and it's tough to keep doug kammerer inside on a day like today. in herndon kicking off his back yard weather summer series. hey, doug. >> hi, doreen. i know how excited you are to learn i went to intermediate school right down here. high school right down here. and i think i had my first kiss around this corner. >> tmi. tmi, doug. >> just making sure you were ready for that kind of stuff. we are here in herndon. again the herndon festival the 32nd annual, what a day we have out here to kick off a great weekend here. let's look and show you what is happening out there temperaturewise. you know it is a nice afternoon. current temperature right now in the city is sitting at 84 degrees. look at the radar. nothing on radar. we'll zoom right down to herndon right on elton street where we are right now down in downtown herndon around the herndon depot. take a look at the temperatures around the region. currently 83 at the airport. 79 in gaithersburg. 79 in leesburg. back to the north and west 77 degrees coming in right now in hagersto hagerstown. the stor

threat of severe storms moving into our region. >> let's get right to storm 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer these storms right now back to our west, temperatures today really depend on where you live. we've seen clouds from washington up to the north and east. sunshine down to the south and west. temperatures have responded. only 69 degrees right now at the airport with winds out of the east at 10 miles per hour north and east of washington. we've been in the upper 60s to low 70s all day. down to the south we've seen more sunshine. martinsburg at 81. 82 in culpepper. 81 in fredericksburg, the area that has the most unstable air and where we're seeing our thunderstorms. right now back towards frederick county, virginia in through clark county some of these storms are on the strong side. you can see a lot of lightning with this storm and also some storms just up to the north of

manassas, warranton, and herndon where doug kammerer is today, coming up a little later, 82 right now, 84 bowie and green belt and 79 degrees in damascus and kensington. on the radar not a drop to be found but tomorrow at this time you see that system off to the west? chicago, down to the south around memphis, it's one long system bringing with it right now some powerful storms and that's what we're going to be seeing move east tomorrow so it will be affecting travel i think in a big way tomorrow. as far as your good night forecast, 76 by 9:00. some clouds will be on the increase. we'll talk about what things will be like tomorrow morning as well in just a couple minutes. >>> the heart of our city beats to the sound of go-go music today as thousands gather to honor the late chuck brown. >> come on, d.c.! >> a lively public memorial for the godfather of go-go has just wrapped up at the d.c. convention center this afternoon. brown died may 16th at the age of 75. today city leaders talked about naming a day, a park, and a hall of fame in his honor. noting how his blend of percussian, fun

awards were handed out for the best chili in four different categories and our own doug kammerer wasudge. cake and incubus were the bands among those performing. the event raised more than $1 million for the national kidney foundation. >>> up next, the pill that could turn falling in love into a science. >>> and chuck will be back with our mother's day forecast. >>> turning to the race for the white house, mitt romney sounded off on gay marriage today. romney delivered the commencement address at liberty university, an ultraconservative institution, founded by the late reverend jerry falwell. brian moore has our report. >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> in his commencement speech at the world's largest christian evangelical university, mitt romney underscored his stand against gay marriage. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> that line was a guaranteed crowd pleaser at liberty university, which was founded by the late reverend jerry falwell and is located in the battleground state of virginia. the presumptive republican n

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. >>> hellie, everybody, i'm meteorologist doug kammerer, showers and thunderstorms continuing to develophe west, and

doug kammerer has the up to the minute. >> well to the north and west washington, this is not include the i-95 corridor but just off to the west including loudoun county, a line of thunderstorm. this is the area toward the north and west. around washington county that is getting pummeled right now with extremely heavy rain. also we saw this around jefferson county and berkeley county through west virginia. finally moving out in toward washington county. right along 70. and notice this coming into frederick county. a ton of lightning associated with this. extremely heavy rainfall. this whole area under a severe thunderstorm warning throughout the rest of the 6:00 hour. but notice the green. this is now a flash flood warning that is in effect including martinsburg, over toward the hagerstown area. not only severe thunderstorm warnings but extremely heavy rain. watch out. never drive through flooded areas. the flash flood warning in effect until that area, continuing for that area and here's that line across our region. i speck it to make it through rest of the area overnight tonight. i'

meteorologist doug kammerer taking a look at the radar. a dangerous situation just to the west of washington. the metro area, not affected by this. if you live along i-95, don't worry. if you're along i--up, you really need to wash out for these storms here, especially you folks into jefferson county. let's zoom in and i'll show you what i'm talking about. you can see the line of thunderstorms around martinsburg and right around areas like shepherdstown. you can see the areas in orange including around hagerstown, around frederick to the west and then do you understand toward blue mont and clark and loudoun counties. some very strong thunderstorms. this area will be affected over the the next 15 minutes. watch out if you live in this area. once again, very strong thunderstorms moving through your region. those severe thunderstorms in effect until 6:15 tonight. >> thanks. >>> new details in a mid-air collision that killed two people in northern virginia. >> it happened yesterday in fauquier county. today because of those involved, the inves

