josh knight is in boca rattan. they -- boca raton. they are serves and for good reason. josh: absolutely. we are already starting to get changes in the weather. not bad but it's getting breezier. we are getting up to 12 to 15 miles per hour. so before the weather changed folks were getting out of town. the tolls waived as evacuations take place and people continue to work their way to the north. before people head north first they had to get to the gas station. the gas pumps continue to get a workout. tanya has been keeping an eye on the gauge, topping off since irma started tracking or anything. just consistently kept watching for it, if i needed to come in to fill up. josh: drivers like jeffrey have the important job of making sure there is something to pump. >> the police escort it. >> most people are happy to see him. this is the last run. >> this is the last until monday. >> it will be closed. jon so even if the pumps stay open if the gas electric is running at some point a lot of places will run off and they won't get a chance to refill. i want to show you something

meteorologist josh knight in the storm's bath in boca raton. what is the latest on the path right now? this is a stark warning we are seeing now. josh: it really is, nancy. storm has done. now the storm is moving west. irma has a slightly slower trek to the west. look here in the distance. you see the highway but above that. that cloud cover is associated with a frontal boundary and a trough that is just working its way through florida. those clouds associated with that system, that is what is going to allow the storm to turn north. let me show you the latest track. the current intensity. 155 miles per hour. that is just about as shy of a cat five as you can get. we would be there at 157. so as we put this in to motion you can see after the storm hangs closer to cuba, back over the warm waters. it is expected to ramp up the five miles per hour taking us back to cat-five working its way across the keys. heading to naples getting toward land working back to a category four. changing from a five to a four or a four to a five really doesn't make a h

meteorologist josh knight has been in florida for the last few days and joins us right now. it looking behind you, josh, looks windy, but you are standing in it, not holding on to anything tightly. josh: i am going to give you a little demonstration here. we are hiding right behind this wall. it the winds are really gusting, so it looks like it is getting a bit of alittle break before i wd out here. i literally had to hold on to this fire hydrant. you can see how different it is. we are downtown in tampa. the wind is getting funneled. we easily had just close to the -- gusts close to the hurricane force. part of the sustained winds. you can see the rain coming down in sheets across the area. i am trying not to lose my hat. we are looking at the storm quite a bit continue to head this way, bring us the winds. talking about the cancer to weaken. it is important to keep in mind that a category 2 and category 1 can cause plenty of damage. we are going to get back into safety because we are just about at the point where you can have entriesthe palm fronds come down. brad, you are

oneorologist josh knight is the ground in boca raton, florida, and we will have a live report from himat 11:15. for the very latest updates on the storm, go to wjla.com. you can also download our stormwatch app. nancy: an update in wake of hurricane harvey, help on the ay, president trump signing $15.3 billion aid package for victims that also extends the country's ability to borrow and funds the government through december 8, when congress faces another ballot for -- battle for a budget deal. an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck off to a southern coast not quite one of four hours ago. we know at least 60 people are dead. about 100ter was miles offshore, get hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed. from mexicotremors city to austin, texas, 650 miles from the epicenter. an active investigation after a deadly crash of a bus in leesburg that was converted into a food truck. dozens of first responders were called to help the victims, four now in critical condition. from leesburg. anna-lysa: that is right, nancy, so far we know that one person was killed in the crash and four people w

we will go live to abc7 meteorologist josh knight in florida coming up in ten minutes. jonathan: in other news now, president trump leaving open the option of military action against north korea. the president was asked about tensions with pyongyang during his news conference today. here is what he said. president trump: i would prefer not going the route of the military but it's something certainly that could i don't put my operations on the table. but north korea is behaving bad lid and it has to stop -- badly and it has stop. jonathan: he said an attack would be a sad day for north korea. north korea conducted the sixth and the most powerful nuclear test on sunday. they claim to have tested a hydrogen bomb but that is not verified. michelle: equifax hacked. and horace holmes has this. this is concerning. a lot of people pour their important information in the site. >> this is big. this could impact more than 140 million consumers. hackers may have gained access to social security numbers and addresses, credit card numbers. there is no evidence that anyone got in the

