we are still seeing a little bit of that rain south eastern virginia moving up our way. as we look at the future cast you will notice the showers still effecting the eastern shores and out toward the beaches today. by 3:00 notice north and west a thin line of broken showers will come through. maybe a second one this evening. that will be it. that's the front coming through ringing in the drier air. it will cool us down in the 50s and 60s tonight. thursday looks spectacular. then we will get more rain. more rain by midday friday. friday night we could be talking about strong weather. so as we look at the forecast, about 84 today. couple of sunny breaks. maybe a late day shower or storm. tonight 50s and 60s with 80s tomorrow. friday 80 we'll have to watch the afternoon and evening for potentially strong thunderstorms heading our way. saturday looks nice. upper 70s. could see a late shower around 80. we're going to the kitchen when 9 news at noon returns. >>> i want you to meet my new bestest friend. chef wes morton. he's with art and soul on new jersey avenue northwest on c

i was not able to reconstruct all that many in eastern virginia. sorry, i told a lot of our older country roads run along those trails, but in the general region, it's easier to see, but since we're talking about lodger distance, much of it on foot, we're also talking about relatively lightweight luxury goods. so when people wanted ordinary everyday technology, they had to get to work and make their own. locally. their own immediate environment had to supply them. you don't send off to china for something. the cultivated crops they had were also limited in their usefulness. if you have a good year, it's wonderful. however, if you have got a dry year, worse yet, a drought, the nonnative crops, especially corn, are going to produce poorly or not at all. and we have been able to reconstruct and that's my own calibration, by the way, of which years were good years and which years were bad years. there were quite a few good years and also some perfectly rotten ones. if the corn crops fail and your beans aren't good, you're going to have to make up the d

what's left of tropical storm alberto and low pressure hear right over eastern virginia generating rain even offshore. several different disturbances impacting our weather. cold front coming in. low pressure over virginia and the shenandoah. hit and miss showers will be a very good bet, almost as good of a bet as i'll have another was on saturday but hit and miss showers continuing on and off through the day tomorrow and wednesday. so keep that umbrella handy. again, a hit or miss shower will be possible. tonight 62, cloudy with showers. tomorrow your two degree guarantee 79, mostly cloudy. yes, the possibility of a scattered hit or miss shower. that will last into tomorrow night. the seven-day forecast, you can see it's more of the sai. however, we will see things begin to clear out by midday thursday. that will set the stage for an ideal scenario. we had this for three weeks in a row. rain earlier in the week with clearing for the weekend and memorial day very important, ended up having a good weekend. >> tell everybody where you were? >> some friends of mine went down to the -- 3.1 m

stuff we had tonight over the eastern shores, southern maryland and south eastern virginia moving towardrsey and delaware. it will weaken. a shower threat late in the afternoon. once the front goes through the area. some beautiful weather moving in for thursday, friday and saturday and sunday for the preakness, it looks just great. tonight any showers will be ending we may see a shower the next hour or two particularly south and east of course. 60 tomorrow 84 maybe a thunderstorms after any fog burns off. 77, 77 dry sunny beautiful 79 on saturday for the preakness. and 80 on sunday afternoon. it's beautiful weather after the threat of some more showers tomorrow afternoon, denise. >> thank you, bob. still to come adam jones and the o's take another swing at the yankees. >> can the birds finally beat the new yorkers here in baltimore. mark has highlights next in sports. ,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now,

spots in eastern -- in spots in eastern virginia and the west virginia panhandle and today is a severe because we're concerned with the threat of more thunderstorm later this -- severe thunderstorms later this afternoon and this evening. no problems through midday but past 3:00, 4:00 especially to the west with the storms developing. highs in the mid 80s even upper 80s in a couple of spots depending on how much sun we get. there were the storms last night. they were loud and bright and some torrential rains from that as well but they're gone now down to norfolk. this morning a little moisture coming to western west virginia. southwestern west virginia but all is quiet around here. no fog but with the lain last night a -- rain last night a little fog has developed in spots like orange, virginia, a quarter mile. we are going to see patchy dense fog across parts of frederick and upper montgomery county as well. half mile in stafford this morning and watch out for patchy fog. temperatures they're way up it is a mild morning. mid- to upper 60s here in the metro. low 60s in frederick. this a

maryland, west virginia, the district, and virginia. and eastern shore, a few locations there upper 50s. the darker green, northeastern maryland, too. the upper 50s. a few spots in the mountains. getting one thundershower, now getting close to canaan valley, west virginia. thunder and lightning, southern, southwestern west virginia into eastern kentucky. this disturbance is going to be coming euro way later today. as a result -- coming our way later today. as a result, we could have a severe chance in the metro area and areas along i-95 and points east between washington philadelphia to new york between about 4:00 to around 9:00 this evening. hometown forecast, loudoun county, leesburg, by later this afternoon, into the mid 80s and maybe thunderstorms popping up there. and then overnight tonight for your friday evening, maybe lingering showers and thunder until around midnight. and then by dawn on saturday, we ought to be down to near 60 degrees. saturday, looks like a partly cloudy day with temperatures up near 80 tomorrow afternoon. there's only

