i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. you want some cheesecake? >> the chocolate mousse cheesecake went like that. >> took a bite. >> keep eating. monika samtani keeps eating. she has traffic momentarily. >> i'll see you at the gym today. need to be airlifted. >> we'll take it. bring some extra forks. >> the milk would have been a nice touch. >> i'll get milk next time. we're in the same boat. >> let's get to weather. we're talking about all of this food. it is not like you need it to keep warm. it is warm outside. we're back in the 40s and low 50s. when i say warm, i'm talking relative for the time of year. we should only be looking at 45 for a high. yesterday, 61 was the temperature. baltimore set a record at 62. dulles set a record at 61. incredible. 50 right now in washington with partly to mostly cloudy skies. some sun this morning. little fog, too. upper 50s by noon. also with the drive home, we're looking at a dry day, a cloudy day. very mild day with light winds. the rain from yesterday, qu

aim mike high deck -- i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm andrea roane.oward bernstein has your forecast. >> it's mild. temperatures in the upper 40s and a light breeze this morning but grab the umbrella just to be on the safe side. we have the threat of some showers especially this morning through midday. midday temps upper 40s. by 5:00 back to the mid-40s. we have highs 46 to 52 the way it's looking now. i don't think temperatures will be moving very much from where they are. you see some of the showers that have been south and east but it's really been pennsylvania and ohio. rain and snow now, lip along interstate 8 -- now, especially along interstate 80. locally we see a few light showers on the eastern shore. temps mainly in the 40s to near 50. let's go to monika samtani. 6:31. traffic is building. >>> we're going to take a live look at sky 9 here. this is the westbound side of i- 66 at the beltway. the accident here blocks the left lane. you can see the arrow board and the flares set up. it is going to slow you down trying to exit on to the beltway

i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. happy friday. almost there for christmas. good morning, smo. >> good morning, mike hydeck. >> olga breese is in for howard. >> he's got good travel conditions. so do folks heading out today. a lot of people will want to get on the road and get going this afternoon. we're going to keep it dry. overnight moisture has moved on east. clouds are starting to clear. that means sunshine will pull on through. midday and late day, most of us will sit in the lower to mid- 50s for most of the afternoon. not a lot of fluctuation or daytime heating this time of the year because of our very, very

welcome back, i'm mike hydeck, you made it to friday. thank you for joining us, here's monika samtani she does traffic and talk to her in a little bit. here's olga breese in for howard. whoo, i ran back to the set real quick and i'm out of breath. okay, new year's is coming up. and we talked about the last break that ladies can wear their skirts and high heels if they want. what about guys? >> they're actually going to be pretty good. i think you won't need a heavy coat going out. you might want a little bit of flair to go with it this weekend. but this will be the weekend to show off your good stuff. it's a good stash you got for your christmas holiday but we will have the arctic air coming on through. definitely enjoy the weekend while it losts. i think -- lasts. i think folks are going to be taking down some decorations this weekend and doing a few things outside of the house as well. the forecast today will be fairly mild. we're already sitting into the middle range 30s in and around the beltway. we'll quickly move some sunshine thro

. >>> and i'm mike hydeck. and here's monica san. she does traffic. and here's howard bernstein. >>> we have power issues down south and fog issues east causing problems. we'll start with the closings down south. both of these in charles county are close because of power outages apparently caused by a car accident over the weekend. in queen ann's county you guys are delayed 90 minutes because of dense fog in there. we don't know about other delays they make their decision by 6:15. we have a little while. we may still hear some. let's look at our day planner on this. monday morning, december 5th. 42 degrees in washington. we'll be in the mid-50s by noon and upper 50s at 5:00. winds will be out of the south. clouds are thicker and we'll not get before the 60-degree range. dense fog advisories for the eastern shore, southern maryland, sal volterra saint marry's. we have been hearing visibility issues even bwi. down about three quarters. visibility down a quarter mile in annapolis, easton, no problems with the fog here. frederick is down to 32. we are loo

he'll do a panda move for you. >> i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. she's got traffic momentarily. >> howard bernstein has our weather first. >> mike's not going to be flying around the set. >> no. >> weatherwise, it is cold this morning. bundle up. we have temps in the teens in spots. you park outside. ice scraper going to take you another couple

i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us, happy friday monika samtani. >> it is happy. >> she will have traffic momentarily. >> olga breese is in for howard. good morning. >> yeah, there are no complaints here in the weather department. i like it calm. i like it quiet. and i do like it -- warm. >> another person who sits in that chair? >> we get enough excitement regularly. >> yeah. i think so. >> today though -- >> tell them olga. >> today is a pretty good day. usually see around mid 40s for the high, we sat in the 60s most of the overnight. at reagan national 56 degrees but the winds ar

