on live doppler hd this is what i'm seeing. not much east yet.ern frederick county just being affected but west of town is where we see the activity pick up. we will zoom in and take a tour for you. northern half of howard county will get in on that. more activity down to charlottesville with a scattering of light to occasionally moderate showers. look at this here. in the district fairly clear. getting light activity to the east. southbound 95 toward springfield in to western part of charles county seeing light rain shower activity. here's the heavy stuff luckett to leftsville moving east, northeast. south of town, the other batch where we have moderate rainfall, west of 95 from quantico and east across the river now. look at the forecast for the next three days looking like this. today a couple of showers mainly this morning. temperatures around 70. tomorrow 77 degrees with mostly cloudy skies in the morning becoming a little sunny if we are lucky in the afternoon and saturday looks good. mostly sunny and temperatures in the mid 70s. the bus st

this morning on live doppler hd is where we will start. if atlantic city we have showers, but even to charlottesville we have a sprinkle. other than that a quiet morning out there. the next three days looking like this. temperatures in the 80s. same with tomorrow. as we go to the weather computer and then on friday, temperatures will cool down. we will get rid of the chance of a shower with mid-70s. setting us up for another decent weekend. at the bus stop this morning, the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, 64 to 72 for temperatures. probably don't need a jacket this morning. afternoon we call for partly sunny. breaks with spotty showers. average high 77, 82 to 86 with a south wind at ten miles an hour and mostly cloudy with isolated showers possible tonight. lows in the 60s to around 70. this morning there's the showers. the moisture coming in through new jersey around atlantic city to new york with a few sprinkles and to the southwest we have some showers here. other than that, in ohio it is a quiet morning out there. muggy and 60s and l

we will start with live doppler hd. parts of southern maryland to the eastern shore have a few sprinkles just south of waldorf and western charles county and kent island to denton and south of easton to cambridge, some light showers. as we look at the forecast for maryland today, we are looking at a spotty shower possible. a cool day. not as windy as yesterday. a little breeze with hancock 65. bowie 66. waldorf 67 and potomac near 66. we will look at the maryland roads. >> thank you very much. we are live from georgia avenue and the east-west highways. no problems to report. next shot, germantown and frederick. we remain delay free. this is 355 and germantown actually. that would be the right -- yeah, that's the right road. 50 westbound from the bay bridge to annapolis, that drive is okay. when you hit 202 and 201, or see 201 that you are slowing down. >> it is time to decide what you want and take your life to the next level. best selling they are and motivational speaker will live lee jolly tells you how to do it. >>

in virginia we start with live doppler hd.le the majority of virginia is dry this morning watching one area of showers pulling away from dahlgren in to maryland. otherwise we are quiet and mild. temperatures this afternoon which will make it in to the 70s even upper 70s with a chance of a shower or two later on. 78 should do it for the high in king george. 76 arlington and amissville about 77 for your high. right now time for virginia traffic report. here's kris sneed. >> thank you, howard. we will start with the beltway in virginia. seeing a heavy stack up from toe toll road to the american legion due to an accident on the other side of the bridge. we will head over to fairfax, virginia. route 29, 123 and normal amount of volume. no incidents to report. take a fly on the toll road from past the airport, route 88 all the way up, once you hit route 7 you can see a heavy slow down as you make your way to the beltway and 66 there. more on this coming up as well as news and weather after we return from the break. this is 9 news no

start with live doppler hd. some heavy shower showers across montgomery county.npours as you go down 270 through clarksburg and germantown. gaithersburg and things get better. south of town, down route 5 there in to prince georges county and charles county lighter showers and even to the west, south and west of warrenton and culpeper, showers there and around annapolis a couple of sprinkles. we will talk about the temperatures. showers an the next few hours. upper 50s in martinsburg and upper 60s in southern maryland. we sit at 65 degrees. we are looking at temperatures struggling only to 70 for a high. the better chance of showers this morning. we will have the full weekend forecast coming up in 15. patranya bhoolsuwan is standing by here at 6:30 with the morning traffic. >> good morning. we will start off in maryland where we will look at 95 and the bw parkway. right now in maryland all green cars and all drivers are at speed. that's good news. look outside where the roads are wet. not helping the traffic situation here. 270 southbound father hurley to montross

