humidity wise, extremely dry air.ays a little bit of a factor in our warmup over the next day or two. dry air it heats or cools than humid air. you'll notice that on summer mights. a lot of that is the humidity in the air. just a few clouds drifting across maryland. no nearby weather. there is a little clipper system clipping the great lakes states. so showers through upstate new york and parts of northern pennsylvania. nothing in our area, just a few passing clouds. cool scenario tonight for one more night. high pressure is going to quickly warm us up. as it shifts, we'll get on the warm side. that, plus a lot of sunshine and very dry air is going to mean a wrap up. we're looking for temperatures to head above 60. you can see the warm air is poised not far away. 60s toward nashville, so that is the warmer hair mass that will move over us over the next two days. you can see on our trend very little tomorrow, just minimal clouds. we'll see increased cloud cover. a little bit of a rain maker just south of us. i think we

check out the humidity. looking at 100% humidity and several spots this morning, the air is basically saturated, we have lots of moisture on the ground and a dense fog advisory until 8:00 a.m., this morning and that's where the areas shaded in the gray. everywhere, patchy fog through the morning. over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >>> good morning to you. unfortunately not off to a great start right now. police are handling a fatal collision. they are investigating this. they have shut down the intersection at hilton and lead. take south kayton to get you around that. we are trying to get more information and pass it on as soon as it becomes available. if you are traveling through the city on the interstates, we are looking good on 95 and 895, through the tunnels. harrisburg expressway, the drive through, looking a

humidity also dropping, some dry air. because of a big change in the weather but a clear night. we'll drop near 30 degrees. it will take a bigger climb to get close to 50 relative to what we did today. you can see things are nice and clear. we've gotten rid of the last clouds in the state. very quiet pattern for late january. one of our most active weather the year normally but none of that now. cool, clear weather, courtesy of a pacific high. this is not one of thoset(w3 frd canadian pressures. renjóÑ forÑi-rsr'g,çóçóçó ixdÑiÑixdxdxó >> temperatures not bad at all for the last days of january many this will take us into february one. maybe sunday we'll see some showers but all these temperatures just too mild to support any kind of wintry weather. come on now. >> don't bring it up. all right. less than 48 hours after his ravens devastating loss to new england, running back ray rice had a smile on his face. joanne and her family are headingÑi to hawaii tot"keçpgñ i >>> gino's will be coming to camden yards. gino's is open

relative humidity goes right to the bone. >> it is really warm and humid, you feel it. when it is cold and humid, you feel it. >> i'm feeling it. >> get inside. >> howard, take it away. >> you have a skirt on. i have pants on. you're feeling it more than i am. >> they're supposed to be there. >> let's talk about today. a fine day for january. temperatures climb to near 50 by noon. into the 50s this afternoon. 5:00 p.m. temperature of 51. should be a good deal of sunshine. we've got fog this morning, especially north with the dense fog advisory until 8:00 for those counties bordering the pennsylvania line and also into the martinsburg area and over toward harper's ferry as well where visibilities in some spots down a quarter mile or less for westchester, gaithersburg, eighth of a mile at sterling. howard, montgomery counties, still dealing with some dense fog. in westminster, quantico, reporting 1/16th. temperatures range from 50 to 30 in martinsburg. let's go inside at 6:30. monika samtani, still got some fog out there. >> that's about it. we've got the volume and the f

humidity 53%. the early morning chill, with the humidity, is usually on the high side. 29.81, the barometer. it is 43 downtown at the inner harbor. almost full moon out there in the western sky this morning. a beautiful morning this morning. and it looks like another beautiful day today. i'll detail all of it coming up. >> public enemy number one, that's what police are calling this man. investigators say 33 yubte -- 33-year-old nelson guilford is. >> he has been public enemy number one for our sex offenders for years. >> d.n.a. evidence has linked a 33-year-old man to rains in the past three months. >> a woman rained. he threatened to hurt her and her children if she did not do what he wanted. a woman 0 said she was rained at knife point. >> we were confident that prior to the d.n.a. hits that nelson guilford was the -- nelson clifford was the person responsible for these attacks. police arrested him and said d.n.a. on a vodka bottle linked him to a third rate. clifford's m.o. is to break into an

and there is gusty sqindz low humidity so just be aware of that. 33 degrees in napa. and there is clear skies there. and there is low to mid-40s around the bay. there is a sunny day and warmer one. breezy as well. there are north winds 35 miles per hour at times. 66 in santa rosa. half moon bay up to 60 degrees. and there is just a beautiful day. 66 in santa cruz, here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. breezy, mild weekend, temperatures approaching 70 degrees around the bay. unusually warm and cooling off a bit monday and tuesday. there is a lot more cloud cover coming in. tuesday there is a system going to drop down just off the coastline there in california. and it doesn't bring us rain, just moves away from california z it will come back towards northern california heading into following weekend, weekend of the 14th and 15th. could see changes but it's way out there. >> thank you very much. >> and coming up next, finney's friday free stuff that may help with you a new year's resolution. >> then at 6:00 ford claims there is a better idea of cars of the future

