. >> and i'm charlie crowson. mike masco with weather and lauren cook with the traffic. >> still dealing with the water main break causing problems in downtown so yeah. i'll have more on that in just a minute. >> you help everybody get through there. >> but mike another congresser out there right? >> 90s today but you ready for more storms? >> yes. if it cools everything down bring on the storms. >> how do you say that there's more storms coming. you might as well say hey -- >> the meteorological angel of death. >> the bearer of bad news. here's what's going on this morning. 77 in town. 77 over the eastern shore. numbers pretty uniformly into the 70s let's take it outside to bel air where we're current aat 75 degrees, that dew point still running really high at 71. so there's a decents amount of humidity still in the air. few clouds mixing it up over the skyline right now but again this pesky stationary front over the area that's separating cooler air over interior new england and hot air down to the south. that's

i'm charlie crowson. time now for your abc2 news to go and a lot on this thursday morning to get this. you just saw it there. megan live in middle live. sherrie johnson has all new information about the child drowning in anne arundel county. and of course we start with weather and meteorologist mike masco. >> all right, here woe go guys. and charlie that is guys, megan not here. 79 outside the studio doors right now. a very, very sticky morning with the humidity around 60%. annapolis at 82 and d.c. landed at 80 and it's into the 80s already over the eastern shore. the satellite confirming the mostly clear skies overhead this afternoon. take a look at your planner. 83 degrees around the 8:00 hour. and at lunchtime we're already up to 92 degrees, tack on a few more and we'll get a two degree guarantee going of 98 degrees. with the humidity feeling like it's between 100 to 105. there could be a couple gusty showers and storms and right now where they are and where they could be by this evening. that's coming

"good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson, megan is on assignment this morning and we'll be checking in with her in a minute but for now a check of the very hot forecast. say hello once again. meteorologist mike masco. >> we're already starting out 80 degrees at bwi and humidity up at 56% and that wednesday ushering in again all the moisture from down to the south. 80 in town right now. look at the eastern shore numbers into the 80s. that's a very, very sticky start and we're going to be talking about the heat indices rising through the course of the afternoon. heat advisory for much of the 95 corridor as the daytime highs returning around 98 degrees will feel like it's between 100 to 105. 98 again real feel numbers will be into the triple digits. there's a chance for some showers and storms by tonight and we'll talk about that coming up in just a little bit. now a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic this morning with a very quiet start to your thursday morning. no major traffic incidents issues to talk about. and we do want to remind you again still self-traffic lights- out througho

i'm charlie crowson. alongside mike masco. megan is out live this morning. >> she looks hot out there too. >> it's warm. >> but megan always looks great. >> you said it not me. >> i knew you'd run with that. >> you know we are right there. right there. >> another story by the way we're going to put on the facebook about the san diego fireworks last night. a whole 20 seconds of -- >> big bang rocket goes off. before i ever started. >> that's a good story. 79 degrees charlie. we're starting off very, very muggy and mild. take a look. and maryland's most powerful radar showing a few of the scattered showers and storms out near deep creek. we also had some big storms that moved through new jersey last night. we were sandwiched in-between the two. but stayed pretty dry. so that was the good news. take a look at temperatures starting out this morning at 5:30, 79. 81 in dover. salisbury at 82 degrees and we have a heat index at 85 right now in dover, delaware. excessive heat watch in effect for the eastern shore and we have an excess

. >> and i'm charlie crowson, welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> where'd you go? >> poison, def leppard. >> we've got pictures on facebook if you want to check those out. time now for a check of the forecast. hello gun web to meteorologist -- once again to meteorologist lynette charles. >> we have a tranquil thursday on tap for us, get out there espn joy it because we are dry with some clouds right now. seasonal temperatures. and it will be less humid today. that's going to make everybody happy right? we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we are dry. all five sweeps are on and we should pretty much stay that way through the day. today will be a carbon copy of what we saw yesterday with less humidity in the picture. so waking up this morning stepping out the door in ohings mills, coming in at 63 degrees. good morning columbia at 64 degrees. feels pretty good out there right now. a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. how are the roads? >>> good morning lynette. fortunately everything is up to speed. traveling through the h

charlie crowson, i'm megan pringle, we've got mike masco filling in for lynette and lauren cook with traffic. >> still causing major problems downtown through a portion of light street still closed and that's just a minute. but we're dealing with a heat wave. it seems like a heat wave. >> it is a heat wave. >> just takes your breath away. did you say it's the hottest july in history? >> right now we are on par to hit the hottest july. last year was the hottest july ever. >> do you have any good news? >> no, nothing, more storms and dodging more storms later today. >> at least cool us down a little bit. bring on the storms right? let's get to the graphic mooser and show you what's going on this morning. >> not a bad morning a mild morning we'll call it. 76 downtown and pair of 7s over the eastern shore. outside and mount airy showing some signs of life. look at this right now with our starting to rise. 76 degrees. and the mount airy section of town. maryland's most powerful radar is clear overhead. out to the west though and notice about 400 miles to the north and west there's a clust

