. >> here's meteorologist justin berk. beautiful, beautiful day yesterday, justin. >> absolutely gorgeous considering all the flooding problems going on around the nation. the flooding in nashville and then the catastrophe in the gulf coast. it is hard to sit back and take it, but we will. 28 in easton. never developing the showers in the afternoon. i don't think many of you complained about that. very light winds, and the sun coming up officially at 6:04. between 55 and 60. this afternoon's 2-degree guarantee of 83. mostly sunny sky, and eventually we will start knocking the temperatures down into the mother's day weekend and talk more about that in a bit. 5:39. back to the roads with kim brown. >> justin, we still have a road closure in willard, maryland. it's way on the eastern shore but if you travel from that area, expect delays. police are providing the detour. the drive times around the baltimore metro, in the green southbound from the belt bay to the 895 split. it's five minutes for the split to the fort mchenry tol

it's on. [ ding ] >>> good morning i'm meteorologist justin berk. we have had our quiet night and will have another beautiful day. starting off near 50 downtown. clear skies and sunshine expected. the outlook coming up for mother's day weekend as well. >> we have the volume on the northwest corner of the beltway, but things looking good on frederick road. a pair of crashes we will get you caught up in less than 10 minutes. >>> they black on their lacrosse sticks last night in the honor of yeardley love. >> reporter: she graduated from noter dame present, -- notre dame prep, and now they will have more on her death. >>> live to pensacola, florida, where the plan to keep the oil off the shore is on. >>> ernie harwell dead at the age of 92. we will look back at the life of the great broadcaster. >>> we know no other child will have to endure what she had to endure. >>> parents can rest easier, a new law aimed with stricter punishment for sex offenders, and the little girl who made it happen. >>> 6:43. time for your abc2 news to go. new developments ove

. >>> first the weather with justin berk. >> and more incredible video of that massive tornado over the weekend coming up as well. 5:05 now. there's rain showers outside. in fact there's mist and spray all across the roadways and east/northeasterly wind at 8. mid-60s and tropical feel to the air. keep thinking tropics. we'll explain in a moment. >>> let's check with mark jones. >> good morning, the commute looks good on marc, no delays or problems on the camden, penn, or brunswick lines. on the buses, a heavy volume of passengers on the 19, 64 and 10 bus lines. you'll find the wet roads, rain out there slowing things up a bit so allow extra time for travel. light rail and metro subway look good for travel. ve you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches, on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it's delicious. nobody does it quite like us. [ indistinct talking on television ] [ laughs ] what's that? [ inhales deeply ] that's last

let's go to justin berk. >> 6:45. not affecting us.under the influence of a tropical east wind. i say tropical because on the wide view i'm going to show you a storm that could get a name off the coast before the week is done. yeah. a little premature. officially hurricane season starts june 1st. a with tropical feel in the air in baltimore, mist, high humidity, even leftover showers, 64, a little haze and fog in westminster. and they've only had 2/100th inch of rain, some places had more but overall just spotty showers now near carney. also watching showers on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. on the east side of the beltway. also down near columbia in howard county. overall, mist and fog and some scattered showers continue through the day. 75 our 2-degree guarantee this afternoon. >>> 6:45. here's kim. >> we have delays starting to build on the major roads including 95 and the beltway. an accident on the outer loop at providence road off to the left shoulder at this time. we have a road closure because of some down power lines

justin berk has the weather. >> reporter: the window of the inner harbor looking good. it's 5:29.n trying to pop up over the eastern sky and a pretty view. very, very serene as we start off on this friday morning. we check out some other areas.

let's get the weather with justin berk. >> a few clouds overhead. a little bit of brightening over the inner harbor as we look northbound to the maryland science center. the national aquarium is just off the right side of the screen. as we head through today, we are expecting a partly to mostly cloudy start. we'll talk about the weekend outlook coming up in aa bit. you'll see the graphics on the wake-up window at the bottom of the screen. i want to make it clear this will not be a complete washout. right now, let's get the latest on traffic with kim. >> thanks, justin. traffic's very light at this hour. a head's up if you are traveling northbound this morning. the new jersey turnpike northbound closed at exit 7 near bordentown township. overturned tractor-trailer has things blocked. we are looking good around the beltway. no problems here around harford road. earlier crash in pasadena has been cleared. we have route 408 at mount zion marlboro road. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> all right. two times, may 5th, may 18th around bates middle school i

here's justin berk. >> that is cool stuff. nothing cool around here, just pleasant this morning. we start out with the live view looking at the hd cam. a little hint of orange over the eastern sky. we've got 58 degrees in the thermometer, a warm friday and cool weekend with some wet weather but not a washout. we'll be right back after this. stay with us. discover new juvÉderm® xc, s tantly smooth out those parentheses lines of! temporary side effects include redness, pain, firsselnik of infection. lose those lines! the way you look with new juvÉderm® xc... >>> we want to show you incredible video of a tornado. >> justin, this is a tornado from missouri, and it's crazy. the pictures are actually a weak twister, which doesn't look very weak in the east part of kansas city. it passed near the state fairgrounds. it's incredible when you look at this. no injuries were reported, but there was some property damage. pretty incredible pictures this morning to show you. i know somebody like justin's eyes get wide. >> if you noticed, the jolly green giant was running away with a pile of bro

