this is talking about rainfall rates one to two inches per hour around winchester and charlestown. and up toward martinsburg. in some cases even a little bit more than one inch per hour. so some very heavy rainfall going on. the good news is nothing in terms of hail or anything. no reports of hail anyway. and no reports of some strong winds. so we'll come back, we'll talk about where these storms are going to move overnight. we'll have to deal with that perhaps in the morning and also a little bit of fog as well. we'll have more on that as well. anita? >> thanks, topper. >>> new at 11:00, they were fired over a scandal involving hookers in columbia. now according to the washington post, four of the five secret service agents are fighting their dismissals. they want their jobs back. the agents say they're being held accountable for long- tolerated behavior. secret service director mike sullivan is expected to appear before congress tomorrow. >>> gary giordano has been charged with indecent exposure. he's the gaithersburg man linked to the unsolved disappearance of robin gardener. sh

in leesburg to the west and across and out of charlestown there, and that is coming at you as well andxpect heavy rain and a lot of lightning in this, too, and the moisture levels are very, very high and the rain is potentially heavy and we'll have to watch for a chance of flash flooding and the possibility of some hail and thunderstorms as well and there is some more and some flash flood warnings in effect and washington county and frederick county and that is updated and some washing into pennsylvania and this is lady of the frontal system and that is a profile reaching high into the atmosphere and you can see the three dimension and the updrafts into the storm here and that is basically meaning for us, finding the potential of the hail and their and keeping it aloft and you get some heavy rain as well and when we're stacked up like this, they're very, very strong and my goodness, and i forget to mention we're under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 and that is because of this. until that front gets through, we're going have some showers and thunderstorms. 89 right now; 92 for

looking at showers from winchester to charlestown, up toward hagerstown. then a better chance of showers and thunderstorms, potentially more showers and rain on wednesday. today 72, some spots 74 with enough sun. upper 70s to near 80s, we'll have showers and storms late tomorrow night into wednesday. lows in the mid-60s, showers wednesday and thursday and friday, looks great with highs in the upper 60s. >> wider opportunities for women. don't let the organization's name fool you. because for the past 40 years they have been helping both men and women gain opportunities. today i'm saluting wider opportunities for women. with programs that emphasize literacy, career development and technical skills, wider opportunities for women is changing lives. >> reporter: outside some of the things i may know, coming into the program, i'm learning a lot more. on how to find a job and keep a job, actually. >> reporter: as an instructor, close harvey finds joy. >> what pleases me most, really is the end game. at the end of all of our workshops, we do see the change in kno

we have the animal adoption center here from charlestown, west virginia. and who is this? >> this is emma. a 6-year-old golden retriever. >> she's beautiful. >> she is. >> how did you get emma? >> her family went through a divorce and we got emma in. >> she needs a home. >> yes. she's wonderful. >> nice healthy dog. >> very healthy. she's overweight. a little too healthy. but she needs to lose 15 to 20 pounds. she's very well trained. her family loves her. she will give a paw. she'll go down. down-- >> there you go. so she knows her stuff. >> we're looking for somebody with a yard and they can work with her and get her moving and losing weight. >> losing some of the weight. she's blowing her winter coat as you can see. and she needs to exercise and walk. >> all right. how can folks contact briggs? >> they can call or go to our website. >> i got my animal from briggs. and i had a great time dealing with them. go to the pet line section at www.wusa9.com. and stick around. we'll be right back after this. toothpaste is not formulated for cleaning dentures, the abrasives in the

nothing severe, but moderate rain around winchester on the east side of i-81 stretching towards charlestownything is just sort of drifting off to the north and to the east. everything for the most part is light right now. could change tomorrow evening if the front pushes through. 73 downtown, but 67 in bethesda. 68 in rockville. plenty of 60s. 68 in great falls. 67 in reston. 68 towards leesburg. 74 in college park and 69 in beltsville. so here's the deal. more showers on the way. probably a wet evening commute now. i think mainly a dry morning commute. but then another batch of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening and a strong finish to the week. it will be on the cool side, it will be refreshing. for tonight, mostly cloudy. 58 to about 64. winds south, southwest at 10 to 15. now tomorrow morning, skies should return partly sunny late. breezy and mild. got to keep a shower or thunderstorm in. 60s and 70s. by afternoon, partly sunny, warm, a shower or thunderstorm possible. high temperatures 75 to 80 and winds out of the southwest at 10. here's what we mean about finishing stro

