it is in the far central eastern atlantic. if they could stay out there and remained weak, lisa will not be a major problem. 86 tomorrow has fall begins tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. a chance for a thunderstorm.

and is out in the eastern atlantic. the hurricane center is monitoring this cluster of thunderstorms in the caribbean. this may become tropical storm at the. it is not quite there, but it is showing signs of organizing. the set is one on the board right now. -- lisa is on the board. it may become a minimal hurricane, but it is not in a hurry to go anywhere. if it stays out here in the central to eastern atlantic, it would be no harm to anyone. way east of bermuda and camp verde island. 86 degrees tomorrow as follows arrives with a chance for an evening storm. he and humidity building of thursday and friday. a slight risk for a thunderstorm thursday. 89, hazy, hot, and humid. a dry, cool front coming through friday night. we may get a few clouds but no precipitation. it will drop the temperatures back down. 80 on saturday and made 70's 4 sunday. >> still ahead, out by the millions of dollars for dumping pollutants in nearby waters. >> he brought the ball back to baltimore. can he breathed new life into the premier opera

it is in the far central eastern atlantic. if they could stay out there and remained weak, lisa will not be a major problem. 86 tomorrow has fall begins tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. a chance for a thunderstorm. with the arrival of all, summer will try to hang on. near 90 thursday and friday. >> 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> with the from the ravens training facility in ellen mills to date where what started as a bad call on sunday has now turned into worse news for the ravens. especially for head coach john harbaugh. the nfl fined him $15,000 for what the league calls "impermissible verbal, physical contact with a new -- with an official." they find him for an illegal hit on the cincinnati bengals quarterback. harbaugh had a heated exchange with the line judge. while the exchange will definitely hurt harbaugh's check but, the head coach does think it will hurt his relationship with any of the nfl draft. -- nfl refs. >> we disagree and it was animated, but it was respectful to route. i know he understood that. it should be

a couple of things to watch -- a tropical storm but very weak and metal -- lisa in the eastern atlantic. this cluster of storms is being monitored and that could become a tropical system in the next couple of days. right now, no major storms to be concerned with. like fall, but it will cool off a little. >> nine times in his career, his run multiple interceptions in a game. in the previous ones, the only three interceptions ones, so the ravens of that ability to bounce back quickly will serve the ball sunday. the ravens seem confident he'll be caught in the home opener. they also want to avoid a losing streak. a 65 yard receiving touchdowns. yes, and carried the ball, returned kickoffs and punts. he does everything but kick the ball. the ravens have to make sure that when he touches the ball, he touches the ground. >> he can make a mess that run you over. if we play strong out front and not create holes for him, we can stop them. >> he is such a physical runner. he runs like a running back. you have to be aware of it. everybody has to play their position. you can't be flying over the ba

julia was mentioned as the strongest hurricane we have ever had this far in the eastern atlantic andas been a category 4 and winds were coming down with it about 1,000- miles to the southeast of bermuda and they're going to be a big pounding. both of the arms the will miss the east coast. the tropics are active, we have had 11 main storms and look at our own five-day forecast and that is completely settled, we're lucky to be protect today from theing about hurricanes. looks like the upper 70s next week, brian. you're right, september is perfect around here. >> a beautiful weekend. >>> texans are coming to up to. coming up in sports, the skins are not taking that team lightly. >>> first, the teams in the nfl being reminded of the league's immediate relation policy. it was put out after a reporter claimed she was harassed. clinton portis issued in an apology after weighing in on the controversy with controversial comments of his own the nfl deemed inappropriate. ♪ hey, look, it's grandma! oh, she's early. no...on the counter. [ female announcer ] art projects in the kitchen? bring it.

the only other thing we need to watch is in the far eastern atlantic closer to africa, but that couldalso become tropical storm lisa in the next couple days. meanwhile we watch for things to heat up, 87 wednesday, thursday 89, and friday 89. we could get up and over 90 a couple of these days and maybe a couple chances for showers in our forecast. if you watched the skins game, you know it was pretty exciting and ultimately disappointing. dave feldman has a wrap on what we watched with the texans when we come back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> greetings. i'm dave feldman in. week one it was the stingy defense that helped washington win their first game of the mike shanahan era. yesterday week two, the defense the weak link. 4

a new tropical storm in the eastern atlantic, tropical storm lisa, it does appear will track will taket up to the atlantic, and way, way east of the atlantic seaboard. clear tonight, and 60 by dawn tomorrow. a southwesterly wind sends in heat. climbing to 90, on wednesday evenin thursday midday, a chance of a passing shower. near 90 on thursday. partly cloudy on friday and up around 90. saturday looks to have highs near 80. we will see you tomorrow morning, have a good afternoon. >> well,ave you heard of a monkey riding your back. what about a monkey riding the back of dogs? take a look at this race in iwampt the banana derby in waterloo is a hit. he decided to quit his job as a lawyer and te his show on the road. he travels across the country with his animals. at least they are light. thanks for joining us. tune in to news 4 for all the days' news. see you tomorrow morning at 4:3 a.m. hope you join us then. see you tomorrow.

