you see a north wind art elkin, a northeast wind in haggers town and then the south wind around come umberland -- cumberland. what you're going to be dealing with no matter what the direction of the wind today, these warm temperatures are still back up in the 90s. there's a front we're watching that's going to start drifting down across are the area on sunday. high pressure still pumping that warm air in. that high is going to come -- the front is going to come through here, it may trigger a thunderstorm or two on sunday. as soon as it moves in and out of here, we get the break. we've been talking about maybe another 48 hours, two more days of dealing with this. we heat up today, we heat up tomorrow. our forecast high tomorrow in the low 100s with the heat index at 110. our sunset time is 8:36. 101, the record is 105. it's going to be a hot one today. 79 tonight, mainly clear, very warm and humid. tomorrow there you go, very hot with sun, some clouds, 103. no matter how you slice it, that's ugly. >> you got it. >> i don't know what else to say about that. >> you don't need anything e

west winds at 10, barometer holding steady. 90 elkin. with those showers you're going to drop quickly. 72 oakland, 84 cumberland. locally, mid 80s. bel air is going to drop with this shower activity close to you as well. generally, slightly above average, our normal high now 8 7. so far i've seen a high of 90 at the airport. tomorrow winds will turn more to the northwest. tomorrow afternoon a chance of more thunderstorm activity. a lot of it tomorrow is going to pass to our south again. it will begin to dry out. lower humidity air coming in our next on wednesday. hot air to the west. they've had an incredibly hot and dry summer. right now kansas city still at 102, detroit 97. tomorrow i think we'll see low to mid 90s but have that risk of showers as a front approaches to give us some clouds and a risk solve scattered showers. behind it a cooler drier air mass coming in. for wednesday, it looks nice for the middle of the week and we'll starting up again and more humidity be i the end of the week. there's more -- by the end of the week. th

95 on tv hill. 98 in dc, 94 elkin. figure you're in the low to mid 90s with the heat index. air comes tomorrow. check it out. the real vortex of heat is in the center of the country. look what's transferred over to the east coast. we're one of ten states that's going to see a real feel heat index numbers of 105 to 110 tomorrow. that's going to carry on through wednesday. you bet some tough weather, no question about it. maybe we're going to get some shade clouds over the next couple of showers, but that's about the only break we see. there's a cold front coming that's going to bust this heat and humidity out of here, give us some thunderstorms on wednesday. it's going to take until friday to get to comfortable conditions, just in time for the weekend. 93 today, maybe a pop up thunderstorm, not unlike yesterday. tomorrow 98. again, the heat index of 105, stronger heat index on wednesday. we will look at the five day, it has some good news at the end coming up shortly. >> thank you. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, are fillings bad for your children? how they

a northeast wind in elkin actually. just a bit of tilt in that arrow. nothing too gusty, but the winds are going to be picking up at times when the storms roll through here. a lot of activity around. still dealing with that stalled front to our south and low pressure system driving that. it's just going to linger for the next day or so. we also have high pressure that is moving offshore. that's allowing for the rain to move on into the area. couple that with a warm front followed by a cold front that's starting to push into the area from the west. that's going to get here tomorrow and then start the clean on out of here. all of those dynamics bring us the chance of showers and some thunderstorms. what's going to happen after that warm front moves on out of here, cold front follows, that drags primarily across the northern tier of our viewing area, into central pennsylvania. our temperatures are going to go up. high pressure builds back in, more sunshine heading into the week. more of a flow in from the west and southwest and our temperatures go back in

the area is primarily except that moisture. 70 elkin, easton, still two shy of 80 annapolis and kentumid morning. it's going to be humid through the day. we'll mention spotty showers and thundershowers this afternoon, this evening. the same deal tomorrow. it's wednesday though when a coal front dives into the -- cold front dives into the region and i think it's going to be a stormy day. 88 the high today. i can't promise more than 6 out of so 10 -- out of 10 may see a shower. tomorrow the same forecast with a high of 89. wednesday unsettled. saturday still a cull of -- a couple of question marks. >>> here come those traffic cams and sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. >> good morning. over all not so bad out there. one accident and starting the see one minor delay. that still there at 165. you can -- still have the sink hole on east monument. the water main break still blocking light. one delay out there, that is the west side of the beltway outer loop slow, 50 is your average. when you take a look at this shot on the west side, everything is running smoothly. just a minor delay

between now and then wow. 78 degrees, 71% humidity. 75 easton, 70 elkin and cumberland, 68 in oaklanddistrict and packs river at 82, 81 annapolis and kent island, 71 bel air, 74 rock hall. we've had some clouds across the area during the over night. skies as you saw from ron's live shot have cleared out. cold front is coming through sunday. the back of the heat gets breken. oke breken -- breken. breken. today 101 -- broken. today 101. 79 over night. tomorrow 103 at bwi marshall. you know for fact in any of the urban islands it could be as hot as 106. tack another five to seven degrees for the heat index. on sunday 98. there are the thunderstorms. it's a strong frontal boundary that's going to knock us back to 86 monday. tuesday and wednesday, both days 84. >>> the rush right now from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. if you are just about to head out, we have a few problems that could get in your way. a ladder on 95, in the northbound direction at the beltway on the northeast side. apparently it's in the middle of the road. watch for an accident at north wolfe at

