>> thank you. >>> here's howard bernstein. >>> i was asking dr. er if they need a meteorologist in space and she said maybe. >> maybe. >> howard is ready. >> very diplomatic which must be a quality of being a nasa astronaut. so i don't think i'm going to qualify there. go to weather right now. i will take you to a picture w got from the ocean city area. it is a wet boal dwark. don't feel so bad if u ardw ine the there. they will have a much wetter day than we are around here the bulk of the showers to the east. this morning a couple of showers. we will look at it in just a moment. wednesday and thursday a little warmer mid-80s with a couple of thunderstorms here and there. not a washout by any stretch and warmer than that as we head to the weekend. this morning, mostly cloudy and isolated shower or two. 60s and 70s. we will climb to the 80 to 85 range this afternoon with a spotty shower and thunderstorm. northeast winds becoming southeasterly at five to ten miles an hour and then mostly cloudy tonight. still a chance of a shower but these chances a

howard bernstein explains. >> reporter: it's not your typical home with the flat roof garage and translucent window panels but gary nash isn't your typical builder either. now building green homes is his passion. >> two-hour lecture. i was so moved by it, i sought it was bigger and broader than anything i could handle. i took my whole company. i hired him to come back from colorado and train my entire staff. >> reporter: gary is building the net zero home in bethesda. >> it's a home that produces as much energy as it uses. >> reporter: how does it do that? >> through solar panels on this house. particular attention to the thermal envelope of the house. it begins at the footing level where the insulation is put under the base of the house, up the side of the house and then the whole exterior shell of house is heavily insulated and sealed. >> reporter: another unique feature of this net zero house is the fact that the crawl space is insulated, not just in the floor above us but the concrete floor below me. there are more financial costs to building this way. >> your mortgage is tax deduct i be

we begin with howard bernstein. his forecast feels more like summer. >> glad my air conditioner works. this is one of those days especially when we have been unseasonably mild this month. today is one of those days, feeling like july, almost august, the heat and humidity and slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. fairly typical summer day around here. get you going. obviously the moisture is back. the muggies are back in a big way. some clouds but not a bad morning. over to the delmarva, showers and rumble of thinner there. look at livedoppler 9000. on the northern neck of virginia you are seeing a couple of showers around reedville. this is moving east northeast to the eastern shore. temperature-wise, we had a lot of 50s the last couple of mornings. tda15y o 20 degrees warmer. manassas is a cool spot 15at 68 75 on the bay and here at 74. we are going to the 90-degree range this afternoon. let's get an update with more here's angie goff. >>> begin with a look at 50 westbound. the drive is slow at dale drive beca

howard bernstein is here. some pretty strong thunderstorms last night. >> i don't know about you but i got woken up a few times in upper montgomery county but we needed the rain. we didn't need the lightning and problems with that. we have power outages in prince georges and montgomery county and several thousand are without power. pepco is working hard to get those folks back. i want to tell you about the interactive doppler. it is on wusa9.com under the weather tab. check it out. you can track the storms here and nationally, as well. cool stuff. if you go to my blog er link to the nklio the chat ro omd anomthere you go. there's the interactive doppler. i want to tell you what is happening outside as we go to the weekend. today, upper 80s. they have a thunderstorm or two but looking at a lot less coverage than yesterday. tomorrow sunny and hot. in the mountains may see a thunderstorm. in the lower 90s. and on sunday a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm with a high of 90 degrees. watch for patchy fog with tem

now over to howard bernstein who has a look at the forecast. >> all right.checking out the travel weather and our weather will be affected by this front out to the west. look at the shower and storms in the deep south to parts of new england. even in to canada and this will be a mayor player in our weather as well with strong storms expected here this afternoon. going to be storms in boston, new york, raleigh, atlanta, new orleans. look at that up and down the east of the appalachians but detroit and chicago look nice, upper 70s to low 80s. not as hot in the northwest. seattle that could break. salt lake sunny and 92. dallas in the 90s after in the 80s yesterday and denver, minneapolis and kansas look good and highs in the 80s. more coming up in a moment with the travel forecast. now the seven day and some barbecuing stick around. >> thank you. >>> one of the new movies out this week is not the typical judd -- film we will tell you why "funny people "may not be the same funny movie audiences are used to. >>> plus, you may prief pride yourself in your grillin

howard bernstein is back with weather. angie goff is here with traffic. we begin with howard's forecast. it's been a great time while you were away. i hope you enjoyed as good weather as we did. >>> i was in long island for a couple of weeks, in-laws. survived that. and survived record lows. it was down to low 50s there. they had two or three consecutive lows there, as well. had to shut the windows one night. as dry as it's been, wanted to share the allergy update. as we look at the numbers, the tree pollen is low, while the mold spores are low, the grass pollen -- the grass pollen sits in the moderate category. something still popping t there little . pr gtystetd ooretch. we've god temperatures in the 60s. upper 50s at the air park and winchester. angie goff, how's our traffic situation? >>> no complaints early to kick us off this 5:00 hour. we'll begin with a camera shot for you. 95 headed northbound in virginia. we are delay free past dumfries up to the mixing bowl. continuing to 395, the stretch between duke all the way to the 14th street bridge, early

