our low today was 65 degrees this morning at bwi marshall.ot to a high today of a surprising 77 degrees. got to 82 in hagerstown. 76 york. daytime high in ocean city was 77 degrees. current temperatures across the area -- everybody's starting to cool off a little bit. particularly the area where they've had rainfall, in the dover area, easton, in the northern harford and cecil county they've had quite bait of rainfall. as far as the satellite and radar throughout the day, scattered showers, very light early this morning. then throughout the day kind of let up, then this other batch of showers moving into the region, even more rainfall heading in our direction. it's all because of this area of low pressure sitting off the coast and it's being intensified by the second area of low pressure in the atmosphere, back here in the ohio valley. the whole system is trying to lift towards the north and east but up to the north a big area of high pressure just sitting up there says no, i'm not going to move. so they are trying to find a place to go. what

our temperature at bwi marshall has gone down, again, 63 degrees. the humidity 52%. the winds still pretty brisk from the west at 18 and the pressure falling 29.91. there's your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. you've got low tide just before noontime, 11:29. high tide 4:53 in the afternoon. tomorrow's winds will calm down a little. it will be breezy in the morning but in the afternoon they'll calm down to about 6 to 12 miles per hour. from the northwest. sun coming up at 7:02. sets 6:50. low this morning a very cool 47 degrees, the high today 68. oakland had a low this morning of 43. a high of 46. they went up three degrees. that is some of the cool air that is coming in our direction. we did hit our two-degree guarantee. we've hit it five days in a row now. that's the reason they call it maryland's most accurate forecast and it is. 68 in york. 62 hagerstown. 61 winchester, virginia. on the eastern shore, ocean city 70. 66 easton. dover, delaware 66. our satellite picture throughout the day, lots of sunshine during the day today but this little trough of low pressure

bwi marshall topped out about 83. that doesn't really tell the story because there's so much moisture in the air. feels like near 90 with all the humidity. summerlike humidity. they are going to continue another day. maryland's most powerful doppler radar not picking up much rain across the state. a few showers in far western maryland out toward friendsville and the river. tonight, partly cloudy, muggy, and another steamy day tomorrow, it will feel more like summer than fall but that does begin to change towards the weekend. we'll talk about when things cool off and then when they warm up again, coming up in a few. >>> voter confusion and some anger in annapolis. a former white house aide says she's dropping out of the race for mayor of annapolis, again. zina pierre made the announcement this afternoon at a news conference in annapolis. she did not take questions from reporters but said she did not want questions about her finances to be a distraction. >> did i make some mistakes as a young fledgling small business ow

high temperatures today, we did pop up briefly to 76 at bwi marshall. actually for about two hours this afternoon. so that is just about average for this last day of summer. temperaturewise, you had to get to northern virginia in winchester to find 80s but i think we'll see more and more 80s as we go into the first couple of days of fall. a little unusual twist but nothing really that unusual. we will see low 80s, nothing near record temperature but it will be nice the next few days temperaturewise. see a little more cloud cover. 73 dover now. 75 baltimore. 72 in charlottesville. look at the satellite and y locally. in fact the few clouds we've had, not very thick. we had a lot of blue sky today. we're actually getting a break in the clouds across the immediate baltimore/central maryland area. take you out a little wider and you see the showers across the appalachian mountains now. so there is some wet weather but this system not really moving much. kind of holding off to the west. what we're really watching is this -- southerly flow developing. a big a

temperatures dropping off into the upper 70s now. 79 currently at bwi marshall.umidity 62% but noticeably less muggy out right now. thanks to a cool front that trucked through the area about midday today. low temperatures this morning, down around 69 degrees. but you know what? that is going to be more like the highs we see over the next couple of days. so quite the change, quite the difference here. as we go into the weekend. so, again, it was a muggy, steamy start, felt a lot more like summer last night, even this morning. as you left work this afternoon you may have noticed a change. even though we topped out in the mid-80s across the area the humidity was lower, even as early as about 2:00 this afternoon. and north winds are going to continue to drop these numbers as we go into the weekends. quick check over on the eastern shore. emergency management, 78 degrees, feels like 81 now. humidity dropping, no rain across the eastern shore. take a look at this, satellite and radar picture, really nothing out there. had a large thunderstorm cluster late last night. m

our official temperature at bwi marshall 62 degrees. wind continues from the west at 9 miles an hour. pressure rising 29.93. frost advisory is in effect for worcester, maryland, in garrett andal begany county -- allegany county as well as western pennsylvania. not in baltimore. it will be cool but not that cool, at least not yet. low tide just before noontime at 11:59. high tide in the afternoon, 5:42. tomorrow, winds from the northwest 6 to 12, sun coming up 7:03. sets 6:49. high today was 66 degrees. the low this morning, started out chilly but not as cold as we thought. we hit our two-degree guarantee six days in a row now. 59 york. 61 hagerstown. it's already down to 45 oakland. dover now at 64. 65 in ocean city. as far as our wind chill, feels a little cooler because of the breeze. but the breeze is going to be calming down throughout the evening. throughout the day today, a mix of clouds and sun, a few light sprinkles. we talked about it yesterday. they came through the region but didn't amount to a hill of beans. on the way to th