we have a slight northwest wind here elkin it's already shifted to the east and we should see those here tomorrow. to the west a lot of showers and thunderstorms, some have been strong. they're going through indiana and kentucky down to the southeast. we may see some of these over night tomorrow and during the day tomorrow this front is going to stall out so we have a chance of getting more showers around thunderstorms. some good stuff in west virginia as you can see. it should begin to die out as we lose the sun. i think garrett county will see them in the next 2 to 3 hours. over the next 24 hours, not much changes with the front. cooler air, good chance of showers. on saturday could see some lighter rain and drizzle with winds off the ocean. thes going -- it's going to cool down with the east winds. tonight showers around -- and thunderstorms. 70 tonight. only around 82 tomorrow. clouds for the most part, a couple showers and some thunderstorm activity. could see some decent rain between now and saturday. 1 to 2 inches is possible and that would be a good thing. >> that would. >>> stil

ocean city , maryland at 74, 75 packs river, 76 dc, the low 70s easton, elkin, downtown, 68 cumberlandnd columbia. it's an easy for forecast. we have a frontal browned ri moving our -- boundary moving our way. a high of 93 today. showers around thunderstorms may linger over night. it's a wait and see type of deal. mostly cloudy, 7 the -- 72 tonight. 94 tomorrow. there's that frontal boundary moving through to make a beautiful wednesday. some good weather as we move towards the latter part of july. >>> now over to christy breslin at traffic control. hello. >> reporter: d -- >> traveling on the inner loop, we have police activity on 795. as far as other accidents, northbound 295 an accident at route 100. southbound 95 some slow traffic. we still have con gregs in the city because of those water main breaks. east lombard and light street the two right lanes are blocked. we also have fleet street closed. everything moving along fine at 295 at 32. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota. now is the time to make the jump to toyota to find out how many ways there are to save when you

now down to 68 cumberland, 66 oakland, 74 elkin, the mid 70s dc easton, packs river, 76 rock hall. an app police and kent ie -- annapolis and kent island two shy of 80. my car exploded to 97 yesterday. we forecasted the low 90s. the same today. we may end up having the same result, a much warmer temperature. watch a little moisture west. the next best chance of rain is going to be wednesday when a big cold front comes in and knocks the heat and humidity out of here. 93 the high today, a less of a chance for thunderstorms than yesterday, but still worth a mention. clear, humid, 72 over night. 98 tomorrow. the same deal on wednesday. wednesday night here comes that frontal boundary. beautiful friday and saturday. >>> what awaits you on the way to work? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> we have picked up a new accident. this one is in ham stead on root 30 at trin ton mills. that accident still on 70 westbound still in the clearing stages. 62 and 60 are your averages on the top and west side. 63 and 56 on 95 southbound 795 you can see running smoothly there. this traffic report

western maryland right now 67 oakland, 71 cumberland, 70s around elkin, 80 dc, 75 packs river and naval air, 77 rock hall, 70 columbia, 76 westminster, 74 in bel air. here's a better view of that shower activity. it's light shower activity to the west. again, it's going to move our way. the bigger feature is is this frontal boundary pressing into the area tonight with thunderstorms behind it. 95 going to be the high today, going to feel more like 101. 70 over night. partly sunny, worth a mention not a symbol, spotty thunderstorms tomorrow, 92. getting less humid through the day. 90 sunday through tuesday, 92 wednesday. >>> what awaits you on the way to work? here is christy breslin with wjz traffic control. >> good morning. let's start with the accident in the bwi area, aviation boulevard. we just can't seem to get away from the water main breaks. middle river road we have a water main break there. we have that accident west franklin in baltimore city along with police activity that has park heights avenue closed. that other water main break that we've been dealing with and will be deal

it's 81 easton, 78 packs river, 89 ocean city, 75 elkin, 65 in oakland, 10 warmer in westminster, 76bel air, 80 columbia, rock hall 78, 82 annapolis and kent island. we had a couple showers last night. that was going to be the wind shift, it wasn't going to take heat away but knockout humidity. here's a little truth in broadcasting. when i waublged -- walked out the door i didn't feel a difference. 98 the high, feeling like 103. 70 over night. 104 on saturday. could feel more like 107 or 108. that is extreme. sunday 95. final lyly monday and tuesday in -- finally monday and tuesday into the mid 80s. if it is 86 both those days it's a degree below normal. >>> any complications on the current commute, here is sharon with wjz traffic control. >> good morning. only a few complications and they don't seem to be two major. one an accident in the city on west 29th. that -- also fire activity in middle river road. also a water main break still there southbound york road. two way traffic pattern in effect in the northbound direction. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway. 60 still your

