the records being 96 at dulles and 99 at national. th faesdu llthk onthine dulles onel fall etty si . tro 8:00 osd e thd ose counties east of 15 the heat art ie wsyyon 05 yon heu u are outside. look atthn e ese inreupgsad , 90 in washington d anmanassas. dulles was 90 by 10:00 this morning and you factor in the humidity and we are antaing about temperatures thael in the 100s. one thing that may help us a few thunderstorms in west virginia. if they can survive the thip ere thmountains and survive this amazingly strong high thbeforeise day o. day is out. we wl co meback and talk about the records to beat. as we were discussing how much longer the heat will be around when i return in 15 minutes. j.c.? >> thank you, howard. >>> well, how are residents coping with the intense heat? our 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull has that side of the story. >> reporter: the heat advisory kicks in at noon. >> i just deal with it, you know, simple as that. nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: mother naturing is dealing a mix of high h

lioocng off oofor dulles. winchester 92. hagerstown 93. the reason they e ncngclioo ofl there is thunderstorm activity to the west. some of those clouds have spread over. this is the number e ey eye eat index, right t index, right no w,orf o of us right around 100 degrees. if you are south of the city, fredericksburg, 10 ocean city feels like 110. heat advisory in affect for the next few hours. some places could feel as much as 105 by 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. we will talk about when this will break for us. good news coming up. >> we need it. thank you so much. >>> we will check in with you in a bit. for anyone suffering in this dangerous heat without ac, the district is opening four cooling centers. here they are for you. take a look at the screen -- you should also know all outdoor pools in the district will be open until 9:00 tonight. now, for most of us the air conditioners are working overtime during this heat wave. coming up on fox 5 news at 5:00, we have strategies for saving energy and how to save on power bills. >>> a the terrible met

at dulles international airport made it up to 97 degrees, about 50 years ago.ooks like we could tie that. i think the record at reagan national is safe at 102 degrees -- definitely not going to hit 102 tomorrow. delmarva beaches looking nice. surf temperature in the mid 70's. outer banks of north carolina it's going to be hot -- 95 degrees for our daytime high. isolated showers, temperatures fall into the 60's tonight, a bit warmer in town, warming up through the 70's into the 80's tomorrow morning, hazy sunshine. tomorrow afternoon is when it's going to get hot -- 94-98 degrees, heat index around the century mark. here is the extended outlook. 98 on monday. mid 90's on tuesday. a chance of thunderstorms as a cold front will bring slightly cooler and drier air to the region. >> steve, thank you. coming up next here on abc 7 news at 11:00, no bed, no wels, not even air conditioning. so why are people paying to ththe ininhh the answ ones safansecure. give them the gift of financial security from new york life. we've been protecting families for over 164 years. ne

instead you will be detoured to the dulles access road, 267. once there, you will be able to get to chain bridge road by taking exit 19-a, if you are heading to tysons, or 19-b if mclean is your destination. also be aware, if you travel eastbound 267, you can no longer cut across 495 to get to chain bridge road. you will also have to continue to 19-a or 19-b. it will take six months to finish building the bridge. that means if you are driving in this part of 495, especially in the overnight hours between 9:30 p.m. and 5:00 in the morning expect lane closures. in tysons, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> here's a closer look at the beltway hot lanes project. it will add four new high occupancy toll lanes in the dulles toll road to the springfield interchange. the project will cost $1.4 billion and should be completed by 2013. >>> we'd like to focus on our hero central project again. because this afternoon, we are recognizing a good samaritan whose good deed landed him in the hospital. tom barrett is the mayor of milwaukee. he was w

dulles international, we did set a new record. giant tony! 97degrees was the record at dulles international airport. bwi marshall, 94 degrees. our temperatures aross the region, already a warm start to the day. 76degrees in wash. 73-degree at dulles airport. 71degrees in baltimore. frederick at 72. patuxent naval air station at 77 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar. you will see more clouds than we saw yesterday across the region. also, some precipitation that popped up last night to our east. a few showers and thunderstorms, you see that activity. and it's gone. we do have more clouds building in to the north and west. they will be pushing in here during the course of the day. i think similar cloud cover to what we had yesterday and we ended up having those clouds build in quite nicely during the afternoon. >> partly cloudy skies. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are a possibility. i think more people will see it today than yesterday. high about 9 # degrees. that is still above normal. not as bad as yes