east of igor is julia in the eastern atlantic. and that carl developed in the caribbean yesterday.will go into the southern part of the gulf of mexico tomorrow. lots of activity in the tropics. mostly sunny skies at home. after the cool start, we will make it to around 80 this afternoon. not a bad day. upper 50's to around 60. the seven-day forecast, a chance for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. let's hope we get some rain because we are still a little behind. it looks like a decent weekend, getting warmer. high temperature on summit all the way up to 84. >> thank you. change appears to be coming to the city state's attorney's office. jennifer franciotti joins us live from mitchell courthouse to explain. >> the race has not been called, but let's look at the numbers. with all 290 precincts reporting in, it looks like gregg bernstein leads the race with 1004 -- 21 votes over patricia jessamy. that is 49that to hurt 47%. supporters were feeling pretty good and keeping positive about the race. when the city state's attorney showed up, she said she was feeling confident. the

lisa is now forming in the far eastern atlantic. for students at the bus stop, in the six for another couple hours with sunshine. and dry conditions. and dry pavement around the recently. by noon time, upper 70s. peak near 80 by afternoon. overnight don't, full moon up and a cool sti. and a chilly morning tomorrow morning. many locations in the 40s to 50s. then warmer wednesday and thursday. might get a passing shower wednesda night or perhaps thursday. 80s friday. near 80s saturday and sunday. >> tom, certainly getting busy on the capital beltway inner loop from springfield to i-66. very, very slow. there were two straight accidents. police tell us they're on the showered. it's going to be backed up. lanes open down to springfield. let's head over and see how we're doing. inboundnd outbound, ving along this morning. travel lanes open there. pedestrian accident. university boulevard at carroll avenue. authorities are headed over there. so heads- if you're headed that direction. out to the rails. metro rail doing fine. vre, not so mu

so far, the eastern atlantic has been where the main events have been taking place.hings have shifted and now the ask shifts to the caribbean. tropical depression number 16 at this hour has been crossing through cuba during the overnight hours now into the florida straits headed autopsy cross eastern portions of florida and guess what? headed today north towards washington and we'll tap into a lot of this moisture. the bottom line is we'll be in for a soaking rain around here starting later tonight into the daytime hours tomorrow. it will get out of here by tomorrow night. when all is said and done being we could see several inches of rain across the washington area over the next 24 to 36 hours. clouds increasing. area of low pressure developing there into the carolinas and it will tap into the tropical depression i mentioned. look at all the heavy rain in miami. miami, about an inch and a half of rain in the past couple of hours. they have agot tropical storm warnings across southern florida. all of this moisture headed today north. we'll be in for sort of a long du

it will drift off to the northwest and weaken again in the far eastern atlantic. are the kinds of storms we like to see. 92 degrees on friday. some cooler air coming in and dropping to 80 on saturday. it will finally feel like fall. >> how to make your dining dollar stretch and expect to pay more of this coming thanksgiving if you take to the airwaves. >> if you want to travel by plane this thanksgiving, it's going to cost you. the average domestic flight of that holiday is $384, 10 percent higher than last year. but there are ways to save a little bit of cash. consider flying on thanksgiving day and returning on tuesday. connecting flights can be 40% cheaper than a direct flight. if you are flying to a city with more than one airport, shop around for the lowest price. if you are planning to eat out tomorrow, there is a way to make your dollars stretch. tomorrow is the 17th annual dining out for life event. it will benefit local organization providing free meals to seriously ill patients. when the dna participating restaurants, a portion will go to your community.

far out in the eastern atlantic and is expected to track north of the caribbean islands. the forecasters believe it will downgrade to category 3 storm by the end of the week. >>> and as oprah winfrey kicked off the 25th and final season of her talk show today, anderson, she rolled into the studio, a model of a quantas jet. and told the 300 members of her audience they were traveling with her and harpo productions on an eight-day all expenses paid trip to, where? australia, in december. >> have you ever seen on "saturday night live" where heads explode in the audience? it was like that today. >> that's my best bit of all this. people go to a level of hysteria that you probably shouldn't see anywhere except in a controlled environment like the harpo studios. >> we'll check back in a little bit for other stories we're following. >>> ahead, michael moore has some poignant words for opponents near the islamic center near ground zero. >> if the bigots want a muslim-free zone in lower manhattan they have a problem. over 60 muslim-americans died on 9/11 at the world trade center.

