wtop jack taylor is in for melissa mollet today but let's chart with ouror st team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. i don't know if our region can any more storms. lo> i'm with after last monday's flash f emergency here. we know what the folks in new orleans is dealing with. they had a flash flood emergency yesterday and 5 to 6 inches of rain in a couple of hour and are all too familiar with that around here after monday. unfortunately, another storm team 4 weather alert day today. an opportunityor not only thunderstorms this afternoon and evening but because the ground is saturated, a brand-new flash flood watch has been issued. no heavy rain outside early this morning. the flash flood watch begps at 2:00 . this afternoon and goes until two a.m. friday morning and includes all of the d.c. and baltimore metro area so keep ndat in mi. be weatherlert today. your evening commute could be seriously impact by rain, jack tayl taylor. >>> beltway outer loop breaki traffic. trouble through at least on this morning's rush hour there on the beltway outer loop. so far more of an inbound pattern there and it'

. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. another weather alert day. tels yo tell us why. >> there is a chance for strong thunderstorms later on in the afternoon so we have a storm chance for today with heat index s around 100 degree and we get rid of the storm chance for friday and saturday but heat ndexes on friday and saturday both would be as much as 110 degrees. dangerous levels of heat and humidity. this morning, plenty of stickiness out e. your planner for your thursday, day time highs today only in the low to mid-90s. that will feel cool by comparison as we head toward friday. we will talk more about that weekend meltdown coming up. >>> let's go over to melissa now. >> taking a look at the road here. rest of the beltway is okay. >> thank y . >>> you can see all of the rain and wind blowing across th parking lot in leesburg. thats the reason homeowners around our region have some cleaning up to do today. >> check out this video from loudoun county. a lightning strike caught a house on re and look at the flames there. no one was hurt but the home

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here to tell us how it will be. >> 94 yesterday and probably in that same zone of 94, 95 later this afternoon. there is hope on the horizon out to our west. there is a weather front now going through parts of the great lakes and driving rain shower down into parts of the ohio valley. generally speaking, rain chance today will be highest along to the west of the blue ridge mountains. around town, i can't sayhat there won't be a stray shower or two but i think our highest rain chance w en stt ihe of the blue ridge where the rain chance a lowest, temperatures will be the highest. mostly in the mid to upper seventh around town now. your planner for today is hot andhumid. best chances for cooling rain showers today come out toward i-81. those rain chances come here to the d.c. metro area for tomorrow and ng around for much of the week. more about th with your five-day forecast is coming up. >>> melissa, good morning. >> good morning, chuck.ay bel inner loop and outer loop road work is done so don't have to worry about road work on the beltway. north

is that right, chuck bell? >> sure is. >> you're the expert.re >> 1.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. july is excted to also set new record. which doesn't surprise me considering the last stretch of days we have had. this is insane. our whole planet is cooking, right, chuck? >> sure is. globally. not just in the united states but globally june was the hottest month of june on reco and july is shaping up top the all-time record winner. car washing forecast? go for it! don't forget to hose yourself because that is the best way to stay cool this weekend. >>> good friday rning. how to avoid your kids avoid summer brain drain. summer ans fun and backyard barbecues. >> when kid are home for summer break, it's kind of hard to have so many activities, especially with workin g >>> welcome back. expect this week's extreme heat to carry into anotherday. the feels like temperatures have been in the triple digits now for several days.le peopooling off in the pool here at the silver spring ymca. we are in weather alert mode. storm team 4 meteor

all chuck bell. how hot is it going to be? heat indexes over 100. best way to beat the heat, drink plenty of water. avoid alcohol and caffeine. mornin cup of coffee doesn't dou yofavors. avoid lont hours ouside. if you have to work outside, i have shade drinks. extra water. light colored clothing and never, ever leave kids and repres this after he suggested several from. he's not losing support in his newsbe will right back. we continue our week long series on preventing summer brai drain. we all know kids love to stay up late and sleep in late during wouldn like to do the same thing? new research on sleep could have new research on sleep could have critic component. not all water is created equalo only 1 billionth1% is filtered naturally. and emerges crisp and refreshing enough to be called deer park 100% naturspring. is filtered naturally. born better® at 5:45, would you look at that uty goodness gracious. it's stunning b it's hot, too. heat advisories are in effect will b a hot one. temper in the triple digits we are in weather alert mode. storm

thank you, jummy. >>> let's turn to meteorologist chuck bell. >> yes?ake an age joke but i won't. >> no, go ahead! go ahead! >> that's not nice! >> it's friday. you're on vacation all next week. i have all next week to get back to you! go right ahead. >>> a check of the record for the weekend. the record high maximums andhe record high minimums. the record high minimums 82 in washington for both saturday and unday. the record high minimums at dulles airport 75 and 77. 80 and 83 at bwi. the record high maximums during the afternoons. tomorrow no matter h many miserably hot it gets tomorrow, that record is untouchable. 106 degrees. thats theall-time record high in washington reached on tomorrow's date in 1930. record high for sunday 104 and both out of reach. place that m haven opportunity to break the record most the dulles airport and stag and could be above 77 on sunday morning and those are within reach of 101. the 102 and 104 will hang on probably another year. sun is about ready to come have stayed mid to upper 70s around the metro area the overnigh

. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. anotheweather alert day. >> it gets much worse forour friday and your saturday plns. plan to stay out of the extreme heat as much as. we have a heat index already and how indicative how humid it is. upper 70s from the d.c. metro area, eastbound to the bay. not much of a rain chance the first part of the day b heat index is over 100 degrees as early as noon time p.m. high in the 90s. 60% chance of more thunderstorms later today. possible storms for today and sweltering saturday on the way and deep fried friday here today. complete check of then- teday forecast, which has the cooldow at thed of it, melissa. >> i like hat. a cooldown somewhere in the future sound pretty good tome northbound 95 before orcentrep parkway road work so a delay there. after you take a look after fredericksburg you can see. the rest of the beltway and op inner los looking okay. >>> yesterday's storm knocked out power to thousands of people across the d region. this morning, about 5,000 people are still without

but let's set totorm team 4 chuck bell and look at the forecast. another weather alert. >> sure is.aaron and i didn't bother to put a tie on this morning because it's too hot for neck wear today! honestly, it's hawaiian shirt at the sation but was he dent want to go all in with the hawaii shirt. if you got one, today is a great day to wear it. loose fitting and light colored clothing is in fashion today and the weekend.ur temperates in the 70s in the suburbs but 80 downtown and 82 in marynd in annapolis. ot

>>> chuck bell, better morning this morning. >> you bet you. beautiful start to your tuesday morning. skies mainly clear the overnight hours and sun is coming our way today. car washing forecast? go for it. next chance of rain is on thursday and more on that is about ten minutes from now. >>> trump administration says citizenship with a question on the census, despitei a rung from the supreme court. how will they pull it off? "news4 today" will be right back. >>> good morning, everyone. happy tuesday. today at 4:00, we are work to go save you money on groceries. this afternoon, we put grocery home delivery to the test and we placed orders with four stores, so we are done. then we wait. who can save you the most time and money? find out today at 4:00. d>>> what difference a makes. tuesday morning looking much drier than monday. the video you see here was shot in arlington yesterday. four mile creak overflowed its banks. submerged cars their parked nearby. storm team 4 chuck bell is hetting t finishing touches on today's forecast and join us in a

let's turn to chuck bell and hear about this weather alert. >> yes, indeed. high chances for rain today. because some area across the region have had quite a bit of rain recently, the flood threat is relatively high so any slow moving summer soakers today could cause you laweather-red problems and get a coupled so dry out and more rain chance later in the week. your forecast is coming up. >>> former vice president joe biden is not struggling in2020 lling but continues to face backlash made about segregationist senator. >>> leading our decision 2020 coverage this monday morning, good new and bad news for president trump. >> the president's job approval rating is now higher than it's ever been at 44%. that is according to "the washington post"/abc news poll released yesterday but the presiden shows him ten points behind joe biden in a hypothetical 2020 matchup. >> the former vice president is facing his own election struggles. t fcie potts joins us liverom capitol hill with more. reporter: the former vice president apologized over the weekend for comments that

meteorologist chuck bell and a look the radar. >> a dry day most of us but a tiny chance of shower or two during the middle part of the afternoon. change air mass. slightly less humid air coming in tomorrow. we switch from soupy to less soupy that change in air mass may be able to ring out a ayraindrop late on tod but not worried about severe weather or any rain chance comes along with be short-lived and low impact and better still all of those rain chances should dry up no later than 7:00 this nieveg. your friday evening plans, dinner on the back porch will not be affectedhe by we today. right now less humid air allowed for cooler weather in shenandoah valley where the sixw and seventh around town. dog walking forecast today. bo here is almost 2 and ready to be adopted and neutered and updated on shots. go to humane rescue analli.org to adopt bo. the pavemenot will be h late on the afternoon, jack. >> don't want to burn the pad. blank you, sir. eastbound span ock you find the ride are crews working on overhead traffic signals. been some sort of an issue to westbound span had been run

melissa mollet is standing by witff your first 4 tra but let's start with stormeam 4 meteorologist chuck bell. refreshing out there this morning compared to the last feud. once the rain stopped late yesterday afternoon, skies cleared out. because we never warmed up much yesterday, high temperature only 80 destees yeerday. that relative low gh temperature yesterday allowed temperatures to real drop into the comfortable range this morning. there is a few area with some thick fog this morning. you see the fog hanging over the potomac near georgetown university in d.c. visibility not a huge issue everywhere but willil there w be pockets the visibility is under a mile this morning so you want to be on the lookout for that. most everybody is below 70 degrees. always a bargain at this time of the year. 63 in chan tilly nownd 68 in quantico. this fog will be goneshortly and temperatures in the low 70s by 9:00 and today's high temperature 88 degrees. >>ooks like a beautiful day. thank you, thank you. >>> northwest, a great update. canal road between foxhall and arizona avenue the iconic picture i'm lo

chuck bell is back with us. what w i thinking? becaus now it's going to really be important to fld a coo body of wate a cooling station, a whatevneed to do. local lakes and streamsand the monday it's not just going to be hot, day and tomorrow. any time you combine heat and humidi likelihood of storms. the rain chancesr dry up fo oh, brother is it going to be hot. 79 now in washington, 81 in quanti 75 in warring ton. mber all well above average. we're already 7 to 9 degrees that i not goodews at all. they could linger before more misery for tomorrow. aftern highs i closing on 100 for friday, saturday, and sunday all three of them. for now, here's our best chance we'll have this swirl of what it increases the chance you'll aftern that means there is a severe any storms that do get going washin betwd 4:00 an 5:00. more storms up around 6:00 or 7:00. all of this in mind, choke out stormy afternoons today and tomorr aftern highs near 100. heat indexes 105 for friday and triple digits there. westbound 66 after by here. you see it was th

