also with it, humidity. there is a little weather front that is come tloog you right now and our winds are turning a little bit more into the north. temperatures still 84 degrees. well above average. look at richmond, 88 degrees right now. the dew point, the real measure of humidity beginning to decrease. that's what we'll see tomorrow. i'll tell but that and the first signs of what could be turning out to be welcome rains. i'll tell you all the details when i join you downstairs. >>> some encouraging news in the fight against the aids virus. researchers announced the first time a vaccine has been moderately effective in spread preventing the spread of hiv. this is important new for the district where thousands of living with the virus. >>> as health officials cut the ribbon for a new hiv aids clinic in northwest washington, researchers across the globe announced an important discovery in the fight against the disease. a vaccine that is shown to prevent some cases of infectio >> this is the largest trial eve

it's rather humid now. it will turn less humid as the day progresses. and as we look at what's been happening over the last six hours, we did have a few overnight showers pass to the north of washington. those are overier see and heading out to sea. much cooler friday and saturday. maybe some showers saturday afternoon and evening and partly cloudy sunday. >> one of my favorite photographs was sandra day o'connor with her robe and flip-flops. >> she was going to the beach. >> yeah, right. >> let's go to ashley linder now, see what the roads look like. >> we are starting off with an accident. outer loop of the beltway just before you meet up with 355. as you can see here out of bethesda, traffic is getting by to the left. we have delays now that are sitting steady around connecticut avenue. not that bad. but it's also 5:30 in the morning so volume not a big factor on that top side of the beltway. else where around town, pretty quiet, no big issues, 66, 395. 95 out of virginia are all quiet. out of maryland, the b-w parkway, also moving without issue. bac

. >>> turning to the weather, we are having another warm and humid day. a live look outside this hour and the sun is breaking through the clouds, giving us the impression that summer is still here. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist sam sam has the up-- tim williams has the updated numbers. >> fall has already arrived, but today with sun peeking through the clouds a little bit, we are seeing enough to warm us up, already at 82 degrees right now. 53 for relative -- 53% relative humidity. this is the bigger picture. this is what we have moving into our direction. it is a warm front that's to our west, going to lift across our region. it will be here by, oh, call it saturday early in the afternoon and lingering right on through sunday but the timing is everything for weekend events and we will talk about that timing in your complete updated first warning forecast. >> thanks a lot. >>> let's check in with sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. hi sharon. >> hi vic. the roads are a mess this afternoon. let's talk about a problem on 95. 95 south

humidity dropping, no rain across the eastern shore.ake a look at this, satellite and radar picture, really nothing out there. had a large thunderstorm cluster late last night. moved across the northern suburbs of baltimore. and then headed on up into cecil county. right now just looking at fair weather clouds. so it's partly cloudy out there, some sunshine breaking through. sunset about 7:00 p.m. tonight. looking at the broader perspective here though, this particular system spinning up pretty well. you can kind of see over the last 12 hours, watch as the scattered showers begin to sort of spin up here. rainmaker that i think is going to move very slowly and perhaps bring us some rain as we >> into the weekend but tomorrow, generally a dry day, just a mix of clouds and sunshine. noticeably cooler. mid-70s, 75 or so tomorrow. that will be about it. again it will be much less humid. forecast model in detail -- clouds tonight. slight chance for a hit or miss shower through the overnight hours. you can kind of see that. one or two little h

those are basically summer-like humidity readings. it's a steamy scenario and it will continue another 36 hours or so before i think the humidity will begin to fall off into the afternoon tomorrow and into the evening tomorrow night. temperatures now, again, 80 in baltimore. 812 in hand -- 82 in hanover. low temperatures, not very low, in fact we were only down just below 70. in the high country, hagerstown, ocean city, dover, only in the 70s overnight. this is not very seasonable stuff, above average temperatures in the afternoon as well. flirting with 90 degrees off to our west. that is unseasonable, not recordbreaking but certainly a lot warmer than average throw in the humidity and it feels a lot more like the upper 80s. the kind of air you can cut with a knife. we have clearing now across central maryland. i think we'll seep sunshine around through the rest of the evening. sunset just after 7:00 p.m. so days are definitely getting shorter even with the warm weather around. take you out a little wider view and not a tremendous amo

lower humidity, highs low 70s. only near 70 on saturday could get showers saturday night into sunday, a look at that as well as the first part of next week coming up in ten minutes at 5:11. >> thanks very much, tom. let's go to ashley linder and take a look at the roadways. >>> things are off to a quiet start. the capital beltway at new hampshire avenue, the break lines headed away from us are continuing leaving college park toward the silver spring area. beltway, no big problems right now. traveling toward 70, volume is not a big factor. no problems in fed rick headed toward clarksburg. toward the capital beltway, moving at speed. back to you. >> >>> it's been three months now since that deadly metro crash. after an extensive investigation, the national transportation safety board is out with a list of safety recommendations it wants metro and other transit systems around the country to follow. >> there are nine new recommendations for metro and its circuit manufacturer. the safety board considers six to be urgent

