partly sunny, warm, humid start to the day. it will be warm and humid this afternoon.some would say hot. it won't be terribly comfortable armet few thunderstorms will be developing later as well. -- it won't be terribly comfortable. a few thunderstorms will be developing later as well. 70 in cambridge. lots of 60s north and west. 66degrees this morning in manassas. 63 in frederick. highs upper 80s to about 90 later this afternoon. and we've got some changes. a couple of different features to talk about here as we here get into tomorrow and the weekend. some filtered sunshine out there for your start. frontal system yesterday brought some issues to northern maryland. some big had been time thunderstorms across northern maryland. we didn't got a whole lot here but the same frontal system still hanging out falling apart across the region. a little upper level trough will slam into our front. as it does so, we'll likely see thunderstorms bubble up again later this afternoon. the more sunshine we see today, the better chances we'll see afternoon showers and thunderstorms ju

and another humid start to your day. those bugs are swimming around out there in that humidity. >> i wonder if there are any mosquitos at the jefferson memorial. >> right at the tidal basin, i imagine there might be a few. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. tucker barnes joins us now. >> talk about some of this humidity and hot weather we're dealing with. >> these weather forecasts are getting in the way of my breakfast. >> you better hurry and get through it so you can get back to eating. to do. >> later today, we'll be hot and humid. could be a late day storm. we know this routine. not much has changed. the humidity really noticeable yesterday and it will be again later this afternoon. 73 this morning in leonardtown. culpeper, 73 degrees. looking at our satellite-radar, we want to mention there is just a couple of showers east of salisbury pushing towards ocean city and then a little thunderstorm complex. i'm not sure it will told together or not. we'll wake up with a mixture of some clouds, a little bit of sunshine, ju

forecast for today, partly sunny, hot and humid. zoo be a stray thunderstorm. 92degrees your daytime high. all right. i want to say enjoy it but i'm snot sure you will. let's do traffic with julie wright. >> a lot going on here on the beltway. we started off on the outer loop here leaving landover headed into greenbelt with a car fire after 450 in the two left lanes getting by. then we had the crash on theener loop of -- on the inner loop of the bw parkway. crash reported on the outer loop of the beltway. something is definitely there at this point. i don't think we'll able to get that shot before we clear the air. most of the beltway reported to be closed off at this time on the outer loop of the beltway as you approach connecticut avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you, julie. >>> fox ais mop are toking metro this morning and the transit agency's ongoing investigation into an escalator accident t happened yesterday morning at the l'enfant plaza metro station. it appears a woman's bag got ca

our humidity 73 purposes. the next thing we're going to watch weather wise is up here southern canada, the northern mississippi valley. this storm system, low pressure trailing cold front back through iowa, this is going to bring us a cooler weekend. but the question mark that i have or the question very for the weekend is whether or not this front is going to end up down here or down here. if it's down in virginia as opposed to north carolina, going to be too close for comfort. that means some clouds and maybe a couple of showers will linger. here's the future cast. no problems today. it really looks like it's going to be a very fine thursday across the region. we'll get into tonight. skies generally clear. then our attention turns to the northwest ahead of that front in ohio and western new york by tomorrow morning. winds southwesterly ahead of it. that's going to pump temps tomorrow 90 to 95. so a hot friday. noon will be okay but look what happens in the afternoon. by 5:00 frederick, watch out. winchester

it will be a very humid day. tomorrow, after that front passes, we'll lose the humidity and keep the temperatures near 90. scattered showers and storms back. much hike yesterday. i do think the showers and storms will be even more numerous than yesterday. tonight, early showers and storms. partly cloudy overnight. 71 the overnight low. then we hit the 90s for a couple of days. 92 tomorrow, 94. mid-90s on friday. both thursday and friday aren't featuring a whole lot of humidity but the humidity is back on saturday and sunday. not going to be a rainout this weekend but we'll have scattered storms both days. that is a look at weather. let's do some traffic with the one and only julie wright. what's up today? >> not a lot right now. kind of quiet on the roads. overnight construction in the process of being picked up and moved out of the roadway. we had overnight construction here as well as near colesville road. all of that gone. no problems to report on the inner loop or outer loop of the beltway as you travel to an

the dew point 64, that's slightly humid, not oppressive humidity that we have been dealing with.ake you in to chesapeake beach, temperatures coming in at 75 degrees, 94%. the dew point 73. feeling more oppressive there. this is when it looks like as the sun begins to rises we have cloud mixing with the sunshine, that will continue throughout the day. we have a little bit of patchy fog as we look at easton, 2 miles of visibility. 6 york, five frederick, five winchester, 8 dc, five culpepper. let's head to loren cook, good morning. up talking about an accident. it's along the southbound lanes at route 100. expect a slow ride in the vicinity. northbound lanes will be packed as you make the drive towards the tunnels in to the city. here is a live look at the harrisburg expressway. nothing to get in your way at shawan road. an easy ride towa

