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lauryn ricketts joining me at the desk. storm team 4 weather alert day. going to be windy?in >> defely windy. windy when we came in this morning. >> yeah. >> with that system exiting t area another system coming in bringing rain showers overnight. breezy, brisk, blustery conditions with us throughout the weekend. weather alert, dav was saying, because of that fact. so weather alert, main story today, the winds. inly dry until late tonight. then we have a few light rain showers. but, again, gusts up to 50 miles an hour and how saturated the ground is, definitely t power outages. dry tomorrow. going to keep a rain chancen in the first part of the day amorrow and still breezy throughout the day well. those winds are kicking up now. seeing gusts up to about 33 miles an hour. hagerstown 17. gaithersburg and it's on the windy side. wind advisory in place for most of the are until 3:00 p.m. gusts up to 50 miles an hour and branches down out there. current temperatures out there now, it's not too bad. you factor in the wind, of course, feels a little on the brisk

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it w a busy one for storm team 4 especially lauryn ricketts. i hesitate to say hello i know you haven't slept .much you and smomara tracking those storms. this, in fact, was a twister that touched down in caused a lot of ta damage in reston. >> absolutely. a plethora of tornado warnings out there. this one actually spawned a tornado and even amelia who said on-air, that is a tornado right there. we could see the hook the velocities and we knew. shortly thereafter, about 11:00 p.m. last night ishen the national weather service, hey, yeah, absolutely a tornado. back this up a little. bear with me a second. back this up a little bit because i want to show you where that tornadotxactly was p right there in the reston area. we were watching this late last night coming right tthrough. ng is, radar is very close to. reston in sterling, virginia. as that rolled through, about 00, thatid spawn a tornado, a spall one. they're going out to do the deeo today. and a weather alert, flood warnings out there. my m:c's falling a little bit. look at this rotatio

. >> lauryn ricketts, it is absolutely stunning outside. we're loving it. >> it is beautiful. absolute. we got the sunshine out there this morning. a few more clouds by this afternoon. again, not going to be too bad as we continue through the day. could be an isolated shower later on this afternoon and evenutg. it is beaul out there right now. plenty of sunshine and temperatures responding to that april sun moving right on up. blue skies around the d.c. area. you could have a few high clouds out there, especially to the we. but temperatures, now 60 degrees. i'll change that number at 10:00 a.m. we're at 60 now. we'll head into the low 60s by the time we heado the noon hour. temperatures topping out in the mid-60s for daytime highs today. through the 60s is where we're going to be in our average temperature for this time of year is 68 degrees. no rain out there right now. we're dry. now, could have a few isolated showers later on this afternoon. we have this upper level eew, you some of this spin in the atmosphere. fewp showers will poup here in a second in pennsylvania. we cou

let's check in with lauryn ricketts. good morning, lauryn. what is today going to look like? >> it is going to be a little on the gray side, especially early, guys. we're looking at a few showers. we could see a tnderstorm out there as we continue through the day today, mainly east of i-95. we're looking at a few showers out there. sun coming up just about 13 minutes from now. and we're going to have a lot of cloud cover associated with that sunshine and that sunrise coming up. let's look at the maps now. at is beautiful. it is gre outside, a little mist, a little drizzle in some portions of our area. we had showers overnight. as you walk out the door this morning, you're goingo realize everything is on the wet side. this is coming our wayov right here, this is all a frontal system. you can see that front right there. it is going to continue to sweep through our area as we go through the day today. it will clear our are but not until later on this afternoon. now, it's in the 50s now. not that bad. fairly mild out ere. but we have got some very warm temperatures on the way. we

we'll check in with lauryn ricketts toutind o when. when is it coming? >> probably late afternoon, guys. that's when we'll tart to see some sunshine. but not until then. i've got judy writing me from olney, granddaughter's 4-year-old birthday party and bounce house and all sorts of stuff. please get the rain out of here. she wrote me on the facebook page, join me there as well. i love to aner questions and time everything out for you. we're working for you here. i'll try to get the rain showers out for her birthday party. ved, again, we haeen a few showers out there now with this first wave. so a lot of this is passing to the east. not everybody is seeing it. then clearing back behind here. look at thiswe have an isolated shower along i-81. this is all ahead of a frontal system. this frontal system is goinggo head and pass on through. right around the allegheny mountains now. this is going to move on through. could spark a few mor isolated showers as we go through the middle part of the day. a 20% chance that you'll see where you are. one thuing i will s

