most of the light rain coming to an end north of 68 around cumberland and north of cumberland crossing into pennsylvania, a few sprinkles coming to an end. partly cloudy through the day. 61 right now in the district. 50 in cumberland. 65 in lexington park. this afternoon, low to mid 70's. comfortable tomorrow, mid 70's, partly cloudy. close to 60 by the end of the week. >>> it has been a busy morning. we begin in the district. a hole has developed in a bridge, southbound to 95 after malcolm x avenue where it crosses over south capitol street. southbound 295 has only one lane to the left open southbound. northbound is open out of accokeek to oxon hill and beyond getting into maryland. breaking news on the maryland side. near andrews air force base, a live camera crew. this is allentown road in camp springs, closed under branch avenue. a truck lost its load of lumber on the highway. allentown road, if you are trying to get to andrews air force base, the main gates will not be an option, but branch avenue is getting through. as far as virginia, we have one picture for you. showing you a p

cumberland i seeing snow.air temperatures too wham, even in hague istown, east, these are rain showers and most of this precipitation is coming from a different part of the storm system than we will see tomorrow. no wind, little right now, east at 6. that's going to change as winds come up tomorrow. 48 air temperature. above freezing and today was a nice days the preverb ya'll calm before the storm in annapolis. clouds thickened up late in the day not a bad day for sailing. you are like what is the big deal? things h be changing. now as it has been for the last several days, temperatures above freezing except west. tomorrow temperatures will struggle to get out of the 30s. here is the deal, winds light nows calm before the storm. here is the first wave, this will be pat of the moisture that gets wrapped in to the storm and where it's cold enough in the motorbike mountains to the west, they are getting the changeover. surface map here, this is the first part of the storming the second part of the storm, way dow

winter warnings are up for western maryland, frederick west, hagerstown, cumberland, deep creek lakend see the shied shaded counties. borderline situation around the baltimore area. harford, carol, northern baltimore county, back through howard and montgomery, accumulating inches by tomorrow night. cold rain tonight in to the morning and cecil with the winter weather advisory. these accumulations will be dependant on how the cold air wraps in to the backside of the storm. how fast it happens. the bottom line is significant accumulation in hagerstown, even frederick county, 5- 8 inches of heavy wet snow tomorrow possiblepy tomorrow night. baltimore, an inch or two of slush around here by the time it blows out tomorrow night. mostly rain for the eastern shore with the exception of cecil county. we will refine that in to the late night picture here. tune in at 6:00 and 11:00 for more. here is where the changeevers are happening. high totals that could push 8 inches or beyond in western may recallment they are getting snow on the ground now towards cumberland. no changeover to rain in th

.♪ the cumberland river winds through the western kentucky town of eddyville.ooming around a bend is a virtual fortress. the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidated by this place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of stone masons from italy teamed with inmates from various prisons to construct the castle which opened in 1889. >> when they first built it, they had a sign up over the front door that said, "abandon hope all ye that enter here." they wanted this place to look pretty menacing and it still looks menacing even today. >> i think the penitentiary is unique in many respects, just because of the foreboding appearance that it has. it's a serious place where serious things happen. t

cumberland west it will be a mix of snow. then as colder air gets drawn into the system we can see a change to show before ending even in the immediate metro area. tonight frost advisory. points west. a freeze warning up into pennsylvania. so for tonight, evening shower just about over. clearing and colder. lows 34 to 44 and winds north westerly at 10. now tomorrow morning partly cloudy and cold. you need a jacket for the morning. 30s and 40s. at least it won't be windy. then by afternoon partly cloudy and chilly. high clouds move in. high temperatures only near 55. all right. next seven days. you might think, well, how can it snow if temps aren't going to be below freezing. if the column of air above isn't freezing the snow will fall and melt when it hits the ground. looking at a nice hallowe'en. cool. upper 50s. a few clouds at night. should stay dry. then warming up on wednesday then cooling down again on thursday. >> okay. summer is over. fall is almost over. >> more on that rain/snow line at 11 p.m. >>> let's check out t

a frosty morning there in cumberland, not just a chill this morning, still foggy from cumberland toward petersburg. and the in the mountains of west virginia. a half mile to quarter mile. in town we have 36 degrees, parly cloudy skies, the winds are calm and the dew point is at 33. for us showers moving in tonight thanks to this storm. it is also going to draw moisture up the carolina coast. it will involve areas more to our east. today though the clouds are increasing from the southwest and the west. by midnight we have showers in northern virginia. heavy eovernight and to tomorrow morning showers in the bay east. and then that system pulls away. today we have temperatures around 56. tomorrow 58, a few showers tonight. wednesday 61. even nighter thursday. thursday 65. friday 02 and your heart walk saturday morning nice, in the low 60s. >>> we are going to take a live look from sky 9. there is an accident on the beltway. the inner loop at branch avenue. traffic is squeezing by to the right. you can see that fire crews and police have arrived. let's take a look at a map. southbound on th

