we're dealing with warm and muggy conditions.haven't seen any showers but there's scattered thunderstorms in the midwest associated with a cold front that will be pushing into our area on late friday evening into early saturday that will bring a round of showers and storms. the temperatures another warm start, 77 degrees in baltimore, 75 degrees in d.c. and 74 degrees in dover. the national temperatures, though, just showing you this, because the cold front that will be pushing through this weekend, is a strong cold front. it's going to bring a brand new air mass, drier conditions and less humid conditions. 74 degrees at bwi thurgood marshal airport. 61 degrees in omaha, and 62 degrees? in pli minneapolis. we have the potential in the afternoon hours to see a thunderstorm. right at 7:00, our future scan model has a round of storms and another round of rainshowers as the cold front inches closer at 10:00. and another round of showers at 2:00. once the cold front pushes through by saturday afternoon, high pressure system is going t

it is just so muggy. and these muggy conditions will lead to a partly cloudy afternoon. couple of thunderstorms could be strong to severe, low 90's today, some showers tomorrow. and then it gets much better saturday night into sunday, drier air moves in, and you're going say, ah. lisa baden, what's happening this morning on the commute? >> we're saying aah this morning about the commute no. major ears to report. i'm going take you to some of the geico cameras. we'll see the pace of traffic and the fact that things are uneventful. 270, building in volume at falls road, but open to the beltway. leaving maryland in the geico cameras into virginia we go, northbound 395, no delay fm springfield past edsall good. we're good up to seminary road up to duke street. thanks, lisa. add a little more time to your commute if you plan to ride the subway riding metro this weekend. there will be no red line trains serving the fort totten station this weekend because of track repairs. free shuttle buses, though, will be available. on the blue and orange lines, trains will be slow at the e

a little muggy. we have haze but on the whole it will be another hot one. 66 in perry hall. 75 in baltimore. 70 in fallston. it feels warmer than that. feels like we're up at 79 degrees now in baltimore. feels like 77 in glen burnie. feels like 76 degrees in manchester. satellite and radar composite shows we have some clouds around but they are breaking up pretty nicely. we're looking at a lot of sunshine today. that is going to make things warm for us. over the next couple of days you have mostly cheer skies, partly cloudy at night. by wednesday things change a little. that is when a cold front starts to stall out and approaches us from the west, stalls to the west, gives us the threat for thunderstorms. so that is our next real shot at rain coming in on wednesday. for today though, 85 degrees by noon. mostly sunny skies, same for this

it stays muggy and hurricane bill coming up. >see you in a bit. >>> investigators need your help figuring out who set several fires in montgomery county. several mail boxes were set on fire tuesday morning police found this gas can near one of the fires. tonight they want to know who owns it. they are offering a reward. montgomery county police are searching for a 12-year-old girl missing nearly a month. it was just reported yesterday. again that sees was last seen -- genisis was last scene july 25. police aren't saying who she was staying with. >>> officials want to make sure that students are vaccinated. for the first time, d.c. public schools are asking that female students get the hp vaccine as young as 11. ed side effects can be scary. now it's up to parents to died if they want -- decide if they want their children to get the vaccine. >> gardasil raised concerns since it hit the market. d.c. was one of the first places to begin andating the vaccine. students lined up at temporary vaccination clinics around the district to

but get to your forecast first on this muggy, sticky tuesday morning. temperatures which are going to be, again, 90ish, upper 80s if the clouds storm but somewhere in that uncomfortable range with storms today, tomorrow and friday. not too much change in the atmosphere until the weekend. that front finally makes problem. or. weekend is is morning, we have a lot of showers and thunderstorms from last night, now along coastal areas pulling away. lullinbut more showers also across parts of west virginia. you can see the activity here which is moving up to the east. we start off warm in 70s and 80s and make it near 90. look at the doppler 9000 right now. down in southern maryland a few showers sane mary's city to the northern neck of virginia and over toward the eastern shore you can see it here toward deal island. that is it at the moment. back on the weather computer, it is muggy. temperatures have not dropped with the humidity around. the cloud cover, especially south have low 80s fredericksburg at the naval air station cambridge 77. winchester and frede

so it is hot, muggy, a little muggy here in the studio. i see christian fanning off a little bit over there as a matter of fact. the numbers this evening, we've cooled off, but not dramatically. 77. we might drop to 70 or so. if you're lucky, we'll crack into 60. but not by much. keep the ac cranking out there. maybe one stray shower well west of the city here. basically, this cloud cover streaming in and out of the south, it's part of our tropical system down south. you'll see what i'm talking about, but the weather impacting florida right now, actually in a slight sense, impacting us here in baltimore. we keep it dry tomorrow, and if we get abundant sunshine, which right now looks like we will. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, will mean 90-degree plus weather. probably 92, 93 in some spots. unless we get a little more cloud cover that will keep us maybe two or three degrees cooler, but it will still be muggy. into monday and tuesday, a a little more cloud cover coming on tuesday. claudette, coming ashore right now as a tropical storm winds ha

