satellite and ray dark from west of fredericksburg to charlottesville. a couple of other showers in the northern neck of virginia, st. mary's county, a few passing showers moving east. north of there, partly cloudy and around that region, north of washington, in the 60s in montgomery, frederick county. and the northern panhandle of west virginia and much of the shenandoah valley. a pleasant start this morning. prince georges county, near 70, arlington and fairfax, and mid and ee eer upper 70s, not too h. a beautiful morning under way and we get into the middle of the day. it will get into the low to mid 80s, but not too uncomfortably humid. we'll have a possibility of a an isolated storm mid to late afternoon. south of the metro area and before that, we have to reach the upper 80s to mid 80s by early evening, by dawn tomorrow, in the 60s throughout much of the region, with afternoon highs in the mid and upper 80s woens, partly sunny tomorrow. partly sunny on thursday. small chance of isolated showers, mainly south of the metro area, and then on friday, a

charlottesville at 77. not only clouds there but also rain as well. you can see on storm 4 radar, not much in the way of shower activity. we have a couple towards winchester along i-81. more rain towards the charlottesville area. that's moving south and east and away from our area. you can also see strong storms around philadelphia. i want you to take a look at these storms. big-time storms in southeastern pennsylvania. big-sometime storms down to our south around charlottesville, roanoke and richmond. notice no storms around washington. why is that? because of the cloud cover we saw out there. look at the clouds. we've been socked in all day long. we still have the clouds there. without the sunshine to give us that extra energy those storms needed, we have stayed during the dry side today and not seen any of those strong to severe storms develop. tomorrow, however, i think that could be a little bit of a different story. first off, humid and stormy down to our south. this is through 7:00 a.m., on the muggy side, humid as you step out. tomorrow, possi

we had some severe storms to the south and west of charlottesvil charlottesville, but nothing severe moving our way. i'll continue to watch this closely over the next couple hours to see if any of these storms will move in across our region. one thing is for sure, the heat, it's here to stay and it's here maybe even a bigger way as we move on to the next couple days. i'll have your full forecast including your 4th of july forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, doug. stay tuned to news 4 for continuing coverage of the storm and the aftermath. you can always visit nbcwashington.com for an updated list of power outages and the list of cooling centers. >>> loudoun county's board of supervisors has given the green light to the second phase of metro's silver line project. today's 5-4 vote in favor of the project had been in doubt after several supervisors questioned the cost and the potential benefits. phase two brings rail service to dulles airport and will include two new stations in eastern loudon county. the second phase of construction will cost about $2.8 billion. it would

well, you notice a few showers down around charlottesville.starting to see some showers trying to make their way in towards our area from the south and west. the clouds have already moved in. the clouds have been here for the last couple of hours. but notice the rain out to the west. the models i've been looking at, trying to keep this rain out of our region. it's getting a lot closer. i wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see a few showers as we make our way through the night tonight. and we still have a chance for a few showers early tomorrow morning. tomorrow, we're not going to see a whole lot of rain. we've got that rain out to our west. over the next few hours, we'll see high pressure dominate. that's going to help keep the atmosphere on the dry side. still seeing the rain out to the west in through the mountains with a flow that is out through the gulf of mexico. we're going to see that heat increase over the next couple of days. high pressure moves off the coast. saturday, much more humid, a little bit warmer and a good chance of some r

they are in the south of us into charlottesville and into portions of virginia. you can see things are much quieter around here. richmond now getting hammered. basically areas south of fredericksburg, getting really, really heavy rain. now right now, temperatures are in the mid 80s in downtown. but where it's rain, it cooled down to 77. 75 in culpeper. fredericksburg 74. annapolis still hot in the upper 80s. the wind gusts at 21 miles per hour here at the andrews air force base and 16 downtown. 20 in culpeper. it will be breezy in some spots. you're looking at wind gusts around 28 miles per hour. when i come back, we'll talk about the dryer air that is moving in. we'll have a really nice day tomorrow and then we're talking about triple digit heat after that. back to you, derek. >> better enjoy tomorrow, anny. >>> a shift in the issues out on the campaign trail from the economy to foreign policy. that as republican candidate, mitt romney, prepares for his international swing through england, israel, and poland. romney took shots at the president's record while spe

a few scattered sprinkles from west of fredericksburg to north of charlottesville to the shenandoah valley. off ahead of that we've still got low humidity in the air. it's fairly comfortable this morning. we're down in the upper 60s to near 70. under the cloud cover throughout most of the region. although reagan national on those warm waters of potomac feels like bath water almost. it's at 77 there. the potomac river water temperatures are in the low 80s as are the temperatures in the bay. anywhere in the bay water, it's in the 70s. day planner for this friday, a chance of a sprinkle and slight chance of passing shower through the afternoon. by late afternoon, greater chance of passing shower. mid 80s by mid afternoon. a look at your friday evening planner, that's in ten minutes. danella has a look at friday traffic. >> happy friday to you. t if you're taking the beltway, work zones are set up in virginia. inner loop at the dulles toll road, right lane is blocked because of construction. right lane gets by because of construction in that area. however, at i-66 the right lane is blocked so

