you can see the heavier rain just up to the north, around frederick, maryland. around hagerstown, maryland. all this sliding to the east. so most locations not even going to get wet here for the morning hours, except for shots like maybe northern loudoun county. maybe howard county seeing some showers early on. showers possible mainly north of d.c. by lunchtime today, we're partly sunny, mild. we're dry for the bulk of the day as temperatures push into the mid and upper 70s. 83 your high temperature for today with the best chance of showers and storms after 5:00 today. first 4 traffic right now. >> i'm tracking breaking news, if you're traveling in silver spring taking university boulevard, right now all your lanes are blocked at dennis avenue. the situation involves a car accident resulting in a downed pole completely blocking university boulevard. if you're trying to take university boulevard or even heading over to georgia avenue, that's not going to be an option for some time and hopefully we're going to get a live camera there very soon. but keep in mind, un

some other temperatures, a few other neighborhoods as we head up north to frederick, maryland, you are currently at 80 degrees. purcellville, virginia, 79. lanham, maryland, 82 degrees. fredericksburg, sitting at 80 degrees. a little more warmth, in fact, just west of our area with charleston, and columbus from west virginia to ohio coming in at 84 degrees right now. let's talk about the good night wakeup forecast. we drop to the mid-60s by 11:00 p.m. this is the time of year we cool quickly, but we can warm quickly, too. we'll start out tomorrow morning, 61 to 60 degrees. right around the beltway and around d.c. areas outside of that will be starting out in the 50s. and off to our west, temperatures not too bad either. pretty nice weather in chicago. in memphis, tennessee, 83 the temperature. here's your heat, and right on the other side of that heat, in colorado, areas through the northern plains, too, in minnesota, it's been wet. in fact, even in colorado they've had not only rain, yesterday quite a bit of rain, in fact, around estes park. they've had some of the intermountain snow

take a look at frederick, maryland, at 53 degrees. purcellville, virginia, at 58.ham, maryland, 55, and fredericksburg, virginia, starting out at 53 degrees early this morning. as far as our temperatures go right now, we have warmed nicely. we're in the 80s. 81 degrees up in olney. and 81 your current temperature in washington, d.c. packs river currently at 76 degrees. not doing too bad out there, right? feels really good and looks really good as well. we hardly have a cloud to be found in the sky. we've got clouds streaming through ohio and kentucky. meanwhile, look at the clouds, and the rain that's made its way out of areas around colorado. denver, now, at 67 degrees. kansas city at 55 degrees. this is all part of the same front that will be coming through our area before the week is over. and will deliver, i think, a few sprinkles in a couple of neighborhoods. as far as your hometown forecast for clarendon, virginia, 68 degrees the temperature by early tomorrow morning. we'll hit the numbers like 68, around 70 degrees by early tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. we'l

el legislador republicano bill shreve de frederick, maryland esta proponiendo que ninos que viven en zonas rurales tomen el transporte publico en lugar del bus escolar... tal medida es propuesta con el fin de ahorrar fondos, el superintendente de las escuelas publicas de ese condado ha dicho el presidente bolviano evo morales, volvio a pedir hoy en la onu la renegociacion del tratado con chile que supuso para su pais la perdida del acceso al mar, acuso a ee. uu de practicar terrorismo de estado y dijo que el mundo no cambiara si no lo hacen antes las naciones desunidas asimismo, emplazo de nuevo a chile a poner fin a un dano historico y al enclaustra miento de bolivia mediante un mecanismo de solucion de controversias, y solicito el acompanamiento de la ... las encuestas publicadas desde hace una semana revelan una clara ventaja del presidente barack obama, frente a su rival republicano mitt romney en las intenciones de voto en florida y ohio, estados clave para las elecciones de noviembre... de hecho ningun candidato republicano ha sido elegido como presidente sin haber ganado en oh

frostburg, hagerstown approaching areas of frederick maryland again and around leesburg, virginia, you will be getting in on some of those showers. all this right along that same weather front that's been stalled out. goes all the way down to areas of kentucky, on through southern indiana and illinois yet again today. temperature currently is at 68 degrees here. it's 69 in philadelphia. 64 degrees in new york city. our high temperature today as we rise out of the 60s there for the morning hours with those showers staying north. noontime we're dry. upper 70s by lunchtime. and then rain and thunder back after about 5:00 p.m., we should hit a high around 83. >>> checking the roads for you, we're looking at university boulevard. following this throughout the morning. chopper 4 is over the scene, and here's what's happening. traveling westbound, the earlier accident resulted in a downed pole. that's blocking tw of yo ining right lanes. you are able to get by single file to the left. let's head over to i-270, slow this this area. again from frederick, heavier delays now as you make your way