look around martinsburg and down around the charlestown area.are seeing pretty good showers and a few storms with lightning and thunder. look to the west of hagerstown. a big storm there right on the pennsylvania/maryland border. that storm has a ton of lightning around hancock along icht 70 so watch out in that region. again, these are moving to the southeast but with ill most likely die out. tomorrow 85 for a high with a good chance of strong storms in parts of the area and maybe even severe. saturday and sunday we've got a slight chance of a shower. maybe a thunderstorm. but most of us should remain on the dry side looking at a pretty good weekend and i think next week is looking like it's going to be on the warm side for the most part, too. >> thanks, doug. >>> 1-year-old boy named jack went to the zoo last week for the very first time. it's really cool right? naturally his parents recorded the moment for posterity and whoever else. people now around the world are all talking about it. jack's mother says she did not notice until later she dr

charlestown has been getting some of it and leesburg in particular. i believe it is the second or third round for you guys and then down to manassas. these are producing some lightning and definitely producing a lot of rain. we'll take you over to sentinel radar. we're talking right around the gainesville area definitely getting some heavy rain there north and west of dale city, not so much into fairfax county, but for paw dear and loudoun county, here is that -- fauquier and loudoun county, here is that new batch. we're looking at the sentinel radar estimate of what may have fallen. for most areas even if you don't see the color, you had under .1-inch, if that today, but wanted to show you right in this area, maybe 1.2 inches estimated -- we'll have to see if that does measure out -- the rest of us have had 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch, but you could easily pick up another 1/2-inch of rain tonight. with till eventually die out. we do not expect to have widespread showers in the morning, but there's going to be more coming. this batch will be out of here. we

thunderstorm warnings that got posted in parts of frederick county and not to far from middletown, charlestownn through washington, frederick and jefferson county and to the southeast, gusty winds, the usual and with some severe thunderstorm warnings. the one-inch hail from stevens city and that is not far from the winchester area and those are not widespread and get you in tighter as you can see the communities in the vipir system and this is affecting sharps bug and that cleared out of shepherdstown and to harper's ferry, a little of that and where we so some brighter colors, the hail and some of the storms not here are capable of producing hail to some sizes of quarters, winds between 40, 50, and 60 miles an hour and so let's go ahead and show you some of the weather maps here. i want you to see that as we put this in motion, not everybody is getting those thunderstorms and -- and we hope as they get closer to the area, they're going to fizzle out and take the energy away. because it's been warmer, that is why we're seeing the activity and we'll have to continue to monitor. there are a few

charlestown is getting pretty hefty rain about now. temperature-wise 77 in great falls, 75 arlington, 79 college park, generally in the upper 70s across the metro. heating up, isolated storms tonight, late fog possible again and warmer tomorrow, hot on saturday but fewer storms in the p.m. and that is indeed good news. next seven days, looks like this, saturday we're talking about temperatures in the upper 80s, around 90 sunday, 90 on memorial day and even into next week we're talking about temps around 90 or at least upper 80s tuesday with showers and storms possible tuesday night into wednesday with a cold front and just over the weekend some isolated storms. so the weekend all in all is pretty good for a summer weekend. >> it's going to be hot. >> unofficial beginning. you know how often we had the pools open and it's freezing? >> kids are going to love this. thank you. >>> up next as spacex closes in on making space exploration history, a local company is still competing for nasa's business. we'll take you to orbital sciences. >>>

moderate rain around northeast charlestown, even elkton right now along cecil county. and then we have a heavier shower with some thunderstorms in there as we go just to the east of perry hall and also overly. now a check of the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. and you are talking about mtv huh? >>> i was. i was. but when i went -- i went to school in new york city and i had the chance to be on a show called "mtv hits" where we interviewed several guests in the entertainment industry and counted down to music videos. so much fun then i just fell in love with news and i couldn't go back. well, if you are heading out this morning as we mentioned lynette did say that we are dealing with a lot will have rain and a lot of fog also across the region. here on the jfx some construction ongoing. the northbound lanes will be shut down overnight from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. all the way through monday as crews work to repair drainage pipes. morning one lane will be shut down in both directions. you will want to use falls road or charles street as the alternate routes. 89

charlestown. shepherdstown. seeing fairly heavy rain right now. reports of half an inch to inch of rain here. done to the south. manassas. over an inch of rain. it started three hours ago. hay market. gainesville. route 66, manassas. no we get rumbles of thunder and lightning. another one. lightning stroke right there. now, not seeing anything severe. these will primarily be rain producers. but the rains will be very, very heavy. you extend the line right on down to the south. in through spotsylvania county. some east of fredericksburg. you have it on your east. have it on your west. going to continue to see the rain. notice rest of the area here. here is the line. line i am talking about. extend from raleigh. right new southern new york state. that is an amazing line of thunderstorms. there is another one. back to the west. yet another one back here. then here is the frontal boundary. that has a lot of rain associated with that. that also producing some showers along the tropics. tropical moisture. making its way in through new york city. new yor