she is in the eastern atlantic and continues to track west.not expected to threaten land. the national weather service confirming two tornadoes struck new york city thursday night. the first tornado hit brooklyn, with 80 mile per hour winds the storm downing more than 1,000 trees even ripping off rooftops. a second tornado killing one person in queens after a tree fell on her car. 125 mile per hour winds hit the densely populated area. mayor bloomberg says it is amazing more people were not killed. there have been 10 tornadoes in the city since 1950. >>> an apology from the pope in britain. what the pontiff had to say at westminster cathedral and the response he's getting from thousands opposed to his visit. >> fighting back, after this deadly blast in a california neighborhood. what one want wants from the gas company, being blamed for the explosion. [ male announcer ] let's throw down some style. style that lasts a lifetime. what do you say we get the look we want, the softness we need, and an unbeatable lifetime stain warranty for whatever

eastern part of the atlantic. erature on the eastern shore, a lot of 5-10 miles ppr hour. the entral part of the state climbing to 81 degrees, and the %-hour.st wind at 5--0 miles peú further back to he west, aa3 couple degrees cooler. a high temperature, 79 degrees. it should be a pretty day throughout the whooe state. %-7:05, first pitch temperature, caadennyards, 71 degrees nnt baú the start but the temperatures will drop to the mid-60s by late innings. temperatures drop. 59 degreee overnight low in fact. 83 tomorrow, look for more clou3 in the day when showers will move into the westernnpart of maryland. it's the ttieframe for the ú%tential for showers. 78 degrees for friday for the high, a little cooler and wee3 will see clearing later in the day. 75 and 833for the weekend, so sattrday and sunday, with plenty of sunshine. low 80ss 81 and 82 ressectively. what is appennng on the roadwayssas you ead out this mooningg traffic edge. lauren. >> repprter: thank you, steve.3 we are dealing with several accidents thhs

and this is hurricane julia in the eastern atlantic not posing a threat to anybody at this point.egory one with maximum sustained winds at 75 mile-per- hour. here is your forecast for today, mostly sunny, breezy at times. five-day forecast, after the front comes through, quiet and sunny, 81 degrees. thursday clouds start to build in. could see some shower activity late in the day on thursday, probably thursday night the way things are shaping up. friday is nine, saturday looks great and now 80. >> 85. i don't care what you say. >>> on the roads sh the lanes are open but the pace is slowing toward route 1 college park. accident reported on the ride side. the outer loop slow from 95 toward georgia and there all lanes are open. southbound 95 open for business delays, out of laurel. northbound 95 still cleaning up a crash at -- up a crash at 695. slow across the 14th street bridge. stop and go here across the potomac. down in spotsylvania county, accident there has traffic southbound on 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> today much of the attention is focused on t

atlantic estes. it will become a healthy tropical storm, but it is expected to stay out in the eastern part of the atlanticit will be 79 degrees jamarr. there may be a thunderstorm wednesday evening -- it will be 79 degrees tomorrow. there may be a thunderstorm wednesday evening. >> john harbaugh may find a good outcome to the loss. we will explain next in sports. >> dunites jackpot has -- $750ht's jackpot has million. the numbers are 31, 34, 16, 2, 37, and 42. that makes your numbers 31, 34, 16, 2, 37, and 42. the jackpot will climb up to more than $1 million if no one gets all six numbers. check out to the maryland lottery on facebook and twitter. the maryland >> i spent five and is listening to a talk show today. you will hear people who want to blame or give up on joe flacco. but you will not find anyone ready to do so at ravens camp. he had a general slow start to the season and has drawn the ire of fans. no position is more extreme than quarterback. a few games can separate him from may nightmare. >> four interceptions is too much. joe would be the first to tell you he wants to play better. the wide

hurricane igor is a powerful category 4 storm but is still far from land in the eastern atlantic.ricane julia also grew to a category 4 storm overnight with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. meteorologist jacqui jeras watching that for us. busy. >> really busy. we got word in now that karl made landfall so it's over the land now and that means it will gradually weaken a little bit abe be feeling that brutal impact at this time. here you can see the latest satellite imagery of karl and man close to being a hurricane but not going to happen. at least not while it makes the way across the peninsula. getting into the bay of campeche and we think late tonight or tomorrow already likely regain strength and watch it probably move up to a hurricane so there you can see karl's 65-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds and torrential downpours with karl and fast mover and showing you that track of this storm and look at that. overnight tonight and into early tomorrow morning watching that make its way over that open water and we don't think at this time by the way it's impacting the u.s

very more close into the eastern atlantic and tropical storm with maximum winds of 40 miles per hour. is expected to advance to the north and west. you can see the projected path right here moving right now lightly. kind of slowly rather northwest at 5 miles per hour. expected to intensify as it continues there. we are also tracking the threat of fire danger in the west once again today, particularly into utah where temperatures warm but really the concern is low humidity and strong gusty winds today. that's a factor to keep in mind. across the country, looking at cooler weather and really as this this is the last full day of the summer season, fall begins tomorrow, you are going to see very hot temperatures building. we have seen record heat here in the southeast and look for more to continue and finally just want to let everybody know, monitoring a brand new area of tropical development out here into the caribbean and something to keep our eyes on in the coming days. kyra? >> thanks. >>> a vietnam war hero's story, we are telling it the day he receives the medal of honor. there's ne

