the incident happened monday morning in arch street and cumberland. according to the cumberland times news, she walked out on to a neighbor's porch and the dog attacked. the girl suffered facial injuries. the dog was putdown and the owner was fined for leaving it unrestrained. >>> there was a mess at a large water main this morning. there was a major damage after a 24-inch water main broke at 5:00 this morning. as you can see from the picture from the times news, the water was everywhere including the backyard. it took more than 2 1/2 hours before the water could be shut off. no word on how much damage was done. normal water pressure may not return until tomorrow morning. >>> but, the thicker cloud cover has been down in southern maryland. that's where we'll find the showers and storms here on maryland's most powerful radar. you can see a little bit of rain in there now. hey, i think it's late in the afternoon and july when you see the showers. that's where the storms have been, but not much back in the baltimore area. through your day tomorrow, the m

just moves through cumberland. but another one in there, moving toward west virginia.the baltimore area. we have some thunderstorm activity, across portions of the harford county. pretty heavy down toward 95 there. another one over hereford, jacksonville maryland line. you can see, we have pretty gt good activity around the region. most of the activity is north of the baltimore metro area. probably not a whole lot. most of the activity is right along the maryland pennsylvania border. as you can see with that stalled-out front. but tomorrow, that front should be a little for the south. and we expect to see these tomorrow. and could be heavy downpours tomorrow, in the region. 94 degrees at the airport. with a lot more sun down there, where it's been raining, temperatures have dropped quickly into the 70s, of course. the dew point did drop and get to 64. humidity, 37. winds higher earlier. barometer, 29.88 inches and falling. 88 in cumberland. 81, oakland. 94, washington. 84, ocean city. and 93 in easton. with a relative humidity in the 30 to 40% range. it's making temper

we're down to 63 in winchester and cumberland.rier air trying to filter in behind a weak boundary. low 70s in fredericksburg. 74 pax river. we still have some mid-70s in town. sterling is 69. haymarket 66 with slightly milder temperatures from andrews, college park and alexandria at 73. here in washington, 75 on the potomac river at reagan national with a north- northwesterly wind. boundary has sagged just a little bit south of us. the dew points in the mid-60s as opposed to the upper 60s. slightly less humid air. we've got big storms going on across parts of the dakotas and into minnesota with severe thunderstorm watches have been canceled. they were up a little bit earlier. the other disturbance that pushed through here. look how quickly this thing is moving out into the atlantic. behind it, things should be relatively quiet. future cast through midday. isolated shower down toward charlottesville and cumberland. during the afternoon, we'll have hit and miss showers popping up here and there. not expecting a lot of activity. that

we are coming in at 91 degrees right now, 90 in d.c., 80 in cumberland and this warm weather is going to continue. we'll have that forecast, coming up. >>> if the ocean city beach felt a little crowded, it wasn't your imagination. tourism officials estimate more than 330,000 people visited ocean city over the holiday weekend. that would make the second largest city in the state behind baltimore. the population in ocean city yesterday was just over 354,000. that's a new record for independence day. >> it's too bad it can't stay that way. now, it's going to drop right back down. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news, a game of cat and mouse. a popular professor murdered, the suspect still on the run. the reason they simply can't arrest him. >>> in trouble again. the new accusations against dominique strauss-kahn and the reason it took the woman years to come forward. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, keeping stink bugs out of maryland wine. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> and you may want to turn up the air conditioner because it's another summer scorcher. how hot it's

central pennsylvania and some are creeping into maryland and virginia and i will put winchester to cumberland and hagerstown. they could creep closer to the washington area overnight. i think generally, we will wake up with a mix of sun and clouds. tomorrow afternoon, the cold front, which brought good thunderstorm activities will come keyser and to the showers and thunderstorms around here. a descent chance. 50, 60% chance of some scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and if you have plans, don't cancel them. be ready for a possibility of some afternoon showers and thunderstorms. the high temperatures tomorrow, 93 in washington; 93, leopardtown; 89, annapolis and in front royal. drier than sunday with highs about 92. tuesday and wednesday, nice and dry with the highs in the low 90s and may be another thunderstorm by the middle and that end of the week. that is the forecast. enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend. will, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we're taking the edge off with some form fun. a lot of phones loaned the streets and this is the start of the full day of holi