we could see the humidity coming in around 96%. this is what it looks like, hour by hour forecast, noon around 48 degrees and we will see sunshine by 4:00, 53 degrees. >>> good morning to you. on the roads we continue to follow this fatal accident. this is south hilton, we found out that police shut down south hilton street between south kayton and frederick road. the investigation is going to continue through this morning rush. other hazard is the dense fog we have, especially on the bridges. fog warnings in effect on the tightings bridge, i-95, and hayden for those of you traveling on 40. if you are traveling south of the city or west of the city, we are getting reports of fog, u.s. 29 and 108, traffic volume light on the southbound lanes of 29. south and east, i-97, north, more activity in your northbound lanes making the drive up to the beltway. >>> tracy morgan was rushed to the hospital. she collapsed and fell unconscious sunday. a reporter captured this video and said the actor looks as if he was limping. he was treat forwar

this warm humid air is going to run our weather today and control the forecast over the next five days. what a great way to end january. 54 degrees with sunshine returning this afternoon. tonight we will call it mainly clear and 34. more sunshine tomorrow. high temperature of right around 48. showers on thursday and friday but look how mild, 50 and 53, 48 clearing breezy saturday, 42 degrees on sunday, today is the 24th, right? right. 25, 26, 27, 28th, 29th, two shy of the end of the month, this is going to go down in the books as an easy one. >> here is sharon with wjz traffic control. >> we are seeing delays and fog. take a look. traffic building. brake lights to be seen and fog, fog warnings in effect on 40 at the headem memorial bridge and a new warning in the city, fire activity that is going to be on north fulton avenue. take bruce instead. that is blocking all lanes. otherwise there is a look at your speeds on the beltway, delays on the top and the west side, 34 miles per hour on the west side. another live look at the west side and the fog. there is a live look outside at 83 at

pressure steady, humidity 33%. temperatures around the areas, 50s, 58 rockville, 55 gaithersburg, 54 leesburg and reston 49, but everybody else mid-50s, springfield 58 downtown, 59 in college park. here's the deal. mild and then cooler, a light jacket for tonight, breezy and mild tomorrow. now there is a cold front that will roll through late tomorrow. behind it a little bit cooler sunday and looks like a storm will pass to our south on monday, maybe some clouds. i think most of the rain and showers stay into the northern neck and also into southern maryland if it gets that far north. tonight clear skies, chilly, a one blanket night, lows in the 30s, winds out of the southwest at 10. when you're in the throes of january here and we're looking at temperatures above freezing everywhere for an overnight low, very unusual. 37 college park, 36 reston and fairfax. tomorrow morning breezy, chilly, grab your sunglasses, 30s and 40s, but a rapid bathroomup. by afternoon partly cloudy -- a rapid warm-up. by afternoon partly

relative humidity will come back up.olest day with onshore flow and then temperatures still in the 60s all week long. we got a holiday coming up. >> carolyn: martin luther king day. thank you for joining us. next newscast starts at 5:00 tonight. i'm carolyn tyler and keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and talk about it facebook.com/abc7news. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios.

the humidity is at 87%. looking west, this is where we have those temperatures, especially, which are subfreezing. hagerstown, 28. but look on the other side of the mountain, cumberland, 41 degrees, so milder air not that far away. but the dampness, as i was talking about, that cold cuts right through you. down in texas, still watching a little snow on the back side of this storm system here with the rain across the red river valley. heavy rains in parts of mississippi and louisiana. this is wednesday's rain, and this will be moving towards us starting tomorrow morning. tonight is going to be generally clear, although by tomorrow morning, a few clouds may start to show up, and then the rain is going to move in pretty quickly on wednesday. so we'll get rid of the clouds, we're sunny by noon, looks like the afternoon is going to be fairly quiet and mild, maybe just a bit breezy. when the precip starts tomorrow out west in the higher elevations, it may be cold enough for some sleet or wet snowflakes to mix in t

higher humidity. main rain line continues to be up towards southwest oregon and northern california, where they'll get a lot of rain up there. just not here. sunny, after the foggy conditions. low clouds if fog. all the major airports showing fog. now once -- if you're sitting at 55, to get to 60 isn't too tough. just don't be surprised if some of this fog and low clouds hangs on. so low clouds then sunny, a misty pattern up to the north. that will be some fog friday but it will burn off sooner than the weekend. except for the mornings cooler, sunny and mild to warm. >> thank you. a bay area high school student charged with rape. the shocking news involving his alleged victim. >> stealing copper from the tracks, doesn't seem to matter there's fences, barbed wire and even the risk of electrocution. we'll tell you about the ongoing problem and what bart police want you to do. >> and he's known for his hard hits on the football field. this morning a 49ers player will hit the books at a bay area universit

we'll see very low humidities. gusty wind. wind protected valleys. could be cold enough for frost tomorrow morning. low 30s out there. coming up in the seven day. we have a slight chance of seeing showers and just maybe some sierra snow. show you when we expect it to rise coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, rob. now to decision 2012. days away from the nation's first primary. tonight, the republican candidates gathered for the first of two debates in new hampshire. rick perry who perhaps made the biggest surprise when he announced what he would do with the war in iraq if he were president. nbc's steve handelsman has a look. >> reporter: as they met in new hampshire, two and a half days before the vote, the republican candidates debated who would create more u.s. jobs like the 200,000 in december. celebrated by front-runner mitt romney. >> very good news. hope we continue to see good news. but not thanks to president obama. his policies have made the recession deeper. >> santorum who surged to third attacked romney. >> he says i have business ex

