stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with the forecast. a lot of people are starting to head out of town early. doug: they are. this is getting to be a busier and a busier rush hour the thursday night before memorial day. after the few hours of sun that got you in the mood, yeah, summer, weekend, and thunderstorms and rain and all that stuff. this is coming back. this is what we are looking at. here is the d.c. metro area. we are looking south of warrenton. winchester. far back of the mountains of i-81 and the woodstock areas. numerous thunderstorms developing. as they head knot east, some of them are stronger. many areas will get the downpours. this cluster we are tracking for you. manchester at 4:29 will come in the area. 4:52 to make it to fairfax. 5:26. that is an hour and a half before the patch get to the d.c. metro to coincide with thursday afternoon rush hour. this is we have one batch and another batch tonight as the upper level low will swing more rain in our way. this is the last vestiges of the storm center. we will see this pat

doug hill is tracking that and steve rudin as well. we will let you know what we find when the mobiletrak7 arrives on the scene. back with more after this. vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. steve: i'm abc7's steve rudin live in stormwatch7. we are on the capital beltway getting ready to move to the alexandria exit. old town. the rain for the most part eased a bit. on the backdoor step we have the heavier rain and reverse it to the back. look at what is going on and the radar for you. numerous thunderstorms across the area. if you have to be out and about leave extra time. the weather is not going to cooperate with the drive or

doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: for the next several days it will stay on the cool side. if you are longing for warmer days, that will show up in our longer-range forecast. a spectacular view from maryland. 55 degrees. this is the average noon temperature. there asul day out well. it is widespread from the entire viewing area. with the strength of this strong son of that will boost us up several more degrees. 60 and mornington, 55 in leesburg and 60 degrees at reagan international airport. zero threat of rain, somewhere in a 61 and 62 for the metro area for this afternoon. a much different story, a very chilly start. there will be spots farther west in the valley areas where it may briefly get close to 32. tomorrow we will pull out of the chill in the morning. of low pressure areas will come zipping out of canada. we will see some increasing clouds wednesday and thursday but getting chances of rain may hold off until late friday or saturday. a little bit of it warm up coming your way in 10 minutes. >> 72 years

that is why chief meteorologist doug hill is here with this. what do we expect, doug? >> we are impressed with the satellite match. the cold front is associated with the storm center. the dynamics of the atmosphere is shifting well north and west. we will get thunderstorms and maybe severe. the greatest threat is not in the viewing area it's north and west. but we won't let our guard down. this is a big area in yellow from new york state to western maryland. there is a tornadoes warning even. the developing showers and the thunderstorms southwest. there is the not inial for for more to develop. as we get to the seven or the 8:00, 9:00 we are going to monitor issues down south. the windy afternoon could keep down the possibility. but steve rudin is dealing with the gusty winds. what do you have for us in this report? steve: this is windy. straight to the weather graphics for you. i will sho 20 to 30 miles per hour. you have outdoor plans. going for a picnic. you want to keep the eye to a sky. we are likely to see more thunderstorms. this is quiet here now. the planes ar

let's start with chief meteorologist doug hill. he is tracking the system. what is the biggest threat we are facing now? doug: later tonight between 7:00 and 10:00. scattered heavy thunderstorms and isolated severe thunderstorms. in the day, the storm prediction center has been watching all the elements of the atmosphere associated with the approach of cold front. they have issued tornado watch for pennsylvania and new york state. they may issue a thunderstorm watch farther west of the area but the most serious threat seems to shift westward and northward. good news for the immediate metro. not so much for the points north and west. with that said we have a chance of severe weather here later tonight. the large yellow area through western maryland, pennsylvania and new york is a tornado watch. this is the thunderstorm line. you can clearly see the heavy duty action well north and west. we are pretty much high and dry. i think in the next few hours we have scattered showers in the area. later this evening, thunderstorms. this stuff here will not affect us. it'

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now i toss it to doug hill. we saw the mayor run in the pool.oing to cannonball off the high dive this weekend? doug: my rule is the water temperature has to be 80 or higher. there is no chance this weekend. later in the summer it happen. tonight we are good there a breeze if you head out for the everything hours. the future cast. there are interesting things to work. this is from a system in the northwest. through the day the shower chances pick up in the afternoon. scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms. best chance of anything heavy is south and southwest of washington. stay on the cloudy side saturday and sunday. the rain may hold off to sundays night. at the beaches. this is not a rainy stretch. it may be more clouds than anything 7 of tomorrow. and sun. sunday the rain holds off until sho and tuesday. a chance of shower. we havable is temperatures for the middle and the end of -- we have seasonable temperatures for the middle to end of the week. horace: should i take it personally? i come in and erin is at a ballgame watching a game. al

