let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what do you see, chuck? >> skies are generally clear. no fog in the range of our tower cameras but there are areas across montgomery county, frederick county and into shenandoah valley and virginia. be on the lookout for reduced visibility this morning. temperatures, mid-50s in the suburbs to mid-60s downtown. your hometown forecast, germantown and maryland. 82 at dinner time. nothing but sunshine today. commuter forecast coming up in ten minutes. melissa, look at the roads. >> that looks good. woodrow wilson bridge, you're looking good both ways. don't have any problems. 95 at mine road also rolling along nicely. 66, into town, out of town, nice and degree. in front of sibley hospital right in front of dal carly roadway. and everything rolling along quite nicely. back in a few minutes. >>> and here in the newsroom we're getting in new images from a powerful earthquake that rocked chile. this is new video just in. take a look here. shelves shaken at a grocery store. food, broken, spilled on the ground. peopl

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with the forecast. looking heidicey. >> that poor kid at the ballpark. doesn't even have a ticket. look at all the rain from norfolk and richmond to the carolinas. all that rain bottled up and most of our day will be dry. temperatures are now in the upper 50s, to 60s. mostly cloudy sky between 7:00 and 8:00. up into the low 60s between 8:00 and 9:00 chld recess gets a "b." lots of clouds around but showers don't show up in the forecast until we get closer to sundown tonight. have your umbrella just to play it on the safe side. for now big backups in "first4 traffic." >>> breaking news on 270. we're talking southbound right here at middle brook road. have a crash blocking the right lane that. means the three-mile backup. we're pushing it on the app. >>> typically starting to get slow on the top of the beltway around the outer loop . 270 southbound, 19 minutes behind. no problem here. 95 northbound to quantico eight minutes behind. no big teal. are tone listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you ho

chuck bell is in the storm center with -- >> with what?th your accurate forecast. >> now i'm nervous. what is he going to ask me for now? >> what do you have, chuck? >> cupcakes, maybe? >> if i only i had cupcakes to share. we have a big range of temperature, a 15 degree spread. 70 in washington and annapolis. 64 in fredericksburg. taking the bike out for a ride this morning, perfect day for a ride. just don't forget your helmet and extra water. temperatures in the 50s and 60s early this morning. mid 70s by noon. upper 80s to near 90 today. perfect day for baseball. the nationals and mets first pitch is at 1:05. seven day forecast in ten minutes. for now, back to you. >> thanks. >>> the end of an era approaching in southwest washington. what boaters are telling us ♪ this fall at dunkin donuts, get lost in pumpkin. pick up your favorite pumpkin-flavored beverages and baked treats, like the new pumpkin cheesecake square, while they're still here. america runs on dunkin'. know you can deposit checks right from your phone transfer money to som

let's check in with chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. there's a little light rain. nothing more than a lonesome sprinkle or two along 270 and 66 right now. that could be changing as we get into the late morning and afternoon hours. rain chances will continue to increase just a bit. 62 at dulles, 63 at college park, 61 at joint base an druchls any slowdowns today? well, i'm going to give you the yellow lights for light rain and drizzle. your commuter impact relatively low but have your umbrellas ready with rain more likely in the 60s. seven-day outlook. melissa. >> good morning. we do not have any delays popping up on the camden line. of course, we had that person hit by a train on mark. nothing at this point. 29, everything here looks nice and and green. don't have any problems. taking a look south, prince george's çñjn÷county, again, ro out of town, into town, very nice. we don't have any major issues. at newington, also quite good. a live look in ten minutes. >>> we're following a developing story out of blame where three people are recovering after a church shoot

. >> let's get started with the weather at storm team 4's meteorologist chuck bell. chuck? >> a whole lot of moisture is on line today as rain chances will be increasing. it's not going to be a washout but i'd take the umbrella with you. you could be hit with a shower just about any time. upper 50s to low 60s. beautiful falls church, virginia. a lot of clouds. i couldn't rule out a few showers late in the day probably after 5:00 or 6:00. could have a little drizzle before that. up into the mountains this weekend, cloudy and damp both days with temperatures staying in the 60s. slowdowns now in montgomery county. let's hear more about that from melissa mollet. >> thank you, chuck. taking a look. all lanes are blocked at 29 southbound at eun verlgts boulevard. the tow truck on the way. once that gets out of the way, we'll be clear and ready to start the morning commute perhaps in that area. a big look here, inner loop and outer loop, nice and green, you don't see any slowdowns there. you're fine here. prince george's county, you're roll ag long fine this morning. taking a look

. >> chuck bell will tell us about a cooldown. you can feel the difference, chuck. >> you can, eun, as temperatures and dew points are starting to plummet as first cold front of two has moved east of our location. nice northwesterly breezes are driving cooler and less humid air into the region. only 61 degrees through much of the shenandoah valley. low 60s in montgomery county. mid to upper 60s in and around the metro. dale city, virginia, 64 degrees at 7:00 this morning. lunch time temperature near 76 and 80 degrees by 6:00 p.m. this evening. going out to high school football tonight, absolutely perfect weather for that. so get into the weekend though, chances for rain are back in the picture. highs on saturday in the mountains only mid 70s and highs in the 60s on sunday. unfortunately rain likely both days. for now, a check on the traffic, please. >> good morning. still have this problem as you're headed through derwood and gaithersburg, westbound icc 200 at red land road. the only thing getting by is that left shoulder. hoping t