. >> the city of frederick, maryland, is honoring the victims of september 11 with a special flag. that flag was donated by the daughters of the american revolution and the red, white, and blue flags have images of the twin towers, the pentagon, and the cracked liberty bell. that flag will fly in front of city hall all week long. >> today, a local hospital is marking this anniversary by making sure its staff members are ready in the event of another major emergency. it is simulating both buy logical and natural disasters all for the purposes of training. >> i'm andrea mccarren at southern maryland hospital center in clinton where staff members are memorializing september 11 by getting better prepared for a disaster. beyond the american flag flying at half staff. >> i want to help people. >> nursing students, stephanie rahmis trying on her first decontamination suit. keep me safe when i'm helping the patients who are contaminated. >> she and other southern maryland hospital center staff are learning everything they need to know to protect themselves while caring for others in the ev

the great frederick fair going on in frederick county, maryland, in downtown frederick on the frederickairgrounds and the bluemont fair going on saturday and sunday. beautiful both days, low humidity and lots of sun. best chance of rain, monday afternoon and evening and perhaps on tuesday. after that, we dry out again. i'm back in ten minutes. danella, any award-winning traffic? >> no, tom. you know this. >>> i'm still tracking breaking news on the roadways. i'm starting to feel some type of wave because tom breaks out awards and nice weather. i break out delays. i have good news, though. earlier crash on college park on the outer loop of the beltway, that's clear. your exit ramp to route 1, that's available to you too. here's a live look from chopper 4 as you make your way slowly past bw parkway. that's where you're slow. these delays continue all the way to route 1. the good news is, once you get towards route 1, those travel lanes are open. you're still just sluggish. delays roughly 2.5 miles on the outer loop. let's head to i-270. slow as well as you make your way past 109. as you t

in frederick county, maryland, ten school buses are now equipped the cameras, our greg guise shows us how they work and they're designed to protect our youngsters. >> reporter: bus driver jody jackson sees dangerous behavior every day. >> it does scare me. >> reporter: but not open the bus, on the road. >> just last week i had at one of my stops four cars went through. >> the self-contained unit right here where we have a camera facing the front. >> reporter: now, in frederick county, maryland, cameras like these are side mounded on ten buses. ready to record the license and other data of any vehicle that doesn't come to a complete stop. >> a child has nothing to protect them. it's our bodies. they're walking out crossing in front of the bus. they get hit by a 2500, 3,000- pound vehicle, they're not going to win. >> reporter: a violation will cost you -- >> $125. >> reporter: a new maryland law that allows these automated devices was enacted in may. last year, in frederick county, bus drivers reported nearly 500 illegal passes. >> when a school bus is coming up to a bus stop and there

an inch and a third in places like winchester, burke and frederick maryland getting about an inch. it's going to be a lot nicer around here tomorrow and the week ahead. i'll give you the forecast coming up. >>> water was pretty choppy on the potomac even before the storms rolled through this afternoon. 19 people had to be rescued when their boat capsized around 2:00, near potomac park only some of the people on the boat were wearing life jackets. fortunately, all of them made it out of the water safely. witnesses driving by saw the boat turnover. heard people screaming and they ran to notify park police. >> maybe 15, 20 people were there, everybody was on water, and they began to just scream help, help. >> police were able to rescue everyone, no one had to be hospitalized. the boat was towed to dry land. >>> after making a big impression this week at the democratic national convention. julian castro hits the campaign trail in virginia. he's not the only one in the commonwealth this weekend. >>> in sports, so the 9:15 meeting looks like it's going to start a little late... um, but i

we've got 63 right now in frederick, maryland. 66 in college park. 61 degrees in heron and hanging onto 68 degrees in leesburg, virginia. that front? oh, you've got to look hard. just light showers and sprinkles just east of frostburg, maryland right now. you've got some bigger rains down to the south around arkansas in texas. that's all part of the next weather system that's going to be arriving here again early next week. for tomorrow, some sunshine. nice conditions as high pressure moves in. that high pressure hangs on for most of sunday. i think by late sunday, we turn over to a partly cloudy sky and by first thing monday, i think we're going to be very cloudy. we're starting to see some showers showing up. right now, i think our heaviest rain will come monday night, tuesday morning. and i think our heaviest rain will be setting up in areas from washington county maryland down through sts like loudoun unty. 1-3 inches of rain possible. not severe weather, but still winds up to 30 miles per hour. for tomorrow morning, take advantage of it. start planning. gorgeous, 54-63 degrees. bea

temperatures still 90 here. 90 in manassas and culpepper and fredericksburg. 81 in hagerstown and frederick, maryland and up into the hills of west virginia, rain-cooled 79 in martinsburg, berkeley county, localized very heavy rain over the last couple hours. flash flood warning still up for berkeley and parts of western most morgan county in the panhandle of west virginia. you see that thunderstorm there. pretty much sitting right over the same spot. some locations out here have already seen more than an inch of rain in the last hour or so. so if you're traveling out there to the panhandle of west virginia in the next couple of hour, be on the lookout for that. rumbles of thunder, headed to the interharbor. may get raindrops in downtown annapolis and sprinkles running along the potomac, south of leesburg towards poolesville eventually fading out aiming down to the northwest side of the capitol beltway. pretty much area wide, sprinkle can't be ruled out. the motherload of wet weather, out to the west. cloudy, humid, scatters showers and thunderstorms around. temperatures mid to upper 80s. upper 70s b