stay tun 96% humid.during the overnight, a couple light showers through the region, helped to make it that much more humid. now the next big event is a cold front from the northwest, that's going happen tonight. there's a brief mention of a shower in the forecast today. i don't think we see any. 85 is the high. the front in the region, have to mention a chance of a thunderstorm. we have the unstable air mass, 58 is the low. tomorrow beautiful, 75 degrees, the weekend looking great. 71 saturday and sunday for the football game and kickoff. monday and tuesday, 71 degrees. >> over to sharon gibala in traffic control. >>> we're starting to see some delays on the traffic cameras and have a new problem on 95. that's a disabled vehicle in the northbound lanes at the tunnel blocking toll lane 4. the accident on the westbound ramp to 175. we have that fire activity, two fires within two blocks of each other at 83, police activity on liberty heights. there's your drive times and delays on the beltway. the west sid

the relative humidity is 50% to 60%.move into thursday, the humidity level, even though it's been higher, it will be lower in the mountains. a touch cooler thursday afternoon. we were hoping for a little help from hurricane jimena. it's not going to be the case. it's 110 miles south of san lucas. it's a category 3 storm. the path of the storm, we were hoping would bring it up into the bay of california and some of the moisture would work intou here, into southern california. not happening, working more into the southwest. >> thanks for being with us. al roker here in southern california as the fight against the fire goes on, so will our coverage. that's going to do (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this: when a tornado tore through holly, colorado, air life denver took to the air... their night-vision goggles keeping them safe on a perilous flight... and powering those precision goggles--- is the only battery air life trusts:

right now, it's pretty quiet, pretty warm and humid. 81. humidity at 81%. and the dew point up to more summer-like levels. 71 degrees. winds south/southeast today. but barometer falling. come back and take a look at the forecast. cooling down for the end of the week. >>> let's take a look at radar. we have showers off to the northwest of us now. for the time being, it is rather quiet. but there are some showers out to the west. we had some showers earlier. they kind of dissipated. west and north of chambersburg. some shower activity. but the strongest stuff, still pretty viable. grantsville down into west virginia. to the east of oakland. if that holds together, that line could be in the baltimore, washington metro. later on tonight. probably quite a bit later. maybe after 9:00, 10:00, if it holds together. and with the sun setting, we could lose a lot of energy. >>> temperature-wise, it's been pretty warm. 88 in cumberland, but a lot dryer out there. 73 in oakland. been getting some showers. 83 in washington. 82 in ocean city. the water temperature just ca

pushing this humidity farther to the south. and as we do get in the afternoon we'll have some of this drier air continuing to move on through. now as we go forward, don't anticipate showers today or however tomorrow morning in the early afternoon there may be showers to the south of washington. otherwise notice it will be much cooler tomorrow. and into the weekend, too. here's how we're looking the rest of the afternoon. feeling like sum e highs reaching the upper 80s. can't rule out isolated spots that see more sun, may hit near 90 degrees. for a brief time because of these kaylight hours getting shorter it wouldn't last long. and good for tonight's game at nationals park. pitch time at 7:05. the rest of the evening mostly cloudy, might have a passing shower, to the south tomorrow morning, off to a cloudy start. then partly cloudy by friday afternoon and then low 70s, so big change tomorrow. northeast wind. then shifting into the southeast saturday with quite a bit of cloudiness and likelihood of afternoon and evening showers

very, very low humidity. next seven days, sunday a great day. low humidity. really cool, crisp. then, some of the humidity and moisture begins to come back. tuesday, we'll see showers, maybe a thundershower with a bit of humidity on wednesday. not this weekend. >> sounds like we better get out and enjoy the weekend while we can. thanks, bob. >>> we'll hear from congressman joe wilson, coming up. >>> and jim zorn says >>> saturday night we'll be talking redskins football. the good, the bad, and the ugly. it's "redskins showtime." >>> we're talking baseball tonight. this was a good game, huh? >> it was a great game. looked like the nats were going to cruise to a victory. i was prepared to talk about everything besides the game tonight. positives to take out, stephen strosberg was signed. that's a good sign. the new accusation played better than expected and ryan zimmerman getting a long time contract. zimmerman with the 30th home run. they just barely beat the mets. let's go to citifield. naxales getting on the board quickly. zimmerman getting ahold of what barely clears the wall.

