the accumulating snow will stay west of hagerstown. i wouldn't be surprised if there was a snowflake around baltimore, especially in the northwest suburbs. temperatures in the 40's. it feels like it is in the 30 's. that is what you want to dress for. the wind is coming from the south and southwest this time. that will push some water into the bay. the high tide could be a little bit of a problem with minor problem. the center of the storm is around hagerstown. as fartill in the soup as the precipitation goes. light rain showers this afternoon. rain today. windy in chilly. wind gusts maybe 40 miles per hour today. the snow will continue in the mountains. it is halloween tomorrow. i think it will be ok for trick- or-treating. it will be chilly and quiet this weekend. >> 5:24. 43 degrees at the airport. dealing with sandy in the nation's capital. >> it is still raining in downtown baltimore. >> sandy is being blamed for the deaths of more than a dozen people in the united states, including two in maryland. >> the storm is now heading inl

it is the outlying areas where low visibility. 3 cents a mile in hagerstown.e in martinsburg. 2.5 miles in winchester. andes in hagerstown martinsburg. 10:00.ould lift by it's 45 degrees in gaithersburg, 48 in culpeper. .2 degrees in easton the showers late yesterday have moved out. the next system is ready to drive with increasing clouds. there you can see all the thundershowers in tennessee valley will move our way. be a little action by late tonight. the low pressure area will bring some wind. sector, sohe one increase thewill next couple days before we want thing out late in the day on wednesday. forecast, increasing clouds, a late-day showers 68-73.e, showers more likely to night, 52-60. look at wednesday, 81 degrees. but we will see drier weather afternoon and then the temperatures will slide. it looks like a taste of fall by the weekend. now to angela. >> starting to see things picking up a little. still dealing with a downed trees and wires. selby ranch road that in the district. eastbound is blocked with downed trees and wires. still a nice commute. f

. >> we do have sandy, it is north of hagerstown right now. i will take you in to the storm, this is a 3d look. lots of rain under the clouds we will see for today. from the clouds , the rain will continue, as we go through the nighttime hours. it will let up a bit. this morning we are dealing with pockets of heavy rain, you are seeing a big shield of green, but you are seeing some yellows and oranges in here as well. that's the heavier rain, back off towards the west, we have some snow, this morning and that will continue throughout the day as well. let's zoom in, on some areas where we are seeing the heaviest amount of rainfall across the area. you need to stay off the roadways for today. another band of rain pushing in here, it's across the bay, this will be moving off towards the west as we go through the rest of the morning. it's going to be impacting dundalk, sparrows point, lake shore, we have another batch of heavier rain around the dc area, the nation's capital, getting pounded now, if you are headed towards virginia, which you should

god advisories in western maryland and northern virginia, winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown. we expect to see a little patchy fog in other areas as well. but it's a cool start, 55 and district, 45 in dulles. partly cloudy today. we have a chance of a few showers late today. high temperature in the low 70's. let's check on traffic with angela. >> good morning. fog could be an issue as you door.ut the we are seeing quite a bit of it on some cameras. let's check the drive on 95 virginia, the big was the workht zone. southbound is gone, but northbound, still only and the left lane and getting by. delays. there were pretty significant delays overnight. traveling in maryland, you can fog at the beltway and the american legion bridge. nothing to slow you down on the 270.ay or back to you. >> thank you. we begin with a suicide bombing that killed more than a dozen people in afghanistan. that includes prenatal service members. more.olabanji has from theetting this associated press. was dressedbomber according tofficer witnesses in afghanistan. he drove a motorcycle strapped with suici

at hagerstown, 0.3, and the same at dulles. the same in cumberland as well. and temperatures this morning. some 70's on the map. 70 in d.c., 64 in dallas. -- dulles. we could get a little sunshine afternoon. temperatures will get into the afternoon.is we will have big changes for the weekend. how traffic is moving, with angela. >> slow going all around the capital area. fog will be the big issue this morning. plan for a slow drive. give you an example, this is view of springfield, the springfield interchange. see any traffic flowing. the dense fog will slow things down this morning. have a couple work from the springfield interchange, inner loop towards 644, two right lanes are still closed. use caution through the works .wns in maryland, there is heavy fog. reports of a crash on eastbound 32 at the b-w parkway, a car deer. back to you. >> thank you. presidential, the face off tonight for their first debate. is at the university of denver. both candidates trying to lower expectations. a lot riding on .his brandi has more. >> after weeks of attacks on the --pa