our temperature at bwi marshall 76 degrees. 71% humidity.now from the east at 5, pressure steady 29.94. there are the tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. low tide at noontime. high tide 5:13 in the afternoon. winds tomorrow from the northeast at 6 and 12 miles per hour. sun coming up at 6:49. sets 7:13. low this morning 61 degrees. high 83, did hit our two-degree guarantee. temperature fell off to 76. 72 york. ocean city 80. 80 in easton. our satellite and radar picture, sunshine this morning, then by this afternoon some clouds started rolling into the region. even a few light scattered showers. what's going on, we have a cold front -- or cool front through this region there. we're also watching some areas of low pressure that are situated down here. what is going to be happening with the areas of low pressure, once the frontal system passes through bringing in cooler air it will become stationery through here. that area of low pressure, or areas of low pressure, will travel along that front and around that area of low pressure, get counterclock

our temperature at bwi marshall 71 degrees. 73% humidity. winds currently from the northeast at 14 miles an hour. the pressure rising 30.11. a coastal flood advisory is in effect for harford county, southern baltimore county, baltimore city, anne arundel county and also the counties in southern maryland as well as the lower 2/3 of delaware. there's only three counties in delaware. as the jersey shore as well as the maryland shore. they are looking for heavy rainfall and also pretty gusty winds that could give them a little bit of light flooding. that means just watch out for it. high tide early in the morning 5:53. low tide after the noontime hour 12:40. tomorrow's winds from the east at 6 to 12 miles per hour. sun coming up 6:49. will set 7:13. temperatures across the area now, it's already down to 66 in york. 64 philadelphia. the cool front is bringing in the cooler air, riding over the top of us but on its way southward. and will drop our temperatures. our satellite, there are the early morning sprinkles we had. most of the activity is fr

morning a one million dollar reward is being offered. >>> there's a a new airline flying out of bwi marshalarted flights out of baltimore this week. and derek valcourt hopes the new service takes off. >> reporter: it's four flights a day from baltimore to boston. but airport executives here at bwi say in the long run, this could mean better barringins for flyers like you and me. the cost to fly floored some passengers. >> it's ridiculous. >> very high especially the baggage charge is outrageous. >> sometimes that makes or breaks whether or not i fly somewhere instead of driving. >> reporter: but if you want to fly to boston from bwi good deals may be ripe for the picking because low costs carrier jetblue joins a slew of airlines including air trance and southwest flying beantown. first flight out of bwi left today. >> there's a competitive impact and what we have seen with air tran and with southwest they too are lowering the fares in the largest market out of bwi boston. to compete to keep market share to attract new passengers. >> reporter: those low cost carriers are helping keep prices

the actual high at bwi marshall 65. so we did hit that two-degree guarantee. our winner tonight from my hometown, mount airy, judy, dwramps. -- congratulations. you scored an abc2 umbrella. we'll be back with the little bit better forecast as far as sunshine, coming up. (announcer) nancy decided she can't afford so many bathroom detours when sixty percent off is at stake, so today, she's talking to her doctor about overactive bladder. teri decided she's tired of always stopping to "go", so today, she's talking to her doctor, too. if you have overactive bladder symptoms, today is the day to talk to your doctor and ask about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day significantly reduces sudden urges and accidents over 24 hours, all day and all night. plus, toviaz comes with a simple plan with tips on food and drink choices and training your bladder. if you have certain stomach problems or glaucoma, or cannot empty your bladder, you should not take toviaz. toviaz can cause blurred vision and drowsiness so use caution when driving or doing unsafe tasks. the most

our temperature now at bwi marshall 71 degrees. 66% humidity.rrently from the northeast at 10. pressure rising 30.14. there are your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry tunnel. tomorrow's going to be a bit on the breezy side from the north at 15 to 25 and some gusts higher than that. sun coming up at 6:43. sets 7:22. a coastal flood advisory is in effect along the jersey, delaware and maryland coastline. we have a dpeal warning also in effect -- gale warning also in effect, as the area of low pressure gradually climbs along the eastern seaboard. 80 hagerstown. 70 york. 69 pax river. easton 66. in ocean city now, 70. throughout the day scattered showers across the region. some people have seen them, some haven't seen much of anything. as you can see there's quite a line of showers heading in our direction now. they've had rainfall up in harford and northern portions of baltimore county, all because of that area of low pressure sitting off the eastern seaboard of the united states. it's trying to move northward but keeps running into a big area of high

they've got great weather for it. 76 degrees now at bwi marshall. humidity 52%. there's that light south wind around 5 miles per hour. speaking of sporting and blue skies, i have to show you ocean city. if you look closely here not a lot of people on the beach us a might expect but see the flags go up there? a couple of people out there enjoying kite-flying. you see the clouds rolling from the south and east there, just a gorgeous day down in ocean city, they are 71 now. this morning, pretty chilly, not as cold as just one day ago. sunday morning, we had temperatures flirting with the 30s up just north of the pennsylvania line. nothing like that this morning but it was still chilly out there. 49 to start the day at bwi. eastern shore starting off in the low 50s. high temperatures rebound pretty nicely. winchester got up to 80 this afternoon. we got up to 76. that was what we forecast by the way. so we'll have a weather umbrella winner. stay tuned at 6:00. we'll tell you who is winning that. bay forecast tomorrow, looks great. foot a chop, water temperature still

