still a few showers and thunderstorms around not too far from chestertown.er batch in southerly delaware and another area of showers down this way. they've had rain on and off during the day. a couple of thunderstorms. the beach has been cloudy and damp pretty much all day long. tomorrow it looks like a day much like today but we do have risks of more storms coming our way towards the end of the week. >> thank you very much. >>> let's check in on the roads with christy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, everyone. let's give you another update on the situation in ann arundel county involving the over turned tractor taylor. it still has richie highway closed in both directions. we will update you on that as soon as more information is available. if you're traveling on the beltway, still some slowing at security boulevard. north side inner loop also heavy there. northbound 95 bumper to bumper there from 395 over to the tunnel. as far as accidents go, one new one reported in middle river. expect some congestion in baltimore city around pratt street. we still

that we have another batch which looks like it's going to move down through galina and down toward chestertown. a watch where you see the pink, that's until 9:00 tonight as far as temperatures go we got up to 95, 96 degrees this afternoon. when these storms came through it dropped us about 20 degrees. that's the effect that a lot of these storms are having ahead of us. we'll have a full forecast coming up. >>> remember that wjz.com is always on for instant updates on live doppler radar any time, log on to wjz.com. >>> now to our other major story tonight. a mass shooting at a sheik temple in los angeles. right now police are calling it an act of domestic terrorism. let's start with randall pinkston. he has the latest from oak crick -- oak creek. >> reporter: police blocking the ambulance to the temple after a man opened fire on a sheik temple. >> an officer was shot multiple times, another officer engaged the suspect, the officer did engage with the suspect and that suspect is deceased. we're treating this as a domestic terrorist type incident therefor the fbi has the resources needed to help

chestertown the same and 63. we should be at 66 degrees for this time of the year.o complaints whatsoever. the radar is null and void this morning. we are looking a at the satellite part where we are picking up the clouds across the area. these are the high clouds. we will see plenty of sunshine in to the picture throughout the morning and the day. high pruin control, we are going to get the sinking air. not too much cloud development and with that we won't see rain. that will slide towards the east and that's going to give us return flow. we are going to start to warm things up through tomorrow and increase the humidity. this is what you neighborhood forecast looks like today. 83 parkville. arbutus 84. we slide to the south. 83 in deal. through the rest of today, by 4:00, 3:00, temperature close to 90, not feeling too bad. the humidity will be on the low side again. 69, mostly cloudy, increasing humidity by this evening. tomorrow, here is the forecast for you, 89, partly sunny, the showers and storms are possible. here is a quick check of the seven-day forecast for

going through, some really heavy rain where you see the yellow and orange around queenstown and chestertown and denton. that's where we see the heavy amounts of rain. they need this rain, also maybe minor flooding is possible in those locations. closer to us around the beltway, just some light rain out toward laurel and buoy right now and annapolis getting light rain. temperatures in the mid-70s downtown. lower 70s in fredericksburg and lees. temperature-wise, it's very comfortable. we'll talk about how tropical storm isaac is doing. back to you, bruce. >> thanks, annie. tropical storm isaac has pushed into cuba after sweeping across haiti where it caused flooding and at least three he deaths. forecasters say the storm's likely to grow into a hurricane as it moves through the gulf of mexico off florida's west coast. it could eventually hit the florida panhandle with winds at 100 miles per hour. danielle nottingham is in tampa right now where they are preparing for impact. danielle? >> reporter: bruce, governor rick scott has already declared a state of emergency in florida, but so far, it h

chestertown, rain across the areas moderate to more of the same in church hill, centerville, lighter rain. there was a across the ea yedas we h one of those cells that the national weather vis saw a little bit of rotation canceled and things looking good this morning. we are getting more much needed rain across the area. we will talk about isaac coming up. over to get a check of the traffic with loren. good morning. >>> as you said we are dealing with rain up in harford county. be careful traveling in the yeah. in the city, everything is up to speed, through the fort mc henry and harbor tunnel. if you are going to use the jfx, no delays from towson, downtown to east fayette as we check in and look at the beltway, west side, nice and clear here, this is going to be a shot at harford, no delays traveling the inner loop 95. west side, liberty road, everything going to be nice and clear as well. 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795, towards 9 a. >>> gulf coast preparing for the worst, as people keep a nervous eye on tropical storm isaac in cam pa. a true scammable going on now as party