"good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. alongside mike masco. megan is on assignment and a pretty good chance the producer may separate you and me before the day is over. >> we are in so much trouble. >> separate corners sir. >> you won't have to deal with me anymore on monday. lauren cook is down in ocean city. >> where is she? show me. where is she? >> next to the garbage can waving, no, she's -- i'm hoping sleeping as she's enjoying a much deserved vacation. look at this shot. it is beautiful looking towards ocean city. now the sunshine is going to go to work today but the problem is that sunshine works against us with 83 right now. we're going to tack on several degrees and we're going to see a daytime high well into the upper 90s and perhaps maybe even touching upon 100 degrees. the excessive heat advisory in effect and a warning as you head to philadelphia. 83 degrees around the 8:00 hour and lunchtime, maybe want to have it indoors for lunch. 92 on our way the 98 degrees your two degree guarantee. it's muggy steam my overnight and maybe a

. >> and i'm charlie crowson.heck of the forecast and say hello once against to mols len et charles -- meteorologist len et charles. >> i hope nice because it's nice outside. so we'll start you out in bethesda this morning where we are looking at a few clouds but then starting to see much more sunshine as that sunrise is happening as of now. and you know what? we're going to be seeing more of this as we go through the day. temperature in columbia right now coming in at 70 eggs the, 62 degrees in ijamsville. temperatures are going to get up to about 90-degrees for today. and that's pretty much where we should be for this time of the year. we look maryland's most powerful radar right now and we are dry. the anything happens it already more to the afternoon time frame but all in all we should be dry for today. now the forecast trend because we can see the temperatures pretty steady as we go through the next seven days but then heat things up. it is going to be hot as the humidity makes its way intact the picture. a c

and i'm charlie crowson. a lot this morning as you head out the door.out live with new information on what's going on with the water main break downtown. >> yeah, linda so has more information on the damage from the storm that we experiencing last night but we're going to start things off right now with meteorologist mike masco. >> all right guys good morning. what's going on outside? it's a beautiful morning. we're going to show you again this is our weather bug camera. hey not bad out there. but still a little muggy as we're looking at temperatures right now that are into the 70s. it's pair of 7s downtown and most of the areas into the 70s. a lot of clouds across the area right now. that will be us but this is the front that we have to keep an eye on this afternoon. it's cool air to the north and hotter air to the shout and that separation and that soundry in right now -- boundsry fought now could produce scattered showers and storms. muggy around 7:00 at the 8:00 hour. lunchtime how about 88 degrees the two degree to around 92 degrees for the afterno

i'm charlie crowson. you saw there megan is on assignment out there in the heat. and is only going to warm up as the day goes on. >> i can't believe it's 80 degrees already. you know that's when you know it's going to be a hot day. >> a sticky 80 at that. >> exactly. humidity is high and going to go for like 99. i think frederick will probably hit 100 degrees. >> this is becoming increasingly unpopular. >> i started here with the tornadoes and now bringing you the crazy heat. let's go outside and take a look and yeah, very, very sticky morning. 56% humidity at bwi. that value very, very high for this time of the morning. take a look at temperatures. now down to 79. we're making progress in the other direction. 79 in town right now. and 81 at dover. very, very mild. weather service already activated the heat advisory for the 95 corridor and the eastern shore and ocean city want to hit the beaches today? excessive heat watch just going to be a thought in the city limits as it is on the beaches. 99 today hot and humid and isolated storm. we're going down to around 77

. >> and i'm charlie crowson. lauren cook is here with a check of the traffic coming up in just a bit. weather could have played a factor in that this morning. >> yes. >> absolutely. hopefully it will cool down a little bit for artscape this weekend. >> mike? >> i have a couple of e-mails about that. it is going to cool down. lower humidity and into the 8 #s. how about the winds damage yesterday charlie? that was crazy. keep as you head just south and west of the bray bridge you saw the wind gust around 60 miles an hour. we had multiple loan warnings issued from yesterday's storms. 76 in town rather. 70s out over the eastern shore. ocean city not seeing the sun just "you're at 76 degrees, i'm -- yet you're at 76 degrees, i'm really dyslexic with that one this morning. 78 around 8:00 hour. we're on the wayer for 92 degrees your two degree guarantee. and notice there could be a couple of scattered showers and storms in the mix. we'll time the storms out for you and show you the seven day forecast in a little bit. >>

crowson. megan pringle is off today. lynette charles is back with us. mike masco taking care of the roads. >> yeah. me, first? should i go first? >> charlie is trying to give you a hard time. >> i missed you guys. i'm glad with i'm back. we are on the humid side. also the warm side. look at the temperatures 73 degrees manchester, more in pilesville and 71 degrees now in rockville. the winds are going to be breezy for today. now, they are on the light side. they will pick up from the west as we go in to the afternoon, 5- 15 miles the satellite and rada up on high clouds to the north and showers and thunderstorms towards the west. some could move in to the area in to