meteorologist howard bernstein has the friday forecast. hould we have an umbrella again today, howard? >> bring it in case but i don't think you will need it. most of us won't need it a slim chance of seeing something this afternoon but nowhere near the coverage or intensity we had heavy with heavy rain and a lot of lightning. dealing with power outages this morning. take you live looking at pennsylvania at the capitol. a little haze in the area. a patch of fog but most areas are okay with the visibility. the st easyassttht co wi stast wico the heavrain and a thunderstorm southeastern virginia north h calithe the co 70 at patuxent naval air station. we are looking at the g fo earlier. see with the time lapse of how things improved this morning. gog the upper 80s with a slight chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. angie has been busy this morning. >> that's right. half way through the 6:00 hour. following that tragic helicopter crash. this is what is going on i-70. we know all lanes are open in both directions eastbound and westbound and

meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with another steamy forecast for us, butng like seattle. >> that 103 was sea tack airport. 105 at the weather service office and i have listed a bunch of reports at my blog at wusa9.com. for us no nice morning but a tad humid if you will out here. we have sunshine and a couple of clouds. show you what happened with the storms yesterday. they have pulled away fairly a ickly leaving a fa decent morning across the onin ntin garrett county, temperature in oakland s . 6161. low for the morng mo72. not much coming at us today. so temperatures, we will watch that tomorrow. temperature in the 80s with an isolated storm. take it away, angie. half way through the sic hour and we have new developments northwest dc where we begin at the intersection of new hampshire avenue and missouri avenue. a report of new crash activity and crews are out on the scene. taking it outside on 270, we are starting to see a delay from the shady grove area to montross road. in virginia, we are tracking an 18 to 20 minute commute on 95 headed income in from

under construction that is likely to be their reality. 9news now meteorologist and green guy howard bernstein explains. >> reporter: it is not your typical home with a flat roof garage and window panels but gary nash isn't your typical builder either. now building green homes is his passion. >> two-hour lecture i was so moved by it that i saw right away that it was bigger and broader than anything i could handle myself. i talked with the guy that gave the class. i took my whole company. i hired him to come back from colorado and train on my entire staff. >> reporter: gary is building a net zero home in bethesda. >> it produces as much energy as it uses. >> how? >> it will do it through solar panels. >> particular attention is paid to the thermal envelope. base of the house. comes up the side of the house and the whole exterior shell is heavily insulated on steel. >> having energy saving mechanical systems also helps to produce energy usage. >> another unique feature of this 0 house is the crawl space is insulated not just on the floor above us but there is 2 inches of insulation. there are ad

here's howard bernstein to explain why some of us are seeing rain and others reason. >> just luck. there's no real trigger in the atmosphere, a little piece of energy here and there. we have the moisture and humidity around. yesterday we had a couple of storms in the afternoon. last night some bubbled up to the north across montgomery but eastern frederick through carroll and baltimore county had over two inches of rain and the thunderstorms but most us are high and dry with this very dry july. the next three days we have a chance of thunderstorms today. a little better chance tomorrow and then on friday. that isolated storm chance. temperatures mid to upper 80s the next few days. probably the coolest day will be on fathursday. this morning we will call it partly cloudy with an isolated shower. got one south on doppler. we will look at it in a minute. 60and 70s. yesterday we stopped at 86 with all the sunshine. today about that. 84 to 88 with a east wind at ten and tonight, can't rule out an isolated shower once again. mid-60s to lower 70s. got some fog this morning. i want to talk

we say good morning to howard bernstein. it is 5 listen 46. and sticky, yucky. >> sleeveless, linen, you know, seersucker, one of those things. nasty outside with all of the humidity and we will have at time showers and thunderstorms. some this afternoon could be strong to severe. gusty winds, torrential rains and maybe even hail. we it fucallre y as tcit carefully as the day progresses. cawant to tell you interact radar. zoom interact radar. zoom in west in parts of st eastern west virgia alsorts of infoation. zoom and out. your location across the country, as well. again it is at the website. go to inlive doppler 9000 hd an show you the biger picture stre. and southeast of town quiet but some showers weaked ea as they moved ward us, producing light ra. no tin othe tisouth side ofth town, co ng in toward the district right now, and west across parts of fairfax county, western fairfax county we have activity. nothing terribly heavy right now. fairly light. go north and west this to loudoun county and here's leesburg, light sprinkles. west of w

before we check out this site, howard bernstein looks at these jobs. >> reporter: when you think of green jobs you might think of something to do with polar panels or hybrid cars but there are penty of jobs that are green. >> i'm director of finance for an energy efficiency company called aleasing energy. >> reporter: he has a simple definition. >> anyone who is helping to make things more efficient, use less fuel can be kima ngit a green job. >> reporter: she runs eco-coach helping green job seekers. >> some people are interested in the green job field because they recognize the potential and it is a trend and something that will be growing in the future. >> reporter: one job seeker is david cokier. >> i'm looking for a job in climate change strategy consulting or sustainability consulting. >> renewable energy and energy efficiency jobs numbered 9 million in 2007 but could go as high as 37 million by 2030. in in spite of the growth potential, he says he is facing obstacles. >> i think it is tough. there is a lot of talk about green job and a lot of interest from policy standpoint about g

