>> thanks, lauryn.ping our fingers crossed. >>> the biggest fish in nba free agency has found a new pond. prince george's county native kevin durant shocked just about everybody deciding to go play with the golden state warriors. >> reporter: it was a decision that had everybody wearing out the batteries on their phones. kevin durant has decided to sign with the golden state warriors. he penned a statement on the player's tribune saying he's made the decision on the "potential for my growth." he signed a deal worth more than $54 million. with durant's arrival, the warriors can be considered a pretty good team. se steph curry there as well. durant leaves oklahoma city after spending eight of his first nine seasons with the thunder. he was originally drafted by the seattle supersonics before they moved to okc. >> thanks, george. >>> police and firefighters in brazil are staging protests at rio's airport now just one month from the opening ceremonies of the 2016 olympics. they shouted and carried banners t

let's check back in with lauryn ricketts. lauryn?'re trying to get that rain out of here, doreen. we're doing a good job of it. however, we're going to continue with isolated showers as we continue into the evening. i almost said afternoon. into the evening and late evening. a few showers around by the time the fireworks go off. it's hard to pinpoint where they are. isolated showers up through the northern shenandoah valley, eastern panhandle towards st. mary's county. that lifts to the north and east. steady rain now pushing north of baltimore. we're not going to have to worry about that. we'll get clearing back here and we have another batch of rain headed our way as we get into really the overnight hours. so what you're looking at for your fourth of july, light rain and drizzles. more on the ten-day forecast and heatwave in a few minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> a dramatic takedown of a businessman from the united at subway, you'll love the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection. your choice of delicious chicken or hearty

the person with the answers, lauryn ricketts. >> yes. you are dealing with rain showers throughout the morning. it's not good on the air situation but hopefully we can improve things because we have a few changes to this ever-changing forecast. let'ow 70s through the afternoon and you can see, look at our radar, we got some heavy rain and we have some areas of light shower out there. again, expect showers this morning and expect showers again for the afternoon. there could be some sunny breaks here and there. >>> we're following a developing story out of mongt county. one person was taken to the hospital after a car crash. this happened around 2:20 this morning in gaithersburg. the person's condition is not known temperature at this time. 200 people don't have pow >> terrorism in the sky, the real threat may be in the car. july 4th being one of the deadliest days on the road. packed highways slowed down by accidents like this one in florida, like a bus and a truck collided. killing 5 people and injuring 25 people. >> on the road or in th

fireworks and the person with the answers is storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. good morning. >> good morning, guys. we're going to see if we can get you some answers to those questions. this is an ever-changing forecast. i've got to tell you this is a tough one for your monday, but just know we have some changes, but also know we are still expecting rain, maybe not as much. let's go ahead and show you what's going on out there right now. we have some rain around the region right now and as a gray july 3rd. we've had some showers around this morning, mainly south and east. we could hit some breaks of sunshine here. maybe some isolated rain showers this evening. it's going to be isolated. 66 in d.c., southwest wind at 5 miles an hour. storm team radar showing rain to the south and east. it's breaking up a little bit but we've got more rain on the way. isolated showers later on heavier rain for tomorrow. we'll time it all out coming up. >> now to a developing story we've been following overseas. the number of people killed in two bomb attacks in baghdad has gone up

lauryn will have that. on sunday, a high of 82.day, a storm team 4 weather alert day for the fourth of july. rain moves in during the morning hours and it looks to stay here through the midday, afternoon and evening hours. and then after that, not looking too bad. we'll have mostly sunny skies on wednesday and thursday. another look on storm team 4 radar, again, you can see scattered showers ahead of the cold front. it's going to set us up for two really nice days on saturday and sunday. lauryn will have your fourth of july planner coming up. >>> muriel bowser wants everyone to enjoy the holiday. >> and they want to make it a safe one for you and your family. derrick ward is live from the national mall. what are the plans, derrick? >> reporter: d.c. gets this right because they do it a lot. behind me is the stage set up for a concert. we just had a briefing with the mayor, directors of public safety, homeland security and even safety. they were talking about the local plans for july 4th. this is one of the busiest days for folks he

lauryn ricketts, what do you have. >> we have a little break. but it was cloudy and foggy out there for the fireworks. hopefully you got a chance to see them in your local community or at the national mall but otherwise we have another batch of rain heading our way and oc now. you could see downtown d.c. looking clear at this point. clear in terms of rain. we still have the low ceilings and the low visibility but scattered showers south down through the northern neck and heavier showers up toward frederick but this will continue to move toward the area and we'll see heavy rain. this batch of rain is heading our way and running into all of the moisture we have out there. and so heavy downpours and thunderstorms. we'll have to watch for flooding concerns. i think more isolated than widespread but there could be ponding on the roadways as you head to work tomorrow morning, going back to work. and then we start the heat wave. yes, heat wave. we're talking 90s. july type weather, not like today. we'll talk about that in the forecast coming up. >> tha

