today is humid, warm low 80s out there and the humidity values have skyrocket ed. so it will remain humid the rest of the evening. i don't think we'll seat widespread dense fog we had last night but we'll see patchy fog and maybe a stray shower. the rest of the evening muggy. key days where we could see a game, possibly. i'll talk about the weather for those coming up. >>> well, your electric bill could be going up under a recommendation by governor martin o'malley. he is recommending that it go toward upgrading power lines. july tens of thousands were without power for days. now o'mally wants utility companies to better serve their customers. it will be put into place only if approved by the public utilities commission. >> mom and dad were on the way to the hospital this morning, but apparently, the baby couldn't wait. the pair med deck and her partner helped deliv the bundle of joy. >> we got her in the back of the ambulance. it was obvious she was ready to deliver. we got our ob kit ready, prepared the mother for the delivery. baby came out this. was a smooth de

and humid. then tomorrow turning less humid, beautiful an, highs near 80. more of the same on friday with sunshine both thursday and bring. increasing clouds saturday. might get showers sunday morning and turning really autumn-like monday, tuesday next week. aim back in ten minutes. now a look at your first 4 traffic. >>> and if you're traveling 295, bw parkway, as you make your way northbound at the beltway, had a report of a disabled vehicle. that quickly cleared. travel lanes are open on bw parkway. let's head over to 66. now, delays as you make your way east bound, you're slow past 234. in fact looking at about a two mile backup right now. inside the beltway 66, still seeing fog in some areas. here's a live look at glebe. drivers at about 45 miles per hour. back over to you. >>> arnold schwarzenegger is opening up about his life, his political career and the scandal that cost him his marriage. the actor and former california governor was here in washington last night promoting his new memoir total recall. he took part in a question and answer session ho

humidity is at 23%.you add in a puff of wind and it is going to get dreyer. south beach now -- strong enough to dry out more relative humidity crashed overnight there will be no recovery today, because the atmosphere continues to really dry out with those winds blowing from the land to the sea. no fog, live doppler 7 hd, this going to be changing in the days ahead, first significant rain perhaps coming our way as early as monday. right now 76 in con covered, san jose 75, 71 in the -- concord, san jose 75, 71 in the city, 66 san rafael, add just a little of wind out of the north northeast and these temperatures are going to come up very quickly overnight lows are going to be mild. right now winds are calm, out of the east at three, calm from san jose, mountain view and at the airport. by later tonight, that's when we are expecting things to come up just enough. here's the red flag warning extended if the carquinez strait, delta, napa, sonoma, lake county, diablo range, hills of east bay. because of that,

we're on the humid side. the humidity will go down this evening and it will feel a lot better. it will still stay warm tomorrow but we will lose the humidity. a chance for some rain showers early this morning. a high temperature between 77 and 82 degrees. the humidity will go into the comfortable range. high temperature near 80 degrees. a strong cold front goes through over the weekend. high temperatures back into the 60's early next week with overnight low temperatures in the 30's and 40's. >> a good segment would be to bring somebody in to wax your eyebrows. one problem in the clearing stage. southbound 95 at caton avenue. fleet street and broadway, watch for fire department activity. 64, down from padonia. looking good on the j.f.x. here's a quick, live look at traffic. 95 near caton avenue southbound, one lane is still close. stay to the left. traffic on 295, we are seeing a buildup in volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. gusty winds continue to fan the flames of a fire in washington. 5,500 acres have been burned. residents have been told to leave t

the humidity is crazy. >> it's so humid tonight. what we are not seeing is all that fog. the reason is, it's cloudy. we would have fog forming. tonight, what we're having with clouds is a couple scattered, very light showers showing up. i think they will be around in the overnought hours. and we will probably have a couple more light showers in the first part of our nurse. no big washout like we had two days ago. we talked about scattered, light showers. a couple of them around in the morning. i think they'll be out of here by the noon hour and our thursday afternoon is going to end up being nice. speaking of hair spray, a little breezy in the afternoon. out of a direction that we'll get rid of the humidity. we're going to have a few weekend showers to deal with. not so much on saturday, there will be a few around in the afternoon, but on sunday, we will likely be dealing with showers and a big temperature drop coming for sunday and monday. chilly air is on the way. i'll show you. 82 degrees for us today, ding this despite having a lot of sunshine. can you imagine. we cou

