>> another month another record for bwi marshall, 2.2 million passengers went through the airport in june the busiest june and second busiest month ever for bwi marshall the airport continues to show growth as it adds more carriers including condor which flies to germany. >>> the worst drought in decades now covers two thirds of the u.s., forecasters think the dry conditions will linger well into the fall. karen brown reports for wjz with impact of this heat and what is surviving. >> reporter: here in the texas panhandle, flip bingham is turning dust into gold. >> the drought sucked the life out of most crops, but the bingham family farm is a bright shot. >> how good is your crop this year? >> fantastic. we have the quality and quantity. >> reporter: bingham is growing grapes they can cool rate drought in fact -- tolerate drought in fact heat makes them sweeter they are so profitable he uses most of his water for the vineyard leaving the cotton crop to survive on rain. >> so you can make 10 times

feels like 107 now at bwi marshall.eels like 110 down at the inner harbor, where we're talking about the folks in the water 107 in easton and pax river. and 80 is the cool spot. winds are coming from the northwest at 6 miles per hour. winds are going to be bringing in very warm air. that's why we expect to have -- basically, we're calling this tory. just another blast of heat coming in here tomorrow and into saturday. it's because none of our neighbors are getting relief either. 99 in atlanta and memphis and kansas city. only place getting a little break is detroit. they had a shower move through. chicago had a bit of a shower move through. so the air temperatures cool down a little bit. but those showers are going to stay primarily away from us. if we get anything at all this afternoon, the slight risk category for severe thunderstorms has been out to the west. this front that has been bringing these showers, the showers have been right along the front, have been draped out to our west. what they're doing, these shower

marshall airport. captain roy taylor, what is happening now? >> i checked with the bwiey tell when the aircraft was originally coming here, there was no diversion. mde is on the scene, along with crews from anne arundel county fire crews as well as the airport fire crews. there are 38 medic units on the scene. one flight attendant was reported as ill. we are trying to get more information on exactly what is going on here. we'll update you as soon as we get more information. >> have you seen a lot of your earwigs or japanese beetles this year? jennifer franciotti has more. >> they are creaky can and crawly -- creepy and crawley. >> we are seeing soldier beetles, earwigs, and the return of the japanese beetle. >> he says the mild winter and lack of snow cover could be to blame. all they do kill some of the pests in the garden, they are likely to eat your marigolds. but he says the japanese beetles are just plain bad. >> this is one of the most destructive insects in the landscape. >> that is why these japanese beetle, but bags are in such demand. and some are also big pro

dulles tying the record set in 2010. 91 at national airport right now, 86 at dulles and 92 at bwi marshall. 84 in fredericksburg, 87 to the north at haggerstown. still pretty warm. we still have a heat in indexes to talk about. we'll let you know how long this will stick around because we do have a bit of a break. >>> we are not the only ones dealing with extreme heat. the midwest and parts of the east coast baking in more than 1200-degree temperatures. thousands of people in the mid- atlantic region are still without power one week after severe storms moved through the area. fox's molly hennin berg has that story >>> more than 20 deaths across

we did tie a record yesterday of 103 at bwi marshall. the heat index was close to 110 for much of the day. today, while we'll challenge another record of one, our forecast high is 98. heat index in the low 100s. this is the last day of temperatures. we have a transition moving through the region. it could bring thunderstorms. they'll move out and then we'll see improvement. 85 temperature bwi marshall. north northeasterly winds 8 miles per hour. that's the first indication temperatures are changing. winds are shifting away from the south and southwest which is pumping in warm, humid air. dew points 71. current temperatures in the 70s in oakland. mid 80s around the rest of the area. temperatures in annapolis and kent island 87. 81 westminster. all going up ten degrees from where we are now. this north easterly wind is just going to stay in that direction and will bring in cooler air. there is a front poised to move through the region. we had two waves. first wave came through last night. brought us a few thundershowers and thunderstorms a

reagan national 100 did he, dulles 98, bwi -- degrees, dulles 98, bwi marshall up to 99 degrees, still toasty out there this evening, temperatures holding up to 92 degrees. that's the warm spot. of course, it generally is this time of year with the heat island effect of the city and the concrete holding the heat from today. look at the heat index even at 10:00 at night, still feels like 96 degrees, quantico 100, feels a little cooler in fredericksburg with a temperature of 88 degrees. now listen, in anticipation of saturday and we were talking about this, we've been talking about it the last couple days or so, a heat index of 110 to 115 degrees has already been issued for the area. i don't know why it's not popping up right there, but just keep that in mind. i think tomorrow's heat index is probably going to be 100 to 105. they haven't issued it yet, but i'm just about sure they'll issue a heat advisory around here for tomorrow. it does get cooler. we can see the light at the end

in the evening hours let's see where our highs were. 97 degrees regan national, 92 dulles, 91 bwi marshall. some 9 degrees above the seasonal average elsewhere, 4 degrees warmer. right now 73 degrees as we start off the morning, humidity the same light northwesterly wind, 7 miles an hour temperatures in our neighbourhoods include, well, 77 degrees, annapolis, 72 fredericksburg, 70 degrees to the north at hagerstown. for today, what are we talking? skies clearing up behind all those storms that roared through, ridge of high pressure in control that will set us up for sunshine expect clouds this afternoon high very hot 90 degrees, could we see an isolated shower or a storm pop up? that is a possibility however looks like if we see any think mainly to the east we are generally talking a very dry and enjoyable day your full forecast a little later on and a look at that all important 5 day. >> sounds good thank you gwen. >>> meanwhile we are monitoring metro's track work that means the red line is shut down. buses running on the blue line. orange line single tracking between east falls church a

