our megan mcgrath is at the site of the main.ll go to her live in just about ten minutes. >>> plus we are watching the temperatures climb in our area right now. take a look at this map. 80 in washington, d.c., 80 in annapolis as well and well into the upper 70s throughout the region. bright sunshine heating things up. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with just how hot we can expect it to get. tom? >> there is a live view of the sunrise over the potomac river now. and it is continuing to climb. and a partly cloudy sky. right now 80 degrees at reagan national. the dew point, a steamy 71. but i think it actually may be dropping back down into the 60s, this dew point. it may turn a little less humid as we get into the afternoon, but that's not going to stop the heat from building. here's how we're looking for this tuesday morning. we will have it hovering still near 80 by 8:00 a.m. then by 10:00, should be in the mid to upper 80s and ought to be hitting the low 90s by noontime with lots of sunshine. and then a sunny aft

news 4's megan mcgrath is in forestville. crews are starting to repair that main. megan?> reporter: well, aaron, that's right. they actually had to cut an access road overnight into a wooded area just off of forestville road. you can see the lights there. and the little path that has been carved away. they finished that work at about 2:30 in the morning. this massive 54-inch pipe is in kind of a bad spot. it's actually 450 feet or so off the road into the wooded area. so a little isolated here. they had to cut this road into the woods so that they can actually access it. and later on this morning we're expected to see more activity here on the scene as they begin the work of doing these emergency repairs. now, the good news here is that a monitoring system actually caught the problem before we had a rupture. again, because of the size of this pipe, 54 inches, had it broken, it would have been a catastrophe. they had a monitoring system which picked up the sound of wiring breaking which indicates the pirp is getting ready to fail. they are taking steps to do these emergenc

our megan mcgrath was there, and she watched the whole thing unfold. we'll check in with her in just a minute. first we want to check the forecast from storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegle. good morning. >> good morning. a dry start for most of us. partly to mostly cloudy skies. i am tracking rain to the west. those of you in frederick, loudon, prince william, faulkier counties will see scattered showers this morning. the d.c. metro area inside the beltway, that includes washington, i think you are going to see a dry morning. but getting into the midday and afternoon hours, scattered showers are likely across the entire region. but once again, it's going to be that hit-or-miss activity. you need to keep the umbrella handy today. once again, you might not need to use it. you can see there is plenty of moisture back to our west. that continues to work in throughout the day today. right now we're at 76 degrees. so how hot are we going to get today? the answer coming up in ten minutes. for now here's dawnella with first 4 traffic. >> good morning. in t

in silver spring, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> they issued a statement, saying, quote, we and our engineers have participated fuldly with montgomery county's engineers and other interested parties to address issues. we regret this professional dialogue which we asked for over a year and a half ago didn't happen till recently. goes on to say, we are waiting specific written directions from the county to proceed with initial work. we expect to receive this directive shortly. our sole focus is to open the silver spring transit center for the citizens of montgomery county. well, melissa is at the live desk. >> good morning. we're just hearing from the family of this indiana boy who spent three hours trapped in a sand hole over the weekend. we understand he is still in critical condition. he is 6 years old. now his doctor says he is moving his arms and his legs. take a listen. >> myth benathan's injuries are his lungs. his initial neurological exam has been remarkably good. we expect a full recovery or as close to a full recovery of his neurological function. >> his doctors at this point working