baltimore city. it is pushing toward bellaire. it is not a tornado warning until 6:30. eastern howard county until 6:30, and up into the extreme southwest part of baltimore county as well here it hard to see some of these storms when there's so much rain falling, but this is one approach in the southwestern part of baltimore county with strong rotations in jesup up toward what lawn and the selfless and part of baltimore county, may be up for baltimore city, but also, this still is very strong. it is now tracking northeast pretty quickly, is showing strong signs of rotation. when it a warning for hartford county until 6:30 this evening. it is moving northeast at 21 miles an hour. take shelter now, and all of the central part of hartford county because the storm system is pretty strong. we are surrounded by rain, and embedded within this range are strong, but thunderstorms showing signs of very strong irritation. morning for hartford county until 6:30 -- the storm will be up near victory in the next 10 minutes, and it looks like the one in frederick county has weakened, but it is

pretty much from let's say from harford county to baltimore. eastern county, a little portion of pa county. the whole corridor. and around 25-miles-an-hour, so right now in the city we have some pretty decent rain going on. there's another heavier batch coming in south of columbia. between now and let's say 8:00 look for more heavy rains in areas. maybe even some very damaging winds as we've seen all throughout the afternoon. the rest of the area, another batch of very heavy storms as you see out to the west of us, right through there. that's pretty much where the front is located now, and that's going through western maryland, western portions of virginia certainly and west virginia panhandle. that's moving up toward haguerstown. the strongest activity locally is north of washington and also just moving out of harford county. northwest of conawingo and rising sun. that storm now moving away from our regions so they will be cancelled that warning any time now. we still have plenty of flash flood warnings in effect because of the heavy downpours. we've

eventually going to get out to you folks in eastern baltimore county and bell air area.e rest of the area pouring pretty heavy stuff. particularly around the fredricks area and portions of washington county. once again we keep tracking the radar for you. don't forget our website is always constantly on, denise. >> all right, thank you bob. stay with wjz to find forecast updates, live doppler radar, log on to wjz.com any time, all evening, our coverage will continue. we'll be right back. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. >>> it is 78 degrees and i don't need to tell you we have severe weather. it is storming parts of baltimore. >>> police shoot a burglary suspect in cells point. now suspect is in critica

and as such as part of the grand celebration all along the eastern seaboard. baltimore is host to 40 naval vessels and about ten to 15 tall ships so class as and class bs. >> among those is the tall ship from ecuador and south america. a ship built in 1977 and serves as a training vessel for sailors of the country's naval academy. >> to have 250 people and we are sailing out -- 151 people. >> of the 151 people on board, eight are women. and these ships have all the technology at their disposal. things that couldn't even be imagined in 1812. >> we will -- >> as the ship sailed by fort mchenry. a volley of cannon fire erupts. the arriving vessels exchanging 21 gun salutes with the fort. the guise has been at sea since april 2nd and won't return to ecuador until september. >> we went to the -- puerto rico. puerto rico and new york. new york -- very big party. ♪ >> and party they do with their own band blasting latin music, sailors on every level of the ship's mass and people on the shores welcoming these ambassadors of the high seas. >> every day's been open to visit, so a

remembrance of the war of 1812 and as such as part of a grand celebration that's going along the eastern seaboard baltimore40 vessels and about ten to 15 tall ships. >> reporter: ships 12 countries in at the inner harbor and came under the key bridge. among those a tall ship from south america. a ship built in 1977 and sevens as a training vessel for sailors of the country's naval academy. >> 250 feet and we are sailing now 151 people. >> reporter: of the people on board eight are women and these ships have all the technology at their disposal. things that wouldn't be imagined in 1812 as the ships said by fort mchenry a voluntarily of cannon fire erupted. 21 gun salutes. they have been at sea since april 2nd and won't return home until december. >> we went to the fort rico in new york, new york. >> reporter: and party they do with their it own band blasting latin music up the bay. sailors on every level of the ship's mast and people on the shores welcoming these ambassadors of the high seas. >> every day open to visits to the all people can come and visit the tall ships and i know something about. democrat

there are the east of baltimore and crossing the bay heading over towards the eastern shore counties. baltimore county, you guys are the clear. harford county is still getting hit. wind gusts over 60 miles per hour and large hail. let's look at the forecast for today. storms between now and about 7:00 a.m. steamy and hot for the rest of the day. 102.index about the heat will takeover as the major headline letter today. >> we don't have any problem spots right now. that is kind of surprising. the storms are hitting on 95 near mountain road. you can see the rain is on the lens but it looks like there are no delays. give it some extra time if you're heading out north of the city. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is the beltway north of security boulevard. you can see the outer loop is picking up in volume but things are moving just fine. we'll talk about some of the speech. 65 on 795 heading south. 63 of the harrisburg expressway. 58 along the topside of the beltway. up to speed, 11 minutes in the northeast corner. 895 northbound looking at 8 minutes. no delays. that is the late

decent rain over harford county and eastern sections of baltimore county. but to the west of us, it's done except for a few lingering showers. all the heavy stuff off to the east as you can clearly tell by the very beautiful display on our live hd doppler radar. temperaturewise, we're down to 61. the barometer beginning to go back up again. dew point is up to 59 now. it was up to 70. the temperature is only 61. tomorrow is going to be a pretty decent day. in the eastern shore, the showers will continue for a while longer. in elkton, 71 and low 70s at last report. some winds beginning to pick up from the west/northwest. in most areas, we see the west/northwest area. the front, showing some pressure of the great lakes, with the front into the appalachian mountains. the first line of storms this afternoon and then the second line with the front gave us active weather. the squall line that moved through this evening. you can see off to the east, clear skies. there's a lot of cold air coming aloft in the next couple of days. even though it will basically be sunn