>>ood question, chuck bell. >> do you do that all the time? i don't think so. any way. soap box aside. >> gotch ya. >> let's get back to the forecast today. another day perfect for cleaning up. i didn't have to water my yard yesterday, but there sure were an awful lot ofnd sticks a twigs that i needed to me out of way so that myfl owers can resume their proud display there on our little road.er 73 h in washington. wis are light out of the south, but w that southerlyd will eventually bring more humidity in and our increasing chances for rain. not but increasing chances for rain i moved your thursday rain chance up to 80%. today, nothing to worry about rainfall wise. mfortable in the shenandoah valley, 65 in charlestown, west virginia. 63 in g.strasbur 66 in laray. closer to town, mid 60s in the wtern suburbs. your planner then for today, plenty of sunshine. maybe little patchy fog early this morning in some of the water crossings. that's about it. afternoon high around 89 degrees. for tomorrow, back up close to 90. heat and humidity in abundance tomorrow and that will le

. >> chuck bell is here with tips that could help. >> every little biter matts this time of the year. pepco says if you want to save money our energy bill these days here is a couple of things to de to p that out. set your thermostat to 78 degrees. that sounds warm but when the heat index outside is over a hundred that is will feel by comparison. it's actually kind of comfortable. also when the ac is on make sure your doors and windows are closed. common sense. also when that afternoon sun starts streaming through the window, make sure your curtains and blind are closed to keep the sun and the solar heat out. y t can alsorn off or unplug any light and device and plins that you're not using during the day because even thoseuse electricity when they are not on. things that generate he's, you clothes dryer, oven, dishwasher that kind of stuff, as much as cou can run those at night when it's ler. finally have a fan. everybody needs a fan. especially a ceiling fan. that is always best. ke sure your ducts are cleaned out and you want the cool air blowing out into the room ceiling fan and pr

but we begin with the illustrious strm team 4 merologist chuck bell. >> who is suddenly ready. >> yeshi, chuck. >> suddenly. >> i don't have people prepare all my stuff like iyou. called you illustrious, chuck, did you miss that? >> computer generates the data. >> there's an app for me alreadyu so i'm j here for personality. clear skies this morning, little early morning color as well. hetemperatures are in t 60s and 70s to get your wednesday going. hump day is here. 72 now in ngarticlip. 73 in quantico. 74 in annapolis.pe temtures in the mid 60s in the shenandoah valley. nice and mild this morning. ayre than enough sun. temperatures todill be in the upper 80s to almost 90 degrees. not worried about rain chances for today. tomorrow, that is a different issue. today will be sunny and dry. tomorrow hot, humid and an increasing chance for storms not only strong storms but locally heavy rains means that tomorrow's flood thr will be high. melissa, good morning. >> good morning to you. so clarksburg southbound 702 after clarksburg crash is on the shoulder. still seeing a delay as you're 20a

melissa mollet has a eye on the roads for you in your first 4 traffic but storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at the forecast. >> our mid summer misery continues. skies will be hazy today for sure. not anything in the way of a rain chance. sun just coming up. the first little peek of sun hitting one of the buildings on our easte facings. temperatures this morning still 80 degrees. our official low, 79 for one hour at national rport. w back up to 80 degrees. 81 in anne arundel county and in prince george's county and high temperature today, no nice way to sayit. 98 degrees. heat index today up around 105 degrees and hotter over the weekend. temperature trend is not your friend. near 100 degreesboth days over the weekend. talk heat indexes and any rain chance in a f. good morning, melissa mollet. >> good morning. chopper 4 on the sway to the situation in gaithers burg best deer bark at muddy branch. a report of an accident and we will show you the picture when we get that. waldor5 at poplar hill road accident is there and lanes blocked in both direction so a warning there. y

okay. >>> in the meantime, chuck bell, a weather alert day? >> storm chance coming up later today.he heat wave coming to an end. temratures 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. that is one in the right directihe. however ttorm chance later today. i'll show you future weather and ti we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don'like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands!! check it outw you can schedule a callbacked or rese an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> we are back on this monday morning. we are in weatherlert mode. another hot day is expected and we may see another round of strong storms this afternoon. storm team 4 chuck bell will join us live in a few minutes with a look at you can expect. >>> in the meantime, it is not the only heat wave entering a second week now. president trump's feud with the four democrati