frederick up toward hagerstown. next three days, we're going to keep it code green. we can change that. 58 tomorrow, a few showers. morning showers on wednesday. now we're going in the right direction. great on thursday. mostly sunny, temperatures upper 60s to near 70. next seven days, we're looking at upper 70s as we get into friday. maybe a slight chance of a shower on friday and then the weekend, look at this. we have the ravens in town. 75 on saturday. maybe a shower saturday night and 80, yeah 80 on sunday and upper 70s on monday. so we got 50s to 80s on the seven-day. >> crazy. >> october is cool. >> all right, thanks, topper. coming up, montgomery county announces a development deal for a big-time hotel at rockville town center. >>> up next, for the third time in less than a week, honda recalled hundreds of thousands of vehicles. we'll tell you why. >>> we begin tonight's consumer alert with two auto recalls. honda is recalling more than 268,000crv passenger vehicles. the driver's side power window switch on the 2002 to 2006 models can fail, overheat, and caus

all the action is toward the north and west, hagerstown seeing a good amount of rain. you go down toward the south and heavy rain scenario going on from ocean city back to the mouth of the chesapeake. everything has been shifting to the north and east south and east of all the but that may change during the course of the night. we have an area of low pressure. that will throw moisture in our direction. this is maryland's most powerful scan showing the progression of the heavy line of showers through 7:30, 8:00. we still stay dry with spotty showers. here's midnight. notice spotty showers south of the city. again it starts to enhance after midnight going too tomorrow morning. my thinking is the plate night hours -- late night hours, predawn hours, that's the best shot. spotty showers. it's a gray day and cool day and maybe more showers come into the picture by wednesday. the chill stays on the eastern third of the nation through the next several days but by friday may see warmer temperatures back to 70. tonight mostly cloudy, scattered showers, steady showers after midn

showers this morning coming out of east and west virginia right in toward hagerstown. a few sprinkles in northwest but lighter showers coming out of fauquier now into prince william county headed toward fairfax as well. those temps, yeah, they're not nice. in fact, it's kind of chilly outside with temperatures running in the 30s here. you might see a stray snow flake in a couple of spots th 43. it's cold in the studio too. 41 andrews and 41 in eastton. let's go to monika samtani who is in a playful mood this wednesday morning. >> there was snow in the stud. did you see that? there's still some on your shoulder, howard. >>> on the beltway outer loop of the beltway, not good news for you. i was just on the phone with police and they're telling me it's three vehicles involved in this accident on the outer loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue. i'm going to step out and show you what it looks like live from our sky 9. again only the left side of the roadway is getting by. look at backup already at 6:00:01 in the -- at 6:01 in the morning. this accident was a tractor-

we do have gusts this morning and we can see them coming in at 32 hagerstown. 22 baltimore. ocean city around 28. we will have the potential for tropical storm forced winds even today and lots of rain. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> many people waking up without power this morning. harford county, many residents without power, including my mom and dad and sister. pilesville, dealing with fallen power lines, that effects route 24, going to be shut down at route 136. traveling batmore, the problems will persist in rosedale, flooding shut down route 58, golden ring road. more problems on the western portion. there is a downed tree on reisterstown road. falls road, shutdown at old court road. checking in and look at arundel county, more flooding closed route 176 at baltimore annapolis boulevard. checking in and looking at the main lines, 95, 395 downtown, not too many people on the roads, you will want to take it slow if you have to travel. speed limits reduced on all interstates to 45 miles per hour. definitely something to keep in minds. if you come

we'll get breaks in frederick and hagerstown. you'll have sun by tomorrow afternoon. for tonight, mostly cloudy, chilly. lows in the 40s. even upper 40s downtown. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and chilly. some showers. more to the south and east. 40s and 50s and by afternoon, variable clouds. some breaks north and west. cool, a few showers still possible south and east. high temperatures 55 to about 60. next three days, we're going to keep it code green for now. 58 tomorrow and a few showers. we jump to 68 on wednesday with morning showers and great on thursday. actually a cold front goes through wednesday, but we'll be warmer, 69 with sunshine on thursday. next seven days, we're getting there. upper 60s on friday. maybe a shower on friday. and then we are in great shape over the weekend. 75 on saturday. we have ravens in town, the skins in town. maybe 80 on sunday. a slight chance of a shower saturday night. not a big deal. upper 70s on monday. >> it's going to be nice. >> should be nice. we'll be back. we want to hear what you think. the address is mailbag@wusa9.c

you get breaks in the clouds toward hagerstown and martinsburg and frederick. for tonight then, mostly cloudy, chillily. some light rain and showers. and winds north, northeast at 10. tomorrow morning, a few showers, especially south and east. 40s and 50s. need a jacket for that. so will the kids. by afternoon, variable cloudiness and cool, a few showers still possible. again, primarily south and east. highs only 55 to 60. next three days, we'll keep it code green. 58 tomorrow. a few showers, morning showers on wednesday. great on thursday. and next seven days, all in all, pretty nice. i mean, upper 60s on friday. mid 70s on saturday. a slight chance of a shower on friday. maybe a shower saturday night, but not a big deal. ravens in town, skins in town, may be 80 on sunday. 77 on monday. >> 58 to 80. okay. >> i like that. washington weather and anything can happen. and something pretty big did happen in the redskins game. we were pretty scared by that hit. >> it was a scary hit. not totally surprising. but not really what fans have hoped for or the team has hop