good on the dulles greenway and the dulles toll road. this is out near the airport. this is maryland, 270 at shady grove road. my strip in virginia. 66, 95. nothing complicated in the district. -- nice trip in virginia. >> we do have a cold front down to our south and east. there will be some lingering showers in southern maryland. we have clouds this morning and some of sun peeking through. let's look at some of the numbers. 50's in loudoun county. 62 in calvert county. 66 in the district. high pressure is building in from the north. we are caught in the middle. most points out westward will see more sunshine. down to the southeast, there will be a slight chance of a shower. 71 to 75. we are 10 to 12 degrees cooler than normal. 59 downtown tonight. it will feel great. it will give the air conditioners some break -- a break for the next couple of days. mid 70's. we will see a variation of clouds and sunshine. but the weekend, we will be in the mid 80's. partly sunny for monday, labor day. that is a quick look at the forecast. >> thank you. >>> the governor's highway

currently, there adding -- and they fly out of dulles. you have to make a lot of flights to hit $600. if you want to fly to l.a., that will be $300. we are live at dulles airport. >> it could be a good deal depending on where you're going. >> done a to fly anywhere tonight. >>>>pinpointing exactly what ' lweren'kiookit, one area with e o heaes jt out of-- and just east o college park down towards the areaof prince george's county. just to the east of that, past old town b owie andie farth it is intense as it goes south. just a couple of spots here and there. just keep that in mind if you have plans in this area for the next hour or so. let's get our numbers for thursday. 87, 73. technically above average temperature wise, but about what you expect for this time in august. we will see a bit of a warm-up the next couple of days, but not back to what we had a few days ago. just back near the 90 degree mark. 86 in fairfax. uncomfortably warm in most areas. -- it comfortably warm in most areas, except where there is rainfall. it will take a co

dulles international was 96, bwi cooler, we'll add to that. closer to 100 degrees. but the heat index, how it will feel when you factor the humidity? it will feel like it is ove 100. therefore the national weather service has issued the heat advisory in effect for tomorrow. and that includes the district and montgomery county, fairfax, surrounding the metro here. frederick off the hook, doesn't mean it won't be hot tomorrow in frederick or loudoun north up to carol county as well. but it won't be so bad. looks like most of the humidity makes an effect from i-95 back to the east. stay cool tomorrow, stay in the shade when you can. don't spend a lot of time outside, certainly don't do too much, right now at reagan international, look at how warm it is, dulles, 80, bwi martial coming in at 75 degrees, raleigh, 81, ridge of high pressure here the storms going up and over, around the ridge of high pressure. in the middle there, the center of high pressure staying fairly dry. we were right on the edge today, end up with a little bit of thunderstorm activity, getting close

all right. >>> 97, a record at dulles but not at national. the next three days, temperatures go down. we're in the right direction. low 90s tomorrow. elbow bump here. >> i think you will be fine. >> 86 tomorrow. 86 op wednesday, rather. a couple of storms and then 87. we'll keep it dry on thursday with no storms. temperaturewise we're going in the right direction after the 97 today. no doubt about that. the heat advisory, goes until 8:00. the heat index will be between 100 and 105. don't exercise when it's this hot. if you are a sensitive group, the elderly, or those with asthma, you need to stay indoors with the doors closed. if you are a jogger, don't jog at night. winds northwest at about 10 miles an hour. there are some storms out to the west. we'll keep you posted on that. right now, nothing east of i-81 except for one storm. these are temperatures now. not heat index, 91 in vienna. 91 in dumfries. 92 in leonard town and even out to the west, it's 88 in winchester and 88234 woodstock. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. rewarm. 70s and 80s

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as far as the record to beat today. 102 martinsburg. 96 in dulles. kiss that good by the way and the -- good-bye. and 98 at washington national, that record is in jeopardy and in baltimore 100 set back in 1900. that is a long-standing record. we'll see what happens later. record-tying 918 my forecast with mostly sunny skies. 93 tomorrow with thunderstorms in the afternoon and by wednesday scattered thunderstorms are possible and temperatures falling in the mid to upper 90s but certainly going to feel better by wednesday. this morning, warm and muggy. 70s and 80s. hole the charlie said that i'm 68. a stray thunderstorm is all we can hope for this afternoon. 95 to locally 100. west winds five to ten miles an hour and partly cloudy and warm tonight with an isolated thunderstorm. not much to talk about, though. lows in the 70s. here we go. right now, down to 77 at national and also at the naval academy. we have 73 from winchester. 75 frederick. there's manassas at 66 along with shirley and in fredericksburg right now a steamy 74 degrees. dew.s in the upp