the visibility is an issue up west in cumberland and petersburg in the mountains.ity down to one quart of a mile in spots. calm winds, clear skies, dew point 4. near in northwest we have frost on some of cushions. growing season over month most of us after the chill of the last company of mornings. storm system is spin ago cross the great lakes. this is going to help to draw moisture up. this is going to help low pressure and moisture come up the coast. we are going to see the futurecast into this morning and the middle of the day. showers by 5:00. st. mary's county. king george south and east. they could be dealing with some of the rain showers in the evening. by midnight the rains will spread toward northern virginia toward frederick and dc. the storm system stays offshore. but will be sunny much of the day. and mild. temperatures in the upper 50s. increasing clouds, showers tonight. most of that will be later on tonight. 58 tomorrow with increasing sunshine. wednesday 61. 55 friday rain returns at 59. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. monika santani is seeing

near and sow the cumberland you bit of a shower. highs today in the upper-60's. for most of us, it to be in the mid-70's. big cooling by the end of the week transition day will be wednesday. lisa? southmalcolm x avenue and street, a whole has bridge deck.a they have southbound to 95 at #2 only the left lane getting by. two are only by.ing bullying --rd the lanes get through. complication in area. the mystify temple of the of the on the topside beltway. in looks at more than the left lane. there picky stuff of drama -- deputy up overnight construction. thank you. the world series matt of is now set. they helped him defeat the milwaukee brewers 12-6. they will face this. a the redskins may have been theirrback controversy on after yesterday. after he did his fourth interception. he is replaced by john bac. it is not enough to overcome the deficit. .> i believe in myself >> is a practicing well. the gave him an opportunity. >> he said he will decide which will start next week's game. >> this is something you do not see every day. two coaches fighting after a game. t

is 50 degrees in cumberland, 54 in martinsburg 65 in annapolis water temperature in the 50's.ranging temperatures to start the day. highs in the low 70's in the metro area this afternoon, a chance of stray showers. yesterday, 83. areas of rain tonight while we sleep, through tomorrow afternoon, one or two inches expected with rain off and on. >>> 66 out of marshall to get into vienna looks pretty good. normal volumes starting to grow at 56 with emerging -- merging traffic. no problems on 7100. looks good on 50 at gilbert's corner. looks good through rosslyn and ballston. moving nicely on 66. looks good on 110 and washington boulevard at the pentagon. no problems to report in va a lot 395. -- in virginia on 395. looks good out of columbia to get to silver spring. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:41 62 degrees. coming up, tackling teen pregnancy in the district. what one council member is doing to deal with it. >> a new title for first lady michelle obama. jumper in chief. her latest fitness challenge. >> learn how [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film i

first, 47 in the district. 50 in quantico and fredericksburg. 41 in cumberland. temperatures differ by 9 degrees. 50 degrees in fredericksburg, 41 in cumberland. off to the west from hagerstown and martinsburg towards winchester there's a light rain along interstate 81. cold rain we get sometimes in the autumn and even into west virginia and western maryland a few areas of light rain. all this is a result of the big upper level pressure system that is stuck overhead. you can see the counterclockwise rotation in the animation. that's the upper level 0. obviously, the cold core to the system we are feeling. 55 this afternoon with gray skies and often on spotty showers. it will not be raining everywhere all the time and we will only see a few showers here and there. we will start tomorrow with clouds and end the day with sunshine in the afternoon, highs in the 60's. one status sunday, in the 70's, skies. >>> a beautiful morning as far as traffic. looks good on 270 70, 95 in maryland. minor crash at the b-w parkway northbound between 197 and 198. there's a crash on t

a cold front is causing changers this morning. -- 62 in cumberland.ood dancer showers on wednesday with temperatures: by the end of the week. -- there's a good chance of showers on wednesday. >>> allentown rd. is closed in both directions at branch avenue because of an accident with a truck that lost its load of lumber which is on the side of the highway. allentown rd. is closed in both directions at branch avenue. branch avenue is open, i understand. virginia looks ok. 395 and no problems across the wilson bridge, american legion bridge, and southbound as normal volume coming out of frederick. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 60 degrees. >> in woodbrige, where police are expected to begin issuing tickets. >> a couple of marathon runners had a special reason to finish a race. what they are saying about you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. >>> tech in our top stories at 5:45 dan wheldon is dead after a fiery 15-car pileup yesterday during a race in las vegas. he was 33 year

cooler in the mountains at cumberland. from 60s to low 70s. going to top out in the 70s along the water. the water temperatures are cooler. we are getting in to the 80s this afternoon. the winds are lite. tomorrow they are going to turn around sp bringing this storm system our way. it's the one that's down there the past few days. really bringing a lot of rain and stormy weather. but going to drift north and moisture with it. for us , the clouds start to thicken up a little bit tonight, tomorrow they will start to takeover. we may see a few showers, more so wednesday in to thursday as this center of the storm passes by, we are going to see the bulk of the rain. when it gets out of here, over the middle of the country, another storm system. that's going to follow behind it. that one is directing all of this tropical moisture our way. when it gets out of here, all of it cooler air will follow as we head in to the weekend. the forecast comes together like this, on the waters east winds five to 10 knots. today, we are going up in to the 80s, we wi

leonardtown reporting 3/4 mile visibility. 3/4 from hagerstown to cumberland. half-mile in petersburg. the rest of us, no real fog problems. our temps running in the 50s and 60s. lovettsville at 53. we've got 59 in laytonsville. to the east, few 50s from college park and baden and prince george's county. we go down south to the lower 60s and 59 at fort belvoir. great falls at 58. winds are light. brett at herndon said it is 57 out there. getting ready to bike to work. calm winds, humidity up at 87%. our storm system really hit florida hard the last few days. it is finally moving north. it is starting to get a little tropical moisture as well. we're looking at potentially some more moderate rainfall in spots. maybe heavy rain in spots overnight into wednesday. depending on exactly where the stuff ends up. one thing that's got me concerned for the afternoon is how quickly this stuff is moving north. the models are being a little bit slow with moving in north of the border. about here. models still have it mainly in north carolina. i do think this afternoon, we do

