we've seen it get much better up in the culpeper area. they've gone from about half a mile to three-mile visibility. everybody else is looking pretty good. check out our michael & son weather camera as we look toward the east. nice looking sky this morning with temperatures which will be rising into the upper 60s. the upper 60s as we go into the noon hour and then this afternoon we've got highs in the low 70s. about 70 for the drive home. it's 48 in gaithersburg. 52 hagerstown. winchester 50. 44 tappahannock. we had some fog but the cool spot right now culpeper 41 degrees. again a pretty sky out there with a temperature at reagan national of 55. wind south at 9 miles an hour. humidity at 83%. and the barometer 29.95 miles an hour. showers and storms across the deep south this morning. you can see this line coming up here through the deep south all the way to the midwest this morning. big storm system spinning here. that's bringing in some cool air to the northern plains. for us it will bring us the threat for some showers and storms and w

culpeper and corporate county schools, two-hour delay.ington county schools are but our crofton elementary is closed. school and a sleepy hollow and spring hill closed in are fairfax. anne arundel county schools will two hours late. 17 schools there are closed. the district for individual schools. is closed.my we showed you a crane dangling above new york city streets yesterday. >> now here's some video. dennis jackson shot the video as it collapsed outside the nearly complete luxury apartment building. e bigs set to become th apple's tallest residential building. they will strap it to the building when they can. >> at the height of the high rain, the devastating impact for a new jersey family, but they celebrated a miracle rice. despite all of sandy's couple cannothis off their little miracle born in the midst of the storm. >> perfect. >> they had a generator, water, food, but were not prepared for this. at 5:00, they lost power, right around the same time christine started feeling like a baby come. correct the contractions were coming f

there are two-hour delays in culpeper, frederick, fauquier, and shenandoah counties. buses are using emergency routes in shenandoah. loudoun county has a one hour delay. frederick county schools in maryland on a two-hour delay. and in west virginia pendleton county schools are closed. berkeley, hampshire and jefferson counties are on delay. and there are schools in d.c. that are still without power. most schools plan to announce between 5:00 and 6:00 this morning whether they'll be able to open. >> 4:31. chilly start to your day, but no more rain falling, at least for now. let's check in with tom kierein to see if we're going to get wet weather. >> more importantly, can kids go trick or treating? >> i'm glad you asked. >>> right now we have just a few sprinkles to our north and west. storm team 4 radar showing that. those areas in green just a few sprinkles. still getting a few snow showers in central west virginia. the big snow event has pretty much ended in western maryland and down toward canaan valley. a few sprinkles in western fairfax, loudoun county, northern f

maybe 81 out toward culpeper. 5:00 a.m. here comes monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> all is quiet this morning i'm happy to say. construction has been cleared up. no issues to report as you travel on the beltway or the major thoroughfares trying to get there, including 270 out of frederick. we're looking great as you travel in from i-70 down toward germantown and the point where the lanes divide. let's take a live look outside and show what you it looks like first here on 270 at shady grove road. all lanes are open in both directions of 270, looking great this morning in gaithersburg. this time to the maps in virginia. on the northbound side of 95, no issues out of woodbridge as you cross the okay quain river into spring -- occoquan river into springfield. at duke street northbound 395, again both the main and hov lanes are looking great to the 14th street bridge. same story on 295 northbound to the 11th street bridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:09. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> this morning

culpeper visibility a half mile.o some of these rural areas, especially north and west of town are dealing with some of that patchy dense fog. this is also pretty sparse as far as that's concern. we'll see the passing clouds from time to time today. by 9:00 temperatures will be in the low to mid-50s in most spots. still maybe viii in winchester and -- maybe 48 in winchester and cumberland. a mild day. 67 by lunch time. we get into the afternoon. we'll be all right at 3:00. you have plans through 3:00, 4:00 p.m. you should be all right. upper 60s to low 70s for highs. late this afternoon as we approach the 6:00 hour, a cup of showers here. then watch what happens between 6:00 and 9:00. we really increase the showers and some thunderstorms around. some of these tonight could be on the strong to severe side. so stay up on the weather late this afternoon and tonight. andrea and mike, back to you. >> all right, howard. >>> people and their pets turned out for a very different type of blood drive wednesday. the humane soci

area of light showers has spandzed from warrenton -- spanldzed from -- spannedded from warrenton to culpeper. we'll have light rain or showers around for the morning commute. that's not going to happen. leesburg, manassas all at 39 with 43 annapolis. when you factorn the winds, there are your windchills running in the mid- to upper 30s in most areas. monika samtani, it's pretty chilly inside the studio but she has the traffic report. >> it's freezing in here. >> mind over matter. >> that's right. >>> if you're planning to head outside, one problem is replaced by another. there was a problem on the inner loop near route 450. that was cleared. now there's another accident. i'll get to that in just a minute. first of all public transportation normal service on metro bus and rail. amtrak modified service from basically newark, new jersey to points south. call ahead and know that of course they're going to -- there are going to be delays due to sandy. let's go to another graphic and this time it's just a list, a short list of the road closures including georgetown pike, sligo creek parkway, route