we should be at 66 for this time of the year. 66 handover, 68 annapolis. 63 chestertown and elkton. 64air and westminster 65 degrees. 62 frederick. we see a few clouds coming in. it's fair and plenty of sunshine once the sunrises as we go through the next hour or so. all in all, a nice day, if you like the sunshine. the reason why we are see sunshine for today is because we have high pressure in control of our weather. see the big blue h, that's going to slide towards the east. we will warm things up and the humidity will begin to move back in to the picture. this is a look at the future temperatures, temperatures between 81, 8 4, nice and sunny out there. get out and take advantage of it. we will begin to have change moving in as we head through tuesday and that will continue. for today, this is what i'm looking at for your forecast friend, 89. more of the same on tuesday. temperatures drop down, we stay seasonable for the most part as we head in to saturday. >>> kick off is less than a month away. all you ravens fans are ready for football and you were last night in annapolis. >> a h

another 71 in goldsbor yes and chestertown 72 degrees. >> thanks. >>> you may think twice about eating a sandwich on your flight after a spokesperson for air canada says that a passenger found what looked like a sewing needle in a sandwich. two weeks ago you may remember we told you about reports that surfaced of needles in 6 sandwiches in delta flights. this latest incident happened on monday on a night from victoria british columbia to toronto. >>> many of us take light street when going downtown to get to -- when going downtown to get to work or going home. >> city leaders say you have to take taking a street. >> a father's hero screams of a daughter and the screams she called upon to save a dad's life. >> when it rains in arizona there's reason to worry. [audio not understandable] >> everything is up to speed here on 95. north of 195 i will let you know how traffic is shaping up coming up on good morning maryland. you are looking at london abby road where the olympics is underway. we will have more coming up next. >>> welcome back. now you won't be able to go up one floor at the we

and you can see 77 right now in chestertown and 76 in galena and good morning elkton at 75 degrees. outside in urbana and start out with clouds. we will get some sunshine in here going throughout the day. also not going to rule out a chance for a shower or storm. this is the line that rolled through yesterday. lightning strikes with the thunderstorms. but now we are not dealing with a lot. stale few showers but all in all -- still, a few showers, but all in all spotty in nature and that's the trend into the afternoon. we will not get rid of the moisture for today. dew points are high and might lower but it's going to be humid going into the evening time frame. hopefully, though, that cold front will traverse the area in time. we look at tropical tomorrow ernesto. this is moving off towards the west at 10 miles an hour. the wind sustained at about 50 miles an hour. this is forecasted to move over the yucatan peninsula. not strengthening we thought it might be a category one but it does have hurricane or tropical storm warnings that are growing up for who are duringas -- honduras beca

chestertown is at 72. middletown is 73. elkton 71 and good morning edgewood around 73 degrees. so as we go throughout the day, temperatures will be on the seasonable side but it's going to be a wet go of things. so take it easy on the roadways. megan and charley. >>> a family is in mourning after a police officer is gunned down near texas a&m. >> what started out as routine enwith the death of a police veteran. how it went down and what happened to the gunman. >> after being separated from the families for decades, two brothers are finally home. why the homecoming means so much to them and their loved ones as well. >> can you make a check list for the back to school supplies but what about emergencies? we having a you need to know about your health check list before the kid head back to class. >> reporter: everything is going to be up to speed on 695. i will let you know how it is shaping up on 95 and 83 coming up on good morning maryland. >> and as we head to break you are looking live at miami florida. no doubt hot and steamy down there. we are going to send you to break but

chestertown at 76. temperatures by 8 a.m., 75 degrees. lunchtime 78 and 84 by 3 p.m. big factor is the fact we will have the showers and thunderstorms possible as we gothroughout the day. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook and trying to give you extra time soyou can talk about the accident i wonder if it has to did with the wet roads. >> reporter: we know the rain is coming down hard right now in mount airy. be extra careful. there's a lot of reduced visibility. this serious crash shut down route 26 in both directions. that's going to be right between unionville road and pawnee drive the use route 31 as an alternate to git around the closure and we will bring you latest as it becomes available. looking at other main lines this is what 95 looks like into the city. all clear at 395. a nice easy ride and everything will remain up to speed. traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel and stick with the fort mchenry tunnel this morning because of all the construction really starting to pick up on 895. now one northbound lane is going to be blocked approa