elkins, 100. it is 86 in oakland. there is a little relief in the mountains. here is the satellite imagery with thunderstorm clusters along the cold front. it is slowly moving to the south. some of the storms may get into northern maryland overnight. we are in the humid air mass. when the front rows through -- goes through, it will take the humidity down and push the hottest air to the south. the orange will be headed south tomorrow into monday. slightly cooler or more normal air coming in. we will eventually see 80's instead of 70's. all kinds of advisories until 10:00 this evening for heat, high humidity, and dangerous conditions, and also because of the activity north of us. there is a slight risk of severe weather baltimore northward tonight. most of that will be in pennsylvania. we will see what happens. tonight, warm and humid. maybe a thundershower. 77 to 83 for the overnight low. we're back in the 90's tomorrow. this is still hot and humid, just not as extreme. thunderstorms likely tomorrow. some could be severe. this area size to the south so we will

the low 70s cumberland, 66 oakland, 73 elkin, baltimore, easton, ocean city, 76 dc, 78 packs river, 73 columbia, westminster and bel air, upper 70s rock hall, annapolis and kent island. here's this moisture. thest -- it's going to define our moisture. skies don't clear out until sunday. we could use this rain. what we need is a few hours of a gentle steady type of rain. if we get heavy thunderstorms like yesterday we will see additional flooding problems. 85 the high, 67 over night. tomorrow periods of rain, 78 is the high. given the heat index of two days ago, that's a feel -- an actual feel of 32 degrees cooler. we have watch, warnings and advisories to talk about area wide. we have a flash flood watch in effect for moisture. that will continue to fall as we move through the weekend because of that low following that frontal boundary. clear it out sunday. take it away. >> thank s. >>> let's check in with sharon gibala at traffic control. >> good morning. we cleared up the accident on major readways now we have three -- roadways now we have three in the city. east center at saint paul

a range of temperatures from 70 at elkin to 66 in easton, 67 westminster, 66 columbia, almost 70 rock hall, 70 bel air. the mid upper 70s around annapolis and kent island. there's a big slug of moisture out to the west that wants to give us some rain, but it's not going to happen. it's an indication of hot and humid air. the rain chance is going to be for pop up thunderstorms saturday and sunday. today 88 degrees, a mixture of sun and clouds. high clouds in the area, almost an over cast. 68 over night. tomorrow is the first time we mention a thunderstorm in spots. can't put the symbol up. 92 is the high. 92 sunday, same forecast. 95 monday . tuesday and wednesday two shy and one shy of 100 and humid. >>> now over to sharon at traffic control. >> it's been a fantastic morning on the roads. so far just two accidents. one of them to the west on 70 eastbound at route 97. the other one isn't the city on west preston street at cathedral. no delays on the beltway on the top or west side. 95 running smoothly and at full speed also. there's a live look at the west side of the beltway. we are s

barometer at 2988. 83 oak land, 85 cumberland, almost 90 elkin, easton, dc, packs river, ocean city. 90 columbia, 88 annapolis and kent island. next to the water, rock hall, kent island, it's stemmy. 87 bel air, 88 westminster. welly -- really what we're looking at which is triggering these showers is a wind shift. temperatures aren't going to drop. we will peel some humidity out out here tomorrow. those days of soda and pretzels and beer, will be back to those before too long. the upper 90s today. the low mid 70s over night. tomorrow a 98 degree high, slightly less humid. it gets impressive as we go to the weekend. those details are coming up shortly. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, testing for hiv at home. the new test just approved by the fda is coming up in health watch. >> wjz 13 is always on for you. here are some of the stories we follow on or website. for constant update of all today's news and the first warning,,,,,, >>> in today's wjz health watch, the fda has approved the first at home hiv testing quick. it using a sample to swab taken from a person's m

there is the line that is coming through elkin. it will break up a bit as we go through the evening. what is left of it will be around 10:00, 11:00 coming through the washington area. as the weather front will be hanging around as with so much moisture in the error, tomorrow once again as we get into the evening the risk of damaging winds and also the possibility of flash flooding tomorrow before big changes come our way for the weekend. >> thank you very much. we want to remind you when we are not on you can log onto wjla.com for the most up-to-date weather conditions. you can put in your zip code for a forecast targeted to where you live. >> the cleanup is under way in one neighborhood that was hard hit by the storm. even as residents are still recovering. it one block stretch of arcadia place is showing the signs of a difficult summer. overnight this oak tree came crashing down on two different homes. trees have crushed cars. some of the homes lost power for six days are in the dark again. >> there was a tree down on 31st street

