that upper level low is coming our way and the coastal low comes into play. around they won't be related to each other. dry and mild today but a chilly wind and late day rain or snow tomorrow. we will talk more in the way of snow, and more rain as we get into tuesday and thursday. now let's see what the roadways are doing with candace dold. >> reporter: as we on the 8:00 hour we're talking about new trouble on the beltway. it's on the outer loop lanes near 295 and all traffic is completely stopped there, not moving because of that activity. as far as the delays, they stretch all the way up toward kay consvillcatonsville at this. we will continue to keep up-to-date as we monitor the situation. look at ther loo the outer lonee entire stretch from 795 toward 95, as you can imagine, we have do have a slow go there. we're looking at a 20-minute ride 31 miles per hour. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, and megan back over to you. >>> we are following breaking news out of towson this morning. police are on the scene of a shooting at a gas station in th

it time around the low moves ahead of this coastal low and you don't get that strengthening of the lowthe west later tonight and overnight and rain and wet snow for the eastern shore where there will be more moisture so we could see higher totals, even still we are looking at higher snow here along the northeasterly flow. a chance of snow, but here is a look at what we're looking a trace or an inch 1-to-not aven3s in the southern part of the eastern shore but generally speaking nothing like we have seen. some inclement conditions and no heavy snow expected. 35 if salisbury, 37 in hagerstown, and 25 out in oakland. and for our high temperatures today we should get up to 44 degrees at the eastern shore with a lot of clouds and a north wind at 5-10 miles per hour. for the central part of the state look for a high temperature of 45 degrees, and cloudy skies and winds at 5-10. and earlier chances for rain or snow with a north wind at 5-10 miles per hour. again, we're looking at at chance for rain or snow overnight tonight. 34 degrees so the temperature pretty close to the freezing mark it's

let's look at the lows we had. it got down into the upper 30s, to low to mid-40s. and right now eight has climbed back into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. and prince george's county in the 50s. shenandoah valley, and western maryland in the mid-50s now. southern maryland, chesapeake bay, these are the latest wind gusts, up to 30 miles per hour coming in out of the northwest, and that will continue through the next hours. and it was a chilly start this morning, right near freezing in many locations in western maryland and west virginia. right now in the upper 40s to 50 degrees there. on the eastern shore, it's cool, still there, in the mid-50s, but central, southern virginia and the carolinas, it's in the low 60s. and we have had our sky clear and just a few high clouds drifting in from the west. we do have a weak area of high pressure passing over us now, but as that moves off further to the east, it will, then, allow a low pressure to begin to move in from the central plains, the same low dumping snow in colorado now is coming our way, but i don't expect any sn

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it may even hit the low 70s there by midafternoon. a look at the big changes coming in, a chilly change for tomorrow and into the weekend. i'll have details on that in just a few minutes. barba barbara? >> all right. thank you, tom. jerry edwards has the roadways. jerry? >> hi, barbara. >>> a couple slow spots, midday roadwork well under way. in virginia, looking at the inner loop of the beltway, the flyover ramp that takes you from the inner loop to go sout onto i-95 and springfield, two-lane ramp, left lane is closed at the top of the ramp and traffic is going to be a bit slow. as a matter of fact, the's a little bit of a delay that has developed on the inner loop of the beltway lining up to exit onto i-95 southbound, wch makes us all nervous. hopefully everybody notes the backup is there. let's check out kennelworth avenue, construction taking away the left lane northbound and southbound at the maryland district line on eastern avenue. right now, no delay whatsoever. so a little good news there. that's how we're doing right now, ba

it's been increasing because it started low. so this is an amazing, remarkable fact about our universe. that the big bang 14 billion years ago was not messy and chaotic. it was incredibly orderly. the universe started in a very, very, very specific unlikely configuration of atoms and parts of photons and those kinds of things. and cosmologists people who study the stars have a question. why did the early universe start in an orderly arrangement? once that starts we can discover anything. here on earth you might have talked to creationists. if you're in my business you have to talk to creationists sometimes. people who say well, evolution -- we think the earth started in a fairly chaotic state and we have all this complicate stuff, complicated organisms processing information. doesn't that violate the second law of thermodynamics. isn't that increasing order? but the point is that we have a tremendous amount of entropy that we're increasing the whole universe by. it's just that we gain -- we lose entropy here on earth. we make th