chestertown at 77 right now. and this is the future temperature for today as we head into the afternoon. we are looking at 85 in baltimore. 84 in easton and 86 in dc and 81 in york. let's go back over to charley. >>> now that one of the biggest gambles from nasa they call it 7 minutes of sheer terrorch the rover safely land on surface of the red planet and sherrie johnson has more on the landing. and there was really anxious moments this morning around 1:30, 2:00. >> reporter: a lot of people were very excited. this is like the superbowl. they are excite and scared. while you were sleeping, mars rover curiosity safely landed on the red planet. for the first time, cables were used to lower the rover down. it's the ultimate mission to mars that had all of nasa holding its breath. final 7 minutes before landing were nail biteers. after 8 months flying -- nail nail biters. as the mars science laboratory hit the planet atmosphere at 13,000 miles per hour, heating was 3800 degrees before the supersonic parachute hit th

good morning fredrick, you're at 68 degrees and 75 in kent island, 74 chestertown, galena right aroundnd elkton more of the same. good morning northville, you're at 71 degrees. lots of moisture to work with. upper 60s for dewpoints. you know what that means. that means we're going to be very sultry once again for today. now, speaking of the sultry weather, yes, let's take you to the tropics because we are looking at tropical storm ernesto. the winds sustained now at about 45 miles an hour. it's going to be pushing over the winward islands. it could strengthen to a category 1 hurricane as we go through the next several days. and then look at where it goes. it looks like it could be going into the gulf of mexico. from there we'll keep you updated on that information. >>> now, the future trend going to show you some scattered showers and storms popping up as we go into the afternoon. but all in all a hot, steamy day on tap with that temperature of 94 degrees. look at the beach forecast. it looks pretty good as you head out the door. make sure you pack accordingly and enjoy. let's get a ch

70 hanover and looking at frederick at 67 degrees, 70 edgewood and also elkton and 69 degrees in chestertown. this is what your future trend looks like. not ruling out a chance for some showers and thunderstorms scattered in nature through the morning and also the afternoon. they will become more numerous but the best chance for some showers and storms work their way in here on friday ahead of the cold front that's going to be slicing through the area. also with that we will have the chance for strong to severe storms with this next conference that moves through -- cold front that moves through the area. so for today lunchtime around 89 degrees and warm and humid. 91 degrees into the 4:00 p.m. hour and this is a check of the evening. the game day forecast. 87 degrees with the thunderstorm possible. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. do you think those orioles can beat the royals in. >> oh, yeah. >> i hope so. i hope the ravens win tonight too. >> absolutely. >> if you are in anne arundel county you do want to watch ou

chestertown at 67 degrees and 72 degrees in denton this morning. bel aire coming in at 68 degrees. so, yes, we are dealing with temperatures that are above average, but we are really going to get hot and all of this is courtesy of this area of high pressure that's in place. but we're also going to begin to see that cold front slide through the area as we go through the weekend. and with that, that's going to begin to turn the remnants of isaac over towards us and that's why we do have that chance. as we look at what's going on for today, we start your morning out, 72 degrees there. by lunchtime, 83 degrees, and we will just get warmer from there. so by 2:00 p.m., that temperature at 93 degrees, 94 as we head into 3:00 and more of the same as we head into 4:00. so we do have a very hot day on tap. make sure you slather on the sunscreen as you head out and about. and then the change plops in as we go into sunday as we will see more clouds in the forecast. those temperatures will be held down because of the clouds, maybe a few showers as we go into the afternoon, evening time frame. b

look at the 70s across the eastern shore from elkton to galena, chestertown right around 73 degrees. lots of moisture. megan just mentioned that. we have humidity, dewpoints in the upper 60s, so we are feeling it as we go through today and also the weekend. speaking of the humidity, let's talk about tropical storm ernesto, things are heating up. winds sustained about 45 miles an hour and this is pushing off toward the west at about 21 miles an hour. that's the forward momentum there, and it is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as we head through time. we'll see if it enters the gulf of mexico and that's where it begins to threaten the u.s. future trend not picking up on a whole lot, but still going to keep in the chance for the scattered showers as we go into the afternoon. take the rain gear as we head out and about for today. 94 hot degrees is what i'm going with. how are the road and the water main break? >>reporter: the water main break in downtown baltimore is something you will want to watch out for if you are going to the free ravens practice tomorrow at m and t bank sta

