the humidity will rise. when you factor in the humidity, it will feel like the mid and 90's.chester right now 71 at reagan national. good start your day. here is the hourly forecast. by noon in the mid 80's, later on today, a 30% chance of thundershowers. with that combination of heat and humidity making it feel like the mid 90's, up and down the 95 corridor. there is a tropical storm beryl. islamic little you-turn and do it 180 where it will be swept away by this cold front. we're not expecting it to affect our weather. same-store tomorrow. less humid and cooler by the end of the week. steve with the latest on the traffic. >> hardly any traffic at all. everything is looking good on the beltway. it is looking very nicely. we had over to 270. everything is moving smoothly, all the way down from frederick county, all the way down to the beltway with no problems at all. quick look at springfield. we have no hiv restrictions today. the only state where they do stay in effect is route 50 in maryland. back to you. >> looking good. thank you. your time now is a 6:51. >> we have more

a warm and humid start to the day. you will notice the humidity when you walk out this morning. 56degrees at reagan national. the humidity, 90%. wind are out of the south and west at six miles per hour. and we are looking at a decent day today. and you are going to notice the warmth as well. temperatures in the mid-80s. could be an isolated storm this afternoon by about 4:00 p.m. as we get into the nighttime hours, the real cool air will get in here and the payoff is the rest of the week. >> thank you, tucker. it is flip-flops and shorts weather. >> you will find a lot of folks with the sun roof open and moon roof open as well. if you are travelago long the capital beltway, lanes are open on the beltway between college park and bethesda. this is a live shot of traffic coming inbound along 66 leaving manassas headed eastbound towards centreville. no incidents to report at this time so our lanes are open and traffic is flowing freely headed in towards the beltway. you will found southbound along 270, nice nice, easy driv

hot and humid. more humidity by the end of the workweek -- lwoer humidity. now to lisa >> . commute looks ok as well as beltway travel. the interstate travel growing on this tuesday morning, north into baltimore, south into richmond. 395 near the pentagon, light volume for now. here comes the march looks good on 66, no worries on 270 of frederick but all your neighbors hitting the road. now to news. >> investigators at the scene of a deadly plane collision in fauquier county. >> two dead and another injured after two planes slammed into each other yesterday afternoon. john gonzalez is live near the scene where crews are trying to. connect the to >> they're trying to figure out exactly what happened? at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. two small private planes collided in mid-air not far from where we are live this morning. this is a very rural, secluded area in fauquier county. the ntsb and faa officials have recovered the bodies of the pilot and passenger from a six- seater private plane that burst into flames after it crashed in a backyard. about a mile away the second pil

also, take precautions for heat and humidity.t will be hot out there, highs near 90 with high humidity making it feel like the mid 90's this afternoon. currently 69 in leesburg, 65 in bowie, 70 in arlington and chevy chase. woodstock, 66. on our way to 90 degrees this afternoon by 4:00 p.m., but it will feel like 95 with the humidity. better chance of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. still warm, near 90. i cannot call it a commute this morning, so how was the traffic? >> moving smoothly. we will start with a look at springfield, the springfield interchange, looking very good, no problems northbound or southbound on 95. that is a smooth ride. at the 14th street bridge, no problems on 395 northbound up to the 14th street bridge, down to the split. no accidents reported. we will head over to maryland where we find things moving pretty smoothly. we are on the other side of the american legion bridge with no delays. the earlier incident in montgomery county on river road near goldsboro that is open. everything is mov

one more day of humidity.lated to remember -- could be an isolated storm today. >> make it an iced coffee or t he -- on the way to work today. >> humidity way on up, 90%. the combination will make it feel nice and warm when you walk out this morning. ocean, city, 65 for you. should be a beautiful day down at the beaches. 5 # at dulles and in frederick. satellite-radar, had a couple of surrounds of storms come through. our last one up towards new york city at the moment and we're generally looking at quiet conditions. kind of a partly to mostly cloudy start to the day. i think you will see a decent amount of sunshine today. there could be an isolated storm and a cold front out to the west. out to the ohio valley will get in here later tonight and that will bring us a nice, nice forecast for the end of the week. humid today, high temperatures in the mid-80s. yesterday, we were about 80 degrees so even warmer than yesterday. >> i'm glad it is going to cool back down. >> just want spring to stick around a little b

near 90 this afternoon with dick humidity.t will change tomorrow. -- thick humidity. 72 in montgomery village along with suitland and fort washington. near 73 in huntingtown right now to start the day. showers and thunderstorms expected as early as lunchtime in the northwest of town in the potomac highlands. in the afternoon and evening we should have areas of rain and even in the metro area with localized heavy downpours later on today as well. we have a lot of moisture in the air. you feel the humidity. locally heavy rainfall and a few downpours expected. near 90 today. temperatures on the downswing tomorrow. more coming up. now to lisa >> . we start in virginia, off to a good start. 86 95, 395, no problems on the beltway as far as virginia. light volume northbound. we will get back to the tuesday morning routine up to the pentagon and beyond. the beltway traffic in maryland reports of a driver in medical distress on the beltway on the outer loop side. that would be the headlights in this camera. near river road. emergency e

