it is 15-degrees colder and almost 30-degrees colder in cumber land. what will that mean for us and what can we expect? more to martin. >> let's look at the snow scale. we will talk more on this here and over in western maryland, but this could be one of those snowy vents with problems. there is snow from east to west and as you get south of i 95, maybe an inch, but we are looking for one to three inches 40 miles out on either side of that and out in western maryland, a solid three to six inches of snow. i would love to tell you this was just on the frass, but we are seeing that in that one to three-inch band, we could see some highways and sidewalks with steps, it is not going to be a wonder land of snow, but it will be what we have to slug through from noon tomorrow until 9:00 p.m. >>> stay with us for the first morning weather coverage and the amount of snow we could get and we will have the hatest on 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> in baltimore city, a sheriff deputy opened fire on a man in a busy intersection. good afternoon! >> hello, everybody. beverly

a southwest wind brings us colder air. extreme maryland have had 42- miles and dropped into the 50s. the cold air, highlight this breakdown. a brief shower this morning. at this point, we are intermittent clouds, the most important thing, we may briefly get back to low 60s and drop into the afternoon. the clouds likely to fill back up. winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. it is going to be a bumpy ride and as i said earlier, the strongest winds is behind the storm. 59 in baltimore. 43 chicago. their winds pushing 60 miles per hour today and 20-plus-foot waves on lake michigan. that's impressive. it's this storm. it's wrapped cold air around it. we cut off the moisture feel here and expecting to have winds likely to keep our temperatures colder even though they're coming from the south and the southwest. coastal flood advisories, here's the breakdown, temperatures falling somewhere between the 50s and the low 60s and dropping again as the strong winds, 46 tonight. 59 with more clouds, 60 saturday. going to race for the cure,

it looks sunny price i to whipty and temperatures on the coast needs to come up, much colder highs may only be in the upper 50s. more of a colder weekend and if you are anywhere chess to the bay area bridges 47 san rafael, red wood city holding steady at 55, san jose down to 52, concord hardly any breeze at all, maybe later it will pick up, calm conditions and the system that is going to dig in here is still way to the north so we have another day or two. high pressure will fall in, we'll see our wind pick up, fog sun warm if you are away from the beach, 70s for temperatures, and beyond brentwood, same for morgan hill, same for los gatos. it is not making its way too far inland, breezy on tuesday turns around wednesday, increasing clouds it gets colder, much colder and possible snow will come down in the high country about the 3,000 foot level, a break on friday, mostly warmer and also very cool and breezy. >>> time now 5:09 the quake and tune continues today, new estimates on how lock it will take to shut down that plant. >>> and new activity at the kennedy space center in florida. >>

that colder dryer air will come back in. the only caviate is it may be too breezy for that to happen. we'll see this rain tonight, during the day tomorrow late in the afternoon and evening we'll start seeing some clearing as that cold air comes in. >>> arena hasn't done a whole lot and a lot of the models have it dying out and hanging right around the yucatan and just dying out there by monday. it really hasn't gone anywhere. at least that's what all the models are looking at. all have them right through there. it looks like it's going to stay. never even get to southern florida. at this point just kind of hanging out. a rainstorm and western cuba. so it looks like right now coz mel will see rains. but the hurricane force winds only extend out 15 miles so that's a very small system. mild weather to our south. colder weather coming in, yes, but overnight friday into saturday another low could form down to our south. might bring us a little more rain north and west of the region. might be cold enough for snow flakes to move in

the moisture will hit colder air. that means that the transition from rain, snow and snow is going to happen over the next several hours. this is the indication of the nor'easter. that sets the stage for more moisture coming in off of the ocean and the colder, northerly air. it's all in place, we have to let it play on throughout the afternoon. 30 in oakland now and 34 in cumberland. we're only expecting to see an all rain event. we're already getting reports of snow coming down steadily in parts of carroll county. 44 in annapolis and 41 in rock hall. the winds are already substantial. the winds coming in around the north east and baltimore and d.c.. 24 miles per hour winds around patuxent. we could see the wind range around 30 miles per hour when the system moves past the region. you're seeing the different types of moisture coming down. the green is rain and the pink is more ice mixed in and the blue is snow. we're seeing it moving in around to the western edge of the beltway. the colder air will be with us througho

we will talk about colder air tonight. frost advisories posted to the north. we will have more on that as well. >>> today a hushed courtroom listened to dramatic audiotapes of what brittany norwood told investigators right after jayna murray's body was found in the bethesda lululemon store. norwood is facing first-degree murder charges for killing her coworker. andrea mccarren has been in the courtroom since the trial started to tell us about some of the evidence presented to the jury today and every day just more dramatic, andrea? >> reporter: that's right, derek. in fact, late today the jury watched a crime scene videotape and so graphic and ugly one spectator ran out of the courtroom. >> reporter: an audio top of brittany norwood's first interview with police from her hospital bed at suburban. the packed courtroom listened in stunned silence as she asked about jayna murray, the woman her lawyer has since acknowledged she killed. can you tell me how my friend is doing, she asked in a quiet voice. norwood details her elaborately concocted tale of two masked m

