lauryn ricketts will be back to break et al down. you're watching "news4 today."stay with us. >>> good sunday morning, everyone. i'm john wallace. redskins hosting the 49ers. how about josh doctson. he has become more of a frequent target of kirk cousins. 49ers defense could be a little tired. they played two straight overtime games. over in san francisco, a look at a familiar face. pierre garcon, a player that many fans wish redskins hung onto. he's always angry. that's what makes him the type of player he is. cue the music. giants visiting the broncos. eli manning looking for new receivers. odell beckham, duane hearse, and others all out for the year. who will step in their place? denver coming off a bye. we'll see if trevor siemian can continue his strong start leading the broncos to a 3-1 start. it all starts with ri >>> we're back this morning. a man is in the hospital after prince georges county says he was shot. another student was assaulted. this was the scene last night near the campus. police are searching for the suspect and we're told both students oka

let's get a check of the forecast. 60s here, lauryn ricketts. >> 70s in some places. >> it is not bad, considering the last several nights and mornings we've had temperatures in the 40s and 30s, after the string of dry days we've had this week. it's about to come to an end. beautiful morning out there so far. the sun coming up just a little after 7:00. 7:10 to be exact as we continue through the morning. we are looking at temperatures to drop a touch by 7:00 a.m., usually the case, then we'll take them back to the upper 70s by 11:00. approaching the 80 degree mark. not a lot happening on the radar right now. maybe see a few isolated showers. we have a frontal system headed toward our area hurricane nate. winds at 80 miles an hour. we're going to be talking about that and our impacts here in about 15 minutes. >>> lauryn, we'll see you then. let take you back to the nationals now. not about to let one loss put them down. the team going to get another shot at a playoff win later today. we know that all of you hometown fans are rooting for them, right? >> social media feed was just litter

lauryn ricketts, maybe a taste of summer here? >> yeah. it's not going to feel like pumpkin picking weather. the average temperature is 73. we're going to surpass that in the afternoon. not until the afternoon are we going to surpass that mainly because we have the cloud cover sticking around. a lot of fog, as well. the top of the washington monument covered in some fog right now. visibilities are down quite a bit. look at the picture behind us. that's the camera tower -- tower camera view. there you go. 63 now here in the d.c. area. visibilities are low across the board. be careful as you head out and about. i do expect the fog to burn off as we go through the noon hour. we'll get the sunshine and the temperature will go up. how high will the temperature get today and tomorrow? we'll talk about that on the ten-day forecast in 15 minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. >>> this morning, a business dealing with the aftermath of being broken finding the person who did it. police sent news 4 this surveillance picture, of the person of interest pryi in

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sitting here with sheena parveen, lauryn ricketts, dealing with the humidity and the remnants of nate moving in. >> this is tropical air. this is typically what you feel around the gulf coast. >> absolutely. >> the remnants of nate is now a tropical depression. this is tropical depression nate rainfall that is getting here. here you see it. it's all kind of heading in this direction. so we have very light rain approaching the beltway now. warrenton seeing a little bit of light to moderate rainfall here. in parts of fauquier county, the yellows showing more rain, the green more rain. maryland starting to see more of it near frederick to gaithersburg. 95 looking like pretty steady light rain at this point. for those who do have school today, rain coats, rain boots. heavy rain for the morning drive d breezy, humid and warm. let look at the commute now and head over to jack taylor. wtop. >> good morning. hopefully we'll have a few less riders on the roads with the holiday. for now, southbound on the rock creek parkway, near virginia avenuea i crash there. authorities should be on scene. a

i'm with lauryn ricketts and we're talking about a rainy monday. >> yes.ly, it's moving out as quickly as when it made landfall yesterday morning. >> now, we're seeing the remnants of nate. it's bringing us a lot of rainfall locally. the area of low pressure right around ohio. the rain is out ahead of it. locally, we have heavier rainfall shown by the yellow, mostly west of the district. but that is moving in. even down 95 near quantico, woodbridge, that's heavier rain too. by lunchtime, we'll start to see things taper off. i would say after 9:00 a.m. by lunchtime, we could have a couple showers around. breezy, gusty at times and very humid with temperatures staying in the 80s. we'll take a close look at the timing through the day hour by hour and talk about what's expected the rest of the commute, let's check on the roads with jack. good morning. >> you always wet it down, it causes trunls. on 50 westbound, john anson highway, freeway airport. crash has two right lanes getting by. fire and rescue may have had one or two vehicles involved in the accident.

let's check in with "storm team 4" lauryn ricketts. >> i was hoping it would pick up. temperatures made it into the 70s, but i do believe we can make it into the 80s for daytime highs today. let's show you what's going on outside. we have a little fog. once again we can't see the top of the monument. watch as you make your way out the door. i do believe we're going to have a good deal of cloud cover this morning before we proceed to break. now, we also have some drizzle, so you may be driving around and seeing a little bit of drizzle on your windshields. temps in the mid- 60s. we'll get into the mid-80s. temperatures in the 80s. we've got rain on the wa minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> a student shot and another assaulted at the university of maryland. this morning police are looking for motive and suspects. >> reporter: this shooting happened just after the university of maryland campus. one male college student shot and another one assaulted. both taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, expected to be okay. this is where it's at. they're also st