gradually becoming less humid on wednesday. noticeably less humid by thursday and friday. now to lisa. >> it was all happening. 50 across the bay bridge. a picture of the aftermath. things are beautiful right now. just a couple of cars coming from the westbound direction off the eastern shore heading towards annapolis. going down nicely. where is happening is the other side of town. we will take you to springfield. no problems on 95, 66. no overnight construction to remove. they also had the weekend off. the road work will begin at about 9:00 this morning. let's go to news. >> we're following breaking news from overseas. at least one person has been killed in a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in northern italy. it caused buildings to collapse in areas hit by a larger quake last week. school were evacuated as a precaution and throughout the area. -- schools were evacuated. >> in clinton maryland, a driver was killed on route 5 south of woodyard road. the investigation continues into what caused the accident. we expect to learn more about a plane crash that killed the pilot and pas

still near 90 and humid.ough the end of the workweek with cooler temperatures, and '70s, by friday with some showers. become an unsettled at times this week. thursday will be the nicest, sunny, low humidity, 82. now to steve >> . not much traffic. the beltway at river road everything is open, moving smoothly through montgomery county and through prince george's county. on river road the downed tree was cleared away in the somerset area. river road is open both ways. so better news there. 270 near father hurley boulevard, moving smoothly right now, no problems. headed over to springfield northbound and southbound on 95 looks good. no problems, light volume so far. back to you. >> thank you. alexandra is holding its 36th annual memorial day jazz festival taking place today from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at waterfront park on prince street. , doors will perform as long as -- as well as al williams and mark as johnson. if there are problems it will be at the kaufman auditorium on jefferson street. admission is fr

it will be hot and humid today. low 90's downtown. it feels hotter when you factor in the humidity. a front may be sparking off some scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. not everybody getting in on those storms. they could be of the strong side because of the heat and humidity. >> welcome back if you're coming back to work and to school after a long weekend. right now the promise on east jarrettsville road because of fire department activity. be careful. in bel air, the he 3 bypass is shut down at 543 because of an accident -- the hickory bypass. some delays in the timonium region. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 for the beltway to 32. this is 50 at 97. so far so good east and west down. we're anticipating have your delays in the annapolis region for the naval academy graduation. southbound 295 down towards 32, just building volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> new details involving a triple shooting in east baltimore. one of the victims is a 10-year- old child. the shots were fired around 9:30 last night on east hoffman

with humidity and humid conditions in place and pop-up storms.hen they pop up, they will go quickly. 90 degrees for your sunday and monday is much the same. >> all right. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning--- 7:47. it is 71 degrees. and partly sunny. >>> well, taking nice run to help out a good cause. that's what several people are doing today. >> that's right. whether they are young children or young at heart. they are heading to the stampede and eyewitness news is live with mike schuh. they are calling you mike running -- i didn't make that one up. it was not me this time. >> it is good, mike. you got to admit. >> reporter: never heard that before. you guys are as or as all can be. you know, curt, say that first. curt -- >> curt. >> reporter: say it first, curt and my last name. >> all right. >> reporter: i have a million of them. we are at the stampede, the start of summer is today. the way that this neighborhood does it. they hold a community-based r

you will notice a brief uptick in our humidity on friday. low humidity tonight. tomorrow there is a brief swing upward in the humidity. that will destabilize the air. there's a pretty good chance of late-day and thunderstorms. we're talking evening commute and through dinnertime, storms which have a good chance of being strong and severe. something to keep a close eye on tomorrow. highs in the low to mid '80s. for the weekend, clearing out, partly cloudy, looking and feeling good. temperatures running a little below average with cooler air on saturday, highs in the mid 70's. let's go to lisa for the commute. >> 66 eastbound, accident before the beltway moved on to the left shoulder but we are slammed from at least fair lakes to get through fair oaks and into vienna. a long line on eastbound 66. on the beltway, look at the outer loop near university boulevard. now we have sunshine issues forming near the mormon temple out of college are getting into greenbelt. no problems on 395, just the typical slowdown if out of springfield to get through landmark and past duke

low humidity. temperatures elsewhere across the area 83, fredericks at 86. 82 rather to a little cooler near york, york checking in at 76. for the rest of the evening we will hang in to the 70s. mostly clear, a comfortable evening but here is what's going on. a huge storm system out toward the west, multiple severe watches and warnings, this is a line of powerful storm that will slowly inch into baltimore. we will talk about the timing, what to expect from the storms, that's all coming up. >> all right. parents get ready to pay up. the board has approved a 3% tuition hike. so let's say you graduate from fallston and go to maryland, you will pay 8, 90$9. this is the third year in a row tuition has gone up. out of state goes up as much as 5% at college park and unbc and if you are going to sallssbury in-state will go up 6%. wow. the state housing department and the city officials are all coming together for a big announcement. about $30 million of mortgages available for new homers. baltimore is one