and that is doug kammerer's birthday. doug a happy birthday. >> the birthday boy. >> that's right. because you are always supposed to reflect on your birthday we thought we'd help him out. this is doug at age 5. >> no. >> that is trouble on the way up. >> exactly. >> i know. >> look at that face. >> we did a little intel with help from his wife holly to get that picture. we thank her and are wishing him a happy birthday. as far as the weather goes this weekend, we've got the super moon to talk about and i do think as we talk about the showers and storms that will be coming in saturday, we should see clearing by saturday late and that means that we'll be able to this, our super moon at 11:35. the moon starts to rise at 7:55, so as it heads up on the horizon there and gets higher and higher in the sky any time from about 7:55 to 11:35 it'll start looking bigger and bigger. 30% brighter and 14% bigger than normal when it's full. but it will make the closest pass in the orbit to us at 221,8 221,802 away. >>> close by now are a

let's get right to doug kammerer who is conditions from our studio. >> watching those storms out thereowing you where those stormsful are it is a line of storms their way toward the east. the metro area, high and dry on the hot side here. look to the west around the i-81 corridor from hagerstown to frederick, down around the charleston area, down through winchester. very heavy thunderstorms. and we do have a new severe thunderstorm warning. this for this storm right here. just to the south and east winchester around the millwood area. rightng

. >> doug kammerer is here to tell us who is getting hit right now. >> a lot of people are, especially those around the metro area including those of you in the district and right across the river. back toward the west. back toward the southern portions of loudoun copy, fauquier, all seeing a ton of rain. we'll zoom in to this area just north of 66. right around marshall. very strong storm here. another one in northern prince william county and here's the strongest storm that has been sitting over the same area for about the last half-hour to an hour around falls church. over toward seven corners and then over the river toward northwest d.c. some very heavy rain. a ton of line as i mentioned and this is moving very, very slowly. give yourself extra time if you're thinking about heading out and about. this is right along route 50 and around the beltway, too. as we move to the west, this is some good news. we were seeing a big thunderstorm here but that is starting to die down a little bit. you can still see some enhanced rainfall in this region. the northern portions of prince william c

i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. think we'll see a pretty nice evening. 78 degrees under partly to mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the south at 3 miles an hour. still on the humid side. look at the numbers. montgomery county, rockville around 82 degrees. towards prince georges county, 78. calvert county, temperature there 74 degrees. fairfax, how about reston at 75. this is where the showers and storms are. they've stayed to the south of washington for most of the afternoon. we did see a couple of showers that actually put a damper on the nationals game a little earlier. here is where the storms are. just to the west of fredericksburg. just to the south of culpeper. big time thunderstorms. nothing severe yet. but we are looking at a lot of lightning associated with this and heavy rain. this is along route 20 and through route 15. as you move to the east, notice the line continues over towards hardwood in through stafford county to the north of frederick. this is slowly progressing to the north and crosses over towa

quiet please. >> the pressure is on, doug. >> the third time today that mr. kammerere could be the charm. >> uh-oh. >> he almost did it. he loses the tournament? he loses the tournament! i don't get to kiss my wife. i don't get to hug my baby at the end. you know, a shame. i tell you what. a fantastic day out here for a charity golf event today here for mary's center. here at the bull run golf course, bull run mountain right over there in northern prince william county. it is a gorgeous afternoon and has been all day long. by the way, jim and wendy, i know you follow me on twitter. i posted a video on twitter. you got to check it out. it is unbelievable. that's all i'm saying. now let's look and see what hams. my photographer is laughing at me. what? let's take a look out there right now and show you how the temperatures are across the area. once again plenty of sunshine. a good day to get outside and get a suntan. remember this time of the year the sun is very, very hot. so you want to make sure you really do have plenty of sunscreen with all the sun over the next co

>>> plus, two faces of the franchise will finally >>> and hello, everybody, i'm meteorologist doug kammerering a look at what has been a cloudy day across the area. still not that bad even though we did say rain. temperatures in the 70s for most of us across the area. winds south at 12 miles per hour. around the region, areas that stayed in the 60s, gaithersburg now at 68 degrees. baltimore right now at 69 degrees. but 7 4 in college park. huntingtown, 74 degrees. warrenton coming in at 75. what have we seen as far as the radar is concerned? once again, the rain that came through earlier today is now out of here. now we're watching what's coming in from the west. these showers continue to develop right around the winchester area, martinsburg and shepherdstown and charlestown, harpers ferry, loudoun county, you'll see shower activity. as we widen out, you continue to see more showers developing and moving our way. even some thundershowers associated with this. i'm not anticipating much in the way of thunder. don't expect anything strong or severe this evening, but maybe a rumble of thunder o

