this is indicating extremely dry air right now. 43 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. this is an extremely low number there. the humidity is in the 30% range in baltimore. as far as pollen counts go, not too much. one thing you may notice if you are enjoying a pleasant day. otherwise, no major concerns. fifties in the downtown area. we will have many clear skies overnight. that is the transfer much of our seven-day -- this is the trend throughout much of our seven-day forecast. maybe some rain chances come in. that is far into the distance. "go on" newest comedy debuts tonight on wbal-tv. it stars matthew perry as a sports talk radio host who is trying to get his groove back through counseling. >> hi, sarah. >> fantast to have you and great to see you back. how does it feel? >> it feels great. when you are promoting something, it is easier to do when you actually like what you are promoting, so i don't have to lie all day long. >> tells about the show in your character. >> my character is named ryan king, and he has a sports dj who suffers a loss in his life and he is

at b.w.i., it is down to 75. at b.w.i., it is down to 75.ll 81 downt you know, ronny... folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? i'd say happier than a bodybuilder directing traffic. he does look happy. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> the strongest storms are saw the bus but right around the city, and i circled baltimore, some isolated showers near baltimore county. no lightning coming out of that yet, but they are a little bigger than they were. we will see how much development will happen. here is the district of columbia and southeast of there, some pretty big storms. they are down toward the lower eastern shore. that is where all lightning is. no severe weather. let's go to the wider view of the radar. is to give you an idea of how that step has been moving just this evening. we had some strong storms move to the area. they pack a punch. now we have

speaking of tropical moisture, a couple years ago, 2010 on this date, record rain at b.w.i. with six inches out of tropical storm nicole and covered in that was a tornado near pasadena. notable date, that's a lot of rain to get in one day. today, 73 was the high. 51 the low early this morning, typical 72 and 52. so just about on target as far as the temperatures are concerned. nowhere near the records, and our temperatures have fallen considerably from us north where the rain fell, 63 at b.w.i. marshall, downtown 64, 67 elkton but 65 at westminister and frederick. that's with the rain. you see the darker green shades. this is where the rain has been falling and is down in the 40's in far western maryland. here's what the map looks like this evening. the little disturbance passing over us right now. a minor thing. it's more of an issue in new england. but here's the gathering storm to the south. all this moisture will be coming up in our direction. and that means we get wet. you see the motion on the satellite radar combination, the one upper air storm spinning over around ne

the cool front has passed across ocean city, moved out to sea so temperatures are settling in. 65 at b.w.i. and at ocean city, as well. 50% humidity, 30.22, barometer rising. the upshot is it's going to keep the temperatures cool. we were in the 80's for a couple of days this past week for highs. pull a few degrees away if that because of the effect of the front and north winds. annapolis down to 68. easton, 65. we mentioned readings in the 60's in ocean city. 58 at parkton, westminster 61. 40's earlier at oakland, now it's 50 degrees. 60's in the lighter green shades, norfolks down around 72. the blue indicates spots in the 40's, especially in the great lakes, so that's the cooler air filtering in behind the front. the front is evident with the band of cloud, mostly moved offshore. the rainy part was in pennsylvania and new york state and new england so there wasn't much moisture with this front, cut to the south. the front's out to sea and we are under the influence of high pressure and there's two days worth of good air here. right over the weekend before things change because there's a

at b.w.i. thurgood marshall -- winds westerly at 6 miles per hour. west winds yesterday, as well. today, more clouds, holding temperatures down a little bit but starting out warm. yesterday morning, a bunch of these readings were in the 60's. this morning, just about everybody's in the 70's. 77 salsbury, 76 on the boardwalk. 70, frederick. where it's showering in western maryland, temperatures in the upper 60's. here's that one cluster of shower activity and it weakens as you go to the west. this rain is more associated with this cool front up in pennsylvania coming out of new york state, dropping through the area today. that's probably, if we trigger any rain, that's probably what the trigger will be for that but it is loosely connected with what's left of isaac in missouri near kansas city right now. the low will drift across towards st. louis, then into illinois. this front, it will drop to the south and then hang up in the front will be in the neighborhood all weekend. the moisture from ix will -- isc will be moving in, as well, and you can't avoid the chance of rain. partly c