lots of humidity. you get the idea we'll off to another warm and humid start to the day and another hot one but we've got some changes. we're on the right side of the screen there. out to the west, all that flashing you see out towards indianapolis, this is a cold front which will object the march. and by mid- to late afternoon will likely spark off some showers and storms around here. it will eventually bring us some cooler and drier air. our temperatures today under partial sunshine should top out about 90 degrees with a late day storm so be ready for it. more details coming up. back to you. >>> a deadly midair collision involving two semiautomatic planes over fauquier county. one pilot was able to land and walk away from the wreckage. the other plane crashed about a mile away. the pilot and passenger of that plane were both killed. >>> today, fans will pay tribute to chuck brown. thousands are expected to gather at the howard theater for a public viewing. on thursday, a public memorial service will

realize with the humidity, not going anywhere. it's going to feel like more than 90 about each and every afternoon through the weekend. great beach weather. >> i thought this was the unofficial start of summer. >> we may have to make this official. >> one tropical disturbance. you think we will have a lot of disturbances and hurricanes that summer? >> they just put out the projection calling it what they expect it to be an arching hurt can season. they -- average hurricane season. hurricane season is upon us. listen to this. the centers for disease control says more people are considering wearing helmets during storms. earlier in iowa, tim and his family could tell a bad storm was headed their way, it was an f2 packing 130 miles per hour punch. he and his kids were in the basement. the kids put the bike helmets on because they were sitting right there. >> i thought it was funny at first. if things start falling, evprecaution you ca can take is a good one. the kids enjoyed it. it was kind of a game. >> cdc says they don't have rese

bright sunshine, low humidity, 83 degrees later on today. tomorrow in the afternoon and evening it will get pretty active with showers and storms likely. some could be strong. today, 69 right now and arlington, 64 in leesburg, 65 in frederick, 57 in berkeley springs with dropping humidity. 83 degrees for the high temperature at 3:00. the bright sunshine. for the second half of tomorrow in the afternoon and evening, be on the lookout for not just thunderstorms but strong to severe storms late in the day. we will have you covered. now to lisa baden for traffic. >> prince george's county has a fatal accident on marlboro pike at donnell drive. will have details coming up. 395 traffic out of virginia into the district, there's a collision on the d.c. side of the 14th street bridge near the tennis bubble at 12th street. one lane is getting by. not much of an impact on a light volume for an hour across the potomac river. now to news. >> investigators are looking into a deadly crash in prince george's county. >> after 3:00 this morning firefighters

up near 90 and lots of humidity. our dew point temperatures, if you are keeping track of that kind of thing, in the upper 60s right now. that is in the uncomfortable range. tattered storms back in the forecast today. i think they will become more numerous as we get into the nighttime hours. we have a cold front out to the west that will bring us some showers and storms. a little cooler tomorrow and noticeably cooler and less humidity by thursday. i think thursday will be a great day and we've just been talking about beryl. now a depression. beryl no longer a big threat as far as winds. still some very heavy rains across the southeast coast. you like a warm, humid start to your day. you will love this morning. 76 now in washington. 72348 quantico. the entire here with the exception of cumberland maryland in the 70s. if you have cumberland on the map here out to the west, it is 64 degrees. leonardtown, 726789 very warm and muggy tart to the day. it feels a lot more like july than the end of may here this morning. satel

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humidity. dew point levels , the measure of the moisture in the air are at or above 70 in most of the state. the kind of humidity we look for in july. this is what the result is. it feels like 90 downtown in baltimore rmt feels like 93 frederick. 80s this evening, sun and clouds. more heat and as much humidity towards mondays. we have the details coming up. >>> the rising temperatures mean you have to pay extra careful attention sadly seems like every year we cover a story about a child left in a hot car, most of the time it's an accident. mom or dad get distract , but it's a life changing mistake. the numbers have skyrocketed over the past few years. >> reporter: her in if if he can showers laugh -- she adores sitting on mom's lap. mom, loves it, too. a court accused her of trying to harm her precious daughter. >> she faced 9 years in prison. >> i was facing ten to 25 years in jail. >> reporter: she faced a similar situation. moat mothers on opposite sides of the country left babies in the swe

a little less humidity than yesterday. still got some rain showers we're dealing with but by this afternoon, more and more sunshine. it will take its time. this is your radar. still dealing with the shower activity south and east of the city. that is where the heaviest rain has been last couple of hours and continues to be. most of the shower activity fairly light particularly after the rather impressive storms we had last evening. south and east, southern maryland, still getting some rain showers down towards chesapeake beach. one or two sprinkles as you look out to the west. we have a few leftover showers. all of this is pushing off to the east and to the north and east and we're not quite done with it yet. i think you will see clouds here to start your day. we'll see breaks in the clouds and by afternoon, partly so mostly sunny skies. more comfortable too. a little bit cooler temperatures here for highs later today. let me show you the satellite- radar. let's push on. that is the leftovers ever beryl down to our south a

then i love the less the humidity. -- >> i love the less humidity.rfax county, investigators on the scene of the police involved shooting, old mill court near mount vernon. don't know if this was an officer or another person shot. we just know it is a police demint -- police involved. we have a crew on the way. they are not there at 1230 check at wjla.com and abc 7 news at 5:00 will update. taking a look at what is happening in entertainment news. singer justin bieber now wanted for questioning by police. a photographer told police that justin bieber roughed him up as he snapped pictures of the singer and his girlfriend as they left a movie theater. but the pair left before investigators could talk to them about the incident. police say the photographer was taken to hospital where he was treated and released. coming up, learning about weight-loss the hard way. we will tell you about one fitness instructor's decided to fat enough to understand a struggle better. >> sharon is born -- >> we continue with a news for allergy sufferers and how medicine is

