chuck bell is tracking florence. >> thank you. four things you need to know. it's a serious, serious threat forth north carolina, s carolina, and virginia primarily at this point.vi sly any updates could change that.ks the landfall l to be late in the day thursday in stheastern north carolina. our highest impacts are likely to comend friday saturday. our main threat here will be flooding. now if the track were to change. currently it's expected to bring it intoer southea north carolina and then, this is a very scary update to the forecast. and then sta out over western north carolina and south western virginia. that could lea to catastrophic flooding. any variation in that track could bring that heavy moisture to us. after a soang rai this past weekend that could be big trouble here. stay with storm team a nbc washington. >> chuck, thank you. stay with news 4 t for latest on hurricane florence and it's potential impact. for up to the minute information n this storm, open the nbc washington ap >> now breaking news, d.c. olice need help finding three missing chi

we're going to head over to chuck bell. >> chuck, you promise? >> i promise. most of us areng not g to have to worry about that in the showers perhaps lingering into the shenandoah valley. those are the reason why i n't give you 0% chance of rain. most of us won't have to worrya about drops today. temperatures are going to be way above average. 66 at naas. 65 next to the chesapeake bay. dog walk being forecast, you could adopt peach. dog or no doing, the morni i walk not going to bother anybody. plenty of sunshine. rain chances on the hold are below 20%. melissa mollet, i'd say most of us don't need to worry about that today. >> like that, i have to say ilom ing forward to it. taking a look at it at this video in tacoma park. this is tiny branch road shut down both ways betweeneast-west highway andastern avenue. theoad could be closed through rush hour. mclean, some parts of the road could be closed and there's high water on the dpotomac. >>eloping this morning, d.c. police are looking for a man who stabbed a wom in the logan circle neighborhood. the woman is

let's start with chuck bell and a look at this heat wave that seems to never end. >> no kidding. th cendar says september. the kids are back in school. that tells you it's fall. the fours you need to know about the weather, another very steamy start this morning. the heat is peaking today. this may b the hottest day of the week. it's been 94 twice already. 93 yesterday. heat indexes over 100. it's all about the svelweat ande misery for 'rday. if y wondering about the weekend, you can be in trouble. the ouoor plans may be rained out. current temperatures in the 60s and the 70s. there's a tiny chance for a shower or thunderstorm. don't count on mother nature cooling you off. afternoon highs, 90 here in more about the increasing rain chances coming up. >>> good morning, melissa. any trouble on traffic here? >> we have the top of the beltway. outer loop at georgia avenue. one lane getting by. that's why we're seeing the slowdowns here at the top of the beltway. you see them at the top of the map, as well. that's at silver spring. interloop before the toll road. right lane is getting

we're going to head over to chuck bell. >> chuck, you promise? >> i promise. most of us areng not g to have to worry about that in the showers perhaps lingering into the shenandoah valley. those are the reason why i n't give you 0% chance of rain. most of us won't have to worrya about drops today. temperatures are going to be way above average. 66 at naas. 65 next to the

wrst we beginh chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> some areas in marylan the fog. ense towards baltimore and philadelphia. >> wn will we ever see the sunshine? >> not for a while. >> chuck, it's been since last thursday or friday since we saw the sun, and there will be very littleunshinen your future for today or the next couple of days. the latest on florence, we'll give you that information in a little bit. threat. serious right now though we're dealing with a couple of showers across southern maryland. hit-and-miss showers will be with us. thicker fog out onte the e shore. visibility down to 1.1 mile ere at joi base andrews. future weather carries that rain out onto the eastern shore. there will be a 50% chance you can get hit with a rain drop. umbrella in the 60s and 70 highs in the 70s and 80 degrees. not much sunshine today and the ten day. for now, let's hear from melissa mollet who probably has nothing wt good news. >> ih i could. i would be a rich woman. upper marlboro, in bound between rich marlboro road and wood lawn road there's a crash investigation. ,

we'll start with chuck bell and a word about this heat. chuck?it's ending. >> good. >> just a word? >> just word. he'se trying to cool, you know. temperatures will be trending downward, as we head into the good-bye to the 90s and good riddance to the 90s. ipt it's ser for crying out loud. our heat wave coming to an end. it's going to bear plenty and humid today. but the rainy weekend ahead will be cooler. temperatures will fall into the 60s tomorrow wit the rain coming in. flash flood watches have been