. >>> let's look at weather and here's justin berk with what is coming up today. >>> 6:15.yland's most powerful doppler radar appears to be one of the only that can see the rain. the regional radar is not showing it. i'll show that you in a moment but we have spotty showers up 95 near whitemarsh, includes glenarm towards 83 and towards white hall and it looks like up towards hereford, even back towards westminster and dotting around the liberty reservoir. it's breaking up and it's spotty bursts of rain. if it's not on top of you it's possible it already came through and dampened up the road surfaces. we have a wet start and mild tropical start and 64 in baltimore. same story up towards york, 66 hagerstown, cooler at 61 in easton. check this out, check out the actual moist flow from the southeast. there's a lot more cloud cover lingering, a few hundred miles off the coast. this continues to pump in the moisture. the reason we have showers today and the reason it's going to stay like this throughout the day. watch the heavy rainfall across the carolina coastline, then watch t

. >> meteorologist justin berk, now we're into it. >> i just wish today was the weekend because thingslapse camera from yesterday morning. we had a few clouds left over and as promised, we have the sun to break out. it carries us to a high in the 80s. 57 perry hall, 52 ellicott city, but checking in reisterstown, 68. most of us in the 50s this morning. and the satellite highlighting high, thin clouds. overall, we expect another day will bring us sunshine. we'll go nor an afternoon high temperature of 86. follow the wake-up window this weekend. it will go the other direction. what direction are you going this morning and who will be battling you on the roads? here's kim brown with the latest on that. >> thanks, justin. we're still very light this morning. traffic is looking good around the beltway as we take a peek here at harford road. inner and outer loop looking good on both the east

. >> meteorologist justin berk, but first, "lost"? >> i loved it. my wife not too happy. tim, our camera operator. i think there will be a love/hate relationship with the final. yes. how many of you up now actually watched last night? you're feeling my pain either way. it was a long night and a long rough morning. showers are showing up. owings mills, at the harbor school, at that particular location only 2/100th inch but periodic rain made it damp and soggy at 63 degrees, a lot of spray kicking up on a lot of roadways. and our doppler, maryland's most powerful doppler radar highlighting some rain in baltimore county. up 83, 95, and also back 70 in through howard county. plan for it to be a little wet, even mist and fog, we'll get to about 75. more showers this afternoon. 4:59. let's check the roads with kim. >>> not the ideal way to begin

justin berk will let us know how much longer this is going to last. >>> 9:55. a beautiful day. megan said it, like san diego so come knock on our door. our time lapse camera looking north from the maryland science center. our hd camshowing a beautiful crystal clear, crystal clear view -- yeah, she's still in the building, blue sky, hardly a cloud to be found. low humidity. warm temperatures. here's parkville middle school, the sun rising over the sky and temperatures responding. here's gwynn oak where the parking lot is filled up and yes, we're looking at just a beautiful green scenery as the lush plants are definitely enjoying the beneficial rain we had recently and really not too much but you know that last storm dropped about a quarter inch in gwynn oak, currently 74 degrees, winds out of the southeast, that really is sort of a moderating effect. the sun is really strong. first week of may, and the sun is equivalent to the end of summer in terms of high angle but with the winds coming off of a cooler chesapeake holds us pretty much in check and with high pressure in control

. >> "good morning, maryland," i'm meteorologist justin berk. we'll call it a partly cloudy sky. a high, thin vail of clouds allowing the sun to get through. we'll see a few more clouds popping up. we go to the two degree guarantee of 86 degrees. not a washout but there will be a few showers on saturday 76, a few more showers and clouds on sunday at 71. again, not a washout but there will be some rain. we dry out and warm up next week. it is a beautiful morning in central park. and, of course, robin, george, just about, i don't know. 50 yards away from me there, the jonas brothers. everybody doing a sound check on stage. get down to the park. >> and demi lovato will be joining them, too. they're going out on tour this summer. you see them first right here. >> i have to say, they're staying at the hotel i'm staying at. >> right. >> there's been kids camped out all week long. and just waiting for any sign. every time i walk in the hotel, i feel like i'm disappointing. >> oh. >>> let's get our "picture of the morning." something happened at the white house yesterday. the president s

. >> let's turn it over to meteorologist justin "the lost" berke. >> one minute before 6:00. weather. in