kim martucci is in for howard. she's back. she has weather. angie has the traffic. we begin with kim. welcoming you back. congratulations and tell us relief in the air. >> a baby step today but today in the 90s. great to have you with us. it is tuesday morning, just s.cot to turn 9:01 in a couple e moge vit ofngsecos. get moving aheck nd rehe c a onckon the weather. thatte urmperestsesouide mu y.r ougg rather esare errgu are waking uo 81. quantico 75. 74 annapolis. hello, southern xentve. r ri 75 patuxent in western maryland. you can see how those thunderstorms fired up across pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia today. that's is a front that is moving here today. we will likely see them in the heat of the day this afternoon. get the errands done early. today a step to 93 with moderate air quality, everybody. my seven-day forecast is a few minutes away. angie has the tuesday drive. good morning. >> good morning. hello, washington. wake up. get up and at it. we are ready to get this terrific tuesday started beginning with 95 and the bw parkway. so far a little congest

kim martucci is on the weather terrace. can't sit on the furniture. had a little rain so it is a little damp. little damp from the dew this morning. we have to wish the chantilly little league best of luck at the southeast recommendny finals today in west virginia. we hope you do well. good morning, everybody. i'm kim. it is cloudy and it is mild. if not humid outside. let's start with the weather. pl on rain showers later this afternoon. so have the umbrella with you. of i-81 rtion i-81 atm t ar at75, 77 andrews air force base. high fredericksburg, 74. the weather forecast, mostly cloudy at 9:00, 79. 85 at noon. we will say good-bye to the 90s and welcome middle 80s and upper 8 as instead. have the umbrella this afternoon it may serve you well. good morning. >> we are starting to see a couple of accidents pop up, here is route 28 at sterling boulevard. all southbound lanes are blocked. take pacific avenue to old ox route to 28. being told to avoid the area if possible. moving to 66 this accident just happened eastbound at route 28. it is blocking thi

. >> of course kim martucci is joining us and has a look at the forecast. >> we have a dividing line. we are dry and south and east of us a u yoeat e avu yoyowith h we wilarstt withdoppler 9000 and do a litt. ur wnngdo ha cto tour. taking us down to chaprince inprce georges county this morning where i have been ngkitrlight rains opdrs falling from shady y side an deale points south and west. past waldorf to g ob wye river side and 301. it is all light and unless you are in this part of the viewing area your conditions are dry. little front south and east of us. low pressure is kicking off showers and storms and stays across the southern suburbs today. the rest of us will take a trip to the 70s today. partly cloudy skies over dc. 70 degrees, not much warmer than 73. cloudy skies right now 64. air quality is good. >>> find out how the traffic is shaping up. >> we have been tracking the roads all morning and with we will kick things off at the beltway. an accident at your. drivers are delayed on the outer loop north of the district. stretching from new hampshire to georgia avenue. notice

kim martucci is in for howard bernstein and angie is here with traffic. >> i was going to swim through the air for you. it is air you can wear. good morning, everybody. let's get moving together. it is warm outside. we ve80 eeready have de grdegre i'll show it to you. we have it here ease back to 7 eak bacseto 7 t leesburg is 81. 7 martinsburg to winchester. we are still ahead of that stalled frontal system over west virginia. it has inched boser to us. today and tomorrow. these are the days when the show gets to town and thunderstorms light up the sky. temperatures in the lower 90s. we want to get the rain over on saturday. so we can have a nice second half of the weekend. good morning. >>> tgif, folks. welcome to the week. almost there. hey, let's get started with the capital beltway. this is i-270. traffic is zipping by with no problems. no accidents or incidents to report along the way. interstate 270, what's up on this? live from montgomery village avenue, lanes are wide open to the split and we are watching virginia roads. here's 395. we remain delay free from duke street to the

