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we had tornadoes on the eastern shore earlier. since then, that activity has moved on to delaware and the north. we will have your 7 day forecast coming up. right now, it is 79 degrees downtown. >> one of our favorite people >> one of our favorite people from valley view farms is h four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

the forecast shows a very heavy strip of rain on the eastern shore. some of that will also clipped the western shore. for our region, the dark green shaded counties where flooding is ongoing. flood warnings are in effect for most areas around baltimore and four southern pennsylvania. we do expect some gusty wind to continue especially on the eastern shore. we have already seen just over 30 miles per hour. saul's very gusting over 30 m.p.h.. the waters and that they have been pushed to the north and the tides that rolled in and the rain has not been able to flush out. the tide the roles in will go on top of that water that is already there. unless the wind can shift to the northwest and we think that that will happen later this evening. this will help to push some of the day later tonight. that is a tornado watch. the farther east to go, the more prone you are to some isolated thunderstorms. the wind shifting to the northwest and gusting to 30 miles per hour. this area of low pressure is tried in the jet stream down to the tropics and that is why all of

eastern shore were heavy rain is possible. there may be some gusty thunderstorms as well. wind advisories have been posted near the bay. tides are expected to run around 2 feet above normal three the day tomorrow. there may be some minor coastal flooding due to the higher than normal ties until the storm can move out. we will check the complete forecast in a few minutes. >> officials around the state are getting ready for this storm. they say they are urging residents to clean off nearby storm drains to help with any flooding. b.g.e. says to get ready now, just in case you lose power. >> the concern we have is the high wind. that could bring down trees, power lines, and obviously with the heavy canopy that we have today, we already have some ground that is soaked from the recent storms. it is a good recipe for power outages. >> wbaltv.com shows you how it is more than just rain. the infrared satellite images are firing up to follow the storms ever-changing path. you can share your photos and videos, and we will check back with

and winds southeast toward southern maryland and the eastern shore. the day at a glance. 88 now. heavy rain and 74 at noon and strong gusty thunderstorms are possible with a light chance of isolated tornadoes in eastern sections later on. highs in the upper 70s. angie, it is 4:03. i had a lot to say. >> you sure did. go take a breather. >>> hope you are off to a great thursday. leave early if you have to travel on the wet radios and give yourself extra room between the car in front of you. you will need it this morning. 95 in virginia. past 630 -- route 30 in stafford. the outer loop in virginia. the accident is cleared and looks like the inner loop is okay between 95 and 66. i want you to know in chevy chase we have a water main break. as a result of that we have willard avenue closed between river and north park road. they will be out there for quite some time. as we move it outside, 270 northbound, we have an accident at shady grove. going southbound, no problems to the split, just slick pavement. and the big thing we are watching, 70 eastbound between 29 columbia pike and the

eastern shore. let's talk about that.t band of storms earlier was responsible for some doppler- indicated tornado warnings. no warnings on that at the moment. however, over to tillman island, i know lou anne is out there. she called me in. looks like you could be getting winds 30 to 40 miles an hour. this is lifting to the north. queenstown, the bay bridge. trying to cross that. it is really tough driving. this band is putting down some rainfall rates two to three inches an hour and we have seen that. these are the one-hour totals that are showing now here across the bay. you can see some of these totals. two inches, an inch and three quarters. so you have torrential rains right here on the bay, moving to the eastern shore. go back to doppler and move south. i want to talk about what is happening in southern maryland, as well, because there's been moderate to heavy rainfall. st. mary's and calvert county and you can see it leonardtown to st. mary's city. east of new land we have some of that and it is lifting to the north

the heaviest rain with those thunderstorms on the upper eastern shore. showers extend back into the mountains, so we can expect wet weather to continue until a little after midnight. we'll check out the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> workers at the city board of elections in the morning counting absentee ballots. >> there is still no clear winner in the city state's attorney's race. jayne miller is live at the city board of elections with the latest. >> we are going to go to the new numbers in the state's attorney's race. the ones posted after the absentee ballot vote count, these are the numbers. gregg bernstein with 31,187 votes, pat jessamy with 29,824 votes. that means mr. bernstein now has a slightly larger lead and he did before the absentee ballot count. but still no hint of concession from the incumbent. >> today we will be opening the absentee ballots. >> usually an uneventful part of elections, today's count of absentee ballots in the city drew a packed house, a full media contingent, and literally teams of lawyers for each of the cand