charlottesville, around fredricksburg, just that, shower. there were high winds, too, around quantico and trees down with the high winds. 81 degrees at reagan national airport, dew point of 63. it cooperates a little in the morning but then sky high by late morning and early afternoon. the humidity really rolling back quickly. for today, we could see an isolated shower or storm and a better chance coming our way around 6:00 or 7:00 p.m., but isolated, i think, and really fast moving, kind of in and out of here. then for tomorrow, it's the heat. 96 to 100 degrees. it's going to be oppressive today. so again, do what you can to stay hydrated and stay cool. there are times i know we say stay in shade, stay inside. a few folks without the ac. 88 to 93, isolated thunderstorm possible. look at your morning forecast and seven-day forecast, because 102 is what the temperature could be on saturday. 97 on sunday. next week cooling back to the 80s. let's go to mike now for traffic. >>> a lot of people still on vacation, so pretty light out there right

charlottesville.om a rain perspective just yet. there are more chances for rain coming up. but for this morning, most of the light little sprinkles are up across northern parts of frederick and carroll county. hagerstown and down to boons borough getting a quick spritz. not a whole lot left in this first little patch. embedded rumbles of thunder across west virginia. they're driving northeast bound, so they're about eight hours away. that puts them into the panhandle of west virginia, between 5:00 and 6:00 this afternoon. with daytime heating we can bubble up. don't necessarily think you'll have to wait all that long for showers. high pressure down to our south is going to continue to pump that southwesterly flow that. that means things will get real warm and rather uncomfortable by late monday afternoon on into tuesday and wednesday. more flirting with 100s kind of weather. humid today with a scattering of light showers this morning and a chance for some thunderstorms bubbling up later on this aftern

it's way out to the west and southwest of us into charlottesville and also crossing over the mountains, but right now we're looking at some scattered showers and storms that come through -- that could come through in our area. so the entire dmv is under a slight risk for severe weather tonight. the a man threat is damaging wind gust -- the main threat is damage wind gusts and heavy downpours. i don't think everybody will see these storms surface. we could see some big storms come through. temperatures are in the 80s. we'll talk more about the heat coming this way and also some relief. back to you. >>> penn state now about to pay a really heavy price for that sex abuse scandal that has already rocked the university. today the ncaa handed down unprecedented sanctions against the school's legendary football program and they come just one day after the school took down the statue of the former head coach joe paterno that used to hang out in front of the university's football stadium but no more. dave owens is here with the details. these sanctions come with some controversy as well. >> whe

charlottesville, richmond. had a couple of sprinkles near us this morning. most of that is on the eastern shore. this is probably the last time we'll look at doppler radar this morning. temps warm and muggy. 72347 annapolis. martinsburg is 66 with 70 in winchester and 73 la plata. we're going into the low 90s in most spots this afternoon. tomorrow's highs about the same. >> a couple of water main breaks and slow traffic forming in the 6:00 hour. good morning, everybody. first of all if you're planning to head inbound i-66 through arlington you'll be fine but there is a water main break on south courthouse roadblocked between columbia pike and 6th street. you'll have to work your way around that for quite some time with the road buckled as well. if you're planning to head over here, no problems to report as you travel inbound right now on kenilworth avenue and eastern avenue. this is going to be in the northeast corridor. let's go back over to the maps and this time we'll head over to the other side of town. no problems on the bw parkway or route 50 inside th

clutter toward mechanicsville in the northern part of the county and west of fredricksburg to charlottesvilleight sprinkles. stafford, you may get a couple of raindrops shortly. 70 degrees in manassas and culpeper. look at the nice upper 60s here. lower 60s in cumberland but upper 70s on the bay. we're going to see highs today in the mid- to upper 80s. let's go to monika samtani here at 4:27, your first look at time saver traffic. >>> thank you so much, howard. there's just a little bit of construction left over if you're planning to head into virginia on the outer loop of the beltway. it's going to be basically between the dulles toll road and route 123 in tysons. it's single file getting by there. no problems on the dulles toll road itself or 66 as you head inbound right now. there is construction on the inner loop between gallows road and route 50 so watch out for that let's take you over to 95 in virginia. on the northbound side through springfield, no issues to report. all lanes are open. on the southbound side down in richmond at mile parker 81, all lanes are blocked with an accident th

if you were a viewer on to the west, culpepper and to charlottesville, you got in on that thunder action again and severe with a few tornados that developed east of richmond during the nighttime hours and last night, looking upstream. we're quieter into indiana and ohio and a potential of a shower or two and we'll into the weather here into early sunday and with that future cast in motion. one or two scattered late-day storms, cloudy tomorrow night and warm and humid and into the night. partly cloudy skies, 79 the leave night low and the winds, west five to 10 and hot and humid. 99 the daytime high tomorrow and there is your five-day forecast and that is on to monday, temperatures in the mid- 90s, plans for the 4th of july, low to mid-90s and could be some scattered storms late in the day and have to look for a potential of more strong storms here during the week. >> and when the temperatures get hot, things start popping. >> you know it. >> thank you, tucker. >>> still ahead, another check on power outages across the area. >> a deadly 24 hours tonight. a woman is clinging to life after