meteorologist josh knight is in the stormwatch7's weather center tracking hurricane hurrie irma. and it's been upgraded to category four? josh: that is right. it's picked up in intensity. the winds are 130 miles per hour and gusting to 160. with the new max winds, now back to a category tour status and it is expected to continue in the same direction and strengthen over the next day or two. so with the winds up to 150 miles per hour. as we work our way in to tuesday and wednesday. let's switch gears. we have the latest track but i want to talk about what is happening locally. a beautiful evening, picture perfect for this time in september. we are going to stay clear for the night. so your evening feels like temperatures are 83 in d.c. 86 for leesburg. most of us are low to mid-80's. the temperatures are a little bit slower to fall tonight. in fact, wi are only going to get down to 70 degrees for d.c. so a bit more of a summary feel. but tomorrow really feeling that way. 88 for the high temperature. we will be tracking afternoon showers and the thunderstorms. by wednesday, feeling

meteorologist josh knight tracking the tropics. you know, josh, no shortage of things to talk about here. we have jose. this is going to go on for a couple of days. but maria, that is absolutely terrifying. jon is -- josh: the power with the storm is incredible. it has gusts up to 200 miles per hour. it went from a cat one to cat five in 15 hours. jonathan: have you seen that before? josh: we have seen it a couple of times this year. so that is what is remarkable with the hurricane season. it was expected to be active but as many storms as we have seen intensify, that is something we are not used to seeing. this is what we have at this point. there is maria. hurricane maria and jose. brad bell talked about that. but i want to zoom in closer to maria. you can see we still have a very of course, a tight eye. strong winds around the eye and the eyewall but gusting to 200 earn many. maximum sustained at 165. now we are less than 80 miles from st. croix here. puerto rico expected to take a hit tonight and into tomorrow morning. the cate

it's common we have seen from brad bell and josh knight along the florida coast.tomorrow night the winds pick up. saturday is tropical storm force conditions taped a large part of south florida with a category three if you miss that update. it's a major headquarter now. it's close over the weekend to barbuda, anguilla and antigua. leeward islands. we'll watch that. the focus is irma. this is smaller in scope but if you think about the islands devastated i can't maiming about the poor people there dealing with the hurricane force winds and rain again. so with irma it's a great unknown when we get to the final de nation, i -- final destination with florida. the winds will stay strong. it's ripping through the turks and caicos. saturday around sunday, bahamas. storm surge watch. hurricane warning across cuba as well. that is the concern where it will wind up. storm surge across south florida expected. we will know more tomorrow and tomorrow night but south florida is a problem. here the weather is perfect through monday. robert? robert: opening night in nfl. pate-chi

alison: brad bell and josh knight on the southwest coast. chief meteorologist doug hill, though, tracking the storm. we will begin to get the latest. doug: we have an impressive storm with an impressive signature on the satellite image. look at this. 2 cloudiness that goes up to lake michigan. this is the direct effect of the circulation. from lake michigan through the bahamas. the storm on the south carolina coast and very heavy thunderstorms in the atlanta area. other than that, the 2:00 update has it at 60 miles per hour winds. we expect 5:00 update will lessen the wind speed. that isn't the story. it's the push of moisture from the atlantic ocean, tropical moisture and the strong winds. within the hour 49-mile-per-hour wind gusts inland to columbia south carolina. augusta, georgia, 46 miles per hour. 45 in savannah where there is flooding along the river. riverwalk area if you have been to downtown savannah there. it's a gorgeous place. but it's wet now. most of the ghost line is. the huge yellow box you might see underlaying the radar.

meteorologist josh knight is here with more on those. josh: that is right, doug. what is really interesting with the models over the last few days, they have been pretty spread out depending on which run you look at. we get updates every six to 112 -- six to 12 hours but now they are starting to hone in on the same area. this is nice because it gives us more confidence. but where they are honing in does not look that good. work our way through this. this takes us to friday. as we pause this, you see they are still close together. the euro favoring a slightly more southern track. but then coming together again about to the keys and ready to make landfall right there on the southern tip or just off on the east coast. either way, as strong as the hurricane is, whether it makes landfall in either of the places we are looking at disastrous effects for a lot of south florida and especially at this point farther off to the east. then they begin to diverge a little bit. but still the same trend to work their way up toward the coast of georgia or south carolina. g.f.s. pul