we watch the heavy rain try to push to the eastern shore. cutting off our rainfall eventually.dry air spills in for the weekend. we have to watch ourselves, this flood watch and possibility of high tidal surging around portions of the chesapeake bay. just after midnight tonight. and uh, again, around early afternoon tomorrow. these are the two high tides i think we may have running about two to three feet above normal. the possibility not only of flooding or tornados, but that heavy rainfall and winds gusting to 45 miles an hour. we'll settle back into the low 60s overnight. rain should cut off from west to east by daybreak. we're heading for 73, clearing tomorrow, at least by the afternoon, this weekend, look at the cool down. lows 45 to 50 saturday and sunday. let's check out traffic now. here's kim. >> plenty to check out this morning. we have several crashes around the beltway, i-70, an accident reported on the harrisburg expressway. let's get you updated, wilkins avenue, blocking the two right lanes and both shoulders. ambulance and emergency vehicles on the scene there. t

the heavier thunderstorms pushed into new jersey and a few thunderstorms are possible in the eastern shore. we have a few lingering showers along the edge of the bay and cecil county. and the thing is, as we head into the afternoon, there's a chance for a thunderstorm and not much rain. and we'll take it back here, this is what we've been dealing with and we'll have the rain continue heavy at times and we have a tornado on the eastern shore. we have advisories running a foot above average because of all of the rain and the wind. the other thing the wind is doing is keeping the warm air in place and the muggy air. it's muggy outside and then temperaturewise, we're in the 70s and that could lead to a shower and thunderstorm this afternoon. most of that storm system has moved out. however, here's another one we need to talk about. down here, in the caribbean, you can barely see it. here's the storm and the center is pushing to the north and taking the rain with it. down to the south, we have tropical depression number 16. and this is going to make its way north eastward. it's going towards th

a wind advisory covers much of the eastern shore. thus the 35-40 miles an hour with some of the heavier showers. in addition to some severe thunderstorms rolling through. you can just summon up as windy and wet tomorrow. -- sum it up as windy and wet tomorrow. small craft a advisories are up. waves of 3-4 feet, so out on the day in the open water, you will get into some wind and rain tomorrow. rain is likely in the mountains and the heaviest rain will likely fall around the bay with a stop these wins at 15-30 miles an hour. lower eastern shore has the potential for some severe thunderstorms with gusts of 35- 45 miles an hour. 75 and let tomorrow, but it clears out during the day friday. could be some re lingering early friday morning. saturday looks good. sunday looks a lot cooler, maybe even a few showers. sunday's high only 59. >> lot of turnover at reagan's camp today. is in and out and up in the air for sunday's steelers game? that is up next in sports. >> its powerball. it estimated jackpot is $35.5 million. tonight you are mult

eastern shore not under the watch just yet.t has just been so dry it recently that we can take a lot of rain before the flooding occurs. with that -- we already had about an inch at the airport and an harbor. 74 is the normal high. we made it to 78 downtown and 77 at the airports. temperatures are in the low 70's at the eastern shore right now. we are right around 70 in southern pennsylvania from northern baltimore county. temperatures in the 60's out in the western sections of the state. was the warmth and that helped to trigger severe storms for a while for the middle part of the day. low pressure knack -- down in north georgia will bring -- will come up the last part of the mound as the coming to the morning. once the showers taper off in the morning, the skies would clear up in the middle of the day. wednesday afternoon, heading into thursday, here comes a new batch of grain. some of that grain could be heavy as we head into the middle part of the day on thursday. some on settled weather until about thursday afternoon or ev

on to the eastern shore, not much change. very nice conditions vary -- all the way down to the coast. they have called back a couple of degrees now. on the cooler side of things in allegheny county. 68 degrees. we have seen some scattered high clouds at times. the high-pressure generally in the control which will produce high winds. near the pennsylvania border, we can see some temperatures in the low 50's by morning. closer to the low 60's @ inner harbor. we have seen some cold front dropping out of canada and trying to push toward our region. the most recent showers at the canadian border have been running out of steam and moisture. we have a couple of scattered clouds associated with that. that is what we're seeing today. the front went through our region almost unnoticed and then scattered cloud cover. high pressure coming in behind it should deliver another beautiful day tomorrow. this front may be of little stronger and more organized as it comes in thursday evening which is the next best chance for rain. tomorrow will