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an onal 74 and dulles n and bwi marshall 73. it will be down right hot later due to the showers oe reason to the north and east, in philadelphia and new je. rrs se lingering i it lingering in the washington ea. t that li ft to e . thto the north so the skies will turn suy and hot. the temperatures will jump another 20 degrees or so. so be prepared for a very hot afternoon. plenty of sunshine by later today. hazy, hot and no doubt about it, humid as well. high temperature here in washington 95 degrees, so close to a record high. and tomoow even warmer. i'll have more details on the forecast coming up. melanie, back to you. >>> and remember you can track the testimonier scorcher on our website. we have the latest info around the clock at myfoxdc.com. then look for oy your day plann on the right of the page. >>> this time no miracle. we gin with a tragedy on the hudson. a helicopter and small plane collide over the river. nine people are believed to have been killed. here is the latest: so far crews have recovered three victims, on

instead you will be detoured to the dulles access road, that's route 267. once there you will be able to get to chain bridge road by taking 19-a if you are heading to tysons or 19-b if mclean is your destination. be aware if you travel eastbound on 267 you can no longer cut across 495 to get to chain bridge road. you'll also have to don't 19-a or 19-b. and andrea, all of this construction activity around 495 and chain bridge road will continue for six possibility oh months. that's how long it will take to build the bridge and that means if you are traveling in this area on 495 especially in the overnight hours between 9:30 ann and 5:00 p.m. expect lane closures. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you. >>> here's a closer look at the hot lanes project. it will add four new high occupancy lanes from the dulles toll road to the springfield interchange. it will cost $1.4 billion and should be done by 2013. we have more at wusa9.com. just look under virginia news. >>> the metropolitan washington airport authority wants your input on raising rat

yesterday we hit 97 both at dulles and reagan national airport. 97 at dulles actually broke the record. today's record for dc is 101. i'm happy to tell you that have not in danger, but we had a couple of thunderstorms yesterday late in the evening and last night, especially across fairfax county. so there is patchy fog be mindful of that. most of us in the 70s this morning. a tip trip to the lower 90s. slightly cooler than yesterday's 97 but still another day with some steam in the air which is kind of like gasoline for the thunderstorms, which we expect later in the afternoon, probably by 3:00 and certainly for your drive home. lows tonight around 70. the thunderstorms will be probably keeping you company when you go to bed. hopefully you will get some sleep and tomorrow not as many storms and cooler tomorrow. here's how it looks on the satellite-radar loop. this is the most stable time of the day in the atmosphere. the sun has been down several hours. it is like turning the heat off the stove and the boiling water settles. when you have thunderstorms at this time of the morning, west

did break a record at dulles.e will be better tomorrow, 87 and then 85 is the pick of the week on thursday. right now at reagan national airport the temperature is 86. we have some lower 80s in to gaithersburg but 90 at leesburg, 90 quantico and 90 fredericksburg. we will factor in what it feels like with the humidity. it feels like 104 fredericksburg and 97 in leesburg and quantico. feels like 90 in cumberland. they have more cloud cover out there. you will be the first to flirt with the rain drops and if you look closely a couple of rain drops are trying to get their act together in the eastern panhandle of west virginia. this will be starting to propagate to the east. this band may pop a couple of thunderstorms and i'm thinking the witching hour will be between 3:00 and 7 this evening for them around an e around the beltway. althgoe dago y,like i said, 93. around 92 frederick and 89 winchesterer the high. now, we have our second tropical depression of the hurricane season. way out there by the cape verde island

we have recordrd reptedd dulles. th seydus. they set a n of 97f o97 to hweave havwee this areater heat sorvitil 8:00 tonht. mperatures a a plent wyarm. 90's acrs it93 t it f feels feels like 101 in learnedtown. when is relief coming? a few weakening showers possibly later tonight but the cold front tomorrow afternoon gives us a better chance of showers that finally break this push of heat we've had here i.n early august. >> now to jay korff live in silver spring with how people are coping with this heat. >> i've noticed two successful approaches today. the avoiders and the accepters. the avoiders stay inside. then there is the accepters, like these very happy children looking for any opportunity to cool down. >> i think it's lousy. it's not my favorite summer weather. >> at this montgomery coun bus stop on colesville road, the mercury has unleashed one miserable monday. >> i ran for it but it kept going. so now i'm standing here. >> while she boils in near record-breaking m temperatures, her friend uses the shelter as a shield.

