we have you with us, chuck bell.tell us what to expect today. >> you are going to need your umbrellas already. >> already out there, right? >> yep. we have more rain coming by later this afternoon, so it sort of makes a note for that. you will be meet needing your umbrella at some time throughout the day. we have seen a little bit of rain showers out there. 7 degree, 77 degrees is the temperature at dew point airport. believe it or not, you know, the store of rain 49 days and 49 nights. >> in the last 40 days, it has been a dry stretch around here, so now we are beginning to see an end to our dry pattern. 77 here in washington. 74 degrees in prince george's county. 76 in annapolis. one thunderstorm went south of indianapolis early this morning. that is now gone, but it remains an extremely good start. 1/3 has fallen for maryland so far. the rainfall amounts in the first patch of rain have been light. we'll show you where the light sprinkles and showers are right now. one little clump here in southwest washington into

friday. >>> time again for traffic and weather right now. >> let's check in with meteorologist chuck belltorm center 4 with our forecast. good morning, chuck. >>> beautiful day outside. off to a steamy start in the washington area, typical for july in washington. the the sun is up in our eastern sky. plenty of cloud cover out there to dim it out just a little bit. here is a check of doppler. you can see just a few lonely sprinkles in the west virgin mountains. that's indicative of what's coming our way for later this afternoon. be weather aware as you make your friday afternoon plans. temperatures in the 60s to get us started except alongside the bay. here is the forecast as we go through the weekend. today, 87 for a hichlt but 60% chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon. some of them coupled very well reach severe limits. keep a weather aye to the sky. 92 and dry for saturday. 90 with a chance of a late afternoon and evening thunderstorm on sunday. monday another chance for a passing shower. as we get into the middle part of next week, highs near 90. lows in the low 70s. at least an

time for traffic and weather. >>> let's go to meteorologist, chuck bell. he is in for tom this morning. >>> outside, wed a very pretty sun rise. shortly after the sun came up, it went right back behind the clouds. that was it for most of our sunshine. we might get a few breaks of sun durth morni during the morning hours. clouds will win the day. there are showers out in the mountains of west virginia headed up toward the front royal area. not a lot of heavy rain just yet. our morning commute will be mostly dry. we don't need to worry about that. rain showers are on their way for later on this afternoon. highs today, jerry edwards, wil strong to perhaps severe thunderstorms later this evening. tomorrow, sunny and dry goat your saturday started. >> chuck, commute, rather uncomplicated so far this morning. the trip to t woodrow wilson bridge, no hangups. there was an accident 95 southbound at 7100, long gone. northbound, typically slow. no sunshine delays along 66 at the toll road as of yet. we are okay. >> thanks very much. the big contract deal, the redskin

it's time to act. >>> good monday morning, i'm meteorologist chuck bell.t's 5:41, hope you had a great weekend. outside, a cloudy sky over washington this morning. light rain coming down as well. here's a check of live doppler, a few sprinkles in southeastern and southwestern washington, also into portions of prince george's county. a few sprinkles in northern fauquier county. a couple of raindrops up towards front royal. prince george's county over towards the chesapeake bay. temperatures in the low 70s, so off to a muggy start. highs up close to 90 by later this afternoon. and with all the heating we'll have chance for thunderstorms coming up later on today. >> chuck, thanks for the warning. right now, we'll take a live look along northeast washington. new york avenue, coming in from maryland over the anacostia, bladensberg road. all the way to the exit for the 3rd street tunnel, no worries. >>> elsewhere, check out the beltway, inner loop around georgia avenue, report of an accident, police were sent to investigate that. so far, so good along 270 and at

