well, we are still dealing with a very serious crash on 83 in northern baltimore county. the southbound lanes will be shut down throughout the morning rush. so it's extremely important for you to use york road instead. they will be closed from old york road to mount carmel road. this crash involved three tractor-trailers, three people have been critically injured. avoid 83 this morning and we will have the latest as it becomes available. if you are traveling 95 a live look at the topside in towson at the valley road. everything moving right along. 95 downtown also nice and clear as we check in and take a live look here at 395. no delays right now through the fort mchenry tunnel. harbor tunnel also going to be clear. that's a look at your traffic. charlie? >>> coming up in morning at 5:00, it's one bottle of barbecue sauce that's worth much more than you could ever imagine. why the owner though says this is not to be eaten and the price tag to boot. >> also, some good news for men who take vitamins, the belts health experts say men could be getting -- benefits health exper

. >>> we are dealing with a very serious crash in northern baltimore county. it involves several tractor- trailers and it has shut down the southbound lanes of 83 that's going to be right between freeland road and old york road. you will want to use york road instead this morning and we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. a look at the west side of the beltway at liberty road. everything moving right along. no delays through pikesville on the outer loop down to 95. this is what the beltway looks like in parkville at harford road, everything up to speed. no problems up to towson this morning. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. charlie every to you. >>> news time 4:32. beginning the day big changing are coming to -- changes are coming to baltimore county schools. metal detectors will be used to keep your kids safe. linda so is live at the school and what happened a month ago prompted this didn't it? >> reporter: yeah, you'll remember shooting that happened here on the first day of school when a student brought a gun to school. it's beca

one band of showers is up around carroll county and northern baltimore county at this time. the rain activity is pretty widely scattered. we will talk about what will happen as far as the weather is concerned. >> if i could get a look at the radar. >> we we want to check the traffic now. >> good morning. one problem in ellicott city. route 99 is closed because of a downed pole. the roads are a little wet. 65 on 83 south coming down from hunt valley. a nice start despite the fact the roads are wet. here's a quick, live look at traffic. southbound traffic is moving well. this is 70 at 29. traffic is checking out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story, howard county police are hoping hidden cameras can catch a peeping tom. >> jennifer franciotti is live with more on this investigation. >> the roommates discovered the camera hidden inside a bedroom closet. police believe the camera had been there for months. you can see the suspects face wally set up the camera. the roommates already 20's in ellicott city. police say the man came in and installed a h

as temperatures drop to the freezing mark for lower, there's a freeze watch across northern baltimore to harbor county to carol county and even harford county. you want to watch your plants and vegetation tonight and crops. nonetheless, the frost will be a concern across the area into tomorrow morning. it may be the first frost of the season for many spots. tonight, we expect temperatures widespread in the 30 pause, but closer to 40 degrees as you get that -- in the 30's, but closer to 40 degrees as you get close to downtown. as we go throughout the day, we will slowly warming to the 50's. you have the sunshine and the wind will be calming down as well. warming up to 71 degrees on sunday, just in time for the race and the play in the afternoon. the rain will hold off until monday. >> state health officials say four more maryland residents have develop fungal meningitis resulting from steroid injections. that brings the case is it what to 13. there could be as many as 14,000 people might be exposed to the outbreak that killed 14 people nationwide, including one here in maryland. the cd

we are seeing some flakes flying, northern baltimore county into carroll county, into sykesville. cold temperatures, especially aloft where the radar is doing its scan. we're getting a little bit of a changeover. even though they're chilly, it will make you shiver but we are above freezing. look out to the west, talking about big snow where they had over two feet in cumberland. this guy is doing some digging here. they got the caterpillar working. let's take you back to the beaches where we can see the and of the ocean city pier, no longer there and sad to see it go but it his doing to be a big rebuild. man, what a storm, just tore the beach up. rehoboth, wart on the boardwalk -- water on the boardwalk. ocean city took a bigger hit with that south facing coastline as opposed to the east facing coastline. kent island, water levels up. we have a high tide to get through at 7. we're watching the harbor as well, of course, to see what happens. overthe next two days we're watching the susquehanna. that water flow has picked up and it's looking brown. 30s, 40s. winds have turned light,

we have had some areas in northern baltimore county that have had a couple frosts, but i would wait until ththe ground gs cooler. >> was the best fertilizer to keep my want grain and free of weeds. that is the million-dollar question. >> there are a lot out there. right now you cannot apply a weed killer, you can apply them in our early spring. we carry a brand called jonathan green. the weed killer is in the same package. timing is very important. indeed the right product for the right time of year. -- you need the right product for the right time of year. >> great advice as always. thank you for coming. if you have a plant question, send it to plantquestions@wbaltv.com or visit our website wbaltv.com. coming up next hour lottery numbers. and another check of the insta- weather plus forecast with ava marie. and now and look at how wall street is performing this hour. >> the early bird gets the fish? the baltimore aquarium has rolled out a new promotion called maryland mornings, those who visit before noon will pay $8 off for adults and $4 off for kids. the program will run until february