and look at cumberland. all the way down to 41. to in spite of cloud cover some sunshine today. anywhere from the upper 60s up in order to 70 in -- north to 70 in town. a decent wednesday ahead. the commute this wednesday morning with monika. >>> thank you so much howard. good morning everybody. the beltway is looking great all around town. we had construction in certain areas where they are pretty much every night through the bethesda and silver spring area and also to the west side of the town if you're planning to head on 66. you may still see construction being picked up around the beltway ask through the area of tyson's corner as well. let's take a live look at the dulles toll road at hunter mill. no problems on the toll road as you come in basically from leesburg, same story on route 7 and route 123 through tyson's corner as well. the northbound side of i-395. we're looking good leaving edsall road towards seminary road and the 14th street bridge. northbound 395 you'll be okay to the 14th street bridge in morning and into downtown. coming up in my next report, let's go ove

of the cheapest places to live in the united states. 4 miles of tracks to its historic downtown, cumberland appears to offer at all including low gas prices, low parking. that is just to name a few. >> i am surprised at ford's.com has read this as the cheapest place to live. to me, the prices of apartments these days have gone up while the value of the dollar has gone down. >> cumberland attracts a lot of visitors every year, but tourism is not necessarily come without a price tag. a lot of festivals and museums are either free or priced lower. >> the colors are starting to spread east into our area. it should be a great weekend to get outside and enjoy the changing the colors and our region which will peak around here in the next 10 days or so over the course of the next week. 61 degrees at bwi marshall and way below the record. 90 degrees on the 21st of october. back in 1947, a record low with a cold at 26 degrees. it may be coolly enough for a little patchy frost. sunday morning is the best chance for that. a little bit of cloud cover that is lingering will prevent temperatures from fall

winchester also 46 along with cumberland.o the south of us, lower 50s showing up from southern maryland. even fredericksburg at 50. here in washington, the potomac keeping reagan national slightly warmer. dew points are in the upper 40s, humidity at 83%. we'll say good-bye to the storm system in the east. then we look west to see what's coming. there is nothing coming. there are showers west of the rockies out toward the west coast. it is moving south to north. it is not moving east. we've got a nice block over the middle of the country. that will prevent much from getting here until sometime, might be until the middle of next week. once we kick this baby out of here. all right, today, we're looking at temps upper 60s with a few clouds around in spots early. some fog. but turning partly to mostly sunny. breezy, too. tonight, 40s and 50s. milder on wednesday. 74 for thursday. gets a little cooler. winds turn northeast 67. we'll call it pleasant. then as we head toward the weekend, temperatures will be warming even more. saturd

high elevations, cumberland, petersburg, 41 degrees. 52 in fredericksburg. degrees. they have a winter storm warning in effect for today. if your travel plans take you out west, this is a look at what is going on in denver. as much as 12 to 15 inches of snow. nothing like that for our area. things will quiet down for us for the midday. then things will start to pick up in terms of action later on tonight and tomorrow as a cold front slowly moves across the area. lclouds will increase about the day. a better chance for widespread showers tomorrow afternoon with cooler temperatures. today, highs around 70 degrees. a look at the seven-day outlook coming up from the belfort furniture weather center? in just a few minutes. first, lisa baden. >>> now to the expressway. fabulous on 395 at glebe road. looks good on 66. no troubles across the potomac river. on the key bridge, the roosevelt, the memorial bridge, nice. a pretty nice run on 27/washington boulevard. looks good on 110. looks good on 270 at father hurley. traffic is on the far right side of the screen in t

cold right now. 40 in southeast d.c., 33 in cumberland 4-d and huntingtown along with remington. increasing clouds today, highs in the low 50's. clouds developing later this evening especially farther northwest of the metro. there is a winter storm watch in effect for all counties along the mason-dixon line, along the pennsylvania border, and for the higher elevations out west. that's where we expect manly some areas of snowfall. locally, heavy rains with some wet snowflakes. within the winter storm watch in those counties along the mason- dixon line and higher elevations, we could see several inches accumulate. breezy tomorrow, precipitation coming to an end tomorrow evening around nightfall. 40's on the weekend. >>> 270 crash northbound at montgomery village avenue, that's gone. 270, headlights are southbound out of frederick into clarksburg, all the way to the beltway, looks nice. 95 and 66 moving well. water main break on seminary road at the king james highway. seminary rd. is closed in both directions. we will have more in a little while. newschopper 7 will join us shortly.