chuck bell has details. again.d morning, once agn. it's a beautifulay at this point in time. we are starting to see cumulus clouds bubbling up in the heating of the day. and just off to the right of that, if you look hard at the bottom of the screen, you can make out the washington monument. and temperatures climbed into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees in most parts were 80 degrees downtown. and 73 degrees in elkins, west virginia. and still enough moisture in the atmosphere to bring up thunderstorms. and most of the action has been moving off the virginia kapz and heading out into the open waters of the atlantic. still a weather disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere that will drift over head later in the afternoon. and we will have the chance for later thunderstorms. and highs today, between 85 and 89 degrees. and all eyes towards the weekend. tomorrow looking good for a saturday. plenty of sunshine. hot and humid tomorrow. with high pressure in charge, we don't have to worry about the rain for tomorrow, just the sunburn. don't forget your sun block if you will

good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning, barbara and joe.ou have to love how wwf settles problems. bangs them over the head with a chair. just like contract negotiations. we have a partly to mostly cloudy sky out there for you first thing this morning. a little bit of sunshine getting through the clouds but on the whole going to have more clouds than sun for the first part of the day. 72 here in town right now. 72 in annapolis. 70 in prince george's county. 69 degrees in poolsville, maland 68 in ashburn, virginia. the seven-day forecast, high today with that hazy sunshine 91 degrees later this afternoon. outside chance of a possibility of a shower today but far and away better chances for rain come back for tomorrow into early thursday. and then again by friday afternoon. remain optimistic that the weekend is looking like a good one. two days off in a row. >> every weekend is great. let's see how we're doing. dealing with accident live pictures of outer loop of the american legion bridge. improvement now but just single left lane is blocked

meteorologist chuck bell joins us with a check on the forecast now. >> good thursday morning to you. there is a look at lincoln memorial there. beautiful sight in downtown washington. bathed in filtered sunshine. that's the best way to describe what's going on outside right now. temperature's climbed up to 81 degrees here in washington. 85 in richmond. 87 raleigh, north carolina. there is a little bit of cooler weather just up to the north and west. pittsburgh at 74. elkins, west virginia, 73. dew points are down just a touch. a little bit of a north wind out the that puts the dew point temperatures down five to eight degrees compared to the same time yesterday. still feels humid but not as oppressive as it did yesterday. satellite picture, mid and high-level clouds drifting overloud. couple of sprinkles in southwestern virginia. one or two spotty showers is about the the most threat from mother nature we have today. highs today, upper 80s, few spots up into the low and mid-90s. seven-day forecast, beach and boating weather, everything you need to know in a few minutes. >>> jerry edw

beginning at 4:00 this afternoon. >> thank you very much. >>> let's get a roundup of the weather with chuck bellho is up in storm center 4. chuck, i don't like all the talk about the weather they beach. >> no, it's only where you are staying, because you are not taking your co-workers with you. that's all right. our feelings are not hurt. most of the heavier rain shower is toward the northern side of the new jersey, and heading up towards the new york city and that's where the rain showers are. a little humid outside. we don't need to worry too much about that. just an outside chance of an thundershower today. >> be sure and bring an embrela. >>> finally, several texas store owners are dealing with monkey business this morning. >> because security cameras caught what appears to be a monkey breaking into the store. it was at the plants and planters nursery. the owners are convinced the money is trained to sneak in and steal plants. 40 plants were mysteriously gone. >> that does it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. be sure and tune in at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, for all the day's news. >>

. >>> now, chuck bell with the weather. >> the most important thing to ever come out of the space program is tang. i love tang. >> yeah, i remember that. >> love tang. >> and velcro, right? >> yeah. it's 85 degrees and sunshine is getting through the washington, d.c. area. and there is more rain out to the west. here is a check of doppler. there you can see showers just to the west of interstate 81. most of the rain is moving up to the north, but nonetheless it's part of the whole system coming our way. the dew points are steamy indeed in the low 70s. and then the first patch of moderate rain showers moving into maryland and pennsylvania. and the sunshine we are getting here now and starting to warm things up, we will be under the gun under along east of i-95. strong to perhaps severe thunderstorms later today. flood something a bit of a concern across west virginia and much of northern pennsylvania, new jersey. clouds are moving in. rains and thunderstorms are moving in, and some re. we will look at beach and boating and talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, ve