. >>> after a foggy morning, it's turning really humid, really humid. >> it feels more like august out there. hey, tom, good morning. >> we are going to call it augtober, not october. we have a live view from the camera. a few patches of blue over the potomac. a few patches of sunshine breaking out. here is the view over space. the morning fog is dissipating. there's quite a bit of cloudiness rolling through the area. a lot of sun now. southern maryland, they have a lot of sun there. it's steamy and warm. cloudiness west of i-95 into the mountains. the areas in the yellow and oranges are hitting the 70s and 80s. where it's orange, it's hitting 80. the areas in green are still in the 60s. reagan national is at 75. closer, around the metro area, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, low and mid-70s. we are jumping to the 80s throughout the afternoon. details on that. big changes for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> i hope the changes are for the good. >> don't turn the air-conditioning off just yet. >>> two teenagers are in the hospital after bein

it stayed humid overnight. we have a front that's going to rescue us from high humidity pushing in. as it does push in, it's squeezing out some moisture and giving us some passing showers. right now from the carolinas into virginia, east and west virginia and much of maryland and the district getting a few sprinkles right now. these areas in green are just sprinkles. one little area in yellow is a moderate shower along interstate 270. and farther south getting one maybe light to moderate shower near alexandria, that's passing into prince george's county. farther west, a few sprinkles into northern virginia. it's a mild morning, 0 south and east of the metro area and the area in yellow there. in if areas in greens, it's in the 60s. we are getting those passing showers. maybe an umbrella needed still by 7:00, but after that we'll dry out. sun out this afternoon with lower humidity. highs around 80 by mid afternoon. sunset, 6:45. hometown forecast comes up in ten minutes along with another team at storm team radar. here's traffic. >> things are running without issue right now if you're

the humidity will go away. it will feel much better tonight and tomorrow. we're in the upper 60's and low 70's. that will arrive later this morning. a chance for rain showers mostly this morning. a front will go through this afternoon and clear things out. another warm day with a high temperature around 80 degrees. >> good morning. nothing happening at the moment. volume is on the light side. no problems at the fort mchenry or the harbor tunnels. so far so good on the west side down towards baltimore national pike. 70 in pretty good shape. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is 95 near the fort mchenry -- this is the west side of the beltway at security. you concede southbound traffic looking pretty good at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have two big stories this morning. it is all about the orioles. >> we now know who will be playing the orioles in the playoff lineup. despite losing last night against tampa bay, the orioles are the second wild-card team in the playoffs. that will play the rangers tomorrow night. buck showa

by noontime, with bright sunshine into the upper 70s with low humidity. by the way, sunrise a little bit later at 7:08. the sunsets getting earlier, they're at 6:44. before then, we will reach the low 80s by midafternoon with low humidity and lots of sun. a wonderful day coming up. then this evening it looks like we'll have a clear sky, and the big changes roll in after that. hour by hour forecast, as well as a hometown forecast in ten minutes. a look at your first 4 traffic early this friday morning with danella. good morning. >> good morning. checking the roadways for you. if you're making the commute along the rails, nice and clear. metro, marc, vre, not reporting delays at this time. over to the roads, let's head up to i-270. if this is your commute this morning, things look nice and clear. we'll fly over together. heading out of frederick, really south and northbound, travel lanes are open. you can see here, nothing but green. nothing slowing you down. not seeing any road work as you continue towards the gaithersburg area and even make the trip to ro

humidity is at 23%.ou add in a puff of wind and it is going to get dreyer. south beach now -- strong enough to dry out more relative humidity crashed overnight there will be no recovery today, because the atmosphere continues to really dry out with those winds blowing from the land to the sea. no fog, live doppler 7 hd, this going to be changing in the days aead, first significant rain perhaps coming our way as early as monday. right now 76 in con covered, san jose 75, 71 in the -- concord, san jose 75, 71 in the city, 66 san rafael, add just a little of wind out of the north northeast and these temperatures are going to come up very quickly overnight lows are going to be mild. right now winds are calm, out of the east at three, calm from san jose, mountain view and at the airport. by later tonight, that's when we are expecting things to come up just enough. here's the red flag warning extended if the carquinez strait, delta, napa, sonoma, lake county, diablo range, hills of east bay. because of that, we

the air is thick with humidity. it stayed humid overnight from yesterday. as we take a look at the storm team 4 radar, right now we are getting these passing showers moving from the southwest toward the northeast. these will be with us here perhaps for another couple of hours. they're moving fairly quickly off to the north and east, and right now right around the metro area, we have those showers a little bit heavier to our south in charles county and in prince george's and it is certainly a muggy morning. 60s farther west at north. throughout the rest of the day today, we'll have some sunshine breaking out and highs reaching near 80 this afternoon. delightful pattern tomorrow, could get some showers maybe on saturday afternoon and evening and perhaps into early sunday morning. then a greater chance of some showers on sunday with the temperatures only reaching the upper 50s. so a dramatic change coming here over the next several days. i'll be back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast and another look at storm team 4 radar. right now, a look at your

we are waking up with clouds, humidity as mentioned. mosquitos haven't gone away yet officially this season. we will be dealing with rain showers early. we'll have a period of rain for the first part of the day. you can see it just to the west of washington, north to south here working through portions of western maryland and down towards winchester and points south all the way to charlottesville. this is pushing to the east. i think we will see some light rain showers for the morning commute. the good news is this is sort of the back side of the front. once we get this front east of us, we should start to work drier air in a little later today. it won't be quite as humid as it has been the last few days. high temperatures, we'll go 82 in washington with partial sunshine this afternoon and a bit of a breeze out of the north and west which will start to dry things out. the trend is a better one. >> we need it, that's for sure. thank you. >>> time now to say hello it to julie wright with our first look at the morning commute. >> i heard i