even forced some officials to shut down the great frederick fair in frederick, maryland. >>> a familystill in disbelief after a massive tree crushed the side of her house. the one woman says she's just thankful she escaped unscathed. ken molestina has her story. >> reporter: tree removal crews worked in the night cleaning up the mess that created the scare of her life. she was inside the house when the storms rolled through and sent this towering tree into a free fall right over her head. >> i noticed the whole front end of the porch had collapsed and the tree was actually on the side of the house and on the roof. >> reporter: luckily she made it out of the house just fine despite its old bricks olding up and taking the brunt of the smash. the house was still left uninhabitable. the front porch was crushed and the walls left unstaibled by the tree -- unstable by the tree. the owner was in the process of clearing four other trees on the property. she never thought this massive one would come crashing down but as we

northern loudoun county into frederick county, maryland, and points west, just some light rain. for much of the hour, just going to have light rain. rain west of us by 6:00 a.m., still upper 60s to near 70. and a little greater chance of showers moving in and a chance of severe storms. generally 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., some storms could produce some damaging winds and some brief, very heavy rain. could pick up a quick inch of rain in just maybe a half hour or an hour. and then that severe threat dissipates after 8:00 tonight. here's a look at your storm team 4 evening planner. our sunset at 7:11, and by midnight much of the activity will be way east of washington and crossing east of the bay and ending. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend and another look at storm team 4 radar in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning. >>> already we're seeing it's fender bender weather. earlier, as mitch mentioned, just that fender bender northbound i-95 at 3. as you continue northbound, another accident that you'll come across just past route 1

but first, i have a warning about a new speed camera in frederick, maryland. the state highway administration has set it up in the work zone along route 15 at the motter avenue exit. it's active but only issuing warnings for the first few weeks. anyone caught 12 miles over the 55 mile an hour speed limit will get a $40 ticket in the mail. maryland lawmakers are trying to figure out how to track down on drivers zipping through the toll plazas without ever paying. thousands of vehicle owners are just ignoring them. maryland doesn't issue citations to violators. the state doesn't send outstanding balances to collection companies. >> we just raised tolls on ordinary motorists. people need to know the state is doing their best to collect from many large commercial vendors who are maybe running a rental car company and are racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and not paying them. >> just to show you how much of a problem this is, one rental company owes more than $200,000 in back tolls and penalties. "the washington post" reports 15,000 regular drive

frederick, maryland, you're wet with the rain. mt. airy too. bethesda and bowie. all of this making its way through howard county and baltimore county. it's moving away, leaving the bigger part of the rain. still there will be lingering showers left coming in for the morning rush. umbrella ready today with a chance of showers, a milder start. 57 to 64 degrees around 8:00 a.m. by the noon hour, cloud cover. most of the rain is going to be north, up around northern maryland. temperatures by noontime, 74 to 77 degrees. for your afternoon commute, much warmer with a high of 84. it's the afternoon rush where we have the best chance of showers. i'll be back at 4:41 with your four-day forecast. right now, first 4 traffic. >> thanks, veronica. >>> checking the roadways. still dealing with a work zone in place if you're taking the inner loop of the beltway. really trying to access the ramp. construction happening on the ramp. it may be slowing you down a bit still, but it should be wrapping up soon. if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway at kenilworth avenue, i

that starts this weekend in frederick, maryland. in addition, we've got the rally for clean water. >> here we go, everybody. >> and bruce springsteen tonight at nationals park. >> now that's a good show. >> and the bluemont fair going on in western county. let's get right to the forecast. >> the horse festival is going on too. >> where's that? >> somewhere downtown. >>> look at this great photo sent in by one of our viewers of a beautiful cloud at sunset. this was taken a couple of nights ago at silver spring. send your photos to weather@nbcwashington.com. it's a chilly friday morning. we're down in the low to mid-50s, and a few ten dridrils fog. in some of the rural areas, montgomery, fairfax, prince george's county only in the 50s right now. reagan national at 65. the clouds are drifting in, coming in from the west. meanwhile, way out here in the upper midwest, michigan to northern indiana, they're getting a few showers along a front. that front is arriving here tonight. here mostly clear morning, just a few clouds and patchy fog.

winchester done to 46. 45 in cumberland and out toward harrisonburg, even frederick maryland has dippedrt. once again the bay and annapolis in the low 60s. 50 in la plata and 48 in manassas. mid-70s along the bay. we'll top out about 78. perhaps manassas being the warm spot at 79. it's 4:27. here comes monika samtani. she's got your timesaver traffic on this tuesday morning. >>> thank you so much, howard. good morning, everybody. things look good outside right now. you just have that tiny witness of construction with only -- tiny bit of construction with only the right lane getting by. outer loop between 123 and 127. only the right lane will get you through there. 66 looks okay. let's take a live look outside and show what you it looks like. if you're planning to head northbound on 395, looking good. lanes open north of duke street up to the 14th street bridge. this time to the north side of the beltway where we're fine between 95 and i-270. no issues to report on 270 if you're heading in from frederick and south of town at the wilson bridge, nice and quiet across the river as well. i'l