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic and we start with meteorologist chuck bell and look to a calm start to the day. >> wow. what a rain event yesterday! 3.3 inch of rain at national airport in one hour between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterdaand a historic flash flooding event in the washington area. four thing you need to know today.the weather for a nice, dry morning. humidity levels in check for the next day or two as average weather, how nice is it going to be to feel average? not too hot, notoo humid and no chance of rain and i'm optimistic about the weekend. radar wise, i know a lot of people are rain traumatized from yesterday. not a drop in the washington, d.c. area and we will be drip a dry today. 61 in columbia, maryland, this morning. there is your planner for today. there are area of fog around this morning and be on lookout for that from the read wall moisture from yesterday and cool start has the fogginess out there. plenty of sunshine wh high temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. melissa mollet, a far easier day for first 4 traffic. >> and for you to

> no, but i'm glad you remember that, chuck bell! >>> friday,ur saty, sunday looks like could be unsettled at the coastline as we get into the weekend. sunday is looking better.st your foreca is coming up. >>> controversy and celebration. president trump heads to jamestown, virginia, to help celebrate the00 anniversary. but will his recent word for a maryland congressman overshadow that event? stay with us. >>> welcomeback. having an easy commute by car can be a impossible dak in the d.c. region and lines shut down have forced thousands of drivers on the road. >> adam tuesday detls how bad the traffic has become without metro service in the d.c. area. >> report: traffic is crawling at times because of metro's blue and yellow lines summer shutdown. >> the traffic has inccased beause the pressure on more people to have cars. >> reporter: city of alexandria just put out a report showing that travel times have gone up 4% across the city. but here is the kicker -- travel times usually drop during the summer. they don't increase. metro rid

. >> b let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who says you can do pretty much what you want outside today. >> pretty much. i think today will be cooperative with your outdoor plans. little chance for a pop-up shower or two. that chance was there yesterday and i mentioned it and i'm glad i did because it popp up right on top of my house yesterday around 6:30 in the evening. yame story again for today. most of the da will be dry, comfortable, low humidity, plenty of sunshine.lo at these numbers this morning. all of the shenandoah valley in the mido upper 50s. the western suburb in the low to mid six. even national airport a relative cool 67 degree. yo planneror today, plenty of sunshine. there will be a bubbling up of cloud later in the day and rain chances are not all the way down to zero today but rain chances, just lik yesterday, are under 20%. it's not likely that you'll get rained on but that doesn't mean that it's imressible. ths a big difference between a low and a zero percent. i know. i know. thank you, chuck. inner loop and outer loop belt hale ced out of the wa

storm team 4 chuck bell is tracking it all for you and he will join us in a few minutes. >>> it is not only the heat wave entering its second week.de presi trump's feud with the four democratic lawmakers continue to dwight congress. >> more than a week ago, the present took to twitter and suggest the women go back to where they came from. yesterday, he claims they are incapable of lovingei th country. tracie potts is joining us likely on capitol hill. at is the goal of the president? this sn't want to let fight in. >> reporter: he is not letting go.e thesident is doubling down on what ed about those woen, not only saying that they are incapable of loving the countryt abouthey should apologize to america, to israi for some of the comments that they have made and that they are weak and insecure. questions floating around capitol hill whether president trump is a racist. congress, the houseoc demts, said what ed, that his original tweet was racist, but insisting he is not, one of his top advisers stephen miller over the weekend said just because you criticize someone of color doesn't mean

we will start with the forecast in a moment with chuck bell but melissa mollet has nor information on that crash. so lucky nobody was seriously hurt here. take a look at the first 4 traffic alert. germantown 270 before germantown road the left lane is blocked by this crash. tractor-trailer into a mur montgomery county police cruiser who went into another police cruiser. luckily, nobody was closed. the ramp is shut down because of this accident. eigan mcgrath is on the way and we are se delays southbound. this worries me because of how important 270 is early in the morning for so many of our viewe a. inner loop outer loop looking nice and clear. nothing to worry about. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. friday forecast time. wow. mother nature really going to be treating us with great care for our friday and your weekend plans. not too hot and not too humid. no real rain chance anywhere from the mountains to the beaches for your weekend traveling plans. temperatures now have fallen into the upper 50s from o winchester t front royal to harrisonburg to warrenton, ni virgia. s

. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we going to see some sunshine? because i'm freezing. >> we are waking up with temperatures in the 60s around thy. cit low 70s right next to the warm waters of the chesapeake bay. even more spots have dropped into the 50s this morning than we had yesterday morning. all of the shenandoah valley is in the 50s now. gaithersburg 60 now. 61 manassas and 58 warrenton and 55 in winchester, virginia. summertime ff for for sure. your planner today. more sunshine than yesterday and a bitan warmer th yesterday as well but rain chances are low and not quite down to zero. rain chances are under 20%. just like yesterday but yesterday it did raint my house around 6:30, 7:00. >>> taking a look at the beltwa inner loop and outer loop okay near 50 a lane blocked because of a work zonee rest of theway looking just fine. here is ather situation. gw parkway turkey run because of work zone there and laurelpa bw way between 198 and 32 left lane is getting by and silver kpring georgia avenue northbound 16th street wor getting by that work

we start with meteorologist chuck bell. rain nce for very heavy this morning.lly, we have to wait until later on in the afternoon. today's heaviest rain likely to come befor lunch time. flash flood warning across frederick county maryland and east west virginia and northern udoun county. this storm has not been moving all that fast and it is coming down in bucketsow nlong i-70 there at 270. top of the 270 there in frederick, maryland. the srm will eventually glide down i-270. the commute for the maryland suburbs could be rough this morning. more raindrops near potomac and greatoalls and shern anne arundel county this morning. the warning is the flooash floo ware ng. be on thokout for high and fast moving water and turn around and never dry on a road you c't see. afternoon highs around 80. the second half of the day will be the drier haf.