. >> lauryn ricketts is fracking the forecast, what you need to know before you head out the door that and we're going to check in with "meet the press" moderator chuck todd before the show. he's live in our studio talking live to -- >>> a herndon community -- or the herndon community has reason to celebrate. years of hard work and partnership in a local school has paid off. our reporter julie carey explained. >> we exceeded them last year in reading, science, and social studies. >> reporter: that's quite an elementary school. the herndon school has about 700 students. the numbers make them more remarkable they have become fully accredited. >> we're centered around many faith-based organizations who support us. >> reporter: that support comes in me ways. summer schools and after-school programs. >> most help by having a mentor program. our mentors visit sometimes two time as week to play a game with them, be an active part in their life and believes in them and champions them. >> what started as a volunteer movement has really moved into a partnership that impacts hundreds of members f

we want to get a check of the storm team 4 forecast with lauryn ricketts. what you got, rickricketts? >> nice weather right now, guys. temperatures are going to be above normal as we head into the afternoon. make some plans outside, angie and david, because we have good looking weather. it will come to an end as we head through this week. temperatures, as i said right now, a little on the cool side. let's go to the maps and show you where we are. we're in the 40s and 50s at this point. some areas started in the upper 30s this morning. 58 right now here in the district. 52 in leesburg. in the shenandoah valley, temperatures are still in the 40s at this point. we'll continue to take those temperatures up. if you want to go outside, maybe do a little exercise, little jog this morning, perfect time to do it. we warm up as we go through the afternoon. you'll need your sunglasses and probably we get to the afternoon. storm team 4 radar dry now but it won't always be the case. we need rain in the area, and we have some, coming up soon. we'll talk about the next ra

along with sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts.elcome back. >> hi. >> thanks for having me here. >> you were out at the nats game living your life. >> i know. >> still working. >> let's make that clear. >> we're talking about rain moving into our area. could make a messy morning commute. which could be a problem, right? >> which is why we have the weather alert. it's all because of the timing of this. the timing isn't good. today is columbus day and so far the kids who have school today, we are looking at a stop. but for those of you still commuting, still driving, your commute, sunny and breezy. some of the rain could be heavy by noon. 81 degrees. a couple showers around. we could have a few stragglers in the afternoon. look at these temperatures. we'll be back in the 80s today. we're talking about a lot of humidity. wind speeds right now across the area, they're coming from the south. they're sustained from 10 to 15 miles an hour. so this south wind is really pulling in that humidity for us. take a look at the radar. we have ligh

>> that's lauryn ricketts. hey, lauryn. you said the warmup's on the way. >> it's moving in slowly.ine this afternoon but the clouds are so slow to clear out of here. you're waking up to fog and drizzle. it's a chilly morning. i stepped outside the nbc studios a second ago. i thought what is this out here. i have a sleeveless dress on. you'll need a jacket. but i don't think you'll need it this afternoon. you can see, man, those clouds are hanging on tight. i don't believe those clouds are going to clear until after the lunch hour. once again, kind of the same deal as yesterday. this're going to clear out from the west to the east. winds are going to pick up this afternoon as well. you may be dealing with spotty drizzle. but once we get some sunshine, that means the temperatures will go up. i believe we'll start to see peaks of sunshine as we get into the afternoon hour. i'm going snow you that futurecast and exactly when these clouds will clear and when ee'll have rai

for more about the week why ahead let's go to lauryn ricketts. >> welcome back, chuck.hank goodness you're back. you come back to a little bit of rain am i'm filling in for sheena today. of course, we've got rain on this monday morning. as we head through the rest of the workweek, look at this. rain chances diminish. we are dry as we get into the rest of the workweek. so through noon, we're looking at some very nice rain showers moving through. much-needed rain in the area. never too early to talk about that. saturday we've got temperatures that are going to be in the mid to upper 730s. we stay in the mid to upper 70s on weekend. looking great so far. chk, when do we have more rain chances. >> not until early parts of neck week. the marine corps marathon is getting run all over the city and into parts of arlington. temperatures will be on the really mild side. last year we made 80 degrees on race day. it will be near 80 again this year. >> you've got that right. that is too hot for running for sure. down in georgia last week, 75-degree dew point. i was sweating like a c

let's head over to meteorologist lauryn ricketts with a closer look at the timing and the humidity forecasthere, sheena. we've got rain on the way to our region. mostly dry out there today. as we head into the overnight, we'll see rain showers headed our way. then rain showers through the day on wednesday. so, again, a few spotty showers out there right now. i'm sorry at 9:30, a few spotty showers. you may be dealing with those. overnight and flew tomorrow morning, we'll be dealing with with rain for a good portion of your wednesday. even into thursday. we're going to also have rain showers. we're keeping that in the forecast. the thing not in the forecast is going to be the humidity. it's muggy out there this morning. as you head through your evening, the humidity starts to drop. thursday and friday looking better. of course, sheena, looking better in terms of temperatures. fall makes a return. >> yeah, fall makes a little bit of a return. 85 today. 75 tomorrow. 69 thursday. the chance of showers, though. 70 by friday. this weekend, back up to 80 degrees. look at next week. so monday, that

lauryn ricketts, as you're tracking this from the storm team 4 weather center. >> you know, it is funnywe go straight to winter. that doesn't look like it is happening, i'm happy to say, on the ten-day forecast. you never know. maybe we can heat up once again as we head to the end of october. not out of the question. we've got beautiful conditions out there. gorgeous sunrise. the sun came up at 7:10. 70 degrees already. we have a south wind at 7 miles an hour, only picking up throughout the afternoon. keep that in mind. as you're heading out this afternoon, we'll have the winds and the humidity. last of the dry days out there. of course, we're watching hurricane nate. that is going to make landfall between new orleans and biloxi, mississippi. we'll show that track. hello, fall. it's coming back to our region