here are the headlines, warm and humid today. we could still feel the humidity. could be a sur shower arod that would not be very heavy. it sounds like a nice day for the friday. showers saturday night and sunday. i can hear people making appointments to ge getty tame fr friday and take off. >>lauren cooke is here and has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. as we take a live look at the northeast corridor of, you will see it's trouble free. we are dealing with a little bit of volume starting to build on the southbound lanes but no concerns as of yet. if you're traveling the southbound lanes from mountain road to 695, you're looking the a 10-minute trip. as for the fort mchenry tunnel watch out for a disabled car. you're looking at 5 minutes to get through the tubes. if you're looking at the jfx to get through the city, expect a little bit of volume to start to build from 695 toward east fayette street. you're looking at an 11-minute drive. keep in mind that the baltimore annual book festival has shutdown vernon place at st. paul street. that's a look

warm and humid. slight chance of a shower owe grab the umbrella before you heave the house. 85degrees is our high but we'll get a nice northwesterly breeze later on today. it won't be all bad. your full five-day forecast is coming up just ahead. back to you. >> we are checking out roads right now. outer loop of the beltway as you try to make your way over towards 355. we have the accident activity. if you look behind me, you can see there is a lot of activity along the right side of the the road for those continueling around towards the exit for 270. fire and rescue units on the scene. pushing everybody over to the left. delays are forming on the outer loop before connecticut avenue continuing around towards the accident scene so traffic is starting to slow early as you continue out of silver spring heading around towards beesda. the outer loop of the beltway here. the inner loop, awful your lanes are open. northbound i-95, no incidents to report. -- the inner loop, all of your lanes are open. light

. >> it is humid outside. very cool on the highway. no problems to report and all as far as traffic around the beltway. south into richmond, north into baltimore, and good into the district. dulles greenway, dulles toll road, 28, it looks excellent. nice ride here in virginia. headlights north out of newington. this is 270 traffic, nothing complicated in either direction at fath hurley boulevard. now to top stories. >> thank you. >>> president obama said the world cannot get angry when the u.s. acts alone. >> the president will urge the group of 20 advanced economies to work together. pamela brown is live with a preview of today's summit. good morning. >> before heading to the summit, president obama has one more item of business to take care of in new york. he will be a warning of the dangers of nuclear proliferation. he will arrive in pittsburgh where he will focus on the global economy. in the third summit since the fancial crisis, the message today is recovery and restraint. it is a stark contrast from last april when they decided

. >> temperatures are quite warm, humidity is sticking around. there is a cold front gradually working in this direction that will bring the temperature back down. sprinkles of light showers up to the north and west of us and in southern pennsylvania. in western maryland, some showers and a couple of lightning strikes. the outside chance that a light shower or a brief thunderstorm will roll through maryland as we head to that evening hours but most spots will remain dry. we are on the one side of this approaching front, temperatures today well above normal. 84 degrees at the airport. the morning low of 66, 12 degrees above the average for the day. on average, the median for the day is about 10 above normal, a warm start to the new season. 87 right now that hagerstown. a little bit of cloud cover dropping the temperature to 79. some of those showers rolling through the altoona region. it's partly cloudy skies and a continuation of the warm to mild temperatures tonight. here comes the front working its way through northwest pennsylvania. there is n

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how about humid enough? we have a few thunderstorms out there. a check of the forecast is next, brian. >>> did you know there is a national ammo shortage right now? bullets are flying off the shelves. bulletmakers working around the clock can't keep up with the high demand. typically americans by 7 billion rounds each year. the nra said it jumped to 9 billion over the past year. why? gun advocates say there is a public perception that president obama is plotting to crackdown on gun laws.  >> we're catching a -- where catching a cab could be harder for some. taxi drivers who have a beef with the city council are planning a selective strike. their target? adams morgan on weekend nights. john henrehan is live in the entertainment district with the latest. john. >> reporter: adams morgan is probably the biggest entertainment in the district of columbia and angry cab drivers are poised to strike, not this coming weekend, but friday, october 2nd and 3rd. the issue is propose new rules for taxis in d.c. the chemec -- democratic councilman jim g

and very high humidity. southwest wind. a lot of humidity. and you may let it run tonight.nd the withest. there is not like and this moves through. should be in and out of here quickly. and sort of a garden variety. and if you look up and down the coast here. we had some wet weather. we don't pick up on a lot. muggy, rainy afternoon. look out for that storm complex. we're looking good. north of downtown is where we'll see the bulk of rain. 84 degrees and look out for showers possible in the afternoon. another warm and humid day. we cool it off. and then it looks like we surge back to 80. and nail that down tomorrow. >>> thank you he can do the e- street shuffle. happy birthday to the boss. andtickets are on sale november 20th this friday. >>> a first for the ravens. and business overly excited. >>> looking good. a hit business ray lewis gave the ravens the 2-0 record. defense is the tapeful is the offense that has people talking. they got on the field to get ready for the game against the browns. the buzz was about that as well as for the first time ever our team is number

i talked about the humidity rising. 90% humidity now.o feel the stickiness outside. a southwesterly flow at five miles per hour. we'll see the winds change a little bit later on. 70degrees at baltimore. 72 at dulles. a little cooler at frederick at 66 degrees and 72 degrees at fredericksburg. let's look at the satellite- radar. we are seeing a lot of clouds across the area but we've got moisture streaming in from the south. that is adding to our humidity. and also a fair amount of moisture to the west of us. we have that cold front that is going to slide through and ahead of it, that is where we exect to see a little bit of action today and not of the precip that moved through yesterday is now to the far east. let's get back to the weather maps that. cold front is going to arrive during the course of today, slide its way through and it will stall out. we are talking some showers today, just some spotty showers, not he have heavy rainfall of any sort. it will still be warm. temperature are still expected to be into the 80s. bus top foreca