check out culpeper county, nothing on the observation. if you live in culpeper or for bakir county, are you getting sprinkles? send me a tweet and let me know. we have flood warnings in the fact across much of the metro area, smaller rivers, creeks, and streams. some are cresting by tonight. by the end of the week we will be in better shape and will check in with adam caskey in a little bit for more on river conditions. take a look at rainfall totals. the highest one i could find was reedville virginia. la plata about 8 inches. in washington d.c. we had 5 inches. it is 43 degrees this morning. still a pretty modest. when about 5 miles per hour. lots of 30-degree readings. 39 in winchester -- 37 degrees at this hour. here is your forecast. they are not giving up their candy tonight. mostly cloudy, chilly, temperatures in the mid 40's. sunset -- you should be able to get in dinner quickly before you had out there. sunset is 6:08 p.m. >> such great news -- marc trains metro virginia rail express are running on a normal schedule. marc rains m

the second part in manassas, southwest towards culpeper. is associated with warm moist air. the actual cold front is producing some showers. we will see skies clear. it will turn cooler deceiving. cooler air, but not a lot colder overnight. we will drop temperatures overnight. enjoy tomorrow, 62 degrees to 68 degrees. generally, we have very mild autumn weather. hey, you can check out acts -- at wjla.com. all right, back to you. >> ok. >> if anyone in this town is non -- is not an rg iii believer -- >> amen. everybody is still talking talkingrg iii. he is fearless. the result? victory over the vikings. robert crippen -- griffen iii is all a blur. >> the coach said he felt me while pass 10. >> i am watching him run down the sidelines. it was like a 400-meter run. just relax. >> it happened on a critical third-down late in the fourth quarter. >> everybody does told him "slide, slide, slide." and they were going "keep going keep going." >> he even looked over his shoulder at the defense chasing him. >> he was looking back at them. i mean -- he

a few isolated places in culpeper county.p to three inches of rain in the creeks and streams for another couple hours. you have mild air moving our way here. it's in the 70s. where the rain has been falling, it's still in the 60s. this mild air is going to move in here as we get into the afternoon. this is what's been looking like what's happening. just generally, a few passing showers. southern maryland, the eastern shore and washington hasn't had much rain. more showers coming through later this afternoon. here is the latest timing on this. it looks like we'll have a few more passing showers into the afternoon hours. by 6:00 a.m., it should be over. wednesday afternoon and wednesday evening, cloudiness. we clear out on thursday. maybe a small chance of a shower east of us thursday afternoon. lower humidity then. the rest of the afternoon, have an umbrella handy. not as heavy as we have seen this morning. upper 70s in a couple hours. mid-70s by sunset. overnight, any rain should be ending before midnight. a few more passing

you can see some of these yellow areas down toward the culpeper area.et in tighter on sentinel radar because i want you to see that this one is moving northeast at 40 and now we have severe thunderstorm warnings in yellow, that's culpeper, madison in orange until 11:45. i think it might get extended maybe moving into fauquier county in the next little while. these have large updrafts. that tells us they're capable of producing hail maybe quarter size and they could produce gusts to 60 miles an hour. you'll be able to see this storm has been intensifying in the last hour and there's plenty f lightning, too. that extends up into montgomery county. bottom line, expect to have thunderstorms off and on throughout the night, a strong cold front throughout the west swinging through later tonight and the morning commute fight feature showers and maybe -- might feature showers and maybe a little fog. we'll continue to track these storms. i'll let you know if we get any more warnings in the next 90 minutes. >>> a police officer killed in a violent car crash. offi

west of it, we have some rain showers developing once again out towards winchester, front royal, culpeper, leesburg, all getting some light shower activity. i think we will have a period of rain around here for the first part of the day and a lot of clouds. we should start to get drier air in here and we'll lose some of the humidity that is reminiscent of summer humidity we've had around here for the past 24 hours or so. temperatures once again on the mild side. upper 60s and low 70s. we are expecting highs back near 08 today. gradual improvement tonight and tomorrow looks fantastic. i'll have more details on that and we'll take another look at the radar in just a second. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the economy dominated the first presidential debate last night romney said he has plans to fix the economy. president obama said, when he became president four years ago, he was dealing with a major economic crisis. >> i also promised that i would fight every single day on behalf of the american people and the middle class and all those who are strifing to get into the middle class, i've ke

same story showers from strasburg toward warrenton, culpeper. very light. intermittent wiper type intensities is what i'm thinking. temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. your windchills currently running in the mid-30s to around 40. winds have been not too strong this morning. michael & son camera, good visibility here. the capitol dome is looking nice all lit up. 43 degrees in town with a south wind at 5 miles an hour and the barometer continues to rise now at 29.51. if you're like me and sensitive to the pressure changes, you've been feeling it the last couple of days. snow will persist in the mountains here through the afternoon with mostly cloudy skies around here. our temperatures on the cool side this halloween, 55. still some high water around. dry the next couple of days with 55 thursday. agent bit more sun but cooler friday, 52. the weekend could be a shower late sunday. don't forget clocks back saturday night. monika? >> does that mean more sleep? >> one hour more. i wish we could do it 24 hours time. >> i'll take the one hour and i'm sure al

and there are two hour delays in culpeper, fauquier, frederick, and shenandoah counties. buses will be using snow emergency routes in shenandoah. loudoun county has a one-hour delay. frederick county schools in maryland on a two-hour delay. in west virginia, pendleton county schools are closed and berkeley, hampshire, and jefferson county schools on a two-hour delay. there are also several schools in multiple counties in maryland and virginia that are still without power. we expect an announcement from those school systems within the hour about whether those school buildings will be able to open. >>> thousands of area residents are still without power this morning, and most of them are in virginia. dominion virginia is reporting more than 20,000 customers in the dark right now. novec has more than 32,000 customers without energy. r more than 1,500 pepco homes and businesses in the dark. bge more than 24,000 people without power, most of them in loudoun county. >>> you're looking live over the nation's capital. no strong winds, no heavy rains. still cold to start things of