. >> and i'm mike hydeck. less than a week until christmas. oh my goodness. >>> how are you my friend? >> good. saturday morning i was coming back 270 and from 70 to 85 a

i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. she'll have traffic momentarily. >> here's anny hong. she's in the nice, warm studio. that's because howard is at national harbor this morning. howard, good morning and there is a reason you're out there all bundled up. >> i'm in the ice exhibit. it is about 10, 11 degrees here. this is sort of in the area where the clear ice is. i'm going to take you here in about 6:15. the lights come on. they go off. this is the nativity area. it is really cool. we've been checking this out. madagascar is a theme this year. this is a special room for the holidays. we'll have this and a lot more coming up. now over to anny hong for a look at this morning's forecast. >> good morning, howard. definitely grab the umbrellas if you're heading out. no need for the crazy heavy duty winter jacket. just basically east of interstate 81, the treatment d.c. metro -- the immediate d.c. metro area, we're under cloudy conditions out there. here is a look at your day planner forecast for today. temperatures already

. >> i'm mike hydeck. i wonder how many shovels are being sold lately. >> not very many. >> winter is almost here. here's monika samtani with traffic in a moment. >> buy now and avoid the rush. >> that's right. >> there's one model. one model that has a slight chance of snow sunday. if it gets cold enough but you know, that's really an outlier. it is not out of the realm of possibilities but it is not very likely. let's talk about today though because we've got some warm showers which we'll have. temperatures are going to be pushing toward the 60 degree mark this afternoon. maybe even the low 60s in spots. lighter showers. steadier showers midday. by late this afternoon, this activity may be pulling out. the 5:00 rain symbol may be a little overdone. temperatures are going to be on the warm side with the southerly winds kicking in. moisture already in pennsylvania. little bit in western maryland. southern virginia, out to the west. look at live doppler 9000 hd, a little bit of shower activity here in loudo

. >> i'm mike hydeck.onika samtani has traffic. >> good morning, my friend. >> lots of scraping going on on the windshields again. for those of you like when the ground is white, look out early. that's about the only chance we have. snowfall is lacking. chances for snow coming up look pretty low. for some people, who are pretty happy about that as well. >> sure am. >> it is all or nothing. >> i like it on the mountains and on the ski slopes. >> from afar. >> on my lawn. >> it is december. >> i don't like shoveling. >> that's why you have children. >> that's right. >> coming in super early. >> let's get you going here this tuesday morning with our day planner because once again, we're dealing with sunshine. some clouds mixing in. especially this afternoon. mid-40s at noon. we'll warm up all right and then around 50 for the high. yesterday, we did manage to squeak up to 46 degrees. we'll do a little bit better than that. a little bit better than that tomorrow. clear skies overhead. you see some of the clouds

i'm mike hydeck. andrea and howard are both off this morning. is live on the weather terrace with a much chillier look at the forecast. good morning, olga. >> good morning, mike. you'll have to find a way to keep yourself warm this morning. our temperatures are in the 20s. we have partly cloudy skies. we'll get more clouds in here later on this afternoon. our day planner stays on the cool side. only in the low to mid-40s by late afternoon. mostly cloudy skies this evening and then another chilly night tonight. monika? >> we've been talking about a deadly crash in silver spring inside the beltway on university boulevard at piney branch road. right here inside the beltway. our jessica doyle has been live at the scene. jessica, what's the latest? >> well, monika, we just were speaking with captain paul starks, montgomery county police gave us more information about this horrible accident that you see behind us. the victims' names and ages, janeese richards, apparently the driver of this vehicle, 22 years old. jones, 18. she's been transported to the

i'm mike hydeck.nika samtani. traffic momentarily. olga breese is in for howard. she says rain is on the way. >> we'll see some of the wet stuff coming on down later on this morning. right now though, things are not too bad. cloudy skies. temperatures not too cool. most of us sitting in the 40s. over time, that rain will start to creep on in. it could be heavy at times. your planner today will feature a lot of rain coming down. we're calling moderate rainfall and then heavy in a few locations. doppler radar not picking up on any of that in our immediate area just yet. but hold on. after about 9:00 between 9:00 and 10:00, the earliest areas west of the beltway should start to see moisture push on through. the system is sitting down toward our south and west. by the afternoon, temperatures should make it close to the 50 degree mark. not too much higher than that. we'll keep it fairly mild because of the southwest winds. behind that system, we switch to northwest winds. by wednesday, we have plenty of su