at bwi marshall, the record deficit at 7 inches. temperatures in the 80's around the baltimore area. 70's along the coast and 70 in the western mountains. the dew point temperature is in the 40's and 50, that is dry air for this time of year and it makes it quite comfortable. changes move in tonight. the clouds that we see here is scattered, partly cloudy skies heading toward thursday morning. those clouds are developing ahead of a warm front. the heat and humidity will rise. up toward philadelphia including the d.c. area under a heat advisory or excessive heat warning for the day tomorrow. there is a pretty dramatic temperature rise as this front goes by. '88 to cleveland, 98 chicago, 105 in kansas city. the heat comes in on the west to southwest breeze and maybe hot enough to trigger thunderstorms. the next front approaching, a cool front. it will be hot on friday. a thunderstorm may pop up. we start clear and pick up a few clouds. not too bad temperature wise. a light southwest breeze at 5 miles per hour. haitians -- hazy sunshin

bwi marshall with the dewpoint region of 56. you can take temperatures a little higher when the dewpoint gets a little bit lower. the other good news heading into tuesday morning with clear skies. no big storms on the horizon for this evening. temperatures will be able to cool off tonight, 60's in the suburbs and 70 downtown. a slight improvement here, although it will not last very long. look at the heat over the rest of the country. getting close to 100 in denver. not only will temperatures continue in the 90's but humidity levels will start to climb again. that leads to a few isolated thunderstorms, about a 20% chance tomorrow. kegan night on the sky late in the day as some gusty storms may develop. western maryland, big fourth of july holiday coming up tuesday into wednesday and continuing to see some scattered storms in the mountains. down at the coast, some really great beach weather. temperatures are lower because right on the beach. the next couple of days look pretty nice. 94 degrees tomorrow, 96 on the fourth of july w

we are still in the upper 90's. 99 at reagan national appeared still 100 at bwi-marshall. as we head to the evening temperatures will drop. on the in the 70's 280's overnight. right back to close to 100 degrees tomorrow. the humidity will feel more like 105. a heat advisory goes into effect everywhere east of the blue ridge tomorrow morning. >> we continue to that with a look at people who have no choice but to deal with the heat. >>kendice is live on the national mall with more people like you who have to commute in the conditions. >> it is one thing to see the numbers but it showed you and a whole another thing to feel it. whether you are working like these guys were on the mall all day, the heat and humidity made life difficult. you could see the heat and humidity on so many people oppose the faces today. if you or anywhere outside today, you could not avoid the miserable conditions. >> it is really hot. >> imagine having the most heavy equipment in this weather like the crew from this planning company. >> it is quite hot. we had a few people we had to give constant att

it felt comfortable, 87 at bwi marshall. the 100-degree record high will last for another year. it was set on this day in 2010. the record low of 69 was only four years ago. a record low and a record high in the space of a few years. the deficit in precipitation continues to grow. we are a quarter inch low for the month. 7.36 inches below normal for this time of year at bwi marshall. temperatures darkling a touch. 60's down on the eastern shore but still 80 degrees in downtown baltimore. it will be even hotter tomorrow. all of this shaded area is a heated by three for the afternoon tomorrow. an excessive heat warning with temperatures approaching 100 degrees in many areas tomorrow afternoon. you can see the warm front, 72 in baltimore, 82 in cleveland, 91 right now in chicago, 96 in kansas city. this heat in the middle of the country will be pushed into the middle of land tomorrow and temperatures may threaten the records tomorrow. 100 in cincinnati, 100 in louisville. almost 100 degrees in chicago. that is where the air is coming from court tomorrow. 65-75 for the overnight low

calm winds now around bwi marshall. this flow around the southeast is from high pressure that's starting to move off the coastline. that high is bringing in those winds off the south and southeast. and another high that is still bringing some clear conditions around the great lakes region starts to loosen its grip on our focus. it will allow for more rain that is still extended back towards texas to start to move into our area. we are already seeing some clouds here moving on in. that rain will stand a better chance of moving into our area, and each afternoon straight on through monday or so. and the heat and humid start to build right orphan through the week. this is not a washout of your plans for weekend, but know your chance for afternoon showers will be there. the temperatures will go up along with the dew points. south winds on the bay at 5 to 10 knots. 70 degrees tonight. tomorrow, going town 90 with partly sunny die skye. we look for 90 on saturday, 92 on sunday and monday, 94 on tuesday with overnight lows arou

tomorrow 103 at bwi marshall.now for fact in any of the urban islands it could be as hot as 106. tack another five to seven degrees for the heat index. on sunday 98. there are the thunderstorms. it's a strong frontal boundary that's going to knock us back to 86 monday. tuesday and wednesday, both days 84. >>> the rush right now from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. if you are just about to head out, we have a few problems that could get in your way. a ladder on 95, in the northbound direction at the beltway on the northeast side. apparently it's in the middle of the road. watch for an accident at north wolfe at northeast avenue. a downed tree at baldwin mill road. take 152 instead. traffic lights still out in hanover, dorsey road. a water main break at york road. take beaver dam or 83 instead. speeds slowing just a bit but not delayed. 60 and 61 are your averages. there's a look at your averages on 95 in the southbound direction between white marsh and the tunnel. no delays there yet either.