but we say good morning first to howard bernstein. >> good morning to you. it is humid and muggy out there and with the sun out it will be worse. it will be a hot and humid day out there. the saving grace is not much in the way of thunderstorm activity. no kicker or trigger to fire off the storms this afternoon. we had a couple ryer ovof showerght.s gh r ryveve light onig and e htcloud with them are starting to break up. 81ix of sun and dscl ouout rfolk 7. and we are on ol7. and we are an locally now i ind than locally now i think as the 9:00 numbers come in we will be pushing 80 degrees in a few spots. going 78. we'll see what happens in a moment when the 9:00 temperature comes in. 85 by noon and 91 for the a high with a slim chance of a thunderstorm. as you said, angie is off so kenny burns is watching the traffic for us. >> thank you very much, howard. >>> we will start in downtown silver spring. georgia avenue and wayne avenue is closed because of a building fire. the fire trucks are on the right side of the screen. there are a little minor delay in the

hayward and howard bernstein. you can watch us before you go on the air.e start at 4:55. >> he will be tuning in. >> bye-bye.

our meteorologist howard bernstein is joining us from the nine weather center with the latest information. howard? >> we are watching severe thunderstorms, some to the south but we are unr dea sere 5:ti. 00m wal h tiun . i wa nt togitothben wi that ah geto t ra eath e omfr81toom thy. soh of the pennsylvania border. severe thunderstorm watch until 5:00 p.m. though right now no warnings e afin ctinfe e thimmediate region. e lotht okarea of showers and storms from west virginia d anan teutesvihwrn rginia. blossoming in the last couple rn of hours. tie actyvinot so much in washington but to the west in ha arstywntorewnand west on 68 to cd.beanrl he an avy schedule north of front ya roil wssitl pa ea of winchester and ride up 340 and to the of icuth we are seeing activity whish comi oisut of utsoesteut rnviinia omfr ra u tot toepculper t.ye it is moving t.to the northeast we will watch this h thugrothe afted oougann have more in ana few minutes d e ththweekend forecast. today's rough weather means good news as far as that is concerned. i will have those details soon. >> we will get back to you

first-degree murder charge in the death of a museum guard stephen johns we say good morning to howard bernsteinr the weekend. saturday a surprise but sunday did not. weac meveti atr some active . of washington. we go to doppler hd and we ha v lighter showers approaching the district right now. rtno wntortno real probms but u see some activity in norfax corth , ofennavi h of vienna ofof charles count rain picks up in charles and prince georges county. alde si to county. some county. from waldorf from waldorf to hack cook. heavier stuff between stafford and quantico moving back in to charles county and e thheaviest the northern neck saint mary'serndm huorvisttiac i tmethernd m oractivity with heavy randfaac all this should a be gone in a few hours and then ufstf stuff ufthis afternoon. angie has the day off. kenny burns is watching the traffic for you. >> good morning. you are looking at 66 westbound at centreville. right now no delays centreville to the capital beltway. moving to 395 northbound no problems to report from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. if you are heading to the district,

meteorologist and little green man howard bernstein takes a closer look at some of the jobs we are talking about. >> reporter: when you think of green jobs you might think of something to do with solar panels or hybrid cars, but there are plenty of jobs that aren't green. >> my green job i'm director of finance for an energy efficiency company. >> reporter: he has a simple definition. >> anyone who is helping make things more efficient, use less fuel n re lyal ma ngkilyit a green job. >> reporter: eco coach inc. helps companies and job seekers. >> people are interested in the green job skills because they recognize the potential because it is a trend and something that will be growing in the future. >> reporter: one of the job seekers is david coker. according to a study by the american solar energy society renewable energy and energy efficiency jobs numbered 9 million in 2007 but could number as high as 37 million by 2030. in spite of that growth potential david says he is facing some obstacles. >> it is a little bit tough right now. there is a lot of talk about green jobs. there is a lot

we say good morning to howard bernstein. >> we were looking it up, chicago, 2017 the best chance for we could see. we have one issue with the rar. hwsoutessouthwest of fredericksburg. we will take you down there t a it looks quiet. as i zoom to the south you will see over to aneneerssss assndnd ute 3 3 e northeast. that may e northeast. that may get over to stafford esju wstt in 30 orso . go wto . go to heotr sout. sue othethissufo ins.ot r in spots. quarter cambridge to culpeper. we have pockets of patchy dense fog t stas amo nreotmo problem. temper60s fr winchester 61 to 72 on the bay in annapolis and 75 in saint indigos where the thermometers are fixed. >>> hello, angie. >> we are in the middle of the week. half way there an doesn't it feel good. talking traffic. we have one incident to tell you about in arlington. begin with our maps on george mason drive near arlington hospital. please watch for crews. we will take it to 66 eastbound through manassas. a clear commute and in maryland 270 southbound. it is smooth from 121 to the split. >>> it is one of washington's most prestigiou

kim is in for howard bernstein. she will have the weather in a second. and angie has the traffic.is friday and we have been loving the week's weather. >> i know. >> i want to join in and sing