talk doppler hd across virginia. quiet why in most of virginia but east of stanton and west of charlottesville is one area of showers which is moving to the north and the east along the mountains there. that's about the only problem we are watching. look at the virginia forecast for today, partly to mostly cloudy. slight chance of a shower but will be warm. the forecast high in amissville of 85. 86 in king george and olney pushing 84 this afternoon. patranya bhoolsuwan is watching the traffic. >> we will start in fairfax where as you can see people are heading to work already. 50 to 29 so far just volume. no problems to report there. switch over to alexandria and check out 18th street and bell. so far accident free and finally fly over the gw parkway and see how things are looking from the beltway to the key bridge. all clear. 9 news now will be right back. you wanted more. u waed videos and phos... ail and brdband. you wanted to ruyour buss from anywhere... and stanmessa#g stay in h everyone. you wanted apps to find

new jersey and notice how things are rotating north to south and we are picking this up on live doppler hdckets of rain here and there on the doppler and up in northern v.a. maryland. rain in northern virginia. switch it over to doppler 9000. i will show you that and we have a little stretch of rain. there we go with the doppler. spotty in montgomery county, fairfax county and charles county and the northern neck along 70 in to hagerstown and to the shenandoah valley between front royal and luray. let's go back to the weather computer. the temperature is 67. dew point 62 and a northwest wind at six miles an hour and the barometer at 30.05. big storms once again in the middle of the country and the northern plains but off shore we are watching the low pressure spinning. kind of broad now. it will be pushed back this way thanks to a front to our north. if this comes in with this high pressure this low will be going toward us and picking up later on tonight and tomorrow. the seven-day forecast, mid-70s today. near 70 tomorrow with steadier rain and then on friday, spotty showers. a lingering

doppler 9000 hd very busy.ang g oito oropine m rain maryland than it is on the west side of th river in virginia. in fact, if you are by the liver river you get a littrt fatht r hewefarther west you go odds of u eira ngse ingo up. this area is spinning with heavy bands of rainfall coming out of the eastern ars ea towards the west, kind of going in an opposite direction for us, as we zoom in on live doppler 9000 hd, some of that light rain into fairfax county, eastern lowden, getting to manasas, down 95 you are drive but east it is pouring in spots montgomery county some of that heavy rain has come down into laurel, approaching college park, bowie seeing some of that down shady side and into the bay this stuff is coming down half an inch an hour or month, so heavy downpours, this is going to cause issues without a doubt. down to the south here in the bay coming into southern maryland seeing some of that heavy heavy stuff. want to show you the weather computer, the big picture. we put this in motion, you can see

let's look at doppler hd. it is blue many the sense we have rain.ht to moderate showers are pushing through from west to east. if you are east of 270, you are dry now. west is where we see it. to the weather computer, we have an area of showers well to the south. the lighter stuff with us. this morning more concerned with showers than later this afternoon. as we look at the day at a glance, cooler, a few showers this morning. temperatures will struggle under the clouds and gets to 70 for the daytime high. we need a traffic update. >> good morning, everybody. we will start with the maps. we are looking at 95 and bw parkway from baltimore to the beltway, everything is clear. 270 southbound, 121 to the split. looking nice. cars are moving well in that area and 66 eastbound. we will end there in virginia centreville to the beltway, no problem. back to howard. >> thank you. >>> have you gotten a fund- raiser pamphlet from your kids ' school yet, it is that time of the year but two schools are putting a green twist on the tried and true fund-raisers. >> r

i want to go to live doppler hd and show you the activity we have right now, mainly east and southeastern shore. some stuff around baltimore. nothing in the immediate metro but south approaching colonial beach and the river between virginia and charles county coming generally east here is what we are looking at. temperature-wise, not a bad morning. may need a light rain jacket in spots. mid 60s. 64 winchester. 70 and 72 and fredericksburg at 69. and dew point have crept up so muggy in the mid 60s. the next seven look like this with that front around. a chance of showers later today, tonight, even isolated one tomorrow. friday looks dry, which is an improvement from yesterday's thinking, same with saturday and 76. should be okay if for the terps game. see if the skins can get their first home game in dry on sunday. and more rain on mild with highs upper 70s and even 80 on tuesday. angie is goff but kris sneed has traffic. >> we have one accident to start this morning off in maryland on northbound u.s. 29 at franklin avenue. a jeep ran in to a pole. had a transformer on there. crews are on