we go to kim martucci. >> good morning. every morning at this time at 6:08 we focus on maryland's weather. virginia you are coming up in the next 20 minutes. so let's get started. the satellite-radar loop. thunderstorms are held at bay but western maryland will be the first to see the storms fire up probably by noon. as we look to the north and west, hagerstown, you are probably the coolest location because you have increasing cloud cover and thunderstorm threat first. that's why the 89 for you. urbana 91. take you to mechanicsville, partly cloudy most of the day, 93. your thunderstorms a little later in to the evening but you folks in gaithersburg, certainly by the mid afternoon and high of 92 with the weather comes the traffic for maryland. angie is on the duty. >> hello, kim. hello, everybody. real quick want you to know southbound on the bw parkway that's where we have an accident. it is right at 175. we know that it is off to the right shoulder. we are opening the cameras and show you the east west highway at colesvill

our meteorologist kim martucci has been watching him closely and she now has the latest on this storm. good news about bill. while it is a category three storm, as you said, since the last observation this morning it lost ten miles an hour to its punch. instead of winds of 125. it has winds of 115 miles an hour. something to reckon with. it is not near land or islands at the moment. and it looks like with a little luck the track of bill will stay west of bermuda and east of north america until we think of atlantic canada and the timing of that would be toward the end of the weekend. how's bill going to impact us? mainly in the form of our local beach goers to ocean city. as you possession mentioned rip tides and rough surf a big concern if you are heading to the coast and we will talk about that. i want to show you doppler 9000. as forecasted the thunderstorms are developing. they are moving northeast at 35 miles an hour. thurmont they are affecting you right now. it is north of the border. there's a severe thunderstorm watch for south central pennsylvania and in adams county a severe

so let's get right to kim martucci to tell us what we can expect. >> j.c., already some strong thunderstorms are firing. we don't have any warnings on them quite yet this noon. but let me show you doppler 9000 and show you e thareas urn the gun right now. e h ty much approachin utsoside ofutth e wabethlte th wilson bridge for sure. th me is where we will be having so problems right now. i have been lookheg tatse for a while. they ar te mainlyov intog e the ea . ho an hour. so, awere going to be watching them develop so problems. r fome trto t tck this r u.yo this cluster around d mou.ng tomoving to davidsonville and what not. so as we animate this for you, we c te llyou some towns that wi force , sebameadows 126. you get the idea. that's t th lyonlycluster we have. ill weckoubat of the picture now w anshow you not just springfield under the gun but firi uptoup the west here down from manassas and again moving an0 he steastnoasrt 3t he ins hour s lk onlortfolks in lorton you llwi be seeing this. what are we talking for the afternoon, show you the radar loop. this is just e a loofexpect a l mo

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howard is off but kim martucci is with us.> another hot humid day and another chance of thunderstorms. seems kee we stsse uck a e.utinro mgoroutine. good morning, everybiny. ea maweitde to thursday it lt ratr desiin be e wamuy.inside the beltwa y.co upa le ofy.ckpoofets inmag etrtsbur martinsb o mindut b fredericksburg are off fredericksburg are off erd running with 75is be is dry on the radar and satellite loop. it looks like we will keep it that way thoughout the morning, but in to the afternoon, like yesterday, we will fire up storms working on highs in the lower 90s. good morning. >> get fired up. fired up. hey. that's our cheer to get us started this thursday. getting closer to the weekend. a couple of days away. overall things are looking fine on 9. traffic is volume light from dumb fridays to the mixing bowl. live from 270, past father hurley. things are clear. good amount of traffic already, though. and a map of 95 and the bw parkway shows nothing but green cars. smooth sailing to the beltway. >>> two moms and a challe

kim martucci is here on this beautiful monday morning. it feels a season ahead of schedule outside. >> it is beautiful. >> today will feel more like the end of september than the end of august. start your monday off with good news. at the bus stop partly cloudy for the kids. almost everywhere in the 60s. southern maryland in the 70s where you have some rain showers. up ton weerstmaryla erth 50s. here's how it looks, patchy clouds and rain to the south will be skirting by southern maryland, northern neck of virginia and delmarva today. 67 right now inside the beltway. we will take you up to a high in the middle 70s. angie goff, good morning. >> we are here and ready to jump start your workweek and will begin with great traffic outside. let's get started as we look at 270 southbound. you are okay to the split. hey, virginia, 66 out of manassas, no problems tracking those taillights. on the inner loop from 95 to 66, drivers are moving at speed. jessica, over to you. >>> the fresh to excel in sports can make kids push themselves too hard tryi