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unsettled in spots but not so much around baltimore or the eastern shore. the overall pattern a cool one with a week disturbance off the carolina coast, not expecting development but it's just enough to draw in the cool northeasterly breezes, we have a cool set up in place right now. high pressure will build in later this week. keep things dry but let things warm up late in the weekend. company this weekend. what a change the temperatures will make as they push toward 90, sunday into monday in particular. here is the trend. chances for rain. if you still need some i don't think we will see much tomorrow. there will be the potential for pop up showers thursday afternoon and if we hear tuned iter again it'll be thursday afternoon. right now we anticipate no severe weather. overnight 52, partly cloudy, tomorrow we will call it a mix of sun and clouds, 74 and tomorrow night down to 55 under a partly cloudy sky, the extended outlook here, temperatures will make a climb, but they are going to it take a while. we are talking maybe saturday, sunday, monday before i

the eastern shore, southern fringes of baltimore county and these numerous cells are starting to move pretty quickly. it's the powerful storm set up. this is going to rock everybody towards the east and pinpointing that. towards 7:00 to 8:00. we're going to be here for a very long time, but again, the first round moving in from baltimore down towards the eastern shore from salisbury and motion city. this is going to move. you see pretty powerful storms developing over the area but see the potential of wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour from the second system sitting over deep creek in washington county. >> so we have a lot more to go. this could go on through the entire evening. what about after midnight? are they going to be sticking too? it may die down but may get heavier stuff in the middle of the night. >> great question because we have to kind of now cast this line of storms that we're watching out towards the west. the storms on top of us right now are slow movers. they've been developing super cells and feeding off of this, all of this humidity with the storm developmen

actually, strong storms moving through the eastern shore severe weather from baltimore down to the eastern shore early this morning. we're getting a little cloud cover from that thunderstorm action. no rain across our area yet. we could see a few storms to later today drifting to the metro area. right now temperatures in the '70s. 79 in the district at reagan national 68 in culpeper, 78 in hagerstown. but heat and humidity will combine to make it feel like 105-110. heat advisory in effect. tied temperatures around 100 today through the weekend. a daily chance of storms, the potential for them to be strong to severe. >> u.s. auto production and sales of a liver delicacy in california are booming. here is rob nelson. >> erthe health care ruling has removed a great deal of incision and that is good. losers will include health insurance companies. winners will include hospitals and clinics. nissan is adding 1000 jobs in mississippi to build a compact car. chrysler may add 1000 workers at a michigan plant because of demand for pickup trucks. hawaiian tourism saw a new record for visitors last m

we got several storms south and west of the dc area, eastern shore , the line to the west could impact baltimoreonight. severe thunderstorm over the eastern shore through 9:00 and ow current warnings for now carroll county, severe warning in effect as well as frederick and storm warnings could track east, this morning harford could be next in line. close look with maryland's most powerful radar. the line west, from north of baltimore county, york, back iqúin to more tansburg, the sec cluster may pass south, south of 2hqñdemascus. this is tracking through westminster, intense severe thunderstorms, something we the latest trackk+úas it comes through westminster, reisterstown, no later than five past 6:00, owings mill 6:15, garrison as well. pikesville 6:20, this is the cell of most concern as it tracks from west to east. woe will keep you updated on that. 92bwi. hot and humid. we thought we might cloud up earlier, but the cold front, sparking the storms, see the skies getting more ominous and stormy through the day. dundalk, mount airy, summit ridge, we saw the storm clouds billing in to the afte

this will checks of for the baltimore on to the eastern shore by 1:00 a.m. you could hear a little but offender later this evening, but--should clear up. 84 for below in downtown baltimore. not very cool in the suburbs. 101 degrees at the airport right now. this weather will not really clear the region. it will settle in and stall. that is why we have a better chance for storms and we will stay on the hot side of this with triple digit he all the way down to atlanta. 95-100 tomorrow with the west wind 10 degrees -- 10 miles per hour around the bay. out in the western maryland, temperatures in 80's. a 30%-40% chance for storms on sunday. the beat temperatures are warm, but not as hot as around here. they only have a 20% chance of a storm. the seven-day forecast. almost 100 tomorrow, mid 90's on sunday. and then getting them to normal for the fourth of july. >> from the susquehanna bank's board center, this is a love of sports. >> of thomas paine were an orioles fan, right now, he would say these are the times that try men's souls. he would probably recommend r