with heat and humidity for the next several days as we get cooler air moving in. 105 here in charlottesville. 90 degrees around the 8:00 hour. and then notice it gets drier by tomorrow morning. 76, to 87 through tomorrow. again this cold front is moving from southern new jersey through delaware and back into the ohio valley. we are again going to shift our focus towards the north as opposed to the southern direction, and that will bring in the cooler hair. we are right between this cooler area and this hot humid air mass to the south and that will maybe bubble up some showers and storms. so for the overnight, 74. warm and steamy with a thunderstorm threat through the overnight. 87 for tomorrow. seven-day norcast looks like this -- seven-day forecast looks like this. more humidity by the end of the week going into next wend. >> and your money tonight. sudden whiplash at the gas pump. prices are rising after more than two months of constant falls. >> reporter: what happened to that amazing ride we've been on? the signs are changing. take a look. we hit nearly $4 a gallon in april. all the way

and down to the south, and charlottesville area, this will make its way in.a bit on the warm side. >>> thanks, doug. >> thank you, doug. >>> they didn't send either one of us to london. as a consolation prize -- >> what's up with that? >> consolation prize. >>> you're left with me. the fact of the matter is that there is some football being played. you know what's happening right snow in 32 teams in the nfl that are going to the super bowl as of right now. our guys are getting ready to. the skins hit their field for the first practice of training camp. that was yesterday. today they were back at it, and so was da man. i'm talking about chick hernande hernandez. >> thanks a lot. appreciate that. >> yeah, we've got football, vance. jammal brown is expected to see a doctor on tuesday, to find out what's going on there. they have signed -- make roster room, they cut brian hernandez. when i heard hernandez is being released, i got a little nervous. that's okay. as for the team, though, a lot of the riffraff is gone. the linebacker corps is all set, and a rookie sh

point is below that 70 degrees mark. 100 in fred ricks berg, and it is 102 right now down towards charlottesville, so a hot day this afternoon. that's why we have the heat advisory in effect for the entire area just about until about 9:00. you notice the red up until baltimore. baltimore in an excessive heat advisory. i do expect that to be continued through the day tomorrow. something else we'll be watching for. we a chance for strong storms and there are a few storms around pittsburgh. we're going to watch those closely to see if they could come through here just like the once lasts night. we did see parts of trees down last night. we'll continue to give you the update, coming up. >>> thank you, doug. here's the latest details after friday's devastating storms. six days after it there are still more than 32,000 people in the region sweating it out without ac. crews continue to work around the clock. pepco currently has more than 16,000 outages, more than 8,100 dominion customers, and bge is down to 7600 outages. all the other companies have fewer than 500 outages. pepco says today it's ahead of

south of the charlottesville really, in little batch of showers coming to an end as it moves further to the south in virginia. tomorrow, we could see thunderstorms pop up, and one or two could become severe, especially north of the beltway. sunday, a better chance of seeing severe thunderstorms, as a cold front will drop in and trigger a mechanism to get those storms going to sunday, better chance of severe storms. isolated, hi, gusty winds here and there on sunday. 92 in the district. 93 is what it feels like in winchester. feels like 100 in culpeper. feels like 97 -- in hagerstown, feels like 94. tomorrow excessive heat watch, which may be upgraded to an excessive heat warning later today. you can always go to wjla.com. we will be up to the minute with that. by tomorrow, saturday, 102 is the forecast. we may make it to 103. the record is 102, set back in 2010. sunday, we will drop back into the upper 90s. the record on sunday is 100. not impossible, but not that likely. here are the storm chances. sunday, better than 50% chance. monday mid-80's, people. >> bring some extra scarves.

that's where most of the stronger and potentially severe thunderstorms will stay, charlottesville, richmondrth carolina border. strong thunderstorms in harrisburg, pennsylvania. the trajectory of the storms are going up towards northern delaware, southern parts of philadelphia. we don't really have to worry too much. everything is going either north or south of us. might still be able to cook up a couple of showers. not looking for any severe weather threat around here. a trough of low pressure keeps the humid wealth tore the south. clouds may thicken towards sunrise tomorrow morning. tomorrow once the clouds burn away, temperatures back into the 90s for most tomorrow. ahead of a weather front which i think tomorrow will have a better chance of sparking storms even if we get extra clouds. i think the surface front may be just enough of a kick in the atmosphere to get thunderstorms cooked up for tomorrow. as we get into wednesday, wednesday will be the pick of the litter. low humidity, temperatures cooler than average. if you're headed to the beaches, tomorrow stormy at the coastline, but gr

you go to charlottesville, 100 degrees this afternoon. hot atlanta living up to their name today 104. 97 that will go into the book. certainly far cry from that record 1901. look at overnight low, only got down to 73 degrees. 95 in town now, 98 down toward d.c. the eastern shore 90s. we're not seeing much of a sea breeze to kind of break the heat on the coastal sections. that will continue for the next couple days. westerly wind pushing that chance of a sea breeze offshore. dew point values when we talk dew point 60s , it's a barable number. that's why we don't have excessive heat watch warnings. so 96 roanoke, look at nashville, that's where the core of heat, 102 degrees. we have this front on top of us right now. that's bringing a little beth of dry re-- bit dry relief across the area. showers big old thunderstorms down to the south, norfolk seeing tornado warnings. now most powerful, we have the beam up edwards the north. right now indications, we will be down toward south. could i see frederick or washington county? certainly, i don't

