lauryn ricketts, what's the word? >> last night, oh, boy, a lot of heavyd downpours just rol right on through the area. we had some flooding issues yesterday. but now we are looking at some. more ra just some small chances of rain as we continue through the day. let's gahead and show you what's going on out there right now. the sun comes up in just about 40 minutes. but a beautiful morning. however, one thing to tell you, we have got a lot of fog out there early thismorning. now we have a lot of rain. let me see if i cant o ahead and this rain here. we're not seeing much, but yesterday we saw rain out this is the fog, look at the low visibilities across the area. dense fog across the region. it's something that we're going really monitor as we continue through the remainder of the morning. so again, be careful as you make your way out the door. i have noticed a roll of ponding on the roadways. let's talk about tor chances rain today and tomorrow for your labor day. that's coming up in just aut ten minutes. >> all righ

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we want to get right to lauryn ricketts with theatt weather. busy. >> super busy not only talking about the rain but we're focusing on florence for the end of this we week. heavy rain out there today, weather questions yes, seeing that out there right now. don't expect many dry times out therday. we'll have steady rain all throughout the day with pockets of moderate rain so that will lend to flooding concerns. odwe have a f watch in effect until tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. and then we are focusing on florence for next thursday, friday, and saturday. but, again, some heavy rain in pockets, this will be the caset all throughhe day. also it will be breezy with temperatures only in the 50s and 60s. we'll talk aboutorence, i'll we'll talk aboutorence, i'll showou that track y as your home becomes more connected... shouldn't your internet keep up? it's time for fios. because fiber optics move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is the 100% fiber-optic network, so you can get phenomenal capacity for your tech. we'll even help you

lauryn ricketts not tracking one, not two, but a multitude of orms? >> i think my mic just popped out because i can hear myself in my ear. storms out there,'r yright. we have tomorrow helene and isaac, those are moved off the coast of africa. tropical storm florence should become a hurricane later today. it may become a hurricane within the hour. winds were at 70 miles an hour. you need winds 75 miles an hour for a categor one hurricane but right now remnants ofrd . what was tropical storm gordon out there? that's why we're seeing patchy moderate rain but steady rain throughout the day today. flood watch in effect for everybody through 6:00 a.m. monday morning. a couple o inches rain possible. we've seen a couple inches in some portions of our area mainly through maryland, through northern anne arundel county, portions of montgomery county and frederick county. this flood warning goe until 3:30 where a couple inches of h rae already fallen. we'll talk about the latest track of florenc coming up in 20 minutes. >>> and team coverage of this weteekend we

but lauryn ricketts will be back with whate can expect today and the rest of our work week. ♪ [doorbell♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> welcome back. >> good morning. >> a bit rai a out there cool. >> it's a perfect day to stay in bed and watch news4. >> and football and everything else you want to watch. absolutely. lauryn, if there is one bad type of rain it's cold rain. that's going on right now. >> that'shat's happening. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the boardouoe absolutely right. it's a chilly start to this sunday morning. u're making your way out to church, making your way to the market. it w going to be a one out there today. now we are staying cool, unfortunately, throughout the day today. we are going to have rain with temperatures in the 60 so keep that umbrella around. you'll need it today. you'll need it tomorrow. you'll need it on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. good news all around. but we have some drying condo ions as we get

yeah, with more onnd that if we can expect rain not only later todaynt but the workweek, here's lauryn ricketts. >> sah. we do hae small chances of rain as we go over the next couple of days. i buthink the main story going to be the heat and humidity. w.u're already feeling that out there right let's take a look outside right now. hazy. thde's what ribes this picture right now. this is our live capital camera. but again, it is going to be a nice day. i mean, more dry temperatures. near 80 degrees. it's a warm day out there right now. so again we'll continue to see s those temperatove right on up to right around 90 degrees. thing happening right now on the radar. we are looking at a few isoted showers off to the eastern shore. for the. most part we're d this is clutter from the radar site in loudoun county. showers here and there but the main story is the heat and humidity. we'll talk about how hot it will t over the next couple of days. it wl be more like summer around here. the numbers coming up in 15 minutes. >>> we do van update this morning, the search continues for a good samaritan who tri

lauryn ricketts is here to look at that and you're also tracking what's left of florence. >> and once that passes through, we'll get an uptick in the humidity and temperatures and then temperatures wil fall and the humidity will fall. but you're right, molette, it's nice and comfortable out there this morning. we have a marathon downtown, the navy air force marathon looking great forthat. also the 5k associated with that going to be prettye. comforta 6:50 is what time that sun rises and we will have paty fog you'll see out there, ehecially nort where we've had clear skies. not looking at much in terms of rain. we're dry out there, say shower can't be ruled out as we continue into the remainder of the day. here's florence tropical depression, winds down to 35 miles an hour. it will continue to travel up through charlotte. w ad columbia, south carolina, and take a turn to the north and tomorrow night take a turn to the northeast but we are going to get h that raine in our area, but you can see how it just scoots to the north of our area and outotowards the new england region tuesday nig

. >> lauryn ricketts thank you ry much. >>> amazon is defending its safety record coming up hear from anaymployee what she wants the truth to come out. >> also coming up, the pasto at aretha franklin's funeral said >>> the pastor who caused an uproar saying black america has lost its soulis during yulegy at aretha franklin's funeral is not backing down. he also said black women were incapable of raising sons alone. take a sten. >> as proud, beautiful and kind as our black women are, one thing a black woman cannot do, a black woman cannot raise a boy to be a man. >> some people took that as a criticism against franklin because she was a single mother of fou boys. many called the words inappropriate during a celebration for the queen of soul. here's part of how he defended his comment. >> i seen too many women who raised excellent men, jesse jackson, one of my dearest friends was raised by a single mom. but the women need help in their homes, and our race needs to become sensitive to that. >> franklin had specificay asked t pastor to speak at her funeral. >>> amazon is known forde verin

a wet and chilly start this sunday but lauryn ricketts is standing by to know wn it's going toy wwaynywayime soon. we're going to continue to see periods of moderate rain, periods of light rain, drizzle. this is what the rad will loo like not only today but tomorrow. high pressure to little waves along this frontal system are bringing periods of rain into our aa andit's going to be like this for the next 48 hours. 62 in d.c. outside the beltway we have 50. it will be chilly if you're headed to the redskins game. also we've got the nationals playing at 1:00 but it's going to be cool out there. plan for showers throughout the game as we take on the green bay packers. rain tomorrow, rain choances tuesday, showers and thunderstorms thursday night. dry forhe weekend. megan? >>> more news and >>> pound ke. >> isn't that your weakness? >> am i shaking? am i still black? >> yes. >> okay, we're ytfine. hing is fine. >> it's all good. >> that is kevin hart in the blockbuster hit "jumangi" which is pushing the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. it's just t latest movie success for the come

speaking of huicane, lauryn ric ricketts. >> i don't know where to go with that. >> you said florenceill back? >> what megan is tking about remnants from florence that moved off the coast of massachusetts now gone, circled around bermuda and is southwest of bermuda. it's interesting florence made the move. let's talk about today back at home. we're wet here today and we're staying cool. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. this is how thead looks today and tomorrow. stalled frontal system to the south. that will lift north as a warm front but we'll continue to see rain today andtomorrow. high pressure bringing in easterly/northeasterly wind so that moisture off the atlantic is moving into our area and we're looking at low clouds, fog and rain so watch when you head out there, the visibility is cu low. ent temperatures low, too. 50s and 60s. it's chilly o there. we are making it to 66 if we are lucky in d.c. elsewhere may not get out50 of e so showers at times, moderate rain at times. georgetown today will be wet, d.c. state fair will be wet. even the nats game, redskins game, ravens game wil

. >>> storm team 4's lauryn richts is -- ricketts is tracking florence and she'll have the latest aftery start to this sunday morning ahead of the redskins home opener. , uryn ricketat's going on? >> i know, girlfriend. we got a lot of fog, lot of cloud cover and sprinkles. frederick county and hagerstown, hat's where we're seeing sunshine. as somebody put it on my facebook page, brilliant sunshine. florence is going west at about eight miles an hour and we will continue to see her go right around west virginia monday, tuesday, and that is when we could have a good amount of rain in our aa so we will have to watch monday and tuesday for some showers and even a few thunderstorms. redskins versus colts, mostly cloudy. temperatures around 80 degrees, maybe a stray showers. some veiled sunshine and as the day wears on the humidity comes up and wave better chances of rain tonight as florencur takes the to the north. monday and tuesday, showers and thunderstorms, breezy, humid, low 80s. wednesday through friday, plenty begins on saturday. >>> more news and weather coming up a00 , > did somebo

storm team 4 metrologist uryn ricketts joins us with what we can expect tomorrow. lauryn? yes, erika, we've got a lot to talk about in the weather otpartment. and we have a to talk about earlier this morning with the flooded rains we had all throughout the day, as you can see from darcy down there in old town alexandria. flooding ongoing into the tovernight. bu good news is i do not believe that rain is going to be ongoing for everybody during the overnight. some places will see some rain. and right now we're seeing some showers out towards the i-81 corridor. widen out this view a little bit. a lot of the dynamics forced heavier rain staying off to the west. ry out here.ng to a little bit of fog, a little bit of sprinkle activity. but we still he some flood watches up. mainly those are to the west. these will continue through monday morning. you can see they'he out for d.c. area. however we still have some coastal flood warnings, escially down by alexandria and down by the coastline. but we also have flood warnings to t north where maryland is because of a lot of rain came