a couple things, first off, the center will be crossing over northern delaware and northern baltimoreounty. we're going to have a period up to hurricane force winds from now until 6 a.m. so we're far from done. technically we're having landfall occur, don't read much into that. that's not all that critical. one other thing eight to 12 inches of rain. we had about half of that. we're on our way to a foot of rain. if there's any silver lining, the direction on the rain bands, that will help drain the bay and create a blow outside tide for today and tomorrow the winds will not be due north. there's a better chance tomorrow and we'll continue to see those blizzard conditions out in the western part of the state. so there are the winds, 70, 80, 60, power lines going down. we'll be with you all night. >> the governor will have a press

and frost concerns in the northern and western suburbs, around the pennsylvania state line, northern baltimore county, carroll county, frederick and beyond. frost in the morning, the temperatures dropping tonight, but how will the rest of the weekend unfold? we will have that and much more here live from the maryland zoo in baltimore, straight ahead on abc2 news. >>> the number of meningitis cases in maryland is up to 14. that's according to the maryland department of health and mental hygiene. only one person in maryland died. the infections started after tainted batches of steroid shots were given to people treated with back pain nationwide, 4 people have died. >>> -- 14 people have died. >>> a fire killed a grandmother and four grandchildren, it's not complete, but investigators say they haven't found evidence of arson. jeff hager joins us live with the story. >> officials say investigators found no evidence of accelerants in the basement. laying to rest the fire could have been from arsonists. the images of the young victims from 1 years old to 7 years old lay among the growing stack of st

as we check in and look at northern baltimore county, harrisburg expressway, everything will be up tod here at warren road. dealing with heavy rain in the area. slow down because the roads are going to be slick. here is what the bellway looks like, bel air road, nothing to get in your way, inner loop towards 95 and outer loop up to 83. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> study found gardasil, a vaccine against the hpv virus to be safe even for young girls. concerns emerged after the fd aapproved it in 2006. leading health organizations deemed it safe and recommended it for girls ages 11-12. according to the study, the only side effects associated with the vaccine for same day fainting and a skin infection. hpv can lead to cervical cancer. >>> people with allergic reaction to cow's milk. cow produced from a genetically modified calf does not contain the protein to alter. >>> it's been more than two months since the mass shoot act movie theater in colorado. there is a move to get better control of illegal guns. >>> and this may not be the best advice when it comes to encounter

hartford, northern baltimore howard, all this with freeze watch. there will be a pretty thick frost come saturday morning early. if you are a baltimore marathoner, you may put on that one extra layer. i know you have a lot of heat when you run but it'll be a chilly start. in the meantime tonight not as bad. temperatures in the mid40s and down around 40 at daybreak tomorrow. certainly a cool start for the early morning drive as you hit the road. maybe grab the fleece but conditions will be fairly quiet. additional cloud cover tomorrow. look at the beautiful blue skies today. what a fantastic finish on the eastside as we look from ccbc. the tidewater marina, clear finish to the day. looking into cecil from hartford and kent island. always love to look at chesapeake bay. just a fantastic view here from hemingway. temperatures in the mid40s now, again falling another five to ten degrees tonight but all the state should stay above the freezing with the exception of the very high terrain toward garret. cool flow though across the north and east. this is g

we're looking at cecil county and hartford county, northern baltimore county, the city and also as we head south in anne arundel county. so this is what we can expect through 8:00 and even once 8:00 passes we'll still have that fog out there, it just won't be dense in nature. since we do have that dense fog advisory, we see reduced visibility about quarter mile or less in a lot of spots this morning, so you really need to take it easy. across the eastern shore we have about seven miles of reduced visibility there and this will continue until that sun rises for today and we'll still have some areas of patchy fog across the area. this is what we're working with this morning, we do have showers across cecil county and kent coun. if you are in those areas, make sure you do take the rain gear as you head out and about. temperature in jefferson right now is 62 degrees. it's a mild start. let's get a check now of the abc 2 time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. the fog is certainly having an impact on your commute. there's reduced visibility acr

in northern baltimore county, carroll county, you could see a couple of sprinkles on tuesday. most everybody else will state dry. we have to watch out what could happen in the tropics. a tropical system has not developed but there isn't 80% chance that it will -- but there is an 80% chance that it will. models taken up north into cuba. this will be tricky for the seven-day forecast. it could bring some decent rain by sunday night into monday. 76 tomorrow. said the nine by wednesday, feeling like summer -- 79 by wednesday. >> good news at the gas pump. you might have noticed that gas prices keep falling. prices dropped a and have sense -- 8 1/2 cents over the past two weeks. some areas have prices lower than $3.50 per gallon. -- the people can write -- regular people can write reviews of restaurants online. there could be a warning on the review page. banks are finding new ways to charge you for basic services. >> banks had to drop the poorly thought out debit fees, the banks have been busy replacing them. >> there is a minimum fee maybe to open the account. >> it is frustratin

in 83 in northern baltimore county where a crash shut down the southbound lanes between freeland road and old york road. abc2 news paul jaffey sent us those photos from the scene. it involved three tractor- trailers this morning two of which hit each other head-on. three people have been critically injured and again the southbound lanes will be shut down through the morning rush. so you will want to use york road instead. >>> more problems out on 695 where we have an accident in parkville. it's right along the inner loop here at harford road. do expect a seven minute delay right now traveling from 83 down to 95. as far as the west side of 695 is concerned, here's what it looks like at baltimore national pike. everything moving right along just a three minute delay right now on the outer loop from 795 down to intertate 70. we have some problems in anne arundel county a crash along the southbound lanes of route 295 at 19 r5 and another crash on route 50 along if eastbound lanes at cape street. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. charlie over to you. >>> when your children head