as we switch it over to live doppler hd. spotty showers across frederick and montgomery county.e light scattered showers especially upper montgomery in to northern and western howard. south of frederick over to 'tis da aurora. lighter showers have been moving in from west to east. plum point you have some showers, also badden and prince georges county and waldorf light sprinkles and southern maryland toward newland on the northern neck we have some showers. temperatures are in the 60s this morning and with the rain moving in and the clouds an the breeze not a lot of recovery. as we look at the seven-day forecast, temperatures will struggle. only get to around 70 today and tomorrow. heaviest rain should be tonight in to early friday. saturday a light shower is possible still but not a bad day. upper 70s. by sunday and monday real nice, low 80s and more rain by wednesday if not late tuesday. it is 5:16. 66 degrees. good morning, angie goff. >> hello, howie b. hello, everybody. it is thursday. we are ready to kick off a great day. unfortunately we have some tieups beginning in lees

. >> start with doppler hd. i zoomed in to southern maryland where spotty showers to accokeek accokeek. as far as this afternoon in maryland we have a better chance of rain east than west. in hagerstown and cumberland low 70s. 68 north beach with rain late. angie is watching the maryland highways. >> that am. hello, everybody. we come to you live from quince orchard road. very traffic light. next shot, great seneca highway and middle brook and looks like a few cars are stopped at a light and they are moving. bw parkway parkway, flying it from 32 to proud per mill. lanes are wide open for business. now over to andrea. >>> if you want good results you have to first start by saying good things. best selling author and motivational speaker willie jolly has words to inspire and empower you. >> reporter: today's live better tip for success is speak good in your life and you will be amazed at the results. most people do not have to wait for others. they do it themselves. they use words that limb their scope. as we shar

let's go to live doppler hd and take a tour for you. spotty showers.thwest of fredericksburg is what we call ap, ground clutter, false return but everything else appears to be real. we will take a tour for you. starting in west virginia and western maryland. light showers from pa paw to cumberland. along the border by 2 there. some of it is spilling in to montgomery county and scattered light showers sprinkles and even here in northwest we had a couple spitting rain drops outside. it is really not heavy but moderate showers along the river between the northern neck charles an st. marys county to the west of leonardtown and calvert county north of saint leonard and the bay. and in the shenandoah valley i don't want to forget you guys light showers if you are moving south from luray to harrissonburg. the next three days not a washout today or friday but tonight steadier rains move in. we will struggling on thursday to get to near 70. at the bus stop, spotty showers like we have seen on radar. in the 60s. winds north at five. this afternoon, northeast 10

first show you live doppler hd.you are heading out 68 you may run in to a sprinkle in to pennsylvania. second thing i want to do is talk about visibilities. fog across prince georges county and to fredericksburg. andrews reported a quarter mile visibility. not much more than that up to college park. fredericksburg over to lake anna an orange, a quarter mile visible. everybody else, the visibilities are fine and the temperatures are in the 60s to around 70 at the naval air station patuxent river. winchester at 62. cumberland 66. frederick 64. that's the same in washington. dew point 63. the humidity is 94% and the winds are calm. big storm in the middle of the country brought snow to the rockies and heavy rains to the plains down to the mississippi valley and for the southeast for the moment things are quiet but you see the onshore flow bringing moisture to the carolinas this morning and maybe even through much of the day. the seven-day forecast for you, 78 this afternoon with a chance of showers. same tonight and to