it was all about the humidity today. making it feel oppressively humid.e highs felt like close to 100 degrees in bel air. mount airy, quick storm, mostly towards the west. see the clouds in the western horizon start to bubble up. it was close, a storm darkened the skyline a bit as it moved inland and we are left with people down there, close to 6:00. not bad for the shore points. maryland's most powerful doppler is clear overhead. we are talking about extreme southeast cecil county and severe warning. that has been discontinued. the bad news is, it's really hot out there. 91 in town. 94 dc. 90s over the eastern shore. right up against the coast to find some relief from the heat and relief in the form of 80- degree weather. it's feeling like 99 in town. feeling like 99 dc. frederick earlier, showing a feel of 104 degrees. 86 through the 8:00 hour. still muggy and 79 around the 11:00 hour. we will start saturday off at 76. 90s tomorrow and similar to what we dealt with today, the chance of a late day gusty shower and thunderstorm. all about the humidity and

low humidity moves in. and gorgeous summer weather on wednesday, thursday, friday. not too humid.orning lows 60s, afternoon highs mid 80s. thursday, may be near 90. then perhaps some of the realm nans of isaac affecting us over the weekend, maybe late saturday night, early sunday morning. passing showerses are possible. and then less humid and getting a bit cooler as we start off next week on labor day, looking nice. and now, do nell la, how is traffic? >> if you're taking a metro, first4 traffic report will start on the rails because i am seeing some delays. rail work -- traffic work is slowing you down. and if you're taking the blue line, single tracking toward eastern market. all the way to new carrollton. expect delays in broet directions. over to the roadway traveling along 50 in maryland. nice and clear. no accidents to report. volume very light. here's a live look as you approach 301 heading westbound and eastbound. again, travel lanes are open. light volume inside the beltway. here's a live look past 410. continuing inbound, no issues to report. nice travel speed, nice and

we had this gorgeous humidity, low humidity in place yesterday.ook at that sun rise over the potomac now. weather and traffic on the ones good morning at 6:11. the sun is coming up in ten minutes. we've got a blueberry and peach sky over to potomac now. live view right now. it's 74 at reagan national. dew point is comfortably low 63. and all around the region, all those areas in green are in the 60s. dark green, the 50s out in the mountains. 60s though, tacoma park to glendale, ft. washington, vienna, ver nan tojr. man town. later today, your day planner, 80s by noontime. mid afternoon, near 90. low humidity throughout the day. some clouds coming and going. more humid tonight, seven-day outlook in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with danella. good morning. >> time right now, still tracking breaking news on the roadway. first, in virginia. franconia road at gum street, still all of your lanes are blocked due to the fatal crash in that area. let's head over to chopper 4 right now. there in maryland, and there is along democracy boulevard at the i

the humidity is still out there this morning. the warm temperatures. today will be a gradual improvement over yesterday. i think later today, our high temperatures are only expected to be in the upper 80s to about 90 so about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. a few showers pushing into prince george's county and a few more out to the west towards winchester. that is about it. a little less huge you had by afternoon as well with high temperatures again about 88 here in washington. better looking start to our workweek than what we had around here this weekend temperature-wise. more details in just a second. back to you. >>> in this morning's top stories, the fbi is investigating a shooting at a sikh temple in with is wis that left seven people dead yesterday. an officer who first arrived on the scene was shot by the gunman. a second policeman shot and killed the shooter. >>> checking out the summer olympics, the fastest man on the planet retains his title. usain bolt captured the gold. america's justin gatlin got the bronze. the bronze. >>> american gymn

low humidity. beautiful summer day. and then tomorrow, humidity is back. and so are the clouds ahead of a cool front. might get a morning shower or small chance. but a greater chance of scattered afternoon storms on tuesday that may linger into part of tuesday night. there's only a slight risk any of those storms would be severe. highs reaching the 80s before any storms. and then on wednesday, lower humidity returns. beautiful summer weather for wednesday and thursday. afternoon highs in the 80s. morning low, 60s to near 70. seven-day outlook, into the weekend shs friday, saturday, sunday, not too hot. up here 90 on friday. but it's going to get a little more humid again. and rather steamy on saturday. another front coming through. maybe some scattered showers and thunderstorms on sunday. highs in the 80s. low humidity back on sunday. beautiful day. highs, mid 80s. i'll be back in ten minutes. danella has a look at your morning commute. >> if you're taking the metro this morning, no delays. over to the roadway, looks good in maryland if you're traveling al

it is still really humid. >> it is the humidity. humid in here as well. got some leftover showers and sprinkles to start your day and a cold front that is moving through. we have the possibility for at least the first half of the day for additional showers and thunderstorms. we'll have plenty of clouds around. couple of light showers down to the south and west. might see a sprinkle or light shower out towards front royal. most of the area not getting much of anything. still a lot of humidity and warm temperatures out there. 76% humidity. winds out of the west at six. general improvement today. cooler temperatures and a little less humidity by afternoon. ic we'll see partly sunny skies develop a little later. highs in the upper 80s to about 90. that is about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. >> that will be nice. >> you remember yesterday. >> we've got some stories. you and i both have stories about what happened. >> both in the garden. >> we'll talk to julie wright about what happened. first, lets atalk about a traffic alert that many of you have been wai