it's 35, dew point 12, winds out of the north, northwest at 10 gusting to 15 miles per hour, humidity9%. again that means the indoor humidity is probably running around 12%, so your skin may crack a bit the next 24 hours. you may shock your brother or sister. temperatures, look at this, 31 in bethesda and rockville, 28 gaithersburg, 31 great falls and reston and sterling. temperatures even to the east, 32 in beltsville, 30 in laurel, 33 andrews and 35 officially at national. so much different air mass. now let's factor in the wind which isn't that strong, but it feels like 27 downtown, primarily feels like mid-20s across the board, gaithersburg to manassas down to fredericksburg. to the west it feels like it's 14 in oakland. a big, big wholesale change between yesterday's air mass and today's. now it's going to be chilly through the weekend, not crazy cold, much colder tonight, fading sunshine tomorrow and then slightly brisk friday, perfectly acceptable january day. you will need yourism vertebral la for saturday, no doubt about that. -- your umbrella for saturday, no doubt about tha

humidity is probably 10%. as you walk along the carpet today, you can shock your brother or sister. i always did when i was little. i was just a happy little younger brother, wasn't i? 32 in bees this that and rockville, 28 in garrett -- in bethesda and rockville, 28 in gaithersburg. winds will die down shortly and we're looking even to the east 34 college park, beltsville 31 already in laurel. here's the deal. chilly through the weekend, not cold, but just chilly, much colder tonight, fading sunshine tomorrow as a cold front approaches. friday bright but brisk and locate the umbrella for saturday. it looks like kind of a chill lane. tonight clear, cold. we'll say a two blanch night, low temps in the 20s and winds will be light after midnight. we get into lows downtown. we're looking at upper 20s, maybe in the 27, 28-degree range, 27 arlington and springfield, but back to the west 23 reston, 24 tonight in fairfax, 22 in gaithersburg tonight for a low and 24 college park and bowie. tomorrow morning partly cloud

you need good air circulation, good light, good humidity. i use a mister.ght pot. the right potting mix. we'll talk about that in just a second. the greatest thing about it is, when your plant gets to this stage, where the blooms are done, what you can actually do is cut the orchid back to the first principle -- usually there's a sheet there -- cut that back. within a couple of months the orchid will start to send out a new bloom on the same stem and if you look at this guy here, you can see where the cuts have been made and you can see that it has sent up new flowers for you. >> i notice also you have this fastened to something artificial in there. why is that? >> this one doesn't have one yet because the flower hasn't opened up yet. that helps prevent it from swaying and ultimately breaking off. >> should we do that at home? >> if you buy it from a reputable supplier, it comes with one in place. one of the things, i said orchids are air plants, one of the things you want to make sure is you have really healthy roots. roots that are nice and big and fleshy

relative humidity, 61%. winds are out of the northeast at sick miles per hour. at six miles per hour. forecast for -- at six miles per hour. for today, lots of clouds around for today. our average high for this time of year is 43 degrees. we'll be right around that later on today. chance of some scattered showers this afternoon. maybe a snowflake or two but that is primarily from washington to points southward. and we're not talking a lot of rain or anything. >> i actually had windows open in the house over the weekend. >> very, very nice. >> amazing to me we're in january. >> a nice treat we get every once in a while. not nearly enough. >> i had the windows down in the car and beagle bailey had his head sticking out the window. it was a nice day. >> oh, cute. kind of like dino and the flintstones and the sun roof but he is too short. you see a little snoot sticking up. that's it. checking out the ride eastbound along 66. jeremy, what you got for us as you work your way inbound? you will fine the lanes are open between tyson corner and the american legion bridge

also foggy, and humid. 15 degrees warmer than this time yesterday with now a high of 54 degrees on tv hill, 12 degrees above our normal daytime high 92% humidity barely a breeze, southeast, barometer, 29, almost 6 east, 50 degrees elkton 42 hagerstown, 46 oakland. 52 westminster, 49 bel air, 54 columbia, annapolis and 52 degrees rock hall easy scenario, this rain gets out of here, wind shift powered high pressure pushes through, area, later on this afternoon. looking to be ' cooler but not seasonably cold by any stretch of the imagination weekend. 58 the high, clearing, windy this afternoon, clear, 32 overnight, tomorrow we will call it partly sunny, 45 sunny, 42 monday, 52 tuesday, don take it away. >> thank you how are things going with the mass migration, here is sharon. >>> not so bad so far we just have two accidents working right now, 100 westbound arun dell mills boulevard a new accident involving a pedestrian. >> east side of the belt way, fog warnings in effect on the key bridge. route 50 and bay bridge no major delays just yet but speed is starting to slow a bit on the west

temperatures right now, just around 45 degrees. 40% relative humidity. that west wind from around 10 to 15 miles per hour throughout the day. and the barometer is now rising. high pressure is in control. today, over yesterday, look at the change. we are right now, 14 degrees warmer today than this time yesterday. yesterday, we were just around 30 degrees. daytime high was 31. we've already been in the mid40s all day today. and it gets surprisingly warmer tomorrow. you may not believe just how mild it gets, at least for one more day. we'll have details coming up in your complete first warning forecast. >> we can't wait to hear it. thanks, tim. >>> let's check in on the roads with kristy breslin at traffic control. >>> a bit of a chaotic start out there. northbound 95. we have an accident at 32. that's involving an overturned tractor-trailer. north side outer loop, also heavy delays there. you can expect at least 20 minute toss get through. the inner loop also slow on the top side, from charles street to the perring parkway. and west side inner loop, stop

