i'm andrea roane. the news this morning, disappointment for redskins fans after the team's first preseason game. washington traveled up to baltimore and got beat 23-0. baltimore had drives of 13 and 14 plays while campbell did okay. the skins offense never made it across the 50-yard line. >>> there are lines outside of electronics stores and may see more co-workers call off sick this friday because madden 2010 went on sale at dnight and serious gamers want to be the first to try it out. >>> the love is flowing and fans are feeling groovy. they teamed up for a recreation of woodstock last night. 40 years ago, hundreds of thousands of fans crowded a field in new york to hear the greatest musical acts of all time. >>> good morning. happy friday. >> yes. >> ahhh. >> all right. we had one nice thunderstorm that rolled down 95 yesterday evening and hopefully uryo ll backyard garden got a few rain drops. look at what is going on. no rain this morning. things are quiet and we are looking good across maryland,

i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. kim martucci is here with weather and angie has the traffic. >>> today is not a bad weather day. so let's check off one nonissue. dopplerdopplerli ttlet li inlittle light ra . isit mainly down across the rtrnhene ckof virginia right now and 36. . 0 roacth e mandhela 360 across the nohe d insa ansaint mary's city, kids need their umbrellas. change otoved th r e her ve computer and talk about the forecast today. at 5:00 here's how we have the scattered clouds. wet weather for southern suburbs this afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. winds from the north at n.ten. 67 here. leesburg is 64. patuxent river, 72 and 68 at annapolis. this afternoon, look for partly cloudy skies. by the lunch hour 72. a high of 76. this feels more like september 25th than august 31st. good morning. >> good morning, kim. i know. it is august 31st. the last day of august but the first day of the workweek and we will help you get started. from dumb fries to the capital beltway all clear commute. we will switch ove

i'm andrea roane.etro says red line service should be back to normal for this morning's rush hour. crews spent the night making permanent repairs to a cracked rail. they found the problem yesterday afternoon near the friendship heights station. the general manager says trains will remain in manual mode until problems related to june's deadly crash are fixed. >>> some have big cleanup to do thanks to a storm. lightning downed a tree on to a car. fortunately the driver was not hurt. >> the damage in carroll county had a tree or two down and riverdale or anne arundel had hail in the afternoon. >> we had sunshine and rain which was strange. >> some got hit hard and some did not. that's the case today and tomorrow, as well. satellite and radar come binned. we have some showers some going on by the atlantic. otherwise partly cloudy to mostly cl oudy still 77 degreeoue.at anatreagreagan . re fck80rig.deur an cotinti. . 80 fredericksburg. 88an ththe sticky 70s. watch out for storms later on. good morning, angi

i'm andrea roane.ping our news, one of the hydrants used to fight a fire that destroyed the home of a former school board president was mismarked by wasa. the agency is preparing a database for dc firefighters. >>> the president said his plan is not a government takeover but offers a federally-run option for people who can't afford health insurance now. >>> an injured hiker is recovering after getting an air lift from rescuers. police paramedics had to jump from a hovering chopper to get to one of the hikers. those are amazing rescues. unbelievable and in all of that heat. >> today a break from the heat, everybody. middle of the workweek hump and a break from mother nature and have to watch for more rain showers toda ate wat0 going on the weather computer. a handful of hrde ghyedaerst ggedllouhr sterand a bi berch b insouthwestern virginia. the southern suburbs will see g.rn later isth thisinmo o. tffngarwithth mild77 77 down y,dainstead of and lowe90r wes, and lower 90s, we willll bein the uppehave ha

i'm andrea roane.opping our news this morning the state of virginia is delaying plans to expand the hot lanes project along 95 each 395. state leaders fear the bond market won't support funding for the private public venture. hot lanes are free to car pools and buses but other drivers are expected to pay a toll. they didn't say when the project maybe viresed. >>> police are looking for suspectsine the a ng a 13-year-old girl. s she wain her home in frederick douglas southeast. when she was hit by a stray bullet. >>> the nats barely beat the midnight deadline to ink their top draft pick something they failed to do last year. straussberg signed for a record- breaking $15 million. >> not bad for a senior in college i believe. >> hey, education pays off, right. >> he will finish it someday i'm sure. not next year. he's coming to the show. >> he could make an re is onseas cofobeupis of seas. we had leup storms in the mountains. winchester 1500. niisor mor ng isquiet but this afternoon we will have a couple

