we have marty bass in the out back and chelsea ingram in the weather center. good afternoon, chelsea. >> good afternoon. we're in the upper 7 0s to lower 80s. 81 degrees in baltimore. check out that dew point, around 70s. 79 rock hall, 74 in kent island. now, we're about 4 degrees warmer this time today than we were yesterday. however, that humidity is making things feel even warmer. that might set us up for something that can happen this afternoon. let's go to marty to tell us about that. >> reporter: you're exactly right. you can feel it when you're out here. you can feel the atmosphere needing to flex a little bit. that may happen today. we're still looking that the continued flow up from the south. in just a while you're going to see first warning doppler and there's some -- well, already some showers, maybe a couple light thundershowers trying to lighten up. the problem is going to be all that stuff that triggered the problem in the plain states is moving our way. we're going to open up the window of storms, showers and maybe strong thunderstorms in the m

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let's let's go to marty bass with updated conditions in the first warning weather center. >> let's takeouth and west. let's pop the radar out. this is going to be a day of change. we have a pretty big frontal boundary that's going to be diving across the area as you take a look at the forecast this afternoon. we're going to see showers and thunderstorms. if we get a few hours of sun and we might you could see some heavy thunderstorms break out. 78 degrees is going to be the high. jessica, we will watch that through the afternoon. take it away. >>> a string of alarming animal abuse cases prompts the city police department to change the way those cases are handled. mike schuh has the story. >> good morning. after a public rep ri rimand a few years ago for its lack of action on animal abuse cases city police find themselves with a slew of cases and are promising new changes. this week four animals were take intoon the shelter for chemical burn to near starvation. this has gotten the attention of animal protectors as well as police. the city's sole investigator is overwhelmed. police will a