it is on the muggy side.let's look at the temperatures, 78 degrees right now, relative humidity 82%. temperature as cross the state pretty much the same story. 77 in winchester, virginia. 79 in easton. there on the eastern shore, we're seeing 85 degrees in ocean city. it feels warmer than that. feels like we're in the 80s across the state. feels like in the mid-90s at ocean city. so a really warm one to start us out. that will continue to be the case throughout the day today. mix of clouds and clear areas. we're looking at clear conditions mostly in the south of baltimore. we're seeing a couple of sprinkles west of the mountains. for the most part, we're looking at another day where we have the mix of sun and clouds in the morning, incoming clouds and showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. that trough and the system that is keeping all of this unsettled weather place over top of us will help divert hurricane bill away from the coastline. bill is still well formed, strong and is about the size of texas r

see you back here at 10. >> hot and muggy august day. it's going to be a muggy and mild overnight as well. more clouds overhead. there is a chance, too. that we can have a few showers moving on across. temperatures upper 60s and lower 70s. tomorrow, here's what we're looking at. more in the way of cloud cover. mostly cloudy and passing showers through the morning

warm and muggy otherwise. tomorrow 92 degrees, partly sunny, developing showers and storms, especially in the late afternoon hours and the evening hours. for the next seven days, once we get through tuesday, things cool down for us. we'll be back into the 80s. mostly clear skies on wednesday, and then partly cloudy conditions thursday, friday. looking good even as we head into the weekend, although the warm muggy will return as we head into saturday and sunday. >>> the orioles return home from a pretty ugly road trip. would they turn things around back at the yard? the odds weren't very good. ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains... and 110 calories per lightly sweetened

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it's muggy but it's august.'s look at temperatures around the state. 70 baltimore. 74 hagerstown. 70 in easton. we're seeing some clouds around. they are high thin ones so they should burn off and clear out pretty nicely later on this morning. let's look, there's the 12-hour forecast, around 70 degrees most places as we wake up. noontime we're looking at 85 degrees and mostly sunny skies. mostly sunny still for us this afternoon. a high of 91 degrees. so another muggy one for us. another hot one. that is going to continue on into tomorrow. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> thank you. 83 southbound is running very smoothly from the pennsylvania state line us a make your way to the beltway. so is 95 southbound coming down from about the harford county line through to about the whitemarsh boulevard area, running without problems incident-free this morning. however, we have a couple of lane closures, because of some overnight construction projects. that should be getting picked up probably in

muggy. shower pretty much gone now. patchy fog. will be muggy. temperatures in the 70s and winds southwesterly at about 5 to 10. temperatures right now. muggy. 70. 76 brookville. warmer over to the east. 77 in chesapeake. you got hammered by a thunderstorm earlier this evening. 70s and 80s tomorrow. by afternoon partly sunny hot. more showers and storms. some could be heavy. high temperatures again around 90. >> here is the latest on bill. category 4. 135-mile-per-hour winds. wind gusts to 161. they say it will remain a category 4 through friday evening. track hasn't changed much. curving up to the north from bermuda. parts of new england and canada, nova scotia could be still in its track. again, here is the spaghetti plot. the lines are close together. all of the models are in agreement. the lines aren't going away interest each other. the models are diverging a little bit. everything is pretty much in agreement here. we do have an outlier here that takes it to the west. if that were the ca noto s much is going to change our forecast but it wou

so it is muggy out. no doubt about that. let's take a look at the sunshine that we have been seeing today. mixing in with some fair weather cumulus clouds as you see for damascus and time lapse photography there. 80 degrees at the moment and nice clearing as we go late into the afternoon. ocean city, maryland looking at a great weekend down at the beach there. boy, terrific, actually. 84 degrees saturday. partly cloudy. i think we'll be up around 86 or so on sunday. the slight chance for thunderstorms exists more so at the beach this weekend because of a system that is down in virginia beach, down in the carolinas. i think it will be just a little more unsettled in ocean city, but as long as you're not headed south into say the eastern shore of virginia, toward accomack county, i think you're going to be find at the beach this weekend. low temperatures this morning 67 at bwi. we only dropped to 70 or so in hagerstown. so there has been some muggy evenings here. we'll keep those through the weekend. really not window open, mo