>> exactly, lauryn. because of the heat and humidity, i'll breakdown the rest of the weekend and monday any thunderstorm chances in 15 minutes. >> thanks, amelia, thanks lauryn. the safest thing to don indoors and drink plenty of water but what happens when your job requires you to be out in the heat and wear layers and layers of gear? david culver spent time with the ems fire and rescue. >> reporter: if you step outside, you feel the heat and humidity. if you think you have it bad, think about what these guys are dealing with. fairfax county fire and rescue in the midst of some training and drills. look what they have to wear. several layers. in addition to that, others have to wear air packs. all together, about 60 pounds worth of material that they have to wear on them in this heat, in the humidity. i tried it on a little earlier. i was in the shade. you can see suiting up, already i was starting to feel the sweat come down. >> the one thing we do, we wear it so often that our bodies have become condi

right, lauryn? >> yes. this was a very difficult forecast.and i worked all weekend and we were on the phone trying to figure it out during each other's shift, trying to piece together the timing on this and it looks like it came together late last night for amelia and this morning for chuck. the rain is moving out. the fireworks look like they might go on as planned for those areas and communities that haven't canceled them just yet. we still have isolated showers to deal with. we're not going to be the vy last several hours. the steady rain, back edge of it pushing to the north and east, we're looking at isolated showers getting sunshine to the south. we'll see instability and fog around the fireworks tonight. another round coming overnight tonight and that's going to be heavy at times. we'll track that coming up. temperatures in the low 70s will stay there if you're headed out and about. more on the ten-day forecast coming up. >>> the obamas will welcome military families for an annual concert tonight but the outdoor picnic part of it is no

. >> lauryn ricketts, what you got now? >> zero pressure. i've been looking at models after models, all the information i can gather to really nail down this forecast for tomorrow. it's a difficult one but i think we had a little grasp on it. we'll be back tonight to hammer out any other details. it's a little chilly. temperatures in the 70s. we're seeing few showers to the south of us. planning the next couple of hours, 12 hours or so, light showers are south, moving out of here, some sunny breaks as we continue into the afternoon, maybe an isolated shower as we go into the evening, but other than that, just clouds, fog overnight, setting us up for rain for tomorrow. we'll time it out coming up. >> thank you, very much, >>> developing overseas, 167 people are dead and 185 injured in two bomb attacks in baghdad. a mini bus targeted a shopping mall and restaurant. it happened as families and young people were out in the streets after breaking their daylight fast after the holiday ramadan. they are looking for clues and the master minds for at

lauryn? >> it's only going to get worse as we go through the weekend and into early next week.sly hot out there. let me show you how hot it's going to get. we have a few isolated storms. saturday, hot and humid. sunday, it's going to be hot and not quite as humid. the humidity rolls in by the time we get into saturday. temperatures at dulles, 93 as well as washington. 93 at frederick and then you factor in the humidity and these are the numbers that you get. feels like triple digits. so again, it is a warm evening out there. if you're headed to nats park, they've already got things in place to make watching the game more bearable in this heat. please take advantage of that. all right. radar right now, as i said, a few isolated storms out there. those are dying off as they are moving to the south and east. not a lot behind it. into the overnight, temperatures fall into the 70s during the overnight. upper 70s overnight. it's going to be a muggy start. tomorrow morning, 80 degrees when you head out your door. it's going to feel warmer than that with the humidity and then by noon,

lauryn, what is going on?hey are mainly to the south, barbara, but we have having a few out there. nothing too strong. it's going to bring heavy downpours. we have so much moisture in the air. it's warm out there, if you didn't know yet. it's the weather alert day because we have heat advisories until 8:00 p.m. this heat will continue to build. isolated thunderstorms. it's muggy out there now but the mugginess is decreasing little by little overnight. it will still feel humid when you head to work and by the time you head home, it will it will still be hot. 97. when i came in, the breeze was the only thing making it bearable. but in the southwest, humidity and 13 miles per hour. that will calm down late this evening. south of fredericksburg, moving to the east, we have a few moving and bubbling up. one more out in humphries and quantico. everything seems to be mainly south. baltimore down to fredericksburg and points to the east, that's where we could find the heat index. our record is 100 back in 1954. we're