we have 55 in cumberland and 57 in oakland. around the immediate metro area. 60 in westminister. 63 in columbia. kent island rock hal and in baltimore. we have calm readings around the state in central maryland around the beltway. 13 miles per hour winds from the southwest. variable winds around parts of the state. the winds will eventually shift to the west and southwest. the warmer air is going to usher in temperatures around 90 degrees or so for the next few days or so, right on through monday. as that front that we were just discussing moves through, it will eventually push through and be out of here by monday afternoon. by the time the fireworks start to hit things are pretty nice, although they'll stay warm and humid. no advisories on the bay, 66 degrees tonight. partly cloudy and seasonably warm. 92 sunday, 90 monday, 88 tuesday. 90 for wednesday and thursday. >>> still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning, the maryland zoo has teamed up with, you know who, the chick fil'a cow for a special event this month. >> to

high 70s and mid-to upper 70s in oakland and cumberland. 78 in elkton and 81 down on the shore. that's the cool spot in westminster and 79 in rock hall and 80 in bel air and 95 in d.c.. the winds are wrapped around the great lakes. they're bringing in a dryer air mass still. there's a light breeze around. we have changes and slight chances for thunderstorms on saturday, sunday and monday because the temperatures are going up and the humidity and the dew points are also going up. this system is going to fall apart. it will move on through. we'll focus on a bit of a wind shift. warm air is coming in and the unstable air comes between the warm front and the cold front. it's poised to come in by saturday and sunday. as it gets closer, the wind starts to turn and we'll get a chance for thundershowers. keep an eye to the sky if you're doing something outside. know that the storms will come and go quickly. sunset today at 8:36 and no advisories. today, going up to 89 degrees. sunny and pleasant. the humidity is still low and for tomorrow, we'll start the run of 90s. mostly sunny and ho

in cumberland 81, low as abel air, rock hall, annapolis and columbia. we're still looking at that larger frontal boundary sitting out to the west. here's that light shower activity. it appears it will get across the bay, move in an east- northeasterly direction. there is a clearing line not that far away. that front is going to mean some business in the form of a better chance of widespread showers and thundershowers at points tomorrow and then again on thursday. it won't be real rainy, but it won't be real sunny. 92 degrees is the high today. tonight 70 is the low, partly cloudy. tomorrow i don't want you to think it will rain all day. there will be a shower or thundershower around mainly later. friday's forecast very much the same. >>> still ahead, imagine a time when on your 100th birthday you would still be considered middle aged. a new theory just ahead. >>> here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates anytime, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> more screenings could significantly reduce the threat of coal owe rectal cancer. the

he's spending tonight in the cumberland correctional institution in cumberland, maryland, serving hisnce for tax fraud and lying to white house officials. bernie kerik was also a tool of rupert murdoch. nothing would stop bernie kerik from doing anything murdoch or his lieutenants wanted him to do. bernie kerik was and is a criminal, and he was rudy giuliani's choice to be the police commissioner of the city of new york. there is no doubt tonight that bernie kerik is at the top of the list of people the fbi is going to want to interview in the investigation into what exactly murdoch's phone hackers may have done to the families of 9/11 victims in new york city. and if the fbi can find any dirt on bernie kerik in this case, then kerik will crack and tell them everything he knows about rupert murdoch and his empire. if murdoch needs kerik to stay quiet, then he needs to find a way to get the word to bernie that murdoch can do more for him in whatever is left of his future than the fbi can. murdoch and his new york team know how weak bernie kerik is. if they have to count on him to keep

we have temperatures in the mid- 60s out in cumberland and oakland. we have 75 haguerstown. everyone in the mid- to upper 50s in the meantime. at vwi marshal at 68. calm winds around much of the state, what you're seeing though is the beginnings of a shift to the west and southwest. while we had high pressure, it has been allowing for very nice dry cool air to wrap around it. but as a high is starting to settle down and move down to the south and the east, we're starting to see a bit of a flow from the south and the west. that means we're tapping into warmer air that's really going to start building in the west and northwest. we're seeing temperatures heading toward 100 in texas and that's the direction our air is going to be coming from in the next new days. that's how we expect to warm up. we are starting to see a sector of warm weather moving on through. the áf for what that means for us, is while the temperatures are going to take us to the mid- 80s, we cannot rule out maybe widely scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the 4th of july week weekend. but these sho