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area and between laray and charlottesville and a few light showers and sprinkles right now and they were prominent and earlier in the day and you can see it right here coming through the region and the shower activity is now through portions of central pennsylvania and there are more showers down to the south and they are moving to the north. as we move on through the next couple of hours, this is what to expect ask it will be on the warm side right through the rest of the evening and if you're going to be out and about, it's a good idea to take the purse umbrella. i don't think you'll need a big umbrella and always a good idea to keep that umbrella handy. over the next couple of hours, watch tomorrow, high pressure settles down to the south and east of us, but i think we have a good chance of seeing storms tomorrow and any storms that develop will have the potential for heavy downpours and don't worry too much about that, and it will be warm and we'll see the chance of storms. on sunday, the high moves to the south and we get on the hot side of that high pressure area with temperat

between harrisonburg and charlottesville very light stuff. it's slowly drifting west to east.ouple sprinkles down there, but for the rest of us we'll have to wait a little longer. the clouds are here. the showers expand down to our south and west but a lot of dry air to overcome. do wants are still pretty low. this is the -- dew points are still pretty low. this is the moisture we've been watching the last couple days. it's going to start moving back north tomorrow. it will start focusing some of this heavier rain back our direction. yesterday houston 8 to 10 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and it's still raining down there. this has been a problem for the deep south. they've gone from drought to too much rain. quick look at futurecast. clouds for the morning. for the afternoon friday doesn't look that wet, about the overnight friday into set -- but overnight friday into saturday morning here comes the warmer air with showers and yes, maybe some beneficial rains for saturday in the form of thunderstorms. unfortunately some of those could have quite a bit of heavy rain with

sentinel radar searching around, not finding anything, down to the southwest, stronger storms charlottesvilleown towards lynchburg and down 81, and eventually right on into northern sections of north carolina, across 64 as well. these have the history of being severe but not anything we need to worry about looking father northwest of philadelphia, -- father northwest of philadelphia, alan town. this is right on the edge of the radar extends on up into eastern parts of pennsylvania and up state new york they have severe weather warnings up there and severe weather watch again back home here just to show you, it is all quiet now, it is looking like, we will stay fairly quiet during the evening hours, there is still this chance that we can have thunderstorms if we get a couple and that is what i think all it would be there is the possibility they could become strong or even severe we are certainly outlooked most of the east coast today, is outlooked for severe weather and then all the way back out, into the midwest, and just so you know we are expecting more thunderstorms tomorrow and we will be

obama will be in charlottesville and fredericksburg. virginia and florida are considered crucial swing states. this afternoon republican mitt romney will attend a campaign rally in new hampshire. yesterday he toward a small business in massachusetts. he hammered president obama for not meeting more often with his jobs council. romney's comments came as he meets with top aides about potential running mates. advisers say a decision could come within days. turning to business news, racial disparities still persist in the mortgage industry >> . students victimized by subprime lending. let's say good morning to linda bell at blumberg in new york. >> happy friday. were the students victims of subprime loans like home buyers? a government report said that students were burdened with heavy debt burdens at the hands of subprime-style private loan markets. they can have fixed rates. black and hispanic home owners received significantly more government-backed loans. government-backed mortgages are insured by the faa or guaranteed by the department

most of the action is south of us into charlottesville and into richmond.gain, our southern counties, warrenton, culpeper, and fredericksburg looking at showers right now and storms bubbling up. the atmosphere is still quite unstable. here's a look at the risk for severe weather today. this does include the d.c. area and the district. especially portions south and east of us. the main threat being damaging wind gusts. our weather camera, the clouds are moving in. we have partly to mostly cloudy conditions. 91 degrees. dew points in the upper 60s. it does feel sticky. 86 in gaithersburg. also in leesburg. 88 for manassas. fredericksburg, you're at 94 degrees. still hot for you. so muggy with more storms the next couple of days. storms are likely tonight. watch for damaging wind gusts, 40, 50, 60-mile per hour winds are all possible. saturday some storms are also possible once again and then sunday only a stray storm possible. here's a look at your future cast. the most of the activity should be south of us and after 9:00, 10:00, it should be much quieter. sa

an isolated storm flaring up in the charlottesville, virginia area. things are quiet, northern pennsylvania, new jersey, all quiet. storms bubbling up, flaring and this is the area, much more humid conditions that will drift steadily further east, eventually getting back into our state. we're hopeful by then most of us have the power back and can deal with him more ably with the ac and fans cranking. watching that hot humid air, the sticky stuff just south and west of us holding south of the stationary front. the front will move back as a barm front toward mid-and the end -- warm front toward mid-and the end of the week. and as we go from tuesday into wednesday it gets closer. we may end up in the mid to upper 90s. in terms of storm chances, they look minimal. the better chances look to come wednesday afternoon. so your 4th of july plans outdoors, keep an eye to the sky. keep this posted. we'll keep you updated. 70 overnight. tomorrow we're talking 92. yes, more humid. tomorrow night scattered storms. the outlook looking hot and sticky as we move towa