there is the little patch of rain showers near hagerstown right now. going northeast bound into southern parts of pennsylvania. it's a long and just ahead of the weather front which is promising the big cooldown for tomorrow but the air mass east of the mountains is very, very dry. so as the front is coming through it doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. scattered shower chances remain in the forecast but rainfall amounts will be very, very light if you get anything today. 70 in ocean city but 42 in columbus, ohio. that's where the cool transition is coming through. the front coming through the metro washington area today between 4:00 and 6:00. you'll know when it goes by. you actually feel the wind shift back around to the northwest and that'll start ushering in the much cooler weather. skies will be briefly clear tonight before another batch of clouds rolls in here tomorrow. little area of low pressure zipping along on the very speedy jet stream will wring out a couple showers here tomorrow. again, not a lot of rain but tomorrow not much if a

reported up around hagerstown. heaviest rain far and away located in the red here right uparound 240. even flash flooding is possible back to middletown and south on 15. we'll come back and talk about what these storms will do for you tomorrow morning if we're going to clear it out and that you maybe need to allow a little extra time before you leave for work. >> all right, topper. >>> tragedy has struck twice for the police democratic. >> for the second time in this month an officer has died. we spoke to the cops with the very latest. >> derek and anita. an unthinkable night for prince george's county police and the family of officer kevin bowden in the force for six years, a father of a 10-year-old boy and 4-year-old daughter. the closer you get the harder it is to even comprehend. it seems unfair that anyone would need this kind of end. and that you will have it here before you to advise to the death of the prince george's county police officer. >> and also kevin bowden. >> reporter: it was 3:00 this afternoon t

right now, it's 64 degrees in hagerstown. same temperature in leesburg and manassas. 67 in patuxent river. 64 in eston. mild through out the entire area but a cold front on the way will bring an end to that. you can see how the thunderstorms and showers are in a thin line. we're not expecting an all-day dreary kind of event here. we'll see on and off showers and the potential for a thunderstorm. we're going to keep it dry through the overnight hours but we will see an increase in cloud over. the monday morning rush hour starts off fine but then more showers move toward us from the west. you can see we really fill things in here in hagerstown and frederick. the ride along 66 coming into town might be a little bit drizzly as you're heading through the morning hours. by lunchtime, the bulk of the rain is basically aligned with the d.c. metro and points north and east and then down towards fredericksburg, we'll see some of those showers, maybe even embedded thunderstorms here as the cold front continues to sweep to the south and

. >>> a mormon church in hagerstown is vandalized and we are talking about 13 bottle bombs that were found in the parking lot. but police say it was in the a hate crime. abc2 news linda so has details and linda, you made -- they made some arrest and they have people in custody and it's surprising. >> reporter: yeah, police say it was 2, 11-year-old boys being boys. they were charged with criminal mischief and have to undergo counseling and investigators don't believe the boys targeted the church or meant to do harm to the church. instead, they think internet videos like this one on how to make bottle bombs played a role. the fire marshal says a lot of kid don't know the devices are illegal and dangerous. 13 bottle bombs were found in the parking lot of that mormon church saturday. 10 exploded and no one was hurt but church members say they feel as though they are being targeted. and that it might have something to do with presidential candidate mitt romney and his faith. >> the election going on and what have you, we have had that as a concern. we have had an increase in vandalism pr

farther to the north and west, frederick, 39; hagerstown, 41 and martinsburg, 42.e of the other communities, especially north and west, i think the temperatures will be able to get into the upper 50s. and this is your accuweather forecast for tomorrow. again, a few foggy spots going through a little bit of sunshine. not much. a little bit of sunshine at noontime. again, not much. the temperatures staying in the mid-50s and a little bit more sunshine will call for some brighter spots tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. the temperatures approaching 60 degrees and this is your fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast to show you that if we do see a trend for the warmer temperatures, it starts tomorrow and, unfortunately, in the 50s. tomorrow night, early wednesday morning we may have a few showers and most of wednesday looks nice and fine. we're up to 70. the front moves through, we're down to 64 on thursday and staying basically in the 60s until we get to the latter part of the weekend and right now, i know it's monday, but right now, the weekend is looking good. >>

martinsburg, hagerstown, cumberland a quarter mile there.roblems in the shenandoah valley from gaithersburg back toward dulles and manassas and warrenton. three-quarters of a mile down to a mile. half mile now at national and to the east quarter mile visibility in annapolis and baltimore. but the only advisories we have are annapolis up to baltimore and the northern then shenandoah valley. these dense advise -- northern shenandoah valley. those advisories go in effect till 10:00 this morning. cumberland, hagerstown, win chester 63. got damp streets out there, wet on wisconsin avenue. fog. as we said visibility a quarter mile at national with calm winds and humidity very high. 94%. we still have the flow of moisture in from the southwest. right now clouds here. some showers near wilmington, north carolina. they'll track more to the east. look like the rain chances are only on the slight side for the afternoon when we get a little bit of sun to come out. a warm day, 85. isolated shower. tonight we're dipping 65 to 70. so a very mild night. tom

