. >> so we brought in a familiar face to fill in and you may remember meteorologist doug kammerer, he is with us, he joined us a few years ago, doug and i start id think the same week here at nbc 10. then he left us. but he's a guest while glenn recuperates. >> so good to see you. we brought you nice weather. made it easy for you. >> there we go. >> you guys play that joke on me again. you know, the new guy playing jokes on me. that is not fair at all. >> perfect. >> denise, you and i started in 2003, doing the 5:00 show here. look, you're still doing it. i'm done. out there now, i'll tell you the weather absolutely fantastic. plenty of sunshine today and you know, the temperatures today into the low 70s across the region. it has been gorgeous and that's the way it's going to be the next couple of days. but these are the highs so far today. we'll be a lot warmer tomorrow. allentown at 73 today, quakertown around 72. 70 degrees toward the blue bell area, 74 today in philadelphia so far. and down toward the south dover coming in at 73. we've been talking about records, these are the rec

i'm doug kammerer.he first alert forecast is 10 minutes away. >>> delaware, the weather couldn't be more perfect for these beautiful birds to test their wings. governor markell helped open the brandywine zoo eagle ridge section. the expanded exhibit provides better access to the bald eagles. >> it's a great resource, one that we always used to enjoy when our kids were young. and to have this sort of right in the middle of wilmington and so accessible to so many is really terrific. >> each the north american river otters took a dip in the water to cool off in this warm weather. >>> local lawmakers are joining forces with youth leaders across the delaware valley. >> plans for a new program to help kids in need. big brothers big sisters is heading a program that provides mentoring for at risk youth in chest chester. more than $130,000 in grant money has been earmarked to fund the program and over two years, 100 kids will be matched with 100 adult mentors. >> we want to say to our young people that we are r

and doug kammerer is visiting us. >> murray leaving, i'm showing up at least for a day or two.ooking great across our area today. plenty of sunshine and we're talking record breaking temperatures. 80s in early march. i've got your forecast next. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >> >> check your kitchen. you could find applesauce that's under a recall. the makers of go-go squeeze recalled some of their non-organic applesauce. the company says residue from other food may have made it into the pouchs. look for best buy dates between december 4, 2015 and march 4, 2017. go-go is offering replacement vouchers on its website. >>> the eagles are in trade talks and reports about some big names on the roster. >> hard to keep up with it all. leaving fans wondering how much

the safety concern tat hash s >>> doug kammerer, you said something that made me really happy. winter is over, is that right? >> it's over! >> bravo! >> we like you today. >> today. >> yeah. >> i read the key word in there, vance. i'll tell what you, guys, it's been a little bit of a average temperatures in december were extremely warm. january not bad, and even in february, even with the colder air and a couple storms we ended up a little bit above average and we're going to be i think way above average for the month of march. i think this could be a very, very warm month here and we're starting off that way already. right now outside we got a few clouds. we saw a beautiful sunset a little while ago. 63 degrees with those mid to high level clouds. winds out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. temperaturewise, 59 in frederick. 56 in culpeper. fredericksburg and manassas right now around 61 degrees. it's on the warm side of things, but it's about to get a whole lot warmer. our average high is 53. we're going to be well above that, nearly 20 to 25 degrees. exercise, beautiful.

. >> doug kammerer is tracking this warmth and the chance for rain. >> that's right.?ç he is out on the patio of the nbc 10 studios in bala cynwyd. dry now. >> dry now and you know, looking to the south we have blue skies. look to the north, that's the cloud cover we've got moving in. that's the cold front. that cold front will make its way across our region, as it does, say good-bye to the heat. that's right. temperatures are going to get cooler the next couple days. outside now, this is what we've seen all day. record high temperatures across the region. that record high in philly, 82 degrees. beating the old record of 76, atlantic city at 81, beating that too. and down toward trenton at 81 degrees. another mild day. the next couple days mild but we're dealing with changes so good-bye record heat, showers moving in along with the cold front. we'll talk about that with the need for the umbrella. then a much cooler weekend. i do mean much cooler. temperatures dropping some 15 to 20 degrees. it's still above average but you may need the jacket. >> looking forward to tha