. >> things are quiet on hd doppler this morning. but i will have the forecast for you for today and the rest of the week. >> we will update you on an good morning, dan. what's going on? hey, guys, where the heck is dan? strange -- he used to eat cereal every day. i heard he eats breakfast out now, man. he what? i feel so cold. and alone. dan! dan! dan! dan! now everyone can afford a hot breakfast to go. buy a coffee or any delicious dunkin' beverage and get our new sausage biscuit for just 99 cents. because it's breakfast, not brokefast. america saves on dunkin'. >> a very good morning to you. about 30 minutes before the sun officially rises. we will see a good dose of sunshine this morning much like yesterday. we will be above the normal temperatures today. it is a little bit humid out there. we are not going to be contending with the humidity this afternoon. it is very calm. only 5 miles per hour later on this afternoon. the temperatures are close to where they should be this time of year. 67 downtown. 58 in york, pennsylvania. he

let's look at our hd doppler radar. see that yellow stripe running across the city down out over the bay. moving westward. it is the delaware and new jersey stuff producing thunder and lightening. we'll talk about the weather, your wet drive to work and what it will be like coming up today. >> a pennsylvania mom is behind bars after she let her 6-year-old daughter drive her car. she was teaching her daughter how to drive. she is suspected of being under the influence. >> a car smashed into a nation pump creating an scombloegs. you can see the one driver purchasing gas. nobody was hurt. the attendant is getting much praise after hitting a red button that cut the gas supply. >> the time now 5:11. coming up, the president ordered the chesapeake bay be cleaned up. >> time is running out for you to take advantage of the first-time home buyer tax advantage. >> a new acc >> upper 50's and low 60's across the area this morning. that will be consistent before we start to warm up a little bit. with the storm spinning off shore. i

you know what rain would do to that -- rain this morning inshrain thiso on live doppler 9000 hd es cilyaleast and uptown inlyin maryland, virginia is not going to see t is stormaryland storm locally heavy rainfall. here inth e dist wvehahave of got of that st f isstea, is rts hour or bett er, pelycies al , ere across gegeou'sor ccein nty. george's county. coming down across southern maryland. windy today with highs only near 70 degrees. right now 60 wet degrees in washington, good morning, angie. >> hello, happy friday to everybody, including you howie. i want you for follow me, we got a lot of incidents out there. on the outer loop at clara barton an accident taking away the left lane. drivers are slow from river road to the scene. then notice on the northbound gw parkway on the ramp to access the inner loop we know that only the shoulder is getting by because of another crash. we will take it outside and show you the outer loop, we are slow, a lot of volume from new hampshire over to that road. factor extra minutes. see that spray on our cameras. >>> back to the bw parkway back to the map h

tomorrow's hd doppler nothing happening over the mid-atlantic.ll week thanks to the dominant ridge of high pressure. that is keeping it well to the south. good news, great weather pattern throughout this weekend. partly cloudy skies, warmer today. you can already see the signs of that with current temperatures. 62 downtown. 67 at the airport. 61 in westminster. low 60's on the eastern shore. little bit normal as far as the start goes. it will be above normal by this afternoon. we will see so much sun out there. it looks like it is the mid 80's in the baltimore. slowing down in the upper elevations, western maryland, 75, mostly sunny skies. maryland breaks down, 85 degrees, winds light out of the north at about five miles per hour. really, no problems whatever. more of the same. the good news is it will last you at least through the first half of next week. 85 on the oceans of ocean city. nice change from them. a disturbance onshore, it has been overcast, just in time for the tourists on the labor day weekend. chep chep five to 10 knots. record, 9

. >> and nice and dry skin on hd doppler this morning.t is likely to change the second half of our week. ivo break it down for you coming up. >> will update you on some >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. >> thanks for joining us. you get a check on weather and traffic. >> this might be one of our warmest days before we take a >> this might be one of our warmest days before we take a

. >> but a drop of rain on hd doppler. beautiful sunny skies today and pleasant conditions. details coming up. >> we are tracking a serious accident in the city. we >> good morning, everybody. all come back to 11 is today. >> thanks for joining us. we will get a check on weather and traffic this morning. we are starting off with weather. >> it is nice outside. we could break a record low. 53 set in