the storm is no joke, chuck bell. you have been trackg this all week. i know we were waiting for the latest advisory? >> the strength is pretty close to where it has been, a category 3 to 4 storm. that's going to continue. you can see t very well-defined eye of florence now about 600 miles o the coast of north carolina. the very latest forecast track from the hurricane center follows pretty much the ensemble of these computer models. each one of thesere is a dif line. the hurricane center is right on track with that maintaining a category 3 too 4urricane all the way tofa la. there is new information on the nerun. saturday,. displ thursday night thlandfall. 're saying it will drag south ward before being scooped up and taken farther inland. the center of the moisture will be going inland a little bit farther to the west. we will still have to deal with the heavy rains from this, but it loo like we will be dealing with it a little farther into next week. sheena is back with the five day outlook coming up. >>> president trump says theer federal gent is, qu

have chuck bell working with him for your forecast. chuck, this isaz >> it is crazy. we had record high minimum testimonies t temperatures the last couple mornings in a row. 78 was a record high. 79 before that. and we're in the upper 70s to near 80. washington airport has not dropped 8 degr0. nonetheless, a very strikey start of the day today. the school day foreca, the kids are all back in at this point in time.up sut 6:41. heat indexes over 100 again today. shorts, sunglasses, short sleeves. i wouldxt take water with you, as well. today is the last of the worst of it. that's the good ne t. we trade i 90s for increasing rain chances. ten-day forecast coming up in a few. goodorning, melissa. good morning, chuck. the beltway looks clear, as far as slowdowns. we'll talk about issues as far as roadwork. the crash here, ox hill. again, the just the tiniest slow downhere. and mclean, getting by ueere. no big i 66 inbound to the beltway, .you're on ti >> thank you. >>> we're following a developing story in fairfax county this morning. a woman and two children were found de

first we do want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. the warning why you wan to pack that umbrella. nole quite in the yet. >> not yet. we h don'te the rain this morning. before you leave, know we have it later today.u n't want to leave home without the umbrella. we could have strong storms. >>ribsolutely t. chance for very strong storms later this afternoon and early this evening. timing is probably somewhere around 2:00. 3:00. up to 6:00, 8:00 right alo the i-95 corridor. lots of rain chances back out to our west. this cold front moving through chicago, that promises to bring an end to the rain here sometime on friday and may actually leave us with two back-to-back sunny days. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washington, philadelphia, boston onp into parts of central new york and new england. we'll watch out for that. is a dry start here on your wednesday morning. temperatures, mid 60s in the shenandoah lley. low 70s close to town. warm and humid today. degrees. that will be our warmest day in .quite some time melissa, we'

chuck bell is here to fill us in. chuck, what's thelatest? >> the umbrellas. it's been a permanent fixture for the last couple of weeks and it's going to be needed again for today, tonight and tomorrow. flash flood watches have been issued for a large portion of the dmv including the district, arlington county, fairfax, udoun and all the way out west. possibility for locally heavy rain. in and around the d.c. metro area. probably a inch. maybe as much as two but west of the blue ridge, potentially 2 to as much as 4 inches of rain. you can get all the weathern informat pushed to your app. free and downloadable from the app store. owill dry but won't be the case for long as rain continues to push here. it's not cold outside. the low 70s outside. upper 70s to near 80 degrees. be ready for more rain drops on the commute. good morning, melirna. >> good g. i'm preparing for that. frederick northbound70 after urbana crash there with aadruck off th is now out of the way. laurel, norbound 197, still have that crash hanging around and a new problem, upper marlbo4., nort

what about the latest on florence. >> what about it, chuck bell? >> we transition to something that people really wantro h about. hurricane florence, rapid intensification over the past day or so. now a full category 4 storm. main threat and is going to have a wide ranging impact. most likely to be severely impacted, north carolina, south carolina and virginia. overtime we'llee how much o an impact comes northbound into northern virginia andnd mary everybody needs to be on guard. the eye itself is likely to make land fall late thursday but could hang on the north carolina 8coastline for some hours or longer. so the impacts are likely to be most severe from saturday to tuesday of next week and our main threat will be possibility of severe flooding. that's going to be the main threat for us. bermuda is now officially out of the path of the storm. the storm is going to make a landfall sometime late thursday, most likely as a category 4 storm. this will be the fartherest north -- farthest north on record to have a storm likee that m landfall. it will l

chuck bell. >>ieks indeed. the daily grade? not a very good day to be outside. c minus. cloudy, humid, temperatures in the upper 70s and 80s. and a 50/50 chance you'll get rained on. heeena has more about t heeena has more about t geico has over 75 years heeena has more about t of great savings and service. ry with such a long his it's easy to trust geico! thank you todd. it's not just easy. it's-being-a-master-of-hypnotism easy. hey, i got your text- sleep! doug, when i snap my fingers you're going to clean my gutters. ooh i should clean your gutters! great idea. it's not just easy. it's geico easy. todd, you will go make me a frittata. >>> you're watchingy. "news 4 to >>> peanut butter and peanut butter jelly h sandwichese been staples in school many schools have banned them because of life threatening nut allergies. this morning we're learning tbout a surprising study. researchers look the impact of banning nuts from classrooms. they found be it had no impact on how often school nurses h u epi-pens on kids for nut allergies. experts think many kids aren't aware of whi