associated with the front a deliberate mover, that said the muggy air mass you can feel outside today to see showers and storms more organized tonight as the front makes its approach through the state. 81 in cam bridge, 7t easton and if you think it's really hot there's a reason, it's actually warm and muggy outside. that's really what's causeing the problems. 80 degrees for the mountains. you're going to see a limited amount of sun today. for us basically partly cloudy for the majority of the day then the storms are going to start firing up. high 89 going to feel like it's in the low 90's with all that humidity storms associated with the movement of that front. it's been a strong movement to our west and change patterns significantly. 91 in ocean city today and mostly sunny. 97, the record was set back in 1899 way back in the record books and the record low for today 81. set in 2000. our average low was 63 degrees. better chance of seeing showers and storms. winds out of the west generally at about 5-10 miles an hour. the position of our front moving in from the ohio valley and pushi

but a muggy night at 72. tomorrow, just like today. 90. hot and muggy. chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. be careful. watch out for those showers and storms. >>> still to come tonight on eyewitness news. >>> maryland superintendent of schools hopes to welcome more than 600 new teachers to baltimore county classrooms. coming up, what she's asking >>> ing. >>> -- coming up next on eyewitness news at 5:00. a man is attacked. police wonder if she was targeted because of his race. >>> maryland delegate jon cardin is now engaged. but it's how he did his proposal that has some mad. >>> check in for more on these stories and some storms moving through the area, and all the day's breaking news. >>> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> hi, everybody. i'm kai jackson. and i'm sally thorner. here's what people are talking about. >>> we are following breaking news tonight. baltimore city police are investigating a hate crime, after a 76-year-old african american man is beaten by three young white men. gigi barnett is at city police headqua

a muggy one with scattered thunderstorms developing. a shower or thunderstorm around tonight.then eventually dying down somewhat. we could see a few more thunderstorms pop up during the day tomorrow. 86degrees. we won't be in the 90s tomorrow. then we'll have your five day coming up in a bit here. >> 86 will feel cool. >> still muggy but cooler. >> all right. thank you. >>> still to come on eyewitness news at noon, fighting the flu. why traditional medicines may not be much of a help. >>> and remember, wjz's always on. here are the stories on our web site this hour. we have updates of all the news and the first warning weather forecast. >>> in today's "healthwatch," when it comes to fighting the flu, a vaccine may be better than just medicine. a new study finds flu drugs like tamiflu andell aren a got rid of the -- and rulenza got rid of the symptoms only one day earlier than if the person didn't take the drug at all. officials say the vaccination has the added bonus of being a preventive measure. >>> resting may provide an extra benefit for women with a family history of brea

pleasant night, but on the muggy side. with the stray showers and humidity, a chance for a patch of fog or two towards daybreak. factor that in. high temps today, 84 in baltimore, interestingly enough, temperatures dropped quickly at bwi because of the showers, went over the airport and moved to dc in a hurry. at the beach, up in the mid 80s today. already at 69 just north of the pa border. and as you let off to the east, the water temp is 80 degree, ocean city at 80. 72 in eastton. things have quieted down out there. but the one shower that doused all the tailgaters, it moved south in a hurry, on into dc. seeing clearing outs there, as high pressure slides in out of the west. up and down the east coast from the outer banks of north carolina right up through, say, a couple of hundreds mile off ocean city, that's where the weather is going to stay. other than that, steadily drier weather. the forecast into motion here, you see what happens. the answer, not much. most of the active weather stays offshore to the south, but th

out that -- is muggy out there. all of the energy is sinking to the south. there is a cold front off to the west which is poised to make our way. there is a chance of a thunderstorm as the system swings on through. it will set the stage for a pretty good day on thursday and on friday. on saturday, models are hinting about a warm-up. same thing on sunday. today, partially -- partial sunshine. hot and humid with scattered hunderstorms possible. temperatures go from the upper 80 possible to below 70's. these guys should start to clear out somewhat. -- temperatures go from the upper mid 80's to below 70's. friday, mid to upper 80's with lots of sunshine. a chance of that straight storm. some higher humidity. -- a chance of a stray storm. now back to thebirthday boy. >> 95 and a lot of humidity of the weekend. >>> is proof that playing video games is a growi trend. the stories and more in tech news. >> a new push to eliminate digital distractions from drivers. ray lahood is hosting a summit next month to tackle the probl

humidity 50% but feels muggy out there. so shop for damascus through the afternoon and you see fair weather clouds streaking across the sky, but then we get more blue skies as we trend later into the afternoon and evening. and just a picturesque blue sky afternoon at 82 degrees there now. low temperatures this morning, bottomed out at 66. bwi. 64 the river down to 68. ocean city lot of people at the beach this weekend, great spot to be on an early august weekend. beating the heat there. but still only 71 overnight. it can be muggy even down by the ocean. and 85 this afternoon from york to baltimore, eastern 84. these temperatures we thought we would be pushing closer to 90 but haven't seen enough heat and one of things that works against our temperatures actually humidity. the moist air doesn't heat up as rapidly, and so i think as we go into the next few days we'll push close to 90 but might be until monday before we see the big 90. right now lot of clear sky across the state. even across baltimore. just a couple puffy fai