colder air will come. for now, we're enjoying 60 at the beach and 60s as far west has westminster and clashings -- clarksville. tomorrow 70 at 4:00 in the afternoon but the clouds thicken up. the chance for rain tomorrow night by 8:00 and things really begin to go downhill after that. we'll talk more about your thursday, friday forecast when this gets interesting. >>> all right. baltimore county is making sure they're getting ready for the winter weather. road crews are taking part in the heavy equipment rodeo. it encourages crews to hone their skills. >>> maryland has 23 counties and half will be getting aid for hurricane recovery. 12 counties already, including harford county and most of the shore already on the disaster list. local governments and nonprofit groups scan apply for nonemergency services. >>> when it comes to signs, you know, things are tough with people in this economy. look at the evercrowding at animal shelters right now. that's the case in the baltimore area. at the maryland spca they s

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colder air will drop the temps.have wintery weather going on in north central pennsylvania and upstate new york where there's winter weather concerns from the storm. we may have a few concerns as we go to the next. and we'll be dealing with winds and temps from this particular weather maker. and the trend shows clearing tomorrow. briefly better on a friday but as of friday night, here's the coastal storm developing in the carol linenas. coming up as we go into early saturday and depending how it's tracks. we get some rain, perhaps rain mixed with some wet snowflakes. if it's possible. the whole thing gets out of here. tropics still active. tropical storm renna. and weakening before hurricane strength. overnight, we have 37. windy and colder. frost, north and west of baltimore. there are, are freezing temps out there tonight. in the northern and western suburbs. friday, 52, a 2-degree guarantee. windy, 38 tomorrow night. rain showers comes back on with cold air around. it could mean the rain snow' mix deal as we go t

and we're again colder and colder than we were. >> it is moving across. and off the coast line and the timing of this is rain by dawn and by the middle of the morning and the afternoon. and it is why we have the advisories in place. we have a watch for baltimore and warnings in place for the rest of the northern tier of the state. and that's in place and feels that snow fall and moving around. and by the end of the weekend. naffens game looks nice. and warnings in effect until the evening. and sunset at 6:10. mary and key, rainy and breezy. rain will approach after midnight. rain turning into snow those braving the parking lot and kick off at 40. this should be over. any dust on the ground at the stadium? >> the way they take care of that. it will look like hawaii. >> thank you, tim. >> tune in at 10:00 an episode of blue bloods then the news at 11. captive in a basement. >> melanoma scan. the food and drug administration-approved device. >>> khaeulging a theory. interesting testimony in the michael jackson death trial. the news continues after this. ,, [

you will look for colder air to arrive later tonight. there still will be rain at times through the afternoon hours. again, most of the wet weather will be through the hagerstown area. light showers will probably begin to dry pretty quickly as the winds pick up and the colder air comes in. still cloudy. as we look at the shot here in baltimore, 63. humidity high. air temperature beginning to drop and we will look for the air temp to drop in about 3-4 hours from now. as we go into the late evening time frame. taking a look at the weather throughout the day, showers and decent ones on and off through the day, wetting the ground on federal hills. look at the harbor, mountary -- and you don't want to go to mount hairy. mount airy. and wet roads, be careful as you drive down. and ms. tobias' class and they have some great questions on all things weather. they built some awesome displays, too. you should have seen the tornado display out there today. it was cool stuff. we'll post the video on-line a little bit on abc2news.com. 48 in hagerstown

it will get much colder this week. i will talk more about that coming up next year if fog scans sachs and >>vicki: and miami police officer is and how water after investigators say he led the highway patrol on a chase. when the officer finally stopped, he was taken into custody. he said that he was rushing to a part-time job. >>vicki: some wicked weather in the northeast after a freak snowstorm hit yesterday, killing three people and leaving millions without power. although the storm is winding down, residents are still feeling the blend of the white out. >>reporter: scraping snow off of your windshield is not a familiar sight for most in october. and unexpected snow storm pushed its way to the northeast. governors in four different states have issued emergency declarations. some travelers like these that were on the train were stranded for hours. other families were stranded in their towns. >> a lot of trees coming down, a lot of broken branches. power lines are disrupted for sure. >>reporter: emergency crews are work

