let's check with lauryn ricketts again. >> it's a gloomy cloudy day. some drizzle as well. tomorrow morning, we'll have more in the forecast as well but we are warming up a little chillier than last . 70s are going to beba today. he pled guilty to break, nine separate accidents involving nearly 100 cars on the same stretch of the highway in north carolina what police thing happened. >>> andolice p ♪ fiber optic network of verizon % fios last chance to get $250 back. is all it takes to k forour hurry, this offer ends soon. call or go online today. small business is better on a better network. night. police eventually pin ca 20 people injured. >>> 57-year-old fitness g's oka. after the new york daily news published a report saturday about his me. n >> i've never been on one of't in kansas. >>> >>> new today -- we're hearing from the people who woke up to a fire and were forced to run from their homes in the middle of the night. the fire destroyed a townhouse in how people through, forcing neighbors to quickly run riden

and lauryn ricketts, they're all saying the same thing.popular woman in town right now because they cannot wait for the 60s and 70s to come. >> i am so excited. i cannot wait. i'm over winter. we're all over it. let's fast forward to spring. and as we continue through this week, it will feel more like may than march. thank goodness. yes, 70s on the way. not today, though. we have to get through today first. outside it's cloudy unfortunately. we have cloud cover holding on pretty thick. in fact we're probably not going to see sunshine until later on this afternoon. but it looks like it will rai and i know we have a lot of races going on in the d.c. area. there a 10 k in reston. it will be dry thank goodness. just a little on the cloudy side as temperatures struggle to warm up. right now we'll hit 40 degrees. calm winds and plenty of clouds. the sun won't probably come out until about 2:00 to 3:00. we'll top it out right around 50 degrees for daytime highs today. so again still cloudy, but we will get spiunshine. we'll go partly cloudy but f

let's check back in with lauryn ricket ricketts. >> it is. i've spoken with a meteorologist in texas. they've got a long day ahead of them. up here as well, as you get out and about, it's so darn nice outside. temperatures right now around 70 degrees. we're warming up rather quickly even though we have that cloud areas to the west seeing a little bit more sunshine. we've been stuck in some of those clouds throughout much of the day, but as we continue through the afternoon clouds will start to clear and we'll get sunshine. definitely make sure you have your shades with you. some areas may be a little bit warmer since we're getting warm already out there. and so for d.c., we'll continue to warm up through, again, the mid-70s. beautiful, mild, dry out there. we do have rain in the seven-day forecast. i'll show you that coming up. >> thanks, lauryn. up next, an update on the volunteer firefighters who broke the rules to save a little girl's life. >> you'll hear f >>> it felt good to be back on the fire truck. i appreciate all the support from th

lauryn ricketts here with the good news. >> good news indeed.t into wednesday. so unfortunately, it will come during the workweek and we won't warm up too much today, but once we get into the workweek, make some plans because temperatures really start to warm up. we're off to another chilly start this morning. temperatures in the 30s out there right now. you may notice a little wet pavement out there, as well, as we had some show showers and a few rain showers move through during the overnight. but right now, we're looking at toes temperatur those temperatures anywhere from the upper 30s to low 40s. it will be dry, but cloudy. unfortunately, we'll keep the clouds for most of the day. partial sthip by the time we head into early afternoon and about 2:00, 3:00, we'll start to see more sunshine. but we have a forecast" coming up. >>> developing this morning out of california, a 48-year-old woman has died after a car drove into floodwaters. officers said that the car drove around blockades on the road which railroad closed due to flooding in norther

larn ri lauryn ricketts is here with the week ahead. >> you'll love this week because it will feel more like march. not quite today, though. we have to get through take. it does look a little on the gloomy side. let's the show you what the it ps are doing. we're up to 42 here. so we keep improving each hour. eventually we'll top out around 50 degrees today. still cool in the shenandoah valley. looking good as we continue through this morning. we have limited sunshine out there. so if you're headed out to take the dog for a walk or maybe crust go out for a walk yourself, we have limited sunshine as we continue through the midday. again, temperatures will top out in the upper 40s to right around 50 degrees with decreasing clouds. so i think we'll have more sunshine this afternoon. and a lot of sunshine on the "7-day forecast" and of course warming temperatures. we'll talk about it coming up. >>> developing right now, d.c. police are investigating a bizarre shooting in northwest. a man was apparently shot on clo columbia road but found at euclid and 16th streets. we're still waiting for an

i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. and you're going to wake up. it will be a little chilly out there this morning. temperatures will rise into the mid to upper 40s. a chance of rain later on then we are dry. look at those temperatures. we will be in the 70s by mid next week. next >>> do you have her? >> she won't get on the phone. >> then get her detail on the phone. >> i did. we can't force her to talk to you, sir. >> we need to think about what to say when i show up at this event and she's not with me. and i don't want to make it worse by mispronouncing this. how do you say this word? >> we are back this saturday morning, march 5th, 2016, with a look at season four of "house of cards." the new season dropped yesterday on netflix. coming up in "trending," we'll tell you why binge-watching it this weekend could actually be quite bad for your health. >> uh-oh. >> quite bad. outside studio 1a, we've got some folks, got a nice, little crowd out there. so happy to have them start their day with us. we're going to get outside in just a bit. it's a chil