news 4'sim handly is live and chuck bell is tracking then latest the storm's path and intensity. let's start withhuck though and check on theor localast. >> theuter eye wall coming into contact with the wilmington area. th going to be a long duration event for our winds across north carolina. they'll see the swirl just barely offshore. the hurricane center mentioned the fact that the eye wall is coming into contact with the the official center of circulation is still about 20 miles away from wilmington, nort pcarolina. itbably going to be making land fall here from the next hour to hour and a ha t. wh center of the eye is over the coast. that's when they'll consider that thlandfall. swirl though, that is the northern most extend of hurricane florence. there you can see still 90 miles per hour sustained a winds the wi

chuck bell is working on there st before we check in with the traffic. how close is it, chuck?e more day in the weather bunker, that's all we need. temperatures in the s again this afternoon. heat index is up to 100-105 degrees. a hazy sky to greet you on a thursday morning. not too many clouds out there just yet. today is the peak of the heat wave. p.m. rain likeyo tomorrow on friday afternoon and evening plans. and the weekend could be impact by rain ops. it's eitr 90 degrees or it's raining. g're stuck in the mid to upper 70s to your thursday morning started. plan on another hot day today. i'm forecasting 95 only a teeny, tiny little chance for rain today. most along the i- corridor. i-95, likely to be hot and dry. more about the rain chancesn the weeke coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. looking right now. eastbound ic bridge cheney. i think a car has spun around here this morning. once they get tft out the way, doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. but an issue there and they have to get a tow out there and see some delays. 270 southbound, first

chuck bell joins us again. a little warmer this morning. as wetgh thou. >> little hint of late summer and hue mitt at this. >> yeah. >> back into the 80 been a while since we've been th warm. we w pl a price for that in the form of instorms. there's a likelihood for stronger to potentially severe storms most likely between 3:00 and 7:00. cold front moving through st. uis promises to bring us some autumnal weather. here you see on radar,o rain around the d.c. area this morning. nice dry start for today. runners, walkers, dog walkers. here's washington and baltimore and philly. here's future weather. low clouds and fog giving way to sunshine. more than enough sun. inhe ear afternoon we get thunderstorms fired up in e shaenandoah valley. do take your umbrella with you today. you are likely going t need it. going to be more rain chances morrow. temperature wise in the mid 60s. low 70s around town. warm and a muggy start. high today86 degrees. won't that feel nice? going down to the final home game of the 2018 baseball season. the nats and the m

chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with your forecast. i guess it's the same old, same old. >> even though we have rain in the forecast, we don't have rain now.e radar right heavy rain is on the way. >> another soaker. if it's any consolation, it's only been the third rainiest year on record. >> oh, okay. see, eun, it's not that bad. >> the real issue has been it started raining in mid-july and it's been a super soaker for about the last 1/2 months. it was really dry earlier this year, but that's all a distanto memory four things you need to know. another cloudy day coming our way today. no heavy rain yet, but rainier weather comes in for this evening. flash flood watches overnight tonight. i've got real good news about the weekend forecast, which we'll share with you in a bit. for now, it's hit and miss rain drops and sprinkles early morning. flood watches for overnight tonight into early tomorrow. we'll keep you posted ont. t temperaturewise, this is about as warm as it's going to be all day. we're in the upper 60s to around 70 temperat

chuck bell found outhat school lunches aren't what they used to be. >> oh, no. not at all. actually, there's delicious little lunch there. when i was in school, lunch was kind of a sandwich and an apple and the big beverage choice was either plain milk or chocolate milk. most of it went promptly into the garbage. thatt not how today as i found out when i visited yorktown high school in arlington county. >> reporter:hen you're serving 15,000 meals a day and your business depends on repeat stomers, you better serve good food. >> it is a challenge. it's a challenge to keep our customers coming in every day. s case, the: in t customers are the high school students in farlington'e public high schools, not an easy group to please. what your kids will eat keeps her thinking all the time. the couy teamed up with cuisine solutions, and together the two have come up with an answer to the question, what's r lunch? >> i have been thinking for a long time about how to do a crte your own system with local produce. we were purchasing tons of local produce. a lot of it was ending up in the