there is some snow now over cumberland, rain mixed with snow. the change over from west to east, that's going to be the story through the day tomorrow. the further west you are watching from you are begin to see the changeover to snow sooner than points east of baltimore. mid-40s on the map. not bad except oakland, 32. winds are light. calm before the storm. here it is, rain, snow, the whole ball of wax and everything in between. mixture of wet snow and rain is what we are seeing in a lot of our observing stations in west virginia and southwestern virginia. this is the first batch of rain , the first part of the storm sending in the precipitation in to western maryland tonight. it's the coastal storms south and east the big player in our weather, around baltimore, the baltimore suburbs and across through the eastern shore tomorrow arguments lot of cold rain on delmarva, here is the future trend, mainly the possibility of rain coming in after midnight tonight, baltimore, eastward. baltimore westward, rain, snow mix, changing to snow through the d

hagerstown, cumberland, oakland. snowing in timberline already. our main concern not so much roads with this storm but tree damage. it has the potential to be a mess in terps -- in terms of power outages. will be windy as well. our earliest rainfall. october 10th, 1979. there was as much as 10 inches in upper montgomery county. so these amounts are kind of a hill deceiving in terms of what happens in the burbs. we can be in the ballpark. it could be our biggest october snow. critical time saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. if you have to run errands it will be rain. power outages likely with leaves on the trees. lowering visibility. simply will snow faster than it can melt. had a couple of e-mails about. that that's kind of why. look at the radar. kind of donut effect. it will fill in all night. temps in the 40s. mixed precipitation. satellite picture, radar combined. there is the snow in west virginia up into maryland. west of the divide we talked about this on monday. going to be pretty much all snow for them. so here is the deal. yes, snow in october.

upper 50s in cumberland.n the 60s, though, in hagerstown, martinsburg in winchester. 71 in culpeper. 68 see how that's on top of the city name. do you know what we call that? that's a software upgrade. [ laughing ] >> 68 in leesburg and 68 in manassas. it's driving ufs crazy. downtown 69. 70 by the water. 70 as you head down into southern maryland. and because of wind, there is say small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac all of saturday. 48-54 to start. windy by noon but temps in the 60s. i mean bright and 68-72 by evening. a little bit cooler than today but still a pretty nice day. the next three days fantastic for the skins game. 74. maybe a few clouds in the afternoon. and then mild on monday. 72. a couple showers possible. next seven days, we're going to pop in the 80s. it looks like low 80s on tuesday with sunshine and then we can't stay warm long. cold front comes through on wednesday. showers and thunderstorms go back in the mid 70s and behind the front a little cooler with high temperatures

. >> they reached from cumberland to frederick out to salisbury with fractions in numerous county and south side brims operate not only in maryland but up and down the east coast with local gang leaders reporting to their higher ups. >> one of the things you see from this operation is that crime doesn't know any boundaries, it's all over the place, it's moving back and forth. >> authorities say their big break came when law enforcement discovered this, a three-page roster including their nicknames, rank and phone numbers let behind. the alleged ring master at the top of the gang's food chain, this man, nicknamed red rum, murder spelled backwards. murder is exactly why he's serving 50 years at cumberland prison where he was still running the gang's activities from behind bars according to u.s. attorney. >> we need to make sure they're sent out of the state to federal prison because when we leave them in local facilities here are able to consider here fellow gang members. >> police have arrested 9 of the indicted gang members. live at the federal courthouse, wjz eyewitness news. >> than

cumberland 66. a wide range of temperatures. near 70 this afternoon. we look at the radar and the forecast coming up. >> thank you. police searching for suspects after a teenage boy was shot and killed. 17-year-old justin isaac was found in the 2100 block of irison street. his mother says the boy was shot while sitting out on the front porch. she says she heard a car speed away and the boy reportedly went to potomac high school. >>> in the race to the white house and on capitol hill, it is all about the economy today. president obama meets with his job as counsel in pittsburg, and the senate is set to vote on his jobs plan. in new hampshire the republican presidential contenders are preparing to face off in the debate focused solely on the economy. let's get more. >> president obama hits the road today to push for job creation and infrastructure investment. but back in washington, his jobs bill faces a critical test in the senate a test is likely to fail. the white house has demanded quick action on the plan. >> tell congress to pass this bill to pass

there is a wide range of temperatures, 48 degrees in cumberland, 65 in annapolis, 62 in frederick. the metro area cooler than yesterday at this time. here is a look at the cloud cover coming from the south to the north with areas of rain in parts of north carolina and crossing the virginia border. it is light and widely separated. we could get into a few isolated sprinkles later today. they will be few and far between and the bulk of the rebel hold off until late tonight and often on tomorrow. there goes our sunny high pressure system off to new england and pushing to the northeast. it is being replaced by this active area of low pressure that is tapping into moisture from all the way down into the caribbean. that is pulling in which our way and pushing and north into our backyard. it will mainly be tonight through tomorrow and the heaviest rain will be west of the blue ridge where we could see two inches of rain. as for today 73 the high temperature, a few stray showers into the afternoon and evening but widely separated and often on rain tonight through tomorrow and we will see c

they have been in the 30s all day long. 54 in cumberland. d.c., 59. hagerstown, 56. south and east of us, still 63 in ocean city. around the region, mid- to upper 50s to around 60. now, tonight, with the clouds breaking, the winds will be coming down somewhat. it will get down to low 40s. it will be chilly if you're heading out late tonight. you'll need a jacket. but we still have southwest winds. doesn't really have the cold component to it, not until they go north of northwest. now, it's still breezy. cumberland at 12:25. winds have come down from earlier today. and the low pressure. this thing, in a month now. this would have been a major bliss art. blizzard. it's affecting from wisconsin. as far as eastern pennsylvania, low pressure still sitting around lake huron area, north of northern michigan. slowly moving up toward quebec and ontario. and you see that spin? that's bringing us southwest winds. some clouds came in this afternoon. they'll break up tonight. tomorrow, mostly sunny. a few clouds from time to time. but our winds tomorrow should be more out of the