that would be statistically the normal. 68% the humidity. 29.84 the barometer.t winds at 3 miles per hour. also 43 at the inner harbor downtown. we wind up about where we are today tomorrow. then changes in the forecast. i'll talk about it coming up. >> a west point graduate is making a plea to get his class ring back. >> the ring and other items were stolen from his federal hill home. sheldon dutes has that story. >> i spent a lot of time in combat environments where the last thing i would think about it security. i come back and i see someone has disrespected my stuff and my roommate's belongings. it is very disheartening that we have people that would do that. >> apparently someone hopped a fence, and ransacked his bedroom. >> it struck a cord with me when i realized it was gone. not only the market value, but the sentimentality is so much higher. >> the tradition started at west point in 1802. he said he had to earn his class ring during a grueling four-year process. >> the memories i made earning ring. so i was very disappointed obviously. >> he said he wou

the humidity is down. dry, 56%, the winds at the airport, in the open areas around the runways gusting into the 20's. i didn't encounter much wind coming in this morning. science center, 31 degrees right now. again we have clouds out there. there are breaks in the clouds. we can see the stars. it is just colder. it's january. what can you expect? we'll check the fore-- complete forecast coming up. >> ravens get ready for tomorrow's home play wroff game. >> the ravens take on the texasans at m&t stadium -- texans at m&t stadium. kai reed has more on how fans are getting ready for the big showdown. the consumer concussion are getting customers in the mood for the game. chefs in the kitchen are preparing purple food. >> we are sold out for sunday brunch. for sunday night, it will be a victory celebration with purple waffles, purple potatoes, and purple martinis. >> it is hard to miss the energy building on this purple friday. purple lights are illuminating city landmarks and sfans have been talking -- and fan

that's the low so far at the airport. 58% the humidity. the water is -- barometer is rising. it is 30 downtown. science center. it is extreme, but not as extreme yesterday. the forecast is on the chilly side at least compared to what we have. we'll talk about it in the foir forecast in a minute. >> maryland has purple fever. the ravens get ready for tomorrow's home playoff game. >> you can see it everywhere. >> kai reed has more on how fans are getting ready for the big showdown. >> it is called the raven tifment ni. the con cock shun -- the concoction has helped get the whole party in full swing. >> people are talking burp l, wearing purple, breathing purple. now they are wearing purple and eating purple. >> chefs are preparing purple food and they have had to order more purple peruvian potatos. >> sunday night will be a victory celebration with purple waffles, purple potatos, and purple martinis. >> it is hard to miss the energy building on this purple friday. purple lights. fans have been talking trash early and often. >> we're ready. we're going to whoop some butt. >> we

humidity high at 89%. a humid, foggy morning. one storm coming onshore with rain and snow. got snow falling for the upper midwest. the western lakes and then the southern half, spring-like weather with a tornadic thunderstorm here across alabama, turning to severe thunderstorms into kentucky, tennessee and southern ohio and all of that moisture and warmer readings moving in our direction. once we get rid of this moisture today, it does look like with this coming through, it does look like we'll stay on the mild side of things for the next couple of days. in fact, here is a look at the 7-day forecast. today, 49. we'll definitely have some rain. could be moderate to heavy at times. tonight, 40 in town. tomorrow, 54. wednesday, 52. could be a late shower thursday. better chance of showers friday and then colder temperatures and one of the computer models i kind of like is hinting at wintry weather returning next sunday. watch out for the fog early. monika? >> same message we've been giving this morning. not only fog but icy patches especially coming out of your neighborhoods,

humidity way down at 26%. a dry, mild, warm air mass. holding steady. 29.81 inches now. 50 degrees. that's by the ocean. it's certainly cooler by the water. 63, pax river. 58 in washington. even oakland, up to 58 degrees. 63, the warm spot in cumberland. locally, temperatures once again, way above our normals. 64 in annapolis and kent island. even close to the bay there, amazing stuff. 63, revised high, just came in. 27 this morning, which is close to average, for most places. 41 is the average high. the record, not that far away from that today. 72. the record, 5 in 1904. southwest winds. okay. the southwest winds will continue at least for a portion of the weekend, it will turn a little cooler here on saturday night and sunday. but still above normal. for the most part, all of the cold air is still chopped up in canada. most of the country, still way above normal, even into january. there's a little rain in south texas. may make its way toward our region. but not until wednesday of next week, looks like there is a chance of shower acti

the windy conditions to southern california, the gusty winds to the mountains, the low relative humidityhe setup changing just a little bit as the high begins to ease to the east. as it does, it weakens a little bit. but not in time to cool us off any today. in fact, we will be mild to warm once again. we saw a couple 70-degree temperatures and once again today flirting with that. but the northerly winds easing up around our neck of the woods. while it's still quite windy and the fire danger elevated in the sierra nevada, and also southern california. 75 los angeles. in fact, the southern end of the san way queen valley as you head toward the grapevine, some very windy conditions. look at those temperatures in tahoe. 50 degrees today. 54 yosemite. it just keeps getting warmer. 61 sacramento with 70s along the coast. temperatures in some areas peeking today. along the coast it will be kind of cool, though. low 630s half moon bay but in and around the bay, once again mid-60s. a couple upper 60s but you head around monterey, 70 for salinas, watsonville and gilroy. today the mildest day of t