way out in the eastern atlantic but the storm is likely to intensify. winds at 45 miles per hour.hat's not the only tropical system we are watching. plus fire danger out west. >>> the deadliest year for operation enduring freedom gets even deadlier. nine u.s. service members were killed today. their helicopter going down in one of afghanistan's most volatile areas. cnn's ivan watson is live for us in the capital of the country be kabul. ivan, any idea what happened? >> reporter: we don't. military spokesman here in kabul saying the cause of the crash is under investigation. afghan provincial officials telling us the weather was good, and western military officials saying there was no sign of any kind of insurgent attack, but, a western defense source telling our office that nine american service men died aboard this helicopter. in addition, two other nato troops were wounded. an afghan soldier wounded, and an american civilian was also wounded. this makes this the deadliest year yet in this nine-year war for not only u.s. troops on the ground but also for the nato coalition which

atlantic. not terribly concerned about this one. there's a tropical wave in the eastern caribbean.he next several days into next week. tropical storm watch expired there across parts of wisconsin. this is a potent front as far as the cool air behind it. and it's drawing out warm air ahead of it. we'll see the warmup across the midwest, southeast, and the northeast after the frosty morning today. temperatures are going to rebound tomorrow. dry conditions out west, and winds gusting to 35 miles per hour, low humidity, red flag warnings are up and fire watches up, as well, that fire southwest of salt lake city more under control. as of last check, they had about 25% containment or so there. 108 in yuma, phoenix, 107, and parts of alabama seeing 100 degrees. and out west, 108 in yuma, that's the warmest they've ever been this late in the season. if it seems like it's toasty, it is. and for a lot of folks, it was one of the warmest on record. we're happy to see it go away. >> wasn't this one of the warmest years on record? >> at least for land masses. if you incorporate the water in the

on the eastern shore the mid 80s at the atlantic beaches near 80 degrees, a great beach toy. tomorrow should be a good beach day as well. as we go forward with the last 12 hours we've seen just a few high clouds coming through here. right now we have generally lots of sunshine with a bit of haze in the area. we have tropical storm matthew that's already now beginning to spread rains into nicaragua and honduras. it is moving west at a pretty fast clip through northern honduras, and over the day on sarday, and then it may come very close to north guatemala through belize, and through the uk tan peninsulaof mexico on sunday. there could be flooding in this part of the yucatan, and monday morning, it's going to track anywhere in this zone, could go off to the north and east, perhaps up toward new orleans or the texas coast, and there is quite a bit of tropical movie ahead of that there will be streaming our way for the first part of next week. this front that may be bringing us some relief on saturday, not triggering much rain from the upper midwest down into the missouri valley.

we had some showers moving off the eastern shore and into the atlantic ocean, you see some of those showersg toward the north and east. ú%ck o the north and west, they will steer around a ridge of high pressure aad not really bother us today t wil. it will be a hot and humid day. the temperatures climb to the near 90s. a mild start. %-in d.c., 68 in salisbury thei7 64. we willlsee the ttmperatures climb as thh frontal bounnarr stayy to the north. that cold front brings the showers to the west northwest part of the state in the afternoon. a remote chance there.ú everybody else should stay dry but the humidity will be climbing. it will bb dry with regard to rain, but it will be feeling wet in the atmosphere in terms of the humidity value going up. the cooler air moves in to tte north and that is going to bring in temperatures that will be more comfortable as we toward saturday, low 80s then and we will get the cooler ir ú%anwhile tropical gretionnliian lisa, just a shadow of herself. not as strong as she was earlier and it will be making its way to the north and staying away from the u.s. mai

watch out for that from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. eastern shore, virginia tidewater near 70. a few wispy high clouds. otherwise, mostly sunny. mid-90s by midafternoon. record high 94. we may meet or exceed it at national airport. a fresh northwest breeze. sunday and monday, more clouds around. a passing light shower and likelihood of showers monday and tuesday next week. ashley, how is the traffic? >>> good orning we have delays. virginia, 66 eastbound. heavy out of manassas. from 123 off and on towards the beltway. back on the brakes once more. fog is the name of the game. it's going to be heavy leading college park, silver spring. you can see the headlightsre a little slow headed into silver spring. no problems as far as accidents are concerned. out of the district we are working apolice investigation. the very latest is the closure points have expanded. branch avenue shut down between randall circle and pennsylvania. and also minnesota and massachusetts are affected with police activity. it's all centraled around the randall circle area,