i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. trafficwise, she has plenty to talk about already and it is only 5:30. howard, same thing, plenty to talk about. >> rain causing the traffic issues. that will be a problem all day with the rain. we have a flood watch in effect until tomorrow morning overnight. really about 3:00 or so. in the shenandoah valley. while we have a little snow in the forecast, the rain is a bigger concern. temperatures will be dropping all day into the lower 50s this afternoon. main even upper 40s in town. likely in the 40s north and west with the rain locally heavy at times with the wind switching to the north at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. you can see that cold off to the north and west of us. it is in the 30s in pittsburgh, cleveland and columbus. the cold air is moving in this direction. it will replace the 50s and low 60s in spots. i spoke to bill in newland, he's at 61 degrees. all of the water moving in our direction during the overnight is on top of us right now. moderate to occasionally heavy ra

i'm mike hydeck. andrea is off today. so is howard bernstein. monika is here with traffic momentarily. go ahead. >> i never thought i would say this but i'm looking forward to cold weather. >> are you? >> i never thought i would say that but wheres that been? >> the good thing is a lot of folks got winter gear for christmas, the hats, the coats, the sweaters. >> i want to go skiing. >> time to layer it up and bulk it up. >> we get our chance today, tomorrow, the next day. we're in a cold stretch. typical december weather for us. the factor today that's going to make it even more brisk are the winds that were down. starting to see some breezes coming out of our south and out of our west. the forecast for today is going to stay on the sunny side. we won't have an opportunity to warm up our temperatures. right now sitting into the 40s for most of the region but we're going to take it mainly into the lower 40s by late afternoon. there are some areas down south that will make about 45, 47 degrees. but that's about it. it is never going to feel quite

i'm mike hydeck. j. c. hayward is off today. south korea's military is on high alert, and north korea fired a test missile today following the death of the north korean leader kim jong il. his pass asking creating uncertainty across asia and around the world. tina cause has reaction. >> reporter: north koreans cried in the streets of the capital. some wailed, as they learned their leader kim jong il had died of a heart attack. he was building a thriving nation for our people, this man says. i will remain faithful to his son. he is the heir apparent to the family dynasty. but it is unclear how effective the 20-something will be at leading the isolated nation. >> he hasn't met with many world leaders. he is obviously inexperienced. the issue is going to be will the military leadership of north korea accept that transition? now that kim jong il is dead? >> reporter: the 69-year-old dear leader as supporters called him was known as a master manipulate tore with nuclear ambition. world leaders are hoping the change in power will mark

i'm mike hydeck. andrea is off this week.samtani decided to come in and join us and talk about traffic and the lovely olga breeze is in for howard who is also off this week. we're glad you're here with the team this morning. and if you were heading out for the after christmas bargains which monika said i may be out of money but i'm still going but you know what, brace for a little bit of wind because we have a bit of it. >> still dealing with some of the wind gusts. not quite as bad as they were the last hour. so, a little bit of an improvement there. we are seeing cold temperatures though. we're still dropping prior to sunrise. in and around the region, very

i'm mike hydeck. >> you said the 5th of december. >> i could still get it today and i could be done. >>> weatherwise, you will be able to get out and about. >> i had to change. so late in years past i had to change my stripes and i did it. >>> we have two school closures to tell you about. these schools are close this had morning because of power outages. howard? >> we have fog south and east. calvert, st. mary's county under a follow advisory. the fog is creeping up the bay skin land a little bit. i want to start this morning talking about the issues that are out there the fog. let's go to graphics. i can't remember where my first graphic and i need the help. 42. mostly cloudy right now. mid-50s

i'm mike hydeck. andrea roane is off today. mr. howard bernstein is off today. start with olga. how was your holiday? >> pretty good. yours? >> feeling the chill this morning? >> feeling the food and all of the food i ate. >> there is a little tiny bit of flock on the grasses and the drier areas. this morning, you might need time warming up the car if you're hitting the road early on this morning. mainly clear skies. few passing clouds at the moment. mainly our winds out of the south. so things are looking chilly for right now. satellite and radar, it hasn't been too active over the last 24 hours. few morning clouds will stick with us until the 9:00 hour. in the afternoon, plenty of sunshine. temperatures not warming up too much because of the winds coming out of the north and northwest today. mainly sunny skies for 9:00. most clouds will move on out. we'll still be in the lower 40s. we'll ease into middle 40s by noontime. late in the day, mainly about 4:00, 5:00, we should see temperatures top out in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. by 5:00, we're still lookin