all about the humidity. humidity into tomorrow 93 degrees the two degree guarantee with hot and steamy conditions, here is the seven day forecast. scattered showers and storms in the mix. watch the western skies but it's morris lated threat. widespread into sunday with the daytime high. the heat index will make it feel like into the middle and upper 90's. 88 on monday. dryer, cooler, we will say -- hard to say 89 is cool but relatively speaking of course comparison of what we have been dealing. a nice weekend. next -- nice week going into next week but all about the humidity this week weekend. >> summer is flying by so fast there is only about a month left before your kids go back to school. we are working to help get supplies to those who need them. we are collecting supplies through august 24th. here say look at the kinds of supplies we are collecting, backpacks, pens and pencils and packs of wide rule paper. you can drop them off at enough the learning centers. we have all the information about the back t

few clouds, humid and tomorrow for your 2-degree guarantee, 93, hot and humid. beach is the place to go as we head in to the weekend with temperatures that will be in to the 80s. here is your seven-day forecast. more of isolated storm for saturday. 93. 91 clouds in play on sunday. widespread showers and gusty thunderstorms during the course of your day, all indications are the front on top of us for sunday may clear out in time for next week. drier, less humid with temperatures near 90 degrees. saturday is going to be a good day and sundays not such a good day. >> good day to stay in the house. >> sure. >>> now the latest from the london olympics spoiler alert for example you don't want to know what happened on the pool or elsewhere, turn down your volume, get a snack, we will wait. okay, here we go michael phelps is winding down his olympic career, proving there is time for amazing races from him. nick shiff ron has the latest from london. >> reporter: the greatest retire on top. when the most decorate odd limpian of all times swims in his final individual race

lower humidity and cooler. and sunday. >>> still checking on the rail it is you're taking the metro. have a track problem. this time just outside arlington cemetery and it's causing delays not only on the blue line but also the orange line as metro single tracks between foggy bottom as well as arlington cemetery. over to the roadways. i-66 eastbound, fairfax county parkway, disabled vehicle just about ready to get towed out of the roadway. it's just in the right shoulder lane. let's check travel speeds. i-66 fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 42 miles per hour. that drive taking about 14 minutes. and a live look new york avenue. a little volume in this area. really starts as you travel on 50 inbound. 201 to new york avenue, that's where you're seeing the bulk of your delays. no accidents to report. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> breaking news at 6:53. chopper 4 over the scene of a car crash into a house in fair fooks county. this is video from a few minutes ago. this is on miller road in oakton. they arriv

a tad less humid. always feels good to have less humidity in the air. a bit pleasant today. >> good morning, tom. >> we'll take a tad. >> we'll take a tad, all we can get. >> every tiny little bit. it is only slightly less humid but it's noticeably more pleasant. as we look at the storm 4 radar, we have a couple of showers to the south. right now temperatures around the region are generally in the mid 70s around the metro area and near the bay. elsewhere, where it's hovering around 70, the areas in green, though, north and west of washington. in the pleasant 60s. that's where some of the lower humidity is now beginning to move in. shenandoah valley. panhandle of west virginia. just to our south, a few sprinkles from near fredericksburg and maryland, it's a dry morning and we will have somewhat lower humidity in place here throughout much of the day. here's your day planner. by 5:00 a.m., we still have a few showers south of the metro area. otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy and near 70. by nontime, we'll still have a few scattered showers in southern ma

so humidity in place. dew points running well into the 70s. 72-degree dew point making that feel like it's 85. feels like it's 101 in frederick. so expect a few storms through the 8:00 hour at 8:00. 11 around 80. we have our temperature that will start to bottom out going back up to 90 for tomorrow. got a ton of humidity on the southerly wind that will be in place not only tomorrow but this weekend. there's a cold front out to the west. there's enough of a trigger for scattered showers to develop. the setup is cold front out to the west. southerly winds bringing in that humidity. that will fire off scattered showers and storms and some of which could become severe. keep an eye on channel 2. we're going back up to 90. this model suggesting after 9:00, 10:00 in the morning there could be a spotty shower developing after the lunchtime hour with all that humidity in place. by saturday rinse and repeat. 90s, mid to upper 90s, possibility of a scattered storm. we got one big storm over the caribbean or entering

low humidity. more humidity tonight and tomorrow. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella has a look at your monday morning commute. >> first traffic report looks good. not too many problems. still have overnight road work taking effect this morning. if you're traveling on the outer loop of the beltway making your way past 29d 5 in maryland, that right lane is blocked by road work there. just stick to the left. you will be okay. volume is light in that area. let's head over to 50 in maryland. annapolis making your way in both directions toward the beltway, nice and clear. inside the beltway, things look clear as well. live look as you make your way past east-west highway. light volume. no road work in that area. back in ten minutes. angie and eun, over to you. >>> 4:32. paul ryan heads to iowa. mitt romney's new running mate will campaign in the hawkeye state where president obama will be holding debates as well. romney will take his bus tour to florida. nbc is on capitol hill now