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highs near 80, could get storms on the eastern shore. a look at the all-important weekend coming up. >> see you in a few minutes. >>> firefighters are trying to figure out how to deal with car fires, a rash of fires in one area has caught the attention of investitors. they believe they may be the work of one person or a group of people. the fire in estion started in late august, in the 1300 block of 16th street. where firefighters will search today. what are they looking for today? do they have a suspect? >> reporter: they do not. what they have are a lot of similarities in a specific geographic area. here along 16th street, we have a scorch mark there. this is where a fire occurr back in august. several vehicles on this block, on the 3600 block of 16th street. cars and mopeds torched. they believe they were suspicious, they didn't hpen naturally. a person or group of people are responsible, and perhaps for other fires in this area as well. investigators are focussing on this area from orgia avenue to 16th street and northwest. it spread

eastern shore away from the waters in the fist.r the last 12 hours, we've had high pressure moving in again. it's right over us. going to give us another dry day with plenty of sunshine. meanwhile, out in the tropics it is active. hurricane igor, a powerful, large hricane. the extent of the cloud cover is about 1,000 miles wide. you can see the well-formed eye. weaker hurricane julia far to the east of that. we have a tropical storm carl drifting over yucatan and central america over the next couple days. here's the lates track. winds down to 145. was 155 overnight. still looking like the track will take tight east of bermuda thankfully osaturday afternoon and evening. perhaps close enough for rough surf. we'll have our temperatures through the moing in the 50s and 60s. then by noon, upper 70s. during the afternoon, low 80s with lots of sun. nset, 7:16. a mostly clear evening with a crescentoon in the western sky. six in the evening. near 60 by dawn tomorrow morning. a front passing to our north. we'll have increasing clouds and pe

it's a chilly morning on the eastern shore under this clear sky.have the bright almost full moon on the eastern shore. low0s. a clear sky. very bright jupiter in the western sky. we are the osest to jupiter until the year 2022. we're about 50 million miles closer than normal. that's why it's on bght in the western sky. i'll show you a spectacular photo coming up. lots of sunshine. warming into the 70s noon time. near 80 by midafternoon. we'll have the brit full moon tonight and jupiter up as well. temperatures in the 60s through the evening. a warming trend. summer is not quite done. near 90 each day. a passing shower wednesday night late after midnight, perhaps on ursday. as we get into the weekend, more seasonable weather coming in. as we get into the last weekend of september, near 80 saturday, sunday, monday. high, 70. how is the traffic? >> doing pretty well so far this morning along interstate 270. at least on the southbound side no worries out of gathers burg, fall road and beyond southbound. pretty significant overnight road work northbound

we have a tornado wwtch througg the eastern shore. earlier this morning a tornado warning waa issued bbt that has expired for anne arundel county and the albot county. it's nn looger nicole bbt a coastal low that is headed in our direccion. we want to show what we have ii terms f our amounts of rain and also the hd radar showing that all thii moisture coming p from to come up from that direction. we want to get you over to show you the lightning strikes from the south moving innouu direction at the hesapeake bay. that s where thh heaviest storms are going to e. as we get closer, let's cceck -ut where the rain is falling the -- well, let's look attthe beltway,,both belt ways from washington and up ttrough baltiiore. you can see the heaviest rain -own here in annapolis. in act, we get closer still, and let's get even downninto annapolis itself. you can see down there we re seeing the heavieet downpours. -f fact, the area that you see indicating the red and orannes out there, s much s an inch of rain has fallen in a lot of thoss location

the warmup area is a down on the lower eastern shore.rn winds prevented any kind of a sea breeze today. that is bringing the warm air on land where it is now 83 on the beach. it is expected to be a decent evening outside. though 50's in the color suburbs -- in the outer suburbs. high pressure moving in from the upper midwest. there are some clouds and scattered showers. generally dry conditions stretching from the mid-atlantic after the northern plains states. that means another really nice day with sunshine, low humidity, and 77-82 with a west breeze tomorrow. the tropics are very stormy, but thankfully the storms right now are far from land. they may -- that may change as this monster here from a hurricane igor is moving closer. right around the eye, when their estimated at 145 miles per hour. julia has become a hurricane with signs of strengthening. it is trying to make its way up to the bermuda. . 145 mile per wins with igor. a category four storm will be teetering almost up to category five levels. wind speeds up above 155 miles per

i had one report from one of our weather watches on the eastern shore, they had lightning extended, which isn't common with a tropical system. we have a tornado watch until 1:00 p.m., all the orange-shaded counties in maryland which include carol, baltimore, harford, cecil, down through howard, anne arundel, and off towards the eastern shore. those pink counties to our south, calvert and st. mary's. that's a tornado warning, extending through 7:00. because of doppler radar-indicated rotation, which is the first sign that something may drop from the clouds, a funnel cloud and touch the ground. nothing has been confirmed on the ground as of yet. pushing to the north at 40 miles per hour. so this thing is racing to the north. next one on the list could very well be anne arundel county. we're watching it right now. we could take it in closer, you can see what appears to be circulation around the orange shading near chesapeake beach and through eagle harbor. we'll watch that area head up towards the north at nearly 40 miles per hour. really a deal, you may be dealing with this shortly. shady s