. >>> we say good morning to howard bernstein. >> busy this morning. grab the umbrella.e weather. a lot going on as far as msowers and orst not an all noall dara cinut bld veal serev rounds. we have been watcnger an area to the south atth d orstms. some in the nortrn neckto northern maryland prince ne tyorges coun . owewntost. ar e watching activity as it getsin to tyun up to leesburg. heavier south of 66. i want to sh owyou on the weather computer this has been moving from the southwest vernight. okthloat e yellow and atoranges some local heavy rain but an active day ahead and a warm one. clouds out ere and temperatures wa, rmwawaupper 70s. 70 at national. 'sththe low for the y. mid to upper 80s. strong later on. welcome back, angie goff. >> glad to be back with my one team one dream crew. let's get started with the traffic. it is looking mighty fine out there. begin with 66 eastbound through manassas. incident and accident free. take you over to 270. here we go. live from germantown road. a little volume so far but no major problems. here's the outer and inner loop in

we say good morning to howard bernstein. got the rain last night. >> finally. of places didn't. and we had severe thunderstorms, as well. power outages in spots. checking the pepco partner with their power outage. we had the weather but thankfully it is gone right now. the satellite and radar combined. a storm system up the east coast w d w end anta thand gland the ne. go are gone. a couple of leupof sprinkles wh behift isis the fog. zero viability at the air le in half mile in frederick an culpeper, manassas three quarters. patchy densfog. thatbi e thdeg problem this morning with temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. good morning, angie goff. >> had a lot of fog on the dulles toll road. watch those speeds and give yourself enough distance between you and the car in u.ont of yo lk about the helicopter crash h morning g uryo morning isaythid this friday. itthere 70 ere 70 westbound is closed between mapleville throa and route 17. the best alternate is route 40 if this is the road you travel. 270 southbound frederick to the split, everything is clear and virginia,

we say good morning to howard bernstein. >> little muggy out there. showers. did you get any rain at your place yesterday. >> no. >> a lot of folks dndi'tdibut n southern maryland they had 2 1/2 inches and we are looking a erw owshs erow e if aryou e areltraveling to new york watch fo. rar ind tranlivefor ra. d lilive here i want to show you that in southern maryland ieiererwatching a feavhe showers in the mesaeaars that got styey daeseralcipely styeer mechanicsville and approaching . mpe-teur atse wiisinthrnmog temp ature-wise this morning e-in s 72 cambridge. 72 reagan national and 64 martinsburg. a few breaks of sunshine and highs 80 to 85. >> stop bugging andrea. >> talk about the traffic. live 121 to the split on up you are doing fine going northbound. southbound okay, as well. virginia eastbound 66 we are okay, as well. a live shot past the car rest area and 95 northbound from wood bridge to the mixing bowl moving without incident. back to you. apollo astronauts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first steps on the moon are on a new mission

. >>> good morning to howard bernstein. >> good morning.ware of the mugginess today and the thundershower showers and thunderstorm thunderstorms. one of llthe better or msst ance of seeing all month. the stuff in west virginia is aw akening. ine thnorthern nee ck, the bulk it over the waters and drifting to the north. big picture shows a lot of moisture off the east onfrfrom a front from the west and they will squeeze together and give us a decent chance of showers and storms, especially is afternn. this morning 60s and 70s and very muggy. >> it is muggy out there but it is thursday. we are closer to the weekend. traffic overall not looking so bad. one tieup to tell you about. a report of an accident. head over to realtime graphics and show you. this is the southeast southwest freeway at the third street tunnel. moving outside, 95 northbound from dale city to the mixing bowl. traffic is light and in maryland 270, drivers are at speed from frederick to the split. >>> 1 billion federal dollars have been made available to get high mileage gas

. >>> well, we welcome back howard bernstein. he had a great vacation.know you've got pictures out there on facebook. >>> yeah, maybe we can sneak one on if we get the chance. we'll see what we can do. weatherwise, one thing i noticed after a couple of years, the yard is turning yellow. .1inches for the month. we need rain. mf you like, w mihudi and hu tamporteure ateres and it -- itatitnot like july. really nice. >> i like this. >> a few thunderstorms south std ea stlani t,ghyesterday evening. those are pullg awaythis evenin l he quiet. rwise, generally clear skd ies ots a comfortable morning. in the 60s here, winchester, 57. and 72 at the naval air station at patuxent river. looking at a good day today. humidity stays low. code yellow air quality and highs in the mid-80s. hi, angie. >>> good morning, everyone. hello, hope you guys all had a great monday. we're ready for tuesday. so far, smooth commutes. that's what we're tracking on 95 and the bw parkway beginning with our, all green down to 495. as we head outside, 270 headed southbound. we're trackin

we start with howard bernstein. good morning to you and how good of a morning is it? >> the stars are out in many areas. we will start nice and as far as thunderstorms, there's a tree down in allegheny county, maryland. we had tree damage yesterday. tomorrow things will pick up a little bit as far as that is concerned. get you ououe do and ll you what is happening. the storms we had yesterday, you see how quickly that has ann we lled in to new england. weavcle red out nicely this morning. still some stssf roac ke akyuc n kente ad anndte nnessee and vi ngbearriving afternoon. roafternoon. inbe good d be ingood shape. a few clouds this afternoon. temperatures in he 770s. a few 60s ouerthbue t in ooas w martinsburg, 68 winchester, leesburg 73. lack at temperatures in the mid to upper 80s with an outside chance of a thunderstorm. it is 5:00 and time for traffic with angie goff. >> thank you, howard. >>> we are getting closer to the weekend. we begin with a tieup at the parkway. it is taking away the right lane for drivers. moving in to virginia, eastbound 66, no issues to

