it is just though the west of harrisonburg. that's going to be drifting east. and there's no thunder and lightning associated with that. that's the only shower in washington now. reagan national, temperature up to 84. it is rather humid but not quite as steamy as it was yesterday. it is near 80 throughout most of the region now. we have a little bit of sunshine trying to peek through. storms from last night that headed out to sea and dissipated. we have a disturbance in ohio and indiana, kentucky right now. triggering showers. little bit of thunder there. that's going to be drifting over our region as we get into the afternoon. mostly cloudy inform partly sunny at times for the afternoon. it will be rather humid. chance of some storms developing. maybe some passing showers that wouldn't be million late afternoon looks like, maybe as early as around 5:00. and then into the evening. we will look at that. before then, up near 90 degrees. a look at tonight and into the rest of the week and weekend in a few minutes. >>> the gw park sway back open. 7:30 this morning

it is growing in size to our south and west, north harrisonburg heading towards front royal. you do see some of the flashing there. this is some thunderstorm activity early this morning and again, look at your raid are. it is not right here on our doorstep. it is off to the west and the way it is tracking, it could come through front royal, maybe a little bit through culpeper and then we'll have to see if it hangs together and make its way through leesburg, herndon, sterling, reston, places like that. it looks like just to the west of reston, there is a little bit of shower activity right now. it bears watching. we'll keep you posted on what is happening. now, let's get to the graphics. current conditions at reagan national airport. 77degrees. relative humidity, 82%. your forecast for today, we'll see a good a sunshine. we'll see partly sunny skies. hot and humid, highs into the low 90s. maybe some afternoon showers and thunderstorms coming through. coming up in about 15 minutes, today's edition of ask the weather guys. tuck and i reunited to get back to our ask the weather g

some showers to the far south and west of us right around just south of harrisonburg.see some light activity there. but over all tonight should be really quiet. right now temperatures 84 degrees in downtown. it feels pretty warm. 79 in leesburg. 76 for martinsburg. fredericksburg you're only cooling down to 77 degrees. here is a look at the satellite radar picture. most of the action really to the south of us. even the beach has got some storms earlier this evening, but nothing too intense. now, this unsettled weather pattern does continue, but for tomorrow's morning commute it's mainly dry for most people. we may see scattered stuff in the morning. humidity increasing a little bit more tomorrow. afternoon and evening scattered thunderstorms and showers definite possibility and the storm chances really stick around with us all through the week. here is a look at the future cast. mostly cloudy for the immediate dc metro area. you can see better chance of storms to the south of us. tomorrow afternoon we start to see the chance for some scattered thunderstorms and showers

valley now, just coming into shenandoah county drifting toward page county, and south of there near harrisonburg, rockingham county, getting a lot shower there. these are drifting off to the east. elsewhere, we might have a few sprinkles in montgomery county. otherwise, we are dry and settled this morning. temperatures near 70 in the suburbs and rural areas. it's in the mid-70s in washington and right near the chesapeake bay. and at the atlantic beaches in the upper 70s there. here's how we have been behaving here over the last 12 hours. you see those storms have drifted off through the evening hours and now off to the atlantic sea board. those are heading east of us. we still have an upper level disturbance yet to come through here later today. as a result, we do have the possibility of late afternoon storms. but between now and then, we will have a partly cloudy sky this morning. by 9:00, we'll be near 80. by midafternoon we should be up around 90 degrees. then it's late afternoon perhaps around 5:00, 6:00 in there. we could have the very first of a few storms popping up and coming through. te

perhaps a sprinkle in montgomery county and the southern shenandoah valley right just south of harrisonburg. and temperatures around the region near 70 in the suburbs and rural areas. near the bay and at the atlantic beaches, low to mid-70s. it's in the mid-70s in washington. over the last 12 hours, the storms we had come through last night have really pretty much dissipated over the atlantic ocean. we do have considerable cloudiness this morning. there's the cloud cover from capitol hill, live picture from the city camera. our sunrise was about 15 minutes ago. at 9:00 we'll be near 80 and partly sunny. partly sunny at noontime into the mid-80s and in the midafternoon should stay dry and up around 90 degrees and just a little less humid than yesterday. however, it's late afternoon and into this evening is when we do have that threat of storms coming through. you are headed to the mall, grab an umbrella. keep that handy and be ready to take cover. a look at the night, the evening, in detail. that will be in about ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> it's looking much better than this. th

. >> harrisonburg, virginia, you disagree with the council there when they say the forest service should act aggressively to protect drinking water -- >> again, we are not aware -- >> and you also support -- you support or do not support the deck l.a. ration of the town of stanton city council asking the forest service to act aggressively to protect the drinking water by prohibiting the horizontal -- >> if acting aggressively means a ban, sir, we would not support it. >> i see, all right, thank you. now, these are not what you would call politically liberal bastions. we're not talking about berkeley, california, or cambridge, massachusetts, are we here? >> no, sir. >> all right, thank you. ms. mall, you mentioned that the usgs found that knowledge of how horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking has not kept pace with the expanded use. you go on to say the problems to provide sufficient staff are -- well, exist. and we need better enforcement in the area. it sounds like there's a lack of knowledge on how to proceed. gin that, do you think the forest service should move ahead with the ho

the city of harrisonburg, stanton, those cities have passed similar resolutions of opposition.underscore the caution about moving forward with hydraulic fracking the forest protects a number of river drew basins including the potomac river that divides drinking water for those of you here in washington d.c.. given a local concerns and the unanswered questions the forest service i believe is acting responsibly with their proposed eis and the procedure associated with it. while we wait for the facts to be assembled, which at that point i would want to make, and even if the forest service were eventually to decide to prohibit horizontal drilling in the george washington forest it should be based on facts. and, we know it would not be a permanent ban. the forest service has made it clear that if natural gas can be accessed in nearby areas and private lands without adverse impacts to water quality, the service should consider and reconsider the issue. but banned or permitted, the decision should be based on evidence. the distortion in the title of today's hearing makes me wonder how