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. >> we want to check in with lauren ricketts standing by with what sounds like a nice day. some could see some sprinkles. >> some could see north of d.c. through northern maryland. we will say dry with plenty of sunshine. it will be warm today, no doubt about that. temperatures top out around 90. we're already at 80 degrees at this 9:00 a.m. hour. northwest winds bringing in drier air. the humidity is not bad today. noticeably lower but still out there. plenty of sunshine, mainly dry out there. can we keep dry conditions around for the eclipse sxwlrchts that information and that forecast coming up. >> thanks, lauryn. today, community members from an historically black neighborhood in virginia are set to protest a proposed power line but there could be news for those along carver road. a plan to build a transmission line to an amazon data center might be scrapped for a new route. a spokesperson for dominion energy said the company alerted build the line along i-66 instead. >>> the man behind the infamous graffiti tags seen throughout the d.c. area for decades, for danny, kno

we want to take this time to check in with news 4's lauren ricketts. she ventured outside. >> she did. the humidity is not a fan to people with big hair, correct? >> no, and i was just thinking about this, angie, because we were all talking about it while the "today" show was going on and whether i was going to come outside and i kept saying it is so humid out there, angiespray. >> it's like glue. >> i can already see it gets frizz balled up here. it's so sticky out here right unfortunately that's the way it's going to be today. as we head into really tomorrow that humidity drops. we will be dealing with that humidity and just mugginess out there today. prepare yourself for it when you head outside. showers down to the south and east right now, really through southern maryland, fredericksburg, quantico marine base coming through the northern neck, we still have that flood warning in manassas, derrick ward is out there, he's letting us know what going on, that is until 9:30. lots of roads closed through the area, we will continue to watch that. we have

. >> lauren ricketts. what's up with all the rain? >> we got a lot of rain yesterday, we had some flooding, we had severe weather last night and now we're dealing the aftermath. still flood warnings out there, manassas, central prince william county, manassas park, a lot of flooded roadways around that region right there. be careful as you drive around early this morning. we are still seeing some rain showers trying to move into the area, i do believe that we could have a few rain showers as we continue through the morning but the heaviest stuff is out of here, just some light stuff that will stream up from the charlottesville area and slip to the south of d.c., a few showers cannot be ruled out early this morning. right now we are dry but with a little fog. is on the muggy side as well. we do have another chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon so we will time it out for you in a few minutes. >>> that flood warning is a big concern this morning. you are going to want to steer clear of all standing water. you've got to che

lauren ricketts is joining sheena parveen. >> we will look at the commute with wtop's jack taylor. ladies, maybe good for the morning to spend time out there? >> i think we're getting a sun tan with the lights. >> the sun is coming up. we may be dealing with a few showers as the sun comes up. once the sun goes down, looking at really nice weather. >> we have big changes coming. we're still warm outside this morning. it is cloudy skies, 79 degrees in the district. the showers

let's head over to meteorologist lauren ricketts with a closer look at the weekend. >> hey, sheena, yes what we don't see from the map is high pressure building into the region. that dries us out, clears us out starting this afternoon. let's peek at the weekend. this nice fall like weather is going to continue thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. look at these highs. going to top out around 80 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., refreshing temperatures, temperatures in the upper headed to the beach looking good as well. plenty of sunshine, may be breezy. temperatures in the low to mid 70s, maybe one of the last beach weekends before labor day. sheena, how is the rest of the forecast? >> fantastic, lauren. temperatures only reach a high of 80 degrees going through the weekend and into next week. it will be dry, too, plenty of sunshine. this is fantastic weather. normal high this time of year is mid-80s. we stay below this for awhile. we are watching next week and for labor day weekend. closer look at that as we get closer. >>> 6:54. there were two cases that shocked the region, school aides in charles