the ones that can apes the question, chuck bell, sheena parveen. going to need the umbrla, don't put it away. >> yes, dry outside. thison't need the umbrella morning. u eun, we have a mostly dry middle of the day. >> i think most people have had their umbrella surgically lwtached to their hand. >> is have mine. >> constantly there. >> unfortunately, more rain chances coming our way for the second halff today. pretty high chance you're going to get rained on tomorrow a friday. i remain very optimistic. that cold front across the midwest, that will bring a chance for rain and thundersrms later on today. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washinon, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, new england. if you're traveling northeast bound today there could be flight delays. storm team 4 radar, first thing this morning. ur westowers are way to out near morgantown, west virginia. temperatures mid 60s in the shenandoahvalley. summer ri in the city. mid 70s. midat to morning sunshine into the afternoon. turning stormy after ,2: 3:00. if you're headed d

first, chuck bell and sheen parveen here with your forecast. more rainok again. record. >> if you can't find your umbrella at this point, then you own forve been out of the last two months. >> maybe it broke. maybe the umbrella has had ali le too much work lately. >> but you can still find it. >> fpefully you can stilld it. hopefully you have more than one. i think i have about three or four. you're going to need it later today. this morning we don't really have rain around the area except for a few sprinkles here and there. what we're looking ator lat today is heavy rain. we're under a flood watch as we ough the later evening ours and into the overnight hour that is going to be most of the area here. we have a couple sprinkles around the area you might run into those, but for the most part, we're staying on the mostly dry side this morning. e a lot of moisture that'll be moving in from the south later on today. that where heavyain is going to come from. temperatures right now are about the mid-60s to neaes 70 deg it's a cool start to the morning. have the umbrel

starting to see just how powerful it really is. >> news 4's jim handly is live in north carolina a chuck bells tracking the latest on the track and intensity. before that we want to check your local forecast with shenna. what's going on? >> let's head over to chuck first and get a closer look at the hurricane as it's moving closer to the beaches. >>ooks like we have a landfalling hurricane now. just about on top of top sail beach,

we begin with chuck bell and another beautiful day. we like this pattern, chuck. >> we do like this pattern a whole lot. skies are mostly clear over washington this morning. you can sort of tell from this picture there's a little hint of some fog around the city. visibity not too terribly impacted around town, but visibility down under a mile for a big chunk of central virginia and the shenandoah valley. be careful this morning driving from culpepper out to washington, virginia, or along i-81. temperatures are not too bad at all. 65 now in montgomery county. 61 in charlestown, west virginia. 61 now atatnal airport. 75 down in beautiful st. mary city. perfect morning toe your best friend out for a walk. this is babs. available for adoption at the humane rescue aiance. to their website and bring babs home. temperatures will be in the comfortable range once again. upper 70s0s and low for highs today. but we knowhat rain chances already sneaking up into the weekend. melissa, perfect night to golo the basebame. >> sounds like a plan. northbo

first, chuck belle and sheena parveen are here with the forecast. we're kind of prepared for this now. >> absolutely. i think once the hearing is over, we should repurpose that countdown clock to count downre thrn of sunshine. people would be all about that. >> and the good news is even though we have moreod rain and rain tonight, tomorrow for the friday night plans, it looks good. don't let today fool you. don't let it putr a damn your plans going forward. this weekend we're actually going to see some very nice changes. now the radar is getting a little more green on it. we have very light showers around the area. a lot of this tha you seeust some sprinkles falling. more consistent light raiall nearinchester and across 81. farther to our south, look at this ttund weather pattern. later today, an area of low pressure will form and move along the coast that will give us heavy rain tonight. here's the flood watch for most of the area. starting later this evening,nd overnight,arly tomorrow. temperatures are cool, about the mid to upper 60s. this mornin

first, storm team 4 meteorologists chuck bell and sheena parveen have your forecast. by now, we should all have many umbrellas at the ready. >> it's been like going umbrella school. you really know how to manage it now. after a long dry spel metimes you break it out like, how do i get back in the car without having all the rain land on m not anymore. >> i even keep the broken one around in case the other ones break worse and the broken one ends up working better. >> must not be that broken. >> it's broken enough not to use. anyway, better safe than sorry. this morning, make sure you have the umbrella before you leave. we don't have widespread rain around, just a few sprinkles. it's cloudy andool outside. later tonight, we have rain that will be mong in from the south. an area of low pressure will ride up along the coast. n.'s going to bring us some heavy r that's all the moisture you see down to our south and locally because of that we have flood watch through the area. it starts later on this evening and runs overnight tonight. all these counties shaded in gre green.