now a check of the forecast to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: the transition of improving weather will happen in the afternoon. the heavy rain moves out. but steady lighter rain continues through the everything. but that, too, will move out. we will hit a break period. cloudy, drizzly tomorrow and overnight. the next batch of the steady rain will move in. all the while it will stay chilly. temperatures in the morning are upper 40's to 50. average in temperatures. the rain will move in, in the afternoon. it will get heavy late tomorrow, tomorrow night and saturday. then slow improvement. we have have that in the weekend outlook coming up in ten minutes. larry: a developing story from the white house. there is a panel to investigate voter fraud to boost the public confidence in the integrity of the system. trump claimed many people voted illegalfully the investigation and it comes in the midst of the investigation of the role russia could have played in the election. >> did you threat on the quit over the comey fallout? >> no. i'm not quittin

let's start out with doug hill doug: let's watch this system out to sea. there are a few more storms and we will zoom in. this is more out to the eastern panhandle of virginia. the future cast through the evening maintains a chance of a few acelated showers and storm -- few isolated showers or storms. there could be isolated downpour in spots later tonight. after that, the weather is uncomfortable tomorrow with more showers, gusty winds and chilly temperatures. we drop in upper 60's. today, from the storms we have had numerous reports of the localized flooding. wind report and over the portion of the southern maryland and northern virginia. wind damage. one of the spots with the wind damage is in king george county, virginia. that is where we find brad bell. brad? brad: hey, doug. take a look at this. the steam out of the power plant there on the other side of the potomac river and the nice bridge. that has been the direction all day. the wind is coming out of the south. fairly gentle now. but this morning. just after 8:30. a weather buoy recorded a gust j

nancy: doug hill has the latest update. doug: we are watching this all day long. held longer longer than the storm prediction thought. we see showers and storms because we are locked locked ine cloudiness all day. on the western fringes there is sun coming across 81. we are getting thunderstorms tracking eastward. ahead of a cold front. track through the area this everything. there is a large line north and west. this is where the severe thunderstorm watch is. we will see showers and a rumble of thunder in the evening hours. 67 at joint base andrews. 69 at washington. culpeper at 79. 81 in luray. 83 in chartsville. they get the sun and the warmer temperatures. for us, not so much. [doug's losingoi you will see showers come to an end and maybe fog in the morning. i'll take a drink of water and i'm be fine. or maybe this is a cuffs for getting -- curse for getting the forecast wrong. michelle: i'm michelle marsh. tiger woods was asleep at the wheel when he was arrested. the police woke up the golf legend in jupiter florida. he had slowed, slurred speech but the brea

doug hill has the forecast. hi, doug. doug: hi, there. we start off somethingy as you say. but the weekend will wind up just fine. rain and a fair amount of it. there are more pockets, more moderate and heavy rain that will come through a little bit later tonight. so this does not look particularly good for the nationals downtown at the stadium this evening. we'll see what happens. look, it stretches back into southwestern virginia, parts of north carolina. thunderstorms developing a little warmer air so this is going to eldeal with overnight when we it will get heavier tomorrow morning. it looks like the rain will taper off by the day tomorrow and that should be the most of it. 56 in the evening and dropping to near 50 overnight with the rain getting steadier and heavier. maybe in the overnight hours, the southern suburbs could see flashes of lightning, a rumble of thunder. 46 to 51, that's crazy as we approach the middle of may. the beginning of the end of this pattern. finally moving out. the rain will not be a feature, we don't think, in the afternoon, and that will ope

michelle: doug hill is back. we have familiar with the pattern. clouds and then the rain shows up. will we see it again? doug: yes. the rain moves in tonight. i think it the nats will get their game in. and i saw that they are going to move up the game tomorrow to get it in. there is cloudy weather this everything. later tonight, we will see the possibility of showers to the area. they are coming from the carolinas from east tennessee. in that area, they have been intense. we don't know we will see anything like that here. we get heavier rain overnight. rumble of thunder. not the severe variety. temperatures 55 to 60. the winds are light overnight. they will start to pick up out of the east and the northeast. the first big batch of rain goes through. we head through overnight tonight and early thursday morning. this time it's at 8:00. most of us have moved through. we get to the afternoon and the everything with the advance of a cold front with the west. that will fire up the chances of the showers and the thunderstorms. it's numerous. a look at 5:what on the future cast. it's not u

doug hill is here with how long it will last and when we can expect a big warm up. doug: it looks like the warm-up is going to come next week. we will get a taste of it on sunday, but it will feel like summer next week. let's tell you about what we are cloudy skies around the area, 58 in the city, and we are going to stay chilly all week long. very little rain in the metro area. .he rain is south of washington fredericksburg, charlottesville, harrisburg, plenty of rain as the march goes from west to east. as we get into the late-night hours, larger areas of steadier, heavier rain will develop and we think the chance will really increase after 7:30 p.m.-8:00. after midnight, the heaviest rain possibilities are overnight until tomorrow. overnight and in the morning when you wake up, rain, chilly temperatures, and plenty of it. your 10 day outlook coming up >> to a developing story. trump's latest tweets are raising even more questions. -- questions about james comey's obstruction of justice. today's poll -- does the president spend too much time tweeting? let us know.