a few scattered lighter showers, shenandoah valley heading to the north of charlottesville. moving into green and madison counties and perhaps another hour or so. then that may eventually, by maybe around 8:00, be into prince william and then right into the metro area. a little bit after that. in fact, all of these areas in green including eastern west virginia, shenandoah valley, the district and just about all of maryland undear flash flood watch noon all of the way into tonight from some heavy downpours that will perhaps begin as early as around 9:00 in the metro area. we'll be in the upper 70s to near 80 by then. watch out for high water. that main threat not perhaps occurring until afternoon time. for your lunch hour you will need an umbrella. possibility of passing showers then with temperatures around 80 and peeking in the low to mid 80s early afternoon. then it's mid to late afternoon portion terrible for flooding rains and that continuing into tonight, as well as all of the way into perhaps just past midnight tonight. those heavy downpours for this friday evening. t

farther west now, charlottesville up to 92 and culpeper 91. 80s to our west. how does it feel? here's the combination of temperature and humidity. it's not much higher because the humidity is moderate. right now, it does feel, though, like it's 97 in washington with the temperature at 92. and we're going to add that humidity tomorrow, but going forward throughout the rest of the day today, just lots of hazy sunshine throughout the region and overnight tonight, hazy, warm and muggy. and as we get into tomorrow morning, we'll have a few clouds around and then tomorrow afternoon, all these areas in green, these are zones of potential downpours with thunder and lightning, so we need the rain. that will quickly cool us down tomorrow, but before the rain arrives tomorrow, another very hot day. then as we get into thursday, yes, more rain likely throughout much of the region with more clouds around and from midday all the way into the afternoon hours, some passing showers, maybe some thunder and that will cool things down and it will settle down then thursday night. so, for the rest o

michelle obama scheduled to visit fredericksburg and charlottesville, two days after the president swung through the commonwealth. >> coming up, an investigation under way into a house sewing needles showed up in sandwiches on an international flight. >> star power onj the powerada testifying there was a hearing on capitol hill focusing on the tools to fight human trafficking over the next decade, like programs that help rehabilitate victim's. >> this was not only happening to children in africa, but children in every country including our own are being forced into slavery. >> an estimated 27 million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide. approximately 100,000 of those victims are in the united states. >> there are new questions about the safety of airline food after sewing needles were found in sandwiches on delta air lines flights. they were found in a half-dozen sandwiches on four flight from amsterdam to the united states. if they were made by catering company at amsterdam airport. the fbi is investigating this as a possible terrorist act. if >> you can not check givers a

some of the moisture already coming around charlottesville. as we go through tomorrow, we will be getting closer. for your wake up tomorrow morning maybe a few leftover showers for you folks in southern maryland. by and large as we get to tomorrow afternoon, again temperatures will be near average. that is not too bad compared to what we were dealing with one week ago. then the humidity really begins to come back. i think we will be seeing the rest of afternoon showers and thundershowers, especially if you are heading out to the mountains of west virginia and out towards skyline drive. tomorrow morning when you get out, the low 70's. tomorrow afternoon will get up into the 80's with a risk of an afternoon thundershower. anything would be hit and miss variety. as we get more into the weekend it becomes increasing humidity. temperatures into the low to mid 90's. even 10 degrees below what they were last weekend at the risk of afternoon showers and thundershowers. he and humidity coming back but nothing like last weekend. no widespread -- >> we d

there are storms lining up from southwestern pennsylvania right down the i-81 corridor toward charlottesville and harrisburg. the more significant storms west of lower gan town. the line that could hold together, this cluster to bedford if this line were to maintain its strength, potentially it could bring thunderstorm action into maryland. scattered storms. this is not an unbroken or intense heavy line like we had on provide day night. this is not another duration despite what you may have seen. we average one duratio every four years. we're seeing scattered storms to the north. that could disrupt crews. that's why we hope they stay at bay to the north or potentially lose their strength. we'll keep an eye on it. 94 at bwi. winds are northwest at six. the weather was relatively quiet for the most part in baltimore. did not see much other than hot sunshine. mt. airy today clouds building up into the afternoon but, again, for the most part relatively quiet. right now temperatures running in the mid-90s, very hot indeed. as hot as it will be by the end of the week, no i made references yesterday

had some pretty hefty storms yesterday afternoon south of charlottesville. you can see them down here. didn't see too much in the metro. that's not a bad thing the way the storms have been going this summer. this morning, you'll notice a few showers and storms west of charlottesville tracking off towards the southeast. the temps are running in the low to mid-70s in most spots. 73 springfield. rockville is 72. 74 in upper marlboro and 76 in college park. we're looking at a hot day today as i said with the threat for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. best chance south of washington. maybe better chances toward fredricksburg with highs in the low to mid-90s. let's go to monika samtani just about 5:00 a.m. she has timesaver traffic. >>> good morning. thank you so much. if you're planning to head around town, you see all the triangles? pretty much they should be cleared up for the morning if you're planning to head over to the west side of town, it's all construction you're looking at there. that all should be cleared up by the time you head out the door anyway

