meteorologist jessica starr is back with a look at the seven day. hi jessica. >> hi karen. showers and storms on sunday. so get out and about toe tomorrow. unfortunately it will be hot tomorrow. high temperature of 92 degrees. with partly cloudy skies. and on sunday, high temperature of 89 degrees. with thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. with a secondary cold front that will be pushing through here. lingering into monday. unfortunately humid conditions stick around, as well as unsettled conditions for most of next week. not going to be a complete washout. but the potential for an afternoon thunderstorm to pop up in the vicinity will be around. most of next week, with temperatures in the upper 80s, to low 90s next week. karen, that's the forecast. back to you. >> thanks a lot. and you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is available, at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to frank coming storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> that's al ♪ is to get as far away from it all as possible. don't le

meteorologist jessica starr is here with a sky watch forecast. jessica. >> good news is a cold front is moving through and things clear up for the weekend and cool down as well. so headed for a nice weekend. one last isolated rain shower, in the vicinity. moving through, southern carroll county as well as howard county. and once the cell moves through, things are going to improve, as you can see. things clearing behind the cold front. so temperatures will be dropping a bit. 72 degrees at midnight. 66 degrees at 6 a.m. with mostly cloudy skies. things will be breezy in the morning hours as well. behind the cold front. but then, sunny skies by noon. and a high temperature of 80, with nice conditions and lower humidity for the daytime for saturday. and sunday is looking nice as well. but there are some unsettled conditions in the seven-day forecast. i will have that coming up in a few minutes. >> all right jessica. thank you so much. largest free arts festival in the nation is underway. myranda stephens was there. she has the latest. >> as mow shows

jessica starr joins us now with a first look at the forecast. >> temperatures will be climbing was we finish up the workweek and head into the weekend. temperatures only got to a high temperature of 80 did he go see, low humidity out there. so we had a fabulous day today. a comfortable 80 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. those winds are coming out of the north northwest at 7 miles an hour. very comfortable temperatures out there. you can see we're getting a dry sweep across the state of maryland but there are some rain showers that are towards our north, this area of low pressure system still bringing in rain showers towards new york and boston as well. that's going to stay well to our north. there are rain showers down to our south towards florida and more rain showers in towards the midwest. otherwise things are going to stay dry and sunny for us before things start to change as we go head not weekend. 81 degrees in hagerstown and 79 degrees in winchester. nice tph-pgz in store. thing will be cooling down overnight tonight. mostly clear skies and getting down to a temperature of 5

>> well, lets check in with meteorologist jessica starr. to find that out. >> all right. checking in. we could see a couple of showers and storms late in the afternoon hours saturday into sunday. overnight tonight, dealing with a beautiful night. 74 at the inner harbour. winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour. and the humidity is up a bit at 68 percent. that's what we will notice overnight tonight. and for the daytime saturday. deal with sunshine again for the daytime tomorrow. and start to feel more muggy out there tomorrow. as we have a cold front off to the west. fired up showers and storms in the ohio valley. earlier today. in heat of the day. those are weakened a bit. and they could fire back up for tomorrow. ahead of the cold front, we are still sitting in the warm and humid sector of the system. as you can see, the winds, strong. out of the south right now at 12. and when the winds are out of the south it allows for the moisture. and the warmer air to move into the state of maryland. and that will increase the instability for the daytime tomorrow. so putting th

meteorologist jessica starr is here with a look at the forecast. jessica? >> good news is it will continue. have the fabulous sunshine we had today. and stick around with it. low humidity. a lot of sunshine out there for tomorrow. and as we show you on sky watch regional radar, not much going on. dry stand and sweep across the northeast. and current temperatures at this hour, we have a high temperature of 81 degrees. and current temperatures right now, 75 degrees in baltimore. 72 in d.c. and 70 in hagerstown. and temperatures will be dropping off overnight tonight with the clear skies. the record low is 54 degrees. we will be close to that but i don't think we will beat it. 59 at 6 a.m.. and sunny skies and warming up to 78 around lunch. and hot and muggy conditions and storms in the forecast. i will have it all in a few minutes. >> members of bethel ame church held a prayer vigil for the rebuilding of their church. one week ago the steep pel was struck by lightning and caught on fire. there was significant damage but church leaders say thankfully the sanct