that's extreme humidity. that's the kind we see towards mid july. it is sticky and past the 6:00 hour, feeling like 93 in frederick and almost 90 downtown at the harbor and dc. sticky and warm the rest of the evening for the friday night, memorial day weekend travels, weather remains warm and dry. hotter each day this weekend. we will see you the details and talk about the beach forecast coming up. >>> now the next question, you are asking, has traffic at the bay bridge thinned out enough to get to the ocean without me pulling out my hair. if you are in the traffic or watching on a cell phone or manage like that, u going to get stuck for a while. things are starting to back up as you approach the tolds. another look at the picture, don't think it's going to change much. >>> this is also a big weekend for boaters, thousands often you will hit the waterways around the state. tomorrow annapolis, the coast guard h hold a safe boater program from 10:00 until 2:00. get a free safety inspection and be able to schedule a boating safety class. this weekend w

humidity is burning off it. turned into a niece warm sunny -- nice warm sunny day. >>> i think it will get better. we have basically a line of cloud cover over the state but no precipitation on maryland's most powerful radar. could we see an isolated shower or two this evening? it's possible. temperatures hover in the mid-80s. it is warm and humid east of ball. however, drier air moving in tomorrow. a big change as we cool off some 10 degrees, bring back the sunshine and the humidity will be low. we'll talk about how long this holds up. >>> an update on breaking news out of odenton. a cloild was hit by a car -- child was hit by a car and is expected to survive. >> reporter: the child was taken to hopkins children's hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. he is expected to be okay. this happened on blue water boulevard in anne arundel county. the child was struck by a chevy avalanche. there is no crosswalk. the closest one is receipt at the school. folks who live here said there's a need to slow down. driver

you would think with all of the heat and humidity, it is on the doorstep. >> the humidity is more availableater in the air for the storms to squeeze out of atmosphere and translate into rain. this afternoon and tonight and a few lingering into tomorrow morning. taking a look at the time lapse of the sunrise. currently sitting at 84 degrees. sunrise in montgomery county. sunshine over the metro area at this time, but we will see a few clouds popped into the sky northwest of town. that is where we will see the first thunderstorms pop up. within the next two or three hours we will see the move into western maryland and parts of west virginia. 88 at reagan national. 86 in manassas. 88 in frederick. hot and sticky day. 91 in quantico. factor in the humidity and feels a lot warmer. feels like 93 in the district. feels like 90 in martinsburg. the index will be 95-98 later this afternoon. scattered thundershowers with a few embedded downpours, possibly a few severe thunderstorms especially north and west of the beltway. temperatures will go from 91 at 3:00 back down into the 70's closer to the time

the lower humidity with that wind. the average hidebound will be about 83. -- high will be about 83. late-day thunderstorms tomorrow. into the weekend, upper 70's, humidity. if it is a smooth transition around the beltway. we should have the all-clear for everyone within the next 30 minutes or so. along to 70, heading out of frederick into montgomery county. out of gaithersburg, that is an area for virginia traffic, too. it all looks good. at 395 northbound, we had a collision on the 14th street bridge. we will look at that our next report. thank you so much. the news this morning, people .re looking into a woman it happened just before midnight. taken to thes hospital. condition atw her this hour. few hours, tens people ares of to pack a washington to say goodbye to chuck brown. >> he is the man known as the go-go.er of chuck brown, as you know, died ago after battling pneumonia. see live coverage of the on our sister station, news channel 8. yesterday, she introduce a resolution in the house of representatives design

you feel the humidity but look at the dew point temperature. when the dew point gets in the 60's, you really feel the humidity. it is oppressive in the 70's. the dew point temperature adds to the thunderstorm potential. the sunshine will destabilize our atmosphere and make it easier for storms to form and the humidity will add fuel to those storms and help them develop so we have a few factors working in our favor for the development of storms. you can see the scattered clouds which are thicker in the metro area. there is a little disturbance still moving overhead helping to cause the morning rain earlier and more energy and more showers and thunderstorms possibly later today. all to the northwest there is a cold front that is our next weather changer which will hit us tomorrow evening. it may fire off a zero isolated shower but it will usher in more comfortable and less humid air for thursday and friday. this afternoon, we could have a few thunderstorms which may be severe with large hail and winds being the threats and then shower in the over

a lot less humidity.y with the warm humid air mass and you can't see it well but just west of cleveland, to our north and west you see a few showers. that is our leading edge of our cooler and dryer air. partly sunny today temperatures mid-80s. yes, there could be an isolated storm most of your day will be dry and drier and cooler air will get in here later tonight and set us up for a fantastic end to the week and weekend. 5 day forecast, less humidity 75 degrees and we keep the streak going right into saturday and sunday. highs 80 for the weekend. >>> that is your forecast, let's do traffic, some body else who loves elmo, julie wright. >> i do. you know will and i were talking earlier we are having a pool party you should bring over the grill put on some dogs, burgers. >> you want me to bring over the grill. >> you can be in charge of the grill. >> we will talk julie. >> the fire department is close by trust me i have called them a couple times. >> i know they have been at your house more than one occasi

