lynette charles is there. we'll tell you coming up. >>> first, a road created to solve some big traffic problems in harford county

lynn -- lynette charles is in for justin berk. what is going on? >> we'll start out with a little bit of cloud cover, because we are definitely dealing with that. as we look back towards the west we're looking at a few showers, they are going to start to work their way in as we go through the remainder of today, in the meantime we're dealing with some temperatures not so bad this morning, because of the cloud cover out there, good morning, baltimore, you're 46 degrees. we're seeing more of that into ocean city, richmond around 45 degrees and much milder as we head over into pittsburgh with that temperature around 58 degrees. as you head out this morning don't forget the rain gear because you're going to need it. i'll talk more about the rain coming up. right now let's check the traffic with angela. >> good morning. a first look at the roads on this thursday morning, so far so good. we're getting reports of an incident somewhere in the area of route 2, we'll update that in the next report. in the meantime, a live look at route 29, it's looking prett

well lynette charles your thoughts on this. >> you don't give it back.that's awful. >> what would you do? >> put it in the closeet. >> have you ever regifted? knee i never regifted before. i might set it in the closet, but i haven't regifted. we will talk about that later. but you don't give it back. here we go with the winds. it's very gusty. we can see into hagerstown 234 mile -- shall 23-mile-per-hour wind --23-mile-per-hour winds. 16 in dc. going throughout the day, things will get better in terms of the winds but still a little on the breezy side. as we look at nation, look at the cold air funneling along most of it. it's just hanging tough. warmer and mild aralong the coastal areas. check out miami around 73 degrees. we are not going to get any of that action. we are getting the cooler air funneling in as we go through the remainder of today as the cold front moves through high pressure building in as we go through the weekend. but check out the future trend. we are looking at in-house model and it looks like maybe we could see maybe a couple showe

time for a check of the weather and we say good morning to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. hope you are having a good friday morning. we are dealing with cloud cover across the area as we check out the satellite and radar compositings. but we are not dealing with rain -- composits, we are not -- composits, we are not dealing with -- composits. we are not dealing with rain. temperature into baltimore coming in at 51. the last time i showed you, it was around 56. you can see the temperatures are beginning to fall. and that's the story as we go throughout the day. speak of going throughout the day, well, the temperature will be right around 49 degrees at noon. and then 47 by 4 p.m. and we will get a mix of sun and clouds and i think we will have a little more cloud cover than the sunshine. let's go over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning ever whyone. starting to get -- everyone. starting to get busy as traffic involves increase on 259, bw parkway northbound drive is sluggish approaching 695 on up to russell street. we are st

we sent out lynette charles to check it out in hampden on the 34th street with the latest in this. this is your first time to go lynette. >> reporter: it is. i am experiencing a miracle on 34th street. i have vows chosen my favorites and this -- i have chosen my favorites and this one says be naughty and save santate trip i like that. and it says dear santa is it too late to be good. i remember when i was little i wrote letters to santa and i wrote a letter to santa this year as well. let me bring in sharon right now because she is one of the homeowners of this lighting display. thanks for being here this morning. >> good morning. how are you. >> reporter: doing well thank you. so tell us what are the hours people can view this lighting display? >> we start lighting up around 5:00 and coming through this weekend we will probably leave the lights on all night starting friday night most of the lights stay on until 11 during the week. the best thing to do is park and walk down. last week it was so bad the police had to come down and block off our street. your better off to park and wal

. >>> today, the holiday lights are out in full display and we sent out lynette charles in hampden for the miracle of lights on 34th street. lynette, what do you think? >> reporter: oh i. love it. and you know, what some people don't believe in miracles, but i have to say, i don't agree because i am experiencing a miracle right now and it is on 34th street. so, i have been checking out the displays and found another one. so let me pan you all the way up to the cleveland browns and the ravens. oh, yes, we have to have the ravens in here. and it is so accurate because they are going to be playing each other on saturday which is christmas eve. so that's amazing. and ravens will win go ravens. then you pan down and you have the flag lit up there. the ravens flag and you have the rain the bird with lights and i found another one i love so much. it says the sign here it says dear santa-i want it all. and if that's not my sign don't know what is. this is elaine another homeowner thanks for being here. >> you are welcome. >> reporter: your house is over there says the peace house. >> correct.