md. -- rains are making their way to the eastern shore tonight. we are on the western edge of all of that but lighter showers around baltimore and the i-95 corridor. we will continue to see this train, up from the south. there is a fresh batch coming up from central virginia right now. overnight, expect more showers and a few claps of thunder. we do have a flood threats continuing, however. a couple of different varieties year. it could fled low-lying areas south of the bay. it is a coastal flood warning. southerly winds have pushed the water into the bay. the thais who run it 2 feet above normal. the potential is there for some minor court moderate coastal flooding. over an inch of rain at the airport so far. temperatures were above normal today, even with the rain. they're holding in the 70's right now. 73, downtown baltimore. that contrasts between monday tropical air in the east and colorful air in the west. that boundary will continue to generate some showers as we had to sunrise. you can see the warmer air over the mid atlantic. cooler air i

in hagerstown they really heated up versus the 77 on the eastern shore in easton. still a beautiful afternoon there. they started at 59 in easton. 58 in baltimore. and low 50s outside the beltway and up north towards york, pennsylvania. most of us dealing with a quiet scene. on maryland's most powerful doppler radar and five sweeps through the chesapeake showing up a quiet uneventful start to the day. 50s, go to the 2-degree guaranteed high of 80 and sunny this afternoon. >>> kim brown has traffic >> two words to describe traffic. all good. we don't have problems on the roads so far and no delays as well. as we look at the drive times. on 795, you won't encounter problems between route 140 and franklin boulevard. it's 10 minutes, a little less as you make your way towards the beltway. as we look at the overall picture of the area, traffic is looking good, no problems to report so far. >>> linda so is in the field and has been following the latest on one of the top stories. >> it all comes down to this. who will be the city's next top prosecutor? i'm linda so. both

except the lower eastern shore. until 10:00, west of the bay.00, east of the bay. 89 here. 91, hagerstown. 79 in oakland. and 90 in easton. d.c. now, they'll be cooling down with the showers close by at 93 degrees. these temperatures running 15 degrees above normal in some locations. winds out of the west/southwest and south all day long. but the really warm air. and we talked about it yesterday. tennessee valley had temperatures in the upper 90s. we won't get that hot. but this frontal system to the north may provide a little bit of a relief tomorrow afternoon. couple of degrees cooler. maybe one or two today. north of the front, much cooler and much dry air. it's going to stay there temporarily. until the front goes through the region saturday. we get into the really warm air again thursday and friday. once again, temperatures up near 90. saturday, the front getting closer. a few clouds. but it will start dropping. temperatures probably back in the low to mid-80s. and on sunday and monday, we actually have a chance of low pressure developing.

it includes all of central maryland uh, west of the bay, in fact issued onto the eastern shore as well. within the sound of this signal, the possibility of tornados in addition to winds gusting to 45 miles per hour of and flooding rains. the heaviest of the rain really running right up the chesapeake bay, up to the bay bridge and down south to near norfolk virginia. that heavy rain slug is continuing to build in our direction. we have ponding on the roadways. check this out. look at the bottom of the screen. into midnight, 1.8 inches of rain. i'm talking about another additional 14 to 20 hours of rainfall, there's no doubt there's going to be rainfall amounts in maryland that top the 5 inch mark. that's going to be a hard push for a lot of the storm drain systems and levees and dams to handle. we have a potential severe flooding situation, in addition to the severe weather of the possible tornados. more on the forecast coming up, right now, a traffic issue out there. here's kim with the latest. >> sherrie johnson gave out good advice, make sure you have a lot of braking room between yo

from the northern parts of eastern shore down to chestertown.d up now and the start south, you can see over the border, there's more rain and more rain in this. it's going to continue. we have flash flood warns until 4:30 and until we saw the heavier rain -- that's in the darker green and because of this pattern continuing. there's a chance for more to occur. here's the situation. the rain moved in yesterday and it seemed heavier at times and the waves will come up from the south and they'll come up from a few passes. and the winds came from the south east and they're out of the west. and that's because the band has pretty much set up over the appalachians heres. and we have coastal flood warns in effect. and temperaturewise, the temperatures have gone up and we got up to 77 and we're at 75 now. and here's the cooler air at 63 and in the 50s in the mountains. we're not going to change much through the first half of tomorrow. this brings around rain and thunderstorms an it continues to push off to the north east. it will leave us later on tomorro