of the eastern and central portion of the country 86 degrees, regan national, 80 dulles, 85 at bwi marshall and but already in our neighbourhoods those temperatures continuing to climb slowly into the 90s as you can see and it feels warmer than that right now. humidity 67%, national, that is a good indication where we are headed we do have heat advisory in effect expecting the heat to reach up to 105 degrees today, brace yourselves and be prepared, chance of storms some could be severe. back to you. >> thanks gwen. >>> now 9 days since that nasty storm blasted through the dc region we started with more than a million power outages pepco now has about 500 in its service area but do hope to have everyone back online today. bge has 360, in ann awe reason dull, prince georges, howard county, dominion restored power to everyone who lost pow inner the storm but now about 500 outages because of heat related issues. >>> whether you have power or not, a lot of you are suffering some people have to work outside now with the possibility of more severe weather several local jurisdictions and power comp

right now, temperature is at 88 degrees at bwi marshall. cumberland and oakland, both being cooled down a little bit because of the rain on either side. and with the dew point in the 50s, that 88 degrees feels at least one degree cooler, at least in central maryland. feels more like 87 in d.c., bwi marshall, and elkton. right up and down the 95 corridor. things pretty comfortable overall. we'll continue to keep you posted on the afternoon's weather. we'll have your complete updated first warning forecast coming up. >> let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin. >> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, things are a bit hectic out there on northbound 95. delays still from 395. well past the fort mchenry tunnel. and it slows down again from route 32 to route 100. as far as the beltway goes, stop and go on the inner loop from the jones falls expressway to dulaney valley road. although things do break free after that. the westbound inner loop, expect 20 minutes in that direction from baltimore national pike to security boulevard. and several acc

right now, our temperature, just around 87 degrees at bwi marshall.e're keeping things a little cooler down in ocean city. we're looking at 85 in elkton. 88 in d.c. around the immediate metro area, temperatures around 88. 86 in rock hall. 87 in annapolis and on kent island. winds have died down as well. we did have some readings, as high as 15 to 16 miles per hour. now, 12-mile-per-hour winds around the south. around elkton are the strongest winds we have. everything else coming from primarily the south and southeast. what we're going to be seeing over the next few days, the front that pushed across the region that changed our dynamic from that 90- and 100-degree range has pushed down and stalled to our south. what you're seeing are showers riding from texas and down toward the gulf. and right on into the delmarva. and what we're going to see are little ripeps along that. and clouds cast in our direction, as a result of that system being very close. that is the reason we can't rule out a shower or so, mum like we had out towards westminster and hagers

some morning patchy fog currently 72 degrees regan national airport, 69 dulles, 69 degrees at bwi marshall, and humidity up at 81% we are not going to get too much of a break-in that humidity be prepared for that as you head out. today's high, talking 82 degrees, with mostly cloudy skies. more details coming up later on the 5 day forecast. >>> thanks gwen. >>> we begin with the latest on the movie massacre in colorado. president obama is heading there today, to visit with victims and families. the coroner identified the 12 victims killed in the shooting. bomb squads have cleared out all explosive materials from shooter james holmes apartment and holmes will apparently make his first court appearance tomorrow. police say he planned the attack with calculation and deliberation. foxes craig boswell has the latest from aurora colorado. >> reporter: police removed the immediate danger families are being allowed back into the area as they removed booby traps meant to kill. investigators give off a series of audible warnings before setting off a detonation inside the third floor apartment of mass

and of course, we hit 99 today at bwi marshall. and we started the week, of course, with temperatures in the 90s. stayed that way all the way through. heat index in the low 100s. but we've also been looking at the storm that rode through here that brought us these problems. nasa has released a satellite image of this storm. and it shows how the storm formed back in the upper midwest. and how it came together, roll over the ohio valley, right on into indiana, then the ohio valley, then pennsylvania, new york, virginia, and maryland. and it shows how the storms all lined up and moved on through. we have been educating folks on this term. it's called a dur atio. and it is not something we see here very often. but it created the damaging winds, along with those severe storms. and that is exactly what led us to this point. we'll continue to monitor the temperatures. we'll tell you when we can see some relief. and bob will have that complete updated forecast coming up. back inside. >> we'll take a collection. running up to $3.72. we'll s

humidity was in check. 90degrees at reagan national. 89 at dulles. 88 at bwi marshall. that is right in the ballpark of our averages. still warm outside now. 79 at d.c. 80 quantico. 68 to the west at winchester. 76 at hagerstown and 80 at annapolis with 76 in baltimore. skies fairly clear. ridge of high pressure in control. that's helping to get the clouds out of the way. we're looking at mostly clear skies in the overnight hours. earlier we had a bit of a popup shower here and there. not looking at any precipitation overnight tonight. things will change as we head into tomorrow. this ridge of high pressure will start to push its way out. plenty of sunshine in the morning hours. as it does, we have this upper level disturbance that will head in. cooler air aloft. that will set us up for afternoon thunderstorms. this disturbance will be sticking around during the course of the week. throughout the week, a chance of storms almost each day. in the meantime for tomorrow, sunny skies at 9:00 a.m., 80 degrees. midday, clouds push in. by 5:00, chance of thunderstorms and 88. t