and 59 in hagerstown. once again, a fairly cool afternoon. we won't call it cold by any means because with plenty of sunshine, it is be all that bad out there. as far as the rain is concerned, we're all dry. we will stay all dry right through the rest of the night tonight and really over the next couple of days. the best chance of rain now looking like it could come toward the end of the week. if you're thinking about heading toward alexandria, maybe crossing over the woodrow wilson bridge, toward oxon hill, this is what you can expect. 60 by 7:00. 55 by 11:00, waking up to a cool 49. many of you will be in the 30s. i'll show you who coming up. >>> in the race for the white house tonight, we are downing down to the second debate of the 2012 presidential election. president obama and mitt romney take the stage at 9:00 tonight. the democrats are predicting a more lively president. there you go. a live shot at hofstra university. the reblicans figure romney will be energized by said new positive polls. steve handelsman is at hofstra on long isla

stop near hagerstown. still, this belief. >> i will never understand these doing it, just driving around in killing people. injohn loman was executed 2009. was sentenced to prison here in virginia as well. this thursday evening, there inl be a prayer vigil gaithersburg to once again remember the victims. what one of the victims who was shot and says was the most real the incident for him. and arson -- another person attacked in montgomery county. time, a group of juveniles jumped a boy. time in lessecond than three months that someone been assaulted in this tunnel. popular path,ery of the crescent trail from chevy chase here to bethesda. thepeople who are using tunnel are finding it a bit frightening. and kinda little dark in there. who liveing to people here, that's what makes pedestrian tunnel an easy for a group of teenagers passingk people through. attacks thise summer, police say, the latest happenings saturday night. .> it is a fairly upscale area i guess there is no getting away from it. >> police s

but we're also looking at some wet weather back around hagerstown right now. and there is a possibility for some showers to work their way into our area as we go through the rest of today, but mainly we will stay dry, so just know that. look at what's going on in bel aire. we can see those clouds even though it is still kind of dark outside. we still see more people on the roadways this morning. that will continue even as we go into the afternoon. but check out what we have in terms of temperatures right now because we are cold. that's our big story of the day. temperature coming in at 39 degrees in westminster. baltimore at 42. 40 in annapolis. 42 in chesapeake beach and fallston coming in at 39 degrees, chestertown at 40 and 41 degrees in federalsburg. so make sure you do have the heavy coat on as you head out the door. so we are watching sandy push away. the remnants of sandy push away from us. today it will be chilly, it will be breezy, so we will have a wind chill. so you do need to bundle up as you head out and about this morning and even as we continue

still a quarter mile in the northern shenandoah valley from martinsburg up toward hagerstown hagerstown. late this afternoon some of this rain you see along i-81 from bristol over toward almost roanoke right now, that could be creeping up, especially into some of our southern suburbs. this morning fairfax is at 48 degrees. down to 42 in northern loudoun county and lovettsville. 52 over at andrews, bowie, laurel at 49. 48 in bethesda. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, here's a cool start. starting to see a little bit of light in the eastern sky with temperatures this morning running in the middle 50s under mainly clear skies at reagan national. winds calm and the humidity at 77%. storm system getting itself organized here down in the south. low pressure spinning in mississippi. showers and even storms roll on through western florida this morning. the rain is up into tennessee and george and south carolina. this storm system is going to track just west of us. we're going to be on the warm side of things. that's why temperatures along the rain chances go up. in fact,

this afternoon about 60 in hagerstown. 66 here in d.c. it's 5:29. just about 5:30. let's check in with monika samtani and get your timesaver traffic. >> thank you so much. >>> good morning, everybody. overall things are looking great on our major thoroughfares. we don't have any big accidents to report, at least not right now fingers crossed. southbound 270 you see the yellow behind me. that just means that things are beginning to slow down as you travel route 109 mainly toward 121 is your heaviest spot. then beyond that it's okay into germantown. let's take a live look outside and show what you it looks like first here on the beltway in college park. once you travel on the outer loop toward silver spring, it had been slowing down just a tiny bit through the work zone there but that's a pretty permanent work zone. so just be aware of that right around university boulevard. let's go back over to our maps this time to the other side of town. no problems on the northbound side of i-95. a live look there as well. on the northbound side things are looking good in spring

hagerstown to martinsburg, quarter mile visibility. reduced visibilities in the mountains of west virginia. here in d.c., 5 to 10 mile visibility, no problem. with the fog the national weather service has issue add dense fog advisory from frederick, maryland to winchester, virginia north and west till 10:00. some of the visibilities a quarter mile or less. we had some showers yesterday afternoon and evening. this morning it's down in the virginia-north carolina border. heavier showers there coming up i-81, approaching lynchburg and roanoke and blacksburg this morning. that moisture will lift toward the north and east. some drier air in place. so only a spotty shower later this afternoon. better chance for us tonight into tuesday. mid-40s north and west. we're 54 in town. it's 54 in prince frederick. it was 48 from charlie in catlett. 50 in newland and 60 right on the bay. the water temperature of the chesapeake still rather mild. on our weather camera, good visibility under partly cloudy skies. 54 at reagan national with a north wind a