first, we're looking at temperature now in 76 or so at bwi marshall. 77 easton. widespread mid to upper 70s for the most part. one cooler spot way out toward western maryland. things looking pretty nice. radar clear. maryland's most powerful doppler radar not showing up any form of precipitation. that could change late in the day, into tomorrow, but tonight, look for clouds on the increase. we'll talk about the best chance of rain and peek ahead at the first days of fall. coming up in a few. >>> president barack obama says hard work and invasion will lead the -- innovation will lead the way out of this recession. he delivered an economic pep talk today saying we must innovate so we don't just drift into the future. diana avillar reports. >> reporter: speaking at an upstate new york community college president obama outlined his administration's plan to invest in innovation. when we fail to invest in research we fail to invest in the future. >> reporter: he promised to make college more affordable, reduce taxes of start-up companies and kick start lagging investme

at the bwi marshall, it is 70. 72 at the inner harbor. here is a look at what is coming up on the jay leno show. >> the g-20 summit wrapped up in pittsburgh today. protesters were out in force. >> president obama brought the g-20 summit to a close on friday afternoon. >> we will continue our stimulus efforts and phase them out when our recovery is strong. we cannot stop there. we cannot tolerate the same old boom and bust economy of the past. >> the final day of this week's meeting of world leaders in pittsburgh was marked by a massive protest. it was built as a peaceful event and thousands took part. >> i think it is wrong for 20 countries to control the entire economy of the world. >> downtown, a massive police presence provided security as the first lady took spouses on a tour of a local performing arts school. the leaders agreed to raise the profile of the summit as a force for economic stability and pledged to tighten financial regulation. but it was the president's surprise morning announcement that grab headlines. >> the islamic re

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over an inch and a half at bwi thurgood marshall airport. but things have slowly dried out a bit. 62 at the inner harbour right now. cloudy skies. it was really windy out there today. those have subsided a bit. out of the west at eight. and humidity is up. and at 93 percent. so on sky watch hd regional radar, things are tapering off. and coastal low moved in here today. and brought a lot of rain showers. mainly toward the delmarva. now the showers are toward the north in pennsylvania. and new york. but we could see a still of rain showers overnight and for the daytime on su saturday. before the coastal low really officially makes the way out of our area. so here is the state rainfall totals for the daytime for today. over an inch and a half reported at bwi thurgood marshall airport but look over toward dover. close to 3 inches of rain reported. the delmarva peninsula got hit hard from the coastal low that really moved in our area. for the daytime for today. brought some heavy rain showers, and the strong winds out of the northwest today. gus

bwi marshall. relative humidity, 83%. winds from the west, 9 miles per hour. 30.10 and rising. across the state, 68 and 67. some of the lower numbers. 70 the shore. around the immediate metro area, 64 westminster. 68 on kent island. with the wind from the west, we'll see drying out. not too much rain of any sort out there, but the clouds aren't going to break. we have seen a tendency of a southerly winds. as a result, we have a coastal flood advisory in effect. along the western shores of the bay. all rain is to our south. what we'll see, more and more of the high pressure dominating our forecast, drying us out. after the sun starts to pick up, we're going to see uh, more and more of the clearer sky. mostly clear conditions tonight. wet conditions stay to our south. pleasant conditions stay with us. front comes through sunday night into monday. brings a chance of rain with moisture from the west. we'll not see that until monday. sunset today, 7:10. no advisory on the bay. 5 to 10 knots. we're looking at uh, 81 degrees today. it's going to take a little bit to get there. the tem

we had a couple of showers at bwi marshall. there is a lot more rain west of the mountains.that is what we will have to watch for tomorrow night and saturday. it may be making an impact on our weather for the first part of the weekend. 80 degrees at salisbury. a hint of the cooler air starting to show up in pennsylvania. wild it will remain mostly cloudy, the windsors should change to the north. -- the winds should change to the north. temperatures will be more like fall. the front coming through central maryland right now, the winds are light and variable in direction. there is a weak area of high pressure but will probably have not much success clearing out the clouds around here. expect some of this cloud cover to hang around. that increases rain chances for the first half of the weekend. tomorrow, cloudy and cooler. we will have their clubs and the rain holding off to the west. some showers are possible in the mountains tomorrow. for saturday night, there is the potential for a heavy downpour. good news for football on sunday, the storm moves off the coast early in the m

southerly component is bringing in some warmer air. 13-mile-per-hour winds around bwi marshal. 15 towards easton and 10 in washington county. but as a result of that front, we have a wind advisory in effect for our far western counties. gart county seeing this advisory through the day and it could get blustery this afternoon. winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour. we will keep you posted on the progress of this front and, of course, bernette will have more coming up in the complete updated first warning forecast night monday. it's okay. >>> gone governor o'malley is protected from the flu e got the seasonal flu shot and is hoping to encourage all marylanders to do the same. the seasonal flu vaccine doesn't completely protect individuals from the h1n1 strain of the flu. but it will help. a vaccine for h1n1 should be available next week. >>> the fight against prostate cancer gaining strength with help from wjz and community commitment. hundreds came out over the weekend to participate in the great prostate cancer challenge. the third annual 5k run and 1 mile fun walk took place in towson