ed is dulles. teur atuter oeres thmpe right now, they're not as bad as what e had we kier tndis what were kind n er in e her90in the city, 91 for dulles and only 87 for i ltium he.ty tyentrety y. pretty so bohe hherereteedaoas so therefore there has been a little bit of a reheat index. f06 is how it feels g. g.llinm frsbck still warm in coc ity,city, 97. real quick over to max hd radar just to let u couple of ichele alitt couple of little thunderstorms ng up, one moving through hagueerstown right now, one in ngtreme northern sections of olrrcal county. we'll be tracking those storms and talking about the heat or lack thereof coming up in your complete forecast. brian. >>> if you have any plans tonight, you can get out of the hot weather and into a pool. montgomery county announced today it is offering free swimming at the seven outdoor pools from 6:00 until 9:00 tonight. the district is offering late hours too, keeping 13 city pools open until 9:00. you can go to myfoxdc.com for a list of those poo

we made it up to 97 yesterday which broke a record at dulles airport. we'll probably be in the lower 90's so don't get me wrong. hot, but not as hot. checking in at 78. another muggy daynd cstryal yl armand maryland6a lpl 7ata, la plata, . on one of the we could find on our weatherbug network. so here's the forecast for today. becoming partly cloudy. scattered showers and thunderstorms later this evening as a cold front drops into the region. high of 93 today. tomorrow a little bit cooler. back in the mid 80's. ahh, that will feel nice. back to jim russ and a look at our commute. >> thank you. traveling on the northbound side of route 212 a car fire extinguish nedow off to the side. our callers reporting the left side of the roadway tied up. route n 29 a crash near route 1 police will have to direct you through that area. the beltway in montgomery county at the legion bridge, everything running nicely. alison? pamela? back to you. >> tnk you, vim. thank you, jim. we have 74 degrees. >> still ahead right here. you've really got to see this to believe it.

a new record at dulles. 95 at reagan national. that 98 is the hottest we had all summer. i have been cocoa all -- afternoon. humidity spiked big time and strong hunderstorms are out there. let's go to true view. we had warnings. this looks like it has been extended. these were going to go until 6:15. these storms are moving east. about 30 minutes of heavy rain and lightning. we have been getting reports of winds gusting in the stronger storms 40 to 50 miles per hour. a lot of water is available in the atmosphere to cook these up. we have been watching one cell crossing into charles county on the other side of 95. the rest of it is showers. over the next hour or so a lot of this activity will be winding down. let's talk about the temperatures today. max hd system shows you the high temperature today at reagan 95 as mentioned. dulles a new record. exceeded a record set in 2002 of 97 and bwi 93. it's still 90 out there. some places have become rain cooled. factor in the humidity, 94 in the district. 87 in frederick. the temperature trend we keep the hot temperatures going bu

high temperatures coming in today. 96 at dulles. over to the eastern shore we go, finding temperatures near 90. ocean city is so hot, 88 degrees. a bit of a land breeze, not the sea breeze in combining the heat and humidity, we see that it feels like 108 degrees in fredricksburg. dangerous heat. on the eastern shore we typically get a bay breeze but it feels like the upper 90s. serious stuff. we will get a little cooling later tonight but not a lot of cooling. so, that will be important to keep an eye on as well. temperatures wise and we will keep going -- temperature-wise, it seems stuck. ng through the we will jump to the five-day forecast. can't do that. i will step out and see if we can get this going. there we go. beach forecast popped up. take a look. notice the seas. we are worried about the beaches this weekend, not because of a chance for a thunderstorm here and there, especially ocean city, the waves could be really impressive. i'm alking dangerous impressive, maybe as high as 8 feet or higher. that will lead to rip curren

tomorrow we could tie the record at dulles airport, not likely at reagan national, also on monday we could also tie a record at national airport if we make it up to around 98 degrees, then a slow cooldown with a cool front tuesday late getting us thunderstorms.

same for dulles, winchester, 90, fderick, 90, baltimore, patuxent, 90s, break in the water, keeping the tonights in the upper 50s, out to the west the heat as slid to the east. this is not going to be a heat wave that just stays with us. this is not very strong at all. a fairly progressive pattern with a few days of heat here. then we cool off back into the mid-80s. so i know it will be rough for the next couple of days. but we're not talking about a week-long event or anything like that. here are the showers and thunderstorms, quite strong this afternoon, this evening coming through pennsylvania here. this little cell, this is right around state college. off it actually had a tornado warning on it earlier. right now just down graded to a severe thunderstorm warning. so some very, very strong thunderstorms and instability north. partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 70s. tomorrow, warmer, high temperatures getting into the upper 90s. at 4:00 we'll go about 97 degrees and tomorrow morning at 8:00. 80 degrees. there has been a heat advisory issued for the weather service for tomorr