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i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie has the traffic. we want to apologize. but we will get that story to you later on. begin with howard's forecast. >> it was so cool i had the windows down. >> we had a front come through, the northwesterly winds brought in dry air which is not typical for this time of the year to be getting 50 for lows in spots which we have this morning but it will be august like. if you can hang on for a couple of days. >> turtle necks. >> oh, no. >> upper 90s in a tacouple of spots. couple of clouds, yesterday storms are well out in the atlantic and see high cloudiness from ohio, west virginia. her than dealing with a little bit ofunit willbe a beautiful widay. in the 50s, as cool as 55 in the mountains righnoup tosthn at 65 here. even easton 61 enjoying a cool morning. so is fredericksburg at 63. this afternoon we are

i'm andrea roane.some students still don't have class schedules as they wrap up the first week of school. it now appears prince georges county school officials knew about major president bushes about the computerized scheduling system ahead of time but did not have a backup plan. 8,000 students didn't have schedules on monday. that number is down to less than 2,000 now. >>> 20,000 people have paid their respects to senator ted kennedy. the body of the massachusetts democrat lies in repose at the jfk presidential library in boston. the viewing continues all day today before a funeral mass tomorrow morning. >>> a warning for anyone headed to the beach in weekend. life guards have already rescued 15 swimmers along the north carolina coast. tropical storm danny is kicking up the surf there and creates rip currents. howard is looking at his maps and he's got the latest for us. >> danny looks bad in the sense that it doesn't look good in a storm. not for us but a lot of sheer and weaken to 40 miles an hour.

i'm audrey barnes in for andrea roane. >>> topping our news, partial appearance in fairfax.bama will be joining virginia senator jim webb and others to mark the start of a new g.i. bill. the bill officially took affect on saturday and it's the largest expansion of education benefits for veterans since world war ii. >>> the pentagon whas coirmed the remains of navy pilot michael scott speicher have been identified. his jet went down on the first first night of the gulf war. >>> today we expect the national weather service to examine a trail of damage in cecil county, maryland to determine if it was a tornado that downed several trees. nearby residents think it was a twister. tornadoes hit in frederick and carroll counties. turbulent weekend weather wise. >> things are settling down. we will turn up the heat this week. as far as storm chances 20% less. and look at what happened yester y.>> teafternoon and enthis then off shore and this morning other than a feaffeclds, it is nice and quiet. weather will not be impacting c this morning. thavismorning. weave had inregsin thinthe

i'm andrea roane. >>> a "washington post" investigation reveals more about marion barry's awarding ofayers. the paper found the last three fiscal years the ward 8 office has spent $250,000 on outside contracts. the next bigger spender brown who spent $45,000. >>> republican seeking to become virginia's next governor was a no show in alexandria last night. he was scheduled to appear at the opening of a campaign office on first street. he told 9 news he had a family commitment. deeds is scheduled in tysons corner along with tim kaine and president obama. >>> there are four days left for maryland residents to give martin o'malley their input on state budget cuts. he has been soliciting comments on-line. and virginia governor kaine is looking at cuts hundreds of millions more from the commonwealth's budget. here's howard bernstein. can we cut through and get right to the forecast? >> yes, we will see shower and inunder especially south and e thheat builds in for the ek live doppler hd this morning, quite busy, especially south and osteaf town. neat lightning pictures on st9 news now at 5:

andrea roane is off this morning. >>> more than 140,000 students in montgomery county start school todaysystem after fairfax. there are 200 public schools in the district and 11,000 teachers. >>> a student at the university of maryland is hospitalized after surviving a four-story fall. the 20-year-old fell from the garage at the business school in the middle of the night. several witnesses quoted in the campus newspaper say the man was intoxicated. university police are investigating. >>> the shuttle discovery docked with the international space station last night and the shuttle's seven person crew joined six people already on board. it launched around midnight on friday. the crew brought thousands of pounds of equipment to the station. kim martucci is here on this beautiful monday morning. how's it looking. >> maybe it feels a season ahead of schedule outside. >> it is beautiful. >> today will feel more like the end of september than the end of august. start your monday off with good news. at the bus stop partly cloudy for the kids. almost everywhere in the 60s. southern maryland in th

i'm andrea roane. topping our news this morning the death of senator ted kennedy. after batten brain cancer more than a year. he was the last surviving son of america's most glamorous political family. senator kennedy has appointed every major piece of social legislation since becoming a senator? ' 63. the latest noisy health care forum took place in reston, virginia last night. police led an activist out of south lake high school when his protest became disruptive. howard dean led the discussion on proposed health care reform. >>> nasa has not rescheduled a launatcha launch date for the space shuttle discovery. they discovered a faulty valve in the engine last night and now nasa is working to fix the problem. it is time for howard to tell us if we have any problems in the forecast. good morning. >> not really today. it will be a little on the hot side with temperatures 90 or better but potentially by friday and saturday. more on that at 5:00 and 6:00. go and show l alis quiet. some storms have hit the front near detroit, michigan back to chicago and some moisture