chuck bell. that's an idea. you should stay inside when it raining and make chilly. >> you should make some for your on family and bring some here. just a thought. >> torrow a chance for thunderstorms, which could be on the strong side tomorrow oo afte the best news i can give you, both saturdayda and s look sunny, mild and rain free. >> i think you should tweet your chill live recipe out. >> i think you should. >> thas so much for joining us. we're back on the air at 4:00 this afrnoon.te waiting for a liver transplant.. will die waiting. don't wait. find out about living-donor liver transplants at upmc today. living-donor liver transplants mean less waiting and better outcomes. upmc is the nation's leader in living-donor liver transplants. so, why wait for a liver transplant? call upmc today. upmc. life changing medicine ♪ >>> we're ve in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ >> wow. >> now there is a movie star. all glittery. huge night in hollywood. there's bradley cooper. lady gaga. at the "star is born" premier. a

first chuck bell here with the forecast we want to hear this forecast. >> i know.etting you down by not being in weather alert. we've been code red for days on end around here dealing with all the remnants of florence. for today t ugh that is all gone. out to sea. just befe7:00, pleasant start. 69 in morton, virginia. 67 in the berg. gaithersburg, 66 degrees. it is an a plus forecast for today. 85 degrees, an o abundance sunshine. there is the tiniest little chce for showers primarily up in the mountains of west ipple comes this our way. nonetheless, i think car

get ready now. >> chuck bell joins us now. think the reality, we talk about the potential destruction. this is going to be a devastating storm, no doubt about that. i was reading some of the insurance industry outlooks. this could be a $20 billion disaster. they don't mention the amount of human suffering or human life, that's just a dollarfigure. this is going to be a multibillion dollar problem that lasts for days and days and days along the coast. four things you need to know about here the next couple ys. humid, more of the same tomorrow. could have some rain on thursday and friday with the hurricane close to the coast, i think we'll just be really under the a influence of lot of mid and high level cloudine cloudiness. i want to put this display in con ert with the official forecast for the hurricane center. this is the spaghetti chart. this is a bunch of different computer models, probably 30 lines in here. we have high confidence in where the storm's going to go now.ha let mee this to the official hurricane center foreca

first chuck bell here with the forecast we want to hear this forecast. >> i know. i feel like i'm letting you down by not being in weather alert. we've been code red for days on end around here dealing with all the remnants of florence. for today t ugh that is all gone. out to sea. just befe7:00, pleasant start. 69 in morton, virginia. 67 in the berg. gaithersburg, 66 degrees. it is an a plus forecast for today. 85 degrees, an o abundance sunshine. there is the tiniest little chce for showers primarily up in the mountains of west ipple comes this our way. nonetheless, i think car washing, absolutely. our next sigficant chanc up for sunday. a convertible top down emergency. maybe we go code red for that. >> i love the top down weather. southbound b.t. paw. parkway, gg over that. left side of the road is blocked soight now going to start seeing those delays southbound b.w. parkway. for getting opper, there and showing us the delays. right shoulder blocked. outer loop bygeorgia, cra on the left loop. crash was over this telling us they see the w carh flares. you might

we'll start with chuck bell and a word about this heat. chuck? >> it's ending. >> good. >> just a word? >> just word. he'se trying to cool, you know. temperatures will be trending downward, as we head into the good-bye to the 90s and good riddance to the 90s. ipt it's ser for crying out loud. our heat wave coming to an end. it's going to bear plenty and humid today. but the rainy weekend ahead will be cooler. temperatures will fall into the 60s tomorrow wit the rain coming in. flash flood watches have been issued. and hurricane florence will be something we have to watch for in the middle and later parts oe next. for now, all is dry on your friday morning. don't need to worry about the umbrella just jyet. going for a ride or a run, no worries right now. flash flood watches for west virginia, a large part of the shenandoah valley. the d.c. metro area not included yet.av that watch may to be expanded as we get into the weekend. future weather there, here comes the rainat chances on in the day toda temperature th temperature-wise, mid-70s. it will b

have chuck bell working with him for your forecast. chuck, this isaz >> it is crazy.e had record high minimum

. >> news 4's jim handly is live in north carolina a chuck bell is tracking the latest on the track and intensity. before that we want to check your local forecast with shenna. what's going on? >> let's head over to chuck first and get a closer look at the hurricane as it's moving closer to the beaches. >>ooks like we have a landfalling hurricane now. just about on top of top sail beach, north carolina. carolina beach you'll see a repo from jaygray, farther down the coastline here but the eye wall now is starting to come over the top of top sail beach. this is goingt to be a hard for a big piece of eastern north carolina where the winds have been consie.ently on sh the water has been piling up fast and furious. some reports storm surges as much as 10 feet high or more. yo say well what does that mean? onyou were to go to a beach calm day and stand at t water's edge, add ten feet on top of that and then on top of that large battering waves. several cycles left to go. the forecast models in high agreement as the storm continues to wobble southwest ward and then get picked up in the mid la