low humidity. beautiful day coming up. by late in the day saturday that system to the west chance of more rain and cool temps developing here saturday night and may last into sunday afternoon. southeast winds becoming westerly. a low of 66 tomorrow then. clouds, sun, warm, humid day again, 88 to 85. and look for a shower or thundershower tomorrow and then some much cooler and drier air friday. 75, 51 at night. a fall-like day finally. 71 on saturday. some rain. saturday night into sunday morning. 75 and then partly cloudy, 79 on monday. turning chilly for tuesday and middle of next week. denise. >> thank you bob. >>> coming up the ray venezuela are on a roll but for some the ride is bumpy. >>> mark talks >>> be careful what you say to the ravens. they don't want you to talk too high about them. >> reporter: they keep it in perspective. they are enjoying a 2 and 0 start and being lauded as the best team in the league. some are not celebrating. namely the defensive secondary. dominic fox worth admonished himself as being par

starting to bust out the heat and humidity. wind northeast at 3. barometer holding stead. 75 packs river. almost 70 d.c. 65 elkton. 64 cumberland. 65 in columbia. 66 degrees over on rock hall. front diving down from the north. low pressure from the west feeing moisture east. a lot of the moisture today, look at the afternoon, going to be forced down to our south, however, later on, there's going to be more moisture sneaking in behind the back of the front that is pressing through the area. that's going to be shower activity tomorrow night through sunday midday. this morning, this rain is going to be out of here. mainly cloudy, temperatures in the 70s . 53 tonight. clear skies, partly cloudy by dawn. rain likely tomorrow. 67 is the high. getting the rain out by kickoff sunday. monday, tuesday and wednesday with sun. >>> going to sharon gibala, she's watching the roads from traffic control. >> reporter: we're still doing pretty good despite the rain. we have the baltimore book festival to watch for some closures. we have the water main break blocking

it was warm and low humidity last weekend. now we have cooled and low humidity. it is a stretch in washington. are things warming up on the roads? >> they are starting to warm up. we have about a 30-minute ride leaving frederick. ec on the right side of your screen a heavy volume -- you see on the right side of your screen a heavy volume. headlights are northbound. delays from dale city to get to route 1. there is a delay of up to the beltway and through landmark. >> thank you. >>> same-sex marriage opponents are launching another attempt to get the issue in the hands of d.c. voters. >> quarter robinson has more. >> -- courtney robinson has more. >> the district does recognize same-sex unions from other states. opponents are concerned the district might take the next step and legalized gay marriage in the district. at 10:00 this morning, opponents will be down here at the board of elections asking them tout that issue before voters. >> we believe we will prevail and lets the people's voice be heard. >> that voice is opposition to same-sex unions. he will once aga

your humidity is up to 59%. let's get right into the maps here and talk about what kind of flow we have. a southerly flow through the area. you can see showers and storms off the coast of the carolinas. that's what's left of fred there. more showers and storms. pennsylvania stretching back through kentucky and western tennessee. that's the weather front. it's a weak front but one that is going to come through our area later tonight. chance of showers in between about 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. in the morning. the temperature 85. 81 in raleigh and 81 that warms up to boston. close to 80 degrees today. also humid up into new york and boston right now. dew point it 64 degrees, but an increase in moisture. the big city along the east. come down and get drier air in here on friday. here is where the showers are west of the area now. hardy county, hampshire county, western morgan county. slowly advancing to the east. no rain activity until about 9:00. fredericksburg at 90 degrees. 87 in leesburg. stafford temperature 84.

it will be rather humid. a bit warmer tomorrow, a smaller chance of a passing afternoon shower, maybe a little thunder. more of the same on thursday. friday, mostly sunny, near 80. a look at the weekend, along with the national travel forecast in ten minutes. ashley, how's the traffic? >> off to a quiet start. 95 corridor in great shape. you'll find all of your travel lanes open. this is the view out of springfield. the headlights continuing toward 395, no problems. taking the beltway, you'll find your travel lanes open on the virginia side of things. no problems between the wilson bridge and the american legion. on the maryland side, we have an accident on the outer loop between kenilworth and route 1 in college park. that's been moved to the right shoulder so right now it's out of your hair, no longer causing delays. back to you. >> all right, ashley, thanks very much. >> thank you, ashley. our time right now 5:43. the new expansion plans that will make traveling overseas a little bit easier at dulles airpo

less humid. 60's and low 70's. we may see a break in the cloud cover. but tonight, load humidity.temperatures in the 50's and 60's, comfortable. a peek of sunshine early tomorrow. showers later in the day could be heavy at times. much warmer on sunday. >> 7 eastbound, they ha moved a crash out of the way. 95 in virginia, and delays up to springfield. northbound, look at those headlights, from woodbridge to the beltway. 270 southbound has a normal volume. this is out of germantown and gaithersburg to get to rockville. the lanes are open. which pavement. i hope to see you tomorrow in burtonsville. click on the offense and get all the details. my name is quinn, and this is my eggo. on fridays, i have hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. there's only one way to eat an eggo -- your way. l'eggo my eggo. >>> here is a quick check of what to look at for the day ahead. there will be delays on the orange line on metro. >> later today, mayor fenty will announce changes to the dmv s