may stay on land, may move out into the eastern atlantic. eastern caribbean sea.ector joe michael says, it's going somewhere. >>> >>> a sparkling day across the entire bay region. it was nice this morning and cool. but we are not going to hold on to the cool temperatures very long. all the blue sky means a lot of sunshine, and the sunshine is coupled with high pressure. it is really going to heat things up. highs today will be in the mid to upper 80s in the east bay. along the coastline we are seeing temperatures in the upper 60s. this weekend it is really going to get hot. unfortunately air quality will be on the downslide. >>> time now for today's real estate, homes across this country for sale. for $320 or less, from a sleek townhouse to an ohio home with its own historic barn and garden. our resident brick house, barbara, is our real estate contributor. >> thanks for the nice introduction, al. >> any time. let's get started. first up we're going to go to heath, ohio, about 20 miles from columbus, a three-bedroom home priced at $289,000. >> it's an hour and a h

portions of georgia and southeast alabama continues to be pretty dry along the eastern seaboard especially the mid-atlantic although that's typical. jet stream to monday, there's very chilly to cold air across much of canada and hot and humid in the southern parts of this country. as long the jet stream remains zonal like it will be we won't see any big intrusion of cold air into this country. we'll have cool air masses coming southward in the northern states but all in all that does not look that cold. there are signs that maybe down the road we will see the jet stream dip in the plains in the northeast, more than a week away though before that would probably happen according to the models right now. let's go day by day, on monday as we head through the ladder portions of september into fall obviously, official fall does arrive this week, you can see showers up across the northern plain states back into the portions of the central rockies just hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms in the muggy air to the front and lit continue to be muggy. by wednesday we will see everything quickly shifting quickly nort

eastern shore. bigger picture here shows mainly clear conditions aaross the midwest. into the mid-atlantic. gh thin clouds over upstate new york, thunderstorms showers over eastern kentucky. but for the most part we are sitting nice and clear thanks to high pressurr that will be in place for the next couple of days, allowing for us to stay dry and cllar. lookkng back to the west. out of the dakotas, will drag across minnesota, wisconsin and then by thursday, looking at heavy showers over preety much most of michigan. but this front moves ourrway. you see a warm front aheed of t boosts our temperatures a tad bit before the front movess3ú through. next chance for rain is arriving late thursday night. chance or a trailing shower, maybe to friday morning. behind that, looking at clearing conddtions, that take into the weekend. but head out to the atlantic. tropics are heating up. hurricane igor, category 4 storm. well defined eye. dangerous storm with winds aa3 155. and gusting to 190. strongest storm so far, with a a tightty packed storm andre atú dangerous storm. ú%most brushing a category 5 s

we'rfeeli some of that chill here wh hi presse pushing down from eastern canada through the mid atlantic states. clear sky. plenty of sun. it should get us up to near 80 by afternoon. and then cool tonight. not as chilly as this morning. warming up with a southwesterly breeze. it will keep it on the summery side. jerry, how is the traffic? >> we continue to follow breaking news where the accidt remains two right lanes remain closed. all this occurred on the inner loop of the beltway between i-66 and route 7. two left lanes get by. it's jammed leaving springfield all the way up. unfortunatel there is no shoulder because that's part of the construction zone there. we have to wait for the tow trucks to get there. can't move the cars out until the tow trucks arrive a pull them out completely. be forewarned. from springfield to 66 it is a nightmare. over on 66, because of the location of t accident, making for an extremely difficult merge coming in on 66 trying to get on to or beyond the capital beltwy. 66 delays begin centerville most of the way in. that, too, is a parking lot. drop down rou

eastern shore is being spared by a lottof moisture that ii ught in the atlantic. south north, right ú%ong the south and north pathway and it's moving again for hat area, but it's not spreading as we typically would see it often from west to east and bringing it across the state. instead thh missiig rainngoes off to the east and the atlantic ocean it stays there it looks like, as a lot of tropical moisture stays to the nnrth. -nstead it looos like we're concerned.ed as far as that is meanwhile ttere's more chances for rain which we could use certainly, oming from the south. not just todaa eether, it looks like thursday, there's a better chance of heavy downpours and we will talk about why in a jjst a %-a flash-flood watch at thh ú%esapeake bay until 10:00 aamm and a coastal flood warningg3 ú%til the chesapeake bay, and the west side of the chesappake bay until 5:00 .m. >> you see the low pressure center thht ii moving north with %-us the rain this morning.ought it's moving north and eve. here is coming to swwtch. hurricane for that matter. it has ttopical chhracter

atlantic. it will bring some rain in extreme eastern canada, but that's about it. the storm is just about over with. so as far as the forecast goes for today, there goes igor. and the nation's kind of split. the southeast, the deep south, very hot. still feels like summer out there. some record highs are possible. there's a cooler air mass that has settled over the great lakes and new england. so it's definitely a split forecast. you can see chicago, 75. atlanta, 91. so we're still i the 90s from texas to orida. more or less in the late summer/fall air mass as you'd expect from chicago, detroit, all the way into areas of the east. but it's quiet today. not a lot of wet weaer. that's a look at your monday forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine, another 90 degree day possible in raleigh, north carolina. houston today, very warm. we had a lot of heavy rain over the weekend in south texas. that should slowly improve today. some shows in t forecast. lynn, we'll sneak in to fall this week. give you the forecast coming up. >> it's here. a