it's getting colder by the minute.hanges are coming and i'm here in the weather center with topper shutt. >> it's not crazy to get snow in october. it can happen. >> no. it's crazy. >> it is crazy. okay. it is crazy. i tell you what, the last couple of computer runs i've seen make it more and more likely. even downtown. let's go to the graphics. take a look at this. we average a trace of snow in november. the earliest measurable snowfall on the 10th of the month in 1979. we're at the end of the month here so we're well past that. we have warm ground and no worries. i say no worries right now. but, i tell you what, the things i'm looking at in the weather office are making me a little more concerned. the winds have picked up. the cold air is rushing in. wind gusts to 26 miles per hour at national. 30-mile an hour wind gust in manassas and 28-mile all the way down into fredericksburg. here comes the cold air too. 50s in fredericksburg. 43 in frederick. 45 in leesburg. it's already 32 out towards oakton. so when you go to

to the west, those clouds diminish and the colder air start to filter in. this front will sink to the south over part of the weekend, and then it looks like a storm may develop off the coast. even if the rain goes away tonight, we will need to keep our eyes on the weather. down in the tropics, we have hurricane rina -- tropical storm rina. the track of the storm will take it across the yucatan peninsula. the storm start to do a loop there, not taking any aimed at cuba or anything. at least that is the current forecast. our own forecast, even though we are relatively mild right now, expect temperatures in the 50's. tonight, temperatures start to get chilly as ratings fall and the colder air starts to filter in. to the north of us, down in the 30's, and a few areas getting near to freezing. showers early this morning and then turning clear and colder. temperatures 32 to 42. there is a freeze watch an effect for our area, freeze warning in pennsylvania specifically. rather chilly tomorrow. only 54. 39 and 47 the temperatures spread on saturday. somebody may se

in the seven-day forecast, the outlook showing cooler day, a colder day saturday. and, again, we can see a brief wintery mix with the rain. it's going to be an ugly day saturday. improvements on the way on sunday and perhaps a lot of the precipitation will be east of the baltimore area. we shall see. kelly? >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> you know the little packages and juice boxes, in your child's lunch box, could have a lot of weight. not to mention the picky eaters. just taking a few steps to create a lunch that's more environmentally friendly. it could actually save you some green. >>> if you're saving dollars, you could be saving more green with meals that also cut down on weight. the environmental protection agency offers some tips starting with juice and water in a reusable bottle. >> allows the child to drink whenever they needed. >> slice and diced fruits and put them in a reusable container so kids could save some for later instead of, of tossing what they don't eat. >> put it back and take it home either for a snack later or later in the day even. >> buy sn

we turn colder tonight.l come back and talk about maybe some wet weather and colder temperatures for the weekend. >>> an outbreak of mold in two dormitories forced hundreds of students at a maryland college to move off campus. this happened at st. mary's college in st. mary's city. this school is known for its sailing program and has since come up with a pretty creative solution. >> this is pg hall where we have mold issues above ceiling. >> reporter: it's hard to see the mold but you can sure smell it. >> we have chilled water pipes that run above the ceiling. you can see the gray on them that have mold on it. >> reporter: the mold has infested two dorms on campus. several students are sick and 350 were ordered to vacate. >> all these kids are now homeless. they have nowhere to go. >> reporter: randall wasn't one of them but his friend was. so randall invited him to live at his place off campus. a sweet deal since all the others were spread out in three hotels, some 20 miles from campus. >> if i was a perso

we've got colder air coming in. we've got colder air to the north. the problem is -- you've got wind coming off the ocean. the ocean is warm, 55, 60 degrees, warm air moving into this chilly air and it has to rain pretty hard to bring down chilly enough air for wet snowflakes in the city south and east maybe a little bit north and west it may be cold enough for a few hours while we see some moderate to heavy wet snow for a few hours on saturday before it clears out. colder, yes, low pressure there it goes and eventually it's gone. sunshine returns on sunday. quick look at the tropics down to about 58 miles per hour not going anywhere that's good news. it is raining in the cancun cross moe area. the wind 25, 30 miles an hour will not effect -- northeast wind 5 to 10 knots, generally clear, 30. the winds will be dying down from where they are right now. tomorrow look for sun and clouds, high of 52. yes the chance of rain and snow on saturday. sunshine, 51. anything that falls saturday will be gone by sunday. denise. >> good. okay, thank you bob. >>> th

and once this rolls through, the colder air is going to move in. so we are looking at cold air is going to rush in. not many showers left but just a few. all right, let's talk about temps because they are still pretty mild ahead of the front. can't really complain about 60s. 61 in bethesda. 62 in arlington. 61 right now in rockville. we rust saw the live shot. looking at low 60s out to the west. sterling 63. leesburg is 63 as well. all right. here's the deal. peculiaring more like winter really. clearing and colder overnight. frost possible well north and west. chilly on friday. you will need a jacket. first makes of the season on saturday not out of the question north and west of town. we do have a frost advisory for frederick county, carroll county and all the candles in the pan handle. even downtown if you have something outside you want to keep all winter i'd bring it in because even downtown we are talking low 40s. clearing and colder. breezy early. frost advisory north. 34 to about 44. winds will calm town after midnight, become north westerl