kim martucci is in for howard bernstein with weather. traffic chris will give you an update on the roads but first we start off with kim. >>> good morning. >> happy monday. >> the weekend was spectacular. i managed to get my move in only with a couple of drops. not a big deal. let me show you wh g'satoing on outside this monday morning. we have a very mild 72 inside the beltway. we share that current condition with annapolis. here's the satellite and radar loop. we have cloud cover around this morning. no raindrops. we'll be thinning that out into the afternoon and go with a partly sunny day if not a mostly sunny finish. it is going to be warm, up into the upper 80s. now, that's about where we should be this time of year. i'm going to tell you about what's coming our way throughout the rest of the workweek. in the meantime, chris snead it in for angie. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kim. we're going to start with our realtime graphics here. checking out 95 and the bw parkway out of baltimore, you can see nothing but green cars.

howard bernstein is here. i hope you had a nice weekend. the storms were good. i didn't have to water my lawn. >> i still haven't mowed my lawn this month. i took out the weed whacker but it has been dry. a lot of areas are praying for the rain and we have chances all week to get rain. before i get to live doppler hd getting a lot of good feedback on the interactive radar b@at wusa9.com. this gives you the ability to zoom in and out not only in washington by across the country. so you want to track weather anywhere, wusa9.com on the weather tab and go to interaivto interactive dadoppler hd becaus hawedoppler hd because we have vebeen tracking storms. some of them are pulling ent hi ded inbandpetypret bad deinyour pr onyour definition across southern maryland and the eastern shore. some lighter showers which have moved in to dictthe rist no up in montgomery county, southern part of the county has to worry about that but notice the activity moving up to bowie with light showers there. the -- the heavy stuff is moving east to eventually shady side and northern calv

. >>> howard bernstein with your living green tip of the day. if you're doing planting this week yen don't run out and buy planters. think about what's around your house that you could recycle. old coffee tins, wicker baskets, even wash tushs make great garden tools. look into something that's biodegradeable if you do buy one. more great tips on the website at wusa9.com, just click on living green. >>> consumer advocates are now saying that the national highway traffic administration withheld a series of studies on the dangers of using mobile devices while driving and withheld that information for more than 6 years. >> many of the studies show that hands free driving does not reduce the risk of accidents and as terry o'keeta reports, receiving the information years ago could have saved lives. >> reporter: driving while talking on your cell phone can increase the risk of an accident by 3 or 4 times and the national highway safety administration has known it for years. even hands free driving can be dangerous. >> that risk is almost equal to drunk

howard bernstein is live with our thursday forecast. >> we lost a jokt, it's too sticky out here this morning. the humidity is up, clouds have moved in, we have showers, even derstorms showing upthoscr as southern maryland. lighter showers toward i-81. had a couplsouprinklescross parts of fairfax county earlier. then in southern calvert dnow to st. marns we have more m s vi moving see showerswe will see ss afternoon with temperatures in the 80. >> hello everybody. accident headed eastbound on the southeast freeway, it's where south capitol street is and still has off ramp closed. we are clear from clarksburg down to the split. we're looking at maybe about a 40 minute drive from the frederick area, delays probably not too far away. 66 headed eastbound you're slow around business 234. finally here's 395 headed northbound where we have a lot of brake lights from duke over to seminary. >> did he win over any skeptics. president obama hopes his prime time conference on health care did just that. he hits the road today to keep the push going. we are live on capitol hill with the story. >> r

howard bernstein is enjoying vacation time. kim is here with us. she's on the weather terrace enjoying a beautiful early friday morning. >> oh, those crabs make me think of polk creek and the great restaurants there along the potomac. good morning, everybody. t' is great to see you. s get started. let's talk about what is happening here as we take you through friday and in to the weekend. it is nice outside. i'm out here. it is comfortable and 64. leesburg down to 68. look at the 50s martinsburg to winchester. fredericksburg 64 and 60s at andrews air force base. for the weather i dare say it will be another keeper. partly to mostly sunny. temperatures this afternoon will go from the 60s now up to 82. the humidity should stay in check and the winds will be southeasterly at ten. i'm going to have the weekend forecast. which day will be hot and when the rain gets here when i see you next. >>> good morning. we have half way through the 6:00 hour. and as director chris here, floor director chris said happy friday to you and everyone out there. we're rea