but the humidity has snuck back in the area. if you like heat and humidity, and i know you're out there. it isn't me, but someone does. this is your weekend in washds. it's the leading eng of what's going to be a warm summer. first thing on your saturday morning, it is your weekend, everybody. the first holiday weekend of the season. fourth of july you can't go wrong with fireworks. but memorial day, rolling thunder. an all time classic d.c. event. if you haven't been to a rolling thunder event, you are missing out. stick around this weekend. first thing, good looking wa i to get your weekend started. 71 muggy degrees in washington. our dew points are flirting with 70 already. 70 is my personal threshold for where it's too humid. we're flirting with that already. temperatures in the metro area generally in the upper 60s except inside the city. the heat island keeping things warmer. annapolis also at 71 degrees. bay temperature almost 70 now. a sunny start today. no more than a vu passing clouds. i can't give you are 100% dry for

the humidity.ay it was a nice change of pace. >> feeling better. gets better from here. some afternoon sun and the forecast for tomorrow looks fantastic. >> yes. >> i feel like a weight has been lifted. >> at least temporarily. >> hoping that extends into the weekend. >> we still have june, july and august to deal with. you can see most of the shower activity, we'll call it southern maryland here as you get in towards leonardtown, down towards st. mary's city, still dealing with the showers. for the rest of us, one or two showers. columbia might be getting a sprinkle. we're not done with the showers quite yet. you saw the live shot. we've still got some clouds out there. we'll seat clouds start to break up i think by late morning and we'll get some sun in here as well as a little less humidity later today. let's push on. there you go. it is a combination of a cold front that is trying to work through. the cooler and drier air is working to the northwest. the remnants of beryl, some very heavy rain

we will have low humidity. it will be comfortable.will be another factor to make it more beautiful out there. steady wind at 14 miles an hour in the district, 13 in martinsburg. generally between five and 15 miles an hour with a refreshing wind out of the northwest. you will notice it periodically today. 57 downtown now -- 67. in martinsburg, 56. 54 in hagerstown,. a lot of sunshine today, less humid than the past few days, 75. for the same tomorrow with bright sunshine and low humidity temperatures will slowly creep up to 83 by sunday. sunday we add additional clouds to the forecast for. we may have to modify the seven- day forecast to introduce a chance of showers. that is something we will fine- tuned over the next couple days. >> ddot says all the construction is being moved out of the way for drivers coming out of fredericksburg of trying to get up to 610 garrissonville road. that is a relief. it was complicated. it will take awhile for things to settle down as far as the pace of traffic to get back to normal. but we are optimist

and things are a little bit humid out there. you will notice that and you are also going to notice the temperatures are fairly warm for this time of day. d.c. mayor vincent gray will be joined by a mystery guest who will take the first plunge in one of the city's 19 public pools. the opening is happening this morning at the new rosedale community center in northeast. d.c. has 11 spray parks and five children's pools. >>> if you are staying in town for the memorial day weekend, there is plenty going on for you. rolling thunder motorcycle rally is happening on sunday. thousands of bikers will leave from the pentagon at noon and head to the lincoln memorial. sunday at 8:00 p.m., there will be a free concert on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol and the national parade is monday at 2:00 p.m. along constitution avenue. and by the way, you can watch that parade here on fox 5. actor gary sinise, miss america 2012 will also join the parade route along constitution avenue. can you watch it live starting at 2:00 p.m. right here. so if you

we are humid. we're warm. yes, likely have a bad hair day. >> we didn't say you were having a bad hair day. >> okay. i haven't looked in the mirror. sarah is laughing. winds out of the south and east at five miles per hour. here is a look at your radar. we are doing fine. we had storminess yesterday during the evening hours. the run and thunderstorm activity is gone. today, generally drier than yesterday. can't rule out the possibility after an isolated storm. most of the area should be nice and dry with a little more sunshine than even yesterday. partly to mostly sunny and warmer than yesterday too. highs in the mid- to upper 1r0 and get ready for 90s there on the horizon. i'll have details on that in just a minute. we've got ask the weather guy question coming up, a good one about thunder and lightning. >> let's find out what is happening on the roads. lauren demarco has the latest on that. >> no comments on my hair, please. >> don't worry. i'm having a bad hair day, it's okay. >> all right. we are heading i

what is memorial day without heat and humidity?ike so many years in the past, hot and humid. looks like we will have our first 90-degree day this weekend. looked at the numbers right now on this friday. seven to washington, 64 in martinsburg 72 in lexington park, 63 in winchester. patchy fog this morning with a little clouds. otherwise very sunny. we will burn through the low clouds early. we will have sunshine today warm and muggy, highs in the mid '80s. a few mountain showers mainly west of the blue ridge, you could get a little rain. 20% chance of showers. looks really drive for the weekend. the deadline for the weekend will be the heat and humidity, lies in the low 90s by sunday and monday. i think it will feel more like 96 when you factor in the humidity. slight chance of late-day and thunderstorms on memorial day. on the beaches, atlantic city and ocean city will be in the mid-70s with sunshine. that's throughout the weekend. on the outer banks probably a few thundershowers saturday and sunday. at the forecast. now to lisa. >