baltimore. more of the same in pennsylvania. york, pennsylvania. as we look at the easternore, temperature at 55 degrees. it will be cooler along the eastern shore for today's. the reason why, high pressure anchored off the coast. on shore flow and that keeps the conditions a little bit on the cool side. we look across the middle of the nation, that's going the slides in here, we are really going to heat thing up as we go through time. a slight chance for a shower overnight, but drying things out as we go in to wednesday, thursday and friday. here is the temperature today, 75 degrees, as you head out and about, take the jacket. it's cool but grab the rain gear, this is what it looks like, summer begins wednesday. now a check of the time save traffic with loren cook. >>> good morning, we are dealing with several accidents, trouble in southeast baltimore, a crash on eastern avenue, cane street, to 95, expect heavy delays. a new accident here along the southbound lanes as you approach 695, if you are headed to the west side of the beltway, here is what it looks like at liberty

. >> reporter: we have a new accident to tell you about in baltimore city eastern avenue at bond street. through the harbor tunnel, about -- that make construction will begin later tonight. sherrie johnson will bring you a live report in a few minutes. if you are heading out to 95 here's a live look at eastern avenue. everything up to speed. no delays getting to that fort mchenry tunnel. you are looking at an 8ment ride from the beltway to the toll plaza. and if you are heading out to the beltway as we pull up to drive times you are looking at an 11 minute ride on that outer loop from 795 toward 95. actually right around 11, 12 minutes and if you are using the jfx from the beltway downtown, to east fayette street it's an 11 minute ride. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic. >> have you seen this? >> of core -- have you seen this? >> i have. >> cheryl conner saw this coming into work off the jfx at northern parkway. it's an exit a mom and her 7 ducklings crossing an exit ramp heading for 83. little miss mary came to help. >> i am an animal lover and i reaccused and stopped my car and got ou

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baltimore, close to 60 degrees. along the eastern, we are looking at the temperature around 52 degrees. it's cooler, the reason is we are getting the easterly flow in here, that's going to keep the temperatures down as we go in to the afternoon. towards the west, temperatures in hagerstown, 64, 6 be in winchester. here are the winds, the winds are going to influence the weather for today. we are calm along the eastern shore. they will begin to pick up more as we go through time. light in baltimore with the easterly flow about 3 miles per hour and 14 miles per hour sustained wind in haguers town. satellite and radar, we have the clouds, also showers now beginning to come around montgomery county, dc area, the biggest batch of rain is towards the west, if you are heading out that way, be prepared for moderate rain. you can see that in the yellowish colors and orange colors in pennsylvania. this is what is going on. this area of high pressure, that's anchored offshore right now. we are getting the clock wise flow pulling in the easterly

now it's moving around baltimore and frederick county, eastern washington county, light showers stretching down into loudoun county and fauquier county nothing heavy and this time. more moderate showers later on today and a few rumbles of thunder. here's the wider view. cold front of to the west will push through later tonight. behind the front we will have drier, less humid air. a nice refreshing breeze on wednesday. back to sunshine behind a cold front. today into the early ninth time we have that energy. futurecast shows it's not going to rain everywhere all the time, just occasional showers through the day and into the early nighttime. clearing tomorrow. on thursday is one we will have an onshore flow from the ocean. i expect a cloudy start on thursday. the reason, i have a 30% chance of showers on thursday, morning drizzle. temperatures are comfortable for this time of year, still around 80 degrees until the weekend. >> thanks so much. 5:22 67 degrees. >> the stanley cup, see how the l.a. kings became loyalty in the hockey world last night. >> america will use as a dating web site to

we have our first accident of the day it's in baltimore city right on eastern avenue at bond street. heading out on 95 here's what it looks like in the white marsh area everything up to speed at route 43. you are looking at a 4 minute ride toward the beltway from this point. and if you are heading out to the beltway here's what it looks like. no problems to report. it will be a nice calm ride headed up towards 83. if you are headed out on 895 a major construction project is planned and going to begin later tonight and it's going to cause a lot of congestion over the next couple months. sherrie johnson is live at the harbor tunnel with the latest on what to expect. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning. yes, we are here at fort mchenry toll plaza. look behind me, traffic is moving pretty well and in the next few days that could be a challenge here major construction beginning tonight at 9 on interstate 895. this could mean traffic headaches during rush hour tomorrow morning. drivers are actually urged to avoid use the harbor tunnel through the end of summer. crews are replacing

steady rain will develop around baltimore and then spread to the eastern shore. the forecast for today. periods of rain during the afternoon, especially the early afternoon. a high temperature of 78 degrees. we will take a look at your 7- day forecast going into the weekend in a few minutes. >> day two in the sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. we get the latest now from a reporter in pennsylvania. >> jerry sandusky arrived in a black suit and wasn't revealing no emotions. -- and was revealing no emotions. this morning, an 18-year-old choked back tears as he recounted a sexual encounter with jerry sandusky. he said he did not want it to happen. the testimony is similar to another victim who spend four hours on the stand. showers after working out quickly escalated to sexual abuse. he said jerry sandusky wrote him love letters who he found them to be creepy. >> when the witness said i did not stop hanging out with jerry sandusky because he was the only person who listened to me, you could hear a pin drop. it is so hard for someone to admit that no one else is liste