the closest activity just south of charlestown, west virginia. there are advisories in effect for late tonight. pretty much west and lots of the portions of virginia, west virginia are under a severe thunderstorm. just issued also for portions of washington county storms for at least the next 45 minutes. also much of southern part of the county as you can see. we have a look at some of the temperatures. >> that's right. one of the big factors with the thunderstorms is the heat. let's take a look at the temperatures here. we are in the # 0s east of -- 90s east of the city. the thunderstorms are coming in and down the 81 in cumberland. when you factor that together you get 92 for your heat index and 97 degrees. when you get dew points in the 60s you can view the thunderstorms. we'll bring you your forecast shortly. >> we are learning more about the delays at dwi marshall now and joining us live is jonathan. how extensive are the delays? i know we seen a plane sitting there even though the sun is still shining. >> reporter: yes, it's shining here at

boy, they've been persistent from charlestown to leesburg down to manassas and dale city. now we are seeing a little lightning down here get in closer just south of haymarket east of warrenton. still producing heavy rain, some of these spots could get 1/4 itch or so. let's go over to sent -- 1/4- inch or so much let's go over to sentinel radar. if you look at this bigger pattern, the showers out there tonight will wind down. we may cook up a new batch. we have a frontal boundary off to our west. as it moves this direction, it looks like it will run out of gas. not to mention we still have tropical storm alberto off the carolina coast. we'll talk more about where that is going, but keep that umbrella handy. i'll let you know when we get some sunnier days, a look ahead this weekend into the forecast. >>> another big story, a chaotic desperate scene inside d.c.'s third street tunnel this morning after a school bus caught fire. other motorists went scrambling after thick smoke filled the tunnel. fox 5's maureen umeh has that story. >> look at all that smoke. >> reporter: panic

and east towards charlestown. another storm up toward hancock. we have warnings in bedford county and a big storm just to the north as you go up to 522. where are these going to go in the next hour? they are going to move northeastward and hold together. they will remain potent. getting into frederick in the next hour. if you are coming up 270, you aren't home in the next 45 minutes, you'll have big rains and certainly towards hagerstown and towards the west. we'll keep you posted. the warnings and watches will be at the bottom of your screen. we're on storm alert. >>> people across d.c. are getting a chance to say a personal farewell. a public viewing is taking place at the howard theater at northwest washington. the fans started lining up well before the doors opened. paid their respects all day long. >> cameras are not allowed inside the theater, but take a look at this. it's a photo provided of chuck's open casket by his family. bruce johnson joins us with the latest on what's going on there this afternoon. >> the crowds are thinning out, but

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that one cell southwest of charlestown. they had dime-sized hail. most of these are actually tending to weaken, as they head towards hagerstown. i don't think they'll make it to the blue ridge mountains. we're in very stable, marine air here, over portions of central and northern maryland. to the west, it's a lot warmer. take a look at temperatures now. we're at 63. 69 in d.c. it just dropped a couple of degrees. hagerstown, still at 77. and cumberland, up to 81. they're up to 84, just an hour ago. so, west of us, it's a lot warmer. that's where that boundary line is. we are 18 degrees cooler now than we were yesterday at this time. cumberland, just 1 degree cooler. and elkton, 22 degrees cooler. ocean city, 25 degrees cooler. so will it warm up tomorrow, the bernadette woods has a look at your thursday forecast. >>> that warm air is so close. and it's out there. and it's going to bath to -- battle to get into the region. we still have the cool, ocean air, coming in from the east. battling the very warm air. and in between the two, a chance for ray

around the blue ridge, into western maryland, hagerstown to cumberland and around martinsburg, charlestownwinchester, and luray. just in the low to mid 60s there. southern part of maryland and around near the by waters and northern neck, it's around 70. weather watchers checking in this morning, reporting -- thanks for being up early and giving us reports. mid 70s by mid morning, a partly sunny morning. then mostly sunny to partly cloudy at times. by noontime, it should be near 80. during the afternoon hours, we ought to peak in the mid, maybe briefly upper 80s especially in virginia, under a partly cloudy sky. only a slight chance of an isolated thundershower later this afternoon. i'm back with another update in ten minutes. danella is here now with a look at our roads. good morning. >>> good morning and good news. local roads look nice. here's a live look now if you're on 29 and fairland, southbound as well as northbound. nice and clear, in fact, in between fairland and the beltway, no accidents or major delays. let's head over to 395 at duke, northbound lanes nice and open. and in fact

