temperatures are already at 77 degrees going in to this early noon hour. 68 oakland, 68 the shore. 75 elkton. we have changes on the way are wayne moving in to the region. low pressure system from the gulf. another one going to sandwich us from the northeast. that will mean showers for us, through parts of the weekend. most of the weekend could be pretty damp. we will talk about timing and what it means for sat and sunday coming up in the forecast. >>> republican presidential hopeful is making a stop in maryland. newt gingrich will visit annapolis next week. mitt romney was briefly on wednesday before his town hall meeting in arbutus. maryland's primary is tuesday april 3rd. early voting starts tomorrow. >>> crews uncovered more damage at the basilica of the assumption downtown. it's going to take significant repairs to fix it. damages to the dome were discovered after last august's earthquake. the building will be closed during the week starting june but open for masses on sundays. the 8-month long repair could cost $5 million. >>> ocean city officials are sweetening up summer deals. ocean

this is 95 in the elkton region. no sign of a delays. southbound 295, track and some delays down towards 32 and that is all volume related. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is joining us live this morning from pasadena and she is that a woman's exchange. is going on -- what is going on? >> we lost ava but we'll get back to her. these are not five-star accommodations but guests say they will not have it any of the way. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do you support the governor's plan to phase in the state sales tax on gasoline to help balance the budget? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie so

and we're looking at 55 in elkton. aberdeen, more of the same, good morning, chestertown, 57 degrees. as we go into the afternoon, there is a slight chance for isolated showers or thunderstorms to pop up. that has been the scenario basically all week. check out the temperatures that's what we've been struggling with, i should say, due to the easterly flow. if we get more sunshine in here, this 74 i'm forecasting will be a little higher. a little lower with more clouds, then we could see a little lower temperatures, maybe in the low 70s to around 60 degrees. >>> let's check the traffic now with angela. good morning. the fog has been affecting the roadways as well. >> that's right. as we'll see in the drive times coming up shortly, they are taking their time with the dense fog, we have fog warnings on the area bridges and the fort mchenry tunnel, and at the fort mchenry tunnel, an accident, 95 southbound at keith avenue, it's over to the side. a live look at 859 north of -- 895 north of charles street, through the harbor

abc jim avila has latest from elkton maryland.a look. >> >> reporter: maryland head basketball coach not afraid of challenging authority especially off the court when it involves her 4-year-old son tyler. shocked when she found out his leukemia treatment was threatened by a cancer drug shortage. >> let's wake up here. how many people have had to die makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. >> reporter: she wrote her congressman, elijah cummings whose investigators found a big reason for the shortage. fake pharmacies. >> what they do is hoard the drugs and then basically help to create the shortage. >> reporter: this is beyond greed isn't it. it's really insensitivity as well. >> not only insensitivity but criminal. >> reporter: we visited what congressional investigators identified as a fake pharmacy in maryland. there supposedly is a pharmacy license but as you can see it doesn't look like a pharmacy. it's locked up. here's how it works. they act as middle men buying drugs from the manufacturer and sell to a drug whole sale

and elkton at .01. not a whole lot of rain but it will be on the pesky side so be careful heading off to work. let's get a check of the traffic now with angela. good morning. any accidents this early? >> reporter: we had an overnight accident in ann arunel county. no other -- anne arundel county. we are seeing slippery conditions out there. so extra caution as you head out for the morning drive and we are seeing a couple work zones still active on i-95 southbound side at 155 and the left lane southbound in the city past o'donnell street but owl lanes clear on this stretch between kate op and the beltway and also a check of the top side of 695, this is exit 24 the what -- harrisburg expressway moving well without incidents. >>> the state highway administration is asking for feedback on a aspect of the beltway widening project. the project would involve changing the off-ramp configuration from the ier loop of the beltway into harford road to improve traffic flow and safety as well. now a meeting will be h

elkton is one of the chillier spots. no clouds around ocean city. the fog does not show up on the satellite but there is fog, mostly in the northern portions of the state. as dense as -=-not it was yesterday. warm temperatures today. after this gets over us, it will block the sun and that will bring the temperatures down and we get into more of a westerly wind which will take the temperatures down even more. the temperature today will be rising. we will be near 80. a bit cooler near the bay. the delmarva will also be cooler. softly in the 80's in northern and central virginia. -- solidly in the 80's. this morning, we have some areas of fog. not as widespread so far as the was yesterday appeared to wind about 10 miles per hour. a dense fog is advisory until 10:00 a.m. this morning in baltimore city and harford county, howard, montgomery county, and frederick county and points west out to washington county. not a very strong wind at the bay. a bit cooler tomorrow, 70, but the rain chances increases with a lot of clouds. showers and thunderstorms are s

this is 95 through the elkton area. no delays here. closer to the delaware state line, we may see delays. this is the j.f.x. at ruxton road. no problems to report from the beltway down into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> 8 few bus delays including the 13, 20, 55 buses operating with delays. the 61 bus diverting because of construction. light rail and metro subway both on schedule. marc trains on time. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. we had a cold front go by last night. we had 80 degrees yesterday. that front is sliding off the coast. we will be in the 70's today. you can see that cooler air in new england. temperatures in the 30's and 40's. that air will slide east and not south. our current temperatures reflect that it is warm. 53 in parkton. 61 in westminster. 63 downtown. the skies are clear. we will enjoy it a lot of sunshine today. maybe a few clouds will move and this afternoon. sunshine is