it's still humid. a dew point of 70. it's the steamy humidity we have seen. as we look at other temperatures, out of the mountains where they are getting more sunshine now than we are here. locally around the bay and the eastern shore, it's in the mid and upper 70s there. upper 70s gonna be the story to near 80 in the afternoon. as the morning progressed, most of the rain is long gone. actually, the bay and heading to the eastern shore. these dark areas, we are getting breaks in the clouds. sunshine breaking out now. more areas of sunshine. farther to the west, here is the wider view. this is associated to the front with dry air behind it. it's drifting over top of us here as we get into the latter part of the afternoon. this next front in the upper midwest, this is a stronger cold front. behind that, it is much colder. it's snowing now in northern parts of minnesota and up into north dakota. they have already had four inches of snow in parts of eastern north dakota in the last three or four hours and as we go forward, we'll have this clearing sky during the

we are warm and humid. never mind the heat.nt to republican the air conditioner in some parts of the area as we have a lot of humidity out there. -- you probably want to run the air conditioner in some parts of the area as we have a lot of humidity out there. 74 in annapolis. a nice warm start to your day. 68 in manassas. our highs should be in the low 80s with lots of humidity to start but later this afternoon, some of that cooler and drier air will start to work in for the north and west. we've got chains in the forecast today. we have a lot going on. start the day with light rain showers. there you go, generally west of the city. this particular radar, a little aggressive. there are some scattered showers out to the west and up 270. as you get down 95, we are getting smore activity as well now. we'll have the threat of showers in the forecast for the first part of your day as we watch this frontal system, same front, same system we've been talking about for a couple of days. this is the back end finally working through. you

the lower humidity has moved in. the air is fresh and cool and invigorating for your morning exercise. you're just about ready to head off to work and school. you'll need a jacket under this cool sky. moon and jupiter under a clear sky, and venus showing off in the eastern sky, very bright and rising now. >>> temperatures are chilly. all these areas in dark green in e 50s. even dipped into the 40s, parts of the highlands of west virginia and western maryland, where they've got peak autumn color. if you're looking for beautiful autumn color, head into western maryland, head into west virginia, gorgeous there. we even have individual trees even around the metro area, with are they're getting especially the red maples near peak color now. 62 at reagan national. southern maryland and montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, most of northernvirginia, it's down into the 50s this morning. the mid-50s. hour by hour today, you will enjoy the low humidity and the fresh clean air. by noontime, we'll be in the 70s

less humid. a cool, crisp start. that will lead to a fantastic friday. we will detail that and look at the big change for sunday. >> we have update on the breaking news we have been following out of fell's point. they had another large fire. >> john harrison went to the neighborhood to find why people think the fires popping up. >> reporter: shortly after 5:30 this morning fell's point woke up to the sound of a two alarm fire. baltimore city firefighters battled this blaze for almost two and a half hours to bring it under control. firefighters had to change tactics because of the dangerous situation. >> got up to the third floor. we are trying to find the fire.

and humid conditions and partly sunny. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. >>> let's start with metro. the red line at woodley park, all the escalators are out, but metro is reporting the elevators are working at this time. but those entrance escalator, all of them are out. 95 northbound on the roadway as you make your way to the fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza, you'll find the right lane blocked by a disabled vehicle. if you're making your commute in the district, people starting to wake up, starting to see volume increase. no accidents for you. past new york avenue at north capital street. and heading over to 395, talk about the fog. seeing some at duke. not takerable. as you make your way northbound between the beltway and 149 street bridge in both directions, no accidents to report. >>> 6:02. the road to the white house passes through denver today. the mile high city will host the first presidential debate this evening. mitt romney has been preparing for the debates in denver the past few days. president o

not as timid as we get into thursday. -- humid as we get into thursday.ch out for the fog tomorrow. >> take it easy. leave extra time to get to work. >> leave extra time to watch baseball. a lot going on. one man got a second chance at the plate. the nationals return to nats park. krystal conwell : we see a lot problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean hundreds of millions of dollars... for schohools...from gaming revenues that would have... gone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goeshere it's supposed t krystal conwell: i think people should vote for question... seven because i think it will be a great benefit to children. >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> the nationals know they are in the playoffs. the only thing they do not know is who their opponent will be. they had the chanc

humid air mass from d.c. through the carolinas. 90s in florida. tomorrow that cool air arrives for kansas city, st. louis and chicago. >>> if you're watching us on kxan news, austin, texas, basketball fans will be wowed by incredible photographs at basketball power and play. that's your early event of the day, lynn. >>> thanks so much. >>> time for your latest entertainment news. the l.a.p.d. has been punced by calls. a swath team combed the area and said it was false. kutcher tweeted to fans it was false. >> imagine a swath team shows up at your house. >> that means business. >>> at a state department ceremony secretary of state hillary clinton honored nbc the voice's christina ago gu layer are for her work to fight global hunger. >> if i could sing, christina, i would want to be on your team. but since i can't i'm glad you're on this team. >>> finally, "jersey shore" cast members the wags and paulie d has pearls of wisdom for alanna "honey boo boo" thompson. they say the seven-year-old star should run with it and go for it. they predict "honey b