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, everybody. hope you enjoyed your weekend. back to work and school. a reality. kind of a soupy start this morni morning. some needed rain chances are coming our way this week but very little in the way of sunshine. monday morning rain drops in western virginia and maryland. there are a couple of sprinkles here. keep that in mind. a few patchy areas of fog as well. your hometown forecast in merryfield, virginia, your temperatures will climb up to near 80 degrees. >> sounds like a good warning to me. >>> new crash at 28 and compton road. report of an accident. just a warning for you there. southbound off the b.w. parkway, a disabled vehicle. here, 47 miles per hour and 46 southbound as you're headed to fredericksburg. no problems there. erika? >> thanks, melissa. developing right now we're working to learn more about a fire. it happened on benfield road in severe na park. i want you to take a look at this picture, this video -- this is a picture, excuse me. somebody sent this to us. the house scorc

let's send it over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell standing by. chuck, are the kids going to need their umbrellas at the bus stop this morning? >> just a little one. no gully washers and rainouts but an opportunity for light drizzle. not too much of an issue early this morning or this afternoon. a slightly better chance for showers coming in later on. drive time forecast, there could be areas of dampness. temperatures out the door in the mid and upper 60s. by later today, one or two slivers of sunshine will put temperatures up near 80 degrees. here's storm team 4 radar this morning. west and southwest. very, very light rain indeed early this morning. again, temperatures out the door are in the mid to upper 60s. seven-day forecast is in ten minutes. a check on more is on. >> good morning. we're still slow there. as we're headed through stafford, it's still hanging around around 16 miles an hour if you want to get off if you're headed that way soon. you can definitely skip that entire think. prince george's county looking good. b.w. parkway and 5 rol

and another very hot day on tap. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell telling us more about what we can expect in the day ahead. boy, we're not getting relief any time soon, chuck? >> no. our streak of 90 degree days will continue today on into tomorrow. there are already signs that we'll be back in the 90s next week. as the very summer like pattern continues. this is a view from our tower, looking to bethesda, chevy chase and then up on the rockville pike. not too much reduced visibility in town, but pockets of fog first thing this morning. had a couple of rain showers out in west virginia a couple of hours ago. those are falling apart. but a ripple in the atmosphere and there's a chance that y'll be cooled down by the afternoon shower or thundershower. chances are not as great as yesterday, but nonetheless they're out there. you have to hang your hope on something. 68 in frederick, 68 up in sharps burg, maryland. 66 winchester. 62 in culpepper. as far as visibilities are concerned where's the fog? culpepper to manassas to martinsburg to winchester, outside of the urban heat isla

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tells us about more on the heat. relief in sight? >> yes, there is relief in sight. it's here in time for your holiday weekend. between now and then, we have to keep on sweating it out. weather impact on the day today, relatively low. not everyone will get rained on. it will be hot and humid again. rain chances are in the 25 to 30% range. you'll get a shower or two. 66 gaithersburg. 64 up in charlestown, west virginia. but 76 in washington. so what to wear for your thursday? well, i'd have your umbrella ready to go just to play it on the safe side. again, not everyone is going to get showers today. but otherwise it's not going to rain. it will be hot. there's your hour by hour planner. like the last couple of mornings, we have areas of fog around first thing in the morning. temperatures near 90 by 1:00. today's high near 93. showers and thundershowers popping up in the 3:00 to 8:00 time frame. always a wonderful trip on the way to work and school. >> a slow trip in stafford, it should be wrapping up shortly. it's slow in stafford and

chuck bell is back with us this morning. another comfortable, cool, comfortable start. >> i couldn't open the sunroof and drive in this morning. just wet enough out there where it was, like, eventually you get the drop on the top of your head from the sunroof. more of a closed roof kind of a morning. the clouds, which are bringing a little light rain this morning, the clouds are going a whole lot of nowhere today. the rain drops are just about done. the cloud s are going to take quite some time before they leave our realm. right now, it is a very cloudy and very wet start. not a lot of rain on the radar. show you that in a brief second. but the clouds, as i mentioned, are thick and plan on hanging around all day. 63 now at national airport. winds out of the north at 9 miles an hour. 57 the panhandle of west virginia. 55 in frederick county, maryland. 63 in arlington and washington. storm team 4 radar, last of the drops down northern parts of carol county, few drizzle drops around charles town, west virginia. pretty quiet wea

chuck bell is in the storm team 4 center. >> how about three cheers to that. finally an end to the stretch of hot weather. probably only in the downtown urban centers will be 90s and most areas will be in the 80s. there will be increasing clouds and an increasing chance for showers this afternoon. outside temperatures now 70. gaithersburg and college park, 72 now. 77 downtown and by the bay. hour by hour for today, areas of fog, low to mid 70s this morning up to about lunch time, mid to upper 80s. and upper 80s at 5:00 with a risk of showers. rain chances increasing as we go further and further into the course of the day. not too bad of a start to your friday. more about the forecast in the mountains in ten minutes. for now, traffic with melissa. >> have some road work hanging around until 5:00 a.m. eastbound icc at columbia pike, one lane getting by on the icc right now. 15 at 28 there, clay street, do have some road work there with the northbound lanes being affected and blocked. 95 here in virginia at mine road, northbound and southbound, no issues there. o