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more of the same in centerville, southersville 53, elkton, your temperature at 57. the fact is, though, we are dealing with visibility issues again, just like yesterday. reduced outside because of the fog, holding tough to the one mile visibility in easton. again, we had delays across the eastern shore. two mile visibility in baltimore, four frederick and york. we are starting to see the showers diminish this morning, now sliding in to pg county, montgomery county. in to the afternoon, we do have a chance for them popping up again, that's a possibility like they did yesterday. then that will be the same scenario in to thursday. here is your hour by hour forecast, as we have the fog by 8:00 a.m. rather, 73 degrees by 4:00 p.m. check out great pictures sent in by linda of canton, we see fog out there, she took this yesterday morning. if you want to send pictures, charles@wmar.com, include name, city and brief description. now let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >>> we have been monitoring the cameras, especially from the eastern shore. seeing patchy fog in h

22 degrees cooler than yesterday, 33 on tv hill, 31 oakland, 30 cumberland, 31 hagueers town, 33 elkton, mid- 30s easton and pax river, 33 degrees river, 32 dc, 40 annapolis and kent island, thrive westminster, 30 clum by, rock hall, three shy of 40. it is going to be raining, not talking about flooding rain or heavy rain but it is damp somewhere around 4:00, 4:30, coming home late from school, kids got afternoon ball practice, rec council ball, whatever, well, heck, rec council ball could get rained out, something to watch for the afternoon but fact of the matter is rain gets here, gets out of here tomorrow morning is going to be a nice day then we chill down and get on a roller coaster. that is your temperatures. nothing severe expected but nonetheless a sprear spring like weather pattern over the next 24 hours involving warm human air and frontal passage. right back to 57 on wednesday. jess take it away. >> marty thanks now over to sharon at traffic control. >> hi jess ka, good morning, after one. fridays start off quiet, this morning not that case. a bunch of problems, one of them a

. >>> 54 right now in oakland, 55 in ocean city, 55 elkton, around the metro area temperatures ranging from 57 and 56 in rock hall to about 59 toward annapolis and kent island, 58 westminster, calm winds around the area now will start to pick up. we will have a south and southwesterly flow tomorrow that is going to usher in mild air, near record temperatures tomorrow. the record is 82. we are forecasting 81, so we will be very close. >>> then our next rainmaker and next weather maker comes in on late friday night and stays with us right on through sunday evening. off and on showers, maybe a chance of a thunderstorm on saturday before that system gets out of here. our temperatures will take a hit but that means the 60s, keep in mind our normal high right now is 54, so even the 60s we are still about 10 to 15 degrees above normal in with that rain moving in for the weekend. sunset at 7:22. south wind on the bay at five mosts with no advisors in effect. 79 degrees our forecast high today, going down into the 50s for tonight with fog again by the morning but not quite as much as today. >>>

western maryland upper 50s cumberland, oakland, 58 haggerstown, 51 elkton, 52 easton, mid-upper 50s dc, pax river, solomon's island and ocean city, 53 annapolis and kent island and rock hall, 54 columbia, 56 westminster, 56 degrees bell air, it is going to be an absolutely gorgeous couple of days, i understand there is gathering much down south but notice how high the jet stream has lifted above even the great lakes. i mean there is almost nobody in this country right now that is in the deep freeze except for mountain areas, where you would expect it. >>> what we are going to see is a back door front try and launch into the area at the end of the week. it is never really going to make it. it is a big dome of warm air pretty much running the shot for the next five days, 76 is the high. 51 is your next overnight low, tomorrow still going back into the mid to upper 70s, showers in the forecast on friday, 74. it may not be this brighton saturday. it is going to be slow clearing but we are going to back off of moisture rain on st. patrick's day, 74, though, sunday and monday, look at that,

everybody in the 60s, except elkton just jumped up to 70. locally, it's a mild, wonderful afternoon. a little cooler by the bay, of course. 62 in annapolis and kent island. rock hall, 67. that light east wind. tomorrow, we expect a slight turn to the south or southwest, which will hopefully, or i guess, depends on your perspective. brings in a little dryer air aloft. we will get more sunshine. temperatures will go up. today, 85 degrees. all kinds of records, in the upper midwest. maybe not that warm. low pressure over oakland. see that spin right through there. look at all of that moisture. louisiana getting four, five, six, seven, eight, 10 inches of rain. some places, some of that moisture is going to stream out to the east. by saturday, we'll see scattered showers. looks like the rain chances continue into sunday this weekend. maybe some showers as early as friday night. and we do need that rain. so it stays very, very warm. we'll start to see clouds increase friday afternoon or even shower. a little cooler to the north. and we'll turn co