we begin with meteorologist chuck bell a not a whole lot to talk about for you, right? >> on to you, melissa. >> that's at good ng. >> relatively quiet weather day today, much like yesterday. plenty of sunshine, skies are clear here this morning. temperatures not too terribly bad. 69 at dulles airport. 73 washington now. 75 in annapolis. not quite as cool and comfortable as yesterday morning, but thekies are clear and there's a littl t less fog contend with. your hour by hour planner sunsu before 6:00 a.m. this morning and it will be bright and sunny start to fnish today no chance for rain today. afternoon high temperature expected to reach 89 degrees. now rain chances go w up we get into your thursday afternoon and evening. we'll time out that and talk about your severe weatherre ths for your thursday and a look at the weekend, too. melissa, i hope you have something to say. >> we he a couple things happening. branch avenue crash on the left side. not seeing a actual slow-down here. that's good thing. westbound 50 at the anacostia bridge. little bit of delay in both ea

. >> chuck bell, will we start drying out >>oday? yes, indeed.m 4 radarcanning the skies and no raindrops to worry about. ch >>> now on "news4 today," cleaning up the destruction. flash flooding washed away road and invaded houses and fears are growing this extreme weather will happen again? >> can gun violence be stopd? one of the most issues facing our country. >> how a wallet lost during world war ii found its way back to its rightful owner. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are working for you on a tuesday to help you t ready and start the day on the right foot. >> melissa mollet is standing by with the first 4 traffic and we start with meteorologist chuck bell and look to a calm start to the day. >> wow. what a rain event yesterday! 3.3 inch of rain at national airport in one hour between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. yesterdaand a historic flash flooding event in the washington area. four thing you need to know today.the weather for

. >>> meteorologist chuck bell is here to tell us how high it will feel today. >> already 90an >>> goodng, everybody. i aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we are helping you start another hot and humid day and busy, too. our melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. another weather alert day. tels yo tell us why. >> there is a chance for strong thunderstorms later on in the afternoon so we have a storm chance for today with heat index s around 100 degree and we get rid of the storm chance for friday and saturday but heat ndexes on friday and saturday both would be as much as 110 degrees. dangerous levels of heat and humidity. this morning, plenty of stickiness out e. your planner for your thursday, day time highs today only in the low to mid-90s. that will feel cool by comparison as we head toward friday. we will talk more about that weekend meltdown coming up. >>> let's go over to melissa now. >> taking a look at the road here.

let's check withst meteorologi chuck bell.arts of fairfax and montgomery county. take this seriously. flash flood warning for all the f.c. metro area. the heaviest o the rain is moving right to parts of the southern parts of the dtrict and arlington county. there's the woodrow wilson bridge. the southern heart o the beltway is about to take it on the chin r from aainfall perspective. we hadt least an inch to two inches of rain in places. stay weather alert. ds rffibhe. t oa>> all right, chuck, thank yo. the weather is als pacting your traffic. we'll check in with this is goldsboro road at massachusetts avenue in bethesda. take a look atther issues. northbound 270, the local lains at 370, blocked by flooding. and a downed tre l >>>e from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning, everyone. well come to the third hour of "today." 'm sheinelle. the gang is allhere. al, craig, and dylan. good morning. >> it's been a while. when was the last time we were all together? >> thursday, last thurs

melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell because we have good weather to report today. >> yes, absolutely right. no weather alert needed for today. now if we could just keep melissa mollet and first 4 traffic in line today, yesterday so many problemsaround. probably still waiting to get to work from yesterday still. temperatures this morning have fallen into the 60s in tee wes suburbs. very comfortable indeed from chantilly and falls church, a few spots down close to the 50s now. front royal downto 61. we'll see if anyone can get below 60 degrees this morning. your commute for the day today, a very easy go from the weattr departm there's only the tiniest chance for a stray mid afternoon shower or two. no thunderstorms, no heat, hasz or midity. on the whole, melissa mollet a fine-looking day coming our way for today and looks like the great weather will hang arou to the weekend. ten day forecast later in the half hour. no troubles . today, mollet >> i'm trying. wouldn't i love to tell you no troubles. we have a brand new prob