. >>> go over to kim martucci to tell us what to expect this weekend. >> big change coming our way on good evening. you guys have been following me on twitter, contacting me on facebook. some of you have had a lot of rain tonight. i have been hearing from you folks in ashburn. doppler radar estimates you have gotten 2 inches ofra in from slow-moving thunderstorms today. i am tracking them right w no at this late hour on dor le 00 i have the radar zoomed inon your davidsonville. this area right now seeing e thav rieheain.st e hertaroundt miles g off ast s an hour. annapolis you are next in line. and anybody heading out along route , 50, u you g e goinbe in s fbeor doy he y wnpoavhe downpours right on top of you. all right i'm going to take you her e the south and west. as we head utthroh prince ty. ges co across town here towards i-10. ukiththllnespy rangea ged an p rospugngkith through brandywine and route 5, than is where weiswill be pang attention to the thunderstorms this eni ime you get up in the morning all this stuff will be ererov all right. we will change showt.ose yoaphics wa

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kim martucci is here and i can't believe this month is almost over. going by very quickly. >> september. >> kids are in school. >> the fall, turtle necks. >> come next week we will have some weather. that feels more like autumn. >> so turtle necks maybe. >> yes. always that tricky time of the year with the open-towed shoes, turtle necks, hot, warm, cold weather. y.t's get moving, evyb erthis morning, i don't think y have too many complaints. first start with a look trs.e icop icm watched a disturbed batch of weather north of espanol la e goa odan teday wea will see this develop in to a tropical storm and it will likely affect our weekend weather. all right. out there right now we have 76 degrees. it is 73 up the road in frederick as it is in manassas. south and west hanging on to 64 in culpeper. 77 already in fredericksburg. today we will be similar to yesterday in which we will have plenty of sunshine. it will be different in that it will be warmer. we will be getting a squeeze play. today we have high pressure firmly anchored. after today it starts

kim martucci is here with weather and angie has the traffic. >>> today is not a bad weather day. so let's check off one nonissue. dopplerdopplerli ttlet li inlittle light ra . isit mainly down across the rtrnhene ckof virginia right now and 36. . 0 roacth e mandhela 360 across the nohe d insa ansaint mary's city, kids need their umbrellas. change otoved th r e her ve computer and talk about the forecast today. at 5:00 here's how we have the scattered clouds. wet weather for southern suburbs this afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. winds from the north at n.ten. 67 here. leesburg is 64. patuxent river, 72 and 68 at annapolis. this afternoon, look for partly cloudy skies. by the lunch hour 72. a high of 76. this feels more like september 25th than august 31st. good morning. >> good morning, kim. i know. it is august 31st. the last day of august but the first day of the workweek and we will help you get started. from dumb fries to the capital beltway all clear commute. we will switch over and take you to 395 where we find lanes wide open. drivers making their way from duke street to

we say good morning to kim martucci. she's back and ready to go. >> i am rubber stamping yesterday's weather forecast today. i hope you don't mind. i'm not trying to put it in cruise control but we will be in one of those stagnating weather patterns where we have thunderstorms, high humidity and with that the heat. let's get testd,ar erod evon this -- it , is is wednesday. good morning. here's hour time lapse tower cam. we are okloing at the washington monument. you losee e thclouds leftov yay by. and now partly cloudy skies, it is 79 and the winds are calm and humidity is 74% at reagan national airport. as for the numbers, they run ye gamut from 75 in gaithersburg, already 81 in leesburg. it is 79 at quantico and looking south and west, culpeper has a pair of sevens on the map. this is what it feels like. when we factor in the humidity it feels warmer, middle 80s in the district and 82 in winchester. so, we will keep it humid. and rather warm this afternoon. by the lunch hour, we will already be tracking 87 with showers

kim martucci is back. welcome kim weather person. >> mrs, i got that done. great to be back but boy i got married in the weather in the 70s most of the time. and now we're back. i am happy to tell you we will y. be t breaking cordres datodo we did ity.es yat ayat s grdeee cumberland 73 and it is already 84 e thnosatellite and dar loop shows clouds are building toward cumberland where it is cooler in the low 70s. you folks will see widely scattered showers out here first. the storms have to come over the mountains and sometimes they tend to dry out as they hit the shenandoah valley. i still think you have a shot of getting wet later this afternoon and certainly along the 95 corridor for the drive home. i'm targeting the storms here. probably by 3:00. so between now and then try to get those arounds done in outside. temperatures 90 to 95. tonight we will have showers and thunderstorms. probably diminishing as you head to bed, angie. good morning. >>> good morning, kim. some better news. just a minute ago all lanes are blocked on the inner loop. things have cha