elkins, i've read your report. the recommendation is he be given credit for time he served and that he be released today. are you agreement with the recommendation here made by the probation officer? >> judge, it really bothers me that this young man is sitting here today. he's had numerous services offered to him by this court. he's 18. he has no education. he has an adult record in another state. he has a serious juvenile record. and unless he gets his life together very quickly i know after being a prosecutor for 25 years that he's headed for a very bleak future, and it just bothers me to see somebody at 18 walking out of this court that's provided him so many opportunities to change, and he hasn't availed himself to the opportunities. but because there are no further services that the juvenile court can provide him, at this time, i am in agreement with probation's recommendation. >> i'm in agreement with probation's recommendation. he did not walk away from his programs without getting anything out of them. i t

a little bit less humid. 78 oakland, 82 cumberland, 84 elkin and easton, the mid 80s dc, 78 ocean city, westminster and bel air 85 and 85, 84 columbia, 85 rock hall, annapolis and kent island both at 83. the high pressure continues to build from the north and forces that stalled front further south. it's tough go. it's fighting for control. the high is going to win out with the help of an area of slow pressure moving down to the south. i want you to know what's happening thursday. i don't want you to think warmer more humid air is going to come piling in. that high is going to et is up and we -- set up and we will indeed see a return to -- if you want to say hot, not with a capital h and humid conditions you can curtesy of the high that's giving us a pleasant day today. that trend is going to continue into the weekend. with humidity, we are going to see a chance of isolated pop you are showers and thundershowers in the afternoon. i don't think the weekend is a waste of time. it could get unsettled. 90 is high today. 48 your over night low, patchy clouds. tomorrow the same deal, 90 but

charleston, a couple rumbles of thunder with it but now it's beginning to weaken as it heads through elkins and the higher elevation. the worst is texarcana. pretty good thunderstorm overhead but this area desperately needs rain. you're getting a good soaking and also the southeast corner of oklahoma. so your forecast for this friday, we are going to see a chance of thunderstorms on and off here right along the eastern seaboard but it will be more your typical summertime storms, nothing like what we saw yesterday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. so there will be a chance of storms in areas like we saw yesterday in baltimore and washington, d.c. notice the temperatures haven't cooled off much in the mid-atlantic. still a very hot day today from the carolinas northward. baltimore could easily be into the mid-90s. and, lynn, you mentioned the drought conditions especially through the heartland, no reports of rain today. >>> well, coming up, facebook falls flat, starbucks weakens, and, finally, a place men can go to stock their man

that high is moving offshore and going to become a heat pump. 85 elkin, 84 dc.lk with ocean city 78, 84 columbia, westminster, rock all. the temperature and dew point pretty much the exact same as yesterday. why am i not obsessing but really trying to spotlight this dome of high pressure? it's going to be a different heat pump than what was a big dome of high pressure that hammered us about a week and a half ago. this is going offshore. it's going to get in that slot off the carolinas. what brought us that big heat of the past week and a half was located out to the west. we're sitting over the center of the country. this is really going to be a humid period coming up, more so than we dealt with during heat snap number two of the summer which just concluded. 90 today and comfortable, 70 over night. tomorrow it's going to be warm, noticeably more humid. when we get into this weekend look where that high is. it's not sitting out there over the side of the country, it's sitting offshore. it's coming right from the ocean, the air is. it's going to get sticky. >>> sti

when you factor that together, it already feels like 103 in baltimore, 105 in elkin, 106 ocean city. this is a very hot, very uncomfortable day. take a look at this graphic. this is a stretch of days but definitely the peak. the record today is 102, we're going to be close to that. we're going for a high of 101. that's not the only thing we're going to be dealing with today. the chance for some severe weather. for more on that we send it out to tim. >> reporter: the dew points are high, the moisture is high. we have a lot of fuel in the atmosphere for any thunderstorms that may fire up through the afternoon. let's take a look. radar show s that we have a front that's to our north that's going to be pushing into this region. that's the trigger for the storms. add that to the fuel that's already in place, these dew points and the heat and we can have some very strong thunderstorms firing up through the afternoon. the storm prediction center out of nor man, oklahoma has issued a slight risk area for us, expect for the lower eastern shore, the entire state is going to be under a slight r

still cloudy hagerstown, 82, mid 80s elkin, easton, dc. 90 packs river.reeze in ocean city 82. 82 westminster, bel air, 85 columbia, 82 rock hall. the shower activity was pretty much southern border if you will in northern ann arundel county. even with a bit of a bay effect two shy of 90 in dc. it's only a matter of time before the clouds shield this moisture will creep through the area and getting out of here. that solar hit is going to happen and temperatures are going to blossom through the afternoon. now we look towards tomorrow when an actual cold front dives towards the region. we're going to see cause and effect, showers, thunderstorms and some potentially gusty weather. we're going to mention maybe a shower or thunderstorm around. it's worth a mention and not a symbol. 99 or 100 is your high. 76, partly cloudy over night. tomorrow thunderstorms in the late afternoon with a high of 95 degrees. it's going to be interesting to watch the temperature over the next couple of hours. >> yeah. >> thank you . >>> still to come on witness eyewitness news at