temperatures in the 40s and starting out at 72 degrees or so and low 70s areawide and overnight lows around 40 degrees and we'll have the forecast in a minute. >> the maryland terps closeout round one of the ncaa tournament in thrilling fashion and the sports director recaps the action. >> reporter: good morning, it was a final game to tip off in the first round. would the terps be weary or maybe a case for saving the best for last. the latter would be better. gary williams and taking on the top scorer. you can't make them all and win. they showed the ability to run and they showed their side. they'll finish with a jam. the big freshman finished with 17 points. andrea january hit the -- adrian came in and the final score, 89-77. >> we just wanted to relax. we let the game come to us and we had a good game. >> we did a good job and he's a good player and draws attention from the other team and they doubled him and they dished me the ball down low. >>> the winner of sunday's game will win in st. louis. >>> all right, thank you. >> and maryland takes on the winner at this game. michigan

player but it's goino bring us a coastal low.ow this one looks like they will stay as separate systems. we get a little bit of snow especially the eastern shore it looks like t for tomorrow. and late tomorrow we get a little bit of a rain-snow mix as we move through the latter part of the day, 8:00 p.m. showing flurries to the west and a little bit more rain to the eastern shore. it gets replaced by the cold air and the eastern shore as well. we will see snow out of this and the eastern shore could be a little bit more. generally speaking not a heavy snow. 38 degrees for the current temperature in baltimore, 38 in d.c. 35 in salisbury, in hagerstown, 35 degrees. we do have a 8-10-mile-an-hour wind. we will get to 15-20 miles per hour. while the temperatures feel like they're in the 20s this morning. they will only feel like they're in the 30s this afternoon with the winds even though the actual temperature should get up to the 38 degrees. and with the winds and the temperatures gusting to 35, that will keep it chilly. partly clou

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some people simply run low. that's what you may have heard at the doctor's office but anything below 90 over 60 is considered low. hypotension is often the number one cause of people fainting. happens a lot when you get dehydrated. blurry vision can also occur when the blood pressure is low. they also may have clammy skin and simply hydrating, more often than not, to take care of this. too many people are simply dehydrated. your diet could also be playing a role here. low in sodium, for example, we talk about people taking too much salt, too much sodium but there are people who don't take enough and medications to watch. medications like die retdices, alpha blockers, beta blockers, drugs for parkinson's disease, anti-depressants, pregnancy, heart problems, allergic reaction, severe infections, blood loss, of course, lack of nutrients in the diets. this affects a lot of people and consult with your doctor and direct any questions if you have any concerns. >>> now for fit nation this week, we talk about something

that is what we have had all the cold air in place and this low pressure center, the upper level low phasing with the coastal he low allowing it to strengthen. it doesn't look like that will be the case this time, because the upper level low that will be up to the north and west, goes further north and is ahead of this low pressure center. it doesn't quite phase or move together. it brings the snow to the western counties as articley as 10:00 tonight and overnight west snow to the south and east. a little west moisture may mean that we see more wet snow to the south and east. we will get the moisture and the milder temperatures in the mid-layers. we may get a wet snow and to the south and east. when it's all said and done we have a trace to the southeastern koants counties. nothing heavy, 1-3 inches for the eastern shore. up in hagerstown 36 and the cool spot as we have seen so many times this season out in oakland, of course, the higher elevations at 25 degrees. this time the winds not at strong, the 5-10-mile-an-hour wind not making it feel chillier as it reads. 45 degrees will be

overnight low temperature 51 right now.ust northwest wind throughout the day gusting to 25, 30 miles per hour. hello. 27. very winter like for our overnight low pressure tonight as high pressure build ins. grab a blanket. eastern shore still has some rain down to salsbury and ocean city. clearing out and ocean city. clearing out but we have

about a 50% retracement from the lows. so i think option traders are getting in front of it. >> and mike makes a great point about option volatility and what we expect. let's look at the vix, which again is an expectation of how much the s&p we expect again to move around, and we talk about how relatively low it is. and it is certainly low in the context of the last 18 months. but in the context of march, april going into summer, when things tend to slow down, it's not that low. so the vix is saying, hey, we could have a pullback, we could have some action, we could have some wimpiness and volatility. >> that's exactly right. if you go back to the last time the s&p was about as volatile as it is right now, which was 2007 before the crisis hit, the vix, those futures that scott's referring to actually were about ten ticks lower. that's a lot, folks. >> let's talk about some catalysts for next week. certainly earnings, always catalysts. oracle has a huge report, especially for the tech sector, dan. >> oracle is going to be a