here are the temperatures. 100 degrees at bwi marshall.ntown. - 6 in columbia. 97 in rising sun. the dew point has come down and this evening it is in the upper 50's. it's hot out there, but it's not as human as it was yesterday. here is the weather set up watching the front move across canada and the northeastern part of the united states. there are some big thunderstorms developing along about frontal boundary in new hampshire. thunderstorms to our west also in the ohio valley. tonight, i think we will stay dry. clear the partially cloudy tonight. temperatures will probably back below 80 and we will make it into the 80's in the suburbs. the line of strong thunderstorms developing across that boundary up in pennsylvania. there's been a chance we could get severe weather, but the best chance will be in pennsylvania and new jersey. you will eventually did into maryland to the best chance will be early tomorrow night and some large hail, heavy rain possible. the forecast for tomorrow is hazy sunshine to smart -- to start with another hot day

right now, 95 at bwi marshall, 98 at the inner harbor. what's coming up, preventing crime at the inner harbor on july 4. authorities say they have a plan. jayne miller has that story. plus, day five without power for tens of thousands in our state. the effort to try and get that power back on. power back on. ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined. pop in. stand out. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> isolated thunderstorms popping up in the area. so for the biggest arms have been north and west of baltimore. tracking them down through frederick county and parts of carroll county. that will likely impact the western suburbs in the next hour or so. they used to be healthy storms but it looks

here at home today, temperatures were pretty normal. 88 at bwi marshall. the normal is 87. the normal was set last year, 101 degrees. 59 as the record low back in 1978. no rain officially measured. holding up 3.2 inches for the month, 0.5 inch below normal for the month. around the beltway, low to mid 80's. 87 downtown. 83 white marsh. the little colorado need those cloud does well. 81 up in sports town. we will see the little storm tracking down across the eastern bay and short. along the western edge of that system as it rotates through. after a few showers early, that should move out. although there's a slight risk of those storms east baltimore early, the low temperatures 63 to 71. tomorrow, in between systems. dry weather over the ohio valley and another batch of unsettled weather in the middle of the country had their way. minimal chances, but we will increase a bit with more widespread coverage. looks to perhaps bring as our stormy as the weather. tomorrow, partially cloudy, 20% chance of a storm. is from 84-89. waves about 1 foot on the bay. western maryland, the me

at bwi marshall, the new high was 103 degrees. virtually all of the readings are in the 100's right now. 102 is the reading at the airport. with the high temperatures, that is a lot of moisture in the air. we have a light breeze at 10 miles an hour. it feels like 104 at the airport. it feels like almost 110 it solves. . 105 at westminster. -- it feels like almost 110 at salisbury. sheldon dutes is in the heat and monitoring. he tells us what it is like at the stadium. >> it is very toasty outside. i use this as the one excuse out of the year to wear shorts to work today. firefighters at the african- american festival have treated up to 20 people for heat-related illnesses. folks are determined to have fun and trying to stay cool. as temperatures climbed into triple digits, people at the african-american festival did whatever they could to stay cool. misting zones, fans, and bottled water helped to beat the heat. as anyone will tell you, it is still hot. >> not as hot as afghanistan right now. that is a plus for us right now. the u

seventy in dulles. 69 at bwi marshal. and going to be another descent day today, the temperatures in the mid-80s and there will be some clouds around and if you're watching, particularly south of the city, you have a chance of a few showers and a thunderstorm this afternoon. looking at the radar, we're quiet. the farther south you get, the more clouds and better chance of a shower down in richmond and they're getting good showers and the storms. here in washington. just partial sunshine to start your morning with the high temperatures expected to be in the mid- to upper 80s, 87 at 4:00 p.m. and we'll take it. the average daytime high is 89. a few degrees below normal again. >> okay, thank you, tucker. >> spent time to check in with julie wright. >> reporter: a quiet start with no incidents to report as you go around the capital beltway. the lanes are no one -- open, still an easy drive for folks along 66 eastbound from monasses and you will find traffic volume is moving at speed working in to centreville. no problems to r

it was a hot day today, 97 at bwi marshall. that is 10 degrees warmer than yesterday and 10 degrees above normal. the record of 101 was set in 1940. still under the heated by three until 8:00 tonight. -- still under the heat advisory until 8:00 tonight. it is still 100 degrees at the inner harbor. it feels like 110 in cambridge and 113 in westminster. it is scorching hot out there and that is why that storms approaching have a chance to continue past sunset. you can see these bright white clouds billowing up ahead of the front. these are thunderstorms. it will probably not yet passed us until early afternoon. by 10:00 tonight, the main line of storms has passed us. for the next three-four hours we have the potential for a thunderstorm. after that, clear to partly cloudy skies take us into saturday morning. tonight, 74-82 for the low. tomorrow, 93-98. it will not feel much better to more because it will stay quite humid until the front and push farther south. keep an eye on the sky for isolated thunderstorm or two. as we head to