we have 84 up towards elkin, 79 down towards dc. believe it or not, there's not much of a heat wave to talk about. 77 is the actual -- is what it feels like, although the actual temperature is around 76. we did come off of 12 straight days of 90 degree temperatures or better, four of those days were at 100 degrees or more and of those four days two of those were records and that was this past weekend, sunday and saturday. saturday we hit 104. we will continue to talk about what's going on for this week ahead. it's going to be much nicer than it has been. >> that's good news. remember to stay with wjz and first warning weather whenever severe weather threatens. go to wjz.com. >>> if you are on city water you're being urged to immediately begin conserving water. that's because a major line running from the ash berg treatment facility is in danger of failing. tests will start tomorrow to tie into lines from other centers. pressure will drop for the next few days. no outside watering or car washing is allowed and indoor use to be restri

in west virginia coming out of elkins, trying to get in towards virginia, we're looking at showers there. maybe a rumble of thunder. this is just starting to cross the state line here. here's harrisonburg. here's luray, woodstock, straussburg. this is moving toward the east. this will probably go across virginia generally south of i- 66 though we can't rule out a few other showers. where the sun has been out up north, it's warmer. hagerstown 83. more sun in the tappahannock area 86. more cloudiness we've got 70s. still a little wet on the lens from this morning although starting to see past some of that. 79, cloudy skies reported at reagan national on the hour with a light north wind at 3. still very muggy out there. humidity at 69%. big picture front a.m. boundary right across -- frontal boundary right across us. this will be the focal point for some showers and storms. i think it will be drifting slowly off to the south. the futurecast, the moisture will be sinking south. we'll head toward the evening hours when things start to settle down. south of town quiet although again south fred

you can see a tremendous amount of lightning with these storms back in parts of harrisonburg toward elkins and winchester. we've had a lot of lightning. proof of that was the house fire in kensington and we still see more storms upstream. big storms are just entering morgantown now on the other side of garrett county. the frontal system is still north of us. life look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. it was 101 today, down to 84, dew point not great. you don't want to see dew points in the 70s, pressure falling 29.85 inches of mercury, 77 frederick, 79 gaithersburg, 84 manassas, 90 in fredericksburg. all right. severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00, the threats hail and damaging wind. storms should diminish by midnight. more strong storms are possible tomorrow and even some storms friday. tonight severe storms ending by midnight, partly cloudy, muggy, lows in the 70s. tomorrow morning even during the morning we still run the risk of a shower or thunderstorm, 70s and 80s, so not as much sun as we had this morning. by afternoon partly sunny, not as much sun eit

even in a small state like west virginia, it might not sound like much but if you're coming from elkins to appraise a home in charleston, it is a totally different market. it's also 130 miles away. so you know, if this is the case, i know that the amcs have had an increased market share since 2008 and i'm curious to know what has contributed to this, putting a middle layer or more increased middle layer, has that increased the cost of the appraisal to the consumer. i'm really concerned about the cost of the appraisal to the consumer and the accuracy of the appraisal is essential. so i'm interested to know if dodd-frank provisions have absolutely created a more consumer-friendly process or not. so i appreciate the chairman for holding this hearing and i welcome our panelists to the committee room. thank you. >> the gentleman from california, mr. miller, is recognized for two minutes. >> i want to thank you for having this hearing this morning. it's extremely important. the appraisal process was broken but to some degree, is still broken. after hvcc passed in dodd-frank i remember arguing

if you look around the whole state , just void of precipitation. 89 elkin, they'll be dropping with the showers, 89 ocean city, 78 in oakland. dew point is up to 71. humid afternoon . 86 feels like 88. so it's a little more humid because of the humidity it makes it feel sticky. 87 annapolis and kent island. tomorrow the winds go back more to the northwest. late in the day a chance of showers again. it will drag in drier air. wednesday looks like a nice day. we're not going to get this hot, 98 in detroit, kansas city 102 down to 101 now. vfr -- very hot air over the midwest and plain states. they have had little rain and a tough summer. seattle at 64. miami humid 88 just like baltimore. in our part of the world, a front to the north will drag drier air into the area but ahead of it some scottered showers. a hot and humid day tomorrow, the low to mid 90s. late in the afternoon with the storms approaching, not as hot. it's going to move back as a warm front moving back, more humidity. winds around 10 tomorrow. tonight a widely scattered shower, not too impressed, maybe a rumble of thunder

in the mountains in elkins, west virginia, and in oakland looking at temperatures in the '60s in maryland. showers and storms from yesterday are gone. daytime highs will eventually make it into the mid-90s today with heat index readings exceeding 100 degrees. tonight it will be warm and humid, partly cloudy, temperatures in the '70s. tomorrow, cranking up the heat, a 95-100 with a heat index of 100-105 degrees. coming up, a look the extended outlook. first, to look-up. >> 5:12, 72 degrees. degrees >> gas prices are falling ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >> this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> metro will have extra employees on hand this morning just in case something goes wrong with its computer system. the system crashed saturday and early sunday forcing the transit agency and to stop trains at the nearest station. metro is searching for the cause of the outage. acordia need your help to find a missing prince

ocean city 77, 77 district, mid 70s easton, packs river, 74 downtown, 72 elkin, 71 haguers town, low to mid 60s in deep western maryland, 71 westminster, 72 bel air, almost 80 annapolis, kent island, areas in and around dc already at 80. got this big heat pump of high pressure running the shot show today -- show today. thunderstorms tomorrow will break the back of this heat. it's going to be real are intense today and tomorrow with that 105 heat index for the record 98 is going to be the high. the day tay time record by the way is 101. 75 over night. tomorrow 98. again, it's going to feel more like 105. watch for potentially strong thunderstorms maybe even going into thursday morning. thursday we'll drop temperatures slowly to 94. look how beautiful it's going to be by friday. 82 and then the gentle mid 80s three days in a row, friday, saturday and sunday. >>> we're still waiting this morning to see if the water main break is going to effect traffic through all of downtown. here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> i'm thinking that's a certainty. if you are headed downtown, l

you can see right here there's another one over elkins to the west of us and across the bay to delmarvaut of the clear tonight. i don't have any more watches or warnings, but look at the temperatures today, record breaking, pretty good indication how it was all set in place. i'll have a look at the five- day a little later. >>> we are continuing to follow a developing story out of virginia. a wildfire in the shenandoah national park is now 85% contained. it's been burning in the western portion of the park near front royal for about a week now. friday park officials reopened the section of the appalachian trail. several other trails remain closed. >>> out wes an area charred by wildfire -- west an area charred by wildfire is dealing with another problem, flash flooding. the high park fire in colorado burned more than 87,000 acres before firefighters contained it this weekend. now rain is causing dangerous flooding and mudslides. neighbors spent the weekend placing sandbags around their properties in anticipation of more rain to come. to come. >> the garage was about 3 feet deep with mud

barometer 29.91. 75 ocean city, 77 packs river, 66 elkin, 66 hagueers town, 55 oakland, 66 westminsterlow 70s bel air, columbia and rock hall, 77 an after police and kent -- an after police and kent ie -- an after police and kent island. big -- annapolis and kent island. big dome of high pressure runs the show today. a high of 88. it blow torches tomorrow and friday. finally a cold front comes in friday night, unfortunately with thunderstorms. that will set us up for a good weekend. 8 l the high today -- 88 the high today. tomorrow pow , we blow torch back to 100. watch for a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. sail deal on -- same deal on friday but a greater chance because here comes that cold front. we'll drop it down to a comfortable 92 on saturday, 90 sunday, 90 monday. >>> here is christy breslin with wjz traffic control. >> good morning. let's give you an update on the accident at 95 southbound. things are beginning to move. two of the three lanes are reoperate. the accident was -- are reopen. the accident was at the beltway. we have an accident on the west side outer loop at 7

when you walk outside there's not a lot of tension to the atmosphere. 61 oakland, 68 cumberland, 76 elkinid 70s easton and ocean city, 81 in dc, 80 annapolis and kent island, 77 rock hall and columbia, 73 in westminster. we've had that frontal boundary sag down. it's still in close proximity. because of that there's going to be an occasional ripple move our way. we may see a shower or thundershower, nothing severe expected. drive an hour and a half north, very refreshing. the thinking today is you may see a passing shower or thunderstorm, nothing severe expected. 90 the high, mass heat index 96. tomorrow maybe a couple thunderstorms, but i'm in the going to put that -- i'm not going to put the symbol up. 84, more than just a couple of showers around saturday. sunday 87, monday and tuesday 92. take it away, jessica. >>> how over to sharon at traffic control. >> good morning. another problem on another major roadway. another accident on the beltway, this latest one on the inner loop. we still have that accident on 295 southbound, that's at 195 blocking the right and left lane. you're lookin

we will watch for afternoon thunderstorms. 78, 57% humidity. 66 cumberland and oakland, 76 elkin, mid70s dc and packs river, annapolis and kent island at 80, 75 bel air, rock hall at 76. there's the heat advisory. that goes into effect noon through 9:00. extensive heat warning up the 95 corridor. those al letters continue from philadelphia to long island. frontal boundary is approaching the region. still up over the great lakes. that's what's going to kick off some thunderstorms this afternoon 5:00 to 9:00. we're thinking everything will be dry by fire works. we always time that out to be 9 o'clock. there's a 50/50 chancethey're starting earlier -- chance if they're starting earlier you could see a delay because of thunderstorms in the region. it's going to be stemmy. 95 is high. it's the 18th day in a row of temperatures above 90. 72 over night, clouds break up. tomorrow the 19th day with temperatures at about 100 degrees. 96 to 100 friday, 101 saturday, 92 sunday. it's not until monday that we're going to break this run of 90 plus degree days with sunshine and 86. don, take it away.