michelle: stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill has the latest. how is it going? oug: for most areas it's what you describe. thundershowers popping up. fredericksburg through the northern neck of virginia where the severe thunderstorm warnings continue. give you a big screen look at things here. stands out. the lightning and the energy with the system in king george's county where severe warning is in effect along the potomac. close store the metro north and west. there are areas of the showers and the thunderstorms. we monitor those. this is the area that is running across the northern neck. across potomac to st. mary's shortly with rain and lightning. there are showers reston south of leesburg. a developing thunderstorm there. no overall watches for the area. just the idea that has the cold front comes in the area in the next few hours we will continue to have the areas of the showers and the thunderstorms. that will calm down overnight as the air turns cooler. the winds turn north. that will set the stage for a cool weekend. we have the weekend forecast and the

a slick and sloppy start to the region.he chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. will the sun come out at all today? doug: there's a greater chance metro, and a chance metro washington area will see sunshine. 61 degrees in overcast, the go, thewest you brighter the skies are slowly becoming. you see it here on the doppler the rain has moved west. it only took me 20 seconds to say yes or no answer. they will see sunshine in spots. it's not going to be blue skies day, butine all temperatures will be in the mid 70's, even though we stayed in the lower 60's right now. frederick, washington, quantico, to 73.me up we are seeing some sunshine. the 70's, kind of defendant on sunshine and how i would get. clearly the study rain has ended not another version of steady rain until sometime tomorrow. futurecast analyzes a shower there, but the heavy out and here we again with brain moving in from the south and southwest and as we get through the afternoon hours, heavier rain starting especially through tomorrow night and early wednesday. even though wednesday at 6:30, a rain,

meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: cloudy skies right now. a couple sprinkles east of the metro area. chances really start to jump up. let's talk about numbers. it is cool with cloudy skies and winds coming off the ocean. the warm spot locally, reagan national at 67. frederick at 64, the same reading in baltimore. for the afternoon, we will keeping our eyes on doppler, a couple sprinkles, very light showers, but a lot of this will fall apart before it gets to the metro area. heavier rain is well to our south east, and then we are looking well to our south and west, as the next big batch of rain crosses into georgia and farther south and west. we think it will be early evening before that rain develops, and some of that could be briefly heavy. upper 60's in most areas. we might get a glint of sunshine through the clouds. it's one of those days where you can see the clouds, but still sunny. -- you can still see the sun, but still cloudy. more rain through the night, it could be heavy at times, and so the story goes. lindsey: thank you. he took

meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: it might be too good for some if hot temperatures are not your thing. this is gorgeous. a look at the country club in bethesda, crystal clear skies, temperatures in the 64 in college park. 63 degrees right now in gaithersburg. once we get a couple more hours under our belt, the sun angle will retire, and everyone will be above the 70-degree mark. if you are heading out to lunch, the temperatures are going to be good. it won't be as strong winds as we had yesterday. wind gusts, reaching gusts of 26 miles per hour at reagan national, 28 at bwi thurgood marshall, similar wind gusts around the region. even tonight, much later wins. winds will be much lighter throughout the day. highs tomorrow, low 70's to mid-seventies. tomorrow, it looks like we will be around the mid-80's. we will hang out some upper 70's. a nice-looking weather pattern coming our way all because this high-pressure center ith position to pump up southwesterly winds. right now, that system is off to our west. or so,

doug hill has when the rain will move out of here. doug: for the meantime it has. it's cloudy and gray. at the moment there is sunshine coming in. that is brief. cloudiness is the rule going forward. occasional showers. 72 in leesburg. warrenton is 74. we have fog in the forecast with the clouds tonight but no rain. temperatures will settle through the 60's overnight. the computer model shows the next chance of rain tomorrow. late morning to midday. the rain could get heavier as we head through the midday and the afternoon and the everything. it looks opportunity through wednesday, wednesday night and thursday before it clears out. we check the holiday weekend in detail coming up in a couple of minutes. jonathan: look forward to it. thanks. the death spurred a riot and five police officers in freddie gray's arrest and death face charges from their own police department. the officers were exonerated in court but an independent investigation found procedures were violated. the two officers who made the arrest suspended. three officers could all be fired. the police a

earlier doug hill showed what 95 looks like around fredericksburg. a huge improvement for us. thunderstorms continue to pop. we will look at those in a minute. national harbor, step out of the way to show what is going on. the clouds continue to build. with the clouds, we have thunderstorms on the way. a newly issued thunderstorm warning until 5:30. king george, spotsylvania and stafford counties. this clel right now is moving toward -- this cell right now is moving toward the south. so 59 southward is where you will run through the problems through the early evening rush hour commute. severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30. king george, spotsylvania and stafford county. it will have no impact on the immediate metro area. heading west, this is moving toward the east. not very fast. at 20 miles per hour. but things will continue to flare up as we move through the evening hours. warrenton and locust grove looking at stronger thunderstorms right now burr nothing that has been warned on. around the immediate metro area, capital beltway, a few showers starting to enter. it is quiet