all of this is caused by some very, warm humid air to our south. at the same time we've got a little bit of an upper-level circulation. so it's been, as you can see, one line after the other that will continue. there's going to be more on the way, unfortunately, for parts of alabama, into western north carolina. for us, on the other hand, a lot of this will just result in cloudiness and maybe some scattered showers as we get into the next couple of days. no very, very heavy rains coming our way but unfortunately there's more to come in the deep south. back to you. >> all right, thank you, bob. >>> interstate 95 will be completely shut down in both directions overnight. construction crews will close the road between the route 1 and lorton roads. julie carey is in fairfax county with more on this. >> reporter: hi, doreen. i-95 rolling along along fine tonight. all but lon lane is closed in each direction. then sometime after midnight, everything comes to a halt here at the lorton interchange. >> i am glad i won't be here. i'll be heading back to tenn

low humidity.live pictures from the west coast. >> 8:15 now. time to check in with tucker barnes for a good looking forecast. >>> and the cuteness factor of the day. and let's go to my first 5 photo of the day. and what do we have going on here? this is -- help me. >> i think it's padilla. she's doing home repairs around the house. >> she's got her goggles on and little -- >> she has mom and dad's apron. >> and it's never too early to start helping around t house, and most importantly, the safety goggles. >> and at this point she probably has morithe me in the house. and for more, you can go to myfoxdc.com. re nannaagioat tart with a look l. reagan national. to warm up. ur were oh . 60 moltn hour. r0 in baltimore. eaea ditiouy e readi it right, 55 in both hagerstown and frederick, and winchester is 51. egats e t he es at the 5:00 a.m. hour. so very cool conditions. ocean city 73. i don't k e t.i we're tat ohe hat tout and see if the thermometer ws -- >> y think it's cooler. >> i think it's cooler.

very warm and humid. 89 degrees reported with warm, humid weather getting surprised to the south as the frontal zone continues to push southeast. it is hard to make out the front, but we will continue to monitor that. the only thing that really has our attention is some of this ran out west of the mountains. normally when you get a cold front and the high pressure starting to build, it insulates us from approaching rain. there is no mistake, rain is expanding off to the east. it looks like it might dissipate, but we will keep an eye on it. if we have to change the forecast, we will. generally, we think we're going to be ok. if the high pressure does give us some effect, the winds will keep it cooler and less humid and in recent days. another system is going to make its approach on saturday, bringing clouds and showers back saturday afternoon in the sunday morning before we get another slug of dry weather coming into the area. dry weather early next week. the coldest air of the season will be on the move, downright chilly by tuesday night and wednesday. take a look at your expressed fore

the humidity is 94% and the winds are calm. storm in the middle of the country brought snow to the rockies and heavy rains to the plains down to the mississippi valley and for the southeast for the moment things are quiet but you see the onshore flow bringing moisture to the carolinas this morning and maybe even through much of the day. the seven-day forecast for you, 78 this afternoon with a chance of showers. same tonight and tomorrow. thursday could be a thunderstorm and 85. saturday pretty good. you see the thunderstorm chance. that is saturday, probably saturday night. but the next front and sunday clearing out. 64:67. angie has the traffic. >> let's go terps. traffic tieup tuesday. a few out there. 270 at shady grove. this is new. an accident is causing drivers to lose two center lanes. as a result of this we are watching the tail lights stack up starting father hurley and it is growing a bit. we are jammed from t 5 to georgia avenue. in the middle of that an accident at colesville. it is right here to the shoulder. all l

a warmer humid air mass and it is on top of us. so we can feel the humidity. we don't have any triggers in the atmosphere to dump the rain on us. that's a good thing. we are getting by with a humid sky but not necessarily the torrential rain. good job today pinpointing the rain across the eastern side of virginia. that's the target, taking it in to delmarva, later today northern neck. as we show you the forecast, throughout the day today, mostly cloudy and in to tomorrow, again, clouds around. a stray shower is possible. but toward the end of this time period look at what happens as we head in to friday. this clearing line comes down from the north. that's the trend for the friday forecast. all right. 83 today. tonight we will touch down at 65 and tomorrow's highs in the 80s we go. here's the seven day. looks like a rain-free fried friday. we like the sound of that. on saturday cooler and 70. nice football weather, though. we will push off the chance of rain until saturday night and sunday a little damp start and a nice finish. 78 degrees. back to you. >>> tod