chuck bell has the fast forecast from storm center 4. chuck, humidity showed up today, man. >> yeah. no kidding. we all noticed it first thing on your way out to get your day started. walked out the door, it was 73 degrees. warmest morning start since the middle of september last year. there's only literally one shower available to see on the radar right now. this is down into spotsylvania county and central virginia. right in and around the chancellorville area. when i say that's it, there is a look at the broader view. that is it. no one else is getting even p so much as a drop out there the rest of the afternoon. so it is hot and dry. current temperature in washington, 95 degrees. yes, indeed. far and away the warmest day of the year so far. 87 in sals burry, maryland. satellit picture around the mid atlantic, showers are few and far between. there are showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern north carolina. those are moving away from us. we are just going to be hot and dry as we go through the rest of the evening. temperat

chuck bell has our fast forecast from the storm center. chuck? >> a beautiful day outside today. although you probably noticed that our summer friend, humidity, is starting to make a little bit of a comeback. althou still a fairly nice blue sky hanging over washington right now. current temperature hopped up to 87 degrees. so on track for the middle of july. 88 right now down the road in richmond and 85 in salisbury, maryland. 87 in hagerstown. the real change has been the increase in humidity. this is the map that shows the change in dew point over the last 24 hours. our dew points here in washington climbed nearly 20 degrees and in just the last 24 hours. you are definitely going to start to notice a real touch of humidity around the nearest showers to us are down into far southwestern virginia. we still have many more dry hours to come. next chance for sprinkles may be just in time for the morning rush. the good night forecast is a cry one. mid 80s right now and mid 80s all the way through about 7:00, 8:00 tonight and low 80s by 9:00 and upper 70s by 9:00. there is a risk of t

i'm chuck bell. low overcast over washington first thing this morning. look at all of the cumulus clouds not making much in the way of rainfall yet. there you can see one or two lonely sprinkles. temperatures are in the low 70s right now. highs this afternoon upper 80s to near 90 degrees. 50% chance of thunderstorms later today. hot and dry tomorrow. >> that's your latest weather. >> p u> next meredith and ann go fishing right after this. "today takes a vacation" is brought to you by expedia.com. >>> welcome back to the first stop on our week-long road trip as "today takes a vacation." >> we deserve vacation after experiencing the ultimate adventure. >> we did all sorts of things here including fly fishing, because fishing here isn't just a hobby -- it's fundamental. the team meets up dock side ready to learn fly fishing eager to catch some fish. >> tell us again where we're going. >> four miles down the lake. there's picnic island. >> reporter: with the wind in our hair ann is ready for some fun. >>

i'm chuck bell.temperaturesre right around the 70-degree mark in town as the sunshine is coming down on the roof of the jefferson memorial. our forecasted highs near 92 degrees with hazy, hot and humid conditions all day long. the next chance for thunderstorms is tomorrow. >> all right, chuck. in from the west hazy sunshine keeping things at bay from fair oaks to the capital beltway. we have an accident inbound south capital on the douglas bridge. police on the scene. northeast corridors looking pretty good at this hour. >> thanks, jerry. tonight at 5:00 liz crenshaw finds out who gives you the best lunch deals >>> it's 7:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 30th day of july, 2009. hard to believe, august just around the corner. actually, we're not finished with our july fun just yet, because the kings of leon will be here tomorrow, on the plaza, to wrap up the month with a live summer concert. if you're in the area, come check it out. meanwhile, inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside meredith

i'm chuck bell.morning with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s right now. you can see light rain showers movi through the shenandoah valley, west virginia getting in on the sprinkles. this area will come into the northern and western parts over the next several hours, then a dry break. more thunderstorms, some could be severe late this afternoon and this evening. nice lady. ohio, how are you? we've got "today" show staff actually in the crowd. that's how big the kings of leon are. they've been waiting since 4:00 in the morning. ann? >> okay, thanks a lot, al. coming up next, the driver who took place on a wild ride, and, t m. he is just 7 years old. ok at him. we'll meet him right after this. ( conversation ) garth, you're up. hold on, i'm at capitalone.com picking a photo... for my credit card. here's one from my prom. oh, what memories. how 'bout one from our golf outing? ( shouting ) i know, maybe one of my first-born son. dad, mom says the boys gotta go. personalize your card by uploading...