d.c., also 54. 52 in elkton and easton. this morning, lots of places, particularly away from the bay. gee, i'm shrinking. were in the upper 20s. lower 30s. 51, rock hall. 54, rock hall. it just changed. 51 in bel air. 52 in westminster. temperatures running to about 2 degrees cooler than average. there you go. 56, 31 today. average is 58 and 37. records, 86 and 20 back in 2001. right now, a west wind tomorrow, winds out of the southwest. that will allow warmer air sitting out. chicago, 73 degrees. kansas city, 74. minneapolis, 65. look at this warm air. right here. that's going to be in our area tomorrow. probably about 72. and then just behind that on thursday and friday, another shot of somewhat cooler air coming in. but still running slightly above average for this time of year. the one out front, shower and thundershower activity. maybe a chance here in the afternoon or early eep evening. late afternoon or evening of a scattered shower or thunderstorm with that front coming through. there is that front right there. clea

so the pressure is starting to drop. 51 now in cumberland. 48 in oakland. 47 in elkton. and 48 on the shore. 52 in easton this hour. and 50 is really about the magic number. 50 in columbia, annapolis, kent island, and rock hall. we have 49 in west mip ster and -- westminster and 48 in bel air. the winds from the south/southeast are bringing in a bit of a mild air mass. easterly component bringing in moisture off the bay and the ocean, depending how far across you are. and we have double digits there. 15-mile-per-hour winds in oakland and hagerstown. and also out toward elkton. what we have in play, warm, moist air coming from the gulf. cold air coming from the north and the top tier of the states. you see all of the blue there. that's still snow. and down here, very warm air. and the jet stream is running right through the middle. keep in mind issue the jet stream is the dividing factor between the cold and warm air. the jet stream is up around where the airplanes fly. it moves at about 140 miles per hour. and when you get that running through the middle of all of this,

twin in cumberland and 16 mile per hour gusts and elkton and 23 mile per hour gusts over the last hour at bwi marshal. >>> the winds are coming in behind a front that brought some thunderstorms here. that line pretty distinct and it dropped right on through the state yesterday afternoon. you can pretty much follow the line of that disturbance as it moved across the state and down out of sight really. it started to dissipate as it moved south of the region. behind it however we had warm airlifting as another front approaches from the west. this one is going to be responsible for potentially thunderstorms late tomorrow night and into saturday morning. and then we do start to see some improvement quickly. by saturday afternoon we may see sun peaking through, not like last week, where saturday and sunday were both pretty much gray and a washout. we will have a better chance of seeing a nice day on sunday but we have to get through those thunderstorms on saturday. >>> high tide at 12:30. tomorrow morning our your small craft advisory is in effect until 6:00 p.m. >>> going up to 62 today, 37

cumberland 48, 44 oakland, 57 elkton, 52 haggerstown, almost 60 dc, low 60s greater easton, mid-60s solomon's island pax river and ocean city, mid-50s westminster and bellaire, almost 60 cumberland and annapolis, kent island add almost 60. here is this dry chilly air coming down from the great lakes. you can see the movement there. the fact of the matter is by tomorrow morning you know it is, you know the real feel is going to be at maximum is 32. so we are actually right on the cusp of upper 20s to low 30s, the real feel tomorrow morning but very quickly there after high pressure moves onshore, your warm front setting up and bang here we go right back above normal 63 is the high temperature today. increasingly windy. it is going to get more than 22. 32 tonight. tomorrow we are talking about 57 degrees. mostly sunny skies. a very normal late march day. we will take a look at the five- day-forecast and some warmer temperatures here coming up shortly. >> thank you marty. >> you are welcome. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon taking a chance, why doctors say women may be rolling the

bringing moisture but also mild air. 18 mile per hour winds in haggerstown, 10 at the airport, 13 elkton, winds winds pick up through the afternoon. look at the temperatures around memphis and atlanta. this is the line where the thunderstorms are taking hold. it is right along that lane, right around the kentucky and tennessee valleys we are starting to see all that start to fire up. we may have rumbles of thunder before the overnight horse are over and done but by tomorrow morning it all starts to clear out. this rain continues to progress right on through and again we do not expect to see the severity there but the low is going to move through, cooler air behind it and as that moves through next week starts to chill down. so 56 today, look for showers late and then tonight 49 degrees. we will talk about the next 5 days coming up here in just a moment. >> tim. thank you. we have breaking news right now. sky chopper 13 is over the scene of a water main break. captain mike perry joins us with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is in the timonium area on seminary avenue. s

, 45, 53% humidity, calm winds, barometer at 30.11, 48 cumberland and oakland, 48 haggerstown, 50 elkton and dc, 48 easton, 50 ocean city, 48, 49, westminster, bellaire, 40s greater columbia and kent hall. it is real simple. there is this warm air mass over us and when we were doing the morning show it was 19 degrees chillier than this time tomorrow morning. so what you are seeing is the confluence of two air masses and showers running along that confluence where the warm and the cold are meeting and again that is the flavor of the afternoon. and by tomorrow evening it is leaving and we get up pretty good and next weekend is just going to be real nice. 63 is your high, 48 tonight, periods of rain, still rain tomorrow again with a high in the low 60s, wait until you see that 5 day. your sunday is going to be a dynamite day. >> all right, i have a question for you, we have that easter egg hunt tomorrow in the city the patterson park, giant one, 9:00. >> i think it is going to be wet. i think there will be showers and wet. >> still to come a study on sleep apnea and mental health. >> wjz is