. >>> in other news, it's 5:05 and members of a hagerstown church say they are on edge after 13 bottle bombs were found in the parking lot. linda so is here with details. do they know who did this. >> reporter: police tai say it was two 11 -- police say it was two 11-year-old boys many they have to undergo counseling and investigators don't believe the church was targeted or they meant to do harm to the church but they think innet videos on how to make bottle bombs played a role. the fire marshal says kids don't know the devices are illegal and dangerous. 13 bottle bombs were found in the parking lot of a mormon church saturday. 10 exploded. no one was hurt but church members say they feel as though they are being targeted. >> we have had vandalism and we have had some windows broken out at three of our buildings. >> reporter: and in the past few weeks two mormon churches in west virginia and one in hagerstown were vandalized. some feel it may have do do with mitt romney and his mormon faith. >>> mark the place where your loved one is buried and it's gone. now 75 bronze urns stolen at

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you can see the circulation around hagerstown. we have some rain to contend with this morning. the white stuff is the snow. it will be a windy day today but not as bad as yesterday. maybe 30 miles per hour. the wind chills are in the 30's. it will be a breezy day. a chance for a few rain showers. i have to fix the gust part. sometimes i forget to erase things on the graphics. it was 65 at ocean city yesterday. recap your day for us. >> it was incredible. i wish just glued to twitter. were you glued to it as well? i think tony is gone. i had to change my clothing twice because i had so much rain coming down on me. ee. waves were something to sa we're still seeing some of standing water in ocean city. notice all the debris on the road. this is what we're concerned about, things clogging the drains. this is the same concern we're seeing around baltimore city. so many leaves have yet to fall . temperatures in the low 40's. the wind out of the south. that is what we're dealing with today. things are getting better in ocean city. the wind is gusting up about 60 miles per hour. >> so

temperatures across the region look like this. 62 in hagerstown and quantico at 68 degrees. the clouds are here and that is why we are warm and the rain as well off to our west. there is a thin line here associated with the cold front. the area of low pressure is across the great lakes and stretches to the deep south. if you're traveling today anywhere from atlanta to boston you probably want to check in early on your flights. we're expecting the rain by at least 2:00. over night to night, we will see high pressure builds in and it will clear out. the rainfall will not be too bad, somewhere between half an end to 1 inch. cloudy skies and a few thunderstorms, a 69-73 degrees and tonight, showers will end and our seven-day forecast looks like it will clear out and be nice. >> i like women have dry pavement for the commute. so far, it is quiet. out of a frederick area, so many commuters, of 70 and 15 and the delayed start to begin as you go through germantown. no problems for crossing the american legion bridge and the woodrow wilson bridge. virginia has volume forming northbou

. >> the parents of a 14-year-old hagerstown girl who died in december are suing the makers of monster energy drink, claiming the caffeine levels in the drink contributed to their daughter's death. >> we want to get the word out there so this never happens to anybody else. >> mike believes a warning label should be put on the drinks. >> happen to produce these products without any regulation on the amount they can put in? nobody is watching how much of the supplements, which we know are powerful. we know that -- are going into not only drinks but pills, food , and the whole health food industry. >> monster energy drinks says its sympathies go out to the 14-row girl's family, but it continues to insist it is unaware of any fatalities anywhere that have been caused by its drinks. rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the man accused of secretly videotaping to women inside their ellicott city home will not be granted bail as police continue their investigation. michael mckinney was picked up hours after this video was released to 11 news. he is accused of setting up a video camera inside the co

you'll see hagerstown north and west to cross junction in north frederick county some light sprinkles. we've seen some near strasburg and the culpeper area. this is fairly light. baltimore is 41. easton 42 while winchester is 37 this morning. when you factor in the winds, we've got windchills in the mid- to upper 30s to low 0s out there. it -- low 40s out there. it does look like a breezy, chilly day. right now we have 43 degrees. good visibility in spite of the cloudy skies. south winds still at 5 miles an hour. that's about as low as they've been in a few days. humidity 82%. showers in maine. showers down in kentucky and ohio and this is one for the record books. our forecast today we're going to get into the low to mid-50s, breezy, stray shower. watch out for the high water still in spots. tonight it's going to be in the 30s and 40s. mostly cloudy skies. 55 tomorrow. again a little bit of a breeze out of the west. by friday 52. a little more sunshine. the weekend doesn't look too bad. could be a stray shower late sunday with 60. turn your clocks back. we're back in the mid-50s mond