i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is here with weather. angie goff has the weather. we begin with howard. i thought the rain was over and there it was jenly falling. >> little waves of moisture. in some cases big amounts of moisture. anne arundel naval academy, 7/10 of an inch of rain. they really got hit with big time thunderstorms to the east and northeast. and bill has strengthened more on that in 15 minutes but this morning we ntwa to go to live doppler hd. a w ght sprinkles passing new land in to saint mary's city. go to the weather computer. the big stuff that went through ic. ver to e thntla erowshs in west virginia owcoul rehelater rml sewaw we get. it depends on how much sunshine but right now a sticky 77 and still 80 in fredericksburg. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. it is early, it's wednesday and we are tracking trips an the region and already a couple of issues out there. start with an overturned vehicle at germantown, maryland at the edge of ridge road and brink road and then to 270, turn on the cameras an show you the shot. live, nice and quiet

i'm andrea roane. today is wednesday, august 26th. angie is here with the traffic. kim martucci is here and i can't believe this month is almost over. going by very quickly. >> september. >> kids are in school. >> the fall, turtle necks. >> come next week we will have some weather. that feels more like autumn. >> so turtle necks maybe. >> yes. always that tricky time of the year with the open-towed shoes, turtle necks, hot, warm, cold weather. y.t's get moving, evyb erthis morning, i don't think y have too many complaints. first start with a look trs.e icop icm watched a disturbed batch of weather north of espanol la e goa odan teday wea will see this develop in to a tropical storm and it will likely affect our weekend weather. all right. out there right now we have 76 degrees. it is 73 up the road in frederick as it is in manassas. south and west hanging on to 64 in culpeper. 77 already in fredericksburg. today we will be similar to yesterday in which we will have plenty of sunshine. it will be different in that it will be warmer. we will be getting a squeeze play.

i'm andrea roane. howard is here with the weather. angie has the traffic. we will start with howard who says today is great. >> code yellow. >> that's what i took away. sorry. >> i was kicking myself when i stepped out of the garage because i didn't open my windows. it was so nice and comfortable. low 60s up there this morning. feels really good outside. opposed to the humidity the last couple of days and don't a our h.utso our south. our temperature 71. in garrett county and manesbnew york pennsylvania. 70 southern maryland. easton 64 on the eastern orthde nuths mbe eropdeths nue mberdro in spots. a very pleasant comfortable air mass. going to lead to a great tuesday ahead with plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures almost hot. without much humidity it will feel okay. the first traffic this morning, here's angie. >> that's what i have got for you. thank you, hoe we. kicking off the 5:00 hour. we start with 95 in virginia fredericksburg 0 past the fairfax county parkway to the beltway a clear commute. to the inner loop in virginia. wilson bridge braddock to

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is wednesday, august 19th. angie goff is here. she has a traffic update for us. we say good morning to kim martucci. she's back and ready to go. >> i am rubber stamping yesterday's weather forecast today. i hope you don't mind. i'm not trying to put it in cruise control but we will be in one of those stagnating weather patterns where we have thunderstorms, high humidity and with that the heat. let's get testd,ar erod evon this -- it , is is wednesday. good morning. here's hour time lapse tower cam. we are okloing at the washington monument. you losee e thclouds leftov yay by. and now partly cloudy skies, it is 79 and the winds are calm and humidity is 74% at reagan national airport. as for the numbers, they run ye gamut from 75 in gaithersburg, already 81 in leesburg. it is 79 at quantico and looking south and west, culpeper has a pair of sevens on the map. this is what it feels like. when we factor in the humidity it feels warmer, middle 80s in the district and 82 in winchester. so, we will keep it humid. and rather warm this aft

i'm andrea roane. it is thursday, august 20th. angie will have the traffic for us. >> no showers in the immediate area yet. you are good to go. you can leave your umbrella bet bu bur t latelater y ouonwi lled ne it. a check numbers. we have ernumbs. atthave nu been sitting c'sn or ommon thread for clt anwinchester. in garrt county64. you guys have rain showers knocking the door. unt'les okthloe . let's look at it on the satellite and radar loop. this has been the game plan basically every day. we start to percolate bubbles of convection in the atmosphere. that will be the case again today. and out here to garrett county is where a batch of rain is starting to move in. allegheny county heads up for you. our weather, the scattered showers and storms. we will take you near 90 this afternoon. and the sinn set 7:56. tonight, i think they are going to be ongoing around the dinner hour. overnight we willstt arto see t things settle wnwatching hurric category three storm, 830 leom aw fromfr san juan, maryland. we he talk about where it is

