mike massco is in this morning for lynette charles with a check of the forecast. say things are changing once again. >> i think we'll have a dry commute this morning and things will change as we head towards the latter portion of your morning and afternoon. we do have a flash flood watch, that means we are watching the skies, watching for the development of some storms during the course of your afternoon, some which could test strong to severe limits. 73 in town right now, 73 easton, 77 in salisbury. the setup is an area of low pressure we're watching now over ohio. that will run along the stationary front and allow for the rain and storms to come back into the picture. at 8:00 you are already at 75 degrees, on the way for 80 at the lunchtime hour. and, again, scattered showers turning into more numerous showers and storms after the 8:00 hour. we'll talk more about your weekend forecast. that's coming up in a little bit. let's get a check on traffic, lauren cook in the traffic center. good morning, lauren. >>reporter: good morning, mike. there are trees down in ann

now a check of the traffic with mike massco. >>> here is what is going on. we have a few issues to talk about. baltimore city, we have the water main break, that's going to tie you up. police activity on the pairing parkway, that may tie you up. 695, beltway on the north side. let's go outside and look at the traffic camera, show you a shot. 695, baltimore national pike, all is well on the roads. that's going to be subject to change. 43 to 695, 95 to 83, an 11 minute ride. a check on traffic and weather in a little bit. opening ceremonies for the olympics four days away. if you are headed across the pond, some security tips you need to keep in mind.

mike massco is in for lynette. you were here when the storm started friday. before we get to that, 15 baltimore city schools have been closed as a result of the power outages. for other closures look at the bottom of your screen. >>> are we doing weather or traffic first? look at that rainbow. you are the ray of sunshine. >> a beautiful shot sunshine glistening off of the key bridge. this is encouraging news. we got sunshine to go to work. up to 90, it's lower humidity today. 72 in town. a very mild 80 degrees in dc. rain cooled 72 salisbury. the clouds are thinning out. last six hours showing the storms, violent storms moving through, tons of lightning in the city limits. we were talking about 1200 bolts of lighten in an hour. 93 degrees today. we will rinse and repeat, isolated chance of a shower or gusty thunderstorm. tonight, we are down to around 70 degrees, partly cloudy, the threat of a shower or storm does linger. a look at traffic this morning, 6:00, unfortunately we don't have good news for you. blocked 95 northbound at the fort mc henry tunnel. tra

mike massco, that's a tree. >> that's a big tree. i'm meteorologist mike massco. we have a storm we're tracking over ohio. that's going to bring us maybe more flash flooding concerns. we do have a watch in effect. we'll detail your whole forecast coming up. lauren. >>reporter: mike, everything is up to speed here on 695 at bel aire road. we are dealing with flooding on the jfx. i'll have all the details coming up on "good morning maryland." >>> a live look at times square. let's head up to new york city to get the latest on today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, big losses for cell phone maker nokia. it reported a loss of $172 billion in the second quarter. overall sales were down 19% with smart phone sales falling by 34%. earlier this week microsoft released a preview of its latest version of microsoft office. the suite contains all of the features that you would expect. what's new is how you work with them. usa today's ed begg tested it out. >>reporter: the main thing is office is meant to be touch friendly and meant to live in the clouds so that

. >> i'm charley crowson, joined by lauren cook and mike massco with the weather. big story there.but that's going to be affecting the commute here too. >>reporter: affecting the jfx. more on that coming up in a couple of minutes. a lot of flooding on 83. >> impressive video coming. we're getting videos all night, people shooting videos and putting them on youtube. i want to share one of these videos with you, because i want to give you an idea of just how much rain we saw in a very short amount of time. look at this gentleman trying to walk through waist-deep water, probably not a good idea, steve, right? hello. if this happens, avoid this because you don't know what's going on inside here. again, another day where we could see more flash flooding. 74 in town right now. d.c. is at 76. and we're into the 70s over the eastern shore. in terms of what's going on on the radar picture, you'll notice everything clearing off the eastern shore pretty nicely. so your drive to work this morning will be okay, but, again, during the course of the afternoon we have another ripple of energy, thi

. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist mike massco. have a flash flood watch in effect for the entire state. that's going to did into effect this afternoon, going into this evening. we will be watching a storm system running right along this boundary and that could bring the shot of some showers, maybe some gusty storms during the course of your afternoon. the two-degree guarantee of give degrees. mostly cloudy skies with the threat of those downpours and some isolated flooding lingering into tonight. we'll go down around to 70 degrees. your five-day forecast looks like this. we'll have the sunshine come out by the weekend. in fact, the latter portion of saturday and especially going into sunday, 87 degrees. much hotter as we head into next week. let's get a check on traffic. lauren cook in the traffic center. good morning, lauren. >>reporter: good morning, mike. a water main break continues to cause big problems in downtown baltimore. light street is shut down between baltimore street and lombard street. there is a detour in place, bu