look at temperatures. 88 degrees in baltimore. 90. 92 in cumberland. the sun came out a little earlier, the farther northwest you go, with the rain over the northeastern part of the state. we will have that forecast coming up shortly. kai? >> thank you, bernadette. >>> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at traffic control. >>> we have some congestion out there to watch out for on the harrisburg expressway. if you are traveling there in the northbound direction, some brake lights there, from shawan road to mount carmel, we have some slowing on the west side there, 70 to liberty road. northbound past aberdeen, blocking the left-hand lane. also, in rosedale, kendale avenue at wavern. and a couple in baltimore city. rowrnd view at-- roundview at cherryland. also east pratt at light street. let's go and take a live look. there is 295 northbound at 175. we did have some problems earlier. everything is all clear in both directions. and there's another look at 50 at sandy point. no problems in that region as well. this traffic report is brought to yo

moving north through the park, making sure that cumberland st. has a staircase from church across the trail, working with the mta to control pedestrian, with the help of the supervisors leader's office, working with the mta to discuss the removal before -- removal below the bridge. moving toward a 18th street and church, we have mentioned this but we have significant challenges with the two. essentially, pinched points where it is hard to get maintenance vehicles through those areas. we have just begun working with john on a redevelopment plan for that stop. which, i should mention, as we work on these, they are seen as huge, welcoming interests to the park. that really is the front door of the park for the castro neighborhood. we are focused on that as well. we are at the point where the design team does not have details yet, but we will be happy to come back on that. any questions? supervisor mar: anything from either the apartment? thank you. i do not have any public comment cards. if anyone would like to make it public comment, just lineup. p

they had some showers in cumberland. the shower is beginning to pop up across the panhandle of west virginia. do not be surprised if you see these guys get darker. there's only about a 30% chance of showers tonight. it is 98 in detroit. these dew point levels are what is on the way tomorrow. that is why it will feel so uncomfortable tomorrow. the cold front of to the northwest is beginning to flare up showers. this is on the way for tomorrow. when it moves on, we will look for a nice fourth of july holiday. the afternoon storms tomorrow will clear out for the fourth of july. showers and storms are on the way tomorrow afternoon. we are not expecting a lot. there's only a 50% chance of storms. by the fourth of july, it will clear aliout nicely for the fireworks displays. tomorrow there is the chance a few showers and storms. it will be 88 to 93 degrees. it will be around 87 and partly cloudy skies for the fireworks. extended outlook shows temperatures near 90 for the upcoming week. wjla.com is your online home for abc 7 we

crueler in cumberland, 77. a cool front will drop into our region. we're expecting thunderstorms because of the triggering mechanisms moving in this afternoon and evening. these -- the first part will be around 3:00 p.m. northwest of the metro area. thereafter, there will look into the metro area. we will have your fireworks forecast coming up. >> we appreciate it. >>> one man is dead following last night's severe storm. montgomery county fire officials say the man was riding along the canal path near white's ferry on his bicycle yesterday when he was struck. he is a dignified as 56-year-old neil rich from new york. >>> around the region, folks are cleaning up the mess. fire crews working to restore power. right now, more than 6000 dominion customers are still in the dark in northern virginia. pepco is reporting nearly 400 outages. 500 outages from bg&e. here is more storm coverage from arlington. >> people living in this arlington neighborhood are spending their july for cleaning up the big mess from that -- from mother nature. the region was pounde

we don't have the thick humidity in the air. 85 and the district and 82 in winchester and 79 in cumberland we are on our way to about 90 this afternoon, warm but not too humid and that will change tomorrow and it will get warmer. i'll tell you how warm coming up. >>> a four-year old child is recovering from a gunshot wound after police say he was shot by another child. this happened on a playground yesterday afternoon outside an apartment complex in temple hills. parents want to know how the boy ended up with a gun. jummy olabanji has more. >> automatically, people look around and say how could it happen here. >> this is where prince george's county police say little boy was shot yesterday afternoon. police got the call after 4:00 to this apartment complex of 23rd parkway in temple hills. officials at a 5-year-old boy had a gun on the playground and it went off hitting a 4-year-old boy in the back. a neighbor rushed in to help. >> i rushed in and took him out and tried to get the metal pieces out. the ambulance came. >> neighbors say the playground is filled with children in the afternoon.