we are tracking more rain in out of 9 south but the heaviest on the eastern shore where there is not a flood watch and that will be pushing up into new jersey. the five sweep mode on the radar just not a lot in the immediate baltimore area. light to moderate rain up the i-90 corridor. we are getting a bit of a lull. here is the problem. you can see many spots getting as much as two inches or higher. more than an inch, almost an inch and a half in -- look at manchester. two and a quarter inch muchs of rain. anymore rain in those areas could cause almost instant flash flooding. the grounds that wet. we have improvements tomorrow. rain in the morning and into the afternoon talking about partly to cloudly skies by 4:00 up to around 80 degrees late in the day. the rest of the week looking like it could feature more rain. we will say when thats. >> thank you. >> two major airline carriers both known for their deep discount assonanced their plans to merge today. today southwest said it'll buy airtran. bwi is the largest east coast hub. cheryl connor with more on what this means for passenge

on the bay, on the eastern shore, around 60 degrees. right near the waters i's in the mid and upper 60s. he view from space showing a mostly clear sky. a few clouds producing showers in eastern kentucky. that is a little bitf a disturbance that may be drifting up into the shenandoah valley. east of the blue ridge, sunset,

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although it is giving high rip current status to the eastern shore and very, very high surf. low temperatures here tonight. down into the lower 50s. maybe an upper 40 in a couple of places, reston, manassas, the rest of us upper 50s. lower to mid-80s by the afternoon. it won't be that humid, even though there's a touch here tonight. it is going to be a little bit warm for this time of the year as i explained. even the western zones are getting into the lower to mid- 80s tomorrow. out in west virginia will be 78 to 80 degrees for highs tomorrow. upper elevations of the appalachians will be in the mid- 70s. 80s, washington, eastern shore, even upper 70s in some cases. 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 ha

man what a difference, out west, 68, 67, on the eastern shore close to the mid-80s, southern maryland up to 90 today including d.c. right now we have cooled off dramatically with the showers, the rains and the storms. we take you out to the entire region, you can see this particular cluster of showers and storms, this little area of low pressure sliding northeastward. the whole ball of wax will push out of here into the day tomorrow. stay a little murky overnight. could be a little murky in the morning as well. the chance for a hit or miss shower, i think we'll dry out by tomorrow midday, sunshine around, that sun is going to last into saturday and especially on into sunday. again this whole system pulling out rapidly into the northeast as we go through the next 24 hours here. then out to hurricane alley we go, you can see hurricane igor, still a powerhouse hurricane packing winds to 125 miles per hour, expected to go right up very close to bermuda in the weekend, towards sunday. so we'll watch that developing weather situation offshore. back here though just going to get some big wav

harford, baltimore, carol, howard, anne arundel, up towards cecil, eastern shore, through delaware, anything could spin up as we have a lot of instability, a lot of spin in the atmosphere. look at the deep red shading down the throat of the chesapeake bay. anybody crossing the bay bridge isn't having an easy time. look at edgemere, already over two inches of rainfall since midnight. some spots may see five inches or more today. flood ing a big problem in addition to wind and weather. >> we're keeping an eye on the incident on the beltway. couple crashes reported. wilkins avenue, an accident, appearing to involve two vehicles blocking the two right lanes and both shoulders. police have arrived on the scene, so it's going to cause significant delays as you make your way towards the southwest corner, approaching i-95. this is again, the outer loop at wilkins. as we look at our maps, dealing with several incidents around

politics is playing into the prosecution of a high-profile murder case in the eastern shore. wicomico county state's attorney lost last week's democratic primary, but the family of a child found dead over christmas allegedly at the

low to mid-60s around tidewater, the bay, and the eastern shore.tains, yes, only in the 40s in many locations. over the last 12 hours we have had high clouds screaming back in. tropical moisture pushing into southern virginia. light rain. moderate downpours in eastern north carolina. some of that will be arrivg late this afternoon. moderate to heavy rain through midday thursday likely causing flooding. dry after that. jerry, how is the traffic. >> a live look at th hour on interstate 66 where we are certainly loading up very, very quickly as the rush hour picks upace. already beginning to slow down just a little bit. we may have something going on. that was moving better 45 seconds ago. wilson bridge, once you get o bridge span you're okay. report of a vehicle stopped inner loop arod route 210. but that should be out by now. out to the rails we go. doing wel metro, vre and mark, no thas. >>> we are continue to following breaking news in northwest washington where dozens of people are being treated right now after a fire at a high-rise apartment bui