. >> good morning, kim martucci. >> good morning, washington. it is thursday. we are getting geared up, almost ready for that weekend. we will help you along the way. on the inner loop at central avenue this is something new. crash activity that we have confirmed but volume is light going in that direction on the outer loop you are doing fine. let's move it outside to 270 where we are tracking a little slow ride from 109 to 121. you can see the taillights are stacking up a little bit. through dc, here's inbound new york avenue past bladensburg road. not so bad so far. 395 northbound seeing an early amount of volume here past duke street. drivers are making their way toward the district. no delay. 95 northbound in virginia, drivers are at speed from dale city to lorton to the mixing bowl. that's the traffic. now over to you. >>> in this living well headlines the u.s. begins to test h1n1 on children. health officials say the results from the test on adults say it is safe to use on youngsters. it will include children six months to 17 years old. the government exp

angie is here and she has traffic for you and howard is here in for kim martucci and he's got another hot forecast. >> good pool day. go to the beach. the temperatures will soar to the mid to low 90s this afternoon. that's the case to start the week. as we go through the week rain chances will be coming up. a balancing act going on. get idoutsoutside this morning. a few clouds this morning. pretty sunrise. the skies are partly sunny out there. some spots are mostly sunny. an any storms that you see in the midwest, especially hd is seeing them over to michigan and indiana. stough ugh time stea an. st laeast. just an isolated storm iwill e pe . . ed e the ws lofrom earlier. 61 culpeper. 72 here at reagan ti onnaanald as e ofstteth mbnuers and waiting on to mbs to meo r toine inin e e 60s to tope upper 70s right now. le buesthrgright now. to on top of of the roof while they do construction. keep that in mind. here's a look at the day planner. in the upper 80s by noon. 94 for the temperature at 5:00. this we go. 78 the 9:00 temperature with partly sunny conditions. angie, it is 9:01. take

chris need snead will be the traffic in a moment but first our veteran meteorologist kim martucci. >>arried lady now. >> yes. >> good morning, everybody. happy wednesday. good news we will have some cooler weather today. okay. we'll take it. no 90s and we will hopefully have rain showers b@us off too. from southwestern virginia we will focus on the clouds across northern virginia. you will have cooler times ahead. wood stock 83. showers by late morning and that will hold off until later in the afternoon. across maryland, westminster look at 78 for the high. loving that idea. waldorf, mostly cloudy. some showers later in the day for potomac, 87 and hancock, maryland 77 today with scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the afternoon. giving angie time off today. kris sneed is in to help us with traffic. >> all right. we will start at maryland looking live at colesville. head lights at the outer loop and inner loop. no problems to report all the way around. moving to the district, we are tracking our head lights here inbound new york avenue past bladensburg to the third street tunn

meteorologist kim martucci is here and she's enjoying hereafter favorite day of the week on our weatherce. >> i am and we have a beautiful garden out here and i'm watering the plants because even though we have had scattered thunderstorms not too many have hit here in dc. via wa ynga nice ofcech o.to any chance of s to be south and east. a few places in the 60s is north and west of wnto over to cumberland, up to and town and along 81. a couple of scattered storms in the offering, mainly east of the district, delmarva, maybe to fredericksburg. the high today comfortable but a little sticky, 86. kenny burns is in for angie. he has the traffic. >>> good morning. we have good news, ramp from northbound 270 middle brook road reopened. the crews cleaned up the downed wires, also reopened middle brook and 355. southbound delays on 270, between father hurley ntvirygoe agouanryvill we found an accident on northbound route 5 at brandy rne wid.oa it is off to the should and police are on the scene. northbound 395 through alexandria, look for heavy delays edsall to seminary. and we will go further