it may impact baltimore city on the southern and eastern side of the city as it moves up i-95. if you are near the anne arundel county line, take shall turn down. same thing in seven baltimore county. be on the -- in seven baltimore county. take shelter right now. it can go all around -- a while before we hear reports of damage. the storms have damaging winds and they may produce tornadoes. take shelter, and be very careful. >> thank you very much. we are talking about hard for county. skyteam 11 was over hard for county. dave williams joins us by phone. things are a little messy. audio] hello, are you there? >> this is some fresh damage we are saying. these are new pictures, correc t? >> these are new pictures from hartford county. this is about a block north of 150 -- 52 on route 1. the whole group is gone. you can see the furniture. you will see a another set of signs bent over. once we leave on the spot, we will show you what is across the street from

temperatures below average, we should be at 59 degrees. 56 in baltimore, 55 along the eastern shore. travels taking you to york, pennsylvania, you'll come in right around 51 degrees right now. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we are mainly clear and we are going to get lots of sunshine as we head throughout the day. the reason why is while you're looking at that big blue h, that is our friend for today and actually through the weekend. with that we will be seeing more sunshine in the forecast. we see that stalled out front yesterday still stalled to the south. with that that will be bringing them some showers and thunderstorms. but future trend not going to be picking up on a whole lot, just plenty of blue sky as we go through time here. that continues into saturday, also into sunday, and then we'll start to see some changing in the forecast as we head into the beginning of next week. but let's stick with today, shall we? look at this number, 86 degrees. that's what i'm going with. eat the lunch outdoors, play the golf, go play a little bit of tennis, anything o

this morning we are dealing with an accident in baltimore city right on eastern avenue at bond street. and if you are headed out to the northeast corridor of 95, no problems in the white marsh area four minutes from route 43 to the beltway. harrisburg expressway hunt valley everything up to speed at shawan road make for a nice calm road towards 695. and as we check in and look live at the beltway in parkville, no concerns at harford road. 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 up toward 83. there will be new traffic delays starting tonight there's a big project that will be soon underway on 895. sherrieionson is live to -- sherrie johnson is live to tell us more on what to a expect. >> reporter: we are at fort mchenry toll plaza. as being see a little traffic here. and it's a last few minutes we started to see a little bit of traffic pickup and you know what it's going to get worse within the next coming days. major construction begins tonight at 9:00 on interstate 895. and yes, this will mean traffic problems during rush hour. drivers are urged to avoid using the harbor tunnel through

the western sections downtown baltimore, western section of town, eastern say from pikes ville, that cell is moving to your area. more activity south of dc. another in northern virginia. with so much going on it's hard to track. eventually i think everyone in the state will be experiencing some kind of rain, thunderstorm activity or severe weather this afternoon orton item. the strongest tornado threat appears to be toward southern pennsylvania and new jersey region where the warm front that came through the area this morning, kept some chilly air for a while but we are now into the more humid air mass. that is toward the north and that is where the risk for these storm is his located. we have a risk of strong thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight as a cold front to the west will approach us with all the moisture around, all the instability. little sunshine south of washington. that's what need to fire up the storms. watching these and tracking the storms as they move through this afternoon and tonight. don't forget our website is constantly being updated. >> thank you very much.

eastern shores. also a coastal flood warning for the baltimore metro area especially around high tide.o have a flood warning out for frederick county as they saw some heavy rain and that could still cause some high water in many of the creeks and rivers. watch out for any standing water on the roads if you plan to be out today. the temperatures, though, are a lot more comfortable now that the front is clearing out, the humidity is dropping down. it's down to 58 degrees at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. 64 at the inner harbor and in the low to mid 60's along the lower eastern shore and in the 40's right now in garrett county as that colder air moves behind the front. the dew point temperatures are dropping down, drier air coming in. dew points in the 40's towards westminster where it's around 50 degrees. 55 for the dew point at the airport, at b.w.i., low 60's down along the lower eastern shore. a lot more humid there right now. but even that should be dropping down as we head throughout the day. the winds picking up just a little bit. around 10 miles per hour around the bay. 9 miles per hou

baltimore. nineties in cecil county throughout the eastern shore. you see the cooling effect at ocean city and 86 degrees. only 81 in oakland. that is a comfortable spot. when you factor in high temperatures and the moisture in the atmosphere, it feels like 104 degrees. a heat advisory going through 10:00 tonight and it will take a long time to cool off. it will be hot again tomorrow. a light wind and sun set at 8:36. the summer solstice officially as 7:09 this evening. a cold front crossing -- a cold front cutting across minneapolis. seventies in denver. 94 in chicago. we have one more day in the middle of this hot air mass before it cools off a little bit. 95 degrees to 100 degrees over the weekend. only a minimal chance of a thunderstorm. waves averaging about 1 foot. 85 in the mountains and showers on friday. the eastern shore will be buggy tamara with temperatures in the '90s. scattered thunderstorms begin to cool things off on friday and a sunny day tomorrow. storms on friday and temperatures back down into the eighties over the weekend. feeli