i'm chuck bell.getting on to abrahamom lincoln memorial on the western end of the national mall. a little on the thick side out there. haze and humidity in the air this morning. high today near 91 degrees. showers and thunderstorms return tomorrow. jerry? >> 270 southbound comes to a grinding halt in montgomery village and it goes all of the way down to the american legion bridge. that's awful. the good news is the accident that generated the backup is gone but it whiill take a lot o time to get from point a l ♪ >>> 7:30 now on this tuesday morning, july 28th, 2009. this morning, matt and al are in key west, florida, the southernmost city in the united states, getting down to the sounds of howard livingston and the mile marker 24 band. ann and i had a blast at lake george monday. it looks like you guys are giving us a run for our money. are those red flowers or did bob the parrot have an accident? >> no they're red flowers. take a look. see? look at that. >> oh, all right. just checking. >> you like

i'm chuck bell. it's cloudy and extremely humid outside. first thing this morning, our look over downtown washington, here's a check of live doppler. lonely sprinkles along 270 in central montgomery county. that's about it for now but we'll have more rain this afternoon. temperatures in the mid 70s right now. highs today upper 70s, low 80s. rain likely. a possibility of a strong to severe thunderstorm later this afternoon. blazing hot tomorrow. that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. now to the latest fallout from the arrest of a prominent harvard scholar. on the eve of president obama's meeting with henry louis gates jr. and his arresting officer, we're learning more about the woman who placed the initial 911 call. nbc's ron allen is in cambridge, massachusetts. ron, good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. people close to the caller say that she has been threatened and her life has been miserable since it's become known that she made the 911 call. she's especially u

i'm chuck bell.ington right now. our temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, 69 at reagan national airport, 66 at dulles airport, 68 degrees in hagerstown, maryland. about 87 degrees. 60% chance of thunderstorms later today. some of them could be severe so keep a weather eye to the sky. hot and dry tomorrow. 85 years old today? >> yes, sir. >> happy birthday. >> god bless you. >> you, too, as well. 15 years to the smucker's jar. if you want to check your latest weather 24/7 go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. matt and meredith? >> al, thank you. thanks to the internet we have seen a wealth of couples performing crazy dance routines at their wedding receptions. well, one couple has taken things a step further, getting down at the ceremony itself. >> that's right the ceremony itself. we're going to speak to the couple behind it all in just a moment. first take a look at their wedding party's wild walk down the aisle. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's a long way ♪ ♪ snoufrd. 6 ♪ >>> and here are the newlywed

. >> chuck bell has the weather. outside.raz outside. it does not look like a pretty day to be out there. the tower cam looking down, and a thick layer of haze there for us this morning. it looks like it will stay that way. and 86 degrees, right here at the friendly peacock with barely a mixed breeze. and virginia, a hint of a breeze. ocean city, if your friends or family is out at the beach, 86 degrees at the beach. and maryland, highs today upper 80s to nearly 90 degrees in nearly every neighborhood. and i don't think 91 wil be a problem here at all. it will be the ninth 90-degree day of the summer. tomorrow, more clouds and a reasonably good chance for rain showers moving back into the area. and it's still the second driest july on record here in washington. the rain is primarily a second half of wednesday, wednesday night and into the early part of thursday. i think thursday afternoon and evening will be dry. another chance for showers shows up on friday, but i am still optimistic, and the weekend is looking good. highs 80 degrees, a

we have chuck bell in for tom y,ein.ir hey, chuck. ll heheo. good morning to both of yoheyo weesday is off to atstos aarscrt aroscrhe the urerat emperaturf8 inwa.gtshon washington. 75 degrees down theoa idoan richmond 77 on the eastern shore in maryland. 66 degrees in el kins, west virginia. there's rain on theway. ac fusin jt, n.ayt ow comingac d cgin dowown66tenua ta th in about readyrso on nde on the western side of the tatabeltway, we have raindrops for your morning commute. we have another chance for rain and embedded thunderstorms later this afternoon, some could be severe. temperatures aren't going to move much in the low 80s, but with the showers around, go ahead and make your plans early to get wet. >> or stay dry. >>> jerry, what are you going to do? jerry edwards is here with the traffic. >> put the top down? >> no, i'm going to keep it right where it is for now. we'll take a live look to see how we are doing. the wet roads could pose issues. 95 through the area is doing well. 270 is okay. we'll check the trip in the west along inter

meteorologist chuck bell.e your rainfall potential as we head into our friday afternoon and friday evening. here is a check of doppler over the last hour. the good news is that our severe weather risk is starting to dinish. the national weather service dropped all of our metropolitan counties that were under the severe thunderstorm watch until 5:00. now all of that watch area has been trimmed away. but that does not mean we are completely done with the thunderstorm chances. another cell developing here just down towards the franconia-springfield area. southern parts of fairfax county and capitol beltway. we will keep an eye on this over the next hour or so. could expect a couple of rumbles of thunder and brief periods of rainy weather in and around downtown washington. by and large, no widespread severe weather is occurring and we are not expecting any more. but can't rule out the chance of a thundershower here for this evening. really our rain chances don't end completely until sometime just after midnight. s

. >> our first forecast, here's meteorologist chuck bell joining us because tom is gone this week. >> welcome back from vacation, a nice, muggy morning outside. my bad, i didn't say the new number, it's 73 degrees outside, not 81, ais a warm st aymy ay outtemperatures across the ,ermparesea acrurs the area,70s. e nski, west virginia, 57 elkins, degrees right now. dew point temperatures are still steamy, upper 60s, low 70s. here's a look the satellite-radar edcombin. ore rain out viom c coming our way, so a partly to mostly cloudy day coming our way. highs today, upper 80s to near 90 in a few spots, so steamy and umbrellas probably not a bad idea. >> thank you, see you in about ten minutes. >> jerry edwards has the roads this morning. >> welcome back, good to have you, chuck and mr. joe, good morning to you as well. and we're doing okay as we get going for a monday, wilson bridge, no hang-ups to report. quiet along 95 and 395. 270, no early worries. college park to silver springs, top side of the beltway, so far, so good. back to you. >>> here's a look at four big stories happening tod

let's get things started as we always did with a first forecast from chuck bell into tom this morning. >>> i almost didn't make . hoi54ug tht t 4:54, i thought theho shew starn i en.ow>> t rleaen outside, a humid day is on tap. 74 degrees. that's our current temperature here in washington with just a few clouds around. dew points are still near 70,o it still feels veryt thbu sestof ayt buayete storms of yes. we'll be lef nego. we'lbeef l l with hazy sunshine, plenty of heat and humidity today. highs low to mid-90s. >> as we all know in this city, 4:54 is close now government work. >> that's correct. >> so they say. >> well, we all made it. >>> let's head out to the roads with jerry and see how things are looking. good morning to you. >>> good morning. i've bn standing here since noon yesterday just waiting for you guys to show up. nah. let's see how we're doing. hopefully we'll have a better commute this morning than we did 24 hours ago with that mess in alexander. no worries right now. 270 is fine. we'll check things out to the wilson bridge. looking good. southeast corridors all mov