near 70 near the bay and lower eastern shore. cooler in the mountains.d this continual flow south andouthwest at the upper levels. likely showers from time to time. maybe strong storms with heavy downpours. drying out wednesday and thursday. w is the traffic? >> going to be a challenge this morning extra travel time. certainly a good idea. we take a live look over in virginia. right side is the inner loop. left side, the outer loop. watch out for the road spray. let's look at the american legion bridge. outer loop, no worries. inner loop, just a little volume. an accident at green welt, 202. an accident reported of 197. self vehicles moved to the shoulder. be wear of the cl. out to the rails we go. metro, vre, doing fine. 401, nine machines late. joe? >> thank you, very much, jerry. today marks education week. a week lock focus of schools by the american school system. this weekend news anchor brian williams moderated teachers anchors. many blameds from tradition for the problems occurring within the psychologist. >> teachers cannot fix every problem. tr

on the lower eastern shore, same story. partly cloudy, 87. very not a forecast is -- your bay forecast is very calm. the record level is 40. it is a transitional time of the year. me, and buried all more cement over night. -- we will be more balmy and more humid tonight. there's a slight chance a shower could develop. last night, a front approach the area. right now, it is stationary. there will be an upper level below that could rotate through tomorrow with a better chance of storms. in the meantime, the tied to the south is fueling in the warmer air. we will feel the heat tomorrow. his likely will surpass 90 degrees. we thought we were done. we are already set the record. tomorrow looks like another one. sun and clouds, and a chance for thunderstorms like tomorrow. the seven-day forecast as oliver the board. once the fund gets through, we will only see a high on saturday of 79 degrees. 75 for the baltimore ravens home opener. next, it gets chilly. only 69 by next wednesday. >> thank you. dr. kim hammond is here to answer your pet questions

temperatures in the 40s. 60s on the eastern shore. leading edge of this tropical moisture into southern virginia now. likely that will be arriving later this afternoon. heavy at times tonight through noon time. dry friday and saturday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> doing pretty well. interstate 66. several stretches now between haymark and manassas east of fair oaks and the capital pelt way. no incidents, just volume. let's head over and see if there's anything to wore about at the american legion bridge, rockville pike doing great. outer loop moving along nicely. travel lanes open both ways. out on the rails. metro and vre okay. one minor delay, mark 503. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news out of the district. crews on the scene of a fire in the 3100 block of 16 street northwest in the columbia heights neighborhood. news 4's tracee wilkins is on the scene with the latest. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, joe. this was a terrible fire. what we do know is the fire was started possibly in a hallway, considered

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 sailing. that is very good news. inbound toll road,

we have a thick fog on the eastern shore. and 90 minutes and a 2 hour delay. the fog is an issue. the thing about clouds they may stir up the winds and to accelerate the burn off after about 10 a.m. and we start to see it improve a bit. we're going to the temperatures near 70s. sunshine and clouds. and the guaranteed high of 93. 95 is the record today. >>> how about images. and the commute here is the traffic. >> the most part the fog is making drivers slow down but we're lucky it is not causing problems, we check out the drive times the speeds and they go down and drive times are up. 12 minutes on 795 and 140 and the beltway. we take a picture of the area, like i say we have no problems and no accidents. traffic is moving well and slow because of the dense fog. and a top story. >> he didn't dress like a man up to no good. when he got the name the preppy burglar police caught up with him. >>> the book festival kicks off. more about the authors that will be here for it. >>> he is not a salesman but say the man is up to no good. lin is a so tells us how police tracked down the prepp

especialy on the eastern shore. winds could be gusting up to 40 mis an hour later today and even around the entire region tomorrow, we could have gusts 25 to 30 out of the northwest as the storm exits and we dry out. then on saturday and sunday we cool down, feeling like autumn partly cloudy both days. afternoon highs into the 60s. and looks like there's some unsettled weather that may move in next week. we'll keep you posted on that. again a tornado warning in effect for calvert into anne arundel counti this morning. ve heavy rain associated with a storm cell there that continues to advance from the north. we'll be back with frequent updates throughout the mornig. stay with nbc 4, we'llkeep you fully informed. now the roads are certainly not looking good. how is it looking from your vantage? >> tom, good morning to you. good morni, everyone. very, very tough coute. some locations getting just heavy rain. others, it's just a complete deluge. you're going to have to take it very cautiously. if you absolutely do not h