overnight, 25-32 for low. north winds lighting up at 5-10.e cast shows a good day on saturday, as we get into sunday we begin to cloud up again. here's that next storm coming in. moisture, rain chances increase, saturday afternoon and saturday night, and sunday night especially, and then we hope to clear things out on monday. here's the seven day forecast. 48 today. we've already gone past that. some of you are already in the 30's. then 50 tomorrow and we start out 25, at least there will be some sunshine. monday afternoon, and then tuesday, wednesday, thursday dry and the temperatures bounce back up into the 60's. >> in today's educational alert, they hope early investment will round out their shrinking staff. more than a dozen students have taken advantage of the loan program which provides $4,000 for college bound county students looking to be teachers. they are looking to hire its first teachers from the program next year. and in today's medical alert doctors report the first screening of an embryo that later became a newborn baby. she wa

why did it have low entropy? why was it like that? remember the entropy as telling the number of ways we can rearrange things without telling the difference. so if the entropy is very, very low, that means that you are in a very exquisitely ordered, delicate, precisely chosin configuration of stuff. that was our early universe. you could say was just like that. that's absolutely possible. a lot of cosmologists will go around telling you the big bang was the beginning of everything, right? that there is no such thing before the day before this big bang. what happened before the big bang is like this north of the north pole? that just doesn't make sense. all of that might be true. but it is not something that i can guarantee is true on the basis of things we'll understand. it is just a guess. .. >> but nevertheless we open the refrigerator we are surprised to find an egg. why not? because the egg is not all by itself isolated in the universe. it cannot of a chicken. that chicken helped it is not the entire system it is not isolated. sel

low all the way there. so he will certainly tap that one in for his par but most likely will lose a shot to jim furyk. >> a poor drive, mediocre second and mediocre third and so-so par. >> retief goosen hit a terrible first putt. there has been no pep in goosen at all here in goosen the last hour or so. even par for the day, retief. >> he has played indifferently. one birdie, one bogey. hit some shots that were surprising. he is not pleased with this here. from 120 yards he left himself a 42-footer. not very good from that distance. >> he doesn't need a putt over seven feet, mark. >> got that one. so good two -putt for retief. he was razor sharp earlier in the week. 67 and followed it up with a 68. >> having a good week. tied for fifth. good top ten finish. >> if he can finish strongly. >> now jim furyk to open up a three-shot lead. >> putt should be a little to his right. >> important putt, huh, rog? >> absolutely. wouldn't you like to stand on 16 with a three-shot lead as opposed to two? if he can keep it

the average temperature high is about 57 degrees and the overnight low is 37. we're at 59 and 54 in westminster and bel air and 55 in kent island and a light wind and a pretty stiff breeze around bwi marshall. 59 degrees, it will make for a breezy spring afternoon. we have changes in our direction and with a look at the radar, we're sending it to marty. >> let's go to the first warning doppler weather radar, i want to show you along the front range of the rockies. look at the left side of the screen, we've had serious winter weather and a foot of snow. you move east and we're talking about rain, that's going to be moving our way and yet, another deep area of low pressure and not just rain, but thunderstorm, approaching, well, kansas city and eventually some of the action will get through chicago and indy and cincinnati and into the mitt atlantic. what's the timing? the low is out over the ohio valley, tomorrow and the clouds will be here tomorrow and late afternoon. and by the time we get into the morning rush on friday, shower activity will be starting in the

and they go into the supermarket, they are looking for low-fat, low sugar, low sodium options. >> even this that industry is looking for options. >> we are trying to develop products with higher at nutrient content and lower in fat and sodium. >> we still have a long way to go. the average american family spends almost twice as much on sweet and salty snacks as they do of fruits and vegetables. >> a sad turn in the investigation of a missing mother and son. >> how do you rent movies? the answer to that question could be partly to blame for the financial trusting -- for the financial troubles facing blockbuster. >> baltimore city and counties would split the cost of tld >> the search is over form missing boys in washington d.c. after his body washed ashore on a beach. he was last seen alive when he and his mother left, to visit relatives. reports say they stopped and asked for directions, but they never mated to their destination. earlier this week, the boy's father blew in from buffalo when he heard about the disappearance. the boy's mother is still missing. >> federal regulators inspe

while it will dry out after tomorrow, it will be a cold weekend with temperatures in the only low 50sfor highs. warm air to the west eventually gets here and it will take sometime probably not until the end of next week. by the end of next week, we see the 70s in the forecast. if you're in the eastern shore, 68 degrees for the high, not bad there. south wind at 58 miles per hour and mostly cloudy skies turning cloudy later. the winds will become more of a factor becoming breezy later in the day. 5-15-mile-an-hour winds in the central part of the state as we climb to 66 degrees. mostly cloudy skies for daytime hours, the showers holding off for the evening becoming more steady rain. again showers moving in there as well, a little bit early, mid-to late afternoon as well. tonight we do get the showers in the evening turning into a steadier rain overnight. 48 degrees for the overnight low so it will be mild for the 5-15-mile-an-hour wind. clouds on the increase as we go. 60 degrees by noon after starting in the mid-40s and we will get to the high of 56 or 3 or 4:00 this afternoon. we wil

highs in the low 50. drying out and warming up on wednesday and thursday with sunshine back. 60s wednesday. 70s on thursday. friday, saturday and sunday with some nice sunshine so a great end to the week. looks like a terrific weekend coming up. how is the traffic? >> around northern virginia, capil beltway area where so far it's pretty quiet and looks like the rain lightened up a little bit. plenty of road spray on the beltway. the lanes are open between i-66 down to the wilson bridge in both directions. keep your speeds down the roads still going to be potentially slick. one more stop, take a look along th 270 corridor. you can really tell it's 270. southbound traffic there the left side of your screen and certainly a lot of road spray, reduced visibility. give yourself plenty ever space, plenty of braking distance this morning and just plan accordingly. we'll keep you updated. that's how we're doing right now. ladies, back to you. >>> all the more reason to get up with us at 4:30 in the morning. coming

low 40s for bowie.ow 40s in fairfax and reston and sterling and yes, leesburg, you will be on that fence of 39 or 40 degrees. tomorrow morning, clouds on the increase. breezy and cool to start. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. winds increase out of the south at 10 to 15. that's a warm wind. that's not so bad. by afternoon, mostly cloudy, breezy and mild. we stay dry. high 65 to 70 and winds increase southwesterly at 10 to 20, but that's a warm wind. that's not so bad. satellite picture radar combined, some snow in denver earlier this morning. this is the storm that is pulling eastward that will give us our rain tomorrow night and friday morning. in the meantime, good thunderstorms now from almost oklahoma city through dallas. we have a lot of high clouds with this system pushing in now. we'll have that tonight and the clouds will roll in tomorrow and thicken up. we stay dry through tomorrow. zone forecast, 65 in winchester. martinsburg, 71 tomorrow. 68 in warrenton, and also 68 in manassas. downtown, we

genzyme is at a six-week low tonight. while production will continue at the allston, massachusetts plant, the company expects the f.d.a. to have someone else oversee manufacturing there, which would lead to higher operating costs. smart energy has a big buzz phrase for public utilities, things like advanced energy meters. esco technologies makes smart meters. it had been considered the front runner for a $900 million supply deal to southern california gas. but that was thrown into question today and the stock lost 12% on more than 15 times average volume. we saw a volume spike in an exchange traded funds that follow some u.s. bond prices. ticker symbol t.l.t. follows prices of government bonds that run at least 20 years. it saw almost three times normal volume today, dropping by almost 2% as market interest rates rose. traders tell me worries about congress putting the pressure on china over trade as well as a poorly received auction of some government debt led to the selling. watch schlumberger tomorrow. after the close

we do have a very low cost. i think that will help us as we are used to doing without a lot of the, i guess the things that sometimes educators are accused of having. we'll have to trim down like everything else. we have a good school system. the former harford county executive plans to retire after a decade at theheal. he said he may be able to clean out the garage. >>> teaching kids a lesson that they'll never forget. coming up, some area students learn what it is like to go hungry. >>> they are more than just a pretty site. how these blossoms are an economic boom to the nation's capital. >>> getting a lesson in hunger. students in a baltimore county school got a taste of what it is like to be born rich or poor. linda was there for a very teachable moment. >> reporter: it is breakfast with a twist and a lesson in hunger. >> we need to help out the people that are in the third world countries and send them food. we need to think before we eat. >> reporter: erin got a taste of what it is like to live in a develo

staples stock quickly dropped to match its year-to-date low. its disappointing guidance also hit competitors office depot and office max, falling 3% and 2% respectively. nutrisystems stock went on a diet after its weak 2010 outlook. with a tenfold increase in volume, the stock is at a four- month low. from food issues to food and drug questions, the f.d.a. countered a stock analyst report today regarding drug development firm dendreon. the company is developing a prostate cancer treatment and the f.d.a. says it will not be reviewed by an outside panel. the stock hit a new 52-week high on the drama. and finally one small cap, one medium cap, and one large cap. continental airlines saw demand increase in february, but the two east coast snowstorms cost it $25 million in lost revenue. mid-cap arena resources owns oil and natural gas reserves. the stock plummeted on disappointing earnings. and the small cap genetic testing firm sequenom scored a couple of analyst upgrades. tomorrow, retailer costco is due out with earnings. and that's tonight's mar