as far as radar now, storm4 radar, we've gothowers around leesburg and frederick, maryland, pushing up to the north and east. notice, too, just north of washington right now, around the northern side of the beltway, some more showers, and those are moving to the north and east. so, for the early-morning hours around 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., there will be some scattered showers, light showers around. we're at 79 degrees. agai it is humid out there right now. temperatures throughout, 72, 79 d.c., 79 around fredericksburg and stafford. high temperature for today going up, again, to 92 degrees with a heat index about 95. a hot one with just a slight chance of a shower. most neighborhoods dry. danella? >>> right now in your "first 4 traffic" report, you're still dealing with some overnight work zones, some in the process of clearing right now. that's good news, but here's what you're still facing. if you're traveling on the inner loop and outer loop near the greenbelt metro station, a live look shows construction still taking place, very sluggish in this area. what's happening is you're gettin

in frederick, maryland, just of a 41 inches. em7 in el smithsburg -- mittsburg. when we have clouds that night, that helps to hold in the heat. at 60's right now. 63 at reagan national. 50s across the west. 55 in westchester. temperatures will be warming up. skies will be clearing. becoming mostly sunny and pleasant, 67-72 degrees today. tomorrow we will be in the mid- 70s. as we approach the weekend. our only chance of rain over the is late saturday sunday.d hopefully, the timing remains day y because the old [unintelligible] >> let's start with the rail system. metro rail and vre on time. trains, all of those operating at reduced speeds of last night's storms. a 30 minute delay. no major obstacles on the roads on 95 and 395, on the beltway across the 14th bridge, a wonderful start. thatt of stafford, quantico andween triangle looking good. 66 leading gainesville, manassas, centreville, fair extending inside the beltway looks good. maryland, no worries. here. on 95 and the b-w parkway out fine towards the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. apple's new mobile op

then, over the weekend, we have the great frederick fair out in frederick county and frederick, maryland. gorgeous. is it the annual blue month fair. it's a great fair. it's an agricultural fair. it's a lot of fun for the family. we have the rally for clean water going on tomorrow. georgetown waterfront park. high school football tonight, too. a lot of interest in the weather. we have had gorgeous weather this week. take a look at this photo sent in by a viewer of students that were basking in the bright sunshine and during their recess they, well -- i guess my computer is deciding not to advan advance. oh, well. >> it's probably a great picture. >> well, my computer is not advancing. there we go. now it's working. >> better late than never. >> they are griffining. these are fourth graders. yes, they are hoping for another win sunday as the skins are going to be playing. they are out of town. look at the blue sky during recess at their school. hunt valley elementary school in springfield. 77 at reagan national. the dew point is up, in the mid-60s. there's more humidity around. we have a

in addition, the great frederick fair under way now in frederick, maryland, at the fairgrounds in frederick. and "h" street festival. that's a big festival going on tomorrow. that starts at noon "h" street in washington. over 50,000 people will be there. some interest in the forecast. are we going to be doing this come monday morning? take a look at this photo sent in by one of our viewers of fourth graders griffining. >> i love it. >> will we be doing this monday morning? >> that's awesome. >> this was sent in by teachers miss lily and mrs. gogle's fourth grade class. let's hope we are going to be doing that on monday morning. >>> we're certainly celebrating a gorgeous sunrise. there it is, sun now just coming up. that's a live view from our nbc 4 city camera. a live view at reagan national. a few wispy high clouds coming over. fog in the rural areas, down in the 50s. all these areas in dark green covering maryland, eastern shore, out into the mountains. wispy clouds covering north and west. by noontime, low to mid-70s, low humidity, gorgeous middle of the day. more clouds likely by this a

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of course, it's the big fair in frederick, maryland. there's your rain for monday and tuesday. behind it we'll cool down. low 70s on wednesday. and that's going to come with a little bit of a breeze. so i think we'll all have the jackets on guys on wednesday of next week. and the umbrellas, go ahead and find out where you stuck them this weekend. >> all right. veronica, thanks. >>> coming up on news4 at 4:00 a bear decides to cool off with a dip in somebody's backyard pool. >>> and thieves foil themselves when they hit up an apple store. we'll tell you the important clue they left behind. >>> and coming up next on news4 at 5:00 strong words from a congresswoman over an e-mail sent to all epa employees. it contains statements that many consider stereo typical, including one about the role of women in spanish culture. >>> conning renters out of thousands of dollars. you could be targeted even if you're not in the market for a new place. >>> coming up at 6:00 a gun scare at reagan >>> an uninvited guest took a big dip in several backyard pools in l.a. last night. this black bear w

if you're thinking about heading up to frederick, maryland, a great frederick fair going on between now and next week. it's looking great this weekend. this is both days, really, saturday and sunday. temperatures around 79. and just gorgeous weather. a lot of fairs going on this weekend. the weather, couldn't be better for them. then the rain comes in. you know it can't last forever. maybe some heavy rain monday and into tuesday. not just rain, but it could also be rain and wind. kind of nasty weather. but hey, i think we can deal with two days of that after lots of this. >> yes, we can. >>> an easier way to find play six degrees of bacon. and a release date for the new console. >> here's what's trending today. nintendo announced the highly anticipated wii-u available in stores starting november 18th. prices for the new gaming console will start around $300. and you'll be able to do more than just play games with your wii, you remote, you'll also be able to control your tv, search for online videos and interact with people on nintendo social media. >> the woman known as the tanning mom