eastern shore. no injuries have yet been reported. baltimore county police are investigating the body about woman found in wilkins as a murder. darfur recalled to frederick road around 10:30 yesterday morning -- crews were called to frederick road. the have not given information on how she was murdered. anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious in that area over the weekend is urged to contact metro crime stoppers. now to our other big story tonight, the sexual abuse trial of jerry sandusky. the prosecution laying out details about what they are calling a systematic behavior by serial predator. brian moore has the very latest. >> his wife was here and so were his supporters, but the first evidence can only be described as disturbing. in opening statements, two the virgin profiles. the former penn state assistant football coach was described as the -- described by the prosecution as a serial predator and by his defense as a father figure who is being victimized. the prosecutor showed photos of the eight known victims, each picture as they

look at the daytime highs, 94 baltimore city, even out toward the eastern shore. ocean city we have 87, a wind shift off the ocean late in the day. daytime highs very mild. take a look at temperatures right now at 11:00, 84 in the inner harbor. we have been noticing the dew points rising and that's indicating that more humidity is on the way. we think the humidity is in here in to the overnight. it's a pair of sixes, very, very warm offer night and going into tomorrow the humidity with us and so does the chance of a few scattered showers and storms, right now high pressure in control. . >> two parts of the country in the grips of very different and very dangerous natural disasters, first we have the record rain in the southeast. florida, 15 inches of rain. fires out west. richard reports on a lot of worry tonight it. >> reporter: with fire and with flood, mother nature is reminding millions of americans who is really in charge. >> we don't have a street. we have a river. >> reporter: one florida county declared an emergency after almost 13 inches of rain in less t

the heaviest stuff from baltimore to the eastern shore. light showers scattered about along and west of route 15 and up toward northern loudoun county, frederick and i-81. it's muggy start. what about the commute this morning? i'll toss it over to monika samtani and let you know what you can expect. >>> we have quite a few issues. the list is growing with the wet road conditions. first of all i just got word of an accident on the northbound side of 295 at the 11th street bridge. some good news on the southbound side of the gw parkway for over an hour. park police have been dealing with a fallen tree at the exit for the c.i.a. building and they've been telling us it's been cleared up. also an accident southbound on the bw parkway right after route 202. that's going to affect your drive if you're trying to get into the northeast corridor. if you're planning to head over here on the beltway at oxon hill, all the southern maryland corridors are looking great to the beltway to 210 and over the wilson bridge. we'll take a last live look as well.

baltimore county tomorrow there's a fireworks show at the eastern yacht club in middle river. and jacksonville elementary school on hillandale road. fireworks are going off near hereford high school in york on -- on york road in parkton. we have a list of all the fireworks show head to abc2news.com and scroll down and find a link on the left side of the page. >>> >>> whoa want to start offimportant information on a code red which means it's going to be hot. let's go to lynette charles with the latest information. >> all right. yes, we are dealing with some very hot temperatures this morning. but we are also dealing with severe thunderstorm warnings that we must address first because they are in effect now. so if you are under the counties that are shaded in the red, those are the severe thunderstorm warnings. what we are dealing with basically gusty wind in excess of about 60 miles an hour and also large hail. then we are looking at the areas shaded in the yellow. these are severe thunderstorm watches that are in effect for this morning as well. so let's show you what's going

temperatures coming in at 62 baltimore. eastern shore, easton 59, 61 york.e easterly flow for today. all that is courtesy of the area of high pressure. focused on the next system from the west, that's going to be bringing us plenty of heat and humidity as we go through time. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. >>> good morning, main trouble spot is going to be the beltway, an accident on the west side, on the inner loop, route 40. here in parkville, bel air road, dissipating a little bit. pretty congested on the outer loop, driving towards charles street. a accident in baltimore, lutherville, west timonium road. if you are traveling 83, no delays from the harrisburg to the beltway and jfx remains clear from the beltway downtown to east fayette street and everything up to speed through the fort mc henry and harbor tunnel. see you in 30 minutes for another weather and traffic update back to new york for good morning america. wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, download the new geico ap

far northeast of washington, around baltimore and the eastern shore.reas, northeastern maryland are all bright and sunny. around the district, throughout much of virginia, it's mostly cloudy, especially around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. as we go forward over the next several hours, there may be a few scattered showers here. these areas in green. right along perhaps the central southern shenandoah valley and perhaps the central blue ridge around charlottesville. later into the evening hours, any of the rain activity ending, we'll go partly cloudy tonight. by dawn on wednesday, a partly sunny day tomorrow. but then we've got a greater chance maybe tomorrow afternoon, over a wider area of some showers popping up. and then, we'll have another chance on thursday. so for the rest of the afternoon, these clouds in and out. and we'll have the light breezes out of the north and east. we may reach the low 70s by mid afternoon. back down to the upper 60s by sunset. which is at 8:30. and then partly cloudy, so enough breaks in the clouds, between 6:

all the showers and storms that moved north of baltimore and out toward the eastern shore are moving off the atlantic coast. the satellite and radar showing activity starting to develop off to our west. we have a possibility of sparking showers and thunderstorms will into the afternoon and evening hours. for us for the short-term, here's what you need to flow about your forecast for today. it looks like we are going to see our futurecast ripping in more moisture, -- bring in more moisture, i think say from 5:00 to 6:00. heavy downpours and even severe weather moving on through. but it will move out quick and then we'll be fine after midnight tonight. lows down into the sticky 70s. here's what you need for today. we are in a code orange health alert, unhealthy air, as far as our air quality goes, we'll keep our winds out of the west northwest and tomorrow afternoon we could see a possibility of showers and thunderstorms moving on through. temperatures will start to calm down next week hot weather has the dc inspection station open from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. instead of the normal s

eastern shore. the dew points are still high. it's 92 in baltimore. we're seeing a couple degrees lower for oakland. 90 in cumberland. when you factor in the high humidity it feels like 96 in baltimore, already 102 in easton. not quite as hot today. we have a cool down comes in two different stages, the first one after today's cold front. tomorrow maybe some morning showers. that will get out of here quickly and when it does we will see the tun sunshine return around temperatures in the upper 80s -- and temperatures in the upper 80s. we have another cold front to move through monday. when that does it will bring a couple showers, maybe a thunderstorm and cooler air for the middle part of next week. we go from way above average, record temperatures, to below average. average is now 85 degrees. we will be below that for the middle of next week. one more thing to talk about out on the water, nice but if thunderstorms come we will have issues with it. wind all over the place right now, turning around to the north by tomorrow. farther south in the water th

temperature wise, we are quite warm this morning. 67 degrees in baltimore. 70 in easton and along the eastern shore, dc at 72 degrees. and 68 degrees now in hagerstown. we need no coat out there and we need to take the umbrella possibly as we go into the afternoon because of the showers. now, future trend picking up on what i am talking about. the disturbsance that broad the fluting in pensacola and florida it will work into our area into the afternoon there's a possibility of a shower. but the bulk of it will get in as we go into the overnighttime frame into tomorrow morning. and then we will calm down a little bit. but still the chance also linger as we head into wednesday. so be prepared for that. but for today, that temperature right around 91 degrees if we get more sunshine in here. it's going to be hot and humid and even if we don't we stay in the 80s. with that humidity it's going to feel like we are in the 90 -- 90s for today a. 70 for tonight mostly cloudy and warm with showers and storms in the forecast. all right let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook what do you h

baltimore, 96 at the airport. the heat advisory continues on the eastern shore and in southern pennsylvania. the cooler, drier air to the north and west of us is moving in. we will talk about that in the forecast, coming up at a few minutes. >> bge is giving customers a heads up on how it will deal with these extremely high temperatures. >> the pool here at druid hill park is a welcome sight, and is pretty empty. there were so many people this afternoon we tried to jump in this poll, but we had to tell them the bad news that the pools will not be open until saturday. in the meantime, many of us will continue to use our air conditioners, and bge says they are ready to accommodate us. john says it is no-brainer how he and his kids are beating the heat. with thousands of people across maryland blasting their air conditioner in their home, there is concern and may put a tremendous strain on electric grids, forcing baltimore gas and electric officials to activate its emergency conservation program. much like last july when many customers without air conditioning for hours. >> everybody needs to b

winchester to the up ir80s in gaiters -- upper 80s in gaithersburg to 93 in baltimore, d.c. 93 in richmond right now. even to the eastern shore we have lower 90s. when you factor in the humidity, that's what we're talking about, the heat ind.e.c., this comfort level -- index, this comfort level if you will. many areas already in the 90s. it's only noon. we've got hours to go yet with lighter winds and bright sunshine and high humidity. so these values are going to continue to climb. the question i've been getting all morning, are we going to break any records? let's talk about that. the record for today is 99 set in 1931. the forecast is 98 but, you know, if we get to 99 or 100, we'll get close or tie it. tomorrow's record highs also is a little lower. it's 98. this was set in '88. also forecasting 98 but if we don't tie, we could break. we may miss this by one. we'll be in the neighborhood of record temperatures today and tomorrow. there will be some relief by friday as storm chances increase. i'll let you know about that when i see you a little later in the broadcast. >> thank you very much. >>> if you're a district r

eastern shore tonight. >> sailors from around the world will think that is what baltimore weather looks like all the time.thank you very much for joining us this evening. >> we will see you back here tomorrow night. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> jay: terry bradshaw and his beautiful daughter, rachel, are singing on the show tonight. sounds like they're rehearsing. ♪ scared to death knowing what's coming down the line ♪ >> jay: they're good. ♪ you'll never hear me say those words stuck in my throat ♪ ♪ because there's a time for holdon