another hazy, hot and humid day. a code orange -- if you are -- suffer from asthma or anything like that you want to avoid the prolonged exposure. 90 tomorrow. 88 tuesday with the gusty thunderstorms once again. it's dry -- wednesday and thursday and then a storm maybe friday but the week looks better, dryer. >> okay. good. >> bad hair days coming up. >> there you go. >> looking good. >> thank you. thank you. >> it's you. >> i thought it was you. >>> wouldn't it be nice to have other people see your point of view. >> wouldn't that be nice to nail that sales call, get that raise from the boss. it all starts right here. >> the largest speech in the bay, contest. >> nervous and excited. >> a weekend of thinking and thinking some more. >> i don't know. it was just kind of -- kind of felt right. >> tom is heading to fordom. he is one of the best. tom -- joins 4,000 others who started saturday morning at eight and lips kept moving until a few hours ago. >> have to be prepared to argue and then argue against it. >> tom said

also, rather humid. will be just a chance, each afternoon, a slight chance, but a chance of a pop-up shower. looks like we'll just plain stay hot and humid. through the holiday, it will be cooler to the north, with that front getting through new england. but that should not affect us. southeast winds, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, there you go. 69, 70 degrees. not too bad. 62, any showers this evening. and fog overnight. it will stay humid. 87 tomorrow. 6 or 7 degrees warmer than today. but the chance of showers tomorrow, only about 10 to 15%. so most of the holiday weekend is just going to be mainly sunny, some afternoon clouds, humid, but upper 80s to about 90, 91 degrees. >> wow. here we go. >>> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >>> heartbreak on the farm. i'm mike hellgren, with the tragedy that cost a dad and his, >>> coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. on the job, what police are saying about family members found dead on a maryland farm. >>> another group of kids, breaking the law. an

it is humid. it is summery air mass in place and we've got some thunderstorms to accompany all of it. so a live look here at your radar f you look carefully, you can see some flashing on your screen. that is some thunderstorm activity breaking out. central montgomery county, laytonsville, pushing into western howard county, i think clarksville and columbia, you will probably see the thunderstorm before long. another band here opening up to the south and west now east of culpeper you can see more flashing. bottom line, we've got showers and thunderstorms around for our morning commute. it is going to be hit and miss here over the next couple of hours. that will be the theme here for the day. lots of clouds. not going to rain all day. we have a frontal system just kind of hanging up across the area. any time that happens, we've got sort of a focal point for some storms later. temperatures are to say the least on the mild side. 65degrees in washington. 67 in fredericksburg and 63 out at dulles. it fe

the humidity is that 37 percent today.have the strongest sun of the year so far with an 18 minute burn range for the sun. we have had 390 degree day 90 degree days and that is a record too. we have thunderstorms developing for later tomorrow. we are going to average 15 degrees above normal next week and then we will heat up the following week. during the afternoon to winds will turn southerly andf by e in form throm that front bringing very hot and humid air. this could develop into a tropical storm is moving offshore but is expected to head back towards the florida coast. take a look at the warm front it a still south of los tomorrow morning on sunday all of the storms will move north and we will have no rain but plenty of heat and humidity. the heat index will be in the high 90's for sunday but tomorrow the war frontm front will psuh in and bring that hot weather. the highest temperature recorded in may was 98 degrees back in the 1940's. we will have base on a cloud mix with lower humidity today. we will reach the low 80

here in washington, we are off to a warm and humid start. check out your humidity, 78%.ore of the same today. should be a nice day, hot and humid with highs about 90 degrees later this afternoon. most of your day should be nice and dry for you with just some hot temperatures. >> all right. since it is hot out, that means jury is off and lauren demarco is in this morning doing traffic. good morning. >> good morning. what do i have to look forward to here this summer? we do have a lot of wet pavement because of some of the storms we saw overnight. you will likely be traveling at speed. watch for any wet spots there. a live look at the beltway as you travel near river road. nice, light volume at this hour. river road itself if you are heading inbound, river road is shut down in both directions because of a fallen tree approaching goldsboro. if you are traveling inbound, can you make a right on goldsboro, left on massachusetts and head back up to little falls to get back to river road if you are making the trip inbound at this point. you will be forced to make a right onto g

that measures the humidity in the upper 60s and low 70s. heat advisory in effect from noon today until 9:00 tonight for the counties in close and that includes the district of columbia. lots and lots of water if you are out today. could be a pop-up storm today. most of your day should be nice and dry with lots of sunshine. you can see we goant have any fronts nearby. we are not expecting wide smed activity but in a rather unstable air mass with a lot of heat and humidity around, can't rule out the possibility of a few showers or maybe a thunderstorm late today. let's work our way down the southeast coast. this is tropical storm beryl. -- you can see we don't have any fronts nearby. verdict we are not expecting widespread activity. activity. this is going to school out to sea and stay south of us so we're not concerned with that impacting us. 90 your daytime high. this is your weather. let's do traffic with lauren demarco. >> we do have nice light volume right now. reversible roads if the district are carrying two-way traffic. maybe some of