manassas and culpeper 37. i heard from janet on the bay, 55. what a difference the bay makes this time of year. it is 6:00 a.m. here comes monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> we have one pretty big issue right now on the northbound side of i-95. good morning, everybody. on the northbound side near quantico, it's an overturned vehicle off to the side of the ride and lots of activity there as well. if you're planning to head northbound on i-95 toward quantico, watch out for that. our sky 9 should be there in just a couple minutes. so i should have a shot of that now. in the meantime let's take a live look a little further north. northbound 395, look at that. very light up to the 14th street bridge. a last look at a graphic one more time. if you're planning to head inbound on i-66, it's been incident free. slow traffic into centreville. we'll look live outside. if you're planning to head on the inbound side of i-66 close to the belt ware, no delays yet -- beltway, no delays yet. more traffic at 6:11. >>> how about those nats last night. >>

still reduced visibility in culpeper, two miles.gaithersburg as well as fredericksburg, so use caution. two miles inf gaithersburg and fredericksburg. let's check on traffic with angela >> . good morning. heading out in the next few minutes, 95 northbound, roadwork clearing. they just picked up the traffic through fredericksburg get past 17, getting a area, movinglm well, rolling along at speed from dale city to the occoquan. avenal on the beltway in maryland. a live look at the american legion bridge. inner loop and outer loop travel delays.d speed and no eastbound travel, montgomery county is clear all the way to 95. back to you. >> thank you. 69 degrees. facebook giving you a new way content, but it e with a pr ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and the first ever es hybrid. i'll have the build your own burger with a...n? sunny-side up egg, jack cheese,

temperature is dropping to culpeper, 41, same for winchester.nt royal, you are technically in this frost advisory. this will go until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. into the 30s out west. into west virginia, freeze warning in effect out there. temperatures around freezing in some cases a little bit below. down to texas and arkansas and northern sections of mississippi, because this is where the next batch of rain is now. it will arrive here by tomorrow late morning, early afternoon. we're getting breaks in the clouds now. so at least initially overnight tonight temperatures will drop. 42 in town. temperatures in the 30s back out to the north and west. look at some of these numbers tomorrow, with the clouds and showers. only up into the 40s. in town, only talking about 51 for a high temperature. better for tuesday. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday on the seven-day real things will be getting better. back over to you guys. >> bundle them up for now. >> thanks, gary. >>> today was no ordinary day for sports fans. the nats taken the field for the

we've seen some near strasburg and the culpeper area. this is fairly light. baltimore is 41. easton 42 while winchester is 37 this morning. when you factor in the winds, we've got windchills in the mid- to upper 30s to low 0s out there. it -- low 40s out there. it does look like a breezy, chilly day. right now we have 43 degrees. good visibility in spite of the cloudy skies. south winds still at 5 miles an hour. that's about as low as they've been in a few days. humidity 82%. showers in maine. showers down in kentucky and ohio and this is one for the record books. our forecast today we're going to get into the low to mid-50s, breezy, stray shower. watch out for the high water still in spots. tonight it's going to be in the 30s and 40s. mostly cloudy skies. 55 tomorrow. again a little bit of a breeze out of the west. by friday 52. a little more sunshine. the weekend doesn't look too bad. could be a stray shower late sunday with 60. turn your clocks back. we're back in the mid-50s monday and tuesday. it is 4:22. monika samtani, got to be doing better than yesterday. >> oh, yeah

down towards fredericksburg and culpeper. rain in ruston. along 270.peratures very warm. 69 along reagan national. we will warm into the 70's as we head into the afternoon hours with on and off showers. enough to keep the umbrella handy. 80's in that in a second. let us check on traffic. good morning angela. >> good morning. me of rain in montgomery county. that a slowing things down on 270. volume delays from frederick into hyattstown. a disabled vehicle at falls road southbound. traveling in virginia, like rain but no early troubles on 395. making the trek inside the beltway, clear and marked down as you head into the district. cynnÉ and steve, back to you. >> thank you. we have some good news. the nats pop the champagne to celebrate their nl east title. >> the win the title despite losing the game last night. john gonzalez has more in bethesda. modells is gone to opening up in an hour and a half. >> the stores will open up early. this is the official merchandise. the nationals will play their first game of the playoffs either saturday or sunday. you

over 3.5 inches at culpeper and almost 2.5 gaithersburg. most of the rain will stay south , but theof the city fog is the story. declining visibility and very tonight and early tomorrow. all kinds of stuff is coming up for you in a few minutes. a story from nw washington tonight. americane students at were assaulted near campus. l the attacks happened in the evening orn the late early morning. the women were walking in the n massachusetts avenue when someone walked up behind them and wrote them. -- groped them. texting years after the beltway sniper attacks, we are remembering that event. gripped the area four weeks as john allen muhammad and lee killed 10 people and injured 13. >> going in picking up your , it was from school scary. >> parking in the parking lot see ifking around to .anse are any white man >> muhammad was executed in 2009. malvo is spending the rest of in prison in virginia. >> daring schedule course, you chevy caprice driven muhammed and lee boyd malvo. the collection is available for viewing and private towards scheduled

culpeper, 43. it will be even colder 24 hours from now. partly cloudy today, cool and breezy, high temperatures in the mid-60s. 64 degrees with a northwesterly wind at 10-20. you will notice the wind today. tonight the wind will diminish, but it will be cold, and 20's in outlying areas northwest of washington. nearly 40 degrees along the waterways. there is a freeze what that will be in effect in the dark blue shaded county's tonight. i will detail the weekend forecast coming up. now to angela. >> early motorists having an easy time for the most part around the capital beltway. we are open in maryland on 270. the work zones are gone there. heading into a germantown gaithersburg and bethesda, clear and free for the most part. in virginia, interstate 66 at glebe road, moving quite well. folks heading in from haymarket through gainesville, no delays as you pass centreville to fair oaks on the scene of a crash in prince william county between 234 at ashford avenue. back to you. >> thank you. tonight marked another crucial game for the washingt

and 43 at culpeper. skies not too bad. clear sky tonight out there. cool as well as temperatures dip down to the upper 40s. winds pushing in from the west 5 to 10 miles per hour. overall, not bad at all. we are looking forward to a pleasant week ahead. i'll be more than happy to show you our accu weather fox 5 seven-day forecast later on. back to you. >>> thanks. coming up, he was considered a leader of the democrat's liberal party. the life and death of george mcgovern. >> and our fox 5 political analysts join us to break down the big issues. >> metro cuts the ribbon on dupont circle's new escalators. those stories are up next when the news continues. as governor, i cut fifive billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibilit

only 37 degrees in culpeper and manassas and gaithersburg. 36 in frederick. a little warmer in the metro. a little warmer towards the bay. 51 and sunny and 9:00, 65 by noon, partly cloudy and 72 at 5:00. wait until you see the warmup in the seven-day forecast, in a few minutes. first, traffic and jamee whitten. >> interstate 905, virginia and maryland, maryland between bwi and the beltway has no problems. there was a crash earlier near 198 southbound, but that's gone and no delays. volume forming on 95 across the occoquan and through dale city and towards the capital beltway. an accident just happens on eastbound 66 at route 50 with one lane blocked. we will have a live shot in a few moments. back to you. >> thank you. 15 days before the election. president obama and mitt romney in their third and final presidential debate tonight. >> it will be at lynn university in boca raton florida. brianne carter has a preview from the satellite center. >> this will be a very different debate, can focus on foreign policy, and the two will not be walking around and circli

we have a stack of 63 degree temperatures from culpeper up to d.c. 61 in leesburg. 57 degrees in kensington and montgomery village. clouds in the area. north and west over western maryland. the clouds are associated with a cold front. we are going to see a mixture of clouds and sun later today. partly sunny for the afternoon. 58 to 63 and rising a little higher and dropping big time tonight. look at that. we have a freeze launch up. how low the temperatures are going to go during the overnight and for your start saturday morning. a freeze watch already. >> come on in here. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> we are going to check on the traffic with danella. >> tgif? >> yes, it is. it friday. if you are about to head out of the house, our area is looking good. a great day to go get lunch and drive, just drive. if you are crossing over the key bridge here inbound as well as outbound. we saw road work slowing you down. the bridge looks great. let's check the american legion bridge traveling on the american legion bridge crossing over and on to the loop. nice and clear looping around to the br

in the meantime, let's check temperatures. 55 at reagan national, 52 at dulles, 43 in culpeper and 50ericksburg. a warm-up to 66 by noon, 71 by 5:00, and that's when a few storms will develop. now, we will head over to traffic with steve hershorn. >> looking at the beltway, things changed quickly. here we are at university boulevard, which is now open. the road work that was causing a backup in silver spring towards college park was just picked up a few minutes ago. delays are easing up. a little heavier colesville road. you can see everything is moving smoothly with the lanes reopened. 270 southbound at 109, hyattstown, volume building. northbound before 109, reports of. an of the usual back up heading towards the truck scales and passed 109. in springfield, moving smoothly. northbound 95 a little volume across the occoquan. heavy but steady towards springfield and at duke street. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, there was an arrest in a terror plot in new york city. see wanted to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. brianne carter is following the latest from

heavy rain in rappahannock, culpeper, fauquier county moving southwest to northeast this morning. about to cross between front royal and middleburg. the majority of the rainfall west ofning is washington, along and west of highway 15 and in the shenandoah valley. we will see a few showers even thelly through the rest of day.ng and into the it's going to be damp. on our way to the mid and upper 70's this afternoon. warm for the rest of the week. low to mid 80's tomorrow. angela. >> we are looking past slippery conditions on this tuesday morning. from the springfield interchange, not seeing any major troubles on 395. there's still a work zone on the springfield, two s closed from construction. that should be gone momentarily. on the beltway in maryland, no behind the work zones through the college park area avenue andsementerie boulevard, two left lanes remain closed. they should open in a moment. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43, 63 degrees. >> buckingham palace turned for a special cause. we will tell you about i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station

temperatures are very nice and warm. 63 and reagan national, 62 at dulles, 54 in culpeper and manassas. patchy fog will be gone by 9:00. the increasing clouds. looking for partly sunny skies by this afternoon, still mild, 72-77 degrees. there is a slide in temperatures approaching the weekend. big changes with a strong cold front and potential interaction with sandy. we need to be on high alert for potential rain and wind and possible flooding. now to traffic. >> a couple items. in falls church and annandale and there's a crash reported on 66 westbound before sycamore street in annandale south of the little river turnpike, that's closed at backlick road and john marr drive. 270 looks good. there's still some roadwork at 270 and 80 urbana. no delays past new hampshire avenue, colesville road, and heading pass the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. you can enter an online lottery for free tickets to the national christmas tree lighting ceremony starting at 10:00 this morning and closes at 10:00 monday monica. 3000 seated tickets and 14,000 standing room tickets available.