temperatures right now in the upper 80s, near downtown, culpepper per 86, cumberland, 86. tonight, yeah, go have dinner outside, get that walk in. clear and cool, once again. open the windows, give the ac a break, lows 58 to 68 degrees, and winds will be light. here's the beach and boating forecast. a lot of you folks are doing that, saturday, low 80s, waves 1 to 2 feet, on sunday, warmer, and waves will be again 1 to 2 feet, south wind, 10-15. chance of storms, to the east for the ocean, for tomorrow, 82-86 degrees and winds from the south at 10-15 degrees. i'll have more on your holiday forecast coming up later. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you are trying to figure out what you want to do this holiday weekend, we have you covered. log on to wusa9.com. we have the events interest all over the area. >>> most of the road work will be suspended, but there's a commuter alert. it has to do with metro. the transition service planning to work on the orange, blue and red line tonight and tomorrow, so starting tonight at 10:00, trains will be single tracking it between the ea

rescue teams are searching the lake for the missing 50-year- old man from cumberland. three other people were on board that boat. they were rescued. >>> there weekend brought violent storms to our area. the weather turned deadly. >> a lightning strike killed a cyclist last night on the c and o tow path near washington. the lightning hit a tree which fell on the man. the storm injured several civil war re-enactors during a demonstration in gettysburg. they are hospitalized today after lightning struck them. five people were injured, all should survive. on the grounds of the u.s. capitol park police evacuated the area as torrential rain, powerful winds and lightning rolled in. hundreds of people were there for a rehearsal for tonight's holiday concert. at the height of the storm more than 15,000 bge customers were without power. that number is can down to less than 700. back to you. >>> bge says most of those outages are in anne arundel county. >>> at this point everybody wants to know if the weather will hold for today. we have clouds but also a good summertime dose of

cumberland, 73 degrees. clouds limiting how much daytime heating we're going to get. storms are more numerous compared to last night or yesterday. the flash flood watch continues through late tonight. we're expecting heavy severe thunderstorms possible in the area. now, the heaviest, the critical time here is 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. you'll notice that does include the evening commute. if you have a chance to maybe leave home early and do some work at home, not a bad idea. our main threat, you can see the risk for severe weather is in the areas in yellow including the mid-atlantic and here in d.c. the main threats are damaging wind gusts and the heavy rain. boy, will youst will you notice the rain if you get hit by these storms. where the storms could be going according to this model. late afternoon, 4:00, winchester, martinsburg, frederick, gaithersburg, baltimore, we'll see the showers and thunderstorms really start to act up. and then look at this! at 6:30 tonight, yep. right including the district and look at some of the oranges and yellows. those are rainfall rates

north and west, up in frederick, cumberland, hagerstown. you may sneak by tomorrow without seeing anything. parts of winchester, martinsburg. as we head into thursday, as that front from the midwest, the one with the storms, look what happens thursday afternoon. scattered showers and storms and i think we'll see about the same for friday as well before drying out by the weekend. that means temperatures will start to arrive. today around 91. lots of sunshine. spotty storm or two at worse. tomorrow, scattered showers and storms with a better chance south of town, 89. on thursday, scattered showers and storms more widespread again in the upper 80s. about the same on friday. saturday, here's your weekend. got a chance of a storm dropping though 91. here comes more heat and drier air. sunday and monday, low to mid- 90s. we've got some is good chocolate stuff in the kitchen! i've been sampling it. 9news now will return. >> we have some wicked treats in our 9news now kitchen to celebrate the return of the tony award winning musical, wicked. we wel

further west there are storms in western maryland, cumberland towards frostburg and friendsville area. this is the area where we are seeing storms right now. optimistic that whatever storms continue to move west will dive south into virginia and miss most of our fireworks. the rest of this evening will go 80s. scattered storms to the west. warm and muggy. we'll talk about your back to work forecast coming up. >>> let's talk money right now. in your money tonight working at the white house comes with some pretty good perks. you get to know the president. you might get a chance to ride on air force one and you have great health care. how about a six figure salary? >> reporter: white house staffers brings in $37 million a year in salaries. it takes 454 staffers to run the office and that doesn't count for butlers and chefs. the median salary is $70,000 a year. one out of every three people working at the white house make at least $100,000 a year. the maximum salary allowed is 172200. who makes that much? only the most recognizable staffers. john brennan, chief of staff and advisor and 17

cumberland is 79. clouds are thicker up here. in town we were at 85. when you factor in the humidity, it feels more like 88 here. heat index up to 95 right now in richmond. it's a steamy day down. there 58 with the clouds. feeling like 88. a light wind. winds are light all day. variable. right now north, northeast at 3. with the dew points in the upper 60s, that's the muggies. the muggies are back. look at the showers coming in off baja, california, across the arizona, nevada, border headed toward las vegas if they can make the trip north a little bit more. then we have showers and storms lining up from eastern oklahoma. arkansas, right here across the ohio river. aheaded toward eastern, kentucky. the strong ones are moving toward central and southern virginia. northcarolina. much higher threat they will see strong thunderstorms. got one watch box up here in new england until 8:00 p.m. but the stuff in southern ohio that has me a little concerned that if it holds together could give us some problems this afternoon. right now the computer is by 5:15 tak