it then gets here fast enough, we could get a quick shower, but the air is so dry and the humidity is so low, that a lot of this will just evaporate. there is the weather system and the culprit behind in ohio driving it to the east. the moisture is very limited. it's moving very quickly to the east. coming in behind it, a reinforcing shot of cold air. will it be permanent? i do not know. on the national temperature act, -- map, it doesn't look like it. overnight tonight, a 28-33. we will see some clouds and as the disturbance moves through, maybe a quick snow shower. west wind at 10. 43-3/7 mora, just about normal. start out with some sun with clouds moving in. boaters, 1-2 foot chop. the insta-weather futurecast shows us stuff drying up coming towards the bay. polaris or sprinkles tomorrow. clouds building in tomorrow, and we will see clouds with that. warming up wednesday with a much larger storm coming in with a chance of some precipitation. the seven-day forecast. 60 on tuesday. 64 wednesday with rain chances later in the day. 50's on thursday as the colder air filters in. the tem

the humidity is down. the barometer is up. at the moment, the winds are calm. at sandy point today. we look at temperatures there now. 37 degrees. generally clear skies. a light west wind at 3. we take a look at wind around the area. salisbury at freezing. on the boardwalk and chestertown and edgewood. 30 at frostburg, but only 28 at oakland. this is a clipper type thing. a lot of moisture with it. not an endless supply. so as it moves through, it is going to be mostly a feature that passes to our north. we are picking up a few of those clouds from the city northward. the farther south you go, you pick up clear skies. it will be a near miss. by evening, up in pennsylvania it looks like there might be a few sprinkles. here's what the map will look like with that front coming through the area. most action will be north of us. not extremely cold. there will be a re-enforcing shot of chilly air. we will average it out today, partly cloudy. more clouds at the end of the day. a sprinkle to the end. southwest winds at 10. 50 to 55 for the high. if you are closer to th

humidity is up. prom der is down. take a look at sampling around the areas. we are now in the mid to upper 30's and 40's in annapolis and downtown. still freezing in frederick. in the mountains to the west of us. they are not making rain or anything. it is part of a clipper. it is not showing moisture from the south. when it passes through, most of it will be north of us. this whole thing is skewing up toward new york state as it moves through. it is not a threat to today's weather. ahead of it, the southwest winds will keep the temperatures up. not as warm as yesterday, but still a-- above the average. partly cloudy with a few sprinkles possible north late. that's such a small chance, don't worry about it. insta-weather futurecast shows that little to our north this evening. this one, a little more moisture rising south. temperatures eye little chillier. late sunday, if this goes through, we might pick up a flurry late in the day. the plunge forecast, maybe up in the 40's at the noon hour, maybe 50's. only in the 40's tomorrow. higher chance for a flurry or

29 degrees, 81% humidity. you know what will test your character? polish or italian sausage, 9:30 in the morning in a tailgate before a ravens game. that will test your character. we have calm wind and let's lock at temperatures around the region right now. they are all over the place. we have 40 in the pax river, d.c. and ocean city 37, still 29 columbia, up to 36 in annapolis and kent island. we are continuing to see this mild weather move all the way into new england. right now warm is not the improper word to use, 16 degrees above normal. it will get cooler into next week but by this time next week, it really looks like we'll see the arctic unload on us. it could get quite cold as we move toward that game. 58 and partly sunny today, tonight 35 and partly cloudy skies. tomorrow we'll have partly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-50s. about 50 on sunday, 46 monday, 50 on tuesday, wednesday showers around and still 534 degrees. enjoy it while we have it. >>> thank you. trouble on the harrisburg this morning. here's sharon. >> we have all lane

these are some water to keep the humidity. goes into the processor.e can keep him a little more humid. >> this happens to be a hanging plant. >> this is called a pitcher plant. these are cool. certain carnivorous plants manage to collect water in here. monkeys will use this. they call it monkey pods. >> will this capture stink bugs? >> who knows. i haven't tried that. we'll have to experiment with that. >> little things on it and everything? >> what's cool about this, the rabbit's feet on there. in the wild they would wraparound tree branches and stuff. what i like about this is it doesn't drop stuff all the time. it is neat and much easier to care for. >> this is one of the tougher ones. this is a large leaf main fern. this needs moisture all the time. this is not forgiving. if you went away for a week and forgot to water it, see you. >> this looks like it would be a tough plant. that is. that's a succulant, so it doesn't need that much water. what is cool, there are a lot of varieties of this that have large flapjacks on them. >> here we have a flow

keep that in mind. 81% humidity, calm winds, bwi marshal. 30.35 barometer.nce of rain we have is because of a system across the southern portion of our region. around the carolinas, it's going to impact us with clouds and rain through the afternoon and evening. ponow in cumberland. 29 elkton. 29 on the shore. temperatures ranging from about 29 westminster. 30 bel air, 28 columbia. 32 rock hall. the mid-30s pretty much across the board. winds are calm, central maryland. the direction you see, courtesy of the high pressure to our north. up around the ohio river valley now and bringing in the flow of cooler air, the rain now is down to the south. see, the moisture is coming in as far back as texas, really. it's following that low that's extending from the coast right on back in to the gulf. because of the high pressure our air is dry, much of this initial portion of the rain, the leading edge is dissipating. it's evaporating and adding to the cloud cover. as the high moves off this low moves away. high pressure builds in right behind it. temperatures up in to t