the 100 herz humidity means we are -- 1 had hundred% humidity means we are -- 100% humidity means we are dealing with patchy fog. we have a wet roadway and then we will start to see the fog develop around the area. and this is what we are left with as of now. as we go through the remainder of the morning, we have a chance for some slight showers to pop up in the forecast. a better chance going into the afternoon. and it's going to be very warm and very humid outside. take the rain gear with you. a we will see a few peeks of sunshine. >>> after three decades of public service commissioner fred bealefeld is calling it a career. this caught some people off guard and sherrie johnon is herewith what's -- johnson here with what's next. >> reporter: we will hear from fred bealefeld about his decision to step down. he he has left quite a impact on the charm city going after criminals and determined to catch them. what he calls bad guys with guns maniacs and knuckle heads. according to city leaders he says wants a spend more time with his family. after 31 years as member of the baltimore poli

less humid air in place. we will rebound into the upper 70's by the upcoming weekend. >> the temperatures downgrade. as long as we get the clouds out of fear. thank you. d.c. public school students to not just have to shoot for this car -- for the stars. they can look at them now. the only in-school planetarium opened yesterday. for two decades it was a storage unit. along with parent volunteers, they fixed it up. >> i want to make sure students get the highest quality education possible. i've taken my time to do with that requires. >> i love space. something i might discover about. >> the plan to make the planetarium available to other students at neighboring schools as well. the girl scouts are celebrating their 100th anniversary today. they unveiled a wax figure of these doubts the figures. on march 12, 1912, she started the first girl scout troop in savannah, georgia with 18 girls. now there are more than 3 million girl scouts at nationwide. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon. meet a local athlete who h

lots of sun, low humidity. it will be a sunblock afternoon and a mostly clear afternoon by midnight down to near 70. clouding up after midnight. changes on the way tomorrow. we'll look at that. the weekend into next week. 7:41. danella, how's traffic. >> i'm following breaking news on the roadway. if you're headed northbound at 12th street, that's where you're going to see the crash there right now. it's blocking three of your lanes, and i'm checking cameras along the 14th street bridge. not seeing delays there just yet but after the bridge you're going o slow down just a bit. please approach with caution. heading back over to roadwork, they're slowing down. can't get on i-66 and the inner loop seeing big delays. only the left lane gets by. that's where you're slow. stick to the left. back to you both. >> still to come. a new plantar getting deer population at a popular d.c. par. >> while paying more for education, the >>> total power in one person's hand. not the american way. come out here at the last second

today, mid 80's, partly cloudy, humid. low 90's by sunday and monday and humid. it will feel like the mid 90's. >> wonderful. travel times in our favor. traffic is moving very nicely along 95, across the wilson bridge heading to the american legion bridge, and a gorgeous riding around town right now on 66, the greenway, the dulles toll road, and the beltway in montgomery county. back to you. >> thank you. 5:21 on this friday morning. >> how'd you know when you have hit the big time as a professional football player? how about when the nfl changes the rules just for you. >> next "anderson" -- drinking and parenting. the surprising results when mothers take our alcohol challenge. still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start. glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. carmax. start here. >> it is still alive. back to james. >> nicely done. that play might have been called traveling under normal circumstances. the heat went on to beat miami winning the series. dwyane wade lead with 41. now the heat will play

hot and humid, forecast, upper 80s to 90 this afternoon, with lots of humidity. summer time is here to stay weather wise. we will look at tropical storm beryl in a couple min nulls lauren. >>> -- minutes. lauren. >>> an accident reported, hardly anybody out there, so not a problem for you, travelling westbound 50, a wreck near the southern river bridge but not causing anything at this camera angle and no reports of delays nice easy trip across the bridge continuing through annapolis. travelling the belt way lanes are wide open, prince georges county, montgomery county, no problems across new hampshire avenue. 395, looking good from the belt way across 14th street bridge. hov restrictions lifted travelling in dc reversible roads carrying two way traffic. 56, typically volume through manassas, nothing today. you should find yourself running at speed. if you are travelling rails, no mark or barry service. metro, sunday schedule, system opened at 7:00 a.m. will close at midnight. headed done town metro is your best -- headed downtown, metro is your best bet. back to

hot and humid this afternoon. 85 this evening. don, take it away. >>> sharon has the over view of your commute. here she is. >> good morning. if you are just about to head out, we have picked up our first accident of the morning. it doesn't seem to be causing any mar major issues. it's at bel air road at rockville boulevard. we're still seeing a lot of 60s as far as speed send sores go on 83, 95, the beltway. there's a look at the jfx. that emergency construction that was there over night blocking all the northbound lanes is gone. traffic moving now. traffic light on 50 at the bay bridge. if you are headed to the beach, now is the time to do it without delay. remember, wjz 13 is always on so for traffic log onto wjz.com. >>> here is what people will be talking at today. sech -- seven people shot and two people are dead this morning. the first shooting happened around 6:30. police people shot during a dispute over money we are told. about an hour later three others were shot. one of them is dead. another man was later shot in north