. -- to bermuda this time of year. 82 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. 83's rock hall. we are showing a decline temperatures because this makes the difference to the forecast -- the dew point temperatures because this makes the difference to the forecast. you feel the humidity and your hair does not cooperate with the forecast and it feels more uncomfortable out. there is a stationary bouncer just by over us. the fact that and if there is not moving in that the pattern is not going to change anytime soon. this part of what is left over of isaac. we have energy swinging around it and that will. in the forecast, a lot of rain chances. the upper 60s and the suburbs -- in the suburbs. very humid air the next couple of days. notice the rain chance is every single day. rain chances return this weekend. >> in the "consumer alert," lots of focus put on healthy eating habits. organic option's cost a lot more. according to researchers at stanford university, there is almost no nutritional difference between organic and non-organic produce, but there is a difference in the use of

this is something we will have to watch out for. 83 degrees at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. we have a lot of clouds in the sky as we take you through the forecast, temperatures in the mid-to-upper-80's. there are your current conditions at the airport. through the afternoon, expect temperatures in the mid-80's. best chances through 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. you will have to watch out for lightning as well. after 8:00 p.m., these guys start to clear out but we have isolated chances in the seven- day. >> we are following some breaking news sky team 11. over the scene of an overturned cement truck. let's go to capt. roy taylor with the latest. >> this is the ramp from eastbound coldspring lane to go northbound on the jones falls expressway. and overturned a cement truck. we don't know if there are any injuries involved. one online westbound coldspring at this location -- they have two large tote trucks and we expect the ramp be closed for 30 minutes or so. reporting for sky team 11, i am captain roy taylor. >> the hunt for october takes on a whole new meaning for the orioles, as th

right now at b.w.i. thurgood marshall, a few clouds in place. high temperatures near 80 degrees this afternoon. that is when we could see a better chance for showers and thunderstorms. >> after weeks of day today improvement, o's start to slide in the postseason push. the blue jays got things rolling at the very top. first inning, a single off joe saunders, over the head of j.j. hardy. one-zero, toronto. loadm of the night, o's the bases, but ryan flaherty gets under the pinch. toronto winds of 4-0. it makes the seasons wild-card race considerably tighter. the l.a. angels are two behind and tampa bay is making a comeback. coming up, this video out of washington state as a fire spreads at an apartment complex. extreme waves in hawaii topple beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >> a dozen families are forced from their homes after a fire breaks out in a spokane, washington apartment complex. it started tuesday afternoon in a three-story building. firefighters fo

is t d100rees at b.w.i. and out of westminster, the temperature is of 63 d100rees.he front is moving offshore and the much dryer air coming in behind it. edeather disw. rbance out in th midwest won't amount to much. high pressure is coming in. 57 tos. storms moving out of the picw. re, clearing, cooling conditions with northwest winds at 5-10. tomorrobee 77 to% 1ge to tout and less humid. temperatures in therth0's to around% 10 d100rees or so. and small craft advisories and edint the northwest. and showers early in the morning on the eastern shore and around the ocean and in the afternoon tomorrow, maybe a few mountain sprineases or showers. the forecast is calling for, if we can get the raven to move out of the picture here -- ok, let's see. my computer seems to be sw. ck. tomorrow's forecast is calling for temperatures in the 8nshs. we have lport,t our way here. temperatures will be in the 70's to near% 1pco monday and tuesday, high temperatures will be in the 70's, with morning lows in the 5nshs. by the end of the week, we will jump back boo the% 1nshs for the hn

at b.w.i.shall, 68 here on tv hill. 64 degrees. 70% humidity. 30.13, barometer rising and the wind is now northerly gusting close to 20 miles an hour, knocking leaves out of the trees this morning. just what you needed to know. yesterday, the high was 82 degrees at the airport. average high this time of year is 79. the morning low yesterday was 55. and we're going to be solidly in the 50's for lows the next few days but 80's will be hard to reach with the cooler air coming into the area. temperatures now, 71 at annapolis. that's a location right on the water. 66, easton, 64 on the board walk, 65, edgewood. it's dropped into the 40's in oakland. that's the chillier air coming in. demonstrated on the regional map. we are in the greens so that's 60's and darker greens are 50's. we see 50's and 40's, and the 40's are primarily blue shades or at least the lower 50's and that's filtering into the area, tempering temperatures a little bit. satellite showing the front coming through with the rain schoo

