facebook.com/doug kammerer. >> and you're the honorary chef now because you've been out here all day.oug and the barbecue man right here live. >> reporter: i love it. you guys have probably got honorary degrees, but i have honorary chef. thank you very much. that's what i'm talking about right there. you know i love food. and good luck to you guys this weekend. >> thank you, doug. >> those two dishes looked too healthy for him. >>> coming up in sports, mad max. how a no hitter turns in stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> 20 games in 20 day stretch is complete. an off day tomorrow well deserved. to ace's comes to a crashing halt. scherzer visualizing before the game, but the real t

. >>> let's get a closer look at our forecast now w 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> doug, this will impact us at some point. >> it is, friday and maybe into saturday two. two pieces of energy will make their way our way. the timing of it is the toughest part of the focused. you can see what's happening with cindy coming onshore tonight and tomorrow morning, close to the border of texas and louisiana. a lot of rain to the east. you've seen the tornadoes, we showed you numerous tornadoes and water spouts in that area. for us, what we're dealing with first is the heat. look at highs today, 90 degrees in d.c., 88 in dulles. i think we get hotter tomorrow before a good chance of rain moves in friday and saturday. i'll break it down for you and take you hour by hour on friday. how does that sound? >> sounds good, see you in a bit, doug, thank you. >>> prince william county beeves up nondiscrimination protections for lgbt students and staff. in a board members officially banned discrimination in county schools on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. critics say the move

. >> doug kammerer in the storm center now, looking at the temperatures we're all feeling. >> and it's going to get worse tomorrow, we think, and the big reason is going to be the humidity. we hold you last week, we would see that creep up today into tomorrow, and especially into tomorrow and wednesday, and that's what we're thinking n area, we're now down to 92 degrees. we did hit 95 last hour, that did set a record from 2002 and a few other years as well. 90 in richmond, philadelphia is 94 right now. we have the heat all across the region and it's going to stick around the next couple days. tied a record today. the unofficial high so far, 95. more humid tomorrow, and that's going to be a big factor tomorrow. storm chances increases over the next couple days. wednesday through the weekend that we have a pretty good chance for storms and the heat wave will be ending. we'll talk about that as well. i'm back here in just about 15 minutes or so. but right now, you can download the nbc washington app at any time. to figure out what to expect as far as the temperatures go, and get the radar

, and a lot of family fun. >> what better way to get a look at the action than to send our own doug kammererdon native who loves backyards and festivals, right? doug? >> you got that right. we've been all over the area and we've been to herndon a couple of times. we were here a couple years ago for the herndon festival. love coming back here, coming back to my roots. but this festival has been going on well over 30 years. this is abbey campbell, you have done this for so long, such a huge event for herndon. why do you continue to put it on year after year? >> this is an opportunity for our community, and it's great to have people who are from here come back and just to kick off summer. >> andha to be doing, and obviously with fantastic weather as well. what does that mean to you guys, moving forward? >> that means lots of opportunity for fun. we have three stages of entertainment, no admission, free parking. people have to come out. >> free parking? i paid to park. can i get validated. >> sure. >> james, are you ready for the festival? >> yes. >> what's your favorite thing at the festival? >

. >>> and doug will >>> all right, doug kammerer joins us. what a friday and we're going to have at least half the weekend just like this? >> i think we're in for a pretty nice weekend. saturday looks good. sunday looks pretty good. yesterday i was at the herndon festival. today or tomorrow or sunday look great for it. could be an isolate shower or thunderstorm on sunday. out there now, not anything but sunshine and blue skies. >> that's nice. >> great day to be on the potomac, if you know a guy with a boat. you know, money can't buy everything, but it can buy me a boat. 83 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. little bit of a breeze. we've seen the winds gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour in the afternoon. the numbers to the north and west, a little bit cooler towards the shenandoah valley. 79 leedsburg right now, but most areas in the 80s. a little bit of a westerly flow here. because of that, we're looking at 80 in annapolis, 81 in huntingtown. nice all around. no rain right now, and i don't think we'll see much in the

doug kammerer is tracking what that means for the days ahead and our weekend. >> it is going to stay kind of like this over the weekend. a lot of humidity. a couple of chances of showers and thunderstorms. we had them today especially in our western zones. some locations picking up two, back out towards parts of the valley. in and around the metro area we saw heavier rain come through. picked up a quarter of an inch around the airport. might have ruined some afternoon plans now. pretty good line from annapolis right through route 50 into portions of loudoun county. this rain better stick around for the next couple of hours. this boundary will continue to allow us to see a chance of rain. maybe storms. we have a chance of severe weather over the next couple of days. i will break it down for you. >> thank you. >> we have some breaks news coming into news 4. seven navy sailors are missing after a u.s. destroyer collided with a merchant ship. conducting a routine operation hw navy says significant damage was done to the right side of the ship. it had taken on water. we are told at least