cumberland lower 90s. annapolis warming up to 90 degrees. about the storms and why the storm chances go up for tomorrow to finish off your work week. first, here's angie with your traffic. >> happy thursday, everybody. thank you so much, anny. we're starting things off with the green light. basically waking up to some construction out there. 395 -- 495 in virginia, watch for it between the dulles toll road and route 7. on the inner loop from 66 up to 123. moving over to maryland, 270, no problems to report going northbound and southbound. just a little bit of fog to contend with. roadwork on 95 headed northbound, you'll find it around the capital beltway and again around route 32 going southbound, the work zone is set up around route 198. still ahead, a look at the prince george's county roads. i'll have that at 4:31. now back to andrea and mike. >> here are stories we're following for you this thursday morning. president obama meets with congressional leaders this morning to try to reach a deal on raising the debt limit. >> after weeks of s

87; monasses, 90; dulles, 91; martinsburg, everyone in; win chester in the upper 80s, too and in cumberland, temperatures in the upper 80s. in tems of the headlines and what i'm thinking, you have heard me say it, more humidity coming wednesday and thursday. i think with a little bit more humidity, it will have a chance to drive up a few more thunderstorms out there and so keep that in mind. a little bit more tomorrow, a lot more is looking like on thursday and at this point, i think thursday is going to be the day where we're going to be more stormy in the afternoon and into the evening. that doesn't mean a complete washout but just means that more coverage is the&we'll have to watch some of -- and we'll have to watch some as it's severe. looks like a frontal system is going to kick off the thunderstorms out there and we'll keep an eye on it and right now, the weekend is still trending real, real nice and lower humidity, temperatures in the upper 80s and right now, this is looking like the weekend is going to be fairly dry and this is future cast tell at 4:00 and by -- future cast by tomor

really fizzling as they came out of west virginia into virginia. 68 in gaithersburg right now. 64 in cumberlanderyone else in the lower 70s. 71 in maryland. 70 in fredericksburg, and here in washington, we sit at 74 with mostly cloudy skies, and your winds are calm. barometer, 29.88. and the due points in the upper 60s. sticky out there. a nice air mass in the great lakes trying to come down behind the frontal boundary. the storms for oklahoma, missouri, and it's coming across the ohio river in southern illinois and southern indiana. for us, watching the activity, trying to redevelop this afternoon. it does appear the boundary will be setting up, mainly, mainly south of washington. we will look at the future cast, and we will show you what we are expecting for the afternoon. really midday, a few clouds and sunshine mix. 4:45. notice the showers and storms, especially south of washington. then as we go through tonight, 9:00, boy, you're going to be down in norfolk for the july 4 july 4th, a much better chance of seeing storms. around here a stray shower or storm left. through tonight, things qui

cumberland 86 degrees and annapolis warming up to 87 degrees. here is how the tuesday breaks down.start to the morning. maybe clouds out there. but by noon, partly cloudy and then by 5:00, chance for some isolated storms. otherwise warming up into the lower 90s tomorrow. then on wednesday, a better chance for some showers and thunderstorms. also thursday. but you'll notice temperature wise, pretty seasonable for this time of year. and, in fact, may be cooling down to the mid 80s by friday. but a look at monday we're on top for another hot day back into the mid 90s. >> it's july. we can expect that. >> yes. >>> on the day we celebrate the nation's birthday, would it be too much to ask for a victory from the national baseball team. >> if they had hit the ball the first half of the season, they would be legitimate wild cards. but they're actually not that far out of the wild card right now. and tonight we will celebrate the sacrifice bunt. because when you're hitting .232 as a team, you have no choice. still nats find another way to win today. plus bryce harper gets promoted and dazzl

temperatures ranging from the lower 60s in martinsburg and cumberland to 75 at national. 74 southern. 72 manassas and fredericksburg. monika, it is tuesday, back to work. >> it is back to work. we have one incident to tell you about in arlington. downed wires block old dominion road between glee and now over to the 66, no delays between manassas, centreville and the beltway. over to 270 in maryland, we're still looking good from frederick down to urbana, gaithersburg and rockville. coming up, another look around the area at 4:31. andrea, jessica? >> here are stories we're following for you. the debate over raising the debt limit resumes on capitol hill. senators are cutting their july recess short to hammer out a deal. >> republicans and democrats remain at odds over taxes and there are no new talks scheduled this week between the white house and g.o.p. leaders. >> a new generation of veterans is returning home from overseas conflicts. some of them have visible wounds, others have wounds which are not as apparent. >> more efforts to being made to make sure the homecoming and the reco