to save the day. >>> 6:21 the time right now. >> let's check in with storm 4 team meteorologist chuck bell good morning, chuck. >> well done by those american folks in france. my other half and i were on a high-speed train in france the very day before that happened. you know when you're in a foreign country, you're always looking around to know that everything is on the level. so nice that people are ready to jump in when something like that happens. you just never know. outside, you know, the temperatures are mid-70s. a little fog in some spots, indicative of how many humidity is in the air. the overall impact on date between low and moderate. the impact is how much the heat slows you down. there will be a chance of thunderstorms coming our way later this afternoon. 66 in gaithersburg, that's one of the school spots. 76 in annapolis. 69 at joint base andrews. 72 at reston center. planning out your day, temperatures hovering around 70 now. 92 at 1:00, 94 by 5:00. there will be a chance for some showers and storms after 3:00 or 4:00 here in the metro. humidity forecast, heat index did near

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yang who is on assignment. >> let's get started with the weather at storm team 4's meteorologist chuck bell chuck? >> a whole lot of moisture is on line today as rain chances will be increasing. it's not going to be a washout but i'd take the umbrella with you. you could be hit with a shower just about any time. upper 50s to low 60s. beautiful falls church, virginia. a lot of clouds. i couldn't rule out a few showers late in the day probably after 5:00 or 6:00. could have a little drizzle before that. up into the mountains this weekend, cloudy and damp both days with temperatures staying in the 60s. slowdowns now in montgomery county. let's hear more about that from melissa mollet. >> thank you, chuck. taking a look. all lanes are blocked at 29 southbound at eun verlgts boulevard. the tow truck on the way. once that gets out of the way, we'll be clear and ready to start the morning commute perhaps in that

. >> meteorologist chuck bell is here. chuck. >> yeah, steamy, especially in rural areas, keep that in mind. it is muggy indeed. 77 degrees in washington and annapolis. 67 in culpepper. 68 some winchester, virginia. your hometown forecast for accokek, maryland, 92 eye were a chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon. today's chance of rain showers 30%. >> just enough to water my flowers. >>> still have a couple of crashes hanging around this morning. first one southbound 15 at motters station road. we have all lanes blocked box of a motorcycle crash. southbound, northbound, moving along fine. also pleasant valley road at jillians forest way, pleasant valley shut down, overturned vehicle, trying to get that out of the way as well. big look at the beltway, everything looking good. on the beltway at least this morning still has construction north of beltway at knowles has two lanes closed because of paving. >>> 5:01 the time. today in baltimore, judges will listen to arguments as the freddie gray case heads to court. you ca

chuck bell is with us.'s been nice to driern to work with the windows down, wind in my hair. >> you're not worried about messing your hair up? >> he use as bunch of hair sprays. >> that's right. working for you, aaron. >> a nice stretch of weather. air quality. it got a little gunky outside. on the whole our warm weather is expected to continue not just for today but all the way through. most if not all of your upcoming weekend. that's the most important part. we need to keep it nice on the weekend. it's a clear sky now. obviously the sun is not up yet. 66 degrees. winds ow of the the west at 5 miles an hour. september temperatures have been four degrees warmer than average and since august 1st in the last six weeks we're down 3 1/2 inches of rainfall in the last six weeks. it has been certainly dry around here recently. sunny and warm again today. same area of high pressure is in charge of us and as a result, poor air quality may be a problem again later on this afternoon. so unhealthy air for sensitive gr

at 4:40, let's check in with chuck bell. >> hey, erika. these clouds are going to remain thick all day. could get a sliver or two of sunshine. on the whole, think of it as a cloudy day. temperatures are already in the mid to upper 60s. sun's up at 7:00 a.m. 7:01, cloudy and sprinkles. temperatures, upper 60s between 7:00 and 8:00. low 70s between 8:00 and 9:00. recess only gets a "c" because of all the clouds around. there could be a few showers around. they'll need a jacket on, but also don't leave home without the umbrella. seven-day forecast is up in just seconds from now. check on more crashes with melissa. that's instantaneously. >> a report of a crash, annapolis at 71st avenue. we're trying to get more information. 95 and virginia from the parkway, alternating lanes. into town, out of town, you're looking quite good, 270, inbound and outbound looking good. >>> 4:41. another small earthquake rocks part of central virginia. the cause for aftershocks coming up. >>> a national embarrassment. why two players say >>> developments today in

storm team 4's chuck bell telling us what's happening this morning. hey, chuck. >> eun and angie, what great way to get your morning started off. cool and classic out there. temperatures will warm up. 50s at dulles airport. 49. as far as slowdowns, morning, afternoon, evening, nothing but green lights from the weather department. 53 between 6:00 and 8:00. 67 between 7:00 and 8:00. we're going to give today an a-plus for recess. now time for a check on first 4 traffic. >> eastbound powder mill road there at 95 we now have what looks like one right lane getting by most of that trappic chopper telling us being pushed on to i-95. 56 at fairfax county. we're jammed there. off to the right. still though very slow. taking a look at traffic, outer loop, no problems. 66 inbound right here from fairfax county parkway to the beltway and 95 quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop this morning. >> imagine your flight to hawaii with a border plane that never should have been used. what has american airls in hot water. >>> also ahead, remembering her life