fog, lauren ricketts, fog, why do we have fog? >> that's beautiful out there. isolated areas of fog here and there. but we also have a beautiful sunrise. that sun is coming up. 12 minutes -- it changes every time obviously. we're looking at a gorgeous morning out there right now. of course, as i said, we do have a little bit of fog mainly out to the shenandoah valley. 75 right now. we'll take it down a degree at 7:00. move it right on up into the 80s well before noon. rain chances later on today. we'll time it out for you. humidity drops coming up. >>> lauryn a deputy nearly killed trying to save lives. the drug so dangerous just one touch september him to the hospital. >>> okay, jack. when i was a little girl, i didn't think i could ever be president. and do you know why that was? >> you're not photogenic? >> plus, it's barely back but already great news from will and grace fans. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is differen

good morning, i'm storm team4 meteorologi lauren ricketts. we're going to have your full forecast coming up. >>> talk about a nightmare commute. you know how busy 395 is on a normal morning. an update on conditions. >>> we need to get that baby out there so she can be safe. that's all i want is my granddaughter to be safe. >>> anxiously wait, these temple hill residents could be for new homes by the end of the day. the answers they are hoping to get and the improvements they're hoping to see. >>> hi, everyone, welcome to tuesday. >> we got to start with a weather alert. it is hot and humid outside, but relief is on the way. >> and someone watching it very closely, storm team4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. >> as we get into the afternoon, we're only going to heat things up. in fact, we haven't been dealing with these kind of temperatures for quite some time. august has been fairly mild and fairly wet. look how green everything is out there. it's a little hazy from our life city camera. temperatures in the low to mid 80s, 84 here in d.c., 87 i

let's go to meteorologist lauren ricketts. >> not every day you see a solar eclipse and a tornado. >> only in the d.c. area could you have both of those get under way. once the eclipse finished at 4:00 by 5:00 we were looking at severe weather. what's going to happen is the protocol for this is that the national weather service out of sterling in virgi i investigate and see whether that was a tornado. we were watching it and all radar signs indicated it was a tornado down there. so again, we've seen a lot of pictures of that. thank you for sending in the videos. we had severe weather in frederick county, maryland at 8:00. that's when we started to see a lot of trees down in that region as well. 78 is the temperature now. look at this for tomorrow morning. by 9:00 a.m. the heat index at 90 degrees. we're headed into the triple digits tomorrow. we're going to talk about when this heat finally breaks. that's coming up in the ten-day forecast in about ten minutes. >> thank you, lauren. >>> in 1two and a half minutes t came and it went. this is from clemson, south carolina where thousands

we want to take this time to check in with news 4's lauren ricketts.ide. >> she did. the humidity is not a fan to people with big hair, correct? >> no, and i was just thinking about this, angie, because we were all talking about it while the "today" show was going on and whether i was going to come outside and i kept saying it is so humid out there, angiespray. >> it's like glue. >> i can already see it gets frizz balled up here. it's so sticky out here right

lauren ricketts is here to break it all down. >> we do have a chance for more showers and thunderstormsthis morning but also again this afternoon. 74 is the temperature right now, muggy out there. here is a few showers that will be coming up through the region mainly affecting portions of southern maryland and northern neck slipping through i-95 south of the beltway. we are going to continue to watch for showers this morning and we are watching for that flooding waters out in manassas. manassas park, central prince william county, that goes until 9:30 that flood warning. again, more showers and thunderstorms later on this afternoon throughout this evening some of those could be strong bringing heavy downpours, lower humidity tomorrow with plenty of sunshine and will have much nicer conditions tomorrow before isolated storms on monday. >>> more news in 25 minutes. we will have more on your local news and weather, but for now we will send it back to the "today" show. >>> we are back on this saturday morning, august 12th, 2017. a look there at the brain trust, if you will, our control room

. >>> let's check your forecast with lauren ricketts. his afternoon. 85, 86 for a daytime high today, but again clearing this afternoon and look at these temperatures thursday all the way into early next week, temperatures around 80 with low humidity. >> all right, lauren, looks good. thank you. coming up on news 4 midday how a new law is aiming to make your commute on metro safer. >>> welcome back to school students, it's wednesday, august 23rd, and it's going to be a great year. settle down, everybody, settle down. two do we have on the first day of school? do we have joy bauer? >> here. >> justin chapel? >> here. >> hoda kotb? >> sorry, i'm late, my first day, oh, my god, you pronounced it right, thank you. >> and katharine lee

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