clearing and colder. lows 34 to 44 and winds north westerly at 10. now tomorrow morning partly cloudy and cold. you need a jacket for the morning. 30s and 40s. at least it won't be windy. then by afternoon partly cloudy and chilly. high clouds move in. high temperatures only near 55. all right. next seven days. you might think, well, how can it snow if temps aren't going to be below freezing. if the column of air above isn't freezing the snow will fall and melt when it hits the ground. looking at a nice hallowe'en. cool. upper 50s. a few clouds at night. should stay dry. then warming up on wednesday then cooling down again on thursday. >> okay. summer is over. fall is almost over. >> more on that rain/snow line at 11 p.m. >>> let's check out the weird news. what are you going to be for hallowe'en? sparking fear in many a man who says i've got cowboy boots, a hat, i'll be a cowboy. that's weak. a professional photograph. look at him. he is rocking a fully functional camera costume. and it was the toast of the party. now, he says he came up with the id

to r northwest will be a little colder. they expect to get some snow. you can see the white shadings there. as the storm progresses northward, it moves westward. that will bring in a cold air closer to us in the baltimore area. we expect to see a mix of rain by a saturday night. brought baltimore in the i-95 corridor, it is a winter weather advisory in effect. further west is a winter morning in defects. all that coming up in a few minutes. but coming up over the years, state highway officials say they learned lessons from earlier snowstorms. what are they doing to keep drivers saved this time around? >> crews will be set up at intersections in areas that tended to freeze. we are set up in north baltimore. you can see the cold drizzle is already starting to fall. crews will be out on a train to make sure that this mass that is falling down does not create too dangerous of conditions. >> we think about snow 247, 365 days a year. >> highway officials say they were ready to go. >> today the crews loaded up, they cleared a drainage candidates is to make sur

it's actually colder to the south.e colder air is coming in from the southwest behind a big storm out in indiana and ohio. 55 at national. south-southwest winds at 14. that barometer low and rising quickly. that's going to cause you some aches and pains and the winds gusting anywhere from 18 in manassas to 20 in easton at this hour and that will only be increasing this morning. so that cold wrapping around this storm. this storm will actually bring some mountain rain showers into the higher elevations late today, tonight, tomorrow morning. you know above 3500, 4,000 feet, i would not be surprised to see some snow falling out there like at snow shoe and wisp and the valley, those areas, tonight we're not 40s. still kind of windy. 62 tomorrow. saturday, less wind. delightful. good looking weekend. 63 still in the morning. in the morning just need a jacket. should be nice. sunday looks good as well before the isolated shower returns on mondays. monika samtani. we've got problems on the rails and roads. we really do. >>> w

they are significant because northerly wind bring colder air.for today, we'll go partly sunny today. a little bit breezy, chilly. look for a high today in the low 50s. 50 in germantown. 53 in fredericksburg. 52 in washington. that is a look at the weather. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. yesterday, we talked about december snow, specifically december 5th. today, we'll talk about october snow. >> i figured that one was coming. >> since we're talking about it now. we'll have that for you. >> we could prove tucker wrong by a long shot. >> that's right because of his prediction. >> you got it all wrong. they talk about snow and now it snows. so today we want them to talk about winning the lottery. >> yeah. >> you got to think about this thing. on the roads right now, you will find that lanes are open if you are traveling southbound on 95 as well as on 295 coming in out of laurel. the top stretch of the beltway leaving college park headed around towards jim moran avenue. we had accident activity at new hampshir

much colder system dropping down from the gulf of alaska. rain but more cold than wind. you can see the fog going down the coast and that's a sign of things to come over the next 24- 36 hours so i'd be surprised if there's any there tomorrow morning. if there is there won't be much left. 70s already, some areas warming up nicely, 60s and 70s for everybody so coast bay and inland starting to jump up a little east wind now at sfo, northeast at fairfield, northwesterly wind at san jose but that easterly and northerly wind kicks in tonight into tomorrow. high pressure starts to build in and that's going to give us higher fire danger but take care of the fog and give us one more warm day before system up in the gulf of alaska decides to dive in. now the jet stream has been way to the north but it says you know what? i think i'll head to california but not until after wednesday so today some coastal fog but not much left. just a light breeze, slightly cooler by the coast but everyone else starting to pick up sun so mild to warm conditions. some co