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for a look at the forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. adam tuss has been talking about all the extra buses going back on the roads. some 1,600 buses in fairfax. how many miles of buses does 1,600 equal? i'll tweet out the answer in a little bit. crank out your math problems. temperatures in the upper 60s to low and mid 70s. walking out to work or school or wherever you're going this morning, walking out the door temperatures in the low 70s. by 8:00 to 10:00, temperatures in the low to mid 80s. afternoon highs upper 80s to 90. i see trouble on the icc. >> i was trying to do the math on my phone here. southside new hampshire avenue at the icc, we have a crash. sounds like it's off to the right side of the roadway. it is there with a police response right now. eastbound dale boulevard at clover dale road, eastbound lanes are blocked. because of a car fire. police are on the scene of that one as well. beltway at branch avenue, everything is rolling just fine. northbound 29 there at broken land parkway tha

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.ake-up weather first thing this morning as you pour your cup of coffee, great weather, low humidity. here in the storm center we're sporting our boomer sooner mug. i like the oklahoma red dress you have. >> that's what you think this is? >> yes. >> we have a problem icc shut down at georgia avenue. also northbound 95, a three-mile backup on the northbound. aaron? >>> thank you. 5:46 this morning. bowser will thank the firefighters. she and mary cheh will be at the engine 16 fire station at 10:30 this morning. they'll present an acting resolution to baker and the honor is to thank the first responders who rushed into the pentagon on september 11. >>> beginning next school year, frederick county, maryland, students can take a place solely about september 11th. the class would be only for high schoolers and it would focus on the events leading up to the terrorist attacks and the aftermath. the class was approved this week. >>> you might want to give yourself extra time if you're headed to

really steamy these days. >> meteorologist chuck bell is here. > yeah, steamy, especially in rural areas, keep that in mind. it is muggy indeed. 77 degrees in washington and annapolis. 67 in culpepper. 68 some winchester, virginia. your hometown forecast for accokek, maryland, 92 eye were a chance of thunderstorms later this afternoon. today's chance of rain showers 30%. >> just enough to water my flowers. >>> still have a couple of crashes hanging around this morning. first one southbound 15 at motters station road. we have all lanes blocked box of a motorcycle crash. southbound, northbound, moving along fine. also pl

storm team 4 chuck bell is watching it all. chuck, how could it affect us? >> thanks, eun. lot of rain potentially as we get into the weekend. rain last night. rain as we get into thursday, friday, saturday. joaquin may be impactsing us by saturday, sunday, monday. here's the latest plotting positions from the national hurricane center. storm is about 400 miles east of miami now. still just a tropical storm. the hurricane center does think this will become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. where it goes after that is the million dollar question. by saturday should be strengthening to a category 2 storm but staying away from the coast of florida. beyond that as we get into the sunday/monday time frame we may have a category 1 hurricane off the outer banks or potentially off the eastern shore of maryland. that will have a huge impact on the second half of our weekend into next week. flooding concerns will continue to get higher and higher with all of this moisture coming our way. >>> thank you, chuck. we are expecting a new transportation plan for route 7 in northern virg

. >> chuck bell with your hometown forecast. chuck. >> that's right. cooler weather for the start of the school and workweek. grab your umbrella, everybody. the good news is we get most of the rain out of here just in time for the pope's visit. your monday planner, plan on getting rained on. nothing all that heavy, but nonetheless, hit-and-miss sprinkles here. across fauquier and prince william and fairfax counties this morning. temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s. your forecast for poolsville, maryland, cloudy. touches in montgomery staying in the 60s. impact on your commute coming up in ten minutes. >> chuck, thank you. >>> we're following a story. one man is dead and one man is hur. crime scene teams worked late into the night processing that scene yochl ku see several evidence marker here's. no word on a suspect but police say it with us not a random act. in the district police are investigating their 115th homicide this year. it happened on north capitol in the noma area. police are offering a $25,000 award for information that leads to

let's go to chuck bell now. t the forecast. >> you can't compete with kids and animals. >> we can't do it. >> that's the worst toss. baby panda, now let's go to chuck. i can't top that. we have a clear sky out there. temperatures back down to the comfy 50s. a lot of open window sleeping. warming trend continues. sun's up at ten minutes before 7:00. temperatures in the mid 50s on the way out to the first bus stops. 8:00 to 9:00, temperatures into the low 60s. it will warm up quickly. give recess an a, not an a plus. just an a because it's getting a little warm to be outside. temperatures in the mid 80s by the time the kids come home at dismissal time. breaking news continues in first four traffic. >> breaking news again here in front of sibley hospital. we have the water main break that will slow things down quite a bit in northwest washington. here's what's closed. loughboro road shut down between dalecarlia parkway and macarthur boulevard. you can access the hospital, not in front of loughboro. 270 south looking

first, let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hot once again? >> yeah, i know, i'm not happy about that. i refuse to run in 90 degree weather. that means another day i get to sit around and wait for the cooler weather. overall weather impact on the day will be fairly low. hot and humid, yes. rain chances arriving probably the metro area, not so well after the sun goes down. waking up this morning, it's sticky and feels like summer outside. temperatures are in the low to mid-70s in much of the area. 76 in washington. 72 in manassas. even know the cool spots out in the shenandoah valley are close to 70. your hometown forecast, wheaton, maryland for today, warm and humid, 74 degrees at 7:00 a.m. up near 90 by lunchtime. and a chance of showers probably until not after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. you may want to take the umbrella. >>> breaking news at connecticut shut down northbound and southbound at knowles avenue. a truck and wires down there. the alternate, howard avenue or washington street. if you're heading northbound, trying to work your way