i'm meteorologist kim martucci. speaking of twitter, you can get the forecast from me at 4:00 in the morning. my i.dkim. zoom in ather hekim. zoom in wh r at do we have inmpes wh. ur looflot of 60s n t out. leesburg 64. quantico 65. no rain across most of northern virginia. the northern neck of virginia where we have rain drops. down there, south of dumfries to orange we will have a couple of showers. highs 73. that's also the forecasted high for lurery and gainesville this afternoon. a little more sunshine to the north. >>> we like that sunshine. good morning to you. are you up and at it? we hope so. virginia we are watching the roads. here at fairfax not a lot of traffic at this intersection right now. moving the shot to the micking bowl. so far, no problems getting on 395 from the capital beltway and finally if you travel 267 the dulles toll road, traffic is flowing from the againway past the airport to reston and beyond. it is 20 minutes until 7 a.m. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. produce with

we start with kim martucci. >> andrea, every morning at this time we focus on maryland's weather. let's get started with a satell ate satellite and radar loop. no rain in sight. we're in good form this morning. we will zoom in and show you the mpteurateres across maryland. it is comfortable d at72 in hagerstown. andrews air force base 69 if you are hadding to montgomery county remember the montgomery county fair is starting this afternoon at 3:00. 8 is the goal at mechanicsville. send over to kenny burns with maryland traffic. >>> foggy conditions on i-270 southbound as you travel through germantown. traffic is moving at speed continuing down to the beltway. you will also find foggy conditions here at connecticut avenue and randolph road but no problems to report at this time. good morning, southern maryland. this is all clear leaving waldorf and brandy wine as you continue to the beltway on routes 5, 301. now back over to andrea. 6:08. >> thank you. >>> it is the end of the week but it is time to set the pace for the week and months ahead. best-selling author and motivational spe

kim martucci is here with the forecast. angie will talk about others who are hung up in traffic this morning. let's start with what is going on. is it raining again? >> it is not raining. we had some thunderstorms. i saw lightning in fairfax county but it was heat lightning. we didn't get any rain. it happens in the summer. you see the lightning and don't hear the thunderstorm. it is basically a thunderstorm too far away to hear the thunder. the lightning can make it through the atmosphere but the thunder gets muffled out. folks in maryland got the rain. because the ground is saturated and we expect more slow-moving rain later today there is a flash flood watch in affect from 2:00 this afternoon to the wee hours of the morning. talk about what is happening. first with danny. danny is less of a factor. good news. still a tropical storm. a minimal tropical storm. the way danny will impact us is if you are heading to the coast, going to have rip tides, beach erosion. go we're going to get rain but it will be from a front and a

meteorologist kim martucci is here with eyes on the terrace with a stormy weekend forecast. >> guessi just did. i checked bowie, 4409 off the ocean city coast and the water temperature is 79. almost watching our air temperature this morning. if you are heading to the coast i will have the forecast for you in the next weather segment. right now it is air you ar . s it i wehu it is humid and muggy. get to the graphic and talk about e th stre . wear e ne ly 80 degrees the heat index says it feels like 84. this is the type of weather you r. e to ess light weight light colored clothing. the front inching toward us gets closer today. the rain across west virginia will be here later this afternoon. we will take you to a high in the lower 90 and tonight some scattered thunderstorms linger in to the evening. good morning. >>> half way through the 6:00 hour. we are so glad that you could join us on this tgif. man, that feels good to say that. talking about the outer loop right now. looking a ten-minute drive from new hampshire to georgia avenue. we will fly 50 from the bay bridge past 3010 to

we say good morning to kim martucci and how's the weather? what's danny canning. >> danny boy is in the atlantic ocean churning up a storm and we are keeping one eye on him but i am watching with equal importance a front and i think that will be the thing that brings wet weather this weekend. that is actually good news. i think danny will be too far out to sea to take a direct hit here or get too close to the coast. here's a look at the day at a glance. temperatures in the middle 70s and upper 70s and that was our target at nine. it is happening. mostly sunny skies. approaching the mid-80s. instead of the 90s like yesterday afternoon we will put on the brakes around 88. more clouds will be approaching the area. a frontal system is on top of us but the rain attached to it is behind the front. we will hold off on the rain likely until tomorrow. this is what danny looks like. an enhanced satellite loop. brighter colors indicate high cloud tops. show emu what we are expecting as danny takes a swing to the eastern seaboard this weekend. right now