terrific day from the mountains to the coast. 58 in cumberland. low 60s in hagerstown. 69, not quite 70 in culpeper. and downtown we're looking at upper 60s as well. upper 50áz 50s by the bay. next seven days, a little bit milder on wednesday. 70s, some clouds come in and you need the umbrella. on thursday, showers, maybe a thursday. low 60s. and then it gets cooler on friday. sunny to start. clouds come back. a cold rain on saturday, only 50. that, my friends, could be melting snow for our ski report and cold. >> i thought baseball size hail was one of those weather myths. >> no. but out there it is serious stuff. >> you could get a cerve ball with that. >> yes, you could. >>> children may be affected when their mothers are exposed to a chemical during pregnancy. >> but first, clean up in aisle 5. and 6. and 7. and every aisle in the store. a river of wine floods a liquor store after its shelves collapse. çñ >>> caught on tape, an unusual type of accident. liquor store owners, check your shelves. when they break, let's just say it's tough on the

cumberland out to oakland, a half-mile or less. 51 at national. lots of low to mid-40s off to the north with upper 40s down across prince george's county. low 50s in southern maryland. again, highs today. 65 to 70. grant shades! >> monika? >> i'll start off with the yellow light this time not because we have any major incidents, just slowing down a bit. a couple of incidents to tell you about. beltway looking fine all around town. let's zoom in first to the north side of town. you have the minor delays leaving 95 as you head toward silver spring then you're ok in bethesda heading over to 270. we'll take a live north at the beltway. no problems as you head for oxon hill and the wilson bridge. westbound on the suitland parkway at first sterling avenue, just got word that police are on the scene of an accident. back to the maps now. this time, we'll zoom into the other side of town. over to the american legion bridge. no problems from 270 across the bridge. we'll take a live look just north of the bridge span here and if you're traveling in toward vi

frederick down to 43. 46 in leesburg and cumberland as well.hern maryland 46 at pax river. we have a touch of fog, most of it is in the mountains where visibility is impeded and cumberland at a quarter mile although in the valley and around warrenton. some fog there as well. watch that for the next couple of hours until the sun comes up and there's the high temperatures forecast for today. perhaps holding in the upper 60s along the bay at the naval academiling and we'll be 73 to maybe even 75 in places like manassas and winchester this afternoon. a beautiful day ahead. monika? >>> thank you so much. good morning everybody. there's just one little hot spot i need to tell you about on the inbound side of i-66 right near the beltway. this is gallows road as you approach the beltway where there's been construction only allowing you to exit on to the outer loop of the beltway. overnight construction, you can't even get on the inbound side of 66 inside the beltway. so i suggest that maybe you go ahead and take route 50 and over to graham road and rou

in the mountains, 50 in cumberland. visibilities down to one quarter mile. >>> giving it the green light once again and that's because all around town, things are looking pretty good. good morning, everybody. here's what it looks like on the beltway. we're going to zoom in. if you're planning to head on the northside of town, i've been telling you they were a little late in clearing the construction on the northside of town in silver spring. you have the yellow vehicles. everything is cleared. everything is open. live look at 270, no problems in clarksburg heading down toward rockville. you'll be ok if you're heading to the america legion bridge. a look again at the beltway. this time, let's zoom into the other side of town. we're looking good route four, route five, route 301, everything heading up toward the beltway is fine. we'll take a live look at the bw parkway and we're looking good here as we head in toward cheverly. and quick look at your trains. no problems to report on metro, vre or marc. we'll go into virgin

cumberland at 63. gaithersburg, you're in the mid- 50s. here in washington we sit at an even 59 degrees. southwest at 3 and our dew points in the mid-50s. so it is humid out there but there's a lot of cold air. denver is 19 right now. that cold has gone down into the texas panhandle. we'll see a little bit of snow coming out of new mexico now and the texas panel handle. that will be part -- texas panhandle. that will be part of maybe the saturday storm system. saturday as we get rid of the rain today, a secondary storm will bring us some cold air. there's a shot that we'll see wet snow flakes on the northwest side of the rain shield on saturday morning. 65. i don't expect it to stick, though. just too warm. 65 today. 30s and low 40s tonight. a chilly friday, 52. for saturday that cold rain, highs in the mid-40s. there could be a snow flake, a novelty snow flake i think north and west of town in the morning. sunday 52 as the sun returns and halloween cool but sunny and dry. highs in the mid-50s. monika samtani is in with your time saver tra

quiet and chilly. 39 in oakland, 50 in cumberland.cott, over at andrews, watches us every morning. culpepper 5. and the shenandoah valley, we have temperatures down in the 50s. our highs today with sunshine, 71 in annapolis. 72 cambridge. winchester 70, frederick 72 and fredericksburg 76. enjoy. we'll be back in a few minutes and talk about the rest of the week. you'll need the rain gear in a couple of days. right now monika santani with the latest. >> reporter: thank you, howard. good morning, everybody. we have lots of problems outside and just got word of an accident blocking route 355 out of frederick. you want to use 85 instead. i'll keep you posted on that. >>> south of town, allentown road has been closed for awhile now, about an hour and a half at branch avenue. this tractor trailer hit a bridge abutment and lost its load of lumber. over to 295 southbound, there is a huge hole in the right lane at south capital street. the left lane remains open and northbound 295 you are good to go leaving the beltway past the scene here. 14t