. >>> a heads up for drives in frederick, maryland. start, today, new speed cameras will be set up along three work zones starting today. the construction on the bridge over route 15 widening of motter avenue and opossumtown pike and other areas. it's part of the maryland safe zones program. the speed limit is 55 miles an hour. violators could face fines up to $40. >>> in the district residents are sounding off about speed camera fines. neighbors gathered at a meeting in ward 7. some say they think the cameras are just a moneymaker for the city. others have no sympathy for speeders. >> i'm not making that much money that i can afford $120 to $250. >> give them a ticket! i beg for it! we're begging for more! >> councilmembers tommy wells and others attended the meeting starting the discussion about possibly lowering fines. >>> it's a major milestone for a local veteran. we are told that today alice dixon is turning 105 years old! this is a picture of dixon serng in world war ii. she is the one sitting down. dixon joined the military in

low to mid-50s up to the north and west. 52 in frederick, maryland. 56 in fredericksburg, 59 with the rainshowers in charlottesville. can you see on storm 4 doppler, just to the east of downtown charlottesville. and drifts eastbound. you folks in stafford and responsible ilvein ya, be on the lookout for a couple raindrops. a couple showers on the southwest sides of pittsburgh. those are coming south eastbound headed for far western maryland. there will be an opportunity for a raindrop or two on sunday. if you have outdoor plans tomorrow, do not cancel them just yet. any rain we get tomorrow will be short lived and widely scattered. we'll talk about how nice tomorrow will be and what about the workweek coming up? >> a break from campaign events today for president obama and mitt romney. both candidates are preparing for their first debate tonight at the university of denver. the candidates will debate domestic policy issues. more than 50 million people are expected to tune in many brian mooar is following the candidate's running mates on the campaign trail today. >> day's before the fi

in frederick, maryland, 42 degrees starting out. 45 in leesburg. falls church and fairfax city, 44 starting out. on the other side of i-95, i think we'll be in the low to mid-50s. 53 degrees in fredericksburg, virginia. and then more sunshine tomorrow. we'll see highs back in the 70s. from 76 degrees in gaithersburg, maryland, to 78 around areas like warrenton, and monassas, 76. another gorgeous day for us. over the week, you can see the temperatures change. by friday, topping out also in the low to mid-80s. all week long, doing pretty good with our temperatures a little cooler than what we've seen. for tomorrow morning, 43 to 56 degrees. again, jacket weather. so maybe step out the door with the jacket on. keep the kids warm in the morning. 75 to 79 degrees. so all week long, some quiet nice weather for us. our next chance of rain won't come in until late saturday and sunday, a chance for some showers and storms. look at that, the 90s are gone. bye-bye. >> bye-bye. >> so long. >> not to return for a while. maybe may, right? >> exactly. >> until ne

aerie, maryland, frederick, maryland, 50 degrees. 50 in culpeper. 50 in virginia out in rappahannock county. no rain today. 100% dry on your friday. our next chance of rain is coming from the upper midwest. as the cold front bumps into the warm and increasing ly humid ai mass, we have a strong possibility for strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow. tomorrow temperatures soar into the mid-80s tomorrow and a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening, and the sunshine is back after that for your sunday. for today, not a bad way to get your day started. off to a great start, in the 50s this morning. near 75 by noontime, near 82 for a high temperature this afternoon. there's the all important seven day forecast. the only real thing to worry about is your saturday storm chance. rest of it looks great. danella, over to you? >>> checking on a couple of accidents. first let's start in the district. if you're traveling in northwest 24th street at calvert street, still seeing report of an accident in that area. now into virginia. northbound route 1 at a

. >> in frederick county maryland, they now have the cameras.hat's right, they will show us how to work and to protect these kids. >>> the bus driver seized dangerous behaviors every day. >> did that scare me? >> reporter: but not on the bus, on the road. >> just last week i had one of the stops. >> the self-contained unit right here where we have a camera facing the front. >> reporter: now in frederick county maryland, cameras like these are mounted on ten buses, ready to record the license and other data on any vehicle that doesn't come to a complete stop. >> the child has nothing to protect them. it is our bodies, working out, crossing in front of the bus as they got hit by a 2,000 pound vehicle. they are not going to win. >> reporter: the violation will cost you. >> $2,500. >> reporter: a new maryland law that will allow for these devices enacted in may. last year in frederick county, the bus drivers reported nearly 500 illegal passes. when the school bus is coming up, there are kids standing around, that you never know where they are going