doug hill is tracking at all. moment, we are stocked in with heavy clouds. this is the montgomery college campus in rockville, only 59 degrees. crazy cool for this time of year. there are to the east of the washington area and a line out west.ew meanwhile, 100 miles or so to the west, sunshine and the first of several lines of showers and thunderstorms developing. if we get some sunshine, i think we will be in the game for heavy duty whether this afternoon in spots. just a possibility, but it will not happen unless all this low cloudiness moves out. what you are not seeing on the satellite is the motion of the cool, damp air coming in off the atlantic. flip it going. we will be watching all afternoon for you. we have to call for the possibility of severe weather in parts because the storm production center has us at a slight risk. we will see how the afternoon goes on. our forecast will put the highs into the 70's today. any time after about 4:00-5:00, our chances of thunderstorms increase, any sunshine in the area. back in about 12-13 minutes with a look at

nancy: doug hill has the storms and the timing of this all. >> we may have showers in the morning but the threat of storms will be tomorrow afternoon. the early departure is a good idea. live look of the ocean city. a lot of people off the beach. fairly sunny day. pleasant. cool. lower 7 o's. that is the story here. low to mid-70's. sunshine. the past hour we have seen more sunshine around the metro area. we think the skies remain partly cloudy tonight. we will continue to monitor area of the shower west of the mountains that could affect us tomorrow morning. but the better chance we think of the showers and the thunderstorms are tomorrow afternoon. anytime after 1:00 or 2:00. showers and the scattered thunderstorms. anything really heavy to severe we think is displaced well south of the metro area. mostly cloudy. mid-7 os. rain is coming. on memorial day it's pardly cloudy and 82. chance of showers late in the day. not a perfect forecast but not a washout. we talk more detail about the beach weather and the local conditions throughout the weekend coming up in 12 to 13 minutes. nancy:

. >> chief meteorologist doug hill joins with us the rain risk and the shot to the system. what happened to the mid-70s and the 80's? >> they went vacation. >> they will be back. there are new batches that are developing west of the area. there are localized flooding issues in the area. there are more storms in virginia. most will miss the metro area. the temperatures will hold in the 60's until the morning. cloudy and cool and breezy tomorrow. 63. it's light at times. there could be a shower on sunday. there will be sunshine in the day. that is it. back to you. alison: let's hear it for sunshine! michelle: thank you. stay a step ahead of the dangerous weather by going to wjla.com/text. john? jonathan: years, shaming and celebration. the initial response to the house vote to repeal and replace obamacare. fearing is grow and we delve into the fears. >> they were going to give more freedom with the coverage and what to charge those with the preexisting conditions. >> i hear they won't be covered by insurance companies. >> she is seeking care for patients. >> what was passed t

chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: clouds have been increasing, still getting a little sunshine through the clouds. upper 60's. the clouds will win out later today. then there's the rain. let's head over and talk about the rain moving in. right now, most of the rain that the system -- the system caused terrible flooding down south through arkansas. that's well to the north now. still a lot of moisture to the north. that will start very late tonight, especially overnight into tomorrow morning. our forecast through the afternoon, a little sunshine through the clouds, but the clouds will increase. we will climb to the mid to upper 60's. according to our futurecast for the timing, about midnight, we will see a little and 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning when the rain will fall from this system. it will be heavy at times. there could be some thunderstorms. definitely slowing down the friday morning commute. the heaviest bands of the storm will say -- stay to our south east. at about midday, the heaviest rain should end. we

doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: a break in temperatures, closer to normal for early may after being so warm for so long. by the end of the week, the weekend and next week, very chilly. gorgeous right now. looking at montgomery college, temperatures in the upper-60's with a couple of spots in the low-70's. fredericksburg at -- 75 at reagan national. 72 in quantico and frederick. gusty breezes and plenty of sunshine. wind gusts, 23 miles per hour. mile-per-hour gusts at reagan national and 33 mile-per-hour gusts -- 31 mile-per-hour gusts in frederick. breezy and dry. tons of sunshine. 75 is the high temperature. 60's. through the overnight, a bit cooler than recent days. this is the storm center from yesterday that caused the problem on the gulf couple of days earlier over ontario province which is moving out. this is what is left of a cold front that is moving out -- a nice run of temperatures. board tomorrow and maybe as low as 50 degrees tomorrow morning in germantown and 51 in manassas. downtown. in sunshine

. >> we need to switch gears quickly to chief meteorologist doug hill. there is a storm watch weather alert just issued. what is going on? doug: one of the clutchers there were a couple of clusters and this area has turned severe. the national weather service issued severe warning until 6:45. zoom in and show the area. it's north of berryville. so the way it will head east at 6:o 9 in five minutes. over charlestown at 6:17 in hillsborough. there are to few other clusters but this is the strongest with strong winds gusting to over 50 miles per hour and quarter size hail. back in a few minutes with another update. severe thunderstorm warning until 6:45. michelle: thank you. to a developing story now chaos in times square. a car goes out of control and strikes dozens of people. police call this an isolated incident. the driver crashed into a crowd and drove three blocks before crashing to a barricade. 18-year-old, tourist killed. 22 others >> it was like bowling. hitting people. >> even though you know it is in the back of your head you think it will never h