it is very humid. gets lifted well up into the atmosphere and, as the air rises, it cools with height. that cooler air, 30 how feet up, can't holed moisture so then you have a large temperature gradient. -- can't hold the moisture so then you have a large temperature gradient. you need them working together and you need a source of moisture. that is very important too. just because it is hot, you don't necessarily have the source of moisture. we have get the southerly wind in the summertime and we get water vapor off the gulf of mexico or atlantic ocean. >> did you just fall asleep over there. >> i'm listening. it is very interesting and very scientific. i just want to point out before hand that this is tucker's idea of fun. remember, he said we have a fun weather guy question. >> he did say that. >> thank you, tony. >> that was a lot of fun. but it was good. >> this is what tucker does in his spare time. >> tony, remind me. how much did you help me this morning. >> i set myself up for that. if you hav

humidity 70%. dew point close to 70. this is an unseasonably warm day. sun sets at 6:45, days getting short. show you some of the weather in motion in dundalk as we look at the key bridge, foggy, no doubt about that but the sun did break through. havre de grace, always a gorgeous spot. on the susquehanna, looking across into cecil county. but most of the day was mostly cloudy, including here in the capital at the naval academy. warm and humid. that is the deal. it feels like low 80s right now as we speak. that's going to continue to be the case for another few hours. visibility 10 miles unrestricted. but with this much humidity around and very little wind to stir the air, we have a recipe for more fog. we think a patchy scenario. late night patchy fog, early morning patchy fog. we forecasted widespread dense fog. we're saying watch out for patches of dense fog pass you drive back late from your friend's house. it will lift in the morning. we have a lot of moisture streaming in. slow moving weather system, untypical for this part of october. normally the

warm and humid conditions for tomorrow. here's a look at your four-day forecast. 85 on wednesday. 82 degrees on thursday. again, we could see an isolated shower. we've got real nice conditions for friday. that's great for friday football. then 77 degrees with a few showers coming in late. that's the >>> you're taking a look at the city cam. we've got some fog. the rain has ended for the most part. there is just a small chance for a few more light showers coming through the area this evening. then with a collapse of showers, we take a look at the forecast. a few light showers out of the south at five and a fairly light wind by tomorrow morning. speaking of the fog. you take look at radar, we've got visibility at two miles in baltimore. a half mile in sterling. and about two and a half miles in charlottesville. we're going to see those visibilities drop by tomorrow morning. the fog will get thick and dense. again, as the rain ends, which we speck this to end about midnight. we've got some showers continuing to slide to the no

humid. 71 in washington, d.c. yesterday was very humid through the mid-atlantic area. appreciate it. if you like these warm temperatures, they won't last. we have cold air that's going to arrive during the next two to three day period from canada. it's bottling itself up. there will be showers in north florida on and off during the day today. with that humid air mass up the eastern seaboard. there's a lot of fog. you want to give yourself a little extra time. as far as the cold air, it's beginning to show itself. now some of that rain in northern montana, changing over to snow. that's the rain. maine zul la to helen in a, expect big changes. rainy weather, higher elevations. billings, 46. everywhere else it's a nice, mild day across the central plains. enjoy it while it lasts. let's take a look at the weather outside your window. areas like indianapolis to chicago, that area of low pressure is sitting to your south. kind of sitting there and spinning. it will keep you kind of cloudy. you may see a little bit of drizzle and showers. could even see a few showers and stor

it was kind of humid yesterday. >> so the humidity will go down. >> humidity will go down, temperatures will stay up today, but eventually temperatures will go down too, particularly when we get into the weekend. >> i'm bracing myself. >> are you ready? >> no. >> we'll give you days notice. don't tell me you're not ready for it, allison. let's get straight to the maps and we're going to -- let's do a quick minute around the country. want to mention some winter weather. 72 in washington, cooler off to the north and west. chicago is 58 and you'll notice cincinnati 51. so we will start to see some 50s move back in here later tonight after another warm one around here. our highs are going to be back in the low 80s. check out casper, wyoming right now, 30 degrees. yeah, 30 degrees in casper, 33 in great falls, and they had some record snow in parts of montana yesterday, and that same winter storm is tracking to the east in parts of minnesota later today expecting up to a foot of snow. isn't that amaze sng >> wow! >> crazy. >> northwest minnesota up to a foot of snow. you can see that cold ai

and very humid out there as well. davidsonville coming in at 71 degrees, 65 jeff sovereign and west friendship at 66 degrees. our last stop hour by hour, 82 degrees with sunshine by the afternoon. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynned. well, as you mentioned -- lynned. well as you said we have patchy fog across the region and do expect reduced visibility. definitely turn on the low beams. unfortunately an accident right now on 95, along the southbound lanes at caton avenue. it has been confined to the shoulder but as you can see traffic just starting to jam and pick up. in baltimore city we have a crash on keith avenue at new vail street as well as fire on fleet street affecting traffic between broadway and register street. a live look now at the northwest side of 695 and old court road that outer loop extremely slow. that will continue as you make the drive down to route 40. fortunately therefore no problems -- there are no problems on the beltway