. >> the missing boater is a 50- year-old man from cumberland. it highlights the importance of boating safety this holiday weekend to ensure more people don't go missing or hurt on the water. britany morehouse reports it is a good time to review for boaters safety rules. >> a boat like this is capable of doing just about 50 miles an hour. >> reporter: a boating pro for sure. gary has been driving these puppies since he was 16. >> this marina wasn't here ten years ago. >> reporter: when he bought his boat he says he was happy to take the courses offered. >> if you buy a boat they have maintenance classes, a safety class and one course i haven't taken yet is to go underneath the woodrow bridge they require to you have a coastguard license. >> reporter: carlson phillips owns the marina saying the water demo is designed specifically for this area. >> there are dangerous parts in the water and you need to read maps to know where rocks and branches are sticking up. >> reporter: even greater danger is alcohol on the 4th of the july. it is the leading co

dive teams in pennsylvania are searching the lake for a missing 50-year-old man from cumberland.s going up to 80 miles per hour when it crashed. >> we were like, wow, that boat's flying by. the boat rolled, 15 feet off of the water. >> we rushed over to the scene. we had two other guys with me. >> i started throwing life jackets and everything. the lady and the two boys, they were breathing and -- everything. they said her brother was also in the water. >> reporter: the two boys were both teens. >> i stayed out with the driver. i couldn't find them. >> the officials were investigating whether speed was a factor. >> the the identity of the missing man isn't released to us. >> a man was shot and killed at a club saturday morning shooter is still on the loose. >>> there are causes for this counsel woman to give up her seat. she'll be required to step down when she's sentenced in rock. >> sentenced in october. >>> a motorcycle rider dies in a crash in new york state during a ride to protest the helmet laws. he was riding in the annual protest run when he hit his head on the pavement.

cumberland down to 70. the heat index, it is much higher. it feels like 101 degrees. it feels like 97 in the district. plenty of heat around the mid atlantic. you can pick of the areas that have the rain. a very warm and very humid tropical air mass. that is part of this forecast going forward. it is almost a tropical push of moisture to the south. the high heat continues to settle in on the southern plains. we will see a bad back to the 90-degree range on saturday. so far everything is looking pretty good. that boundary will shift south tomorrow. the storms north of the area that may come closer to home tomorrow. the farther south you go, there is a whole lot more rain, especially coming out of florida. they need the rain in florida because of a severe drought. the showers and storms of well over the east coast of florida right now, they will be back there again tomorrow around the space shuttle launch time. this is one of our computer models. you can see all of the flashes of green and yellow indicating there are slow moving developments. part of a cloudy, it looks

warmer in the mountains. 81 cumberland. 81 oak land. dew points are low. that's why they are so comfortable with low humidity. all of us in the 80s right now in the metro area. we had a north westerly wind bringing in drier air. temperatures will be building and eventually the humidity. because of that air quality alert will be in effect. it is a code orange air quality alert. this is the air coming our way. look at these numbers here. 97 degrees in minneapolis. 90s all the way straight down to the gulf. starting to warm up in chicago at 88. that's moving our way. it is coming via this storm. tomorrow the chance for a shower or thunderstorm is a small chance. it would be late in the day over the mountain. but as we head into sunday and monday the front gets closer. it ups our chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms sunday into monday. for the holiday weekend we may have a thunderstorm or two to dodge. on the waters tomorrow it is beautiful. south winds 5 to 10 knots. sunrise 5:45. sunset 8:37. tonight a comfortable night. we are down in the 60s. 64

cumberland 86, annapolis 87. also, i want to talk about the autism 5k run on july 4th. it's the intersection of rivers and falls roads to benefit autism speaks. topper shott will be out there early. so we're heating more on sunday, 94 degrees. it will feel hotter. and the humidity going up. the 4 of july holiday -- fourth of july holiday, fourth of july, chance of storms. >>> the team is moving on. >> davy johnson is in charge. he took over the team in california. but tonight it is his first home game. and we're at the ballpark with the new skipper. >> reporter: the skipper an hour away from the first game. you got nothing left to prove in the game of baseball, three world titles and the manager of the year. and yet you leave the comfort of a front office job to come down here and live the nightly ulcer of managing in the major leagues? why would do you that to yourself? >> you think i would get smart. i like this club. it's got a lot of talent. but the makeup on everyone on this ball club is off the chart. >> for people that don't remember the last time that you manage