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your hour by hour forecast. chuck? >> hey, good morning. temperatures in the 60s and low 70s now. enjoy it, everyone. this won't last long. as soon as the sun comes up, temperatures will start to jump. 66 now in gaithersburg. 69 in rockville. 70 at joint base andrews. planning out your day today, upper 60s and low 70s for the next hour and so with some areas of fogginess around. look out for that. sunshine, 89 at lunch time. 93 your high downtown today. it will be a steamer to be outside today and tomorrow, not much better. looks like we'll have several 90 degree days in a row. how many, we'll let you know in a few more minutes. for now, time for a check on traffic with melissa. >> right now, inner loop at river road, sounds like the car fire is off to the roadway. shouldn't be slowing things down. nice and green on 66. no road work in the way there this morning. 95 northbound here at the truck scales we have a crash on the right shoulder at this point. so it is out of the way and inner and outer loop everything is loo

let's check in with chuck bell, breaking down the hometown forecast. good morning. >> good morning. all hometowns will be wet hometowns at some point during the course of the day today. umbrella day for sure. cloudy, damp outside. chance for heavier rain moving in later today. and believe it or not, tropical storm joaquin is now off the east coast of the united states. not coming our way anytime super soon, but could bring heavier rain as we head toward friday and saturday time frame. outside this morning, a little bit of patchy fog starting to form as well. so some lower visibility, couple of sprinkles here, southern fairfax, prince william county, coming northbound. toward the district into northern prince george's and southern parts of montgomery county. temperatures generally speaking in the upper 60s to near 70. warm and humid day today. temperatures up near 80. again, you'll need that umbrella. did you bring yours? >> i had mine in my trunk, not exactly useful. bought my son one yesterday because his was too small. some road work here happening this morning that should wrap up

chuck bell has your first forecast. does that mean we're going get another warmup, chuck? >> you bet you. a mostly clear sky in washington. off to a quiet start but it will be a warm finish. poor air quality again. good news about your weekend. air quality is code yellow but there is an opportunity to get to code orange by later on this afternoon. that's unhealthy for sensitive groups to limit their outdoor times this afternoon. right now, mid to upper 50s in the suburbs. your hometown forecast, bl bluemont, virginia, the fair. into the 80s this afternoon. bus stop school day weather in ten minutes. right now, traffic with melissa. >> good morning. takinge aing a live look there. headed out of town, don't have any issues there. again, it's southbound here. virginia, 95. as you're headed to dale city, we're slow because of roadwork going 9 miles an hour right now. that should be out of the way in the next 15 minutes and things should clear up quickly. branch avenue at curtis, still have that roadwork happening and, again, the roadwork, just talked with police in d.c. loughb

let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for your hour by hour forecast. od morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun and aaron, and welcome to your thursday, everybody. grab the umbrella, the return of the rain drops. we have only had two rainy days in the last month. most of your umbrellas are probably covered with dust. might have a thunderstorm or two later on this afternoon. what to wear, grab your umbrella, jeans and rain coat on the way out the door. storm team 4 radar shows light to brief periods of moderate rain right from leesburg to frederick and along interstate 270. showers along the beltway, northern half of prince george's county from bowie up to hyattsville. it feels like florida outside and it will stay humid for the remainder of the day. but it won't be hot. temperatures in the mid 70s now. it will only rise up into the low 80s for a time this afternoon. but you might get rained on two or three or four times during the course of the day. bus stop forecast in ten minutes. check on forecast right now. >> checking on 95 in virginia right here at l

chuck bell is here to bring us beautiful weather. thank you, chuck. >> i've worked all week to try to get this forecast just right for the papal activities around town, today and tomorrow. perfect weather mid week for all that you want to do outside today. unfortunately, the price we're going to pay for it is increasing chances of rain just in time for the weekend. outside on our live tower camera looking eastbound towards what will soon be the rising sun, sun's up at 6:56 this morning. nice, cool start. wonderful low impact weather day coming your way. plenty of sunshine and warmer today than it's been the last couple of days. courtesy of the clouds. 48 now frederick, maryland, m t martinsburg, west virginia. downtown d.c., temperatures near 59 at 7:00 a.m. mid 70s at noon. mid to upper 70s by late this afternoon into early evening. another great night for baseball. that's what we should have done is have pope francis bless the nationa nationals. they need some work. mid 70s at first pitch. very good night for baseball. future weathe