because a lot of the people would no longer bear tribal names and there are enclaves all over eastern virginia. you can see where the reservations were allowed by maryland to survive. the people were surviving and they were still mostly waterfront. quite a few of them were living well up those rivers and they had access not so much to meandering rivers but to swamps. especially the reservation, 1678 to post 1746. you have to be able to live in the swamp to survive there. there's not much tucaho even now. i have checked with a guy who has canoed all over it and he knows his plants. you have to live in a swamp. and they did for a long time. some of their descendants are not far away. i have been in e-mail communication with one e-mail communication with one of them within the past week. so you get a lot of people surviving, more than we usually realize. where the people get to choose the place for their reservation as the pumunkies did. osamkateck, right in the middle, the modern day pumunky reservation. they chose what land to keep. why did they choose it? maybe because it was farrell easily de

includes our region, virginia, maryland, eastern shore between here, philadelphia, and new york. day planner for this friday, we'll have a beautiful morning. by noontime, near 80. then could have thunderstorms moving in west to east during the afternoon. some of which could produce damaging winds and hail. after that, lingering showers and thundershowers into this friday evening. a look at the weekend into next week coming up in seven minutes. danella? >>> looking in greenbelt, a crash at kenilworth avenue at cherrywood lane. the fire department is on the scene now. now traveling the outer loop of the beltway at arlington boulevard, we had a disabled vehicle in your right shoulder lane. it's gone, and your travel lanes are open. crossing over the 14th street bridge, heading to the city, you're clear. i'm checking travel speeds on 395 in ten minutes. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> 12 minutes after the 6:00 hour. it's like something you see on jay leno. the test that researchers say 1/3 of americans would flunk. >> uh-oh. >>> plus, she's red hot. who this very tanned mom is la

virginia. and toward the eastern shore.ow the closeup view of storm 4 radar showing light rain here around washington, all these areas in n green. light rain in prince george's county, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's, charles. farther west and north, sprinkles in howard and montgomery into southern loudoun. northern prince william, central fauquier down to culpeper county. look at some of the rainfall totals we had last night, nearly two inches fell in parts of montgomery county. had it a half inch in washington. near an inch or so in parts of southern maryland, in calvert county. farther to the west, 2.5 inches or more from near martinsburg toward hagerstown. tremendous downpours there. and now temperatures are down as well. we are in the low to mid 60s much of the region. near 70 in washington near the chesapeake bay. here's your day planner for this wednesday. we will have temperatures into the upper 70s by noontime. a few of these lingering showers through mid morning and maybe a few showers lingering south and east o

eastern shore yesterday afternoon in the searing heat. since then it's cooled to the 70s. all these areas in the yellow in the 70s. that includes virginia, the eastern shore, and maryland. but a few places, those areas in green, have dipped into the 60s. parts of the shenandoah valley, all the way up toward the panhandle of west virginia. around washington, in the low to mid 70s. that includes montgomery, prince george's, arlington, and fairfax counties. right in washington, mid 70s. now the view from space showing a clear sky here now. but farther to our west, we do have a line of showers and thunderstorms that are producing some thunder and lightning now from northwestern ohio into indiana and missouri. it's part of a cold front that's going to be bringing us relief from the heat. as it does come our way later today, it will likely bring some showers and storms. hometown forecast for waldorf and charles county, by 10:00, it will be already near the 80-degree mark upon then a lot of sun this morning giving way to clouds during the afternoon. upper 80s by early afternoon. near 90 mid to late afternoon. that's when we could have storms b

right now off to a mild start. 60s across most of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, much of west virginia, though, in the 50s now. 67 at reagan national. for the day, a few breaks in the clouds mid morning. temperatures around 70. by noontime, all cloudy. and should be mild up into the low to mid 70s by noontime. and it's right after that it does look like more rain will be moving back in. i'll have a look at that, that will be in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. crassing over the key bridge, no issues for you, making your way from rosalyn to d.c., nice and clear. over to the 14th street bridge, still your volume in this area, not a lot of problems. from the beltway, a 12-minute drive. over to metro, still seeing all the entrance escalators down at the foggy bottom station. and tracee wilkins is live now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let me show you what folks are dealing with. they're having some kind of mechanical issue, so folks will have to walk up the stairs here this morning. the escalators are not working. all three of them are down right now.