northern baltimore county, they're going to see their winds fairly die down. they've probably already done so. but to the south, we continue to see our winds and the rain across parts of the area. once again, that will continue overnight. out towards leesburg through fairfax and falls church. you will continue to see the moderate to heavy rain. here's the latest wind gusts. 47 in washington, 49 right now in camp springs. not exactly sure why we lost these. but last hour, winchester was coming in at 60 miles per hour. 12:00 a.m., i think we'll continue to see heavy rain. this is over the next hour. gusts to about 60 miles an hour. this is the critical time. by about 5:00 a.m., areas of rain and notice our wind gusts drop down to about 45, maybe 50. so we're starting to get a little bit better. and light rain by 10:00 a.m. with windchills in the 30s. i think the cold air is going to be more of the story during the day tomorrow. after we get through this heavy wind. and we still have a lot of trees that can come down because of the saturated ground. so we're goin

well, in addition to the fog that you are talking about we have very serious crash in northern baltimore county. it has shut down the southbound lanes of 83 between freeland road and old york road. now abc2 news paul jaffey is on the scene. he sent us these pictures, this accident happened just before 4:00 24 morning and it involved -- this morning and it involved three drafts. three people -- tractor- trailers. three people have been critically injured. so you will want to use york road instead. if you are heading out to 95 this is what it looks like at eastern avenue checking and taking a live look. just normal 15 minute ride right now from white marsh into the city. here's harford road everything up to speed. just 11 minutes right now on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. the west side nice and clear. but it's starting to build. you're locking at a 12 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. charlie over to you. >>> you expect them to be safe this morning. now one county district says it's going to make some big ch

there's a freeze watch for northern baltimore county, hartford and carroll counties.d dip past the freezing mark. cover up crops or bring them inside. forecast tonight -- we get down into the 30's for most of the area. patchy frost concerns. skies will be mostly clear. heading to the marathon? it will be great. chilly in the morning. 41 degrees for the start. by 10:00 a.m., into the mid-40s. 50 toward the lunchtime hour. the winds should shift to the northeast. and the seven-day forecast -- 71 degrees on sunday. warmer for the ravens. by monday, our next chance for rain. >> thank you. a problem across the country. hard times and cutbacks. districts could drop sports and music. >> comedian kevin james offers fun and his new film "here comes the boom." >> we have to cut millions of dollars. >> who will do that? >> we will. >> kevin james in the movie. a teacher who comes up with the best idea ever. it is rated pg. >> we all fly out to gather. >> and saving lives and "argo." ben f. lek plays a cia -- ben afflack plays a cia officer. >> do you think these are serial numbe

dense fog advisories up toward baltimore and northern shenandoah valley till 8:00. down to a eighth at dulles. quarter here in washington. quarter also in baltimore. a lot of areas are half mile to a quarter. a little bit of extra time, low beams. the roads are wet too. with some leaves down that will make for some slick conditions as well. it's going to get better this afternoon. some sunshine, 85 and just an isolated shower. >>> football players are often referred to as warriors. >> but the redskins got to host some real fighters tuesday. the team held its fifth annual all-star survivor celebration for women battling breast cancer. the women got a behind-the- scenes tour of the training facility in ashburn and were also treated to some new clothes, wigs, makeup and got a chance to meet rg3, alford morris and some other redskins. >>> cancer prevention is easier than you think. that was the message at empowering women on prevention last night at the national museum of women in the arts. experts in the field of cancer, health wellness and advocacy shared their thought

we do have a freeze watch across northern baltimore county, carroll county and even howard county. that is the right to be as some colder spots get to the freezing mark. if you of plants outside, cover them up or bring them inside. temperatures in the 40's tomorrow. women into the 50's by lunchtime. sunshine throughout the race. -- warming into the 50's by lunchtime. sunshine throughout the race. >> time for last look at one of our big story. in northeast washington community mourned as the investigation continues into the deadly crossfire. george lettis joins us now from bayview medical center. >> good morning. investigators still searching for the cause of the fire that killed five, including four young children. in the meantime, 55-year-old wilson worrell is in critical condition here at bayview medical center. four children and a grandmother were killed. heavy smoke and flames shooting from the home when firefighters arrived around 2:00 a.m. thursday. nine. members were trapped inside your some jumped out of the house to escape. wilson worrell jump from the second floor, but hi

most likely back through northern ireland towards baltimore.some of this have it hanging around for a couple of days. that is why we expect so much rain and wind. these are the favorite tracks bringing it in our direction. wind and rain are what we are anticipating. in the delaware bay, a 46-mile an hour dust in the last hour. the storm is still 300 miles away. gusting to 36 inland. the storm is just approaching. here are the rain fall possibilities. bright yellow is the support of 10 inches of rain possible. six to 10 inches possible in the baltimore area to the foothills. where it changes to snow, there is a blizzard warning. we have hurricane warnings off the coast and blizzard warnings in the mountains. the storm is making its way onto the new jersey coast tomorrow afternoon then pushing west. some of the models want to bring snow to parts of frederick and carroll county on tuesday. it finally winds down into wednesday and thursday. it will take several days for this too slowly settled down. tomorrow 53 to 58. emphasis on heavy rain and hig