i'm charley crowson. >>> let's go to lynette charles with a look at the forecast.what can you expect? >> they can expect mild temperatures and as we go through the day we could see rain in the forecast. grab the rain gear. let me show what you is going on now, as we look at the satellite and radar, it's picking up on clouds but there is a little bit of a break around dc heading into howard county. we will get a little bit of mixture of sun as we go throughout the day but mainly we will be cloudy so don't think we're going to see lots of sunshine. satellite and radar expanded out, you can see the rain i was just talking about with charlie, that is going to start to move in through the afternoon time frame but all in all it will start to die down a little as we go into time. right now the temperatures are on the mild

let's check the forecast as we start the day with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. and happy friday to you. we made it through the weekend. it's not going to be a bad friday because we won't be dealing with rain. let's see what's going on here in to the satellite and radar where we have a little cloud cover once again but we are not dealing with the rain. the rain slid through the area yesterday and what we are dealing with in terms of temperatures this morning sit back -- is the fact we are mild. check out close to 60 in baltimore. 60 over in ocean city and you can see where the cold front has brought in the colder air and that's what we are dealing with through the remainder of the day and temperatures will fall and take the jacket with you as you head out the door this morning. let's check the traffic with angela. it's friday. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday to you. and happy friday to all of our people getting ready do to head out -- ready to head out. we have an accident that will y pact your drive if you take the bw parkway to the dc region. all lanes

lynette charles has more. >>> we're going to get sunshine. we have windy conditions.that's what we will have to contend w as we go through the rest of the evening, we will be contending with the fact that we are looking at cooler conditions. we have a cooldown, some sun. there might be a slight chance. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, giant is recalling uncle ben white rice garden vegetables and packages because they contain a milk allergen. the rice is safe for people eat. for information call the customer service line. 1-888-814-4268. >>> for the first time in 86 years, coca-cola has moved its secret formula. the secret formula was moved from a bank to a new depository. however, the 1886 formula itself will remain hidden from view. >>> yahoo, awarded a $610 million damage from lottery scammers, apparently they used yahoo's name and low doe to dupe people into thinking they won a lottery. the scheme may be tied to a group of nigerian scammers. none of the defenders have responded. nigeria is well known for scammers. >>> honest talk ab

lynette charles has more. >> reporter: come here and show your support. the fabulous things going on behind me, they already have the tree up. this is good news. check out the sign. this tree is in honor and memory of those in the united states military. so let me bring in aplan da. amanda is with the living home ministries. so, amanda, what's going on tonight? >> we'll have a military tree lighting ceremony to honor those who are currently serving, those who have sack cry fiesed the ultimate price. we have a special time where we willÑiÑi honor the veterans, haa special time with thexdxd milit. weÑi willñ23çó have a bugler. >> reporter: what's going on after the ceremony? >> we'll have refreshments, cookies, hot chocolate and the great gift giveaway. that gives pan -- an opportunity for them to get gifts for family and friends. they can come to a place where they can have their presence all figured out. >> reporter: i talked to your husband about donation. if they want to get involved how do they do so. >> our church sponsors it. we're on old york road.

lynette charles has a look at that. >>> i know a lot of people think we dodged the bullet. did get some snow, but it didn't stick. that's good news. as we look at the satellite and radar, we are dry. we had lots of rain. we set a record at bwi, 2.38 inches of rain fell yesterday. we had a trails of snow at bwi. we're look at your temperatures. temperatures are cooling down, especially the further to the west you g38 in hagerstown, mid-30s into winchester and frederick. 40 into baltimore. as we head through the restÑi of the evening, we'll drop down into the 30s. it will be mostly clear, chilly and we'll have aq light westerl% wind upon us. i'm going to talk about how cold this will get. all that is coming up. >> thanks a lot. >>> the holiday season can ab fun time to be a couple, holiday parties, kissing under the mistle toe, but it can also be a stressful time. karin caifa has more on the stress. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a time of the year when everybody's happy. it can also put people on edge and put a toll on couples. 69% of couples said they create a budget toge