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meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> it is a little stickye. humidity levels are up and as i look upstairs asee a few clouds. a good deal of sunshine today an optimistic in in spite of the heatmindhu dity i'm expecting it tire vela y.be relatively asyou as you ep step out. 60s to the west in culpeper ande to oakland at 61. in town 72. and easton at 68. we will be the mid-80s at noon. low 90s for the high. hot with only a stray thunderstorm possible. rain chances less than 20%. 60 degrees and time for the traffic update. here's kenny. >> thank you very much. >> we will start on the outer loop of the capital beltway at the american legion bridge. emergency crews are blocking the one left lane as you can see at the center of the screen. they are jammed up from river road. take caution as you travel through the area. other maryland routes leaving baltimore through laurel to the capital beltway. no problems or incidents to report. the outer loop, we are seeing volume between college park and ill very spring. however, you are moving at speed. over

we start off saying good morning to howard bernstein. >> doesn't feel like july 20th. >> no. >> temperatures struggle to the lower 80s. it will feel like july by the end of the week. >> see if if we can wait on that. >> the month so far has been running four below average for any must bees which is incredible. >> i did aning amile run and barely broke a sweat. what does that tell you. >> or you are dehydrated. >> no. a t.nk lo i'm an avid runner. showers are showing up on doppler . re hein toinwn gsinth are relatily. quietin to the south and west, this diminished so ofuth ngrid spelfian d manassas d anwoodbridge and bealeton and some light shows er and that's it. on the atweheercoutwempwe llwi teatta. mperesur the esthisolcoh desi. s.per 60s si tolowe70 73cambridge and easton. 72 fredericksburg but 66 winchester and culpeper. culpeper 64. there's the weather model and micy assistant angie goff. temperatures in the lower 80s. a slight chance of a shower under mostly cloudy skies and code yellow moderate air quality. time for angie now with traffic. >> got a little anxious because we have a lo

time to say good morning again to howard bernstein and wasn't so bad leaving from the garage this morning. i didn't face anything yet. >> there were big rains in southern maryland yesterday, though and we will talk about that. my lawn is quickly turning from lush green to this stray material. >> crunchy underneath. >> barely any rain this month. .26 the entire month in national. but the next three days we have a chance of shower and thunderstorms out there over the next few days. today a shower or thundershower. thunderstorm chances mainly going to be west of 81. low 80s. tomorrow mid-80s still a shower or thunderstorm. the same story on thursday with the heat and the humidity. this morning, we are looking at some rainfall totals that are justifiedly. in dulles month 9. .26 for the month so far. these are two inches below the average for the month. the same in baltimore. charlottesville and martinsburg have had more rain. yesterday in southern maryland they had 1 1/2 to two inches of rain in calvert and st. marys county and showers and thunderstorms that sat on them. this morning what do

. >>> good morning to kim martucci on the weather terrace in for howard bernstein., kim. >> reporter: good morning. it is gorgeous on our weather terrace, i'm enjoying our furniture and blue skies and the birds that live in the satellite dish couldn't be happier. look at the numbers. i will help you plan your day. i want to tell you quickly about the allergy report. the good news e the weed thmoe , lde trees are all in , the low category. all right. here's a check on the numbers. pleasant conditions across the board. mostly everybody in the 50s, eastern panhandle of west virginia, western maryland that's where you will find upper 50s this morning. nothing terribly cold but they are the middle of july near perfect weather. today we will keep it like yesterday, mostly sunny. if anyone gets an isolated shower, i think far northwest suburbs will see it but not very high odds of that happening. it is in and around the beltway and points south that we will have mostly sunny skies. we are in good shape. 60s for you. no rain. blue skies above. the afternoon we will keep it

n >>> i'm howard bernstein with the living green tip of the day.is time to get rid of old shoes in the closet think twice before throwing them the trash. you can donate them to charity. that would be a good thing or you can get them recycled. did you know the rubber on the bottom of the shoes can be turned in to other products like gym floors. something to think about. for more tips go to wusa9.com and click on living green. >>> well, it is 6:42. we will check in with dave price. he's live in los angeles with a preview of the "early show." hey there, dave. >> good morning, jessica. busy day on the east and west coast. tell you what is coming up when we join you on the "early show." we are live at staples center here in los angeles. that's what you see behind us as thousands of families and fans flock to the city for michael jackson's memorial service. we will talk to some of those who have been giving tickets in the ticket lottery and why the battle over never land maybe put on hold temporarily. and the investigation in to an alleged serial killer

we say good morning to howard bernstein and it is starting to feel a little sticky outside. >> just a little sticky in spots. but we have seen the moisture and humidity around for the first half of the week. we will see the heat build for the second half of the week an that spells chances of rain, much-needed rain. it is awfully dry out there. barely any rain this month of july, .26 inches at national airport. don't quote but. i maybe off by a hundredth or two. 80 this afternoon. and think of information here we are july 20th and a only 80 with temperatures not hitting 9 o. every day we get through it is one less day of not having to deal with big heat for the summertime. this morning mostly cloudy and humid. temperatures in the 60s and the 70s here shortly. some spots are already there with light winds. a few inen this valley in the 50s. mcincome with few showers this the afternoon. wouldn't be surprised to see a few folks stay in the upper 70s. tonight mostly cloudy and a chance of a shower with lows in the 60s. we have been watching this area of showers coming up 95 here just out o