it feels -- >> i'm mike hydeck. >> it still feels pretty warm. here's monika samtani.ffic time momentarily. mr. bernstein, how are you my friend? >> i'm all right. no snow in the forecast. >> 50 degrees. >> no, no, no. even try to plan skiing, they're struggling up in the mountains. we're going to need the rain gear. we've got showers moving in this morning. at times today, coming down moderately. periods of rain and very mild and breezy. upper 50s by noon. highs, 60s. yesterday, what a bust on my forecast. thought it would be near 50. we got near 57. >> that's one way to bust it. >> that's a good bust right there. 49 this washington. sunrise at 7:23. showers stayed up in pennsylvania yesterday. this morning, we're seeing some showers trying to get into the shenandoah valley but the bulk of the rain still west and southwest of us as far as our live doppler 9000 hd, couple of sprinkles in and around fort royal scattered about into wardensville. everything moving off toward the east maybe toward loudoun county west of aldie, you might run into a sprinkle there. temps are

i'm mike hydeck. howard has your weather first. let's get you going here this monday morning. >> we have got a cold frosty start. another scraper alert people. you park outside, especially in the bur bes, -- in the a few more clouds today. right now 32 degrees in washington. clear skies this morning over us. you see clouds, pulling in, over minneapolis and st. louis but nothing to write home about, our wettest day this week will be wednesday. here's a look at some of the temperatures down in the lower temperatures. 21 this morning, 31 in hagerstown. 24 in la plate ta and andrews air force base. our high temperatures today will be running generally into the low 50s with 52 in leesburg. good morning monika. >> reporter: good morning howard. rise and shine. no problems to report early on this monday morning. they had construction overnight on the beltway and on 270. we'll go to 270. a few minutes ago crews were clearing up that construction. let's take a live look at the beltway and college park. you are fine both loops of the beltway

. >>> and i'm mike hydeck. we want to tell you about two school closures in charles county. dr.higdon elementary school and middle school in newberg may it please the court , in new burglary, are closed this morning. >>> fog on the eastern shore. southern maryland. right now 42 mostly cloudy skies in washington. temperatures should get comfortable this afternoon. upper 50s and lower 60s. a dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00. it includes the eastern shore. as you go south and east from the fredericksburg area that is where we have the dense fog advisories, in many areas running half to a quarter mile. even down to zero. to annapolis now, aahs get through the metro and points west, fog is not an issue. temperatures in 30s, but with the fog we have upper 50s and low 60s. let's throw it over to monika santani. no traffic now? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. wow you are listening to me, aren't you howard? overnight construction is actually being picked up on the inner and outer loops. we'll look at 270. things are looking fine as well, coming up from frederick all the way

>>> thank you for joining us this friday, i'm mike hydeck in for j.c. hayward today. some occupy protestors are putting their health on the line. they are hoping their sacrifice will bring about change in how d. c. operates. jonathan costen joins us live from northwest with more on what's going on this noon. jonathan? >> reporter: that's right mike, they've been going strong since 11:00 this morning and today they are calling themselves the occupy the vote protestors and they are here to get their message out. they gathered here at the lutheran place memorial church near the headstone of rick snyder, a homeless advocate and hunger striker. they are beginning a new hunger strike phase. they want to have a voice in congress. they are asking for three key rights for d. c. residents. >> not just a delegate whose yes or no votes don't even count anymore and where the local laws and budget of the district are not under the review of congress. in recent years the -- not even just recently, through the history of the district, the district's own budget and laws have been hamp

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. >> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. fourth best of the day of the week. thursday.esaver traffic in a second. we're going to begin with howard. >> and making -- >> sunday, saturday -- or saturday, sunday, friday, thursday. >> that's how i think. >> i never thought of it that way. >> it is cold today. 30s in most areas right now. a little bit of a breeze still this morning. some wind chills in the 20s. as andrea said, meteorological winter begins today. december, january, february is meteorological winter. but of course, it is around the 21st, 22nd for astro nomical winter to begin. highs today lower 50s, some spots may get toward 55 south of town. low 50s with clear skies and northwesterly winds later on. a little bit lighter at about 10 miles per hour. had some clouds yesterday afternoon and evening. they stay in the mountains. generally, a dry day we had. we'll have seen all of the clouds lift except for what's now in the mountains. it does appear we'll be sunny today and chilly. mid-30s in the shenandoah valley. 30 in petersburg, west virginia. it is 40 down in s