and on the eastern shore, away from the water temperatures are generally in the 60s. at the atlantic behes and around virginia's tidewater it's near 70 degrees. it's a balmy start to this thursday morning. this first full day of astronomical autumn. that's the point wher the earth and it's orbit around the sun has now reached the crossing point where the earth's shadow is directly north and south across the planet, as we approach dawn, and that earth's shadow right now is over the central atlantic. and i will be approaching us, and we'll have thesunrise coming up this morning later and later. it's around 7:00 in the morning. over the last 12 thundershowers we've had the overnight showers dissipate and we've got a weak area of high pressure now in place from new england all the way down to georgia and that southerly andsouthwesterly flow around that high is going to be warming things up today. we should be making it into the low 90s. the record is 98. and tn tomorrow we may be near or breaking the record. record is 94. we may be right near that by midafternoon. then finally, things ge

it looks like it will stay essentially dry on the lower eastern shore tomorrow with high temperatures around 88. at on the atlantic, it is tropical storm lisa to keep an eye on. it is a minimal storm. also watch this in the caribbean. that could become matthew in the next couple of days. tomorrow, 89. a thunderstorm possible in the game. welcome to fall, but it feels like summer. lower temperatures on thursday and friday, but still warm and humid finally lowered temperatures will we get to the weekend. >> you have got to see this one. that is next in sports. that's in andy harris' unfair tax plan. 23% sales tax. a 23% sales tax will cut my business in half. would be devastating. andy harris' 23% sales tax absolutely makes no sense. 23% sales tax would really make things unaffordable. that's too high for the average american out here. i don't know how we would manage it really. don't like that idea. we can't afford andy harris' idea. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he rais

atlantic. they will not affect the eastern coast of united states. igor is expected to get weaker slowly over the next couple days. let's look at temperatures. mainly in the 60s across the region. 61 six some varying temperatures here and there. 66 in front royal. 56 in huntingtown. yesterday it was 85 degrees. a lot of sunshine, low to mid de. the average high is 80 degrees. there are few high, thin clouds moving again, coming into the northwest today. that will be the story, a lot of sunshine moseley. it will be breezy. the lindell pickup midday end to this section with a cold front. a northwest breeze at 10-20. an uneventful frontal passage. we really could use some showers, so that is unfortunate. a little cooler tonight than last night. dropping down to the '50s almost everywhere. sunny tomorrow. temperatures where they should be this time of year, topping out around 80. thursday there is a little warmer air, back to the mid 80's. then dropping again. a typical rollercoaster september ride. highs in the '70s on friday and saturday. >>> traffic i

this one is out in the atlantic and it doesn't pose a threat to us. easternll climb nicell today, up to 85 degreesswith more sunshine there than anywhere else. the winds 15-20 miles per hour. we sit between the departing high and the low pressure coming in. gusting to 25, a breezy afternoon and showers or thunderstorms late day, having a late afternoon or eeening the best poosibility here. best chance of a shower or thunderstorm and that would come earlier in the mid-afternoon or later afternnon, 79 degrees for tonight we will see temperatures climb from 79 degrees at noon up to 82 degrees, dropping back to 82, after a high of 86 at 4:00 this afternoon. tonight 66 deggees the overnight low, lots of cloud cover and the chance for the eveeing showers or thundersttrms tapeeing off and then it sets up a nice day tomorrow, 80 degrees on saturday, 77 mmnday with plenty of sunshine and 80 and 85 on tuesddy and wednesday warming up - little bit more. now with what is happening on the roadways, here is lluren cookk with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve.

eastern shore beaches on the atlanta particular, we have the -- atlantic, high rip current. >>> mild to start off the work week. fall begins the equinox will feel like summer. i told my wife we were done with 90s. unfortunately, they're back again. 90 to 93 thursday. 92 friday. it's going to be shot. the one thing is i don't think it will be awfully humid with that. especially this time of the year, it's really hard to work that humidity back in, you get the summertime. it will be hot. you're talking nearly 15 degrees above where we should be, 78 to 79. there could be a cold front friday that might bring a storm or two. slight chance. really, next weekend setting up for kind after rainy period. that will keep us way down into the 70s. highs 92 to 70s. >> we're getting ready for fall. >> it will officially be here wednesday. >> thank you. >>> what do you have for us? >>> football, of course. redskins tomorrow. today means college football. maryland, west virginia, we were talking about it earlier today. i pick maryland. >> now you know. >> border war between west virginia and maryland

