lauryn ricketts, paging lauryn ricketts. this is a live look. >> lauryn ricketts went to the pool. >> she's back. >> somebody tell lauryn she needs to turn on her microphone. >> a few clouds out there, but all in all, not that bad. overnight, very comfortable. monday is going to be almost perfect because we will have the sunshine out there and low humidity and a stray shower possible on tuesday, but for the most part we are just going to be dry. 78. we have gotten up to 78 degrees right now. we have a nice breeze, and it was breezy yesterday but we have a nice breeze out there today. when can we see the 90s? we will show you that coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> now to the developing story out of asia. in pakistan, officials say an oil tanker overturned and started to leak oil and there are multiple reports that people were trying to collect the and somebody may have lit a cigarette and caused the explosion, and other reports say sparks from cars may have ignited the blast. you are looking at the video of t

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parveen and lauryn ricketts in the thick of it. >> i know you're from florida.s it feeling like that? these little bugs. >> right towards your eyes. i'm not sure what they're trying to do. it's kind of buggy this morning. the humidity outside. leesburg, winchester, 68 degrees. 75 quantico. ai it's a warm start. dry roads, near 90. low 90s this afternoon and now we look way down to the south, storm cindy making landfall. southwestern louisiana, right near the texas coastline. this is important to us. because the moisture is going to move our way as we go into tomorrow. so this time tomorrow, we'll be dealing with rainfall. the remnants of tropical storm cindy. coming up, we'll talk more about the timing of that and how it's going to impact your weekend. let's check your dry commute this morning with melissa. >> this problem should be there in the next ten minutes as said. edwards ferry road across the river. trying to get more information on the car submerged. southbound lanes blocked northbound. left lane also blocked. this is a pedestrian involved crash there i

lauryn ricketts is in national harbor.ool, but hopefully you're staying cool somehow. >> reporter: i'm trying to stay cool, doug. we got some popsicles out here, some fans. i can see the water, unfortunately, i can't get in it right now, i'm standing next to the awakening out here at national harbor. come down and see it. we have fans, popsicles, this family who took advantage of both. and they already got the popsicles. have you been to the pool yet at all? >> yes. >> did you go to the pool today? >> no. >> do you think it's hot out here today? >> definitely. >> just wait until we get into ye july and august. are you guys out of school yet? >> yes. >> you are out of right. so planning to get pool time, going to the beach anywhere, maybe going to the beach. >> i believe so. >> there you go. it's so interesting, because their oldest kid, who is now over there buying some souvenirs, he told me that you came to his school last -- two years ago, was it? countryside. >> countryside elementary. >> reporter: so doug, we're workin

lauryn ricketts is taking all of this into account.s at national wearing light colors -- no, she's not. okay, light-colored pants. >> reporter: there we go. it's so funny. full disclosure, because we've talked about this before. amelia has one shirt, i've got three, and they're all dark colors. so this was the lightest one that i had. fortunately, it's keeping me enough cool. so is this fan. i'm an nbc fan, that makes me giggle. this is my third bottle of water, because it's so darn hot. it's not quite as humid, and we have overcast skies. the sun has gone in and out a little bit. so really not that bad. who i want to talk to over here is actually ben & jerry's ice cream right now. we have dionne in here. you would think this place would be packed right now. but he said not a lot of people are coming out here, is that right? >> yeah, not today. i'm not sure why, it' good day, but maybe people are just staying in the house today. >> does it get busy in the dead of summer? >> scary busy. >> reporter: thank goodness there's no line. all o

lauryn ricketts is tracking ate all. no humidity. that humidity is coming back.hrough the day tomorrow, you will feel it as we get into monday and tuesday. it is a cool morning out there. we do have a few clouds and temperatures at 66 right it is very, very nice as you wake up this morning. it is going to be a great day. temperatures are moving in the upper 80s for daytime highs today. again, we adopt hadon't have th humidity round today. it is coming back. it is going to feel more like 100 degrees. we'll let you know how much it is going to get coming up in 15 minutes. >> lauryn thanks. family and friends are gathering today to remember this young man gunned down. there is going to be a viewing from 3:00 to 6:00 and services immediately followed. the 18-year-old was killed on monday. he was the 17-year-old. they were found shot to death in a parked car at montgomery village. it was a day before they're supposed to graduate. this case. >>> family members are searching for answers for his murder. those who knew admire him and want justice to be served. >> a talent