moving through and in fact, some of this thunderstorm activity spawned a tornado warning in northern parts of baltimore county. so it was a pretty intense little cluster of thunderstorms as it moves through, but this is it. we're not going to see anymore thunderstorm activity as we move through the overnight hours and beautiful weather moving in for the weekend. i'll have more details on that coming up in your seven-day forecast. eric, back to you. >> hail in mid october. don't see that all the time. >>> coming up in the mail bag, a tragic accident killed a police officer, but talk about why he wasn't wearing a seat belt. we'll have that later in the newscast. but up next, we'll tell you about the raise when a bus driver kicks a pregnant woman with a kid off the bus. >>> a pregnant woman kicked off the bus because her baby's diaper is just too stinky. this happened in seattle. nicole said her 1-year-old said had diarrhea and the driver said she had to kick off a half mile away because the smell was just too awful. >> she said your baby is -- smells really bad and it's not certain we all have to smell b

it might be cold enough for a in theke to make ix in northern part of baltimore county.ind is coming out of the south. this will be like a storm surge. the high tide may command a little above average. it might spill a little bit to the pavement. and minor will push -- a minor little push up the bay. the wind will gust over 30 miles per hour. it will not be a perfect day tomorrow for trick-or-treating. a high near 56. chilly and quiet as we head into the weekend. >> joining us now is mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. thank you for joining us. bring us up to date. >> we're doing pretty well. want to thank everybody who of been there around the clock. fire and police were out all night and we were able to respond to every single 911 call and fire and medic emergency. >> the travel restriction in the city goes until noon. might that change? >> we have over 100 trees down. we have the rain and the wind and the impact it will have on the trees. we had the derecho and several storms and tons of old trees and we do not want someone to be injured by a fallen tree in the wind. >> i

some heavy rain on the west side of the beltway and in the northern part of baltimore county and ellicottarford county, cecil county is dry. most of the heavy rain from baltimore to points on west. it is moving to the northeast. a good idea to take an umbrella with you. system a big storm coming up the east coast. switch over to weather one. there you go. you can see a lot of rain coming up from the south. it will be off and on. give yourself extra time and take an umbrella. mid 70's this afternoon. 66 right now at the airport. 61 degrees in jarrettsville. mostly cloudy skies today with off and on rain showers. high temperature between 73 and 78. look for big swings in the temperature over the next couple of days. high temperatures into the low 80's on wednesday and thursday. a cold front moves in on saturday. we could have our first frost of the season. big changes coming up over the next seven to 10 days. >> time now for a last look at one of our big stories. a baltimore county firefighter charged with sexually assaulting two teenage boys. kim dacey has more. >> police say these alleged

and in baltimore city we're dealing with another accident right on northern parkway at wabash avenue, and another crash right now on hilton parkway at north avenue. we do have some storm damage up in baltimore county that you want to watch out for as well, it's right in cockiesville. it's to the old whiskey plant on york road. right now northbound lanes are shut down at railroad avenue. so definitely stick with an alternate route, 83 or even scwann road or warren road instead this morning. you're taking a live look at the beltway. traffic starting to pick up on the west side. you're looking at a 13-minute ride, so not terrible delays right now, traveling from 795 down towards 95. and here's 83. nice and clear in hunt valley. no problems from scwann road and it does remain clear getting onto the jfx. back to you. >>> linda stow is live in towson with an update on the restoration efforts, and, linda, you've been out with us the entire morning on "good morning maryland," you've noticed something with intersections out there, those where they don't have the red lights. >>reporter: it's ac

now we have an accident to tell you about in northwest baltimore on liberty road at northern parkway. and as we take look at some of the main lines, checking in and taking a live look outside on 95 at 395, there are no problems heading downtown. you did see that lightning strike. wow, look at that. but fortunately no delays through that fort mchenry tunnel. checking in and looking live at -- actually pull up drive times no problems on the beltway from parkville up towards towson and the west side of the beltway will remain nice and clear traveling that outer loop from 795 forwards 95 taking 12 minutes. there's much more coming up on good morning maryland. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich dark chocolate, toasted oats. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. or rich dark chocolate flavor. 90 calories. 100% natural. and nature...approves. granola thins. from nature valley. nature at its most delicious. prove it. enough is enough.