chuck bell is here with a look at what's ahead for us. chuck? >> that's right. sum manier vacation is over, but summer is not on vacation just yet. mostly clear sky early this morning. the overall weather impact on your day, fairly low, but it will be very hot and humid. nothing on storm team 4 radar. we'll have a dry trip back into work and school for everybody this morning. 66 now in frederick, maryland. 66 in manassas. 67 in fredericksburg. 73 right now in downtown washington. your hometown forecast today, gaithersburg, maryland, temperature near 70 degrees with the summer muggies still in place first things in morning. 84 by the time you're eating dinner and starting to do that homework. speaking of someone who always did their homework just on time, miss melissa mollet. >> and speaking of my hometown forecast, gaithersburg. 95 looking a lot different than yesterday. bay bridge, no problems there at least. inner and outer loop is looking good. no construction hanging around because of the holidays. 95, b.w. parkway, 29, everything here nice and red this morn

first let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun and angie. so many people enjoying what will be a beautiful weather day. clear sky in the weather headlines. perfect weather for the pope and all the plans. sunshine in abundance. increasing chances for rain. a little fog towards northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. slow down a smidgen as you run into fog. manassas, 61. arlington and falls church. 55 in damascus, maryland. temperature near 60. 9:00 and time for the parade and visit with the president, 65. 72 by the time the pope is driving around the ellipse. for later on in the afternoon for everybody who will be outside the basilica, several thousand people, temperatures in the 70s and 80 degrees. very nice day to be outside. nothing but sunshine for all the outdoor activities. there will be no weather-related slowdowns outside of a touch or two of fog. no slowdowns for the weather department. i have a feeling melissa has one slowdown. >> yeah, we have a couple of slowdowns. today you

chuck bell with more on what we can expect in the day ahead. good morning. >> i like that summer dress, but you can't wear white after labor day. >> yes, you can. >> okay. rewriting the rules of fashion day by day. outside, you guys are right, it is a mild start for sure. 73 here at the tv station. 72 at reagan national airport. out into the western and other suburbs it's a smidgen cooler. and weather slowdowns today, there are some patchy areas of fog first thing this morning, so put a little yellow line to remind you to slow down a smidgen. temperatures on your walk in, temperatures low 70s. mid to upper 70s around 8:00 or 9:00. don't forget your sunblock, shorts and short sleeves and your kite. melissa, over to you. >> thanks, chuck. i have to tell you, when you can only wear five different colors, eun and i will be wearing white into september. just expect it. we're very limited. winter white. two left lanes blocked on branch. looking good at 66 and 95 in virginia. no problems there. 270 at old hundred road, rolling along. b.w. parkway, 95,

i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we'll have the forecast coming up. >>> cecil the lion's killer returning to work this week. why he's stunned by the global outrage he's faced. news 4 at midday starts right now. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist at the live desk. we're watching the president's visit to boston this labor day. i want to show you live pictures from the boston park plaza hotel. one of the senators from the area speaking ahead of the president. the president is going to speak to the greater boston labor council -- labor day breakfast and rally. several speakers lined up there. this group is about 90,000 members strong. it's already accomplished something that we expect the president to talk about today. he is going to sign an executive order requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors. now, this order would demand up to seven days per year for workers of federal contract companies. this boston union celebrating earned sick leave legislation that passed earlier this year. some increased wages as we

kristin wright is there also speaking with detectives. >>> i'm chuck bell. wake-up weather, once again, cool. crystal clear skies and quite chilly. temperatures upper 40s to upper 50s. seven-day forecast, a look at your weekend, just five minutes away. >>> looking now at two of our biggest problems, 66 east, brand-new crash blocking a left lane. seeing some pretty good volume there and 395 south, also slow there with a lane blocked because of a crash as well. >>> molette green at the live desk. hungary just announced a state of emergency because of the migrant crisis and this declaration covers two southern counties in that country, coming just after it imposed very tough new rules to try it secure its border. hungarian police we have been watching them round up more than 9300 migrants trying to cross from serbia, the highest daily figure this year. this crisis is sweeping europe and has claimed 20 lives after a boat carrying refugees sank in the aegean sea off turkey's coast. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> thank you, molette. >>> you

." >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with the details. chuck? >> that's right. air mass is getle a little gunky outside. as a result we have a code orange on our air quality. visibility issues earlier this morning. now across parts of frederick county, maryland, culpeper, virginia, two inches at shenandoah. be on the lookout for fog this morning. temperatures currently mid-50s in the suburbs to mid-60s in town. 60s this morning but 80s this afternoon. traffic check right now. >> good morning. right now a chopper getting over something we're hearing about something at fairfax county. seeing some inbound traffic. not sure what's going on. this morning prince william parkway at smoke town road, we have an incident there. and loughboro and dalecarlia, roadway work there. in maryland, 66 inbound looks good. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> a problem that has a father worried and what the school district is telling him to do to avoid it. >>> first, an update on ♪ >>> from the newsroom we're following two suicide attacks in iraq. the bo

. >>> chuck bell now to find out for us. another summer-like day for us, chuck? >> yes, indeed. another quiet day weather-wise. what you should wear, a lighter jacket this morning, but a lighter one. but short sleeves by later on this afternoon as temperatures will soar once again out of the 50s and 60s this morning. into the 80s by later on this afternoon. sun's up at 6:51. temperature, 57 at 7:00. 82 at lunchtime. 86 by 4:00 this afternoon. the real knock on today and what's different the last couple of days, air quality. as a result, each day weed a ad little bit more. for now we're at a code orange. unhealthy for sensitive groups. that's a check on the weather. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. for now, traffic with melissa. >> good morning. still shut down in the northwest. we just spoke with d.c. police. they say this is still closed. log borrow road and dal carley ya parkway. those repaired happening now here you can see we have roadway. 95 at prince williams parkway,erring is cleared out of that area. outer loop and georgetown parkway looking nice and green.