culpeper is a 39. 30 degrees on this morning. 60's.in the lower total sunshine geared mostly conditions. looking >>> coming up on "gma," the surprising twist in the shocking home invasion twist. the college student shot after stumbling into a stranger's home. >>> also, how two couple's wedding nights ended in chaos. that shocking brawl. stop by walmart this saturday. wireless. take a one-minute demo of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish. up to one million dollars. visit one-minute-one-million-dot-com to find a participating walmart near you. i didn't want to change toothpastes. i already had a product that made my mouth feel clean. why am i going to go and change it? the first thing he recommended was that i use sensodyne. sensodyne helps with the sensitivity issues and at the same time it gives you the clean feeling. your mouth feels fresh. sensodyne satisfies the needs that i would look for in a toothpaste. i definitely feel like i can be myself now. i don't

e shenandoah in th stretching towards culpeper, getting some light rain. 71 at reagan national, 69 at .ulles, 7 have to get through the morning,d showers this should give way into sunshine this afternoon. more cooldown in a moment. first let's check on traffic >> .angela [no audio] hello, angela? >> we will check back in with angelyn shortly. residentsunty learning more tonight about to pay for the silver line. will be a public meeting on a the board of create special tax districts around three metro stations planned in the county. meeting started at 7:00 p.m. at the loudoun county public school administration building in ashburn. this weekime to enter give away. chance to winthe four tickets to cox farms fall four fieldswell as of fear tickets. to sign up, go to our facebook page. winner innounce a an hour-and-a-half right here in the 6:00 hour of "good ."rning washington >> its about 70 degrees. >> not bad. the search for answers into the teenager fromof county. we will hear this year, america's privately-owned freight railroads plan to spend d $23 billion on their network. that's l

no 30's. 46 in winchester, 43 in culpeper, 57 in quantico. 56 at reagan national.ning sunshine giving way to increasing clouds this afternoon. showers and thunderstorms developing by this evening high temperature between 68 and 73. let's hope traffic is doing ok. here is steve hershorn. >> not bad so far. 395 at king street, moving smoothly. looks nice from springfield to the 14th street bridge. hov lanes are open all the way from dumphries into springfield and on to 395 up to the 14th street bridge and passed the pentagon. 95 in virginia late-day clearing construction after route 7 dean at falmouth. still very slow southbound on 95 to fredericksburg. northbound, everything is open. 270 near 109, looks good so far from frederick county into montgomery county. it's a little foggy, but everything is moving smoothly. back to you. >> thank you. >> looks like we are following a developing story from silver spring. investigators are searching for the driver responsible for hit- and-run. >> newschopper 7 over the scene on university boulevard last night. a woman had been

in the 30's everywhere else. 39 at dulles and manassas, 37 in frederick, 43 degrees in culpeper. we will warm up quickly as the air is still pretty dry. 51 degrees at 9:00, 62 at noon, partly cloudy. pleasant conditions at 5:00 with 69 degrees. highs around 70 degrees. more details on the rainfall in a few minutes. first, a check on traffic and weather angela >> . good morning. moving quite well. just a minor trouble spot in maryland. we have a live view of 270 at 109. it appears the incident is prior to 109, on the right shoulder. just a brief delay. northbound 109 270 a work zone is still active and the right lane is blocked approaching blocked80. tramps -- approaching maryland 80, the right lane is blocked. no troubles on 66. eastbound lanes are open to gainesville and centreville and falls church, no delays. back to you. >> thank you. 4:43 is the time, 47 degrees. >> we are hearing from an outraged mother who says that her s i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas stati about once a month. last time i ats at a gas station was about...i would say... two

warm temperatures. 70 in d.c., 64 at dulles, 66 in culpeper. after more than 3 inches of rain yesterday, we're not expecting today. could be a little misty this morning. fog will stick with us until noon until we start to get some air and maybe some peaks day.nshine by late in the high temperatures in the '80s. let's check on traffic with angela >> . morning. please plan for some extra travel time. dense. is we are looking in certain areas and there is reduced visibility. visibility in some areas. plan for a slow drive. on 66, we have a couple work zones. eastbound after nutley street, before the beltway, the lane is blocked. in maryland, a work zone after hampshire avenue, they have traffic cones, but there's a new traffic pattern. together.are now is no lane divide approaching university boulevard. caution getting through that area. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you. arlington, reader's has made of america's 10 sharpest cities. education level, eating, and habits considered. san francisco came in first. reader's digest found seven