i wasn't even working. >> the humidity has moved in. we kind of traded the heat for the humidity. it hasn't been too hot but the humidity has been hot last couple of days. >> you look nice, matching. >> we didn't even plan this. >> you called. >> what you wearing today? >> you had a little call before bed. >>> all right. i wish we had something new to talk about. more of the same today. could be a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms. generally going to wake one clouds. you will see rays and peeks of sunshine through the high, thin cloudiness. that frontal system from the last couple of days has fallen apart across the area. later this afternoon, there could be a few thunderstorms that kind of get going. i don't think today will be the main event. that will arrive friday with a cold front. humid later this afternoon. >> you warned us. you knew it was going to be like this. >> time now to see what julie wright is wearing -- i mean see what is happening on the giant foods i weak up really late this morning. >> you look good. >> you're lucky this came together. when you wake up doing

it's mainly lower humidity. it will be more comfortable starting this afternoon into the next couple days. as the front moves in, it's causing areas of rain. light rain in northern maryland and moving through frederick county the panhandle of west virginia leesburg frederick clark, warren, shenandoah counties, the light rain. a few more showers and a sunny and less humid by this afternoon, high temperatures near 90 degrees. cool and comfortable tonight in the upper 50's. near 70 degrees downtown. low humidity wednesday and thursday. it will look and feel fantastic with sunshine. now to wendell foster. >> we are starting off with a problem that will create delays. an accident on interstate 95 northbound between triangle and dumphries. just the right lane and the right shoulder were blocked, but you may want to use route 1 if you are headed out in the next few minutes. traveling on 66, we still have construction cones. be aware that you may run into a brief delay. westbound between the beltway and 123, the right l

warricing up to a humid start to your workweek -- you are waking up tie humid start to your workweek. good morning. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time to talk a little bit about the weather as we usually do at this time of day. >> good morning. >> warm and humid start to your day. >> yes. >> more of the same. temperatures right now in the upper 70s and low 80s. get this. things will improve a little bit this afternoon. a little less humidity, cooler temperatures than yesterday. >> we should have waited a day to get out in the yard. >> i'm waiting to hear the yard story for an hour and a half. >> you got to wait one more. next hit, we'll talk about the yard story. >> it is pretty funny. >> light shower activity out there at the moment. kind. hit and miss. might see more showers redevelop here during the course of the morning. a cold front is working through and it is taking its time. a possibility of early showers and thunderstorms. i think later this afternoon, we'll see gradual improvement. maybe a little sunshine for our viewers who are north an

humidity 87 -- while ago. humidity 87%. the breese south, southwest at 7 -- breeze south, southwest at 7. this is what's left of isaac. not even a tropical depression anymore. the hurricane center has issued its last advisory but still a definite circulation coming through western arkansas, throwing the rain into missouri and tennessee and into mississippi. some heavy showers and storms still there. there are going to be some areas in missouri up to illinois could pick up two, even 6 inches of rain over the next 36 to 48 hours. some of that moisture may be headed our way and later in the weekend into labor day. this morning, though, boy, it's quiet out there. got high pressure in control. future cast shows we stay sunny all day. the heat will be a factor for sure. 95, heat index a hundred plus. we don't have any advisories in effect but pace yourself today. a few clouds towards saturday morning mixing n. saturday won't be as sunny. by afternoon potentially a couple of showers and storms, especially in virginia. more so than

humidity, 87%. parts of the area got pretty good rain yesterday and that leading to fog overnight here. visibilities out to the west, maces like front royal. visibilities a quarter mile or less. that is why before a dense fog advisory. humid conditions today. could be a few afternoon showers. warmer as well. mid- to upper 80s. >> all right. nice, humid and hot weather out there. >>> before we get to traffic, firestorm isaac is impacting plans at the republican national convention. >> let's get live right now to fox's jennifer davis. she is in tampa. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> a lot of things happening with this convention in regards to the weather. we've already heard that the governor of mississippi and the governor of louisiana not planning on being there and also that ann romney, who was scheduled to speak, is not going to speak now, is that correct. ? >> reporter: there is a lot still up in the air. d.c. general right about the governors who aren't coming

rather humid but not sweltering humidity like we've seen. sun rise at 6:15.he sunset will be at 8:12. through the evening hour, partly cloudy. the 80s back down to the 70s. and by dawn tomorrow, humidity is back. it's going to be swelteringly humid day on wednesday and again on thursday and friday. and each day, there's a possibility of scattered afternoon, mainly afternoon showers and thunder showers. looks like a greater chance on friday of that. we need the rain. we're running about eight inches below average for 2012 so far. then as we get in the weekend, friday night into perhaps saturday morning, we might have some showers lingering. but then looks like the trend is for lower humidity and cooler weather moving in on saturday afternoon into saturday night and sunday and monday. highs in the 80s each day. >>> another look at storm4 radar in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. >> good morning. thanks, tom. coming up in our first4 traffic report, checking out things along the y. travel lanes are open and we'll take a live look at 214. not seeing a l

humidity, 6 #%. winds out of north here at five miles per hour. -- humidity, 68%. there is your satellite-radar or actually your sentinel radar. you can see how quiet it is. even the radar beam is just taking its sweet time kind of going places. there is nothing to see. very quiet conditions. should be a nice dry affect. it will be mostly sunny but later today, we'll start to see clouds move in from the west as we'll get changes for tomorrow. i have no idea what that planner is. >> this is not correct is what you're telling us. >> that whole thing is wrong. >> sunny and 90, no storms today. >> no storms today. >> time to check in with julie wright. hopefully everything is working on your end. >> everything but me. all right. on the roads right now, we are checking for accident activity reported here on the outer loop of the beltway traveling between connecticut avenue and 355. we are keeping a close eye out for you. 359 in good shape in both the express lanes and main line as you work your way north of duke street continuing out to the 14th street bridge. we do hav