out of the mountains, it is in the upper 60s and near 70, and on the eastern shore, a beautiful day around the bay. at the atlantic beaches, high clouds on an upper level flow. 20,000 feet, with us from time to time throughout the afternoon. mostly sunny. winds gusting to 20 miles an hour. high temperatures in the low 80s by mid afternoon. a look at the rest of the week, and into the tropics, active right now. we will look at the weekend as well. coming up in a couple of minutes. igor nd julia. >> y we will take a look at that. >> problems on the roads? >> we will see how we are doing along interstate 66. not too bad through fair oaks, a couple of miles down the road, near the exit for nothing street, tying up the right side of the roadway. >> chopper4, on wildale between west patrick street and key parkway. the road is closed to traffic. bause of that, two shopping centers without water at this hour. that will be closed for some time. >>> new today, nbc news has learned that detained higher sarah shourd has been released. she was arrested and accused of spying. shourd is reportedly in bad health and releaseod hum

atlantic beaches. elsewhere out in the mountains, temperatures there are just in the 40s to near 50 degrees. eastern shore away there the waters now, the low 60s. we've had some of these increasing clouds coming in ahead of a weak cool front that's triggering some showers in the midwest. that will be approaching us tis evening after sunset. between now and then increasing clouds. should make it into the m 80s. then after any chance of showers this evening, maybe some thunder, we'll clear out again. tomorrow, afternoon highs low 80s on friday, saturday and sunday looking very nic for outdoor recreation, for all the college and high school games. we'll have afternoon highs on saturday in the low 80s, and for the 'skins game sunday afternoon looks like it wil be partly cloudy and low 80s. the next week and the latest with the tropics in ten minutes. how is the traffic now? >> ptty quiet morning all in all. on th interstates to the wilson bridge, right side the inner loop, left side the outer loop, oxon hill and alexandra looking good so far. the trip in through northeast, new york avenue, smooth sailin

really starting to head into the mid-atlantic states, new england region and it will impact parts of eastern canada as well. now canada also looking at more rain moving in off the west here. so british columbia, and then quickly moving into the rest of central canada, too, scattered showers for you. down towards the south, still pretty unsettled picture anywhere from the florida peninsula, across the caribbean islands and central america still continuing to see some significant amounts of rainfall, especially in southern mexico here, we're still seeing some pink areas showing up. heavy rainfall amounts are going to be expected. highs today looking at mid to upper 20s across the east coast, a little cooler for chicago only 19. it gets a little hotter during the day in denver, a high of 34, and l.a. still dealing with some of the late summer heat. and finally a look at europe. it's still pretty unsettled for continental europe. we've got this long frontal boundary in place, that is where a lot of the rain will be today. starting to head more north in towards the baltic states as well as spread

eastern shore. especially over toward salisbury with heevy raans. ground saturate around the mid-atlanticof the and see the system ush northeast. following behind it is the next system. timing it out. we look attthe future ssan. looking at tomorrow. to gather. we may start out with sunshine. but through the mid afternoon. seeing the cloud cover thickening up. and system building up by the afternoon. just south of us. around dc. real rain moves in lateein the and it will be a mainly wednesday night, overnight, to thursday morning, thursday3 %-so tropical depression moves p the eastern sea board of. and ii will be wrapping in plenty of rainfall. right now e could even get %-so could see tornado watches, mid afternoon to late afternoon wednesday. carrying through wednessay night to thursday. you get the spinning action with the area of low pressure, when it goes over the region. so watch for potential tornadic activity as it pushes north. quick moving storm. should be out of here fridaa. here is what it looks like. trop depression number 18..3 if it is a tropical storm it will be nicole. win

but on t eastern sectoof that is where the flow comes in off of the atlantic, and bringing in torrentialyou see the moving area of yellow and orange. these are the bands of very heavy rain coming in off of the atlantic. now into north carolina and yes we've had some passing right in to our metro area, as stafford and then outs of spotsylvania out of stafford and prince willm county. this band should be moving right into fairfax county in another ha hour or so. farther to our west the rain is not coming down quite as hard right now but you're not out of the woods there yet, either. riht now temperatures around the region, generally in the 60s around washington to near 70 by the bay. mid 70s on the eastern shore, and all of this is going to continue here throughout the daybecause it's going to take awhile for this circulation from the remnants of nicole to pass through our region. the wider view showing that t entire atlantic seaboard from the rolinas all the way to new england will be affected by this storm throughout the day. so, likely travel up and down the northeast corridor will be s

eastern seaboard. flood watches through canada and mid-atlantic and boston area won't be too bad with this one. how much rainfall we are expecting with this storm and adding it up as it goes in time here and the possibility of a six to seven inch localized rain event in areas of new jersey and new york city and that would be a big deal as far as the timing goes. starts tonight in d.c., some light rain and the real significant rains early tomorrow morning. the morning commute around d.c., philly and also baltimore will be bad. new york the heavy rain will just be moving in. tomorrow afternoon and evening the heaviest delays and d.c., philly to new york and getting into heaartford and wraps up thursday night into friday morning. it's a weird event. almost like a nor'easter type storm. just a very heavy rain event. a storm we would see in the spring -- >> it's a weird fall. let's just say that. >> i like a quiet fall, but the leaves first. >> doesn't this make that? >> we'll appreciate it later. >> thank you. >>> there are some frightening moments aboard a skywest airlines plane. they had to make