low humidity, too. have your lunch or dinner outside. 57 right now in washington, 48 in gaithersburg, 41 in frederick. cumberland and winchester, 43. 56 in annapolis along the water. 77 this afternoon for the high temperature with bright sunshine, low humidity, a perfect friday. a perfect saturday. extra clouds on sunday with a slight chance of a late-day sprinkle. >> thanks so much. 5:42. >> we will take a look back at the musical legacy of donna summer remember. and the queen of disco. >> and a high flying w >> 5:45 right now. coming up at 6:00 breaking news as police in mississippi have made an arrest apparently in a series of highway murders of. we will have the details coming up. >> and how you can join thousands of people ditching the car for their ride to work. we will talk with the organizers of bike to work day. >> and a look at the movie "battleship." the water main break could smell your morning rush in virginia. that's coming up the top of the hour if. >> looks like we are in for great weath

it will be less humid. the dew point or in the upper 60's yesterday and we have dropped off into the 50's so everybody feels comfortable. 67 at the airport. there is the big storm pulling off the coast and along the front counter maryland, there are some high thin clouds, mostly sunny today and during the day to more, we will watch this system that is producing but thunderstorms in the southern plains. we could see severe weather around here on the afternoon -- in the afternoon on friday. in the short term, it will be very nice. mostly sunny today, warm but less humid with high temperatures between 80-85. if you take a boat out today, northwest wind at 10-15 knots, and the next high tide at for mccann rate is at 20 minutes after 3:00 this afternoon. scattered thunderstorms are possible friday afternoon and maybe some rain in the morning on saturday but most of the weekend will be okay after that with high temperatures in the 70's. same thing around baltimore. early in the morning on saturday, there might be

you feel the humidity. you will notice it especially into the open the -- upcoming weekend, not just the humidity but he does what. martinsburg, 59, 61 and culpeper. there is the sprinkle their. mixture of sun and clouds in the morning and then more thundershowers this afternoon and evening. the sunshine will only further destabilize the atmosphere and add to the heavy rainfall potential. we do have some concerns for highly localized flash flooding later on today. a few storm chance of the next few days and also into the weekend, coming with the territory, highs in the lower 90's by sunday and monday. >> it seems like every memorial day is like that. looking forward to a. >> you are watching "good morning washington. much more to well hello welcome to hotels.com. summer road triphuh? yep uhuh let's find you a room. at hotels.com, you'll always find the perfect hotel. cause we only do hotels. wow. i like that. nice! no. laugh...awe hmm nice huh ooh, yeah book it! oh boy call me... this summer, we're finding

they have been taking a break humidity that is like a blanket. going to be even warmer. ♪ this street musician is singing of the weather blues this weekend. >> it is hot. d.c.morial day weekend in -- >> i heard the mall is going to a scorcher. >> promising to be a hot one. especially 45,000 rowling funder thunderlists -- rolling motorcyclists. on these dog days long before are learning to improvise. >> splash a little water, eat a little ice cream. says this is not that bad. >> after the tornado, i went out there to volunteer. we had almost a month strait of days over 110. >> of those who have lived in d.c. for a while said it is best to chill out. from walked all the way adams morgan. it is a lot cooler than it was over there. >> this is a great way to chill out. they are wearing towels around neck. warm out here. several big advance, the big to, goingay concert to be stifling. be prepared for the heat. we are live in northwest washington. us alle to stay with while you are out and joined the weekend. have up-to-date weather wjla.com. on marylan

hazy, hot, humid, highs 90 and then out to the west.d on the map, a cold front packing pretty good storms that will start to work its way in later this afternoon, late afternoon early evening i think our best chance, wildly scattered showers and storms and some of those storms could be slow movers dumping a lot of rain just be ready for it later this afternoon. here is a look at your forecast, and as we get into the next couple days temperatures will take a turn for the better 86 tomorrow humidity around thursday looks fantastic highs 80 then we cloud back up by friday and saturday, with more showers around by second half of friday into early saturday. that is a look at the weather forecast. that will do it for me traffic now and julie has your latest. >>> on the roads right now, it is not too bad travelling to and from the wilson bridge. we have delays continuing towards eisenhower avenue. we will tell you why because this earlier structure fire. metro road remains open, eisenhower remains shut down, between telegraph and south van doo

is our relative humidity. we are looking at for the most part, a southeast wind, at 8 miles per hour. and temperatures around the region, well, this is what they look like. we're talking about just around 83 in hagerstown. we have 89 in cumberland. temperatures down around 72 in ocean city. and around the immediate metro area, everyone right around the low 80s. 80 in annapolis and kent island. water temperature now just around 72 degrees in the bay. only about 63 down in the ocean. but again, that water temperature is warming up very nicely on the shores, both sides of the bay. 8-mile-per-hour winds right now, at bwi marshall. 18 in elkton. that south wind is coming in. southeast winds coming in, southerly component, bringing in warm air. dew points going up as a result. and it is keeping our temperature down just a little bit. because the temperatures off the bay are still a little cooler. we are going to be tapping in, though, with a bit of a shift in the wind to the west and southwest, tapping into very war