partly sunny, kind of muggy later on today, higher humidity in the mix. you can see radar doesn't pick up everything but it is showing shom in the light drizzle. more so closer to the radar. cloud and rain forecast, you can see it doesn't last long through 7:00 and there's 9:00 and by noon it's gone. by tomorrow, we'll have better can bees. 50s on the tempts. yesterday we had low 40s. we're looking good though. all the signs takes the next system away. sun and clouds after that morning drizzle higher humidity, no doubt about it. kind of muggy out there. temperatures 60 to near 70 degrees. low cloud deck maybe slow to burn off. the extended outlook has nice and warmer weather. >>> turning the tables now, the reason the victim of an alleged burglary is being sued by the suspect. >>> a shocking discovery at california day care center. the dangerous chemical that maybe lurking where your children play. >>> tired of the high prices at pump? just "like" ktvu. go to facebook.com/ktvu now. what you're about to witness will make you cry. amputees are losing access

less humidity and the cooler temperatures across the region. lots of clear skies out there at the moment. 56 this morning in hagerstown. and 54 in gaithersburg so again, very comfortable start to your day. today will be one of those days we look forward to year round here. lots of sunshine. very quiet weather pattern for the end of the week. our front from yesterday, far enough south and east that we have clear skies. a few clouds across the lower eastern shore. see the rain showers now east of chicago? that is our next cold front. that will get in here later tomorrow, i think late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and bring us the possibility of a few showers. but what it is really going to do is bring some much cool are air for the end of the weekend. late day showers back in the forecast. not today. this is tomorrow. as that front comes through, look out. we'll have some hints of wintertime around here by sunday. it will feel noticeably cooler during the day on sunday as that big dome of very cool air sets in and we get a the area of low

dry air in place today, so the humidity will be weighed down.easant. 65 at 9:00, 75 at noon, 80 degrees at 5:00. we will give the weekend right away. there's a chance of rain on saturday. most of the day will be dry. sunday is the day for indoor plants. cloudy, blustery showers, high temperature of 67 -- 57 degrees. let's check contract. >> good morning. as we track your friday morning drive, not much in terms of volume. in light of for the most part. a live look at traffic in arlington, route 1 and route 110, moving quite well. on the beltway from telegraph road, a little heavy traffic in the center lane approaching the woodrow wilson bridge. a live look at crystal city, 395 at glebe road, we have a closure on glebe road between route 1 and arlington ridge. more specifically, joyce street and hayes street with a utility pole down. southbound is expected to open before 6:00 a.m., but northbound modulator. >> prepare for delays on metro this weekend as the agency takes advantage of the columbus day weekend to get the track work done. >> red line

. >> warm, muggy, humid, all of that. the fog, a lot of folks commenting on it the early part of the day saying, wow, it was thick out there. it sure developed early. we're talking about some more fog and something else that we're going to have to deal with for tomorrow morning's rush. right now, we've got mostly cloudy sky still. but despite that fact, mild today. the high temperature of 82 degrees. almost ten degrees above average. last year on this date, our high temperature was 53 degrees. so are you ready for a little cool air? a little cold air? it certainly is coming. reagan national right now at 79 degrees. what's going to be giving us the fog once again? the high humidity, and once again a very light wind. the wind right now calm. the dew point temperature at 66 degrees with humidity up to 64% right now. temperatures throughout the region, look at that. we're at 79 degrees still in frederick, maryland. 79 leesburg. culpepper at 79. around waldorf, around fredericksburg, stafford, 82 degrees right now. so it is go

houston is a hot and humid place. it will be humid. it will only be in the upper 80s. partly cloudy, no rain in the forecast. >> thanks. good luck to the ravens. that's all our time for now. thanks for being with us. >> see you back on the air tomorrow morning at 578. >> have a great day.

the humidity has dropped. that's a live view from our hd city camera, washington monument, jefferson memorial. right in washington, temperatures in the low 60s. nearby suburbs, we're in the 50s. much of the region, the rural areas, down to the low 50s. it's only near 50s out of the mountains arounded bay. hometown forecast, manassas, prince william county. bright and sunny by the lunch hour. by then, upper 70s. and hour by hour today, you will enjoy the low humidity and a mild afternoon. we've got to reach the low 80s by midafternoon. by late afternoon with lots of sunshine back down to the upper 70s. look at tonight. a look at big changes for the weekend. that's coming up at 4:51. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling connecticut avenue in maryland southbound approaching the inner loop of the beltway. be careful, there's a struck deer in that intersection. approach with caution. let's head over to bw parkway and i-95 in maryland. nice and clear really between the baltimore beltway a