moving into mid 80s where more humid air. starting tomorrow. two days dew point temperatures in the 60s. so the next 48 hours, what you can expect around here, increase in clouds. tomorrow morning, still think we're dry. a few showers move through the day tomorrow. not many, really. and a chance for more scattered showers coming our way on wednesday. so we're partly cloudy. we're warm. 74 to 77 degrees for the evening. start the day off tomorrow you might notice that humidity that's in the air tomorrow, temperatures not too bad. not cool anymore. 59 to 64 right in town. sun's up tomorrow at 6:56. for the afternoon, getting close to 80 degrees again. in the mid 80s coming up. jim, pat? >> all right, thanks, veronica. >>> here's some good news for our neck the woods, the district is among the best cities in the country to raise a family. that's coording to a new study from children's health magazine. >> the magazine ranked 100 cities. resechers looked in more than 30 factors, like crime rates, education, health care and concern for the environmen

thursday morning at the bus stop, cloudy and humid, 65-70. the 70 forecast is minutes ahead. -- the seven-day forecast is minutes ahead. >>> major delays on the highway near benning road. the man was struck and taken to an area hospital with life- threatening injuries. the police have reopened the highway. >>> new details on the dollars and cents of the intercounty connector. >> the road will link montgomery county and prince george's county between interstate 3 lueders 70 and i-95, but it could be pricey -- between interstate370 and i-95, but it could be pricey. >> intercounty connector will evolve from a series of construction sites like this one and montgomery county to a state of all art toll highway. a lot of people are thrilled about the possibility of the shorter commute, but others are concerned how much this will cost. the intercounty connector is for now just a roadside garage of track and trucks. but in a few years, the roadway will link gaithersburg with laurel. >> it will cut out some of our mileage. >> progress comes at a price.

relative humidity. summerlike humidity across baltimore. it will continue. watch this. clouds, then sun. then we get doused with a shower right about there. see the rain shower? then it dries off as we go later into the afternoon. a cool day in ocean city. the water is still warm. it's still september. and feels like summer outside even as we truck into the first full days of autumn. the leaves changed from the cool weather last week but soaking in the humidity now. interesting temperature spread. were only down in the upper 60s this morning. and we bounced into the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. take a look out in western maryland. pushing 90 degrees. and the high country, winchester up through hagerstown. definitely a warm scenario and i think the numbers are going to be little warmer than that as we go into the day tomorrow. our satellite and radar combination, we've actually had clearing across baltimore the last couple of hours. breaks of sunshine this afternoon is what really allows the temperat

and it should tn less humid by tomorrow afternoon. and then tomorrow night we will have a few clouds around. on thursday, we will see the dry air filter in and that should push the clouds away and we will have lots of sunshine around for friday. and for the rest of this day, the afternoon highs reaching mid-80s, and an isolated shower chance. and then tonight, partly cloudy and theny dawn around 70 degrees or so. and the highs are still rather warm up in the low and mid-80s with a small chance of a passing shower. a much cooler friday and saturday. saturday night through midday sunday, we could get passing showers. drying out sunday afternoon and into the first part of next week. cooler than average then. that's the way it looks on this wednesday, a summer-like day, here in september. >> thank you. >>> let's go to steve and the news4 traffic network. >> hi, steve. >> good morning barbara and joe. we will take you back to maryland and i-95. on the map you can see the reputation of the accident on i-95. you can see just one right lane b

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this afternoon compared to this morning humidity dropping.sunshine out there in these last hours of daylight this afternoon. look at the visible satellite imagery. you see basically some nice clearing out there across central maryland now. i don't expect to see much in terms of wet weather soon. in fact our maryland's most powerful doppler radar in the state showing a crystal clear sweep now. so that's a good thing for the evening commute. tonight down to 65 degrees. that will be markedly cooler by daybreak tomorrow. a cool north breeze will set the stage for drier weather. a really nice start to the weekend on friday. but it gets cooler in a big way toward the weekend. there's more rain on the way, too. we'll break it down for you here in a couple of more minutes. >>> a senior center in park heights is still vacant even though it was dedicated back in june. thal if a zeta -- the alpha zeta sorority saw the need for services. it's taken three months for the city and sorority to work out a lease agreement. >> the parties solved are sitting at

partly sunny, warm and humid. turning less humid tomorrow afternoon.y, how is the traffic? >>> well, we certainly do have big delays. 270 headed southbound. the lineup continues toward the beltway. delays are beginning to ease. 66 eastbound at washington boulevard. there is accident activity reported there. it is very heavy on 66 eastbound inside the beltway. joe, back to you. >>> tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," got a bum ankle? why not replace it? >>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, september 23rd, 2009. some rain, actually, in our forecast. but at least we have a bunch of sunny faces spending their morning with us here on rockefeller plaza. okay, guys, we all know the drill. during the week, you rush around, barely get dinner on the table, right? >> yeah, happens a lot. but giada de laurentiis is here. what she would like to happen, you have a busy week, but on sunday, stop and smell the roses. or in this case, stop and smell the turkey, which is what she's cooking. she says it's not just for thanksgiving. she's going to make a great meal this morni