that moving color there in eastern kentucky, southern west virginia.it's moving northeast now, but does look like it's had it gets toward pennsylvania, it will turn to the east and come our way. this yellow zone, chance of severe storms from norfolk to washington. from washington to philadelphia to new york. and that would be later this afternoon into this evening. here is the day planner -- partly cloudy through the morning hours. we ought to be near 80 by noontime. by late afternoon is when we could have some thunderstorms popping up. we ought to be into the mid 80s around the metro area. hotter in part of virginia. a little bit cooler farther to our north and east, but not that super wide range in temperature we had yesterday. and if you're heading out this friday, yes, we could have passing thundershowers tonight until around midnight. a look at your weekend, the seven-day outlook into next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. traveling along i-270, we will take the trip together right now. looks really good as you're maki

city, a significant system but tracking just south and east, more of a weather maker for eastern carolina and virginia beach. this shows clearing in maryland. we're looking belter and better. humidity dropping. we'll talk about that coming up. >> now to a delve dex -- developing story store -- developing story, a security breach at an airport. jamie costello joins to us try to explain it. >> i'm reading the report. you can't believe it. the united express plane was ready to take off from san diego. a 37-year-old paroleee just out of jail was able to board the jet, walked on to the tarmac untouched. he walked through the terminal slipped inside the passengers boarding the plane. he was caught only at the last possible moment when land ins did a final passenger count. the passengers were ordered to get off the plane. >> they separated the plane and had the dog go over everything. >> reporter: the dog didn't find anything but police found the extra passenger. he was arrested. there was another shocking one. this newark man walking through an unmanned security post to kiss his girlfriend good-bye, that st

but you can see those clouds building in the partly cloudy sky around virginia, maryland and eastern west virginia. now, here's what may be happening over the next several hours. all that aa in green and yellow, those are the zones of potential storms that could be developing during the afternoon and early evening. but then it looks like it will dissipate by late evening and by midnight, any storms that do develop will be gone bn by dawn on thursday, may get a quick passing shower, early morning. by wednesday evening into thursday morning, we'll begin to clear out, we'll have a gorgeous pattern for end of the week. and the weekend. but here's some of the rainfall totals expected around the region this afternoon, those areas in blue, they might get an inch or two. the areas in green, generally a half-inch to less than an inch. so it doesn't look like there's going to be big rain-producers, because they'll be moving along. probably no flooding threat, but certainly there's the possibility of some damaging winds and hail from some of the isolated storms later this afternoon. as temperatu

right now, low 60s to upper 50s through maryland, virginia, west virginia, and the eastern shore. of the metro area, upper 50s to near 60. over the last 12 hours, all this area in moving color is rain. it's moving southwest to northeast. west virginia, far western maryland, pennsylvania. eventually the line, a frontal zone with waves of low pressure will move our way later this afternoon. hometown forecast, waldorf, charles county, in the upper 50s. and we'll have sun in and out this morning. by mid morning, the mid 60s. by noontime, a little sunshine. a lot of clouds, too, low 70s by then. clouding up during the afternoon. temperatures reaching mid to upper 70s. and by late afternoon there and earlier in the mountains, there will be rain moving in. and then maybe thunder and lightning, too, late afternoon into the evening. by late even, 60s. by dawn tomorrow, mid 60s. maybe a few brakes in the clouds tomorrow. more showers moving in during the afternoon and evening, especially areas east of i-95 tomorrow. thursday, friday, sunshine back. cool mornings, though. afternoon highs aro

more storms eastern kentucky, southwestern virginia, they're headed toward roanoke and richmond. we're -- we could see something pop up around us. look at the temps. 78 already in washington. mid-70s in the shenandoah valley. it's 830 in fredericks -- 80 in fredericksburg. it's a sticky 79 at patuxent river. the clouds starting to break up we had a few hours ago. you see the fair weather cumulous clouds. sunshine. a little bit of a breeze. not too bad. 78 degrees. a good deal a sunshine on the weather terrace a few moments ago. there are dew points in the 60s with westerly winds. probably will see the numbers drop a little bit but boy, did we get muggy quickly. there's a lot of moisture out across the central part of the country and down in florida where it's been raining for a few days in south florida. my brother lives down there. he's not a happy camper right now. st. louis seeing showers and storms earlier. this is trying to get north toward chicago. more showers with it. that's going to be moving east. we're going to watch this guy coming through illinois because it looks li

but there's a lot of good, stread stuff -- steady stuff in virginia. eastern may see heavier amounts, maybe three-quarters of anin. we could see -- an inch. we could see half inch to an inch. as you can see, the areas are getting the rain tonight. all of the rain we saw tuesday, does not count into that drought watch. but next week, i'm sure, we'll see a big difference in the aerial coverage of that drought watch. take a look at temps now. we're at 72 degrees. barometer, 29.64. right now, it's holding steady. 72 here. only in the 50s to the west. it's pretty much cleared out. just west of cumberland. they had the rain earlier. 72 in washington. 65, ocean city. locally, temperatures mid- to upper 60s to the low 70s, with the rain. it will start dropping back into the 60s. and late tonight, probably also back into the mid- to upper 50s. as it begins to clear out. and the winds come back out of the west, by tomorrow morning, the sun should be out. and it will be a pretty nice day. but it will get breezy tomorrow afternoon. winds 15 to 25 miles an hour. low pressu