patrice harris has the morning off, but meteorologist jessica starr is here to let us know how the morning is going to be shaping up. good morning, jessica. >> it looks pretty good out there, the sun is out. >> it's going to stay that way and for the rest of the week. it's going to be summer-like out there today. although there's showers to the south. if you are traveling to the virginia, there's going to be showers. across maryland and further north into fill and new york, dry and sunny, but to the south they're going to be dealing with an area of pressure center with rain showers and scattered thunderstorms. for us we do have a dense fog advisory for carroll county, and portion into virginia as the area is s sa saturated, if you'e going to travel along i-70 or to the west it's going to be running into fog. take caution. 66 degrees is the current temperature. the kinds are currently varyial and the humidity is up at 66%. the day cast is looking picture perfect as we head out there. some patchy fog and lunchtime for noon, 81 degrees, mostly sunny clouds and a couple of cumulus clouds. and

. >> reporter: i'm jessica starr.m going to take you inside and show you' >>> the whole family can support the cystic fibrosis foundation and have a blast at the same time. north gate speakers, fire dancers, contortionist, and food, and much and much more, jessica starr is live with the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, there's going to be a lot of activities, a lot of food and a lot of perform answered on the north gate. you want to come out and check it out. to get more information about what is going to be going on. joining me this morning, is mark. the chief operator. tell me about north gate and how it's different from art escape. >> we wanted a clab tive event by norris gate and we wanted to extend. with the station, and the hien ken antheheinekin we were able e it event with we're bringing some live bands from stilt walkers, contortionist, and fire breathers, and good family fun for everybody during the day. it's going to be right down at the corner of norris and

meteorologist jessica starr is live at the pier 5 hotel with the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. i'm not sure i would want to be hype knohypnotized, jessica. >> reporter: i don't know either. it seems to be working this morning. i have a couple of brave souls who have been doing this morning. what can the viewers expect when they come on down. >> it's an interactive family comedy show. we get people from the audience to volunteer. they come up and we hypnotize them and give them a lot of fun suggestions and have a great time. they will always have the best time of anybody out in the audience. >> reporter: is it safe? >> it's very safe. i'm professionally trained, and i have been doing it for years. with that in mind, i keep a conscious mind toward stage safety. we don't let anybody do anything unsafe in the show. >> reporter: it looks like you got some people sleeping in a trance already. do what you do. >> great. in a moment we're going to take the dream vacation to the movie theatre. it's going to be funniest movie you have seen in your life. something about this movie

meteorologist jessica starr is live with all of the details at our hometown hot spot. all right, wiggle for us. >> reporter: yes, wiggle and there's going to be a lot of family activities at the waterfront and joining me this morning is pirates waking up. they will be performing on september 5th. i'm joined by tim who is the last mate. >> good morning, mate. >> teach me some pirates ling or. >> i guess we start with the simple one, arrr! it's the one that we can use and it's normally cleaner than everything we say. >> reporter: let's keep it clean. it's the morning show. tell me about the group behind you. >> we are itinner ant clugz knowslugsknown as pirates for s. >> reporter: the weather if you're coming down for the concert series, hot and humid, a hot temperature of 89 degrees and a little bit on the breezy side about 10-20 miles per hour. for now i'm going to toss it to you guys and wake everybody in the morning. go ahead. ♪ > the waterfront wiggle free concert series is held at west shore park on saturdays at 4:00 p.m. for more information log on to foxbaltimore

check out the mini bands playing on the at the ladew top airy gardens. >> jessica starr is there, goodgood morning, guys. this is going to be a live event at ladew gardens. grab your blanket and grab a picnic and come on down. to get a look at the beautiful grounds that are here at ladew gardens but some of the concerts that we will be hearing. good morning, emily emrick. good morning. >> good morning. welcome to ladew. we have concerts every sunday evening. you can buy the tickets at the gate. we have events and programs running throughout the season. all of that information is available at ladew gardens.com. and of course, we're featuring smooth kentucky this sunday evening at the great hall. >> reporter: tell me about the ground. how many acres are there? >> 22 acres alone. 22 garden rooms. and a historic home filled with english antiques. a great place to spend a sunday afternoon. >> reporter: perfect. we also have smooth kentucky this morning. before we get to them real quickly, the weather graphic if you want to come down this sunday and hear smooth kentucky, a temperature of 81