storm t 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking florence. >> that's right. it's important. t just about where the eye comes on shore. a storm this big has a wide ranging influence of conditions. all of which could be potentially life threatening. the most serus threat is north carolina, south carolina and southern and south western virginia. time frafr tie, late on thursday. the storm expected to be a category 3. hurricane, a major that's category 3, 4, or 5 and making land fall as either a high end 3 or near category 4 storm late on thursday. the storm is expected to essentially stall out. that could bring catastrophic flooding to south westernerge virginia and western parts of theh and south carolina and rain shield could bring another chance for flooding rains here friday into the ekend. she'll be back with a complete check of your five-day forecast ncwhichdes a little chance ofain for several more days. >> all right, chuck, thank you. and of course stay with newsr 4 he latest on hurricane florence and it's potential impact. for up to the minute information on the storm,

. >> chuck bell is monitoring the path and we want to go to sheen parveen. >> good morning.re tking this morning about drizzle, fog across the area and then of course all es will be to our south as florence gets closer to the carolinas. this morning, talking about temperatures around 71 degrees. manassas.s in the fog this morning not nearly as thickt ass yesterday. in areas like clinton visibility is less than a mile. as you head more towards philadelphia, baltimore, that's where the fog does get a lot thicker. keep that in mind if you are heing in that direction. locally we're under an unsettled pattern. showers into thurmont. cloudy conditions with us. some thunderstorms moving into willastern shore but those mostly be dying out and trying to move into delaware. there is hurricane florence getting closer to the coast. i'll show you the updated track. we have drizzle out there. let's seeow your commute is going with melissa mollet. go

that was chuck bell reporting. this program has been implemented in arlington's three high schools.t's moving into alexandria city schools and loudoun county schools as well. >>> florence has totally moved out of this area. but it's still s causie flooding to our north. >> heavy rain in new york cifl ded several subway stations. take a look, it looks like it's raining inside. p somesengers said they arrived at some stations to ankle-de water. another commuter captured this video of a rat on the back side of a pillar. >> got his little galoshes are. a little too much water even for the rats. >>> time to get o a checkthe forecast. >> amelia is back with us. i'm so happy, we dealt with all that rain for what felt like weeks. >> looking >> almost ten straight days we were dealing with clouds, and for mosaiof them we had as well. the sunshine was out yesterday. if you've had plenty of clouds out there this morning, the sunshine is coming out right now. for thellfternoon hours w have partly to mostly sunny skies. our temperatures still in the 70s. so not too shabby out there, pretty comfo

first, we check in with chuck bell as we hea closer to the weekend. so far, just beautiful weather. >> absolutely. we h a long stretch of cloudy, rainy weather around here. the combination was either blazing hot and humid or it was rain.g down we've at least brought that all to an end. live picture over washington thisorning. visibility not much of an issue around town. but there are some areas of very ick fog from front royal to culpepper. be on the lookout this morning if you're driving across parts of central virginia. temperaturewise, it's an ope window kind of morning. 60s in montgomeryt county. 68 quantico. 59 this morning in winchester. so the daily grade for today, a-plus weather is back. partly to mostly sunny skies today. a light southeasterly breeze. temperatures today reaching 82 degrees for a high temperature.e the next cou days, another winner today. we are watching increasing rain chances as we get into the t weekenugh. more about that in a few more minutes. for now, let's go to gmelissa. >>d morning. brands new problem here. this is th

let's start with chuck bell and a loos at thi forecast. you have a lot of rain you're tracking. a couple of days off. lucky her. rainy days and mondays. don't let it get you down though. rain chances willinally diminish once we get to the end of the day tomorrow and we'll probably havehree sunny days in a row to finish theee

chuck bell saying that the dfw airport sawore than nine inches of rainfall this weekend. sadly, thisin flo is being blamed for one death. according to our nbc station in dallas, the victim is identified as a 23-year-old man. he was a student at the university of texas. ba to you. >> thank you. >> 4:51 right now. tracking breaking news on the be beltway this morning. >> a big problem here. just going to get worse as the morning progresses soe're talking about the inner loop here. that's a little bit of aetter option. it's a jackknifed w tractor-traileh a fuel spill. the right lane is getting by. we have chris lawrence at the scene and we'll talk to him in a coup of temi the rest of the beltway looks okay right now. the ramp to kenilworth therturned car right now. woodbridge, nund 123 near dale sh there and the boulevard situation before crashes on the shoulder, that one is now gone. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. it's a gloomy looking monday morning outside. all cloud cover again for tod and probably below 70 degrees again today. that is aig sure that the s