we have are 72 right now. 69 in elkin, 73 in ocean city, 80 in dc. 78 in annapolis and kent island. everyone else somewhere in the low to mid 70s. we have variable winds, just a light wind around most of the state where the storms have rolled through. we have a northwest wind around ocean city at 21. we're in a pipeline where the storms could be rolling through here at any time really for the next few days. these storms have been taking a dive from midwest with towards virginia. hot temperatures stay with us through the week. there are no heat advisories in effect right now. our sunset today is at 8:37. forecast high around 93. part ly ly sunny with a storm -- partly sun ny with a storm in parts. >>> this is a big week for summer school. it may surprise you the number of schools that are closed at the bottom of your screen. the you want to check out the list go to wjz.com. >>> we started out this morning's rush with rain. the streets were all wet. now they're dry but there's lots of damage. sharon is in wjz traffic control. >> we have problems that a

ask where the rain has been all day long and funneling northeast ward up to west vrj virginia and elkinsnd 72 in charleston west virginia right now and tomorrow we're expecting heat and thunderstorms. hagerstown, frederick, right around i-81, light showers here and it's all been funneling northward up through west virginia and it's the gulf of mexico moisture that we're expecting to get over the next couple of days and look at the rains and around houston where they've had serious flooding around 6 to nine inches and will it get shoved eastward and we have the possibility of scattered showers and looking likely for the afternoon and any storms could be strong bringing downpours and heavy rain in a short period of time and then through the evening, too. it looks like wet weather and we get a break sunday morning and back to storms sunday morning. there's the cold front and it will be slow moving and monday, early part of next week and the possiblist a few showers around the area. for us this evening, most of the area is dry. 75 to 82 degrees and the range in temperatures with cloud cover

calm winds. 68 oak land, 64 cumberland, 68 easton, 67 elkin and ocean city, annapolis and kent island and westminster, 66 bel air. we're still into this hot steammy flow. a big heat pressure continues to move our way. the only advisories are up the 95 cored dor for excessive heat. i showed you the traffic graphic right at -- i showed you the graphic right at the top. temperatures aren't going to drop behind this new air mass. the humidity will feel out a bit. we could see a gusty thunderstorm or two. 73 tomorrow over night. 96 tomorrow tomorrow. between 2:30 and 7 o'clock we could see a couple of strong thunderstorms. 97, 97, 95 and 96. for at least the first couple of days, thursday and friday, humidity really not all that bad. don, take it away. >>> let's go straight to sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. >> good morning. if you're just about the head out, we're looking -- about to heat out, we're looking at a new accidents, a few weather related issues and a few delays. we still have that disabled truck on 895 northbound at the harbor tunnel. another one on southbound 27. light

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it's not, it's a fairly comfortable morning. 61 oakland, 63 cumberland, 65 elkin and downtown, 72 dc and ocean city, easton 66, 73 right near salamen's island, 66 rock hall, 64 westminster, columbia 65, 6 bel air. yesterday afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00 we mru blew -- blew out haze and humidity. it gave us that nice afternoon yesterday. it's given us this very pleasant day start this thursday. partly sunny, comfortable through the afternoon even with a high of 90. partly cloudy, 66 over night. tomorrow a bit more humid with a high temperature of right around 90. true0 -- through the weekend it is going to get humid, unsettled, chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. saturday 90, sunday 95, 96 monday, two shy of 100 by tuesday. >>> now over to sharon gibala at traffic control. >> good morning. we still have that disabled vehicle on 95 at russell street. police are investigating that. if you are headed out two accidents also still working on area roadways. one of them at route 97 at old fred erick road, the other one in the city on monument. 61 and 58, your averages on the top and west

maybe a couple of new ones trying to form from charleston not quite to elkins.orth and west of this area this is where we'll have a lot more activity moving into ohio. the stuff in southern michigan and even into pennsylvania got a lone storm north of pittsburgh. look at the trajectory. that would take it into our neck of the woods later into the afternoon hours. so we're going to watch this area very carefully. temps right now mid-70s. we've got eenston and pacs -- easton and pax river station in the 80s. here in d.c. we have 75. nice looking morning on the michael & son weather camera. generally clear skies, 75 but a muggy 75 with the humidity at 82% and south wind at 7 miles an hour. here's the future cast. we're expecting pretty quiet weather through mud day. notice in west virginia, southern pennsylvania the showers and storms moving toward the east, southeast. 3:00 a couple of areas with showers and storms. this will be the case through the evening rush as well. not everybody will be seeing them but we've got the threat for all come of stronger storms to d