. >> let's go straight to doug kammerer. how hot are we talking? >> we're talking a lot hotter than its been. it's been absolutely fantastic the past couple of days. we'll see temperatures into the upper 80s to 90 degrees. today look at these numbers. you know how nice it was. 83 degrees, look at the 70s all across our region but tomorrow, well, things get hot and take a look at this. the heat comes back in by friday and saturday we're close to 100 as far as the heat index. i'll heat wave is going to last and which have the best chance for storms. see you in ten minutes. >>> leon hammers here at the live desk. president trump was greeted by protesters at his first reelection fund raiser. tonight's $35,000 a person fund raiser, the rnc is expected to raise about $10 million and this new tonight the trump administration just released new criteria for visa applications from six mainly muslim nations. this move coming after the supreme court partially restored the president's travel ban. the new guidelines require applicants to prove a relationship wit

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer alongside my colleagues. summer is definitely here.t's been a long time coming after that cold weather we saw earlier this year. we're moving into summer. it's time to talk about the heat waves and summer storms. >> forecasts for what we should expect here in the midatlantic this summer and, of course, a look at the season? >> plus, the hurricane hunters stories, a look at the aircraft they actually fly into the storm to get us the information we need to keep you safe. >> plus lightning safety. thunderstorms pop up fast in the summer and can be very strong. what you need to know to stay safe when lightning strikes. >> and 2017 started off on the dry side, which could have impacted local wineries. we'll let you know exactly what that means for all you wine lovers out there. >> we head out to the beaches and check out the challenges they face, getting prepared this summer after the winter season. >> first, what we have seen over the past couple of months. started off really dry, but it did get wet in a hurry. spring of 2017 started off o

doug kammerer is live out in prince george's county with a look at what is in store for us. he >> reporter: yeah, hey, what is in store is some pretty nice weather today. pretty nice weather tomorrow. a lot of people asking about these dark clouds we have around us, but these dark clouds are absolutely perfect for what we have as we make our way through the next couple days. the kids are out here, they pulled in on the buses. one of the programs that they have here. we have a lot of great things that will be going on this afternoon magic 102.3 and the barbecue guys are here. let's show you the weather. temperatures today in the 80s across our region. as we move on through the rest of the evening, temperatures in the 80s, but as we move through, we're tracking an area ever storminess up to the north. temperatures right now on the warm side, but not too humid. if you look up toward portions of pennsylvania, we are tracking a system just to the north of the mason dixon line here. that area of storminess is making its way towards maryland. but most of us will stay on the dry sid

and life of weather out there at lake arbor where doug kammerer is. >> when you went to that catch, doesll or cable or something? >> you outdid yourself. >> reporter: that's what you have to do. you have to make sure you do right. this chef does it right all the time. explain what is going on because you have a huge event. i've interviewed this man before he smas really gohas some reall. >> we have some d.c. barbecue batter. we'll be making these barbecue chicken sundae.pictured ice cream. >> no, no, chicken, macro any and cheese, more chicken, some of my secret sauce, coleslaw, and there is your barbecued chicken sundae. >> reporter: what happened is this event going towards? >> the event supports a lot of local organizations. uso, many different chair i dids that the barbecue battle d.c. put out there. so we just encourage everybody to buy tickets. i think sometimes if you buy something from giant, they will get you buy one get one >> reporter: and you know i would normally try this, but i have our newest meteorologist is ready to try the waffle barbecue chicken sundae. >> let's go for