. >>> meteorologist doug kammerer is filling in for glenn swartz who's sick with the flu. >> look familiar>> yeah. he used to work here. >> only a few years. hayed the flu first and then we talked on the phone and now he has -- traveled through. you didn't know it could happen. >> i don't think that's how it happens. >> we're doing a story on it later. stay tuned. right now, it's a warm day. you know that. look at the temperature. here at 11:00 at night, still sitting at 60 degrees right now. winds are fairly calm. so that means we're going to cool a little bit. humidity to 57%. what a great night. 60 degrees at this time. now, of course, earlier today we were on the warm side for sure. 77 the high temperature. 80 in allentown. shattering records all across the region. 78 in millville. similar numbers in the day tomorrow. right now, nice, really nice. a great evening. no matter where you are. up towards the lehigh valley, reading, millville 57 degrees, too. beautiful night tonight. a beautiful day tomorrow and then start to see some changes as we move on through, as well. satellite and rad

glenn is out sick, doug kammerer you remember is here filling in. >> and what? >> just need to stop. you said 80s. there is no s, it's 80. i don't want -- i don't want to get too excited. and talk about the beginning of march. amazing we're going to be this warm in march. talking not breaking records but shattering records. they haven't stood that long. 2000 was the record for tomorrow. couple years ago. looking to society hill, a beautiful picture out there now. sunset tonight was just a couple of minutes ago by this time on sunday the sun goes down later around 7:15 so sunday night looking good. look at the high temperatures today. officially we did hit 75 in the city. so it says 74 but we hit 75. 73 wilmington. millville 73 degrees, atlantic city at the airport coming in around 72 so sto a great day around. and it gets better. the record high temperatures tomorrow look at what we're predicting. the record is 73 in d.c. or in philly, i knew i was going to do that at least once. 78 is the record. 5 degrees above the record. you don't see that very often when yo

and doug kammerer is tracking all this from the storm center. he's got the latest now on the where and the when. doug? >> yeah, guys, you notice in that video exactly what happened is we had the snow that couple accumulated on grass but not on the roads. we only had one school closure in our region because of that. this is happening on the weekend so we're not predicting any school closures. town. notice highs today in the upper 60s near 70. that's why i am not expecting this to be a big storm for us at all. also notice there is no snow. it is all rain right now. so we have to get some cold air in place here. it's not here yet. it's going to take its time getting here. but it will get her eventually. tomorrow morning no problems on the road. we are green, afternoon we're yellow as rain and snow moving in rain and snow heavier i've got you in the red. for accumulation on the roads because it could be coming down heavier i'll show you who has chance to have the most accumulating snow and when spring tries to come back in my forecast. >> doug, thank

. >> doug kammerer is here to tell us about rain on the way. we knew that it wasn't going to last. >> yeah, you know, we're hitting 80 degreesite never going to last in march. 80 doesn't last in the month of april so to get it in march, that is something. philadelphia 82 degrees after a record high, the record was 76, today 82 was what we saw. look how many hit 80. wilmington, trenton at 81. so warm. here are the high temperatures. 79 pottstown. 79 millville. mount pocono only 67. camelback mountain a lot more cloud cover today. and some showers making their way in. they are still open for business. you can see they had a couple of skiing and snowboarding guys. still a nice weekend if you think about skiing. so, what about the next couple days? say good-bye to the heat of course. we can wave good-bye to that. showers moving in. they are coming in overnight. then a much cooler weekend. temperatures are going to drop 15 to 20 degrees. we'll talk about the numbers in a minute. >>> tonight chilling testimony from the philadelphia officer who surviv

. >> i'm pat lawson muse in the storm center with meteorologist doug kammerer. doug, we have another storm coming. is this winter's last stand? >> probably not. it's really probably not, although next week it will get a whole lot warmer but as far as this winter weather goes, this is how big this storm is. it's a really small storm. storm team4 radar tracking it right now. yeah, we have some moisture trying to move into the area but most of it not hitting the ground. very dry atmosphere right now. take a look at the storm itself. very unorganized storm system and when it does get organized, it will be well down to the south and east. are we going to see snow? we'll get a little bit but i'm not expecting much. there is a winter weather advisory in effect for it's entire area through tomorrow morning. that's the reason why. we may see a little bit of snow and it does come and coincide with the morning's rush. there is a winter storm w and it includes westmoreland county and the northern neck. heads up down toward the northern neck, maybe a few more inches there but

and storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. what's it like out there today, doug? >> not a bad day to get out and about. cherry blos oms coming out the next couple of days. and baseball season. take a look, out towards rockville. this is richard montgomery high school. the team out there, they're having a little baseball practice this afternoon. i miss my baseball-playing days. more like spring over the next few days. baseball will be even better tomorrow. highs in the 70s tomorrow and thursday, friday, cooler. average high this time of year is 58. notice as the camera swings around, every day will be above average. at least in the city. so that's good news out there, too. now tonight's headlines, getting warmer across tracking showers, i'll show you when the showers move in and who has the best chance to see the showers. watching our holiday weekend, let you know if there's any problems associated with the weather as we make our way through the next couple of days. guys? >> all right, doug. >>> president obama wraps up his hist