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena. i can't remember the last time i saw the sun all day. >> we're going to have a little sun tomorrow but then it's going tol f some storms. >> normally september is 70% sunshine. this september, only 27% sunshine so we are way below average on required amounts of sunshine here in september which is typically one of our more pretty months. at you need to know about the weather then, another messy morningcommute. umbrellas required through at least lunchtime but you will notice it's much warmer today and it will be warmer still tomorrow. that's the reason for thunderstorm chances tomorrow eveninon and it could be on the stormy side around here

. >> we'll start with chuck bell and a look at our forecast. chuck, what are you seeing? >> we have the points hightentir locally hean coming our way. flash flood watches have already been issue for a big chunk of the valley. no flood watches in the immediate d.c. metro area. that could change ler on in the day. heaviest of the rain along the i-81 corridor. not i-95. but look at all the heavy rain across parts ofli north ca. that's all spinning in our general direction so rain chances g ng up withtime. it's dry for now here around the city but there's already rain drops in charlottesville, a roanoke and some of those areas are bringing down heavy rain, indeed. this area is probably going to be our highest rnfall totals with all of this. again a couple arepo ible. flash flood watches already issued. they just expanded that to include the washington metro area. that is brand new as of the last hour or so. heaviest rain, though, 2 to 4 inches possible from the blue ridge westbound. locally 1 to 2 inches of rain possible. we'll be talking about temperatures and the return of

will begin with a check on the current conditionsnd your commute with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bellsa. we saw a lot of fog whene were coming in. >> super dense fog. national airport down to.1 mile. that's only 520 feet of visibility at national airport. half mile

but we begin with chuck bell on all the rain wre getting. >> still a weather alert because of all the rain we h yesterday. more showers today and flooding concerns and we're watching hurricane florence. >> we couldn't stuff more information into the forecast. with what's dealing left of gordon, first. that's what brought us the heavy rain yesterday. it's now across pennsylvania, new york and new england. still plenty ofud c and rain chances for today. today are hit and miss intermittent showers. not thaty ste downpour we went through yesterday. yesterday over two inches o rain. over an inch and a half yesterday. and that follows that on friday. for today, don't expect lot of sunshine this morning. later on, i think the will thin a bit. it will be a little warmer. current temperatures in the mid 60s around the city. upper 50s in the valley. high temperature back up tou 80 degrees. yesterday's high was 67. so it will feel a lot warmer and more humid today. rain chance stays at 70%. >> thank you, chuck. speaking of the weaer aow the roads, near the dulles greenway has flooding. a andale,

. >> in just a moment we'll geto sheena with a check on your commute but let's begin with chuck bell tracking the latest on the path and intensity. >> good morning. good mornin everybody. friday finally here. and we are watching s aaping of the north carolina coastline by hurricane florence here. the center of the circulation is about to reach the coastline near cape fear and it's going to be quite a punch for southeastern north carolina. the storm surge goingnto t outer banks. it's going to be a devastating flood as well as all the river basins that drain into it. the wind is on shore here so it's literally blowing the water upstream so there's going to be ex flooding across eastern north carolina. the outerbands are starting to each southern maryland and lower parts of the shore. it's still a category 1 storm t i always have to tell you, don't focus on themb category . it's a 90 miles per hour sustained wind but the winfield is enormous. it has huge amount of wind to push water on shore. the rain and the flooding does all the damage. so this storm now expected to stay farther to th

we'll check in in justt a mom but first, let's check in with chuck bell with more on our forecast.team 4 weather alert day. >> we have the weather alerthe because's flash flood warnings and tons of rain yesterd yesterday. >> we still have more rain in the forecast today. before you leave, don't forget the umbrella. as you leave this morning for your commute you might be running into light rain. we haveer hea rain out here. but this is also what we're looking at afar as thelood threat. flood warnings through mostly northern maryland where you see the brighter green.he ise across 81 and parts

. >> chuck bell is standing by with details on w today'sther alert but we'll begin with breaking newsbout the commute this mornin >> a major problem this morning in fairfax. this first alert traffic alert. right now camera not working. 123.ound 66 after we're shutdown there this morning. dl bad crash there this morning. debris in the m of the roadway. this is going to be quite sometime. what can you do? commit right now. commit to 50. do something else. do not get on 66 any tim soon if you're getting on anywhere before 123de and h inbound. another closure right now. silver spring, this is where nicole jacobsea isd for us. southbound new hampshire avenue. so southbound lanes are blocked for flooding. outer loop at the beltway with the right side blocked here this morning. the rest of the beltway looks okay but a new