now the winds whipping up and most of us will have a southerly push of colder air.e sounds ironic. peeking at 29 miles per hour. that happened in the last 5 minutes and we'll see some gusts throughout the day. 62 is the latest in baltimore. we're hanging onto the stuff up to new york. if you're traveling anywhere through the great lakes not fun. 44 in chicago. charlie talked about the 25- foot waves on lake michigan and they will have waves wrapping around that storm, distinct circulation across ohio and indiana. that low pressure will be responsible for kicking this off to the northeast and that means cold air wrapped around the low. we cut off some of the moisture, but it's also a strong wind generator, call it a big fan in the atmosphere. it's kicking up strong winds, you'll feel and see it maybe rattling the house, there will be some tremendous leaf drop north and west where the leaves have turned. snow in the mountains, but wrapping around that storm colder, southerly winds picking up with variable clouds. gusts to 40 miles per hour. hold on to the wheel, you'l

this colder air behind, it rain showers along it.ove eastward and it will push into our area. we are all going to get some of this tropical moisture pulling into our region as well so that will bring us fairly wet conditions for tomorrow. here is a look at the futurecast is what we think is going to happen. today, partly sunny skies. a few clouds out there. this is some good sunshine during the afternoon today. that look great. then during the evening, some clouds start to push in during the overnight hour and early tomorrow morning. rain showers, this is tomorrow morning at about 11:00. it will be raining. some of the heaviest rain, thisindicating we'll be off to the east, offshore so that is good. we will late wednesday into early thursday and i'm talking about midnight, maybe see some more heavy rain showers off to the west as the precipitation slowly pulls out of the region. so about a good day and a half of off and on rain showers on the way here. here is your five-day forecast. high today about 72 degrees under partly sunny ski

. >> colder air is moving in and we will have a frost -- i really shouldtroke say a freeze warning in those purple areas tonight and in the morning. we have a threat in the tropics and marty has more on that. >> i cannot keep my eyes off this. it is happening too quickly. we will watch this and have details on the morning show. if there is frost or freeze action, let's go down to the cab rib jan and we are dealing with this hurricane. this is really getting to be interesting. watch the path. she will move up the yucatan, try to make a run to florida, wow, a loop, coming down and continues to hammer the yucatan and had you looked at the models, they would say the same thing. i think this will be our last update, most models keeping her over the yucatan or heading out the other side of the panama canal. the threat to florida is not really as great as it was 24 hours ago. that is the story on that. but the cold temperatures are coming in over the next few days. what is this buzz about the snow flakes? we have more on that coming up shortly. >>> thank you, and the lawyers from an employee

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this type of weather around here, windy, colder tonight. rain ending.riable cloudy, a decent friday tomorrow. it's friday night where things start to change again. rain showers, brisk 30s, that is a pelting cold rain. and as we go into saturday, yeah, there is still some uncertainty. i'm gonna be honest, there's uncertainty. but there will be a lot of cold air around. there will be rain, and there will perhaps be snow, rain goin' to snow for part of this thing. so stay tuned. >> this is a joke, right? >> interview: yeah, halloween, october surprise, is that what they call it. >> oh, man. >> yeah. this is not a big time winter storm but it -- and it, you know, the ground is steel relatively warm but by tomorrow night it will be kind of cold. >> all right. thanks. >>> list ten, you got to love these soldier surprise home commentings, the whole group was in on it and the wife never saw it coming. >>> first, here is terry nolan with a look at what's coming up on "nightline." >> barbara walters exclusive 2 hour prison interview with bernie madoff, ççupon s

colder air coming back, and we have snow there. i want to show some of the computer models on the forecast projections and how much snow we could see. one model 6 plus the g.f.s., this is an american model, you can see the white into northern frederick county. this big area of lying blues into pennsylvania. still, we will watch this very, very carefully. today, looking at 51. 39 with the rain and the snow. sunday, we will be clearing out sunday. 49. by halloween, 54. monika. >> the big story of the morning, luckily it's against the rush hour flow, but it's worth mentioning. northbound side of 270, you can see how slow it is up here. truck lost its load of nails at 1:20 this morning. i just got off the phone with maryland state police, and they said maryland state highway is on the scene to try to clean it up. at falls road, fine again. northbound 270 to montgomery village avenue. the left lane and hov lanes remain open. southbound is okay. silver spring construction from never -- from overnight, being cleared off. on the outer side

but turning windy and colder late thursday. friday chilly only 53.aturday, storm system comes up toward us and keeping us wet and chilly. i think we stay in the mid 40s. we recover to the low 50s on sunday. monika? >>> well, we're going to take a look live at sky 9 right now on the inbound side of i-66. that's a left side of the screen at route 50. manassas into centerville then here at route 50. off and on to the vienna metro station but all lanes are open 66 this morning. if you're planning to head to the beltway you're going to be okay. we're going to zoom into the downtown area, looking fine along constitution avenue. 14th street and the southeast southwest freeway. the live look at the sousa bridge inbound on pennsylvania avenue. that's been incident-free into the southeast corridor we'll go over to the 14th street bridge coming north on 395 into downtown. this is what it looks like. you may hit the brake lights though at duke street. a last live lack at the roosevelt bridge inbound on i- 66. we saw what it looks like outside the beltway. inside