. >>> we begin your monday with a check of the fork with mike massco. >> starting with a beautiful shot downtown, its hard to believe we had the storms from last night as we are seeing sunshine trying to filter through building. sunshine will go to work. temperatures in to the 90s today. spotty showers south of town, another shower making your way towards the eastern shore. 72 now. we are on our way to 93 this afternoon. temperature from 775 to 86, lunchtime hour and 93. lower humidity today. but the humidity will be rising over the next couple of days. we will talk about that in the seven-day forecast in a little bit. let's get a check on traffic at 6:46 right now. we are talking about fist the west side of the city. section dealing with a lot of traffic lights out. certainly use caution. treat dead traffic light as a four-way stop as we are watching issues with that this morning. debris in the roadway. take it slow. we have an issue going on on going at 95 northbound, at fort mc henry tunnel. we have the right lane tied up or right tube tied up, your alternate is the harbor tunnel. fr

let's check in with mike massco here with your first forecast. are we going to get rain? >> we need the beneficial rain, where it rains for hours on end. that's not going to be the case. we do see spotty showers by the overnight. outside, right now, as of 6:00, a beautiful shot, though you notice the clouds coming back in, the clouds will be pat of the forecast for the jeff night hours in to tomorrow. maryland's most powerful radar, a dry sky overhead. northern carroll county, notice the showers hanging mostly on the pennsylvania side of the state. you may encounter scattered showers, especially if you travel 83 towards the north. for the rest of the evening, 84 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. spot shower chance best towards the north and to the west. if we broaden out the shot and show you temperatures, 85 and dc. less go towards the west, this is where we see the real heat cranking, 96 degrees, central oklahoma, the heat is going to come at us in to the weekend and much of next week. heat wave number three. >>> there was outrage and little appreciation. you have your chan

. >>> mike massco in for lynette, taking some time off. , this is something to bring to life for you. anytime mike shows up, you can expect severe weather. >> at this point, really, i mean, this is getting a little ridiculous. another day where we're expecting some thunderstorms and even some flash flooding. this is what's going on with our statistics, 74 degrees in town right now, that dewpoint way up there, 72 degrees. a little fog on the roadways, by the way, but this dewpoint, the amount of moisture in the air, that

so let's get right to meteorologist mike massco. >> here we go. let's talk about the flash flood watch that's in effect across the area. we're going to talk more about your forecast coming up in just a >>> unfortunately the heavy storms left behind a lot of flooding and we are dealing with that accident on 83. i'll have more on the delays coming up on "good morning maryland." >>reporter: good morning, everyone. topping america's money, ford is telling owners of some new 2013 escape suvs to stop driving them. fuel lines can crack, spill gas and start an engine fire. three fires have been reported. the recall involves more than 11.000 suvs. echos of the subprime mortgage mess and student loans, a new government report says the same kind of risky lending caused private student loan debt to explode, leaving many borrowers unable to pay it back. and target is taking aim at city dwellers. the big box retailer is opening its first three smaller stores next week in chicago, l.a. and seattle. the urban versions will be about 1/3 smaller than usual targets.

we welcome back lynette charles and mike massco handling traffic. >> the scene coming up in a second. >> so far, so good. >> orioles are back in town. >> a lot of people are having fingers crossed. hopefully the game won't get delayed or rained out. the heat continues, it's warm and balmy, dry and mostly clear, don't let that fool you. the heating can bubble the thunderstorms up. we will have the above average temperatures once again. speaking of temperatures, now we are coming in at 74, sykesville, walkersville 76. good morning, west friendship, 71. the winds are light right now. they are west. as we go in to the afternoon, they will pick up more. i'm going to call it breezy this afternoon. satellite and radar, not a lot this morning. clouds up to the north. mainly clear skies, dry times, right now, we have the chance for a shower and thunderstorm as we head in to the afternoon. i will talk about that coming up. now a check of the traffic with mike. >>> we got good news, parkway , the police activity, that has now wrapped up. we have a new issue and it's westminster. we will take you

let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with mike massco. good morning.ach 695. police have that off towards the shoulder, but still massive delays on 95 southbound as you approach 695. also just in, we do have an accident on route 33, seaton michaels road closing down bloomfield road. police are on the scene and fleet street between south carolyn street and bond street still closed because of that water main break from last week. charley. >>> if you live in cattensville, be aware of making trips to your atm at night. baltimore county police say during the weekend an armed robber targeted people at atm and they think it's linked to similar crimes back in june. police say the man used a variety of cars at driveup locations and they say he usually strikes between 9:30 and 10:00 and most times it's on saturday or sunday night. >>> restaurant week is officially under way. it starts on friday. but to kick things off today, you're going to find some of your best places to eat competing with one another. it's the first course appetizer challenge, pitting those r

i'm mike massco. beautiful shot downtown. sunshine is raining supreme.s are in to the 70s. see the last of the clouds pushing over the eastern shore, clear skies overhead, with us for a good part of the afternooare starting to respond nicely to the sunshine. core of the heat towards the east, triple digit heat expected towards the rockys. 93 today. partly cloudy skies. isolated storm possible. tonight down to 70, partly cloudy. the best shot now for the storms will be south of town. 93 today. 92 tomorrow. humidity by wednesday. 92 degrees. the humidity could spark off a shower or thunderstorm. thursday, 95. hazy, hot and humid conditions. next weekend temperatures climbing close to 100 degrees. now a check of traffic this morning, watching issues on the commute. down towards 895, northbound, approaching the steel bridge, all lanes are blocked due to an accident. use 95 northbound for the fort mc henry tunnel as an alternate. congestion 695, outer loop approaching harford. that's an issue. keeping an eye on 695, not a bad commute now near harford road. se