. >> chuck bell, what do you say? >> i say molette green is eating jalapeno peppers over here. >> i can't talk now. >> we can eat anything. >> if you can get up early enough you can have hot peppers and steak any time of the day. we think it's thursday, which mean the weekend is literally just around the corner. i'm getting more and more concerned about rain chances impacting your weekend plans. i think showers are likely saturday afternoon and saturday night. and may linger well into the day on sunday. with any luck, we'll be able to get sunshine back by mid to late sunday afternoon, but that's an iffy prospect at best. just know if you're driving down to uva for the virginia game, have your poncho ready. that's a view from the tower, looking down to the national presbyterian church and school along nebraska avenue. wet pavement around the area this morning. little pockets of fog hovering over the northern virginia and suburban virginia this morning. all yellow lights today. morning, afternoon and evening a chance fo

. >> let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for the forecast. good morning. what are you seeing out there? >> so far this morning, cloudy skies and a little light rain. it is a damp start to your tuesday. but there is heavier rain in the forecast for later on today. as they grab the umbrella, we're not done with tropical season, tropical storm joaquin may impact part of our weekend. we talk about that coming up later in the show. first thing this morning, little areas of fog across parts of northern montgomery county, out across northern virginia, sprinkle here near martinsburg, west virginia, few more showers, southern fairfax, arlington, northwest corridor of the district. temperatures now are mild indeed. upper 60s and low 70s. hometown forecast in prince william county today, bulk run, virginia, temperatures up near 80 for a time. heavier rain with thunder by late this afternoon into this evening. we'll be talking about the impact this will have on the drive and drive out of work today in ten minutes. for now, new crash from melissa. >>> brand-new crash i

let's check in with chuck bell. we've had such nice weather, chuck.t keeps coming. >> we get at least one more nice day. there's a live picture over northeast washington. the clear skies have allowed for another relative cool start. 54 in reston, 52 in manassas. 55 in chevy chase. the good news is no major weather slowdown today. northern maryland and shenandoah valley valley first thing this morning. that's about it. coming home later this afternoon, dry roads. maybe a little sunshine delay. temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. 80 degrees we'll start talking more about your weekend which includes a chance of rain. for now let's get more on the road closures from melissa. >> thanks. all the roads shut down. take a look at this. we do have delays popping up because of the security sweeps north of crystal city. train 322 and train 300 on the fred ricksbug line, 15 minutes behind this morning. 270 looking good. 66 inbound rolling along nicely. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. just hearing this from vre as well. that metro

chuck bell is back with that on traffic on the 1s. >> he kissed a girl. so why is he >>> 13-year-old maryland boy has been charged with assault for grabbing and kissing an eighth grade girl. the incident happened wednesday morning. police say the boy grabbed the 14-year-old girl by her shirt and kissed her against her will. the boy told the police the whole thing was a dare. he's now charged with second-degree assault. >>> you're paying less for gas than you have in a decade. according to aaa the national average sit around 2.36 dl. in maryland you're paying a little below $2.30 a gallon. virginia, you're looking at around $2 a gallon. and the average in west virginia floating around the national avera average. i heard some experts say it could last in to the winter. >>> yesterday was day where for a while you could roll down the windows. it was a nice fall-like day. >> i feel like the temperatures are still going to warm up. is that right, chuck? >> you bet you. these cool mornings are today and tomorrow but each day will get warmer with each passing mor

. >>> let's go back to chuck bell and get up to speed on the forecast. >> thanks, aaron and ahn. a quiet start to the day. skies have been almost completely cloud free for days. weather impact on wednesday, nice and low. off to a cool start. now we're up to a cool start. not much of a change in the weather pattern. not as many 40s on the map as we've had the last couple of mornings. couple of places out in the mountains of west virginia. in the metro in the low to mid 50s. downtown at 63. annapolis at 62. planning out your day hour by hour. sun is up at 6:15. we get closer to the autumnal equinox. up to near 80 by lunchtime. mid 80s this afternoon. plenty of sunshine. start talking about your commuter impacts. >> good morning, chuck. right now still breaking news here in northwest washington. talking about the roadway right in front of sibley hospital here. loughboro road shut down because of the water main break tweel dealcarlia and macarthur. big look at the belt way, inner look and outer loop rolling along fine. 66 eastbound as 123 looks quite good. westbound, no problems. eas

. >>> but first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking another air quality alert for you. what's going on, chuck? >> another stagnant high pressure system has been in place all week long. as a result without a change in air masses, we've added pollution each and every day. air quality has continued to diminish. it will be a warm state to later today. that that's unhealthy for sensitive groups. no chance for rain just yet. we could use the rain showers. temperatures in the 50s in the suburbs to low 60s. bluemont, virginia, getting ready for the bluemont fair this weekend. let's hope it's a smooth ride in to work and school. a check on that now with melissa mollet and first forecast. >> fingers crossed this morning. southbound rockville heights, police have pulled away. there's a motorcycle here. trying to find out what happened. there was a report of crash here earlier this morning. 66 66 eastbound, westbound, looking good. back with travel times in ten minutes, aaron? >> thank you. breaking news. a park lot roped off as police figure out who shot a woman to death and put a

