a better way to get people's awareness about breast cancer than to paint a couple of our vehicles pink so that when we're out and about in the community, people can see this as a reminder, awareness about breast cancer and making sure that women are doing their monthly checks and staying healthy and watching their diet and things that they can do to prevent breast cancer. >> you not only have a pink ambulance, you have a fire truck as well. you told me that another vehicle is getting added to the fleet soon as well. correct? >> we do have a pink engine at firestation 805 in the capitol heigh

storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is keeping an eye on this. >> the good news is, tropical storma is going to curve out to sea not impacting the eastern seaboard in really any sense. as we look at what's happening right now, maximum sustained winds with this storm at 45 miles an hour. again, it is a tropical storm. now heading for turks and caicos, as well as parts of the bahamas. good news is they continue to progress into the early part of the work week. this storm again tucurves out t the atlantic. tuesday potentially strengthening to a category 1 hurricane early in the day on wednesday. parts of puerto rico saw up to eight inches of rain from this storm. tropical storm-force winds extend outwards about 150 miles from the system. again, the good news for us is to sea. your planner for today here, we are looking at a cloud-sun mix, partly to mostly cloudy skies. we will have dry conditions i'm forecasting for the morning hours. by 1:00, there is the chance of a shower, temperature near 80. 4:00, scattered showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorms. this does include the threat of

here's a look at your local. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. a cloudy start for your saturday. it is mainly dry. just maybe some light drizzle out there. as we get into the afternoon hours, there could be a shower or two, but most if not all of your day is looking dry. temperatures, well, below average. high today, 78. typically our high about 88 degrees. keep the umbrella handy. know today you might not need it. clouds tomorrow as well. a high temperature of 81 tomorrow. scattered showers are likely tomorrow. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. a better chance that your dealing with some rain for your sunday.now, the corruption triaf bob mcdonnell and his wife. the first week of testimony wrapped up with a cross-examination of the prosecution's key witness on the stand. once again, here is kristin welker. >>> former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen entering the courthouse. on friday, defense used this video of maureen on a business trip with businessman jonnie williams. he's the prosecutions multimillionaire key witness who struck a dea