i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mid hide, here's monika samtani -- i'm mike haiduk, here's monika samtani. >reporter: going to be wet for the next few days. >> nothing failing right now right? >> reporter: oh no it is falling now. quan co-awhile ago. -- quantico, this morning as we start you off, got to tell you, it is wet outside. we have low clouds and where it is not raining raining, it is drizzling and sticky. 67 degrees by 9:00. a slow ride to 71 at noon and 75 at 5:00 with scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two possible t won't be raining constantly but that threat will be with us today thanks to the onshore flow with lots of thunderstorms offshore. we have been watching this activity from charles county into fairfax, prince william. got a little bit south of annapolis, south of 50. the heavier stuff we are going to folk cuss in on that from fairfax county down into prince william. when you see oranges and reds, that is heavier rains there, this goes back to now oh, justify on the river here, coming out of charles county. so a wet morning south of town, temperatures running in the

here's monika samtani. she will have traffic momentarily. >>> we do have a few sprinkles, on our way, are we talking about a help for our deficit? >> anything is going to help at this point, we are still about five inches in the hole, rainwise. we do need that. tomorrow into wednesday is our rain chances. here's a look at your day planner, where we have mostly cloudy skies, i think that is going to be the case most of the day. mostly cloudy skies, mid-60s by noon with low 70s this afternoon. winds this morning southeast 5 to 10. sun's up 6:03. scattered showers in michigan and indiana. we are going to try to get here tomorrow. look at these temperatures from the low 60s to the 40s east our temperatures are in the 50s. it is quiet. monika samtani, good morning. things are not too bad outside. most of your overnight construction has been cleared up. i think you are going to be fine on the northbound side of i-95. here's what it looks like from dale city. all the green, it looks great. again no issues to repor

we are. >> big time. >> here's monika samtani.ood morning. >> good morning. >> you have plenty to talk about. >> yes, possible water main break, rosslyn. we'll have information on that. >> a good looking forecast today tomorrow and even into sunday although we have to watch the coast a little bit. could throw a few clouds and a few showers on sunday. the thing you have to worry yourself about the temperatures, it's chilly. just a few minutes before sunrise here getting light now. i mean sun's up at about 5:50 or so. it's 5:29. with temperatures this morning in town in the 50s. some areas though in the low to mid-40s. but by noon, 71 degrees. so maybe a sweatshirt or a light jacket this morning. you certainly won't need it this afternoon with the 5:00 p.m. temperature around 74. we'll top off about 4:00, 4:30 at 75, 76. some high clouds to the south, you can see them this morning just streaming in there. down 95 here a little bit thicker off in the carolinas where we have a few showers. temps they're cold. i mean it's cold in frede

monika samtani is out this morning. she's going to be live on the dulles greenway -- the charity she's talking about and we'll let you know about that in just a moment. plus we have beverly farmer in with timesaver traffic. >> right now howard bernstein has a good looking forecast. >> oh, yeah really nice. gotten rid of the humidity levels up north. the drier air is moving in down south. sunrise actually occurred a few minutes ago. we're going to see a lot of it today. going to be outside, sun block, sunscreen maybe a wide brimmed hat. 65 at noon. just a bit of please at times out of the north northeast at 10 to 15. 5:00 p.m. temperature still of 73. cold front came through with some showers in pennsylvania. not much fanfare around here. and temperatures have already dropped into the 50s north and west of town. still some mid 60s in fredericksburg. we sit at 65. monika's on assignment. right now beverly farmer has the timesaver traffic. >>> howard right now headed on the outer loop of the beltway or about to out of land

right now looks decent with highs in the low to mid-70s, monika samtani, i'm guessing our traffic was pretty decent as well. >> it looks decent howard,. >> reporter: one spot inbound on i 66 after route 234 in manassas, two lanes are blocked. keep that in mind, i'll find out what's going on there. in the meantime let's go over to 270 on the southbound side. no problems to report from frederick into clarksburg. a live look at the beltway, no delays yet. westbound 45. we'll go back over to the map. looking great on route 50 the bw parkway. let's take a live look there. route 4 at pennsylvania avenue heading toward the wilson bridge you are going to be just fine. andrea and mike? >> thanks monika. researchers determined states which require certain vaccinations for students entering middle school showed significantly higher overall vaccination rates, compared to the states that only informed parents about the recommendations of vaccinations. vaccinations for at the time -- tetanus, bacterial meningitis and hpv were only recently recommended for teenagers. >>> new strains of bacterial men