areas of eastern west virginia, southwestern virginia under a flood watch, a flash flood watch. getting rain embedded in some of the areas where you see the bright red. coming down at about one to two inches per hour. take a look at our future weather here. we started at 7:00 p.m., that rain pushing through, things wind down by midnight. but until then and with what's been happening throughout our area, you'll want to tune in tonight. news 4 at 11:00 for the late toast get you new and in to the morning rush which right now looks as though we'll be dry. but there's going to be a lot of fog around the area tomorrow morning. and then we'll get hit with more showers and storms for the afternoon. potentially heavy again. how much could we get? areas here haded in the green show that we could have anywhere around a half eventual of rain, anywhere in the blue which includes near d.c. and some of the spotty areas to the north and especially off to the west, we could have anywhere from a half to over an inch of rain through just tomorrow. 66 our temperature to start out, 59 in leesburg.

virginia. now moving into maryland and the district, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, too. farther west, they're getting light rain, as well, much of western maryland, much of west virginia. there is heavier rain farther to the south and west of the metro area. that's going to be arriving here by later this afternoon. maybe with some thunder and lightning. right now, fairly mild around the metro area. low to mid 60s. farther west, cool, shenandoah valley into the mountains, american people 50s. this is the live view from the city camera showing gray sky over capitol hill, and our sunrise at 5:56. occasional showers through the day. we'll have an umbrella handy. 60s through the morning and noontime. briefly low 70s mid-afternoon. passing showers moving through along with thunder and lightning. off and on tonight, a closeup look at the radar and latest trends in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> not receiving reports of accidents right now. but i'm definitely seeing delays. very slow in fact as you travel i-95 out of stafford. delays start. travel speed, looking at 23 m

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roads -- which of those near you are closed. 60s, off to a mild start throughout virginia, maryland, and the eastern shore. much of west virginia, as well. upper 50s to near 60 degrees. here's what's been happening the last 12 hours. all this moving color, those are the showers, they are diminishing. got clusters of heavier downpours farther south in southern virginia. that may move closer to the metro area later this afternoon. right now the closeup view of the radar showing thankfully that heavier rain we had this morning is diminishing in size and in intensity. right now just a few sprinkles in the district, prince george's, in fairfax, and down toward woodbridge and southern prince william county. there's one moderate shower here right along the potomac where it meets montgomery county and fairfax county. that's right near great falls. that's slowly drifting into montgomery county over the next half-hour. so the roads are going to be wet as a result. and with that overnight rain, we've got flash flood warnings out for prince william county, it includes the cities of manassas, manassas city park.

by noontime anyway back in western maryland, eastern west virginia.his will get closer to the metro and i-95 toward 3:00. as we go into the afternoon, look at the scattering of showers around. rumbles of thunder through 6:00 p.m. here we are at 9:00. this front comes through but tomorrow a wave on the front gives us yet more showers from midday in the afternoon. so today mid 70s, if not upper 70s. some sunny breaks as well. better chance of showers and storms in the afternoon. 60 to 65 tonight with a few showers. 75 tomorrow with more showers. thursday cooler, stray shower possible, around 70. friday looks great around 70. right now the weekend looks pretty good. temps in the mid-70s. let's go to monika santami at 6:17. this commute has had its issues. >>> it's east, it's west. it's just been all over town. imgoing to start off with the east side of town on the westbound side ever route 50. it's a multi-vehicle crash. it was moved to the left shoulder a while ago. let's go to our cameras so i can show you what it looks like on the westbound side of ro

again, you're focusing here into eastern west virginia. they've had a tendency to fall apart a little bit. we'll see if they make it into the d.c. metro area. off to the north and west a cold front. towards detroit and chicago you see the light rain showers. that will start to sag into the region later today. much of your day will be partly sunny, warm and humid, with highs in the 80s. near 90 near central virginia. tonight as the front moves in, we'll deal with the potential for another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms and again, some could be strong. temperatures are warm. 67 now in washington. 16bwi marshall -- 61 at bwi marshall. 88in fredericksburg. turn up the heat. more details on the weekend in a minute, allison, and tony, back to you at the desk. >>> tucker, thank you. six months now until election day and the campaign will kick off officially tomorrow for president obama. even though the candidates have been campaigning for months. >> virginia is looking more and more like a key battleground contest. president obama a