. >> i'm mike hydeck. we're trying to be more and more familiar. here's monika samtani with traffic. we love howard because she's got a great forecast this morning. to get things started. >> nice and mild. the middleweight, in a raincoat. we've got some low 40s north

. >> i'm mike hydeck. it is cold but not nearly that cold. good morning, monica.and shiny in your orange. >> mr. bernstein. >> we'll take the low 40s. few more clouds today. it will be a dry wednesday around here. not so much a dry thursday but not terrible either. your day planner here at 4:25 on this wednesday morning. we're at 40 right now. we'll be in the upper 30s to around 40 through 9:00. by noon, partly to mostly cloudy. at 5:00, mostly cloudy. a high today around the 50 degree mark. not as pretty as it has been the last few days. sunrise at 7:18. you can see the clouds we've been watching this morning. quite a bit of rain in ohio, kentucky and indiana. the upper level support won't be on top of us. we'll get the clouds from that. i'm not expecting rain until tomorrow when the shower threat returns. this morning, we're down to freezing in manassas. lots of 30s to around 40. you'll remember yesterday morning, we had spots in the upper teens in spots like frederick and martinsburg. this morning, it is a much milder start to the day with our highs from the mi

. >> i'm mike hydeck. i feel heavy because i just had another piece of cheesecake.nika samtani. it is in the newsroom by the way. >> i'll go in there right after this. good morning, howard bernstein. how are you? >> i'm so full of sugar right now. >> cupcakes. >> we're all flying high on sugar. let's get you moving this thursday morning. last day of the year for some of us. we're look at a dry day. what was that? >> 50 degrees with mostly cloudy skies at reagan national. see a little sun early. some fog early. clouds will return. highs upper 50s to low 60s. another very mild day. winds will be rather light. rain pulled out. even overnight had showers which pushed through pennsylvania that missed us. what you're not seeing at the lower levels are the visibilities, the fog. down a quarter mile. manassas and culpepper, half- mile fredericksburg. leonardtown, cambridge, a quarter mile. even down to pax river, too. watch out for the patchy dense fog mainly south and southeast. temps have fallen into the 40s west. at 50 in town with low, mid-50s south and east of us. as w

mike hydeck. i just got the tree up this weekend. i can't believe it. mr.tein, i love your tie. >> there is no snow outside. a couple of spots where any water has been leaking, it is a cold enough for that. >> it is a great time. >> it is the holiday season, come on. >> we prefer the snow right there on the top. >> it did not happen unfortunately. this weekend, this weekend, our ski areas should be open, the local ones here in pennsylvania, western maryland, west virginia. let's get you going with a look at the day planner. it is a cold morning out there. some spots in the upper teens right now. 32 at reagan national. 43 by noon. this afternoon, we'll have highs in the mid to upper 40s with a 5:00 temperature of 43. we do have clouds with us for a few hours this morning. there is a storm system down back toward atlanta even and north florida that's moving in. you see some of the cloudiness we have with us now. the cold temps we were talking about, 18 in frederick. manassas, culpepper, martinsburg, while 23 in la plata. easton at 25 this morning. you'll see

. >> i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. good morning, mr. howard bernstein. >> i'm well. monday morning here, only a few days left in 2011. you got your shopping done? >> heck, yeah. >> we've got a lot of things to do. >> we've already shipped a lot of it. >> you're an example for many. >> one more trip to the post office and that's it. >> they'll be sad to see you gone. >> we've got cold temps this morning. nice weather though for the day and for the first half of the week. here is a look at the day planner. thing is it is cold. bundle up. the thermals, the gloves, the 180s, 30 degrees here in washington. we've got some spots in the upper teens. the winds are light. we'll be in the mid to upper 40s r

. >> and i'm mike hydeck, one more day to the weekend, here's monika samtani, she'll have traffic momentarilyga breese is in for house. >> some mild weather this morning. >> mild weather. >> 60-degree temperatures at midnight? >> balmy. >> 65 right now. >> but things are going to be changing and i'm going to pop up a current temperature map and you can see what's coming in our direction. some cooler air. cloud cover right now, not too bad. we have a little bit of a break. however as we get in to the later portions of the morning is front is going to be moving on through and that's definitely going to cool things down for us. in fact our day planner today looks pretty good so far. we are sitting into those 50s at this hour but within the next couple of hours going to start to drop down a little bit prior to sunrise. overall today temperatures right around the middle 40s for i would call the daytime highs. by 9:00 yes, we've been dropping down more to 46 degrees. by noontime we'll rebound a little bit but partly cloudy this morning to mostly cloudy this afternoon and then have an opportunity to

>> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. traffic momentarily. mr. howard bernstein, what a day we had weatherwise. >> rain. just a taste of a couple of snowflakes here. 9 to 10 inches out in the mountains by garrett county. in charles county this morning, some of the heavy rains, flooding getting word now there is a two hour delay. code b, larry? code 2 for employees i'm told by our producer, larry. two hour delay in charles county. code 2 for employees at the schools this morning. let's get you going with a look at the day planner. we've got temperatures which are going to struggle today. we're down to 38 now. we'll probably lose a few more before we start going on the upswing but it

. >> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. monday da will have traffic in a moment. good morning. >> howard will be along with weather first. >> now. >> we're chilly this morning. temperatures are down in the 30s. wind chills are down in the 20s. it will be a seasonably cool start to the month of december. as opposed to the really mild stuff we've been dealing with for the last couple of weeks in november. here is a look at the day planner for you this thursday. sunshine, 41 at 9:00. 47 at noon. with a nortt

. >> i'm mike hydeck. we still have a week before meteorological winter.e it outside. >> it is freezing. >> it is cold. >> somebody just asked me this morning, is it going to snow by christmas? i'm not excited about the chances. unless something changes drastically, this pattern is not conducive for snow. >> we're even going to warm up a little bit, aren't we? >> well into the 50s come thursday. they're making snow in the mountains with temperatures down in the 20s and teens but if you're look from stuff from mother nature, you'll be looking awhile. 30s at reagan national. few more clouds this afternoon then this morning and winds not too bad. a little bit more than yesterday. northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. you can see on the satellite and radar, we have the high, thin clouds around. all of the snow moving off toward the east. clear skies. that's a lot of temperatures once again to cool off big time in frederick, it is 19. martinsburg, cumberland. off to the east, we have 30s and 20s along the bay. low 30s with mid-20s from la plata and drews. clouds

. >> i'm mike hydeck. here is monika samtani.he has traffic and lots to talk about already this morning. howard bernstein. he's on assignment. >> anny hong is here with today's forecast and slick roads this morning. >> as you were driving in this morning, you probably saw some wet roads out there. some areas of light rain. howard will have your full forecast coming up. he and i will be tag teaming weather for you. you can see the light green going through. we have a couple of light rain out there. scattered in nature. it will continue throughout the day. a look at live doppler 9000 hd. you can see really light around most of the area and in fact, it is not widespread as of now. now, here is a look at the day planner for today. it is going to be another mild one. temperatures will be in the upper 50s already by 9:00. at noon in the 60s. 3:00, 63. we'll be bo our average high of lower 50s. temperatures pretty mild outside. it is 57 degrees in culpepper and winchester. in annapolis, 58. andrews air force base, 59. even fredericksbur

i'm mike hydeck. andrea roane is off today.a samtani has great traffic news coming up for you. >> i do. >> if you want to snow, not good news. rain, olga has it for you. >> what they're getting in the south is much more intense, more severe than what we're going to experience. we're going to see heavy downpours from time to time. don't be caught off-guard. it is looking pretty good as you step out the door this morning. the forecast today is going to stay overcast, very, very cloudy as we head in

. >> i'm mike hydeck. that looks like a good one. >> i really liked it. >> here's monika. >> hey, howard. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> we're fine. >> it is a good-looking morning out there. it is mild. nothing too cold. >> nobody is scraping any windshields. kids will be ok at the bus stop. there is a slight wind chill. even the wind chills are up around 40. so, that's not too shabby at all to start this thursday. let's get going. day planner has clouds around. we'll have a couple of showers this afternoon. grab the rain gear. by noon, we're in the low 50s. this afternoon, upper 50s. might even get toward 60 south of town with a southwest wind at times rather will gust over 20 miles per hour. a breezy day ahead. rain this mog,