warm and humid middle of the day. hot and humid for a couple hours.ering not low 90s between 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. after that, maybe an isolated thunder shower popping up. maybe 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. now back to you, eun. >> tom, thank you. >>> 6:32 now. this morning police in arlington are still trying to figure out the circumstances behind two suspicious deaths. the bodies were discovered yesterday in a north culpeper street apartment. groundskeeper found the victims, 59-year-old keith spriggs and 31-year-old carl moten. police say spriggs rented the apartment and the menu each other. >>> police need your help finding a man who may have been involved in a homicide. fredericksburg police released this sketch of a man they want to talk to. may have been involved in the death of armandoes a bar. found dead last month in a homeless camp in fredericksburg. if you recognize him, call fredericksburg police. >>> burial service will be held today for two fighter pilots missing in action since the vietnam war. the men died in the crash 46 years ago toy. they will be

the humidity had gone down. i felt like it was a beautiful day. >> felt like a pleasant change of scenery. >> i enjoyed it. i hope everyone else did as well. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. good morning to tucker barnes. >> no jacket this morning. no, i probably need. it i think i just walked through a spiderweb back in the newsroom. >> or it's shaking off the cobwebs. >> the humidity should remain relatively comfort today. we have another nice one. 73 now in washington. humidity, 71%. don't have much wind. it will be light all day today. pressure is 30.01 inches. we'll take a look at the radar here coming up in just asecond. it is very quiet. we are not expecting showers or thunderstorms. will be some high, thin clouds today from time to time. not perfectly sunny. but still very comfortable with temperatures pretty close to where they should be for this time of year. 88 in baltimore. and let's see, 86 in front royal. a little cooler off to the north and west. a good one today. thunderstorms return tomo

low humidity. highs reaching near 90 by mid-afternoon and back down to the mid-80s by late afternoon and before sunset. we look at tonight and some maybe rain on our way for tomorrow. we look at that and the rest of the week and weekend in a few minutes, barbara. >> thank you. >>> it may take longer than usual to get around one fairfax county community in the coming days. v-dot is prepares to take down dozens of trees in the great falls area. the massive effort comes a little more than a month after a tree fell on a car killing its driver. megan mcgrath is in great falls. >> reporter: well, this all comes after that terrible storm back in july where an enormous oak tree fell on a car that was travel odd georgetown pike and killed the driver. it turns out that that tree was rotted the out at the roots, and folks who live in this area are concerned about other trees as well. so they raised those concerns with v-dot. v-dot in turn went out and got a team of arborists that surveyed the area and they id

look out because it's going to be very hot and humid today. >> very humid.at are you doing? [ laughter ] you know everyone is going to blame you. >> i know. i know but you know it is what it is. it's going to be steamy once again for today. and that heat is coming on back in. so let's talk about the temperatures as you step out the door this morning 67 degrees you might be like oh lynette that's no problem. it is not but the humidity is going to slap you in the face as you step out the door. oxon hill 73 degrees and pilesville 66. the humidity we can see 90s through time it's going to stay that way and also with the air so saturated, we do have a little bit of visibility issues this morning in some spots. but maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. and it should stay that way as we go throughout the day. we have a slight chance for maybe a pop-up isolated shower or storm but all in all today will be a hot steamy day on tap. a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. that water main break looks bad. >>> yes lynette it c

just hang in there t will be very humid.y tomorrow afternoon and particularly by wednesday and through the end of the week, it will be very comfortable around here. 87 today. warm and humid. still a lot of clouds out there. a few showers or perhaps a thunderstorm possible particularly 95 east. 72 tonight. mostly cloudy, scattered showers and storms. the cold front moves flu late tonight and early tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon, i think we'll be clearing it out. less humid by wednesday, thursday and friday. by the end of the week, that is julie wright weather. 8 and sunny. she will love it. speaking of, let's do some traffic and get the latest. >> on the roads this morning, you will find so far, we are off to a quiet start. northbound i-95, no problems reported here as you make your exit out of woodbridge. traffic volume increasing as you continue across the occoquan. ice, easy drive. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. . >> thank you. >>> when arlington schools open in a week or so, a lot of students

here is mike to tell us how humid it is. it's close. >> maybe most humid night we have seen so far this summer. take a look at stats. this is in baltimore. it's 86 degrees downtown right now. that dew point around 73, that's on top cal level. it's a very sticky feel for the overnight and that will go this to tomorrow. the radar is clear, on all of the radar scans, let's show you the temperatures. this is the airport, number at 78 degrees. it's 82 in easton, 83dc. the temperatures in to the 80s but really the dew points that you are realing out there, between 73 to 74, feeling like it's tropical and that could help in storm development going into tomorrow afternoon. muggy as we head into the 7:00 hour tomorrow morning when you watch good morning maryland. we are up to around 84 at nine and look at the trend in to the 90's. the humidity and the temperatures into the 90s. that could fire off thunderstorms similar to what we dealt with today. the next 24 to 48 hours coming up. >> mike. thank you. new tonight you work hard and yo