high pressure is in control of the forecast. 86 cumberland. 83 elkton. 81 in ocean city. 90 in the nation's capital and 82 on cent island. everyone in the mid-80s. the winds have been light throughout the day. as you see the tendacy is from the north and northwest. that's what we have been dealing with. easton 10 miles per hour from the northwest. we are still tapping into temperatures close to our own. we will start seeing a shift in the wind to the west and then southwest. that will bring in warmer air heading into saturday and sunday. we are in the warm sector of a warm front. that will push through the reggen for the next 12 hours or so. actually 24 hours or so. behind it is a cold front that will approach from the mid- west. as high pressure pressure continues to ease down to the south and east, it will allow for the front to move into the region. as it gets closer and the temperatures and dew points go higher we will see a better chance of thunderstorms in the afternoons on saturday, sunday and monday. we will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, widely scattered. warm for the

it is just to the southeast of cumberland right now. it is sliding to the south and to the east.re are other -- there is other light shower activity. it has to survive the trip over the mountains. that is why we say that it is on the edge tonight. i have a feeling most of the rain will be to the south of us during the evening hours. the further south you go, the greater chance for the rain. 89 was the high temperature today. 89 was at the airport, 94 at the inner harbor. no rain today. as of yet. let's move ahead on the computer. i cannot seem to get it to move. let's see if i can switch this button here. i will tell you what, go back to the radar. i have to rebuild the computer. there we go. you can look at the rain moving across the area. we will try to fix our computer and get things running once again. that rain activity, mostly to the west of us right now. we will see what happens as far as whether that rain tracks to the east. all right. i have a computer running right now. that was the handy hammered that we keep. most of the ratings have fallen to the upper 80's. further

two degrees cooler than yesterday morning. 64 in hagerstown and cumberland. 69 downtown and in elkton. the mid-70s d.c., pax river and 67 in westminster and 69 columbia. 70 in bel air. 73 in rock hall and kent island. here's the upper level feature getting out of here. here's the light shower activity left. we have high pressure that runs the weather. we'll have a front sliding through the area towards the end of the week. it won't be a cold front. we'll knock the temperatures back by 3-degree. we'll have a thunderstorm thursday evening. 91 and mostly sunny. it gets more humid tonight. 68 degrees and we'll put the words, more humid in the forecast. 92 and then, we'll drop it back to 89 and 87. sunshine, friday and saturday. >>> well, you won't find real problems outside. just minor ones we've been talking about. a disabled vehicle past mountain road. that's off on the shoulder as well as an accident on muddy creek road. no delays on the roads. i suspect that a lot of people are taking the whole week for vacation. i wonder if we'll have any delays at all this morning. no issues on the

cumberland, 74. mix of clouds, upper 80s and low 90s. big storms last night. this morning, mostly cloudy skies, but we will watch the skies later on to see if things develop. not much developing on the roads but kristine -- kris sneed is taking a look. >> reporter: the fireworks show northwest of the key bridge here headed into the george town area, no problem there is. moving the camera over to connecticut, and you can see it, coming in from the maryland side, looking good now. no issues to report. over to northeast new york avenue, not seeing any delays or anything coming out of 50 or the b.p. parkway. the clear commute to the 3rd street tunnel. finally finishing it up with a look at constitution avenue and 15th street all along the mall area. no problems to report. everything is looking good. finally checking our trees. metro, everything is on time. if you plan to head out, use public transportation to get into the the area this morning. andrea and jessica, over to you. >>> three u.s. senators are spending their independence day in afghanistan. >> they are

it's warm for all of us. 92-degrees in baltimore and 88 in cumberland and 83 in ocean city.n with the thunderstorms going through. now, the warmer weather is going to continue. >>> we'll check in on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >>> hi, vic, hi, everyone. the delay on the inner lupe has stretched from liberty road. it will take you 15 minutes to get through. on the northside, there are break lights to watch out for. pulaski and old philadelphia, that's at aberdeen and 17 and 32 and back to baltimore city and home's avenue, south decker and fleet street and also, south clinton. drive times, 95 southbound from whitemarsh to the beltway. 55 miles per hour average and 4 minutes to get through. let's take a live look. you can see a lot of heavy congestion and we can take a quick look at 50 westbound at # 04. -- at 404. this is brought to you by the cochran firm. back to you. >>> former president, jimmy carter is preparing to celebrate his 65th wedding anniversary. the two say they still share the same hobbies. the key to marriage is communication. >> don't