westminster more of the same. 72 in hanover and 70s in chestertown also middletown 71 in bel air andon this morning. as we go into the afternoon. cloud cover and maybe some rain could keep the temperatures down a bit. i am going with right around 86 for today. but this is what future trend looks like as it goes into motion. still more showers and storms as we go into the afternoon time frame. and here the 86 that i am talking about for today. showers and storms ling ring across the area. by tonight -- lingering across the area. still not ruling out chance for showers and storms and by tomorrow the temperature at 87 and here's 7-day forecast for you. as we will begin to cool down as we head into the weekend. looks and feels pretty good. megan. >>> health news this morning, the state is not doing well when it comes to the obesity rate. maryland is 22nd in the united states. obesity is up. we are talking about 26% and we have gotten worse from last year. that's when we were ranked 26th. mississippi ranked first in the united states and a rate of nearly 35% for that population considered

while it is 85 downtown, 85 in chestertown and 86 degrees in salsbury caballo 70's in the western marylandountains. -- in salsbury, loh 70's in the western maryland mountains. it is dryer to the north and west. the 57 degree dewpoint in oakland. that cooler air will be in rate -- invading our region overnight. tomorrow is looking like a beautiful day. you can see from ride around the front back into this high- pressure system that the temperatures do not change much. that is the atmosphere that will be out over as tomorrow. tonight, just a slight risk of a shower around baltimore for the next couple of hours. we will drop the temperature in to the low and mid 60's. tomorrow will be beautiful. sunny and in the 80's of 290. the -- and up to 90. tomorrow is the last day of summer where the sun will set at 8:00 p.m. or after. the days are getting shorter. the bay water temperatures are still in the low 80's. high tide at fort mchenry at 624 a and dry air and sunny skies with a thunderstorm rolling in on friday. sunshine with a high-pressure tomorrow and another storm rolling in tomorrow aftern

we can see it around church hill and chestertown and also we are seeing around rock hall right now.highland beach and shadyside getting in on wet weather this morning. make sure to have the rain gear but this is what we are looking out mount airy clouds and rain and now we are dealing with more sunshine in the forecast. your 7-day forecast brings hotter conditions by friday. over to you. >>> all right. we want to remind yoi before we -- remind you before we go september 10th at 4 the new katie couric show starts. >> now back to new york. have a great tuesday. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in maryland. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. ♪ >>> a lot of excited kids out there in ti

pushing through chestertown. that has gotten going in the last 15 minutes or so. we'll watch that as it presses off to the north and east. few leftover showers for front royal. let's go to futurecast. early showers, 7:00 a.m., future cast being a little aggressive in the shower activity. 10:00or 11:00, little sprinkle. we think we'll get breaks in the clouds and a little sunshine during the day, and that will help fuel additional showers and storms late this afternoon. cold front coming in. that will be with us here overnight tonight into your day tomorrow. bottom line, little unsettled. plenty of clouds today and tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days. 87 today and tomorrow. thursday looks great. sunshine, low humidity. friday looks nice. saturday, high temperature 83. >> it's going to be great. >> thank you, sir. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> does not mean it's the end of summer. >> no, no. >> she's worried about that. >> i am. >> days getting shorter. we saw the sun rise later. >> on the roads now

light wins still coming through annapolis and the heaviest on the eastern shore as you head toward chestertown, that way. 81 in annapolis with the humidity. 73 in culpeper. leesburg 72. again, there are some spotty showers out there with your highs this afternoon a little bit below average. average is 88. we'll be in the mid- to upper 80s as opposed to mid- to upper 90s. we'll take that. it's 5:00 a.m. monika is off but beverly farmer is in with timesaver traffic. >>> not a lot to tell you about which is good news. there had been a crash in the overnight hours on beach drive north of the sue tunnel and rock creek park. that should be out of your way according to the u.s. park police. that's good news heading into the district. around town no early troubles to tell you about. on the beltway, through virginia, maryland. incident free. this is the beltway south of route 50 in maryland coming up through landover on the right side of the screen is the outer loop heading into college park and on into university boulevard. everything open for you. i-270 corridor no early troubles. virginia beltway we