let's go over to lynette charles with the latest on the forecast for today. nette a lot of people are heading out and want to know what to expect. >> they need to take a coat because temperatures will fall rapidly going throughout the day. so other than that, not too bad. it's very breezy outside as well. we are looking at the fact the falling temperatures on this friday going to cause a little bit of havoc with the winds as well as the northwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. it's going to be colder throughout the day but even colder as we go into sunday. but luckily we will get more sunshine in here. and as we look at the most powerful radar it's nice and dry and it will stay that way through the day. but the big story of the day is wind gusts this morning. 26 in sparrows point, 32 in could be why is -- cockeysville and bundle up. and angela has traffic. >> reporter: good morning. you mentioned the wind gusts extra caution on your bridges and overpasses this morning. and we continue to see heavy traffic on i-95 the accident scene is clearing 9 5 at 216 residual

for more let's go to lynette charles. >> good morning. what is in store, definitely mild weather.

time for a check of the weather and for that we say good morning to lynette charles but i am not letting you off the hook. what do you think? >> i say no. no i could do it myself. don't need more help. i am good. so far. >> you have a chauffeur. >> not hardly i wish. charley christmas gift. we will talk later. driver i like that. >> walked into that one. >> you did. >> check out maryland's most powerful radar and i will give you the good news because we are dry but check out what we are dealing with in the wake of that cold front and that starts to slide through the area. we are dealing with some gusty wind out there. check it out. 23-mile-an-hour wind gust into columbia. 30 in manchester and also in elkton. temperatures 5 # in columbia, 47 -- 52 in columbia, 47 in manchester and 53 in elkton. going throughout the day, you are going to need the coat not necessarily right now, but temperatures will be falling. we will have the high temperature around noon today and then we will fall from there. 4 p.m., 47 degrees. all right. let's go over to angela with your traffic. good morning. you hav

lynette charles joins us now. >> reporter: 2011 started with a lot of slipping and sliding.aryland missed a lot of this but a series of snow and ice storms battered the country in the southeast where communities are not equipped to handle the wrath of winter roads. when spring arrived it also ushered in deadly tornadoes. there were 201 confirmed twisters over four days in late april. more than 320 people died in six states but there was more devastation to come. the deadliest single tornado in the u.s. touched down in joplin, missouri, on may 22nd. the ef-5 killed at least 157 people and decimated the midwest town. they are still cleaning up from this mess. the hurricane season was quiet until a storm named irene, set its sights on the united states, and made landfall as a category 1 hurricane near cape lookout, north carolina. some of the worst flooding from irene was much farther north in landlocked vermont. irene was responsible for more than 40 deaths and more than $1 billion in damage over 12 states. in total there were 12 weather disasters in 2011. the price tags estim

though, we are talking about maryland's most powerful doppler radar and let's toss it over to lynette charles. >> thanks. yes, we have some moderate rain coming down across the area right now. let's show you what's going on here. because if you are heading out and about, you are going to want the rain gear. so, let me take you -- take you on a radar tour. zooming into the area. jarrettsville and could byville you can see the heavier rain along i-83 around towson you will get a little soak rain this morning. as we slide over to around the bel air area, dealing with lighter rain across the area. but, we are not going to get a big break because that's when we will see heavy rain moving in going through time. pushing in from dc along i-95 the corridor is going to be a wet one. with all the wet rain the potential for it we have a flood watch. >> he text from 1 p.m. through tonight with the areas here shaded in the green. and then we will get in on the winter side of this on the backside. 7 p.m. wednesday, to 3 a.m. thursday, we have a winter weather advisory for the areas here shaded in the blue.

lynette charles jones us with a look at -- joins us with a look at the weather. >> it's different story in el paso, texas. drivers couldn't get to work because the roads were too icy to drive on. combined with the the blanket of snow and you will get quite a traffic nightmare. drivers said it took nearly three times as long as usual to get to work in the morning. the ice melted and water flowed in the -- melted and water flowed in the streets but cars could get traction n new mexico, this is al-- traction. in new mexico, officials closed a stretch of interstate 40 from albaquerky to gallup afterblowing snow caused nearly zero visibility. 12 to 15 inches were expected in the higher elevations. we are not expecting that much here but a light dusting can slow down the commute and let your kid sleep in a little longer in the morning. for the latest weather conditions, head to abc2news.com and once you get there, you can check out the school delays and closings. so let me show you what's going on here. we are on traffic cameras. but, again, once you head to our website, go to the weather tab

lynette charles is standing by with Ñla reminder of what we faced. traveled to one of the cities, joplin, missouri, in june. and firsthand, that damage was incredible. >> yes, chaley, that tornado was devastating. we had lots of tornadoes even across our area. 2011 started with a lot of slipping and sliding. memorial day missed a lot of this but a -- maryland missed a lot of this but a series of ice storms battered the country in the southeast where the communities are not equipped to handle the wrath of winter roads. they went untreated and air passengers went nowhere. the spring brought 200 tornadoes. what we were talking about, over four days in late april. the deadliest single tornado in the u.s. touched down in joplin, missouri, may 22nd and killed 157 people. the hurricane season was quiet until a storm named irene set its sights on the u.s., irene responsible for more than 40 deaths and more than $1 billion in damage over 12 states and in total there were 12 weather stas -- disasters in 2011. >>> one disaster that is causing problems is flagst

weather season is upon us and let's check out video from around the nation for that let's go to lynette charles. >> reporter: all right. thank you. you know definitely we have been dealing with some nasty weather across the nation. i will take you to new mexico and you can see they are dealing with the aftermath of a winter storm. they icy roads along interstate 40 from albuquerque and to gallup and it was closed on monday. 12 to 15 inches were expected. from new mexico and traveling to kansas and in kansas the driving skills were put to the test. highways covered in snow. fender benders were there. 100 sand and salt trucks were dispatched and another chance of snow is there on thursday. so, with all the cold weather how can you save on our heating bills and stay warm? well we are work with you with some tips to help you save money. the better business bureau says makes sure the thermostat is work properly and pilot light works. before lighting up the fireplace have the chimney inspected for animal and leaves. home owners should inspect the caulking around windows and doors and check for cracki

check of the forecast, and for that we will head over the the weather wall with meteorologist, lynette charles, she has been giving out great news all morning. >> i didn't know you liked the snow like that, that's interesting. since we are friends, i might have to channel snow in here for you. our temperatures are going to be going the wrong way, up for a lot of people that like the milder temperatures. i'm forecasting around 50 degrees. dry with a mix of sun and clouds. a chance of precipitation. it is in the form of rain as we go through tomorrow and wednesday. in the meantime, for today, as we look at the most powerful radar, we are dry and we are scanning the skies, not seeing anything until we go through next couple of days. in the meantime, temperatures, that's the big story of the morning, it's cold in deluth with temperature coming in around 23 degrees, we have no windchill, the winds are calm. not as cold but cold nonetheless, you need to bundle up. 27 degrees, a little bit of a windchill now with the winds south, southwest, 2 miles per hour. it's making it feel like 24. bundle up as

our elf lynette charles is standing by and looking at the history of the lights and the people who are organize it and this is something they have been doing for several decades. good morning lynette. >> reporter: good morning. and they sure have. this is going on for years and years. and you know, what it feels like you are in a different world. and that world is filled withharmony peace and good will. i love christmas time and it's easy to fall in love with the display of light. even if you are the grinch he could fall in love with it because you can see the grinch across the street over there. and he's little on happy side. so you have the grinch and i will at this . on tour of the beautiful decorations. right now, we have santa. santa is the one to bring the gifts across the area and he not only delivers the presents but also sings and dance. listen. ♪ good tidings for christmas and a happy new year. >> all right so with santa you actually have reindeer as well because he takes santa places so check out the deer. they are going across the pond to grandma's house and they will get t