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell this moing with a look at the day ahead. >> the day ahead not lao too a shy. if you like yesterday, you'll like today. similar conditions to yesterday. maybe a little bit more humidity and yore feeling that if you step outside right now. 76 is our temperature right now. stay in the 70 as we continue through morning. toping out in the 90s today. even by 9:00 a.m., that temperature already in the low 80s. we are dry out there this moroung. there c be patchy fog in some spots. we are heading into about 93 degrees today. listen. very similar to yesterday. it will be a little muggy. isolated chance of a shower and thunderstorm later on this afternoon. nothing out there right now.  to see this pattern change especially as we head into the middle part of this wllk. we wialk more about that and the changes you'll see coming up. let's talk about those road with good morning. >> good morning. clarksburg northbound 270 after 121 still a crash. overturnedcl ve and people say they had to be transporte

bell. what's happening now, chuck. >> flash flood warnings remain in place fm waldorf, northbound to upper marlboro, brandywine, fairfax county, the district, and montgomery county all under the flood warning until 1:45. as you meioned, thoug the area of heaviest rain has moved into far southern charles county, and is just n ming into st. mary's county. so i do think that flood warnings will be extended down into calvert and st. mary's county. the rain is still coming down between 2 and 3 i phes hour. the leading edge of the heavy rain now is moving into mechanicsville. it wasn't take long before it gets into leonardtown and down farther into southern maryland. in a around the city now, the heaviest of the rain has come to an end, just some lingering showers. i'll show you the time line on hen this will come to an end in the extended forecast, coming up. >> all right, cbuck. a morning. thank you. >>> first responders rescued several people in montgomery county. you can see here a water rescue tha happened earlier this morning on tuckerman lane near post oak drive in potomac. that road is c

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is standing by with your forecast.'legin with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. melissa? >> some real slow downs this morning on 70. if u come o of washington county or frederick county and head towards 270, i want to war we still have the left lane getting by the work zone. it's a slow ride over to 270 as you're headed eastbound because of that work zone. allow extra time for sure. brand new problems southbound 270 after montrose road, crash on the right side is blocking lane. we're expecting that to get slow. in wheaten, northbound georgia avenue at reedie, left lane getting y. the fire department activity part of the southboes of georgia also blocked because of is earlier fire. northbound 95 here after 17 rea right now you're just getting by on the right side. we have some pretty good delays headed northbound. >>> and a storm team 4 weather alert for you today. already some thunderstorms in northeastern pennsylvania. they're not going to concern us, but already developing rain across parts of central west virg

but les begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. t more humid today, chuck. >> yeah, little more humidity today. probably 2 to 3 degrees warmer this afternoon and that heat and humidity will build even more as we get into tomorrow. that mns rain chances come back for your thursday. but right now with the sun up on wednesday morning, not as much of a fog issue this morning as we had yesterday. only one or two spots where visibility is reduced. not a bign problem i and around the city. warmer than yesterday this time of the morning. it's 58 in leesburg, 68 at dulles airport, 68 in prince georges county, 72 now here in washington. so your planner then fortoday, your commute will not be rained on. neither the morning, afternoon or evening commutes.l alt and dry today. tomorrow an increasing chance for thunderstorms and increasing chance for some potential more alooding. mobout all that coming up.is melsa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. new problem on 95 chopper 4 is headed there. we're talking about southbound 95 near the occoq

reat advisories are in effect this we' in weather meliss mollet is staing by humidi chuck bell whois checking in. asl dangerouy high heat index. up over 100 with a combination it prevents your body from your body cannot effectively the heat advisory for o allthe late morning, afternoon, early philad baltimore and qualit temper some 2 to 5de ees warmer than yesterday. in the upper 70s to near 80 degree plan on 96 for a high coming up, future weather to aaron? >> chuck, thank you. let's turn to news 4's jummy. adviso plan. that means cooling stations will public pools, splash parks in y have several days for that. coolin stations will be up and alon and in homeless shelter you can call 311. you can stay cool by drinking outsid eun, thank you. on your commute with melissa mollet westbo66fter the fairfax still los like we have just parkwa it is moving just fine. capita heights northbound, kennel lane and ramp still blocked by that accident. burt e,tonsvill that crash inner loop/outer loop no major 270 southbound nice and en. eun? >> 4:33.ar ea pastor is charged with congre messen god in

>ime to check the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. retty out there, chuck. >> n hard to be a better day than yesterday. no queson about it. almost 3.5 inch of rain yesterday at national airport in less an two-hour span of time. equivalent more than 3 bil lili gallons of visibility under a mile to this area because of fog. under amile in frederick, maryland. a few foggy spots in on your way to work this morning t rain chances near to zero today' tomorrow. next chance on thursday a ernoon. temperature wise it's also very comfortable this morning. leesburg and winchester to 59 degrees. 63 in german town and gaithersburg this morning. 65 fredericksburg and 65 in brandy wine, maryland. sunny and warm is your planner today. not too humid either so that is about as nice as we can make it in summer. tomorrow not super humid. warmer. close to 9degrees coming up tomorrow. rain chance satellite and radar composition across the mid-atlantic. zero rain anywhereithin 200 tof 300 miles o us. rain chances over the next feud on future weather. eoday an