it's basically really muggy out there. the dew point is really coming up over the last 24 hours and now the humidity is going to stay with us for the next couple days. not only will tobaccohot. it will also be very humid making it feel that much worse. all right. so 78 right now. 77 now at dulles. look at the dew point. it is 70. that is just really, really humid. that's going to stay with us right until about tuesday, wednesday. all is quiet on doppler radar though we did have a couple light rain showers that moved across the area. we're at 78. it's much warmer up and down the mississippi river with temperatures there in the 80s. with the humidity, it feels like the 90s. this is the air heading our way. we do have heat advisories in effect from cincinnati through chicago and we also have a heat warning in effect fort philadelphia area. that's for monday. that's going to be the hottest day so far this season. there's the large batch of moisture. it did bring us a couple light rain showers overnight but nothing major. most

but muggy. >> muggy but not as hot as tomorrow. and looking at a few showers and thunderstorms making the way through the area tonight. still northern baltimore county. a little bit of rain coming down north of mugton. and continue to see that move slowly south. up in cockeysville and sparks and phoenix, may get showers. eldersburg. rain there as well. and continue to see that kind of meander on the way through the area. as we get through the overnight. zooming out the picture. you see up in pennsylvania more rain. and some of the activity will make the way down. you see in winters town. new freedom getting the rain. put it in motion. you see the showers continuing to make the way across the area. we have seen off-and-on spotty showers because of the moisture in the atmosphere. temperatures 89 degrees right now. and in baltimore. 87 in d.c. and those were the highs today. and it looks like we will see the temperatures cooling down to the 70s overnight and 79 around lunch time tomorrow. and more showers to talk about through the aft

but it will be muggy and much hotter weather on the way for our sunday. talk more about that in just a few. >>> the murder rate is up and people wonder, is it safe to leave their homes? some are wondering what can the community do to help? today leaders held a rally calling for an end to the violence. dozens of people lined the streets here at edmonson avenue in west baltimore, they were armed with signs trying to spread a message of peace. people from all walks of life took part in the second annual stop the violence rally. >> already had over 136 homicides already this year. you know? and we intend on doing our part to bring resolution and help to the sight. >> neighbors called for a change after a violent month in ballot mormon sunday july 26th, someone opened fire in a picnic on ashland avenue, shooting 12 people, including a 12 woman and a two-year-old child. the following weekend brought even more violence with nine more shootings. some say this must stop. >> stop all the killing in the neighborhood, take back our neighborhoods from the terrible dru

a fine morning though on the muggy side. here's danny and it doesn't have that concentric look you want to see in sta rong storm. that is good news. t can ta ita ro st ngifvener h close mo onon coming up. thismorning 75. shenandoah valley regional airport 64. and hagerstown 72. muggy out there. high temperatures a little cooler than yesterday with more humidity. highs in the upper 80s and a slim chance for an outside thunderstorm there as we head to even the mountains. 75 right now. angie goff, good morning to you. >> good morning. hello, everyone. happy thursday to you. we have issue on 295 early on. southbound the road is closed at eastern and northbound it is closed at polk because of a crew of police officers out there conducting an investigation and still no word how long they plan to be out there, but we will keep you posted and let you know when the lanes open up. show you the outer loop. volume light past university. it's like this over to georgia. no issues to report at this time around the beltway. switching it ove

muggy as well. going to be a warm, warm summer day. >> going to feel like you're walking into a sauna when you head outside. tom kiein is standing by with the forecast. >> hopefully your air conditioning will stay on through the day today. we have the warmest, muggiest morning of the summer under way all around the region, from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. upper 70s to 80 degrees with high humidity. it's cooler in the mountains, near 70 there. a southwesterly flow coming in ayos the last 36, 48 hours and that's continuing to pump in the tropical humid it. an approaching front, along with the humidity could get us some strong storms from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. we could have, indeed, as the day progresses, some strong thunderstorms developing with damaging winds during that time. highs low 90s. otherwise, maybe some showers tomorrow morningr thundershowers in the afternoon. lower humidity sunday into monday. a look at bill coming up in this half hour. >> tom, thank you. >> let's go to jer