we have 51 at fredericksburg. 49 degrees at dulles. 43 at martinsburg and 50 at hagerstown this hour. for tomorrow, we will be seeing some improvement in the temperatures and in the sky conditions as well. a temperature change headed our way, ridge of high pressure will move its way off the coast and we are going to warm up and see a mild day. we are headed into the low 70s for our daytime high tomorrow. we'll keep a close eye on this cold front. that's going to be our weather maker as we move through into monday. looks like it could set us up for an isolated storm or two. and tomorrow, as we see that ridge of high pressure moving in and this system starting to approach, we'll end up with a southerly wind flow and the winds will be fairly strong. gusty winds as we head into tomorrow. keeping our eye on the tropics, rafael is moving its way rmuda. it is expected to strengthen and as we take a look, it's going to become a category one hurricane by monday as it brhes its way just to the east of that island. and then it's going to push its way a little bit more toward the northeast and it

you can see that live doppler 7 hd we are looking at hagerstown, maryland.low above it, that is where the center of sandy is right now. it is churning with 65 mile per hour winds, you can see wrapped in the colder air that's why snow in the higher elevation there is this is going to continue to drift northwest right now at about 18 miles per hour. a scope of how big this system is, 1200 miles across from up in nova scotia to near atlanta this morning. in terms of size, it is a superstorm. here's the circulation goes up to hudson bay, down to miami. it is going to continue to playing this area for another 48 to 72 hours. here's it is, 7:00 this morning, watch as it starts to move to the back and circulation counterclockwise continues to pull in moisture from the ocean, best chance of storms over the northeast today overnight into wednesday morning starts to make a right across buffalo and then move into canada towards tomorrow night. once you get on the back side of that circulation still looking at rain thursday into friday, probably another two to four inch

. -- in hagerstown. so the wind fields again, the orange is not what you want to see. eventually, we think this will move off to the north and west and encompass the western part of the metro area, and up to our friends in pennsylvania. and by 10 a.m., you still see the orange hanging around, and that finally lifts out during the afternoon. by 6 p.m., we still have a band, a pretty bake area of tropical storm force winds, and we can only take so much. even a 40-mile per hour wind by itself isn't so much. but it comes after winds that have been blowing for 1 to 2 day. that's a bit of a problem. the good news, by early wednesday morning, we will see the winds finally lift out, and by noon on halloween, we won't won't have any damagingen winds to worry about. maybe we can salvage halloween after all, if not, move it to saturday. we gain an hour this week. >> we like that plan. >> so they get two days off of school and halloween moved to the weekend. >> i think the kids will go crazy. >> we should do that for them. they've been cooped up. they need to get out. >> ken is ou

hagerstown, i hope the heat is gone. winchester, 41 degrees. the main area of moisture, will -- was saturday n the 70's? that will be about the end of this. now, it is pretty chilly. remember back on friday, how chilly it was in detroit?nd now, it is then the 50's. temperatures are 25 degrees for this time of year. with the clearing skies out to west, those are the areas r freeze warnings. over the last 24 hours, we had a breaks, but here is that the upper level circulation hanging around and moving and over us. i think we will see the clouds up and a bit of afternoon sunshine. by wednesday, thank you your baseball in washington? hearr air comic -- do i baseball in washington? when stable be up near 70 degrees. -- temperatures by wednesday degrees.p near 70 over sprinkles, but i do think a steady rain. still cool tomorrow afternoon. claude disguise. it does look good -- cloudy skies. d for baseball.o i will give you a blog, i was online. the topic was the navy -- the naming of winter storms. we will have that online tomorrow. like an animated c

hagerstown, 60's. tomorrow will be cooler. at the wider view of how for well into the 80's. 84 degrees in washington. is going on and radar around us. i want to take you down to the south because already, the first from sandy moving into miami. there are tropical storm warnings out. see the bahamas, at the center of it will be moving across cuba with some very heavy next 24 hours. the track -- here is the probability of the track-we will out to our east. as long as there on that side, any of theet terrible effects that may parts of long island into in the weekende next week. a long way away. that is the reason for the uncertainty. windy and breezy when some showers, that is a 50-50 chance. it is minimal. not look like a repeat isabel. temperaturesbut tomorrow above average. from sandy will not l late sunday or monday. for the marine corps marathon, it will be fine. temperatures in the 60's. running weather. the impact as well as to our not until monday or tuesday. quite a bit of uncertainty. >> what is going on with the world