out at bwi marshall, they are at 97 degrees right now. humidity is a polite but once you get into the upper 90's, it feels the same been bankable digits at the inner harbor. you are hitting a triple digits. this is what it feels like out there right now. 110 degrees downtown. on the eastern shore, 107 degrees. 107 degrees at ocean city. we will take a look at how long this is going to last in a couple of minutes. >> state officials are urging caution today as close to two dozen heat-related deaths have been reported this year. 23, just 11 fewer than last summer. all of this year's victims have been over the age of 45 and nearly half of them are presidents of baltimore city or baltimore county. be sure to drink plenty of water and check in on vulnerable neighbors. residents n anne arundel county are being urged to conserve water today. in mandatory water restriction for the next 24 hours. due to the extreme heat and the water main break in downtown baltimore. the water main broke was built in the late 18 80s. the department of public works

. -- bwi marshall area. total precipitation, just a trace. nothing get -- that can be measured. we have had 16.62 and we should have had 24 inches by this time. 87 for the high at the airport, average for this time ofear. temperatures are in the low- to mid-80's. you are getting cooler in the mountains with clouds and showers and higher elevations. and rather cool 75 degrees. a nice breeze in ocean city keeping them in the 70's as well. these are isolated storms that are popping up and we will see partly cloudy skies. some said it in a club 20 p.m. high-pressure -- sunset at 8:20 p.m. thunderstorm chances are going to increase over the next few days. tomorrow we're running a 20% to 30% chance of a storm with clouds and mixed sun. 83to 88 -- 83 to 88 degrees. waves about one foot. water temperature 83 degrees. a decent day in the mountains, thursday might be dry and sunny. the same thing on the eastern shore. a 30% chance of a storm tomorrow. up to 50-50 shot. more sunshine tomorrow, 83 degrees. if 40% chance of rain on wednesday. temperatures are running a degree or two below mo

that's because the rain is recorded at the official station at bwi marshall. as you can see in the middle of the screen, smack in the middle, bwi marshall only had an inch of rain yesterday, even with all the storms rolling through. look at the localized totals. almost 4.25 inches near ocean city, from a trained weather spotter. 3.25 near the science center. 2.75 near westminster. more than 3 inches of rain near frederic and up around bel air. we had a lot of rain, but if it doesn't fall at the official station, does not count toward our total, which is still a little more than 7 inches down for the year. and if you wonder why these storms seem to be so drastic and so severe this year, just think of the weather we've had. we've had record high temperatures, excessive dewpoints, which is a lot of moisture in the air. and temperatures and the dewpoint are the fuel and the ammunition for these storms. all you need is for a little cool air to come clashing into it, and we seem to be right on the dividing line, where everything seems to collide. the end result is w

no rain yet in the rain gauge officially at bwi marshall.ll miss out on most of the says the rain gauge changes. the storms to ourself producing a big area of cloudiness that will trap the heat of the day near the ground so we will not cool off dramatically tonight even though the wind will ship to the north and northeast. 84 frederick. upper 80's hagerstown. 95 cambridge. the thunderstorms could be severe for the next few hours. the insta-weather + futurecast shows this moving towards monday morning and storms moving to the south gradually diminishing in strength and intensity. tomorrow, the threat of a storm will be way down to the south with a mix of clouds and some around here on the cooler side of the front. from 70 to 80 tonight with a northeast wind up 5 miles per hour. thunderstorm slowly diminishing. sun said this evening at 8:35. this will not get too far to the south, just enough to drop the temperatures. still some cloudiness and cooler with a northeast wind. highs at -- 84-89. that's about normal. committee may come down just a

travel forecast at bwi marshall detroit, chicago, -- indianapolis, and miami. >> more storms are the last people in the district want. that's because this is the time and folks had to clean up from a month.r in the past john gonzalez joins us from d.c. with more. steve, the damage is throughout the city. d.c., downed was trees and power lines is the problem. al-nour island avenue, we walked of homes andber businesses that have been flooded for a second time in eight days. rhode island ave. business owners and homeowners faced hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage again. roughly a thousand homes lost throughout the d.c. metro region. this time of the damage is unusual. >> numerous trees came down on was aa weeks ago and it morning.enario this >> it has been really hard, very crazy. down on the street. you just make the best of it. >> while pepco worked through night to restore power, flooding is once again a problem island ave. been hit for a second .ime in just over a week >> it shoots up like a geyser. >> the last time he spent the day cleaning and drying his , this time he's r

the readings are beginning to move into the 90's right now. 93 of bwi marshall. the dew point readings are just beginning to move back into the 60's factory and kind of dried out. we have all of these watches and warnings and advisories out for heat all around the area. anyone in our viewing area has some sort of the by azeri -- of advisory for these difficult situations on all live for today but into saturday as well. >> as we just mentioned, the heat is the big story today. you just heard john talking about how hot it will be all we can. that has a special concern for everyone's safety. nadia ramdas has more on how this could effect our city's most vulnerable citizens. >> so far, health officials say five people have lost their lives in baltimore city. if you think it is hot -- >> it's 120 in here,. >> they're concerned about the next few days because of the expected 100 plus temperatures. there are all of the utility workers outside. >> we are concerned about this heat wave. had 18 days of 90 degrees or more and two days 100 degrees or more. this doctor of mer