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an evening thunderstorm could be muggy again and 60 and 70.this morning you see lazenda clouds out there in our time lapse. the lights of the overnight have shut off. currently 74 with a south southwesterly wind at six. dew point upper 60s. 75 on the bay from the naval academy. 74 down at webster field. easton 73. as we go west, manassas. 74 south of fredericksburg. 73 leesburg and hagerstown and 66 from winchester. cumberland, good morning. and we have high pressure to our south. the wind from the south. a cold front up here. this front as it moves closer to us will help to activate shower and storms but it will not now plow through us either. around for a few days and that's why the threat will be with us between now and friday in the afternoon and evening. here we go. this is hurricane bill. you can see an eye on this forming here. that hole in the middle. that's the eye. this is looking impressive on the satellite imagery and strengthening. 120-mile an hour wind gusts. category two storm moving west northwest at 15. the good news on this e

a little muggy. each of the last couple of days a slight increase in the humidity levels and today, almost, almost uncomfortable out there. show you the temperatures as we start your thursday. or your friday eve as we li ke to kecall it here. mid-s 70s ononthe bay. although andrews is down to 69. frederick 62 and hagerstown 62 and southern maryland and eastern shore lower 70s. today a mix of k sun and clouds could be an isolated storm west to cumberland where their high is 85. and bethesda a high of 88. angie goff is standing by with the maryland traffic. >>> we are focusing on maryland an begin with a live shot of chopper and quince orchard. drivers are stopped at a light. no incidents or accidents at time in this area and we are flying southbound on 295 past 32 to powder mill. we are all clear. now, over to andrea. we're also talking about how to navigate the road less traveled this morning. it's how you handle life's challenges. do you rehack or respond? best-selling author and motivational speake

and 81 and muggy in ocean city. if you have interest for the beach pay attention because we've got that updated forecast which does include ocean city and what could be hurricane danny by the time it passes on saturday. right now, clear to partly cloudy skies. we'll probably have an increase in clouds, chance of a thundershower popping up this afternoon and high temperature around 85 degrees. >>> 5:11. the roads with kim. >> construction in the harbor tunnel has two-way traffic getting by in the northbound tube but that project will reopen probably in the next half-hour. looking at the outer loop of the beltway, traffic moving without problems. no problems making down from the baltimore national pike and towards the route 70 interchange. keep in mind if you're traveling downtown utility crews still working on several different sections that remain closed. eutaw street is closed between baltimore and saratoga and saratoga between greene and mlk remains closed as they repair that broken watermain break. police activit

a little on the muggy side though.ou can see a little haze out there but for the most part things are going nicely for us. we're looking at temperatures in the mid to lower 70-degree range. as far as what is happening storm-wise, it's all quiet for now but those are going to fire up later this afternoon. we have mainly clear skies, a couple of clouds here and there. that is going to build in high thin ones throughout the morning hours and thicken up a little by noon, 82 degrees. 88 for an afternoon high. don't be surprised to see another round of thundershowers and storms coming through this afternoon. and lasting on into the evening. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> the roads looking pretty nice as we check 95 southbound here. to the 695/895 split, we just have building volume but no real delays at this time. all the construction projects have been picked up from the outer loop so you shouldn't encounter those this morning. however, our friends driving tow trucks have been working hard, that earlier vehicle fire

this morning, partly cloudy and muggy.n the 60s and 70 we will see them ri e icklquy to the lower 90s later on. winds southwest five to ten. watch for a few storms. we had one or two yesterday. came out of west virginia and moved over to winchester. i think we will have a few more area wide today. tonight an evening thunderstorm is possible. muggy again, upper 60s to mid- 70s. southwest winds at five. show you what is happening. a little shower not far from kaiser here in western maryland. otherwise a mick of clouds and clear skies overhead and warm. 68 culpeper. 67 winchester. 77 in cambridge. 75 in annapolis. and leesburg and quantico and fredericksburg. 70 frederick and here in washington 75 sticky degrees. dew point in the upper 60s an south wind at miles an hour. nationally we have big-time thunderstorms across the central plains here. a lot of rain here. a few from indiana and ohio and that little disturbance may be enough to give us our better chance of storms today than yesterday. but still until this front gets cl

humid and muggy. and through the day, we're going to keep the chance for showers and thundershower in the forecast. primarily afternoon and evening overnight and through tomorrow morning potentially gusty thunderstorm or heavy downpours. on the way to 90. 85 and potentially problematic weather this evening. >>> and tier guide you on the way is joy. >>> hot and quiet. it looks like a good ride n we're having you 7 miles all the way into -- 57 all the way into towson, can't fiend a delay. a slowdown on the white marsh boulevard. a little lighter than normal. beltway at liberty road on the right side of the screen also looking great. this report is brought to you by toyota. choose from 16 different models. click on toyota.com. >>> was it heat exhaustion or something else? that is the question that many are asking this morning after more than a dozen players and coach collapsed during an afternoon football practice yesterday t happened at kent island high school in queen anne's county. mary bubala is live