the reality that is out to prove that there's more to love. >>> i'm jessica starr, i'm home at the hometown spot. i'm going to take he live to the çÑçÑçÑ >>> lture, community and celebration. it's all part of the 7th annual new africa festival. meteorologist stev jessica stars live for this morning's hometown hot spot. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. this is a great fess telephone that is going on -- festival that is going on august 8th. there's going to be a lot of better form answers and a lot -- performances and a lot of food. and to get a look at what is going object happening. we have h-ra, him. >> the new african festival, the families and individual, it's going to be a lot of fun, free entertainment as a now, a lot of food, a lot of merchandise, a lot of things to do with the children, if our -- it's our community, it's our responsibility. we need to keep the excellence in the community. we have been doing it for 7 years. and the theme of this year, is honoring the fatherhood recognizing that is very important in the community. >> we have davie brown who is going to introduce som

jessica starr is here hopefully with good news. >> i have great news. tomorrow is going to be a sunny day. the humidity did return. some areas saw light rain showers. we had a cold front that pushed through our area. it's still bringing rain showers further north. we missed it. most of the athtivity went to our north and south and weakened as it moved towards the mountains. you can see stronger showers and thunderstorms into pennsylvania and new york and new jersey as well. the cold front is pushing through the northeast region. we didn't get all too warm today. we were in the low 80s today. the humidity made it feel warmer out there. current temperatures right now, 78 in baltimore. 76 degrees in d.c. 77 in hagerstown and 71 in dover. here is your next-day planner. 6:00 a.m. mostly-cloudy skies and breezy conditions. by noon, 80 degrees. mostly-sunny skies. a very nice day in store for sunday. things are going to be heating up. i'll break that down and show you when we could hit 90 in the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> you can be in charge of your

. >>> let's check in with jessica starr. what's going on outside? >> right around 7:30 or 8:00 a strong line of showers moved in. zooming on down closer on top of baltimore city, you can see light to moderate precipitation. we still have a severe thunderstorm warning currently in effect until 10:45 tonight. you can see damaging winds exceeding 60 miles an hour, as well as strong lightning. we've seen a lot of lightning and we have the severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 10:45. will we see more storms? we'll break it down in the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com. >>> in other news, a baltimore county councilman is in trouble with the law again. >> he is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. >>reporter: he represents residents in the area and now that he's facing his second dui charge, it seems everyone there has an opinion. >> (music play

jessica starr is here with the first look at the forecast. >> it was a great day outside today. the good news is wee going to squeeze out 1 more nice day before the things start to change for the work week. we were dry today. just a couple cumulus clouds today. these temperatures are staying well below normal. that cold front that pushed through yesterday is a very strong cold front. 75 in baltimore. very comfortable evenings in store. look at that in the low 60s. 63 degrees in pittsburgh. 67 in cleveland. for us, 73 degrees at midnight. 59 degrees at 6:00 a.m. mostly-sunny skies for tomorrow. another fabulous day in store. mostly-sunny skies right at 79 degrees at noon for tomorrow. there is big changes headed our way for the work week. we'll have that coming up in the 7-day forecast. >>> you can be in charge of your very own personalized forecast. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. click on iradar. >>> the mta is considering a cost-cutting measure, which would keep the redline project afloat. the move would require the east and westbound trains to share a single track un

meteorologist jessica starr joins us with a first look at the sky watch forecast. jessica? >> beautiful tomorrow. good news. sunshine is sting with us all week, all work week long. dealing with beautiful weather out there for the daytime. high temperature today 81. low humidity. and clear skies. on our sky watch regional radar, just a dry sweep across the nation, most of the northeast. and temperatures right now, a little on the cool side overnight. currently right now 76 here in baltimore. 71 degrees in d.c. 61 degrees in winchester. and temperatures will be dropping down to the mid to upper 50s tonight. the record low for tonight is 54 degrees. so we will be close to that but i don't think that we will beat that. but 59 at 6 a.m. warming up to a comfortable 78 for tomorrow. but there is some hot and muggy weather as well as thunderstorms headed our way. break it down coming up in a few minutes. >> and you can be in charge of your own personalized weather forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. just use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your

meteorologist jessica starr joins us now with the latest on the storms and a first look at the storm watch forecast. hi jessica. >> hi. we had a strong line of showers and storms that moved through baltimore and harford county can earlier. and things quieted down. and quiet for the next 24 hours until sunday. but right now on radar, we have a dry sweep on our sky watch radar. and temperatures, it that will be the main concern heading into saturday. right now, 74 degrees in baltimore. 78 degrees in d.c. and 72 degrees in hagerstown. but get ready for some heat, and humidity for saturday. we will have a dry day tomorrow. and temperatures will be reaching that 90-degree mark. 66 degrees at 6 a.m. tomorrow. humidity will be in the area as well. so muggy conditions. 83 degrees by no partly cloudy skies. and temperatures could exceed 90 degrees. and we could see heat indexes in the mid 90s for tomorrow. so also storms in the forecast. i will break it all down in the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> and you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is now a