the low to mid 60s western maryland, 66 haggerstown, 62 elkton, 63 ocean city, dc easton, pax river mid-60s, almost 70 west mince sphere, almost 70 annapolis, bellaire 61, low mid-60s columbia. >>> watch how this line is starting to grow as it comes into this air mass and once again, as it dives through the region it will get cooler but not colder with temperatures above normal, which is now 58. 77 this afternoon. we are going to talk about clearing tonight. i think probably around bedtime, 51 and tomorrow 62 degrees going to be the high, partly sunny, breezy and cooler, just a tremendous five- day coming your way shortly. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> thank you. i am out of here. >> coming up, people with heart problems may want to order something a little stronger than tea for dinner. more on the connection between alcohol and healthy hearts. >> wjz 13 is always on, here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for instant updates and ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in today's wjz health watch, the herb thyme may be better at treating acne than prescription creams. british research

temperatures today starting off around the 50 degree mark across the board except to easton and elktont for the rest of us looking at 50s going to a daytime high mid-70s. we will call it clearing with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm maybe later in the afternoon. we will talk about that in your complete updated first warning forecast in just a little bit, don. >> in the news this morning secret files and what and a anne arundel county executive is trying dig up. >>> and a shooting has them following new reforms. >>> and a big dance, loyola faces second seed ohio state. how their highly anticipated appearance in the ncaa tournament played out. more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in a couple of minutes. ,,,, okay, that looks great. were you profitable last month? how much money is in your checking account? have the browns paid you for their addition yet? your finances are scattered all over the place. mm-hmm. what are your monthly expenses? you keep your receipts in plastic baggies? seriously? [ announcer ] get it done and get it off your m

elkton 52. then we're dealing with the breeze in arnold, out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. that will be the scenario as we go through the remainder of today and actually these winds will begin to pick up a bit. we look at maryland's most powerful doppler radar and we are dry. but we won't be dry for long. i'll have the details coming up but right now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >>> good morning. as you prepare for the drive you shouldn't run into trouble spots, especially if you're heading out in the next few minutes around 695. we've been seeing virtually a very light flow of traffic. no trouble spots to report. also, a look at 29 traveling through howard county, looking pretty good all the way to i-70. 70 moving well all the way to the west side of 695. where we're looking live. passing baltimore national pike, inner loop and outer loop, no delays. for those of you heading into downtown. a live look at i-95 merging into 395, we've got rid of the work zones and all is moving well as you make the early drive into the city. back to you. >>> be ready fo

jim avila, abc news, elkton maryland. >>> it seems every day we pass by a gas station that the price is going up and up. how much did we have to shell out? according to aaa in maryland, the average price for a price of regular unlead gallon of gas $3.91 but many stations has 4 and sometimes in certain cases even more. nationally the average price for a regular unleaded cost about $3.86 a gallon. here in maryland again drivers are paying about the average 3 cents more for a gallon of regular unleaded. according to aaa mid grade will cost you about 4.04 and premium.4-- 4.17. log onto abc2news.com and we are trying to find the cheapest gas in your area for the next trip. under the traffic tab click on gas prices and find a list of the cheapest gas prices in the community. put in your area code and then the locations closest to you pop up with the price. >>> plastic is the way to go in the form of can't sigh around the world right now. people are turning to credit cards and online pay accounts to handle bills. purchase products they are doing that as well. the website predicts that event

we have gusts up to 25 in elkton and your been aan around 21-mile-an-hour gusts. temperatures are mild but dropping as the day goes on the satellite and radar. not picking up on much. sunshine with a couple clouds going through afternoon hours. but we will stay dry today. let's check of the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. got an accident reported on southbound 895. as you approach the tunnels we are seeing slow traffic in that area. also a lot more folks on the drive southbound i-795 in eastbound i-706789 both starting to see -- i-70 both starting to see mild congestion. southeast side of the beltway i- 97 moving below posted speed and northbound lanes at i-97 and maryland 100 and on the west side, no incidents just bump to bumper stop and go traffic. 759 to baltimore national pike. >>> 6:4 7 we are learning new details about the trayvon marten case. >> the father of the neighborhood watch person who' admitted to killing martin is speak out as is martin's girlfriend. linda so is here with the latest. >> reporter: all along geor

and we are looking at 31 in elkton. i will breakdown the system more but right now let's check the traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning. here's what's happening for the monday morning drive. grouf are traveling in -- if you are traveling in fun day you will -- ferndale past i-97. police are is on the -- are on scene. no reported troubles. here's 695 on the beltway's west side outer loop lanes trouble free. no incidents or road hazards through catonsville. the westbound lanes of u.s. 50 starting to develop ona nice flow of traffic coming from the easton shore heading to the bay bridge as we look live at 50 and st. mag rit but no troubles -- margaret's but no troubles into annapolis. >>> today five years after 33 students and faculity died at virginia tech attorneys of the parents of two women will question university ofangs police. jury selection will begin today. the families are suing over the way the response was handled to the mass cure. they claim the -- massacre. they claim the university bunkedeled the r

more 50s in mitchellville and centerville and upper 40s over into the northeast and elkton around 45. the winds picked up through the day and we will drop. but let's check the traffic with angela good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. heading out for the drive this morning, on the west side outer loop is where you will see the accident. but not before you enterer's delay at 7995 -- 795. the accident is at liberty roadblock two left lanes. dealing with foggy conditions as you head out this morning. no accidents to report on i-95 or i-83. but we are seeing foggy conditions there. here's another looing at 695 at baltimore national pike. this is after the accident scene. that traffic delay has opened there. moving pretty good here. and if you are traveling on the west side heading around through catonsville you will be on the brakes on wilkins avenue to i-95 or 295 the bw parkway. now back over to you. >>> a couple delays in cecil county. you have the cecilton elementary school chesapeake city elementary and a thank you this morning to considery who posted on

so good morning to you your temperature is 55 degrees and goldsboro 61 and quite mild and 57 in elkton but the bigger story is the fact those winds will be gusting and they are gusting right now at about 245 miles an -- 24 miles an hour in darlington goldsboro 22 and 25 in he'll beington and your radar picture not showing a whole lot as we look at maryland's most powerful, we have all five sweeps on this is the scenario throughout the day. no type of change on that until the weekend. those details coming up but right now let's get a check of that traffic with angela. good morning do you have the money spent angela. >> reporter: i have it spent. i will tell you about that later. let's talk about the drive and looking like the start of a fantastic commute. no early morning accidents or incidents blocking or slowing you down. we have a disabled reported southbound 95 on your approach to 695 and speaking of 695 here's a live look at a little bit of volume and not much to get in your way. and heading to the state capitol a live look in annapolis, we are quiet and clear on u.s. 50 at raul bo

jim avila, abc news, elkton maryland. >>> and now that breaking news about the death of whitney houston. the los angeles coroner's office finally reveefling what killed the superstar singer who was found, as you know, under water in her hotel bathtub on february 11th. abc's juju chang has the latest. >> reporter: whitney houston's sudden death six weeks ago at the beverly hilton hotel was shocking, but not exactly a mystery. now, the toxicology report clarifies what many people suspected. cause of death? drowning and cocaine use. officially, houston's death is classified as an accident. she drowned in the bathtub. but according to the coroner's report, coe tan and metabolites were part of the death. also in houston's system, a host of other drugs doctors say did not contribute. among them, marn, xanax and ben day drill. houston died the night before the grammys. she had struggled for years with drug and alcohol problems but told abc's diane sawyer she had overcome her demons. >> i can't say that i'm always going to be perfect. >> everyone says, it's day by day. day by day. >> yes, yes,

but for today, 32 degrees into goldsboro and elkton coming in at 33 degrees. ellicott city right around 37 and the winds not a big factor for this morning, but they will start to pick up as we go into the afternoon. so i say maybe about five to 10 miles an hour. all in all not a bad morning, not a bad day, but we will start to see increasing clouds. let's get a check now of that traffic with bill. good morning. reporter: and it's not a bad day on the roads either. no real surprises out there as the morning rush kicks in. northbound 95 from anne arundel county running good all the way past 395 up to the tolls. southbound 95 from hartford county seeing building normally around white marsh mall and then opening past the beltway down to the tolls. top side of 695 running pretty smooth from 95 all the way through towson. if you're on the 83, you're on the harrisburg expressway, flows smoothly past the valley area, but then is slows down to padonnia road to the beltway. on the jfx, looks clear downtown. i-70 also looks clear from 29 to the beltway and the beltway 95

and happy thursday we are getting closer to the weekend. 51 right now in churchville. 53 in elkton andat 53 pu but the big story is it's breezy and will be windy into the afternoon. gusts about 22 miles an hour in churchville and elkton 25. 21 urbana and more of the same into the afternoon. gustier and we have a nice shot of the harbor this morning and we will be seeing plenty of sunshine in the forecast for today. make sure to get out and enjoy. let's check the traffic with angela good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and good morning everyone. traveling in oatington extra caution -- owing to -- odenton. heavy in the 6:lune hundred hour but -- 6:00. north of the beltway on the southwest side, no delays or he very light flow of traffic. and on the north side of 695, a little bit heavy but not moving at a bad pace past har foreroad. now over to you. >>> thanks so much and good morning. baltimore city fire crews are on the scene of a building fire. the fire in the 400 block of east biddle street. we have a crew on the scene andcrews have gotten inside but have been order out be

we still have that breeze coming in from the north 16 here, 21 up in elkton, 25 in pax river.later tonight the winds should die down and that's going to cause some problems with perhaps some freezing conditions. bernadette woods has more on that. >> reporter: the planting season really began early with how warm it's been and unfortunately for those people who did start early, you could face some problems tonight. a freeze warning goes into effect late tonight for almost the entire state. that's because temperatures are going to drop. with those winds dying down. clear skies and dry air on top of us. we're forecasting a low of 32 degrees at vwi marshal. that means outlying areas will drop into the 20s. as far as the city goes probably staying above freezing. this is something we'll track and we'll have the update coming up. back inside. >>> it is march madness for the university of maryland's women's team. a big come back win has the terps on the brink of the final four. mark vivano has more on how far the team has come. >> some will say it was maryland that had the luck of the

. >>> calm readings as far as winds are concerned, hagerstown to elkton and down the east portion of the state. bit of a south wind around dc, southerly flow from oakland towards cumberland, the winds kick up a little bit, from the west and southwest bringing in mild air. we have a disturbance coming in across the ohio river valley, just responsible for the chance of widely scattered showers and thunderstorms for today, tonight and in to tomorrow, until it clears out of here, it's not going to impact the temperatures very much. we stay in the mild range. it's because of, that they will be widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. the temperatures in the 70s through the week, ow average temperature now is 54 degrees, our asmg high, keep in mind, when you see the five day forecast, we are way above our normal highs. sunset at 7:19, today 68. showers, maybe thunderstorms, earlier this afternoon, and in to the evening and same drill for tonight, 51 degrees with fog by morning. 73 for today, tomorrow, in to thursday, 76 degrees. 77 friday and 70 on saturday. >>> rush now from sharon gib

edition rolls on. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 25 oakland. 32 ocean city. 28 cumberland. 34'sston. 30 elkton columbia. mid-30s annapolis. watch, warning advisory graphic, we are going to have problems in the south today. not up here in the metro. as this low passes by, it's going be quick, out of the mid atlantic. we are going to see clouds, passing shower, snow shower, that's it. high pressure builds in. sun comes out tomorrow and gets warm by midweek. 43 the high. variablably cloudy in the area, tonight clear skies out. 24 degrees the low. normal 50 and 30. 48, mostly sunny tomorrow. to 63 wednesday, 67 thursday. 62 friday. 54 the mid-50s sunny on saturday. >>> over the sharon. >> good morning, fur just about to -- if you are just about to head out, 95 southbound, other one edgewood southbound 24 approaching 95. speeds beltway, above normal, 59, 56, from the top and west side, speeds looking good when we look at the sensors on 83, 795, 70, we are looking good. there is a live look at 95 southbound at 32. no delays despite the accident reported nearby. no delays 95. traffic light. this is b

the new ads which bashes the president's elkton therefore does it go to faroo far telling mr.ma to go to hell? >> it is disrespectful. >> if we don't think it's wrong, they will think it's right. it's not right and metro knows it's not right >> . it calls on readers to purchase a documentary of someone believes the president goes uniform will hurt americans. congressman jim moran believes it is profane and not good for children to learn this way about public discourse. but a metro spokesperson says the message is protected by a political speech and cannot be taken down. metro can refuse an ad is misleading or has to do with alcohol or tobacco. it's not clear why the station was chosen in arlington. it will come down on march 12 according to the advertising agreement. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> a budget battle and in the virginia senate could pull the state's finances into limbo. democrats killed the last version of the budget yesterday. are angry republicans are not sharing power in the senate. a new budget could be introduced but would not go anywhere without a truce betwe

elkton 3 . still in the 20's. frederick comes up to 34. 19 in oakland. 23 in frostburg now. satellite image shows, again, the clear skies over ups. high pressure here over ohio and kentucky. a little disturbance riding across the ohio river and great lakes. the high locked in. that keeps us dry and keeps all this unsettled -- these disturbance up north away from us. at least for the time being. now, there is some stuff developing down in the gulf coast region. storms coming off the pacific coast and northwest. they are two separate elements now. they are expected to come together in the central part of the nation and move in our direction. a lot of the energy to our north, high pressure will hang into the south over the southeast states. we'll get pieces of this come in early next week, but not the whole thing. so our forecast is fairly quiet here, and eventually a warming trend. we found out about the sun and summer storms and flares and summer winds pushing a lot of stuff in the direction of the earth. that was another one of those explosions or eruptions on the sun yester

the shore, 52 westminster, 58 columbia 62 in annapolis, 62 on kent island. 57 in rock hall and in elkton. we have 12 degrees -- 12 miles per hour i should say coming in as far as your winds from the north and northwest and these winds are going to help keep our temperatures a few degrees above -- below where they were yesterday. we are not going to quite get into the 70 degree range and it is only because of this direction of the wind. we will see another shift in the wind ahead of our next rainmaker which is going to start to form today. we will start to see it approach us with some warm air going into saturday. but this line of storms that rolled through here yesterday well, now below us. we are starting to watch the next storm maker is going to start to bring in some cloud cover here late tomorrow and then by tomorrow evening into saturday warmer air starts to move on in. this comes from the west. stays with us just for one day on saturday. thunderstorms very very possible for saturday widely scattered. then by late saturday we will see improvement. temperatures will climb and back in

humidity and calm winds barometer is at 30.10, ocean city maryland 37, same downtown, 36 haggerstown, elkton and easton, 43 and 44 dc and pax river. 33 oakland, thrive cumberland, westminster and bellaire 34 and 37, 39 columbia and rock hall. they are both that same temperature. you can see that. it is clearing out. by sunday it is a pretty good darn good day. so here is how we end march. 60 degrees is going to be the high on the next to the last day of month, tomorrow showers, 48, some gentle showers and sunset but the last day of the month, 60 degrees is the high april fool's day, 66 to 70 with sunshine, 70 essentially monday, tuesday and wednesday and with sun, don take it away. >> thank you and here is a girl scout of sorts a woman sorting out the commute for you, sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, good morning, everyone. i was a girl scout. there is your accident. otherwise speeds still looking good. high 50s there, and the same there. there is a live look at 95. looking good in that shot. no problems on 50 if you are headed to and/or from the eastern shore.