partly cloudy skies, muggy. shower or thunderstorm possible. even patchy fog by dawn 70s. north-northwest at 10. look at this satellite picture of bill. a massive huana category 3 destined to become a category 4. it will affect us over the weekend. we will talk about our prospect of thunderstorms for tomorrow and the rest of the week coming up. >> thank you. >>> prince george's county public safety employees could be celebrating. a federal judge is ruling against the mandatory furloughs they had to suffer tonight. the county says if it doesn't have any luck with an appeal it may have no choice but to institute massive layoffs instead. digital correspondent andrew stack spoke with the union reps for their reaction. >> reporter: as vice president of local 1619 andrew thought his union had its collective bargaining agreement wrapped up last summer. but then -- >> the county approached us with a dire fiscal emergency. >> reporter: and an order for ten days worth of furloughs for all employees aimed at saving cash strapped prince george's county $17 million. >> the county's pos

we still have clouds and it is humid and muggy. a cold front will move in later tonight and that will pave the way for much more comfortable and a sunnier sunday. there's not much in terms of fall locally. the header action is off to the eastern shore. that as a result of danny which has become a tropical depression. it is weakening pretty quickly. that will push off to the northeast and keep the heavy rain away from us. we can expect a little development throughout the day. right now, it is 73 and ronald reagan national airport. here is the forecast today -- a few sunny breaks here and there but a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. i don't think it will be happy and as widespread as yesterday. it will be queued and 84 degrees as the high temperature. >>> we began this morning with a preview of the funeral and burial of senator edward kennedy. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy today in boston which is expected to drop people from across the political spectrum. >> at a presidential library on the edge of the ocean

we're going to continue with the muggy conditions.e're not going to get a break from this very moist air mass until late in the work week. beachcast forecast for tomorrow. not too bad. we will have to deal with iets lated thunderstorms if you are taking a daytrip to ocean city. temperatures will be on the nice side. temperatures in the mid-80s for tomorrow and if you are headed in the inner harbor for tomorrow, 83 degrees. a little cooler tomorrow because we'll have more clouds around. isolated thunderstorms developing in the afternoon hours. winds will be a little bit strong out of the northwest at 5 to 15 miles an hour. behind that cold front 5-day forecast for the first week of august. 83 degrees on sunday. 89 degrees on monday. close to 90 degrees. a slight chance for an isolated rain shower monday and tuesday. a very slim chance for rain showers are going to come tomorrow for the paddling of that cold front. wednesday a secondary cold front will be pushing through. that will finally move in here and drop our temperatures down and

warm and muggy. a couple of isolated thunderstorms are possible. most likely north of us, right towards the mason-dixon line. we'll talk about how long this is going to last and your 2- degree guarantee, curve in just a couple minutes. >>> there is turmoil across the country over plans to overhaul the nation's health care system. so-called town hall meet investigation turned into shouting matches as people sound off on the plan. >> can only handle so much -- [

we're waking up to a muggy stor- weather out there today.l be clouding up during the afternoon hours. look at this, it's 8:00 in the morning and we're close to 80 degrees already. 79 degrees at the inner harbor. partly sunny skies, the dew point is at 70 degrees fahrenheit, so it's close to saturation out there. state temperatures, 79 degrees in baltimore, and d.c., and still a cool spot 64 degrees at oakland, maryland. timing out the rainshowers when they will develop. we will see sunshine in the morning. the clouds will be on an increase and we will see the thunderstorms develop right in the afternoon hours, right around 3 to 4:00 and they will continue to 5:00. another round of rainshowers will push through here again. here is the day planner at noon, 86 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. we will continue the muggy conditions at 6:00 p.m. 89 degrees with showers and thunderstorms. there's relief on the way. i will have that coming up as well as an indepth look at hurricane bill. first let's see how the morning commute is. let's check in w

we have a muggy start. 75 in alexandria. dew points are zero oppressive, in a sense. 72 in rockville. some kids will be back in school as early as next week. the heat and humidity will continue to build. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. there could be some heavy rains. they could wilinger at times. the more sun we get, the warmer it gets. patchy fog tonight. saturday, hot -- hot to start. mid 80's on sunday and i will call it comfortable. >> i will call up comfortable on 95 and 66, along 270. we will show you how comfortable in it is. this is rosslyn and balston through falls church near glebe road. this is the pentagon. 395 here at washington boulevard tells the tale. >> thank you. >>> michael jackson's former doctor has hit the internet to get his side of the story. >> i recorded this video to let you know i have been receiving your messages. i have not been able to thank you personally, which is not normal for me. your messages give me strength and courage. >> this video was posted on youtube yesterday. marie was with