monday ca cant is tracking the traffic -- monika samtani is tracking traffic. >> reporter: for a rainy monday, you have a lot of slow traffic. virginia northbound side of i-95, slow stretches basically as you head south of woodbridge, and then again between woodbridge and springfield it will be heavy for you. luckily at this point it is incident free. you have all of this volume to deal with trying to exit to the beltway and then again on to 395 there it is fine. look at that. no complaints there we'll go back over to the maps, this time heading over to the north side. there has been an accident on i 95 north. that's been cleared. no problems to report. past shady grove road there is one accident on the shoaled are, -- shoulder. coming up at 6:12 another look at area roads. >>> here are some of the stories happening today that we'll be following for you. president obama returns to joplin, missouri to speak at a high school graduation there. one year ago a tornado leveled the school and the town, killing 161 people. the high school was moved to a local shopping mall. >> transportation s

monika samtani you're looking nice this friday morning. >>> thank you very much. things are great outside so you should be happy about that as well. no problems to report on the beltway. to the north site of town looking good on 270 and frederick down into clarksburg. a live look at route 355 at east-west highway in the heart of bethesda, very quiet early this fed morning. this time to the beltway on the north side looking good as well. all lanes are open between college park and bethese that. no problems to report on 95. the bw parkway or route 350 coming in for instance. the south side of town on oxen little. looks great. no issues to report here at oxon hill at 210 and the wilson bridge and beyond. coming up in my next report, a look at virginia at 4:55. mike? >>> now is expanding gambling in the state of maryland a good idea? governor o'malley may be creating a commission to study that issue soon. the commission would look at adding table games and more casinos in the state. a bill to accomplish both of those stalled this year in the general assembly. governor

here's monika samtani with traffic. mr. howard bernstein. >> we lost sleep last night thanks to the big storms that rolled through. right over my house. >> they knew you were -- >> trying to sleep. >> mother nature -- flexing her muscles. and she may flex her muscles again this afternoon and this evening. we should be in pretty decent shape this morning. got a little fog here ask there from the leftover moisture if last night but a much quieter morning. what's going on here today our day planner. and we have a severe weather alert day with highs in the mid and maybe even upper 80s south and southwest of town. those winds will go to the west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. we're okay through noon. 80 degrees all right after lunch and even -- at lunch and even early afternoon should be okay. but mid to late afternoon, 3:00, 4:00 some storms will develop especially out west that will move to us. they could be strong to severe and even hail or wind gusts over 65 miles per hour. that's a severe thunderstorm. last night there they are

monika samtani is back with timesaver traffic. and how's your list doing? >>> one accident this one is a pretty big one i would say. it's in green belt on edmondston road. it's right here just west of the bw parkway at cherrywood lane. it's three vehicles involved and it's completely shut don there. route 201 is shut down there at cherrywood lane. take sunny side avenue to route 201 if you need to get to the beltway. outside live right now and taking a look here at the beltway a good luck goad just authority of the parkway. this is the inner loop. both look great on the east side of town. back over to the maps and this time all the way down into virginia. northbound i-ed 595 eagles been -- i-95's been incident-free and really not lack looking bad at all. further north now and springfield. i think we can deal with this on 95 and 95. to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, an update on the accident in green belt at 6:25. mike and andrea? >>> 6:19 now. next in sports get ready to ignite your natitude. the phillies are in town and so are the lou

we could be in the upper 80s saturday and sunday. 4:48 monika samtani, happy monday morning. you are in great spirits i see. >> reporter: why not. you have to get to work and you are going to have bad hair but hey, it is the start of the week. a car spun out and hit a tractor trailer, police are on the scene, northbound 95 at route 610 so keep that in mind for your travel plans. the beltway is fine, no problems to report on 270 coming from frederick to clarksburg and down to the point where the lanes divide, a live look at shady grove road. the roads are a bit wet. it may slow you down just a bit. now to southern maryland on route 5, route 4, route 301. no problems to report coming in from this point up to the beltway andrews air force base and we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like southbound. coming up in my next report we'll go over to 66 at 4:55. andrea and mike. >>> it looks like all system go for an unmanned private rocket. but a technical problem scrubbed the launch at the last moment. >> randall pinkston has more from the kennedy space center. >> re