that is much warmer than yesterday morning. 71% humidity and 29.77 barometer.given the time of the year, a nice start to the day. the temperatures -- . >>> simple forecast, mild air over the area and the warm air will re-enforce itself over the mid atlantic and counting today, we will have six days of temperatures above the normal of 42 and partly cloud e skies and down to 25. tomorrow, some high clouds around the area. 50, the high, even warmer as we hit saturday and 54 and almost 50 on sunday and the mid to upper 40s. that is a third of the way through the month of january. take it away. >>> here is more from the traffic control. >> good morning. we cleard up some of the problems, some accidents, we have one accident left over, an overturned vehicle at edge wood, between philadelphia road and take route 24 instead of that. a water main break, the icy conditions there, take silver spring road. out on the beltway, speed with the top and west side, there is a live look outside. the spaghetti junction is running delay free. >>> visit your toyota dealer today. >>>

relative humidity at 96 percent. with temperatures as cold and the dewpoint pretty much right on the money. probably going to a little frost on your cars this morning. temps in the range around the area. 36 out 10, 33 cumberland, 37 oakland. sun is warm and soft to about freezing now pay vcs pockets of cold air and freezing temperatures up until about an hour ago. temperatures 37 in bel air and rock hall. 39 ken island, 39 in the nations capital. calm winds. a bit of a variable direction everywhere else. southeast around hagerstown and east of oakland. wins are variable, but they come from without. that helps us get into temperatures above the average height. average high rate of all the low 40s right now. temperatures getting off around 60 degrees today. we did get close to succeed yesterday and then the clouds came in. we were wrestling with a very stubborn system of around the great lakes. it cleared up just in time for all of the evening festivities, and that's what we don't know. we do have that low moving on in

relative humidity drops in the mountains. we're talking about a cooler day today statewide, still dry, 64 in los angeles, 59 in big sur. and temperatures back home, you saw how much cooler they are going to be. 56 in palo alto with northwesterly winds and tonight those winds will keep our temperatures up for the time being but protected valleys will be chilly. a cold start for the had holiday. dry on tuesday. here comes the rain on wednesday. staying with us thursday, friday saturday, maybe several inches not north bay. >> carolyn: going to make messy xhuitsd there. beware. thank you, lisa. >> human trafficking is the second growing crime in the world. alameda district attorney says most of the cases she is prosecuting involve children between the ages of 12 and 17. this morning, on "beyond the headlines," cheryl jennings here's from a victim that survived. it's on right after our newscast at 10:00 here on abc7. >>> next month, hundreds of bay area riders will hop on stationary bikes to raise money for cancer research. the ca

there may be higher humidity and if you notice it is outside. very dry pattern and the breeze will kick in late friday and saturday, so the days will be great over the weekend. >>> the both of that suspect made. >>> the human cop against apple suppliers. >> good morning traffic is moving well getting onto the willow pass grade. more traffic and weather straight ahead. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. . >>> this is video out of new zeal land. a court ruled they had to leave. >>> they accused them of endangering thize of work -- lives of workers. a factory exploded in may and some worked seven days a week, live in crowded dorms and are exposed to chemicals. apple said they are improving safety precautions and detailing standards. >>> and it is one last time tonight before the primary, tonight's debate hosted by cnn

at the airport, 50 degrees and humidity down even though it is raining. the barometer is low and [marching band playing] >> 2011 is going down as a disastrous year when it comes to mother nature -- a deadly tsunami and tornadoes, the list goes on and on. red cross officials are warning you should get an emergency kit organized for 2012. >> we had a record number of disasters last year. we had everything except a volcano. >> aside from canned food and a first-aid kit, make sure you have a weather radio and batteries. make sure you have 1 gallon of water per person per day. >> let's take a look at the radar briefly. if you light showers coming through the area. south of the district of columbia and points south, circle that to make it easy. even some lingering stuff near hagerstown. it's all showing up as a rain as the temperatures go up. another mild day, 57 at the airport. way above average for the season. the record for the state was 4.3 inches. green and blue with temperatures in the '50s. we are around 50 degrees and that falls into the 40's. west of u

winds kick up and relative humidity will definitely take a nosedive in the next day.ry air is still in place. we are looking at another day of mild conditions. look at the areas of high pressure but we are beginning to see the beginning of a cold front carve out to the north and west of us. it will be affecting our weather later on tonight. today the winds are out of the northwest. as the system continues to sink to the south, winds will switch around to an onshore component. look at the mild day today, low 60s. in sacramento they saw a few records in the 70s. the entire state has seasonal highs but that is going to change. 11% of normal statewide snow pack with the central area of sierra nevada, paltry 9%. compared to last year, 174% of normal. so conditions will be changing with that onshore push and chillier air as much as ten degrees colder. and highs struggling to make it into mid-50s. it will be dry. we're not going to see any precipitation associated with it. it will kick up the winds along the coast. in the sierra nevada, high fire danger here. good news by th

the relative humidity continues to drop in the mountains.eas prone to the gusty winds the low relative humidity, the high fire danger will be the west slopes of the sierra nevada and from press no on southward. we are stuck in between with a very dry atmosphere. slightly breezy conditions. now the winds making their way all the way to the coast. we are looking 70s in big sur. enjoy it today we will see the changes tom. napa 64 and down by the monterey bay, a few more 70s today. nice and mild out there. gilroy 69. and the accuweather seven-day forecast starting out today with the mildest temperatures. a little cooler tomorrow with the on shore push and then a weak weather system bringing some upper 50s to our coast on tuesday. a slow recovery nothing dramatic. no big changes. we are still waiting for them. >> yeah. with the winds today and the dry conditions, that's -- >> yeah, they are going to subside by midday. and if they had extended any longer, then we could see more problems but they are dying back. >> all right. thank you, lisa. >>> c