we got to 90 degrees today and our official high was 90. 89 in philadelphia, 71 in elkin, west virginia and there was a lot of cloud cover and even rain to the west and take a look at the weather forecast and at 5:00, no rain around the virginia section of the beltway and by tomorrow morning you might see rain out there and it may slow youdown as you look down around:00 a.m., a few showers around and not rain and tomorrow will not be a washout, but take a look at tomorrow afternoon between 5:00 and 6:00, i expect thunderstorms with locally heavy downpours so keep the umbrellas handy as you make your way out and about during the day tomorrow. and the maryland side of the beltway, no construction. back to you. >> despite the attention surrounding his campaign, d.c. mayor vincent gray went about his business and today he continued to dodge questions about the investigation. news 4's derek ward is live with more on the mayor's day. derek? >> reporter: it was indeed a busy day for the mayor with a full schedule of public appearances that began in just about an hour and he still has to execut

we have one last the storm sinking south between elkins and bluegrass. that will keep moving south.d have one or two severe storms, a little damage around frederick county, more damage to the west virginia panhandle. by and large, most of the activity was south of d.c. it was a little sunnier there. the atmosphere was more unstable and i think we got kind of lucky. the last thing we need is more damage and power outages in this heat. we were up to 93 degrees again today. here's the game changer, a frontal system slipping through town overnight. it will drop the humidity. you will notice that absolutely in the morning. as that cool front moves through, it will get our temperatures into the upper 60s. so lower humidity tomorrow. unfortunately -- and wednesday looks great. unfortunately the humidity is back big time thursday and so is the heat. of, so much so the national weather service -- heat, so much so the national weather service thinks maybe a heat advisory will be issued thursday. here's what's going on in a nutshell. cooler and less human air will swing into town -- humid air

across the lower delmarva, but these storms now moving through morgantown headed toward oakland and elkins are holding together well and the lightning also will be a problem in addition to brief gusty winds and some heavy rain. our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, 92, doesn't sound cool, but after 101 yesterday we'll take it. dew point in the upper 60s, winds light, pressure steady 29.85 inches of mercury. temperatures, 96 rockville, 90 bethesda, 95 springfield, 97 old town, 93 college park, 88 in reston. that sounds kind of nice, doesn't it? temperatures on the decline. that's good. heavy storms possible by midnight. more clouds friday, just warm. storms more numerous friday, cooler and unsettled saturday. temps go down tomorrow and go down again saturday. partly cloudy, muggy tonight, showers and storms, some heavy, low temps in the 70s, winds light. by morning even the morning commute could actually have some showers and a few storms, 70s and 80s, winds easterly at 10. by afternoon more showers and thunderstorms. some could be heavy as well, highs 84 to 89 and winds o

right now we have 65 in oakland, 69 cumberland, 77 in elkin and in ocean city, 82 in the nation's capitol, around the immediate area the low 70s to 80. 76 columbia, 77 westminster, 80 rock hall, 83 annapolis and kent island. we talk about it being cooler near the water. believe it or not, the bay temperatures almost around 82 in some parts 83 already. those temperatures are just reflecting what the water temperature is around annapolis. oakland right now the heat index really not a factor. we're going to continue to keep you posted on this. the heat index even at the hour is close to the temperature and it's going to start kicking in and souring. our winds are coming in from the southwest. that's going to continue through out the day. there's nothing stopping the heat pump that's moving all that air in. high pressure is in control of our forecast early on. this is our -- we'll call it the adjuster. it's a front that's going to be pushing through the region starting tonight into tomorrow afternoon. now, there are two sides to this. one is that the front comes through, brings less humid air

one more day of record setting heat, elkins, roanoke 102, raleigh 105, wilmington seting a record at 100 degrees. how hot was it? it was so hot, forget about baking an egg on the sidewalk, you could actually see a plane melt into the tarmac. take a look. this is in washington, d.c. at reagan national. you can see the plane actually sunk down into the tarmac it was so hot. here is what's been going on. this is why it's been so hot. 74 people killed over 14 states in the last week. here is what's happened. the jet stream way up to the north. record high, big area of high pressure dominating. that was last week. this week we've got a change in the jet stream. it now dips to the south in the northeast. that brings in the cooler air as low pressure dominates there. high pressure dominates out west. we're going to be looking at this upper level ridge. the heat wave makes its way to the east -- to the west, i should say. in fact, take a look at these temperatures. looking at reno, nevada, salt lake, 96. where it takes the dip, denver 11 degrees below normal, amarillo. a stationary front str

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