a well-rested howard bernstein is here at 5:30. >> you know what it is like by the end of the week. >> but never 5 clock it would have to be 6:00. >> i have sleep envy. >> everybody was out of the house, the dog was sleeping too. and what can i say. >> the weather was so nice. you've should have been out and about. >> show you the radar. western maryland a couple of showers to talk about. they are light b@right now approaching hancock and west virginia. however, we will see more activity later on. on the weather computer you will see activity to the west in ohio and kentucky and southwestern virginia. look at that stuff firing. couldn't here later this morning before the noon hour. we will watch this carefully. were aseeing a warm morning. mid-60s in winchester. 75 in town. highs in the 80s but watch out. strong storms will be possible. 75 degrees. good morning angie goff. >> good morning. half way through the 5:00 hour and still tracking that condition out on the outer loop near the braddock road exit. drivers here are losing two left lanes and that is due to police activity. checkin

the face of weather is howard bernstein.s in for kim martucci. >> some people say a face only a mother could love but regardless. we have weather quieting down even when we had thunderstorms across southern maryland and northern neck of virginia. we are quiet and oo n in cogsthul ged tht rnten thincoget rough once again. showers and storms kl quickly moved out. here they come and there they go. we have some clou qu be. longer they stay longer thel i think llbe. i think it ke e itr 80the upper 80s ternoon. ri t ghternn. leesburg. 70s bulees aat thermometer runs warmnd want to find out what is going on with that. 72 manassas. quantico and andrews. a decent morning but on the muggy side. temperatures in the upper 80s and watch out. a couple of these storms could be strong to severe. right now 73 and time for traffic. here's kenny burns. >> thank you very much. we will start in virginia. the arlington boulevard heading to the district. we are looking at the sky view graphic there. an accident on the roosevelt bridge blocking the

awakening my colleague howard bernstein and maybe you. hope you got shut eye but it was noisy. today we shouldn't have as many thunderstorms but the ones we got yesterday, look at what they did. they brought us a half inch of rain in frederick. 2 1/2 inches of rain in the past 24 hour and at dulles an inch and a half. that was welcome. we haven't had rain in here three weeks going so that was good news. 70 in hagerstown and 64 in culpeper. as you make plans today i think you can take your lunch outside and should be in good shape. an isolated shower or two. most of us will be dry. air quality, angie, looking good. good morning. >> get in here because we have a lot of traffic to tell you about, everybody. thanks for joining us. it is almost the weekend or i guess it is so far. let metepa out and look at this. we have a lot of traffic lights out as you can see. main intersections here. some are on flash. if you approach one of these intersections treat it as a four-way stop. you can find this and more information and live traffic cameras at new jersey. turn on the cameras and tak

howard bernstein is life on the weather terrace and he has the friday forecast. >> i had to loosen thehere. the air is so thick and we have low clouds and the moisture is in place. this afternoon when the front is closer and the upper level energy we will fire up shower and storms. go outside on the satellite and radar and show you a t to acont you can see a spin ky. that upper level . nt eat upper level lp help msor lo. fok storms. look tat readings, 76 naanreal wianth agresonametion . oakland with some rain in garrett county in the lower 60s. just about everybody else 70 or better. a chance of a shower here and there this morning but really this afternoon. i think in the metro not before 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. strong to severe thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 80s. how about the roads. with more here's angie. >> how about those roads. not good news on 395 northbound. you are going to want to factor in extra minutes if you plan to hop on that interstate right now. this is the situation at the shirlington exit ramp. got an overturned car on the tow truck. police continue to block

you keep those, howard bernstein. hello, everyone. half way through the 6:00 hour. i want you to know about this near marina drive is where we have a downed tree. crews are uses caution. -- crews are there, use caution. we are below speed from van doren to eisenhower. that's just volume. taking the shot back to the realtime graphics. and this time go 3-d for you. at howard road. that's where we have a report of an accident. to round it out we take you to the district. heading through northeast. here's inbound new york avenue where we have a little delay. stretching from the washington times building to bladensburg road. now over to andrea. >>> we are learning about a police standoff in fairfax county. it is a story we have been tracking overnight. the scene is playing out in mclean off route 7. armando trull is live from there with more. >> we are now in the 12th hour of the standoff behind me is the police scene. you can actually see some neighbors escorted by the police through this area that has been cordon off. that is being done for their safety of course. you

howard bernstein is here with weather. angie has traffic. we are talking about our favorite rest stop which is the most beautiful. it will be a nice day. more humid, though, right. >> nice in the fact the temperatures are on the comfortable side. we had a 96 one day last week. unofficially temperatures are four below average for the month of july so far and today will be another cool day if you will. let's talk about what is happening other than the rest stops and i like the one in emmittsburg. it is gorgeous on route 15. clouds moved in, a few brakes out there and a lot more humidity. go to the weather computer and we will talk about the satellite and radar combined. showers in southern virginia which are moving north northeast ward. they have a beeline for the metro area, at least parts of the area this morning. culpeper and baltimore 63. saturday morning baltimore and martinsburg had record lows in the lower 50s. today low 80s with a chance of a shower or two. right now 70 and code yellow moderate air quality. it is 5:01. you take it away