up a i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this morning. angie goff will have the traffic in just a moment. kim starts us off with the forecast. fun at the fair. >> don't forget the fried dough. >> fried oreos. >> not the raw dough. >> we may have to duck under cover later this afternoon at the fair. not sure what time it gets started today. maybe if you go early it will be better. join me in the live chchant roo 75 in frederick and the district. it is 79 inin leesburg. yesterday's storms blew through. we will do it again this afternoon. just give the atmosphere some time to cook. by noon 7. 90 for the high. angie goff, good morning. >> good morning to you. hello, everybody. traffic alert, traffic alert on 66 heading eastbound. this is on the ramp to access the inner loop. it is currently closed because of a disabled tractor-trailer and then we have the tow truck that went to help it or came over to help it and it is broken down also. it will take some time to clear this out of the way we will keep you posted. fly the gw parkway and show yo

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. it is monday, august 17th. angie is here and she has traffic for you and howard is here in for kim martucci and he's got another hot forecast. >> good pool day. go to the beach. the temperatures will soar to the mid to low 90s this afternoon. that's the case to start the week. as we go through the week rain chances will be coming up. a balancing act going on. get idoutsoutside this morning. a few clouds this morning. pretty sunrise. the skies are partly sunny out there. some spots are mostly sunny. an any storms that you see in the midwest, especially hd is seeing them over to michigan and indiana. stough ugh time stea an. st laeast. just an isolated storm iwill e pe . . ed e the ws lofrom earlier. 61 culpeper. 72 here at reagan ti onnaanald as e ofstteth mbnuers and waiting on to mbs to meo r toine inin e e 60s to tope upper 70s right now. le buesthrgright now. to on top of of the roof while they do construction. keep that in mind. here's a look at the day planner. in the upper 80s by noon. 94 for the temperat

i'm andrea roane. it is friday, august 7th. we are mere and angie has the traffic for you and howard starts us off with a beautiful august forecast. >> get outside today? >> no. >> i have been outside on the terrace a few times, stunning. >> it is rare you hear the weather person put me outside and let me do the live report from there. >> when we have a day like this in august we have to take advantage of it i know what is coming especially by the weekend. it mr. get warm tomorrow near 90 and sunday and monday, upperh es for so oynjhioythe beautifu satellite and radar. a front off shore. upper torms ine inthr upthpe mississippi valley and in between high pressure controls the weather. other than a few high thin ones lo nda okg day. otspto ths to the e ng to the stike culpeper, it is 68 frederick, 9 last report we got in from reagan national. when the 9:00 number comes in i'm thinking closer to 72. noon near 80 and for the high, 85 degrees. we sit at 9:01, i throw it to my friend angie with traffic. >> thank you so much, howie b

i'm andrea roan. thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. angie will have the traffic in just a moment but howard is starting us off with the forecast. >> happy to say angie has more to tell you than i do this morning. >> i do. things are looking better, though. >> that's always good. weather wise, a quiet morning out there with high, thin clouds at the moment, but this afternoon concerned we will have some showers and thunderstorms and some will last through the night in to thurof mshwaongt ge. t h yo ouofwashington. let's get you door door jacket no jacket is cenessary. mid-60s out there. cool spots martnesb70wsre nd73,r a70wsre 73cambdgis morning. on the bay, 74 at the naval academy and 68 frederick. we are looking for highs in the upper 80s. maybe 90 if we get enough sunshine but also this afternoon we will have some scattered thunderstorms, one or two could be on the strong side. it is 5:30. coming up on 5:31. get the traffic news, angie. >> let's do it. and update you on the situation on u.s. 15 out in leesburg. the accident is now cle

i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie has the traffic and a water main break to veer around. we will start with howard's forecast. >>> a steamy one this morning. sticky this afternoon with some thunderstorms. >> summer. >> yeah. yesterday had a few more clouds. i thought low to mid-90s. only 91 thanks to the cloud cover. around 91 again today but a couple of thunderstorms. i want to show you what is happening on the e teitllitand radar. a couple of storms meyersville to eastern garrett county. so you may see a in in relyveies laretively quiet ie with d s. s a a lot of 70s. in fact in the upper 70s still. so a warm morning out there. code yellow air quality. 86 by noon. topping off in the low 90s. a sticky afternoon. 5:00 a.m. straight up. good morning, angie. what's going on. >> we have the right lane blocked. this is the situation with the water main break. crews working hard on westbound 198 before u.s. 29. use caution. volume is light because it is early but you may want to factor in an extra minute or two if you