she will go to charlottesville and fredericksburg.e's trying to hold on to a slim lead over mitt romney in virginia polls. >>> vowing to respond promptly to allegations that some of its employees acted unethically and in some cases illegally. the internal watchdog says a number of workers investigated. broke conflict of interest rules and accepted gifts from bank execs. they say the majority of workers obey the strict ethics pol simplths new this morning, one of the busiest bridges between the u.s. and canada back open after a bomb threat. they reopened the ambassador bridge in detroit at 1:00 this morning. security cruise didn't find any explosives during the sweep. police say somebody called in a bomb threat just before 7:30 last night. that threat comes less than a week after a bomb hoax shut down a tunnel from detroit to canada. >>> new york city bus driver being hailed a hero for catching a 7-year-old autistic girl from a three-story fall. it was all caught on tape. check it out. steven st. bernard was walking home from work when

charlottesville, 101. 91 in annapolis. not much relief, though. if you're jumping in the bay or the potomac water temperatures and low to mid 80's. if you factor in the humidity it feels like 101 in the district, 101 in culpeper and 107 is the heat index here. nothing really happening in terms of the satellite and radar composite but later on we could see a few thunderstorms especially west of 95, west of highway 15 that runs in virginia and maryland and pennsylvania. we have thunderstorms often west virginia that developed over ohio and pushed shout -- pushed south. these aren't-shaded county's indicates severe thunderstorm warnings -- orange-shaded counties to indicate severe thunderstorm warnings. a chance one of the storms out to the west to they could become severe. 99 tomorrow -- basically 100 is in reach. about 100, give or take a degree or two. i've been the best chance is on saturday for tying the record, which is 102 setback in 22. the extended forecast shows the shift in the weather pattern by monday. get this -- upper 80's for high tem

ahead of that some lighter showers and some embedded moderate rain just north of charlottesville. right now around washington, don't have any rain but we do have this flash flood watch in effect from noon until tonight and covers the district, most of maryland, eastern, west virginia for the threat of heavy downpours that may cause some local iced flooding. we might get a passing shower this morning until noontime. the likelihood of the flooding rains is during the afternoon into this evening. highs reaching low to mid 80s. i'm back in dten minutes. >>> if you are traveling along i-95 in virginia i did see volume as you make your way past fairfax county parkway traveling northbound. it's not terrible at all. out of quantico, looking good at about 57 miles per hour. 25 minutes to drive to the beltway. we have to head back over to i-66 right now because you go eastbound at 50, we have a multi-vehicle crash. luckily it's moved to the shoulder lane. but as you're traveling eastbound you will see just a little bit of volume as cars drive by and look at what's going on in this area. and

we're near 90, though, from fredericksburg over to charlo e charlottesville and that area they could easily get up to 100 later this afternoon. around the metro area, we might not make it to 100. but heat advisory in effect from noon to 8:00 p.m. and the heat index that feels like temperature 105 to 109 especially those areas south of washington. we'll talk about our threat for severe sthorms after that. that is coming up in just a couple of minutes. barbara? >> all right, tom, we'll see you shortly. >>> you can expect if you're taking 270 towards frederick. crews are still clearing debris strewn on the hewway from a when a truck overturned this morning. the tractor trailer was carrying beer and sent some cargo flying near route 109 in the clarksburg area. no one was seriously hurt, though. >>> let's look at a our mid-day traffic and what's going on the roads right now. here's danella sealock. >> i-270, crews have got the roadway cleared and you're still seeing delays as you make your way northbound as you make your way to 109 where the overturned tractor trailer was. it's clear, but

we have a couple areas we saw pockets of thunderstorm activity, charlottesville, just around the fredericksburg area as well and also north around hagerstown. you can see as we zoom in on here warrenton getting a little bit of a thunderstorm as well, but again no severe warnings in effect right now. look at our risk for severe weather, slight risk is shaded in yellow here which includes the d.c. area, points north and west, the main threats being damaging wind gusts and hail. the heat is the other big weather story this evening, heat advisory until 9:00 for the entire d.c. metro area where it is really cooking out there. here's a look at the heat index. it feels like 102 in downtown when you factor in the humidity, 105 in culpeper, leesburg still feeling hot at 110 and the heat won't get any better. our live look at the live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we've got blue skies, beautiful shot of the white house, temperatures in downtown in the upper 90s. the clouds are starting to move in as we'll see some storms popping up this evening. so that will be for tonight under very war

take a look at the statewide highs, 87 degrees for the city limits, hagerstown at 87, charlottesville in the 90's and a cool reading in ocean city. right now 85 degrees, 87dc and then 80s toward the eastern shore. a lot of sun so a great evening. mentioning we will get the temperatures down into the upper 06's. similar to what we saw last night. here is the big boards and just a great amount of moisture downward the south, flash flood watches, warnings, we have this area of high pressure in over the midwest. what that will do is bring in more of a southwesterly wind. that southwesterly wind as with always tell you about will bring in the heat and humidity. when does it arrive and does it bring showers and storm? >> thank you. a teen is dead and paramedics transported other men -- three other after a single car crash in columbia. jeff has the details. >> reporter: people who live along the road say people normally speed along the tree line road and it's had more than it's share of accident. police say speed was a factor about 3:00 a.m. this morning when an audi driven by a 17-year-old