in the weather center now with josh knight. josh, we are still talking about what is left over of jose, right? josh: yes. it's still a tropical storm. the winds are just barely getting to new england. predominantly over the ocean. there is a system. we will put a track on it. you will notice this is not a cone, more of a circle. it hangs in the same area for the next five days. but it continues to weaken along the way. good news there. right now, though, again, 60 miles per hour gusting up to 70. it could work back to the coast and bring us clouds next week but that is about it. it's not looking for anything significant out of jose. then ultimately just what is left of jose. tonight we are down to 66 degrees. we will see a few more clouds move in. i think they will stick around for tomorrow. highs are still degrees for friday. again on saturday hanging closer to 87. so we are getting hotter toward the weekend. humidity will stay close to where it is now. while temperatures go to 87 and 88 for saturday and sunday it will feel lak

we go back to stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight in west palm beach. landfall in florida is possible. but not necessarily for significant damage. josh: that is a good point. right now we have hurricane force winds extending 60 miles outside the eye of the storm. tropical storm force winds about 185 miles outside of the eye. let me show you the latest track, what is going on here. you will get a look at the cone. you really have to look at the entire cone. i know it's so easy to focus on if center line and where the hurricane logos end up. would the storm be anywhere in the cone. it could be on the west side or the east side or stay in the ocean. but right now the best guess is that it is likely to make landfall or close to making landfall as a category four around miami and work its way up the coast. weakening as it goes but a major hurricane close to daytona. tomorrow morning you will want a jacket heading out the door. one of the coolest morningsingso far. tomorrow, a good bit of sunshine. afternoon will feel great. as we get into tomorrow evening we

we head over to meteorologist josh knight. josh: they are saying that it could strengthen more. the mac sustained winds remains at 125, gusts 155. the hurricane hunter says the eye wall it is not as clear on the satellite picture, but the storm is holding together dangerously well. it is a category 3 right now, working past the turks and caicos overnight into the morning, bringing nine=-- to 12-foot storm surge. it will start to break down as it moves to the north, losing intensity. ultimately, the east coast of bermuda, it will drop down to a category one, but we still have several days to go and the storm is very strong. 11:00, localt utility workers are sharing their experience after helping out in the aftermath of hurricane irma. pg&e crews work to help restore power to millions of florida residents. they said they do not need a siegel person who was upset because all of them were so grateful to see them. >> some people were almost in tears. their house was pushing 90 degrees, exhausted, had not had service for a while, and they were very grateful. everybody was waving, putt

brad bell and meteorologist josh knight are in florida. they will have reports this even we will have breaking hurricane updates from the clock at wjla.com. sign up for breaking news texts at wjla.com/texts. breaking news out of prince george's county -- a former substitute teacher has been indicted for possession of child pornography. christopher speights, who used at bradbury heights elementary and coached a traveling basketball team, was arrested in april. he owned a dropbox account containing child port. police say they have identified dozens of potential victims come for they feared there are more. we are waiting to get more information from the prince george's police. >> we are here this afternoon asking for the public's help in the case involving mr. christopher speights. sr office indicted mr. on ninethis past may counts inv be. he unfortunately was a person who is a former substitute teacher at very very heights elementary school. he was a traveling coach of a basketball team the south county -- i'm sorry -- south county steelers.

michelle: back in the weather center with josh knight. josh, it seems like every two weeks we are facing a new storm and another disaster on tap. josh: maria still going to have to work its way past the dominican and bahamas and not done yet. puerto rico taking the brunt of the hit. it's still category three. max winds around 115 miles per hour. now looking more organized. michelle: that is fuel for it. josh: exactly. back over the warm, open waters. that is maria. i want to talk about what is going on locally because for us it feels more like summer out there. feels like is 88 in d.c. 87 for quantico. 88 in culpeper. sunshine across the entire area. have to get to the shenandoah valley to pick up on any cloud cover. if you are enjoying the summer like temperatures, take a picture and send them to me. this one i to bridge. just outside rosslyn going to d.c. you can see we have temperatures that stay comfortable for you all night long. highs in the mid-to-upper 80's and feeling like 90. we look at the weekend in a bit. nancy: josh, thank yo

i'm with josh knight now. josh, i know you have to keep a close eye on maria to see where it goes next. josh: we have between the two of them, jose barely wants to move at all and maria is more than likely going to follow a similar path. bringing the storm close to the coastline as well. so one after another really creating the erosion along a lot of the beaches. talk about the latest with maria. we now have a category two storm. but it's right on the edge of still being category three. now that it is back over water more than likely we will see strengthening again. so here we are with winds of 110 miles per hour gusting up to 130. as it does, work its way past the dominican republic and watching it go back to category three storm. major hurricane with the winds of 115 and then 120. it does look like it will stay east of the majority of the bahamas going close but what we will have to watch is where it goes after that. you have to look at the hole cone to put it close to outer banks. keeping an eye on that stor

stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight is tracking irma for us. josh, a lot of people wondering if it will affect us. it's a complicated forecast but what is latest guidance from the hurricane center? josh: complicated is the perfect word for it. but we have been tracking this since it was off the coast of africa so ideally nobody is surprised by it. anybody up and down the east coast, the gulf states and the islands have seen and heard about the storm. but exactly where it goes is up in the air. the storm now is 120-mile-per-hour winds. we will get another update at 5:00. based on the satellite imagery, i would not be surprised if it's bumped up to a category four. we are now 500 miles here from the islands and is it working in that direction. i want to talk about how the track changed in the last couple of days. the dominican republic and cuba, a track. each time we have gotten a new one in last 24 to 36 hours it drops a little bit farther south. the trend is this storm is going to stay farther south. it's now looking like more of an issue for fl

meteorologist josh knight has the latest. josh: we are getting the update at 11:00, and this could be another storm a lot like irma, rapidly intensifying, going from a category one and within 24 hours category three. that is starting to happen. wind since 5:00 has moved up in miles per hour, but the update of the satellite image, basically every minute come if you look closely, you see the bright red showing the storm getting strong quickly. category one right now, putting this in motion, working over tomorrow evening. could be a category three tomorrow evening, expected to become a category four close to puerto rico, then that the dominican and close to the bahamas by friday. where it goes after that is still up in the air. if it works its way close to the east coast, that would be several days after. much closer, a category one, and not expected to strengthen. in fact it is weakening, but a good bring gusty wind and rain. closer to home, we are looking at things staying much nicer tonight, very quiet, the temperature still i

meteorologist josh knight in the stormwatch7 weather center tracking the tropics for us. josh: it's busy. we have two named storms but we won't see much more out of lee but hurricane maria of this 5:00 update from the national hurricane center, the category four storms with the max winds 130 miles per hour. hurricane jose barely hanging on to the cat one strength. still, even though not maiming landfall it will take a toll on the beaches. let's point out where we have the tropical storm watches in the brighter pink color. the darker red are actually going to be for the oceans there. we work our way from city northward, all the way up to new england, that is where we are looking at a chance to see beach erosion and the wind gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour. that is what we are watching in those areas. then a tropical storm warning farther up to the north of that. take a look at the latest track. 75-mile-per-hour winds. it moves north before it reanders and gets stuck. it does hang out in the area. it loses the strong winds. the tropical energies that go along with you. it w

we had down there with meteorologist josh knight to is been of duty the last few days. he has quite a story to tell for stop josh? josh: yeah, steve, it is really kicking up. it has been the constant gusty wind the last several hours. comes and goes. it is the wind gusts that have really been the issue, really getting fondled between the buildings. we have been fairly fortunate with the storm trak. that helped us out as far as avoiding the strongest winds, but it is still gusting close to 70 miles per hour for a lot of the evening, and will be doing that for the next few hours. we still have not seen the storm trak to the north, so we still have the nice easter lee brees, keeping the extra water further out, but the wind will shift and that will change things for us. lorraine continues to come down. areing around, the lights still on downtown, and that mix a big difference. we have really been lucky. i have seen some flashes in the distance. i was checking radar and did not see lightning. i think more likely some places having electrical problems. fingers crossed we hold

meteorologist josh knight is tracking irma now. it could still grow bigger to a cat five especially as it goes to the warmer waters? josh: absolutely. that is not the official hurricane forecast. i wouldn't be surprised to see it strengthen to a cat five. right now we have a category four. winds are around 135 miles per hour. as we get beyond 155 miles per hour. that close to wind we could look at a show you the latest track from the hurricane center. i tracks the storm from the west and then slowly northwest. 145 miles per hour tuesday. 155 miles per hour. on the threshold of cat four and cat five. working across puerto rico and dominican and then starting to tame aim closer to south florida. that is by saturday. so still have all week to go for people to prepare and also get a better sense of where the storm is going to go. it's nice and quiet for us here today. if we were talking about any effects of irma it would be next week. we are at 83 today. and we will track out a few storms coming up. michelle: a constant problem across t