i'm mike hydeck. monika samtani will have traffic in a moment.bernstein will have your weather. >> first, we have a very special good morning to eugene fleming from fredericksburg, virginia, i was out that way a couple of weeks ago. he and his wife wake up to watch us every day at 4:25. thank you and good morning to you! all right. did they dodge snow? because we did. >> they reported a trace of snow at reagan national. a couple of wet flakes for two seconds. for the most part, it was good. lot of snow in western maryland. some of the pointes in grant county, west virginia got five, six inches of snow. the rain was the big story. flooding a big problem. i believe monika is going to have a couple of road closures due to high water. 38 degrees. winds gusted in spots over 50 miles per hour last night. breezy this morning. winds will slacken some this afternoon as temperatures get to 45 and the sunrise at 7:14. we stop the clock at 10:55, the blues, the pinks started to mix in. we did have a brief period where we had a little snow. watch how quickly

i'm mike hydeck, and we're glad you're here. probably already celebrating since she's off and gets to sleep in. this is sam sam. she does traffic -- monika samtani, she does traffic for us, olga breese is also in for howard bernstein who is off today. >> we've got some mild weather moving on in. these morning's temperatures are feeling fantastic. not too much of a britney spears working, mainly clear skies and that -- breeze working, mainly clear skies and that really has helped us to keep our temperatures in check. right now we're looking at mainly those 40s in and around the beltway. we're seeing a couple of the upper 30s at reagan national airport. 36 in arlington but today's temperatures are going to push well into the 50s by this afternoon with plenty of sunshine in the morning. here's how we look with the day planner for today. we are starting out with mainly clear skies this morning but into the afternoon and evening hours we'll definitely see more of a cloud cover moving in. 40s to 50 degrees by noon then partly sunny by

. >> and i'm mike hydeck, here's monika samtani, she has traffic momentarily. olga breese is? for howard this morning. >> temperatures are nice, but we don't need the sunshine when it's feeling this good. the forecast today will feature the increase of cloud cover

. >> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani.nika. >> hi. >> there's howard bernstein. >> core temperature is about 92 now. >> from yesterday. >> with the wind chill, it is about minus 6. if you weren't with us yesterday, i was out at the ice exhibit out at the gaylord. >> i went out two weekends ago. >> really cool. >> really cold. we've got some issues today. got a severe weather alert day because we're more concerned about flooding than snow. we do have snow in the forecast but the immediate concern will be the one to two inches of rain we could pick up today. temperatures will be dropping through the 50s. we may see temperatures drop into the -- into the 40s in spots here by the afternoon. you can see why. the cold air is off to the west. 30s across ohio now down to 39 in pennsylvania. on the other side of the divide, the cold air. we're still looking at 50s and 60s this morning. look at some rain. had light showers overnight. here is a lot of rain off to the west and southwest. it is all going to track toward us. here's live

i'm mike hydeck. andrea roane is off today. like a lot of people. but monika is here with traffic. four people on the road, she'll talk about them. and olga breese is here in for howard bernstein who is also off this morning. when you look at the temperature, 46 degrees here in northwest, not incredibly cold for december however when the wind hits you, it is something else. >> our winds, about 10, 15 miles per hour on average throughout the day today. but our gusts right now, we're seeing 17, 18, 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts at this hour and yes, that is definitely adding to some wind chills for you. so, plan for

i'm mike hydeck. glad you're here. monika samtani will have travel momentarily.eeze is in for howard. >> cold will give you a slow start this morning, as well. you want that little bit of extra time this morning. little bit of frost on the windshield. our temperatures have dropped. right now, we have clear skies, the winds have been fairly light. these are southwest winds at the moment. for now though, we're looking at cool temperatures. most areas in and around the beltway have dropped down into the 30s. a few of the 20s out toward the west. we're seeing quite a few areas close to the freezing mark. you do need a little bit of extra time to get the motor started this morning. dress for the cool weather because we're going to be staying fairly cool for today. our day planner is looking pretty good. we'll get a lot of sunshine cranking on through. we'll move into the 40s by noontime. we'll pull that up to near 50 degrees by later on this afternoon. now in store for a very cold weekend. now, it is time for monika to check on the timesaver traffic. >> good morning,

i'm mike hydeck. here's the lovely monika samtani. she'll have traffic momentarily.d morning, mr. beirne. >> we may see an isolated shower north and west of town later this morning into early afternoon but it looks like our rain chances really will become better tomorrow. tomorrow will be the wettest day of the week. we're not talking about like a soaking rain either but

and i'm mike hydeck. >>> right now howard bernstein has our weather first. >>> a decent day out theregoing to be milder than yesterday and a little breezeier as well. this morning clear, cold and frosty. temperatures down in the 20s and most years we have popped up to 31. 2 last year at reagan national. mid-40s at noon. partly to mostly cloudy by 5:00. back into the upper 40s after