lows down to about 52 degrees lows into the 30s. you'll have your forecast and talk about the warmup in a few. >>> here's what people are talking about, a comcast employee kill on his way to work in baltimore city and his family says good-bye. we report from city police headquarters. >> reporter: about 3 suspects were around carlos williams' truck when he was murdered a week ago. mourners want to see an arrest. >> he helped the people in the community. >> reporter: carlos williams' cousin was overcome by grief. he worked with people who were on drugs on just getting out of jail. >> my husband was a good man and didn't deserve to die the way he did. >> i hope they get the person who did this to my cousin. >> reporter: fellow workers came in their orange hoodies to pay respect to. >> if you know anything about it, please come forward. >> a vigil held thursday and a reward was given. he oversaw housing for people recently released from prison. the motive may have been robbery, but a relative thinks it's because he was working with the

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low 50s, as well as towards the chesapeake bay. on our way to the low to mid 70s today. a few more clouds right now compared to yesterday. and those clouds will continue to thicken up as we move through the afternoon hours. rain should hold off until after midnight tonight and we'll talk about that, how much rain we can expect and when, coming up in the complete forecast in a few more minutes. >> thank you, justin. >> sure. >>> it could be the biggest health care overhaul in more than 50 years. today, the house is gearing up for a landmark vote. the massivebill, more than a year in the making. and for democrats, victory appears to be in reach. brian mooar reports. > at the u.s. capitol, president obama ral eddie house democrats on the eve of their historic vote. >> don't do it for me. don't do it for the democratic party. do it for the more than people. they are the ones who are looking for action right now. >> reporter: senate democrats delivered a pledge that could tip the balance. they will go along with changes demanded by the house. >> i have the commitment of signi

the upper 60s and low 70s.tures by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon and lots of clear skies. nothing but sunshine today and as you can see, off to the north and west, quiet conditions. clear skies out into ohio and well out to the west, chicago, see the cloud cover and the light showers, that's the next cloud cover, but we tweak this lane, it gets in here late sunday. so, if you have outdoor plans on sunday, you should be just fine. then late sunday and monday we get showers and cooler temperatures. the next couple of days could not be better. it will be a slow mover, that is going to keep us high and dry with nice sunny warm afternoons and cool evenings. 70s expected day. warm then yesterday. highs hin low to mid-70s, if you will to the south later today. 72, sunny skies and warm. remember, our daytime highs this time of the year in the low to mid-50s. it looks great. tomorrow looks fantastic 73 and sunday we cloud up late in the day. by highs near 70. then to cooler weather arrives after the cold front and the

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highs topping out in the low to mid-70s once again. we'll see some cooler temperatures and rain showers arriving through the day on monday. all those details coming up later on. >> we'll check back. thanks. >>> today the healthcare battle could finally be over. democrats are confident they say they will pass a reform bill in the house today. th measure would expand coverage to 95% of americans. most people would be required to carry insurance or face a penalty. there would be subsidies for people who can't afford insurance. and medicaid would be expanded for the poor. a young girl is dead after a fire tore through a home in prince george's county. firefighters discovered her body in that home in the 6100 block of parkview lane in clinton. they rushed another woman in the house to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> hundreds of people what was been forced to evacuate their homes after a volcano erupted in southern iceland. the eruption didn't occur below ice, which lessened the chances of flooding from a glacier melt. >>> two minutes

very light dusting rain mixing in keeping the total low.n the eastern shore down along denton over in caroline county looking at areas around 1 to 2 inches possibly. probably really more towards one and a half inch mark because of the rain that mixes with the system. so looks like mother nature gives us one more little winter blast but kind of nice not letting us get a lot of precip. out of this 38 in baltimore. 39 in dc. continue to see the temperature drop through the overnight. looking at 28 fwreetion in oakland. like i said tonight the temperatures will drop down to 35 or 36 degrees. a little cooler on the outside area of the city outlying years. a little bit breezy with wednesday out of the north at 10 to 15.i'll show you where this storm is going and talk more about the weekend. we really look forward to getting the warm air in place towards friday saturday sunday. all the details coming up in the 7 day forecast. >>> thank you vytas. you can be in charge of your own very personal forecast. i radar available at our web site. use the in

