whatever tiny rain chances there are between 2:00, 4:00 winchester, culpepper, those are about the onlyts that i think have even the tiniest little chance for rain today. everyone around the city here i don't think needs to worry too terribly ch. you can track t showers from ohio liert into the mountains of west virginia. what about the ten-day cafo? wow. how nice does that look? 85 today, 82,tomorr 86 friday and 82 on saturday with precious litt in the rainhance for the next four days. showers do return to the forecast for sday and linger on into the early parts of next week. melissa imollet,s time to make hay while the sun is shining today. >> that is right. i love this. taking a look at tacoma park. the detour is posted there. allow a little extra time. have a big old tree down there. again, closed through the rush hour thismorning. right now taking a look at the beltway. inner loop anduter op, everything is nice and clear. we don't have any big complaints there. earlier the road work gone. green belt, powder mill, left lane getting by that work zo 66 and 95, no complaints there. eun

but there are some areas of very ick fog from front royal to culpepper. be on the lookout this morning if you're driving across parts of central virginia. temperaturewise, it's an ope window kind of morning. 60s in montgomeryt county. 68 quantico. 59 this morning in winchester. so the daily grade for today, a-plus weather is back. partly to mostly sunny skies today. a light southeasterly breeze. temperatures today reaching 82 degrees for a high temperature.e the next cou days, another winner today. we are watching increasing rain chances as we get into the t weekenugh. more about that in a few more minutes. for now, let's go to gmelissa. >>d morning. brands new problem here. this is that one in waldorf this morning. southbound 5 after renner traffic stopped because of a serious crash. just got off the phone with maryland state police. they're saythis involves a pedest 4an. choppe is going to be headed that way pretty soon to show o what's goi laurel, northbound bw parkway near nasa has a left lane getting by the work zone. some delays this morning. taking

be careful this morning driving from culpepper out to washington, virginia, or along i-81. temperatures are not too bad at all. 65 now in montgomery county. 61 in charlestown, west virginia. 61 now atatnal airport. 75 down in beautiful st. mary city. perfect morning toe your best friend out for a walk. this is babs. available for adoption at the humane rescue aiance. to their website and bring babs home. temperatures will be in the comfortable range once again. upper 70s0s and low for highs today. but we knowhat rain chances already sneaking up into the weekend. melissa, perfect night to golo the basebame. >> sounds like a plan. northbound 95 before the beltway, still have that right side blocked the crash in springfield. seeing some delay there. you can see that on the map now. newroblem here on 66. rimanassas, eastbound ate william, left side is blocked by a crash. delays starting to kick in there as wel in waldorf, southbound 5 after renner road, again, this is a w situationre a pedestrian was struck about an hour ago. traffic in the southbound lanes is still stopped bec

currently, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 58 in gaithersbu 6, in culpepper. tomorrow we start off around 62 in washington and 60s in the suburbs. by lunch time, low 70s. just gorgeous, plenty of perfection. it is going to be warm. it's not sweater weather by any means. 77 degrees at 4:00 p.m. that's the high with plenty of sunshine but as we head into the evening hours you will want to grab the long-sleeved sweatshirt jacket. with temperatures falling into the 60s for the majority of the evening hours. on sunday, pretty much a carbon copy of tomorrow. a p tfect weekend head to the pumpkin patch either saturday or sunday. golfing, ough, i think it's going to be cart path only m because of hh rain we've had. those outdoor barbecues awesome. you'll need sunglasses. trees, grasses and weeds come io but mold spores because of the rain coming in high. if you're sniffling and sneedinsnee sneezing, it's because of the high mold content. as we book to theinning of the workweek, monday, tuesday, wern wednesday, starting to feel a little humid. take a look at this ten-d

already a little shower here moving out of culpepper county.s will reach up toward dulles airport over the next hour to hour and a half. a quick little shower chance. there's the dense fog advisory. fogned r manyuced locations this morning. not only is it foggy, it's humid outside. upper 60s to around 70 in the ar metro . a little cooler out in the valley. so the daily gradeor today, c minus. not a very pleasant day to be outside. afternoon temperatures up close to 80 degrees. a will th of clouds. maybe a sliver or two of dunshine but jeans and the umbrellas nee today.

not to mention the fact dew points are way up there. 73 right now in culpepper. we do have showers d the mountains of the blue ridge. this is where they're going to remain. ing right upflow c against the mountains creates a little bit of upslope there. th rest of the area, though, dry. and i think we're going to stay that way tomorrow into the day on saturday, too. look at these high temperatures today. 97 in nashvi 92, chicago. 72 in new york. what's happening? well,igh pressure dominating back to the west. normally, at this time of year, really, july and august, this heat would b making its w all the way across the coast. but that' nop hall int happenin. we're going to see the movement from the north come down across our area aea that cooler air later this week and some clouds. here's overnight tonight, into 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. clouds for everybody early tomorrow. by1:00,reaking up a little, but still a lot of cloud cover out there. by 5:00, some showans. best , west of the blue ridge tomorrow, but even east of the blue ridge, some showers and cloud cov

not around the metro, but in tords culpepper county. you see what's happening, the area of rain is moving up towards our region as a boundary moves that way, so, that means tomorrow, we get a little warmer. temperatures, upper 70s to low 80s. 50% of showers through thursday. and then tracking florence friday and saturday. we will see rain as a result of florence and that easterly flow. temperature-wise, we'll be in the low 80s. and we do have a chance of rain just about every day through next tuesday. again, it is not heavy rain, it is not all day rain. we will see just shers, the impacts from this storm way down, maybe 20, 30-mile-an-hour ones here, but that's it for our region. >> that is good news. >> but no sun for e the nextht days here. >> it's going to be hard to come by. ow, but goingtomo to be hard to come by. >> the mushrooms are taking over in my yard. >> we bet count our blessings. little sunshine -- >> true. >> compared to what some people are going through. >> that's true. >>> new tonight, inside access to a star-studded e