we are live tonight at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport. sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> losing a home to arson is bad enough, but for one moment, has become a real nightmare. she is now homeless through no fault of her own, and she has been built thousands of dollars by the city for the demolition of her house. >> is just inconsiderate. >> but next, the investigation, with reaction from city officials. >> we will >> after someone set fire to her house two years ago, brenda lost the home she has lived in for more than 40 years. >> she must deal from the injury she suffered in that fire, but what she is trying to figure out how to come back from the devastating fire, the city put a lien on her house for $8,000. lisa robinson reports it is a fire that never goes out. >> i am going to stand my ground. i own this land, owned at home. i am a taxpayer, and i am a united states citizen. >> when brenda does not stay with family or friends, she calls this 10th home, camping gear with cucumbers. she has a place to cook, a pit for he, and a place t

two have died. >> 7:08, 54 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. flame your lymph nodes. ahead, more about the immune disease that affects thousands of americans. >> say it's 3:00 p.m., you're at your desk, you can barely keep your eyes open, your head is bobbing and you're going to the vending machine. there goes your diet. coming up, healthier options for the afternoon slump. >> a live picture outside. lowell is up next. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist lowell melser. >> looking over downtown baltimore right now, 55 at the airport, 54 on tv hill. winds picking up slightly out of the west at 3 miles per hour and the humidity is dropping, down now to 86%. temperatures around the area looking pretty good, mid to upper 50's. 58 in edgewood, 55 at the airport, 52 in gaithersburg. frederick at 48 degrees and frostburg, 47 degrees. parkton, chilly and westminster, 54 degrees. temperatures around the region, mid nifts our area over to the eastern shore and the jersey shore, as well, 55 degrees. in pittsburgh, 38 degrees, look

white marsh, 68 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and catonsville at 69. i'll start to the day.owards the afternoon. mostly sunny skies today, but there's still a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. if you may encounter that. satellite picture remains mostly clear. it will cause a slight chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. a more substantial cold front moves through on saturday evening and that will be a big drop in temperatures at the seven-day. 80 degrees on sunday. that cold front comes in on saturday evening, and that is when we could see substantial thunderstorms, some of them turning severe. big dro . >>> 8:00 on friday morning. it is september 7th, 2012. it's actually a pretty beautiful day here in new york city right now after some gray times in the last 24 hours. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker out here. we had a pretty shot of jacksonville beach because the waves are picking up. with leslie out in the water. >> hurricane leslie. we're going to have to worry about riptides. as the weekend goes on, those risks are going to move up t

the time now, 6:35. 66 degrees at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport. >> and we're still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day, what steps do you think should be taken to improv school safety? you can share your response on watercooler@wbaltv.com or send us an email. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios but it isn't always easy to find one... anncr: a good job. it's the key to a good life. a vote for question seven is a vote for maryland jobs. two thousand construction jobs to build a new resort casino. four thousand permanent jobs, paying... on average fifty five thousand a year. six thousand jobs from increased tourism... and table games like blackjack and poker. add it up: it's twelve thousand new maryland jobs. but to build it you have to vote for it. vote for question seven. and get maryland back to work. >> there's definitely no need to feel cooped up

at manassas. b.w.i. is 56 morning. this morning in annapolis. a degree above where we this time of year. average high was 81. 80. cease dropping down a little bit. minutes ng about two per day.ht weekend is a autumnal equinox. an you believe it? features today skies you the clear here with the louds still trying to move in, cold front ith that some showers across the great lakes today. rier air --ow falling apart energy with this front o going to be pushing up north. squeeze out some tonight but that is it. to be about weekend.uin your 78-83 degrees. a few clouds. sprinkle maybe. 56-64. seven-day he forecast. that really nice through the weekend and a few but sunshine and our chance of rain by tuesday and this a pretty significant rain.f getting some use a little ould bit as well. hat's your forecast. with check on traffic now angela. > thank you, good morning, veryone. good streak the stopped. a problem on the traveling maryland green belt and college line of ll see a side of the right there.reen is basically stopped on of the belt way 1.ding u