we are going to quickly fall into the the low 30s tonight. sunset not until 20 minutes after 7. i want to take you into some time lapsing. as kelly was talking about cloudy, cloudy and a little bit of sunshine. and chesapeake beach where there is still some rain falling, kind of a wild day on the bay. you can see the rain fall totals in the last 24 hours here from 1/ 5-inch to 1/2 inch. temperatures falling into the 40s, slow fall into the 30s and we will be in the 20s by day break tomorrow. it is a blustery evening out there. i want to take you where we are looking at a little bit of rain still remaining. i think we are dry here on out. if your travels take you down to the park you may find rain in that direction. drier weather is now pushing in out of the north and west. just a few clouds remaining. we will probably start off clear with lots of sunshine. when we start off in the mid20s we probably don't get much above 50 degrees. we are all clear until sunday evening when our next storm system will approach out of the west. dress warm it is only going to get colder in the nigh

low. nice on saturday, back in the upper 50s. a weak system comes at us late sunday into monday. some showers or light rain, temperatures hovering around 60. >> thank you, topper. all right, steroid questions for the nats and caps tonight. >> i think it's a little stickier situation for the caps because this doctor nagel has an office right where they train. the nats are trying to distance themselves in a big way. the nats say they haven't heard of the guy. their team president trying to put a stop to the rumors as these allegations swirl tonight. you'll hear from him. plus, why it now seems likely that gilbert is going to jail. a scathing report from his prosecutor. 9sports coming up. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> how do you think he felt about investigators from the polk county sheriff's office in florida poking around the team facility today looking into steroid allegations the day before the caps play sydnie crosby and the penguins? two detectives looking into caps after douglas nagel

officially, 56 and reagan national. 41 degrees was the low.ures stayed steady, rose and fell again just after the midnight hour. as temperatures continue to fall, almost one-third of an inch of rain had reagan national. the winds are diminishing a little bit. we will take the cold without the wind, but make no mistake, it will be every bit of a winter morning even though it is springtime. north of the border, 31, state college, 38. what i referred to as a bubble of high pressure, strong enough to push the clouds and rain out of the area during the day, clear skies bringing a bit of a breeze out of the northwest. you think it is cold with 25-32 degrees here? rogers, utica, across vermont and new hampshire, a single digits. that is not the wind chill, that is the air temperature b. by tomorrow evening the clouds roll in and the next system hits the area with more showers. the weather will improve dramatically after that. sunshine, start to finish, a few clouds, but for the next seven days we will clear out. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday.

that is where the low pressure center has moved. even with the sunshining and bringing us up to 50 degrees we feel cooler than that. not for tomorrow, tomorrow late at night but not in the daytime hours. by nighttime the low pressure center moves closer. we start to see showers by 9:00 p.m. according to the future scan model. after that, beyond the overnight period into it looks like friday morning we get to see more shower chances, then too. it moves out of here by later on friday and we're looking a lot better for the weekend as far as dry conditions with a lot of sunshine but cooler temperatures then, too. 64 the high temperature expected at the eastern shore with a 15-20-mile hour wind. it will gust higher as it will be windier than elsewhere. in central county, 15 to 20 miles per hour, making the low feel cooler. a lot of sunshine, it won't be cool. it will be cooler than the temperature read on the thermometer. 51 degrees for the high temperature in the central part of the state with a 15-20-mile-an-hour wind. clear, with an o

low pressure center moving in our direction.s going to bring us, again the rain for later tonight as the warm front brings us the mild air for later today as we get into the mid-60s. the next frontal boundary brings us to the shower tomorrow morning. it dries us out, but behind it some drier and cooler air for the weekend. this next low, by the way brings us another rain chance for sunday night into monday. in between we should be dry through the weekend, cooler then. 68 degrees for today's high, not bad for the eastern shore with a 10-15-mile an hur wind. the winds will pick up later in the day. a south wind at 5-15. mostly cloudy skies in the central part of the state. maybe you get the showers moving in later in the afternoon. a 5-15-mile-an-hour wind. tonight, 48 degrees, it will be a mild night as we get light rain moving through. a 5-15-mile-an-hour wind out of the southwest. after 56 degrees today, look at the 51 behind the front. the showers taper off later in the day tomorrow. we dry out and cool off with mostly cloudy

in the low 50s. temperatures just a little cooler than they should be but with bright sunshine not a bad looking day at all. clear skies giving way to high cloudiness at this hour and our next area of storminess is out to the west across central sections of the country. believe it or not that's going to get in here during the daytime hours tomorrow and i think by late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, rain in the forecast along wh nseasonably cool air for the next day or so. the weather forecast gets a lot better in the five-day. partly cloudy and cold again overnight. take out that umbrella. 36, bring along a jacket as you head out the door. more in just a minute. back to you. >>> it's time to head out into the sunshine and she how things are going at the first day of the cherry blossom festival. karen gray houston is live at the tidal basin. it looks crowded and beautiful. >> reporter: what a tough assignment i had, maureen. i got to tell you we're just happy the weather could cooperate. brigh