there is a warm front over the baltimore metro area. the northern areas are stuck in cooler air and that is why you see temperature is held back in places like westminster. the warm front is sitting or the mid atlantic. the storm system is starting to weaken as the warm air lifts and the cold air is cutting in. that is good news because that means less brain potential. -- less grain potential. we will have to watch out for a more powerful storm system that will come out of the planes. we have 35 degrees in great falls, montana. some very cold air is coming in behind that storm. once the storm system passes, let's focus on what is happening now. there might be some sprinkles into the evening hours and over night. the storm system has to lift over the mid atlantic. there might be some more rain pushing through in the afternoon. for tonight, mostly cloudy skies, a sprinkle at best, we dropped down into the 60's, upper 60's toward the western part of the metro area. for tomorrow, high temperatures will be a smile again, in the low 80's so it looks like

baltimore area. we will see if this turns into stronger storms. it looks like a line of showers that stretch from howard county into northern virginia and perhaps into western baltimore county. white sprinkles for the next couple of hours. we're not concerned with the rain west of the mountains. it looks like most of that will pass us by. we do have to finish up these last showers before we can give it the all clear on what looks like will be a nice weekend. cool air coming in from the west. 40's and 50's over the upper midwest. that is pushing into the warmer and temperatures around here. richmond, 78. 75 in baltimore at this hour. the cooler air is still coming in triggering isolated showers for the next hour or two. the warm air will be pushed off. the cooler temperatures will filter in. by morning, the western suburbs will be in the 40's. downtown baltimore and the shore will stay in the 50's. the shower chances should diminish in the next few hours. in the skies were clear. white men that five most hour. -- then the skies would clear. those should clear in the next hours. this pushed the front through. that is clearing out. high pressure will f

but the only advisories we have are annapolis up to baltimore and the northern then shenandoah valleythese dense advise -- northern shenandoah valley. those advisories go in effect till 10:00 this morning. cumberland, hagerstown, win chester 63. got damp streets out there, wet on wisconsin avenue. fog. as we said visibility a quarter mile at national with calm winds and humidity very high. 94%. we still have the flow of moisture in from the southwest. right now clouds here. some showers near wilmington, north carolina. they'll track more to the east. look like the rain chances are only on the slight side for the afternoon when we get a little bit of sun to come out. a warm day, 85. isolated shower. tonight we're dipping 65 to 70. so a very mild night. tomorrow low 80s and we might even get to 84. right now i think 82 but we'll watch it. still either way a nice thursday across the region. friday also looks very nice with lows in the 50s and 60s and high about 82 degrees. over the weekend here comes the front. i think saturday just a stray shower, 76. sunday skins in town, maybe in the

yellow and orange is where it's raining hardest in fauquier, fairfax, loudoun, howard county and northern baltimore. warm and humid tomorrow. a nice pattern in saturday afternoon. >>> time now for today's "take 3" where the three of us give our take on threet topics that have caught our attention. though usually we have four and our special guest today is elmo. >> yay. you play such really good music >> you like it? >> you're grooving to it. you like to dance, elmo? >> elmo loves to dance. >> oh. >> and you wore the right color today, too. >> i know. we're twins. we match. >> and elmo you're going to be doing something different on "sesame street." >> called "elmo the music a." ♪ imagine a story ♪ we'll make it up ♪ boom shaka lakha ♪ it's elmo the musical ♪ on with the musical ♪ let's get on with the show >> wo >> boom shaka lackak- >> boom shaka lacka baby. >> doing math with the gets? >> doing s.t.e.avenue. m. >> science, technology, engineering, art and math. >> hey, do you do "gangnam style." >> what does that mean? >> gangnam sfooil? >> psy. the horse dance. >> the horse dance. >> you got it.

as you gets up towards columbia, 95 towards baltimore. northern part of the bay, you've got the best chance of those hurricane forced winds, but i think by tomorrow, we'll certainly have seen some hurricane-forced winds across parts of the area. rain totals five to ten inches. we have a flood watch. likely water issues and heavy snow out in west virginia, far western maryland. two tootle feet, two to three feet of snow, they've got a blizzard warning in parts of western maryland for little this afternoon and tonight. there's a live look at your radar, pretty good rain rates right now right across central parts of the viewing yay and it's start to fill back in. we're getting a little bit of a break and lauren and ocean city is getting a break about an hour ago. the rain starting to fill back in. as we were talking about earlier, you'll encounter bands of very heavy rain, you'll get a bit of a break, then the rain will start to increase its rates along with the wind. you gate break, don't be fooled. it just means that we're seeing that tropical natu

wrapping around this thing going through northern jersey and nice, solid band through northern virginia, the baltimore, d.c. area, right into delaware. you're not done with your rainfall yet. the winds are going to continue to howl. we're not bad right now. 20 to 30 mile per hour winds in the delmarva. rainfall totals were impressive. 3 to 4 inches in general around philadelphia. and 5 to 6 inches down around washington, d.c. you notice richmond, you just got brushed by light rain right now. your friends in charleston, west virginia, and all through the mountains, look at that white expand. that's snow, folks. we're in a full-fledged snowstorm in the middle of west virginia. it was above 4,000 feet but now it's just about everywhere as the cold air gets wrapped in to what was a hurricane that is now more like a snowstorm as we go through halloween. looks like there will be snow on the pumpkins and everything else in west virginia along with downed trees. not all the leaves were off. there are so many concerns out there. you could go here all night talking about all the hardships people are going to ha

and in northwest baltimore, we are dealing with an accident on northern parkway that's going to be right at wabash avenue. if you are traveling in baltimore county this morning, we do have a partial collapse of the whiskey plant in cockiesville. it has shut down the northbound lanes of york road right at railroad avenue. you will want to use scwann road, warren road or even 83 as your alternate routes. this is what 83 looks like right now in hunt valley. everything up to speed, no problems from scwann road down to the beltway. if you are using the beltway, here's what it looks like in parkville. 11 minutes normal drive time right now to travel the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and the west side of 695 is nice and clear, no delays, you're looking at an 11-minute ride as well, traveling that outer loop from 795 down towards 95. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. megan and charley, over to you. >>> parents, it looks like the storm won't keep your kids from collecting candy tonight. the mayor in baltimore city will meet to talk about safety but last night they told u