i'm so proud and from doug kammerer and myself, go hornets. >> you should be.r kids have started summer vacation, my kids get out of school on friday. we want to make sure they're staying healthy. >> this week is dedicated to working for you, getting advice from the head of children's national hospital. dr. kurt newman has been treating children for more than 30 years. >> he says having healthy kids isn't just about paying attention to their physical here's doreen gentzler with more. >> dr. newman says it's critical to make your child's emotional well-being a priority. >> with children, the things that upsetting them can show up in different ways. >> first of all, work with your child's doctor to rule out any potential medical reasons for your child's issue. here are some other things to be aware of. watch for changes in your child's eating habits over a period of time. changes in sleep. changes that happen in the school setting. also, irritability over a period of time. dr. newman also said in the years that he's been treating families, there's no substitute f

tom kierein and doug kammerer are in the storm center. >> starting to see the rain wane a little bit. most of it's been on the lighter side. in this unsettled weather, looks like it wants to continue. payment wet. we've had reports of spin-out accidents, but it will stay wet for a little while, then taper off. timing of this looks like it's going to be over in the next couple of hours. first off, we're 74. not a bad day out there, most of the rain getting out of here, some sunshine in parts of the area. we've had this system in our region just about all day. we're tracking this frontal boundary and a storm system up into canada that's going to drop to the south and affect our weather through wednesday and thursday. right now, the shower expect is getting out of here, but keep the umbrella handy the next couple of hours. tomorrow, we think less of a chance of rainfall, but more clouds, temperatures still on the cool side and we see a cool week here across our region. we don't get there until late this week until early in the weekend. and then that coming up in about a minute. >> and no

storm team4's doug kammerer is outside right now. what's coming our way? >> i hope i'm not on the weather deck next week. heat is moving in. highs today around where they should be last month, in the month of may. right now at 75 degrees. 62 in elkins, west virginia, 63 in ocean city, 68, philadelphia. we still have a troth of low pressure across the mid atlantic. rain to the west and east, but no rain around our area, and we'll stay high and dry. we may stay dry all the way through next week. but first off, staying below average tomorrow, but getting close to the average high in a fantastic friday. hot for the weekend. temperatures this weekend going to climb above 90 at least on sunday. and maybe record high temperatures monday and tuesday. and the humidity gets up there as well. so we'll be seeing the heat index over a hundred. i'll see you back in inside. right now, though, gosh, it's nice. >> thank you, doug. >>> two teenagers with bright futures found dead just before their graduation and police say they may be getting closer to figuring out what hap

doug kammerer's inside now. we just showed that spectacular shot.et is going to be spectacular over the river. >> it's going to be a gorgeous night. it's a gorgeous afternoon. bruce behind the cameras there. he keeps these guys in line. he was just saying what i've been saying. it's so nice, you just want to be outside, maybe riding a bike and then watch the forecast again, because you have to keep the tv on. >> and the news. >> and the news, right. sorry. 74 manassas, 73 in leesburg. it's a spectacular afternoon. right now, we're not dealing with any rain. matter of fact, we'll stay on the dry side. as wet as may was, june may be equally in the month of june. already about an inch below average and we don't have any rain in the forecast. we have rain to the west. and we have rain to the east. a lot of times, these guys come together over our region, but that's not happening. this one staying back to the west, and this area of storminess, going to be a pretty big storm off the coast. you can see it moving off the coast, towards the carolinas. backin

let's go to meteorologist doug kammerer. still outside? >> if i was able to get to a backyard or festival, that would be perfect. but i'm in storm team4 weather deck. just a gorgeous afternoon. out there now, 82 degrees at the airport. 79 hagerstown. fi 85 for richmond. to the north, only 72, that's cooler, drier air that will make its way down here. you can see a frontal boundary trying to move down, showers associated with that. we'll talk about that coming up and talk about everything else too. a great evening tot. going to be a good night for it. continued very warm over the next couple days. and then we're talking about weekend rain chances. sunday, still tracking a couple of showers, maybe a thunderstorm or two. we'll talk about that, and unsettled next week, but not all that bad. a pretty good ten-day forecast. one of the better that we've had for quite sometime. i like to do all my weather hits from out here. it's really that nice. >> we'll see if you feel the same when it's 20 below. >> i would love snow right now. it would be awe

carol maloney and doug kammerer took on the shot for heroes.eted to -- >> look at carol. >> i think that's normal. >> they competed to see who could get closer to the hole. the loser would buy the winner dinner. doug won. i know nothing about golf. i'm just going to tell you right now. the problem is it requires patience to get better. i don't have a lot of that i have to work on that. all right. this morning, one of the world's greatest tennis players is being blamed for a fatal car accident. police in palm beach gardens, florida, say venus williams was involved in this crash on june 9th. williams told police she was pulling through a median and did not see the other car. after a few weeks of being injured, the driver survived. williams is a seven-time grand slam champion. >>> a pitch straight to the wrist. turner forced out of last night's game. >> ouch. >> this morning we have an update on the injury that fans aren't going to like. ooh, that hurts to look at that. wow. a baseball right there on the wrist bone. outside, we have a couple of cl