a little humid but not as humid as yesterday. maryland's most powerful radar, drying thing out, a few scattered showers around virginia, also calvert county this morning, step out to warm temperatures above average, garrett 72 degrees, hickory 68. jessup 70. the winds turned around to the north. that's filtering in the drier air. with the front to the south it's still going to keep the humidity around. that's what you can expect as we head through the rest of the day. 6:00, 74, 80 by 9:00. lunchtime 87 degrees. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> if you are headed to the downtown baltimore, we have repairs underway on the water main break. light street shutdown between lumbart. construction really is starting to pick up out on 895, one northbound lane is shutdown at the steel bridge. later stick with the fort mc henry tunnel. here is what 95 looks like at eastern after. everything will be up to speed. 8 minutes traveling through the lanes through the fort mc henry tunnel from the beltway to the toll p

turning less humid there and that lower humidity moving in. meanwhile, here's what's happening. the latest now with isaac churning away over the extreme northern gulf of mexico and it is about 150 miles to the southeast of new orleans and the latest on it now, it is winds at 70 miles per hour moving northwest at 10 miles per hour and on this track, it may briefly become a minimal category 1 hurricane in the next three or four hours and then go inland tonight and then around dawn on wednesday, be right near new orleans. this is the position by wednesday, 7:00 p.m. looks like it will really slow down. that's not good news. as a result, they're going to get tremendous amounts of rain there because the storm will not be moving. just sitting in one place for at least a 24-hour period. as a result, the impacts on new orleans and southeastern louisiana, southern mississippi and parts of alabama are going to be impacted by a storm surge at 6 to 12 feet, beginning tonight. so, that's going to cause flooding and rainfall of 6 to 18 inches. that certainly is going to be causing problems th

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getting hotter, more humid friday and saturday. right now perhaps some of the remnants of isaac moving our way late saturday night, perhaps into early sunday morning. looks like the timing on that right now. i'll have the very latest on isaac just getting new information right now, i'll have that coming up in just a few minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning. right now in your first4 traffic report, we're going to start in virginia, head down and check out an accident. this is in the triangle area northbound i-95. this is right near joplin road. have an accident here in your shoulder lane, as well as police are blocking the right lane here. it's your right shoulder lane and right lane is blocked. you will have to stick to the left to get by this didn't. heads up though. further north of this there was a work zone in place overnight. it was blocking the left side of the roadway. it should be in its final stages but if you're just about to head out on this road you may need to veer to the left and c

yeah, warm humid start to your day. what else is new it is august. it will be a hot afternoon highs 90 degrees. regan national 77 degrees. 75 fredericksburg and 74 in ocean city, let's see, we got a couple 60s. hagerstown 59 degrees. looking at radar, generally quiet a few showers down to the south, fredericksburg and a few more across the lower eastern shore. those have quieted down. much of your day should be like yesterday, partly to mostly cloudy, some series of sunshine don't think we will see much in the way of showers or thunderstorm activity changes in the forecast as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. forecast today, daytime highs hot side. 92 washington, 93 fredericksburg, scattered late day storm that is a look at weather. let's do traffic and get the latest from julie. >>> we are still over the scene of the crash on the outer loop of the belt way two separate incidents between connecticut and 355 this accident involving a dump truck and another vehicle traffic is able to get by using the two left lanes, college park headed around towar

we are warm and humid.efinitely warm and humid start to your day. 72348 washington. 75 in leonardtown. off to the north and west we go. here is the good news. you are a little cooler, a little less humidity. parts of the area here getting in on that little bit of drier air here north and west. 64 in frederick. 63 in winchester. more of the same. we are expecting high temperatures about 90 degrees or so later today. these dew point temperatures, this iss this is showing you the humidity. not terribly comfortable air washington south and east. i showed you the warmer temperatures south and east too. as you get north and west, it gets gradually more comfortable. 62 in hagerstown. part of the area are going to get in on a little bit of dry air today. the further south and southeast you go, the warmer and more humid it will be. the frontal system is literally hanging up across the region as we speak. and it just doesn't have a lot of push to it. it will kind of hang around for the day today with partly sunny con

a tad less humid. starting off pretty good. >> almost looks like someone took a paint brush. >> what color is that? >> tom? >> what i did was i plugged the sky into a wall sock get and it turned into this irdidescent orange and gold. sun rise this morning is at 6:15. that beautiful neon glow over the potomac. now, we've got a view from space showing just a few high clouds reflect that gorgeous sunlight that is shooting up into the stratosphe stratosphere. right now it's a pleasant morning. it's turned a little less humid overnight. these areas in green are in the 60s. that's just north and west of washington. shenandoah valley in the mountains. low to mid 70s around the metro area. southern montgomery and prince george's, southern maryland, eastern shore. day planner for 6:00, right now low to mid 70s. around the region. maybe an isolated shower popping up over next hour to our south. as well as through noontime. otherwise, partly sunny. low to mid 80s. mid to late afternoon, near 90 mid afternoon, lat