coming in at 78 at bwi marshal. and you can see the humidity is low. but the dew point is relatively low and that's why it feels so comfortable outside. here's situation. winds are light and variable because high pressure is in control. that's going to change starting tomorrow because of two different storms out there. one is this front off to the north. that's going to bring in cooler air from the north. also you see a few clouds that will come our way for tomorrow. the same time there's all the rain off to the south. the front is going to draw some of that moisture northward. so tomorrow we are going to see more in the way of clouds and a chance for rain to break out. now most of the rain will stay off to the south. but with the front coming in and the moist if moisture coming up from the south there's a chance in the green, for a bit of rain tomorrow and then again on thursday. but by thursday, even cooler air comes down from the front. so, temperatures are going to take a hit over the next few days. this is the slow moving storm system so the chanc

. >>> and state budget cuts are forcing changes at bwi marshall airport. the maryland aviation administration will close the communications center at the airport. eight staffers including those who deliver announcements in five languages are losing their jobs. the cuts are expected to save about $450,000 a year. >>> if you are a senior citizen struggling to pay your telephone bill the state wants to help you out. this week marks narc telephone lifeline awareness week. the and verizon is encouraging people to take advantage of the program. i could get service for as little as 66 cents a month. one senior tells us her bill had become unmanageable. >> all the charges, federal charge, all the other state -- nobody understands too much, but that adds up. so, oh, yes, we wouldn't be charged the federal charge. it's a big savings. >> if you would like to learn more about the lifeline discount plans you can call verizon at 1-800-525-0145. >>> the day didn't start out too bad but the clouds moved in and we have scattered showers. look at maryland's most powerful do

bwi marshal an inch and a half and we have a product here that can estimate how much rain has fallen.he max hd radar can do that and you can see there was nothing basically from fredericksburg to culpeper, charlottesville or richmond. it was sunny there, gorgeous. that was the placeto be and you get to the eastern shore and we found 6- and 8-inch radar estimated totals, although we're getting ground from this, too. through southern maryland, up to three inches, bel-air marynd, three inches. on the del mask a three to six inches of rain from this. quite an impressive storm and we are going continue to feel a bit of the influence over the weekend and by and large, it's much weakened. this is what imon by saying we may get a bit of a taste of it. during the day saturday, there will be clouds around, maybe a late-day shower and that will be a piece of energy the upper- level energy coming behind the storm system and out there. kind of opening up. hey, hang in there fosunday. sunday looks great. 82 degrees and we think the sunshine will return and as the sunshine returns, the temperatures

bwi marshall now 83 degrees. it foals a lot more like 90 at the airport now. just to give you an idea. it was only in the mid and upper 60s for lows last night. we'll be seeing 60s for highs by the weekend so things will change around here. a couple of showers off in western maryland. i think those will probably fall apart before making it to baltimore. i'm going to keep it dry tonight. it will still be a muggy sultry night so when i say dry i mean no rain but you'll feel the moisture in the air out there. we'll talk more about the outlook for the next couple of days. when does the big plunge in temperatures come? coming up. >>> we have awesome news for bank of america customers. which fees they are finally cutting out. and what other bank is following in their footsteps? >>> so you cash in your clunker for cash, get a new car and weeks later you're told to fork over more money! it's happening to some people. find out why. what's that smell? take control of trash odors with glad odor shield. special technology embedded in the whole bag neutralizes odors. your

our temperature at bwi marshall 72 degrees. 73% humidity. winds from the northeast at 15, and pressure rising 30.11. our satellite picture, a few light scattered sprinkles moved through, then throughout the day, morning sunshine, clouds parted. then came back in. now we've got scattered showers, mostly to the north but the maturity of the shower activity to the south of us. just to the southeast of richmond. going over towards norfolk, getting heavy showers and even thunderstorm activity. the southeast pretty involved in some scattered showers now. not torrential downpours but scattered showers. again, it's all because of a frontal system that is going to become stationery right through this region, a little area of low pressure will move along that frontal system and of course surround areas of low pressure, we always talk about it. counterclockwise circulation of air and that is dragging in the moist air from the atlantic, causing that shower activity. that is why the national weather service did, we talked about it at the beginning of the

we have a disabled vehicle 195 at aviation boulevard out by bw -- bwi marshall. jfx, traffic great at cold spring lane. looking for a business you know you can trust? let your better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bbb for more information. back to you. >>> "good morning maryland" news time now 6:33. six hours ago, orleans street in southeast baltimore words and then gunfire. >> abc2 news linda so reports on city police saying they had no choice but to shoot a man who threatened them. >> reporter: the shots were fired when police say a drug suspect stabbed an undercover officer in the back. two officers with the monument street initiative on midnight were making a drug arrest on the 2800 block of orleans street. this is exclusive video from our overnight photographer pete "on the street" o'neill. police say they were forced to shoot the suspect after he attacked one of the officers with a knife. the officer was wearing a bulletproof vest that protected him from getting hurt. the suspect later died at the hospital. >> the subject tried

