doug kammerer is here now to show us how it works. doug is here with our -- we've got some juice in that ipad, right? >> i tell you what. we recently relaunched and revamped our weather page here at nbcwashington.com. we want you to check it out. and let us know what you think about it. we think it's pretty cool. take a look at a couple of things you can do. first thing you notice, this is our home page. click on weather. first off, you're going to get the forecast on the home page. if you click on weather, a couple of new things you can do. something you will not find anywhere else. right here, the very top of the page is our severe weather alert. the first alert there, you have that heat advisory associated with that. also an air quality avert for calvert county, maryland. we've picked our zone. this is the weather for washington, d.c. you can either select your zone, one of five zones, including northern virginia, shenandoah valley, metro washington area or northern maryland or west virginia. or type in your zip code. i'm going to t

coming up during the 5:00 newscast, doug kammerer will have more on the interactive radar and some otheres on nbcwashington.com, our new weather page. >> cool is a good word. it's almost customized forecast. >> exactly. >> for your neighborhood. your neck of the woods. thanks, veronica. >>> coming up next, for some children, girl scout cookies are a recipe for disaster. they can't eat the sweet treats they sell. we're going to hear about one scout mom's effort to remake america's favorite cookies. >>> plus, a view from space from that spectacular volcano. >>> lots coming up tonight on nbc washington nonstop. at 7:00, it's me and craig melvin for "daily connection." at 9:00, nonstop foodies d.c., we're going to take a trip to citronella. chef michelle richard will be making a special dish. >>> at 9:30, nonstop scene d.c., an animal invasion. a wild time with baby monkeys, baby kangaroos. it all starts at 7: >>> we're getting a new view of chile's vol kacanic eruption fr space. a plume of ash billowing from the andes mountains on saturday. the plume soared more than six miles into the sky

meteorologist doug kammerer in storm center 4. beautiful day out there right now. 86 degrees and winds out of the north at 12 miles an hour and we're looking at a great night tonight. low of 67 in the city. 62 in warrenton and waking up to pretty nice temperatures. tomorrow afternoon back to 90 degrees in washington. 89 in warrenton and the heat really turns on by wednesday or thursday and friday, hey, we were out in somebody's backyard once again. e-mail us at weather@nbcwashington.com. i could do the weather live in your backyard. >> okay. thank you, doug. >>> doctors say two new drugs can actually prolong the lives of patients with late-stage melanoma. one drug called yervoy is already on the market. the other drug is expected to be approved later this year. researchers say neither drug is a cure for mella nome abu it added month -- >> the lesions would be golf ball side and as big as tennis ball size on the back and my neck. when i've had the treatment we could see that they changed color instantly from the first treatment and

meteorologist doug kammerer. right here in storm center 4 looking at a very warm day today.ut a hot day over the next couple of days. 88 degrees out there right now. winds out of the south at about 10 miles per hour. yes, it's warm today. but it's not too humid. that's been the one area where we've been able to stay a little on the comfortable side. 84 in sterling. 87 in annapolis. out toward ocean city, maryland, current temperature 82 degrees. looking at a very nice evening tonight. a nice night overnight. down to 69 in the district. 62346 frederick. 64 in warrenton. down toward st. mary's, around 68. but that humidity is going to creep in here tomorrow. a high tomorrow of 98 degrees in the district. 93 in annapolis. 96 in winchester and fredericksburg. you'll be near that 100-degree mark and that heat index for everybody could be over100 degrees. that's why we have that heat advisory in effect for tomorrow. it will most likely be extended into thursday as well. it's going to be a little bit of a hot time over the next couple of days. >> thanks, doug. >>> big change coming