little foggy. 53 -- it is 63 degrees at reagan national. 63 in manassas, 63 in quantico and 61 in culpeper. 61 in winchester and martinsburg and hagerstown this morning. visibility is dropping, down to 6 miles in d.c. when you get into the shenandoah valley and low-lying areas visibility will be a little worse, so it will possibly be slow on the road. use caution and take your time. there's a satellite picture of hurricane sandy. the storm has weaken a little at. a mild start maximum sustained winds. the storm is still expected to pack a punch and will likely have a huge impact all across parts of the mid atlantic and into the northeast but it these lines are computer model forecasts. some of them do bring it near our area. we are starting to see more of a blend of models moving it farther up to the north. if so, we would have less of an impact. still some flooding and power outages could be possible. morning fog today with partly sunny skies this afternoon, high temperature between 68 and 72. a little cooler by saturday. chance of rain tomorrow. better chance of rain and getting very wind

persistent batch to the south and west, towards culpeper as well.f the area not done with the rain of the the trend will be to take the rain out of the forecast and introduce a little bit of sunshine. earlier today i stepped out and saw a few hints of blue sky. the trend will be to improve things around here. less wind. topping out in the mid-50s today. better than yesterday. but you can see in the big picture we're still getting plenty of swirl out there and plenty of shower activity that continues to pinwheel around what's left of our circulation. conditions are improving, and we should see nicer conditions starting tomorrow as far as sunshine. let's take a look current temperatures, cool, no doubt about it, 44 in washington. 45 annapolis this morning. overnight lows in the 30s. 42 now at dulles. 41 in manassas. highs later today, mid-50s. winds south and west 5 to 10. mostly cloudy skies. cool for this time of year. average high should be in the mid-60s. next couple of days, lots of sunshine. particularly this weekend, with highs in the low to mi

maybe even 80 out toward culpeper. looking at the satellite and radar, we started clear but high clouds have been spilling over the region especially north of us. in pennsylvania we have showers, even a rumble of thunder. a few of those showers have snuck in toward garrett county. we may see something right along the mason-dixon line in far northern maryland as we go throughout the morning hours. otherwise enjoy the weather for the next few days. we'll have temperatures starting out in the mid-40s like manassas and culpeper. leesburg 53. 46 la plata but 54 on the bay in annapolis and even cumberland in western maryland enjoying a mild start at 50. this afternoon sunshine, some high clouds, upper 70s to about 80. looks like we'll be back toward the 80-degree mark again tomorrow. i'll be back in a few minutes giving you your seven-day forecast. things are going to change. i'm talking about sandy and the tropics. right now we go inside to monika with timesaver traffic. >>> we had a stuck truck on the northbound side of 30

make my word for it. >> 36 degrees. 37 in manassas. 36 in one chester. 39 in culpeper. very cool temperatures north and west and we had some cheering overnight and very cool air masses overhead. a little bit of cloud cover to start your day. there you go but most of the clouds should be well east of us here by sunrise and as we focus out to the west, there is an area of high pressure that will keep things nice and dry around here for our wednesday and much of our day tomorrow. 70s return. not quite the decade julie wright loves but we will have some winds here out of south that will guest us up near 70 later today. that cold front will get in late tomorrow afternoon, to him newt. we'll get it out of here early enough on friday that we should be looking at some sunshine around here for friday and most of your weekend. temperatures will be a little cooler this weekend. but we should have a nice, dry weekend as well. 70s today. lots of sunshine. notice the winds shifting out of the south. there is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. showers return late tomorrow, really t

culpeper and 54 here in d.c. we're going into the 60s. 60ish up in hagueerstown. 64 leesburg and 65 easton. monika samtani, 6:00 a.m., how are the roads looking? >> es i hate so say they're looking great because i feel like i'm tempting something but they look great. if you're planning to head around town, i'm happy to say that all you have is that volume. we can deal with that as long as there are no major incidents to report. you see all that yellow on 270 and orange. so that means it's slowing down basically out of frederick. all of you trying to get through clarksburg before the pace improves. beyond that you'll be okay. let's show what you it looks like once you're on the beltway at river road. you've got traffic moving well all the way the american legion bridge and into tysons corner. back over to the maps this time out west. no problems 066. it's just -- on 66. it's just the long slow lineup. if you're planning to head to the roosevelt bridge, lanes are open into downtown. i'll be back with more traffic a

culpeper is 39. one of the warmer readings down south, and they're even chilly at the patuxent river naval air station this morning at 46 degrees. once again on our michael & son weather camera, a gorgeous looking shot looking east out of tysons corner this morning. reagan national reporting 49 degrees. they consider this cloudy skies even though there are plenty of breaks in it with winds, well, noun being reported right now. your dew points -- none being reported right now. your dew points are in the low 40s. the weather system in the great lakes will miss us but this storm system which is up into the dakotas back into colorado with a little bit of snow in wyoming, this is going to be thursday night's rain when i say thursday night, i really think most of the moisture will be here after dark, not to say we can't see a shower late afternoon tomorrow. but today the high clouds are here and there. they're going to be in and out of the region today. again enough sunshine 70. more clouds than i'm thinki

culpeper, 46.e is isably cooler than yesterday morning when we had the relatively warm temperatures up ahead of our front. our winds have shifted out of the north and the west and they will be with us here for a good part of the day. expect winds. it won't be blustery. lots of sunshine expected. temperatures should top out in the mid-60s. we are done with the rain showers. picking up rain across the region here as recently as during the evening hours last night. still some leftover moisture. that is what we're picking up there. shower activity. we don't have any. nice and quiet. a little shower activity pushing up to the east of new york. the trend will be with high pressure building in from the west, canadian high pressure, thank you, that we'll have a nice couple of days around here. does, wednesday and thursday look fine and with a bit of a warming trend. today will be a cool one and then tomorrow, a little less wind with temperatures topping out near 70. 66 today. that is a little cooler than y