out of the mountains, low to mid 30s. we have considerable cloudiness coming in from the west ahead of a rainmaker that will be here later tonight. today highs climbing into the 60s, a southwest blustery wind. overnight tonight, rain is likely from late this evening to midday friday. sun back tomorrow afternoon with a blustery afternoon out of the northwest. much cooler with highs around 50. 20 saturday morning, afternoon highs near 50. more rain sunday afternoon and evening. and now, jerry, how is that traffic. >> thursday morning under way. we're doing fine through the northeast, along new york avenue. kenilworth avenue, and the major roadways through the southeast looking good. let's head over and check things elsewhere. interstate 270, i-70 okay no worries on the bw bridge. back to you. >> thank you. they didn't kill the bill but they succeed in sending it back to the house. senate republicans have found a glitch in the democrats health care overhaul. they found two provisions that violate congressional budgets. there

as you look at the hd radar you can the rotatio see the rotatioe low pressure. you can see it moving to the north to pennsylvania. you see the light showers and the heaviest activity moving up in new england. however, this is the way things should progress through the day. temperatures will be on the cool side, not on the cool side of normal. we should be around the side of normal, normal being 56. we will get to 57 for the high at 2 to 4:00 p.m. and drop back to 54 at 6:00 p.m. schooleschoolcooler than it hasn yesterday in the 60s, still. we are looking at candace dold with the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we are talking about baltimore county and it's all due to a fallen tree at warren road at bosley road. you can still get through the area but be aware you will find that activity. as far as 83, let's check it out at warren road and we already have building conditions on the southbound lanes all the way down toward the beltway. once you finally approach the beltway the outer loop lanes from 83 up toward 795, looking at an 8 minute clip ri

hyundai, honda and nissan also expected to benefit from toyota's lows. but we'll have to wait and see. back to you. >> people are buying, at least. >> have a good day, courtney. >> thanks. you, too. >>> jay leno returned to the late-night line-up last night. you may remember that his switch did not end that well for nbc or conan o'brien. but leno seemed comfortable in his old job. >> it's the tonight show with jay leno. >> reporter: from the opening title sequence to the freshened up theme song, everything about the new tonight show with jay leno seemed to project the energy that the other show lacked. >> he was just right in the group. >> reporter: despite his start, leno did not hold back taking shots at his employer. and he had trouble keeping first guest jamie foxx in his chair. gold medal skier lindsay vonn's appearance prompted chants from the audience. >> usa! >> leno will have to keep that up for months if he wants to bring the crowds to him. >> i think it will be closer, i think it will be competitive. i think you'll see leno work very hard beca

the area of low pressure has pushed away from us. what we will start to see is some warming temperatures and more sunshine in the forecast. you can see that warmup pulling in here and that will continue the next several days. be on the lookout for outside golfing and tennis. arlington around 68 and lows tonight will drop off, 44 in to washington. 41 andrews air force base and brandy wine at 42. the seven-day outlook not too bad. we will start off today, coming in at 69 degrees an by thursday it gets better from there. friday, saturday, temperature 81, 82 degrees and then by sunday, monday time frame that's where it looks like a weak front could come through the area but we will bounce back and see more sunshine and ample sunshine returns by tuesday. angie, how's the traffic looking? >> we are not moving much out in the southwest, southeast area right there on the border. south capitol street still have an ongoing police investigation that is keeping the road closed between chesapeake and mistmy avenue. the best bet to get around it i

morning lows in the 50s. for easter sunday should be into the 70s and partly cloudy and opening day for the nationals at nationals park on monday afternoon, great baseball weather. hopefully we'll see great baseball. they're taking on phillies at 1:00. the president throws the first pitch. after that on tuesday should stay dry. highs in the seventies. that's the way it looks. >> all right, thank you. >>> and again we're going to check in to see how things are moving on the roadways. >> very slow traffic in parts of the area because of roadwork. fredericksburg, 95 northbound you lose the north lane. see folks coming north from thornburg up towards fredericksburg, heads up for that. closer in, that's the capitol beltway. the inner loop is crawling at this hour as you north from about braddock road up to route 50 and i-66, no lanes are closed but doing construction and pharoahing the lanes. as a result that, combined with volume of traffic things looking like an afternoon rush hour already. >> it is heavy out th