. >> speaking of back by popular demand, doug kammerer here to explain why it is that we woke up todayn the middle of march, february, what the heck is going on outside? >> it's like june right now. we're about 15 degrees below average. if we were 15 degrees below average in march we'd be talking about 30 so this is the month of june. we can take a little bit cooler than average temperatures and rain out there too. at times today. you notice, those clouds on the cool side as we move on through. temperatures only in the 60s. 66 right now as we move on through the rest of the night. temperatures dropping through the low 60s till about 60 degrees. cool conditions across our region. i got you. my cameras leaving. there we are right there. 59 in winchester, 64 in leesburg, 68 in hundred tingeton. there's the cool temperatures. and we have some showers, d.c. eastward, i don't think we'll see much in the way of showers. it's up against the blue ridge here that's why we continue to get these showers right along the blue ridge, the biggest area of rain, some fairly steady rain now fauquier coun

doug kammerer, is it moving out this evening? >> trying to move out. we saw shower activity through a good part of the early afternoon. now it's just about out of here. we'll continue to see a couple of showers from time to time in parts of the area. towards the airport now, can you see it's still on the dreary side. we have seen some sunshine try to peek out from time to time. currently at 74. that's well blow the average high of 8 miles an hour. here's the radar. still some showers developing. we could see a few more this evening. most of the area is dry. that's the way we'll remain through the rest of the night tonight. still tracking a front. here it is here up, giving us a chance of shower activity through the early evening hours. behind this is when we start to see a change. tomorrow, this should say tuesday's planner. 73 degrees and mostly cloudy at noon. the rain does help out with one thing. all of you pollen sufferers, tom kierein outside right now. not just talking about the pollen that's good news, but sunset, a really good effect here too.

chief meteorologist doug kammerer has been monitoring our first heat wave of the year, as you see thise picture from national harbor. the today is the day you want to be near the water. >> that's for sure. a lot of times you get the breeze off the water. today, not much of one. we saw temperatures at 95 li

chief meteorologist doug kammerer has been monitoring our first heat wave of the year, as you see this live picture from national harbor. the today is the day you want to be near the water. >> that's for sure. a lot of times you get the breeze off the water. today, not much of one. we saw temperatures at 95 li the airport down to 92, so we gt a little bit of relief, but not much. these are the highs so far today. unofficially, 95 degrees at the airport. 92 in hagerstown. 91, richmond. washington tying a record now setback in 2002. so, yeah, the record high temperatures, we tied that one across the region today. more humid tomorrow. that's going to be a big key here. we did not see a lot of humid today. we'll seeing more tonight and through the day tomorrow. storm chances on the increase over the next couple days. i'll talk about that. and then the heat wave ends. most likely on wednesday. so thursday, a little bit cooler. but as i mentioned, that's also when the storm chances are on the upswing. we'll have more on that in about 15 minutes. >> doug, thank you. >>> now to a tragic story

so when doug kammerer text him and said, you know you're on the ball at ben's chili bowl, what a lovelyurprise for him. >> indeed. >> good deal. >> thanks, derrick. >>> a dramatic takedown, using a drone. how local deputies used the device to get a suspected gunman in handcuffs. >>> beautiful tonight across our region. if you're heading out tonight, no big deal at all. and your weekend plans and bea introducing the italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni. for a limited time, the spicy italian footlong is just five dollars. it's a big value for even bigger flavor. only at subway. >>> you can call it a high tech takedown. deputies in stafford county are using a drone to search for a suspected gunman. it's becoming a growing asset for law enforcement. as our bureau reporter david culver reports, it's also raising some privacy concern. >> reporter: you're looking at thermal images from thursday manhunt. sheriff's depu