dulles 92, so a little cooler in our western suburbs, bwi marshall 94. humidity will run. it looks like it's going to be coming in tomorrow morning and through the day tomorrow when the humidity will be coming back and creeping up, not so bad tomorrow. july 4th looks like it will be fairly muggy, back to what we would expect for july in d.c. temperature has cooled a little, 84 degrees, better for dulles at 78, martinsburg 74, winchester 72, culpeper 75, fredericksburg 79. i just want to show you real quick this is the dew point, higher the number, higher the dew point temperature, the more muggy it is. culpeper is back up to 72, quantico 71. there are some signs of that especially for our southwestern areas that dew point, the relative humidity, is already on the rise. here in the city not too uncomfortable overnight tonight. full forecast is coming up. it looks like it's going to get hot again. >> more details coming up, thanks. >>> 911 calls unked an during the storm. up next the system -- unanswered during the storm up next. the system leader's call to action. >> plus f

bwi marshall, 73. high temperatures later today will top out in the middle 90s and there could be an isolated storm later today. most of your day should be dry with just sunshine. 95 in washington. >> there will probably be a lot of people who will be glad to go in to work since they will probably have air conditioning. >> let's hit the roads right now with julie wright. how is it going this morning? >> it is going slowly and that is kind of what we anticipated. if you didn't, then i don't know where you've been the last couple of days. we have agot a lot of tree debris to cheap up for you -- to clean up for you this morning. -- we have got a lot of tree debris to clean up for you this morning. fairfax says at least 80 signals without power alone and that is just in fairfax. you will want to treat this as a four-way stop. we have a number of intersections where the traffic lights are not work. that includes a portion of connecticut avenue where we just lost the signal from sky fox. we had them above th

bwi marshall, 70. >> that is cool. >> dulles is 72. reagan national is 78 degrees. so temperatures will jump here quickly once the sun gets up. we'll see high temperatures back in the mid-90s. sentinel radar, we do have a few showers out there. it looks like now pushing into southern maryland. that one little batch there is just north of leonardtown so that is about it. otherwise, kind of a warm and muggy start to your day. we've got a warm front just off to the south and west. it won't really increase temperatures today but it will increase the humidity. so after a bit of a break, humidity-wise yesterday think i think you will notice that back as well. hazy, hot and humid. high temperatures back in the mid-90s. could be a scattered storm. >> i'm not like a super sweets person but of a been eyeing these popsicles at the grocery store. i'm just like man, i could use one of those. >> you can always use one of those. >> well, that's true. >> always good. >> i think i'm going to go get one right now. >> speaking of sweets and treats, julie wright. good morning to you. >

the same for bwi marshall. the heat value still in the lower 90s. the weather but network -- this is a nice sight -- temperatures in the mid-70s in winchester. they picked up about half an inch of rain. the upper northwest d.c., 81 degrees and a high of 96. temperatures are cooler off to the west where they have had heavy rain. 75 degrees in winchester. the cooler and drier air to the north but the heat and humidity pressed down into the south. 103 degrees in raleigh. a frontal system now south of the sea with a pop-up showers and thunderstorms all afternoon. you still have the severe thunderstorm watch a botched -- watched spots in pink. this is where they have a severe thunderstorm morning until 7:15. these storms are moving toward the south and east and have the potential for strong wind, upward of 60 and 70 miles an hour. behind us, things are beginning to settle down and we will look for quieter conditions overnight and into tomorrow. this is the future cast. we have not seen temperatures like this in quite some time. it's still going to feel a

we hit 90 degrees regan national, 89 dulles and 88 bwi marshall just 1 to 2 degrees above where we should be it is still warm 88 nations capital humidity 42% and tonight, mild 73 degrees but we can't rule out a passing isolated shower already some of our neighbors have seen that but it will clear in the overnight hours some changes in the 5 day i will have details a little later back to you. >> thanks gwen. >> every two years we see athletes at the top of their games competing in olympics usually they are pretty young. >> at that doesn't mean you can't go for the gold when our bit older learn how this maryland man has proven his skillput himself on podiums around the world. >> summer olympics are in full swing. china is lead being a total of 12, 6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze the u.s. a close second with 11 medals, 3 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze. italy in third with a total of 7 medals. >>> michael phelps isn't the only maryland man in world competition these days there is another tough competitor who is making a name for himself as well. >> as beth parker shows us he is a little older than p

so far, nothing in the rain gauge at bwi marshall. 3.27 inches for the month so far.ure of the airport was one degree below normal from 86 degrees. murrell was 87. the record high was back in 1984. it does not look like we will be breaking records but staying close of not a little below the normal levels for the next couple of days. 87 degrees and we will end july with 3590-degree days so far. 35 90-degree days. it has happened 35 days so far this year. last year, we had 24 and normal is 20. we are pacing ahead of last year and normal heading into august. one little severe thunderstorm warning down in fairfax county, virginia. some random summertime thunderstorms moving through right now in the total precipitation varies from heavy downpours in the mountains and the lower eastern shore. and just spotty activity around baltimore and central maryland. if you get underneath a slow- moving storm coming you can get drenched. 84 westminster. 83 in salzburg. the of the cooling effect of the clouds and showers out west. 63 right now in garrett county. with the clouds and show