western maryland, much of northern west virginia, and on the eastern shore, the mid 60s, and at the atlantic beaches it's near 70 now. and the view from space over the last 12 hours showing these clouds coming in from the midwest ahead of a front that is triggering some rain in this area of green and blue. light to moderate rain moving through ohio and kentucky. after that this evening farther to the east. and out in the tropics,yes, things are very active. but thankfully not threatening the atlantic seaboard. tropical storm karl will be moving into southern mexico. powerful hurricane ior and weaker hurricane julia. both of these are going to stay out in the atlantic. but igor is a powerful hurricane with winds 145 miles an hour. maintained that similar strength for the last several days. thankfully still the latest tracks are continuing to pull it farther and farther east of bermuda. great rease there. but close enough to the atlantic seaboard. maybe only 800 miles away. but still enough of a perhaps close call for uso give us some heavy surf at the atlantic beaches, and some rip currents l

that is out n the atlantic. the easternoudy skkis and a ssharcentral part of the state h mostly continue sunny skies and north 0-15. breezy but that won't eel to high. 73 degrees for the high in the westernnpart of maryland. mostly cloudy skies and tonight cool conddtions as we see the3 skiis clear out and the wind calm down. we dop to 50 degrees some of the outlying areas in the 40s tonight. ggt ready, itt' going to be a cool one. autumn, e should be cooling down, but we get to 88 degrees on wedneeday aad 866on thiewz witthursdaywith a heat and umi. 85 on friday, partly cloudy and 81 saturday and then 76 on sunday, a couple of shower opening day at m&ttbank stadium. that is. the roadways, here is laurenon cooke with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve, well, good news for thhse of you travellng in anne arundel county, the motorcycle acccdent we were dealing with at glen burnie has cleared in the southhound anes of ccane highway there. we areelooking at high speeds, the beltway.3 liberty road, cars are mooing al

it's well out in the atlantic ss the track is fairly uncertaii.3 as we take a look at forecast for todayy eastern get up to 66 degrees, it's goong to be warmer for the3 southerly flow. southwest wind at 5-10 miles er hour. you will enjoy more sunshine than the rest of us, it will turn partly cloudy at the3 beginning, 88 degrees for the high. back toothe west we go and look forra high temperrture here of for a shower or thundeestorm later in the afternoon thhre. southwest winds at 5-10 miles an overnight tonight, we will have clouds out thhree evening thunderstorms possible in spots and then a couple of3 showers afttr that as the front pushes through. southwest winds at 5--0, but a mild night at 68. tomorrow 89 degrees so we''e near 90, ii looks like he next few days. and then 91 on friday, look for the next chance of ttat rain ú%ming in n saturray, especially laterrin the day as the next front comes in. you sse whht the front does, it kooldz us down. ú%mfortable for sunday, and 73, and 77 for thh monday and tuesday under partty cloudy skies. autumn arrives toniiht. enjoy the last hours of summer.

atlantic ocean. it's not posing a threat to anyone. as far as the rest of the -orecaas, easternes, a 10-15-mileean-hour wind over the west northwest. the central part of the state climbing o 83 degrees.3 we hould get there at 3 or 4:00 this afternoon. back to tte west, as i said, a llttle cooler air not geeting out of the 70s, but 79 degrees won't feel too bad with clear skies. tonight the 60 degrees with mainly shrear skie clear skies a 5-10-mile-an-hour wind. after today's 83. a nice weekeedd 82 sunday, mostly clear skies until late sundayy the front rings more cloud cover, that's it and 78 and 79ú with the cooler air moving in for mondayyand tuesday. still sunny, 86 and 84 for the wednesday and thursday. the tropiis are becommng very active over the next couple of weeks, we will have to keep you updattd because there cculd be more on the way. let's sse what happening on the roadways. here is the traffic edge with lauren cooke. >> reporter: you do want to expect slow speeds traveling on we have two accidents at the same location, both on the northbound lanes at northern parkwa

eastern shore. this tornado watch extends up and down the atlantic seaboard, too, between here and partsf pennsylvaniand upstate new york as this storm system advances quickly off to the north and east so our threat for sever weather will be greatly diminished as we get into the afternoon, late afternoon and evening hours when the rain will be ending and then tomorrow a big differce. we'll be having a blustery northwest wind. that will blow-dry things. we'll still have high water. many of the creeks and streams will take quit a while to recede so it may still have high water tomorrow even though the rain will have stopped. then over the weekend saturday and sunday partly cloudy, cooler, lows in the 40s. highs into the 60s. a weak front sunday giving us a small chance of a shower. some unsettled weather next week. there's some uncerinty about next week's forecast. sta tuned. we'll keep you posted as we get closer to the day. >> thank you very much,tom. two metro buses crashed with 40 people in all onboard the two. it happened at the intersection of university boulevard and burnett avenue in silver spri