of fact, not much of a heat index up over the temperature today and that will chanag national, 78; dulles, 77; bwi is 72 and a lot of rain on the deep south of florida. as a matter of fact, the hurricane center was watching something down here and they still watching something well- south of the keys down there and that could be something of interest over the next fw days and back here at home, we're doing good. we have a couple of clouds out there and we're all dry at this point and overnight tonight, temperatures staying mild in the 60s and 70s, fredericksburg, 71; warrenton, phone and back here at home, the temperatures in the 60s. another warm one tomorrow. the high pressure in control and we'll have a little bit of cloud cover and all things considered, not going to be bad tomorrow. a little on the hot side. monday, hot, too and we get into late monday, tuesday that is when the humidity really starts to come back for this 92 on tuesday. may feel more like 95 or 96. wednesday, thursday, it will be humid and we'll have more clouds in here. at least a chance of scattered showers and thu

it's 76 degrees -- i'm sorry, 70 degrees rights now at dulles and 71 at baltimore. and for today, temperatures not bad. temperatures heading to the mid- 80s. your full forecast in a minute. back to you. >>> birthday bash honoring michael jackson. thousands of fans gathered or the soggy skies for what would have been the king of pop's birthday. >> i may be the best tinkering on you tube. >> hs been solving life's simple problems. gadget guru reveals some tips on a do it yourself project. some tips when we return. cu.esnd pcu at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and make it easy when you're away. and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. get back to what really matters switch to suntrust checking today suntrust. live solid, bank solid. >>> fox 5 is surfing the net this morning. the first wave of applications for the broadband expansion totaled $7,500. the stimulus programs make funding ailable through a combination of grants and loans. in these troubled economic times, more people are turning to do it yourself project, while others like to build thi

and dulles 97. that broke a record, the record was 96. bwi only 94 and that didn't come close to the record because the record for bwi was 100 degrees. look at the thunderstorm activity now. most of this is well north of us. a few showers drifting in to extreatment western maryland. it is calming down and will do so over the next couple of hours. we are getting clouds in that and what that means it is going to keep the temperatures mild overnight tonight. 7 in the city. and 78 in fredericksburg. la plata 75. tomorrow expect a warm start. temperatures will be in the lower 80s at 00 and temperatures will be 89 at noon. cooler tomorrow. so we're not talking abou temperatures tomorrow making it in the middle to upper 90s and by 4:00, expect a couple of showers and thunderstorms to be popping up there, as well. your five-day forecast looks like this. the good news here, no more heat wave. 92 tomorrow. that's a little above normal but something we can deal with. and we cool in the middle 80s for thursday until friday. >> did you see a dramatic

and i also don't believe, i believe it is much too early, to write her off as no john foster dulles.is woman has such personal and imuintellectual power, that when she starts to fill that office you will know. >> i don't know, i think it will be a big leap to say that the country will see that type leadership again. but i would not discount her ability to come out as a very strong leader, especially when you compare that to the situation and kind of the political falls, pitfalls of president obama. she may come out very strong in the end. >> well a lot of people think that obama has been so smart about keeping in that, there's somebody keeping her in her place by having all these other envoys across the word. and i think that's possible but it's also true that no one person, there's so much happening in the world today can handle every area and that there were as she has said a lot of important parts of the world that weren't being paid their due, because it was all under -- >> want to be like condi rice and go to israel and spend four years there, not accomplishing what needs to be

dulles 92 and bwi marshall 89 degrees. we've had a mostly dry day today.ut late this afternoon and this evening, look at the storms firing up. they're going to be coming down out of pennsylvania over the next few hours. there's a cold front up there, and as this pushes through, that's going to give us a better chance of getting some of these scattered showers and thunderstorms. that will definitely be the trend for this evening. mild overnig. cannot rule out a scattered shower or thunderstorm, even through the overnight hours. temperatures for just about everybody in the 70s. now, over the next several days, this front will be stalled to the south of us. areas of low pressure riding along that front, so it looks like just about each and every afternoon we could have some scattered showers and some thunderstorms. and with that front not getting much farther to the south, it does look like we're still going to stay fairly dry out there. here's your fox five-day forecast, 88 tomorrow. we definitely cool down into the 80s for the next several days. it's still

well here they are, tomorrow's record, 88 in national, dulles at 96.tie national tomorrow and bust dulles' high temperature for tomorrow. set a new one. i don't believe this one is going to be challenged though. i don't see how bwi is going to get up to 100 100 degrees come back here tomorrow and see if i prove wrong. i think baltimore will be at mid-96 or 7, the warmest they will get. look at temperatures, 85 for dallas, two for fredericksburg. and temperatures getting close to us. a brief period of time we saw a thunderstorm watch issued for the counties northeast of us, including to the east, prince george's county and back up to anne arundel. all that is moving on. thunderstorm activity is well to the north of us now. that is all being kept to the north due to this building ridge of high pressure that comes on in. so we'll be dry overnight tonight. one or two possible thunderstorms tomorrow. but it will be later in the day. and think most of us stay dry. mild overnight tonight. only 76 here in the city. 77 for fredericksburg. 74 in bowie. and tomor

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and we had soaking rainfall tad dulles international airport yesterday. rain around here yesterday. today will be an improvement with more sunshine and drier air moving in. still a risk of a scattered shower or thunderstorm. this frontal system is very slow to get out of here. reagan national is 71 at this hour. that is better than yesterday. yesterday it was steamy out there throughout the day and we had temperatures in the 80s. 70 right now at dulles. bwi marshall is 71. here is a look at the forecast and i'll be back with details with you. but by this afternoon, we'll see highs in the mid-80s. 86 here in washington. more sunshine than yesterday and less humid. but we still can't rule out the risks of a scattered shower or thunderstorm out there. i'll have more details on bill coming up in just a minute. lanie, i'll throw it back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> and certainly a good day for a ride. bikers are heading out for the big tigger hiv ride to raise awareness and funds for a cure. and another goal is getting more people tested. african-americans make up more than 70% of a

mentioned the highs today. 97 at national. 97 for dulles. the as ter risk right there means it was a record setter. it beat the old record by one degree. 94 was the high for bwi. tomorrow a little cooler with the clouds and we'll have some more showers and thunderstorms. so 92. temperatures topple with the frontal system moving through. on wednesday 88. a little cooler for thursday and friday. 86 for both of those days. we should be right around 87 for our normal average high temperature. so we'll be back towards that by the middle and latter part of the week. 77 right now. temperature has really cooled with the thunderstorms moving through. warmer still for dulles. frederick 79 and winchester is 81. another mild overnight with the clouds. 77 here in the city. 74 out to centreville. perhaps right around 71 degrees for winchester. even as you get out into the suburbs temperatures get cooler in the overnight. there is a risk tomorrow morning to some of the showers and thunderstorms could be strong to severe. looks like the greatest instability

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but 96 in dulles, kiss that goodway. the 98 in national will be real close and 100 in baltimore may be tough to break because that is some kind of heat around here. three days looking like this. 98 this afternoon. hazy, hot and humid, stray thunderstorm is possible. better chance of afternoon storms as temperatures cool in the low 90s tomorrow and mid 80s. wednesday will feel great, sunny, very hot,stray thunderstorms. 95 to 100 this afternoon with a west wind at five to ten miles an hour. warm tonight, an isolated thunderstorm is possible. lows in the 70s. heat advisory noon to 10:00. tomorrow not as hot with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms increasing 90 to 95. winds southwest to northwest at ten. this is the coolest we have been all morning. 72 easton. some 60s to the west, oakland. hagerstown down to 77 and today at a glance looking at temperatures in the upper 90s by 5:00 and lower 90s by noon. we have high pressure to the south and west. the westerly winds around it and look at the thunderstorms dotting on the p

same at dulles. 82 in baltimore. temperatures close to where they should be. 82 at national, 80 at dulles, 80 at baltimore. 86 at fredericksburg. but look at the mid-atlantic map. that's where we start to get changes if you look to the west, 69 in sip sin and 65 in pits -- cincinnati and 65 in pittsburgh. that's a taste of the cooler air heading our way compared to the 84 at charlotte and 85 at raleigh. and so for tonight we will see a few clouds. slightly cloudy and clouds will increase in the overnight hours. look for patchy fog in some areas as well. the temperatures into the 50s and low 60s across the potomac highlands we could see mid to upper 40s for overnight lows. let's on look at true view. we have a lot going on across the west coast. this is a category 4 hurricane. it's i think called enina. i'm sorry? tell me that again, please. hemina is what it's called. it was a category 3 this afternoon and continues to intensify. and we had a couple different pronunciations. it is threatening the baja peninsula as we

jetblue flies out of dulles. run the numbers ahead of time and make sure it makes sense for you because i did a little calculation and the amount of time i could fly versus the time i would -- the cost worked out to $120. >> not bad. >>> ben cardin got an earful from constituents about health care. the democrat held a town hall meeting in hagerstown yesterday afternoon and listened to frustrated, angry and scared people. >> why not go in to an area that is more effective, like tort reform and closing the borders? [ applause ] >> we're $99 trillion in debt, how are you going to look at my children, in their eyes and tell them they are going to have a better future with $9 trillion in debt? why haven't you been more aggressive in exposing the insurance company groups that have been out there from using nasty tactics like shop downs and the propagation of big campaigns like the big lie so called death panels that have no basis in fact. >> reporter: nearly 450 people packed the hagerstown commune college theater. 500

and if we go back to the graphics i can show you the dulles toll road.ine as drivers make their way from the greenway to the capital beltway. they still remain at speed. that's a look at traffic. now over to you. >>> thank you very much. >>> the nats look too extend their road winning streak and problems with the redskins offense have become the main topic at training camp. it is time for the signs of now question. this is one way of getting vitamins and minerals. this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries and pomegranate with crispy whole grain flakes and crunchy oat clusters. total, a truly delicious way to get vitamins and minerals. how are you getting 100%? visit totalcereal.com and get a free sample. >>> this morning signs of now question asks -- >>> the first was poor little nelson. >>> we begin our look at the sports headlines with the nationals. the nats were in pittsburgh looking for another win. a runner on for ronnie. an

dulles -- that is exceptional. dulles 82. 64 degrees in frederick tonight. dulles 67.inchester you're 64. baltimore 68. 68 at patuxent naval air station. the best newsf all, some of you are going to see temperatures dropping into the upper 50s if not 60 degrees tonight. like front royal at 59. germantown 60. bowie 61 degrees and disk 65. -- and d.c. 65. that is really fantastic. you could almost crack the window open but if you do crack it open, you're not going to want to leave it open for too long. friday looks terrific. a fabulous friday with low humidity and temperatures very nice. about 7 degrees warmer than it was today. then we take it up. everything changes, a real pattern change. it will be around for three or four days. sunday 95 degrees. do we see any rain? maybe an isolated storm on saturday, especially saturday evening. here's why the weather forecast is changing. a big area of high pressure will be blocking all the weather systems out of the region. it's suhine and low humidity which is really unusual for this time of year. light winds and nice, clear ski

g 72 will go. 72 right now. 70 in both baath and out at dulles.le warmer here to our south and east. owe someone city is 7 #. the cool weather off to the north and west is 66. winchesteat this hour. a nice-hooking start to the day. very comfortable. humidity is in check here and it will be for much of the day. today will be hot. -- 70 in both baltimore and out at dulles. winchester is # 9 at this hour. a nice-looking start to the day. cold front off to the north an west -- winchester is 69 at this hour. uncreasing chances for rain as we get into the afternoon and evening tomorrow. today look great. let's show you the tropical disturbance. it has wind gusts to about 06 miles per hour. the thinking that this will become a tropical depression being perhaps a tropical storm. if it does, it will be danny. but it is tracking off to the west-northwest and the continue pewter models continue to want to bring it generally in the direction of outer banks of north carolina by about friday. where it goes from there, we have to see. it could impact our beaches

icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. the new icy hot medicated roll.the roll, pain's under control. >>> britney spears was on the late show. the top ten ways that the u.s. would be different under president bit britney spears. >> three words, vice president diddy. >>> and the number one way the country would be different if britney spears were president. >> finally the media would pay attention to me. check out the entire top ten list by going to wusa9.com. check out the water cooler page. >>> it leaves me with the traffic report. we -- oops we did it again. a traffic crawl. >> i get it diddy did that song. >> i still don't get it. >> renovation gap. 270 southbound. live from montgomery village avenue to the loop we are clear. >> britney who? >> finish with virginia 95. slow heading northbound from the prince william parkway to lorton. not so bad. five to six minutes. >>> a steamy sticky morning out there and temperatures an 90 the next few days with mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorm and the air mass is kicked out of here by the weekend. a lot

the mid-80s with a high temperature thatting inned to 84 degrees and right now for national, 85 and dulles, 86; bwi off the high. of key degrees and everyone -- in and around the water has been cooler. upper 70s and lower 80s and all the rain stayed to the south of us and mostly offshore. there is a stalled-out frontal boundary here through the weekend and there is a wave of low pressure. right here along the beaches tomorrow and afternoon, it looks like there is still a chance for a shower or a scattered thunderstorm. but by sunday, i believe, just about everyone is going to dry out, okay? overnight tonight, partly cloudy, mid-60s in the suburbs here in the city, about 69 degrees and a little warmer for tomorrow and not humidity. it can get into the dog days and august around here and getting warmer and the humidity stays in check and not oppressive and fairly dry the next few days. the next chance for widespread showers or thunderstorms and that will be the middle part of next week. >> all right. >> thank you. >>> and did you see it? a campaign poster in germany, raising eyebrows. vera l

tomorrow, a better chance of tying or breaking the record at both national and dulles. so hopefully, fingers crossed, it will be something exciting it to look at. maybe we'll tie or break a record tomorrow. 85 degrees hagerstown. state college looking at 70 degrees. if you're looking for more heat, more humidity, head to the south. memphis, 84 degrees at this hour. 82 in atlanta. the cooler, drier air well to the north. syracuse, new york. 71. 76 degrees in new york city. we had some thunderstorms that rolled across the region maybe from the north earlier this evening. that's why the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm watch. they canceled it early. nothing to worry about this evening as high pressure slowly builds into the area. it's going to move overhead and then just offshore for the day tomorrow, allowing our winds out of the west-southwest and that's what's going to really warm us up. we also have a heat advisory that's set to go into effect tomorrow at 12:00 noon. it includes the district and arlington and alexandria, also montgomery county, pri

airports, current temperatures, 72 degrees in washington. 71 at both dulles and bwi marshall. the forecast for today, becoming mostly sunny after some morning haze and some morning fog. gradually mostly sunny day, a warm day. not quite as humid as it was yesterday. we'll look if the highs s. erally in the upper 87degrees for your high in annapolis. 88 in frederick. 90 in waldorf. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. more is coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic on this monday morning. >> we're a little busy right now. we have a crash on the outer loop. beltway as you approach route 4, pennsylvania avenue. accident activity tying up the two left lanes. traveling southbound, there was a fellow changing a flat tire near the exit for nasa goddard. he is cause ago bit of a rubbernecking delay trying to get past the scene. southbound 270 incident-free as you work your way southbound leaving urbana headed out towards hyattstown. we are dealing with slowdowns as you work your way closer to the truc

you have to use exit 45 b instead which is the dulles access road.r the exit on the left side of the interstate. detour signs are posted. >>> since there has been so much misinformation out there about health insurance reform, let me say this. one thing that reform won't change is rhett vans health care. no one is going to take away your benefits. that is the plain and simple truth. >> a new poll suggests consumers appear to be losing confidence about health care access and affordability. at one point, a government-run option. now proposals for nonprofit cooperatives have emerged as an alternative but so far, no one appears to be biting. we have more on the health care reaction. >> reporter: as president obama was giving a speech on health care reform inside the phoenix convention center monday, outside, emotions were running high. shouting matches erted over the health care overhaul mirroring the heating exchanged at recent town hall meetings all prompted by the government- run proposal. >> when it comes to their health care, the people have drawn a

that was set in 2001 so we ve a new record at dulles.all nowhere neared record. 75degrees right now here in washington. we dropped off one degree. 71 in baltimore. 75 in fredericksburg. let'slike at the temperatures across the country. we'll see a couple of things. first of all, warm air in the eastern united states. very warm continuing warm conditions down to our south. 82 in dallas. 67 in witch ta. where you find that difference in temperatures, you know from studying your weather you're likely to find some thunderstorm activity and let's get to the national satellite- radar and indeed there it is. we have agot some showers and some thunderstorms between those two air masses, the cooler one in the northern plains and the warmer one down in the southern plains and that is the most active area in the country at this hour. so the forecast for washington for today looks like this. partly cloudy skies. fair amount of cloud cover. reagan national is reporting a fall clouds. some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. they will be mo

icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. the new icy hot medicated roll.e roll, pain's under control. >>> we want to show you adorable panda video, just because we can. this is from china. a lot of these young babies were born after last year's earthquake. it is open to tourist and we don't know if they are related to our little butter stick. not so little anymore, remember tai shan. >> yes. i do. glen the panda has no known enemies they say. >>> let's talk about the outer loop, an accident at university on the right shoulder. little slow approach the scene. moving to 295 southbound at pennsylvania. more crash activity off to the right shoulder. drivers are backed up. you see the yellow, up to e rout 50. 95 northbound 123 to the fairfax parkway, you are below speed. over to kim. >> seven-day forecast, we are showing increasing clouds, stormy weather today and tomorrow. pick of the week is sunday for sure and next week lower humidity. you will notice it starting on sunday. >> as for wall street, we are looking flat right now. but who knows we have housing d