metro usarea, but know if you're traveling i-81 or towards prap hannah county or culpepper county, you have a slighthance forgetting a rain drop. temperatures well above erage. average now at 78 degrees. the next four days all well above average. next chance for some showers that will roll in on sunday. ten day forecast next half hour. for now let's go over to first four traffic. >>ood morning. taking a look at roads. parkway.d b.w. just before nasa, but as we zoom ut, thank you, brad, for circling for us. you can see where the crash was on the left shoulder. as we zoom outou can see the delays headed southbound. it should get betterretty quickly. for now it's a 3 and a half mile backup. big delay for folks. if you have to take the b.w. parkway southbnd, backed up. piney branch road closed between east-west highway and eastern avenue, large tree down. that will stay that w the rush hour is what they're telling us this morning. outer loop between colesville and right shoulder is crashed. eun? >> melissmelissa, thank you. if you suffer from allergies but hate the idea ofsh allergy s, you

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already a little shower here moving out of culpepper county. this will reach up toward dulles airport over the next hour to hour and a half. a quick little shower chance. there's the dense fog advisory. fogned r manyuced locations this morning. not only is it foggy, it's humid outside. upper 60s to around 70 in the ar metro . a little cooler out in the valley. so the daily gradeor today, c minus. not a very pleasant day to be outside. afternoon temperatures up close to 80 degrees. a will th of clouds. maybe a sliver or two of dunshine but jeans and the umbrellas nee today. probably not the sunglasses and definitely not the sun block. the latest on hurricane florence coming up. for now, let's go to melissa. >> first 4 traffic oft. the district, northbound he on the gw parkway before the have a crash closing all lanes. ittu an oved vehicle. you'll have to use the memorial bridge instead this morning if you'reeading out soon. police are saying they hope this clears up soon. the tow truck is there on the scene so we'll let you know as soon as that'

still 91 leesburg and 939 in culpepper. and these are areas where we're seeing more sunshine and look at huntingtown, only 80 degrees ere and 93 in annapolis and look at the heat index, still 1 over. 10 is frederick and 103 manassas and 103 down towards the edericksburg are a little cooler and still on the hot side and expect s to go right back up. we had seen some pretty good storms right around the d.c. metro area and right around 301. waldor down towards the white plains area. a couple of trees and a roof blowing off a building down around that region. now most of the activity is gone. haven't been watching a couple of showers back into parts of northern virginia. look at it. very tiny shower right there. prince william on thend border just west of warrenton and these are very few a far between. >> the wider picture showing where the storms were. look at this.ty plf sunshine northern d.c. here's the storms, look, the cloud cover. that's given us thiselief today so so much much-needed relief from the heat and back to the

be on thelookout for high water in c arlottesville culpepper.e'll go back to bright sunshine for three days in a row, with wednesday, ursday, friday. don't push the panic button on the weekend just yet. there is a chanc showers around here, but it does not look like any super soakers, like we' been dealing th. >> all right, chuck. thank you so much. >>> a camel out of control at a circus. we have new video of thisngery ous situation. >> yeah. >>>a and an aspiriy could be doing you more harm than good. a look at some of the risks. >>> i mean, just terrifying video this morning of a camel violently losing control at a circumstanc circus. six children, one adult was sent to the hospital yesterday after this performangh in pittsb police say children were riding the camel on the main floor of this arena when suddenly that camel was spooked some kind of way and started to buck. fne child now has a fractured arm. stater regained control of the camel. investigators are trying tout figure why it reacted this way. >>> aittle girl with a rare birth defect

more down south in culpepper. that's coming our general direction. keep your umbrella with yocu ent temperatures are mostly in the low 50s and0s. high should be 80 degrees. we're keeping an eye on florence for later weather. al, thank you so much. >>> we have a lot more ahead. moca on hur florence and the race to prepare up and down the morning. >>> and bobdw wd on the bombshell claims in his new book about the trump white house. it's just ahead. but first, this is "today" on nbc. there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've gotta stop and look around a little. come. shed life's layers in asheville. asheville. discovery, inside and out. >>> still ahead, we know your morning commute can be tough. this morning, we havelu ons. >>> plus, this flu season, protect yourself... and your sister-in-law's... tennis partner's... chatty coworker's... youngest daughter's... entire judo class. one shot can make a world of difference. walgreens has specially trained pharmacists, that know which flu shot is right for you. protecting the world... over

again in the usual spots, in the shenandoah valley, down by culpepper on route 28.he usual locations. t currentperatures out there right now, 60s and 70s. now the feel like temperatures throughout today, 9:00 it will feel like wear the mid to upper 70s. look at how this shoots up over 11:00 into the 90s. to 100 p.m., clo degrees and it will be a warm day. as far as any rain is concerned again we have some cloud cover early this morning. that will start to break out of here as wegh go thr 10:00 or 11:00. a few isolated storms and i think the chances are going to lie westas and then again throughout the eastern shore. but for the most part, we stay dry even through this evening. temperatures are going to be around 90 degreere today, but mber it will feel close to 100. it will feel like the lower 100s,, mond tuesday, wedn eesdavey,n thursday. i don't have chances of rain each and every day. but we do have s just aay shower chance, a typical summertime pattern all this workweek. workweek. the bette chances of rain come r your school supplies today... school. grade. done