west of chestertown, down south and west of chesapeake beach, another line of showers and thunderstormsing good rain rates. rain and showers with us this morning, and another chance for it this afternoon. let's go to future cast, let me show you what futurecast has in store. i'll put it into motion. first of all, i think around midday a break. might be still gray and gloomy out, but we probably will see a period here between 11:00 and 4:00 or 5:00 where not much rain. later rain and showers likely redevelop and could see a line of thunderstorms move through late afternoon and early evening. some of those could be on the strong side. overnight, early tomorrow, our actual cold front will come through. that will hang up a little bit, so you'll wake up with cloud cover tomorrow, with a few showers and storms around. by tomorrow afternoon, sunshine, less humidity, and at last some cooler temperatures. highs tomorrow mid-80s. sunday looks beautiful. that's the pick of the weekend. monday and tuesday not bad, upper 80s to about 90. be ready for rain today, though. certainly the possibility of

but, kent county chestertown rock hall churchill centerville getting in on some light rain this morning into the afternoon we could be seeing more showers popping up. 71 right now in shadyside. more of the same in upper marlboro. as heading through the day, 87 degrees with scattered showers and storms. let's check the traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we have a crash in ann arunden county at old telegraph road. another crash in east baltimorep that's on north wolf street at monument street there's sink hole at the location shut down monument between wolf and patterson park avenue. use orliens instead. no probable loansjfx but 695 lot of congestion in parkville a live look at harford road slow up towards providence road. megan over to you. >>> it's 7:27 good morning to. you and an officer is on leave. he is being investigate for shooting a man to death in north baltimore. police say they were called to a home on weldon place north and they say one officer was fighting with a man in the house and another officer fired at least one shot killing the suspect. the names of

heavy rain pushing over charleston and more of this around galena and chestertown and continuing heading-83. we do have some more showers coming around mount airy and we can see cloudy conditions across the area this morning. and we will have another round possible as we go into the afternoon but hour by hour forecast as few storms could be on the strong side this afternoon. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with a crash in anne arundel county along southbound lanes of interstate 97 at route 3. expect delays in the area and more problems in the west side of the beltway. it's going to take you 14 extra minutes to travel that outer loof from 795 down towards interstate 70. and unfortunately all that construction continues out on 895 at the harbor tunnel. you will want to use 95 but here's a look downtown and you will notice it's going to be very slow along the north bound lanes as well. charley over to you. >>> today the full statehouse delegates will debate the gambling expansion bill. housemaid changes to the

thurgood 71.hall pikesville 72, coffeesville 72 and 72 degrees in chestertown.perature warmer in the afternoon but on-and-off showers throughout the day. you'll have to keep an eye on the radar if you have outdoor plans. this morning, mostly cloudy skies, winds out of the east-southeast 10 to 15 miles per hour. we will look at isaac heading towards florida in a few minutes. >> tropical storm isaac is making its way across cuba towards the florida coast and haiti took a direct hit. this morning, four people are reported dead. >> as hundreds of thousands of haitians are still living in tents 2 1/2 years after the devastating earthquake. >> throughout haiti, the storm brought heavy rains and in port-au-prince, a flooded river roars dangerously close to a sprawling tent camp housing thousands of haitians left homeless by the 2010 earthquake. overnight, the storm knocked down many of the tents here. charles hubert spent the day picking up pieces, trying to rebuild his tent in the rain and the mud. the wind knocked it down. another man known as little brother also los

getting downpours from the eastern shore of chestertown and lightning and much of the rain will be endingis afternoon and the sun may break out this afternoon. and might get some storms again >> you guys enjoy your forecasting ability? weather channel is ready. they are on the phone for you. now, to savannah. >> i give them a 15.9999. al, thanks. >>> coming up next, "today" in history. we'll find out if matt can create the unforgotable image of michael jordan right after this. parents this year i'm going to teach your kids that magic does exist. it's called science! here's what they'll need. ♪ pencils, folders, notebooks. ♪ ♪ backpacks, denims, graphic tees. ♪ ♪ markers, calculators. whoa! ♪ ♪ converse one start tennies ♪ well, pencils, hair gel, binders. ♪ ♪ pencils, hair gel, binders. announcer: school takes a lot, target has it all. check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "