meteorologist josh knight with a look at the forecast. josh: hey, mel. temperatures get to take a little bit of a break for us, too. 79 degrees at the belle haven country club. cloud cover will stick around for a lot of the day. let me show you some of our big headlines. the nice thing is we are going to watch the humidity start to fall as we work our way throughout the day. that sets us up for a really ofe and of the week -- end the week. feeling fall like throughout the next few days. down here at the national harbor, around 80 degrees, cloudy skies. with these clowns, we could see a few light showers -- clouds, we could see a few light showers. we are not looking for too much around d.c., but there is a slim chance. some breaks in the cloud cover farther north. the rain is working its way towards fredericksburg. in general, a relatively dry day. the latest futurecast has most of that looking pretty good as we go throughout the afternoon. we will talk more about that coming up in about 10 minutes. melanie: developing now, a crime alert in arlington. re

let's check in with meteorologist josh knight. how much longer are we dealing with the rain? josh: the rain is starting to move out. still some light showers around the metro area and the national harbor, but we are looking for a dryer trend overnight. have a few spots where we the heavier rain, thunderstorms coming down. most notably we have to watch this one near spotsylvania county, but a lot of this dropping south through the area quickly. heavy downpours in st. mary's county, southern calvert county, parts of charles, but d.c., other than a few light showers, looking good. many trees reported down across the area, as far north as frederick and loudoun county, across the sea -- acrossd.c. futurecast takes us through the evening, drying up quickly the next couple hours. tomorrow morning we may with extra cloud cover and apache fog, but generally looking better -- and patchy fog , but generally looking better. mid 80's tomorrow, partly cloudy skies through the day, and a little less humid than today. we have some heat moving back into the 10 day forecast. that is coming up

let's get right over to stormwatch 7 meteorologist josh knight. josh: the lightning often the distance, a great shot at the capital wheel. all of the lightning starting to come together. we have been watching these work across the area, predominantly just the light showers, but this will start to intensify in the southeastern part of prince george's county, calvert county, as well as southern anne arundel county and charles. most of the lightning from the capital shot, just about to move towards dunkirk. abouthe size of diameter, and damaging wind gusts not out of the question. especially as the storm moved to the east, dunkirk, anywhere in yellow, take cover. the good news is these are moving quickly and just about all of us trying out soon. 11:30, this pushes out and most of the overnight will be drive. that sets up for a really nice sunday. just another 30, 45 minutes for the storm. 73 tomorrow morning. humid and, but less even sunnier than today. the eclipse, there could be a few hiccups in the forecast. police are.c. searching for a gun man af

meteorologist josh knight is timing them. josh: sunday, for the day off, still very nice this evening. if you are lucky you may see a meteor go across the sky, perseid still going on. a great night at the national harbor, just have to deal with the city lights. switching over, the big picture, led high pressure control today. this is tracking to the coast. as it does come it makes room for cloudier conditions and the chance of showers. right now we don't see either of those things on the map. through the overnight, clouds build. futurecast tomorrow morning, starting to get the white color, but not much in the way of rain. marvelnce of showers to he areas further to the west and southwest. the chance later in the afternoon for a spot a not out of the question. more of the day come it just looks like it wants to rain. through the afternoon, low 80's, cloudier skies. you might get a quick shower, but that should be about it. the chance of rain looks better tuesday, even more so later into the week. coming up, we will take you thr

we will get a look at the forecast with meteorologist josh knight. you say that tomorrow could be better? josh: i think it could. if there is one takeaway, the downside from today if you nitpick, this evening that has started to happen, quite a few people starting to enjoy the water at the national harbor. in general, looking at a nice, cool, in some places chilly night. as we switch over, but big change has been the air mass that moved in after the cold front pushed through yesterday, bringing thunderstorms, but now we have clear skies. a few clouds further to the west pushing and tomorrow, so we will have to give up some sunshine through the afternoon. in general, we have a really nice day on tap. feels like right now, setting up for the morning cool temperatures, 59 warned 10 and winchester -- 59 warrenton and winchester. the further outside of the district is where you find the cooler numbers, all of us starting in the 60's tomorrow morning. 75 by 10 a.m the low to mid 80's. lower humidity and still going to look for the light breeze. thunderstorm