. >> good morning, i'm andrea roane. it is friday, august 14th. kim martucci is here with our forecast. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> can you believe this, i have two teachers in my live chat room saying school is starting and they are pushing the school, back to school already an already requesting snow days. >> no. >> they are not even back yet. >> targets breast cancer, go toy to my blog and facebook it is there. >> i am here to tell you about the weekend weather forecast. it is looking good. out on the bay if you are doing fishing today northeast winds five to ten knots. waves a foot and water levels a foot above normal. will be good thwi waves one to two fe satellite and radar loop. we are rain-free. one exception, across the northern neck of virginia looks like a few rain drops are forming there. i will check with my buddy jan shriver in reedville. highs will reach 86 gaithersburg, 84 shady side. in to northern virginia we have 69 winchester and 70 culpeper. around fairfax we will be reaching for 87 and partly cloudy conditions. warre

i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace.t about the storms moving through overnight. what's going on? >> quiet in the metro. a couple of light sprinkles going on. just enough to frizz the hair out. not going to notice them. up to the north and the st, storms and this g mornin lirn doppler is tracking that action. now we are wangtchi the action that went through with half an inch of rain in 14 minutes a the naval academy. some of th sh e oreasterster shore over to the outlet, queenstown and over to st th an st d then in northern maryland al on sp. ng kiea with jeannie in ki thurmont from our chat room and they had a lot of lightning and thunder. the weather computer and show you the activity that is moving north and east. toward roanoke. , more action. more action to georgia. a wet afternoon and evening the way it is looking. let's get a traffic update. with more here's angie. >> that's what i have for you but proud parents don't forget to send back to school pictures to us. visit my blog for the details. a driver ran in to a

i'm audrey barnes in for andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is monday, august 3rd. the gang's all here. >> it is august. >> it is august. howard has weather. angie has traffic. >> audrey goes it is only june. why are summer clothes out in the mall? it is august, audrey. >> four weeks until the 31st. get the weather going even though it is august it will feel good for this time of the year as the humidity levels drop with a northwesterly wind. this afternoon we are talking warm temperatures. almost hot. tomorrow when weget time lapse isrn g. in love the picture here where the buildings are lit i and it light a lot of haze a lot of ha ofthaiair. e sun off ee a litt lithe river and a little haze o e.er erncut rre.temperatures 74 reagn national. northwest wind atand and direhula mity humidity 74%. 65 . whwe lepot ft when we left you on friday it was 72. so that number isniur t ngur in e ren.ctdi direction.in the in the in ernd, in cumberland, martinsburg and culpeper. 77 cambridge and fredericksburg and 75 in fredericksburg. when the 9:00 readings come in we will be clo

i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie goff has traffic. she says there is smooth sailing but may find wet streets along the way. >> frederick, carroll, howard, baltimore got hit hard from the district east you hi. t hard hit hard. everybody else, what aryou talking wh at youn doppler what i'm talking about. o trt in ghw t ri ghribut now but meso heavy showers and thunderstorms approaching the bay. south utsoof e north side of shady side and davidsonville and ll th wibevi e bextin he thene next 20 30 minutes. north of 70 seeing somesh erow anerd st orms frnoomh of the h roinsburg area ugth tywntownback in to uncaco coty and frederick. some contain locally heavy rainfall. as we look at the satellite and radar, you can see the action on top of us, now straddling the maryland pennsylvania border. update on danny a moment. now an update on the traffic. >>> hope you have great plans for the weekend. let's get the morning started. beginning in virginia. 95 northbound from dumfries on up. delay free. roll over to 395 heading northbound. lanes are