. >>> newt gingrich is making an announcement at 3:00 eastern in arlington, virginia, he won only two contests in south carolina and in georgia, which he represented in congress for 20 years. his campaign is reported being more than $4 million in debt. while congress is on break this week, c-span 2 and c-span3 are featuring special primetime programming. tonight american history tv primetime looks at two battles of the civil war starting at 8:00 eastern with the battle of fort donaldson and at 9:00, shy lowe batt shiloh battlefield. c-span2, book tv in primetime, memoirs of american soldiers who served in iraq and afghanistan including the story of an ill didn't fated special forces unit in eastern afghanistan and the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. it all starts at 8:00 eastern. >>> spent the weekend in oklahoma city with book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern, check in on literary life with book tv on c-span2 including governor mayor fallon's must-read political books. david boren on his, "a letter to merc america." from the histo

virginia may get to near freezing over the next hour. closer to washington, upper 30s shenandoah valley, as well as much of the eastern west virginia area and western maryland. closer in the city, just in the upper 40s and low 50s. but a little way outside the beltway, only near 40 degrees. montgomery, prince george's, fairfax county, stafford and spotsylvania, 40s as well as west to the blue ridge. much of southern maryland, too, away from the waters. over the low 40s. around waldorf now, only 42 degrees. by 9:00, we'll be in the 50s to around 60. we'll have a rapid warmup. then by noontime, for your lunch hour, should be delightful. a few clouds coming through. a lighter wind than we had yesterday. should be in the 60s by then. then by mid-afternoon, we'll be hitting the low 70s. by late afternoon, near 70. sunset at 8:10. mid 60s. the friday evening planner and a look at the day ahead, that will be in ten minutes. danella has traffic. >>> good morning. well, our area is picking up some steam if you're traveling southbound on i-270 making your way past 109. you're hitting the brakes just a bit. i can tell you past 109, the road opens

northern neck and eastern shore. virginia beach, 70. it's going to be warming up. here's the forecast for quantico and prince william county. by mid morning, it should be in the mid 70s. by noontime, near 80. a few clouds in and out. then by late afternoon, into the mid 80s. and then into the evening hours, a small chance of a passing thundershower. by midnight, down to near 70. by this time tomorrow morning, the low 60s. we'll look at rainfall totals from yesterday and the day planner. that's coming up at 5:11. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. checking live cameras along the dulles toll road. no issues to report. travel lanes are open in this area. in fact, your travel speed from hunter mill road to the beltway, driving at 57 miles per hour. that's what the sensors are picking up. taking six minutes to get to the beltway. continuing on the beltway, taking the outer loop of the beltway from the dulles toll road heading to the interchange, not bad at all. 62 miles per hour in this area. and so far looking like a 13-minute trip. if you're takin

and around the bay, much of virginia, low 70s. eastern shore, ocean city, 70s. in the mountains where the rain did fall, maryland into the mid 60s as well as the shenandoah valley and into west virginia. now for the rest of the day today, we will have some sunshine. this morning should be great weather for the parades. it's going to be hot and humid. definitely wear the sunblock, wear plenty of water. it's going to be a hot, humid afternoon. temperatures reaching the low 90s by mid-afternoon. there's a chance of a passing thunderstorm popping up again, looks like late afternoon, perhaps into this evening. there's a smaller chance than yesterday. sunrise at 5:46. sunset at 8:25. i'm back with an update in ten minutes. danella has a look at the holiday traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. we do seem to have a tree down. this is on river road. this is at the intersection of springfield drive. all your lanes are blocked in this area. i'm going keep watching it because i did see earlier cars were able to get by. right now looks like all of your lanes are blocked b

ellicott city headed toward baltimore with lighter rains stretched back into parts of even eastern west virginia, back towards charles town and harpers ferry. sperryville, lightning and thunder here. then the heaviest stuff we're seeing, you folks in culpeper, this is knocking on your doorstep. that's going to come through all moving to the east. get ready. this will eventually in the next 20, 30 minutes move into fauquier county and points to the south of d.c. that one is going to miss us there. our bus stop forecast, i think give a couple hours and any lingering showers will be south and east of town. temps in the 50s and 60s this morning with sunrise less than an hour away at 6:10. today we are looking i said the early showers for the most part. partly sunny. there could be a stray shower here. look at these highs though. low 80s. going to be about 10 degrees above afternoon. 50s north this morning. mid-60s south. we're sitting at 62. as lieu outside on our michael & son weather camera, the flag standing a little tall at the capitol. 62 degrees. southwesterly winds at 3 and the dew point 54.