passengers on more than a dozen flights have their holiday plans these delayed by fire at b.w.i. at an air traffic control office and stop all air traffic -- a refrigerator caught fire at an air traffic control of his and stop all air traffic for 20 minutes. authorities say that the impact to travel is minimal. a house fire in northeast baltimore cleanse the life of an 88-year-old woman and sends a good samaritan to the hospital. a row home caught fire at east north avenue. a neighbor tried to get inside but cannot reach her. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. let's get a check on your insta- weather-plus forecast with tony pann. >> we have a little bit of light rain down in a few neighborhoods, but that will likely change into the afternoon. bigger thunderstorms will develop like yesterday. dew points in the low-to-mid- 70's. heaviest rain in new castle county, delaware. flooding rain possible in some neighborhoods of around baltimore this afternoon. it and is thunderstorms are likely after lunch time. high temperature of 83 degrees this afternoon. everybody head

temperatures are fairly chilly as we see in the 40's on westminster. 59 downtown in baltimore, 53 decrease at b.w.iore clouds coming in on wednesday. the 's on thursday. >> we will have another update at 8:55. >>> it's 8:30 on a monday morning, september 24th, 2012. it's a pretty day here in the northeast. hopefully it's nice where you're waking up as well. take a look at some of the nice people gathered on our plaza. we're out on the plaza as well. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and natalie morales. savannah has made her way over to nbc's education nation summit being held here at the public library. savannah, what's going on? >> hey, matt. well, things kicked off here on sunday, and this morning jenna bush hager takes a look at program that brings parent mentors into the classroom, and it's paying off in a big way. we'll also talk about the challenges facing our schools with a rising star in the democratic party, san antonio mayor julian castro, and by the way, tomorrow we'll have an interview with president obama on the state of education in this country, and i also ask him how he was as a s

at b.w.i., temperature 76 degrees, humidity up, west-southwest wind at 5 miles per hour. is coming in and moisture this morning and during the day today more related to the front than the moisture from isaac but eventually that comes into play as the front stalls in the area for a couple of days across the holiday weekend. 87 to 91, the high today, mix of sun and clouds and a brief shower or two in the forecast but basically partly cloudy skies. ocean city, the same thing with rain chances increasing sunday and monday. >> thanks for joining us. we are back in 25 minutes with ♪ >>> and we're back with more of "today" on this saturday morning, the first day of september 2012. hard to believe it's september already. happy to have our friends out on the plaza joining us on this labor day weekend. i'm jenna wolfe alongside lester holt. >>> still to come in this half hour, speaking of holidays, are you planning on flying over the winter break? if you are, you'd better start looking right now. airline prices are rising sharply. coming up, we're going to tell you how to find the

this weather system is going to catch up with us eventually, with a chance of rain. 57 degrees at b.w.is down, humidity is out. -- is up. shower chances hold off until the evening hours. increasing clouds between now and then. high temperature between 75 and 80 degrees. >> we will have another update at 8:55. and i've got my pumpkin k-cup packs for at home. now i can have my pumpkin coffee any time i want it. pumpkin's perfect. it's dunkin' with the press of a button. new pumpkin k-cup packs, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. ♪ >>> 8:30 now on this monday morning. it's the 17th of september, 2012. happy new year to all of those celebrating rosh hashana today. pink will be here tomorrow on our concert stage. looking forward it that. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie ongside matt lauer and al roker. a celebrity mom, one who looked fabulous, but did you wonder how the celebrity mothers pull it off? great tips from regular moms to how to get that celebrity look, and we're going to give a makeover to two ladies so we'll show you the results of that comin

b.w.i., 63, tv hill, 63. the barometer is rising as high pressure is moving in, humidity is knocked down and winds are light out of the northwest at 3 miles per hour. looking at temperatures around the region, things warming up. annapolis, 63, as well. easton, 63. chestertown 63. 63 is the lucky number today. out west, cooler temperatures, 56 in hagerstown, 57 in parkton. if you're heading out today, a delightful day like yesterday, mostly sunny, highs around 74 to 79 degrees. could see clouds moving in later in the day associated with a system to the south of us in virginia. the rest of the state looks pretty good, as well. out west, 75 degrees they'll top out at in southern pennsylvania, 74 down south in maryland and ocean city, 75 degrees. currently, this system here in southern virginia, northern north carolina, bringing us spread out cloud cover throughout the area that will continue on and off throughout the day but all that precipitation should stay to the south of us because of this high sitting over pennsylvania and once that washes out, we will be watching more stuff in texas. this next system, unfortunately, this one wi