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. >> and i'm jan jeffcoat. when that high is going to be 60 in some areas. >> yeah. >> bundle up this morning. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. all right, let's talk weather. when's the heat coming back? >> you know what, all week is going to be below average. we are going to have our warmest day on wednesday. wednesday we're going to have temperatures into the 70s but low 70s average for this time of the year, is low to mid-70s. so this morning we have our frost freeze advisories. we have a frost advisory for areas in west virginia, also in the higher elevations a freeze warning. tonight we'll have more areas that could see some patchy frost, even through the suburbs well off to tonight it's going to be even cooler by a couple of degrees. this is going to be the coolest24 hours of the next week. 49 for washington. 49 for fredericksburg, and 49 through waldorf. lotsof sunshine out there, just a had little cool. winds out of the west, northwest, and they are going to be pretty breeze at times, 10 to 15 miles per hour. we're

. >> good morning i'm jan jeffcoat. >> maybe this will stop some time soon? >> allyson?t going anywhere any time soon. we have to get used to this. the rain will stick around until 6:00 or 7:00, and trying out before the rain returns tonight. i was watching the nats game, and there were good fans dealing with the rain in the ponchos. tonight, i think the rain will hold off until later on. drier out there for the nats' fans. watch for ponding on the side of the roads. everything has been saturated, and similar light rain, not dealing with those issues but ponding will be in the card at this point, but light showers to deal with, and temperatures will be hard to budge because we don't see a lot of sunshine. temperatures near 70 degrees, and a couple of stray showers this evening for areas to the west. 6:00, generally dry, and 10:00 tonight, another round of showers pushing in 10:00, a few hours later than we had yesterday, and better news for the nats' game tonight. i grab a sweatshirt, and it's muggy feeling out there. i will go through the futurecast coming up. >> hopefu

. >> i'm mikea turner in for jan jeffcoat this morning. >> glad you're with us, i'm mike hydeck.s rain. >> i'm ready to hit the pole. >> not this week. >> when you say mike, at least i was able to barbecue. i think you're kind of the exception. >> i always barbecue. >> he'll barbecue if it's a blizzard out. he doesn't care. today we're actually looking -- i think today's going to be the nicest day we do see. it might be a little warm. i'll take sunshine and 80- degree temperatures. we are going to see a couple of stray showers today and also the fog this morning is going to be of concern. thunderstorms out through west virginia and a few stray showers near frederick and hagerstown. today mostly cloudy to start withfo this is 12:30, a few stray showers but then sunshine briefly before a good mix of sun and clouds comes back in. we head to the 80s, generally dry. cloud cover sticks around again tonight. the cloud cover is quick to return after we see some sunshine first thing later on this morning actually. 76 degrees by noon. highs today into the low to mid- 80s. we'll get some su

. >> good morning, happy friday eve, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> it's cold out, allyson. >> it is chilly.re into the 50s and 40s. we're going to see a nice afternoon. temperatures will reach near 70- degree des, but we are going to see more clouds this afternoon. yesterday, was this beautiful windy, but today we're feeling the cool air in place. 48 for leesburg. 47 for manassas. cloud cover is hit or miss right now. [000:29:59;00] hour, it's going to become mostly cloudy. this is all ahead of our rain showers for tomorrow. tomorrow is a yellow weather alert. we'll have a good bit of rain for your morning commute. this is 5:30 for friday. it's going to be pouring out there. don't worry, we'll have tracker 9 out and about monitoring the roads. much of the rain, this is a fast mover. by 9:00 or 10:00. the bulk of the rain is gone. we're not done with the showers throughout the rest of your friday or your weekend. so we'll go through the extended future cast in a little bit. ellen, what's going on? >> i'm doing something i have never done before. i wanted to show you this. this is what our ov

i'm jan jeffcoat. >> thank you for joining us.allyson raea sunny day to start. >> all and all a beautiful afternoon, headed to the low 70s, and finally 70s back in the forecast. dry today, but inspect the case for the rest of the week into parts of saturday, saturday looking wet again, but good news for mother's day, looking to be on the drier side. sunshine through 8:00 in the morning, and watch what happens by 12:00. the cloud cover moves in. ahead of our rain chances by tomorrow. 5:00, clearing to the skies to the south and west. by 10:30, it's cloudy. cloudy will be warmer into the overnight hours. showers moving in until and thursday afternoon and into thursday evening. that's supposed to let up into the overnight hours. as we head through friday, showers, we will go through the weekend forecast in a brit. >> reporter: the gw parkway, headed southbound by the airport. live shot from what you will be experiencen southbound on gw. you have to take the first airport exit. you cannot get to the second one. however nick is giving