lauryn ricketts is outside. >> here's some hot coffee. >> i don't want hot coffee. lauryn?i don't want anything to do with that hot coffee. i need jim to bring me some ice water out here. doug, i walked outside and it just hits you like a ton of bricks. i'm melting right now. my makeup is melting off my face. let's go ahead to the maps s that's the air temperature, and also the humidity combined. then we get a number, the feel-like factor. feels like 99 here in d.c., 100 in leesburg, 94 in gaithersburg, 97 in manassas. i don't need to read them all out for you. it's a warm day out there. and as we go through tomorrow, we're going to be a little on the cooler side. it's still going to be muggy out there, but the heat index will be in the 60s early tomorrow morning. and by wednesday morning, tomorrow is wednesday, 75, so not quite as bad through the remainder of the day because of the cold front you were talking about. and we have some changes for the end of the week. we have daily rain chances, but not quite as hot and humid. >> and we're not going to get rid of the humidity

sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts are outside with the humidity. >> it's humid you can't see t but it'sust in 12, 13 minutes. gorgeous right now. >> nice early sunrise. the bugs are up early, too. you'll see them when you head out. 76 degrees right now. we're looking at a northwest wind. that's going to switch from the southwest. a little more humid. look at the temperatures through the afternoon. by lunchtime, close to 90 degrees, 92 by 5:00 p.m. by 8:00 p.m., close to 90 degrees. clouds will hang around tonight. look at that. tropical storm cindy still spinning and making landfall currently in the gulf of mexico on the border of texas and louisiana as we speak and that moisture is going to make its way here tomorrow. so coming up a closer look at the rainfall. timing for tomorrow, what you can expect. we'll check the forecast coming up. let's check traffic with melissa. >> taking a look at chopper 4 over westbound 50 before mlk jr. highway. a crash here. just the two left lanes getting by. we're seeing delays as you h trying to get more information on this one. initial report was that

we'll talk much more about this with lauryn ricketts at 4:45. we'll talk about the heat index. that term is coming. >> summer's here. thank you, doug. >>> your next trip to the airport could cost you a little more. why uber and lyft are about to >>> and all that glitters is not gold. why police say this scheme cost a local m thousands ofan the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks - that's what tom perriello is about. i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wages, eliminate the burden of student debt and protect our climate. together we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. >>> we have this warning from fairfax county preying on the chinese community by selling them fake gold. a local man lost $9,000 to these scammers. police say the con-men claim to have discovered gold buried around 1920 and they give the victim a small piece to have tested, which is authentic. the scammers then ask for

. >>> all right, i want to send it back on over to storm team4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts.ou back there? i know you are >> i was talking to our executive producer about our weather special. that's actually coming up on sunday at 11:30, so you got to watch that. for today. temperatures today are reaching into the low 90s, it is going to be hot and of course on the humid side out there. and then we get into your friday. now we are looking at maybe an isolated chance of a passing shower or thunderstorm out there today. but by friday, we're going to have a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms so in the morning, i would say any time about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, until about the morning commute, and then we'll get a little bit of a break, and then we will see some more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. and then late tomorrow night into early saturday morning. so pretty much from daybreak tomorrow to about noon on saturday, we're going to have some periods of rain, could be heavy at times. humidity continues on friday but we're dropping that humidit

that's why we send lauryn ricketts outside. out and about this evening, you still have to take it easy outside. >> absolutely. mainly because of the humidity, doug, and it's thick and soupy out here right now. you walk out here, it hits you like a ton of bricks. so that's what we're dealing with, and we have been for the last two days. if you're headed to nats park, if you're going jogging, eating dinner outside, it's going to be warm out there. in fact, that nats game, it is night out tonight. in fact, we're playing the braves, but we'll see the temperatures at 90 around the first inning at 7:00. then by the home stretch, we're still in the 80s, but that heat index still around 90. you know it's going to be a warm night even when you're leafivin to get home. muggy conditions tomorrow too, doug, but eventually the cold front gives us some relief, right? >> i do think so. we'll see a little bit of relief tomorrow. highs in the upper 80s, 89 degrees is what i'm going for, yes, a couple of scattered showers and thunderstorms durin

with more on events, lauryn ricketts. >> if you're headed to the beach, i got the forecast for you.a beautiful weekend. if you're headed to the maryland or delaware beaches, northern beaches looking good. water temperature in the mid 60s. 76 on your saturday. by sunday, we take it up into the low 80s. monday, the humidity back in place. temperatures in the mid 80s. maybe you're headed to the mountains, to the west, great evening, great day for camping, both saturday and sunday. and great evening to maybe do a night hike. a look at some of the stars out there. mid 80s humidity. not too muggy on sunday with plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. so looking good all throughout the region for this weekend. but as you said, doug, that humidity is coming back, monday into tuesday and we have our fair share of 90. so i'm looking forward to it. let's do it. >> we're going to continue to see the heat the next couple days. six-day heat wave making its way across the region. we'll see you back here at tom went to washington to take on the insurance companies and the credit c