it's about to move over the eastern shores of the bay.ies, queen anne's you'll be getting a band of rain over the next half hour or so. rig now the radar showing these other pockets of so orange and yellow. those are areas of some very heavy rain that are falling here just to the south of washington. right near alexandria to mount rnon rht along the tidal potomac, and western charles county, eastern stafford, and northeastern county of spotsylvania, this is continuing to move to the north. rain in loudoun county and frederick county in maryland. temperatures around t region are in the 60s to near 70. all these counties under a flash flood warning, meaning we do have flooding under way right now in these counties in northern virginia, the distct, and much of maryland and montgomery and prince george's anne arundel, calvert and st. mary's. rain fall totals have been almo four inches in southern maryland. we've had over an inch and a half in washington. the temperatures will hold steady while this rain comes down hard. also a tornado watch t

it looks like the lower eastern shore could pick up the most rain.ome severe storms thrown in tomorrow, high temperatures in the 70's, winds gusting to 30 knots on the bay. a wet thursday, clearing out, breezy on friday, some sun on saturday, and a few spotty showers and cool on sunday. scattered showers will linger into the middle of next week. >> the irs says it will not male income tax forms and instructions next year because so many people pile electronically. the irs estimates it can save about $10 million a year by eliminating paper forms. more than 96 million filed electronically -- and other 120 million filed by paper through paid tax preparers. amtrak has unveiled a 30 year vision for a high-speed rail line on the east coast which would go right through baltimore. trains would travel at 220 miles an hour. amtrak says it would drastically reduced travel time along the congested corridor. the proposal has no funding and is still in the concept stage right now. a new warning for parents of infants. the sleek positioners could actually spell b.g

it is on the eastern shore across the bay bridge.scott takes the trip across that, and i don't recommend that, because the eastern shore is hit hard. let's zoom in at washington and bwi. there have been many flight cancellations. torrential rain north of severna park. on the east side of baltimore. here is annapolis. shady side and over to queens town. this is dumping buckets of rain in the range of 1-2" or 3" per hour rainfall rates. we will go farther south down into copper county. st. michael's, you are dealing with a heavy shower there. potentially heavy wind. beyond the tornado watch area, we have a potential to spin up and rotate. we have st. leonard with the moderate rain off the eastern shore. st. mary's city, look at the lift north. the torrential rain continuing there. charles county, we have moderate rain there. look off to the south here. north and east of ashland. this is moving north to you. you have moderate rain now, but the heavy rain will return in another 30 or 45 minutes. there is a lot going on. let's move forwar

we have had some severe and storms move across parts of the upper eastern shore. the storms have made their way up into parts of new jersey where tornado warnings have been issued around monmouth county and parts of northern ocean county in southern new jersey. possible rotation with some of those storms up to the north and east. there are still some rainshowers to contend with a round of baltimore area back into western maryland. one final batch of strong storms that prompted tornado warnings earlier this afternoon in parts of eastern ohio. so far the rainfall amounts have not been impressive. we will take what we can get. nothing measurable at bwi .arshall, just a trace theire mid 80 cozy with the normal high down to 78. temperatures running in the low 70's of i-95 into harford county. even cooler out west, parts of allegheny and garrett county, upper the's and low 60's. one more batch of showers coming across eastern ohio arrives later tonight. the last of the shower should be clearing by 2:00 or 3:00 and heading for the coast. a shower or storm through about 3

let'sed had down to maryland's eastern shore. julia on kent island sent us this picture of a flooded yard. this will be glen arm road a flooded road out in baltimore county. if you have a weather picture you'd like to send us, our address is wjz web alert at cbs.com. d would' lick this get your pictures back here in the web center. >> we aren't the only ones dealing with the storm as you've sewn on the radar. it's going up and down the east coast causing rain. first warning weather continues with randall pinkston reporting from new york. >> reporter: pounding rain and wind are turning streets into rivers. >> this sen credible. i've never seen flooding like this. >> reporter: 21 inches of rain have already fallen in different parts of the state. this man decided a kayak was the best way to get around eye went to the store and the roads were flooded. >> reporter: they put out sandbags. it's already knee high in someplace making driving conditions dangerous. >> it's everywhere and there's a lot of it. >> reporter: the remnants of tr

as we head over to the eastern shore, more sun and high in the mid 80's. there's a small craft advisory advisory with the front on the bay. so winds are gusting up to 20 knots and waves are 2 feet, so it's not good to get out on the waters of the chesapeake. tomorrow we'll be hovering around this or cooler. the record set on this date is -- we'll be cooler than 58 degrees. up to potentially 60 downtown. a lovepl evening too old anything you have planned. right now watching the front. not going to do much to change our weather pattern, because high pressure is building in behind it. the plains on the lower jet stream -- thursday night into friday. other than that, we are watching the tropics. we have hurricane igor. packing 135 mile-per-hour sustained winds. a category four hurricane moving ever so slowly to the west-northwest. likely affecting bermuda potentially by sunday morning and hurricane julia with 85 mile-per-hour storm. sun and highs in the low 80's for the weekend. >> thank you sandra. john purdue from valley view farms is here to answer your que