lindsey: turning now to the weather, clear blue skies and just a meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. the coolis breezy, on side. lots of sunshine in arlington right now. looking live from chesapeake reach -- beach, absolutely unrestricted visibility. gorgeous. the offshore winds, not a lot of wave action. thanrature wise, different recent days. 61 in leesburg. 63 in washington. 72.average height is we will be short of that today. tomorrow, we may come close. this story, wind gusts recently and leesburg. 31 miles per hour in quantico. 26 at reagan national airport. it will be breezy. we will be in mixed skies,, just gusty winds come and temperatures winding up close to 66 degrees. the big picture on satellite and radar, a lot of moisture from the deep south. severe outbreaks possible through oklahoma and texas and oklahoma, butt arkansas and louisiana. it will take a little time to move eastward. the cloudiness will increase tomorrow. as a result, chapters will turn a bit cooler as the winds come off the ocean. we expect tomorrow night the rain to develop from

doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. doug: as temperatures continue to climb slowly but steadily, beautiful shot from nationals park. 85 degrees, light wind. let's check the temperatures. as of noon from 88 in leesburg. 88 in frederick. 82 in quantico. reagan national and 81 degrees. the numbers will climb -- the average high this time in may's six come so we are well above those values. some this afternoon, cloudiness and the potential for an isolated thunderstorm or two. the best chance of that will be west of the metro area. nothing close to the area on radar. west virginia got a couple thunderstorm stopping. we will watch for those to develop closer to the rush-hour in our area. tomorrow," run out west will move in and that will give increased chance of showers and thunderstorms. this is by tomorrow morning fr should be sunny, warm, monday, with the civilian southwesterly wind. showers and storms late afternoon. 8:00 at night there could be clusters of showers and storms. they should move off during the overnight hour

not moving fast but get to chief meteorologist doug hill with what you need to know right now. a lot going on. doug: indeed, john. a lot of heavy storms. the key in the viewing area no severe thunderstorms. these are heavy. small hail, gusty winds, lightning and rain but not the severe level of high winds to 60 miles per hour. closest weather of the severe storms are expected over the eastern shore of maryland. we have plenty of stuff all the way through the metro area and north and west. northern suburbs. even farther west coming along east of the blue ridge right now. another line that is forming up. normally in the circumstances when the developing lines come across the areas that have been hit by the storms they tend to weaken a little bit. we'll see if the next line does that as well. that is the expectation. we zoom in close there is plenty of action of the storms as they move northeast at 35 miles per hour. moving in the chillum area closely. they will winds upton the bay to a -- wind up the bay at howard county at 6:23. and baltimore by 6:50. a lot of action to watch. mo

chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. with that break may come a little bit of sunshine, but later this afternoon, heavy rain. potential of being the most active weather day, and i mean heavy showers, thunderstorms, and the outside chance some could approach severe levels. starting to form west of interstate 81. temperatures are expected to warm finally out of the 60's to at least 70, but we will deal with more showers and storms through the mid to late afternoon and through early this evening. by the time we get to the 4:00 hour through 7:00, that is when we will see a noticeable increase in the probability of showers and storms. we expect to have those storms produce even more heavy downpours. this isn't just a regular thursday evening. this is the thursday before memorial day, so there will be extra folks on the road, and that rain will have an impact. fredericksburg, a line of heavy downpours that will expand. more heavier downpours will follow just ahead of the cold front later this evening. we will see more heavy sh

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doug hill here with a look at your forecast. doug: i normally don't rate weekends were forecast, but if i were to do that, with one being complete rainout, 10 being three cloudless days, this day would be about 5.5. somewhere in the middle, not to be 2%. a couple of showers north of the metro take the sky over the nation's capital. some breaks up blue and some cloudiness. it is mild. 71, a big number -- the woman that has been for a bit. he will see temperatures continue to climb into the 70's this afternoon. showers over parts of st. mary's county, a few more to the north, as we see. as we get into the afternoon, that will go away, it will have periods of clouds and sunshine. tomorrow, things start to unwind a little bit. a flow of air out of the northwest. drier air. improving conditions this afternoon, good for afternoon or evening activities around the area despite the brief. tomorrow, things start to change. some models give the chance of showers in the area in the morning toward him. clear it out, -- noon. clear it out, and

meteorologist doug hill will be retiring in september. e's still with us until then- so share your gratitude, and your stories about him using the hash tag: thanks doug. time now for weather - have the umbrella - waves of rain through saturday - unseasonably cool next 3 days (50s) - drier & warmer for mother's day - 80s make a comeback next week! today: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. cool. highs: winds: e 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. isolated showers. lows: winds: e 5 am showers, pm rain. highs: winds: e 5-10 mph a good morning washington win four tickets to see cirque du soleil.. right after the break. washington wants to get you into cirque du soleil's hottest new show -- "ovo"!! we've got a family four pack of tickets for caller #7. (703) 528-7334. the show is coming to eagle bank arena on august 16th. we've got another chance to win coming up at six. good luck! online realty giant zillow is facing a lawsuit over its feature that estimates the value of homes. abc's diane macedo and kenneth moton have the details in this morning's

doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. >> the number today is 92. that is the existing high temp record for washington set in the state in 1974. we have a chance of tying the record and going above it and setting a new record. first up, air quality alert in effect toot for the d.c. metro area, baltimore, southern shore and d.c. very light winds and very little mixing of the pollutants in the low levels of the atmosphere. this is code orange for unhealthy for sensitive groups, people with asthma, cardiac conditions and the such. as far as noon, we are getting up there in a hurry. 86 at washington dull he is, 82 at reagan national, one of the cool spots. often ragan is top of the list. 92 the record high for us. 89 the record high at dull he is. and 93 at w.b.ism. we will come short at baltimore, more than likely set a new record at dull he is and break or tie the record at ragan nationals. we will complime through the 90's today. the heat values will make it feel toaster. feels lying 94 in 104 in fredericksburg. that is hot. tomorrow it looks like we

a bittersweet one for us chief meteorologist doug hill will retire in september. so he's still with us until then. we want you to share your gratitude and stories about him using the #thank doug. you have so many stories as well. this is such a new chapter for you. nonstop for 40 years. doug: almost. i want to enjoy the summer. fun time here. lot to cover. retirement is good. quick look at our weather. the rain continues at times. not so heavily this afternoon or tonight. back tomorrow afternoon and part of saturday. clearing out for mom on mother's day. lindsay: thanks for joining. watch abc 7 news at rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >> you know, they say m

our chief meteorologist doug hill has the all-important timing. doug: we think the heaviest rain is 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the morning. pick up an inch or two of rain. that is the story tonight. quite a soaker coming. potentially high impact in the morning commute. i want to show you, we have the moisture from two separate directions. from the atlantic ocean and the gulf with the southerly winds. this will converge over the area late tonight and overnight. producing the period of rain that will be heavy at by 10:15, move in from the west and southwest. in the morning 4:00, the rumble of thunder, the heavy downpour through the morning rush. we will see slow improvement in the day but it doesn't mean we are out of the woods. more afternoon storms are possible. the weekend, save it for you coming up in a couple of minutes. jonathan: see you then. thank you. the stormwatch7 weather team will alert you anytime weather is a threat. just go to wjla.com/text. michelle: a major effort to fight back against racism after someone hung bananas from nooses a

chief meteorologist doug hill? doug: changes are subtle at first. but heading toward the weekend, more noticeable around here. one thing to say with assurance here is it will be a while before we get to the 80-degree mark. i will start with that. look at the numbers. close to 80 degree mark in spots. mr. is plenty of sunshine -- there is plenty of sunshine, dry air and warm temperatures. 79 in fredericksburg and district. 75 in reston. 77 in annapolis. 79 in fredericksburg south. 75 in woodbridge. the first pitch weather is sunshine and 73 degrees. cooling through the 60's in maybe a jacket would be wise this everything. gusty winds will diminish a little bit. overnight we are expecting clear skies, high pressure moving overhead. 47 to 57 is the range of the low temperatures. tomorrow highs are cooler than today. it looks good and then the changes will begin. cool temperatures on thursday. shower and storms and the heavy rain is possible. we highlight that and the next ten days in 12 minutes. >> see you then. thank you. all right. president trump ma

reporting live in chantilly, tim barber abc7 doug: doug hill live in the stormwatch7 weather center with steve rudin. tornado warning for another 20 minutes now. just south of berryville and headed southeast at 30 miles per hour. most of the worst of the storm is north but there is the friend right there. steve: one thing we should talk about is the blue ridge. right here. we don't usually zoom in this closely to see topography but this is clear where it is and it will clash with that and have some impact on the actual storm itself to he weaken it a bit. doug: if there is an about watt tornado stretching 80 o to 90 o feet down from the cloud base it will have affect but now there is a hook that is starting to diminish. the influence of that and on our side, eastern side of this we have had the cooler air mass. let's turn the camera to swing to the right. let's walk to the bigger picture and talk about this. to give a big picture view, this is an area of this heavy rain that and the east of berryville through clark county to jefferson county west virginia. this is moving southeast at 30 m

send it back to chief meteorologist doug hill. what does it sound like to you? doug: i agree with the trees that indicates and be consistent with the straight line winds that come down and spread out. the car flipped over. that is curious, especially if they were close to buildings. that could go to the other side of the ledger. the weak circulation. tornado wise. to lift and turn. i'm sure the investigators and the weather service will check that out. a wild morning. we have had all kind of reports of the storm warnings all over the place. take a look at this. this is looking at hagerstown, maryland. this is very storm just north and west of the city. take a look at the radar. you see it moves through hagerstown. zooming in across the line to pennsylvania. another one that is north shepherdstown in west virginia in jefferson county. chilly both days. alison: okay. find out about severe weather first with the text alerts from the stormwatch7 team. you can sign up at wjla.com/text. larry: get back to breaking news. jeff goldberg, what is going on? jeff: the fire i