showers continue to develop right around the winchester area, martinsburg and shepherdstown and charlestownrpers ferry, loudoun county, you'll see shower activity. as we widen out, you continue to see more showers developing and moving our way. even some thundershowers associated with this. i'm not anticipating much in the way of thunder. don't expect anything strong or severe this evening, but maybe a rumble of thunder or two as this line makes its way our way. here's our future cast, starting tomorrow at 5:30 in the morning. most of us will be dry tomorrow. it's tomorrow afternoon, here's 5:30 tomorrow afternoon, the afternoon rush, that could be a little bit on the wet side. and really, this is right around the i-95 corridor to the south. north and west, where you saw today, not nearly as much rain as you'll get during the day tomorrow. and then once again, 10:30 tomorrow night, more rain likely as an area of low pressure moves off the coast. we need to see the rain. hopefully we pick up a half inch. morning temperatures in the 50s to about the 63 degree mark inside the beltway. it is go

i the rain from the i-95 corridor back to the west into leesburg around winchester over toward charlestown into west virginia and down around warranton this area of low pressure continuing to spin here and that is just one area of low pressure. we are sandwiched between a number of different storm systems and you can see all the showers and thunderstorms out there across the mid-atlantic and across the eastern half of the nation. i'll let you know just when we'll see most rain and when the rain finally moves out. >>> today federal prosecutors filed the first criminal charges related to a year-long investigation of d.c. mayor vincent gray. an assistant treasurer for his 2010 campaign is charged with faking donation records and destroying evidence. tom sherwood joins us now with the story. >> reporter: jim, this is a major development in this scandal. the treasurer, he could face up to 20 years in prison. for more than a year, federal authorities have been investigating gray's campaign finances and allegations of a shadow campaign of fake documents and unreported spending. it began in march,

back to the west to the south of martinsburg west of charlestown we're looking at some rain there. we'll zoom in on one area to the north and west of bethesda where we've seen the rain around rockville and crossing over the river. around mclean and back along route 7 around the reston area and great falls all seeing shower activity right now. that's pretty much what it is, just some shower activity. there is heavier rain down i-95 in through stafford county around fredericksburg so once again you want to carry vance's umbrella with you wherever you go throughout the rest of the evening but what we are going to be seeing is that chance for rain right on through the next couple days. look at the rain back to the west. we're still dealing with not just rain but thunderstorm activity. i think that's what we're going to get into during the day tomorrow. here's the reason we have rain today. it's an area of low pressure that actually made its way in from the atlantic. that area of low pressure moves out. here comes another area of low pressure along a frontal boundary. that front is goin

parts of the panhandle of west virginia, charlestown, martinsburg toward winchester. and then into the mountains, as well. it's just in the low 40s much of western maryland. much of west virginia. we'll have a few high clouds this morning. our temperatures by mid morning, warming up quickly. all the way to around the low to mid 60s by, it does look like, mid morning. by noontime for your lunch hour, should be around 70 degrees. lots of sunshine, a delightful afternoon. we'll be peaking in the upper 70s, mid to upper 70s by mid-afternoon. and then by late afternoon, back down to the low 70s. a look at your friday evening planner. that is in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you very much. >>> 6:03 now. are you taking a look at the last known video of trayvon martin. this shows the 17-year-old inside a sanford, florida, 7-eleven back in late february. he bought a drink and a bag of skittles mints before she was shot and killed by -- minutes before he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. >>> that video is part of more than 180 pieces of evidence available to the public. flo

the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, watch out for that, areas between hagerstown to martdinsburg, charlestownster, all the way to stanton, virginia, all through the shenandoah valley, there is patchy, dense fog forming now. areas east, not as much fog around. for the morning hours, plenty of sunshine, a dry morning i'm happy to report. by 9:00, mid 70s. by noontime for your lunch hour, a wonderful middle of the day. near 80 degrees. going to be even warmer by mid-afternoon. ought to hit the mid 80s. by late afternoon, back to near 80. there's a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up. areas mainly south and east of the metro area. a look at the rainfall totals and your day planner in ten minutes. danella? >>> looks good. checking things in prince george's county, if this is your commute this morning, not seeing any incidents or accidents at all traveling along 301. branch avenue, as well. pennsylvania avenue looks good. we'll take a live look at the beltway if this is your commute. traveling on the inner loop past exit 13, no issue here. outer loop's getting busy in this area. but

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