monika samtani is here too.gnment. >> right now howard bernstein has the great weather forecast. >> just clean the air a little bit. i know a lot of people would be happy. the allergens came in and yesterday, we get them about noon e day. flush -- every day. the tree pollen was high. the grass pollen was high. the mold spores were high thanks to the rain. the weeds don't come out until later in the season. they were in the low category but if you've been struggling this week, andrea, the tree pollen. the grass pollen not your friends. what is going to be good though some drier cooler air moving in now and it's going to feel great around here the next few days. just a little breeze around here this morning. we've got a good view of the capitol. flags standing up a little bit. winds 10 to 15 this morning and going to be that way all day. down to 67. sunrise at 5:54. by 9:00 have fallen even further to 63 but by noon 70 and this afternoon's highs close to 75 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature 73. so we're going to be jus

here's monika samtani. >>> we have a list this friday morning. good morning everyone.use we had a couple of early morning ain't accidents. one an accident out here in bowie on route 197 right over route 50. so be aware of that you may have to follow some police direction there. and also a water main break on greenbelt road right near cherrywood lane. watch out for the repair there as well. we'll take a live look at the beltway. north of town no problems to report as you travel on the beltway or here on 270 heading southbound at father hurley. just a broken down vehicle here on the shoulder here, in delays on southbound i-27 #. that's fine, lorton, newingnd and springfield. it's southbound a live look leer and you can just about see the construction on the southbound side if i move out right there and only the right lane is getting by. may cause a delay but again that's on the southbound side of i-95 here at springfield approaching route 644. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 4:39. >>> thank you monika. president obama will greet world leaders t

i'm mike hydeck, thank you for joining us, happy friday, here's monika samtani and she will have trafficarty wise, mother nature had a party last night. thunder was rumbling here. >> you missed the party? >> monika was being woken up by the frogs in her neighborhood. >> anyone else have that problem? >> also hail? spots in eastern -- in spots in eastern virginia and the west virginia panhandle and today is a severe weather alert day because we're concerned with the threat of more thunderstorm later this -- severe thunderstorms later this afternoon and this evening. no problems through midday but past 3:00, 4:00 especially to the west with the storms developing. highs in the mid 80s even upper 80s in a couple of spots depending on how much sun we get. there were the storms last night. they were loud and bright and some torrential rains from that as well but they're gone now down to norfolk. this morning a little moisture coming to western west virginia. southwestern west virginia but all is quiet around here. no fog but with the lain last night a -- rain last night a little fog has develo

here's monika samtani. she'll have traffic later. >> come on howard. join in. >> i did. little cheer. shaking my pretend pompoms. >> that's better. >> weather-wise good morning out there. >> it's chilly out there. temperatures down in the 40 oz., crisp refreshing. >> i like it. >> enjoy it. put the windows up and any throat was punishing me this morning for it but the alle

monika samtani a good looking friday weather-wise. >>> thank goodness we have that going for us because we've had very busy morning from the traffic and we've set up this map for you telling you about the water main break for a good hour or so in rosslyn. and i got my phone in my hand because i've been texting with metro pio, public information officer dan and he tells me within the last 60 seconds actually an update. it sound like streets are starting to reopen now. north moore street just reopened. and fort meyer drive is expected to reopen shortly. it was in and around this area around metro rosslyn metro station remains open. you may find some street closure, around the metro which means you will have to walk to a different entrance but again things are beginning to improve. the break for the last hour or so was affecting roads in rosslyn. we of course are keeping you posted and i'm texting with dan to keep you posted on the situation. outside live in rosslyn and again things look pretty good here at lee highway and lynn street. i'm going to step out and show you a live picture out

happy wednesday -- hears monika san tap -- samtani. >>> good morning.ghts are dark in this area so be aware of that. first of all you have the construction on the toll road approaching route 7 and on the beltway in the tysons and annandale areas. in terms of high standing water, still affecting old church road at park gate and little river road at the loudoun-prince william county line and a sinkhole on valley view road. you want to be aware of all of those areas in prince william county. let's take a look live outside on the northbound side of 395. roads are wet. volumes are light to the 14th street bridge but this could affect your drive if you're heading out the door keep your speed limits down. to the north side of town no problems to report out of 270 out of frederick. i-70 is looking good as well. 121 no issues heading down to the point why the lanes divide with the exception of the rain. in my next report at 4:39. we'll take another look around the area. >>> as howard just told us, parts of northern virginia remain under a flood warning. that inc