. >> reporter: truck 10 in west baltimore and truck 15 in east baltimore are going away in a little more than two weeks. at eastern avenue, it's a rescue truck. it has about two weeks of life left in it. after that, july 1st, it goes out of service. >> they are a rescue squad. after the fire yesterday, they definitely still need it. >> reporter: debbie scott works right next door. she can't understand why the funds aren't there for the fire stations. >> they say they don't have the money for it, but i feel like they do. there's money somewhere. the higher ups keep getting more and more money. >> reporter: quad 11 covers 85 and 895. they are equipped with the jaws of life. although that will not be available after july 1st, some residents think the city should leave the fire companies alone. >> i don't think they should cut that at all. it's too important for the safety of the citizens of maryland. >> they are needed. if they were need years ago, they're still needed. >> in east baltimore, don harrison. >> so squad 11 goes away, the equipment will go with it but the personnel will be relocated. there will be a meet

it's for our immediate western shore area, southeastern baltimore county, also in anne arundel county, calvert county and also on the eastern shore for parts of those coastal areas from queen anne's to talbot. tomorrow we'll be back in the low to mid-70s, so about five to eight degrees below average tomorrow. 74 in dundalk. across the entire region we're looking at basically some passing clouds, some wet weather out to the west. places like deep creek lake pick up rain showers. no thunderstorm action until you get well south, back through south carolina. that's where we have the more significant weather tonight. an area of low pressure sitting off of cape hatteras southwesterlying in the northeasterly winds. cool dry weather the theme into the early part of the day. most of the day will be dry. we'll have the chance for a pop-up rain shower. now the more significant chance for showers and thunder showers will come with a disturbance on thursday. the bottom line is hit or miss showers, maybe a rain shower tomorrow afternoon. overnight 52. partly cloudy. your two degree guarantee 74. sun, clouds, cooler than average but more

in and out of baltimore across the bay bridge, in case you want to get to the eastern shore, no problems. looks good at the american legion bridge and the wilson bridge. into virginia they have wrapped up overnight roadwork. here we are out of springfield through landmark. looks good at duke street all the way to the pentagon and to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you. 59 degrees. >> the miami heat felt the wrath of some [ male announcer ] one taste of the new mccafé cherry berry chiller at mcdonald's, and you won't be able to pull yourself away. made with 100% fruit juice with natural flavors blended with ice. the simple joy of keepin' it cool. >> president obama will talk a little football as the host this year's super bowl champion new york giants this afternoon on the south lawn of the white house. >> turning to basketball, nba star lebron james and the miami heat lived to play another game. >> that would begin seven and eastern conference finals against the celtics. the heat dominated. a monster game for lebron james, 45 points, 15 rebounds. the heat tied the series. g

to baltimore and heavier amounts in lower parts of eastern maryland. these are brought anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain. that was the storms trained over the same area. fortunately, flood concerns are diminishing now as the rivers are starting to subside. our current weather pattern showing completely dry conditions, just a few thin clouds out there. other than that, the clouds are clearing out as the cold front head out to sea. the mountains may be one area that sees a couple more rain drops today. not too much in the way of rain. a couple of isolated showers as we have that apparent area of low pressure in the great lakes. this is going to sit in place. kind of a spin-up within itself in the next couple of days and could bring unsettled weather into the next week. for today, mostly dry in baltimore. 61 is the current temperature at b.w.i., thurgood marshall at 65. in the 60's along the lower eastern shore. 40's right now in oakland, pretty chilly behind that front. the mountains will be much cooler today. mid 70's around central maryland and same

eastern shore. so expect reduced visibility. turn on the low beams. closer to baltimore no problems on the jfx. you are look to fayette street. no delays from white march be into the city. and -- marsh into the city. no concerns checking in and looking live at dulaney valley road. everything is up to speed. not too many cars but it will be an easy ride up towards 83. and the southwest corner of 695 also going to be clear. there is a look at 259. no concerns. it -- 295. it will remain clear through the fort mchenry tunnel and harbor tunnel. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >>> continuing coverage of a disturbing crime. >> a suspect made a startling confession to investigators about what he did to his victim. 21-year-old alexander kinyua told investigators he ate his victim's heart and a portion of his brain. he became a suspect when his brother found what he thought were human remains in the family's basement. he spoke to neighbors about what they saw and what they reported during the whole situation. listen. >> 21-year-old son the one they accused of murdering he was out with

eastern wind keeping it cool. temperatures not going up all that much. 65 right now in baltimore. all of these 60s down to our south and east. look at these 50s in haggers town and oakland. we managed to get into the 60s, we will probably top out in the low 70s. we're still under the influence from this same low pressure system. it's still spinning off to our north. while it's still around, still the chance again today for a pop up showers thunderstorm. again tomorrow and even into thursday before we start to see this weather pattern changing. when it does change warmer air is moving our way. we have one front coming down and one coming up. while that's happening temperatures are going to remain low. only topping out around 72 today, tonight into the 50s. tomorrow up to about 75 for our high. remember, our averages are climbing up to about 80 right now. this week has been below average and will continue to run that way until we hit friday and the weekend. warmer air is moving our way. we will have that forecast with marty. >> it's been nice having summer, spring and then summer ag