. >>> welcome back, i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this thursday morning. let's go out to howard. he has the umbrella up on the weather terrace. >> we have a light gentle rain here. some spots overnight lightning, thunder, heavy downpours and his morning live dor lepp hdchs le , untycicharles county, especially eastern shore got hit hard but that stuff has move arin in to deret uctoe mh inuch of loudoun p w county, western fairfax, northern fairfax things mhave quied down. breaks across faulkier. many charles county getting hit hard withe thwiy avshowers and dee a little lightning and unthr with that. that a platunplata west we west. e will be in and out in muchof the morning and inmu to early afternoon. that will keep the temperatures cool. angie goff, this rain is wreaking havoc on the roads. >> sure is. we have some slow goes out there. we begin with a live shot of 95 northbound in virginia. it is one slow ride from dale city to lorton. we are looking at 15-plus minutes and that's growing thanks to the weather. you can thank howie. from edsall to seminar

i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie has traffic. and we begin with howard. he was talking about a little fog. i had a little this morning but the moon was huge. >> gorgeous. >> the orangey color. >> i almost twittered it but i was driving. that's not safe. >> no. >> the haze in the air as the moon gets closer to the horizon. it is filtered that's why it is orangey, low but nice and bright when it is high in the sky. overnight we r eacls ieskd clea and with just oudihutymi more grac b eaa great day yesterday, a litt fog to the west. 61 culpeper, quarter mile visibility. we sit at 74. looking at a hot day today, lower 90s with mostly sunny skies, stray thunderstorms and code orange air quality. it is coming up on 5:01. good morning, angie you are looking nice today. >> we are ready to have a terrific one. begin with traffic on 50 westbound from the bay bridge to the beltway. nothing but green cars. drivers are moving at speed. the shot from 121. a clear commute to the split. moving to the maps. take it from 66 congestion free. 395 northbound tracking those hea

i'm andrea roane. howard is off today.rologist kim martucci is here and she's enjoying hereafter favorite day of the week on our weather terrace. >> i am and we have a beautiful garden out here and i'm watering the plants because even though we have had scattered thunderstorms not too many have hit here in dc. via wa ynga nice ofcech o.to any chance of s to be south and east. a few places in the 60s is north and west of wnto over to cumberland, up to and town and along 81. a couple of scattered storms in the offering, mainly east of the district, delmarva, maybe to fredericksburg. the high today comfortable but a little sticky, 86. kenny burns is in for angie. he has the traffic. >>> good morning. we have good news, ramp from northbound 270 middle brook road reopened. the crews cleaned up the downed wires, also reopened middle brook and 355. southbound delays on 270, between father hurley ntvirygoe agouanryvill we found an accident on northbound route 5 at brandy rne wid.oa it is off to the should and police are on the sce

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this friday morning. angie goff will have the traffic in a moment. kim starts us with a forecast as we have been complaining. we are admitting to whining. it is hot outside. >> thank you for stepping up to the plate and admitting that. >> yeah. >> come december you will be wishing for humid mornings where the heat index is 84. >> right. >> i actually thought about that would i rather be hot in the car or cold. that transition of getting the ac on or the heat. >> at 5:30. great to see you. humid conditions d warmwarm itnd consouioe.id le lo conditions outside. at ate weweather he ermp . utth computer. the temperatures 79e ar. we factor in the humidity and it feels like 84 as you step off e the metro. ugh. 87 is the feels like temperature in leesburg and feels like 84 at annapolis. ty is here. mi we have the moisture. we need the trigger. you can see it across west virginia. e huwi in rehein here in the afternoon. you folks in winchester to cumberland have been with us this morning. 8 t is the target at --

i'm andrea roane. kim martucci is in for howard. she's back. she has weather. angie has the traffic. we begin with kim. welcoming you back. congratulations and tell us relief in the air. >> a baby step today but today in the 90s. great to have you with us. it is tuesday morning, just s.cot to turn 9:01 in a couple e moge vit ofngsecos. get moving aheck nd rehe c a onckon the weather. thatte urmperestsesouide mu y.r ougg rather esare errgu are waking uo 81. quantico 75. 74 annapolis. hello, southern xentve. r ri 75 patuxent in western maryland. you can see how those thunderstorms fired up across pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia today. that's is a front that is moving here today. we will likely see them in the heat of the day this afternoon. get the errands done early. today a step to 93 with moderate air quality, everybody. my seven-day forecast is a few minutes away. angie has the tuesday drive. good morning. >> good morning. hello, washington. wake up. get up and at it. we are ready to get this terrific tuesday started beginning with 95 and the bw parkway.

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is monday, august 10th. if you didn't call your buddy on the 9th yesterday, what are you waiting for? give them a call right now. angie will have the traffic in just a moment. howard is here to tell us about the triple hs. >> hazy, hot and humid. today not much relief and tomorrow will be better. s for a the pool, andrea, i know some flames that are going -- some families b@ararargoing ly upgoin uply. the heatexcessive. . arwe excessive. we are tothe to the mp urerteesat in ars. 1ne fis aerriinntgomery and dc of o m dur ovfaer and charles and charles county. e counties are generally west of e uto up tloct l.na 81 agan nrel.na r air aistation and wihars2.gewn 8 st y encer, you are up kl78ic at heup meickly at 78 and the helu ermometer is li tta . wale merm lia ttle warm. i will tell you that. most heat index values in the middle 80s. low 90s by noon. 5:00 temperature, 98. that would make it the hottest day of the year and tie the record of 66 years ago. i will be back with the record to beat for the day. righ

i'm andrea roane. >>> howard is off today.rologist kim martucci is here with eyes on the terrace with a stormy weekend forecast. >> guess what i just did. i checked bowie, 4409 off the ocean city coast and the water temperature is 79. almost watching our air temperature this morning. if you are heading to the coast i will have the forecast for you in the next weather segment. right now it is air you ar . s it i wehu it is humid and muggy. get to the graphic and talk about e th stre . wear e ne ly 80 degrees the heat index says it feels like 84. this is the type of weather you r. e to ess light weight light colored clothing. the front inching toward us gets closer today. the rain across west virginia will be here later this afternoon. we will take you to a high in the lower 90 and tonight some scattered thunderstorms linger in to the evening. good morning. >>> half way through the 6:00 hour. we are so glad that you could join us on this tgif. man, that feels good to say that. talking about the outer loop right now. looking a te

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is wednesday, august 12th. my little brother's birthday. frederick, happy birthday. no way jose and plus, i don't like mud. >> no. >> straight up at 9:00. we are watching the cloudy skies and we are cooking today. the chef didn't want to cook out on the terrace. he saw the claudes and i said we are going to stay dry for the 9:00 a.m. i don't think he realized what i do. we will be cooking today. wait until you see what we are making. ho in ully you will get rain our garden. isoler alady found me isngcrpiee in byfrpiont royal and a couple in wi heerst where the teeserurater are nice lower to lower to mid- 70s. guess weates it atis not going be as hot itesas yayas yesrd te. the ergg. b bch of rain on the wider view. it is raining across southwestern virginia and north carolina. this batch is going to move and we will be on the northern periphery of it but pretty sure we will get some rain drops today. have the umbrella this afternoon. eastern suburbs have a shot of cracking mid 890s today. we will be working on t

i'm andrea roane. howard has the weather. angie has traffic alerts for you. stick around for that but start with howard's forecast. >> i'm also watching tropical storm danny. the latest information from the hurricane center, winds are up to 60 miles an hour. not a terribly organized looking storm and a little good news. it is to the north. that means the likelihood of it making a direct hit on the delmarva is less and less. it is going to hit off shore and we will have the winds and wave action from that but over to 0 the s, toes e th in to the day on saturday. start you with a k quic te e llsa ad itun rorowero around here. a few passing clouds and clear skies outside. a fine morning though on the muggy side. here's danny and it doesn't have that concentric look you want to see in sta rong storm. that is good news. t can ta ita ro st ngifvener h close mo onon coming up. thismorning 75. shenandoah valley regional airport 64. and hagerstown 72. muggy out there. high temperatures a little cooler than yesterday with more humidity. highs in the upper 80s and a sli

i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie has traffic. she has a lot going on we will get moving right away. let's go to howard. some rain drops are falling on drivers. >> little late getting here but last night we have had showers and thunderstorms south and east of shwaington. live doppler hd ts wamorning rewe awe are picking up activity from the shenandoah to the eastern shore, ut h.rth wd south. we will zoom in and show you iathappening in the itrmeo right now. many montgomery and fairfax counties, fairly light prince with william and faulkier. to the eastern e,orsh to easton, kent thf la, ndkent ise thavhe stiethheaviest stuf avof cof la plata, northwest ide to hu rsveiltoe gh hughsville and mechanicsville and saint mary's and yd an erow thundersxermmitos to the southwest we have lesvvity from ha ilerru . erteesatmpth iurton tgrue ilsvle. temperatures in the err uppe60e and lower 70s right now with 75 highs badato 73. highs today only in the low y daaur . fostgu prday for august. we have problems on the roads already at 5:01. here's

i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is thursday, august 27th. angie goff is here. she will have the traffic update for you. we say good morning to kim martucci and how's the weather? what's danny canning. >> danny boy is in the atlantic ocean churning up a storm and we are keeping one eye on him but i am watching with equal importance a front and i think that will be the thing that brings wet weather this weekend. that is actually good news. i think danny will be too far out to sea to take a direct hit here or get too close to the coast. here's a look at the day at a glance. temperatures in the middle 70s and upper 70s and that was our target at nine. it is happening. mostly sunny skies. approaching the mid-80s. instead of the 90s like yesterday afternoon we will put on the brakes around 88. more clouds will be approaching the area. a frontal system is on top of us but the rain attached to it is behind the front. we will hold off on the rain likely until tomorrow. this is what danny looks like. an enhanced satellite loop. brighter colors indicate high cloud tops. s