lauryn ricketts is here. how are we going to stay dry here? >> we're going to stay dry at least in terms of the atmosphere. boy, those storms kind of snuck up on us last night at 9:00 and then they went right into d.c. moving very slowly. but again, oh, man, they kind of came up out of nowhere. thank goodness we're not going to see anything like that today. we are seeing some sunshine out there right now, it's not that bad. especially because that humidity is down 82 as that temperature with plenty of sunshine. again, just a light wind coming mid to upper 80s is what you're going to get. as you continue through the weekend, how about triple-degree digits. that's what we're talking about. triple-digit degrees. we'll talk about how high we go in those temperatures in just a few minutes. >>> right now the black lives matter group is blocking part of massachusetts avenue in northeast. take a look at this picture of demonstrators in the middle of the street with signs. this is all happening on fourth street northeast near stanton park. on monday th

or lauryn. hi, honey. any rain coming this weekend?we have rain cin afternoon but just isolated chances of rain out there. all in all, it's not that bad of a day out there. i mean, we didn't have that really oppressive humidity. we saw the heat but it wasn't quite as hot. index readings are in the triple digits. right now we're just seeing them in the 90s. nothing we can't handle but it's stem me out there and it will continue to be like that tomorrow will be warm. temperatures will be in the 90s and humidity is similar to today. a chance of scattered storms through the day and disturbances are right through the area. tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, temperatures out there right now, dropping to 89 in d.c. we were in the low 9 0s earlier but we have cloud cover. we started with cloud cover and got sunshine and now back to clouds. some areas seeing sunshine out there and those temperatures are in the low 90s for those areas that have had more sunshine. but you can see the heat digits yesterday. so 90 is almost a cool compared to wh

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smart move. >> good place to be today, right, lauryn? >> yes.oks like a great time for the water park, especially even headed out and about at national harbor, going to the beach, going to the mountains, looking good for everything. tomorrow's forecast, today will top out in the 90s. tomorrow we'll also be in the 90s but a little less humid, so there's our transition day when we see a little less of that humidity. but today the humidity is very much around. that means we've got heat indexes, heat indices in triple degrees, so triple digits, that's what we're talking about, over 100 degrees. hazy, hot and humid temperatures in the low to mid-90s for daytime highs. chance of showers and thunderstorms as we get into the afternoon. as we head for your saturday and sunday, looking good, plenty of sunshine. it's going to be fireworks for saturday night, tonight looking good because the rain will be out of here. temperatures tomorrow still in the 90s. we're in the 80s on sun and monday with less humidity. we should be in the 80s for this time of year.

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storm team 4's lauryn ricketts explains why. >> reporter: triple-degree temperature readings on yourard day after day. however, why does this temperature always seem so off from the actual air temperature? we wanted to find out exactly why we see so many of those inaccurate readings on your dash. you're coming back from work and your car has been sitting out in the pavement all day when we called for 93 degrees. >> right. >> reporter: owner of the bethesda import specialists in bet th bethesda, maryland, gives us the there are readings like that. >> it was primarily for the winter months so it was trying, if it was freezing outside, people to realize the roads are going to freeze. what the manufacture didn't realize is it became a pain because in the summertime, it measured the temperature of the hot asphalt. >> reporter: so where exactly are these temperature sensors? >> right down here under the bumper. >> reporter: since it's so low to the ground -- >> you're getting the heat from the asphalt. >> reporter: car makers changed location on your ride. >> they've turned them around and

time for an update from meteorologist lauryn ricketts. how are we looking? like we're seeing thunderstorms rolling through the area right now. it's gotten dark and windy and those temperatures have dropped if you have seen rain. let's show you what's going on out there. it's a little on the dark side once you step outside. especially if you're in the district and points to the east. severe thunderstorm warnings in orange. severe thunderstorm watch in pink. you can see they continue to trim that severe thunderstorm watch and will continue to trim that as the main line of storms moves out of here. this is the main line coming through the district right now. if we're inside the beltway and think about going for a walk outside, might want to wait a bit. these are traveling east 30 to if you haven't seen any rain yet, get ready for it. you're not only going to see heavy rain and lightning but you're also going to see some wind. we'll time it out and let you know when you can expect it east of i-95 in just a few minutes. gu guys? >> reporter: i'm chris lawrence ba

my colleague, nbc 10's lauryn lake is down on the floor. what have they had to say tonight? >> reporter: you know, jim, these were some of the quietest moments i have heard yet at this convention. tonight was really the first chance for the campaign to set out a message for this convention. it was about both donald trump and hillary clinton. you know, it was very planned. it was very set out. but it held people's attention here. and for some it has special meaning. the signs waving across the arena spelled out the week's first theme, to make america safe again. but the cheers often fell to a hush tonight as stories of loss and war played out. >> benghazi's been a four-letter word. but it's not about politics. >> reporter: watching tonight, bayville, new jersey delegate jim burns. >> i was a medic in vietnam. and just going through all that brought back a lot. >> reporter: memories came back in this cleveland arena. >> i remembered what a firefight was through the night. and people have to realize what it is. you have to put yourself in their shoes. >> reporter: he thinks abo

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