kim martucci is here and i love this time of the year because i'm ready for football and fall. >> fall foliage and all the fun things that come with fall, minus the rogue crazy snowstorms. we will put those on hold. it will be 86 today. good morning, everybody. by the way, stay tuned later in the show we have adorable penguin video. yes. let's get started. look around outside. we have partly cloudy skies over us. more clouds to the east toward the delmarva this morning out there is a stalled front. i was talking to my friend at my live chat room at my blog, scott. he is interacting with us from norfolk they got six or seven inches all at once down there. we are not dealing with that. isolated thunderstorm chance to the east today and south. middle 80s over the district with a northeast wind five to ten. headachierstown has joined the crowd with the 70s. 71 washington county, maryland. 72 andrews. 75 dc and over to cambridge and the eastern shore 72. to the west, 72 culpeper. hanging on to 60s in winchester and cumberland but you will be climbing to the 80s, as well. you will have more

kim martucci is here with our forecast. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> can you believe this, i have two teachers in my live chat room saying school is starting and they are pushing the school, back to school already an already requesting snow days. >> no. >> they are not even back yet. >> targets breast cancer, go toy to my blog and facebook it is there. >> i am here to tell you about the weekend weather forecast. it is looking good. out on the bay if you are doing fishing today northeast winds five to ten knots. waves a foot and water levels a foot above normal. will be good thwi waves one to two fe satellite and radar loop. we are rain-free. one exception, across the northern neck of virginia looks like a few rain drops are forming there. i will check with my buddy jan shriver in reedville. highs will reach 86 gaithersburg, 84 shady side. in to northern virginia we have 69 winchester and 70 culpeper. around fairfax we will be reaching for 87 and partly cloudy conditions. warrenton 85 for you. i have the weekend forecast and how things are looking at the beach this weekend whe

meteorologist kim martucci is here.is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. >> reporter: good morning. it is not too bad outside if it is not too bad outside if you can tolerate humidity. let's get started and show the temperatures. avwe h the temperatures. we hav inoms rafrupper e rangg birange satellite-radar loop. the mornings are fairly quiet but not long after lunch we fire up the storms. we will take you from the 70s where we are now and we will reach for a high around 90. be careful out there. these storms will be slow moving and have heavy downpours. angie, good morning. >>> we are half way through the 6:00 hour and we will kick things off with a live camera of 395 northbound from edsall to seminary. we are tracking the trip. five to ten minutes and building. moving along and go in the beltway and check out the upper loop from route 50 to 66 overall things not so bad. on maryland said of things, here's 270 seeing a good amount of volume from germantown road to 370. let's talk about the trains. metro is

i'm kim martucci. we are using doppler 9000 to track rain showers south and east of dc.h beach. as we continue south and west through waldorf a couple of sprinkles and we have been tracking them down to fredericksburg this morning. 61 andrews air force base. highs today in cumberland 70 to 72. partly cloudy and as we head south, sovereign maryland some rain drops as we show you. right now temperatures in the 60s. this afternoon around 74 chantilly and showers to the south toward fredericksburg. angie, good morning. >>> hey, everybody. thanks for joining us. couple of traffic tieups beginning with the inner loop. an accident at university. it is taking away the left lane. mainly delays on the outer loop fr new hampshire to georgia av ue. mo. ng over to inbound new york avenue or66. heading eastbound drivers are slow from 123 to this beltway. moving now hopefully to inbound new york. we got it. nope, 395. okay, i'll take that, too. no delays to the 14th street. we will take it to the maps. inner loop at route 50 here. we have an accident off to the right shoulder. that's i