are the remnants of trough call storm beryl that unloaded tonights of rain in eastern north carolina, southeastern virginia. this was as of 4:00 yesterday afternoon. watch what happens next. it just raced out to sea, taking all of the clouds and moisture with it. all the moisture has cleared out, high pressure has moved in and humidity has dropped and so have the temperatures. all these areas in the light green are in the low 60s. except for right near the bay it's in the 70s. near the water, low to mid-60s. these dark green arias, 50s. western virginia, western maryland, cool and mid to upper 50s on this thursday morning. here's your day planner for this thursday. we'll have a lot of sunshine throughout the day. just gorgeous. enjoy. sunrise at 5:45. by 9:00, in the mid-70s. by noon, near 80. ought to hit the low to mid-80s. lots of sun in the afternoon. a sunblock day. 80s by 6:00. i'm back in another ten minutes with an update. danella is here with traf snook good morning, tom. we're starting out with a serious accident at 395 northbound at 12th street blocking at least three of your lanes. not seeing d

the rain gets heavy on the eastern shore and toward virginia beach. that is where the remnants of b eryl are moving through. we will keep an eye on some of the sprinkles that have popped up. a reenforcing shot of cool air coming our way and it still trying to kick up a sprinkle in some areas. i enlarge, the moisture is tied up with the tropical system moving off the coast and not much in the way of rain expected here. it is now technically a post tropical cyclone. it still was the circulation and rain but the path takes it right out to sea and away from the mid-atlantic coast. behind that comes a nice air mass with a slightly cooler conditions for tomorrow. 82 at the airport. 98 is a record high set just last year. 38 the record low going back to 1996. there goes the tropical system. a dot of clouds with a new front coming in. behind that, it is cool with temperatures in the '40's and '50's. frost and freeze warnings in effect for michigan. a taste of that filtering in tonight and tomorrow. here comes the secondary front sliding through tonight. it wo

that includes most of maryland, virginia, the eastern shore. off to a mild start. hometown forecast for la plata in charles county, by 9:00, still in the mid 60s. maybe light rain from time to time. then by noontime, it should be up -- in the upper 60s with showers. mid to late afternoon, thunder and lightning accompanying some of the rain. near 70 by then. over the evening hours, back to the mid 60s. by late evening, occasional showers, maybe thunder and lightning. this is going to continue off and on through the night and into tomorrow morning. during the day on tuesday, it does look like we'll get more rain. here are the total rainfall amount i think we may get from this system. all this area in lavender and red is a zone of potential inch and a half to 2.5 inches. maybe a few places in the red zone could get up to four inches of rain. this is just to the west of the central shenandoah valley, into the panhandle of west virginia. now a closeup it the metro area, a couple of inches of needed rain. the deficit has been running about five inches for 2012. we certai

maybe even mostly sunny but we may start to see a couple of storms firing out here eastern west virginiaick up here early this afternoon crossing the state line to the shenandoah valley i-81. 2:00 winchester 83 you could have some storms and still be okay here in the metro area. this activity is going to march to the east and these storms this afternoon as we get into the mid and later parts of the afternoon approaching the metro area tend to be strong to severe. we're worried about the threat of some hail and even damaging wind gusts through the evening hours as well. >>> thank you howard, you heard of food trucks, how about a fashion truck? >> really? think of it as a walk-in closet on wheels and it just rolled into washington for a six week stay and it starts today. kristin fisher takes us on a tour of the styleliner. >> reporter: so this is the styleliner. and it is my own mobile boutique on wheels. >> reporter: joey is the drive force behind what she calls the world's first treasure chest on wheels. for two years ago this truck was a far cry from the chic boutique it's become. >> it

a chill into the air. 40s in virginia, maryland, and into the eastern shore, away from the waters.ight near the waters, in the 50s, as well as on the tidal potomac at reagan national. only mid 40s into fairfax county, loudoun, stafford, spotsylvania, southern maryland, too. upper 40s in charles county, parts of northern st. mary's, into calvert and anne arundel. montgomery county, most locations there are near 50. in the low to mid 50s now in arlington county. and as we look at the view from space, just a few wispy, high clouds coming over. and as the day progresses, sunrise at 5:53. we'll have a few high clouds this morning by noontime. it should be, though, near 70. and mostly sunny, and a delightful afternoon. low humidity, temperatures climbing into the upper 70s. so quite a dramatic jump from where we are now. about a 30-degree jump. and then overnight tonight for your friday night fun, we'll be having a clear evening. a beautiful evening. but there will be a chill in the air by late evening. it will be in the upper 50s by 11:00 or midnight or so. then down to the upper 40s to

virginia. and calvert county, parts of the eastern shore. there is the cloud cover over northern virginia, district, few thin spots out here in loudoun county. and right along the blue ridge, they have sunshine breaking out but levels below 3,000 feet are pretty much socked in with clouds right now. fredericksburg has sunshine. as we go forward, over the next 48 hours. that leaves clouds in and out and a few peeks of sun off and on into the afternoon. overall quite cloudy pattern. into tonight, remaining cloudy. then during the day tuesday, here comes showers in the area and breen and yellow. these are zones of potential showers moving in. maybe thunder and lightning and later in the afternoon, might get some strong storms. that would be late tomorrow afternoon and into early tomorrow evening. potential for severe weather. for the rest of the afternoon expect mostly cloudy sky. temperatures only peaking in the low 70s around. of the region. warmer out west where they had a lot of sun this morning. southeasterly flow will keep it cool and comf