we did hit 91 today at bwi marshall. 95 downtown, but the record was this day last year, one year ago. 102 degrees. the couple of storms possible in the next two or three hours or so. but we could see a clearing trend as far as sky conditions go. warm conditions just below 80 in downtown baltimore. southwestern win this with sunset at 8:26. pumping in the heat near 100 in denver. 94 in chicago. cleveland at 92. the heat will be coming our way on a westerly breeze tomorrow with a front dropping in with hot humid weather in place. there is likely to be strong storms and there's a slight risk of severe thunderstorms to the southern ohio river valley, southern maryland. we will keep an eye on the radar closely tomorrow. hazy, hot, humid. on debate, wind will be fairly light averaging 10 knots until the thunderstorms pop up, especially south of the bay bridge. up in the mountains, a 60% chance of storms. lots of sunshine. able bit more comfortable on wednesday. that trend will also shot on the eastern shore. steamy tomorrow with storms and then less humid and slightly cooler on wednesday.

jennifer franciotti is live at bwi third the marshall airport where crews are converging and getting orders. >> these crews have come from all over the area. we have crews from canada, florida, guys flying in from california. rob hudson is here for mississippi power and you got here monday. >> monday morning. revenues spent all day yesterday were the lines and poles. what are the conditions? imagery's, bad trees. where we were at, back probably where you cannot get trucks to them so everything had to be climbed. a lot of trees down, wires down. i am from mississippi, so i am used to the flat ground. if you drop you will call for a while here. really steep conditions. >> how hard is it really to get to all of this, the back area where you were, because it sounds difficult? >> where we were at, we worked in one section for two days and it was pretty difficult. you walk down hills and you ought to carry all your equipment down there and back up and it is up and down. being south mississippi, not used to the hills. the my gosh. no one knows how hot it is more than you guys right now. >>

the heat index was well over 100 degrees and dulles, 96; bwi marshal was in there and it was a temperature of everyone in degrees. heat advisory with was issued and that is in place until 9:00 tonight. including the district surrounding the metro counties. not extreme northwest counties and this does not include washington county or frederick county. we think the heat index could be up to 1105 and that is feels like $100 degrees and this is what i'm seeing, southern fauquier county, between warrenton and remington and this is moving to the south- southeast and that is to 15 miles an hour. a complex of storms here earlier was some severe weather this is the larger view of the satellite and that radar. the composite we call it, factors in all of the radars across the nation and we see more organization up here in southwestern pennsylvania and i'll be watching this. everything comes to our region and we're capped out and some warm air aloft. we have in warm air and as the thunderstorm comes in, they're having a hard time staying and that is good for us and our fireworks forecast, too and we'r

the temperature at bwi marshall was 99 degrees.was the second time here at national we've reached officially triple digits. at times the heat index felt hotter than that. here's the weekend forecast, all right? warmer air is to the north of us. on saturday we're going to be blazing hot. on sunday with some thunderstorms along a frontal boundary coming in we just be just a little cooler and we're just trying to displace this record setting hot temperature and get it out of here while the warm temperatures come in from the north. get down around normal. we'd love to have that. saturday nearly clear skies, 102 degrees. we may have an isolated thunderstorm on saturday, but the heat index values sunday will probably be between 110 and 115 degrees. a little cooler sunday, but the heat index will still be at 100 or a little above and the only way we're going to be 97 sunday is if we get some clouds and thunderstorms firing up in advance of that frontal system. we've been talking how saturday will be the hottest day and in anticipation of

officially at bwi marshall today, about a quarter of an inch. that does happen as the storms came through in the last few minutes. for the year we are more than 7 inches below normal in total precipitation. today was a hot one, 97 degrees at the airport. that is 10 degrees above normal and just little below the record high of 101 set in 1940. 86 at salisbury at this moment. even at this late evening hours it feels like almost 100 degrees across the southern part of our state. a cold front is trying to get some heat relief here but that is going to slowly crossed the mountains and ease through baltimore during the day tomorrow. it may be another 24 hours before we get on the other side of this front. friday will be another hot one. a round of afternoon thunderstorms again, and on saturday we will get into some cooler air but showers may linger in the area. the temperatures will start to come down over the weekend. a muggy night tonight with temperatures not falling much below where they are now. on monday, watch for afternoon storms. in western m

already temperatures pushing up to 89 degrees at bwi marshall. and little more comfortable and ocean city, closer to the water. much cooler in the mountains, naturally cooler because the high here elevation. in the 70's right now. a great destinations. it does not feel as bad as yesterday. not as bad as friday, because the dew point have dropped. drier air from the north, and the lower the dew point temperature is, the dry here it is. hadget in the 60's as you closer to the water, or it is a lot more humid. the further north, the more comfortable it will field. a few breezy wins in parkton. -- winds in parkton. the cold front of the lawn of the drier air to cushion, but increasing the wind. the satellite and radar looks completely clear, nothing going on across the state. the cold front sinking into virginia. behind it, fairly tranquil weather the next couple of hours. then things get more active the next couple of days. another friend making its way from the plains. he'd and humidity push back in it and with the boundary approaching you could se