temperature now about 72, humidity about 52°.n temperatures 105 in the shade, humidity 17%, if you are lucky going to be a tough go. back at home live doppler, a few clouds along the coast visibility as low as one mile half moon bay a little mist there, everybody else has been die, 50s and 60s, until you go antioch, down to 72, we came on air at 4:30, you were 82 you are dropping rapidly going to feel more comfortable the next couple of hours. mid to upper 50s monterey bay and inland. big summer spread this afternoon more than 40° difference between the coast and inland. coast and bay clouds, clear inland partly cloudy this weekend temperatures dropping back closer to average. today well above in livermore 14° with that 101, napa 87, san jose 85. oakland 75. redwood city 82. san francisco at 66 three degrees cooler than average. cloud cover hanging around the bay all airports okay. watch how quickly clouds dissipate, gone by 9:00, 10:00. noon, sun everywhere even punches of holes of the clouds through the coast. mid 80s to near 9

but the humidity is not. take a like look outside right now. mix of sun and clouds are out over the inner harbor. wjz has weather and traffic together now. bob turk has the updated numbers. bob? >> a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms around. one of them moved through butler and hereford area, it's moving toward pennsylvania. you can see it moving out of the region. let's take a closer look. north of parkton. heading up really toward the glen rock shrewsbury. another over frederick has really weakened, almost gone as you can see. but we have one strong system that is still over northern portions of kent county, delaware and southern newcastle. and that's a pretty strong cell with a lot of rain with it that is moving pretty much, looks like it's moving to the east now, toward the delaware bay. so maybe it will get out of those folks' hair shortly. the rest of the area, pretty quiet. you can see it, one little county over frederick as well. 90 degrees now. 95 in d.c. whoa. 89 in pax river. 80 in ocean city. dew points are pretty high

overnight tonight, some of the lower humidity moves in. and by dawn tomorrow, ought to be in the low 70s. a nice break, a brief break from high humidity on tuesday. highs reaching near 90 tomorrow and partly cloudy. and the humidity comes back on wednesday in a southerly wind and answer of showers and thunder showers. highs in the low to mid nointds. and passing showers and thunder shower, thursday. again, friday. looking better for the weekend. highs mid 80s and less hume and partly cloudy. i'll be back in ten minutes. look at storm4 radar. danella, good morning. >> good morning. tom, right now your first4 traffic report, serious accident. this is on i-270 southbound at father hurley boulevard. the accident involves injury. right now looks like it's blocking the right side of the roadway. police are on the scene. delays are significant at this time. really right around father hurley when you approach it you're absolutely jammed. each lane is packed. i'm going to keep watching this for you and give you another update. but as it continues,

watch how things start to change by tuesday afternoon, 90 degrees with humidity. storm will start along i-70 and cross the beltways. just be aware of that. beyond, we kind of go back and forth between scattered showers and storms. one cluster of showers and storms, we saw it was going to be gordon but it has fallen apart. we will keep an eye on that. 64 for night, stars and clouds. this is ominous picture. we do have immediate shower tonight. looks like armageddon. that's a beautiful night to take a look at some shooting stars. best time will be after 2:00. not bad and low humidity. here comes the muggy conditions for tuesday. 89degrees. we'll go 86 on wednesday, showers and maybe a storm, we will call isolated and dry and comfortable on thursday. all in all, really nice week, we should be around 86 or 87. >> doesn't feel like august does it? >> no. . >>> we watched history at camden yard. manny machado came young team player ever. >> it happened at the second game at the orioles. a young man caught both balls. >> reporter: skills, luck or a little bit of both? 15

but still not too humid. humidity does move in tonight. a look at your evening planner.hat's coming up in ten minutes. a look at your friday morning traffic now with danella. good morning. >> tom, make sure you tell jimeny i said, wassup. big delays on 295 southbound, that vehicle crash still blocking the lift lane just past riverdale road. you are absolutely jammed. eight miles per hour. in fact, delays are before you even approach the beltway as you make your way 295 southbound. a better option for you right now is 50. let met show you that that looks like. nice and clear past 410 and head into the city. it's not bad as you connect to new york avenue. that's a better option for you right now. >> thank you. 6:32. george huguely will spend two plus decades behind bars. huguely was found guilty of killing his exgirlfriend yeardley love in may of 2010. his defense team was upset with the prison sentence saying it wasn't consistent with the evidence in the case. we fundamentally disagree the conviction in 24 case for second degree murder was at all appropriate and we basica

yes, the humidity has returned. there is the view from space. we've got high clouds making for a fuzzy egg-shaped moon in the western sky. and on the storm 4 radar, just getting a couple of isolated showers on the eastern shore, no precipitati precipitation. 60s out of the mountains of west virginia vinl and western maryland. shenandoah valley and to the beaches, generally low 70s. mid and upper 70s along the tidal potomac there as well as around the chesapeake bay. now, here is your day planner for this wednesday. by 5:00, we'll be in the low 70s and mild and humid. and then by noontime, mid 80s. hitting the low 90s by mid afternoon. after that, might get an isolated thunder shower. does look like that might happen from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. by then, back down into the 80s. take another look at your forecast, that will be coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic now on this wednesday morning. >> thanks, tom. if you're traveling on the roads, let's start with the beltway because we're still seeing overnight road work slowing you down just a