we haven't had enormous problems. 92% humidity. barometer 30.his is a big push of warm air moving our way. to the south, and west, the year's first widespread outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornados, happen during the overnight and still going on. this warm, unstable humid air mass is going to define our weather as we move through today. it's not a cold front, a wind shift. we stay mild and very calm weather, really for this time of the year as we approach the end of january. almost 50 today's with rain. overnight tonight, couple of showers. good amount of sunshine with a high tomorrow 52. 50 thursday. 53 friday, 48 saturday. it's two mild to be true, moving towards the end of january and any year. this month has been a pleasure. knock on wood. don, take it away. >>> rush now from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >>> if you are about to head out, one accident on president street, east baltimore, two areas of activity, south fulton closed between william street and pratt street. take south mount instead. fire activity on southmorely be

moisture is still out there, the temperature and dew point right on target with each other, 100% humidity so the air is saturated. that is going to create some fog out there. visibility limited at least early on. winds going to help to move things around, 12 mile per hour winds is going to help improve things and a west wind will dry us out. 52 degrees right now in ocean city, 34 in oakland, 37 cumberland, 50 elkton, when the rain moves out we will have mild temperatures so area wide a uniform range of 50 degrees, you are starting to see that now starting to play out, dress for the warmer air this afternoon. the rain really is starting to move out. that is not your main focus, the winds will pick up. a small craft advisory in effect has been lifted. we will see it again kick in this afternoon. with a cold front moving in that is the reason our temperatures drop this afternoon and into tomorrow. as that system moves in and the cooler air comes through we could see maybe a light rain or snow shower late tonight into tomorrow. no accumulation except for far western maryland and higher elevat

rain easier to rain at night when the atmosphere shrinks humidity levels rise, rain doesn't evaporatersity drizzle to even a little bit of light rain something to prepare for tomorrow's morning commute. three waves along this jet stream and all very weak notice cloud cover with the last one that comes in tonight and tomorrow because it has more moisture i think we can squeeze out a little bit in the way of measurable less than 1/of an inch. morning low clouds give way to mid and upper level clouds in the afternoon rain -- moving in overnight drizzle for the rest of us noon most of us starting to dissipate by the afternoon gone starting thursday groundhog day a lot of sun mid to upper 60s through most of the weekend. beautiful sunrise twin peeks the last couple of days this is what it looked like if you were look together east. thank you robin. submit those pictures upload them or e-mail them. thanks in advance. here's frances dinglasan with a traffic update. >>> if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll metering lights on, figure flowing well to the bay bridge westbound 80 looks

. >> it is humid. we will start with doppler radar. jumping into the forecast, near culpeper if we have yellow and red on the screen. there's also a little polygon. sometimes when we get the polygon the, that can mean a severe. i will walk back into the weather center and double check my sources. there we go, severe thunderstorm warning in western oil and county rappahannock, southeastern greene county, northern albemarle county until 5:00 a.m.. that little storm could produce winds up to about 50 miles an hour and is moving to the northeast at 60 miles an hour. this is our first severe thunderstorm so far this morning. we could see more them especially as the yellow line moves east into a more favorable environment for a thunderstorms . locally we could see more development and even a small line. down here in culpeper and rappahannock and madison county, severe and destroy morning until 5:45 a.m. you could see gusts of 50 miles an hour. it is strange to see severe storms in late january, but it is possible. cold front moves through la

some gusts to 60 and very dry, low humidity out there. it's unusual we're talking red flag warnings this time of year, but nonetheless, that's what is taking place. warm temperatures back to the beach. mid 60s there. upper 60s in the bay. scattered 70s and could set a new record for this time of year. normal is low 50s to 60s. high pressure in the east which will continue to block the warm air. disturbances and more clouds than rain expected from that. slightly warmer today. cooling monday to intrude the week. it will drop back in the mid to low 60s with more clouds on tuesday. rainfall with the cloud cover. most of the valley, low 70s. in the north and east bay valley for todayful again, we'll see temperatures very warm. the week will have the seven day forecast showing here. drying through the week with temperatures in the mid to low 60s. again, it looks like this dry and mild pattern will be with us through mid month, at least, as once again, we can expect things to continue in this and it's time to check back with ann and phil. >> tha

right now, it is 32 and 44% humidity and west and north west wind at 20 and gusting higher. 25 to 30 miles per hour. this is rising to 30.01. here are the current temperatures, bringing in the windchills. two degrees in oakland and 20 in baltimore. let's do that one more time and show you this big cause and effect. 32 baltimore and it is 15 and 18 and 20. the coldest weather this year and there is more to come. looks like that wind will stay in effect today and through half of tomorrow. it will go down by tomorrow night and that word cold, it is gone. this will define the week's end and weekend. check it out. there is the lake. it is amazing to think that this will be intact all the way through the mid atlantic. forecast today, a high of 33 and partly sunny with the snow showers. staying windy and overnight is 16. the normals -- -- that forecast is pretty awesome. >> that worked out. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at noon, what could increase your child's risk of developing adhd and we will have more on what it is in health watch. >>> we are always on, the stories on the web si