i want to head back in to josh knight. meteorologist in the weather center. josh, you and i were traveling through florida during irma. this storm is still 200 miles away. nothing like that. but still impressive. jon it is. you bring up a good point. the winds, even as the storm moves north. it will batter from the same direction from the coastline. we are getting readings from the weather bug network of gust of 37 miles per hour. temperature hanging steady close to 70. you can see the winds howling in the pictures. let me show you the latest here. we will put a track on this hasn't changed much with the intensity. 75-mile-per-hour sustained wind and 90-mile-per-hour gusts. brad is standing here. you can see the distance. still close to 200 miles. really feeling the effects. put this in to motion. it moves northeast. it doesn't want to move. we are getting an update. it's piled in the same spot. we continue with the wind at the beaches for the next few days. look at the picture and you can see the rain wrapping in closer to the coastline. meanwhile for us we

here is meteorologist josh knight with a look at your forecast. josh: temperatures going to top out close to 90 degrees. already 80 64 d c, 85 in manassas, 86 in frederick. we are going to keep going up. we already have extra humidity making you feel a little warmer as well. sunshine across the entire area. you can see that from the national harbor. there is 80 64 reagan national. feeling more close to 90 already. as we go through the day, we will be hitting about 90 degrees by 3:00. as we get into the evening, temperatures fall back into the mid-80's. that is when things really get comfortable. this is our last day where sunset is around after this, the sunsetting before 7:00. although it might not feel like fall, the length of daylight is leading us to a more fall field. storm.ory 1 staying off the coast at this point. i want to put the latest cone in here. this does not include the outer banks, but it gets close enough. it will have dangerous rip currents, and wind gusts close to 60 mph. going to be issues further south of us. even into delmarva

let's get to meteorologist josh knight for the latest. josh: maria is a category five storm with wind around 160 miles per hour. closer to us, closer to the mid-atlantic, there is jose as well. the incredibly power, quickly gaining strength maria. you will notice the center of the storm just working its way ominica,he medico -- d making it official category five storm. the hurricane hunters clocked the wind that 160 miles per hour. when it is over land, they will not fly through the center of the eye, but they are expected to do so as it gets past the island. along with the wind, heavy rain issue. a track on this, we have the category five over puerto rico as a four, 145 mile-per-hour wind. with the rain, mud slides also a problem. just to the east side of the bahamas come a category three. the latest track of jose coming up in just a bit. jonathan: as mentioned, residents in maria's path are racing to get ready for the storm. alison: the storm could get stronger before it slams into the british virgin islands and puerto rico. jonathan: li

meteorologists josh knight is here with a look at the forecast. : that is right, for a lot of us, you would not really know that is going on at the beach except if you look further to the east. if you live further east, you are seen clouds stick around. here's maria storm. barely hanging on to the hurricane status. this thing is pretty lopsided. not looking all that organized anymore. strong wind along the coastline and dangerous surf. the category 1 does downgrade to a tropical storm on this track by later this evening and into 2:00 tomorrow morning. by thursday, it continues to move further to the east. it will make a quick right-hand turn. until it does that, still bringing on strong winds onshore. reallyook, cloud cover soft and as you go farther -- stocked in as you go farther to the east. the further west, temperatures have climbed into the mid-80's. leesburg, 86. frederick, 86. the extra sunshine law -- allowing things to heat up. fulle still in our first week of fall, but it does not feel like it degrees 40 z. -- for d.c.. again, a warm eve

meteorologist josh knight has great news as he looks at your forecast. josh: we are really settling into what is probably the best part of our holiday weekend so far. it took us a little while to get here today. you can see this from chesapeake beach. the cloud cover holding strong for the first half of the day. blue skies as we work our way closer to sunset and satellite and radar showing some rain and cloud cover much farther north out that of our area. pennsylvania, new york, and new england. we have seen the cloud cover breakdown. that will lead to clear skies some of us back into the 50's and 60's by the time you get into tomorrow morning. 79 degrees for d.c. 75 degrees for hagerstown. temperatures closer today to what is normal for this time of year. as we go throughout the evening, if you have plans, take a jacket or sweatshirt. we are looking at numbers in the mid 60's by 10:00. tomorrow morning, starting off in the 50's. coming up in 10 minutes, we will dive deeper into your labor day. it is looking good. it also into hurricane, good what it coul