at three, barometer 29.78, 51 haggerstown, 41 oakland, 54 cumberland, 54 easton, almost 54 dc, 48 elkton and ocean city, pax river and solomon's island 58, 52 rock hall, columbia, westminster, now 46 degrees in bellaire, almost 60 annapolis and kent island. skies clear right for you and will remain clear through the day but this frontal boundary is going to dive into the region and get windy this afternoon. winds diminish tonight but that high pressure is taking air out of eastern canada and bring it it right into the mid-atlantic. we are going to shiver but only for a short period of time. 60 today, the normal 57 and 37, 32 degrees over night. it is going to get cold. tomorrow a normal high of 57 degrees but look what happened. wednesday right back to 72. a couple of thunderstorms, 64 degrees thursday. 61 friday, back though saturday right to the mid-60s. don, take it away. >> thank you very much. a couple of problems out on the pavement. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> and a couple of more problems since we last spoke. we now have 5 accidents working. that one on the harrisbu

temperature rebounded after the rain left. 64, elkton. 70s to the south. 75 now in cumberland. 66 in oakland. locally, temperatures heavy. kent island. upper to midticket of synths. -- mid-60s. and low 70s. but tomorrow, winds will go back to the northwest. right now, they have gone to the southwest. still milder air. later tonight, there will be the frontal pass. these showers came in through the afternoon. ahead of the actual wind shift change. still a risk of a shower until about 9:00 or so. nothing is upstream at this time. but you can see, in the afternoon, a line of showers. from new england, pennsylvania, new york and west virginia. very skinny little line. and there's a slight chance we may see a shower developing in the next three hours or so to the north and west. pittsburgh, clouds could produce a shower. behind that, dryer air coming in. looks like a beautiful end to the week. friday night, warm front coming through. may bring us early rain into early saturday. and behind it, actually gets a little warmer and drying out. for the weekend, looks pretty nice. breezy on

elkton and hagerstown, 29. and the cold spot, oakland at 25 degrees. now, it has been an exception's warm march. more like may, actually. bernadette has a look at those numbers. bernadette? >> that's right. even though there was a chill in the air this morning. and that stands out because it's been so warm, we want to show you just how warm it has been. look at some of these numbers. so far this month, for our average high, 2012, this year, we've averaged 65.1 degrees. now, during that same stretch, the normal would be 52.7 degrees. we are in the double digits, above average. and we tend to see warmups here and there. but we have just been telling you graphic after graphic, how warm it has been for how long. and march is even more exceptional than the previous three months. now, we're not finished with the month officially. but when we are, we will have those numbers for you coming up also. >>> tonight, the university of maryland women's basketball team will face notre notre dame in the final four. wjz is live with the complete coverage of the exciteme

warm spot up in elkton. 74 in ocean city. breeze there. they're at 58. to the west of us, 73 in cumberland. and 70. looks like the rest of the week, it's even warmer. good shot at 80 degrees two days this week. mary? >> wow, bob. thank you. >>> let's check on our roads now, with kristy breslin, at traffic control. >>> well, we do have a couple of delays around the beltway. if you're traveling on the west side inner loop, you can expect about 15 minutes there from baltimore national pike to security boulevard. on the north side inner loop, stop and go there from charles street to harford road. at this point, average speed, still about 40 miles per hour. as far as accidents go, bel air road, longate parkway. ellicott city. mountain road, just east of 648 in glen burnie. and over in baltimore city, we have russell street at austin. let's now take a live look, you can see, everything moving just fine there. everything north of route 24, up in the bel air area. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered

up in elkton, 14 degrees cooler. ocean city, 9 degrees cooler. d.c., about the same. as you see the impact about the ocean air came in today. really did drop temperatures, although still way, way above normal, which is 53 degrees. tim has a look at these temperatures. >> you know, we have been talking about these temperatures. and just to give you perspective. bob mentioned the normal high for this day. 53 degrees still. it's already unbelievable that we have been 20, and near 30 degrees. and some instances above where we would be this time of year. for today, the average of 53. we would have gotten to a record if we hit 82. didn't quite get there. 72 is where we topped out. either side of that, most of the region because of a nice breeze off the ocean, kind of cools us down. as far as the rest of this week, it is unprecedented that we have had this many records tied or broken. and this is across the country. 138 records tied or broken on monday. 216 records tied or broken on tuesday. and 250 records tied or broken going into yesterday. today's numbers will be in tomo