. >>> outside bwi marshall 72 degrees.orning clouds gave way to the afternoon shine as this area of high pressure wins out. the area of high pressure will stay with us through the overnight. nothing showing up on radar. 74 westminster. over in dundalk and edge mere area they are sharing 75 degrees with water. here's your forecast for the overnight period. mostly clear skies tonight. during the day tomorrow lots of sunshine. all shower activity stays to the west for the weekend. forecast for overnight mostly clear. seasonably cool. 59 degrees for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow mostly sunny and cool high of 72 degrees. looking ahead to the rest of the weekend cooler than normal temperatures. 75 degrees. scattered showers on monday and tuesday as well as wednesday and thursday. >>> we have been on the air since 5:00 with breaking news of dundalk. you can see a crew on the scene. that's roosevelt. he's feet away from a 72-inch water main. you are look at it live. it has been gushing water two hours. we are told it

temperaturewise still 76 at bwi marshall. humidity high, light southeast wind.maryland's most powerful doppler radar showing some shower activity primarily north of the city right now. at one point we had some fairly heavy rains out toward hanover, pennsylvania but now we're seeing more of that precipitation falling north of bel air, up toward delta and harford county. a couple showers crossing in that direction. you'll find probably slick roads if you're commuting back on i-83 or even eventually on i-95 down towards perryville. some wet weather there as well. lows this, mo, anywhere between the upper 50s and low 60s. not bad for the first day of fall here. we had a nice rebound temperaturewise. up into the upper 70s for the most part. york got to 75, winchester 77. baltimore 78. we did find 80s down towards ocean city and eastern shore. so all in all a pretty decent setup weatherwise. a little above average temperaturewise. we're going to get warmer the next few days as kelly alluded to. we're going to be in the low 80s towards the middle of the week. it's a li

a little breezy, a little cool, way below normal. 65 degrees at bwi marshall. 48% humidity. wind from the west at 24. pressure falling 29.67. temperatures across the region right now, it's 61 up in york. 63 hagerstown. winchester, virginia at 63. 66 dover. ocean city, they win the prize, 73 degrees. look at oakland, 43 degrees, wow! that's at 5:00 in the afternoon. that's the cooler air that is coming in our direction that we're going to be seeing some of that overnight. during the day, lots of sunshine today. a few clouds back to the west. that area of low pressure rotating counterclockwise continues to drag down the clouds. as soon as the clouds hit the mountains they are basically falling apart. we're seeing a little bit of precipitation there but look at this, right there, up in the high elevations of west virginia. they are seeing a little bit of frozen precipitation in some of the higher elevations. oakland, 43 degrees, kind of early for them to see sleet and freezing rain out there but there it is right there. currently showing up on the satellite picture. the larger

our temperature at bwi marshall now 78 degrees. 62% humidity. wind currently from the east at 7, and barometer 29.92. there are the tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. low tide exactly at noontime. high tide in the afternoon at 5:13. sun coming up tomorrow morning at 6:49. you're not going to see it. will set 7:13. you're not going to see that either. it will be cloudy and overcast most of the day. hagerstown now at 83. 79 york. 78 downtown baltimore. over on the eastern shore in ocean city, an even 80 on the boards. as far as what's been happening throughout the day, there's the sunshine that we had this morning. as we went through the day and into the afternoon lots of sunshine, then the clouds rolled in. here come the little bit of scattered showers moving into the region. i'll show you what is going on when we look at the larger satellite picture. as you can see the sunshine this morning, then the clouds this afternoon, then a few scattered showers. the majority of the rain lifts back in here. here's what's going on, a frontal system, a cool fro

our temperature right now at bwi marshall 663 degrees. wind currently from the northwest at 13, pressure rising. my friend terry. frost advisories out for western maryland, western pennsylvania as well as west virginia. it's not going to get that cold in baltimore but tell you what, not too far off before we're going to be seeing those kinds of temperatures making their way into the baltimore area. speaking of temperatures. right now in oakland, it's already down to 45. 59 in winchester, rginia. hagerstown at 64. 61 york. pax river 61 degrees. 62 atlantic city. same in philly. 69 now, down at the boardwalk at ocean city and easton currently reporting in with 63. our satellite picture throughout the day, clouds overnight, we did see the scattered light showers come through the region. just kind of light sprinkle activity. in fact, i had to drive down to annapolis today and saw a few little light sprinkles on the windshield there but not a big deal. as you can see, as the evening goes along there's still a chance for a few sprinkles through

still 80 now at bwi marshall. 82 pax river, but there are 70s on the map and that is going to be the trend here into the day tomorrow. visible satellite pictures now, we've got fair weather cloud cover across the state. no precipitation though. i think tonight it will be noticeably cooler, down to 65 degrees by daybreak with a cool north breeze. that will be a difference. we'll talk about even cooler weather to come for the first half of the weekend, in a couple of minutes. >>> the senate seat held for a nearly half century by the late ted kennedy will now be filled by a kennedy family friend. massachusetts governor duvall patrick named paul kirk jr. to fill kennedy's senate seat. the former democratic party chairman will fill the seat until there's a special election in january. he served on ted kennedy's staff for eight years and is chairman of the john f. kennedy library foundation. kirk will be sworn in tomorrow. >>> president obama is in pittsburgh for the g-20 summit on the global economy. the leaders will hold talks today and tomorrow to make sure the global economy stays on t