. >> we are high and dry on hd doppler, put into late tomorrow, that will change. i have a seven-day forecast. 80 at the inner harbor area. 81, actually. >> after weeks of talks and promotion, and jay leno and joined nbc's prime-time lineup last night, and with jerry seinfeld, kanye west, and performance from jay-z henrietta, it was a memorable premier. >> this is not another annoying promo, this is the actual show. >> after a summer of pipe, jay leno makes his prime-time debut. he left open " the tonight show" three months ago and he used his monologue to make up for the lost time. >> the government started a program that gives people money for old cars. i made $5 billion. >> try leno pressed singer kanye west about this incident at the mtv awards. he seemed to remorseful, all of us in several times for taking the microphone from -- apologizing several times for taking the microphone from singer taylor swift. >> i immediately knew it was wrong. >> but he fell silent when a jet and asked about his late mother. >> what you think she would have said about this? >> af

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nothing happening on hd doppler. a stalled out front. 564 at the airport. beautiful clear skies last night. really nice out there. 68 degrees and mostly sunny skies in the mountains. middle of the state, 77 degrees. enjoy the day. those temperatures will increase as we head into the next several days. today will be the coolest over the next few. it will not be very hot up there. 75 in ocean city. the winds at 18 miles per hour of the northeast there. waves only 1 foot. 99 was the record high. there is the potential to see the summer temperatures. the record low will not be set. 61 is where we should be overnight. looks like 50 in the outlying suburbs. maybe 67 downtown. mostly clear skies. high pressure is going to dominate again. it has been in control all week. it is not going anywhere. we look fabulous throughout the labor day weekend. hurricane jimena is affecting the baja peninsula. it is down to a category 2 storm. it is 800 miles to the south east of los angeles. it will be more to the north east towards arizona. it will not help reduce the fires in

. >> on hd doppler, a couple of scattered showers moving through the region. we have the forec >> we have breaking news. baltimore city police said an off duty officer was shot in the 3000 block of highland drive in northwest baltimore. the shooting happened a few moments ago. the officer was trying to get into his home when he was shot in the stomach by two suspects. we have a crucial route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. -- we have a crew in route and we will have more details as soon as they become available. representatives such as barney frank announced a proposal requiring credit card users adhere to the recently passed credit-card accountability responsibility and disclosure act three months earlier. this would keep credit-card companies from changing their terms and boosting interest rates before the act takes effect. >> at the time it was passed, we would go along with that only if we did not see a pattern of abuse. >> if the new proposal passes, the reform act would take place in december instead of february 2010. some

. >> storms to our west on hd doppler. we will deal with that as the weekend approaches. details on that coming up. stay tuned. >> we have an accident on dpw parkway. -- >> mostly cloudy and still get there. it will feel like a summer. some humidity around. some clouds around today. variable to mostly cloudy. right now, let's check out the temperatures. a 74 downtown. 70 at the airport. here is your statewide tour. western maryland mountains around 74 degrees. some breaks of sunshine today. 84 at the airport yesterday. winds will shift to the northwest as a front is to our south. we will start to dry out. the sun sets tonight at 7:00. the days are getting shorter. 95 if the record high set back in 1970. 39 degree record low. 59-65 overnight. it will start to feel better tonight with less humidity. a high pressure will give us pitiful conditions for friday. it will be cool and breezy. the front will get here late this weekend. a good chance of morning showers on sunday. the ravens kickoff is at 1:00 and i think we will be ok then. per the club the at 78 degrees. -- partly

. >> i set the hd doppler up for a wider view.r the chesapeake bay and eastward, the clouds aren't all that thick. but once you get west out toward frederick and northern virginia, the clouds are a little brighter and trying to produce a few sprinkles. but you can see the main area of rain is back in kentucky and tennessee. that area has exploded here in the past couple of hours as far as the amount of rain it's streaming in our direction. coming out of kentucky, tennessee, just to the west edge of the mountains there, and that will be traveling our way in the next 24 hours. and we hope to confine it to an 18-hour event. rain picking up this afternoon and getting out of here before the big football game tomorrow. let's look outside. right now looks pretty good. 63 at the airport. the morning low was 54. so we started out with a chill. 62 at the inner harbor. relatively dry atmosphere for the time being. 3026, the barometerer is high but falling off here this morning. east winds at seven miles an hour. those are going to controibt