northern virginia. bge has 31,000 outages south of baltimore. most are in anne arundel county. potomac edison has more than 35,000 outages in maryland and more than 9 #,000 out -- 98,000 outages across west virginia. smeco has 24 outages in st. mary's county and novec has more than 3,000 outages. >>> an important update. schools are closed in maryland. schools in manassas park are closed. while most school systems will be back open, some are closed due to power outages. in prince george's county, excel academy public charter is closed. in d.c. jefferson academy is closed. in fairfax county, langley and holmes high schools are closed as well as sleepy hallow and -- sleepy hole leand springfield el-- hollow and springfield elementary. let's head out to jessica doyle who is live at reagan national to let us know how the airports are doing. good morning once again, jessica. >> reporter: good morning to you and good morning to everybody at home. things are starting to get back to normal here at reagan national airport. they started having some planes coming in last night to fill up

area, baltimore and northern virginia, and, of course, we know the worst of the storm is still very much ahead for this area overnight. earlier today maryland governor martin o'malley voiced really the concerns of a lot of officials in this area. when it comes to urging people to seek shelter and get off the roads. >> this is going to be a long haul. the days ahead are going to be very difficult. there will be people who die and are killed in this storm. we are ordering and urging all marylanders to stay off the roads for the next 36 hours. >> now, much -- much of the federal government, local governments, d.c. schools will, of course, be closed again tomorrow. we have no amtrak service to speak of up here. all the major airports, dulles, bwi, reagan national, all flights are cancelled going forward. we're also looking at some of the more compelling images around here in the nation's capital. arlington national cemetery, of course, closed, but we did get these images of the tomb of the unknowns, the soldiers walking their post always as scheduled during the day, earlier today. now out th

we have a crash to tell you about in northwest baltimore on liberty road. at northern parkway. and as we check in and look live on 95, heading downtown, here at 395 traffic is picking up but no significant delays. fort mcmachinery -- mchip henry tunnel nice and clear. harrisburg expressway north of 695, everything is -- mchenry tunnel nice and clear. harrisburg expressway north of 695 nice and clear. no problems to report on the beltway. from parkville all the way up to towson. and west side of 695, starting to pick up but not too bad. 12 minutes traveling the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan over to you. >>> two minutes after 6. and if you are waking up this morning, odds are you may be tired after last night's exciting win. by the orioles over the yankees. the win ties the american league divisional series at 1 game each. now the series shifts onto new york and yankees stadium. charley is live at camden yards and i imagine o fans left in high spirits last night. >> reporter: they left the ball park in great spirits megan

some showers came very close to baltimore city today but they remained in the northern edge of the state. now we're not seeing rain in southern pennsylvania. quite a bit of rain in new york and the new england states. that's where the cool air is. we're beginning to get a leading edge and these numbers will be warming up into the upper 70s we think across much of the area. more good looking weather. we know it can't last forever. in fact, it will not. there will be big changes sunday, monday and it will be cooling off. well be in that clear area for the next couple days. to the north and west, cold air building. this colder air is triggering snow, places like montana. that will take a dive south, so we will get a cold area surge in here. we also have moisture coming up from the south and tropical storm sandy becoming a hurricane. haiti, cuba, the bahamas and happening over the next four to five days. here's the latest cone of probability. you see it ramping up. as we move further toward friday and saturday, that's where sandy will be pushing off the north carolina coast. perhaps this wou

13 lead and theyaed another score in the -- they added another score in the 4th and baltimore is the tops in the northern division with a 5-1 record. >>> you get a notice saying you won 3 million dollars and it sounds good. well, there's of course a catch. >> the catch is it's a scam and it happens all the time and hundreds of marylanders seem to fall for it. we will tell you what you need to know so it doesn't happen to you. >> if your child is suffering from behavioral issues or struggling in the classroom there may be a simple solution. more sleep. >> and we want everyone to have access to a mammogram. they save lives but cost can give way. >> we have mainly cloud cover across the area right now. we have a chance for showers and storms. and i will nail down the time that after the break. >> reporter: traffic is really starting to slow down here on the west side of the beltway at liberty road. i will show you what 95 and 83 look like coming up on good morning maryland. >>> let's go to new york for the latest in today's tech bites. >> reporter: in towed's tech bites the push is -- today's tech bite the

crops still growing at this point, a concern across the northern part of the state with the freeze warning out through 9:00 a.m. and from baltimore city south to anne arundel county and prince george's county, a concern of frost. if you're up and have plants outdoors, bring them inside or cover them up to protect them from the cold this morning. one of the reasons why we are able to see the frost this morning is the light wind. calm winds to our north in parkton, only 5 miles per hour downtown and at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. lighter the winds, the colder is gets and the easier it is for the frost form. that is making for a chilly start for the marathon this morning, for everyone heading to the baltimore running festival, we expect temperatures in the mid 40's for the start of the race. by 10:00 a.m., 52 degrees and lunch time, 59, still with a lot of sunshine. we start the day with light northeast winds, more variable the middle half of the race and towards the end turn southeast. not as strong winds as last year's race. the runners will warm up more easily. the forecast today around baltimore, highs in the you were 50's to low