josh knight is in for steve at 11:00 tracking harvey. who gets the heavy rain. tching the atlantic coast for irma developing. a rainy, breezy day. we have clearing skies wednesday and thursday. josh will look ahead for ten days tonight. michelle: very good. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. remember we are always online at wjla.com. for all of us, have a good night. see you at 11:00. >>> tonight, breaking news. disaster in texas. the relentless rain. the flooding catastrophe here in houston. the death toll climbing. the around the clock rescue effort by boat and air. >> please help us. i'm scared. >> families on rooftops, pleading for help. emergency crews and volunteers carrying thousands of victims to safety. and the pregnant mother going into labor -- the baby that just wouldn't wait. president trump flying into the storm zone tomorrow. >>> the new race against time. dams pushed to the limit, water released to prevent them from overflowing, putting even more homes at risk. shelters filling up by the

meteorologist josh knight has a first look at the forecast. can they get -- can it get any better? josh: barely, the only thing would be a little taste of september. not exactly what we think of when we think of august. 78 degrees right now in alexandria, and the few clouds at we have continued to break down. nice day, thinks to the cold front that had to move through yesterday. now it is just off the coast of new jersey and out of our area. what moves in behind is the northwesterly breeze with very dry and cooler air. a lot of greens, and yellow on the map, that shows where the air is coming from, allowing temperatures at 80 degrees at reagan national, 79 leesburg, 73 winchester, well below average temperatures. the normal this time of year at reagan national is about 88. being stuck at 80 is cooler than normal. through the evening, upper 60's. a great night to open the windows. very refreshing. storms are moving in. we will time that out for the work we coming up. kimberly: happening now the u.s. military is scouring the water off of australia for three missing marines. their toda

josh knight with how they are preparing for a temporary shortfall in power. josh: small towns are turning into boom towns as millions flock to rural america to catch a glimpse of the rare solar eclipse. >> i'm really excited about it. josh: but when the skies darken across the united states, electric companies will face a challenge. how to avoid power disruption and post-solar eclipse surge? they are looking to prepare for the temporary shortfall in the solar depleted regions. for two and a half minutes at a time the moon will obscure the sun in 14 states. over a three-hour period from coast to coast. this will strain solar production. similar to the effect of shutting down 15 power plants all at once. north carolina, right in the prime path of the eclipse ranks number two in the country for solar power. >> we want to make sure we have the power plants in reserve to when the eclipse is happening and pull them back when the solar starts to operate again. josh: meteorologist josh knight, abc7 news. nancy: to mark the occasion, krispy kreme doing something they h

josh knight joins us with how much damage you could do if you look directly in the light. actly. it is not because there is an eclipse going on. this is the same effect on a regular day if you stare at the sun. i want to check in with eye doctors about what goes on and if the damage is permanent. >> the solar eclipse is five days away. the sun will be blocked. >> i'm excited. i have never seen an eclipse. i would love to see one. josh: the doctor says with that much blocked you can't look right at it. sun's u.v. rays can burn a specific part of the retina. >> the radiation can damage the macula and cause a burn and cause swelling and the death of cells. josh: the area has a large majority of cell responsible for fine vision. >> the vision will be blurred almost immediately. the effects of it are going to be pretty sudden. >> depending how badly the cells are burned, it could be permanent. fortunately, people are getting ready. >> do you have solar glasses? >> i do. i got them from the public library. >> the sun isn't stronger on the day of the eclipse. the difference is on