. >> a few isolated shower is on hd doppler, indicating the cold front making its way into the -- intond. temperatures will drop a little bit coming down toward frederick n. nettleton. with this will be tracking -- and middleton. this will be tracking northeast. we have had some sharp coming out of hertford county and baltimore county across the bay and now working their way across queen anne's county on the shore. not a lot of rain out there. in fact, if you check the almanac today, there is nothing in the ages at the airport or the inner harbor. çtechnically, a dry day in our official weather report, but he may have picked a light sprinkle. the next few days we will see some tempters going below the normal height -- we will see temperatures going below the normal high. there are some showers on insta- weather + futurecast indicating the possibility of a star overnight and even into wednesday morning. more cause tonight, the winds turning to the north and dropping into the 60's with spotty showers. cool air will come out of eastern canada and stick around for the next several days wh

. >> we'll start out with a quick check of hd doppler radar. all clear here.kewed the radar to show that activity down in the south -- southern part of the u.s. from texas, along the gulf coast and florida. two low pressure systems down there. eventually that's going to drift in our direction but see those areas of high pressure up in missouri and kentucky? they're going to be here for a couple of days first. that will be the big influence and they're blocking that moisture down south from getting up here. by the middle of the week, that blocking effect disappears and rain comes back in the forecast. more in that in a moment. let's look at that sunny sky outside. tower cam view, beautiful morning here. 67 at the airport. inner harbor, 68. humidity has dropped a little bit the past two hours. 2998. the barometer's rising. that low pressure that was with us for so many days it seems has left. so our weather's much better. northwest wind at 6 miles an hour. friday was terrible. yesterday was not great, but it was a little better than friday. and today's beautiful

we are dealing with showers on hd doppler. a little bit of light shower activity to the north of the city of baltimore. keep your umbrella handy. satellite imagery shows that we are mostly cloudy as we like the other computer year. high only in the mid-70's. cooler by tomorrow. >> thank you for joining us. and next live update at 7:55. >>> 7:30 now on this wednesday morning, september 16th, 2009. a gray day here in the north east, but we have a sunny crowd lining the plaza. inside studio 1a, i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer. coming up, if you haven't taken a shower yet this morning, you'd better stay tuned. >> don't look at me. i've already taken one. there's new research that finds your shower head could be spraying something along with water, potentially dangerous bacteria. we'll tell you about the risk and what possibly you can do about it. i think we should all kind of keep this in perspective, though. >> yes. >>> also ahead, talk about motherly instincts and strange bedfellows. this 5-year-old chimp has taken on t

take a look at max hd fox 5 live doppler radar and you can see it's clearing. still some lingering through but it will gradually clear away. so we'll have some sunshine before it's all said and done. let's look at true view. still have a real moisture stream pushing up from the south from the gulf and that's creating the humidity as well that we're having in the atmosphere. so we won't have too much of a break from that at all. so be prepared. it is going to continue to be humid. let's go to the weather maps then. as far as temperatures right now at the airport. 64 at national. 64 at dulles. and 62 degrees at baltimore this hour. so a cloudy start with wet weather to the start of your day. as i said, it won't last all day. it will be mild. that cold front will continue to move across our area. stall out to the south of us, then as we move through into the weekend, that stalled out front will start to gradually move it's way to the north. we're going to end up with some wet weather as we head through into saturday. and we also have a system that will move it's w

when we come back, >> take a look at our hd doppler. no rain around baltimore.a rain in pennsylvania. this storm will be in the neighborhood today. it may reach annapolis this evening. we could see a spotty showers. we will see some sunshine trying to break through the clouds later today. we will break out of this eventually. a few showers possible. temperatures warm 70-75 is the high. better weather a around the area. >> they keep. we will see you again for another live update in 25 minutes. >>> good saturday morning. we're back on this saturday morning, the 12th of september, 2009. you can see some oaf our friends on the plaza. wet morning. appreciate them coming out. hi, guys. how are you? i'm peter alexander filling in for lester holt alongside my friend amy robach. nice to see you. coming up this half hour, michael jackson's sisters are going to speak out. >> that's right. janet jackson is opening up about big brother michael on the eve of her highly anticipated musical tribute, but it's sister la toya who is revealing new details today about what happened