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. >> and i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. a beautiful day out there right now.deo coming in, a school bus being carried away with children just inside. we'll show you the dramatic rescue just

lauryn ricketts, i'm happy to see spring weather return. >> i am, too.think a lot of people around the d.c. area are very happy to see temperatures that look like this, and not what they're seeing in northern california right now. thank goodness they'll get a little bit of a break from that rain and snow for the next two days. of course, later on this week, they're really in for it. and the south is in for a lot of rain as well. not for us. we don't have any rain in the forecast until this weekend. so enjoy these temperatures, because this is where we'll top out today. 63 in washington, 65 in culpeper, 64 in fredricksburg, anywhere from the low 60s. when you wake up tomorrow morning, the last two mornings have been pretty chilly. temperatures were in the 30s for overnight lows, saturday morning, sunmo so we're doing a little better as we get into your tuesday morning. i went for a low overnight, 48 here in d.c. not too bad, temperatures will be in the 70s all the way through the end of this work week. go ahead and set those clocks forward on sunday. >>>

lauryn ricketts is here to tell us all about it. >> hey, guys. yeah, 60s and 70s. i can't wait for that. we will have to wait a few more days up fortunately. at least we will have dry weather. it's a chilly start. temperatures in the 30s. shenandoah valley, in the 30s. we will eventually warm up. but only into the mid to upper 40s that's it. cloud sticking with us throughout the day. limited sunshine. enjoy it and soak it up. especially if you're out and about today. you don't have to worry about taking the umbrella. if you're out tonight, headed out for a night on the town this saturday night, a i few spotty showers. don't be surprised to see a few wet snowflakes mixed in. we could have them out there with a pretty weak system. none of that is hitting the ground. it's evaporating before it even gets to the surface. this will come through. bring us rain showers and showers. we'll time it out for you in just a couple minutes. >>> thank you, lauryn. happening today, crystal hamilton will be laid to rest in charleston, south carolina, one week after she was shot and k

. >> and i'm lauryn ricketts and, boy, did we have a cloudy day out there today.f drizzle after some morning rain showers. well, once again we're going to have some morning rain showers for tomorrow after that drizzle continues tonight. and then we're warming up. so we're warming up for the next couple days and then cooling right back down. and you thought today was a shock to the system. this weekend may not get out of the 40s in some spots. plus we have some rain for the weekend. so as we continue through the day, temperature a we're going to stay in the low 50s. we have plenty of clouds around. we're not going to fall too far too fast. by 11:00 we'll be tracking rain on the storm team4 radar mainly west and then it will start to move to the east after about midnight. so we will have a little bit of a messy morning commute tomorrow once again. lows tonight are ending up in the mid to upper 40s. again, we have some rain showers more steady as we continue into the overnight. so it is going to be a little chilly out there, maybe not as chilly as it was when you wok

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rain for the next few days and you have 70 degree temperatures to look forward to temperature lauryn rickettsat. >> let's talk about those 70 degree temperatures. not today. todays will still be around the 50 degree hark. but each day we're itting a little bit better. today around 50 and we improve from there. a very quiet workweek. not a lot of hiccups this the "7-day forecast." we don't have any rain until the end of the workweek. even though it looks like it will rain outside this morning. but we will have decreasing clouds. a quiet weather week and we're still on track for 70s. right now we're at 40 degrees here in d.c. 39 in maenassas. so a cool and cloudy start. but also dry conditions. now, we are going to warm up as we've been saying, we'll let you know how warm and how far into the 70s we will get coming up on that seven day. >>> story developing right now, d.c. police are

i will post something about it on my social media account under lauryn ricketts.ezy and cloudy tomorrow and then warm with spotty showers in the afternoon. take that umbrella with you because, again, spotty rain showers late. temperatures in the 70s. so all in all not that bad. low to mid-70s for much of us again with plenty of clouds and it looks like it's going to rain for much of the day although we just have some spotty showers. here we go, 12:30. again, we're looking good but here comes the rain. most likely it's going to happen after about 6:00 or 7:00. could even have some thunderstorms as we get into friday. we're keeping that chance for rain through friday again with some thunderstorms possible. friday's temperature still going to be in the 70s despite the rain. so just some showers on thursday night. friday a better chance for some moderate rain so you're going to need the umbrella 80% chance of rain. now this is something amelia had to introduce. we have chances of rain on saturday. look at this, saturday 9:00 a.m. i know we have the kite festival for t

i'm lauryn ricketts, and, yeah, we had some veiled sunshine out there today, but now we're seeing the cloud cover thicken up across the region. no showers really touching the ground in our area yet. it looks like it right there, but, again, they're not hitting the ground. we have some rain headed our way ahead of a frontal system that will cross through later tomorrow. let's time it out for you. we're just calling for an isolated chance of showers as we continue into the evening. we could have isolated spots through the overnight and into the morning. some thunderstorms possible tomorrow. we'll keep a chance for rain and possibly some thunderstorms as we continue into friday afternoon and friday evening. more rain on saturday but another thing, we've got windchills in the 20s by sunday morning. amelia will have your forecast on that coming up. >> all right, lauryn. >>> it's not a done deal yet but state officials in virginia are optimistic about the future for express lanes between i-395 and the d.c. line. the state secretary of transportation provided updates on major road projects a