look at charlottesville. 104 there. that's the kind of number we're going to be seeing in a few other cases. talk about consecutive days with hot temptures. above 95. that's eight days in a row, including today. by sunday, we could be 11, if we do get above 95 tomorrow. and we will. this is above consecutive days of 95 or getter. 89 degrees, the temperature out there right now. here's that heat index of 97. look at the dew point. it continues to rise. dew point now at 73 degrees. we don't want to see that over the next couple of days. that's really going to make things on the humid side. 84 right now in martinsburg and 87 right now towards pax river. we were hoping for some showers or clouds to help us with those temperatures today. no rain left. we did see a few storms a little bit earlier. making the way down from pennsylvania, they were coming dounl our way and then they just skirted our region. they did bring some severe weather and down towards portions of the eastern shore. but they've all since fizzled out, too

average and that record will stay in the books for a hundred degrees back in 80s. 90 downtown. 90 charlottesville 88 and notice ocean city with that sea breeze. continuing to sea that push of wind and that -- broad upper dew point numbers to around 60, to at times 6a. a muggy feel but not thato pressive humidity we have been seeing last weekw. will wake up to 72, lunchtime around 84. pair of eights before eight. i think we will hit againo before we fall back to 80 by tomorrow at eight. terms of what's going on it's a good deal of cloud as cross the area, that will keep the temperatures rather balmy over the next several hours and then we will start to see them fall back in to the 60a. the radar looking good. high pressure nosing in to maryland so we will be talking about sinking air, it'll bring on the sun but it's down to the south and there is the frontal system that keeps the showers in play. even gustier storms over parts of shore lot, the carolina's, you go back toward knoxville. parts of st. louis and louisville. all seeing nasty weather right now. along the stationary boundary that's separ

satellite picture, radar combined, a couple thunderstorms south down towards charlottesville and a fews toward pittsburgh. right now we don't see anything developing. i'll keep the chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the forecast for another couple of hours. 92 downtown. 92 in rockville. we haven't talked about 80s. 89 in great falls. 86 in fairfax. and 89 in springfield. that's really pretty nice. because the air mass is dry, temperatures will fall at lower levels tonight. especially in the suburbs. 90s with us all week. warm tonight, maybe a thunderstorm. tomorrow, another copy and paste day. and big storms are possible on the fourth and probably hotter on wednesday. partly cloudy, warm. maybe a thunderstorm. almost comfortable. low 65 to 75. so 65 in the suburbs is pretty decent. now tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, warm. 70 to 90 by lunchtime. air quality in the unhealthy range. that's not unusual. by afternoon, partly cloudy and hot. better chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow. high temperatures near 95. winds southwesterly. we'll break it down. you know, 65 to 75 to start is okay.

. >> the first lady also canceled two campaign stops in charlottesville, virginia. >>> in light of the shooting, warner bros. has canceled its paris premiere of "the dark knight rises." it said in a statement warner bros. is deeply saddened about the shocking incident. we extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims of this tragic time. so far police have not been able to get the suspect james holmes to talk about what happened signed the theater. we have more. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the chaotic moments after a heavily armed gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the new batman movie. a man in a blood smoked shirt and a child in a batman costume were among hundreds of people who escaped the carnage. >> there was a gas can thrown intots audience behind me. -- into the audience behind me. i thought it was a stunt of the movie. >> reporter: he was sitting in the second row when the attack happened. >> it was a serious moment because i felt the caps from the bullet burn my leg. >> reporter: jennifer says the first shot was fired at th

you can see a little bit of rain out toward charlottesville.e of this is not reaching the ground. the air mass is dry around the immediate metro area. but sprinkles possible overnight in the mountains and maybe in some of our far western suburbs. a dry morning commute either way. some clouds will be lingering. seasonal on friday. a nice finish to the weesh. isolated thunderstorm possible tomorrow. few and far between. and then hot over the weekend. the 90s come in saturday and sunday and they take up residents for a while. overnight, we'll stay mostly cloudy, still comfortable. 66 to about 72 downtown. and winds out of the south at 10. by morning, returning partly cloudy, warm, 70s and 80s. light wind, air quality moderate. that's pretty good really. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warm, but seasonally warm. isolated shower or thunderstorm possible. 85 to 90. winds out of the southeast at about 10. so some areas will probably hit 90 tomorrow. many areas will flirt with 90. maybe 90 in springfield. 89 in gaithersburg, 88 in reston and 89 or 88 t

down to the south, running through lynchburg and headed toward charlottesville. i wouldn't change your tee times. but a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. so we're looking at almost hot tomorrow. not quite. again, near 90 again. scattered storms all day. especially in the afternoon. but even some showers possible saturday morning. late saturday morning. hot on sunday and strong storms possible on sunday. some could be strong. some could be severe. we will keep you posted. overnight looks like this. partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower west of town. 66 to 74 downtown. tomorrow morning, partly sunny, warm. shower possible late. 70s and 80s. not a lot of activity in the morning. by afternoon, better chance. partly sunny, almost hot. scattered showers and storms. high temperatures near 90 and winds out of the southwest at 10. zone forecast. all six zones still on our website, wusa9.com. oakland only 79. low to mid 80s for cumberland, winchester. a good chance of scattered thunderstorms west of i-81. 90 in culpeper. fairfax, may