. >> mthissa mollet is here wi the first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is here in for chuck bell and look at the dawn of the day. >> it doesn't feel like july 1st ut there. low humidity out there right now. brilliant colors and

chuck mentioned. w orleans is cleang frun >>> gou morning. ch bell is working on your forecast and we are worried about more storm and he'll bring you what you need to know. >>> in northwest, d.c. park police say two people were hit and killed by a car before midnight. this is video from the scene at 21st and pennsylvania avenue. police say the driver is being treated for critical injuries and they are looking at speed as a possible cause of this crash. we will check in with news4 megan mcgrath in a few minutes. >>> developing this morning pushingback. president trump's embattled press secretar alex acosta is defending himself. >> it is a sex crimes case involving jeffrey epstein in 2008. at the time, epstein's lawyers hire able to secure him a plea deal which many t let him off easy. >> the goal here was straightforward. put epstein behind bars and ensure he registered as a sex offender and a mean to face restitution. >> kristen welker joins us from the house with more on this. good mrening. >> rter: good morning. growing calls on labor secretary al

. >> right now storm team 4 chuck bell hasa look at the radar. >> weather alert for you. e already have very heavy rain in northern maryland this morning. our weather watcher cheryl tweeted me a comment on twitter. she live up here in frederick county saying it is pouring with about 7 o's in pouring and coming down hard across frederick county, maryland. the storm is not severe but dropping a lot of rain in a short aperiod of time andout eady to drift down into parts of upper montgomery county, other hit and miss rain showers around great falls and few rained in anne arundel county. the personal cluster across parts of northern maryland is expected to continue drifting southward along the 270 corridor between now and 10: or 11:00 this morning. could ab slow ride down 270 this morning. flash flood warning where the storm is rrently. temperature wise in the sticky 70s. most of the area will stay in the seventh to around 80-degree for a high today. improving weather picture for tomorrow. more about that coming up. melissa? >> definitely take it slow this morning because we h

chuck bell is off today and lauryn ricketts is in to look at the forecast for you. >> we were talking about the panda over the weekend and we willing covering this night and day. breaking news. her mike is ff! let's go. we are still talking abut the panda!sh kingly. >>> listen. it is a beautiful morning out there. temperatures not that bad. 60s and 70s. humidy is low when you walk ngtside. sun comip just about 55 minutes from now. 75 degrees. it is very niceut there. we will stay in the mid-70s as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. plenty of sunshine once that sun comes up and that will take our temperature into the upper 80s today. now yesterday weere about 94 degrees where we topped out. looking a lot better out there today. not a lot going on in radar. high pressure over us and give us blue skies out there throughout the day today. looking pretty good. now, head down to our friend in ae south. tropical depression,ng probably dowded there throughout the day today. a lot of moisture still associated with and heavy rain working its way up through the missivyippi valley and h rain down

but let's get it started with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the temperature is goi down. >> only 93 today. hich is a bargain compared to the high temperatures we had yesterday. skies still on the hazy side this morning but not much of a breeze yet and turn rather stormy later on today. the evening commute could be impact by thunderstorms. cool a showers for tomorrow. how nice does that sound? scrumptious sunshine on wednesday and risk for severe weather today. the highest risk begins in fredericksburg and washington cridond avrain nighdt. t tha f nlashor floodst watchea f. metro anoa and points th and west and goes into effect late this evening and extreme heat is pushed farther to the south. heat advisories in place across parts of southern maryland. the rain is locally as much as d a 3 inches in spots. 70s this morning. 93 your expected high tempeture this afternoon. future weather is coming u >>> southbound connecticut avenue at veir is mill road has a tree blocking the way is out of the w. beltway, no major problemsnner loop and outer loop

. >> butlet's begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the hot day ahead. yes, indeed. high teperatures. high humanity. high storm chances for your wednesday afternoon. that's the reason we are in a storm team 4 weather alert. could be quite stormy and severe storms are likely to develop. the oindow ofortunity maximizes between about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon up to about 7 or 8:00 this evening., thenst back to hit and miss shower chances for thursday. going to have more strong storms on friday and more shower chances on saturday. so rather unsettled pattern here the next few days. your wednesday morningat temperes are mostly low to mid 70s. plenty humid outside this morning. we'll be up close to 90 degrees by noontime. then cool into the 80s because of increasing chance for thunderstorms today. 70% chance for storms during the evening commute today and the most likelihood for weather today does include washington all the way up towards philly and new york. that northeastegional service could be slowed down. speaking of slow downs and travel, let's go to melis

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryns rickettn for chuck bell hot day. >> it will be warm out there. you can feel the humidity starting toilbc bu out there compared to yesterday morning. sunrise we beautiful are getting ready to see and witness. sun coming up seven minutes from now. pure sky and now shade of pink and beautiful loing sunrise there. 75 out there right now. southwest winds will bump up that humidity a little bit and we will continue to see an increase in that humidity througut the day. if you're heading to the city open, one of the big things in d.c. during the summer, we will have plenty of sunshine.ld there coube a spotty shower but i think for the most part we will stay dry. we will have a 10% chance o seeing spotty showers out there oop we will let you know who they by will see them and when the heat and humidity will break but first, here is traffic with melissa. >>> look atloathian. a bad situation near talbott road. ride.e getting by on the looks like a fatal crash investigation involving a motorcycle. you do have dela headed inbound