the lovely jan jeffcoat right there. she's going to be with us in just a second.ain is coming on. it is still pretty muggy this morning, allyson rae take it away. >> i'm coming, your michael & son camera is looking pretty good this morning. we are starting off in the 70s. it's still mild out there. we are going to take a little dip before the sun comes up, and then we'll head back to the 70s. a mild day above average and also a little breezy. winds will stay out of the west. 72 degrees out there and we have partly to mostly cloudy skies. we'll see a lot of sunshine in a few hours. 68 for leesburg and 69 for fredericksburg. we do see temperatures dip by about 8:00. you might need a light jacket, but temperatures do head back to the 70s for this afternoon. wind will be as high as 20 miles per hour sustained. that's going to be a pretty gusty day, but suhi the board. rain showers are here on friday, and a lot of it. a lot more than what we had yesterday. we'll go through the extended futurecast in just a bit. ellen. >>> all right, allyson, we're going to be dealing w

. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. it's kind of chilly out here. wanted to show you this is not the proper attire if you're going to be going outside today. it's 57 degree there's this breeze coming through. you really need a coat. >> it is g breezy today. we are starting off cool. we are going to end the day into the upper 70s. that's a 30-degree swing right there. we do have showers coming through. you probably feel the wind south of the showers pushing on through moving at about 35 miles per hour off to the south and east down through ulney silver springs. the rest of the day we're not completely rain free. one of the drier days we've seen in a while. the winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. this is 12:30 today, a few more isolated showers, not severe. no thunderstorms. as we head through the rest of the afternoon we'll stay dry. your evening hours much better looking. tomorrow we could have another round of strong storms, and i'll detail that out coming up in just a bit. >>> weather causing some trouble for my drivers for about the fifth day in a row

good morning, everything, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> glad you're with us.quoise. >> a beautiful, beautiful day yesterday, started out chilly. a little chill lit out. temperatures -- a little chilly out. temperatures i think in the 40s. >> we're going to see some sunshine. later on we may see a few more clouds. all in all we're looking at another picture perfect day. here's a look at first alert live doppler. we do see dry conditions around our region. we do have showers well to the south and west of the us near roanoke, but you see the motion of these. these are just kind of diving farther south. that's going to leave us dry. and tomorrow. our rain chances will start to increase on thursday, so here we are today at 6:00, a few extra clouds just north of this system that is going to continue to dive off to the south. this will influence areas south of richmond, not even in through much of virginia. we are going to stay dry through much of wednesday as well, and we'll start to increase our rain chances come thursday. we're going to have some waves of moisture

happy friday, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> friday sounds great.bout how much water we're going to get this morning. allyson take it away. >> it is friday. i know a wet start to your friday. hey, we're going into the weekend. it is going to be a cool weekend. we'll get to your weekend plans and your weekend forecast coming up. this is it. there is a lot of rain to get through for today. this is going to be mainly a morning event, but we're not going to leave our rain chances for the afternoon as well. rain and heavy rain at times is pushing in through the district up through the topside of the beltway. now the roads are starting to get on the wet side. 270, light showers for germantown through rockville. once you head along 66 this is where we're seeing pockets of heavy rain, also along route 7. farther south along 95, fredericksburg it's taken over through charles county, and it's going to continue for several hours. it's 4:30 right now. we have about four hours, maybe even

thanks for joining us, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> are you sick of sneezing? allergies are insane.obably near the 70-degree mark. allison says sun, , too, right allison? >> it was gorgeous. today, same story. breezy, sunny, but cooler. temperatures are barely going to reach the 70-degree mark. michael and son camera looking okay this morning. temperatures, i think you'll notice when you step outside, it feels better. it's not those allergies, the pollen, they are not any better. we'll have that forecast coming up. 65. that's because the air is dryer than it has been, where we were yesterday. so it feels more cool and comfortable. i was tempted to leave the windows open last night. then i thought about the pollen, and i kept them shut. highs are going to reach the upper 60s. some areas mid 60s. this is quite a difference from where we were over the weekend and the past couple of days and this weekend is actually going to be rather cool as well. speaking of our showers, we have heavy rain already for your morning commute on friday. look how long it sticks around, 3:30, still raining.