could there be frost in frederick county in the northern part of carroll county. around baltimore, that's most likely not the case. if you're watching in the far western suburbs, don't be surprised to have frost on your windshield to start the day. the clouds are thickening up. you can see the rain that may arrive here tonight moving across kentucky and tennessee right now. see how it's turning up towards us. so the chief marine will go up as we head to the late afternoon and evening hours. up until that time, it should be fine but chilly. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the high temperatures between 54 and 59. the average high is 69. way below the mark again today. once again, a chance for a few showers late this afternoon and especially tonight as eva mentioned. the seven-day forecast. a decent day tomorrow. chilly. high temperature near 62 will make it up to 70 on wednesday. that will be the warmest day of the week, though. the front coming through wednesday night. back to 60s on thursday and friday. once we get beyond tonight, best weekend late in the day on sunday. but it w

light rain all across the baltimore metro area right now, heading up to the northern part of the beltway. there are still a few more showers creeping up on the radar into montgomery county. that is what we will have to watch for as the showers continue to migrate into the metro area. a pretty warm day when you look at the almanac. we were at 71 degrees this afternoon at bwi thurgood marshall airport. the morning low was the big one, 64 degrees, compared to the normal low in the 40's for this time of year. the rankle there is starting to move then, 69 downtown, 66 at the airport. notice how the temperatures continue to drop in the western part of the state's, the cold front is weeping by. that is causing the rain showers right now. we already had a bad move from baltimore and here comes the next round. there could be a few more developing into the next couple of hours and then we will dry out once this front passes us by. high pressure will build and on the back side and be pretty nice weather into tomorrow, when it will be slightly cooler. you can see the blue starting to dip into the gr

baltimore. take a look at northern virginia. still too much color around the arlington alexandria, fairfax city of fairfax area but you know you will look and you will see these numbers right now indicate that -- in northern virginia, dominion is doing a lot better. a total on their complete network of 67,000 customers without power right now. and in northern virginia, down to 65,000. and we're pretty much seen across all of these electrical providers half, half, half half of what they were at the worst points during the storm. and let's take a look at pepco. this is the pepco service map and we actually can see is a spot there. a spot where there are no outages so we have one pocket in washington without power. in all these pockets that pepco serves the numbers are pretty good. the number of right now just went up a little bit -- number right now just went up a little bit. 6,742. and let's take a look at our folks out in frederick county we're hearing a lot from them because they have had a lot of outages there. and the connect

northern virginia. a record for them. montgomery county is soaked. no. baltimore, harford county, a good soaking. again, a few inches in those locations. meek could see temperatures climb a little bit this evening and a warm front is on the way coming up from the south. the warmer air with the front could invade maryland as we go through the evening so it's possible we have not seen the highs of the day just yet. once the temperature rise stops, we will probably be in the mid 60's. if you spotty showers and maybe some dense fog. we may see a love of a temperature difference which will produce widespread dense fog as this makes its way through. over the weekend, big changes. it still feels like summer time. low 80's tomorrow and an isolated storms sounding like a summer forecast. when will be light out of the south. there could be an isolated storm popping up in parts of the bay. remember that tropical storm? still in the season until december. tracking across the atlantic doing loops. this are of cloud could become tropical storm oscar. we will see if he forms while nadine is still holding on. wa

you can get up into howard county, up towards baltimore, the northern part of the bay, you have the best chances for winds in excess of 70 plus miles per hour. all of us unfortunately are going to be dealing with serious wind gusts. rain total five to ten, flood watch, heavy amount of snow. all right, quick look at your forecast, we're going to go with high temperature of 54 today. here's the latest information, we're just getting it no now. 85. movement now, north, northwest, we're starting to see that change. yesterday it was north and east. earlier this morning, movement was north, now it's north, northwest at 20. so we're starting to see that change of pace there in that left hook we've been expecting. there is your guidance, looks like it hits just north of us as we get into the overnight hours. more details on the weather in just a minute, back to you. >> all right tucker, thank you very much. >>> big issues today will be the heavy rain, the flooding, down trees, power outages. >> holly morris is live in indianapolis with a look at how the coastal community is coping, but we begin

frederick, the northern part of carroll county in tawneytown, frost out there. in baltimore, that's not the case. look at the difference the water make, 51 in annapolis. the next little system we're talking about is showing up here. high thin clouds out of the mountains. shortly behind that, rain, unfortunately. we can see some rain showers coming up through kentucky and tennessee. those are aiming right at us. later this evening and overnight tonight. if you ear going to the o's game tonight, again, you can deal with light rain. in the day, mixture of sunshine and high clouds. the high temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. the average high is 69 way below the mark. the forecast for the game, i think around first pitch, around 8:00, the temperatures downtown are going to be in the mid 50s. unfortunately, there's a chance for rain. but whether it's heavy enough to cause a delay or heavy enough to cancel the game, i can't tell you that right now. but there will be rain showers around to start the game. it will taper off as we head to midnight to the tail end of the game, the t

