as we leave you, music from the choir of bishop harry jackson's hope christian church in beltsville, maryland. smiley. smiley.

it is getting dark in a hurry, but skies are clear. 50 degrees in beltsville. current readings across the area range from 42 about 50. 45 in leesburg. here is the map of 5:00 reports around the area. that shows temperatures -- 48 degrees and charlottesville right now. then you get north of town. is cooler in the mid-40's. 46 in gaithersburg and frederick. a few sprinkles and showers across lower at southern maryland. as they moved out, high pressure brings the dryer air in and in the process clear skies ourt. it is a beautiful afternoon. we expect readings near freezing, slightly below. we pretty much of a strong hold on the region tomorrow with high-pressure. a little northerly breeze. we will keep a below average temperature-wise in the 50's. this is the much-heralded storms we have been talking about since monday, developing around the carolina's. even though it will have no more effects on us through sunday and early monday, there is the possibility that tuesday a little moisture could come back at our way, maybe a few sprinkles or showers. generally, we ar

beltsville 37 degrees there, adamstown at 29 degrees, and we're at 33 degrees in galena and 35 in dentoncambridge coming in at 37. so you get the picture this morning. we are very cold, these temperatures below average. we should be around 37, 38 for a low temperature and we're going to stay below average as we go into the afternoon. and actually through the week. i'm going to show you the seven- day in just a second. let's look what's going on on the satellite and radar. not a whole lot. we did have the cold front move through the area, we have a few clouds in pennsylvania right now, but all in all lots of sunshine as we head through the rest of today. so this is what we can expect. yesterday we started out windy but died down. that front passed through, now we're just left with high pressure, chilly conditions as we go throughout the day and it is going to be dry outside. so be prepared for that. make sure you have the big coat this morning and keep it around even as you go into the afternoon. you are going to need it. we're also going to be dealing with high pressure as we go through

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