most of the storms are sliding south of us into charlottesville and now in the richmond, virginia area. here's a look at our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, a louvre look at the wife white house, temperature 90 under mostly cloudy -- a live look at the white house, temperatures 90 under mostly cloudy conditions, still muggy out there. 88 manassas and fredericksburg and leesburg, 86 hagerstown, annapolis also in the mid-80s. so we are concerned about some strong storms for tonight. the main concern is damaging win gusts. tuesday is hot with more storms -- wind gusts. tuesday is hot with more storms. tomorrow's storms could be strong or severe. wednesday looks good and hot against for thursday. on your futurecast scattered showers and storms possible through 10:00 or so tonight. after that a lot of it should be out of here. overnight looks good. tomorrow morning lots of sunshine, don't forget your sunglasses and your umbrella because we could see scattered showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening as a cold front comes through. for tonight mostly cloudy with a

the former university of virginia lacrosse player appeared with his mother and attorneys in charlottesville. they were there when a judge ruled that cameras will not be allowed in the courtroom for his sentencing next month. he was convicted in february of murdering his exgirlfriend, yeardley love. cameras in the courtroom could hinder his right to a fair trial. >>> two prince georges county police officers are being called heros tonight after a fire at a district heights apartment building. >> i'm bruce leshan, from blocks away, a police lieutenant sees a column of smoke rising. he and a corporal rush into this burning building to rescue a half dozen people who have no idea their lives are in danger. >> i think it's human instinct. >> the lieutenant and corporal, rickie, say they will never forget what they found. >> this is the area right here behind us where the dogs were out on the balcony. >> flames roaring across the back of the building from the first floor up through the roof. >> when i got here, i could hear screams of people, but then i heard blood curdling screams. i wasn't sure

you can see it here from around charlottesville to frederick, maryland up to scranton, pennsylvania aslook quick lie at the futurecast. the storms do pop this afternoon and then they hit the southern areas harder than northern areas, just stay up on the weather. have the yellow alert today for the storms and again tomorrow for the storms. 98. 96. mid 70s tonight with some upper 60s in the real cool spots. 92 tomorrow again, scattered storms in the afternoon. only an isolated storm sunday and i think most of it is going to be east of the bay. high around 890 so if your going to the shore consider that. and in fact we'll show you the rest of the seven day forecast. chances of storms each day at the beach. tomorrow sunday and monday. but around here, sunday, quieter 90 and then next week chance of mainly afternoon and evening storms monday through thursday. highs upper 80s to around 90. we'll be right back with 9news now at noon in just a moment. >>> if you have not made plans for the weekend, you'll want to to take the family to the national aquarium on 14th street because guess what? it

hours we will keep you ahead of any thing else that developing tonight's activity down around charlottesville likely dropping windsmall hail we are outlook this evening possibility of strong to severe storms but outlooked tomorrow, and i want you to see that area shifts a little south, pennsylvania might be in the clear a little better chance for us to see activity because we will have a frontal system trying to come through. tonight, actually i am starting this tomorrow wanted you to see tomorrow afternoon, 4, 5, 6:00 p.m. we will have to watch radar again a lot of activity potentially developing, down through virginia. good news, maybe we get storms on wednesday. then we will keep an eye on thursday, wednesday night looks like it will be just a little increasing cloud cover but thursday looks like that front, may try to come back north again, and may be put us into an environment where thunderstorms could pop up again today's high, 90 degrees even with the cloud can you imagine that. dulles, 89, bwi 91 degrees. hot july, holding on to that 90- degree reading some 80s but as we look at our n

you can see charlottesville and richmond is looking at the intense, heavier storms.nd right now, closer in, around fredericksburg, culpeper, warrenton getting light rain. this could impact the beltway this evening. so we may want to bring the umbrella just in case you do encounter a shower tonight. right now, michael and son weather camera, cloudy conditions. 90 degrees is the current temperature. dew points in the 60s. so still sticky out there. 86 in manassas. 82 in gaithersburg. 90 for annapolis. and 82 degrees for culpeper. so that rain helping cool down the air for you. so still muggy and unsettled the next couple of days. thunderstorms well south of town. the strongest ones, damaging wind gusts are a concern. saturday, we have a chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms. sunday, thunderstorm chances go down even more. just a stray storm possible. future cast looks like this. most of the action will be south of us. maybe light rain in the area for tonight. tomorrow morning should be dry, so if you want to go on that bike ride, you should be fine. now the af

can you see they pop up quickly and if you get a stronger one like the charlottesville area, that canrop a quick half inch of rain and 30 and 40 gusts and to 50 or 60 and some simulhills. otherwise, as we look around the region, all of the storms are moving from southeast to northwest and that is an unusual direction for us from an area of low pressure off of the coast and sending these long and that is an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere and this is the one we're watching around the leesburg area and that is gone now. maybe another one developing here along the river and we'll keep an eye on that and head one to charles county doing the same. >> and that is the general motion. can you detect the circulation and that is what we're getting, a spinoff from that and that is going to be there tomorrow and that means tomorrow is going to be a lot like today and with a mix of clouds and sun and maybe some storms around in the afternoon. just a few. and in terms of the temperatures, it's going to be staying warm and not extremely hot this week and probably upper 80s by the end of