storm 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. he's tracking it on the radar. is it out of here, or is more coming through? >> it is just about out of here, at least in some areas right now. some locations picking up a tenth to a quarter inch of rain today. we do need to see more and it does look like we'll have that chance over the next 24 hours. 73 degrees, the current temperature right now, with winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. it's on the mild side. but definitely damp, too. of current temperature, 69 in martinsbu martinsburg, 66 in frederick, 71 towards annapolis, and 77 degrees down towards fredericksburg. a lot of rain the last few hours, but now just a few showers left over, and we are going to see a chance for more as we widen out here. you can see more showers and even a few thunderstorms back to the west. these will try to move in through the rest of the evening and into the overnight hours. and then another round will come in during the day tomorrow. i'll show you where that comes from, and what to expect for your wednesday, in just a mi

i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. not a bad afternoon. cloudy, breezy from time to time. little cooler earlier today. not bad now. 69 degrees, the temperature with winds out of the south at 15 miles an hour. those winds are going to be kicking up during the day tomorrow. 15, 20, 25 miles an hour. they will bring in warmer air p.m. right now temperatures mostly in the 60s. 67 in reston and 69 in ft. belvoir. camp springs at 67. annapolis, cool spot along with gaithersburg, 66 degrees. storm 4 radar. nothing around the i-95 corridor. go back to the west and that's where the lane is. that's where it is going to stay overnight tonight. but this whole system, this is the frontal boundary the front will make its way towards the southeast and see a good chance for rain during the day tomorrow. mostly to the west of the i-95 corridor. on wednesday shifts to the east of the 95 corridor. 54 in gaithersburg. 57 in washington. most areas should be on the dry side overnight. by tomorrow, chance of rain. well to the west. i think you will be okay early tomorrow from i-95 to the south a

. >>> doug kammerer the sun is out but a potential system could impact our weekend. >> yeah. you're right, jim. i tell you what. there is a potential for that. as far as being outside you can't be inside on a day like today. it is just absolutely gorgeous outside right now with plenty of sunshine and unless of course you're watching us here at nbc 4. take a look and show you what's going on right now if you're wondering about the weekend. you want to stay tuned for that for sure. temperatures around the area into the 70s. 75 at the airport. dew point only 45. humidity of 34%. winds out of the northeast right now at 6 miles per hour. temperatures around the region sitting into the 70s. 70 in manassas. 73 in gaithersburg. down to the south southern maryland right now at 72. la plata. 73 pax river. what are we seeing? notice all of the rain just off the coast of north carolina. we're going to be watching that system very closely. it's an area of low pressure and a little bit of a trough right off the coast. it could impact part of the weekend. we'll talk much more about that com

i'm meteorologist doug kammerer.ere on storm center 4 take a look at the radar and you can see some of the areas of rain moving through the area. some heavy rain right now. let's look at where the heaviest rain is. we'll zoom into montgomery county and northern portions prince george's county right along i-95 and back towards 270 around gaithersburg down to the south, up to the north around olney and ashton seeing fairly heavy rain right now. we'll continue to watch as the rain moves off toward the north. the district also seeing heavy rain. we have a lot more to come. we're not done just yet. some areas tonight could see very heavy rain. not only going to be a tough rush hour tonight. i think we're in for another tough rush hour tomorrow morning. i'll be back with the complete forecast in a moment. >> thank you. >>> a d.c. man is out of the hospital tonight after a brutal attack that was caught on tape. >> this started after the victim asked the suspect to pick up a can of beer that he had tossed. >> derrick ward is

storm 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is here to let us know. how about it? >> i think it is going to clear out for many of us as we make our way through the rest of the evening hours. friday evening not looking too bad out there right now. 82 degrees the current temperature. dew point at 63. very humid atmosphere right now. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. winds right now out of the south about 7 miles per hour. here is the current temperatures. 83 in martinsburg. 84 in frederick. 72 rain cooled down toward culpepper. 78 in fredericksburg. washington and la plata both at 82. la plata about to cool down with the rain. here is the rain just to the south of washington in through southern fairfax county down crossing over from stafford county over toward charles county and a few more showers back to the west here. we'll zoom in on the heaviest shower. this is right around fort belvoir. right along route 1 you're going to see some fairly heavy rain and lightning out of this. a few lightning bolts. just a minute ago to the south of fairfax and then the other a

oh, >>> meteorologist doug kammerer here talking about what a great day we've seen on this friday. 74rees. winds out of the northeast at 9 miles an hour still seeing the sunshine. sun doesn't go down until after 8:sa so it is going to be a great evening. 72 in reston. 73 in manassas. 72 in hunting town and 74 in annapolis. storm 4 radar showing the storm system down toward the south. we're not going to have to worry about this tomorrow. we're most likely not going to have to wore bit this on sunday unless you live in extreme southern maryland along the northern neck or heading out to the beaches. along the beaches this weekend it will be a little on the windy side but for the rest of us i think we're looking a-okay. this evening 55 in washington. overnight tonight 45 in leesburg. 46 in culpepper. a little cool to start off on your saturday. we're going to be warming up very quickly. tomorrow is going to be a great day. 80 degrees in washington. 81 in winchester. 78 in culpepper. down there toward prince george's county. around andrews airforce base should be great. down there for the

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