let's -- colder heading into tonight. let's begin with a look at where our temperatures were today, 52 degrees at national airport, 50 at dulles, 51 degrees at bwi. let me give you a comparison because this is where we should have been. we should have had 72 degrees for the seasonal average at national, 70 at dulles and baltimore. so we are 20 some plus degrees below the seasonal average. so fall is making sure everybody knows it has made its appearance. ris at international airport, 46 degrees at dulles, 48 degrees at baltimore. the clouds are dominating our skies, widespread rainfall that's moved in and out throughout the course of tonight. some of you dealt with it earlier. some of you didn't see anything and others had pockets of heavier rainfall. across areas of the potomac highlands, blue ridge area, they are talking a rain/snow mix and even frost. so we are dodging that bullet very nicely. here's a look what the to expect tonight. overcast skies, a chance of rain showers sticking around through tonight. we've got a

will pull back it has a lot colder raining and colder charges. that rain is expected to start at 7:00 p.m. this evening in the north bay to walk into the time line by nine, it will side a little more to the south by 10:00 we are looking at widespread light rain throughout the bay area. this is a fast-moving storm than one on monday there is moderate to heavy rain and this will center itself over the bay by about 1:00 a.m. giving us quite a bit of rain. this will be the steady constant warring outside and then by 4:00 a.m. it will start pushing off in the data are here. do not misunderstand that the front that is pushing through, that is the same heavy rain and we will have unstable air that would give us that showers throughout the day on wednesday and a chance to pop up thunderstorms. although the bulk of it will pass through what you are sleeping you will deal with this all day wednesday as the advanced o'clock you will see that. as you drive home in the evening you are dealing with light rain in the east in the south bay and that is moral. rig

a couple of degrees colder than that. a lot of sunshine today. a few passing clouds but i'm expecting the highs to reach the lower 60s by late this afternoon. a great forecast for the weekend, i'll have details ahead. now for a check of the roads here's monika. >>> sounds good. thank you so much. a welcome now live at route 70 at route 121. north of this point at route 80 an accident is on a shoulder and slowing things down just a bit now in urbanna. more on maryland roadways at 5:47. >>> thanks monika. well, it's friday and if you think it's going to be a little too chilly for you this weekend, how about a movie? you can catch some new ones. >> hollywood looking back for future success with another remake of the film classic "the three musketeers." you know the story, they come across an aspiring hero and take him under their wing as they try to foil a conspiracy. >>> if you'd like to get in the mood for halloween, there's something called paranormal activity 3. young sisters are traumatized by an invisible entity who re

colder air moves on in. the rain comes in behind it. and by the weekend, we're starting to look at a bit of a dicey forecast. and then it starts to clear out very quickly, and heading out sunday, in time for the ranks game. still keeping an eye on tropical storm rena. rena is by no account going to affect any of us at all. kind of affecting central america. today, 6:11 is your sunset time. small craft advisory through late tonight. and for tomorrow, a nice day. enjoy it. because this day won't last for long. >> great. >> tim, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> i'm really happy about that, tim. >> i know. >>> all right. be sure to tune in for the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. it's cbs episode the mentalist. >> i'm just kidding. he's the messenger. it's not his fault. >>> there's a lot more ahead on eyewitness news at 4:30. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, coming home. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> unconditional release. the latest effort in the u.s. trying to get a maryland businessman out of cuba. eyewitness news

there will be waves of showers and tomorrow night clearing out but colder. north and west of baltimore extending up into pennsylvania. seven day forecast, bottom line we look for the trend to remain cloudy as we go into the first half of the weekend, could see a few showers early saturday, sunnier and clearer weather on tap at least as we go from sunday into halloween monday. kelly. >> thank you. now to our continuing democracy2012 coverage. new polls give the president some good news about next year's election but also bad news. we have been going through all the surveys today and we are live with the latest. >> reporter: we will talk about numbers today and we will start in ohio a key battleground state in the upcoming election this is a poll that was given to voters in the state and basically it's a hypothetical match up between the president and the three gop front runners. the votes all decide that obama would beat caine, romey and perry but this next poll might contradict that. it's about his job approval and 43% of americans say they approve of the jo

breezy and colder out there as well. definitely getting a taste of winner here. check out the 7-day forecast here. we will pick it up on sunday. by monday 55 degrees for halloween, looking good. it looks like the temperatures go up from there with ample sunshine in the forecast. check this out. it could be a slippery commute for drivers in central massachusetts. many people were shocked to see heavy flakes falling. fortunately the wet snow did not stick to many roads. because temperatures dropped overnight the remaining moisture made the roadways slippery. >>> >> reporter: we have a report of some debris in the road reported to the state 100 west. be careful out there. let's take a life look at our traffic cameras. 95 at 175. no incidents reported between the beltways. 895 at the harbor tunnel. southbound traffic going into a tunnel. our hand is the at maryland traffic. we do spell out maryland at maryland traffic for the latest outlaws, accidents and construction. our drive times are still doing great. traveling top side of the beltway on the outer loop from bel