. >>> howard bernstein on the weather terrace. a sticky morning and the showers have left. some blue overhead. we will let you know how long it will b@ >>> shuttle "endeavor" is waking on the sunny side of space. they will conduct the fifth and final space walk of the mission. it is due home on friday morning. thank you for starting your monday with us. i'm andrea roane. howard is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. good morning. >> good morning. we had some showers earlier push through. heaviest soh and east. if we look at doppler i want to show you the majority is gone. one lone shower is tr tyi th erinlo n ouudyiinto montgomery county but just about everybody is clearing out. we will talk about the bigger picture showing the showers that came ctaffeaffecting thuts n.eaoc ocean. 73 in washington. 72 in easton id e thnavaval ai station patuxent river. culpeper and winchester at 64. so today we are looking at partly sunny conditions. by this afternoon a threat for more potentially strong thunderstorms and highs in the upper 80s. angie is off but we say good morni

. >>> right now we say good morning to howard bernstein. no debate here.e has everything under control. >> exactly. even the shower earlier in virginia came through the potomac and tried to get in to charles county and kind of died. so it is dry this morning. dry in the sense it is not raining but it thick and sticky and muggy. the humidity is leaving us with patchy fog. the next three days, partly sunny like this, an isolated thunderstorm and 87. scattered thunderstorms tomorrow. i think the activity will be more so tomorrow than yesterday, today or friday. and friday back to the upper 80s and a chance of an thoorsune rmis afternoon thunderstorm. this morning partly ou . the isolated shower as fallen apart. 60s and 70s out there. a couple of spots have gotten up to 59. generally light winds this morning. they will be southeast at ten miles an hour this afternoon with thunderstorm possible. 84 to 88. average high is 89. still doing all right. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. isolated shower and 66 to 73 degrees. our visibilities this morning keeps bumping u

meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weather terrace.lmy as in mornings past but still not bad. >> the humidity has come up. it was almost chilly in the shenandoah valley the last few mornings but temperatures there 15 degrees warmer today. this time yesterday, but we have had a change in the air mass and a change in the regime and a chance of thunderstorms especially tomorrow afternoon. for today we start off with a few clouds and sunshine out there. we are seeing showers to the delmarva trying to hold together in west virginia but right now nothing close to us. look at these readings in the 70s now. manassas 68 degrees. a few folks around 70 but it is really a more july day than what we have seen lately. that's the case this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds and it will be humid. the muggies are back. highs near 9 a with an outside chance of a thunderstorm. angie has been watching the roads this thursday morning. >> we want to begin with that sinkhole situation in annandale, virginia. we know it is at little river and conwell driv

. >>> i'm howard bernstein with your living green tip of the day. 25% of bacteria in groundwater comes from pet waste. scoop up the poop, clean the earth and in most places it is the law. for more tips go to wusa9.com and click on living green. >>> i'm not messing with howard, right. cleaning up into that's right. >> don't want any poop anywhere. >> emmy nominations are out. >> for the second year in a row cable television shows dominated the top categories. the highlights now from hollywood. >> reporter: the emmy nominations are in and there is a trend. entourage. damages. dexter. all showing on cable and all nominated. weeds. 60s retro madmen is the leading drama series with 16 nominations including nods for the actors. other show nominees big love, breaking bag, damages, dexter, house and loss only network dramas to get noticed. nbc's comedy "30 rock" 30 nominations. >> come to think of it i do have a meeting. >> reporter: 30 rocks competition in the comedy category. office. >> i'm not going to give you a prize for running over an employee. >> reporter: family guy. flight of the con

howard bernstein is here. a lovely evening last night. not too bad of a morning. >> turned out good. the humidity is up but if you don't like the humidity for the frizz factor or the sweat factor. >> or the not breathing factor. >> this won't be your day. especially this afternoon when the temperatures shoot up to the 90-degree range and the humidity levels will be up, as well. i think heat index values could be in the mid-90s today. not horribly oppressive but it has been a mile summer so it will be one of the warmer feeling days we have had. get you going. looking like in the next three days. before at, the forecast first, i nt to say what's on sa the computer. we have interactive radar and t is zoomed in where the rains have been he y. one of the urcoats feol iesthe pack you can zoom anywhere in ith cay untry, not justlo to track storms but anywhere in y. un ec k thisout on wusa9.com under the weather tab. now the next three days where we have warm to hot temperatures and a slight chance of storms today and thursday. better chance riof

. >>> and we say good morning to howard bernstein. he's feeling good. he's rested.ent to bed at 5:00 yesterday. >> yeah. okay. okay. enough of that. once in a while. once in a while. >> raring to go. >> let's get to weather. it will be a good weekend. we have to get through today. today problems in the form of shower and storms and some of which by later this morning might be here but this afternoon we could be rocking and rolling with strong to severe thunderstorms in spots. upper 80s and near 90 in a few spots if we get enough sunshine. tomorrow and wednesday look good. lower 80s for the most part. a little more breeze on saturday than sunday but again after today the weekend is in good shape. this morning, partly cloudy. it is a little humid out there. cool spots in the mid-60s. we will climb to the 80s shortly. give it by 9:00 or 10:00, i think we will have some 80s on the board. partly sunny and sunny, scattered thunderstorms. some strong ones this afternoon. watch out, damaging winds or hail. 85 to 90. variable winds at five to ten although gusty of course. th