jessica starr is live with all of the details for this morning's hometown hot spot, good morning, jessica. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. i don't know what it is, but something about the steel drums. it puts me in a vacation mode. if you can take a trip to the bahamas, ch out an check out tht festival and to get more information, it's not just going to be steel bands and other performances as well. i'm joined this morning to tell me a little bit more, good morning. >> let me quickly reiterate on friday the 10th, we're going to a dance that has been moved. to 600 north patterson park avenue in baltimore, maryland. on saturday, of course, this is going to be the occasion when you feed the steel man out and turn into -- as you can see in the background, we have some of our youth playing the steel band. this is what we're going to be using as a means to help the kids educate themselves. we expect to have bands from new york, from baltimore, from, you know, different areas throughout the united states to highlight the steel band competition that we have yearly right here in cherry hill. o

meteorologist jessica starr has a look at the sky watch forecast. beautiful all week long. and right on the weekend it is starting to get rain. >> felt like july today with the humidity out there. but things are actually clearing up. we have one last isolated shower in the vicinity. but besides that, cold front is moving through, and the weekend is looking pretty nice. moving, in on the cell. south of frederick, on top of charlestown. heavy rain showers. maybe isolated lightning as well with the line of showers and storms. but otherwise, 72 degrees with isolated showers, in the vicinity. and then at 6 a.m., things clear out. mostly cloudy skies. with breezy conditions. and by noon for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. and 80 degrees, with nice conditions. and lower humidity for the weekend. but there are some rain showers in the forecast. i will have that coming up in just a few minutes. >> okay jessica thank you. you can be in charge of your own personalize weather forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. just use the interactive tools to track coming storms right d

. >> meteorologist jessica starr has more adjectives, adverbs. i think she used them all. >> i don't have any left. she took everything. >> hazy. >> hazy, yeah. >> no not this weekend. five for five this week. beautiful weather. dry sunny weather all work week. most of the weekend should be dry. right now radar, dry sweep across maryland. showers were more impressive earlier associated with a cold front in the ohio valley. those are fallen apart. might refire up tomorrow as the cold front does inch closer toward our area. but state temperatures, below normal day for july. we have got to a high of 82 today. currently at 75 degrees in baltimore. and 73 in d.c. your next day planner, sunshine tomorrow morning. 61 at six him a.m. clouds increasing through the day. close to 80 degrees at noon. and there are some showers and some thunderstorms that could be moving in as well as temperatures close to 90. we will have it all coming up in the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> all right jessica. you can be in charge of course of your own personalized

meteorologist jessica starr is live at poly western high school with all of the details for this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. this is going it be a great a lot of food and a lot of dancing and a lot of experiences not only for the family but adults to come on down and learn of different nationalities. one of the events that is going to be going on is the international soccer tournament and the mayor's cup. to give us more information on the soccer tournament that is going to be taking place is betsy garner. good morning. >> good morning, thank you for having us here this morning. >> reporter: no problem. tell us how the soccer tournament is incorporated at the international festival. >> we came up with what was missing and soccer being the international component to the world and the community that, is the exon ne exon net we needed d that the guesstively. festival. we started with 5 teams. and we have grown. we have the first tailgating event with the u.s. soccer that is touring around the united states. baltimore is one of the citie

meteorologist jessica starr is live for the details with the hometown hot spot. so you can choose the dance, the salsa, the polka, whatever you want to do. >> reporter: there's going to be a lot of dancing and a there's going it be a lot of art making activity. ask it's family friendly and the great thing about it it's free. giving me more information on the event, is karen summerville, the coordinator. good morning. >>good morning. >> tell me about everything that is going to be going on here at salsapolkalooza. >> a ton of performances, we have ton of art activities. you even get to make a free music video at our cam cage. we have a lot of wonderful activities going on for family. >> reporter: perfect, now we have yondra. you're going to be performing here this weekend. tell me what you do and what you're going to be performing here on saturday? >> well, we try to perform at least three songs and i think it's going to be about 4 or 5 of us performing. >> reporter: and tell me, a little bit, how did you get interested in music? >> i was listening to music and on