i'm andrea roane.d is enjoying a lovely morning on the terrace. >> in august this could be one of those mornings the sticky and steamy. we're in late august and delightful and a lot of folks are saying what a great morning . atthe temperatures this morng,inyou will see we have some 50s evene wyothwestthe we 57 for culpeper. a touch of fog reported k d a haeredlfand k a halfmi leha visibility. near 70. a ttle sticky in southern maryland. 59 in winchester and the dew points have come down in the low to mid and upper 50s as we get closer to town. and that's a true measure of how much moisture is in the air. dew points in the 70s and that's why a tropical feeling. what we are looking at is temperatures in the low to mid- 70s. lower 80s by noon. by 5:00 for the drive home. a lot of sunshine and near 90. i will be back at 6:45 and we will talk about the tropic and how it could impact the seven- day forecast. >> if you are loggen on the computer, go to wusa -- wusa9.com and you will see a picture of me. click

i'm andrea roane. howard is back and live on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> good morning. a little muggy now but if you are going to exercise do it before it is too hot this afternoon as we will be in the 90s. overhead we clear out nicely here in washington but the satellite and radar shows we have a couple of clouds overhead. big time storms across the middle of the country and other than isolated stm da te quieatmp day. ted an and ssna d ancuerlp low 70s in maryland and saint indigos. and our coolest for the day 72. going to see a high of 94 under partly to mostly sunny skies. >>> 6:30 straight up. angie has the traffic. >> i hope you are up, washington. talk about what is going on on the outer loop. we are delayed from new hampshire to georgia. the accident at georgia no longer there. overall things not too terrible. moving to 270 southbound. one slow ride. tracking that trip as drivers make their way from 118 germantown road to 370. we will skip that take and take you to the maps. from 9

i'm andrea roane. we want to get you ready for the day, so we head out to the weather terrace where meteorologist howard bernstein is there with the forecast. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. a pleasant morning here. humidity is up a bit but not too bad. in southern maryland you have a lot more low-level moisture in place. so, yeah, it is a little sticky down there. look at the weather computer and you will see quiet. showers and storms detroit to chicago could mess up air avoreltr e mtonew llavel mtre york state as e thw pr progresses across ontario. read there's the low 70s. 71 in town. 7 # 63 cumberland and 77 at ocean city. it is balmy where water temperatures are in the 70s. 83 by noon and 90 by 5:00. topping off at 90, 92. >>> good morning. i'm hooking you up with a look at the traffic. 95 and bw parkway clear. from 495 new hampshire to georgia crawling along. that is a ten-minute drive. it is growing. 66 eastbound. you are delayed 50 to 495. a couple of breaking points along the way and the

i'm andrea roane. howard is off this morning. meteorologist kim martucci is here.is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. >> reporter: good morning. it is not too bad outside if it is not too bad outside if you can tolerate humidity. let's get started and show the temperatures. avwe h the temperatures. we hav inoms rafrupper e rangg birange satellite-radar loop. the mornings are fairly quiet but not long after lunch we fire up the storms. we will take you from the 70s where we are now and we will reach for a high around 90. be careful out there. these storms will be slow moving and have heavy downpours. angie, good morning. >>> we are half way through the 6:00 hour and we will kick things off with a live camera of 395 northbound from edsall to seminary. we are tracking the trip. five to ten minutes and building. moving along and go in the beltway and check out the upper loop from route 50 to 66 overall things not so bad. on maryland said of things, here's 270 seeing a good amount of volume from germantown road to 370. let's talk about the trains. metro is

i'm andrea roane. you are watching live pictures. this have the burbank airport in burbank, california. this is the private charter jet that carried former president clinton to north korea and bringing him back to the united states, on board with him the two freed american journalists euna lee and laura ling. these are pictures. these are live pictures. the jet just landed ten minutes ago and drove up to the hangar at the burbank airport which is known as the bob hope airport. with me, as we watched these pictures, is josh logan. he's a defense and foreign policy expert with cq politics.com and josh, your thoughts upon seeing this after these women were in captivity in north korea. >> first of all, we have to say this have a wonderful day for the family of the two american journalists who faced what we are sure harsh conditions in the north korean prison camp for months. months. the visit of president clinton to north korea is something the north koreans wanted for a long time. over a decade. so they were able to save face and at the