doug hill is retiring in september. he is still with us until then, so share your gratitud about him. we have all been posting our on our facebook pages. you can easily see how much he again, #thved. anksdoug. rain moving through from 7:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. you will need the umbrella heading out the door. perhaps over an inch of rain by late today. get the big umbrella ready. no sunglasses for the next three days. we are tracking the rain and some lightning heading towards martinsburg. a few embedded thunderstorms in this. very heavy rain, at least we will not have much wind. for the commute, you will need roads. tomorrow's high, 59 degrees. the rain will be late after morning fog. we will be back with the forecast over the weekend. we are looking out wet weather out of fredericksburg. we are looking at a crash outer loop of the no way towards 202. at arena drive, blocking the left side of the highway. northbound 95, 495, in towards landover, all of your lanes are open. the rain is moving through the area out of fr

meteorologist doug hill. hi doug. doug: it's off and running to a holiday weekend. get a look at the maryland beaches. getting off to good start. it won't be terrible at the beaches. cooler in the 70's but it has nicer moments. the showers and the storms are possible each afternoon, especially tomorrow and again on monday. as far as we have now, temperatures in the mid-70's. partly sunny, breezy weather. great for outdoor activities this everything and tonight. looking ahead to tomorrow morning, a cluster of showers and storms in illinois will build as it moves eastward. we could have a morning showers and a good chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and the early everything. the future cast tracks all this in the area here. through the day tomorrow. there are the morning showers. then it will try to clear out remaining cloudy. late afternoon and evening, showers and storms, the best chance of anything heavy south and west. as we get to sunday chance of rain late in the day. we might pull out memorial day monday as the best of the three weekend weather days. the

chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking the storm chances. doug: we have one west of north and west through frederick county. another patch to winchester. go to the big map and drill down in the areas. the first stop is coming out of winchester. showers and the thunderstorms are building there. this cluster betweengategate and frederick is moving north and north east. heading to howard county. and baltimore county at 5:4 batch, this is headed to the berriesville, leesburg in 45 to 50 minutes. more chances of the isolated chances of the thunderstorms through the evening. you the activity tapers off quickly. muggy overnight. tomorrow is a better chance of the thunderstorms. we leave you with the current numbers that are ranging from the upper 7 o's to lower 9 o's. we will check the weekend coming up. alison: new information just in to our news room. heart-breaking story. a deadly crash we first brought you last night at 11:00, and 6-year-old xavier lucky died after being hit by a car on livingston road in southeast. they issued a statement sayin

let's go straight to stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill who has the forecast. doug: form is a weather alert day. high likelihood of a significant impact in the morning commute because of the heavy rain. the heaviest rain will fall in the morning commute. it's all showing up on satellite and radar. a lot of rain from the south and eventually from the atlantic ocean. one to two inches when it tapers off. this is 2:30 in the morning when the whole area should see the rain, heavier elements down south. by 6:30, numerous downpours, isolated thunderstorms and gusty winds throughout the entire time. we move forward to 8:30. pockets of moderate to heavy rain moving through. we get to midday and it slows down a bit. when we get to late afternoon another shower or thunderstorm could de as well. brief relief tomorrow night. then a much cooler and unsettled weekend ahead. we want to leave you with the informational numbers. latest computer output from an inch to inch and a half of rain likely over a time period of basically 3:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. over a nine hour period.

doug hill is working out the timing now. doug: that will be much later tonight. for the moment we are looking at the sky over the rockville campus. plenty of clouds but no rain. 60 degrees. the temperatures are 15 to 20 degrees below average. removed from the d.c. metro at the moment. it will move in our direction. thunderstorms, tornado watches. issues through the carolinas. but that area will push off well south and east of the viewing area. the nats taking on the mariners tonight. first pitch is 7:05. cloudy through the evening. slight chance late in game for a sprinkle or two. the rain moves in. heavy in spots. isolated rumble of thunder. after a cool start we head to upper 70's. larry: thank you. track the rain with the stormwatch7 app at the app store and google play. alison: new arrests after a day of raids connected to the terror attack in manchester. the suicide bomber brother and father picked up in libya. nancy chen has more. nancy: they arrested five people in connection to the bombing outside the ariana grande concert. today the special deterrent for

chief meteorologist doug hill is in the stormwatch7 weather center tra a great day. doug: it is. we saw steady rain move out this morning. all east of the metro area. we have areas of sunshine back in the clouds. no rain. if we look at the radar along to the satellite image, we have to look to the right-hand side of the screen to see the showers. it's all on the eastern shore. mostly cloudy skies for us. showers popping up from harrisonburg and that is moving south. most of the d.c. metro area, most of the viewing area is cloudy without rain. there may be areas of fog to deal with. tomorrow we start it over again. there is another disturbance that will bring us more showers tomorrow afternoon. the possibility of the period of rain exist tomorrow. through wednesday. wednesday night. thursday. this monday night overnight, 55 to 60. cloudy. patchy fog. we will see what models do. the general idea is plenty of clouds. occasional glimpses of sunshine after the batches of the shower goes through. we take a break and we get more rain in the forecast. that is what we continue with thursd