keeping ocean city pretty chilly this afternoon. 72 in elkton.ratures around the 70- degree mark. a little cooler on the bay. rock island. kent island, annapolis, 69. a light east/northeast wind. keeping us a little in that marine air, at least for tonight. tonight look for fog. heavy fog this morning. west of the bay, patchy fog again tonight. didn't see any rain today. so we probably won't see as much fog as we saw this morning. had a little rain last night. the area picked up about 4/100ths of an inch. this is where the rain is. gulf moisture streaming northward. the jet stream. it's warm here. cooler out here. in fact, pretty cold in the west and northwest. shower and thunderstorm activity this afternoon. iowa into texas and oklahoma. some areas picking up 6 or 10 inches of rain. tremendous amounts of rain. the flow into the gulf of mexico, feeding that. beginning to thin out a little bit. some of that rain will be here, we think, friday, saturday, probably late friday, saturday and sunday. and a good chance we'll see cooler temps. and yes, s

you can see one for elkton and there. advisories already in effect. through the afternoon some sunshine mix in there as that fog starts to lift. temperature-wise with those clouds out there it is warm. 60 in baltimore, already 63 in dc. the entire eastern half of the country is incredibly warm so we are going to stay warm for the next few days because of this weather pattern we are in. here is where the cold air is. here is where the stormy weather is. and occasionally we are seeing energy break of this main storm track and move east and that is what is causing the scattered showers and storms. and you see not a whole lot out there and nothing to push it along because the storm track is locked up to the west. that is what we will see for the next couple of days. the forecast today 73 degrees, tonight we are going to drop down into the 50s. that is about it. still the chance for showers, thunderstorm and fog once again. then tomorrow right back up to the 70s, 73 degrees, again the chance of showers or thunderstorm and some fog to start out the day. by

barometer on the way back up. 52 in elkton. 54 in d.c., and baltimore as well. locally, temperatures running 6 degrees or so. 4 to 5 to 6 degrees below average now. baltimore also 54. our average now at 58. we're running 4 degrees cooler than average. this morning, we're at 31 degrees. last time it was 31 was back on march 11th. it's been that warm a month. in fact, in our next show, bernadette is going to show us just how warm this march has been. 37 is now the average low. so it's really coming up. 86, the record high. 1921. and 20 degrees. 20 degrees. in 2001. west winds right now, out of the northwest most of the day. very light, compared to what we saw yesterday. here in the east, pretty clear skies as you can see. only a cloud in sight. to the west of us, low pressure. this afternoon, it was in the 60s and 70s out here. that's going to be in our region tomorrow. low 70s. and long that front -- along that frontal boundary. a few widely scattered showers. we might see this in the afternoon or evening. in the meantime, winds go back to the south and southwest

up in elkton, the winds off the there, 66. 66, bel air. but still 71 in rock hall.nd -- excuse me, kent island. rock hall with the winds on the bay, just dropped down to 61. but a very mild night on tap. 74 this afternoon. not a record, the record is 83 in 2000. but the average high now is only 51. it was 53 last night. that was the low at the airport. the normal low is now still at 31 degrees. and the record low, 10 above zero back in 1960. so unbelievably warm day. to the west of us, this morning, has pretty good areas of showers behind that cooler air, moving in. and we'll see that tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon, and saturday. but the shower activity, a lot of it is moving to our north and northwest. and to our south and southwest. in between, we're getting very light stuff. most of it right now to our north, as you can see. light showers late tonight. maybe after 9:00, 10:00, we'll see showers for a little while. then it will clear out, early in the morning, i expect to see a lot of sunshine tomorrow. it will be definitely breezy and colder. so the rain activity m

we're down to 71. 70 in elkton. 80 the warm spot. and those 75- to 80-degree temperatures. those should dominate the area tomorrow. ocean city. 65. d.c., now up to 76. locally, 71, westminster. and the upper 60s by the bay. 71, cumberland, and baltimore as well. light northeast wind. tomorrow, there will be a weak front coming down from the north. no clouds really with it. but we may have that morning fog to burn off. the wind should go a little further south and southeast. that should bring us in milder air, at least in the afternoon. and then tomorrow night. clouds and shower activity to the west. also, this front across southern quebec is going to slide down to the south. these two combine across the mid-atlantic. we have a good shot at getting decent rain here saturday and sunday. looks like temperatures will be cooling, as that front comes down. the winds go back to the ocean component. over the weekend, temperatures probably around 60 to low 60s. and some 50s and 40s, probably. if we get some of that chilly air in. scattered rain maybe by late friday night, early satu

seven degrees cooler than this time yesterday. 48 oakland, 45 in cum beer land, mid-50s haggerstown, elkton1, dc four shy of 60, almost 60 pax river, easton 50, 55 degrees on the boards ocean city, bellaire now down to 48, 51 west min stir, 50 columbia low 50s rock hall, annapolis and kent island so moisture approaching from the west. this evening showers. we have got a back door front trying to come down the 95 corridor tomorrow. it is going to stall out. that will continue us in a chance of some instability tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. i do think though we will start to see skies break a bit. the weather turn in our favor for st. patrick's day. 79 the high, the record is 82 set in 1992. 53 overnieft your normal daytime high. tomorrow a mixture of clouds and sun, a couple of showers around, not a lot of rain, 76 degrees going to be your high, call it i think mostly cloudy to start, partly sunny to end st. patrick's day almost 70, sunny almost 70 on sunday, monday 73, the last day of winter, sunny and two shy of 80. don, take it away. >> thank you very much, 17 past 6:00, how is