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except lauryn ricketts saying winds probably lingering a while longer? >> yes.o 50 miles an hour. also why there's a wind advisory in effect pretty much the entire area until about 3:00. areas east and south of that not in there but breezy. wits gus from 30 to 50 miles an hour throughout the day today but beautiful outside. we have full sunshine out there. just absolutely gorgeous conditions. a lot of events going on. unfortunately, we have wind that will make a it feelittle colder than it actually is. eznd advisory for these areas. you guys still b in fredericksburg. not in criteria for wind advisory. have to have t winds up 50 miles an hour to be in that territory. withnd saturated , we could have trees downnd definitelwn branchs do. batten down hatches. temperature s near 60. winds out of t west at about 60. conditions. before the weekend is over talk about rain shers in little bit. >> thank you. >>> 9:02 this saturday. happening today at reagan national airport a large emergency drill held there to prepare for a possible disaster. today's drill involves ala

. >> lauryn ricketts is here this mornhag. what do yo for us lauryn? >> i do have cloudy conditions when we look outside of our windows here in northwest d.c. we're looking at clouds out there but we're also looking at very temperatures. look at that cloud cover. now if you go west, you'r able find a little bit more sunshine. so i know my friends out in the doah valley have more sunshine than we do, around the i-95 corrir. temperatures out there right now at 71 degrees. they'll pop up pretty quickly as we go through the lunch hour. topping out rig around 80 degrees today. ould have a passing shower out there. the winds are going to be picking up. and the reason is because we've got the frontal system right here. i just checked the wind direction and thiis where tha front is. and you could see the clouds out in front of it. so even if you areetting some sunshine, clouds are going to come back into play and not until later on this afternoon, late this afternoon through this evening. what we see is clearing. but as this front moseys on through, we could p

let's get right to meteorologist lauryn ricketts. >> good morning.ine out there right now. also a few isolated showers before noon. but the big system com in into the afternoon. first one between 2:00 and 6:00. second one between 8:00 and 3:00 a.m. that's going to behe main one. 1 to 3 inches expected. it is going to be windy. we are going to have o worry about isolated tornadoes and flooding. really the main threat is flooding. olated showers but you're walking out to mainly cloudy conditions. all of this is headed our way later on this afternoon and through the overnight is when you're going to want to stay individual lent aboutwehe her. >> thank you. >>> developing this morning, police responding t this crash last night. the suvr crossed the cente of the road and slammed into a utility pole. and a quick heads up, a span of rock creek park and potomac parkway will be closed to both cars and pedestrians starting tonight and lasting through monday morning. the closure is part of the kennedy center expansion project. we'll take a break now and check y

we have clay anderson in r lauryn ricketts who will tell us what our workweek forecast looks like as well. stay with us. >>> >>> 9:30 on this sunday morning. hei's what we're foll for you. the blossoms are still out. peak bloom almost over. this morning, there is going to be an active crowd running around the national mall bause a race. we'll show you what roads to avoid to miss the crowds. >>> a last second foul and three fro shots is what is sending virginia to the national championship game for the first time in the school's history. >> a game. ndercover an investigation showed how some rabbits were being left to die at a local pet store, some good news for some of the animals still being kept at that store. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >> a lot of uva fansrobably ju waking up after what was a raucous night of celebrating. s to the cavs as they move on. thank you for being here with us on this sunday morning. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. what a game it was. more on that. we have a quick traffic alert to get to you right away the northbound lanes of bw parkway shut do