a nice warming trend as chief meteorologist doug hill will join us in a alison: may the 4th be with you if that signature "star wars" phrase didn't sound quite right, that's because i said, "fourth" rather than "force." today's date may 4 has really become a celebration of the franchise around thed two. larry: oh, boy. well, so funny. tonight the world is buzzing about prince philip's royal retirement. >> twitter went wild after that meeting. that sent shivers down the spines. lindsey mastis has social media reaction. lindsey: what a relief. staff was called in at 3:00 in the morning for an emergency meeting and that let people to believe something bad happened but it was to make plans for prince philip retirement. a like they got trolled by the queen. this meme going around social media. or this -- >> if she gets rick asley on the balcony to sing "never going to give you up" i'll be so mad, but impressed. buckingham palace calls emergency meeting and i expect the queen to come out and say "may the 4th be with you" and drop the mic. yesterday prince phillip joked around about being the

doug hill is in the weather center. are any records in jeopardy? >> there are a couple of shots and maybe at dulles to tie or break the record. last may in 2016 we never hit 90 once for the month. we might do that two days in a row tomorrow and thursday. the humidity levels are still there is southerly wind coming up the water. that is overnight range with the partly cloudy skies. then the temperatures start to climb. 66 at the bus stop. 82 at the recess. the highs we forecast across the area are 95 in fredericksburg. 93 in washington. we talk about the heat and how long it will last and when the heat goes away and when it comes back in the ten-day outlook in nine minutes. larry: with the online flights delta is the best according to the government rankings. the report released today says united and american airlines are not far behind. for the negatives, virgin airlines is the highest rated delayed flight. spirit airline has the highest consumer complaints. alison: covering metro tonight. for the 15th safetrack surge. this started this morning on

chief meteorologist doug hill is in the stormwatch7 weather center.the problem around here tonight could be the chill. doug: yeah. some areas have frost ands a freeze. it's gorgeous in the lower 60's in the most spot. live look at tysons corner. a few fair weather clouds. show you area under advisory and warning. for the moun higher elevation. freeze warning in effect at 2:00 a.m. large area in blue, western viewing areas under a frost advisory in the overnight and the early morning hours as well. 63 now in annapolis. and 6 in fredericksburg. overnight it will get cold. it will start to drop 45 in downtown washington. everybody else is cooler. the other area to show you advisories warning. colder than that. wake up temperatures. 39 in manassas tomorrow. 34 in dale city. he 1 in aspen hill. looking ahead for the next few days there is plenty of sunshine tomorrow. back to 64. the average high is 74. there is some sunshine and 69 on wednesday. showers likely, 65. showers is part of the pat attorney the weekend. the big qu mother's day be like? we are wor

. >> for three decades, washington washingtonians turn to doug hill for the weather forecast. come rain or shine. hail, snow or wind. >> he relates so well to the viewer, to the audience. >> if you are west of washington -- >> when you meet him, it feels the same way. genuine, down to earth. funny and looking to help others. >> direct me in the past and got me back to school. when he came from channel 9 to channel 7, he put me in his contract. >> i still have to kind of pinch myself. it's so surreal i am working with this legendary meteorologist. >> let's show you the numbers. >> doug is like family to me than boss. he is like the person that is for me to what i have become. >> doug is a great mentor. he has a way to tell you to do it different to improve yourself and not put you down. >> after decades for preparing the region for every emergency he deserves a nice and a relaxing retirement. >> i know he has been working toward and excited for it. he will have a fantastic time being >> looking forward to the first snowstorm when he can sit at home and relax and enjoy it. >> co

jonathan: doug hill gets us up to speed. there is a lot of red and yellow on the map. : there sure is. it's a compact storm but packing a punch and movek quickly as well. warning in effect for 30 more minutes. in a minute or two the center will move in laurel, savage, columbia shortly after by 6:20. ellicott city at 6:28. catonsville on the southwest side of baltimore city. large hail and gusty winds and lightning. we have been analyzing the cell over the past 20 or 30 minutes. it's showing the lightning strike and the intensity and the number diminishing a bit. not a sign that the storm is weakening but the initial stages we think. we are tracking the other storm, producing heavy rain and the occasional lightning strike over the district and south of the i-95 corridor and southwest to stafford and the fredericksburg area. there is a lot of rain. the area is growing. but what is not growing is the severe component. this is spreading out to a good soaker with gusty winds. this is moving at a good clip toward the chesapeake by a. over the eastern shore later tonight. a se

larry: now to doug hill for the latest right now. severe weather in the area. doug? doug: yeah.ere thunderstorm warning issued by the national weather service for a cluster we were showing you. this is moving east at 10 miles per hour. warning in effect until 6:30. let me give you the counties by name. northwestern stafford. southern fauquier. central rappahannock. north central culpeper. southwestern, prince william county which will take you south and west, southeast of annapolis. moving and a lot of lightning. 140, 150 strokes of lightning in the last 15 minutes. this is the main game here. this is the major storm. look at the top exceeding 40,000 feet. well defined hail corps forming up at 30,000 feet. there will be straight line winds and maybe 50 to 60 miles per hour as the main line of the storm hits. some hail. a lot of lightning and gusty winds. we'll stay on top of it and come back with a update on this and the one farther north in win chester from the storm weather center. larry: thank you, doug. we appreciate the update. d.c. struggled with lead in the water for year