meteorologist josh knight is live at the national mall with the look at some of the best bets. sh? josh: that is right. even though 85% of the sun is going to be covered, if you didn't know it was going on you might not realize it was happening. we wanted to come down here to the air and the space museum to talk to the pros and figure out good ways to enjoy august >> whoa! >> that is the response you get from folks looking through the solar glasses at the sun for a normal day. we are less than three weeks away from when it will different. the program manager at the smithsonian air and space museum. on august 21 the moon will block almost all the sun. >> during that time, walking around, might not notice a whole lot of difference. there is a bright blue sky like today, you might feel like it's hazy. like if there is a cloud over the sun but there isn't. >> if you don't solar glasses or you just want another way to check out the eclipse, this is a cool thing to do with stuff you already have around the house. let me show you what we'll do. make a pinhole viewer. i'll speed up the

i'm joining josh knight in the weather center. when is the heavy rain expected? josh: about midmorning. just an early heads-up, not a guarantee that we will so veer weather -- see severe weather, but the best chances tomorrow. the wave of low pressure working its way across the country, heading to us. the warm front through first, bringing rain, and then the low pressure rides along with it. the two together give us a chance of heavy rain and stronger thunderstorms. valley, pushing towards d.c. futurecast, overnight, more light showers filling in. tomorrow morning, just before 6 a.m. and before the morning rush, most of the rate is late. does not look to heavy until we get later into the morning. lunch hour, right into the afternoon and evening, we hang onto these on and off showers and thunderstorms. the heaviest rain will really be focused around the i-95 corridor in southern maryland. we have a flash flood watch for these areas that goes into effect tomorrow afternoon come into the evening. a lot of places will see an inch sf rain, but other place ca could see

have team coverage of what to expect here and how to view the safely, starting with meteorologist josh knight to see if the weather is going to cooperate. josh: i think for a lot of us it is. the trick is that this spans about three hours from beginning to end. sometime in that timeframe, i think we will get a break from the cloud cover. one day officially until the total solar eclipse. that is just a 70-mile swath across the country. we are not in that comes we get the partial eclipse. through the morning, things are dry, just a little cloud cover. 1:30 when this starts kick off for us, the moon moves in front of the sun, a few showers firing up, towards i-81 and towards baltimore. later in the afternoon, then we start to see more of the showers, thunderstorms firing up as well. that will bring our chance of rain to stick around as we head through the afternoon. in general, the better shot of seeing the eclipse or some of the shadows on the ground, or the solar glasses looking at the sun will be earlier. as we get close to 2:45, the peak time, a few more showers dot the area. kimberly: excit

meteorologist josh knight explains what you need to know before snapping the historic shot. when it comes to watching next week's solar eclipse there are safe options. what about when it comes to capturing it? according to pro photo the store has been busy as people get ready. >> we sold out of a solar filters. it's an event that people are excited about. josh: there is bad and good news. >> the cell phone is not going to photograph the sun like you want it to. it's not one of those professional phot capture part of the eclipse. the solar flare will take on the image of the sun. this is a a picture. next monday look like more like a recent moon. >> something like this will adjust the density. so if you are looking through you can see how it changes. >> cameras you can stack the filters like these to block more light but it's still not safe to look through it. >> you do not want to look through your camera with the neutral density filter on. it has to be a solar filter to protect your eyes. >> she suggests to focus on things around you. shadows from the eclipse. sun on the gro

josh: 7 weather center, meteorologist josh knight, switching gears to the fog. today was the rain, but the humidity has not left, so we are expecting fog to develop, especially west of d.c. overnight into tomorrow. the fog advisory in place until 9 a.m. the summer heat is returning, not only humidity, but back into the 90's. then thunderstorms could move in thursday and friday. just six dayspse away for tamara money, mid to c.,er 60's, but in d. probably the mid-70's. we top out in the upper 80's, feeling like the lease. .ancy: that's feeling nancy: feeling like the upper 90's. nancy: no serious injuries in the crash. alison: happening now, the police want you to see guy who abducted allegedly assaulted a five-year-old girl in fairfax county. officers canvassed the area again tonight. the little girl disappeared from a playground sunday night and returned with a horrible story. she is now in counseling. the police are encouraging anyone with information to come forward. nancy: one year after a deadly explosion at a silver spring apartment, lex, federal investiga