eastern shore. for most areas, a dry day. even some isolated thunderstorms south of d.c. around baltimore, we have had a pretty good clearing out for the afternoon. all of the showers and storms appear to be concentrated to the south at this hour. overnight, temperatures are still -- tomorrow, on temperatures are still below normal. 80 is the normal high. 76 is the forecast. a couple of showers across pennsylvania into new york are slowly working their way south. there is a slight chance a shower will track for baltimore in the next couple of hours. skies will be clear to partly cloudy in the morning with cool temperatures again. the afternoon, once again, like today. morning sunshine with a couple of isolated showers developing. if temperatures will be a little below normal. on thursday, a mix of clouds and sunshine and like a shower -- late date shower. expect a very light breeze on the bay. temperatures in the 70's. for most of this week we've had an area of low pressure city year and now high-pressure is beginning to develop, and isperatures -- low pressure here and now high pressure

eastern shore. you go about seven hours to the south of baltimore you're going to find some showers and storms. so this is going to be pivoting in our direction later today. we are anticipating some gusty showers, perhaps a severe thunderstorm, mostly after the 3:00 hour. so 84 around 8:00 a.m., noontime at 91. we're on our way from 93 degree is your two-degree guarantee. keep an eye on the western sky during the course of the day as those storms will start to develop. we'll talk about what areas are more susceptible of seeing the storms than others coming up in just a little bit. you're never more than 10 minutes away from traffic and weather together. here's lauren. >>reporter: the main story on the roads is going to be the 895 construction. it started wednesday night and it is expected to cause major delays later this morning. right now, though, it will be nice and clear. but as the morning does progress, stick with the fort mchenry tunnel or the key bridge as your alternate route. more construction on the west side of the beltway. bge, they're actually repairing a gas line, so the ramp to w

baltimore and annapolis. leanardtown 73. how are things looking on the eastern shore in cooler, 73 degrees as we look toward stevenville. and culsbury coming in at 70 degrees. it's humid out there. and with that humidity, we find heat index numbers. 88 for quantico. 80 for dulles and 84 in hagerstown. across the nation, so many warm temperatures, chicago still 85 degrees. st. louis still 85. this is the heart of where the heat is and that's what will get pumped up over us during the day tomorrow and we aren't seeing relief. i see some relief next week. a stronger front comes through and it will get temperatures back to a more reasonable level. it's going to be sultry. 74 to 78 degrees. our high is going to keep the heat pump going through the day tomorrow. so we will have that sunshine. only an isolated storm. i would not expect to see much in the way of storms tomorrow and temperatures warmer than they were today with that heat index between 98 and 102 degrees. so, definitely a steamy one, that's for sure. 94 is what we are thinking. 96 for quantico. and 96 for

offer my shoulder we have the pride of baltimore 2 one of the ships touring up and down the eastern seaboard getting ready for the sailabration and remembering the war of 1812. they came up from virginia from here they will go onto massachusetts and then on up to novembera scotia all -- november scotia. -- nova scotia. a lot of events throughout the course of the day today. it's all about the tours but tomorrow we have the more specific events things like the star-spangled air show featuring the blue angels and earlier on the show we had sarah talking to us about exactly what's going on there. there was confusion that it was sold out. that is not the case at all. they have given out 10,000 free passes but there's plenty of room available for you and your family to get out and enjoy the fun and the festivities including the blue angels and a fireworks display all going on tomorrow. today it's all about the tours. they start this morning at 11. going until 6 and the festival site is on the federal hillside of the inner harbor. that's opening up at 11 until 9 tonight. see the ferris wheel strai

baltimore right now. and also dc. 73 in easton along the eastern shore. and we see 60s back off toward the north and west in hagerstown and winchester and culpepper. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot close to home a round of showers and thunderstorms that moved through the area. they are off into the atlantic. but going to the north, that's where you are dealing with more showers and storms there and some of those will begin to dive down to the south. so we will get wet once again as we go through the morning and the afternoon. so with that, the storm prediction center does have us in the slight risk for severe weather. so, the biggest threat would be damaging wind and also large hail for the areas there shaded in the yellow color. also, we are talking about tropical storm debby. the wind this is the new update. the last time the wind were sustained at about 60 miles an hour, now the wind sustained at about 50 miles an hour. but it's not moving at all. still stationary but the path tax it off towards the north and east. once gone we are looking

eastern. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> an off-duty baltimore county police officer could face a homicide charges after allegedly choking a teenager. the ulcer was inside his home in randallstown on wednesday night when he heard a loud noise at his front door. he chased after a group of teenagers. he reportedly caught christopher brown hiding in some bushes. >> the officer reached into the bushes and pulled him out. the young man engaged in a physical fight with the officer. at some point, the young man became unconscious. >> brown died of this is the asian -- a fixation -- asphyxiation. >> agents attempted to arrest six suspects. officers moved in to make the arrest. four of those suspects tried to get away. >> one of the agents was in fear of this life. one round was fired at the driver of the vehicle who was attempting to run him over and strike in the right shoulder blade. >> all six suspects face federal charges this morning. >> a man at the center of a cannibalism case and faces additional charges. a man says he was hit over the head by a baseball bat last may, knocking him. that le