frederick, maryland, and 78, waldorf and la plata. 82 annapolis and shady side.owards the blue ridge, 80 already in martinsburg and 77 in win chechtor. getting outside and trying to enjoy your day today, a lot of great things to do around the area. a couple light spritzes around first thing theirs morning. slightly steadier rain across culpepper, and be on the lookout for a little light rain down there first thing this morning. the good news is, this first little patch of rain is mostly going southbound. north maryland, done with your rain chances for the day. as drier air sneaks in, keeping rain chances at bay through mucht of the day. headed down for the nationals and cardinals, first pitch at 4:05 this afternoon. 90 degrees. slight risk of a shower's drops of concern turn into real worry answer rain going into tomorrow and monday. dry air protects us for today. tomorrow, steadier showers by mid to late morning potentially tomorrow and by tomorrow afternoon, rain chances around here. not even the remnants of isaac by the time that pulls out, monday's rain drop,

that's going to be sliding in around 640 or so back into frederick, maryland. bluemont, light shower. our temperature at 67 degrees. going up to a high today of 83 degrees. so again, a warm one with rain and thunder back after 5:00. >> still watching the situation along university boulevard. welcome back university boulevard, your right lane is blocked by the downed pole. let's head over to 295 as well as i-95 in maryland. both clear from the baltimore beltway to the capital beltway. making the trip on 50, you're clear as well. as you make your way past 410 heading toward new york avenue, no accidents in either direction. back over to you. >>> it's now 5:41. we've been bombarded with ads for both for and against a new casino in maryland. now we're getting our first look at what voters think. >>> and talk about an amazing milestone. milestone. we'll introduce you to ae. the middle class, who move our country forward. work hard. raise families. and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family b

starting in maryland on 270, no between frederick kempe the beltway. the b-w parkway and about 50 looking pretty good in maryland. 395 at glebe road in virginia looking good. no act of war zones northbound southbound, through the mixing bowl of. spots on the beltway in , still active. a couple of lines tied up, but traffic. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, a death investigation forcing authorities to remove several a bethesda home. one of the dogs is dead. drive.s on corsica

. >>> a heads up now for drivers in frederick, maryland.rting today, new speed cameras will be set up along three work zones. construction on the motor avenue bridge over route 15, widening of motor avenue and possum up two pike. the speed limit is 55 miles per hour and violate ires on could face fines up to $40. >>> in the district, resident are sounding off about speed camera fines. neighbors gathered at a meeting in ward seven last night. >> i'm not even making that much money that i can afford $120 to $250. >> give them a ticket. i beg for a camera. we're begging for more. >> council members have started a discussion about possibly lowering the fines. >> a lot of people say bring it on. >> i can see both side there. >> how new york city is remembering the victims of 9- 11. we'll have a live report from ground zero in about 20 much. appear to the rescue. reports suggest the economy will greatly benefit from the new iphone. but just how much will it benefit? we'll go live to fox business network in new york for the answer. anncr: this cas

frederick, maryland, too coming in at 59 degrees. most locations currently sitting in the low 60s, between 60 and 65 degrees. fairfax, leonardtown 61 and 63 degrees currently. at the bus stop this morning then, we're going to be in the upper 50s to low 60s. there will be cloud cover around this morning. possibility of a light shower passing through the area. on radar, harristown, frostburg, all of this will be moving off west. kentucky and areas of indiana and ohio, that's all along the weather front. for today, 81 to 85 degrees. i like that. a slight chance for a passing shower. so it's small umbrella for today. may even get a little bit of thunder. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. saturday, still a rain chance. sunday, we're dry. danella? >>> right now checking on the accident as you make your way eastbound 32. approaching 29. crash there is on the right side of the roadway. blocking the right lane, emergency workers are on the scene. you'll be able to get by, but you'll have to stick to the left to do so. here's a live loo

60 at national airport. 61 courtesy of the warm bay water temperatures in annapolis. 50 in frederick, maryland. 54 gaithersburg and germantown. 52 in leesburg this morning. hour by hour on through the rest of the day, temperatures staying in the chilly 50s for most through the 7:00 a.m. hour. jumping to mid and upper 70s. by noontime, bright and sunny. today's high up by 82 degrees. a few extra clouds coming in later on this evening. nothing to really worry about. high school football, no complaints. baseball weather for the nats and brewers, also no complaints. there's the look on down through the weekend, 82 with the sunshine today. 86 on your saturday. it's going to be warm, a little bit humid. that will lead to a chance for stronger thunderstorms on your saturday afternoon and saturday evening, but your sunday is looking great. breezy and noticeably cooler. sunday's high only 71 degrees. a little something for everybody. going to feel like summer and autumn comes right back in. first 4 traffic time. let's go back over to danella sealock. >> i have good news. the accident at southbound 250

culpeper, 41 around frederick, maryland. and mt. airy. 43 leesburg and sterling and warrenton. 46 right now down south around la plata and waldorf, maryland. some clouds coming into our area, but not until tomorrow where we get the mostly cloudy sky. for today, first part of your day, nothing but sunshine and cool conditions. big range in temperatures, 47 to 56 degrees right in town. by lunchtime today it's going to be pretty nice. 67 to 70 degrees. more seasonal conditions. and then in the afternoon, for the afternoon commute, partly sunny, nice and milder. getting up to a high temperature today from 72 to 76 degrees. i'll have a look at your for four-day forecast in a few. >> now at bw parkway at landover road. have an accident. luckily, it's now moved to the right shoulder lane. police on the scene. you are seeing some volume as cars slow down to make their way past theaccident. again, the accident is in your shoulder lane. talk about delays. usual suspects, i-95 in virginia. fairfax county parkway, heavy on the brakes in this ar