josh knight has a first look at the forecast, and unfortunate, it does not look as good tomorrow.n: humidity starts to go back up. that is going to lead to more cloud cover and even a chance for a few more showers. let's run to the time lapse. there was one cloud there, but that is really about it. let's look at what is going on with the bigger picture. showers, fewfew thunderstorms trying to pop up into the southern shenandoah valley. chance some of them work their way across east across the mountains, now hanging closer to harrisonburg. comfortablek, how it was pretty even though temperatures were in the mid 80's, quantico at 88, because there was lower humidity, still felt prey tomorrow and into. tuesday so, feels like temperatures today in the upper 80's. we're going to be in the upper 90's as we start off the work we. are 8 wantahead, we to see temperatures back up to9, but thunderstorms will be moving in. we will let it know -- you know what it means for seeing the partial eclipse. s people were injured -- seven people were injured when a metro bus crash inear china town. al

meteorologist josh knight has a first look at the forecast. what can we expect tonight? it is so humid, it feels like something is coming. josh: and that is where we get the fuel for they thunderstorms. the sunshine destabilizes the atmosphere. what happens, the weather service puts out this severe thunderstorm watch. separate warnings, and in both of those we could have wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and possibly some hail. this goes all the way up into new york. this is a busy weather evening for a lot of the east coast. zooming in, this continues to drop to the southeast. are where weeyes have a lot more lightning, the storms intensifying quickly. zooming in, damascus, and working towards columbia, the warning continues to the southeast. the storm could pack damaging wind gusts, a lot of big oak trees. these are the things that will come down in the storms. in that box, take cover. leesburg also in the crosshairs. moving just at 20 miles per hour, so not too quickly, but theburg about 6:33 for storm to continue dropping to the southeast. anywhere in but fade out qu

o'shea kennedy, kidd also out there, josh knight.ted way distributes supplies to get to otherwise may not have had what they need. we want to send a big thank you to everyone who has stopped by and we love taking pictures with you. adrianna: that is awesome. eileen: i was so excited to see the turnout. incredible. i mean, so many kids are going to have such a successful school year. adrianna: they are. larry: hundreds of backpacks. we're doing it next week as well. i will be at a middlsc at laterally at john champe high , whichwith school trak 7 is so cool. eileen: neato frito. adrianna: did you just say "neat o frito"?? eileen: maybe. [laughter] adrianna: i love it. eileen: a country club, 70 degrees. if you are thinking of hitting the golf course later today, looking pretty good. aboutlater tonight after 7:00 we could have some storms, and that could affect the national game highway. tomorrow, we will have some midday showers, but it should be drying out for the game, and sunday looking dry as the nationals take on the giants. toni

josh knight spent th greenbelt and has more on the excitement from there. hey, josh.s is like a scary or a funny movie. a lot of times it's more fun to watch with a group of people. the eclipse across america didn't disappoint. >> it looks orange. >> what about the shape? >> it's like a crescent. >> from toddlers to grand parents, thousands enjoyed the show put on by the moon and the sun in greenbelt, maryland. >> love the space science. i love the rockets and everything about this. >> once in a lifetime experience. i came out. >> cynthia wood with the laidback style and great view happy to see the young people here. >> this is a great opportunity to get more people interested in the world around them instead of sitting >> a show here, snacks included, eclipses or transits in other solar systems help us explore outer space. >> this is the same thing here with the moon eclipsing the sun. we see the planets eclipse the stars. we can tell the size of the planet. >> lucky for us the weather held up and now people want more. >> magic. 80%, it shocked me. 2024, i'm looking