airline passengers won't be the only one benefiting from jetblue at bwi marshall. the airline has also announced a new partnership and $5,000 donation to the national aquarium in baltimore. >>> a look at tonight's top stories. a hijacking at a mexico city airport is over tonight. at least five suspects were arrested. the aeromexico flight 576 carrying 104 people on board, some of them americans, had been hijacked on the way to the capital from cancun. all the passengers and crew were released. there were reports the hijackers were threatening to blow up the plane unless they were allowed to speak to mexico's president. no one was hurt. >>> four men are facing charges tonight for stealing the monument dedicated to orioles hall of famer cal ripken. the huge aluminum 8 representing his number was ripped from outside of camden yards last night. surveillance cameras captured video of the men removing the 4-foot monument and placing it in the bed of a pickup truck. the suspects have been identified as 19-year-old matthew rainer and jason stone brenner. 18-year-old patric

jetblue is launching a flight from bwi marshall to boston today.nor of the new flight jetblue will donate to the national aquarium. jetblue will run four non-stop flights daily from boston to baltimore and baltimore to boston for $39 each way. all part of its inaugural flight. jet blue also arrange to give out free crab hats and gifts. compliments of visit baltimore. >>> nine new families will soon call a vacant east baltimore block their home. habitat for humanity of the chesapeake will kick off construction of their new homes tonight. they will be building in the 2400 block of fayette street. a few blocks from the biotech center being built across the way from johns hopkins hospital. these are not typical homes, they are module homes and will be put up with the foundation, that costs less, takes less time to build other homes. they are also more energy efficient. the nine families could move in by mid-october. >> nearly all our homeowners are first-time home buyers. nearly any of them would say they never thought this could be possible for them.

your shot from harbor cam, overlooking the light street pavilion, temperatures at bwi marshall now, very cool, employment, 68 degrees, 55% humidity, wind currently from the northeast at 18 miles per hour. and picking up throughout the day, the pressure rising 30.29. coastal flood advisory remains in effect for the counties in southern maryland, also around the dc area. we've also got a gale warning in effect for chesapeake bay and also all along the eastern seaboard. because of that storm system that is generating those powerful showers and thunderstorms. right now temperatures across the region, hagerstown 71. 67 york. pax river 66. 64 easton. 64 in dover, delaware. our satellite picture throughout the day, scattered showers here, here in the baltimore area precipitation-free, even saw a little sunshine. but look at this massive bunch of rachel head -- rainfall heading in our direction. pummeling the shores through virginia, the mouth of the chesapeake bay. that system is rotating this moisture into the region. again we're right on the western edge of this. so we will see some scattered

right now, at bwi thurgood marshall airport checking in at 66 degrees. and under mostly cloudy skies. winds calm at this hour. and humidity is still up. 93 percent. we could see patchy fog as well overnight before the winds shift to the northwest. allowing for cooler dryer air to move in to our area. state temperatures right now. 70 in d.c. 71 degrees in baltimore. 65 in dover. but a chilly 55 degrees in oakland. and temperatures will be dropping down tomorrow. start to feel the cooler chilly air move in to our area saturday to sunday morning. and we will feel temperatures in the upper 40s. so high pressure system sits on top of us, and builds in nicely. so if you have out plans this weekend. plan saturday and sunday, you are in luck. tomorrow future scan model at 1:00. beautiful sunny day in store for us. nice conditions. dry conditions. and comfortable as well that sticks with us for 48 hours. and sunday, 11 a.m. plans to head to church sunday, great day for brunch outside. but there is a low pressure system organizing itself, in the ohio valley. and i

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at bwi marshall, 78 degrees. 62% humidity.d continues from the east at 7 and the pressure 29.92. here are the temperatures across the area now. and in winchester, virginia, 82. it's already down to 70 in oakland. dover at 80 degrees. 81 in atlantic city and pax river now 79. our satellite picture throughout the day. nice start. lots of sunshine. warm temperatures but then the clouds rolled in. where did they come from. right now we have a cold front, stretching through this region here. this little area of low pressure. we'll show you the area of low pressure that is here, that is going to be making its way along the cold front. the cold front will be stationery. trust me, it's here, it will move in this direction. then these area the of low pressure will ride along the front giving us the counterchockwise circulation of air, bringing moisture into the region. is why we'll have a -- the heaviest rain remains here over the southeastern portion of the united states but these little areas of low pressure will continue to give us

dulles 68 and bwi marshal right now is 66 degrees.ratures are all over the place this evening. it really depends on where you are. winchester 66. hagerstown is still stuck at 70 degrees. and here's the front. it's just to the north of us. the winds are beginning to shift behind the front into pennsylvania. again we're not seeing a drastic drop in temperatures behind the front but we are seeing drier conditions coming across. so the dew points are going to drop. the skies will clear. and again that's going to make for a very, very pleasant weekend out there. we've got to get this frontal system through because once it moves through, we'll be in pretty good shape out there. the front will push right on down to the south of us. so with that in mind, it's not going to hang up and cause any problems along the front this weekend. that's one thing we're doing. i'm stalling for time just a little bit because i'm trying to get my computer to go. there we go. the clouds will stay south of us all weekend long and southwest of us as well. again t