humidity is extremely dry. bone dry air.ve to do what you can to stay hydrated and moisturized. bottom line, dry weather will continue to hold, weld north, north of -- well north, north of the buffalo area. back here things are quiet. milder air marching in where temperatures were up above 60 in atlanta, jackson and montgomery. we'll get a taste of that as we push into the saturday time frame. things staying clear on try day and into friday night. let's look ahead even further. for more on that, lynette charles. welcome back. >> thank you. i have good information this evening. i'll start you off with something on sunday that's free. you'll like the forecast plus the free factor. the baltimore museum of art for free family fun. you can enjoy different activities, hands on workshops, gallery tours and more things designed just for the family. so head out and do that. check out what we have, eat and buy locally. sample breads, cheeses and desserts. something i'm interested in doing, introduction to indoor rock climbing. you can

humidity dry at 43% and visibility at 10-miles. radar showing the unrestricted scenario.ve not a shower in the state. out in western maryland, no rain showers in the state, but there are some snow showers in garrett county. let's see how good the local weather was. this is on kent island. looking at the bay bridge today. clouds early and blue sky and look at this gorgeous sunset. love that. looking east and finding a nice night. baltimore was a great place to be. sunshine out most days over the weekend. mid-40s in baltimore snow. 30s at the beach. that meets the profile because there's some wintery weather coming in. looking at the pattern here producing high temperatures up at 50 today. these were running 8-10 degrees cooler than saturday as we get a fresh shot of cooler air. this one with some snow showers and you see it's impacting garrett county and washington county shortly. could we see them giving us a dusting of snow showers tonight? yes, it's definitely possible. we have been above freezing all weekend and if we get below freezing tonight, it would create too man

right now we're at temperatures with the 20s. 14 is the dew point and the air is dry and relative humidity at 63%. overall there's no real moisture or disturbances in the area that will bring us a chance too much today of any showers or snow or anything like that. so cold is the only weather related issue you have to deal with today at the stadium. 5 miles per hour winds from the northwest and 30.35 is your barometer reading. 11 the cold spot in oakland and 29 is the warm spot around the state and the immediate metro area, everyone pretty much in the low to mid-20s. 22 in west minister and 30 on kent island and 28 in annapolis. the northeast wind will stay with us and tapping into very cold air. that is the reason the temperatures are low as they are. the winds will be light throughout the afternoon. no major gusts or windchills. although it will be a light breeze keeping the temperatures suppressed and connected to the great lakes. what we're having a lake affect snow around the region. because the air is dry, most of that moving across the region doesn't make it to the ground and contrib

humid alley is celebrating his birthday today -- humid alley is celebrating -- celebrating his birthdayoday. even so, he winked, smiled and celebrated his birthday. >>> the golden globes. what what you did not see on tv. mark steines has more now from hollywood. >>> coming up right here on entertainment tonight, the golden globe moments that you haven't seen from inside the ballroom. >> reporter: madonna, talking up collin firth. brad, shaking hands with film legend sydney poitier. then sharing a hug with charlize. other celebrity run-ins. leo. then leo moves to eldon john, who later gets love from nicole. mila thunez, with mark wahlberg. and fellow nominee, michael fastbender. the winners, the modern family cast, definitely lets loose. sophia ra garra. then tv husband, ed o'neill. bradley cooper. later, she's beside herself, laughing with emma stone. michelle williams gets bubbly served up. also tonight, marc anthony and j-low, sitting down for a brand- new interview that you have to see. plus, steven tyler comes to our set and shares a few wedding secrets. we'll have that and much mor

humidity only 32%. a lot of static electricity out there now. so when you walk across the red carpet and you touch something, you're going to get shocked. northwest winds, 15. the the barometer on the way back up. 30.09 inches. right now, 24 in oakland. had some snow showers this morning. 32, cumberland. hagerstown, d.c. locally, low to mid-30sto the north. 40s still, annapolis. kent island and over in washington. 38, 33. just above freezing in westminster. 57. that occurred after midnight. obviously this afternoon, 38 is where we have been, pretty much all afternoon. 31, 24, the normals. and the record, 68. in 1957, 4 below zero on this date. >>> we had that shower activity, moved offshore. causing the storms across the southeast. it's all moved off to the east. a lot of dry weather to the east for the time being. a few snow showers dying out across the great lakes. you see those streamers right off the lakes. but they're pretty much done. now, tomorrow night, a second front is going to come across the great lakes. it may be just strong enough

southwest wins at 10 miles per hour, 73% humidity, the way we are looking at this forecast shaping up these are the warmest temperatures today. today's high around 60 will be the warmest temperatures we will see for the foreseeable future, 41 oakland, 56 on the shore, 49 elkton, around the area ever one around 51 and with that wind at 10 miles per hour we will see the wind pick up. another front is moving on through that will get here tonight and tomorrow. it will bring with it a drop in temperatures. the low is spinning across the great lakes pushing across the northern tier of the country up into the northeast. now it is going to drag that colder air behind it. colder for tomorrow only means our temperatures go down into the 40s. in the overnight hours and early morning hours of tomorrow we could see maybe some of those cold winds bringing with them some light rain and maybe even some snow showers north and west. we are talking far western counties, maybe snow flurries as far in as washington county and westminster, even frederick county seeing those but no accumulations until you g