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had some readings down to 44 in frederick, maryland. that's about as cool as i've seen it in many, many months. 40s and 50s at the bus stop. as monika said, sweater weather, light wrap, whatever you need. 8:00 60. noon 72. winds north this morning at 5:00. light and variable this afternoon. 76-degree reading at 4:00. in between hours we'll likely poke up to 78 but still 70 at 8:00 p.m. light winds. near weather perfection on this tuesday. 46 now in gaithersburg and winchester and luray. cumberland 45. had 40s in la plata. patuxent river 62 but leonardtown away from the water, it's 50 right now. the bay makes a big difference. outside our michael & son weather camera in tysons corner this morning, a pretty morning out there, 57. dew points have fallen into the upper 40s with humidity at 74%. and the barometer 30.25. continues to rise as high pressure is over west virginia this morning and building in. some showers in the dakotas behind a cold front that's not going to make it here till maybe saturday night, sunday. out ahead of it high p

frederick, maryland down to 46 and cumberland still in the upper 40s at 48 degrees. locally you can see we've got a 49 now in reston and sterling and laytonsville. lovettsville 46 in northern loudoun county. prince george's county, you're generally in the low 50s. 51 for bowie. fort belvoir 50 and looking outside on our michael & son weather cam, another pretty shot this morning. it is very comfortable out there. 60 officially in washington with the humidity at 75%. dew points have come up just a tiny bit. yesterday they were in the upper 40s. right now in the low 50s. warmer testimonies in minneapolis -- temperatures in minneapolis and kansas city. that's ahead of the cold front. behind the cold front bismarck this morning 38. lots of 30s in montana, down toward yellowstone with 45 in casper. there's a taste of autumn back here. this front will be moving east. it looks like we may get showers with this but rain chances are down. they're up this morning across denver and minneapolis. high pressure was over west virginia yesterday. just starting to pull off shore this

a few clouds up to the north around frederick, maryland. your day planner forecast, here it is. 8:00 a.m., 76 degrees. a few clouds by noontime. sunshine throughout the area. 6:00 p.m., too, will get a high today of 81. it will be in the upper 80 frz about noontime. all of the way to the afternoon hours today. something really nice one today. it's, again, sunday, we've t got some weather to talk about. that will be the next weather. danella? >> veronica, in first4 traffic report, unfortunately if you're taking the marc train, several delays for you this morning. as we take a look at the marc train, your delays are pretty extensive on the brunswick east line as well as penn south line. also in our area, ifou're traveling the dulles toll road, no issues to report there. and if you're traveling the beltway, outer loop between the dulles toll road all of the way t to the interchange, had a couple of work zones set up but they are gone. aaron and eun, back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> 5:31. the presidential race heads into a new phase

frederick, maryland, coming in at 45 early this morning, 46 in winchester and 46 in culpepper, 48 in manassas. 60 in washington. these were around 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. by around 8:00, 9:00, you're able to take off the jacket as the temperatures start to go up very quickly. it went up to a high of 81 degrees today. that is the average high for this time of year, believe it or not. the low, 60. the average low is 64. so a little bit below average for the day. another cool startut there. i think we'll be about the same for tomorrow morning. 79 degrees right now. winds out of the south about 13 miles per hour. a little bit of a breeze. just to give you an even better feeling about the day. it really is just one of those days that makes you feel pretty good. 77 in manassas. and everybody in the upper 70s to around the 80-degree mark. rain, huh-uh, not arod us. but where it is, it's coming down pretty heavily out towards the west, portions of colorado and portions of nebraska. colorado even had some snow in the mountains. very cold air mass here. denver was 50 degrees with rain, with

frederick, maryland, down to about 42 tonight. 45 in leesburg. 44 in manassas. it is going to be chilly tomorrow morning. and even later tonight, after about 7:00, 8:00, when that sun goes down, temperatures will cool quickly. by tomorrow morning, you will most likely need the coats, the jackets, you'll get up to take the dog for the walk a little bit early and you'll have to go back inside, i guarantee it. 56 in the city. 57 towards annapolis. that is even on the cool side when you consider just how warm we have been. as far as the high temperatures tomorrow, we're warming right back up, with plenty of sunshine, in the mid-70s. 79 in culpepper. 76 down towards fredericksburg. so another beautiful day tomorrow. i think we stick with these beautiful days right on through the rest of the week. some very nice weather here. 82 on your wednesday. 82 on thursday. rather, 83 on thursday. back to 82 on friday. a few more clouds. but then the clouds do move back in on saturday. they'll be increasing during the day i think saturday, still a very nice day. sunday does look