in the backs to the south put down some decent rain but in downtown baltimore and at bwi marshall, big goose eggs in the precipitation column today. the record will stand, 2.29 on this day in 2009. a couple of degrees warmer than normal. the normal is almost 90. it is the hottest time of the year. 107 degrees, the all-time record high ever in baltimore on this day back in 1936. it is the day we set the state record as well, 109 degrees in 1936. that is not the heat index, that is the actual air temperature. all across the state of maryland that day it was scorching hot. in 1914, july 10 was the day the north american record was set in death valley, california. you can expect hot weather all across north america. onpping in to the low 70's the lower eastern shore and a cold 66 at frostburg. if you got some rain, you might still little fog of forming towards morning. 71 downtown, 63 in the suburbs. sunrise at 5:50 wednesday morning. notice all the clouds, showers and thunderstorms breaking along that stalled front. high pressure to the north of us tracking up toward new england. some unu

. >> quick hit the peak of the heat this afternoon. 104 at bwi marshall, the warmest temperature in the region. it was 99 in new york, but relief is in sight. a cold front is making its way a little closer to us, just north of the maryland-pennsylvania line at the present time. we will keep a little humidity around and a chance for showers and thunderstorms, but the temperatures are not nearly as warm as they have been, which is good news. things are pretty quiet, there's nothing showing up from baltimore on the radar. thunderstorms in the mountains, and out around west virginia. maybe a thunderstorm will pop up before you wake up tomorrow but most of you will not see any precipitation until tomorrow afternoon. 78 at the airport. the temperatures will hold steady now into the morning hours because the dewpoints are still in the 70's. 71 at the airport. partly cloudy skies tonight with the possibility about thunderstorm or shower. most areas will stay dry. during the day tomorrow, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. some beneficial rain without the severe weather. hi to produce between 89-

tonight is staying warm. 97 at bwi marshall. three times we have officially had 100. it is still 92 degrees in downtown baltimore at 11:00 at night. it is really stifling out there. you have to get way out and to western maryland for some rain and cooling their in frostburg. the heated rise three continues across the eastern shore to delaware. i would not be surprised if we have a heat advisory we issued here during the day. tracking through the mounds and heading into northern virginia, a storm just popped up around scranton, dropping down toward philly. the next couple of hours, a little under, but think it will be mostly clear as we head for the weekend. we are closer to a 78-80 in areas of downtown. a high-pressure down in the gulf. the orioles are playing in seattle. 68 for the high today in maine and a comfortable 75 in seattle. everybody in between is a stifling hot, all the way up to minneapolis, 101. chicago was 102 degrees today. on top of this hot air bubble, we have the thunderstorms developing as a track from the great lakes and from southeast through ohi

temperatures are still well above normal today for the sixth consecutive day above 90 officially at bwi marshallwntown baltimore for the first time since last thursday the break that string. you can see from this matt a lot of hot weather out there, slowly moving in our direction. almost 100 in chicago, 98. check out that 99 up there in central minnesota. that is minneapolis. theeat up quite a bit in the summertime. temperatures in the night of the all the way across the mid atlantic, although today at least the humidity levels did come down a little bit. the inner harbor did not hit 100 degrees. subtle changes. storms left here in the early morning hours but the skies are mostly clear tonight. 94 degrees at the airport today, the 16th time this year we have been above 90. last year we only had 11 of them, and the normal is eight. the skies are mostly clear and with drier air and clear skies, the atmosphere is finally getting a chance to cool off a little bit, already down to 71 around parked in. many of the northern suburbs will see temperatures settle into the low 60's by morning. and up tomor

meanwhile, today as mentioned high 87, dulles 85, bwi marshall, 86 degrees average 89 and we did haveuty showers and storms overnight and this morning, three local airports they produced a third of an inch of rain but some spots got heavier rain frederick, 90 degrees i know you are looking for a break but dulles, and manassas, cull pepper, fredericksburg, everybody west for the most part low 80s. dc 86 degrees, leonard town, what a relief that is more typical of overnight lows during the heat wave we are beginning to get a break-in the humidity department. that is considered uncome for thible to oppressive from -- uncomfortable to oppressive. cambridge, to leonard town. 59 that is terrific. here is our boundary that came through stalled south, so we still have some warm temperatures on the map you can clearly see, this is a lot better than last week and we begin to see the heat really building, out to the west, with reno at 100 they are used to those triple digits but looks like the middle part of the country getting a break just as the mid-atlantic is. >>> down south we have severe s

and dulles and bwi marshal up to 90 degrees and the fireworks are going up at montgomery county fairgrounds at 9:25 and you were not able to do it on the 4th of july. they were still using the fairgrounds for staging and clearing up the mess. enjoy them tonight and do not let it shock you. they will have a concert as well and starting about 7:30 and buy some food and take your own. please leave your dog at home, they don't enjoy that. some upper 70s to low and mid- 80s, 87 for the district, 81 for dulles and upper 70s out to the west where we have had a couple of light showers today. but you can see on radar, that is not much around here. a couple up to pennsylvania, sprinkles to the west. we have watched the first batch of moisture kind of sneaking up along interstate 81 and on into pennsylvania. i think we're talking about a cloudied from night. there has been a lot of show- slow-moving tropical-like moisture to the south and with a boundary that is sluggish and stationary all week long and that can is what came through here. and the boundaries are going to start moving again and that wil