keeping an eye on the storm's path, but we'll begin with your commute and stor team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> we'll eventually have tdeal with hurricane florence's remnants once they get here early parts of next week. for now, all eyes on the carolina coastline. locally, we don't have to worry about that for a couple more days. what we do have to track thisre morningain showers across parts of shenandoah valley. moreain across parts of northern maryland, the panhandle of west virginia. not much rain around the city yet, but a stray shower or two can't be ruled out. it's a warmnd humid start after an 86 yesterday afternoon. we're back down only low and mid-70s this morning. a very warm and veryy,umid much like yesterday. cloudy, kind of a showery start for some this morning. a few peeks of sunsh just enough to get us back up into the 80s and bubble up more rain showers late and thunderstorms later on today. the higher rain ihances come for tomorrow, but slightly lower for the weekend. more about that. for now, let's go to melissa. >> good morning. lanham, left lane is getting by the work z

first we do want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. warning why you wan to pack that umbrella. nole quite in the yet. >> not yet. we h don'te the rain this morning. before you leave, know we have it later today.u n't want to leave home without the umbrella. we could have strong storms. >>ribsolutely t. chance for very strong storms later this afternoon and early this evening. timing is probably somewhere around 2:00. 3:00. up to 6:00, 8:00 right alo the i-95 corridor. lots of rain chances back out to our west. this cold front moving through chicago, that promises to bring an end to the rain here sometime on friday and may actually leave us with two back-to-back sunny days. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washington, philadelphia, boston onp into parts of central new york and new england. we'll watch out for that. is a dry start here

. >> in just a moment we'll geto sheena with a check on your commute but let's begin with chuck bellcking the latest on the path and intensity. >> good morning. good mornin everybody. friday finally here. and we are watching s aaping of the north carolina coastline by hurricane florence here. the center of the circulation is about to reach the coastline near cape fear and it's going to be quite a punch for southeastern north carolina. the storm surge

first we'll turn to chuck bell with a look at the forecast., too. >> well -- >> we always like the weather man, aaron. >> come on, there's always a reason to like the weather man. you may not go ahead and like him, butthere's always a reason. skies have tried to clear out rather significant can'tly curi ng the overnight hour there's patchy fog, nothing major. visibility slightly reduced in some of our sheltered valleys. file that away und the just in case. look at that, dry weather up and down the i-95 corridor. well,this's a little chance for a shower in jacksonville, florida. most of this section of the i-95 corridor nothing to worry about. these rain drops could bring the slightest little cha of a shower today. not really so much around the washington area. our friends in the shenandoah valley, you have a chance

i'm sto team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.res are in the upper 70s to near 80 in most neighborhoods already. your forecast is a miserably hot and humid one with afternoon highs in theow to mid 90s. not much of a rain chance today. maybe an isolated shower in the shenandoah valley. higher raine chances t the temperatures down 10 degrees tomorrow. lots of rain chances over then weekend mool and showery. >>> that's your weather, guys. back to you. >> thank you, al. w >>n it comes to superstars, they don't get much bigger than cher. that's right. um and got a brand new a nbc harry smith scored the very first interview with her to talk it.ut harry and cher. >> for the millions of people who love er, cher is the answer. a superstar with ageless energy that makes you feel good whenever you hear her or see her.ac she's been in the recording studio and you shouldn't be surprised, she sounds great. >> really great to see you again. >> thank you. how long has it >> ten years. >> okay. >> i still look good. >> she sure does. in yet anothe

keeping an eye on the storm's path, but we'll begin with your commute and stor team 4 meteorologist chuck belll eventually have tdeal with hurricane florence's remnants once they get here early parts of next week. for now, all eyes on the carolina coastline. locally, we don't have to worry about that for a couple more days. what we do have to track thisre morningain showers across parts of shenandoah valley. moreain across parts of northern maryland, the panhandle of west virginia. not much rain around the city yet, but a stray shower or two can't be ruled out. it's a warmnd humid start after an 86 yesterday afternoon. we're back down only low and mid-70s this morning. a very warm and veryy,umid much like yesterday. cloudy, kind of a showery start for some this morning. a few peeks of

the aorm's path we begin with a check of your commute with melissa and stormeam 4 meteorologist chuck bellt has more on today's forecast. >> a very foggy start first thing this morning and rain chances remain at 30 to 40% for the day as a whole. already a little shower here moving out of culpepper county. this will reach up toward dulles airport over the next hour to hour and a half. a quick little shower chance. there's the dense fog advisory. fogned r manyuced locations this morning. not only is it foggy, it's humid outside. upper 60s to around 70 in the ar metro . a little cooler out in the valley. so the daily gradeor today, c minus. not a very pleasant day to be outside. afternoon temperatures up close to 80 degrees. a will th of clouds. maybe a sliver or two of dunshine but jeans and the umbrellas nee today.