warm and muggy. stronger thunderstorms if they start to get going tomorrow.ve day coming up in just a moment. >> thank you. >> you will want to check in with eyewitness news today. back to the newsroom for the preview. >>> a man breaks into a college coed pennsylvania apartment and flees naked. >>> gone to the dogs. a brand new pet airline promises to pamper and keep your best friend safe during travel. >> jone us for this at 4:00 p.m. after dr. phil. >>> gave day forecast. we want to show you marty. >>> we want to see bernadette too. >> we are one big video happy family. >>> we like our video family. >> a chance of a thundershower. smaller percent chance than thursday. tomorrow we got to be on a major lookout for weather trying to develop. sunshine saturday and sunday, back a bit above normal, 88 and 92 degrees. now back inside. >> thank you. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news. have a great day everybody. thanks for joining us. ♪ i am stuck on band-aid® brand ♪ ♪ 'cause germs don't stick on me! ♪ only band-aid® brand plus antibiotic waterproof... has ant

s.it will feel pretty muggy because of those showers. let's talk to lisa baden. >> watch this. i am exhaling. the crash between duke street and seminary road, watch, you do not see it anymore. they have opened all lanes. more on the traffic, so stick around. back to alison and doug. >>> the body of senator ted kennedy will lie in proposed for one more day. >> more than 20,000 people have paid a final tribute to a man they have never met but will never forget. on saturday, his body will be laid to rest alongside his brothers. >> crews are working hard to make sure everything is ready. pamela brown joins us live with more. >> a private service will be held tomorrow morning in boston with a number of high-profile dignitaries including, including president obama. ted kennedy will then make his final trip to arlington where he will be buried next to his brothers. just a few feet from the eternal flame and the simple white cross is ted kennedy's final resting place. >> it is nice for people who want to remember them that the brothers are all together. >> groundskeepers are busy at wo

now sandra with a look at the forecast. >> incredibly mild and muggy. 83 downtown. we'll be warm and humid today. some storms that could be strong as the front makes its way through the area. by the second half of the weekend we're looking good. 8-92. seven-day forecast. 83 tomorrow, unsettled throughout the morning and afternoon hourps and starting to feel a little bit better. slight chance for a lingering shower on sunday then lower humidity on sunday as well. monday and tuggedse of next week we remain in the low 80's so relief is to be way. back to you. >> the time now 6:37, 76 degrees on tv hill. getting up who says the age of the drive-in is over? certainly not these people who bring a homemade high-tech approach to the me to stahl jick entertainment venue. we'll explain. >> and our water cooler question of the day. it's a fun one. what would you do with the money if you won tonight's $207 million mega millions jackpot? >> well, back into the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's, they touted it as the pinnacle of the teen dating area. a grass roots movement to provide te

ibiita it s a bit muggy. . m .ug 74 in kensington. the forecast, partly sunny, hot and sticky, load mid 90's. a chance of a thunderstorm. we will talk about per came bill in about -- we will talk about hurricane bill. >> we will take everyone live to 270 traffic leaving 109 to get down to the beltway. it looks like it is running smoothly. the traffic closest to west is heading southbound. we will change camera spends a key to the pentagon over on washington boulevard. >> thank you. >>> wall street is waiting to see what happens when day after a massive loss. >> is it just a hiccup, or a sign of what is to come? pamela brown has more with what some analysts are saying. >> it was only a matter of time before the five-month rally showed signs of cracking. one thing must happen, and it all depends on the consumers. the rocky road is becoming more of a reality. the economy is bouncing back. >> i think hopes got ahead of reality. >> the big drop yesterday came as no surprise to many. with consumer spending the biggest driver of economic gro

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it is muggy a is muggy. 73 down in orange. the forecast today is much like yesterday.me fog possible. then some patchy clouds. it is a typical august day. we have code orange wges unhealthy for sensitive groups. overnight, same deal, 60's and 70's. some patchy fog could develop. then we do it all over again tomorrow. i think we will remain dry. a cold front could swing through and to bring us a storm on thursday or friday or saturday. notice the heat sticks around with us. >> traffic is moving slowly on 95. we are in the normal pattern to get to the occoquan. 66 it looks good. outer loop exit to 123 is h closedot lane -- is closed for hot lane work. you exit early on the access road, the left exit for 66 west. south leaving into tysons, pay attention. nothing reported on 270. good in and out of baltimore on 95. a crash before 450, so ally yourself extra time. >> thank you. >>> we have news about the box office. "district 9" came in first place. it was directed by and stars a group of unknowns. it will give a late summer boost to hollywood which is struggling a little b

this whole night is going to be warm and muggy. temperatures only falling to the mid-70s for overnight lows. we could see a couple isolated showers or thunderstorms. those are most likely to occur along the northern border of the mason dixon line. i'll tell you how long it's going to last, coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, susan. >>> because of the hot weather, marc train riders can expect some delays. csx has issued heat orders for this afternoons a rush hour that could lead to delays of 5 to 15 minutes. whenever it gets hot like this, trains operate slower than usual because the heat can cause the tracks to bend or the buckle. >>> let's take a look at towson university. the heat is on there, but for different reasons. protesters have gathered outside because there is a health care town hall meeting, which is expected to begin in just under two hours. we will be covering that, of course. and that town hall meeting is likely to be a lively one, as hundreds of people prepare to ask their questions and voice their opposition abo

