i'm john matarese. >>> whether it's a clunker or not great day to cruise in the convertible. i mean it's like summer out there right now. light southeast breeze, you can see old glory flapping a little bit there. nice day for the walk, you will be working up a sweat because the humidity is so high. 83 degrees, 68% relative humidity. summerlike humidity across baltimore. it will continue. watch this. clouds, then sun. then we get doused with a shower right about there. see the rain shower? then it dries off as we go later into the afternoon. a cool day in ocean city. the water is still warm. it's still september. and feels like summer outside even as we truck into the first full days of autumn. the leaves changed from the cool weather last week but soaking in the humidity now. interesting temperature spread. were only down in the upper 60s this morning. and we bounced into the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. take a look out in western maryland. pushing 90 degrees. and the high country, winchester up through hagerstown. definitely a warm scenario and i think the numbers are go

i'm john matarese. >>> the nonprofit organization held an interesting event this afternoon. instead of running or walking to raise awareness and money for addiction this organization wanted to twist it up a bit. so each participant went over the edge for recovery and repelled down the 290-foot silo point building in the inner harbor. >> it was amazing! i actually do want to do it again. because once you do it the first thing you want to do is do it again! it's fabulous! >> all of the proceeds went to the women and children's center which provides addiction treatment and permanent housing for mothers and their kids. the center helps more than 9,000 clients each year and is maryland's largest addiction treatment center. >>> you sent me a web site for that. you really wanted me to do it. i notice you didn't do it. >> maybe next year. >> stepping off a building is not my idea of a good time. i'll drive a motorcycle but -- >> it's probably a little tricky in this wind. >> no, not too bad. >> ok. >> you mean repelling? >> yeah. >> i have no idea. never done it. no plans to do it e

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