and we've got the humidity, yes, very high of course. and visibility at reagan national about a half a mile. these are the area airport visibilities. you see shenandoah valley, about a third a mile. closer to washington, generally the visibilities are above three quarters of a mile, so not too bad. right north part of the bay, visibilitys there down to about a third of a mile. temperatures generally in the 60s. shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. but right near the bay, waters in the mid-70s. visibilities not too bad there, about ten miles. so there may be a little bit of fog forming from time to time. over the last several hours, we've had a fews passing showers late last night, but as a result of the high humidity, it hasn't evaporated. so the roads are wet and temperatures this morning hold steady in the 60s through 6:00 a.m. with the patchy fog still with us. but by noon, a little sun breaking out for your lunch hour and climbing to the upper 70s to around 80. and then peaking in the mid-80s mid afternoon. it will feel more lik

humidity high tonight. we still have to watch for potential fog, potential patchy fog, that we do not expect that widespread mass of fog that we had to deal with and in to the morning drive. current set up showing clearing to the west and that will be the story starting tomorrow afternoon into friday. current visibility reports half of -- about six miles in york. we are seeing some reduce visibility but not the heavy fog that we saw by this time last night. we keep patchy fog in the situation toward the morning, always a headache. midlevel moisture. hit or miss shower, possible tonight. into your day tomorrow. there is dryer air on the march. you can see the upper midwest clearing outfliesly and that dryer air will march in as we go forward in time. forward toward the end of the week. here is the future trendw. are still in the warm steamy sector of this area of low pressure, dryer air will make its presence felt by tomorrow afternoon and into the day friday. looks like a beautiful day of sun and dry weathe

but without a lot of humidity.oticebly more comfortable than the last couple of days we've had around here. current conditions, there's your radar. let me mention, we have clear skies. little bit of cloudiness to our south and east. next cold front, which is off to the north and west, towards cleveland and detroit, that will become a major player in our weekend forecast. i'll have more coming up. let's worry about our friday, first. currently 68 degrees. dulles 61 degrees. and 67 at bwi marshall. forecast today, enjoy. highs in the low 80s. low humidity, plenty of sunshine. we'll go 81 in washington. and 80 in leonardtown. close to perfect for today. details on the weekend. cool down by sunday. those details in a minute. back to you. >>> topping our stories this morning, president obama is returning to the battleground state of virginia and he'll be in our area. the president is due to speak at a campaign rally at george mason university at 10:45 this morning. after he leaves fairfax county, he heads to another uni

near 80 by mid afternoon with increasing sunshine and lower humidity. a look at big changes heading into the weekend. how is traffic now? >> still some paving slowing you down. traveling north from fredericksburg on i-95, you're slow. your travel speed is about 20 miles per hour as you get closer to 17. so paving is taking place between 3 and 17. heading over to the beltway, inner loop still has the ramp to little river turnpike blocked because of construction. good news on the outer loop at van doren. your travel lanes are open. >>> still to come, getting a second chance at finding a good home. how you can help these adorable faces. >>> plus, meet the man who's putting his football >>> 15 before the hour. this morning, a maryland man is fighting for his life after police say he was robbed and brutally attacked. the 72-year-old man was reportedly on his way to the mega latino market a few blocks from his house on tuesday night. instead, guzman's son found him early yesterday morning lying in a parking lot. he suffered a severe brain injury in the attack

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lots of sunshine with much hoer humidity and high temperature topping out near 80.f you can sneak out of work and enjoy the day, do so. 64 in washington. 54 at dulles. looking at our radar, nice and quiet. not featuring any rain showers today. that is just some low level moisture there close to the radar site out in sterling. we are not expecting rain today. today should be nice and quiet. we will have a chaps for a few showers later tomorrow and sunday right now looks rather cloudy. a little gloomy with scattered showers and much cooler air on the way. i will have details on that in just a minute. >> thank you very much. >>> let's check in with julie wright. >> hey, julie. >> hi, wisdom. he's all excited. >> it's friday. everybody is excited. >> we finally made it. it has been a busy week out here on the roads. we are starting out the day nice and quiet. no problems to report right now south of 270. the lanes are open continuing out towards clarksburg. beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. here we are live along 66 headed east of manassas h

relative humidity coming up steadily at 36 percent. tomorrow they are going to take a 10 degree drop in temperatures 91 the high today tomorrow 81 degrees. higher humidity will help the firefighters. today it was the heat. new records. oakland 8 87. oakland airport 87. sfo was 86 and moffitt field 89 degrees. i'll have the rest of the high pressure in just a few minutes and tell you about some big changes that you are come and that includes cooler weather and wetter pattern. >> okay excellent thanks very much. >> a huge night 49ers at home and the giants battling the card nationalities in st. loui louis. >> huge night 2 very different out comes. larry is here. wow! >> we start with the giants. unfortunately now one game away from elimination. tim really just didn't have it tonight in game 4 of the national league championship series in st. louis. the collides details leading the charm at busch. has been the case often this season t shakey early. holiday up the middle scoring john jay 2 nothing cards after 1. in the fifth. same story. h