there is reduced visibility in some areas. 0.3 miles in frederick. 0.8 in cumberland.re is a patchy fog on this friday morning. here's the overall weather pattern. there is still the big rigs in the jet stream, and that causes a lot of sunshine, but it also draws the warm air farther northward from the south. conditions will remain through the weekend and into early next week. temperatures will respond rising low 80's by sunday and monday. 73 this afternoon with total sunshine. wall-to-wall sunshine. same story through the weekend. many events this weekend. the festival of leaves in front royal on saturday. on sunday morning, the army 10- miler. and there's the taste of d.c. next chance of rain is monday. >>> pay attention. a motorcycle crash, on the scene, 424 in davidsonville north of 50, this accident at the governor bridge road. 424 north of 50 is closed in both directions until further notice. arch campbell takes us? george clooney when we come >>> good morning. your weekend movie guide i am arch campbell. >> you ok? nothing bad happens when you are doing the righ

generally speaking cumberland, hagerstown, 43.one else on this page, if you will, in the mid to upper 40s. 44 westminster. 43 bel air. annapolis, kent island, rock hall, 48 dcment wider look at how big of an area that deep low is governing. it's getting offshore. dome of high pressure going to build in. dry warmer air, moving our way. going to be spectacular over the next five days. spotty showers, 55 the high. normal 71. tonight patchy clouds, lose the rain. 45, tomorrow the sun, warmer, high of 67. through the five day, sunny, 73. 72, 75, 76. >>> here is sharon gibala at traffic control. >>> commute is not doing as great. a bunch of accidents, 295, southbound direction. another accident on 70 westbound. that accident still there on the harrisburg expressway in the southbound direction. crash in street, route 1, trap road. watch for an accident in the city, falls road, another one essex. a bus fire at west. delays top and west side of the bellway. west side is the slowest at 38 miles per hour. no delays yet on 95, a look at 95 wh

temperatures in the 40's out to the west in cumberland.es. 52 in hagerstown. 52 in gaithersburg. you can see where the cold front is. stressing from ohio across northwestern pennsylvania into central new york state. dark clouds will increase from north to south during the daytime. temperatures will reach around 70 degrees. the umbrella, you don't need that until later this evening. that's when the best chance of showers will arrive. tomorrow looks like a wet day with areas of rain and much cooler temperatures compared with today. we will look at the forecast for the extended outlook in a few minutes. first, lisa baden has a look at traffic. >>> i just off the phone with metro rail. broken down train onat the southern avenue station. that affects green line customers. a little extra time to wait for the train. the broken-down train has been removed from the tracks. they will get back to their normal pattern soon. here is a normal pattern on 270 southbound leaving germantown, through rockville and on to the beltway, uneventful. back to you.

we had record cold high temperatures. 45 degrees in winchester and 43 in hagerstown and cumberland.of the rain is off to the west. it is martinsburg south through inwood. it tapers off toward harrisonburg and this is slowly drifted down to the southeast. it is starting to cross over the blue ridge. to the south east of the metro area calvert county is seeing more rain but the highest accumulation is 5/1 hundred of an inch. it is not all that much rain. it is a nuisance or rain. notice the pinwheel rotation in our atmosphere which is clad -- counterclockwise. that is a big up or level low pressure that will hang around through tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon a kicker will come in and boots that baby out of here. we will have sunshine from wednesday until next weekend. 60's tomorrow with afternoon sunshine and wednesday through the weekend is looking sunny and comfortable, in the 70's. >>> we were looking at traffic in '95, virginia. intense delays coming out of woodbridge from a broken-down bus that is now gone. it has been a struggle to recover from that. on to 95, metropolitan poli

good night to open the windows. 64 winchester, cumberland 59. tonight, northwest of town hagerstown 44, but around the beltway and the waterways closer to 50 degrees. good night to open the windows. tomorrow mostly sunny comfortable temperatures, low 70's downtown, upper 60's north and west of the metro area, especially the potomac thailand's. -- the potomac highlands. a little disturbance slides then. that will come in at sunday. that will increase the cloud cover, partly cloudy. still pleasant but late in the day, by the evening, we cannot rule out an isolated showers closer to pennsylvania, near the mason dixon line. the next chance of rain is late tuesday and wednesday. we are getting another could break from the rain showers. we will not lose the leaves and the wind because they have not really changed color jet. -- they have not really changed colors yet. >>> thank you. it is now time to give away our vip trip for two to the country music awards. >> the winner gets airfare hotel, and two tickets to the cma. congratulations to sean wieland.