our temperature right now at bwi marshall 63 degrees. 52% humidity. wind currently from the northwest at 13, pressure rising 29.92. a look at the tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. low tide at 11:59. high tide in the afternoon at 5:42. tomorrow's winds from the northwest 6 to 12. sun -- a frost advisory in effect for garrett and allegheny counties, western pennsylvania and down into west virginia and skyline drive will have chilly air. of course there's no real danger to baltimore from this but folks traveling west, make sure you have a heavy coat in the car because it will be right chilly out there by early tomorrow morning. our satellite picture throughout the day, we saw those few little light sprinkles making their way through the region. the clouds continue with us but through the overnight period a lot of the clouds will dissipate giving us a mostly clear sky during the early morning hours. when you get the coolest temperatures. that means whatever heat we got during the day today will radiate back out into space. you can see the clouds over top of

61 degrees right now is the temperature at bwi marshal. 55 the dew point. humidity at 08% with a north northeastern flow at 6 miles per hour. 30.18 and rising the barometer reading. 719 warm spot in ocean city. 66 in the nation's capital across the state, cooler temperatures out in our western suburbs as you might imagine. 54 in cumberland and 51 in oakland. around the beltway 140 corridor, 56 in westminster. 70 corridor, 29 i should say 58 in columbia. we are looking at 36 over in kent island along the 50 stretch and bel air up around 24. well, 56. i will give outtraffic forecast, too. without sharon on a saturday morning. wind coming in from the north northeast and that's going to bring us the cool flow that keeps the temperatures down a little below the average of 78 for this date. this is all behind high pressure that is really just dominating the forecast. all the dry you see really across much of the lower 48. we are dealing with dry conditions and the high is just pretty much fudge in the clockwise flow of air and at this point with the position of t

let's look at some of the numbers. 83 the current at bwi marshall but hotter weather off to the west. look at hagerstown, pushing 90. same deal in winchester. this is unseasonable, not recordbreaking but we've seen 90s at this time of year before but it's still muggy. couple of showers lining up across western maryland pushing in towards the hagerstown area now but these are probably going to fizzle out before coming our way. i'll take the showers out for tonight, call it partly cloudy, muggy and sultry in the city. more on the forecast as we go to the next few days here because there's even more heat to come, and a big drop in the temperatures. we'll talk about that in a few. >>> the theater on the campus of the university of maryland college park is closing. the university's newspaper says student union officials will close the theater which was involved in controversy when it screened a porn movie in april. instead it will represent the space to university-based groups and outside organizations to use as an auditorium. the change will take place in january. >>> diabetes, doesn't ju

beautiful skies today. 63 at bwi marshall. 67 downtown. >> welcome back.investigators look into a shooting he was involved in. it started at his home this afternoon and ended with a suspect critically injured. surge in his home. the officer chased the suspect for three blocks. the suspect is listed in critical condition this morning. howard county will spend 18 months in jail for sexually abusing a 14 year-old student. cuaderes, a teacher at a charter school pled guilty today. home. he will have to register as a child sex offender. he must undergo mental health treatment. a $4 billion deal between consolation industry and edf is being investigated. an aspect of the deal could impact your electric bill. there are concerns that if the deal falls through, how your electric rates could occur. it the deal is stopped, edf says they will build plants elsewhere. >> top prepared is the government for the swine flu? today we find out what kathleen sebelius is san on capitol hill. kathleen sebelius will talk about what the country can expect in a surge in cases. toda

at bwi marshall 61. with these temperatures down close to 60, at least in the outlying areas, that 81% represents a fairly dry atmosphere. it will drop a little more. the barometer rising. we have a light north wind now coming in from behind that cool front. here's what happened yesterday. once the sun broke -- we were in the 60's all morning long. the sun finally broke through in the early afternoon, and temperatures jumped in response to that. b.w.i. marshall, the high was 77. inner harbor, 79. we might have to struggle to get short of that today. only a trace of precipitation. these days are getting shorter, so it is harder to warm up. so on average, now, 80's becomes more of the exception than the rule. we still have room for the 80's all over. annapolis checks in with 67. frederick 55. petersburg 48 right now. oakland checks in with 50. here's a satellite image. here's the cloud cover that almost dissipated coming south. but there is a little hint of clouds that produced those sprinkles on the easte

ocean city is at 73 degrees right now. 65 degrees at bwi marshall. thicker cloud, higher elevations, oakland it is only at 43 degrees right now and they are not going to warm up very much. here is a map showing some of the wind gusts are around the area. 28 miles per hour. the strongest best i found, two of them in annapolis and in lancaster. the guest of 23 miles per hour in oakland. a little bit hard to see here, these lighter shades of gray, some of the clouds. thicker clouds out to the west which is why garrett county was so chilly. a storm system is spinning around in eastern canada. little disturbances are spinning around. one of those will come through tomorrow and may hold onto this cloudiness and may produce a sprinkle. once this lead to further east, we will enjoy -- once this slips further east, we will enjoy some nice weather. it a little bit on the chilly side tonight. 48 to 53 is the overnight low. probably not as chilly as it was early this morning. more of those clubs out to the west, the potential for a few sprinkles. some cloudiness