a hot humid summer. these mid-70s with sunshine, kind of comfortable. humidity not too bad. komen race day, you will need that extra layer. we're talking upper 40s to start the race on sunday. >> once the sun comes up it will be beautiful. >> get those hand warmers to put in your gloves. >> packs. >> and the runners, it will be perfect condition for them. >> not too hot. >>> there's a new show opening in town in a few hours. the dancing princesses kicks off the ballet's 33rd your. mike, you've did the the lead princess with you, that's a tough assignment. >> i do. we'll bring her in in just a second. 35th anniversary in annapolis, the ballet theater of maryland. this will be a huge show. this is the world premiere of the dancing princesses. you're one of the top spots for tonight. you're going to be one of the princesses. tell bus your role in the performance tonight. >> i'm the youngest princess. my name is alaina. the story sort of centers around myself and the cod learn and how -- cobbler and how he saves my life. >> reporter: this is one of her many brilliant moves. we'l

winds gusting 20-30 miles per hour very low relative humidity about 15% to 30%. we don't have record heat but do have heat we'll continue watching that fire risk. >> the weather has been a major issue with the st. louis cardinals. severe thunderstorms passed over the st. louis area today. forcing a rain delay in the bottom of the 7th inning with cardinals leading 3-1. if the game is suspended this will resume tomorrow, weather permitting. there is giants in a rain delay now. we understand they're trying to -- starting to pull tarps off the field. >> and one giants fan is mourning a loss tonight. a treasured tim lincecum jersey damaged in a fire on friday. >> i'm a little busy. i'd love to be in st. louis. we're busy. >> no giants road trip for dr. fred warren. his dental office burned down in a fire last week. that also destroyed two other businesses. in san francisco's west portal neighborhood this doctor knows the important thing is that no one got hurt. he'll find another spot but he is a die hard giants fan some of his precious memorabilia that he kept in the

we are dealing with some humidity out there. look at these dewpoints, in the 60s to around 70 in annapolis, 71 degrees to be exact. that's the inner harbor, 69. we have some very sultry air in place. this will continue throughout the day, and also we're dealing with temperatures this morning that are on the warm side. 72 degrees in annapolis, 63 in chesapeake beach. as we look over towards federalsburg, 75 degrees. not only do we have the warm temperatures, a lone shower, but we're also dealing with some dense fog. we do have a dense fog advisory until 8:00. take it easy as you head out and about. over to you. >>> time now for sports. in a lot of ways, the orioles playoff picture is about as hazy and murky as your drive to work will be today. the o's beat tampa in a nailbiter and the yankees won in extra innings. but what this means exactly? well, it's yet to be determined. we'll find out later today. abc 2 news kristin schaefer is in florida with more on what came down in 161-game season, one left to play. [ cheering ] >>report

checkout chesapeake. 70's aoday, the a mid- around downtown with a bit of humidity in the air. there is cool air around the great lakes. dallas is not so bad at 81 degrees. around the great lakes and the upper midwest including chicago and detroit. full forecast coming up. >> we talked about the commute morning and what a mess it was. jackknifed-trailers' and brought the commute to a halt for of hours. smoother ifs moving get onto theg to beltway here in montgomery county. whaito ofw yo like early on this the lanes ofall of the interlude for shutdown of two separate oop were -- interlu because of two separate accidents. two tractor-trailers' jackknife. one was on the side of the highway. maryland police were trying to tanke some of the fuel ruptured when they say a oecond tractor-trailer als jackknife. around 4:40 a.m. the fuel tank of the second alsoor-trailer was ruptured. police said they had to shut so they coulday fuel tanks of both trailer's before they away, but traffic was a nightmare. every lane was stopped. to local businesses who had a lot more customers. we had peop

notice humidity value at 49%. still some bone dry humidity. more of a westerly wind coming into play allowing for drier air to move in and cooler air as we go into tonight. made it up to 68. 69 being your normal value. we were just about there for average temperatures but that will change tomorrow. below average temperatures will be part of the forecast. 59 in hagerstown. 60 for frederick, a pair of sixes. eastern shore numbers 64 to 65 degrees. notice the patchy clearer skies now starting to fade behind cloud cover. this is the frontal system that will be in. it's more about a wind shift. we'll bring in the cooler air. your planner reflects that. while we go to 60 at 8:00, 53. moon lit skies, mostly clear skies. waking up to a crisp cool morning on thursday with a temperature around 41 degrees. it's showing scattered showers. we'll have to watch that as it moves. maybe a spot shower but a blend of stars and clouds. in terms of temperatures, we'll look at 66 in baltimore. go upstream, 50s in minneapolis and chicago. that is the cool air source