josh knight tracking the tropics. a lot to keep track of here. josh: it's been so busy. it continues. there is a well-established eye with maria. category three storms. winds are around 120 miles per hour gusting up to 150. this is the turks and caicos. that is the next land it will get the closest to. put a track on there to give you an idea. first start off with the yellow circle. that is how far the tropical storm force winds go. there are hurricane force winds in red and not out over land at this point. we maintain the category three through the middle of the day tomorrow. then the storm will weaken. you have to keep in mind how wide the cone is for maria as we get to early next week. this could be on far of this. we expect the storm to stay out to see. nancy: thank you. vice president's plane skidded off the runway and what went wrong and the what pilot says the moment it stopped moving. >> she says i wasn't trying to kill them. she shot at a trooper after high-speed chase. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored is ad. they're stud

josh knight is there and brad bell is there to give people here a feel for what it is like for us there. do it again, josh. josh: that is right, doug. a lot of people will prepare. that means we are closer to the stronger winds but of course we are at a better place from any storm surge. that is not an issue. what is an issue, show you behind the hotel. the lakes like this are really common all over parts of florida, especially south florida. we are expecting that chance to get 10 to 15 inches of rain. in a few areas inches of rain. all of that has got to go somewhere. some of the small lakes could fill up quickly. even without the storm surge inland flooding is certainly a possibility. now a lot of people have been saying to us please be careful. be safe. i can't believe you are going down there. it might be more my mom. but we are staying at a hotel that is pretty much solid concrete. something we feel good about. feel safe about the building. as the storm does come through you can expect that safety is the number one priority. while we are getting you all the information out of south

meteorologist josh knight is tracking that side of the story. everyone is doing the right thing getting out of the path of the storm but they are doing it at the same time. josh: exactly. that is what makes the evacuations early so important. this is a a graph here. here is florida. this shows the millions of people along the coast that could be affected by a storm like irma. so people need to get the early start. on top of it, a lot of people have never gone through that. more than 4 million people moved to florida in the areas in the last 16 years. they have never been through this and that leaves a lot of people needing to gas up and stock up. that is leaving the highways jammed as well. they are having trouble stocking up on water and food. seeing the damage that irma has done in the islands. many people are boarding up to protect what they can before heading out of town. officials are trying to give people a point of reference and they are hoping using the name hurricane andrew will get >> the storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurric

weathan: coming up at 11:15, will have a live report from josh knight. at 11:20, an index storm trak update from steve rudin. we have breaking updates around the clock on our website at wjla.com. you can also sign up for breaking news text alerts at wjla.com/text. nancy: breaking news from miami, at miamierminal international airport is closed after a police involved shooting. these are live pictures from outside of the airport right now. the person involved had a knife and was trying to get to the roof of the terminal. we are told the situation is under control but there is no word on that person's condition. stay with abc 7 for soon as they're available. jonathan: just into the newsroom, first responders now suing the owners of this texas chemical plant. the plant burst into flames after hurricane harvey last week. first responder seeking a million dollars from the owner of the plant because they say they were vomiting and gasping for air at the scene and the owner should have warned them to move further away from the flames. talking about harvey, we a

we go to meteorologist josh knight with the first look. t of us, temperatures are still in the 70's. not exactly what you would expect in the middle of september, but a nice day, especially this morning, lots of blue skies. clouds rolling in downtown, settling into a relatively clear night. the temperatures, looking for numbers to drop off into the mid-70's. then ultimately down into the 60's for most of the area. national, but down, soer breaks tomorrow morning we start off with a mixture of sun and clouds. the temperature still warm, 69 to start off, than 84 degrees the high tomorrow, mostly sunny skies in the afternoon. and for a very nice sunday. into the work week, talking about hurricane jose. not expecting it to make landfall, but down to a category one storm and a plays a part in our weather to start the week. there is also a tropical storm to talk about. i will have all of that coming up in about 10 minutes. kellye: josh, thank you. people less far away as texas are remembering a columbia teacher who the police say was killed by he

meteorologist josh knight walks us through. breeze on the bay only wind left to remind southwest floridians of hurricane irma's strength. >> it was scary when we lost our power, but we had prepared. josh: now piles of branches lay collected, ready to be picked up. >> we got out the chainsaw, drag them to the street. ile not the hardest city hit, the water rose. generators hummed and cars are drying up. >> my mom's car was parked on the street. we do not think about it in the panic. josh: people are happy to see the grocery store back open. >> i need some stuff because i did not get it before the storm. josh: she is a nurse who was needed at the hospital threat hurricane. >> we worked, shuffled patients around, did surgeries during the storm. josh: even though lines are down and the power may be out, punta gorda residents are trying to return to normal and breathing a sigh of relief. >> we are just like the to god. josh: abc 7 news. steve: a lot quieter around here on this monday night. looking over the national harbor towards o

i am here with josh knight. you just got the update. >> coming in for us right now, the good news it is still a category 2, not strengthened much since that 8:00 update. i wondering if it's coming in in pieces. you can see down here hurricane maria just leaving puerto rico, but still has some islands to get past including the dominican and the bahamas. you can see the eye has moved away from puerto rico. it doesn't look super organized, but still picking up in in pe intensity. this storm has to continue turning to the north and expect to get back to category 3 strength nea caicos and working farther to the north. that cone puts it pretty close to the outer banks. as it moves north it does continue to weaken. more on josÉ and what we will see around here coming up. >>> josh, thank you. devastating images out of puerto rico tonight. you can see roads that look more like rivers. it is the most powerful storm to strike the u.s. territory there in nearly 90 years, knocking out power to the entire island. that power m

meteorologist josh knight keeping tabs on all of it. jon it has been busy for -- josh: it has been because for us and it continues to stay that way. the winds are gusting to 26 miles per hour. the clouds from jose start to move in. the winds will continue to pick up tonight. this is the three named storms. lee is farther east. not much more to come from that. not much of an issue but just to have three systems at once. hurricane maria is now 40 miles away from the leeward islands. here is hurricane jose. category one storm. we will talk more about maria in a bit. i want to start off with jose. that is happening with us more quickly. getting closer to fenwick island and rehoboth beach north we will see the tropical storm watches. as you get to the new england and the tropical storm warnings. wind gusts 30 to 50 miles per hour with beach erosion possible. the track goes north and it meanders over the next few days but it's not expected to more on maria in a bit jonathan: thank you. keeping track of what is brewing in the tropics and your o

meteorologist josh knight has first look at the forecast. nosh, we know you are staying abreast of yet another hurricane. meteorologist: that is right. we we're tracking another one here. as of 5:00 hurricane maria barley category 1 and max winds of 7 army. taking aim at a lot of the same islands that irma moved past. this is going to be one we expect to strengthen over the next few days. one that could vim pack on the u.s. mainland over to next week, sti days out. meanwhile getting ready to once gain work over the areas hurt by maim. let's talk locally what is happening here. another beautiful evening fors. we have temperatures are hanging around the upper 70's once you factor in the humidity, though, more summer like. still feeling like 82 in d.c. frederick feels like 84 degrees so staying warm for us throughout the evening hours. well, with that extra warmth. a few showers popped up for today, right now, off to the west of fairfax. closer to chantally and more near battle pore. most of us staying dry and looking is a nice evening. tempera

meteorologist josh knight has a check of the local forecast. josh: we are talking about the temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80's. this trend will stick around for the middle of next week. it's closer to 85 degrees. take yaw here and start out with what we are dealing with. temperatures are around 80 degrees. still 70 at 10:00. as you let out the dog one last outside. by tomorrow morning we will start off with more cloud cover. temperatures are in the mid-60's to get the day going. we work our way throughout friday. 81 by lunchtime. i think with the extra clouds we are a little slower to warm up. so lunchtime outside should feel nice. 86 degrees around 5:00. another really nice everything with the temperatures working the way in the 70's. as we head to the weekend, the heat will stick around and so does the sunshine. we look at that and fun stuff going on around town in a bit. alison: okay. thank you very much. maryland governor made a huge announcement today to change the way you drive on three of the area busiest roads. maryland bureau chief b

larry: live in the stormwatch7 weather center with josh knight. maria takes a similar path of irma, jose is off the east coast. josh: exactly. dealing with both. jose is bringing gusty winds to the beaches and miria with winds of -- maria of the winds of 165 miles per hour. gusts up to 200 miles per hour. incredibly strong storm. we getting a close view on the satellite. the high cloud tops and the power and convection in the storm. let's put a track on this. the latest update. category fast forward to morm morning wednesday around 2:00 in the afternoon off on the edge of puerto rico. hitting the island as a category four and continuing to track north. heavy rain is a problem there. hurricane jose off the coast of the mid-atlantic to bring us rain and gusty winds to the beaches. we look at what it means for us throughout the rest of the everything and heading later in the week coming up in a bit. larry: okay. thank you, josh. you can track the tropics yourself. alison: new information today about the police shooting that killed a 15-year-old in hay