virginia. this storm near petersburg weakening to the eastern and west virginia panhandle. fog also an issue. one eighth a mile of visibility at bwi. quarter mile warrenton and orange and also the martinsburg region. and also stafford that's the airport. 95 looked okay but some of the rural areas are where we have the fog. low 60s east. crofton, millersburg, bwi 61. low 60s just about everywhere except for reagan national at 64 degrees. as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera just a few clouds to the northeast this morning with 64- degrees and a light south southeast wind at 5 miles per hour. dew point though it's above 60 so the air is all juicy. a look at the storms this morning front up here. some moisture also coming in from our south and west. and just a matter of time with the daytime heating that we'll see these thousands and storms develop. again we should be okay through the middle of the day. it's the afternoon and evening hours that pose the greatest risk for us. 86. tonight we're in the 60s and get partly cloudy after the enoing storms. -- evening storms. 80 tomorro

much of maryland and virginia and the eastern shore right near the bay waters, it's near 70. it's only in the 50s to near 60. much of the shenandoah valley into the mountain this morning and the panhandle of west virginia, martinsburg up to hagerstown. in many of the rural areas, certainly a cool start. four-day forecast. beautiful afternoon. highs to low 80s. low humidity in place and big changes tofrmt clouds close in. before then and into the low 80s and some of those storms light afternoon and tomorrow evening could produce damaging winds and heavy you up pours and then saturday morning may be a lingering shower but the rest of the weekend looking terrific as we dry out and first part of next week through midweek. highs near 80. i'm back in 10 minutes. danella is here with the latest traffic update. >> good morning. i'm tracking breaking news on the roadways for you. first let's start out in maryland. still have marlboro closed in both directions. this is due to a fatal accident. take route 4 as an alternate route. let's head over to i-66. eastbound at gal lohse blocks the

eastern. located near orange, virginia. in addition to the fourth it includes the gill mother cabin. american history tv visited the restored freedman's farm to learn what life was like for an emancipated slave and his family. >> welcome to this the gilmore cabin. freedom's farm here at james madison's montpelier. my name is christian cotz. this farm was built in the 1870s after the civil war and if you follow me inside i'll show you around. george cotz was a slave for james madison born in 1810 from the family's oral tradition. what happens to georgia after dolly madison had to sell montpelier we're not sure. the slaves were broken into three distinct groups at that time. one group was sold with the plantation to henry moncure, first group after the madisons, one group of slaves was sold outside to other owners all over and one group of slaves accompanied dolly to washington, where she had moved. we believed george gilmore were among the slaves sold with montpelier and stayed on the property after its sale. the next time george gilmore appears in the record is 1870 when he shows up

virginia. however, eastern shore, many locations dipped into the 40s. ocean city, 45. easton to cambridge, mid 40s there, as well around kent island. the western side of the bay, 50s. that includes montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. by 9:00, still a few breaks in the clouds, and temperatures climbing to the low 60s. and we'll have still a few breaks in the clouds perhaps around noontime for your lunch hour. by then should be in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. and then a lot of clouds around, does look like, for the rest of the afternoon. we'll be cloudy and boy late afternoon we'll fall from the low 70s, mid-afternoon back to the 60s. and it is going to be fairly mild through the afternoon. this is typical for early to mid-may. highs reaching low 70s this afternoon. sun sets at 8:07. i'll have another update coming up in ten minutes. danella, coming up right now with traffic. >>> good morning. taking the rails, open with no reported delays. not seeing anything on the metro, marc, and vre. now over to the roadways, checking bridges in our ar

it's reaching just to about southern portions of the eastern shore of virginia there. akimack county, right offshore from ocean city. that's where the heaviest rain band is. and it continues to head off to the north and northeast. this storm will continue to exit the east coast. thank goodness. take a look at the track. in fract, it's picking up a lot of speed now. by tomorrow afternoon, it will be way out in the atlantic. and eventually, it will become an extra tropical storm. but it did create quite a bit of rain today. some areas picking up 4 to 5 inches of rain and wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. now, bernadette is in the outback. bernadette has a look at the rainfall we had and changes in the temperatures. >> that's right. the front directing beryl out to sea is account directing our rain. the farther west you went, an inch in columbia, sparks. also westminster, about an inch. but the one that really stands out, bwi marshall. just 12/100ths. but the thing is, that's officially where records are kept. that's going to factor into our rainfall for the day. temperat