. >> but first let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> i think you'll like the waythe day is going to turn out. like yesterday, plented of sunshine through the morning and deep into the afternoon hours fore cloud begin to build up just a bit later on in the day and there will be just like yesterday, at least a chance for a shower or a thunder shower later today. not worried about severe weather or an all-day rain-out but a small chance for late day showers like we endured yesterday. comfortable this morning in the 50s in the shenandoah valley. 66 at national airport. u that issually cool for the middle and later parts of july. gaitherburg and german town down to 69 and nice day for baseball today. 05 game. unlikely time for a rain delay but i said that yesterday and they had a rain delay. so i'll let you knee gameime temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s and a slim chance at a shower but nothing that will mess with you too much tomorrow. rain chances dry up once and for all. let you know if that lasts into the weekend coming up. for now, let's go over to meli

. >> storm team 4 chuck bell is standing by with your forecast but we want to begin with melissa mollet with an update on first 4 traffic. >> a lot of different problems this morning. talking about the inner loop after connecticut avenue is one of them. chopper 4 a picture from above to aackknifed tractor-trailer and debris over the roadway. the backup is building quick because you can only get by on the left side of the road. he tin finch is there on ground. tell us what you're learning down there and what they think as far as when this might get ouayof the w >> reporter: to give you a sense of how big this is here on the grounow there are three t truck here now on the scene. behind that is the jackknifed tractor-trailer. want to get you a sense the traffic is mofng to the left o that. a single lane of traffic is moving along here quite slowly but, luily, it ismoving. three lane of traffic are blocked on the ground. let's give you a closer look at this crash. c you see this tractor-trareer he jackknifner loop of the beltway near exit 33, that is connecticut avenue. we are told what was

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. we will start with you. e she may be having technical difficulty with the equipment but we will keep talking until she is ready to rock 'n' roll. >> my feet got caught in the chair. >> sounds like your microphone is out too. >> it is. >> on there we go. >> can anybody hear me? happening?g happy 5:00 on a tuesday morning, everybody. starting off on a great note. a little warm out there. we have got temperat es that are on their way up along with the humiatty. is the main thing you'll notice out there today. the heat and o humidity isut there. not the bl skies we had yesterday. 77 degrees is our temperature ttght now. we will slip a bit as we continue through the 6:00 a.m. hour and start moving back in the right direction. 8by 10:00 a.m. it's going to feel like 90 degrees by that time. mix of sun andl cd out there. more humid today. afternoon, we could have a chance for storms and same with the commute soim we will t those out coming up. >>> good morning, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look at northbound 3

. >>> it's time to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell.news.od only 93 degrees today! that is the coolest of the next couple of days. friday, saturday, sunday, promise to be pr ably some of the hottest weather we have had around here in quite sometime. may end up hopefully it will end up being the hottest period of the year. maybe get a little break and not worry about this heat into the month of august.wi we see. for now your thursday morning, plenty of cloud around early. temperatures have stayed mild overnight because of all the clouds and the humidity that is in place. there are a couple raindrops oue thei-81 this morning. 79 degrees in washington. wind out of the south and out of ll day th and southwest and continue to bring up more heat and humidity and that will cook us in the next few days. most of us are in the mid to per 70s here early this morning. your planner for today high temperatures in the low 90s today but a 60% chance of thunderstorms today. there is an excessive heat watch for friday and saturday. likely to be extended

. >> and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell. >> you'll notice humidity out there.y out there. the sun coming up before 6:00 a.m. this morning. as we go through onthe y, temperatures in the upper seventh and flip through 6:00, 7:00. but still warm and by 10:00 a.m. the temperatures in the mid-80s an

. >> let's start, though, with chuck bell. are we going to see some sunshine today? >> a beautiful start to the day. look at the great clear 'over washington. purple color there. sunrise still three littleut maway. four things you need to know. a lovely morning. humidity nice and lo for today. really low rain chances for today. much like yesterday. yesterday's rain chancesarely 20%. it's in that same range today. that being said, rain did materialize yesterday afternoon around the washington area. and it may do that again later today. right now in the mid-50s. 50 ed in the shenandoah valley. 58 manassas and 59 gaithersburgi this morg. your commute unaffected by rain through at least the first half to three-quarters of the day. only about 20% later chance today. high temperatures in the mid-80s. car washing forecast? go for it. rain ly way to guarante is if you wash your car. that's it, melissa. >> that is true. absolutely. >>> right 4 now firstraffic southbound 95 before powder mill road chopper 4 came upon this. overturned vehicle tthe side of the roadway. it looks

. >> melissa mollet is standing by with first 4 traffic and lauryn ricketts is in for chuck bell thising with a look at the day ahead. >> the day ahead not lao too a shy. if you like yesterday, you'll like today. similar conditions to yesterday. maybe a little bit more humidity and yore feeling that if you step outside right now. 76 is our temperature right now. stay in the 70 as we continue through morning. toping out in the 90s today. even by 9:00 a.m., that temperature already in the low 80s. we are dry out there this moroung. there c be patchy fog in some spots. we are heading into about 93 degrees today. listen. very similar to yesterday. it will be a little muggy. isolated chance of a shower and thunderstorm later on this afternoon. nothing out there right now.  to see this pattern change especially as we head into the middle part of this wllk. we wialk more about that and the changes you'll see coming up. let's talk abo