we will talk about that and how much things change for the colder toward the weekend. that's coming up. >> all right. as always any time you want the live forecast, down load the abc2 weather app and keep the forecast right there in the palm of your hand. you can track storms in the neighborhood and then out the seven day forecast. log onto abc 2news.com/weather and head to the link for the weather app. >>> new, baltimore police are investigating the rape of a 14- year-old girl over the weekend. kelly swoop is here with more on what happened. >> reporter: we can tell you this, they didn't have a lot to go on. detectives just telling us about the case today but they hope that someone has seen something that could help them. the teen told officers she was walking in the 1500 block of leslie street when she asked a man for directions in a van. the van pulled up to the curb and the driver offered the teen a ride. several people apparently inside the van sexually assaulted her. police are asking anyone who recognizes the van to call crime stoppers. . they are also urging pe

storm the air is colder south and west. we'll be back in the 50s by 8:00 and winds then southwest 15, gusting 20 to 25 tonight. look at this. we've got the rains pushed through. lot of clearing here east of the mountains. clouds and some showers still in the mountains. and live doppler 9000 hd, we've got a couple of sprinkles one near clarksburg headed to damascus and one near -- make it three and look at this from harpers ferry up to sharpsburg, this is tracking into parts of washington county coming just north of charlestown there on 340. that's about it rain-wise. wind-wise. that's another story. gusting to 25 here, 31 in annapolis and 36 down in southern maryland. so the winds are kicking up behind the front. the drier air is moving in and temperatures are also starting to get on the chilly side especially on the west side of things. springfield now down the 57. great falls 56 and it's 55 for lovettsville. 53 in haymarket. you guys are the cool spot on the board. 63 on the bay at the naval acad may. we've got -- academy

that will bring in progressively colder air tonight.frost advisory posted overnight from 2:00 until 9:00 in the morning. even in sight of the beltway, in the '30's were a few hours. new england is already in the chill. 40 degrees in boston. temperatures warmer in the carolinas. a bright and sunny day tomorrow with fair weather clouds and temperatures in the '50s. things will start to change quickly on saturday. there goes the cold front with moisture down to the south and west. bubble of high pressure building in tomorrow during the day. low fifties for high temperatures. but saturday, things change. cooler air tonight and tomorrow. the high will drift to the north. low pressure starts moving parallel and east to the coast. that will bring in cold air and we will get some cold rain. there could be wet snow in places and if you get far enough north and west maybe some wet snow interspersed with the rain. if there is a threat of significance know, that would appear to be north of new york and interior sections of new england could get mea

it felt colder to me when i went out for dinner. >> it depends where you go. if you're around a paid parking lot like our station here, you would be warmer. the asphalt holds the heat in. if you were out over a grassy field, it would be colder. i'm going to leave that one alone. outside on a saturday night. mostly clear skies, depending on where you are, and what you're doing. it's either very warm or very chilly. temperatures are taking a tumble on your saturday night. by the time you get out and get started, it's really going to be chilly out there. widespread 40s for most everybody first thing on your sunday morning. beautiful saturday night in progress, you can see the u.s. capitol dome proudly lit in the middle of downtown washington. it's 60 at reagan national airport. the dewpoints are way down into the 30s. with a clear sky and fading breeze out there, temperatures will try to fall all the way back down through the 40s. some spots may even make it into the upper 30s tonight. i think we'll have just enough of a breeze to hold most everybody in the 40s.

it's going to get colder. how are we going to generate heat? how are we going to prevent people from getting sick or getting frostbite? and i think those are all really valid concerns. >> still, protesters balk at the idea of tidying up the area to make it more appealing to tourists or downtown business owners. > i would argue that the 40,000 row homes that are boarded up in the city are far more of a danger and an eyesore. >> i work full-time as a software developer. i have a master's degree. most other people that are here do in fact work. there are some here who don't work and have been laid off from their jobs from a long term and are frustrated. >> i am standing here with one of the occupied baltimore members. you understand the city wants you to scale back. >> know. we want to scale things up. we want more people here. >> have a general assemblies and you have roughly 200 people here. >> every night at least 200 here. >> what does your sign mean? >> everybody is the 99%. 1% is the people who guideline. if you're not the 1%, you are the 99