had some hail up in frederick county, maryland and virginia. easternestern maryland had heavy storms. we had that come through. this morning just the isolated showers all you're seeing left out here west of town. this stuff is becoming pretty sparse. however, south and east of town, we've got showers in calvert county. got some showers also down toward waldorf and la plata and in southeastern areas of prince george's county. maybe a few sprinkles there on 301 as well as especially south of route 50. but in the northern neck, you see around tappahannock and newland coming up toward st. mary's county, heavier showers will still be possible for the next hour or so. your temps, they're in the 60s. leesburg, lovettsville low 60s along with haymarket at 62. we're still holding on to 70 in college park. it's 70 in baltimore. 65 for rock ville. outside in washington this morning, a quiet this morning. a little bit of light showing up on our michael & son weather camera. still a dark morning for the most part with sunrise about half an hour away. cloudy skies a

shenandoah valley and into much of west virginia and western maryland, closer to washington, virginia, eastern shore, all these areas in green, they're generally in the low to mid-50s. so quite a cool start. you'll need a light jacket. this morning before you head off to work and school, a lot of sunshine through mid morning. we'll have winds gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. temperatures by mid morning should be 60 degrees. by noontime, your lunch hour, we'll be in the mid-60s. the wind will be a bit blustery and bright sunshine. warmer up later this afternoon. we'll have a look at that in ten minutes. danella has a look at your morning commute. >> if you're taking the rails, we have a couple of things to worry about. also on metro, if you're taking the red line, metro's single tracking between silver spring metro station and tacoma due to a problem outside silver spring, you can expect delays on the red line in both directions. over to the marc, a few delays, but they're not terrible. if you're traveling on the brunswick eeftd train 70, you're looking at a 12-minute delay. and just a five-min

and then in the eastern seaboard if you are in virginia up to d.c., definitely a period of rain this afternoon and thunderstorms. and that could even be near philadelphia and new york city during the day. and i mentioned the heat. look at this, lynn. 99 is the forecast high in dallas tomorrow. and 90 in chicago. so it looks like our heat, well, remember how hot last summer was? >> yes. >> looks like -- >> but it was july around that time. it's end of may. what is happening? bill, thanks. >>> more fallout from facebook. and a new winner when it comes to creepy online auctions. this should take the cake. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> indy can't keep pace with miami, and the kings are crowned. they are heading to the stanley cup finals after a thrilling overtime win. you're watching "first look." ♪ dave, i've downloaded a virus. yeah. ♪ dave, where are we on the new laptop? it's so slow! i'm calling dave. [ telephone rings ] [ male announcer ] in a small business, technology is all you. that's why you've got us. at the staples pc savings eve

that includes much of virginia, west virginia, and maryland, as well as around the eastern shore. those areas in green, in the 50s. that's right along the tidal potomac, around tidewater, 50s. elsewhere, 40s, maybe a few locations, low 40s. parts of the panhandle of west virginia, charlestown, martinsburg toward winchester. and then into the mountains, as well. it's just in the low 40s much of western maryland. much of west virginia. we'll have a few high clouds this morning. our temperatures by mid morning, warming up quickly. all the way to around the low to mid 60s by, it does look like, mid morning. by noontime for your lunch hour, should be around 70 degrees. lots of sunshine, a delightful afternoon. we'll be peaking in the upper 70s, mid to upper 70s by mid-afternoon. and then by late afternoon, back down to the low 70s. a look at your friday evening planner. that is in ten minutes. eun? >> thank you very much. >>> 6:03 now. are you taking a look at the last known video of trayvon martin. this shows the 17-year-old inside a sanford, florida, 7-eleven back in late february. he

. >>> sheperdstown, west virginia is in the eastern panhandle of the state near the famous civil war sites of harper's ferry an an teed am. chartered by the virginia assembly in 1762, it is the oldest town in the state. today, sheperdstown is thoem a division of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, a bureau of the department of interior. that is where q and a went in late april to talk with historian douglas brinkley about his book on the influence of our 26th president, on the history of the conservation movement. the book is tighted "the wildnerness warrior" theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. >>> doug bringley, why did you want to start our conversation about your book at this center? >> this is the national conservation training center, this is where biologists get trained, make sure that our rivers and our marshlands are taken care of, that manage endangered species, the headquarters of u.s. fish and wildlife but cleaders come here for seminars and learn proper methods and techniques. walking past are pictures of caribou in alaska, roosevelt was very interested in all

i in the eastern panhandle of west virginia. these are not severe but heavy storms moving in the western sections of frederick county. it is a very active weather day and becoming more active later tonight. we started off two waves of storms but now it is consolidating. extending to the southwest of our viewing area. this is under a severe thunderstorm watch. storms may become severe. these are warnings in effect. a small area under a flash flood warnings for another couple of hours. some of the rainfall came through. we had three whether -- weather bugs. picking up 0.07 of 1 inch. still around 90 where the sunshine is still shining. 89 in the nation's capital. it feels warmer with the wind -- temperatures and the humidity at 50%. the cool air will move in. tomorrow will be a transition day. we will be in the mid-80's. thursday is the day that we will -- it will move in. it will be nice here on thursday. beryl will move offshore and may intensify into a tropical storm. the moment the center is overland it with -- it will bring h