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now a hagerstown family said it's the fault of an energy drink company. >> with winter around the corner, you'll want to lower your energy bills. >>> the fire department said an early morning fire destroyed one home and damaged three others. it happened in the 1200 block of battery avenue. luckily the neighbors were able to get out. the owner apparently had collected a lot of belongings over the years and it was stacked up five feet high on all three floors. the personal effects acting like a kindling for the fast moving flames. >> a lot of combustible materials there that kept -- fueled the fire and kept it going for awhile, made it very difficult for us to get in. >> no one was seriously hurt. firefighters were at the scene well into the afternoon trying to put out some of those hot spots. investigators are still trying to determine a cause. >>> an anne arundel police officer is hurt in crash in glen burnie. the officer apparently was on his way to a call when his car was t-boned by a toyota van that failed to yield. no word on the officer's condition. >>> a man is dead after his scoot

the hagerstown mother said she told her kids to stay away from the energy drinks. her daughter drank two 24-ounce cans of monster within 24 hours. she was in cardiac arrest and later died at the hospital. the aunt report said she died of cardiac arrhythmia due to toxicity. and had a heart valve as well, but the family said that didn't contribute to the death. the attorney said the entire industry has been marketing a dangerous product to kids. >> in the 24-ounce can that anise drank, it said that the can's going to deliver three times the buzz of the regular old energy drink and encourages consumers to drink the whole can. there is a problem with the way energy drinks are marked -- marketed and that is what we hope the fda regulation will put a stop to. >> the food and drug administration putsly a limit but energy drinks are not regulated because they're considered dietary supplements. it contains seven times the amount of catcheen in a cola. it's not responsible for a death or a fatality caused by the products, said the monster corporation. the reports of death li

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hot springs, virginia, 36 degrees right now. 45 at hagerstown. 48 in pittsburgh. there's even been snow back in parts of the mountains. i got a tweet about sleet back in some of the higher elevations, too. yeah, are we moving toward winter a little fast? well, maybe. but don't think we'll stay there for long. the updated forecast in just a minute. >>> things got ugly. a video of a drunken brawl between wedding parties inside a posh philadelphia hotel is making waves on the internet today. it shows police using a lot of force to get the crowd under control. >> katy zachary has more on what happened. how it turned to tragedy for one family involved. >> reporter: it's not how any bride wants to remember her wedding night. a philadelphia police said this is exactly how the night ended for two newly married couples when their guests got into a melee early sunday morning. it was recorded by one young hotel guest on his camera phone. >> it just started punching each other and hitting each other. the police came in. and started clubbing people. >> reporter: 15-year-old ma

it is much the same around hagerstown. this will be the trend as the go through the afternoon. what a big difference in temperatures depending on where you are. a lot of temperatures are getting near 80 degrees. near baltimore and north, we have some 60's. downtown baltimore is sitting at 81 degrees. there is a warm front over the baltimore metro area. the northern areas are stuck in cooler air and that is why you see temperature is held back in places like westminster. the warm front is sitting or the mid atlantic. the storm system is starting to weaken as the warm air lifts and the cold air is cutting in. that is good news because that means less brain potential. -- less grain potential. we will have to watch out for a more powerful storm system that will come out of the planes. we have 35 degrees in great falls, montana. some very cold air is coming in behind that storm. once the storm system passes, let's focus on what is happening now. there might be some sprinkles into the evening hours and over night. the storm system has to lift over the mid atlantic. there might be som

the family from hagerstown filed a lawsuit. >> they are also hoping her will spark change. these energy drinks are food supplements not by the fda.gulated that, her family says, is unacceptable. >> december 2011. the girl was just 14 years old. the family blames it on the drinks she drank than 24 hours. they filed a wrongful death against the california that makes the drink. >> caffeine toxicity and a contract arrhythmia. she had an underlying mild heart condition not unlike about 10% of the population. fda documents show other adverse reactions to the drink. >> these kids are drinking the , have an condition, it is like on a fire.oline spokesman for the beverage company says it has sold more than 8 billion of the drinks " monster does that its beverages are in any way responsible for death of ms. fournier." on the anderson cooper show last week, the mother says she is putting her grief into action. the fda too put stepup. [indiscernible] how much caffeine is in there. >> that mom has made some progress. the senator who oversees the fda budget held a hearing on the drinks a

call pepper and hagerstown -- send me a tweet and let me know if some cool air or even snow is mixing in. it is chilly here in the district. reagan national, 43 degrees. we will stay in the low 50's and cloudy through much of the day. more with your seven-day forecast coming up in a bit. >> thanks so much. starting with the latest headlines in the aftermath of sandy. president obama is heading to new jersey to review storm damage. >> new jersey governor chris christie -- he says he will talk to the president about getting the army corps of engineers to determine how to better protect the beaches. in new york, the stock exchange will reopen after being shut down for two days because of sandy. parts of the big apple are still underwater, with millions of people that power. thousands of power outages in our region -- let's give the latest numbers. >> virginia power has more than 22,000 outages. pepco is reporting more than 15 00 that power. bge has more than 30,000 in the dark. most are in anne arundel county. >> strong clean-up continues as students return to school this morning. >> we