my commute home to the eastern shore every night only takes an hour but that's more time than congress spends reading massive spending bills, it's crazy. that's why i wrote a law that requires 72 hours to read every bill. i read the big bills and i said no. no to the $3 trillion budget, no to the bank bailout, and no to the health care bill. at home you would never pay a bill without reading it neither should congress. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message because i'm proud to be ranked one of the most independent members of congress. >> if you have canceled an e- mail account, you probably think is gone for good. that did not happen to one local man. michael said 11 years ago he had a paid aol e-mail account that he thought he cancel. >> i terminated the agreement with aol and stopped paying the yearly maintenance fee. i expected everything to be finished. >> that was 1999. imagine his surprise when there was spam mail from that old account. >> i received a message sent from my instant messenger account to my complete address book that i had at aol chad by current e-mail addre

eastern shore, low to mid-60s. southeastirginia near 70. and we have another plume of moisture coming our way into eastern north carolina. leading edge of the rain associated wh a developing tropical storm. very strong upper level windows blowing 75 miles per hour. they're going to string it northward and bring it in this afternoon. we could have heavy rain, enough to cause flooding by this time tomorrow morning and the ponding of water. we'll have temperatures this afternoon before any rain arrives. once the rain commences it will drop back into the 60s. and some of the rain, again, as i mentioned could cause flooding is time tomorrow morning through midday thursday. we could get three or four inches out of this. drying out and cooling down as we get into the weekend. jerry, how is the traffic? >> doing pretty well. that's a good start. 395. no worries. everything looking good. let's head over and check out i-270. at the moment, everything moving along nicely. frederick to clarksburg, south toward the capital beltway. looking good between c

and on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay they are geing heavy downpours right now. now the radar locally is showing a few pockets of moderate to heavy rain in fairfax county and montgomery county as well as ince william. another pocket of very heavy rain in southern prince william. all of these are heading off to the north. one band of very heavy rain moving off to the north and northeast, and will be sweeping across the western part of the eastern shore here over the next half hour, or so. when you see the areas of lighter green or blue where it's not raining quite as hard, another pocket of very heavy rain is about to come into southern maryland. they've already had over four inches of rain. all these counties in red reporting flooding. water over roads in many locations, ponding of water and maybe some floodingn your basement, too. we've had about an inch and two-thirds in washington, nearly three inches in the nearby suburbs. over four inches in southn maryland. 60s and near 70s now. we have a tornado watch that's in effect until 1:00 this afternoon for much of

now this heavy rain on the eastern shore a batch of heavy rain right now in the city.omewhat of a level. we have a lot of warnings to get to. flash flood warnings through 6:15. there's a lot going on in that map so we'll take you through this one. coastal flood warnings in effect until 5:00 a.m. on friday morning. in addition to that, and it doesn't show up on this map because of the flooding going on, but a tornado watch is in effect until 7:00 p.m. today. that is from about here all the way eastward. you can see it's in our legend in this part, too. when you have something that's already happening that supersedes a threat with a tornado watch. we've got a lot going on. as far as the winds go, those have been kicking up the past few hours. that's why the coastal flood warning is in effect. not only from the very mist, but the southeasterly wind is piling water up along the way. wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. high tide cycles vary up and down the entire bay. for the mchenry, the next high tide is at 12:44. all of that flooding you saw at the inner harbor during th

we are looking at temperatures ranging from 56 degrees right now. 58 there. 54 on the eastern shore in chester town. mostly sunny sky. the high reaches 78 this afternoon. our traffic update now with kim brown. >> thanks justin. this morning we have traffic jammed across the interloop span on the key bridge and only one lane getting by at this time. expect a delay there. a struck pedestrian at ritchie highway and 9th avenue. no delays or problems there. that is a five minute trip. about a 3 men it right there. no issues on the top side. you're going to see traffic moving pretty well here. no issues on the harriersburg expressway on warren road. traffic looks pretty good. megan and jamie back to you. >> if you went to bed and you didn't know who won the race for top prosecutor, things look good for burnstein but we still don't know who won. linda. >> reporter: even though it looks like burnstein has won, an cen tee ballots have not been counted and they will be the deciding factor in this race. both camps say they will regroup this morning to look over the results. burnstein has 49% of t