now we'll head up first through the cumberland area where we have a flood warning. head south where we also see some bigger massive showers and thunderstorms going through. just basically east of 81. so we saw some around harrissonburg now heading toward warnton. this could be going the next hour or so. the thing is, maybe some light rain. not showing any thunderstorm activity. but through warnton, up through 66. and around dc in the next hour or so. we're going to watch this system here come through and this point, no severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect. you can see basically by in the next hour or so, dc could be getting some light rain and showers as well. all right, let's take a look at our forecast. we're expecting basically temperatures to still be very warm outside. 89 in downtown. 84 in manassas. 90 in frederick. 82 in winchester. dew points, it's humid. manassas dew point at 70. further south around 75. in downtown 63. now the satellite radar picture is showing us, we have this frontal system coming through, kind of stalling, which is why we're going

we've got visibilities in many areas like culpepper and cumberland.uarter mile up and down the shenandoah valley to stanton. on the eastern shore, easton at 3/4 of a mile. a little haze in hagerstown. spotty, especially west. with temperatures down in the low to mid-60s. we're sitting at 75 here in washington. dew points are in the mid-60s. calm winds at reagan national. on the hour, they reported mostly cloudy skies. there is a good deal of sunshine at the moment. storms up in the upper midwest. this is ahead of a front that will be getting closer to us tomorrow and friday. off to the south, another boundary. with the two of them coming north. today, spotty storms pop up. tonight, relatively quiet. any action, southeastern virginia might sneak over. then on wednesday, south of washington, north of town. fewer showers and storms. scattered showers and storms areawide. today, 91. tomorrow, 89 with the showers and storms mainly south and then scattered showers and storms thursday. 89 degrees. friday, 88 with scattered showers and storms. a drier pattern

south/southeast winds at 10. 80, cumberland. easton, hot at 93. ocean city at 84. the dew points up to 69. still very humid. 89, kent island, annapolis. 82, bel air. they had thunderstorms earlier. a lot of reports coming in somewhere where there are some places that have these storms. dow know -- now down to 69. southerly winds keep that warm, moist air coming in. tomorrow, we might see a bit of a shift of wind late in the day, as the front of the north begins to get a little further. that means the winds are eventually going to turn back to the north and northwest. but that is a saturday. that's when it should dry out. meantime, see all of this activity across the maryland pennsylvania border, still tonight and tomorrow. another storm system coming across. it will give us another shot of showers and thunderstorm activity. warm, moist air riding over that front. look for a dryer weekend. but wet friday, perhaps. 80 degrees. tonight, scattered storms. down to sphon. tomorrow, what happened to tomorrow? we lost tomorrow. tomorrow will be a good friday. tomorrow, we'

now, look across the north, where we're seeing the sun. 91 in hagerstown. 90 in cumberland. dew point is 68 degrees. muggy outside. that's for sure. and 87 is where we sit right now in baltimore. 89, official our high on the day. another day above average. we'll be again tomorrow, probably getting into the low 90s. because of that, the code orange air quality alert, will extend. no longer for d.c. at this point. we've got a few different storms we need to talk about. one is the solid storm on top of us right now. and it's across southern parts of the state. now, there's another front northwest of that. and then there's the area of disturbed weather just to the south of florida. they're all going to come into play. first off, this front is going to kick the solid front out of here. so it will be gone. but in place of it is another front that is going to bring another round of showers and storms. then, at the same time, the area of disturbed weather is going to make it to way up the coast, bringing even more showers and thunderstorms into the mix, interacting with that front.

right now 89 in downtown. 90 in leesburg. 88 for martinsburg and cumberland, 90 degrees. all right. so the summer-like pattern just continues. dry and mild tonight. wednesday increasing humidity. late afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible. they'll be more scattered and thursday looks very similar. here's the future cast. tonight looks really quiet. partly cloudy conditions. really going to be a nice night and tomorrow morning, we have a slight chance for some light showers, light rain. this model is around pax river, charles county, tomorrow morning, then by the late afternoon, early evening, this model picking up scattered showers and thunderstorms. not expected to be severe tomorrow. tonight, partly cloudy and mild. low 67 to 75 degrees around downtown near mid 70s. a little cooler in winchester at 67. frederick cooling down at 67 as well, annapolis around 75 degrees. tomorrow morning as you're waking up, heading out the door for work. partly to mostly cloudy conditions and mild. slight chance of showers. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. pass the umbrella tomorrow, especial