not let it scare you. 29 degrees and cumberland. waldorf is at 30. just as smooth as can far as interstate travel. police are not reporting any problems. on 81.lems to report good out of southern maryland. i have some pictures for you. northbound disperse. across thell take us 14th street bridge. and we could to our final camera. it is nonexistent here on new hampshire avenue. back in size. >> it is 4:53, there's a thousand people were place in the marathon. >> they finished in near record time. 30,000 runners place of the annuals for marine corps marathon. they stood out across the district. was firste pack lieutenant. i could hear him behind me. >> crushing the rest of the competition, finishing. it is the best record in 15 years. how big of aknow i had. others just trying to stay on the page and run smooth. the fact that i won by a fair amount is an additional blessing. >> he beat out over 35,000 other runners. it is the people in our area and most.s it means the >> i got to see my family. >> locals have mastered the times now.ree say there's noth

cumberland is 52. it is cambridge 68. we are looking at high temperatures today. most areas the low 70s, west of town we could see a few spots in the mid 70s. it is time to turn it over to monika with timesaver traffic. >>> we have had a good situation in southwest dc this morning. if you are planning to head out the door right now and over to 295, you want to know about this huge hole developed southbound 295 right here at south capital street in southwest in the right lane. it is three by six feet big. authorities are on the scene. helping to detour traffic with the area. the good news is northbound 295 remains open. as far as we know south capital remains blocked as well. use malcolm x as your detour. lots of options in place for you. hopefully it should be okay for your ride. we'll keep you posted on that. let's go to the north side of town. construction is a little late in clearing on the beltway. a lot of slow traffic, 40 miles per hour going through this area on the outer loop toward university boulevard where they are picking up this construction from over

and cumberland coming in at 66. the dew point will be coming up tomorrow, probably getting into the low to mid-60s. moisture, humidity and there's shower activity by later tonight. low to mid-60s. got up to 68 degrees today. a normal high of 64, so it's really nice. winds are just beginning to turn out of the southwest. that will keep us a little milder tonight than last night and tomorrow will be maybe two or three degrees warmer than today. we might get to 70 degrees tomorrow. now, interesting note for you. denver, with 80 degrees yesterday. this afternoon, there were 59. tonight after midnight they would drop to 29 by morning tomorrow. they could see four to six, maybe even eight inches of snow in the denver area. if you're headed that way, lookout. winter is headed your way. that front is going to eventually cross the country. it will bring with us, in this part of country, shower activity, increasing clouds and eventually it's going to turn chilly and by tend of the weekend, looks like pretty cold air. highs in

is cumberland, maryland treaty would think this city would be anything but cheap. it is one of the cheapest places to live in america. to its historic downtown mall, it offers at all including low gas, parking and housing prices just to name a few. >> i am surprised that ford's has ranked as the cheapest place to live. the prices of apartments these days has gone up while the value has gone down for the dollar. >> tourism definitely does not come with a price tag. a lot of the attractions we are told are either free or priced lower than surrounding areas. >> internet's medical alert, officials have approved plans to build a new hospital and germantown. the plan to build a six story 93 bed hospital on the campus of montgomery college. they hope to begin construction later this year. the hospital is expected to open bid 2014. a new study suggests that cell phones did not cause brain cancer adding more evidence to a hotly debated topic. the latest study from 250,000 danish cell phone users over one decade, the largest analysis to date had the same cancer risk as non u

our temperatures right now just around 60 degrees. 55 out towards hagerstown. 52 over in -- in cumberland. that low mr. move away. as it does, it will bring the winds from the northwest as opposed to the southwest. we'll talk about how your weekend is shaping up as we head into this late october, friday, tomorrow. cup cup in a few moment. >>> the corruption trial of state senator senator currie continues. he was described as honest. currie is' queuesed of giving favors in exchange for money. >> when you head out to vote next year you may want to double-check who represents your district. delegates approached governor martin o'malley's redistricting plan. they said they accurately reflect population growth. opponents say the map will oust republican roscoe bartlett in western maryland. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, troubled actress lindsay lohan will be headed back to court. details on what's next for her and hear why you may want to get an peel trick car. maryland is making it a whole lot easier to have one. let's take another live look outside. a nice day so far. tim

cumberland at 32 degrees. here is a look at the future cast. we will see snow out towards peters burg and matinsburg it is still snow. but mostly rain for the district. then this evening, this rain could be changing into snow around 7:00. out towards just even north of manassas. one this system goes through the rest of tonight. we will see cold air and drying out. the snow potential for today from this system, we're looking at trace the 1 inch for the district. points east. i think outdoor towards the bay and the ocean you won't see a lot, but around gaitheringburg, 1 to 3 -- inches. the main concerns will be down treed and limbs to lead to power outages. this is a dynamic system. maybe this afternoon, you could see and hear thunder snow. roads will not be a huge problem, especially if you are in hagerstown, you could see accumulating snow. hagerstown and points west until tonight. so, everyone please be safe throughout the day today. go to our website, www.wusatv9.com, for more updates. otherwise, we will continue to keep with you and let you

let's look at this shot from just east of cumberland in the national park. a beautiful picture of the lake, submitted by stating davis taken a couple weeks ago. -- katie davis. and a shot from susan in frederick county of the trees turning yellow. beautiful sights especially in this shenandoah valley at this time. there are few hits on the doppler to collect evidence and metro area. mid-level clouds mainly. i would not be surprised if part of the cloud cover gives one or two raindrops especially in west virginia this morning. there could be an isolated sprinkle, later on today for the rest of us. more clouds and sunshine throughout the day. starting partly cloudy, and clouds increasing quickly through the morning. notice the cold front of star northwest associated with an area of low pressure. the cold front as a line of showers along with it. that could give us a few sprinkles thitoday. and just isolated. 51 in northwest d.c. right now. walkersville, 42. for the most part we are in the 40's. that's normal for this time of year. 69 this afternoon for the hig