without the humidity, it is going to feel pretty good.s great in western maryland, look at the difference. because of the bay we have temperatures in the mid-70s in annapolis right now. a comfortable temperature and here in washington again half an hour or so before the sunrise, 35 minutes looking at our michael and son weather camera. 73. human at 68%. nationally, temperatures taking a break. look at all the 80s even 70s across some areas. there is some heat down in texas and over in the western u.s. overall, considering what a horribly hot summer it has been, look at all the showers across the southwest into texas and up in toward the midwest. this is why chicago is going to struggle to even get to 70 today. it is the stuff here in the chicago area headed toward indianapolis later this morning as we get into the day on tuesday. by tonight, showers might make it in toward the shenandoah valley tomorrow morning and overspread the region on tuesday with a scattering of showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon. here's the fore

going to be a hot and humid thursday afternoon. i'm have the details on the weather forecast for you. and lauren demarco is in this morning with a look at your traffic. we'll do it right after the break. >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news at 4:45 in the morning. we'll talk about weather in just a moment. we've had our fair share of rain but for some maryland farmers it hasn't been enough. help could be on the way. merle's governor is asking for federal drought aid for 13 of the state's 23 counties. farmers in our area have lost between 30 and 54% of their crops. >> yeah. >> tough stretch there for the month of june. it got really hot. >> we thought it was people in the midwest having issues but apparently we're pretty dry too. >> a real good chance we'll get widespread rain showers and maybe thunderstorms tomorrow. >> on a friday? >> closing out on the friday with rain. >> i'm just the messenger here. yesterday's numbers, we hit the 90-degree or better mark for what seems like the 100th day in a row. >> doesn't it? >> every day

lots of humidity out there. hot too.verage daytime high temperature now should be in the mid- to upper 80s and we'll be in the low to mid-90s. so about 91 degrees at 4:00 p.m. with a scattered thunderstorm in the forecast particularly north and west of the city. lots of changes as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. some sweet relief in the form of cooler and drier air. i'll have details in just a minute i don't i'll just stay inside until tomorrow. >> and we've got football tonight so why go out. >> lovely plan. thank you, tucker. >>> let's check in with lauren demarco to get the latest on traffic. >> i am with you. it is sticky out already this morning. you can just feel t we have a little bit of a sticky situation on metro. track problem at national airport. trains are single tracking between braddock road and pentagon city in both directions. g streeter in 4th street northwest, they are responding to a fire. if you are traveling 59 northbound, seeing some volume here past the prince william parkway heading up to th

it is rather humid. it's 80 at reagan national, and the view for space showing those showers we had on the eastern shore sort of redeveloping along the atlantic beaches there and farther south around the tidewater of virginia. elsewhere, a lot of sun, but you see the clouds in the upper left of the screen with that color. those are some showers along a front that's going to be getting closer to us by late tonight into the predawn hours on tuesday. after that front goes by, we'll have some lower humidity moving in. for the afternoon highs reaching the upper 80s, late afternoon and into the evening hours is when we might get an isolated thundershower rolling through. that low humidity is in place tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday. highs in the 80s, morning lows 60s and then over the weekend we could get some perhaps passing showers depending on what happens to isaac, it might affect us in the form of a tropical shower on sunday is how it looks right now. barbara. >>> capital bike share is exp d expan

still warm, still humid. 79 in washington.dew point temperatures, if you are into that kin of thing, in the low 70s. lots of humidity. 81 naval air station. 79 ocean city and wind chester 70. we are better north and west. a shower or thunderstorm activity, there you go. you can see it dissipating overnight then redeveloping early this morning. just hit and miss showers at this moment. you can see the cloud cover as well. this is associated with cooler drier air trying to work in. i think after morning cloudiness we should see partly cloudy conditions north and west of town and cooler temperatures. that is a guarantee for all of us. 88 today. yesterday we were 98 degrees. about 10 cooler than yesterday. >> amazing when 88 is cooler. >> it will feel good. >> all right. julie wright has the latest on the traffic. >> reporter: and on the rails, tony. we are receiving word of problems affecting the red line. at dew point circle the station is closed. the escalators are out of service due to a mechanical problem. dupont circle stati

olney is 64.g and, mostly sunny and not to humid today.it is still a few degrees warmer going into tomorrow. to cynne and steve. >> breaking news in fairfax county. and emergency crews are on the deadly tanker crashed. >> this is near the fairfax parkway. is at the latest. there is still a large first responder presence at the scene. spoke to police a short time ago. confirming there is one fatality. the tractor-trailer accident happened a little earlier this morning. several road closures as a result. the ramp from the fairfax county to interstate 95 northbound is where this accident occurred. down.emains shut g in the southbound down i-95 to get on the parkway, that is also closed. that remains closed at this point. other area lot of here and around parkwayrfax county interstate 95 corridor. again, d.c. police out here on the scene. number of agencies are out here. as to what led up to this accident, it is still unclear at this point. we will follow up and bring you latest. fairfax county, brianne carter, abc 7 news. the latest on the mo