humidity falling in a big way. we were 80%, 90% humidity last night.t has fallen off and just a light variable breeze, a light steady wind into the evening. low temperatures this morning down in the 70-degree range. that is for the overnight lows. to give you an idea what kind of change we're expecting across the baltimore area the next few days, these will look more like the highs on saturday. in fact the highs won't even be this warm. they will look like maybe up here in york for the low as we go into the weekend, much cooler around here for at least two days. high temperatures this afternoon, nice rebound. most of the numbers are from the middle of the day. as we went into the middle of the afternoon, cooler air, cool front, across the area, actually dropping temperatures down as we run into the afternoon. you can see that now. temperatures have fallen off. we're down into the upper 70s most spots. basically clarksville 79. baltimore 79. kingsville 78. chestertown on the eastern sore just a little warmer at 84. satellite and radar composite, not see

it was humid. humidity is decreasing a bit right now. you notice the difference by tomorrow morning. our temperature, a high temperature today made it up into the 80s. 83 degrees our high temperature. then the one thing we really could use is a bit of rain. since back in june, our rainfall has been way below average. right now outside, our temperatures are only into the low 80s. the humidity is still there with the clouds. the last no drops in those clouds. current temperature 82 degrees. humidity is up there. dew points has been in the high to mid 60s earlier inhe day. they are creeping down. 82 here. boston right now 66 degrees. it's warm and still humid down south. there are no more of those terrible, terrible rains. can see what's going on. there is still that circulation out in the mid part of the country. that's where the moisture is coming. out to our west. high pressure is in over us. we'll beushing in and that will bring in cooler air. as you can see, there is a fair amount of rain not too far away. some of that, i think even to

south side of the humidity. we have a taste of that. nothing too much. it's hard to see the showers in the nighttime situations with the stable air. a little aund springfield and into washington over toward the eastern shore. one around shady side. it's about it. they are widely scattered into southern parts of the county. earlier today, there was a quarter inch of rain. 71 degrees now in parts of montgomery county and 68 degrees in great falls. you can see the cool air coming in. it's been wet in arkansas. over six inches of rain. we get into mid-september and the tropics are active. there's not much going on. a band of clouds and showers in the bahamas. that's about it. overnight tonight and the remainder of the night, the same pattern. tomorrow, the northeasterly wind. it will be cooler. with time, more of the moisture is coming up our way. eventually high pressure will be on us. as we get into the weekend, we are looking at sunshine with comfortable air. drizzley, a few sprinkles, temperatures in the 60s by tomorrow morning. a lot of clouds around th

as the temperature drops the relative humidity goes up but really it isn't that humid.bers from today much more seasonable than they have been. we've been up in the low 80s last several days. today is 73. seasonable. high temperatures across the board. look to find a 75 degree reading. philly, big eagles game up there. and all the football games up and down the mid-atlantic i think they're going to skirt in just barely with decent weather because that storm that is coming through it's going to take a lot to get out of here saturday night into sunday morning. some spots down in the 50s. i want to show you this satellite pictures across the entire state right now have clouded up a bit. still not picking up any precipitation whatsoever here on maryland's most powerful radar but as we take you out to a wider view here, yeah, big storm system developing right now and getting its act together already. alt one point i thought it might not rain until tomorrow late in the afternoon. i think now we're talking about midday, lunchtime or so for this rain to move in. can you see wha

the low humidity, and sunshine. humidity levels in check on wednesday and thursday.he low pressure area may bring some showers by the weekend. we will wait and see. >> i will update you every day. >> thank you very much. nine-next.

improvement with the humidity.it was 90% last hour and it's now at 87% and a very light wind starting to move in from the north. so you can see the wind shifting. 72 at dulles, 70 degrees in baltimore and 71 to the south at fredericksberg. and mostly cloudy skies for your bus stop forecast. we've got 70s, mild temperatures. let's look at true view. a lot of the moisture is streaming it's way up from the south. the rainfall that pushed tough yesterday is now well to the east of us, but the clouds are rolling in and we've got an eye to keep to the skies. let's go back to the weather maps then. so for today, we are talking a high that will hit us at about 85 degrees. and mostly cloudy skies. grab the umbrella. there is a chance of a shower. well to the south of us, there is a chance, across lower southern maryland and into virginia that we could see a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm or two but that's associated with a frontal system moving through. and we'll have a look at your full five-day forecast later on. and the

when i say "dry" i'm not referring to the humidity. look at that. 90%. feel more like summer when you talk about the humidity levels out there, they are quite high at the moment. maryland's most powerful radar you see not a lot out there on the radar sweeps right now so we're looking dry at the moment. but it is moist out there. numbers from the day shape up like this. 78 degrees. that was our high, 76 normal this time of year. we ve been as high as 99 degrees when you go back the 190s, but it will be coming normal in the next few days. above 80 degrees tomorrow, again as we go to the next few days, cool it off as we go into the next half of the week. the drop in temperatures and the taste of autumn, none of that today. upper 70s, a few spots going above 80 earlier today despite the cloud cover because that was bringing up a lot of warm air and moisture with it. that's why it was so muggy. it was going to 70 degrees, and it's 11:00 at night, we're not going to drop much more. not a chilly start in the mornings by any stretch but it will be murky out ther