lauryn ricketts has the ten-day.d yes, our ten-day forecast, cloudy out there a we have a chance of shower or thunderstorms. a few isolated showers to the evndhef d.c. and culpeper but trise d smallrm c shanceto ones could be on the sg side but otherwise plenty of clouds around and sprinkles in the morning and isolated shower in the evening and cooler. then thursday hot and humid. another 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. friday is our best chance, still question marken for the week we have to figure out what the front will do. but it still looks like rain around for some part of the weekend beforemproving conditions on sunday. and those improving conditions will continue into early next week. >> lauryn, thanks so much. >>> that l do it for "news4 midday." we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. have a great day, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow morning. ♪ >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ ♪ it's gonna be me >

of the for a check forecast with lauryn ricketts. that is an appropriately-timed graphic. i see what you've done. is that a jersey beneath the ice. >> that is. very astute. thank you very much. i have my thinking cap on today. >> that is appropriate. >> and this didn't happen by ac tdent. listenperatures as you head out for the caps game to the watch party, if you weren't lucky enough to get tickets i'm one of those so i'll watch at a watch party at my house but temperatures in the 70s. it is beautiful for this afternoon. and through the evening, sun 8:00.own just about and we are going to have just a few clouds in place. no humidity, any winds that we're seeing out there willdoie wn by the time the caps get started so maybe head outside to go ahead and watch that caps game. i know we haveud lot of clo cover out there now. party to mostly sunny into the afternoon. temperatures respond, moving into the 70s and that is where we stop out. but as i said earlier, rain on the way and we'll talk about timing coming up. >>> developing this morning, the boy scouts of america under

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lauryn ricketts says showers could be sticking around.ng a few rain drops this morning. >> you might want to have that umbrella handy this morning. few showers tough the area. few areas of heavy rain right along 70 in mount f airy. moste showers and just light stuff around the beltway. this is going to continue to move through. we have another round of sswers once tront moves through. we could hit a little breakthrough the middle part of the day. temperatures in the 50s. once we get the temperature will drop a little bit. if you're headed out to the, park i think by noon, 1:00 will all right. we'll have to watch for spottyr in showers developing as that front rollsth ugh. just between about 1:30 and which i know is first pitch to about 3:30. but other than that, clearing, breezy going to be the main story today. we dry out late tonight. cold overnight. and then monday, sunny, rain showers late monday night to tuesday. rain showers this week. >> lauryn, thank you very much. >>> back with 90 minutes of news and weather in 25 minutes. see yo

lauryn ricketts. folks are celebrating passover, which started last night at sundown.nty of dry time out there, david. >> nice. >> a lot of our region dry now. that wasn't the case last night. two rolls of rain passed through. a tornado watch and of course we had several tornado warnings that amelia and somara kept track of. and thetorm system that came through the reston area. you see a big hole between route 15 and route 28? that's the sterling radar. this tornado rolled right through reston. just before 9:00. you can see that little

we got clay anderson in for lauryn ricketts today. he's bringing the good news ande we're her for it. >> good morning. yes, the sun will rise in four minutes, actually 6:34. you see it starting to breakthrough the clouds. looking forward to a very nice sunday. particularly yesterday, we started out cloudy, ended up sunny.da is going to be reverse. start out with mostly sunny skies. and clouds in thefternoon will start to have overcast before sunset. here is a view as wefr see i our within doe windows. a nice sunday across our region. temperaturor your neighborhood include gaithersburg and montgomery county, baltimore to north, 45 degrees, prince george's county, 44 degrees and out in virginia, dulles coming in at 48 degrees. what you need to know today, sunny is that starts out and ends up cloudy, warmer today, but a stormy monday. more details on that and cools wednesday.not until so enjoy today, tomorrow, all the details, a lot more. stay with us. >> thank you very much, cl. >>> happening now, many runners iod walkers are getting re