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we're still in the low 40s. low 40s on thursday. that's kind of chilly. and then okay, chilly.shine on saturday, and 50, 55 on sunday. maybe a sprinkle. and almost 60 next monday. >> okay, that's much more like it. we like it. >>> and now, i hear that maybe one or two folks, they watched some hockey last night. >> the whole country, and the whole country that is up above us. what do you think the party is like at the canadian embassy right now? >> and it wasn't just the prime minister drinking the most. i guarantee it. >> the most watched hockey game in the history of watching hockey. $20 million people in canada. $30 million people in the u.s. most of them biting their nails down to the nub in the final 45 minutes. the fans in washington, kind of the double whammy for the unhappy ending. not only did the home country lose, but the capitol's most hated arch rival, scored the overtime game winner on canada. and the sarah walsh report says perhaps watching that celebration right there is why alex ovechkin got back to work early this morning. >>> after participating in the ceremon

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this area of low pressure will continue to drag that moisture in. by late thursday night, mainly early friday morning activity, through the afternoon. storm leaves us quickly. drying out nicely as we go into the weekend. on saturday and sunday as high pressure moves in. five-day forecast shows late showers. about 2:00 shower. picking up in pace on friday morning for the rush hour commute. high of 59. by friday 52 saturday. with plenty of sunshine. more sunshine sunday. nice day at 58 degrees. and then showers move in late sunday night to monday for the next round of rain. back to you. >> ravens qb joe flacco out in california earlier this month. but he was not exactly catching who's always prepared... to "doctor up" their food so it tastes... just the way they like it. oooh... but there's no doctoring needed with mcdonald's... hmmm... new mcbistro chicken sandwich. juicy grilled or crispy chicken breast -- perfectly seasoned and hooked up... with deluxe toppings plus white cheddar. mmm... but leave the sauce bottles at home, 'cause you've got option

low temperatures, look at. this mid-20s in gaithersburg. upper 20s in rockville. downtown you will be flirting with the freezing mark. you get on the outside of the beltway and you will be around freezing. 26 bowie. look at the temperatures in the 20s and in fairfax, reston, sterling, 25, mid-20s in leesburg and 26 in manassas as you go out 66. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, a cold start. 20s and 30s winds are light that's good news. partly cloudy by the afternoon. we will call it cool. highs around 50. winds from the southeast at ten. at least it won't be breezy and cool tomorrow. satellite picture radar combined the next storm will come out of the rockies and move to the plain states tomorrow and then move to the ohio and tennessee valley on sunday and that will bring us rain on sunday, sunday night in to monday. meantime we say good-bye to this storm. clearing to the west a few showers in southern maryland and that's about it. zone forecast, in the 40s. for win chest and martinsburg and leesburg. but 50 culpeper, 48 manassas tomorrow with sunshine. downtown ar

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it's going to be feeling like mid may, with highs in the low to mid 70s. clouds will continue to be on the increase, though, as we move throughout the late morning hours into the afternoon. but rainshowers should hold off until late tonight, after midnight into early monday morning. off and on, showers, and highs in the low 60s. time of year. tough stuff. and that is a look at your weather, now, here's lester. >> thank you. >>> up next today. what health care reform might mean for you. we'll explain how the bill, if passed, will impact seniors, prescription drugs. >>> but it's important to point out no cuts in services in this bill. >> now, say you're an average family with children. how does this affect you. >> again, short and long term. the short term dependent children up to age 26 will stay on their parents' coverage as long as they don't have option coverage of their own. longer firm, if the families don't have health care insurance, they will get health care insurance. >> the one thing that both the decrats and republicans both exist on is the issue

temperatures across the state low 40s. temperatures are going to be dropping sharply as we head to sunset. windy. gusty this evening. 20 to 25 miles per hour. we have had gusts today in excess of 30 miles per hour earlier this morning as that line of showers was coming through. we are all clear here in the baltimore area. looking good. a few clouds tonight. cold and windy weather is going to continue to be our theme right into the early part of the tomorrow. you can see a cloud free sky from western pa out into the chicago area. much cooler air draped against the northeast. it will keep the temperatures cold tonight and most of the day tomorrow. you see how chilly the air is up north and that is coming our way tonight. we stay dry saturday. sunny on sunday early on and then a few clouds late sunday afternoon. i think most of the weekend is going to be dry. tonight 25, windy, cold. dress a little warmer than you did last week at 48 for the high temperature. tomorrow night less breezy and the outlook for the rest of the week