the fire laid down a little bit, largely because the temperatures went down significantly and humidity came up significantly but what they're concerned about today is something they have not been concerned about for the last week or so, that is the fact that they believe that they're going to get some winds. winds are in the forecast gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour along the ridge lines and that is a very big concern for the firefighters. in spite of the fact that they've made some great headway. you throw into the mix on that, tamron, the fact that they'll get some thunderstorms which you think will bring some relief here. the firefighters will tell you, look, whatever water or precipitation we get from that isn't going to do much good and then you also have to be concerned about some of the dry lightning strikes that they're expecting. so, you throw in lightning in that, it means possibly new fires. i must tell you, some of the fires we have been seeing on the air are, in fact, some back fires that the firefighters have been able to light. now, that is actually good news. it means tha

and our humidity is -- >> zippo. >> not that. that is the five-day. humidity 58%. wind are out of the north at 1 miles per hour. there is the pressure. you can see the cloud cover is off the coast. we have nothing but clear skies over the washington area. high pressure will be in charge here all week long. so this forecast is going to be somewhat repetitive but i don't think people will be complaining because it will feature lots of sunshine, warm days, cool nights, low humidity. it is just about perfect. >> just about perfect. here your forecast for today. again, no rain showers or thunderstorms today. highs later in afternoon in the upper 70s after a cool start. so it will be a nice afternoon. i'll have more details on the forecast and we have to go back to the tropics and take a look at the system once again. >> again? >> well, the same system but it looks different. >> julie, did you turn your seat warmers on? >> yes, i did. even the dog was up near me in morning. it's chilly out there. so it is a little cool for me but nonetheless. we're looking pretty good ou

humidity, it is out of here. cool air, it has arrived. so it is a nice-looking forecast for the next couple days. want to start with yesterday's high temperatures because yesterday was our coolest high temperature in about two months. got to go back to the beginning of july. 7 # was the winning number yesterday at both reagan national and dulles. i'm really into winning numbers now that i think i'm going to win the lottery. >> you think so? >> i think so -- 76 was the winning number yesterday. we had radiational cooling. this time of year, we are starting to see very cool temperatures first thing in the morning here. 61 at reagan national. 50 in winchester. 56 at dulles. if you need the warmer air, get down towards the bay. 64 at patuxent naval air station and ocean city, maryland is reporting a temperature of 62 degrees. not a lot to talk about today on our satellite-radar. our frontal system still pushing off the coast here and really won't be a factor in our weather today. it is high pressure and all the way out here to the upper midwe

the humidity and dew points, it still feels like it's 81 degrees outside. we have a weak weather front coming our way. the circulation is back here in the south and southeast. fortunately, you can see georgia and parts of alabama not getting rain tonight. for us, here is what's going on. you can see the area of showers, thundershowers that moved up north of baltimore. they are in another area coming through as we go through the nighttime hours through western maryland, here and around washington. a few showers around gaithersburg. the other batch is moving away. a few leftover showers. the south and southeast, the good news is while there are still flood warnings out for parts of georgia and alabama, just showers around mississippi. around jackson, mississippi. th thurmont. look at how much rain has fallen. last week, 20 to 30 inches of rain in parts of georgia. we'll have the southwesterly nd with a humid pattern, then a little weather front coming through. windsurning to the northeast as we get into friday. still to the south and southeast, no more rains

we'll be then seeing a mix of sun and clouds but not as humid. oui going to be seeing those temperatures drop as the day progresses. 66 with light showers on the eastern shore so we'll stay in the 60's cloudy for your morning bus stop forecast for this afternoon partly sunny with breezy conditions winds northeasterly at 10-15 miles per hour. feeling a lot less humid but then a cloudy, gray, rainy day for saturday. details just ahead. >> all right. sandra, thank you. the makers of tylenol are recalling certain batches of children's tylenol and infant drops because of a possible contamination of one of the ingredients, those made between 2008 for a full list of recalled products go to www.wbaltv.com click on "health." >> the humane society is launching a new campaign to get you to adopt your next pet from a shelter. up to 3 million dogs and cats are euthanized each year in the united states. the campaign will be broadcast over radio, tv and the internet in an effort to sway as many people as possible and say only 20% of pet owners adopt from shelte

cooler temperaturewise, humidity a whole different story. still dealing with the humidity today.ture streaming up from the south and that won't change. frontal system is going to move to the south into the course of today, stall out, and then we'll be set up unfortunately with that system starting to move it's way to the north again and another system heading in from west as we head into our weekend. and that's going to set us up for rainfall. could see some accumulating rainfall, man an inch to inch and a half from saturday night into sunday. and another chance of wet weather so keep the umbrella handy overall this weekend. here is a look at the five-day forecast. temperatures back in the 70s when we head into the beginning of the week. julie wright, how are the roads looking this morning. >>> not too good. we've had our share of problems. mother nature through us the curveball with the wet pavement. we have a crash on the inner loop tieing up the right side of the road and at pennsylvania avenue tieing up to the two left lanes and in virginia, 395 struggling to make it in on ti