easton 50. 55 packs river. 56 ocean city. 39 degrees right now in elkton. 45 cumberland, westminster, bel air. low 50s rock hall annapolis and kent island. 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. living big. there is that low again. it's high pressure that's going to force its will on the system. look at the low, south shows it, that's one, you saw the swirl, one heavy duty rip until the atmosphere if you will. enough of it. it's gone. we will call for rape this afternoon with high of 55. wait until you see the five day forecast off the charts. take it away, guys. >>> we have breaking news out of baltimore involving the subway system, o dor of natural gas tings entire system has been shutdown. stations are being evacuated. crews are monitoring the situation. a bus bridge set up from hopkins to cold spring. we have crews on the way and we will update you on this breaking story. >>> remember, wjz is always on, here are the stories we are following on our website. for updates of all the news and first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in health watch, some parents

we've got some 40s in spots like win chester and frederick and cumberland.ow 50s at andrews and la plata. here in washington we're at 57. so some sun today. not a bad day at all with highs in the lower 70s but we turn wet and breezy tomorrow. those details coming up in about 13, 14 minutes. right now we throw it inside to monika with more on your timesaver traffic. >>> i'm going to start off with a map this morning around. i've been telling you about a police chase that ended in a crash right here northbound on 395. just above the beltway at edsall road. i'm going to step out and show you what it looks like live from sky 9. heading northbound on 395 this ramp to edsall road has been closed since the 5:00 hour. and what it was was a controlled police chase that ended in a planned crash. if that makes sense. so they caught the person they needed to catch. there were minor injuries and the driver was transported to the hospital and he will be fine. in the meantime the investigation continues and let's take a look at the backup northbound on 95 here in newington

. >>> 56, washington warming up nicely, 52 gaithersburgwhat a beautiful morning, cumberland, way wayhe northwest, in cumberland, 46 this morning should be nice this afternoon lots of sunshine mild, light winds highs back into the upper 60s. yesterday we were 67, right there again this afternoon sentinel sat rad, look how quiet it is all the way from new york richmond down to carolinas we look great out west now chicago, this will be our weather maker starting late in the day tomorrow i think tomorrow we will start to see cloudiness move in by late wednesday, wednesday night and thursday we will start to see showers return, once those get in here we will have much cooler air settling in for the north and west, today and tomorrow, temperatures above normal, as we get into the daytime hours on thursday, friday, and saturday, lookout, going to be much much cooler around here, before the end of the week. future cast nothing to show you today fantastic, and then tonight just a few clouds passing through wednesday, and you can see mostly cloudy by late in the day wednesday maybe a few showe

we see showers through cumberland to western maryland. most like it's not -- mostly it's not reaching the ground. everything is on the light side. here is the deal. not as cold tonight. we were in the 20s in the bushes friday and saturday night -- sorry. saturday and sunday night. early trick or treaters will be dry. showers late. nice tuesday. shades and a light jacket. tonight mostly cloudy and chilly. shower possible by midnight. probably as early as 10:00. low temperatures upper 30s to 40s. temperatures are about ten above what they were last night. upper 30s in gaithersburg and rockville. mid-20s in arlington and downtown. down to the south, 40 in waldorf. maybe in leesburg and manassas. tomorrow morning mostly sunny. chilly start. need the glasses and a jacket. winds northeast at 10. by afternoon mostly sunny and pleasant. a shade below average. high temperatures near 60. winds northeasterly at about 10. next seven days, sunshine wednesday and 60. low 60s thursday. a cloud coming in, weak system. we will keep it dry thursday night f

now picking up again in cumberland. let's show you other things going on. with the storm approaching us, it's picked up the winds out of the northeast. it will be gusty at times. that's keeping our temperature down big time. we started out the day pretty much as the temperatures. that's where we will stay for most of the afternoon. what can we expect for the next few days? we will have the forecast coming up. >>> bge customers left without electricity by hurricane irene, are hoping voices have been heard. a commission hearing in downtown baltimore gave customer as chance to speak out about nower company's storm response. 750,000 people were made powerless by irene, some for longer than a week. maryland is getting a telephone area code. public service commission announcing today the newest area code will be 667, and in to effect march 24th. the other codes are expected to be exhausted by next year. the new numbers will be phased in in central maryland and over on the eastern shore. >>> some big changes could be coming to maryland's gas tax and the price of v

it is cooler in cumberland with clouds off to the west at 57. the wind is gusty out of the northwest, steady at about 12 to 20 miles an hour. it is a fairly breezy day for us as we transition from the great, damp, and cool weather pattern to a more stable, and sunshine. we are still under the influence of the weather system but is moving to the northeast and pushed closer to the canadian maritime, where it will hang out for a couple of days. it will be replaced by a high pressure system. a sunny strengthening, and strong high pressure system. this is what we call an omega blocking pattern. we will be able to get some of this pattern for a change, which means a lot of sunshine, warmer temperatures, and finally, in nice long stretches of dry sunny weather. seasonable temperatures, too. 67, partly breezy. back into the upper-40's by tomorrow morning, but there you go, 73 by tomorrow afternoon. not as when the test to date. sunshine wednesday all the way through the weekend. we could be talking 83 by sunday. in early october you do not put the short