. >> and i'm jan jeffcoat the rain's coming down pretty good right now. >> you are going to need those umbrellas today and a little bit of patience for your morning commute. the rain is here, and it's going to stick with us for e right through northwest d. c. we're dealing with light showers. it will be heavy at times, but the general trend is light to moderate. this is 7:30 in the morning. your morning commute is not looking good anywhere you go, along 95, along 66. areas in southern maryland, the showers stick around for a while. this is 11:00. we're drying out along 81, drying out along 66. not so much for areas south of d. c. it will start to let up this afternoon. mainly a morning event. temperatures still have a chance to reach into the mid to upper 70s. this is all ahead of a cold front. so we're staying into the 60s for much of the day, and then once that rain starts to taper off, we will head to the mid- 70s. then tomorrow noticeably cooler behind the front. we have more chances for rain, though, as we head through tomorrow and wednesday. we'll map it out for you. as far as fo

. >>> good morning, i'm mikea turner in for jan jeffcoat.s the morning off. >> glad you're with us, mike hydeck here, eyes on the skies and the roads. we are going to start with melissa nord and the showers headed our way. good morning. >> good morning, i don't think it's going to be enough to issue a yellow weather alert. it doesn't mean you're going to see a completely dry day. it's going to be one of those gloomy feelings where we have higher humidity, patchy fog and drizzle. we're not looking at temperatures in the 80s today like we hit yesterday. today we're going to be stuck in the 70s. we're starting off, you can almost see that aura in the sky. look at the red color showing up. we've got the city lights kind of reflecting in the clouds. 65 degrees right now, and we're going to have coming in which hold the clouds in place, especially for the morning hours. as we go into the afternoon, as a front is moving in, we might spark up a few more widely scattered showers or a thundershower, and we'll see temperatures sitting about 5 degrees c

i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and i'm mike hydeck. when is the rain going to end, allyson?oday is one of the wettest and stormiest we will see over the next few. drier times for tomorrow and also for saturday, but we are still going to have the chance of a few stray showers, but nothing like what we are dealing with this morning. the first alert live dopple tracking the heavier downpours to hay market. you're going to see heavy downpours momentarily. hagerstown to martinsburg. if you're traveling to 70, you're dealing with the steadier, heavier rain for longer. when does this kick out? we will see the storms ending at 9:00 or 10:00. checking on fog, and not too much right now. visibility across the board, doing okay. through 7:00, sticking with showers, especially through northern maryland, and headed through the middle of the morning, 10:00, things will let up a bit, especially through virginia, looking drier. 12:30, very dry, and setting the stage with the winds turning, and thunderstorms brewing. not a total washout, but we will see the thunderstorms roll on through, and

i'm jan jeffcoat. >> happy mother's day, hope audit good one. >> i did. >> we're going to keep an eye seven-day is unbelievable. >> it's that time of year where we're starting to see some 90s in the seven-day forecast. here we go, it is going to start to feel like summer by midweek. we got a dose of some nice weather yesterday, and today is going to be very similar to yesterday. breezy with a ton of sunshine. just a little bit cooler by about 5 degrees or so. right now we're 594 for leesburg, 50 for winchester. 52 for front royal and 57 for fredericksburg. no rain today. our rain chances are not too great today or tomorrow. that's okay. all the rain we've seen as of late has managed to wipe away our drought conditions. that's good news. a northwesterly wind will continue today. they'll turn more southerly getting ostent 80s by tomorrow afternoon. michael & son camera, we're going to stay pretty nice today. b

nominated for 13 emmy awards for our work on that list including bruce johnson, andrea mccarren, jan jeffcoatd the guy next to longo, congratulations on your first nomination. i know this is exciting for you. >> very exciting. for our team too. we can't do it without so many people going into it. we did a lot of travels last year, we went to orlando and philadelphia. we did all day on metro. we had like ten people with me that day when we did that. so, definitely couldn't have done that without the support of our staff. they all do great work. >> awesome. awesome. all right. >> three degree guarantee. i changed it last night a little bit. you know, and i was okay. i didn't talk myself out of a bulls eye and i was still okay. so, we are looking at temperatures again tomorrow, similar to today. i went 76. and, 75. >> well, you came close. >> that is okay. not bad. >> i lowered tomorrow from 80 to 79. we will see. okay, here's the forecast. here we go. it will be cool. in the 60s saturday and sunday. on shore flow. and, just like the metro area, you will saturday. at the beach. a lot the tempera