we will take a look outside and get our first forecast from chuck bell. >>> good morning, erybo.dy yesofa c lyudy.sk strrl cloudy sky.inshirun fe thrrin sg inunshe first thing this morning. eavun h a threat finom cpg uerar te n.rnafoo afternoon. temperatures are on the warm side, indeed, torida fy y modarni morning startepp dpper 70s acrof the area. 76 in hagerstown, our dew point, up into the low 70tee hver o er h over the last six urhos, you can nats most of the rain srsweho are now mo wntngrneso ate nd central pagia. w ey bthlovil m oeginver they will be mov ointo ta a o re inins d antourd re later on today. along with the showers will come a risk of strong to perhaps even some severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. be ready for that. clouds moving in. owers and thunderstorms likely before the day is done. some could be severe. highs today, mid to upper 80s before the showers move in. >> let's go to jerry edwards and the "news 4 traffic network." good morning to you. on a friday. >> it is friday, friday, friday. that's all i can say. good morning. so far, so good. as we ge

>> let's start things off as we always do with the first forecast, this time from meteorologist chuck bell in for tom kierein this morning. >> muggy and rng.uggy and o atermp amornurg. te 70-degremain 70-degree mark. feels like summertime in eootl i it leoo cler in chagerstown, 63 poinlil tstn ihe w idpodestill in thepe60r r s. more than enough moisture around. here is a look at the radar at 9:30 last night before the chopper crash. nyo cau see the heavy rain hours in washington county. those showers moved out. we're starting with a fairly clouca sdy outside. more showersnds s s otorm tnirhn way for later this afternoon. today's orms could pack a little more of a punch than yesterday. keep a weather eye to the sky. >> there was storminess at the time of the helicopter crash? >> sure was. >>> let's check with roads now. >> ashley linder has the latest. >> good morning, eun and joe, the crash on i-70, they'll be a lot of investigation with that one. it will be shut down for some time. you can use route 40 as an al teattorney ive. the meernlg, no problems to start off on the capital beltway.

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>> chuck bell has the forecast. >> yes, indeed, more rain on the way. just a little rain across the air krau this morning. most places have picked up less than a tenth of an inch of rain. ex there is more rain down across southwestern virginia, and central west virginia. this has a general motion that will take it right into the heart of the washington metro area in the middle and later parts this afternoon. and daytime heating as well. and you can see there is a big difference in temperatures. washington, 79. and maryland, 86 degrees. and there is a weather boundary laying across the area, right along the i-95 corridor. and the first batch of rain showers lifted out, but things will get more unstable and there will be a slight risk for strong to severe weather later this afternoon. the primary threat will be down in southern maryland, and the northern neck, down in the tight water regions of the virginia. and cloudy, warm and humid today. rain likely. and temperatures in the low 80s. and anothe check of the 7-day coming up before the news is done. >> t

strong, possibly severe thunderstorms so you will want to check first thing tomorrow morning and chuck bellwill be on and you will want to keep it tuned here during the afternoon as well. could get heavy rain. back to you. >> all right. thanks for the warning, veronica. >> still to come, a little too much southern exposure for one u.s. olympian competing in the world championships. >> find out how a new device is giving heart patients more time to enjoy life. we wilayst wst w ed. >>> here's stories making news on the web. >> what started as a hmless prank nearly killed a motorcycle rider. matt was riding home after playing cards with his friends saturday night when he had trouble breathing. some pranksters apparently strung a fishing line across the street and he drove through it. he was able to pull over but was left with a scar on his neck. >>> a 32-year-old man will spend the next 16 years behind bars for possessing drugs and for tampering with evidence. security camera video shows samuel delmas licking white powder tv floor after the powder spilled from his pant legs and turned out the

bell. and by the awesome power of twitter, we learn republican senator chuck grassley is egging on the democratic we have white house reaction to that as well. the first grandmother breaks her silence. >> grandma is beginning to feel left out. >> rare public comments from marian robinson on sasha and malia growing up too fast and what it is like to move from a bungalow on the south side of chicago to the executive mansion known as the white house. and sarah's swan song. this sunday, governor palin bids adieu to the highest office in alaska and hello to her national ambitions. >> life is about choices. >> but with her latest poll numbers at an all time low, can she save her party or will she put the twit back in twitter. all that and more now on "countdown". >> it is pretty insane.