off to the north and west, out to hagerstown and southern pennsylvania, you mean see showers for you. for the rest of us, just cloud cover. not as much sunshine as yesterday. we expect you to be on the warm side. temperature at reagan national, 58. 53 dulles. bwi marshall 56 degrees. forecast highs later this afternoon on the warm side for this time of year. upper 70s to about 80. 79 in the city. 78 quantico. 77 the afternoon high out at manassas and dulles. nice looking forecast. more details on the weather coming up. we have a new tropical storm. i will show you that at 9:30 allison. back to you. >>> last night's presidential debate was the last one. for the next two weeks the candidates will hit the campaign trail to energize their base. both president obama and governor romney brought up the economy but most of the night was devoted to foreign policy including iran and other hot spots. >> you look at the record of the last four years and say is iran closer to a bomb, yes. is the middle east in few molt -- tumolt, yes. >> as long as i am president of the united states iran will not

we range from 43 in hagerstown. greenville at 47. manassas and falls church 45 degrees right now. here is a look at the future weather. clouds through the day. here we are at 3:00. throughout the overnight, evening included, mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow, a little bit more sunshine will be coming our way. snow showers finally wayning and by friday, partly sunny sky. for your afternoon, mostly cloudy, cool and breezy. 52 to 57 degrees. here is the scare cast for you. the important halloween forecast between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. creepy clouds and chilly conditions with the temperature between 46 and 50 degrees. a lot of kids may be putting on a jacket. i know they do not like doing that. they will probably put a jacket over their costumes. look at the end of the week, we'll talk more about the rest of the weekend in a bit. i guess i'm headed outside, right? >> are you? you tell us. >> yes, you are. >> we don't have any wind. >> the wind picks up tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >> we are going check on midday traffic and see how things are moving around the area. >> here is the woman to tel

as of noon, we have temperatures still in the upper 50s in hagerstown, but most in the mid and a few in the upper 60s. here's a look at our michael and son camera beautiful. looking northwest dc bethesda in the distance a beautiful day underway, 67 degrees with a west northwest wind now at 7:00 and the humidity only 36%. so the air has really dried out. the cold air in the northern rockies and british columbia, a big dip in the jet stream as the storm system is crashing into the west coast with rain and mountain snows. heavy snows in the ski areas in california up through the northwest, in toward even moynihan they have winter storm warnings. locally, not much going on here. but if you are flying toward chicago this afternoon, that is a cluster of storms that will be around there likely to slow things down a bit. the futurecast is all quiet. a few clouds late tonight, early tomorrow, especially up north. the showers will stay up in pennsylvania. then wednesday i'm expecting more sunshine, our highs will be near 80 and keep in mind the average high is 66. so well above average for the

national. 63 in manassas, 63 in quantico and 61 in culpeper. 61 in winchester and martinsburg and hagerstown this morning. visibility is dropping, down to 6 miles in d.c. when you get into the shenandoah valley and low-lying areas visibility will be a little worse, so it will possibly be slow on the road. use caution and take your time. there's a satellite picture of hurricane sandy. the storm has weaken a little at. a mild start maximum sustained winds. the storm is still expected to pack a punch and will likely have a huge impact all across parts of the mid atlantic and into the northeast but it these lines are computer model forecasts. some of them do bring it near our area. we are starting to see more of a blend of models moving it farther up to the north. if so, we would have less of an impact. still some flooding and power outages could be possible. morning fog today with partly sunny skies this afternoon, high temperature between 68 and 72. a little cooler by saturday. chance of rain tomorrow. better chance of rain and getting very windy on monday and tuesday. our temperatures droppin

we're in the 40s in hagerstown and york. the overall setup is for dry, cool but cloudy weather throughout the rest of the evening. how will thicks -- things change over the next few days, not dramatically. still in that cooler northwesterly flow. remember that area of low pressure continues to pull around, pulling that cool air out of canad cannot get back to normal. temperatures in the 70s. now we're having a tough time getting out of the 40s. cool weather and cool air. friday another tough day to get into the 50s. it will take awhile to break out of this cooler than average pattern. it's thanks to the remaining low pressure area. our superstorm sandy now centered over erie, pennsylvania. all the ghouls and goblins, maybe putting that extra layer on. 38 overnight. the evening will be in the 30s. chilly. the rest of the outlook, again that cool pattern, thanks to sandy, holding for the next several days. we may get back to the 60s. average high in the mid-60s. >> all right. with all this, it managed to overshadow halloween p

hagerstown, by 60's. fredericksburg, 73 degrees. this tells the story. it is a little bit on the muggy humid side. that low-level moisture we had think there will locally dense fog visibility. you can check this out on our website and home-based morning. is good right now. what is going on on radar. much.g showers a around lynchburg. some of those tomorrow morning. out to ourch well west. that is more associated with a will really come here later on in the week. one is what has been going since this time last night. see that overall pattern our north. there are southwesterly winds us cared a lot of clouds, but still warm clouds. as we go through the overnight e some -- ie could b our simulation is overdoing the showers. showers tomorrow morning. on, late thursday and friday, look at what is happening out west. that is now in the northern some realinnesota and will be coming our way as we get on into late saturday and especially into sunday. l be attended by some showers. muggy.w morning, one more one day. humid, but not as timid as today. -- humid as tod