it is our doug kammerer. you know where he is today? at the tidal basin, of course. doug? >> had to get down here, guys. we take this shot from our city cam every single day, and right now is the time we're just about at peak bloom here. peak bloom begins today, tomorrow, and then lasts all the way through the next ten days. right now i'd say about 40% to 50% of those blooms are out. so the many people out here. really quite amazed how many people are out here during the day. it was a lot harder to get here than usual. traffic going to be a big issue but weatherwise you could not have a better dan. the numbers speak for themselves. 70 time of year. that's exactly what we have. currently 71 in d.c. 72 hagerstown. richmond coming in at 74. down towards norfolk around the virginia beach area, 78. tomorrow we get even warmer, guys. some better weather tomorrow and then we have a chance for some spring showers. we'll talk about when that rain moves in coming up in a couple minutes. >> see you then. thank you, doug. >>> next, a new clue as police search for it's men who tried to

doug kammerer is up in the storm center right now, and, doug, a little chilly over the weekend but thenwe need to go find those sandals we stashed away somewhere, huh? >> yeah, i think you can put away the coats and the shovels. last one, that was it. i think that's it. i really think we are done with winter. don't rejoice thyet in the newsroom. satellite and radar together showing our big storm system moving out to sea and really intensifying. hurricane-force wind gusts out there towards the atlantic right now. it did bring our area a little snow overnight but the snow quickly melted as temperatures rose. 40 degrees right now in d.c. only in the 30s to the west. it's going to be weekend, at least it will be below average this weekend. so the heavy coats i think you can put them away but you'll need the jackets. the sandals, as vance mentioned, the sandals, they'll be out later this week. we'll talk about how warm things get next week coming up. >>> right now doctors are working to save a woman hit by a star in montgomery county. she was at the corner of east randolph world and tourmali

let's go straight to storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. how much are we talking?s of clouds, right? >> lots of clouds and we're not talking about a lot of rain here. now, that same system that's bringing in all of the rain, and they've seen upwards of one to two feet of rain in parts of the south, that system is going to try to move our way but by the time it gets here it will rain itself out. we're see showers but we're not talking about a lot of rain. temperaturewise across the area, we are going to see numbers coming up over the next few days -- we have the shower activity. shower activity continuing tomorrow into sunday but it's really sunday. tomorrow is no big deal. 69 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. 66 in martinsburg. 62 in annapolis. no rain in our n same system. so we've got the moisture in the upper levels but here is where the rain is. look at this area of low pressure just spinning down here, and that just pumps the moisture right into places like new orleans, right into mississippi, alabama, and pieces of this are going to tr

chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. we have another beautiful day but a cold wind is starting to blow through. >> a much colder day across our area today. yesterday into the low to mid-60s, even around 70. today we are right now in the 30s and low 40s. windchills are in the 20s. let's take a look at the numbers, and yesterday this map looked entirely different. we saw 60s, 70s all across this map. 35 in hagerstown, 41 in d.c. you add in the wind and we are talking about windchills in the upper 20s, even in the district, still gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour. we have seen 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts today so it's been a very windy afternoon. the windchills are going to be a factor right on through the night tonight. so a cold night tonight, and then we have snow tomorrow night. we'll talk about when the snow begins, how much it's going to impact us and what the problems would be for that friday morning rush because that is going to be the time that we're most impacted by this next storm. we'll talk when the storm move

doug kammerer is back from philly and we had a beautiful week. we hope you did too.ow is the weekend looking? >> it was actually warmer in philadelphia than it was down here. >> and you came back still. >> still came back but i love you guys. >> you better. >> i love you guys. >> goes without saying. >> hence the hugs that we exchanged earlier. let's take a look and show you what's going on outside right now. still a very warm day. yes, not as warm as yesterday but, hey, we still have numbers in the 70s right now. 71 in d.c. only 67 in philadelphia. ha ha. 51 towards wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, and that's cooler air continuing to move into the region. over the next 24 to 48 hours we will start to see moisture creeping in our way. big storm down to the south. they've seen way too much rain this weekend. i'll talk about which day has the best chance for rain coming up in just a minute. >>> a prince george's county robbery detective parks his car, goes for lunch, and ends up catching a robber who had robbed four banks that day. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news4, wh