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a cloudy sky overhead. no rain in metro. there are a couple of lingering sprinkles on the shore, parts of northern and central delaware. temperatures in the mid and upper 60s around the metro. low 70sing southern maryland and eastern shore. here's future weathering through afternoon, notice with time, these cloud just start to thin out. by 4:00 when the pope arrives, joint base andrews. skies partly to mostly cloudy. after 4:00, between 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, clouds should continue to thin out. we should get a sliver or two of sunshine here before the sun goes down around 7:00 this evening. one or two peaks of sunshine should allow temperatures into the low and mid-70s. so it will be a relatively nice and dry day today. seven-day forecast coming up. >>> the university of virginia is changing its sexual violence policy, after violating a federal law. an investigation revealed the university violated a law against discrimination. the department of education says, uva did not follow title 9 because of university didn't response to c

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with more on weather. cool again, chuck. >> little cool and a little wet outside early this morning. no heavy rain to deal with, but there are rain drops on the roadways early this morning. so that could slow things down just a touch. but most of the rain for now is in fairfax, montgomery, and howard counties lifting northeast bound toward the pennsylvania border. a big break in the action down south and west of us before you run in a couple more showers south and west of charlottesville. so wha should you be planning on your way out the door this morning as far as weather slowdown? the mist and the drizzle and the wet roads may slow you up a little bit here early this morning, but improving weather picture late near the afternoon. out the door weather in the low 50s and low 60s and sky cast 4 for today, almost all clouds. i couldn't rule out a little sliver or two of sunshine, much later on in the afternoon. temperatures inch their way up into the low 70s. wet roads are never a good thing for traffic, meli

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will tell us what to expect today. clearing up, chuck?>> not much clearing up today, no, no, no. you might get a sliver of sunshine today. that is it. as far as road shut downs, there's a yellow and red. fog and drizzle and light rain. by later on the weather picture should improve a bit. most of the high water will be gone. fog, under 1 mile visibility up to suburban maryland and montgomery county. there's high water. highlighted areas, loudoun county, parts of culpepper. those are flood warnings until 8:00 this morning. so there will be an impact. big puddles and standing water for the drive in this morning and because of some more showers, wet roads again possible later on this afternoon. temperatures in the 70s. there's a whole lot more rain chances where that came from as we head towards the weekend. more about that in ten minutes. breaking news continues in first 4 traffic. >>> breaking news montgomery county. 28 shut down from darnestown road between black rock and whites ferry. inner loop at 355 wisconsin avenue has only the left

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here now with your weather headlines. good morning, chuck. >> that's right. it's a mild start to your tuesday morning. first of september, meteorological summer ended yesterday. the equinox until the 27th of this month. it's september nonetheless and it will continue to feel like july across the region. your morning planners, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s in the suburbs. mid 80s by 11:00 and low to mid 90s for temperatures this afternoon. sunny, hot and humid. a check on a crash with melissa. >> 16th street at irving. police on the scene there in the columbia heights area. outer loop at eisenhower connector, we're not seeing any slowdowns but if it sticks around it will. beautiful there morning, inner and outer loop starting to get a little bit of volume building there. 66 west of sudley road into and out of town, you're okay. into town little more volume than if you're headed out. travel times in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> today a d.c. teenager will appear in court for the murder of a mother who w

took it. >>> a few clouds as we start to see the sun break through. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tells us what this means for the rest of the day. hey, chuck. >> good morning. it will be another hot and humid day today at least it's not so intolerable outside this morning. 66 now northern montgomery county. 66 out to manassas. 63 in culpepper but 75 at reagan national airport. you can't see the sun because of the clouds. outside bus stops mid 70's this morning. low 90s on the way home this afternoon. rain chances will be highest for areas north and west of the metro. lowest in southern maryland. >>> putting metro safety back in focus after a derailment that let many of you stranded during the evening commute. what we can expect as metro leaders try to tackle the problems uncovered after that mishap. >>> but first, a setback overnight in the search for those men who killed a police officer in illinois. search efforts are focused on a particular area after a tip. but we'll show you why these efforts turned up empty when we go to the live desk ahead. your time is 6:42. >>> your time

. >> here's chuck bell. >> picnic? do you know something i don't know what's going on around work today? >> no. >> all right. looks like i'm making burgers at home by myself. outside today, our tower camera looking over washington. mostly clear sky. not much in the way of fog to worry about. most areas reporting ten miles of visibility. and now 61 leesburg and chantilly. and 57 in gaithersburg and damascus this morning. beautiful potomac, should be potomac, maryland, sorry about this. temperatures mid 60s this morning. mid 80s by noontime. near 90 this afternoon. a very pleasant day to be outside today. rain chances though as i mentioned are starting to sneak back up as we head in towards wednesday afternoon. a little chance for rain there. our best chances for rain will be especially on thursday and then hopefully rain ends on friday. that leads us into the weekend. more about the weekend in ten minutes. back to the news. >> thank you. >>> the minnesota dentist at the center of a hunting controversy is now making head