meteorologist josh knight has a check of the forecast. josh: that is right. for most of us the temperatures feel like they are in the mid-80's. that is even with the cloud cover today. now things are starting to clear out from north to south. we are starting off here with a picture for you from frederick. you see more blue skies showing up. we switch over to show you the big picture. the cloud cover we had today is still in response to what is left of jose. still spinning out there in the same place that it has been to bring rain to new england and long island. that is about it. we had a few clouds today. you will notice even with the clouds, temperature is warming up. it's fall officially and it feels like 84 in warrenton. 82 for leesburg. 85 at quantico and fredericksburg. as we go throughout the everything, as long as the clouds stick around, the temperatures are slow to still at 77. by 9:00 we get extra clearing and the temperatures are down to 71 degrees. we are heating back up again tomorrow. 88 degrees with a good bit of sunshine. 89 on sunday. getting

stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight tracking the tropics. we are really in the height of hurricane season. josh: so true. we get one after another. they continue to follow the trend of that rapid intensification. dog off with what is happening fir is just north of ocean city. up to new england those are tropical storm watches. in the red color it's a warning. things would happen sooner closer to the outer banks. it is expected to get closer to boston and nantucket. the beach erosion will likely be an issue and the winds are gusting 35 to 50 miles per hour. a few places even stronger than that. still though, hurricane jose, and hurricane maria to talk about. we'll get to that in a second. i want to show you the latest track with jose. it's moving north with the max winds right at the edge of category one. expected to eck whatten. even staying that far out to see likely to bring issues to the coast. keeping an eye on that. it will bring us more rain closer to the weekend. we talk about that and what to expect in the coming days. alison: thank y

meteorologist josh knight picks up the with a look at how much damage irma could do. j i want to stress you can see the track. the number goes down from five to four to three. so you think it's getting better. but anything at a one, two, three, four or five can do some major damage. cat one here. and katia is in motion. we will start to get the winds at cat one. not as powerful. the trees bend in the wind. we lose shingles and some of the siding at a cat two. bumping up to cat three. now we have winds that are closer to around 110 to 130 miles per hour. we bump up to cat four and we have big issues. you see the four and the three approaching south florida to jacksonville that is a very big deal. katzic damage. if you remember andrew from 1992 with the homes wipedded off the foundation that is something that you can see with the category five storm. larry: great illustration. i worked in west palm beach in the time of andrew. there is beauty to be had. the hurricane hunters flying through the storm last night to snap this picture of the moon through the eye. amazing. y

josh knight is in the weather center with more on where the storm heads next. josh: getting ready to make the turn farther north. the issue is we are still looking at tropical storm force winds in the turks and caicos. the 125-mile-per-hour max winds are still really close to the middle of the storm. you can see that area is just off in the ocean on its own. turks and caicos in yellow. still feeling the tropical storm force winds. let me put this in motion for you. what you will see this tracks north and ultimately turning down to category two as we work our way to sunday morning. but you notice just open the ocean water there and continuing to decrease in energy for wednesday. this looks like it will weave between the east coast and bermuda. keeping an eye on maria. still, what is left of jose looking impressive o some of the cloud cover we have had around here for the afternoon is thanks to the system. even with the clouds temperatures are able to warm up. we have 85 in leesburg. 87 for quantico. it feels like 84 in d.c. as we work our way throughout the every

josh duhamel. after they broke up, our keltie knight talked to her fergie in first sit down since the news broke. >u're excited to go public now, but it's been since february maybe? >> yeah. >> why the wait? >> i know, you don't owe it to everybody to just announce something the second you decide it. it's a process. really, i don't even know if we would have announced it if it wasn't for all the press we've been doing. >> i would have been like, how's josh? >> but it just became time. we're ready to have a big release. >> fergie is a complete pro. she didn't shy away from about her ex at all. >> we're great friends. there's so much love we have for each other. we really like each other. we have fun with each other. we're just not meant to cuddle anymore. >> how are you balancing axl and being a mom, and do you have help? >> i do. i was just on face time with axl on the way here. we are still axl's parents through and through. ♪ >> this week, josh was in l.a. with axl while fergie spent wednesday night at the tuck room in new york premiering her new visual album, double dutchess, out now. ♪ >> you b