i'm meteorologist kim martucci keeping you company on this friday morning.is the shenandoah valley, no more zeros. the visibility is at least a mile there. some good news. we have 73 at reagan national airport. off to the west here, manassas is 73. 73 frederick. 78 martinsburg. eastern shore, 72 easton. down across southern maryland patuxent river is 74. a mild morning. a little sticky outside. we have a stalled frontal boundary draped across the southern delmarva where they are watching thunderstorms. over our neck of the woods it is uneventful. highs up to 87 today. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. the air quality is in the moderate category and i think as we head to the afternoon and the weekend, other than a stray thunderstorm, it should be a great weekend with temperatures getting a little hot. i will share that with you in a few minutes. kenny burns has the traffic. >>> we will start with the outer loop in maryland. there is still no incidents in the roadway. inbound new york avenue is heavy and slow bladensburg road. back at speed past the traffic -- t

i'm kim martucci keeping you company this morning. have been and where we are headed with respect to your forecast. yesterday we hit 86. the average is 85. pretty much an average day with a lot of sunshine. lower humidity. today the same thing but hotter. by that i mean low 90s. a lot of sunshine. southwest winds five to ten. tonight partly cloudy lows 83 and 73. and then tomorrow the clouds will start to build. we'll get a squeeze play. one is a front to our north and west and the other is actually some business in the tropics. i'll explain in a moment. a lot of 70s on the map. leesburg and cambridge 77. we are watching the front that will be squeezing in on us and i'm keeping an eye on this disturbed tropical weather. if this forms it will likely be a tropical storm and the name will be danny. any way you slice it the computer models bring a tropical batch of weather, grazing or near the east coast as we head to the weekend. so any way you slice it we are either getting wet from the front which will let tropical moisture in here. th

i'm kim martucci keeping an eye on the weather.hong kong out.nt 75 ide ketaan y rtounoh and west. in the 60s in cumberland and that's the case for culpeper as you head out the door. we have partly sunny skies. no rain. and i think today will be a rain-free day. believe it or not, there is a front across us. the winds shifted to the northeast. that's one way we can tell but the rain associated with this front is north of the border across pennsylvania. this thing and the batch of rain with it will be moving in our direction. so tomorrow and heading in to the weekend. that's what we are thinking. as for the highs today, shaping up like this. in the middle to upper 80s across the board from woodbridge and points north. to the west, leighsburg is working on 90. leonardstown the forecast is high is 87. 85 for annapolis and 88 la plata. angie, good morning. >>> we are four minutes from our 9:00 a.m. show. we have got a lot of traffic to tell you about beginning in er spring. georgia avenue, southboundsi lanes are beoug inblocked. crews a

i'm kim martucci. it is 8:55. hope your thursday is going well.m system slicing through the ohio valley. we are in the sector with red arrows. that's the warm sector of the warm. it has been humid and hot an we will be in that area of the storm again today. we will be watching for popup showers an storms this afternoon. this cluster will be approaching us tomorrow and on saturday. behind it is some cooler air that will be here for sunday with lower humidity. across the region, we have 75 degrees in dc. that's the number at andrews air force base, gaithersburg. 70 martinsburg and 75 quantico way. we will take a step to the low 90s this afternoon. a bit of clouds an and scattered thunderstorms. don't put away the umbrella on friday or saturday but maybe late in the day on saturday and especially on sunday things will be improving. angie has been tracking the thursday drive. how's that ride? >> overall things are not that bad. we are four minutes from the 9:00 hour. remember our show is coming up an we stream it live at wusa9.com. talking about the t

kim's wedding. >> such a great picture. >> my husband took that. >> the professional took the picture. of course you see the mittty martucci her dad off to the de. it is low tide on the sand bar. and have to say good morning to the family and friends of christy and matt the owner of the inn, a beautiful location. they came from the springfield, virginia area. she even worked at the fbi. met so many virginiaens there. >> what you did not see in the picture is kim had beautiful red shoes on. >> weather wise, watch out for the heat the next couple of days and humidity. tomorrow some thunderstorm and then a break and a look at the temperatures on sunday and monday, mid to upper 90s. the next news is at noon with j.c. and howard. we will see you beginning 4:55 wednesday morning. bye-bye. a's top-rated internet and crystal clear phone, all for just $79.99 a month for the first six months. you can also get channel variety cable can't match. plus, additional packages are available with over 115 hd channels and over 15,000 titles on demand per month. what else does fios bring that cable doesn't? how about easy-to-use on screen widg