that's going to break up in more showers in the afternoon and then we're going to get colder much colderin fact by tomorrow morning areas to the north might want to put the plants away. here's a look we start with the freeze watch and get to doppler in a moment but freeze watch up north near the pennsylvania border and mt. mountains -- in the mountains of west virginia. the dark blue areas, charlestown, hagerstown to myersville and frederick and westminster. north of that in pennsylvania a freeze warning is in effect. our day planner calling for spotty showers for the rest of the afternoon. 64, 65 for a high. the late afternoon and evening winds are going to shift behind a front that will clear us out a little bit. we'll go partly cloudy tonight and temperatures by 9:00 low 50s. by tomorrow morning, low 40s 234 town with mid 30s in many of the suburbs and closer to freezing up north where the freeze watch is in effect. look at this on the radars how everything has been moving from west to east. things not as intense but we still have some rain around generally light rain out there but lo

it will be colder, though. temperatures will struggle. today near 70 late. severe weather alert day. stay up on the weather topper will have more this afternoon on 9news now at 5, of, 7 and 11. tomorrow,. >> with the wind. friday 58. so cool friday but a lot less wind on friday. and then as we head towards saturday, near 60. and nicer and warming up monday and tuesday. we'll be right back with 9news now at noon in just a moment. senators >>> we're on cruise control right now, just a few days ago i found out about some amazing wine cruises right in our area. here they are. there's nothing better than smithfield ham, cheese and peanuts from virginia. but i would like for you to meet jim barker. jim has brought this here for me because we're promoting cruising on the potomac. it's something new. it's fabulous. and when you're cruising on the potomac, what is better than sipping virginia wines? that's right! the washington wine academy is sponsoring these cruises every friday on the potomac, and jim is here to talk more about it. let me tell you, you don't have

and then the colder air -- here's that rain tomorrow.older air is going to be following it especially as we head into tomorrow night and friday. and if a storm system comes toward us saturday and doesn't stay south and east of us, saturday is going to be a cold, wet day. today we'll make a run toward 70, a spotty shower or two. tomorrow more rain, especially in the morning. we start in the 50s, we get into the 60s in the middle of the day, but i think we're dropping back into the 50s late. friday 53. and then saturday potentially will be a cold, wet day in the mid-40s and then dry and chilly sunday, monday and tuesday. stick around, 9 news now at noon will return in just a moment. >>> i'd like for you to meet my friend and celebrity fitness trainer loren. he was here earlier this week and he was trying to whip me into shape. >> do a squat kick. we're going to work the quad and the glutes. you're going to go down in a squat. >> i can do that. >> as you go up you're going to kick, okay? there you go. >> i can do that. >> down again and kic

could be a bit colder out there. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. we definitely have some change here. it is a freaky friday. we have frost advisories, highs in the low 50s today and temperatures are going to continue to drop and then put the hammer down. the rain snow hick as we head to the first part of the weekend. here is a frost advisory, you can see it for the areas here in the blue. you are dealing with a freeze warning into pennsylvania this morning. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry and will stay that way throughout the day. let's send this over to tonya, she has your traffic. >> reporter: good morning. we are going to start out with good news this morning after a terrible accident at the dam that happened wednesday night. the dam has finally reopened. it was a fiery accident on the north side of the bridge in cecil county that left the dam closed wednesday night. a tractor trailer was carrying 7500 gallons of diesel fuel when the driver lost control. the accident has been cleared and as you can see, things are runnin

it will be so much colder by this time tomorrow, we will be happy to have rain and temperatures like today. we have light rain falling in washington, and that camera is showing light fog with light rain coming down. it has been doing this off and on all morning long. the district into maryland, there's a break. and another batch of rain is to the south and west, and way off northwest. so all of this yet to come through here before we finally dry out by later this evening. right now, the radar scanning the sky right around washington, all this area of green is light rain. it's raining lightly in prince george's county and the district and howard, and in virginia, in fairfax, and prince william, and loudoun county, all of this area, light rain advancing off to the east. it may stop for an hour and then maybe for an hour or two it could be cloudy and then more on the way later. right now where it has abated a bit, shenandoah valley in the low 60s right now. where the rain is falling it's in the upper 50s to around 60 in northern virginia. southern virginia in the mid-60s, and so is the

the higher elevations will be colder. it was not southern

the skies are going to clear up a bit and by early friday morning, in the colder northwestern suburbs, it could be down near freezing in south- central pennsylvania. freeze watches and warnings are out up that way, a frost advisory for carol and frederick county, and possibly northern baltimore, harvard, or cecil county could get a touch of frost tomorrow morning if the winds diminished enough. a sprinkle early this evening, then clearing. by morning, low 30 to near 40. the front will get through here and drier weather moves in tonight and tomorrow, but on the south end of this front, you can already see the cloud is developing over the southern plains. it will be riding north along the front as the cold air is coming in and out of canada. we could have precipitation over the upcoming weekend. tomorrow, cloudy skies developing in the afternoon. a lot chillier tomorrow. look at that rain pointing to the south. that moves in friday night and into the day saturday. rains will be moderate to heavy at times, moving south and east. some of snow mixing in in western maryland and parts of all