wib@fafa >>> a little muggy. >> yeah, muggy. we're gonna turn up the heat tomorrow. today we stayed in the 80s. it was uncomfortable because of the humidity. tomorrow we're gonna make it to 9557 keep the -- 95 and turn up the humidity. the record high tomorrow is 102. i don't think we'll break records. the actual temperature will make it up to 95 to close the weekend. we'll get rid of the clouds that we have tonight, at least. it should be dry until maybe monday night and tuesday. this little heatwave is not gonna last that long. that's been the case for most of the summer. the shots of heat stick around and then they are gone. partly cloudy skies tonight. a slight chance for a shower or a thunderstorm as the warm air comes in. the low temperature, hanging around 70. sunset, 8:11. during the day tomorrow, mostly sunny. it will be hot and humid. the heat index will be up around 100. the actual temperatures will range between 92 and 97. the winds will swing around to the west-southwest at 10. sunrise at 6:17. we have high pressure off the east coast and this area repre

but still a pretty muggy day out there.'s go to our almanac data. 90 degrees was the high yesterday. average high today is 88. we should be right there this afternoon and pretty close to it again later on tomorrow. so all the active weather from last night obviously pushed offshore and dissipated. now we're dealing with a few remnant clouds out there, especially off to the east. overall a very sunny start to the day. and just a few scattered clouds expected later this afternoon. so we had a cold front move through overnight. you can see the long line of clouds along that front. notice off to our northwest we have another cold front that's move together midsections of the country. we have a brief break in the action for today. perfect timing for our saturday. we'll have sort of a lull in the storm. so a fair amount of sunshine. and then there's that second cold front that will push towards us which is currently mong through the midwest. it's a fairly week cool front. but it will likely increase our clouds tonight and give us

off to a muggy start. it is like 80 degrees outside. good morning. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> and i'm steve chenevey. thank you for being with us. >> have to say thank goodness for the little bit of a breeze we have out there. 80-degree at 5:00 in the morning. we want to dobetter than that. satellite-radar, there areome clouds out there but not too bad citnd gosour sk ionsconditions go. we'll see a decent sunrise today. i think it will be a mix of clouds and sun during the day, i think da iy, t ink ou dshiclou build in duri trsheoue cof the affect. teeratures around the region, here in d.c., it 0 8isddop grf grma ofw ffopa few degrees during the early- morning hours. let's hope so before it starts to go on the rise again today. here is your day planner for today. partly sunny skies this morning. more clouds later on today. a hot, humid day a high around 90-degree or into the lower 90s in some areas and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms today and some of those thunderstorms could have some heavy downpours. we'll tell you more about that coming

partly cloudy and pleasant and liftle muggy. we have winds on the light side and as we go in to this afternoon, sunny and hot. a stray thunderstorm. low to mid-90s. tonight clear to mostly cloudy, mild 65 to 75 with a south wind at five miles an hour. show you the time lapse. a fubetiaul one. love to see how the clouds are there tima nythe backound. it is not as pretty as 20 minutes ago. decent morning out there. humidity is 87%. dew point 68 and the temperature at 72. jan in reedville said bay temperature is 80, 81. she's 75. 68 quantico and fredericksburg. hagerstown 72. at the airport there and manassas a cooler 63. western half of the country is fine. wildfires are going on in california. no relief for them. storms in the middle of the country and this is claudette a tropical storm with the center of circulation, southern alabama, western florida. a little rain on the east side and this will be the case in alabama and tennessee in 24 hours. for us high pressure dominates our weather. we are quiet and hot the next couple of d

and the really muggy conditions. here's the storm on hold. it continues to push off to the southeast. that's where we are going to see most of the storms tomorrow. for the most part, tomorrow we are going to be dry. we are not completely ruling out the chance for a late day thunderstorms. mainly over southern parts of the state. or over the mountains to the west. but for most of us it'll be a nice quiet day. sunday, another front coming our way. as this one comes in, there will be a chance after thunderstorms with it once again then we will have a third one coming as we head through the week. so a for more chances. in this kind of an atmosphere, it doesn't take much tonight everything winding down. tomorrow, here's our break. partly sunny, just the slightest chance late in the day. 88 for our high. then by sunday, that next front comes in with a chance for a few thunderstorms. that one gets out of here. and a third one will follow tuesday into wednesday. as we are saying in this kind of an atmosphere. it does not take much for any storm to be

you would be drenched it's so muggy and hot. >> bob: then you go in the astrodome. >> rob: but then youe the astrodome was almost 72 degrees and you would freeze. you would have to put a jacket on it was so cold in there, then go back outside and you need to take a shower.   .