i'm mike hydeck. our meteorologist extraordinary is outside all bundled up. >> frosty out here.emperatures in the 20s and 30s in town by the way. a little bit of a breeze. that is the case breezy at times. we'll warm up nicely as we see temperatures shoot in the low 50s. by 5:00 is 49. mostly sunny through midday. indiana and kentucky and illinois. that is the head of a front that is going to slip through tonight and a storm system in the southwest. steadier rains and milder temperatures as we head through the day on wednesday. 31 in washington. we were high around 50. let's go inside to monika. >>> we have been talking about there accident inical voyagerton. good morning, everybody. southbound onical voyagerton boulevard at cherry little road. a two car accident and pedestrian struck. watch out for the police activity there west of i-95. 95 inical voyagerton looks fine. we are going to take a live look at route 50 at the beltway. no problems to report through carrollton. we are looking fine on 66. you have your slow traffic in centerville. no problems to report on the dulles to

. >>> and i'm mike hydeck. >>> does he have the 180s on? >> no 180s. light gloves today with temperatures in the 30s. a middle weight winter coat. nothing too heavy. let's talk about today though, dense fog east of town. temperatures in the low 40s, mid-50s, that fog a big problem east. dense fog advisories like the bay, southern maryland in the eastern shore. we had some visibility reported down to an eighth of a mile. annapolis a quarter mile. the entire bay up through jersey, long island southern connecticut up toward boston even with the dense fog advisories. watch out for that. temperatures low 50s in town with 30s out to the west. upper 50s to low 60s. we'll talk about major changes headed our way. right now monika santani looking at timesaver traffic. >>> if you are planning to head into virginia, the beltway is fine on the south side of town. if you are planning to head northbound on i-95. watch out for the accident slowing things down. on the outer loop at eyes shower. if you are traveling in maryland on the beltway you just got that normal sl

. >> i'm mike hydeck. i can't believe it is friday. >> we made it. here's monika samtani with traffic momentarily. miss olga brees is in for howard this morning. >> took awhile to get motivated this morning but i think i'm making it. looking forward to the weekend. get you out of bed this morning. as you get up and get out, it is a little bit on the cool side. we're looking at temperatures this morning that have dropped down into the 20s outside the beltway. 30s inside the beltway. clear skies and very light winds out of the southwest. our highs today, well, we're going to get there eventually but for the morning, we're starting out on the cool side. midday to late afternoon with all of the sunshine around, we'll push out of the 30s into the middle and upper 40s by noontime and yes, by late afternoon, most of us should top out right around 49, 50 degrees which is average for this time of the year. we'll pull in a little more cloud cover. we're officially calling it partly cloudy by late afternoon and tonight, very cool conditions as temperatures drop

i'm mike hydeck. andrea and howard are both off this week. olga breese is live on the weather terrace with your forecast. >> it is a pleasure to be out here right now. the raindrops have not yet started falling. we have mostly cloudy skies. very cool conditions and a little bit of a breeze blowing. that means the rain should be arriving in our area within the next two hours. it could be heavy at times. and it will be fairly steady into the late afternoon. so, by as early as 9:00, you can see some of the rain begin to fall. subtle wind shifts, highs for most of us only in the upper 40s. we should get to about 51, 52 degrees at the reagan national airport. it will be a very cool day today and even cooler behind that front. as we head into tomorrow. and into thursday. i'll have your full forecast in a couple of minutes. now, let's take a check of traffic with monika. >> thank you, olga. west side of town where there was an accident reported on the inner loop of the beltway just north of the georgetown pike. before the gw parkway. i believe every

. >> i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein out on the we're -- weather terrace. usually he has the 180s. >> i could use a light jacket. some spots are closer to 40. i was noticing here even on the knockout roses, we have buds getting ready to bloom here. i'll cut them down when it gets colder if it gets colder. it will be gorgeous here in another few days. we certainly have the warm weather around and the more rain on the way. let's talk about our day planner for you on this thursday. a few breaks of sunshine this morning. some patchy fog south. temps in the upper 50s by noon. as we'll go overcast this afternoon. rain arrives tonight. highs from 57 to 63. rain overnight in pennsylvania has pulled away. so, this morning, we're left with clear to partly cloudy skies and fog in spots especially south of town. fredericksburg down to zero visibility. quantico, up toward fort belvoir, watch out, some of the fog rather dense. also parts of the northern neck and extreme southern st. mary's county. temps from 39 in manassas and orange. those are the cold spots. the 50 in