a few thunderstorms up into portions of the panhandle of west virginia and also through frederick county, maryland. watch what happens when we widen out. this is part of a bigger storm system that is spinning here and will continue to spin through the region. so i think just about everybody is going to see a pretty good chance for some strong to potentially severe storms. i'll continue to give you the latest on these. we have a brand-new warning, you can hear it right now, and i'm assuming -- nope, this guy down here in page county, and warren county. this includes the woodstock area. brand-new severe thunderstorm warning. shenen do, page, warren county. i'll see what time this goes to. this is until 6:45 tonight. we'll continue to keep you posted on the severe storms rolling through our region. >> all right. thank you, doug. >>> now, to politics, in the battleground of virginia, one of the critical swing states for president obama and mitt romney. both candidates held rallies in the commonwealth today. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey spoke to romney in springfield. but we begin with st

another flood warning for loudoun county and frederick county, maryland. this is because of numerous downed trees. some flooding problems there. also seeing numerous road closures around that area and this is why. thurmont, maryland, almost five inches of rachbl and three inches in middletown. the good news is most of the heavy rain is now starting to get out of here. everybody is still seeing some rain but the back edge of this. just off to our west. once this moves through, we are going to clear out dramatically and we'll be waking up to something completely different. my forecast coming up. >>> a look now at the latest outage numbers. pepco is nearly 13,000 customers without power now. most of them in the district. dominion, virginia, has about 4,500 customers in the dark. bge reports nearly 3,000 outages. the majority of those are in anne arundel county. those storms brought down trees and power lines in bethesda. wires fell about 1:30 this afternoon. the neighbors there say they saw the wires on fire after a tree fell. a car was damaged there but nobo

we had showers along the chesapeake, a few into southern maryland, a few more trying to make their way into northern virginia and frederick county into maryland. that's about pipt the wider view shows we have more showers to the south and west. tomorrow, i do think we'll have that trigger. it will be a frontal boundary that will move closer to our region. we'll continue to get that tropical flow up from the south. that is when i think we see the best chance for some heavy rain across parts of the area. yeah, unfortunately, the potential for some flooding, too. we'll talk much more about that plus what's in store for the rest of the week. we may get rid of this rain, but we're not going to get rid of the heat. i'm talking about it coming up. >> thanks, doug. >>> as the democratic national convention begins today in charlotte, president obama hit the road campaigning. he stopped at norfolk state university, called on students there to help him get out the vote. tonight president obama will be back at the white house with his daughters watching the first lady's speech. he says he's going to try not to cry because he gets all

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a little shower in frederick, maryland, and a better chance later today of getting rain and could getat's because it's time for the nfl kickoff special on nbc. starting at 7:30 when the cowboys fly into metlife stadium. yeehaw. partly cloudy skies and warm as they take on the giants, temperatures upper 70s, low 80s with high humidity and just a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. that's on the nbc kickoff special tonight at 7:30. keeping in that theme, let's bring in travi mccoy, front man for the group. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> you guys have taken part a new song, all in. >> all in. it's the official giants. hopefully get them pumped to destroy the cowboys. >> destroy the cowboys? >> destroy. >> gone. you've got -- not only do you have this anthem but also when you're writing something like this, what's the inspiration? what do you go for? >> go to the stadium and hang out with some of the players. all across the stadium there's motivational like phrases and stuff these guys see every day to get them pumped. it actually helped me as far as going in and having in

and then toward frederick county, virginia, and frederick county, maryland. these are areas that picked up a tremendous am of rain today. two to four inches of rain. take look at the flooding. these kids enjoying themselves. you never know how deep the water is. a lot of areas there and a lot of roads, still closed through frederick, loudoun county. you probably know which roads we're about about heads up. as i mentioned, we're not done just yet. here's the severe weather along the i-95 corridor to the east. here's the front. way back into western virginia. that front has to move through before we start to clear out. by that time we will clear out very nicely. we'll see much different conditions when you wake up tomorrow morning. out there now, 77 degrees. winds out of the south at eight miles per hour. our winds have come way down from 30 to 40 miles an hour like they were earlier. temperatures in the 60s just about everywhere. 68, leesburg. 69, down toward fredericksburg and 68 in la plata. what will we be seeing? that front moves on through and in come hig

in through montgomery county, howard county, northern arundel, mostly dry, even back to frederick county, maryland. but down to the south, this is where we're seeing rain. like charles county, prince george's county, northern virginia, prince william and out towards fauquier and down around the fredericksburg area and back towards loray. there is more rain to come. we could be seeing quite a bit in terms of rainy conditions throughout the evening. i'll show you who gets what tonight and what to expect for your weekend. >> all righty. >>> two high ranking officials in prince george's county public schools are off the job tonight, fired behind closed doors at a school board meeting yesterday. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has been tracking down information about why they were let go. >> reporter: sources close to this ongoing investigation say this happened during an emergency meeting in executive session. and that everyone involved was taken by surprise. but they knew what they had to do. synthia shilling seen here on this blog is the former chief of human resources for prince