. >> reporter: darlene has insurance through her employer at bwi marshall. earlier today, she met with healthcare officials who helped her solve her outstanding bill problem, saying it was a mix-up but now it's fixed. >>> clouds now. should we expect some rain tonight? meteorologist tim williams is tracking first doppler radar. hi, tim. >> we've seen many of the clouds without much of the rain. and a look at first warning doppler radar shows pretty much what the story is. we have cool temperatures. 57% relative humidity. with the winds coming in at the northeast at 17 miles per hour. that is the direction of the rain that is moving, kind of lifting in offshore, courtesy of a low that has been trying to make its way in. much of the showers are down around ocean city and south of the delmarva. down around sheerchg teague. and we'll have your complete updated first warning forecast coming up. >>> at this hour, a special celebration is under way at power plant live to kick off the nfl season. ravens' fans are gathering for a night of football and entertainment.

at bwi marshall, i mentioned the temperatures at 60, 63. 65 on the boardwalk. 63 at frederick and 61. here's the satellite picture showing the storm. you can see it spinning over eastern pennsylvania, and here is what the map will look like this evening. the low pressure center moving off shore. a few showers are possible. nothing yesterday, though. 70 to 75 or the high. west-southwest winds at 10 miles per hour. boaters in the bay, 10 to 15 noths. bay water temperatures have dropped off considerably. now ranging from the upper 60's. insta-weather futurecast shows that storm spinning overhead during the day today. most of the rain chances will still be north of u.s. -- north of us, but we could pick up a shower or two. we are in good shape for the rest of the weekend and early next woodstock. here's a look at the insta-weather plus seven-day forecast. it is calling for temperatures again in the low to mid 70's again. tomorrow partly cloudy skies. a great day to lead up to football. a big game tomorrow. monday and tuesday look good as well. rain chances return. >> ravens fans are show

just about an inch and a half at bwi marshall. and look over toward the eastern shore. the lower right of your screen. over 5 inches of rain in ocean city. up about six inches just below that. and salisbury, we're seeing 2 inches of rain, not too much to the west in hagerstown. and each toward d.c. not quite an inch. but the rain tallies are still going up north of the city and we'll continue to keep you posted in your complete updated forecast. back inside. >> thank you. stay with wjz eyewitness news, for complete first warning weather. for updates on the forecast and live doppler radar any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> there was panic on the potomac. on this, the 8th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. this sparks fear in washington, d.c. just a short distance from where president obama was speaking about the 9/11 tragedy. joel brown has more on the training exercise. >> reporter: coast guard officials say the security scare on the potomac river was really just business as usual. >> what we've seen as a reaction to a training exercise that really was just that. >

and we're looking at 62 degrees at bwi marshal, 55 in oakland. that temperature has dropped a little. and looking at temperatures ranging from 59 in westminster and 54 in rock hall and 55 in the nation's capitol. winds have been calm around the region. and we're seeing them shifting to the south, southwest. and there has been a flood statement and a coastal flood advisory in effect for the western shores today and along the eastern shore because the winds have been blowing the water up against the shore. at times of high tide the water has been a foot higher or so. but that will now shift and we'll see a bit of a warmup due to the winds coming in from the southwest. high pressure building in the area. just to the south this will continue to move into place. that's continues to ease offshore, it will allow for a business of a disturbance to move in from the west. that will be here by monday. but till then, the front goes by and keeps us pleasant and the winds will shift around to the north and it makes thing a little cooler tomorrow. but nice for

bwi marshall 69. we're see higher temperatures cooler than yesterday with clouds in the forecast. highs only in the mid to upper 70s and cool with the possibility of scattered showers. so not the perfect end to a weekend but we can't complain about saturday and sunday. i'll have more details on the weekend coming up. back to you. >>> swine flu is spread ago cross college campuses. at least 2,000 students at washington state university have reported symptoms of h1n1. school officials says this appears to be one of thagest outbreaks on any campus. the first signs were reported during campus rush and then it spreaded rampantly with 200 reported cases a day. >>> swine flu fears spread at the university of maryland in the meantime as it has now 15 new suspected cases tax brings the. that brings the total of 79. they asked those to go home and get panic. they ask students not to panic but to use the best line of defense which is hygiene. >> everywhere they tell you to take pureel before you leave and come in. >> those with symptoms are being treated as if they had the swine flu. >>> an

right now, checking in at bwi thurgood marshall airport, 72 degrees in baltimore. made it to a high of 77 degrees today. and 64 degrees in harrisburg, and 66 degrees in pittsburg. we do have a cold front that will be dropping down in our area overnight tonight. allowing for the clear skies, and cooler temperatures, and high pressure system to build in here for a beautiful weekend. so waking up tomorrow, just an ample amount of sunshine. 6 a.m., 58, chilly if you are headed out in the morning hours for a early jog or walk. and 71 degrees by lunch time. pleasant conditions. and we're headed for a nice weekend. but when you head back to work, quite a different story. so i will all of that coming up in a few minutes. >> that's okay. we still have the ravens' game to deal with. it is that time of the week again, ravens' fans to get psyched for sunday showdown in san diego. fans showed off purple pride today at the mall in columbia and joined by the ravens cheerleaders and poe. the mascot. kickoff against the chargers is set for sunday at 4:15 eastern standard time, of c