we'll beat that with 82 in easton culpeper 83. maybe in the upper 70s in hagerstown and gorgeous here 83. i'll be back in a few minutes talking about the weekend. right now here's beverly farmer in for monika with timesaver traffic. >>> howard, interstates headed northbound 95, we're doing just volume right now really as you come into quantico heading up past the prince william parkway. pace is good into woodbridge. a stretch of rolling road shut down south of the fairfax county parkway with a crash. southbound 95 though long holiday weekend you may be going down to richmond. roadwork still there place around thornburg around the 118- mile marker and only one lane getting by with an unusual delay. the eastbound 66 a little bit of volume in manassas. getting in to falls church the hov lanes kick in right about now but the pace is good on to the teddy roosevelt bridge. the volume is building west of new hampshire avenue on the outer loop getting through the silver spring interchanges. next timesaver traffic is at 6:42. mike and jess

the cooler air still warm to the west. 69 reagan national, 70 degrees culpeper and fredericksburg. this is the influence of the ocean air, a player the next days.l front is coming from the west. detroit, 75. pronounced front, and be a major player night, monday,ay tuesday. front depends on how that upper level low interact with sandy. all of these things will happen. the fine details of exactly how, when, and where yet to be resolved. the computer models suggest it to the west, over the and jog to the northeast. saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon, it lenders. eventually by tuesday, 2:00 p.m., the hurricane center track the west land just to of atlantic city. the storm gets bigger and stronger, a much bigger winfield and rain field. that is what is happening in the bahamas. mile per hour, 105 wind. no matter where it comes onshore, the storms will extend the south, west, and north. much wherever it goes, we on ourve an impact weather conditions. heavy it wind, a lot of rain, chance. 15% chance there could be historic flooding and damage. rake leaves because that will be tide will

culpeper the line of tropical rain that came through. over 3 inches of rain.peratures in washington, 72. no real cool spots. it is because of the humidity. it is a mugg ynight. -- muggy night. one more area of light showers. some of it was leftover showers. maybe there will -- maybe they will improve visibility. what they will be doing is adding to the humidity as we go through tomorrow. here is what is going to be going on. here is the main area of storming, well to our west. because it is so far, we are on the warm side tomorrow. with that wind, a lot of committee. that will be the story tomorrow. it will still be another couple of days before we get back into our dry pattern. when you are getting up and heading to work, give yourself extra time. sunrises not come until well after 7:00 in the morning. because of that, it will be a foggy morning with some very dense fog locally. by mid morning, i think the sun goes to work. the winds come in, and by tomorrow afternoon temperatures i think will be into made 80's. with the humidity, it may feel close to 90 degr

degrees. 54 at dulles and manassas and gaithersburg. 55 in frederick, 59 in winchester and 54 in culpeper. we will warm up this afternoon with mostly sunny skies. it will be less humid 77-82 degrees. big changes are ahead for the weekend. expecting clouds to increase through the day on saturday. chance of showers late. most of the day will be dry at 77 degrees. sunday, a cold front, cloudy blustery chile with showers and high temperature of 57. -- chilly. how was traffic moving? >> moving quite well for the start of the weekend. we should get out and enjoy this nice day. moving well in maryland/ 95 from columbia, all the way to the capital beltway, moving without delay. once you reach the capital beltway, would be well on the maryland side to montgomery county as well as prince george's county. moving through crystal city, the glebe road closure, and accident between joy street and hay street northbound lanes will not open until noon, but southbound will open by 6:00 a.m. we will update you on that as the morning goes on. back to you. >> thank you. for the second time in two years, bristo

south of the washington area, orange county, culpeper county, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect until midnight. we will keep an eye on that. here we are in washington, most of the heavy-duty staff has passed by to the north and west. we still have this action down to the south. maybe somebody forgot to their -- you can did board of watching doppler for two minutes. -- you can get bored of watching doppler 40 minutes. heavy rain, it has been a while since we have had heavy rain. we have it tonight. 72 and 54, the high and low today. we are in a 60's now. it will turn a bit cooler overnight, but do not worry. we will bounce back to the 70's again. there is a pocket of chilly air and we will get a taste of that tonight. temperatures will bounce back. over the weekend a more typical weekend pattern. we're kind of in this roller coaster. there is the front, there is the storm system. all of its will put us into a very pleasant air mass during the day. early tomorrow morning some lingering clouds. sunshine and some clouds saturday and a clearing skies on sunday. here is the way it loo

even if you look carefully, this is lightning heading out of near the culpeper area, headed into fauquier county. don't be surprised if you hear the rumble of thunder, pretty heavy storms crossing 66 moving north and east. get ready chantilly, fairfax, anybody driving out 56, slow go, brief heavy rains with it actually. you can season the line of storms and the red indicates rainfall rates of about an inch per hour with pretty good lightning. this will move across 17, across toward haymarket and across 66 of the in next 30 minutes. after that -- 66 in the next 30 minutes. after that we'll talk about drying off and getting cooler coming up. >>> a fire yesterday in upper marlboro, a woman pulled from her burning home yesterday morning on peach leaf court has now died. it's believed the fire started in the basement. investigators think it was an accident. there was a working smoke detector. >>> customers of a manassas storage facility are counting up their losses tonight. about 80 storage units were heavily damaged or destroyed after flames broke out late last night at the store all facility