northern minnesota with a foot of snow on the ground. tracking of towards james bay now. that is driving the front toward baltimore. the same front that is about to push through the dallas fort worth area where the orioles are playing this evening. that might trigger a couple scattered showers with most of the rain on the northern end of the front. you can see some scattered showers trying to develop data and north texas. a little bit of rain in the forecast starting around 8:30. temperatures will be falling because the wind will turn to the north. there is a 30% chance of showers with temperatures into the 60's. the good news is, in north breeze carries baseballs out to right field. showers are going to be approaching tomorrow into the morning with baltimore in the afternoon and off the coast and tomorrow evening with the cold air starts coming. clouds and showers moving through on sunday with a chilly day before it clears up going into the other part of next week. the 73-78 tomorrow, the wind turns to the northwest. we will fall into the 50's during the evening. there is a small craft advisory in effect. the tick

northern maryland. that means the colder air will settle in. the rain the aptly change to snow in baltimore. blizzard warnings are in affect for western maryland. there will pick rick up -- rain today, heavy at times. the wins will pick up this afternoon. there will cost about 25-30 miles per hour this morning. up to 8 inches of rain, maybe even a little bit more on the eastern shore as you get towards the beach. seven day forecast, winds and a mix of rain and snow. i will be optimistic about halloween. it will get a little bit better. there could be scattered showers, but a high near 55. finally going into the weekend, there'll be nothing to talk about. i'm looking forward to that. >> of the traffic, the rain is driving horizontals. as weather picks up in baltimore, it is much the same in the nation's capital. >> will go to holly jackson with an update on the conditions in d.c. >> i am holly jackson in washington where president obama has signed an emergency declaration for the district of columbia along with seven states up the eastern seaboard from maryland, massachusetts, as far west as

gaithersburg, northern montgomery county, northwest portions of howard county pushing up towards baltimoresome heavy rain and we've got light rain showers trailing back to the south and west and honestly, if i were to open up this map for you, rain showers back into the carolinas. we'll see on again, off again rain throughout the day. parts of the area that haven't seen much overnight like southern maryland and along the western shore of the bay, you too will get some rain during the course of the day. 76degrees today. bring along an umbrella. not going to rain every minute but we'll have it in the forecast here at times. >> it will be cloudy, showery. >> okay. just rely on it. sunny and warmer conditions for the rest of week. >> excellent. >> thank you, tucker. >> traffic time. >> all right. all right. >> troubles right now on the roads. we've got wet pavement. we have a couple of things working here if you are traveling in from the west. we'll get to that in just a second. we'll start off with metro's red line where we have major tie-ups. they are single tracking between van ness and dup

baltimore. so i suspect if you're in the northern sections of prince george's county into the extreme eastern parts of montgomery county within the next 30 minutes or so, you're going to be getting these heavier rains and the higher wind gusts that are now moving through columbia, severe that park and indianapolis. we're getting a lull now west of 95. over time it will start kicking up. >> one of the hall marks of this system is the winds have been to the south and west. so watch out in delaware and through the bay. those are going to be big winds as the center is just literally about 30 miles away from the coast. gary is beginning do a little bit of measurement here. you can see where we're spotlighting what we expect to be intense rain and wind here within the next hour to 90 minutes as that moves on through. so some of the worst it has to offer will be coming on shore, and then from here, if we do tracking if we have a moment, as our storm comes to shore and moves to the west northwest at 28, it will take a track that brings it into south central philadelphia. so along the mason dickson line. we

i want to give you an update, baltimore police just sent out this update about five minutes ago saying 83 north on the westbound, the northern parkway ramp is flooded and closed until further notice. so they are getting the word out about that. lots of people are very interested in the flooding, about a half hour ago two gentlemen came down and across the bridge here and did something we would not add advise. they wanted to take pictures so they waded in the water. police and emergency responders will tell you that is a really bad idea. if you get stuck they will have to come after you. the mayor said earlier that you have to take care of yourselves, they have to focus on the greater needs and don't want to have to worry about you. keep that in mind. back to you. >> thank you. stay away from that area. very dangerous area. >> all right, let's take a look at weather again. >> amazing to see that area. we see that with these types of storms every time. huge rain coming down. last check of the radar here. big rotating storm, you can see the size and scope of this. we have big snow to the west, rain across south central maryland

northern delaware. then it crosses just north of baltimore in the morning. by 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon, about gettysburg or harrisburg, somewhere in that vicinity. this is a long duration wind event along with rainfall which could be in the 5, 8 inches, 10 to 15 even east of the bay. areas like the northern neck already have 5 inches of rain in reedville just from last night and yesterday afternoon. by thursday morning, this thing is starting to pull up maybe toward watertown, montreal area. here are the wind concerns. the yellow winds, these are the tropical storm force winds. it's a little over done on the western edge but this is the forecast from the hurricane center. orange would be the more damaging wind. jessica was talking about 55 knots or 58 miles an hour or greater. then these are the winds, the red ones that are the hurricane force winds. those are forecast to make landfall here sometime 6:00, 7:00 they could start feeling the winds up to hurricane force on the coast. we could be feeling the wins by 8:00, maybe gusting closer to 60 miles an hour. tonight we