high humidity.orthern minnesota, we are talking anywhere from three to eight inches of snow. we have winter storm warnings up there. showers, thunderstorms, hit or miss fog in the northeast. out west, gorgeous. red flag warnings for the pacific northwest because it's dry and windy. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> a few lingering sprinkles. the system is moving off to the north and east. behind that, dry air moving in by later this afternoon. we'll have sunshine breaking out by mid to late afternoon. 80 degrees by then. low humidity in place tonight, tomorrow and much of saturday. beautiful weather on friday. cool start. afternoon highs near 80. might get showers late saturday afternoon and evening. a greater chance of rain >>> and i stand corrected. they're cacti. savannah? >> that's exactly right, al. you got that. >>> well, time now for "today's" professionals. in today for dr. nancy, two fabulous ladies, kathie lee gifford, hoda ko

relative humidity coming up steadily at 36 percent. tomorrow they are going to take a 10 degree drop in temperatures 91 the high today tomorrow 81 degrees. higher humidity will help the firefighters. today it was the heat. new records. oakland 8 87. oakland airport 87. sfo was 86 and moffitt field 89 degrees. i'll have the rest of the high pressure in just a few minutes and tell you about some big changes that you are come and that includes cooler weather and wetter pattern. >> okay excellent thanks very much. >> a huge night 49ers at home and the giants battling the card nationalities in st. loui louis. >> huge night 2 very different out comes. larry is here. wow! >> we start with the giants. unfortunately now one game away from elimination. tim really just didn't have it tonight in game 4 of the national league championship series in st. louis. the collides details leading the charm at busch. has been the case often this season tim shakey early. holiday up the middle scoring john jay 2 nothing cards after 1. in the fifth. same story.

the humidity has come down.s dropped off since last time we saw conditions like this. 60 at the airport. 58 in rising sun. you might want to take a light jacket this morning. some rain moving across ohio and illinois. a strong cold front. i showed you some pictures from north dakota and minnesota were there was snow. it will not snow here. we will make it into the 80's today. the jet stream will dip down to the south. in of the cold air has a chance to spill and from canada. we could have our first frost early next week. it will not snow. mostly sunny today. high temperature between 78 and 83 degrees. the average high is 70. clear to partly cloudy skies tonight. sunset this evening at 6:42. temperatures between 56 and 65 degrees. clouds thicken up tomorrow. there could be rain late in the afternoon. high temperature of 59 on sunday. back into the 60's on monday and tuesday. overnight low temperatures in the 30's and 40's. >> tim burton revises an old screen called "frankenweenie." >> raphael seth has the box off

humidity levels up. high was 82. it is still 79 downtown. 77 in manassas. low 70s even up to frederick and hagerstown and 78 down toward fredericksburg. satellite picture, radar combined. we have a lot of clouds. not much in terms of showers. we'll keep the chance of an isolated shower tonight. we are going to have fog tonight, but nothing like we had this morning. partly to mostly cloudy. still mild. isolated shower and lows in the 60s. even in the suburbs. we're talking mid to upper 60s. we'll come back and talk about the end of the week. a tale of two seasons between thursday and sunday. we'll explain. >> still ahead, will a speech president obama made in 2007 sway your vote in this election? we'll play you part of it in just a little bit. >>> plus, why legalizing pot may be dangerous for dogs. that story coming up after the break. >>> as d.c. prepares for the arrival of medical marijuana dispensaries, consider this. potential consequence of legalization. dogs on dope. in colorado, where marijuana has been legal for more than a decade, veterinarians are

warm and humid in the afternoon, mid-80s. lower humidity for thursday and friday.armer afternoons. cooler for saturdays and sunday. might get showers saturday night perhaps into early sunday morning. >> all right, tom. thank you. >> thanks, tom. >>> let's look at the traffic with the rain around us. >> what's the latest? >> it's bad out. as melissa tweeted, if you are in the gaithersburg area, the rain is coming down. here is a live look on i-270 southbound at shady grove. light volume. you are traveling under speed. very wet. give yourself extra time before you leave the house. i want to show you i-66 in fairfax county parkway. heavy volume in this area. as you make your way to the beltway, you are slow. 13 miles per hour. earlier, there was an accident, it's long gone, still seeing delays. back to you both. >> thanks. >>> still ahead on news 4 midday -- ♪ >> all right. the queen of rock and roll is being celebrated on stage. we are going to sit down with the star of the show. >>> are you addicted to technology? if you are, your neck may be paying the price. what

that's not bad, fairly low humidity. temperatures are up and dew points are down, so it's comfortable for this early october. 73 in winchester, 75 in martinsburg, 68 in cumberland. 63 in oakland. 77 at bwi, dulles, and manassas. i want to point this out look to our northwest. 34 degrees in minnesota. eastern north dakota yesterday had no words of a foot of snow -- upwards of a foot. that cold front will bring colder air for us. there is a pinwheel in southern canada still dumping snow in parts of southern canada around winnipeg and parts of northern minnesota seeing light snow on the backside of this system. a strong cold front will continue marching our way and make it here by tomorrow. we have a fair amount of clout and a few showers along the front currently in the midsection of the country and moving into the ohio valley. the front will move into town around here and we will have a few sprinkles midday saturday. generally a dry day. the big changes will be on sunday. for the rest of today, 83 degrees. by 7:00 p.m., 7