there are two hour delays in culpeper, fauquier, frederick, and shenandoah counties. school buses will use the snow emergency routes in shenandoah. loudoun county has a one-hour delay today. frederick county schools in maryland are on a two-hour delay. in west virginia, pendleton county schools are closed. >>> thousands of area homes lost power in sandy. dominion virginia has more than 20,000 area customers in the dark. novec has 2,800. pepco has restored power to all but 503 of local customers. bge customers, more than 23,000 without power. local bge homes and businesses among them, and most of them in anne arundel county. >> let's turn right to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein and see what we can expect weather-wise. >>> the storm that was sandy has weakened a lot. it's drifting north away. keep going away. keep on going. spreading parts of west virginia and western maryland. western maryland got pounded, two feet of heavy wet snow. they lost power as well as down through davis, thomas, canaan valley, west virginia. a few sprinkles of light rain in fairfax cou

talking about not needing a jacket, frederick is 50, one ever the cool spots with culpeper and orange. in warrenton a touch of fog and also up in york, pennsylvania. we're as warm as 61 in town and annapolis. highs today not october like. more like early september. upper 70s to low 80s. average high is 66. it's 5:29. here comes monika samtani. how is 95 northbound doing? any better? >>> much better, although it's still there. we're talking about a jackknifed tractor-trailer northbound 95 down in stafford before courthouse road. it happened at about 12:30 last night. there was a fuel spill involved as well. right now only the left lane is blocked and that is much improved from earlier this morning. so you should be able to get through with some delay but at least you' -- your right side of the roadway has been reopened. let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95, much further north from that accident. things are looking great both in the main and hov lanes heading for 395. no delays heading for the 14th street bridge. let's go back to the maps and this time the

still upper 40s shenandoah valley, out to culpeper. low 50s on the eastern shore. lunch time looks nice. sunny but cool. upper 50s to about 60. then this afternoon we'll make a run toward about 65, 66 for that high with a drive home temp back down in the low 60s. so no real weather problems for you this tuesday. annual dray ya and jess, back -- andrea and jess, back to you. >>> the baltimore ravens general is lost for the season. kristen berset has more in this look at sports. >>> good morning, everybody. the argument is still ongoing. should rg3 have played sunday against the vikings one week after suffering a concussion? well, former running back tiki barber said in his "u.s.a. today" column that rg3 set a bad example by playing. whether you agree with that or not, there is no question his performance sunday was electrifying. president obama even commented on how remarkable he was and that he helped boost the city's spirits after that nats loss on friday. rg3 hand thrown too many touchdowns this season, just five in six games, but what he can do with his legs jus

prince george's county is under a frost advisory and frost advisory goes down to culpeper and fredericksburg in spotsylvania county and culpepper county. so a cold night ahead. we have to have these winds diminish before temps fall. winds are gusting to 24 miles per hour downtown, a wind advisory on the bay bridge this hour. we'll come back and talk about how low it's going tonight and take you all the way through the weekend. >>> we have new information in a story we've been tracking on 9news. criminal charges have been filed against a maryland teen accused of attacking a classmate who was being interviewed by a news crew at the time. the subject of that interview, bullying. a portion of the attack was caught on tape. scott broom is in brunswick, maryland, with the latest twist in this. >> reporter: a 15-year-old student at brunswick high school has been charged with second degree assault after thisalleged video attack. the individual of kid who claims to be a victim of systemic bullying will be the guest of honor tonight at an alternative homecoming dance. the video shows two kids approach

this was sent to us by robert skinner from culpeper. there's the spider and stink bug off to the left and i did some research. they will eat stink bugs. chickens and spiders will eat stink bugs and we think eventually other things will figure out to eat them, but that was a great picture. >> because they are a nonnative species. >> they have no natural predators except my wife and the vacuum cleaner. go to our website www.wusa9.com, click on the weather tab and upload your picture. please include your name, location and description. >> wife with a vacuum. >> look out. >>> coming up next kellogg's recalled some popular cereals over an ingredient that none of us should eat. >>> in tonight's consumer alert we've got a recall roundup of the three cs, cereal, chicken wyngs and chargers. it is not a good thing if you can use a magnet to eat your mini wheats. so that's why kellogg's is recalling select packages of those frosted and original unfrosted mini wheats bite size cereals because they might contain fragments of metal mesh. the boxes ar

we probably will not have the of 84 degrees. 75 in gaithersburg and culpeper and 76 in frederick the burglary high pressure is controlling our weather. ofre is quite a bit cloudiness and a few sprinkles of us but that is clearing morend we are seeing sunshine than anything else. the warm front will stay to our is causinghat problems at the aiort. going toom our area san francisco will be held up. 79 degrees by 6:00. we will have the latest on hurricane center in how that influence our weather later. thanks so much. ennedy cousin michael jaeckel been denied parole after he proclaimed innocence and his first hearing. convicted 10 years ago of neighbor with a golf club. that is when both of them were 15 years old. he was sentenced to 20 years to .ife is the son of ethel kennedy. there were new details on the deadly attack in benghazi. an islamic militant group was responsibility but the w calls that part conflicting reports that leftattack crustaceans and two other americans dead. -- ambassador chris stevens and two other americans dead. flying in theg has people stopping and staring. w